This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The average US smartphone owner receives 46 push notifications each day, telling them about the latest news, a friend’s response to their latest post or an alert that an item they ordered online was just delivered. Whatever it …
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Among the various subjects, the two leaders discussed was the issue of Maratha and OBC reservation in the state. Thackeray requested Prime Minister Modi to take steps to lift the 50% ceiling on reservation to ensure Marathas and OBCs continue to get benefits. BCCL “Supreme …
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Indian-origin psychiatrist’s lecture on ‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’ at an Ivy League institution has ruffled feathers and sparked outrage online, specifically over a digression in which she describes in graphic, expletive-laden detail her fantasies of shooting white people dead. What has happened? According to a New York Times report, a Manhattan-based psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Dr Aruna Khilanani …
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Ever wanted to be a news anchor while running an online meeting? Microsoft has something for you in an upcoming update to its Teams software. Previously announced in March, the company is working on adding a few new modes to liven up virtual presentations on its rival to Slack, Google Meet and Zoom. One mode, called “reporter,” will “show content …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With intense competition in the messaging app market, it stands to reason that Apple would introduce some new features to its homegrown iMessage service at WWDC 2021 to keep ahead of its rivals. For the second year running, WWDC is an online event …
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A Delhi government hospital issued a circular asking its nursing staff not to use Malayalam at work as “maximum patients and colleagues do not know this language” which it said, “creates problems”. Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) has asked its nurses to use only Hindi and English or be ready for “strict action”. GB …
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1. No Death Reported In Those Infected With COVID After Vaccination ANI The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi’s first study on breakthrough infections during the April-May period confirmed that none of the vaccinated people died due to the Covid-19 disease, as per ANI. 2. India, Pakistan To Clear Long-Pending Visas For Diplomats, Others Reuters India and Pakistan …
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The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) told the Supreme Court that there are 9,346 children, who have been abandoned, orphaned or lost a parent to the COVID-19 pandemic as per the data submitted to it by different states till May 29. The Maharashtra government, which filed a separate note before a bench of Justices L N Rao …
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has faced a lot of criticism for its failure to place advance orders for COVID-19 vaccines from both the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, which many argue was the reason for the current shortage of the jabs in India. Now, learning from its past mistake, the health ministry has finalised arrangements with …
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar suggested that one-third of seats in medical and engineering colleges of the state be reserved for girl students. A decision was made during a review meeting with officials from the departments of health, and science and technology on the proposed bills on opening new medical and engineering colleges in the state. File Bihar will be …
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