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Mangaluru, Aug 30: Srinivas Vaman Kudva (87), Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Workshops Ltd., passed away at his residence on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at about 9:00 pm. The end came peacefully in his sleep, according to his family sources. He is survived by his wife Sharada, two sons Premnath Kudva and Vasant Kudva, and two daughters Shaila and Neena. He was also a doting patriarch to

Riyadh, Aug 30: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is working on launching a safe national platform that allows users to communicate and work together in a secure virtual environment, to exchange files and conduct text and voice conversations within the institution, as it is an alternative to commercial products currently available such as the popular WhatsApp application. The

Bengaluru, Aug 30: An 11-year-old boy, Mohammad Umar, was rescued from the clutches of a gang of kidnappers within 24 hours of his abduction with the Bengaluru police also nabbing all the six accused. "The gang kidnapped the boy from outside his house in the city centre on Thursday evening on the pretext of buying kites for him and drove him to Tumakuru in a car at night. The gang's kingpin called

Washington, Aug 30: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 24.9 million, while the deaths have increased to over 840,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 24,891,294 and the fatalities rose to 840,892, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. The US

New Delhi, Aug 30: India's COVID-19 case tally crossed 35-lakh mark with a spike of 78,761 new cases and 948 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The COVID-19 tally in the country stands at 35,42,734, the Ministry stated. The total number of cases includes 7,65,302 active cases, 27,13,934 cured/discharged/migrated and 63,498 fatalities

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre’s step-by-step opening up post-covid 19 lockdown is set to see major relaxations in Unlock 4.0. The guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs say that states can no longer impose lockdowns outside containment zones without the Centre’s permission and must not seal borders. Here is a list of things that will reopen and will remain closed in Unlock 4.0: -

The spread of Corona Virus in India has been on the upswing despite the measures undertaken by the state. In most parts of India the suffering has been immense. The central Government took up the issue of Covid 19, with great amount of delay. From early February WHO started warning the Governments all around about the impending dangers of the pandemic. That time Indian Government was busy in

New Delhi, Aug 29: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning of lockdown but were severely hit

Coimbatore, Aug 29: A Congress Youth Wing functionary has been arrested for allegedly cheating a businessman from Karnataka of Rs 10 lakh on the promise of sending textile goods, a few months ago, police said on Saturday. According to police, Hariharasudhan, a Congress Youth wing secretary and resident of Avarampalayam in the city, was contacted by the businessman from the Northern region of

Guwahati, Aug 29: A television serial was banned here following protests by right-wing groups, alleging that it promoted "love jihad" and denigrated Hindu and the Assamese culture, officials said on Saturday. The TV serial, 'Begum Jaan', was banned for two months on the recommendations of the Kamrup (Metro) district-level monitoring committee, Guwahati Police Commissioner Munna Prasad Gupta said