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05 Aug

Apple has set an all-time revenue record in India

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Apple's June quarter earnings hit another record in India as the iPhone maker posted strong double-digit growth in the world's second-largest smartphone market. The performance of stores opened in India this spring exceeded the company's initial expectations, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a post-earnings analyst call. "We hit a revenue record for the June quarter in India, and we had strong double-digit growth. We also opened our first 2 retail stores in the quarter. And it's very early going right now, but how they beat our expectations is doing it again," he said, without revealing the numbers. Apple continues…

04 Aug

Adah Sharma hospitalized right before promotion of Commando

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment, Indiaentertainment, INDIA

Actor Adah Sharma, best known for her lead turn in The Kerala Story, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday. According to a statement from a source close to the actor, the actor was suffering from severe diarrhea and food allergy. Adah is awaiting the release of Commando, a spin-off series of the action film franchise, this month. On Wednesday morning, Adah's health deteriorated considerably and he was rushed to the hospital. The actor, who is currently gearing up to start promoting Commando, started vomiting in the morning. She has suffered from severe diarrhoea and food allergies and is currently under…

04 Aug

Google celebrates cat-eye frame designer Altina Schinasi’s 116 birthday

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

The Google search engine is celebrating the life of Altine 'Tina' Shinasi, the American designer best known for designing the popular 'cat-eye' eyeglass frames, with her August 4 doodle to mark her 116th birthday. She was famous for her impressive work in textiles, ceramics and jewelry. Notably, Schinasi is credited with designing the iconic Harlequin Cat-Eye glasses in the 1940s. Inspired by Venetian masked masks, these glasses feature large, nut-shaped frames with inverted tips and have become symbols of glamour and sophistication. Schinasi's artwork was characterized by dark colors, geometric patterns, and abstract forms. She had an extraordinary ability to…

03 Aug

IPRM Chetan Singh Jauramajra launches online accreditation Portal for journalists

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaINDIA

Marking a significant milestone in terms of efficiency and transparency, Punjab Information and Public Relations Minister S.K. Chetan Singh Jauraraja on Wednesday launched an online portal designed to facilitate the process of journalists getting their recognition at his office at Punjab Civil Secretariat-1. The portal, designed for the Information and Public Relations Department and created by NIC Punjab, promises to revolutionize the process of identifying media individuals. Cabinet Minister S. Chetan Singh Jouramajra, while inaugurating the portal, expressed his deep appreciation for the efforts of DIPR and NIC Punjab in developing this innovative tool. Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann emphasized…

03 Aug

Lavna Locks ropes on Urvashi Rautela and Dayanand Shetty as their brand ambassador

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Lavna Locks, India's smart door lock provider has announced its association with Bollywood actor and model Urvashi Rautela and actor Dayanand Shetty as their brand ambassadors. According to the company, this partnership marks a significant step forward in Lavner's mission to provide innovative, secure and convenient smart lock solutions for households and commercial spaces across India. According to the company, the appointment of Urvashi Rautela and Dayanand Shetty as brand ambassadors complements Lavner's vision, aligning with the company's drive to fuse security with technology, simplifying the lives of their valued customers. Renowned for their affinity for modern technology and smart…

02 Aug

India logs 36 Covid infections in a day

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth EastBusiness, INDIA

India has logged 36 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data said on Tuesday. The active caseload currently stands at 1,474. The number of Covid cases in the country has been steadily decreasing for the past few months. Since the start of the Covid pandemic in early 2020, the total number of Covid cases has increased to over 4.50 crore. The epidemic has claimed nearly 5,31,917 lives in the last three and a half years. Hospital wards are increasingly being deprived of COVID-19 patients, which is a welcome development for the medical community. Still, doctors…

02 Aug

Meta begins blocking news in Canada in response to new law

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Meta has begun removing news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, with the social media giant saying Tuesday that tech companies will have to negotiate funding news organizations to host their content in response to a recently passed law in the country. As a result of the move — which Meta previously said would happen before the law takes effect — Canadian users of Meta will no longer be able to click on links to news articles posted on Facebook and Instagram. The changes began Tuesday and will roll out gradually in the coming weeks, Meta spokesman Andy Stone…

01 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 Leaves Earth’s Orbit, Next Stop Moon

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaINDIA

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said late on Monday night (July 31, 2023) that Chandrayaan-3, which was successfully launched from Sriharikota two weeks ago, has completed its orbit around the Earth and is now heading towards the moon to start the next phase. Mission. The lunar injection took place between midnight and 12.30 am on Monday, according to official confirmation. After translunar entered orbit, ISRO announced the news via Twitter, "Chandrayaan-3 mission: Chandrayaan-3 orbits the Earth and heads towards the moon. Performing a successful perigee-firing on ISTRAC, ISRO entered the spacecraft into translunar orbit. As soon as it lands…

01 Aug

Bhumi Pednekar joins Jio MAMI as brand ambassador

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Entertainment, IndiaBusiness, entertainment, INDIA

Actor Bhumi Pednekar has joined Dimension Mumbai as the brand ambassador for this year's Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Dimension Mumbai is a Mumbai-themed short film competition sidebar at the festival. The category was launched in 2009 by Jaya Bachchan as a message of Mumbai. For its latest edition, Dimension Mumbai is taking submissions from filmmakers aged 18-25 years. The call for entries opened on July 27 and will remain open until August 31. Speaking about the association, Bhumi Pednekar said in a statement, “I am thrilled to be a part of Dimension Mumbai this year. It is an incredible…

31 Jul

‘What is a Trishul doing inside Masjid?’ UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s big statement on Gyanvapi dispute

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaINDIA

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke about the Gyanvapi mosque case and asked what Trishul (trishul) was doing on the mosque premises. He said Muslim petitioners should come forward with a proposal to right a "historical wrong". The comments came days after the Allahabad High Court reserved its verdict till August 3 in a petition challenging a district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey to determine whether the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi was built on the temple. Talking to the news agency ANI, Adityanath said the government wants to solve long-standing problems.…