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Pune: The district administration of Pune declared the closure of all educational institutions to curb the sudden surge in coronavirus cases in the metropolitan. Among other restrictions imposed, hotels, restaurant and wedding venues are allowed to operate only till 11 pm, an order said. From 11pm to 6am, no public movement will be allowed except for those involved in essential services, in view of rising COVID19 cases. Schools & colleges in the district will remain closed till 28 Feb. New guidelines to be effective from tomorrow: Pune Divisional Commissioner pic.twitter.com/F7iZFTcn0j — ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2021 Not more than 200 people will be allowed in wedding ceremonies and public gatherings. Notably, the Union Health Ministry issued a note of caution to the state governments and asked for increasing the number of tests and more RT-PCR tests so that no cases are missed out. Meanwhile, the Uddhav Thackeray government is contemplating ... » Learn More about Pune schools, colleges closed till Feb 28 imposes night curfew amid surge in COVID-19 cases

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now Coronavirus: Planning to get vaccinated tomorrow, says Harsh Vardhan View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Sensex Sensex tanks over 1,000 points in opening trade #Sensex NSE tech glitch resolved, resumes at 3.45 pm; Trading hours extended till 5 pm #Sensex Sensex and Nifty scale new highs ahead of RBI policy decision #Sensex Sensex zooms over 1,700 pts after Budget 2021; Nifty reclaims 14K #Sensex Sensex crash: Investors lose Rs 7 lakh crore as mutant virus spooks global markets #Sensex Sensex opens at record high, turns choppy in early trade Just In 12 min ago Spectrum auctions underway; 2,251.25 megahertz radiowaves valued at Rs 3.92 lakh cr up for bidding 21 min ago Inspired, humbled says Bharat Biotech after PM Modi gets vaccination 32 min ago Chhattisgarh Budget: ... » Learn More about Sensex surges over 500 pts in early trade; Nifty tops 14,680

The 14th edition of the India Premier League (IPL) still at least a month away but three franchises – Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad – have questioned the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to hold the T20 league in only six cities this year. Although, the BCCI is yet to officially announce the venues for IPL 2021, it is largely believed that Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi and Ahmedabad will be the venues for the league this year due to various COVID-19 restrictions in India. According to a leading cricket website, the BCCI have also kept the option open of hosting a few games in Mumbai – the home venue of defending IPL champions Mumbai Indians, although Maharashtra have recently imposed lockdown in certain cities due to rising COVID-19 cases. “We three teams will be badly affected. The teams doing well are the ones who do well at home, win five or six home games and a few away, and that will take you through to the play-offs. ... » Learn More about IPL 2021: RR, Punjab Kings and SRH raise objection to BCCI venue decision

Although Karnataka has been maintaining a test positivity rate (TPR) of below 1% for the past two months, the number of daily tests have reduced to below 70,000. While health officials said that a daily target of 75,000 tests has been fixed and that district officials have been told to ramp up testing, the number of tests have hovered around 60,000 per day in the last one month. The number of tests rose to 76,799 on Friday after a long time. In fact, the number of tests started falling after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination on January 16. From over one lakh a day, the number hovered around 90,000 till January-end. This further reduced to 50,000 in the first week of February when the State, based on recommendations of the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), fixed a target of 75,000 tests per day. The numbers have slightly gone up in the last one week, hovering around 65,000. State Health Commissioner K.V. Trilok Chandra told The Hindu that although the indicative daily ... » Learn More about COVID-19 : Is Karnataka testing enough people?

Mushrooms have helped lift villagers in Jingdong Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province, out of poverty, thanks to a cultivation program launched by a university in Zhejiang province. Located in an area famous for its abundance of wild mushrooms, Wangjia was once one of 48 villages in the county mired deep in poverty due to a lack of transportation, a manpower shortage and backward production facilities. In 2013, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou teamed up with county authorities and dispatched a team of experts in tea planting, mushroom cultivation and poultry breeding to help farmers improve their agricultural skills and sales methods. In May of the same year, Chen Zaiming, associate professor at the university's Institute of Vegetable Science, was offered a job as an adviser to the county government with an employment period of eight years. County officials wanted Chen to teach them how to exploit wild mushroom resources. Over the next six years, the county tried various mushroom ... » Learn More about Fragrant mushrooms revitalize poor area

New Delhi: Renault India recently launched a sub-compact SUV Kiger in the Indian auto sector. The company has started taking booking and now in a recent development, it is confirmed that the company will start deliveries of the Kiger from Wednesday (March 3). The sub-compact SUV segment is one of the most important and hot selling area of the Indian auto sector. There are extremely attractive and dynamic cars available in this segment from every possible manufacturer in the country. The Indian middle class which used to aspire to have a sedan in its garage has now changed its taste. Everyone wants an SUV, and the companies are making sure that they offer enough choices for the customers. Renault Kiger is powered by a three-cylinder turbocharged 1.0-litre petrol engine, with a power output of 100 PS and a peak torque of 160 Nm (available from 3,200 rpm). There is a 1.0-litre 100 PS turbocharged petrol engine is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. It will also get an auto ... » Learn More about Renault to deliver its SUV Kiger from March 3, know variants and prices here

New Delhi: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) is exploring the possibility of exporting its mid-sized premium bike H'ness CB350 to various markets across the globe even as it works to cater to the robust demand for the model in the domestic market, a senior company official said. The company rolls out the bike with over 90 per cent localisation from its Manesar (Haryana) based manufacturing facility. HMSI had introduced the bike in October 2020 and has already crossed the 10,000 sales mark in February this year in the domestic market. "Since this model is already meeting the European regulations, there are many countries where this model could be exported. So we are in discussion with our headquarters. Already the model is three months old in the domestic market and there is interest from other Honda companies across the globe," HMSI Director (Sales and Marketing) Yadvinder Singh Guleria told PTI in an interaction. Terming it "one model which is Made in India for ... » Learn More about HMSI to export Indian-made Honda H’ness CB350 to global markets

From his wallet, police identified him as Sudarshan Pandit who had come from Jalna to pursue higher studies In an incident that sent shockwaves among National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) students and researchers, a young research scholar was found murdered in Sus Khindi. The deceased, identified as Sudarshan alias Balya Baburao Pandit, came to Pune to pursue his PhD from NCL in Pashan. The 30-year-old was a resident of Shivnagar in Sutarwadi, and originally hailed from Janepal of Jafrabad taluka in Jalna district . Pandit’s cousin Sandip (34) has lodged a complaint at Chaturshringi police station. He had come to Pune two years ago to do his doctorate in chemistry at the Pashan-based national institute. He was staying as a paying guest in the Sutarwadi area. Citizens called up the police control room that the body of a youth had been found in Sus Khindi on Saturday morning. The 30-year-old was doing his PhD in chemistry from NCL in Pashan; FILE PHOTO ... » Learn More about Young NCL PhD scholar’s mutilated body found dumped in Sus Khindi

Silicon carbide occurs in nature as moissanite, an extremely rare mineral. Synthetic substitutes of this compound, which is made up of silicon and carbon, have been mass produced since 1893 and used as an abrasive (a substance for rubbing away surfaces). American inventor and entrepreneur Edward Goodrich Acheson is the reason why silicon carbide is also known as carborundum, even though the reasoning behind this naming is now known to be flawed. Born in 1856, Acheson was raised in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Fascinated by mathematics and engineering as a child, Acheson was forced to shoulder the burden of his family as a teenager following the death of his father. Even though he left school at the age of 16 and did odd jobs to support his family, he spent his evenings performing experiments, especially those with electrical equipment. Wins over Edison After being turned down by American chemist Edward Weston, who made electroplating dynamos, Acheson secured a ... » Learn More about Meet Edward Goodrich Acheson, the inventor of carborundum

India’s 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifying round matches, which were scheduled to be played next month, have been postponed to June due to coronavirus-related travel and quarantine restrictions. The second round of qualification matches have not been held since November 2019 due to COVID-19 pandemic. In November last year, the AFC had said that the matches will be held in March and June this year without specifying the exact dates. The Asian Football Confederation announced on Friday that the majority of Asia’s 2022 World Cup qualifying matches in March will be postponed to May and June — with a few exceptions that include Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia. “Taking into consideration the existing travel and quarantine restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent, the AFC and FIFA have jointly agreed to postpone the majority of the upcoming Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,” the AFC said in a statement. “... all the Asian ... » Learn More about India’s football World Cup qualifying round matches scheduled for March postponed to June