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Books to look out for this week

November 20, 2020

Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside N.K. Singh Rupa Publications, Rs 595 N.K. Singh has been a formidable civil servant, an empathetic politician, a keen chronicler of India’s socio-economic history and the quintessential academic that academia never got. His life’s work, as chronicled in this book...

Someone in Europe dying from Covid every 17 seconds: WHO

November 20, 2020

GENEVA: Europe’s painful second coronavirus wave may be starting to ease, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, as cases drop slightly even though over the past week someone on the continent died every 17 seconds from the virus. The cautious prognosis came after new diagnoses of the novel...

Covid-19: Rs 2,000 fine for not wearing mask in Delhi

November 20, 2020

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a steep Rs 2,000 fine—up from the current Rs 500—for those caught without masks, to help control the Covid-19 surge in the city. The CM also appealed to all political parties and social organisations to distribute masks at public places in Delhi. The...

Oxford vaccine trial shows strong results in older adults

November 20, 2020

NEW DELHI: In a major development, UK’s Covid-19 vaccine has shown similar strong immune response in healthy older adults -aged 56 years and above- to those seen in people between 18 to 55 years, according to findings from a phase-2 trial. The Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has collaborated with Indian drug...

Google Pixel 4A launched in ‘barely blue’ colour

November 19, 2020

San Francisco: Google has finally launched a new ‘barely blue’ colour option for the Pixel 4a. Initially sold only in black, the blue variant will be available in the US for the same $349 price. Once it sells out, it will not be restocked. Apart from the US, the colour...

Miko 2 AI robot for kids now offers Hindi mode

November 19, 2020

NEW DELHI: India robotics leader Miko, founded by three ex-IITians, on Tuesday introduced India’s first Hindi speaking child companion robot Miko 2. In addition to Hindi and English, Miko 2 will also speak in Spanish and Arabic. This Hindi version of the artificial intelligence-based robot aims to offer an unmatched...

Vivo Y12s with MediaTek Helio P35 chipset launched

November 19, 2020

BEIJING: Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has launched a new mid-range phone ‘Vivo Y12s’ in Hong Kong as well as in Vietnam. The device is priced at HK$ 1,098 and it comes in two colours such as phantom black and glacier blue, news portal Gizbot reported on Saturday. At the moment,...

Sony launches ‘Alpha 7C’ full-frame camera in India

November 19, 2020

NEW DELHI: Sony on Wednesday launched a new full-frame camera ‘Alpha 7C’ at a starting price of Rs 1,67,990 in the Indian market. According to the company, the ‘Alpha 7C’ is the world’s first smallest and lightest full-frame body with uncompromising performance featuring advanced AF (autofocus), high-resolution 4K video capabilities...

Pfizer says vaccine 95% effective with no safety concerns

November 19, 2020

NEW DELHI: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said that its Covid-19 vaccine candidate was found to be 95 per cent effective in the final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency US authorisation within days. The drugmaker...

No lockdown plan for Delhi, says Manish Sisodia

November 19, 2020

NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Delhi government has no plan to impose a lockdown but may press some restrictions in market areas for some days to prevent the spread of Covid-19, if such a need arises. Lockdown was not a solution to the pandemic, it could...

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