In focus, 11th Jun 2020, News & Stories from India

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11 Jun 2020

In focus, 11 Jun 2020

India surpasses UK in total COVID-19 cases, at 4th position now

The government, however, said that it is not fair to compare India with other countries that have lesser population.

11 Jun 2020 11:50 PM

The queen has always shown an interest in new technology. She sent her first email long before most people, from a computer at a British Army base in 1976. A screengrab taken from a video handout released by Buckingham Palace on June 11, 2020 shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a Zoom video conference call with carers. (Photo | AP)

The Queen sets apart face time for caregivers on her first official video call

She logged in to mark a week of events commemorating people who care for relatives or friends with a disability, mental or physical illness.

11 Jun 2020 9:27 PM

The debut of Android 11’s “beta” version was announced Wednesday in a blog post, along with video tutorials for the makers of smartphone applications on Google’s YouTube service.

Google launches Android 11 beta with better privacy controls

Among its features, users will be asked if they wish to grant an app access to their location for just one time.

11 Jun 2020 8:41 PM

Anushka Sharma: ‘Wanted to tell good stories’

The actress-producer is basking in massive adulation that her production is getting from critics as well

11 Jun 2020 8:02 PM

Battling the age barrier

Industry bigwigs are appealing to the government to repeal the new rule prohibiting anyone over 65 years of age from working in Bollywood

11 Jun 2020 7:53 PM

People say prayers and light candles at a vigil along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. - Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on June 4 to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. (Photo | AFP)

Now you know why Zoom is accused of being a China stooge

Zoom accounts of activists in the US and Hong Kong have been suspended before meeting ahead of anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen crackdown.

11 Jun 2020 7:19 PM

Alia sorry for using a racial slur

Meanwhile, Alia’s friend Brad has been active in the BLM protests

11 Jun 2020 7:18 PM

Shraddha makes relationship official?

The actress was recently spotted enjoying a bike ride with her alleged boyfriend, photographer Rohan Shrestha

11 Jun 2020 7:10 PM

In this file photo taken on December 14, 2018, police officers put barricades during a protest at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota. - Amazon on June 10, 2020, announced a one-year ban on letting police use its facial recognition technology, calling for strong government regulations for its ethical use. The moratorium comes after repeated calls by critics and racial justice groups for Amazon's cloud computing unit to stop providing police and immigration officials with tools that can be used to unfairly target people based on race. (Photo | AFP)

Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition tech for a year till rules are framed to prevent misuse

Two days ago, IBM announced that it would stop selling facial recognition tech for general purposes to prevent its use in racial profiling.

11 Jun 2020 6:40 PM

‘The Indian Princess’ of rap

Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper Raja Kumari talks about collaborating with Madhuri Dixit-Nene for the debut single ‘Candle’

11 Jun 2020 6:39 PM

5 tips for photographers to stay productive during the lockdown by Saurabh Panjwani

The key to tackle the blues during this worldwide lockdown is to stay resourceful and productive

11 Jun 2020 6:30 PM

Rescuers carry a child to a boat during an evacuation of a flooded village in Qingyuan in southern China's Guangdong province. (AP)

At least 20 people dead or missing as rains flood South China

Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the floods with 228,000 forced to seek shelter and 1,300 homes destroyed

11 Jun 2020 6:29 PM

Entrepreneurial couple Ricky and Linda reveal how to maintain Work-Life Balance

Overworking is a form of coping mechanism if you suffer from chronic anxiety or depression

11 Jun 2020 6:13 PM

Matthew J Phillips’s Student From India Just Made $11,500

Matthew helped his student make $11,500 by providing him with easy to implement organic lead generation strategies

11 Jun 2020 5:45 PM

Only 4.4% of Microsoft’s global workforce across all brands, and as for Amazon, while more than 60% of warehouse and delivery workers in most US cities are people of colour, only 8% of its managers in the US are black. In this picture, the beginnings of a Black Lives Matter mural begins to take shape on June 10, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo | AFP)

How diverse is the workforce in companies that are expressing solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter?

Associated Press reviewed the diversity reports of some of the biggest companies, including tech giants Microsoft and Amazon.

11 Jun 2020 4:30 PM

MSME and transport minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Need viable solution says Gadkari, as MSP for agri crops higher than market prices

Government provided Rs 6,000 crore subsidy to export 60 lakh tonnes of sugar as the country is surplus in the sweetener, he said

11 Jun 2020 4:13 PM

Automobile registrations in May down 89 percent due to COVID-19 lockdown. (ANI Photo)

Vehicle registrations down 89% in May

For the first time, said FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale, the month of April witnessed zero retails

11 Jun 2020 3:33 PM

US official says 'very concerned' about religious freedom in India

The remarks came hours after the release of the '2019 International Religious Freedom Report' on Wednesday

11 Jun 2020 3:17 PM

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as totally impermissible' the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

AGR dues: SC slams DoT's raising demand from PSUs, says it is totally impermissible

The bench also asked private telecom operators to file affidavits giving details as to how they will pay the AGR dues

11 Jun 2020 3:03 PM

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (AFP)

WHO hopes to work with US on Ebola despite recent conflict

12 people had been infected with Ebola in the outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday

11 Jun 2020 2:59 PM

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