Blackberry will discontinue service for its classic devices on Jan. 4, the company reminded users in a statement.Posted on Dec. 22, Blackberry reminded its users of the impending shutdown of legacy services for the phone. “As a reminder, the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and…Continue Reading
One week after coming up big in the Arizona desert to beat the Cardinals, Carson Wentz wasn’t able to pull off a repeat performance.Derek Carr made the big play instead, and an Indianapolis team that had fought its way back from a 1-4 start has now missed its first opportunity to clinch a playoff berth,…Continue Reading
The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit (Representative image, AP)PUNE: The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S-gene drop, researchers involved in tracking the virus in India said on Sunday. The…Continue Reading
PM Narendra Modi (File photo)MEERUT: Slamming previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said criminals used to play “their own games” earlier but now the Yogi Adityanath government plays “jail jail” with them. “There were tournaments of illegal land grabbing earlier,” he said while addressing the crowd after laying the foundation…Continue Reading
India reported 123 Omicron cases on Sunday (AFP)NEW DELHI: India reported 123 Omicron cases on Sunday, the lowest in the last five days. India’s cumulative Omicron tally, after adding old unaccounted cases, stood at 1,711. Maharashtra recorded 50 fresh cases, taking the state’s total to 510. Of the total cases, 328 are from Mumbai alone,…Continue Reading
A health worker inoculates a beneficiary with a dose of the Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine NEW DELHI: Amid rising Omicron infected Covid-19 cases in the country, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked states to make all possible efforts to scale up health infrastructure so that India can combat the surge. Besides, states were also advised to…Continue Reading
MUMBAI: In a job seeker’s market, the trend of work moving to talent — and not the other way round — would accelerate in 2022. The norm of work-from-anywhere would get further reinforced and a clear indication of this is that cities like Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Indore, Jaipur and Vadodara, to name a…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Delhi police have filed an FIR based on a woman journalist’s complaint that unidentified people have uploaded her photograph and details for auction on an app, Bulli Bai, using the hosting platform GitHub. This followed the Mumbai cyber police registering a case and initiating a probe into complaints that doctored photographs of at…Continue Reading
ICMR started research to study the efficacy of Covishield and Covaxin against the Omicron coronavirus variantMUMBAI: The highly-transmissible Omicron variant has triggered a flurry of activity globally, with at least 10 vaccine companies developing shots specific to the variant. An additional seven potential candidates under development are also being tested against the variant. Some of…Continue Reading
A health worker with vials of Covaxin in Patna on Sunday, a day before the drive to inoculate children in the 15-18 age group is set to begin (PTI)NEW DELHI: Over 6.79 lakh children between 15-18 were registered on the Co-Win platform till 9 pm Sunday to receive Covid vaccination that will begin for this…Continue Reading