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J.K. Rowling, the famous author of Harry Potter has announced to release "The Ickabog." The new children's book marks her first novel aimed toward younger readers that doesn't take place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book has been written for children aged between 7 and 9. ...

The European Union (EU) commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has proposed a 750 billion-euro ($825 billion) recovery fund "European breakthrough" to help the bloc's economy through the deep recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to tackle an unprecedented crisis. The move comes as the ...

Sports Authority of India (SAI) has deposited Rs.30,000 each to 2,749 Khelo India athletes as out of pocket allowance (OPA) amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The total sum of the amount is Rs.8.25 crore in all. SAI announced that a total of 2893 athletes will be given the OPA for the period. The ...

University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of Denmark scientists have discover new species of parasitic fungus via Twitter. The newly discovered fungus was named "Troglomyces twitteri", after Twitter. The discovery was made by the biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia Reboleira of ...

ESDS Software Solution has developed AA+ COVID-19 Testing Solution, a rapid COVID-19 detection solution powered by Deepiotics. The solution is an AI-enabled tool that detects COVID-19 from Chest X-rays (CXRs). AA+ COVID-19 Testing Solution has been designed in a way that it can indicate whether ...

The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) aims to enhance fish production to 220 lakh metric tons by 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in 2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of about 9%. The scheme will bring about Blue Revolution through the sustainable and responsible ...

Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the central PSU under Ministry of Power and India's leading NBFC, entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly-owned company of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 crore for 225 MW hydro-electric ...

REC Limited, a central PSU under Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest power financiers, is spearheading the mission to feed the medical staff in key government hospitals as well as poor daily wage labourers across the nation, through collaborative efforts. Under this tie-up, every day, ...

Road Transport & Highways Ministry inaugurated the Chamba Tunnel in Uttarakhand under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference mode on 26 May 2020. The tunnel was constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The major milestone was achieved by BRO by ...

World Health Organization (WHO) selected 8 people out of the several people who step forward to participate in human challenge trials to develop new vaccines for COVID-19. Human challenge trials are trials in which participants are intentionally challenged (whether or not they have been ...