At a time when the country is reeling under the shadow of coronavirus infection, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), has developed an Ultraviolet (UV) sanitising product named ‘Shudh’ that can disinfect a room in 15 minutes. The smartphone operated Handy Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper or Shudh has six UV
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BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has gone into home quarantine after after his elder brother Snehasish Ganguly was tested positive for the coronavirus. Snehasish, who is Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) joint secretary, has been admitted to the Belle Vue hospital in Kolkata. “He was suffering from fever for the last few days and his
The iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris reopened on Thursday to visitors after a three-month closure, the longest since World War Two, due to the COVID-19 pandemic But the Paris monument isn’t returning to normal operations just yet, said a BBC news report. Visitor numbers will be limited, face coverings mandatory
In an unprecedented cyberattack, the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Kanye West, Elon Musk were hacked to promote a bitcoin scam in which all the accounts posted the following tweet: “Feeling grateful doubling all payments sent to my BTC address! You send $1,000, I send back $2,000! Only
New Delhi: In a shocking incident that has sent the airport and airlines officials into a tizzy, a West Bengal man who travelled from Delhi to Kolkata via Guwahati was carrying his COVID-19 positive report in his pocket and on arrival in Kolkata insisted on being sent to a quarantine centre.