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Instagram testing ‘Take a Break’ feature for better time management

Nov 11, 2021 - 8:44 am EST @theindpanorama 0

San Francisco (TIP): Instagram has started testing a new feature called ‘Take a Break’ to encourage people to take regular breaks from using the Meta-owned photo-sharing app. According to Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, the […]

Beautiful Bengal

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

West Bengal boasts of different ethnicities, cultures, religions, people and languages which add to its beautiful landscapes, forests, coastal beauty as well as its heritage. The beautiful state of West Bengal attracts a significant number […]

Pitru Paksha Shradh

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The full moon time of Bhadrapada and the Pratipada of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month from Amavasya is called Pitru Paksha. In the year 2021, Pitru Paksha will commence from 20th September 2021 (Monday) till […]

Banks can now sell fraud loans to ARCs

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Mumbai (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, Sept 24, allowed banks to sell fraud loan exposures to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs). Banks will now be able to transfer to ARCs loan exposures […]

Sensex scripts history, crosses 60,000 mark for first time; Nifty nears 18,000

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mumbai (TIP): The BSE Sensex made history on Friday, Sept 24, by reaching the 60,000 mark for the first time ever as investors continued to accumulate banking, finance and auto stocks despite lacklustre global cues […]

ADB slashes India’s GDP growth forecast

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India’s growth projections for the current financial year by a percentage point to 10%, mainly due to disruptions in economic activity caused by the second wave of the […]

Vanessa Hudgens tells how she got bruised doing pole dance

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she had Zoom pole dancing lessons during the lockdown, which were “tough” and left her bruised. Hudgens said: “I’ve had multiple hobbies, I’ve definitely leaned into multiple things. At one point […]

Taliban minister rebukes fighters over misconduct

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PESHAWAR (TIP): The Taliban’s new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be […]

Nepal’s new foreign min wants friendly ties with India, China

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka said on Wednesday that he would work towards maintaining friendly and balanced relations with India and China and forge national consensus with political parties on matters of […]

Taliban expand all-male interim Afghan Cabinet

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Kabul (TIP): The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the international outcry that followed their […]

Lanka seeks $100-mn IMF loan to procure Covid vax

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from the IMF to procure 14 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination programme related costs, it was […]

Narayan Khadka appointed Nepal’s new Foreign Minister

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): Senior Nepali Congress leader Narayan Khadka has been appointed Nepal’s new foreign minister. President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Khadka on the recommendation of the government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Khadka, […]

107-year-old Japanese twins certified as world’s oldest

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Tokyo (TIP): Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins, aged 107 years and 330 days, the organisation has said. The announcement coincided with Respect for […]

Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

London (TIP): Scientists have found evidence of a resistant form of malaria in Uganda, a worrying sign that the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without more action to […]

Vaccine certification for travel must meet ‘minimum criteria’, says UK

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

London (TIP): The UK government has said that Covid-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a “minimum criteria” and that it is working with India on a “phased approach” to its international travel norms. […]

China declares all cryptocurrency transactions illegal

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Beijing (TIP): China’s central bank on September 24 declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling […]

UK to make it illegal for restaurant employers to keep staff tips

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

London (TIP): The UK government said on September 24 that it will make it illegal for employers to withhold tips from workers under new regulations for the country’s hospitality industry. Most hospitality workers, many of […]

6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia

Sep 26, 2021 - 9:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Sydney/Melbourne (TIP): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Melbourne on september 23, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second largest city and sending tremors […]