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The nine-month-long programmes would be offered on Jigsaw Academys learning platforms and are now open for enrolment. (Photo: india.theiet.org)

IET India announces partnership with Jigsaw Academy to offer courses

These courses strengthen our range of offerings focused on equipping engineers with future skills

16 Jun 2021 3:46 PM IST

Once the user downloads the fake app, which claims to test blood oxygen levels using fingerprint sensors, through a SMS, it asks permission to access various features in the mobile. (Representative Image: AFP)

Don't download fake oximeter apps, may steal biometric data: Tamil...

Several states including Maharashtra and Gujarat have in the past warned people about such fraud apps

16 Jun 2021 2:51 PM IST

A doctor checks a Black Fungus infected patient, at ENT Hospital in Hyderabad, May 26,2021. (PTI Photo)

Covid effects continue to haunt recovered patients in Telangana

Long Covid impact is severe on those patients who were critical and had a longer stay in the intensive care unit

16 Jun 2021 1:39 PM IST

Additional forces were being deployed to the incident spot wherein weapons including a set of AK-47 used by the Moaists were found, the police sources said. (Representational image: PTI)

Maoists killed in exchange of fire in Visakhapatnam

A key Maoist leader Sande Gangaiha from Telangana is believed to have been killed in the incident, unconfirmed sources...

16 Jun 2021 1:17 PM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific...

Dr Arora said that the earlier decision of four weeks was based upon the bridging trial data available then

16 Jun 2021 12:42 PM IST

Singh was virtually addressing the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus. (Photo: Twitter/@rajnathsingh)

Terrorism, radicalisation gravest threats facing world: Rajnath Singh

The defence minister said India remained committed to combating financing terrorism

16 Jun 2021 11:51 AM IST

The FIR alleges that the video was shared with an intention to provoke communal unrest. (Photo: Screengrab from video)

UP Police books Twitter, journalists for circulating video of Muslim...

In the video clip, the elderly Muslim man alleges he was thrashed by some young men and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

16 Jun 2021 11:46 AM IST

BJP MLA Embalam R Selvam is all set to be elected unopposed as Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly. (Photo: Twitter/ @embalamrselvam)

BJP's Selvam elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly

Selvam was elected to the House from Manavely constituency

16 Jun 2021 11:38 AM IST

Pakistan directed the federal government to give India another opportunity to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

Pakistan court adjourns Kulbhushan Jadhav's case till October 5

Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017

16 Jun 2021 11:33 AM IST

A student holds a mobile phone for another so that he can listen to instructions from a teacher as children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

India reports 62,224 fresh cases of Covid, 2,542 new fatalities

The active cases further declined to 8,65,432 comprising 2.92 per cent of the total infections

16 Jun 2021 11:29 AM IST

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Nalgonda still reporting many Covid cases

These small spurts in cases in Hyderabad and Nalgonda indicate that safety protocols are being comprised

16 Jun 2021 9:39 AM IST

Health workers vaccinate mothers of five years below children at Bhavanipuram Shadi khana in Vijayawada on Thursday. (Photo:DC)

2,000 beds planned for children if third wave strikes Andhra Pradesh

The officials identified 240 paediatricians in both Godavari districts including 170 in East Godavari and 70 in West...

16 Jun 2021 9:30 AM IST