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Covid-19: Nadal frustrated by lockdown, Federer recovering from knee injury

Nadal held an Instagram Live session on Monday that included Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Marc Lopez

Apple iPhone 12 leak hints at new design, small display notch, and more

Apple has been using a wider notch display on its smartphone since the iPhone X. The notch is going to stay, but its size will reduce drastically in the upcoming model - according to the leaked images

ICC to discuss Test championship, ODI league in executive meet on April 23

The ODI league was to start in June but first series under it -- South Africa's away three-match rubber against Sri Lanka in the first week of June -- was cancelled on Monday due to the pandemic

President Kovind, PM Modi laud bureaucrats on Civil Services Day

Kovind said that civil services have played a key role in implementing policies and programs for public welfare.

Amazon employees to strike over 'unsafe' conditons amid Covid-19 pandemic

The protest by more than 300 warehouse workers comes three days before an online strike by Amazon coders and engineers

Like Mumbai, Delhi govt to conduct Covid-19 test on mediapersons

Responding to a tweet in which a person requested the CM to arrange mass COVID-19 test for media persons in Delhi on the lines of the one carried out in Mumbai, Kejriwal said, "Sure. We will do that."

46% drop in hiring at Microsoft in April, only 3 jobs openings at LinkedIn

Google reportedly decided to freeze hiring for the rest of the year due to Covid-19 pandemic

Own a website? Use Google Optimize to keep users informed about Covid-19

Normally Optimize users are able to run 10 personalisation on their websites at the same time

Covid-19: Trump plans to suspend immigration to protect American jobs

The US President says the decision has been taken 'in light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great American Citizens'

MNCs moving out of China, India must seize the opportunity: Panagariya

Covid-19 crisis has made it evident that India needs to create better paid, formal sector jobs that requires moving workers out of tiny enterprises into better-paying jobs, he said

Covid-19 woes: Some US producers, states reopening as pressure mounts

Elsewhere around the world, step-by-step reopenings were underway in Europe, where the crisis has begun to ebb in places such as Italy, Spain and Germany

China's central bank conducting tests of digital yuan payment in 4 cities

The DC/EP system remains in a period of research and development, and that the pilots do not mean the PBOC has officially issued digital yuan

UPI transactions drop in March, RTGS shoots up due to lockdown

According to the data, the volume of UPI transactions in March slipped to 124.68 crore from 132.57 crore in February

Hackers sold data of 267 mn Facebook users for just Rs 41,500: Details here

Given that the data contains sensitive details of the users, it might be used by cybercriminals for phishing and spamming

Covid-19: Guidelines for handling waste generated during patients treatment

The CPCB has also written to the state pollution control boards and pollution control committees to consider operation of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility

Explained: What is negative crude future and how does it affect consumers?

The price of a barrel of crude varies based on factors such as supply, demand and quality. Supply of fuel has been far above demand since the coronavirus forced billions of people to stop traveling

No suspicious activity in North: South Korea amid Kim's poor health reports

Speculation about Kim's health was raised after he missed the celebration of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15

Need exceptional measures to help countries deal with Covid-19: IMF MD

The IMF last forecast the global economy would contract by 3% in 2020 due to the pandemic, marking the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s

MP cabinet expansion likely today amid growing pressure, Covid-19 crisis

The cabinet has not been expanded since Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as chief minister for the fourth time on March 23, after his predecessor Kamal Nath of the Congress stepped down

UK's decision to reject Mallya's appeal a significant milestone, says CBI

Meanwhile, the liquor baron expressed disappointment and said he will pursue further legal remedies as suggested by his lawyer