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Indian Classical music stays active as online academies see a huge expansion in enrolments

2Dec

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Indian Classical music stays active as online academies see a huge expansion in enrolments

It took a pandemic and a lockdown for nine-year-old Ahana Balaji to at last select for Hindustani Classical music classes, something she had been planning to accomplish for longer than a year. An understudy of Carnatic music who likewise plays the guitar and learns Bharatanatyam, Ahana had next to no an ideal opportunity to seek after Hindustani Classical music during her pre-pandemic daily schedule. “Most of my day went in commuting as I had to travel to various parts of Chennai to take my music and dance lessons. However, the pandemic shifted my classes online and I saved a lot of time that I otherwise spent travelling,” says the resident of OMR in Chennai who has been taking online lessons since March. Like Ahana, a few music aficionados went to online classes during the pandemic...

Karnataka defines SOPs for colleges resuming from November 17

10Nov

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Business

Karnataka defines SOPs for colleges resuming from November 17

The department of higher education has planned SOPs (standardized operating procedure) according to the UGC rules, considering the opening of degree, engineering, and diploma colleges in the state from November 17. Deputy Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, who is additionally the minister of higher education informed on Monday that planning is in progress to enable the beginning of the off-line classes. “The SOP has separate advisories set for the students of the final year and the classes will be conducted accordingly. Likewise, there are separate advisories set for the students of first and second-year students of the courses,” he said. Postgraduate and last year students who wish to go to classes truly ought to get the consent letter of their parents in the recommended appropri...

Kannada classical center prompts to new bases

6Nov

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Business

Kannada classical center prompts to new bases

The Center of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) moved to its new premises at the University of Mysore campus on Saturday in a move expected to help research on the language. The CESCK worked every one of these years out of the CIIL premises. An extensive office was given to it in the structure of the National Center for History of Science at Manasagangotri. Specialists and littérateurs who graced the virtual event to mark the event and celebrate the Kannada Rajyotsava, laid the broad contours and the work that should be embraced on need. Jnanpith awardee and Kannada littérateur Chandrashekar Kambar who made a virtual location said Indian dialects have an ancient past and an abundance of writing however English has usurped the situation of a link language because of...

Shane Watson Declares His Retirement From Cricket

3Nov

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Sports

Shane Watson Declares His Retirement From Cricket

With Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 experience reaching a conclusion, their Australian import Shane Watson declared his retirement from all types of the game. The 39-year-old took to Twitter to declare the news on Tuesday. He stated, "This closing chapter is going to be so hard to top, but I am going to try. I truly am forever grateful to have lived this amazing dream. Now onto the next exciting one…#thankyou". This closing chapter is going to be so hard to top, but I am going to try. Watson additionally talked by means of his YouTube channel. He uncovered that he needed to play Australia, when his mom stepped through him to an Exam coordinate at the youthful age of five years of age. "The first people I want to thank is my mum and dad, who did everyt...

Virender Sehwag acclaims Suryakumar Yadav for the gaze off with Virat Kohli

31Oct

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Sports

Virender Sehwag acclaims Suryakumar Yadav for the gaze off with Virat Kohli

Virender Sehwag hailed Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav for his amazing exhibition with the bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The previous India opener likewise ended quietness on the much-discussed gaze trade between the MI assaulting right-handed batsman and the RCB captain, Virat Kohli. Sehwag commended Yadav on keeping up poise and composure inverse the Indian captain at the crease during the match on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Sehwag loaded gestures of recognition for the 30-year-old top-order renegade. He said that the match was exceptional, particularly the innings by Yadav was just remarkable. The cricketing robust added that Yadav indicated Virat Kohli that he doesn't fear anybody and isn't substandard compared to anybody. This was in the context of the India sel...

Kerala Government reports the base cost of 16 agricultural products

28Oct

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World

Kerala Government reports the base cost of 16 agricultural products

Kerala Government, in a first of its sort activity in the nation, has declared a base cost of 16 agricultural products, including vegetables, fruits, and tubers. The plan intended to protect farmers from antagonistic price fluctuation will become effective on November 1. The State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the base cost would give relief and backing both traditional ranchers and those recently farming the land. Upwards of 16 agricultural produce would be secured under the first stage. Crops, for example, tapioca, nendran banana, pineapple, bitter gourd, cucumber, snake gourd, tomato, cabbage and beans have been included for the base price, which would be 20% over the production cost of the vegetables. On the off chance that the market cost plunged beneath the base...

India’s information security law can possibly drive the digital economy, says Facebook

24Oct

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World

India’s information security law can possibly drive the digital economy, says Facebook

Social media goliath Facebook on Friday said that the information insurance law in progress can possibly push the nation's digital economy and global digital trade. The organization's comment came following a conference by a Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill, 2019, led by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi. “We deeply appreciate the opportunity to discuss data regulation issues with the Hon’ble Members of Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill. We believe that India’s data protection law has the potential to propel the country’s digital economy and global digital trade, and we wholeheartedly support this effort,” a Facebook company spokesperson said. The parliamentary panel on Friday tested social media giant Facebook about the quantum of their income, benef...

MEA declares India to host the third edition of 2+2 ministerial dialogue with the US on 27 Oct

22Oct

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World

MEA declares India to host the third edition of 2+2 ministerial dialogue with the US on 27 Oct

India will host the third edition of 2+2 ministerial dialogue with the US on 27 October, declared the Ministry of External Affairs today. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper will visit India on 26-27 October 2020 to take an interest in the Dialogue. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and EAM S Jaishankar will lead the assignments from the Ministry of Defense and MEA respectively, the ministry informed. The initial two 2+2 ministerial dialogues were held in New Delhi in September 201 and in Washington DC in 2019. "The agenda for the third dialogue will cover all bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interests," the ministry said in a statement. "I am looking forward to our 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with our Indian friends. It was postponed...

Anu Emmanuel combines the cast of up and coming Telugu-Tamil bilingual Maha Samudram

20Oct

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Entertainment

Anu Emmanuel combines the cast of up and coming Telugu-Tamil bilingual Maha Samudram

Entertainer Anu Emmanuel has been roped in to play one of the main women in up and coming Telugu-Tamil activity show Maha Samudram, which likewise stars Siddharth and Sharwanand in the number one spot. The declaration was made on Monday through an exceptional banner by the producers. The film highlights two champions. Simply a week ago, it was declared that Aditi Rao Hydari plays one of the leads. Through an announcement, the producers affirmed that Anu Emmanuel has additionally been roped in for a significant job. Anu will be seen playing a fundamental character. Keep going seen on screen in Tamil film Namma Veetu Pillai, Anu has two additional undertakings in her kitty. She's at present going for Telugu film Alludu Adhurs. She's relied upon to start going for Maha Samudram from No...

Apple propels new iPad Air with A14 Bionic

17Oct

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Technology

Apple propels new iPad Air with A14 Bionic

Apple has reported a new version of the iPad Air. While all the consideration this week has been on the iPhone 12 series, Apple has likewise reported a move up to one of its best tablets, bringing the equivalent next-generation chipset found in the phone. The 'all-new' iPad Air runs on the A14 Bionic chip, guaranteed by Apple to be their generally progressed. That cutting edge chip is covered up underneath a bigger 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, pressing 3.8 million pixels, P3 wide color support, full lamination, True Tone, and an an anti-reflective coating. A TouchID fingerprint sensor is implicit to the power button, keeping a greater amount of the front of the gadget clear for the display. The A14 Bionic chip flaunts an astounding 11.8 billion transistors, six cores and is equi...