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BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday. BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday. Ganguly is double vaccinated and has been travelling extensively, taking part in all professional activities. The 49-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on Monday night as a precautionary measure after his RT-PCR test returned positive. "He was taken to Woodlands Nursing Home last night. He has been given medication and is currently stable," a BCCI source, who is keeping track of Ganguly's health, told PTI. Ganguly was admitted to hospital twice earlier this year and underwent emergency angioplasty after having some cardiac issues. His elder brother Snehasish Ganguly had also tested positive for COVID early this year.

  Chingari had recently tied up with multiple platforms for unique entertainment and engagement collaborations The short video app Chingari, one the few TikTok rivals, on Friday announced that it has crossed 107 million downloads on Google Playstore. Chingari had recently tied up with multiple platforms for unique entertainment and engagement collaborations, which includes association with celeb-based apps, digital content providers and video-sharing platforms in Indian languages. 'We launched Chingari with a concept of being unique in terms of a short-video sharing platform. It has constantly pushed us to go beyond the best. Chingari as a brand has now truly arrived with this present success on the charts. For us, this is just the beginning of bigger achievements,' Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder & CEO of Chingari App, said in a statement. Chingari has also worked heavily with the music industry. It includes associations with music labels in Indian languages l

More than 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover of the country, according to a recent survey. The survey conducted by non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) shows a radical change in the Afghan media landscape since the Taliban took power. As many as 231 media outlets have had to close. The Taliban takeover's impact on Afghanistan's media has been dramatic, according to the survey by RSF and its local partner, the AIJA. More than four out of every ten media outlets have disappeared and 60 percent of journalists and media employees are no longer able to work. The hardest hit among all are women journalists as 80 percent of them have lost their jobs since Taliban took control of Kabul. "Of the 543 media outlets tallied in Afghanistan at the start of the summer, only 312 were still operating at the end of November. This means that 43% of Afghan media outlets d

The Indian cybersecurity industry is also expanding its global footprint, with a presence in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Australia, Singapore, and the UAE The cybersecurity services and product industry reached $9.85 billion in combined revenue in India this year, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40 per cent in the last two years as companies scrambled to meet the huge demand for cybersecurity talent amid the pandemic, a Nasscom-Data Security Council of India (DSCI) report showed on Tuesday. Currently, cybersecurity services companies employ 2.18 lakh people while product companies have a 27,000-strong workforce in the country. The Indian cybersecurity industry is also expanding its global footprint, with a presence in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Australia, Singapore, and the UAE. "India's cyber-security industry was at the forefront supporting the government and all critical sectors to manage the heightened cyber security risk in the last two years t

After the Centre made a U-turn on agriculture laws, farmers hailed the government's decision to look into their demand to legalize Minimum Support Price or MSP. But what exactly is MSP?  Let's understand Minimum Support Price or MSP was introduced first by the Center in 1966-67. This was after India faced a major deficit in cereal production at the time of Independence. The less production was not able to meet the population's high demand. Consequently, in the wake of battling for more than 10 years, the public authority of India at long last chose to go for broad agrarian changes. As an initial move towards this rural transformation, the Minimum Support Price or MSP was presented. The Minimum Support Price or MSP is a wellbeing net for the ranchers as it runs after shielding them from the vulnerabilities of the market and of the regular kind. The presentation of the Minimum Support Price or MSP was a progressive advance for the rural business of India, which changed the c

The US Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service is offering a reward for information on the terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh The US Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office, is offering a reward for information on the terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh that left US citizen Avijit Roy dead and his wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, seriously injured. The Secretary of State has authorized a reward of up to USD 5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of anyone involved in the murder of Roy and the attack on Ahmed. On February 26, 2015, Roy and Ahmed, both Bangladesh-born US citizens, were visiting Dhaka to attend a book fair when they were attacked by assailants with machetes. Roy was killed and Ahmed survived with critical injuries. "This investigation remains open, and we are seeking information that will assist law enforcement agencies in bringing to justice the perpetrators

The Youtube channels and the websites were allegedly running anti-India content from Pakistan. 20 YouTube channels and two sites on Monday were brought somewhere around India later the Union government, interestingly, summoned the crisis powers under the mediator rules and advanced media morals code in the IT Act that was advised as of late, as per a news report in Economic Times. The YouTube channels and the sites were supposedly running enemies of India content from Pakistan . As per the paper, I&B secretary Apurva Chandra coordinated YouTube and the Department of Telecom to boycott the substance as it encroaches upon the sway and trustworthiness of India. I&B authorities said that the 'counter India content' was being controlled by Pakistan with the assistance of Inter-Services Intelligence. One of the gatherings distinguished on YouTube was 'Naya Pakistan' that had multiple million supporters and was running 'bogus news' on different issues, for exam

YouTube TV has finally reached a deal with Disney to restore ESPN, FX, and its other channels to the streaming service. YouTube TV has finally reached a deal with Disney to restore ESPN, FX, and its other channels to the streaming service. Some time prior, Disney prohibited ESPN, ABC and some other Disney partnered stations from being accessible on YouTube TV. "We are satisfied to report that later a concise interruption, we have arrived at another dispersion concurrence with Google's YouTube TV for proceeded with carriage of our arrangement of organizations," Disney said in an assertion. YouTube TV removed Disney's TV channels last Friday night, writing in a blog post that, "We have held good faith negotiations with Disney for several months. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we have been unable to reach an equitable agreement before our existing one expired, and their channels are no longer available on YouTube TV." Presently, ABC, ESPN, Disney Chan

  Alphabet Inc's Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually be fired if they do not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rule, a report said Alphabet Inc's Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually be fired if they do not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rules, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing internal documents. A memo circulated by Google's leadership said employees had until Dec. 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing proof or to apply for a medical or religious exemption, according to the report. After that date, Google said it would start contacting employees who had not uploaded their status or were unvaccinated and those whose exemption requests were not approved, CNBC reported. Employees who have not complied with the vaccination rules by Jan. 18 will be placed on "paid administrative leave" for 30 days, CNBC reported, followed by "unpaid personal leave" for up to

 A former Netflix executive was sentenced Tuesday to 2 and 1/2 years in federal prison for taking bribes and kickbacks from tech companies to approve lucrative contracts with the streaming giant. A former Netflix executive was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for taking bribes and kickbacks from tech companies to approve lucrative contracts with the streaming giant. Michael Kail, 52, of Los Gatos also was ordered to forfeit $700,000 and pay a $50,000 fine, the U.S. attorney's office said in a statement. Bribery and kickbacks are pernicious crimes that stifle Silicon Valley's culture of competitive innovation, acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds said in the statement. Kail is a former Netflix vice president who oversaw the company's internet technology department. Prosecutors alleged that Kail accepted more than $500,000 in kickbacks as well as valuable stock options in exchange for approving millions of dollars in contracts for nin