PM Modi inaugurates Bose museum at
Red Fort on Netaji's 122nd birth anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Subhash Chandra Bose museum at Red
Fort, marking the 122nd birth anniversary of the leader. The museum, dedicated
to Bose and the Indian National Army, was unveiled at 9.30 am.
ICC Awards: Rishabh Pant scoops
ICC's Emerging Player of the Year award
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday named the
International Cricket Council (ICC) Emerging Player of the Year following a
stellar performance in his breakthrough 2018 Test year.
Left-handed Pant produced some fine knocks during the voting period that
ran from January 1 to December 31, 2018 and getting off the mark in Test
cricket with a six only highlighted his potential. He scored 537 runs,
including a century and two fifties in eight Tests he played. Meanwhile, Pant
also grabbed 40 catches and two stumpings.
In three ODIs, the Indian cricketer scored 41 runs and took three
catches and in eight T20Is scored 114 runs and pouched two catches.
India crush New Zealand by 8 wickets in first ODI after sun-induced stoppage
India produced cricket of the calibre that has become synonymous with
Virat Kohli's men to crush New Zealand by eight wickets in the first ODI but a
bizarre and unprecedented sun-induced interruption overshadowed the on-field
action at McLean Park in Napier on Wednesday.
Entering the five-match rubber following maiden Test and ODI series
triumphs in Australia, India signalled their intent with a clinical display,
which saw them chase down a revised target of 156 by eights wickets in 34.5
overs.
The Duckworth-Lewis method came into the picture for an interruption
which was not caused by rain for the first time.
7.32 lakh jobs created in November;
73.50 lakh in last 15 months: EPFO payroll data
New Delhi: Employment generation in the formal sector increased by 48
percent to touch a 15-month high of 7.32 lakh in November 2018 as compared to
4.93 lakh in the year ago month, according to the latest EPFO payroll data.
Around 73.50 lakh new subscribers were added to social security schemes
of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from September 2017 to
November 2018, the data showed. This indicates that these many jobs were
created in the last 15 months.
The EPFO, however, revised downwards its payroll data for October 2018
to 6.66 lakh against the earlier estimate of 8.27 lakh. It also revised the
cumulative job addition data from September 2017 to October 2018 downwards 16.4
percent to 66.18 lakh from earlier forecast of 79.16 lakh.
Google restricts apps from using
access permission via SMS, calls
San Francisco: Google has now restricted the use of high-risk and
sensitive permissions via SMS and phone calls for apps on PlayStore as part of
its recent policy change that now requires apps to be verified manually by the
search engine giant.
The company has declared March 9 as the deadline for developers whose
apps already include these permissions to either file a declaration confirming
their app requires these permissions for core functionality, submit a request
application for more time allotment to bring their app into compliance, or
remove the permissions from their apps immediately.
"Apps that fail to meet policy requirements or submit a declaration
form may be removed from Google Play," the company wrote in a post late on
Monday.
Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal becomes first Army officer to scale 6
peaks of 6000 metre in 10 days
In a first for the Indian Army, an officer made a landmark achievement
after he scaled six mountain peaks of at least 6,000 metre (20,000 feet) in 10
days.
The feat was achieved by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal who scaled
mountain peaks-- Copiapo of 6,050 metre, San Francisco of
6,016metre, Incahuasi of 6,627 metre, Ermitanio 6,187 metre, Ojos del
Salado of 6,893 metre, and Tres cruces south of
6,742 metre.
Good job
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