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American tech giant Apple Inc. has on October 19 launched a live-streaming station called ‘Apple Music TV’, making its foray for the first time into music video landscape, reports Business Insider. The round the clock music service will…

Students in three Indian states--Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Sikkim have started getting back to schools with a hiatus of about 7 months over the coronavirus pandemic. Students in the states have begun returning to schools from October 19…

University of Oxford researchers have claimed they have developed a test method capable of identifying the novel coronavirus in less than five minutes, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses, reports Reuters.…

Winners of the Nobel Prizes 2020 in all six categories-Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics-have already been announced. On October 9 as usual, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the last one of the five,…

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has won the Nobel Peace Prize this year for its efforts to combat hunger worldwide and other peace bringing contributions. The agency in a statement expressed its gratitude to Norwegian Nobel Committee…

The World is most likely to have a Covid-19 vaccine ready by the end of this year, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said without any further details, reports Reuters. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General to…

Nigeria reopens all federal government schools from October 12 thanks to significant drop in novel coronavirus infections recently, said the education minister Adamu Adamu, reports Reuters. According to official data, new Covid-19 cases…

President Donald Trump, infected by the novel coronavirus, left the hospital and got back to the White House on October 5 night local time even though he’s not been entirely out of the woods yet as per his doctor. This development is…

There is no clear link between reopening of schools and rise in corona cases infections, finds a study by Insights for Education, a Zurich based independent educational foundation, reports Reuters. This comes at a time when many…

All primary level schools in Pakistan, the second worst affected country by the novel coronavirus in South Asia in terms of the number of cases, has reopened on September 30, reports Radio Pakistan. Kids wearing facemasks attend their…

Educational activities in the South Korean capital Seoul and nearby areas have back to business again with schools there resuming in-person classes on a limited scale from September 21. The ministry of education has opted for resumption…

All schools in China, the most possible origin of the novel coronavirus, re-opened their doors to students on August 31, reports AP citing local authorities. The communist nation has taken the decision following gradually steady…

Usain Bolt, the world record holder Jamaican sprinter in 100m & 200m and multiple Olympic gold medalist, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms ON August 24 confirmed his positive test to media,…

Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (84) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Pranab himself confirmed this in a post on his Twitter account on August 10. In the post, Pranab wrote, ‘on a visit to the hospital for a…

The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to rattle American economy as another 1.2 million people in the USA filed for first-time jobless benefits last week. But the figure is down from earlier period when 1.4 million did the same. The…

Latin American nation Bolivia has been any way quite forced to cancel the school year for the rest of the year of 2020 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The minister of the presidency Yerko Nunez announced this August 5 in a statement.…

Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti (44) has tested positive for Covid-19. But he is now in good health and will stay at home for the next two weeks on doctor’s advice. The PM’s press office confirmed it on August 4, reports CNN. In a…

The world is in the face of a "generational catastrophe" because of shutdowns of educational institutions amid the coronavirus pandemic, warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while launching a ‘Save our Future’ campaign on August 4,…

India's Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, popularly known as BIG B, has been discharged from Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai on August 2 after tested negative for Covid-19. His recovery comes just after 1 month of being infected by the novel…

Bollywood actor and former Miss World & Bachchan family daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya have been discharged from the hospital in Mumbai after being tested negative for the novel coronavirus. Her actor…