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Meet humanoid robot 'Zafira' that ensures COVID precautions at cloth-stores

Aug 27, 2020

Trichy (Tamil Nadu), Aug 27 (ANI): In wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a robot called 'Zafira' is being used at all cloth-stores of a company in Tiruchirappalli. Zafira monitors if people entering the store are wearing mask, check their temperature, and dispense sanitiser. Humanoid robot also keeps a track of the number of people entering the store, at a time. “We have developed robots ever since COVID broke out, and lockdown was imposed, to help frontline workers. The robot has a complete intelligence system. It will also track number of people entering store, at a time...
Smartphones worth Rs 2 crore looted from shipment truck in AP’s Chittoor

Smartphones worth Rs 2 crore looted from shipment truck in AP’s Chittoor

Aug 27, 2020

Organic farming opens new chapter in lives of farmers in Valley

Organic farming opens new chapter in lives of farmers in Valley

Aug 26, 2020

SSR death case: Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj leave DRDO guest house after CBI interrogation

SSR death case: Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj leave DRDO guest house after CBI interrogation

Aug 26, 2020

Watch: IAF rescues man from flooded river

Watch: IAF rescues man from flooded river

Aug 26, 2020

Problems of students being dealt uncaringly: Sonia Gandhi at virtual opposition meet

Problems of students being dealt uncaringly: Sonia Gandhi at virtual opposition meet

Aug 26, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Congress interim president, Sonia Gandhi held a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers on August 26. Sonia Gandhi discussed the various pitfalls in the functioning of Central Government with respect to...
Delhi govt to provide pulse oximeters to recovered COVID patients, if required

Delhi govt to provide pulse oximeters to recovered COVID patients, if required

Aug 26, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 26 informed that Delhi Government will provide oximeters at home to recovered COVID patients if required. “Symptoms like breathlessness and low oxygen level...
Centre should either postpone NEET, JEE exams or find alternative: Manish Sisodia

Centre should either postpone NEET, JEE exams or find alternative: Manish Sisodia

Aug 26, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister, Manish Sisodia said on August 26 that Central Government should postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)...
Kashmir’s unexplored tourist destinations getting big infra push

Kashmir’s unexplored tourist destinations getting big infra push

Aug 26, 2020

Anantnag (J&K), Aug 26 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir government is building cafeterias, huts, trekking camps and other public utility spots in the unexplored tourist zones in Anantnag district. The push on tourism infrastructure will help...
COVID: India crosses 32 lakh mark with 67,151 new cases

COVID: India crosses 32 lakh mark with 67,151 new cases

Aug 26, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): India reported 67,151 fresh cases and 1,059 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this country’s COVID19 case tally crossed 32 lakh mark on August 26. The COVID-19 case tally...
Onam 2020: Children use locally-sourced flowers to make ‘pookkalam’ due to COVID

Onam 2020: Children use locally-sourced flowers to make ‘pookkalam’ due to COVID

Aug 26, 2020

Kozhikode (Kerala), Aug 26 (ANI): To avoid the risk of coronavirus infection, children made ‘pookkalam’ (floral decoration) with locally-sourced flowers for Onam celebrations in Kerala. They collected flowers from their neighbourhood. Ayana said, “Due to...