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A verified professional identity platform powered by blockchain technology has integrated India’s leading payment gateway service, RazorPay to accept payments from users wanting to self-verify themselves when looking for a job. SpringRole is owned by parent company Springworks, a Bangalore and Santa Monica based HR technology firm. SpringRole allows users to verify their identity, employment […]

PayU, India’s leading online payment solutions provider, has enhanced its flexible fund source management and beneficiary management capabilities with its enhanced Payouts product suite. With the newly launched Payouts from Payins feature, merchants can receive payments (settlements and payments) directly into virtual accounts created by PayU, eliminating the need for constant recharging. From pay-ins received […]

US biotechnology company’s vaccine candidate protected mice from infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday. The findings by scientists, including those from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the US, show that the vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, induced neutralising […]

Scientists have analysed the presence throughout the human body of a protein which the novel coronavirus uses to enter host cells, and have found that it is produced only at “very low levels, if at all,” in the respiratory system, an advance which highlights the need for further studies to reassess the biological mechanisms responsible […]

Eye Level, a global leader in the education industry, is proud to announce that registration for the annual Eye Level Literary Award is open until August 7, 2020, for children between the ages of 4 and 15. The Eye Level Literary Award (ELLA), sponsored by DAEKYO Culture Foundation, has been a pillar of the Eye […]

Creative Peripherals is launching a Made in India platform for Indian Businesses Ckart, which will revolutionise the distribution business in India. Ckart will bring the massive offline distribution strength of Creative Peripherals amassed over a period of three decades, online. This will ensure that businesses across the country will be able to thrive and grow […]

India saw a single-day increase of 56,282 cases taking the country’s COVID-19 tally to 19,64,536 on Thursday, while the recoveries have surged to 13,28,336 and comprise 67.62 per cent of the total caseload, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported […]

As India approaches the 75th year of its independence, it relentlessly peruses the process of nation-building, the expansion of individual liberty, and of economic and political empowerment, a top Indian diplomat has said, reaffirming that the strength of India’s strategic partnership with the US will be central to the times ahead. In an op-ed in […]

Social media giant Facebook, for the first time, has removed a post from US President Donald Trump in which he claimed that children were “almost immune” to COVID-19, saying it violated its policy against spreading “misinformation” about the novel coronavirus. The post in question was a video clip of a Trump interview on Fox News […]

If the government has concluded that permitting the use of certain social networking websites, including Facebook and Instagram, by its defence personnel is enabling enemy countries gain an edge, the courts would be loath to interfere with the decision, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday. It said warfare in today’s world is not confined […]