Google on Wednesday said it would invest $15 million (around Rs 109 crore) to support small and micro enterprises in India in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to register offences against people who violate COVID-19 safety guidelines; Air pollution caused an estimated 54,000 premature deaths in the Indian capital New Delhi last year, according to a study released on Thursday. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Drug marketing firms, manufacturers to be made equally responsible for medicine quality

COVID-19 in Mumbai: State govt fights to curb coronavirus crisis; BMC issues fresh guidelines In the light of a rise in COVID- 19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to register offences against people who violate safety guidelines, an official said on Thursday. The civic body has intensified action against people found without masks in public, and will take action against function halls, gymnasiums and other establishments that don't follow safety norms, the official ...

In a series of tweets, Gahlot explained that by switching to electric two-wheeler people can save up to Rs 22,000 per annum as compared to using a petrol-run scooter

The Vivo X60 Pro+ offers a 6.56-inch OLED display which comes with a 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate.

The VR headset could be launched as a device for playing games, watching videos, and more.

The proposed law has become a flashpoint as it would see Google forced to pay news publishers for their content.

The latest leaks say keeping the lights on the device will be a 4,400mAh battery with 66W fast charging support.

Reports say the Honor V40 could come with a 6.72-inch screen FHD+ display where the top-left corner of the screen would come with a pill-shaped cutout.

The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G brings a powerful processor, a big display, and good cameras but are they new when compared to last year's Reno 4 Pro?

A cold day is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal

West Bengal is the number one state in buying the dirtiest coal power in the country with most of the stations supplying electricity to the state having not taken adequate measures to comply with December 2015 sulphur dioxide norms notified by the government

Oil prices plunge as new mutant coronavirus strain revives demand fears Oil dropped towards $50 a barrel on Tuesday, adding to losses from the previous session, as a mutant variant of the coronavirus in Britain revived concerns over demand recovery. Detection of the new variant prompted several countries to close their borders to Britain. Both benchmarks slid nearly 3% on Monday, partly erasing recent gains driven by the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, seen as key to allowing a return to norm...

Oil prices plunge as new mutant coronavirus strain revives demand fearsOil dropped towards $50 a barrel on Tuesday, adding to losses from the previous session, as a mutant variant of the coronavirus in Britain revived concerns over demand recovery. Detection of the new variant prompted several countries to close their borders to Britain. Both benchmarks slid nearly 3% on Monday, partly erasing recent gains driven by the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, seen as key to allowing a return to normal ...

Apple employees likely to work from home till June 2021, says CEO Tim Cook; Govt to vaccinate 30 crore Indians by July; Five key genes linked to severe COVID-19 found, suggesting drug targets. Watch this and more on News Blast.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that PM Modi wil lay foundation stone of the new Parliament building and the construction is expected to be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore

The wind speed remained slow allowing the accumulation of pollutants generated locally, VK Soni, head of the IMD's environment research centre said

The government has defined the meaning of aggregator, through Motor Vehicle aggregator guidelines, as digital mediators or marketplaces for passengers to connect with a driver for the intent of transportation

Delhi air quality: If no crackers are burnt on Diwali day then the PM2.5 concentration in Delhi might be the lowest in the last four years, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said

The air purifier houses an LCD that displays PM2.5, PM10, VOCs, NO2 in the air. It also displays which particles and gases the Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Cryptomic machine is automatically sensing in real-time