In Vanish Mode, Messenger and Instagram users can send text chats, emoji, pictures, GIFs, voice messages and stickers, which will disappear after they've been seen and users leave the chat, Facebook explains

Penguin House India has announced that Sood will be penning his autobiography which will be an account of the actor's experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. The book will be co-written by Meena Iyer

YouTube on Thursday announced that it will not post its Rewind video because 2020 has been \"different\".

#TwitterBanInIndia is trending on the micro-blogging site with netizens irked at it for showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir instead of the Union Territory of Ladakh

Russia coronavirus vaccine: The interim trial results were announced by Russia's sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund on Wednesday. RDIF is backing the vaccine and marketing it globally

Digital news under I&B ministry: The ministry had told the Supreme Court in September that digital media needs regulating as it has a faster and larger reach

Konya's Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry stated that the dairy plant in question was asked to pay a fine and was closed for risking public health

Coronavirus vaccine: BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin, 55, son of Turkish immigrants who worked at the Ford factory in Cologne is now one of the 100 richest Germans, along with wife and board member Oezlem Tuereci, 53

US Elections 2020: Joe Biden inches closer to White House, gains ground in Georgia, PennsylvaniaDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained more ground on President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, edging closer to the White House, hours after Trump falsely claimed the election was being \"stolen\" from him. Biden, 77, would become the next president by winning Pennsylvania, or by winning two out of the trio of Georgia, Nevada and Arizona....

YouTuber Gaurav Wasan said that he gave all his bank statements and transferred all the money he received to Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad, and the allegations against him of taking Rs 25 lakh are also false

The police has arrested one accused, named Vivek (19). He was arrested from Sangam Vihar on Wednesday and confessed to his role in the incident during interrogation

Pictures of Revana Siddappa, an old man who sells plants at Kanakapura road near Sarakki Signal in Karnataka, became viral soon after a user shared details about him on Twitter

While there were some who raised questions on the FLOTUS' smile, there were others who simply poked fun at the entire phenomenon

There is not a single instance in history of a vaccine that has been discontinued

A survey by rural media platform Gaon Connection on the recently passed three agriculture laws in the country, showed that more than fifty per cent of farmers did not favour them; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that her ministry is in the process of assessing the country's economic situation and will make an official forecast of the GDP contraction for 2020-21 soon; Israel to begin trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'Brilife' by Oct-end. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus vaccine: Moderna eyes emergency approval in December

Israel to begin trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'Brilife' by Oct-endIsrael has named its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 'Brilife' and its human trials will begin by October-end, according to an official press release. The prospective vaccine is being developed by the Israel Institute of Biological Research (IIBR) that was established in 1952 as part of the Israel Defence Forces' Science Corps, and later became a civilian organisation.Big Billion Days: Over 70 sellers become crorepatis in first 3 day...

Xiaomi's official statement followed shortly after netizens began posting about the app, with some of them saying that the platform did not display any result on searching Itanagar and other places of Arunachal Pradesh

According to doctors, respiratory illnesses like viral influenza increase with a spike in pollution levels as poor air quality leads to inflammation in the lungs making it more vulnerable for the virus to penetrate

The video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization

The Tanshiq store's manager was forced to write an apology note in the wake of ongoing controversy over the jewellery brand's latest advertisement that created social media hype.