Teams enables teachers and students to connect over video-enabled remote classrooms, offering a host of interactive and collabora-tive tools on one platform

Exploring the world, going on an adventure or practising life in quarantine, online games are providing much more than just entertainment in lockdown.

After privacy concerns and a government advisory against popular video conferencing app Zoom, everyone is looking for alternatives.

Some creative hashtags on social media have come to the rescue of netizens, offering distraction as well as solace in these trying times.

While millions face the disease, almost all are facing economic hurdles. No sector is untouched, and no impact is small. Looking beyond oil and aviation, we bring you stories of sectors facing their own unique challenges.

The West’s adversarial journalism tradition designed to be watchdog of the government’s abuse of power would need some reformation in the midst of new media tools.

Reading Jeet Thayil’s latest novel Low, Johan Sebastian Bach’s iconic composition The Chaconne suddenly came to mind.

Xiaomi’s new audio devices sound great and are perfect for folks on a budget.

Cambly gives you instant access to native English speakers over video chat, so you can learn and gain confidence.

The real gains are for the gaming industry, which stands to benefit from this innovation.

Getting big-ticket investments would be challenging; focus on investments that are modest in size and low in resource demands.

The 2017 women's World Cup in England was the turning point with 180 million watching the game out of which 156 million were from India, says Lahoti.

In other words, we can speculate, but frankly, we don’t have much to go by till we know that work can be resumed to some extent.

A timely book that explains the pandemic to children, helping satisfy their curiosity about it.

While human touch remains an important part of the process, artificial intelligence is stepping in, too, especially where people can't.

With rumours that Kim Yo-jong might take over the leadership of North Korea after Kim Jong-un, we take a look at the role gender plays in society, especially politics.

From gender equality and adoption to mental health and sustainability, authors today are training the spotlight on many sensitive topics.

We bring to you a list of book titles recommended by Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar-winner Paro Anand.

Fortnite's metaverse event gives a glimpse of a world beyond gaming.

While the technology will not be as effective as a GSPS tracing, it would undoubtedly save battery as the power consumption of GPS is much higher than Bluetooth.

The gamified learning app for school students to be relaunched in all subjects.

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Some of the solutions we are gradually moving towards are personalised learning, constant upskilling, and greater collaboration between traditional education providers and edtech players.

Apps that are reshaping online learning either through their pioneering offerings or their way of offering these solutions. Apps that have unique offerings or unusual ways of offering solutions.

Kerala has decided to place people aged over 65 under reverse quarantine in the third phase of lockdown, as the magnitude of reverse migration to the state seems larger than what was anticipated.

“Ever since the outbreak, we have observed increased volumes of phishing attacks as well as a number of malicious websites purporting to offer information or advice about the pandemic,” says Venugopal N, director, software engineering, Check Point Software Technologies.

Attackers are pivoting their existing infrastructure for the distribution of ransomware, phishing emails, and other malware, leveraging COVID-19 keywords that get us to click on links or open emails.

The Watson virtual agent is AI-enabled and will be able to understand and respond to queries in English and Hindi.

HP Smart Tank 530 delivers hassle-free, reliable printing at an affordable price. It is designed to provide good ink tank experience and print quality for home users.

Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc, added more than 90,000 jobs.

Market participants have been anticipating the coupon on the new 10-year bonds to settle at levels close to 5.85%, around 15-18 basis points lower than the yield on the current benchmark bonds.

In a bid to curb the transmission of novel Coronavirus, India suspended public transport services and enforced a nearly two-month country-wide lockdown that is currently set to end on May 17.

Electricity consumption in Uttar Pradesh declined by 20.3% in April while Rajasthan recorded an annual fall of 21.3% in the same month.

Cognizant has reported a decline of 16.78% in net income at $367 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, as compared to $441 million in the same period a year ago.

While senior-vice presidents and above would have 20% of their pay slashed, vice-presidents and cockpit crew would take a 15% cut.

Minister for road transport and highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari said for the first time that the border is finally connected by roads.

Meanwhile, deposit growth in the banking system rose to 9.83%, falling marginally compared to the previous fortnight.

Power plants across the country currently have coal stock to run their plants for 31 days on an average.

Industry experts say that lump-sum investments have stopped and even some investors are stopping their SIPs, due to the unpredictable equity markets.

Separately, in a report released on Friday, S&P said it expected the banking systems of Indonesia and India to be among the worst hit in the Asia-Pacific region.

Earlier in the week, Uttar Pradesh promulgated an ordinance to exempt industries from various labour laws for three years to revive economic activities.

Announcing the revised calendar, the government said all the auctions covered by the calendar will have the facility of non-competitive bidding scheme, under which 5% of the notified amount will be reserved for the specified retail investors.

The meeting, to be held via video conference, will also dwell on credit disbursement since March, with the focus on Covid-19-related credit sanction and offtake.

Since renewable energy is unpredictable in nature, other sources of energy are required for balancing it, increasing the actual cost of such power, dissuading state-run power distribution companies from buying such electricity.

Company faring better than peers on operational front due to its focus on exports; lower costs to aid margin; ‘Buy’ maintained.

Current relaxations, prospective exemptions, and time taken to restore normalcy may depress tax collections. An increase in the tax rate of certain goods can compensate for losses.

A fully Keynesian approach will need to be taken by the government. People are losing jobs and production activity has come to a standstill due to the lockdown.

ICMR, at present, is only using Watson for backend reporting, but it also needs to deploy it for data analysis and forecasting trends.

The recent revisions made to the FDI policy need more clarity for the benefit of investors and companies that are getting lost in its ambiguity.

Just to have employment levels rise meaningfully—let alone goals such as playing host to companies moving out of China, or raising manufacturing’s share in the GDP to 25%—the Centre and the states must quickly ease labour laws.