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China Set to Launch Spacecraft to Potentially Send Astronauts on the Moon

The United States is so far the only country to have been able to send humans to the Moon.




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'Live and Let Die': Twitter Schools Donald Trump for Visiting Mask Factory Without Wearing One

Trump wore safety goggles during the factory tour but did not wear a mask despite sign that read: 'Attention: Face Mask Required in this Area. Thank You!'




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Priyanka Chopra, Julia Roberts Bring Met Gala Home With Stunning Lockdown Photos

The coronavirus pandemic has put all the plans and gatherings on hold, including the biggest fashion gathering of the year.




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Assam Police Surprise Elderly Man Living Alone in Lockdown on His Birthday

The one-minute- forty-seven-second long footage showed the team of police officers holding placards reading, 'I am Your Son' and 'I am Your Daughter'.




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FedEx Driver's Kind Gesture Makes Child's Lockdown Birthday Viral and Memorable

According to Liz, Jodan simply wanted to make up for the birthday celebrations Emma might've lost while staying at home due to the lockdown.




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Watch: Table Tennis Champion Omotayo Swaps Paddle for Medal During Lockdown

Omotayo, who is the latest product from Nigeria's conveyer belt of table tennis talent, started off as a teenage sensation.




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How to Deal with a Micromanaging Boss While Working from Home?

You can't change your boss's personality. But you can change the way you communicate with them.




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This Bizarre Studio Apartment in Australia Comes with a Toilet within Kitchen Space

The washroom, which comes with a toilet and shower, is within the kitchen, with just a glass partition between the two areas.




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Women are Turning to VR to Prepare for Real Life Situations of Sexual Harassment

While Singapore is regarded as one of the world's safest cities with little violent crime, cases of molestation increased more than 15 percent to 1,632 between 2010 and 2019.




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Elon Musk and Grimes Cannot Legally Name Their Son 'X Æ A-12' and There's a Good Reason

While Musk and Grimes mightwant to use X Æ A-12 as the kid's nickname, they'll officially have to name the child something else.




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Banksy's New Artwork 'Game Changer' Shows Health Workers as the New Heroes

The artwork is currently on view to staff and patients on Level C of Southampton General Hospital in Britain.




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Gujarat Govt Claims Drinking 'Ayurvedic Kadha' Helped Prevent Covid-19, Twitter Can't Swallow

After her address went viral on social media, netizens pointed out the fallacy of such statements and questioned its 'authenticity'.




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We Finally Know Why the North Magnetic Pole Has Been Drifting All These Years

The North Magnetic pole is located where the field lines go perpendicular to the surface.




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Mostly Common in Asia, These Giant Hornets Are Fast Becoming a Part of the American Palate

Mostly found in Asia and parts of Russia, the hornets are common in Japan. But in the country’s central Chubu region, the dangerous beings are eaten as a delicacy.




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Fact Check: Did Nurses in Jhalawar Hospital Resign Because of Misconduct by Jamaatis?

There is absolutely no mention of Jamaatis in the resignation letter.




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Watch: 'Apocalyptic' Sandstorm in West Africa Paints the Sky Blood Red

The terrifying photos and video clips of the incident are going viral on social media.




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Did You Know? Selfie Obsession on Social Media May Increase Risk of Eating Disorder

The researchers from Florida State University revealed a consistent and direct link between posting edited photos on Instagram and risk factors for eating disorders.




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Watch: Migrant Workers Throw Away Stale Food Served on Special Train at Asansol Station

The migrant workers were on their way from Ernakulam in Kerala to Bihar's Danapur when about a thousand of them were served the cooked meal along with water at Asansol station.




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Steve Smith is Giving Batting Tutorials from Home and Cricket Fans Couldn't Have Asked for More

In the video, the former Australian skipper spoke about the importance of pointing the front foot in the direction where a batsman wants to hit the ball.




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How Kohli, de Villiers and Steyn are Redefining the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Dictionary

One of the IPL franchises Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has devised an innovative way to introduce their key players to new fans.




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Milkman's Desi Jugaad to Deliver Milk While Maintaining Social Distancing is Winning Twitter

A photo of the milkman was posted on Twitter by IAS officer Nitin Sangwan who took the opportunity to praise the milkman's ingenious 'jugaad'.




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Punjab CM Teams Up with 5-year-old Tiktok Star to Talk About Social Distancing

Noor, who is seen in the avatar of a young Sikh boy in the video, had earlier teamed up with the Moga police to spread the message of social distancing.




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Google Reveals What Recipes Indians Searched the Most on Internet during Lockdown

The most searched recipes on Google were cake, samosa, jalebi, momos, dhokla, panipuri, dosa, paneer and chocolate cake.




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Elderly Couple Separated by Covid-19 Reunites after 56 Days in a Heartwarming Tale

Lois, whose illness has taken away her ability to speak, smiled several times and made faint noises. It is her way of communicating joy, Howard said.




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MDH Chacha's Parody Account Knows Why Elon Musk Gave His Son a Bizarre Name: Marijuana Masala

Taking to his parody account on Facebook, <em>Chachaji</em> narrated a fictional incident, trying to justify why Elon had come up with such a name. Or what is the unavoidable future consequence of this.




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Govt Requests Twitter to Block Tejasvi Surya's Communal 2015 Tweet Linking Terrorism to Islam

Surya's tweet is one of 121 tweets that have been asked to be removed from Twitter.




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'It's a Hoax': Twitter Mocks Donald Trump after Ivanka's Assistant Tests Positive for Covid-19

Ivanka Trump's secretary became the third White House employee to test negative for coronavirus on Friday following Donald Trump's valet and Mike Pence's aide.




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Dutch Restaurant Installs 'Quarantine Greenhouses' for Diners to Eat Out While Social Distancing

A restaurant in Amsterdam has trialling glass booths for diners as Netherlands looks to lift lockdown restrictions in the coming week.




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WATCH: David Warner Grooves to Thala Ajith’s Tunes With Wife Candice and daughter Indi on TikTok

The Aussie cricketer is spending the lockdown time with his family – wife Candice and daughters Ivy Mae, Indi Rae and Isla Rose.




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These are the Final Secret Messages Sent by Nazis after World War II Ended

The secret messages, sent on May 7, 1945, were made public for the first time on Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.




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Airbus Sensor Cameras Used to Detect Explosives Can Prove Vital in 'Sniffing' Coronavirus

These camera sensors use microprocessors, which are made of biological cells. These processors help in identifying different chemicals and microbes floating in the air but invisible to human eyes.




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While We Showered Flowers, Canada Increased Salaries of Health Workers Fighting Covid-19

Canada has decided to increase wages of health workers and has set aside a $3 billion budget for the same.




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England Cricket Board Teasing Kohli's Unique Dismissal by Rashid Has Riled up Desi Fans

In the video with Kohli, from the 2018 ODI series, the ECB has asked the Indian skipper if that was the best ball he ever faced.




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Dutch School Installs Plastic Shields Around Students' Desks to Maintain Social Distancing

At the Springplank school in Netherlands, younger students will use one entrance and older students a different one. Parents will have to drop their children at the gate.




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Industry Dialogue: It is Not True That Employees Working From Home Are Lazying Around

If you’re still unsure whether remote work can work for your business, you may not have had a choice, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time to assure employees that you not only care about but also trust them—that you have their best interests at heart.




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RBI Writes off Nearly Rs 69,000 Cr Loans, Including Those of Top Defaulters Mehul Choksi & Vijay Mallya

Absconding dimantaire Choksi's company Gitanjali Gems tops the list of these defaulters with a whopping amount of Rs 5,492 crore, according to the list.




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WTO Members Eliminate Duties on Over 84% of Medical Products for 2020 under Various Agreements

India is a member of the WTO since 1995. There are a total of 164 members of this organisation, which deals with global trade-related issues.




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India's Serum Institute to Make Millions of Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

Serum, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, is mass-producing the vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford.




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Sensex Rallies 606 Points, Nifty Reclaims 9,500 as Banks, Financials Surge

Indian markets opened on positive note taking positive cues from its Asian peers and ahead of U S Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic.




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Salary Cuts Imminent: Deloitte Says 27 of the Top 100 Firms on NSE Can't Sustain Wage Bill

A study by Deloitte found that 27 companies of the 100 listed on the NSE, won't be able to sustain current wage bill from cash profits, if their revenue dips by 30 per cent or more.




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Realty Check: Work-from-home Might Not Result in Shrinking of Office Spaces, Say Experts

The need for more space due to potential social distancing norms in the near and distant future, expert say, is likely to offset the space gained by people working from home.




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Partial Relief for Vodafone Idea as SC Asks Income Tax Department to Refund Rs 733 Crore

Vodafone Idea, formerly known as Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd, had however sought Rs 4,759.07 crore in tax refund from for AYs - 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.




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Govt Should Allow Micro-finance Institutions to Resume Operations in Green Zones: Official

MFIs have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many finding it difficult to meet the operating costs and pay salaries during the ongoing lockdown.




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Government Looking into Possibility of Building Smart Cities along Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Nitin Gadkari

The Rs 1 lakh crore flagship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is scheduled to be completed within three years and and expected to cut down the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to just 12 hours.




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Oil Prices Extend Rally as Coronavirus Worries Ease

Oil prices have plunged to historic lows in recent weeks as collapsing demand due to worldwide lockdowns prompted a massive glut and led to storage capacity filling up.




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India's Scrap Gold Supplies Seen at Record High on Price Rally, Coronavirus, Says WGC

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.




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Glenmark to Conduct Trials for Potential Covid-19 Drug, Shares Jump

On Wednesday, another Indian pharmaceutical company, Strides Pharma Science Ltd, said it had developed and commercialised favipiravir antiviral tablets, and had applied to Indian drug authorities to start trials.




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Mukesh Ambani to Forego Salary, RIL Board Members to Take Pay Cut amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In a letter to employees dated April 29, Reliance Industries' executive director Hital R. Meswani stated that Ambani will forego his entire compensation.




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JustDial Board Gives Nod to Rs 220 Crore Buyback Proposal at Rs 700 Per Share

In its filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said that the board of directors of JustDial has given its nod to a buyback proposal worth maximum Rs 220 crore.




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Nitin Gadkari Launches Portal for Innovative MSME Ideas

The 'MSME Bank of Ideas, Innovation and Research' portal was launched via video-conference. Registered users on the portal can share ideas, innovation and research, which will be reviewed by the officer concerned.