Day: March 13, 2020

Gmail, other Google services face outage

Google employee in Bengaluru diagnosed with coronavirus

9:05 pm March 13, 2020

Bengaluru: Google confirmed on Friday that an employee of its Bengaluru office has been diagnosed with COVID-19. “The employee has been on quarantine since then, and we have asked colleagues who were in close contact with the employee to quarantine themselves and monitor their health,” the company said in a statement. Karnataka Health Department officials […]

Pune start-up develops eco-friendly hand sanitiser

Masks, hand santizers declared ‘essential commodities’

9:01 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday declared masks, including N95, and hand sanitizers as ‘essential commodities’ in the wake of the coronavirus scare leading to shortages and black marketing of these items. These items will remain under essential commodities segment till June-end, a move aimed at ensuring availability at reasonable prices and cracking down on […]

‘A Quiet Place II’ worldwide release delayed due to coronavirus scare

8:59 pm March 13, 2020

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures has delayed the release of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s horror thriller “A Quiet Place Part II” indefinitely amid coronavirus outbreak. The film, a sequel to 2018’s horror hit directed by Krasinski, was slated to bow out worldwide on March 18, with a UK premiere scheduled for March 19 and a […]

Rita Wilson says having COVID-19 at same time as Tom Hanks made it easier

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson share health after coronavirus diagnosis

8:57 pm March 13, 2020

Los Angeles: Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson on Friday gave a health update from coronavirus quarantine, saying they are taking it “one day at a time”. The couple, who is in isolation at a hospital in the state of Queensland in Australia, said they are being well cared for. “Hello folks. […]

Anushka Sharma shares teaser of Amazon series

Tried to make stereotyped non-mainstream cinema, mainstream: Anushka Sharma

8:55 pm March 13, 2020

Mumbai: Bollywood star Anushka Sharma made foray into film production five years ago with thriller “NH10”, and the actor says she happy to have contributed to the changing content landscape of Indian film industry. Anushka, who established her banner — Clean Slate Films — along with her brother Karnesh Sharma in 2014, said her aim […]