Budget 2018-19

  Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday blocked a music video by famous Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal titled ‘Ailaan’ that was related to the farmer protests and raked in over 60 lakh views Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday blocked a music video by famous Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal titled ‘Ailaan’ that was related to the farmer protests and raked in over 60 lakh views. YouTube has placed a notification on the original video, saying “This content is not available on this country domain due to a legal complaint from the government”. A YouTube spokesperson said in a statement: “We comply with valid legal requests from authorities wherever possible, consistent with our longstanding policy and act quickly to remove identified content”. However, the fans of the singer posted the same music video on various other channels on  YouTube  which can still be accessed. According to media reports, another video by artist Himmat Sandhu titled ‘Asi vaddange’ which had 1.3 crore views has also b...

  Following a 12-day visit to China to probe the origins of Covid-19 in Wuhan, a team of World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dismissed the theory of a ‘lab leak’ of the virus Following a 12-day visit to China to probe the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, a team of World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dismissed the theory of a ‘lab leak’ of the virus. According to Washington Post, Peter Ben Embarek, the Danish WHO food safety expert leading the international team, said his group will not recommend further investigation into the theory that the virus accidentally leaked from labs conducting coronavirus research. Embarek told reporters that the judgment was based on “long, frank, open discussions with researchers and management” at institutions including the  Wuhan Institute of Virology  (WIV). “They’re the best ones to dismiss the claims and provide answers to all the questions,” he said. “Our initial findings suggest that introduction through an intermediary host...