Twitter is testing new features to organize long threads of conversation on the social-networking website and testing prompts to revise replies to tweets that are considered harmful. Twitter says it’s currently testing the new format and a small group of users on iOS and the website will be able to see […]
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Met Gala Challenge goes viral with DIY epiphany
The first Monday in May is usually synonymous with the haute couture frenzy triggered by the Met Gala in New York, which kicks off the Met Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit. However, due to the global pandemic, this year’s soiree, themed, “About Time: Fashion and Duration” was postponed. On April 22, Broadway […]
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Airbnb Is cutting 25% of staff amid global travel slump
Airbnb Inc. is cutting 25% of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic continues to pummel the travel sector. About 1,900 Airbnb employees across the world will be affected, Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky wrote in an email to staff Tuesday. Those employees’ last day will be Monday, May 11, the email said. […]
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Forget palaces and art, let’s go to Vienna for the cake and wine
For centuries, thinking of Vienna has conjured up images of the most opulent royal residences and public buildings, straight from a fairy tale. There’s the golden, baroque Schoenbrunn Palace, and the towering cathedral of St. Stephen’s. But when I think of the city, the space that comes to mind is a small, dark, […]
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Instagram to play up Covid-19-related information on Stories, Feed
From now, you will be able to see Stories with Covid-19 information from credible health organisations you follow being played up on the top of your tray on Instagram. If you don’t follow any such health organisation you will not be seeing their stories, of course. Instagram also intends to […]
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NTA UGC- NET June exam 2020 dates to be confirmed in a few days: HRD Minister
Candidates of NTA UGC-NET June examination 2020 are uncertain about the dates of examination in the time of coronavirus. Meanwhile, the union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday said that the decision on UGC-NET and other examination dates will be decided in a couple of days. The […]
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Marvel fans’ death threats forced Fantastic Four director to sleep with gun
Director Josh Trank, whose new film Capone is gearing up for release, has spoken candidly about past career controversies — his ‘castration’ on Fantastic Four, and removal from Star Wars — in a new profile on Polygon. Trank famously disowned the theatrical cut of his Fantastic Four movie after control […]
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Covid- 19: Telangana promotes classes I-IX students without exam
The Telangana government, here on Tuesday, promoted students of classes I to IX in all schools, including aided and private unaided, to the higher classes for academic year 2020-21. The School Education Department issued the order, as the state cabinet had decided to do so last month. No examinations could […]
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Extraction sequel: Joe Russo teases new international location
Filmmaker Joe Russo has said that conversations about a follow-up to the recent Netflix action film Extraction began about a month ago, and the film’s record-breaking performance only encouraged everyone involved to move ahead with another instalment. Russo, who wrote the script for the first film, confirmed that he had signed on […]
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IIT Roorkee hosts summer internship program in online mode amid lockdown
In view of the COVID-19 situation, IIT Roorkee is hosting the SPARK summer internship programme in the online mode with interns working remotely. Over 65 interns have joined the internship offered under the SPARK programme and are working remotely. The interns are selected from prestigious institutes of the country, with […]
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Kiku Sharda urges people to stay home amid lockdown 3.0
In India’s fight against coronavirus pandemic, the lockdown has been extended and actor-comedian Kiku Sharda has urged people to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus. He, along with his family, had participated in the #ThaaliBajaao event to thank the medical staff and other frontline workers. “It […]
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Amid lockdown, students in Patna opt for virtual internship
As the Covid -19 outbreak has taken a toll on education sector, the virtual internship has become a new reality. Several students of Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (IIT-P), who had bagged summer internships in metro cities and foreign countries are now settling down with work-from-home kind of internship after […]
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Irrfan Khan was due to appear in a film about a pandemic from Anand Gandhi
Actor Irrfan Khan was discussing the possibility of appearing in a film about pandemics, filmmaker Anand Gandhi has said. Irrfan died after a two-year battle with neuroendocrine tumour last week. Gandhi had been developing a script based on women scientists, fighting a contagion. Titled Emergence, the film would have featured Irrfan, the filmmaker […]
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‘Creaky and cumbersome’: PM Modi orders complete overhaul of drug regulatory system
At a late Tuesday afternoon meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered praise on academics, industry and start-ups for setting aside their reservations and joining hands to power India’s research to develop tests, vaccines and drugs for Covid-19. But PM Modi had one lurking concern. This was about the ability of […]
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In letter to Mamata, BJP questions Bengal’s Covid-19 data
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged “discrepancies and infirmities” in the health bulletin issued by the government of West Bengal. BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is the national general secretary of the party, has said in a letter to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee that he remains concerned […]