In a Chinese electric-vehicle market packed with big hitters like Tesla Inc., two brothers from Hong Kong are carving out a niche catering to motor racing enthusiasts. Their 305 kilometers-per-hour (190 miles-per-hour) electric super car will be unveiled next week. The car, codenamed AP-0, is the brainchild of Jason and […]
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Social media ban lifted in J-K, internet speed restricted to 2G
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to lift the ban on social media websites. The restrictions were put in place after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year. In a fresh order, the Jammu and Kashmir administration today said that people would now be allowed […]
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Torrential rains kill 16 on Brazil coast, dozens missing
A storm that pummeled Brazil’s south-eastern coast early Tuesday caused landslides and killed at least 16 people. Dozens more were missing. The deaths occurred in the cities of Guaruja, Santos and Sao Vicente of Sao Paulo state, with the former hardest hit, according to a statement from its civil defence […]
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Mass death of white-throated laughingthrush birds in Uttarakhand
Around 50 white-throated laughingthrush birds died mysteriously in the forests of Berinag sub-division of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. Berinag forest range officer Manoj Sanwal confirmed the mass death, saying they were being sent for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of their death. The birds were found dead on […]
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Queen tells grandson Harry he is always welcome back ahead of royal exit
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly told her grandson, Harry, that he is always welcome back as the Prince and his wife Meghan Markle take a formal step back from the royal frontline at the end of this month. During a four-hour-long heart to heart over lunch at Windsor Castle […]
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Vidya Balan begins shooting for Sherni on World Wildlife Day, see pic
Bollywood actor Vidya Balan has begun shooting for her next film, Sherni and the makers chose World Wildlife Day on Tuesday for the muhurat and the puja was held in an ancient temple situated in the middle of a forest. Sharing a picture from the muhurat puja on sets, Vidya write on […]
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2000 face masks stolen from a French hospital amid coronavirus scare
Around 2,000 surgical masks have been stolen from a hospital in the southern French city of Marseille in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak, health authorities said Tuesday. The masks were pilfered from a part of Conception hospital that is accessible only to staff and patients who have undergone surgery, […]
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93% jump in UK study visas for Indians
Over 37,500 Indian students joined UK universities in 2019, a 93% jump in the number of study visas granted by Britain, UK Immigration Statistics data showed on Thursday. The data comes months after the UK announced the introduction of post-study work permit of two years for international students called the […]
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‘Hopeful convicts will be hanged this month’: Delhi gang-rape victim’s father
will be hanged this month, after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the case. “He has one option left — that is to challenge the mercy plea in Supreme Court as the others have done. […]
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How to enable WhatsApp Dark Mode on your Android 10 smartphone
Dark Mode is officially here. After staying in testing for more than a year, WhatsApp officially launched the feature for its 2 billion users around the world. WhatsApp says the Dark Mode is aimed at reducing eye strain in lowlight environments. The Facebook-owned company revealed that the combination of pure black and […]
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17 Indians abroad infected with coronavirus, says MEA
Seventeen Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said 16 cases were reported from Japan on the cruise ship and one from the UAE. He further […]
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Tibetan administration temporarily shuts schools
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has temporarily shut all its schools as a precaution owing to threat of coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday. Tibetan Children’s Village schools President Thupten Dorjee said the schools were closed as a precautionary measure against the prevailing public health crisis, a post on the CTA’s […]
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Two more test positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad
The number of coronavirus infections in Hyderabad rose to three on Wednesday with two persons testing positive in preliminary checks, Telangana’s Public Health and Family Welfare said in a statement. The samples of the two persons have been sent to the National Virology Laboratory in Pune for confirmation. Of the two, one […]
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise reports sales that miss estimates on weak server demand
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. reported sales that fell short of Wall Street estimates, signaling weaker corporate demand for servers amid macroeconomic concerns and the ongoing shift to cloud computing. Fiscal first-quarter sales declined 8% to $6.95 billion, the San Jose, California-based company said Tuesday in a statement. It marked the fifth consecutive […]
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Pawan Gupta’s mercy plea rejected, Tihar to seek fresh death warrant from court
Tihar jail authorities will move Delhi’s Patiala House Court today seeking a fresh date of execution of death warrant for all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. The move comes after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected convict Pawan Kumar’s mercy petition earlier in the day. “In view of the rejection of […]