For the first time, Bollywood stars Arshad Warsi and Akshay Kumar are coming together for the upcoming action-comedy titled Bachchan Pandey. Film critic and movie trade analyst Taran Adarsh announced the news of Warsi and Kumar’s team-up on Twitter and said that the movie will hit the floors in January 2021 and […]
Mom found her son after 15 years as she recovered lost memories
Time is a cruel thing. A decade and a half of alienation can make a mother and son unrecognizable to each other. But what doesn’t fade is the love in their hearts. When you meet Rama Devi Chowdhary and her son Mitrajit, not for a moment it appears that the […]
Mira Kapoor says two-year-old son Zain is a fan of Spider-Man
Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput shared a new picture of herself as she dressed up as per the taste of her two-year-old son Zain. She showed a glimpse of her dress made in a web pattern. Sharing it on Instagram, she wrote, “My baby boy loves Spider-Man you see..” Mira […]
UK retail empire of billionaire Philip Green teeters on edge
The retail empire of tycoon Philip Green, which owns well-known British fashion chains like Topshop, appears to be on the brink of collapse following the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic. In another blow to the British retailing industry in the run-up to the crucial Christmas trading period, Arcadia Group said Friday […]
Scotland first in the world to make menstrual sanitary products free
Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty.” The measure makes tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost […]
Britain’s Labour Party could back Brexit deal, says report
Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, could support a Brexit deal if last-minute negotiations with the European Union succeed in the next few days, according to the Guardian newspaper. The opposition leader is planning to impose a three-line whip on Labour MPs to support the deal, subject to […]
FCC maintains ban on mobile phone voice calls during flights
The US Federal Communications Commission killed a proposal to allow in-flight voice calls via mobile phones, ending its examination of an idea that evoked fears of air rage from passengers trapped beside jabbering seat mates. The idea drew “strong opposition” from pilots and flight attendants, the agency said Friday in […]
Ireland to lift Covid-19 curbs ahead of many European countries
Ireland will allow shops, restaurants, gyms and pubs serving food to reopen next week, and permit travel between counties from December 18, to facilitate a “different but special” Christmas, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Friday. Ireland became one of first European countries to reimpose tough Covid-19 constraints six weeks ago when […]
Tripura Hindu outfit seeks nationwide law to curb ‘Love Jihad’
The Hindu Jagaran Mancha in Tripura is demanding an effective law to curb alleged ‘love jihad’ across the country and nearly 300 members of the outfit blocked the National Highway at Subhash bridge in Udaipur of Gomati district on Friday in support of their demand. Citing instances of alleged ‘love […]
Nokia Smart TV 7500A with 4K UHD display launched
Nokia has tied up with Streamview to launch a new range of smart TVs in Europe. The smart TVs will be available for a starting price of Eur 299 ( ₹26,400 approximately) to all the way up to Eur 1,199 ( ₹1,05,800 approximately). Screen sizes vary between 32-inch to 75-inch. It is […]
Low-income parents lonelier in pandemic, says British royal Kate
Parents living in deprived areas are at higher risk of feeling lonely due to Covid-19, British royal Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, said on Friday as she unveiled research that also highlighted the pandemic’s impact on women’s mental health. Loneliness among parents has risen from 38% before the pandemic to 63% today […]
Dehradun gears up for weekly shutdown on Sunday
The Uttarakhand state capital is preparing for a weekly lockdown of all market places on Sunday with the exception of shops selling essential items. The Dehradun district administration has issued orders for closure of all market places in Dehradun due to surge in COVID-19 cases in the city, the District Magistrate on […]
Tesla could widen release of ‘self-driving’ software in two weeks
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday there will probably be a wider roll out of a new “Full Self Driving” software update in two weeks. In October, Tesla released a beta, or test version, of what it calls a “Full Self Driving” software upgrade to an […]
Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra govt achieved nothing in one year: Fadnavis
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday attacked the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government as it completed its first year in office, saying it has failed on all counts. He said the government has been unable to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, resolve […]
Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist
Iran’s supreme leader is calling for “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment Saturday in a statement carried on his official website. Khamenei called Mohsen Fakhrizadeh “the country’s prominent and distinguished nuclear […]