The team behind PUBG Mobile India have been trying to get their game launched in the country for a while now. After making the announcements of the relaunch just before Diwali, the now-registered company has been waiting for a go-ahead from the government. According to reports for InsideSport, they had […]
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RBI to hold rates amid inflation, says economists
India’s central bank will likely keep interest rates unchanged for a third straight meeting as inflation stays stubbornly high and signs appear of growth beginning to return to Asia’s third-largest economy. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee is forecast to hold the benchmark repurchase rate at 4% Friday, according to all […]
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Samsung to offer 150 fresh scholarships to JNV students making it to IITs, NITs
Samsung India on Thursday announced to offer 150 fresh scholarships to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya students qualifying for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or National Institute of Technology (NIT) for the academic year 2020-21, under the 5th edition of its Star Scholar programme. In a press statement issued by the company, […]
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Austria to allow Christmas skiing but many restrictions stay
Austria will allow skiing to start on Dec. 24, but will limit the capacity of ski lifts and keep restaurants, bars and hotels largely closed until early January, officials said Wednesday. It also will require many people entering the country over the Christmas period to go into quarantine. Tough lockdown […]
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Pavitra Punia responds to claims she’s married, cheated on husband
Evicted Bigg Boss 14 contestant Pavitra Punia has avoided comment on Sumit Maheshwari’s claim that the two are married and she has cheated on him four times. The actor said she will address the accusations at “the right time” and this is not very important for her at present. Pavitra, who was […]
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Battered but unbowed by Covid, Tokyo’s gay district forges stronger ties
When Toshitsune Tamashiro was young and closeted in 1980s Japan, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome gay district was a haven. Now he runs a bar there, and has fought to keep the district going during the coronavirus pandemic. Ni-chome, believed the most dense concentration of gay bars globally, fulfills a vital role […]
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Inside Aditya Narayan, Shweta Agarwal wedding reception
After a low-key wedding with just family and close friends, Aditya Narayan and Shweta Agarwal were joined by celebrities from TV and Bollywood as they hosted a grand wedding reception. Dressed in a black tuxedo, Aditya looked quite dashing as he was joined by his bride, looking gorgeous in a floor-length […]
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Elephants attack mining workers’ slums in Uttarakhand, 1 deaf labourer crushed
One worker was killed and two others severely injured when an elephant herd in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district attacked the temporary slums of mining workers on Wednesday night. “There are temporary slums of mining labourers along the Gaula river, which were attacked by wild elephants on Wednesday night. One person was […]
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Meghalaya starts preparing for Covid-19 vaccine amid festive season
With the Covid-19 vaccine trials picking up pace, Meghalaya is putting in place protocols to ensure that the process of immunisation is streamlined while keeping in mind the safety of citizens especially during the ensuing festive season. A detailed review meeting on the state’s Covid-19 situation was convened by chief minister […]
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India, US ink MoU to enhance cooperation on intellectual property
India and the US have signed an MoU to increase cooperation in the field of intellectual property (IP) by facilitating exchange and dissemination of best practices, collaboration in training programs and outreach activities, an official statement said on Thursday. The two sides will draw up a biennial work plan to […]
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Electric wheelchair tours show Colombian city from new angle
Wilson Guzmán lost the use of his legs at age 17 when he was shot in the back while trying to recover a stolen bicycle in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia. Two decades later, he glides through the city’s streets using an electric hand-bike attached to the front of his […]
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Scientists reset biological clock to restore vision in old mice
A team of scientists at Harvard Medical School have turned back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to reverse vision loss in elderly mice with a condition mimicking human glaucoma, according to a study published in Nature on December 2. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates the epigenetic reprogramming […]
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Shiv Kumar Verma suffering from COPD, CINTAA seeks financial help
Actor Shiv Kumar Verma, who has featured in several films including Halla Bol, is suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and has tested negative for Covid-19. The Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) has sought financial help from fans as well as industry stalwarts in a bid to help […]
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Maharashtra farmers launch day-long protests against farm laws
Farmers across Maharashtra marched to offices of tehsildars and district collectors to express their solidarity with cultivators camping outside Delhi to demand repeal of farm laws passed in September to liberalise the sector. The All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), an umbrella body of over 500 farmer organisations, organised the marches. Over 80 organisations […]
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Twitter expands hate speech rules to include race, ethnicity
Twitter Inc on Wednesday expanded its policy barring hateful speech to include “language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin,” it said in a statement. The company banned speech that dehumanizes others based on religion or caste last year and updated the rule in March to add […]