Katy Perry loves to keep it real, and the 36-year-old pop singer who has belted out hits like I Kissed A Girl, TGIF, Bon Appetit, Roar, among others, is giving her fans and followers the down low on ‘what makes a woman’. The American Idol judge gave birth to her and […]
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Shares mostly lower in Asia after tech-led drop on Wall Street
Stocks were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after weakness in technology companies’ shares led an overnight decline on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney but edged higher in Shanghai. As coronavirus vaccines move closer to distribution, markets have been pushing higher on hopes the pandemic will […]
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Women’s Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
“Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and “Beloved” author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Thursday as part of a posthumous class of Black honourees that also includes Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were widely used in biomedical research. Also in the list are Barbara Hillary, the […]
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World Bank boosts target for climate-friendly financing to 35% over five years
The World Bank said on Wednesday it was setting a new five-year target for 35% of its financing, on average, to have climate “co-benefits,” up from a 28% target for the previous five-year period ended in 2020. The multilateral development lender also said half of the climate-related financing would be […]
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Oman to give 10-day visa-free entry to 103 countries to boost tourism
Oman will exempt nationals of 103 counties from needing an entry visa for a stay of up to 10 days, police said on Wednesday, in a move to support tourism and shore up its struggling economy. Visitors must have a confirmed hotel reservation, health insurance and a return ticket, Royal […]
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Microsoft xCloud coming to iOS, Windows in spring 2021
Microsoft has announced the launch timeline for its xCloud gaming service to iOS and Windows. Microsoft xCloud will be available on the iPhone, iPad and Windows PCs in spring 2021. Microsoft xCloud will be available at $15 ( ₹1,200 approx) per month with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. On Windows PCs, […]
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Govt ready for talks, urge farmer leaders to go through the proposal: Tomar
Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that the government is ready to hold discussions with farmers to end the impasse over farm laws. Addressing a press conference, he also reiterated that the new laws passed by Parliament in September will benefit the farmers. He also urged farmers […]
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Delta asks more workers to take leave as travel slump widens
Delta Air Lines has managed to avoid furloughs but is now asking more employees to take unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as coronavirus cases increase across the United States. CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that Delta will need takers for its unpaid-leave program “for the […]
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Amazon starts rolling out the new Fire TV UI
Amazon unveiled the new Fire TV interface back in September. It has now started rolling out the redesign to the Fire TV Stick (third-gen) and Fire TV Stick Lite. Amazon will bring the new Fire TV interface to other devices next year. The changes on Fire TV are quite obvious starting with the […]
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Gunmen kill female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan
Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials said. The attackers opened fire on Malala Maiwand’s car soon after she left her house in the eastern Nangarhar province, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor. No one has claimed responsibility, but an Islamic […]
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Instagram and Facebook Messenger down for users across the globe
Facebook Messenger and Instagram users are reporting glitches with their apps. But, the Mark Zuckerberg-owned enterprise, which is currently in the throws of two massive anti-trust lawsuits in the US, has no update on what’s wrong. Spike in the number of Facebook Messenger and Instagram complaints globally Reported issues with Facebook […]
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Four killed, five injured as SUV ploughs into truck in Dhanbad
Four persons were killed and five others including two women were injured in a horrific accident when an SUV in which they were travelling slammed into the rear of a truck on National Highway 2 in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police said. The […]
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Neelam says she heard a rumour about her being gay, reveals her reaction
Neelam Kothari Soni opened up about the most bizarre rumour that she heard about herself — that she is secretly in the closet. She made the revelation during a promotional interview for Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and also shared her response to it. The new reality series, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, […]
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‘Deplorable’: Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal condemn attack on JP Nadda’s convoy
Union home minister Amit Shah condemned the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda’s convoy, when it was on its way to Diamond Harbour area in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district from Kolkata on Thursday. “Today, the National President of BJP in Bengal @JPNadda was attacked. The attack […]
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SpaceX’s Starship prototype explodes on landing after test launch
SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after an otherwise successful test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas, live video of the flight showed. The Starship rocket destroyed in the accident was a 16-story-tall prototype for the heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by […]