With barely a week left for reopening of schools for students of Class 9 to 12, all government and private schools have geared up for making necessary arrangements and staggering Covid-19 safety protocols for resuming regular classes. As a part of safety measures directed by the crisis management group, Bihar […]
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai steps down from Next Digital helm
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is facing charges of endangering national security in a sweeping crackdown by Beijing on the city’s pro-democracy protesters, resigned as chairman of Next Digital Ltd. ahead of a crucial bail hearing. Lai, 73, tendered his resignation “in order to spend more time dealing […]
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First trans beauty pageant finalist makes history in Nepal
When Angel Lama sashays down the catwalk in the Miss Universe Nepal finals on Wednesday she will make history as the first transgender woman to be a finalist in the Himalayan nation’s most glamorous annual event. Nepal ranks among fewer than a dozen countries in the world that accept trans […]
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Quebec calls for airport testing to avoid holiday spread of Covid-19
The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday urged the federal government to require Covid-19 testing for residents returning from year-end vacations, after images of maskless tourists frolicking on overseas beaches hit social media as cases rose. Canada’s travel restrictions are among the world’s toughest, with non-essential foreigners normally denied entry […]
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VMware sues former executive who left for CEO job at Nutanix
VMware Inc. said that one of its former top executives, Rajiv Ramaswami, violated his contractual obligations while being courted to be the chief executive officer of rival Nutanix Inc., adding another dimension to a bitter rivalry between the two software makers. VMware’s lawsuit against Ramaswami, who was named CEO on […]
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10 ways Covid-19 has changed the world economy forever
Economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and they bring about permanent and far-reaching change. Measured by output, the world economy is well on the way to recovery from a slump the likes of which barely any of its 7.7 billion people have […]
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Chinese tourists scale back domestic travel plans
Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips out of their provinces. Recent cases of the novel coronavirus in Beijing and northern China have rekindled public concern, already […]
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MX TakaTak sets up ₹100 crore Creator Fund for content creators
MX Player’s MX TakaTak on Tuesday announced setting up of ₹100 crore ‘Creator Fund’ for new and existing content creators. MX TakaTak is a short-video sharing platform, which had launched earlier this year. The platform is available on both Google and Apple app stores. Since its debut, TakaTak has acquired 70 […]
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Indian-origin UK company director banned over tax bill
An Indian-origin director of a ladies clothing manufacturing company in the east Midlands town of Leicester has been banned for six years after failing to pay a £98,000 tax bill, Britain’s insolvency officials said on Wednesday. Surinder Singh, 62, was the director of the company that was placed into compulsory […]
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Sidharth-Kiara, Ananya, Ishaan leave for New Year getaway
After Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt were seen leaving Mumbai to head out for their New Year vacation, it was the turn of Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra to head out. Khalli Peeli co-stars Ananya Panday and Ishaan Khatter were also seen leaving town. Kiara and Sidharth are yet to […]
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‘Support historic movement’: Raghav Chadha sets up WiFi at Singhu border
Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha on Wednesday set up free WiFi hotspots at the Singhu border to aid the protesting farmers who have been camping there for more than a month protesting the three contentious farm laws. The decision was taken by “farmers’ sevadar Arvind Kejriwal”, Chadha had said […]
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Reliance Jio, MediaTek announce online gaming tournament on Jio Games
Reliance Jio today announced a partnership with MediaTek. As a part of this partnership, the two companies have announced an online gaming tournament called ‘Gaming Masters’. Registrations for the upcoming 70-day long esports tournament began today and they will go on until January 9, 2021. The esports tournament, on the […]
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Uttarakhand: Out of 227 UK returnees, 25 still untraced
Out of 227 returnees from the United Kingdom, the Dehradun administration has tracked 202 people so far, while 25 people are still untraced. “Police, Local Intelligence Unit and other units are helping the local authorities to track these 25 people,” Dehradun SP (City) Shweta Choubey said. Out of the returnees, who have been tracked, six […]
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Shruti Seth undergoes ‘emergency surgery’, averts ‘major health crisis’
Actor Shruti Seth has revealed that she underwent an ‘emergency surgery’ that put an abrupt end to all her end-of-year plans. In a social media post, she expressed her gratitude and wrote that one must always count their blessings. Sharing a picture of herself, in hospital, she wrote that she averted a […]
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Uttarakhand to learn from Prayagraj’s Magh Mela template for hosting Kumbh
A team of officials from Uttarakhand would visit the holy city of Prayagraj on Friday to see how Magh Mela, the 57-day religious fair, is being organised in Corona times with a view to using the lessons for management of Haridwar Kumbh, starting from January 14 The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara […]