“Giggling bread” and “joyfully dancing salad” aren’t the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalised leaf. The restaurant at the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri started serving […]
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Fast-spreading UK coronavirus variant could be dominant in U.S. by March, CDC says
A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first discovered in Britain could become the dominant variant in the United States by March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Friday. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, is believed to be twice as contagious as the current version […]
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Microsoft ups file sharing limit to 250GB to improve remote working
As more and more companies embrace the work from home culture, employees around the world are beginning to rely on technology to fill the gaps that distancing has brought to their daily workflows. One of the most important requirements of effective office productivity is the ability to share files easily […]
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RBI likely to propose stricter rules for shadow banks
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to propose stricter regulatory norms for shadow banks in a bid to strengthen solvency and sustainability of a sector that has been showing signs of stress in recent years, two sources said. RBI began trying to move towards tighter norms for the sector […]
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Savoury and sweet, this chocolate miso cake has the best of both worlds
Foodies can be discerning and finicky, only desiring certain dishes or ingredients. Foodies can also be far from fastidious, open in their passions, barely differentiating between caviar and corn dogs. Most of us fall somewhere along this spectrum, pledging allegiance to neither extreme. We have to be omnivorous in our […]
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Signal won’t replace WhatsApp says founder Brain Acton
Messaging app Signal has witnessed an unprecedented spike in popularity thanks to WhatsApp’s new policy update. The downloads have skyrocketed since January 6, the day the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy was revealed, and many are predicting a mass migration away from WhatsApp towards more secure options like Signal and Telegram. […]
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Kangana Ranaut accused of copyright infringement for Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda
Manikarnika Returns: The Legend Of Didda is based on the Kashmiri queen Didda, the first female monarch of the Kashmir Valley. In an interaction with The Times of India, Ashish said that he has the exclusive copyrights to the life story of the Princess of Lohar, Didda, which now falls in Jammu and Kashmir, […]
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Yashaswini Dayama: Big screen isn’t the ultimate goal anymore
Though she has “a very creative imagination” but Yashaswini Dayama never expected Delhi Crime will receive so much love and win laurels at the Emmys. The actor shares that making the show that revolves around a true incident that “impacted and scarred the entire nation” has been a different experience […]
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Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion
A federal judge denied Apple Inc’s bid to set aside or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp, and awarded interest and royalties that could boost Apple’s total payout in two lawsuits above $1.1 billion. In a decision issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder […]
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Brazil soy firms commit to zero deforestation from 2020
Brazilian soy traders CJ Selecta, Caramuru and Imcopa have committed to zero deforestation in their respective supply chains, adding pressure on larger traders to accelerate environmental commitments. Their pledge involves a ban on trading soy grown on land deforested after August 2020 in all of Brazil, going beyond a previous […]
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Saudi to reopen Qatar embassy in coming days: Saudi minister
Saudi Arabia expects to re-open its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, Saudi’s foreign minister said on Saturday, following a U.S.-backed detente last week in a three-year-old dispute between Arab states. It is just a matter of logistics, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told journalists in Riyadh […]
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Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military exercise, state media reported. The drill, which comes in the waning days of high tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, was conducted in the country’s central desert region. It […]
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Alabama judge declares transgender driver’s license policy as unconstitutional
Alabama’s policy for a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery before they can change the sex on their driver’s license is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday. US District Judge Myron Thompson said Alabama policy’s that people “can only change the sex designation on their driver licenses only […]
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Dehradun: Five arrested for duping Americans via fake call centre
A Special Task Force (STF) of the Cyber Crime Police Cell and the Telecom Department in Dehradun in a joint operation on Saturday busted a fake international call centre racket and arrested five youths. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the STF Ajay Singh, the youths were duping American citizens and extorting […]
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France’s Total quits top U.S. oil lobby in climate split
France’s Total SE on Friday became the first major global energy company to quit the main U.S. oil and gas lobby due to disagreements over its climate policies and support for easing drilling regulations. Total said it would not renew its 2021 membership with the American Petroleum Institute (API) following […]