Stalled escalators, the heating turned down, even the diplomats’ bar closing early at 5pm: already the UN budget crunch, one of the worst in a decade, is making itself felt in a series of measures announced by the world body on Friday. “We really have no choice,” said Catherine Pollard, […]
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US announces deployment of additional 3000 troops to Saudi Arabia
The United States has announced to deploy additional 3,000 troops to Saudi Arabia in view of the “increased threat perception” due to drone attacks on oil facilities. The US has blamed Iran for the attacks. “Today, an additional 3,000 troops will flow to Saudi Arabia,” Special US Envoy for Iran […]
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Ex-envoy Marie Yovanovitch tells impeachment inquiry Trump ousted her based on ‘false claims’
The former US ambassador to Ukraine on Friday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that Trump ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Marie Yovanovitch, the ambassador who was abruptly recalled from […]
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Irony, humour keep teen boys healthy on social media
Rather than being victims of online harms, such as an unhealthy body image obsession, teenage boys are able to use humour, irony and banter to navigate social media content, a new research found. “The evidence from teenage boys indicated that you can be a gymlad if you’re ‘ripped’, with a toned gym […]
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Visit to Štrbské Pleso, a quaint town in the lap of High Tatras
When the brochure of our hotel said that it was located 100 metres from the train station, I groaned. We had been travelling for over seven hours on an unusually warm day with the train air-conditioning behaving quite weird. And, thanks to the translation problem (the ticket guys at Praha hlavní nádraží […]
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Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas get into party mode in Las Vegas, enjoy quiet time at infinity pool. See pics
Nick also shared a candid video of them head-banging to music in the car and captioned it, “Only human! vibez…” along with a fire emoji. Post their party, Priyanka and Nick enjoyed some quiet time at an infinity pool on the terrace of their hotel. The actor shared a glimpse […]
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The Sky Is Pink box office collection day 1: Priyanka Chopra-Farhan Akhtar film opens at estimated Rs 2.50 cr
The Sky Is Pink, starring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar, opened low at the box office despite positive response from critics. According to a report on Box Office India, the film collected approximately Rs 2.50 crore on the first day of release. The low-key drama arrives nine days after the release of the action […]
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Here’s how Anushka Sharma reacted to Virat Kohli’s 7th double century. See pic
Anushka Sharma is on cloud nine after her cricketer husband Virat Kohli hit his seventh double century. Virat now has the most number of double tons of any Indian player in test matches. Anushka reacted to his achievement by sharing a powerful on-field image of the cricketer on Instagram, along with several heart […]
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Girl students in Delhi schools to have option of STEM education
The Delhi government is introducing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education for girl students in its schools to ensure majority of them opt for the stream and stereotypes like boys for science and girls for humanities are broken. “In India, only 2 per cent of the CEOs are female. […]
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Amazon Great Indian Festival starts today for Prime members, check top deals and offers
Amazon will kick off the second edition of its Great Indian Festival on October 13. The festive sale will go live a day earlier for Amazon Prime members today at 12:00 noon. Amazon Great Indian Festival will continue till October 17. Amazon devices Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick […]
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Euro 2020 Qualifiers Roundup: England suffer shock 2-1 defeat to Czech Republic
England missed an opportunity to qualify for Euro 2020 on Friday as they slid to a 2-1 loss in the Czech Republic, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 699th goal in a routine Portugal win over Luxembourg. Harry Kane converted a fifth-minute penalty in Prague after Raheem Sterling was clipped by […]
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Euro 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo edges closer to century of international goals in Portugal win
Cristiano Ronaldo moved to within six goals of his international century when he scored in a 3-0 win over Luxembourg on Friday which kept the defending champions on course for the Euro 2020 finals. The veteran star hit his 94th goal for the Portuguese and took his overall career tally […]
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India appeal decision after Mary Kom bows out of World Championships
Boxer Mary Kom bowed out of World Championships 2019 after losing her 51kg semifinal bout against Turkey’s European Champion Busenaz Cakiroglu via a split verdict 1:4 at Ulan-Ude, in Russia, on Saturday. This is the eight Worlds medal for the Indian pugilist, as she adds a bronze medal to her […]
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Tyson Fury to clash with Braun Strowman at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia
A pair of pugilistic big men will clash in a cross over of combat sports as former boxing champion Tyson Fury fights Braun Strowman in Saudi Arabia later this month. Fury will make the brief switch to professional wrestling when he fights on a World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) card […]
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Here is your horoscope for October 12, 2019
Today, try to plan your program so that you have enough time to rest or visit special (historical, religious or natural) places. Today, you can have a conversation (most likely on the telephone or a virtual one) with a man to discuss general plans for next week. Saturday will be […]