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Beijing, Dec 12 (IANS) Chinese short video making app TikTok’s owner ByteDance Technology Co Ltd has begun testing its new music-streaming service ‘Resso’ in India and Indonesia, aiming to take on the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Gaana, among others. Developed by Moon Video Inc. it has already inked deals[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A day after the Delhi government announced temporary suspension of the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia met Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and said the Centre has assured that trains will be made available for the free pilgrimage scheme. Sisodia, after[Read More…]

By Vishal Gulati Madrid, Dec 12 (IANS) Environmentalists and observers have been barred from the ongoing UN climate talks in Madrid after protests inside the conference venue, it was reported. The United Nations for Climate Change on Thursday warned non-governmental observers to refrain from using its venues for unauthorised demonstrations.[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) People in India are nearly twice as likely than those in the US to state that they are not confident about their local weather forecast, an IBM study said on Thursday. The results revealed that 72 per cent Indians believe that the local economy has[Read More…]

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By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) A swashbuckling 233 not out on his Ranji Trophy debut, young Chandigarh opener Arslan Khan has now set his sights on finishing as the top-scorer at the end of the season to ensure his maiden double ton is not considered a flash in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Singer Papon has called off his Delhi concert this weekend because his home state “Assam is burning, crying and under curfew”. The singer, whose real name is Angaraag Mahanta, is known for hits such as “Jiyein kyun” and “Moh moh ke dhaage”. He was scheduled[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Dutch electronics company Philips on Thursday launched two new soundbars — HTL3320 HTL3310 with Dolby Digital in India for Rs 20,990 and Rs 18,990, respectively. Both the devices are available at the company’s online and offline partners. The Philips HTL3320 with 3.1 channel and 300W[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) PC and printer major HP Inc on Thursday launched world’s smallest convertible Spectre x360 13 for tech-savvy users in India that comes with quad-core 10th Gen Intel chip, up to 22-hour-long battery life and 90 per cent screen-to-body ratio, for Rs 99,990. Weighing just 1.27[Read More…]

BY VISHAL GULATI Madrid, Dec 12 (IANS) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said the world was losing the climate race and shifting to a low-carbon economy offered opportunities that could create 65 million new jobs by 2030. “We are losing the climate race. The New Climate Economy[Read More…]

Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) The title track of Jennifer Winget’s ongoing TV show “Beyhadh 2” is out. It is sung by Rahul Jain, who had also crooned the title song of Jennifer’s previous show “Bepannah”. “After the huge success of ‘Bepannah’, which too had Jennifer Winget, the team approached to[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Dec 12 (IANS) Stephen Kings horror novel “The Dark Half” is all set to get a movie treatment with Alex Ross Perry on board to direct the project. King wrote the book in 1989 about a novelist whose pseudonym comes to life as a murderous twin, after his[Read More…]

Velika Kladusa (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dec 12 (IANS) Two Nigerian students, who were in Croatia for a university level international table tennis tournament, were allegedly robbed by the police and expelled to a country which was completely unknown to them. The two Nigerians — Alexandro Abia and Kenneth Eboh —[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev on Thursday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here, days after the Delhi government organised the “Days of Moscow in Delhi” event. Kudashev met Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Delhi Secretariat and thanked them for[Read More…]

Jaipur, Dec 12 (IANS) The school teacher of an eminent Sainik School in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, who was arrested for sodomising 12 students, was produced in court on Thursday and sent to a 15-day judicial custody. Deputy Superintendent of Police Gyan Singh said: “We produced him in court today which[Read More…]

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANSlife) His culinary journey began during his daily preparation for the family’s meals, and today, Liao Fan Hawker Chan is the proud chef behind The World First Hawker Michelin-starred Meal, a humble two-dollar street food dish made from soya sauce, chicken, rice and[Read More…]

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, terming it as “courageous step”. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday said: ” The RSS has always believed that[Read More…]