San Francisco, Nov 13 (IANS) The US Commerce Department has halted the TikTok ban that was set to come into force from Thursday night, preventing the app from being downloaded in the US. The Commerce Department said it will not enforce an order that would have forced TikTok to shut[Read More…]
Peshawar, Nov 13 (IANS) Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth has died due to the novel coronavirus. He was 59, according to officials. Justice Seth had tested positive for the virus on October 22 and was subsequently admitted to a hospital in Peshawar, Zubair Hussain, a protocol[Read More…]
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52.6 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,291,920, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 52,643,939 and 1,291,921, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science[Read More…]
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 13 (IANS) Every effort is being made by the authority to stop air pollution in Noida. In the same sequence, anti-smog guns were also installed in Sector-6. The Sector-6 intersection is the busiest road, often with a large amount of traffic. In addition, anti-smog guns have[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Nov 13 (IANS) Filmmaker Taika Waititi feels he is a great actor, and that is why he likes to take up acting jobs as well. Asked about the making of “Jojo Rabbit” being spread over six years, and his role in the film, Waititi said: “I wrote the[Read More…]
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) The US reported 143,408 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a record daily increase since the onset of the pandemic in the country, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday. The new number refreshed the previous nationwide record of 134,383 cases set in[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Nov 13 (IANS) Two Indian Americans have been named to head key teams that will help Joe Biden’s administration to hit the ground running as soon as he is sworn-in as president on January 20. Arun Majumdar, the director of the Precourt Institute of Energy[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Nov 13 (IANS) Singer Kylie Minogue is all praise about her beau Paul Solomons and says he is very supportive and a great guy. “In a nutshell, he’s a great guy. He’s so caring and supportive. He has a wicked sense of humour, he has his own life[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Nov 13 (IANS) Singer Dolly Parton, who will turn 75 in January, says she will never grow old. The country music star joined Oprah Winfrey for an episode of “The Oprah Conversation” where she spoke about her looks and more, reports people.com. “As you reach each milestone age,[Read More…]
Chhalaang (on Amazon Prime); Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Saurabh Shukla, Ila Arun, Satish Kaushik; Direction: Hansal Mehta; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Sports films can no longer be just about sporting themes and students coming of age, we have crossed that generic[Read More…]
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Nov 13 (IANS) Fresh off his election loss, US President Donald Trump is stewing in the White House as the coronavirus pandemic hammers America with a winter surge that is sending almost all its 50 states into red alert. As per data from Johns Hopkins,[Read More…]
Chicago, Nov 13 (IANS) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a stay-at-home advisory Thursday afternoon as Chicago is recording an average 1,920 new Covid-19 cases over the past seven days, up from 1,410 in the prior week. As part of her stay-at-home advisory, Lightfoot is encouraging residents of the U.S. third[Read More…]
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) More than 70 Bangladeshi human traffickers have been named in the Red Notice List of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). Bangladesh itself has shared the details of these traffickers with the organisation. One of these traffickers, who is also considered a kingpin[Read More…]
Kiev, Nov 13 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak, who on Monday were diagnosed with the coronavirus, are currently in isolated wards at the hospital, the media reported on Thursday. “Everything is quite strict, regulated by protocol. They are in Feofania hospital.[Read More…]
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) During the peak of lockdown, unlike many of her contemporaries, she refused to jump the digital concert bandwagon. For singer Sonam Kalra, it was important that the years she put into her craft were not eclipsed by the low quality in output[Read More…]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday night removed the Display Picture (DP) of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It, however, reinstated the picture after some time. It turned out that Twitter took the action after someone claimed copyright on the image. However, as soon as the[Read More…]
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for Covid-19, local media reported on Thursday. It was not immediately clear when Lewandowski was infected but he was at a White House party on November 3 election night, the Xinhua news agency reported.[Read More…]
Patna, Nov 13 (IANS) Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections. As per ECI, 11 seats are as such where nail biting finish taken place during counting on November 10 and the margin[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Nov 13 (IANS) Karnataka will soon upgrade existing all Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) in the state to function 24/7, Health and Family Welfare Minister K. Sudhakar said on Thursday. Addressing reporters after a meeting with former Health Ministers and doctor MLAs at the Vidhana Soudha here, he said[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Nov 13 (IANS) Gujarat on Thursday reported 1,120 new Covid-19 cases out of the 52,624 samples tested in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s coronavirus tally to 1,84,964. The death toll also climbed to 3,785 with the addition of six casualties on Thursday. The number of Covid-19 cases[Read More…]
Udupi/Bengaluru, Nov 13 (IANS) BJP leaders, including Karnataka state unit president Nalin Kumar Katil, on Thursday came out in full support of Pulikeshi Nagar Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy. The development comes in the backdrop of the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police issuing a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former Mayor[Read More…]
Amaravati, Nov 13 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu likened the Yuvajana Rythu Sramika Party (YSRCP) government to a ‘jungle raj’ which along with Andhra Pradesh police department was responsible for Abdul Salaam’s family suicide recently. “The Minority family’s suicide was just a culmination of a series[Read More…]
Amaravati, Nov 12 (IANS) It is going to be a wet Diwali at many places in Andhra Pradesh as parts of south coastal AP have been forecast to receive thunderstorms with lightning from Friday to Monday. The Met department forecast similar weather on Thursday as well for parts of Srikakulam,[Read More…]
Amaravati, Nov 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government has credited Rs 510 crore to 2.72 lakh eligible women beneficiaries under YSR Cheyutha second phase on Thursday. Cheyutha scheme offers financial assistance to women in the age bracket of 45 – 60 years from scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), backward classes[Read More…]
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) With the RBI predicting the quarterly economic growth rate is expected to decline by 8.6 per cent, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that remaining quarters of the fiscal may record “negative growth” and that for the first time since data was recorded[Read More…]
