Los Angeles, Singer Ariana Grande has slammed journalist Piers Morgan for passing offensive remarks against her and the Little Mix musical band. The feud started a few days ago when Morgan criticised the band members and said that they use nudity to sell their albums, reports variety.com. Morgan’s comments offended[Read More…]
Islamabad, Noted Pakistani feminist writer and poet Fahmida Riaz died here. She was 72. The eminent progressive writer, who was also hailed by many as the pioneer in feminist literature, had been suffering from illness for the past few months, reports Dawn news. She died on Wednesday night. Riaz was[Read More…]
Moscow, General Igor Korobov, the head of Russian military intelligence agency GRU, has died at the age of 63, a Defence Ministry official said on Thursday. “Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Deputy Chief of General Staff Igor Korobov died on Wednesday[Read More…]
Colombo, Over 230 skeletons have been found in a mass grave discovered earlier this year in Sri Lanka’s Mannar town that has turned out to be the country’s biggest such site. A court has ordered detailed excavations at the site – a former co-operative depot near the main bus terminus[Read More…]
Seoul, A South Korean pastor was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega church. Lee Jae-rock, 75, has about 130,000 followers at the Mamin Central Church in Seoul, reports the BBC. He has denied all the allegations. His victims had spoken[Read More…]
New York, An Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund has sued Goldman Sachs for losses linked to Malaysia’s state investment fund scandal. International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), and its subsidiary, Aabar, on Wednesday filed a summons in a New York state court naming the investment bank as a defendant, reports CNN.[Read More…]
San Francisco, Apple has acquired a Startup called Silk Labs that works on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based personal assistant technology for smartphones and smart home devices. According to a report in The Registrar, the quietly-done acquisition for an undisclosed sum is aimed at strengthening Apple’s AI capabilities towards smart home devices.[Read More…]
Washington, The Pentagon has sent more than 300,000 pounds of Thanksgiving food to US military troops stationed overseas and at the US southern border, the Defence Logistics Agency has announced. The shipments, which include 9,738 whole turkeys and 67,860 pounds of shrimp, were sent to dining facilities throughout the Middle[Read More…]
London, A team of researchers has linked intellectual disabilities among children to rising air pollution, stressing that exposure outdoor may impede cognitive development. According to the study funded by Public Health England and published in the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, British children with intellectual disabilities are more likely than[Read More…]
San Francisco, The death toll from a wildfire in northern California has increased to 83, authorities said. The number of missing in what is known as “Camp Fire” dropped to 563, 136 fewer than the number counted on Tuesday and almost half the figure posted earlier this week, the California[Read More…]
Dhaka, With due pomp and honour, the Armed Forces Day commemorating the martyrdom of military personnel in Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War was observed on Wednesday. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to the Liberation War martyrs who laid down their lives for the country’s independence[Read More…]
London, Tech giants Google, Apple and Uber must make mapping data openly available for all in order to drive innovation and economic growth, an influential Britain-based group has demanded. Making data from both the public and private sectors openly available and interoperable will mean more organisations can access data from[Read More…]
Los Angeles: One Direction star Zayn Malik has wowed Indian fans by singing the song “Allah Duhai Hai” from superstar Salman Khan’s “Race 3” movie. Malik on Tuesday took to Instagram and shared the cover of the Hindi song, which has over 22,00,000 views currently. The singer not just sang[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Software major Infosys on Thursday said it will be creating 1,200 jobs and opening three innovation hubs in Australia by 2020 to reduce digital skills gap. “We are creating 1,200 new skilled jobs for graduates and professionals and opening three innovation hubs by 2020 to accelerate digital leadership for[Read More…]
San Francisco, SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a fully reusable vehicle designed to take humans and supplies to Mars and also to dramatically cut travel time within Earth, is getting a new name, Starship, the company’s CEO Elon Musk has announced. “Renaming BFR to Starship,” Musk said in a tweet[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Actor Jude Law says he was not nervous to essay the role of Albus Dumbledore in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”. In an interview to IMDb, the actor, who essays young Dumbledore in the film, said he enjoyed being part of the movie, read a statement. “I[Read More…]
Mumbai, Glass packaging company Piramal Glass on Tuesday announced that it has deployed Microsoft’s Azure IoT platform to digitally transform its manufacturing operations. Piramal Glass has implemented the solution, titled “Real-Time Manufacturing Insights” (RTMI), on 46 production lines across its four plants at Kosamba and Jambusar in Gujarat, Sri Lanka[Read More…]
New Delhi, India and Bhutan reviewed all aspects of their bilateral ties during a three-day visit by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale to the Himalayan kingdom, the External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. “In his interactions, Foreign Secretary conveyed that India attaches the highest priority to further expanding its unique ties[Read More…]
San Francisco, A US federal judge has stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the country’s southern border illegally. US District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments on Monday night in San Francisco, NBC News reported. The request was[Read More…]
Hanoi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday called for more cooperation between India and Vietnam in the areas of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles and IT. “Agriculture has been a key sector of our cooperation involving trade, investment and training,” Kovind said while addressing the Vietnam-India Business Forum here. “We feel privileged[Read More…]
Nissan Motor Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, has been taken into custody. He has reportedly been arrested for using the company’s money for personal usage. He has been to have breached Japanese financial trading law, according to Yomiuri. Over the past few months, a long internal investigation has been conducted by Nissan. According[Read More…]
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he plans to visit American troops in war zones. His remark on Sunday comes after he received widespread criticism for not visiting an American burial ground outside Paris earlier this month and Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, reports CNN. “Well, I think[Read More…]
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced criticism following his “smutty” remarks about actress Pamela Anderson, after she asked him to help Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Anderson had urged Scott Morrison to bring Assange to Australia. Rejecting her plea, Morrison said he had “plenty of mates who have asked me[Read More…]
Xichang: China on Monday sent two new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The satellites entered a medium earth orbit more than three hours later and will work with 17 other[Read More…]
