Mumbai: Actress Bhumi Pednekar says female characters are whitewashed on screen and there is a need to change that notion, because she believes women have superpowers. “We need to change the …
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San Francisco: Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has denied his company is in the race to acquire the Chinese short-video making app TikTok. On the latest episode of podcast ‘Pivot …
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Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 24 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 824,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday …
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Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced over 2 billion Canadian dollars (about US $1.52 billion) in funding to help provinces and territories in the country reopen their schools safely. Less …
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Washington: US Senator Kamala Harris of California will deliver remarks here on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump’s speech to accept the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. The Democratic vice presidential nominee, …
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New Delhi: Former bureaucrat RVS Mani has alleged a much deeper connection in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, one that links Bollywood, the cricket world, Disha Salian, Bunty Sajdeh …
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Bhubaneswar: Following the disruption in studies due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Odisha government on Wednesday announced a 30 per cent reduction in the syllabi for students of Class 1 …
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Chandigarh: With just days to go for the NEET and JEE exams being conducted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked Advocate General Atul Nanda …
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New York: Researchers have found that thousands of social media posts on popular platforms Twitter and Instagram were tied to financial scams and possible counterfeit goods specific to Covid-19 products. …
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Chennai: Indian chess masters who had lost their games at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad due to power/net connectivity issues were not issued any warning, said a person in the …
Indian chess Olympiad players not issued warning for netconnectivity disruption Read More