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Cannes 2022 has officially begun and today is Day 2. From Deepika Padukone’s bohemian ensemble on Day 1 to the film lineup, here’s all you need to know. After an almost two-year hiatus (last year was a low-key, mostly virtual event), the much-anticipated Cannes Film Festival has begun. The last edition occurred in 2019. Not […]
The US Supreme Court denied an Indian man’s request to stop the deportation. The Indian citizen is facing deportation because he mistakenly ticked an option in the driver’s licence form declaring him a US citizen. According to the court documents, the petitioner, Pankajkumar Patel, entered the United States illegally with his wife, Jyotsnaben, in the […]
Elon Musk, in reply to tweet, said that the acquisition deal will not move ahead until he gets to see proof that Twitter has less than 5% of fake or spam accounts, as claimed by its CEO Parag Agrawal. Earlier Agrawal had claimed that there were less than 5% of fake accounts on the social […]
In the light of the fuel shortage, the Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has advised citizens not to join lengthy fuel queues. The crisis-hit nation received a new PM on Thursday. PM Wickremesinghe addressed the nation and requested $75 million in foreign exchange to pay for essential imports. During PM Ranil’s speech, he said, “Currently, […]
The Thai government has announced plans to distribute a million cannabis plants to households across the nation next month, when most of the legal restrictions on cultivating weed at home will be lifted. In India, cannabis and its derivatives are classified into marijuana, ganja and bhang. With about a third of its labour force engaged […]
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President and ruler of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), died on Friday, according to local authorities. He was 73 years old. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the globe on the death of His Highness […]
Elon Musk has put his $44-billion pact for Twitter on a temporary hold on Friday, May 13, 2022. He awaits more details to fact-check that less than 5% of accounts on Twitter are spam or fake. Ever since Musk revealed his stake in the company in April, the Twitter share has declined by 17.7% to […]
Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal has assured that, besides some reshuffle in the top leadership, there will be no mass-layoffs in the company, ahead of Elon Musk takeover. He has, however, said that the company will implement some budget cuts and stop all recruitments, except those absolutely essential. The budgeting measures may mean cuting down non-labour […]
A doughnut-shaped image of a supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy was released by the astronomers of the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Thursday. This is the first-ever image of this Sagittarius A* or SgrA* black hole. The photo shows a doughnut-shaped dark and silent space filled with radio […]
Spain is all set to be the first Western country to offer a menstrual leave to working women suffering from period cramps. Under the scheme, the government will allow the menstruating women to take a work leave of up to three days each month. However, the Spanish government is reportedly set to endorse the action […]
Colombo: Amid the Sri Lanka crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa shall announce the new Prime Minister and cabinet in the upcoming week. On Thursday, May 12, the Sri Lankan President gave the country a ray of hope by announcing that the new Prime Minister shall be revealed soon. As Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse resigned from his […]
The “Red Carpet” at the 75th Cannes Film Festival promises to be a spectacular event for Indians. Big names from Bolly will walk the length on the inaugural day, May 17. Union minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, will lead India’s delegation to Cannes. The list of celebrities includes R. Madhavan, Akshay Kumar, AR […]
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today resigned from his position, even as pro-government groups attack protestors and clash in violent riots. Monday morning, after it was rumoured that Rajapaksa might resign, pro-government groups attacked the protestors on the streets of Colombo, in front of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office. The clashes became very intense […]
The United Nations Security Council issued the consensus adoption of the first unanimous statement on the Russia-Ukraine war. However, UNSC released the utterance on Saturday, ten weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moreover, the council was under the monthly Presidency of the United States of America when it adopted the statement. The first Presidential […]
For the second time in five weeks, the President of Sri Lanka declared an emergency amidst the unprecedented economic crisis. President Rajapaksa has given extensive powers to the security forces to tackle the angry protestors. Sri Lanka is currently witnessing one of the worst financial crises since 1948 after independence. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s spokesperson sided […]
China has built a weather station on Mount Everest, making it the one at the highest altitude ever in the world. This automatic meteorological monitoring station is established at an altitude of 8,830 meters above sea level. Testing this, the Chinese experts said that the information from this station would be exchanged through the satellite […]
This is big news!! Finally, BTS shared “Proof.” For the uninitiated, this may be confusing. To simplify, boy band K-pop group BTS finally let out a teaser to announce their upcoming album, “Proof.” Some minutes prior to 8:30 pm IST on May 4, (midnight KST, May 5), a notification for a live stream popped up […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted a wall hanging containing Kutch embroidery to the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. He made this gesture during his visit to Denmark. PM NaMo decided to present Frederiksen with a delicacy from Gujarat, just like the first three trips. During the Prime Minister’s previous trip, he gifted a Gujarati […]
As the highly contagious Omicron virus subvariant unfurls across the USA, coronavirus cases are increasing. The USA is witnessing, on average, more than 56,000 new COVID cases every day. While in April, the average number of daily cases was 25,000. Virtually every infection across the nation is from the omicron coronavirus variant. There are several […]
In what seems to be an interesting turn of fate, Russian President Vladimir Putin might be forced to give up control of the war in Ukraine as he requires to undergo cancer surgery soon. Putin, who was reportedly diagnosed with stomach cancer and Parkinson’s disease about a year and a half back, has already delayed […]
