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Sindoor might go global, thanks to designer Prabal Gurung. The Nepalese American at his Fall/Winter 2023 collection at the New York Fashion Week 2023 had some of his models, with their hair neatly parted at the centre, don the sindoor. The sindoor—traditionally vermillion in hue—came in other colours too matching the outfits of the models, […]
The US State Department is planning to launch a pilot programme offering visa renewal options in the US itself to foreign tech workers on H-1B and L1 visas. The pilot programme will come into effect later this year and will help ease the bottleneck that foreign workers face when required to renew visas abroad. Until […]
Christian Atsu, a former midfielder for Newcastle and a player of Ghana’s national team, was found dead in Turkey, according to his manager, who was quoted in local media on Saturday. His body was discovered beneath the debris in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, according to his manager in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, who spoke […]
Weeks after the deadly attack on Peshawar’s police line, at least 5 terrorists and 4 others, including rangers and police officers, were killed during a four-hour operation by law enforcement in Karachi, Pakistan. Officials revealed that of the 5 extremists, 3 of them committed suicide by blowing themselves up and 2 were killed by gunfire […]
Elon Musk hopes to have someone take over as CEO of Twitter by the end of 2023. “I need to stabilize the organization and just make sure it’s in a financially healthy place and the product road map is clearly laid out,” Musk said via a remote video link to the World Government Summit in […]
People in Pakistan woke up on Thursday to the shock of a historical high in the prices of petrol and gas as the government tried to appease the IMF for unlocking the critical loan tranche for the cash-strapped country. This comes hours after the government unveiled a tax-loaded ‘mini-budget’ in the Parliament to extract Rs […]
Zia Mohyeddin, legendary thespian, director, TV host and the first Pakistani ever to work in Hollywood, passed away on Monday morning after a brief illness. He was 91. The veteran actor was admitted to a hospital in Karachi, where he was based, after complaining of abdominal pain and fever. He was later put on life […]
Eoin Morgan, a former captain of England, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday. Morgan, who in 2019 guided England to its first-ever World Cup victory (in 50 overs), made his decision public on Twitter. “After much deliberation, I believe now is the right time to step away from the game that […]
The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria reached 33,185 on Sunday. Early on February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck close to the Turkish city of Gaziantep. It was followed by multiple aftershocks and another 7.5-magnitude earthquake that caused extensive damage. On Sunday, 131 people were named by Turkish justice officials as having […]
The announcement from the Ministry of Minority Affairs states that the deadline for submitting online applications for Haj 2023 is March 10. Beginning on February 10, 2023, applications must be submitted online along with supporting documentation. Applications may be submitted by interested parties via hajcommittee.gov.in/haf23. Notably, on February 6, the Ministry of Minority Affairs announced a […]
On February 14th, the day of love, a massive asteroid is set to pass by Earth, according to NASA. The US space agency, which keeps a close eye on any asteroids approaching our planet, has stated that the huge space rock named Asteroid 2023 CP will pass by Earth at a distance of just 4.09 […]
Top 10 highest-grossing Indian Movies in United Nations including Pathaan has surpassed Baahubali 2 in the United States as the second-highest-grossing Indian film. The film surpassed RRR’s lifetime earnings of $14.3 million. We’ve seen a significant shift in the types of films coming out of Indian cinema in recent years. With so many OTT platforms available, […]
Rescue teams were still searching for survivors buried in the rubble of thousands of buildings destroyed in Turkey and Syria by massive earthquakes and aftershocks that killed over 15,000 people. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited a “tent city” in Kahramanmaras, where people are living, amid calls for the Turkish government to send more aid […]
Legislation to limit the use of TikTok in the United States will be put to a vote this month, the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced in January. The chairman of the committee, Republican Representative Michael McCaul, is developing legislation that would give the White House the power to put a ban on TikTok owing to […]
Indian-American girl, Natasha Perianayagam has been named to the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth’s list of the world’s brightest students, based on the results of above-grade-level tests of over 15,000 students across 76 countries. For the second consecutive year in a row, Natasha Perianayagam has been named to the list of the world’s brightest […]
US First lady Jill Biden kissed Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff on the lips ahead of the State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The video was shared by journalist Benny Johnson on Twitter. “Did Jill Biden just kiss Kamala’s husband on the LIPS?.” In the video that has gone […]
Days after the United States (US) Military shot down a Chinese surveillance vessel circling vital installations in the nation, a media report claimed that China had operated a fleet of spy balloons with targets including India and Japan. Indian officials have been informed by US officials about the discovery of the Chinese surveillance balloon that […]
The fourth batch of humanitarian aid from India was flown to Turkey in an aircraft operated by the Indian Air Force, along with 54 members of the Indian Army’s medical team. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted, “The fourth @IAF_MCC aircraft leaves for Turkiye with the remaining component of the field hospital. This […]
A small asteroid was discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The space rock is roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum and could be the smallest object discovered by the space telescope since it was launched into space at the end of 2021. Though the James Webb Space Telescope has made headlines for discovering […]
Google, on Monday, unveiled its artificial intelligence enabled chatbot to rival Microsoft backed ChatGPT, a hugely popular conversational AI that mimics human writing. Bard leverages Google’s own Language Model for Dialogue Applications (or LaMDA). Google’s move comes as ChatGPT, created by San Francisco company OpenAI, has become hugely popular due to its ability to write […]
