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Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated Tuesday at the “Financial Times Future of the Car” conference that he would lift Twitter’s ban on former US President Donald Trump. Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” has agreed to buy the social networking platform for $44 billion. The move to ban Trump from Twitter […]
To commemorate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee (2022-2023), the “Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC)” has been created by a group of forest industry professionals, with Prince Charles as the patron. The drive invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee.” Taking part in the same, the Jalaram Mandir Trust in Leicester, […]
This time South Korea is in news. And no, not because of BTS. But the newly sworn in President, Yoon Suk-Yeol, who assumed office Tuesday morning. Bringing in freshness, he announced a slew of new rules. The most talked about being how all Koreans are “set to grow younger by a year.” Yes, you heard […]
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka elected a new president, Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa. He had been introduced to parliamentary politics way back in 1970 at the age of 24, by the legendary Sirima Bandaranaike, to replace his deceased father, D. A. Rajapaksa. The young lawyer was exuberant and a mass mobiliser. After […]
The Talking Point: How rich countries skew fossil records. It is now openly called “colonisation of fossils.” The Trigger: A paper in the journal “Cretaceous Research” in December 2020. It described a dinosaur species, (later named Ubirajara Jubatus), — the first dinosaur found in the Southern Hemisphere to display what were probably precursors to modern […]
The Talking Point: “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil?” What? A new book on the British Royals by Tina Brown, released on April 26. Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey that shows the Queen’s stoic resolve as she coped with the passing of Princess Margaret, […]
A 57-year-old United Airlines passenger was taken into custody after he opened the emergency exit of the aircraft and moved to the wing of the plane while it was taxiing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The incident took place on United Airlines flight 2478 coming from San Diego. The man from California was identified as […]
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, said that India does not influence world pollution levels. According to PM Modi, every citizen of the country has contributed to saving the planet. He addressed this statement at a meeting in Copenhagen on Tuesday. PM Modi spoke exclusively about the steps taken by his government to encourage the […]
Boris Becker, now 54 who became a tennis hero with worldwide fan following, at just 17 in 1985, will be jailed under under Britain’s Insolvency Act, a court ruled. Becker was convicted of four charges and will serve two-and-a-half year sentence in prison. The case is about Becker’s bankruptcy in June 2017 resulting from an […]
For the faithful, the genesis of life owes to Divine orders. For Science, research now backs their claims that “matter transmuted into organised self-replicating assemblies of molecules that we call life on Earth.” A new paper published in the journal “Nature Communications” strengthens theories that hold “the basis of life came from outer space.” Using […]
Elon Musk has done it. A hostile takeover of Twitter. Musk has bought the micro-blogging site for $44 billion. And, yes. He’s now planning to change things. Twitter has about 200 million users across the world – though it’s still far behind Zuckerberg’s Meta, with 3.6 billion users across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Here are […]
Four persons including three Chinese nationals were killed in a blast today that tore through a van in Karachi University in Pakistan’s financial capital. This is understood to be the latest attack targeting the Chinese.The explosion is reported to have occurred in the van near China-built Confucius Institute – a non-profit institute teaching the Chinese […]
What does it take for the world’s richest person to buy the thing he loves? The answer would probably be $44 billion after the richest person on the planet, Elon Musk struck a deal to buy the 16-year-old micro-blogging social media platform – Twitter for $44 billion cash. Before reaching the agreement with the Twitter […]
Nigerian environmentalist Jonathan Olakunle was seen sweeping the roads by disguising himself as the superhero Spider-Man, from Marvel Comics, to help clean the streets of densely populated Osogboa city of Nigeria Osogbao city is considered to be highly polluted city of osan state, Jonathan Olakunle an Nigerian environmentalist also known as Nigeria’s “SpiderMan” has decided […]
After burning the Quran in Sweden, violent clashes were witnessed in many cities for the fourth day as well. The police have so far arrested 17 people in connection with the violence. To give a warning, the police also opened fire, in which about three people have been injured. Violent clashes were witnessed in many cities […]
The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson will begin his India visit next week from Gujarat. He is likely to land in Gujarat on April 21 and is expected to announce his plans of investment in key industries in Gujarat. Boris will be on a two-day visit in India from April 21-22. Boris Johnson will […]
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter has set him against a major shareholder of the tech firm, a Saudi Prince. Musk saw some investors, including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, speaking against his $43 billion all-cash offer to Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, days after the Tesla chief turned down a seat on the […]
While the world’s attention is pinned on the Russia-Ukraine war, violent clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem leaving at least 117 Palestinians injured. At least three officers were wounded by rocks thrown at them, Israeli police claimed. The Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound early this morning […]
Maverick billionaire Elon Musk has made an unsolicited bid to take over Twitter Inc. in a deal valued at $43 billion and make it private. To put the figure in proper context, the country marred with an unprecedented crisis Sri Lanka has total external debts of $41 billion dollars. The world’s richest person at 50, […]
As the circumstances may allow, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is likely to plan a visit to India towards the end of April 2022, informed the foreign secretary of India, Harshvardhan Shringlaon Tuesday. After a number of cancelled trips to India, the UK Prime Minister Johnson has accepted the invitation to visit India from […]
