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Tech glitches: Now, Google fined $593 mn in France

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US-based global technology behemoths, apparently becoming law-unto-themselves and growing too big for their boots, are facing rough weather in one country after another. Governments are coming down with a heavy hand on such tech giants for their rampant violation of rules in different countries. Social media giants like Facebook and […]

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Banking: India’s ‘bad bank’, NARCL, comes into existence

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the objective of removing one of the world’s largest piles of sourced debt from the balance sheet of financiers and accelerate lending, India has formally set up a ‘bad bank’: the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. (NARCL). It was registered on July 7 with the Registrar of Companies, with […]

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“Recipe for disaster”: WHO condemns London’s 60,000 Euro Cup crowd

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Not only are careless Indians inviting a deadlier third wave of the pandemic by thronging pilgrim and tourist sites, but their counterparts in Europe and elsewhere are also not far behind. The situation is so alarming that a scientist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that watching […]

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Entertainment: Kriti Sanon’s “Mimi” trailer launched; release on July 30

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mumbai: Actor Kriti Sanon took to social media on Tuesday to reveal the trailer of her upcoming film Mimi, scheduled for release on Netflix India on July 30. The actor posted the 3-minute official trailer on her Instagram account. It shows Pankaj Tripathi bringing Sanon a surrogacy offer for a foreign couple. Though the trailer […]

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Defense: BrahMos cruise missile fails to take off on test flight

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The long-range version of India’s powerful BrahMos supersonic cruise missile backfired and failed to launch at the testing conducted off the Odisha coast on Monday. The missile fell to the ground minutes before taking off, media reported. The new version of this missile is capable of striking targets up to 450 km. A […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Osaka, Mattel launch Naomi dolls ahead of the Games

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Famous doll-maker Mattel has teamed up with the Japanese tennis star to launch a line of Naomi Osaka Barbie dolls ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The Games will be organized in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. The tennis player, who has used her position to address issues like police brutality […]

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Nepal: SC reinstates Parliament again, orders SB Deuba as PM in two days

July 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The former Himalayan Kingdom, currently known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, continues to witness unprecedented, roller-coaster-like political turbulence. On Monday, for the second time in five months, its Supreme Court reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives, and also directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Nepali Congress chief Sher […]

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E-commerce: At $37.6 bn valuation now, Flipkart raises $3.6 bn

July 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit Mumbai: A major shifting of buyers’ preference from the physical to the digital platforms in pandemic-induced India is reflected in the big-ticket funding patterns involving e-commerce platforms, which also show the post-Covid potential of the country’s huge market size and India’s positive growth story. On Monday, reports came that India’s indigenously born […]

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Rathyatra: Coronavirus-induced curfew mars festivities for second year

July 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Celebrations of the annual Rath Yatra, organized at Jagannathpuri in Odisha for centuries, were marred for a second consecutive year on Monday due to the curfew imposed to control the crowd as part of restrictions being observed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. To contain the crowds, the district administration had imposed a two-day […]

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Covid-19: ‘No, it’s not over, nor slowing down’, warns WHO chief scientist

July 10, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Those who thought the pandemic is a thing of the past—although new variants are still being reported—should heed her warning, again. The World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has said there was clear evidence that the coronavirus pandemic is not really slowing down as the spread of […]