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Pakistan: Now, terrorists use PUBG features to avoid surveillance!

September 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Before they launched an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 28, terrorists used the popular video game PUBG’s features to avoid being tracked by Pakistan intelligence officials, the media reported on Monday. According to the English daily Dawn, terrorists used features from PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds (PUBG), a popular video game, to […]

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Social media “scourge”: Australia to legally ban users under 16 years of age

September 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although analysts are doubting its technological feasibility, Australia is considering introducing legislation this year to ban access to social media outlets by users under 16 years of age. Even the Opposition will support it, the media reported on Tuesday. The minimum age for children to log into social media sites including […]

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The Maldives: India to introduce UPI services, says Dr. Jaishankar

August 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After months of acrimony, India and the Maldives are resetting their bilateral relations and New Delhi has agreed to launch its internationally acclaimed United Payments Interface (UPI) digital payment services in the neighboring island nation in the Indian Ocean. On Friday, India and the Maldives signed an agreement to introduce the […]

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Movies: Oppenheimer shines with seven Academy Awards

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus Oppenheimer, a biopic on the Father of Atom Bomb, triumphed at the 96th Academy Awards, winning seven of the 13 Oscars it was nominated for, at a glittering ceremony held in Hollywood on Sunday. It won Oscars in seven categories, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), […]

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Roving Periscope: Courtesy his bete noire Nawaz, Zardari to return as President!

March 1, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Call it an irony, or a quirk of fate. Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, whose party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), had once denounced then President Asif Ali Zardari (2008-13) as “Mr. Ten Percent,” and agitated against his alleged corruption, is now all set to re-install the same person as the Head of […]

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Demise: Ghazal icon Pankaj Udhas is dead

February 26, 2024 revoi editor

New Delhi: India’s ghazal legend Pankaj Udhas, 72, passed away in Mumbai on Monday after a prolonged illness, the media reported. His daughter Nayyab confirmed the sad news on social media, “With a very heavy heart, we are saddened to inform you of the sad demise of Padma Shri Pankaj Udhas on 26th February 2024 […]

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Tourism: As the Maldives loses Indian visitors, Lakshadweep to get Rs. 3,600 crores for infra upgradation

February 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s immense tourism potential and urged tourists to visit Lakshadweep Islands—which irritated the pro-Chinese Mohamed Muizzu government in neighboring Maldives—the government has earmarked Rs. 3,600 crores for the development and upgradation of tourism infrastructure in the archipelago known for its pristine […]

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The Moment: Millions dance on Shankar-Zakir duo’s Grammy win

February 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For decades, they have mesmerized millions of Indians and foreigners. On Sunday, aficionados worldwide danced with music maestros Shankar Mahadevan and Ustad Zakir Hussain on their winning the prestigious 66th Grammy Awards in the US. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the duo on their achievement. On January 22, Shankar […]

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Cartoons: The earliest Micky Mouse, 95, becomes free from Disney’s copyright

January 2, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With The Walt Disney Company losing the Micky Mouse copyright along with many others, the world-famous cartoon’s earliest version has entered the public domain as its copyright expired under the US law on the last day of 2023, after an exciting 95-year-long entertaining journey throughout the planet. Micky Mouse’s first […]

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Adani Total Gas signs MoU to aid Flipkart’s efforts to decarbonise its supply chain

December 27, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 27 December 2023: Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL), India’s leading energy and city gas distribution company, and Flipkart, India’s homegrown ecommerce marketplace, today announced signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the MoU, AGTL will work with Flipkart to support its vision to reduce carbon footprint in the primary, secondary and tertiary movements […]