Business “We do not have an ETA for full recovery at this time.” Amazon.com Inc. Web Services went through an outage on Dec. 7, affecting many websites. Bloomberg photo by Christophe Morin Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The company provides cloud computing services…Continue Reading
Coronavirus “Uncertainty about the pandemic and fear of infection are among the top sources of stress for this generation.” About 45% of respondents said maintaining ties with friends was harder, and 40% said their romantic relationships had become more difficult. iStock By Andrew Jeong, Washington Post December 7, 2021 | 3:10 PM Gen Z is…Continue Reading
National They observed a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the same minute the attack began eight decades ago. Pearl Harbor survivor Herb Elfring speaks at a news conference in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Sunday, Dec. 5. AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press December 7, 2021 | 9:46 AM PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP)…Continue Reading
National The list identifies the words that proved most challenging for broadcasters to pronounce this year. This combination of 2021 photos shows Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce, left, and Billie Eilish in London. The grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Eagles center have something in common — broadcasters have difficulty pronouncing their names. The Associated Press By WILLIAM…Continue Reading
An 18-year-old boy and his mother have been arrested in Aurangabad District of western Indian state of Maharashtra for murdering his pregnant sister. The duo killed the 19-year old girl as they were unhappy with her decision of eloping and marrying her friend. The incident took place in Ladgaon village in rural area of the…Continue Reading
Afghanistan’s envoy to India, Farid Mamundzay, has urged Indian government to grant visas to 2,500 Afghan students so that they can come back and complete studies in India. These students have been studying in Indian universities such as University of Delhi, Osmania, JNU and lot of them in cities like Pune. Many of these students are…Continue Reading
As the Omicron variant cases increase steadily in India, an IIT scientist has warned that the third wave of coronavirus could reach its peak by February. Manindra Agarwal, an IIT scientist who is involved in the mathematical projection of the trajectory of COVID-19, had warned that the Covid cases can reach upto 150,000 per day…Continue Reading
India reported the lowest Covid cases since May 2020 on December 07, 2021. The health ministry reported a total of 6,882 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. The new infections have taken the total tally of Covid cases to 3,46,48,383 and the active cases have decreased to 95,014, which is the lowest in 554 days. Union Health Ministry…Continue Reading
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that supplies of the Russian S-400 missile defence system “will continue to happen”. Shringla was addressing press after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited New Delhi on Monday (December 6). Russia has begun deliveries of its long-range S-400 ground-to-air missile defence system to India, which prompted fears of US sanctions.…Continue Reading
The Vigilance wing of the Odisha Police on Tuesday unearthed assets worth around a whopping Rs 1.12 Crore owned by Achyutananda Khuntia, the Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) of Jhankarpali Gram Panchayat in Sambalpur district.Four teams of the anti-corruption wing led by 2 DSsP, 3 Inspectors, 2 ASIs and other staff on the strength of search…Continue Reading