After some on social media pointed out that the “bareheaded images” offended the Sikh community’s sentiments, a Pakistani model’s photos at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur went viral. Covering one’s head in a gurdwara is mandatory and considered a way of showing respect for the revered place. The Pakistani model apologised, saying she didn’t mean…Continue Reading
Amid the Omicron variant of COVID-19 creating concern globally, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday said the sample of one of the two persons who arrived in Bengaluru recently from South Africa is ‘different from the Delta variant’. The minister said he was not supposed to say anything officially as he was still…Continue Reading
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that there were no plans to recognise Bitcoin as currency in the country. She was replying to a question in Indian Parliament. She also told the House that the government does not collect data on Bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin, the digital currency allows people to buy goods and…Continue Reading
Visiting India has been more like visiting a close relative’s home, for Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Didi, who was recently in the subcontinent for the Official Engagements. In a first for the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala, she was the first Foreign Defence Minister to review the Passing Out Parade, at the academy that is…Continue Reading
The famous Apple Orchards of Kashmir Valley might soon vanish due to the erratic climatic changes in the region. The valley in the last decade has seen major climatic changes like early snowfall due to which farmers have lost around 40 percent of the crop every year. In 2021, the first snowfall of the season in…Continue Reading
A special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off here amid growing concerns over the latest Omicron coronavirus variant, where the participants aim to negotiate a new “pandemic treaty.”Legally binding pandemic treatyThe WHA May session this year decided to set up a working group to consider the findings and recommendations of a number…Continue Reading
The trailer for Ranveer Singh-starrer ’83’ is finally unveiled bringing alive one of the most unforgettable moments of Indian cricket.Ranveer stars as former star cricketer Kapil Dev in the film, which tells the story of how the Indian cricket team, “a team that no one believed in”, brought the World Cup home in 1983 after…Continue Reading
With a low pressure brewing up in South Andaman Sea stroking fears of a cyclone for Odisha, the farmers of the State, particularly from the South and coastal belts are losing sleep for fear of suffering losses just before the harvesting period. Cyclone Landfall Likely Between Andhra Pradesh’s Kalingapatnam And Odisha’s Gopalpur On Dec 4.From Ganjam…Continue Reading
Published: Tuesday, 30 November 2021 Last updated: 30 November 2021, 10:50 AM IST Parag Agrawal, an Indian-American technology executive takes over Twitter as CEO after co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down. Parag, a B-Tech graduate from IIT Bombay and Stanford University alumnus, was the chief technology officer of Twitter before the elevation. Parag joined Twitter a…Continue Reading
#Roommates, it’s truly the end of an iconic era, as golf legend Tiger Woods has just revealed a heartbreaking announcement that his fans are likely to take pretty hard. During a recent interview, Tiger Woods officially confirmed that his days as a full-time golfer are now a thing of the past due to the severe…Continue Reading