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Los Angeles: When Iman Vellani was brought on board for the role of Kamala Khan, the Pakistani American teen superhero also known as Ms. Marvel, it was her debut in acting. The 19-year-old, Vellani also took on the responsibility of playing the first Muslim superhero. “I’m honestly so privileged that Marvel trusts me to bring […]
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Mumbai: Global icon, diva Priyanka Chopra composed a note for the ‘Ms Marvel’ team on her social media account, earlier yesterday. Taking to her Instagram story, the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actor expressed excitement and applauded the ‘Ms Marvel’ team, for including and reflecting South Asian actors and culture. Reposting the trailer of the series, on IG […]
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Hanoi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over 12 high-speed guard boats for Vietnam Border Guard at Hong Ha Shipyard made under USD 100 million lines of credit by the Indian government. Five out of 12 boats were manufactured at the L&T Shipyard in India while seven were made at the Hong Ha Shipyard. […]
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Mumbai: After the rousing reception ‘Major’ received and the impact it has made on audiences, actor Adivi Sesh on Wednesday announced the Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Fund, yet another attempt to take the late Major’s legacy ahead by helping CDS and NDA aspirants across the country. The plans for this fund will soon be presented to Maharashtra […]
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Karachi: A Hindu temple in Karachi has been vandalised, causing fear and panic among members of the community living in the Pakistani city, a media report said on Thursday. According to The Express Tribune report, the incident took place on Wednesday at the Shri Mari Maata temple in the city’s Korangi area. After receiving information […]
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Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the Pakistan government to renegotiate the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy deals before making payments of around 300 billion PKR to the Chinese power plants, putting Islamabad in a tight spot. The global lender has asked the government to treat the Chinese CPEC power plants at par […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on Thursday. Union Ministers Jitendra Singh, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan were also present at the event. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 is a two-day event being held on June […]
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Panaji: The Goa Police are investigating the death of a Ukrainian national, Dmytro Gurov, 49, whose body was found in his rented villa at Benaulim in South Goa. The body was found late on Wednesday, police said. Dmytro Gurov came to Goa in December 2021. Since then he had been staying in a rented villa near […]
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Mumbai: Popular Hindi sitcom, ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ (TMKOC) might have a surprise for its fans! Actor Disha Vakani who played the role of the hilarious Dayaben in the show is likely to return, hints a recent promo. Sundar decides to pay for his own flight ticket!! 😮😮 Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Janane ke liye […]
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Hyderabad: The Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) jointly with the Cyberabad Police introduced a ‘SHE Shuttle’ bus connecting Madhapur Police Station to Inorbit Mall here on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, SCSC Chairman and Cyberabad Police Commissioner M. Stephen Raveendra said the vehicle has been launched specially for the safety and security of women. […]
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Amaravati: Kalluri Gangadhar Reddy, a witness in the sensational murder case of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, died under suspicious circumstances in Anantapur district. The 49-year-old died in sleep at his house in Yadiki village on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the family members informed the police. The police rushed there […]
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Patna: In a shocking incident, a poor couple in Bihar’s Samastipur was forced to beg to collect Rs 50,000 as bribe for the mortuary staff of a government hospital to get the body of their dead son. समस्तीपुर- जवान बेटे का पोस्टमार्टम के लिए माता पिता कर रहा है भिक्षाटन,पोस्टमार्टम कर्मी ने कहा 50 हज़ार लाओ […]
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Washington: Global cases of the monkeypox virus have surpassed 1,000, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said and urged people to take extra precautions. As of June 6, 1,019 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in 29 countries, according to the CDC. The UK has recorded the most cases, 302 suspected […]
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Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man, who reportedly lied to his parents that he had a job, died by suicide after they found that he was jobless. According to the police, the man Mohd Khaja, a resident of Ganesh colony in Jawaharnagar police station limits, lived with his family. He told his family members that he was […]
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Mumbai: A man died and 19 people were injured after a multi-storey building collapsed at Shastri Nagar in Maharashtra’s Bandra West on Wednesday, informed the police. Following the incident, the civic body along with police and fire brigade reached the spot to begin the rescue operations and shifted the injured persons to a nearby hospital. […]
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Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex fell over 277 points in opening trade on Thursday, tracking losses in index majors Asian Paints, TCS and HCL Tech amid a negative trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE gauge was trading 277.91 points or 0.51 per cent lower at 54,614.58 in early trade. Likewise, the Nifty declined 76.40 points […]
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San Francisco: Microblogging platform Twitter’s board now plans to grant Elon Musk access to the massive stream of “firehose” data comprising more than 500 million tweets posted each day, the Washington Post reported citing a person familiar with the company’s thinking. Soon after making a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter in April, Musk has […]
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New Delhi: The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in the country was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering around 39 per cent jump in daily cases, while the daily positivity rate crossed 2 per cent after 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. A total of 7,240 infections were recorded in […]
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Hyderabad: Fire broke out at a warehouse at Shahalibanda in the old city late on Wednesday night. No casualties were reported in the incident. According to officials, the fire started around 1.30 a.m on the first floor of the building on Shahalibanda main road. The floor was used as a godown by the management of […]
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Mumbai: The rupee slipped 10 paise to 77.78 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, as elevated crude oil prices and persistent foreign capital outflows weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.74 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 77.78, registering a fall […]
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New Delhi: A Delhi court will on Thursday deliver the verdict on the appeal seeking restoration of the Hindu and Jain temples and the deities at the Qutub Minar complex. Earlier on May 24, after a detailed hearing in the matter, Additional District Judge Nikhil Chopra had reserved the order in the appeal challenging the rejection […]
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United Nations: The world is facing a cost-of-living crisis unseen in at least a generation, partly due to the Ukraine conflict, said a UN report. “The largest cost-of-living crisis of the 21st century has come when people and countries have a limited capacity to cope,” said the second report of the Global Crisis Response Group […]
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Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), will provide an indigenously designed tool to help the Uttar Pradesh police in detection and cracking of cases of fraud through cryptocurrency transactions. Professor Sandeep Shukla from IIT-Kanpur, said that the tool developed by IIT, known as HOP, can analyse cryptocurrency transactions. “The tool is cheaper than any […]
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Kiev: Since Moscow launched its ongoing invasion of Kiev on February 24, the Ukrainian Air Force has carried out more than 1,100 strikes against Russian targets. In a statement on Wednesday, the Air Force Command said: “As of today, more than 1,100 group air strikes on columns of equipment, positions, manpower and logistics centres belonging […]