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Washington: The police were responding to a shooting incident involving at least three victims in Washington, D.C., authorities have confirmed. The Metropolitan Police Department tweeted on Friday night that “the location of this incident is 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW” and that they “are in the area conducting active sweeps”, reports Xinhua news […]

Mumbai: Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Will Smith who slapped comedian Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage last month was spotted at a private airport in Mumbai on Saturday. The actor was seen dressed in an oversized white T-shirt that he teamed with the same colored pants over which he donned knee-length black shorts. The photos […]

Beijing: Exposure to air pollutants even at levels below World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines may trigger a heart attack within an hour, claims a new study. The study found exposure to any level of four common air pollutants — fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide — could quickly trigger […]

Chennai: Tamil actor Vishnu Vishal and badminton star Jwala Gutta celebrated their first wedding anniversary on the sets of the actor’s upcoming Tamil film ‘Gatta Kusthi’, which in Telugu is titled ‘Matti Kusthi’. On Friday, Jwala posted a picture of them both cutting a cake to celebrate their first wedding anniversary and wrote, “Happy first […]

Chennai: A retired senior police official of Tamil Nadu on Saturday morning left his pistol loaded with eight bullets in a train and deboarded, said an official of Southern Railway. The railway official told IANS that the loaded pistol was found in the HA1 compartment of the Yercaud Express from Chennai to Erode by a […]

Vijayawada: In yet another incident, a man was killed and three others were injured when the battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded in their house in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The incident occurred in Vijayawada early Saturday when the man had kept the battery on charging in the bedroom. Shiva Kumar, his wife and their […]

New York: US researchers have found that an abnormally suppressed immune system may be to blame for long Covid-19 and not a persistently hyperactive one previously thought. In a subset of persons who recover from the initial Covid illness, various symptoms persist, such as fatigue, mental haziness, and shortness of breath, which can be debilitating […]

New Delhi: While summer fashion is mostly about fun florals and soft pastels, this time there’s some shimmer on the list as well. The trend has made a major resurgence, both on and off the runway. At the recent Alia-Ranbir post-wedding celebration, a bunch of celebrities dressed in sequins and glitter. If you’re looking to […]

Hyderabad: Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy has placed under suspension Ibrahimpatnam ACP Balakrishna Reddy on charges of dereliction of duty and for allegedly indulging in corruption. According to reports, the ACP had reportedly showed negligence in the investigation of the double murder case of two realtors Srinivas Reddy and Raghavendra Reddy at Ibrahimpatnam […]

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has re-clarified the story of the electric vehicle company’s early days to a Bengaluru-based man who tweeted that “Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it”. Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it. Just reminding 🙂 — Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) April 21, […]

Chennai: With 25 more testing positive, the total number of persons infected with Coronavirus in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) has gone up to 55, said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J.Radhakrishnan. According to him, the tests are being conducted in the 19 hostels in IITM complex. The infection rate is higher in a […]

Los Angeles: Marvel Studios’ much anticipated movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has been banned in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries due to the presence of a gay character. The “Doctor Strange” sequel, which will release in the US on May 6, was originally scheduled for hit theatres in the Saudi […]

Los Angeles: The first US private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to undock from the ISS on Saturday and return to Earth on Sunday, according to NASA. The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 8, Xinhua news […]

Washington: Pop star Justin Bieber leaves no stone unturned when it comes to publically showcasing his love for Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and he did the same on Saturday by posting a screenshot of his mobile wallpaper featuring a beautiful picture of his wife.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Justin […]

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant was on Friday night criticised on social media for apparently making a gesture to his batters Rovman Powell and Kuldeep Yadav to walk off the pitch because the umpires had refused to seek the opinion of the video official over what they claimed a waist-high no-ball bowled by Rajasthan Royals’ […]

New Delhi: With 2,527 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 4,30,54,952, while active cases have increased to 15,079, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,22,149 with 33 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]

New Delhi: India’s smartphone market grew just 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 owing to supply constraints, not a great start to the year for a market which has seen double-digit percentage growth even during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has said. The biggest challenge this year will be maintaining device […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 508.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.22 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

New Delhi: Twitter has announced to ban “misleading” advertisements related to climate change on its platform. The micro-blogging platform said that misleading advertisements on Twitter “that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line with our inappropriate content policy”. “We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative […]

New Delhi: Amid rising power demand in the country due to a continued heat wave, India is staring at an electricity crisis accentuated due to a coal shortage at over 150 power plants. The coal stock position at the Central Election Authority (CEA) supervised 173 power plants stood at 21.93 million tonnes (MT), which, according […]

By Epsita Gunti Hyderabad: From reading books together to spending their whole lives together, this couple who met on twitter are living a modern day fairy tale. Nipun and Mohit first interacted when the latter’s grandparents contracted Covid-19 and he resorted to asking for help on twitter. Nipun responded as she was helping people find […]

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine war was predicated on the security challenges in its own neighbourhood and the US should understand that though it has a friend in India, that “friend can’t be a weak friend (and) the friend should be not weakened”. On Friday, the Union Minister said […]

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant stood his ground for calling back his batters after the umpires did not check for a possible waist-high delivery in the dramatic final over of their IPL match against Rajathan Royals, saying he thought it was no-ball and the third umpire should have intervened. Needing 36 runs from the […]

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Friday. RR posted an imposing 222 for twio after being asked to bat, riding on a magnificent 116 from opener Jos Buttler, and then restricted DC to 207 for eight. Chasing an imposing target, DC captain Rishabh Pant […]