Author: Dr Anand Mali
Australian star Glenn Maxwell says he apologized to India’s KL Rahul during Friday’s opening ODI, having fired with the bat after a dismal Indian Premier League campaign. Maxwell smashed 45 runs from 19 balls at the SCG, a powerful knock featuring three sixes and a strike rate of 236.84. The innings helped Australia to victory and must have left Indian wicketkeeper Rahul bemused behind the stumps, after he captained Maxwell in the IPL Maxwell was a $2.2 million signing for Kings XI Punjab in this year’s IPL, yet managed just 108 runs at 15.42 from 11 innings. He did not…
Gul Panag shared, “If there’s one exercise I could pick for its benefits , it would be the push up. Over the last few months, I’ve used a combination of different variations of pushups, squats and planks to keep fit. Body weight . No weights . And I’m fitter, leaner and stronger than ever before.” Gul Panag is quite the fitness enthusiast, and while staying indoors on account of the coronavirus pandemic has made all of us lazy couch potatoes, Gul seems to have made the most of this down time and upped her fitness routine. The Pataal Lok actor…
The Union road transport and highways ministry on Friday issued fresh guidelines for cab aggregators (such as Ola and Uber) to bring them under a regulatory framework. According to the new guidelines, surge price by cab aggregators should not be more than 1.5 times and they can’t offer discounts that are more than 50 per cent of the base fare. It also added that the ride hailing apps can’t charge more than 20 percent of the fare as commission. The drivers can be made to pay 10 percent of fare or a maximum of Rs 100, if they cancel a…
Do you remember ‘Bagwati’? Yes, the iconic handbag from the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that became a source of hilarious discussions among people. There is a real-life ‘Bagwati’ and it is priced at over Rs 50 crore. Launched by Italian luxury brand Boarini Milanesi, a video of the bag has now created a stir among people. There are many expensive things in the world that you may have heard or read about. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you about the world’s most expensive bag, which has been launched recently. Yes, a luxury brand from…
Protesters call on State Bank of India to take back decision to provide loans worth AUD$1 Billion to Adani for Carmichael coal mine project in Australia; If SBI loans Adani public money, it will help fund climate disasters, they allege On the opening day of India vs Australia 2020 cricket tour, hundreds joined #StopAdani protests at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the Indian Consulates in Canberra and Melbourne. Bypassing the security, two of the protesters also made their way into the field during the first ODI between India and Australia. They raised “No $1bn Adani loan” placards and were later…
International Business Machines Corporation IBM is likely to slash 10,000 jobs across Europe to contain costs, per a Bloomberg report. The latest series of eliminations will be concluded by the first half of 2021. Citing a union officer who was informed of the proceedings, Bloomberg added that IBM had announced the eliminations in early November at a meeting with European labor representatives. The job cuts will amount to nearly 20% workforce reduction in the region with the U.K. and Germany bearing the maximum brunt followed by Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Belgium. Bloomberg further added that most of the reductions are…
Former Indian cricketer Kiran More took to Twitter on Wednesday, to share pictures of his Team India jersey from the 1992 World Cup. https://twitter.com/JockMore/status/1331419261466624001 More uploaded four images, with the cricketer seen wearing the jersey in three of them. “Look what I found myself! The original jersey of the 1992 @ICC@cricketworldcup, still fits me very well. It brought back all the fond memories, what a tournament it was, as the great Richie Benaud would say on air: simply superb! #cricket,” read the caption on the tweet. https://twitter.com/JockMore/status/1331194834153992198 The 1992 Cricket World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand. Pakistan…
A New nurse has revealed the devastating toll working on a Covid ward is taking on frontline workers by sharing before and after pictures of herself. Kathryn, who started working as a nurse in Tennessee, US, eight months ago, shared a “How it started VS How it’s going” post which has been liked over 790,000 times. https://twitter.com/kathryniveyy/status/1330607852524867587 The post features two pictures of her – one where she looks fresh-faced and smiling just before her graduation in April, and one capturing her exhaustion after a 12-hour weekend shift. The tweet includes a whole thread where Kathryn calls on the public…
“Indian govt says these apps were found ‘prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defense of India, security of state and public order”. Government of India Tuesday blocked 43 Chinese mobile apps from accessing by users in India, under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order”, the Centre said in an official statement. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued the order for blocking the access of…
Skyler Badillo Opens Up On Alleged Claims Of Sexual Harassment By David Villa: The NYCFC intern had previously accused the Spanish striker of sexually harassing. https://twitter.com/MLSist/status/1330864280724516868?s=19 David Villa’s time in the MLS was nothing what he would have envisaged. His short stay at New York City in his second outing with the club was marred by claims of sexual harassment with the club’s intern, Skyler Badillo directing the allegations his way. While nothing is yet to come of an investigation launched by the club since the claims took centre stage, Skyler Badillo has once again raked up the issue. Speaking…
Tesla’s founder added $100.3bn to his net worth this year, the most of anyone on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking of the world’s 500 richest people. https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1331102168535875585 Elon Musk’s year of dizzying ascents hit a new apex Monday as the Tesla Inc. co-founder passed Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person. The 49-year-old entrepreneur’s net worth soared $7.2 billion to $127.9 billion, driven by yet another surge in Tesla’s share price. Musk has added $100.3 billion to his net worth this year, the most of anyone on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people.…
President Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat Monday after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden’s transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance US President Donald Trump has told his team to provide the help President-elect Joe Biden needs to get ready to take over as President.This is known as the ‘transition of power’ and happens so that each President has time to organise their top team and swot up on what the main challenged facing the country are right now. In one of his latest tweets,…
Seven people have died after drinking hand sanitizer in a village in Russia amid the devastation of the Corona epidemic. Two people are in coma and have been kept in ICU. According to reports, these people drank the sanitizer after the liquor in the party ran out. The incident took place on Thursday in Tomtore village of Tatinsky, district of Yakutia province, Russia. According to the media report, the 9 people involved in the party drank the sanitizer after the liquor ran out. This sanitizer contains about 69% methanol which is being used to clean hands during the epidemic. According…
Princess Haya, the sixth wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was having her affair with her British bodyguard and she paid him a whopping GBP 1.2 million to remain silent about their two-year affair. Princess Haya also gave several expensive gifts to the bodyguard named Russell Flowers, including a £12,000 watch and vintage shotgun. Mail Online reported that Princess Haya “seduced” the 37-year-old Russell Flowers and used her money to ensure that Flowers always remained by her side. Russell’s wife believed he was seduced by the money and gifts. She gave him lots of expensive gifts…
Raju Srivastava said he was shocked and angry at Bharti Singh after the comedian and her husband Harsh Limbachiyaa was arrested in a drug case on Saturday. Raju Srivastav expressed his shock at fellow comedian Bharti Singh’s arrest for allegedly consuming drugs. The veteran comedian asked if taking ganja was necessary in the creative field. He stated that he was going to defend her and her husband Harsh Limbachiyaa, who was also arrested, as they were his good friends, but was shocked as she herself allegedly admitted to taking drugs. Raju Srivastava unhappy over Bharti Singh’s And said “I am…
Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar lashed out at a cartoonist who insinuated that she faked being in a car crash earlier this week. She asked him to ‘get well soon’ and told him that he spoke ‘the language of a coward’. The man had written in Tamil, “Khushbu is a great actress and this photo is proof of that. Dear Sanghis, please come up with better scripts. There are so many loopholes.” He was perhaps referring to Twitter users’ claim that she was sitting at the back in some pictures but in the front seat in others. https://twitter.com/khushsundar/status/1329472045319483392 Khushbu replied saying, “Shame…
An Elephant was rescued after it accidentally fell into a 50-foot open farm well near Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The rescue operation lasted for about 14 hours as forest officials put in their best to save the life of the eight-year-old elephant. https://youtu.be/LaC2OD9aE6c The elephant accidentally fell into a well in the Yelugundur village near Panchampalli in the wee hours of Thursday. Locals noticed and alerted forest officials immediately, news agency PTI reports. The elephant, in fact, was stuck inside the dry well for almost fourteen hours. To rescue the elephant, the animal was tranquilised twice. With the…
The Attorney General KK Venugopal Friday once again granted his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against standup comedian Kunal Kamra for his latest tweet showing his middle finger to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde. On the 18th of November, Kunal Kamra took to Twitter to yet again prove that Twitter could be the perfect platform for out-of-work woke comedians to get some sort of visibility after the world largely dismissed them as un-funny, raving lunatics. In his tweet, Kunal Kamra had held up two fingers and said, “One of these 2 fingers is…
Wearing a mask and social distancing are the “best weapon” to control the spread of the coronavirus, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said. It’s not a silver bullet,” Bancel said of a vaccine, adding: “You see people going to crowded places with no mask or eating inside restaurants with no mask — I don’t understand it. It makes no sense to me. It’s like, you’re going to get infected. The only question is when.” Moderna recently announced that its vaccine was found to be 94.5% effective at preventing coronavirus transmission in a late-stage trial with 30,000 participants. Though the study’s results…
The South Australian government has announced an immediate six-day lockdown followed by a further week of tough restrictions as the state scrambles to avoid a second wave of coronavirus infections. The lockdown will take effect from midnight on Wednesday after the Parafield cluster, which started from a hotel quarantine breach, grew by two overnight to reach 22 confirmed cases During the lockdown, imposed for six days, only one person from each household will be allowed to leave home each day, and that too only for essential reasons, authorities said. Everything, including outdoor gatherings, weddings, funerals and takeaway food has…
A Town in Alaska has bid goodbye to the Sun and will see the next daylight in 2021. Formerly known as Barrow, in the town of Utqiagvik, the sun set for the last time in 2020 on November 19 for a span of over 60 days. Utqiagvik lies within the Arctic circle. In the winter months, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, keeping the sun below the horizon.. The occurrence is known as polar night. The phenomenon takes place during winters because of the tilt of the axis of the Earth, CNN reported. The polar night occurs…
A 60-hour curfew will begin in Ahmedabad city from Friday 9 pm as covid cases continue to surge. A complete curfew will be imposed in Ahmedabad city starting 9 pm on November 20 to 6 am on November 23. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Additional chief secretary, Government of Gujarat, who is also in-charge for Covid-19 management in Ahmedabad, announced the latest decision by the government. “The Corona situation was reviewed late night, and it has been decided that “complete curfew” shall be imposed from tomorrow night 9:00 pm till Monday morning 6:00 am in the city of Ahmedabad,” Gupta said in…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently questioned the logic behind some peoples refusal to wear masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates recently questioned the logic behind some peoples refusal to wear masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus. On the first episode of ‘Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions’ podcast, Gates and the actress-comedian discussed the politicisation of masks in America and what a ‘weird thing’ that is. The 65-year-old American business magnet jokingly compared the people who refuse to wear a mask to ‘nudists’ as well. During the…
Bitcoin rose above $18,000 on Wednesday, to its highest in three years, and its market capitalization has hit an all-time record of $336 billion. The price has closed above $17,000 on only five other days in history, Deutsche Bank analysts said. Frenzy over its price caught the attention of Hollywood celebrity Maisie Williams, who ran a Twitter poll Tuesday on whether she should buy Bitcoin. Events triggering Bitcoin’s price surge include improvement in mainstream acceptance and President-elect Joe Biden appointing crypto-friendly Gary Gensler to oversee Wall Street regulations, an OANDA analyst said. The price of the digital token surged 2.5%…
An 11-year-old girl from Odisha’s Kendrapara district walked 10 kms to meet the District Collector on Monday to lodge grievances against her father. Accusing her father of taking away her stipend and Mid Day Meal (MDM) money, Sushree Sangeeta Sethi covered 10 kms on foot to submit a written complaint to Kendrapara Collector Samarth Verma. After her mother’s death two years back, Sushree Sangeeta’s father, Ramesh Chandra Sethi remarried. Her father and step mother allegedly refused to take care of Sushree Sangeeta, following which the girl stayed at her uncle’s place. Above all, when the minor girl’s father refused to…
After an excruciating wait for eight months due to COVID-19, the 2020 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has finally got its two finalists. The Qalandars defeated the Multan Sultans in the second eliminator on Sunday to book their spot in the final to be played on November 17. David Wiese was the topic of discussion for his all-round display for the Qalandars. However, what stole the limelight was pacer Haris Rauf, who picked up three crucial wickets during his four-over spell and one of them being of legendary Shahid Afridi. The moment the bowler got Afridi out was…
Former USA President Barack Obama shared praise for India in book A Promised Land. He mentioned listening to Mahabharata, Ramayana and watching Bollywood films. Obama’s comments about Rahul Gandhi that he was ‘eager to impress’ while lacking the ‘aptitude and passion’ had sparked a political row and huge debate on social media, the India mentions in the book also included the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Bollywood. He stated, he has learned many things from Ramayana & Mahabharata. AND followed many things in his life. Barrack Obama wrote that even before he visited India (twice, 2010 and 2015) he had been fascinated…
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected lives of people irrespective of their professions, economic, social or religious status Some financially strong cricket playing countries like England, India, Australia have started cricketing activities, associate nations such as the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Nepal and others are still trying to come out of the pandemic in order to organize tournaments and look after their cricketers. Many started using cricket bet online platforms https://twitter.com/paulvanmeekeren/status/1327982251804647427 ESPNcricinfo, in a tweet, mentioned that the 2020 T20 World Cup would have ended on Sunday at the MCG in Australia if the situation were normal and there was no outbreak of…
Videos released by the German government have humorously praised the nation’s couch potatoes as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus. The first advert, entitled “#specialheroes – Together against corona”, depicts an elderly man looking back on the winter of 2020. “The fate of this country lay in our hands,” he says. “So, we mustered all our courage and did what was expected of us, the only right thing. “We did nothing. Absolutely nothing.” The federal government has said the comical videos are a clear message to the public that reducing contact with others is vital in preventing the…
Cyberattacks targeting health care sectors and taking advantages are not new. North Korean, Russian hackers target COVID-19 vaccine makers in India, says Microsoft Microsoft has detected cyberattacks from nation-state actors targeting seven prominent companies directly involved in researching vaccines and treatments for Covid-19, including in India. The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the US, which is done by Strontium ( a Russian Hacker group) At Least seven Indian pharma companies are working to develop a vaccine against coronavirus, led by Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech. Microsoft did not reveal the…
Nikhil Dwivedi had tweeted to Rhea Chakraborty that he would love to work with her in future while extending the actor’s support. The actor-producer tweeted, “Rhea I didn’t know u. I don’t know what kind of person you are. Maybe you are as bad as you are being made out to be. Maybe you are not. What I do know is that how it’s all played out for you is unfair, unlawful and not how civilised countries behave. When all this is over we would like to work with you. @Tweet2Rhea.” https://twitter.com/Nikhil_Dwivedi/status/1303349729762226176 Now during an interaction with Press, . He…
A woman allegedly extorted Rs 1.3 crore from her boyfriend’s former girlfriend after threatening to circulate her Photoshopped photos on social media. The victim, a resident of Bengaluru’s Whitefield, is married and has an eight-year-old child. Before marrying the Bengaluru-based businessman, Shalini, during her college days, was in a relationship with Mahesh. However, they broke up and were not in touch with each other all these years. In July last year, Mahesh sent a message to Shalini on WhatsApp, following which the two got connected again. After two days, Shalini received a message from a woman who introduced herself as…
The White House is planning for President Donald Trump to serve a second term despite his reelection loss, a top official said Friday. “We are moving forward here at the White House under the assumption that there will be a second Trump term,” the outgoing president’s trade advisor Peter Navarro said on Fox Business Network. Trump has yet to concede nearly a week after US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election. The president has made few public appearances since then and launched legal challenges in several states, alleging election…
#BanTwitter started trending again in India. Govt. issued a notice to Twitter for showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir instead of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The ministry, in its notice, has directed the microblogging site to explain within five working days why legal action should not be initiated against it and its representatives for disrespecting the territorial integrity of India by showing an incorrect map. Twitter is already facing so many accusations by Indian netizens, for showing some area of Jammu & Kashmir as part of China. After controversy, Twitter had corrected it. And now Twitter is…
INDIAN TWITTER is flooded with hashtags of “MAAFI MAANG OBAMA” after Former US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA shares his interesting assessment on RAHUL GANDHI in his book “A PROMISED LAND”. He wrote, “RAHUL GANDHI has a nervous, unformed quality about him as if he were a student who’d done the coursework and was eager to impress the teacher but deep down lacked either the aptitude or the passion to master the subject”. This statement is highly criticized by Congress supporters. And “MAAFI MAANG OBAMA” trends on Indian Twitter. BJP leader GIRIRAJ SINGH tweeted, “As soon as disrespect for Rahul Gandhi’s reduces…