With one good deed at a time, Sonu Sood has added another feather to his cap by being named the hottest vegetarian celebrity of the year by PETA India. Actor Shraddha Kapoor has been given the same title in the female category. Sonu Sood shared the picture of a glass trophy on Twitter along with […]
Donald Trump, who currently enjoys certain exemptions from Twitter’s policies due to his status as a world leader, will likely lose the protection after January 20 when Joe Biden takes over as the US president. Twitter has confirmed that Trump’s personal account on Twitter could be subject to a ban once he becomes a private […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday confirmed that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be attending India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2021 as the chief guest, adding that it is symbolic of a new era of India-UK ties. The minister said, “It would be in a way symbolic of a […]
Earlier this year, tech giant Google had rolled out a dark mode in its Search app on Android and iOS platforms. Now, the company is bringing dark mode to Search on the web. As per a report, Google has started A/B testing dark mode for Search on desktop web. Currently, when one searches for anything […]
Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond. The modern lunar exploration programme will land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 and establish a […]
In the backdrop of a long-running conflict over Mount Everest‘s height, Nepal and China jointly announced the revised height of the world’s highest peak as 8,848.86 metres— 86 cm higher than what was recognised since 1954. The decision to re-measure the peak was taken by the government of Nepal, as prominent geologists were of the […]
Breakdancing is among four sports that have got the green light to be part of the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. The International Committee ratified the inclusion of breakdancing along with surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing on Monday, IOC President Thomas Bach said. The move from the IOC comes at a time when the Olympics […]
Japan Foundation New Delhi launched the Fourth edition of Japanese Film Festival (JFF) 2020 in India on December 4, 2020. The ten-day digital Film Festival will be held till December 13 and entails 30 of Japan’s most acclaimed films of varied formats and categories including animation, feature drama, romance, thriller, classic and documentary. The Fourth […]
WhatsApp could soon roll out support for making voice and video calls from its desktop app. WhatsApp has web and desktop apps but these versions lack some key features available on the mobile app. The Guardian’s Alex Hern shared an image on Twitter that shows both the video call button and the voice call button […]