Month: March 2020

Media & Entertainment

Amitabh Bachchan Tells What He Finds Interesting About Heart Emojis

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Amitabh Bachchan has good sense of entertaining his Twitter fans. At 77, the megastar is still the most active Bollywood names on Twitter and his fans love him for that.

He shared a collage of his expressions on Instagram and gave the caption – Red Heart, true love….and for all of you, it’s red. He also surprised his fans with his creativity to invent abbreviations of popular movies.

The megastar keeps up with millennial jargon

Recently, the Baghban actor wrote on Twitter that he never knew different coloured hearts had different meanings. In another Tweet, he shared what he found interesting about heart emojis.

His fans found Amitabh Bachchan CAC and those who don’t know the meaning of CAC will be surprised to know that it is the abbreviation of “cool as cat”. The Big B shared some abbreviations in a recent tweet.

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International

UMF Postpones March Festival Due To Coronavirus Scare

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Miami city officials want the UMF organizers to postpone the March festival slated to be held at Bayfront Park on March 20-22. It is a precautionary measure taken to protect Miami-Dade County residents from the coronavirus spread.

Miami Mayor talked to UMF organizers

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo want the electronic dance music festival to be postponed. They talked to UMF organizers regarding this. It is to be noted that the festival attracted around 170,000 fans last year. This year, the organizers were expecting fans from more than 100 countries in the festival.

UMF organizers postponed the event

The organizers decided to postpone the festival to help public health officials that are working on to control the spread of coronavirus that has spread to more than 80 countries. The UMF organizers are working the final draft of the deal to make a formal announcement regarding postponement of the March festival.

 

UMF cancelled Abu Dhabi event

 

The organizers even cancelled the Abu Dhabi event that was to happen this week. But fans – EDM music stars David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, The Chainsmokers – looked disappointed. Soon they started reacting on social media. There were tens and thousands of fans that have already paid for the event and now they have to set their plans aside.

One fan demanded that the organizers should give the option of refund or get ready for a lawsuit by the EDM community. But they are hopeful that the organizers would refund tickets to save their brand.

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Top Celebrities International

See Nik Wallenda And Erendira Performing In Volcano Live

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The King of High Wire, Nik Wallenda, attempted a walk over a wire located above an active volcano while his wife Erendira performed aerial ballet above the volcano. MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua during a live broadcast.

Volcano Live

The Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua was live when Wallenda and his wife gave a stunning performance in a two-hour special, Volcano Live, program hosted by Chris Harrison and Sage Steele. The wire on which Wallenda walked was located 1,800 feet above the volcano floor. But his wife tried performing aerial ballet while hanging from a helicopter.

Nik Wallenda walked over an active volcano

A seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas circus family, Nik Wallenda performed the highest and longest endeavour that was eight times higher than his walk in New York City. Later he described how he practiced walking over a rope above a volcano. He used machines to get the right feel. He had smoke around the rope and the winds blowing from big machines were making the rope unstable during the practice sessions. But his biggest concern was the deadly gases oozing out from the volcano. He walked the rope using a thermal camera. His father was the only one communicating with him through an earpiece while he was walking over the volcano.

Erendira danced over the volcano

First of all, she tried giving performance from a helicopter but changed her plans when the weather didn’t allow. She performed from the wire hanging above the volcano. And her act was the most difficult and dangerous part of the show.

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International

Democratic Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Lost Her $50 Million Lawsuit Against Google

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A federal judge dismissed the $50 million lawsuit filed by Representative Tulsi Gabbard against the tech giant Google. She is a Democratic presidential candidate.

Tulsi Gabbard’s accusation on Google

Google briefly suspended her advertising account last year be she took this action to be an infringement on her free speech and filed a lawsuit on the tech giant. But the judge, Stephen V. Wilson of the US District Court for the Central District California said that Gabbard campaign had failed to prove the accusation.

The judgement was in favour of Google

The judge said that the First Amendment clause that prohibited the government from curbing free speech applied to Google as a private company. He said that it wasn’t proved how Google’s regulation of its own platform was equivalent to a government regulation of an election. But Ms. Gabbard argued that Google assumed the traditional role of government by regulating political ads on its platform and therefore subject to the First Amendment.

Campaign suspended

On June 27 and 28 last year, Google suspended her advertising account for a period of six hours. But it followed by the first Democratic presidential debate by Ms. Gabbard. And she gave a strong performance that raised her profile. But the suspension of her Google account kept her debate out of reach of the people searching her name and she missed an opportunity to raise money and spread her message.

Source: https://nyti.ms/2TG3UzV

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Sports

Jonty Rhodes Named His Daughter After India

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Former South African cricketer, Jonty Rhodes, took to Twitter to post a picture of him taking a holy dip in the river Ganges. He was in Rishikesh on Wednesday.

Jonty Rhodes captioned his picture

The caption of the Jonty Rhodes picture in the river Ganges read that benefits of immersion in Ganges were both spiritual and physical. Jonty Rhodes has a special connection with India and it is evident from his naming his daughter, India Jeanne Rhodes.

Jonty Rhodes named his daughter India

Born in 2016, daughter of Jonty Rhodes is India Jeanne Rhodes. The cricketer had spent a lot of time in India and what he loved about India was the rich mix of culture, heritage and tradition. He said that India was a very spiritual country and a very forward-looking nation. He said that he liked the combination. He further said that with name like India Jeanne Rhodes, she would have the best of both the worlds and that sort of balance.

Jonty Rhodes in IPL

The 50-year-old cricketer was in India for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that is set to begin on March 29. He’s the fielding coach of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab. Before joining KXIP, he served as the fielding coach of Mumbai Indians from 2009 to 2017. Also, he was part of three IPL title campaigns for the most successful team in the tournament.

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International Today's Special

Say Namaste To Avoid Handshake Says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested his countrymen to greet people without touching each other. And he recommended the Indian way of greeting people with folded hands instead of regular handshake.

Do Namaste instead of handshake

Benjamin Netanyahu asked his countrymen to avoid shaking hands just he did. Namaste is the customary way of greeting each other with folded hands in India. His familiarity with Indian customs and traditions isn’t surprising because of his closeness to Indian PM Narendra Modi. He had been in India in January 2018 and Mr. Modi visited Israel in 2017.

Mr. Netanyahu recommended strong measures

He was speaking to the press after a review meeting to fight the spread of coronavirus in Israel. He said that several measured would be announced to prevent the spread of infection. He further said that they had taken select isolation and flight policies and measures for flights.

Coronavirus in Israel

Israel has banned public gatherings of more than 5,000 people and people are advised to avoid from going abroad. Today, there are 7,000 people in home-quarantine. There are 15 confirmed cases of coronavirus but still no deaths reported. Coronavirus spreads through contact with droplets from infected persons. Tiny droplets from sneezing and coughing by infected persons can cause infection.

Global condition of coronavirus

The infection has spread to over 60 countries and there are approximately 90,000 infected people across the globe. The virus that originated in China last December has taken 3,000 lives globally.

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News & Politics Technology

PM Narendra Modi Will Give Away His Social Media Accounts On Women’s Day

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will “give away” his social media accounts to mark the upcoming Women’s Day on March 8. He will celebrate the women whose life and work inspire us. He tweeted his desire to give up his social media accounts to women on Tuesday.

PM Modi urged people to share inspiring stories of women

The PM encouraged people to share inspiring stories of women under hashtag #SheInspiredUs. These stories would be part of Women’s Day campaign of the PM and the selected entries will be given an opportunity to take over Modi’s Twitter account.

Modi will give away his social media accounts

On Women’s Day, PM Modi will feature inspiring stories of women on Women’s Day. He said that these stories would ignite motivation in millions. He urged women to come forward and share their stories. With this tweet, he put a full stop to all speculations that were doing round since Monday when the PM Modi revealed his desire to give away all his social media accounts.

On Monday, the PM said that he was thinking of giving up his social media accounts. He said that he will quit from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube platforms. But on Tuesday, he said that he will give away his social media to women whose lives are inspiring.

He urged people to post inspiring stories of women on Twitter, FB, Instagram and even YouTube, if you want to upload a video. The most inspiring story will feature on social media accounts of PM Modi.

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Technology

WhatsApp Dark Mode Rolled Out For Android And iPhone Users

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Finally, after one year of beta testing, WhatsApp Dark mode is available for users. The Facebook owned company has designed a unique colour scheme for Dark mode. Android and iOS users can find Dark mode on their WhatsApp settings.

WhatsApp Dark mode

It is a dark grey background in an off-white colour and its advantage is that it cuts down glare that improves contrast and readability. Aimed to minimize eye fatigue, the Dark mode uses colours that are closer to the system defaults on Android and iPhone.

According to a blogpost, the team WhatsApp worked on improving readability of content and information hierarchy. But the real objective of the Dark mode is to make WhatsApp more convenient to use in different screens. And the company used colour and other design elements in line with Dark mode to achieve the objective.

See WhatsApp Dark mode working

Team WhatsApp has created a video “Hello Darkness” to educate users about the Dark mode and its advantages. To make the video more interesting, the team has added a soundtrack by previously-unreleased version of The Sound of Silence by American musician Paul Simon.

Use Dark mode

Android 10 and iOS 13 users can add Dark mode by switching to the system-wide Dark mode from the device settings. But users of Android Pie and earlier versions would need manual settings – WhatsApp settings > Chats > Theme > Dark. It is also said that the Dark mode is in contrast to the digital detox initiatives.

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Today's Special

Coronavirus In India: Do’s And Don’ts To Remain Safe

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In India, the biggest challenge with coronavirus is that people have little knowledge about the infection. They need to know how it spreads, how to check it and what are the preventive measures and treatment options.

Defeat coronavirus with awareness

There is much panic about this virus and infection. People are afraid of losing their lives due to infection. But the truth is that you can remain safe from coronavirus by taking the following measures.

  1. Wash hands frequently with soap
  2. Use hand sanitizer
  3. Don’t reuse tissue papers
  4. Always cover your mouth with tissue when coughing and sneezing
  5. Use hands to cover your mouth while coughing if you don’t have tissues
  6. Don’t sneak in front of the mouth nor cough
  7. Don’t touch your eyes, nose and mouth without washing hands
  8. Avoid contact with the sick
  9. Maintain safe distance from people and avoid shaking hands
  10. See doctor immediately for high fever and cough

Coronavirus has spread to 70 countries and infected almost 1 million people. WHO has declared coronavirus a global health emergency after the death of 3,000 people. India also has got the infection but there is more panic than awareness.

Aware people about coronavirus

It is the responsibility of media to spread awareness about coronavirus. It is only with knowledge and education that India can fight with this virus. If you take all necessary measures then you will never get infected with coronavirus.

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Today's Special

Nirbhaya Case: Hanging Deferred For The Third Time

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Hanging of the four convicts of Nirbhaya case was deferred for the third time today. A judge in Delhi High Court stopped their execution citing legal reasons.

Nirbhaya case execution

Akshay Thakur (31), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Singh (32) are trying their best to escape the gallows in one pretext or another. The court said that the convicts must get all opportunities to get legal remedies.

The convicts had been filing petition after petition to buy time. Pawan Gupta filled a mercy petition before the President Ram Nath Kovind after the Supreme Court rejected his curative petition today morning. He waited till the last moment to file mercy petition and rushed to the court in the last hour to defer execution.

Seema Kushwaha, the prosecution lawyer said that couldn’t the court understand the manipulation of law. She further said that it took years to get justice. Central government also approached the apex court last month to request a change in laws that help criminals.

Deferred hanging

The execution of Nirbhaya convicts had been deferred twice before on January 22 and February 1. On February 5, the High Court allowed the four convicts a week to explore all legal remedies including mercy petition and one of the convicts filed his mercy petition at the last moment. The court has already said that the four can’t be hanged separately.

Nirbhaya rape

The gruesome rape and murder took place on December 16, 2010 when the medical student was raped and murdered in a moving bus and here mutilated body thrown on the road.

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