The NSW Minister for Multiculturalism, Mark Coure, told the audience at a festival in western Sydney today where children from dozens of cultural backgrounds danced, sang and played together, that the state’s greatest asset was its people. “Today’s celebration and the diversity we have are wonderful examples to the rest of the world of what […]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that Twitter can soon expand or even get rid of the 280-character limit on the platform. Responding to a user who asked if we can get rid of character limits, or at least greatly expand it, Musk said: “Absolutely”. Musk, who has acquired Twitter for $44 […]
Morbi (Gujarat), Oct 30 (IANS) At least 77 people, including women and children, were killed and scores were missing as the hanging bridge over the Machhu dam in Gujarat’s Morbi district collapsed on Sunday evening, officials said. Many bodies had been fished out from the Machhu river and sent for for post-mortem examinations at the Morbi […]
Perth, Oct 30 (IANS) Lungi Ngidi blew away the Indian batting order with hard lengths and extra bounce while David Miller and Aiden Markram smashed fifties for South Africa to climb to top spot in Group 2 points table in Super 12s with a five-wicket victory over India in a thrilling match of the Men’s T20 […]
London, Oct 29 (IANS) In a poll conducted on the UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first two days in office, 39 per cent of respondents picked the Indian-origin leader over Keir Starmer, chief of the opposition Labour Party. The poll, conducted by Redfield and Wilton, asked 1,500 people who they thought would be a better […]
Sydney, Oct 29 (IANS) New Zealand’s century-maker on Saturday Glenn Phillips said he would rank his 64-ball 104 in the T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at SCG “at the top” given the precarious situation the team was in as it began the task of setting the target. Phillips, a middle-order batter, smashed a fine […]
Washington, Oct 25 (IANS) US President Joe Biden called the impending UK premiership of Rishi Sunak a “groundbreaking milestone”. Biden, as most other world leaders, is still getting used to the Indian-descent Sunak’s name. He called him “Rashi”, which was a full vowel off Sunak’s actual first name Rishi. But that slip mattered little to his […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 25 (IANS) Kerala’s noted music band, ‘Thaikudam Bridge’ has stated that it would take legal recourse against super-hit movie “Kanthara”, accusing the makers of resorting to plagiarism and that its song “Varaha Roopam” had been a copy of their song “Navarasam”. Thaikudam Bridge said: “We would like our listeners to know that Thaikudam Bridge […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally taken over as Twitter boss and his first job was to reportedly fire Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, the company’s policy chief Vijaya Gadde and others. According to a CNBC report citing sources on Friday, Agrawal and Segal have left the company’s San Francisco headquarters […]
Thousands of users from many parts of India and the world reported problems with photo-sharing app Instagram on Thursday. On Downdetector, an online platform that provides users with real-time information about the status of various websites and services, over 900 users in India reported issues in accessing Instagram on Thursday evening. Many users took to […]