DC FanDome 2021 trailer: Fan event to showcase new footage from The Batman, The Flash, Black Adam and more

A trailer for DC FanDome, celebration of all things DC, was unveiled on Thursday. The first edition of the event, which is dedicated to fans, took place last year and was a roaring success. The trailer promises numerous surprises, trailers, teasers, promos, concept art, and news for its upcoming movies, TV shows,…

Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans: Sources

As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to buy food, international officials are preparing to fly in cash for the needy while avoiding financing the Taliban government, according to people familiar with the confidential plans. Planning for the cash airlifts is going ahead against the background of a…

US nuclear submarine hits ‘object’ in Asia-Pacific, no life-threatening injuries

A U.S. Navy submarine hit an “object” while submerged in the Asia-pacific region, but the incident did not result in any life-threatening injuries, the United States military said on Thursday. The incident took place on Saturday and the submarine’s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not impacted and remain…

Priyanka Chopra says Nick Jonas asks her to do a puja before starting anything big: ‘We align on that’

Priyanka Chopra has opened up about her personal life, explaining how she and husband Nick Jonas are completely aligned when it comes to their religious and spiritual beliefs despite their different upbringings and faiths. Priyanka, 39, who often shares photos of her doing pujas at home, told Victoria’s Secret’s…

Artist Ram Pratap Verma walks the lanes of Bhiwani, his hometown, to document relics of wall paintings in his recent book

Ram Partap Verma grew up fascinated by the wall paintings of the numerous havelis of his hometown Bhiwani, Haryana. Art was all around him in the town situated on the border of Rajasthan and for him, this was a way of life. As a child, he watched his mother painting images of Gugga Pir or Gangaur festivals, related…

Decoding Angela Merkel (Part 2): From Eurozone debt to migration crisis, how Germany’s ‘climate chancellor’ responded to challenges

Angela Merkel was sworn in as Germany’s first female Chancellor during the tail end of 2005. Since then, she has demonstrated steady, often understated leadership through a series of crises, including the 2007 financial crisis and proceeding Eurozone debt crisis, the Fukushima disaster, the 2015 migration crisis and…

OnePlus 9RT set to launch soon, CEO Pete Lau hints

OnePlus 9RT is widely rumoured to launch next week and ahead of the official unveiling, the company’s Co-Founder Pete Lau has hinted at the same through a post on Weibo. The executive’s latest post talks about the history of the OnePlus T series that started with the launch of the OnePlus 3T back in 2016.…

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for works that explore the legacies of imperialism on uprooted individuals. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate…

iRobot Roomba i3+ vacuum robot review: Hands-free comfort, well almost

My experience with the first lockdown ensured that I had invested in a vacuum robot before the second Covid-19 lockdown. We had moved to a new house and needed all the help we could find, or buy. I went for the most affordable iRobot Roomba out there and have not regretted the purchase even one bit. However,…

Tamil Nadu: Postal forms to be available in Tamil too after Madurai MP’s grievance

The department of posts on Wednesday said all the customer-related forms would be made available in Tamil as well as English in Tamil Nadu. Madurai MP Su Venkatesan shared the letter he received from the chief postmaster general, Tamil Nadu circle, B Selvakumar on Twitter and wrote ‘Hindi imposition averted’. He…