Twitter user shares father’s notes on how to use Uber app, netizens find it ‘relatable’

Thanks to the internet, most things are now easier with just a few clicks. However, the same can’t be said for the older generation, who often find it challenging to adapt to the advancement of technology. Be it shopping or ordering in food, several parents and grandparents are slowing trying to figure things out…

‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day

COVID-19 deaths in the US have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group — 71 million unvaccinated Americans. The increasingly lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of the school…

PM Modi Says US Visit Occasion To “Strengthen Strategic Partnership”

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaving for his three-day visit to the US this morning, called it an “occasion to strengthen our strategic partnership with the US and consolidate ties with Japan and Australia.” The Prime Minister will participate in the first in-person summit of…

Zee Entertainment To Merge With Sony India

Zee Entertainment signed a merger deal with Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited, according to a regulatory filing by the media company to the stock exchanges on Wednesday, September 22. Zee Entertainment’s board of directors unanimously approved the merger between Sony Pictures Networks India and…

“Like A Wave Of Shaking”: Rare Earthquake Jolts Australia’s Melbourne

A rare quake rattled southeastern Australia early Wednesday, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked residents running into the streets of Melbourne. The shallow quake hit east of the country’s second-largest city just after 9:00am local time (2300 GMT) and was felt hundreds of kilometres…

Government Won’t Buy Pfizer, Moderna Shots As Local Output Jumps: Report

New Delhi:  India will not buy COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, three government sources told Reuters, mainly because domestic output of more affordable and easier-to-store vaccines has jumped. That essentially means the globally popular vaccines, which their makers have pledged not to sell to…

‘Duryodhan’s Fate If Someone Plays With Women’s Dignity’: Yogi Adityanath

Sambhal (UP):  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said if someone plays with the dignity of women, he will meet the same fate as that of Duryodhan and Dushashan in Mahabharata, and asserted that strict action will be taken against those involved in supporting “anti-India” activities. He…

China Will Never Seek Hegemony: Xi Jinping After Biden’s “New Cold War” Reference

United Nations:  Amidst escalating tension in ties with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that disputes among countries “need to be handled through dialogue and cooperation” and urged world leaders to eschew “confrontation and exclusion.” Addressing the high-level 76th UN…

Taliban Ask To Address UN, Name Suhail Shaheen As Afghan Envoy

United Nations:  The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the request in…

SAARC Meet Cancelled As Pak Insists On Taliban Participation: Report

New Delhi:  A meeting of foreign ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, slated to be held on Saturday in New York, has been cancelled. It is learnt from reliable sources that Pakistan wanted the Taliban to represent Afghanistan in the SAARC meet. India along with some…