Indian social-media app Koo is witnessing a surge in popularity, fuelled by politicians and others flocking to it after US rival Twitter Inc refused to follow a government order to block certain content on its platform. Twitter has locked horns with New Delhi this month over the order to remove more than 1,100 accounts and posts which the government…
Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered that all elephant death cases in Tamil Nadu be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with the assistance of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB). Justices MM Sundaresh and Sathish Kumar passed the order in response to two Public Interest Litigations that sought action…
India’s covid vaccine supplies on Wednesday reached the Caribbean with Barbados getting one lakh doses of it and Dominica getting 70,000. The leadership of the country was quick to appreciate India’s gesture. Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit expressed his “heartfelt thanks and appreciation” to “PM Modi, his govt and citizens of India” for sending…
Starlink preorders: first-come, first-served — A $99 deposit today gives you a chance at service in the second half of 2021. Jon Brodkin – Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am UTC Enlarge / Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. SpaceX this week began accepting preorders for Starlink broadband, asking for…
Getting clearer — Meanwhile, China still clings to possibility the virus originated in another country. Beth Mole – Feb 9, 2021 11:56 pm UTC Enlarge / Peter Ben Embarek (R) talks with Liang Wannian (L) during a press conference following a visit by the international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) in…
Minor update — There are also supplemental updates for Catalina 10.15.7 and Mojave 10.14.6. Samuel Axon – Feb 9, 2021 11:18 pm UTC Enlarge / The update is available on supported Macs today.Samuel AxonToday, Apple released a small update to macOS Big Sur, numbered 11.2.1. Primarily, it fixes a problem affecting some MacBook Pro models…
(Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/df/88/marty-schottenheimer-getty-ftr-020921_8c8zx1xytbhc1bkfwm152pkp7.jpg?t=-1965209529&w=500&quality=80 Legendary NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer has died at age 77 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Schottenheimer put together a dazzling career record of 200-126-1, spending 20 years as a head coach with the Browns, Chiefs, Washington and Chargers. He last coached an NFL game in 2006, being ousted as…
(Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/df/df/tom-brady-020721-getty-ftrr_137qsygnq6kq11lfsngw4avc1m.jpg?t=-2138982921&w=500&quality=80 The Super Bowl 55 ratings are in, and they’re not so super. After a fairly lengthy delay in the ratings reveal (by usual standards), CBS on Tuesday announced a dip in ratings from over 100 million TV viewers last year to just over 91 million TV viewers this year — a fairly significant drop and the worst TV…
(Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/b8/c5/patrick-mahomes-020721-getty-ftrr_ijpai1kji6251gxcbzradr0eu.jpg?t=-2136681017&w=500&quality=80 With the 2020 NFL season behind him, Patrick Mahomes can finally take care of a lingering injury. After a Super Bowl 55 loss to the Buccaneers, the Chiefs quarterback will undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a torn plantar plate, commonly known as turf toe, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The rehabilitation process is expected to…
(Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/76/44/russell-wilson-ftr_1n730y9shx4xm1ufc3tx0rosjk.png?t=-1401793036&w=500&quality=80 Russell Wilson is a mobile quarterback, but could he be on the move? Wilson was, once again, sacked an exorbitant amount of times in 2020, getting put on the ground 47 times. Wilson was sacked 48 times in 2019. This has grown to frustration, per a report, with CBS Sports’ Jason La…
