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Meanwhile, regions like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, north Haryana, Chandigarh, and West Uttar Pradesh are likely to witness isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next three days.The IMD predicted that in Northwest India light to moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall is expected.“Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh are likely to see this rainfall from Wednesday to Saturday. East Uttar Pradesh will likely experience this rainfall from Friday to Sunday, while Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir will see it from Wednesday to Friday,” said the IMD.Additionally, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand may experience…

Mike is an Academy Award winning make-up artiste. The actor went to the American city for the launch of his most recent feature ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, meeting up with his very old friend and colleague Mike Westmore. Two legends on different sides of the globe, the two great figures reminisced about their remarkable 40 year old friendship and professional journey.The duo went on to speak about their collaborations in various projects such as ‘Indian’, ‘Avvai shanmughi’ and ‘Dasavatharam’.Taking to Instagram, the veteran actor shared a picture of himself with Westmore and captioned: “From (The arrow in the sun ) Soldier…

The typhoon, observed over the ocean about 350 km south of Taiwan at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, is expected to move northwest at a speed of 10 to 15 km per hour, the Centre said in a statement.It will enter the northeastern part of the South China Sea between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning and then move to the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.The severe typhoon will most likely make landfall in the coastal areas of Jinjiang city in Fujian province and the bordering areas of Fujian and Guangdong, the NMC…

Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, 17th in the women’s singles badminton rankings, lost 12-21, 13-21 to China’s Zhang Yi Man to make her seventh opening round exit in 13 BWF World Tour 2023 tournaments this year.This was also Sindhu’s second straight opening round ouster after going down to Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po in the Korea Open opener last week.Zhang Yi Man, who is ranked one place lower than Sindhu, looked in control throughout the contest and eventually ended the match in 32 minutes to pick up her third victory over the Indian shuttler in five meetings.Before the Japan Open opener,…

London, July 26 (IANS) Veteran Australia opener David Warner has dismissed the rumours that he will retire from Test cricket after the fifth and final Ashes 2023 Test at the Oval. Warner’s retirement speculation was fuelled when Vaughan told Fox Cricket that he had heard “whispers” during the Old Trafford Test that the final Ashes encounter would be left-hander’s last game in the red-ball format.Notably, the 36-year-old batter last month announced his plans to retire following the three-match home series against Pakistan next summer, culminating in a home farewell for the New Year’s Test in Sydney.He is now all set…

Seoul, July 26 (IANS) As achieving sustainability becomes a daunting task for the governments globally, Samsung on Wednesday said it is seeking innovative ideas from startups in the field, including the bustling Indian climate-tech startup community, to invest in and develop innovative technologies capable of helping the planet. Samsung has partnered with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition and ecosystem for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges, to launch its own startup competition: the Samsung Climate & Circularity Tech Challenge.Inhee Chung, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability Center at Samsung, told IANS that there are no boundaries in seeking good ideas…

Beta users will see a ‘create group’ icon within the forwarding screen that will allow them to quickly create a group, reports WABetaInfo. After selecting that option, users will have the ability to select some participants to add to the new group. After creating the group, the message will then automatically be forwarded to it. Users can check if the new feature is available for their accounts by trying to forward a message. The new feature will help users to save time. The ability to create a new group while forwarding messages is currently available to some beta testers that…

After the House assembled for the day, fashion designer-turned-politician and BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul moved an adjournment motion and proposed to read it out on the floor of the House. However, it was turned down by SpeakerBiman Banerjee.Thereafter, the BJP legislators started protesting first within the floor and then staged a walkout in protest. They continued raising slogans within the Assembly premises.“The Speaker did not allow us to read out the adjournment motion. So we have decided to stage a protest within the Assembly. We want discussions on the floor of the House on the recent incidence of harassment and…

“We’ve expanded coverage of women’s competitions in the information boxes you see at the top of the results page to include over 380 leagues. In the last year, we have added more than 110 leagues across women’s soccer, cricket and rugby, making it easier for you to keep up with your team’s latest scores and results,” Google said in a blogpost on Tuesday.Through partnerships with broadcasters and rights holders, the company said it has also been able to provide easy access to live streams and highlights directly from the Search results page, including the WNBA and UEFA Women’s Champions League,…

Sources in the BJP said that senior party functionaries have been asked to hold discussions on UCC in the Muslim dominated pockets and apprise the minorities on how they were being “swayed by the opposition”.In UP, the ‘yatra’ will pass through 32 Lok Sabha seats, including Saharanpur, Kairana and Rampur, where Muslims have a sizeable population.Jamal Siddiqui, national president of BJP minority Morcha, said that the issue of UCC and the malicious rumours spread around it will certainly be high on the agenda during the campaign.”The opposition is stoking a false and unfounded narrative around UCC and other issues. This…