“More than five million appointments have been made and 53% of people aged 30-39 have received at least one dose since the programme, the biggest in NHS history, began opening up to the age group on May 13,” the National Healh Service (NHS) said on Sunday. ANI | PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2021 04:04 PM IST Over 50 per cent of people in their 30s in England have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot in just over two weeks since the start of the vaccine rollout to their age group, the National Health Service (NHS) said on Sunday.”More than…
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Memorial Day is still on May 31. However, tech products are already up for a discount even before the actual holiday comes. Here are some of the deals worth your money and time. (Photo : Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels)Memorial Day tech deals are flooding! There are discounted streaming sticks and wireless headphones. Among Us is also available for free! Discounted Streaming Sticks If you’re planning to upgrade your binge-watching experience in your home theater, here are some of the deals to check out. According to Wired, both Roku and Amazon are getting significant discounts. Roku Streaming Stick…
Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation’s coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster.Tonnes of microplastic granules have inundated the South Asian country’s famed beaches, forcing a fishing ban and prompting fears of ecological damage.The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl has been smouldering on the horizon for 11 days after a blaze broke out as it was heading to Colombo from Gujarat, India.The 25-member crew, who have already been evacuated from the ship, will be questioned on Monday after a complaint was lodged by Sri Lanka’s…
(Photo : GettlyImages/ Kevin Frayer ) Apple sued by Bah Apple is being sued by a man because of repeated accusations that the man was behind numerous thefts at Apple Stores across the eastern seaboard of the United States; attempted thefts that were conducted by others who were impersonating the complainant. Apple Lawsuit Over False Accusation The lawsuit, which was filed on May 28 in the U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts, is suing Apple and Security Industry Specialists, a contractor working for Apple on store security. The lawsuit claimed that the plaintiff, Ousmane Bah, was falsely accused…
A cargo spacecraft carrying supplies including food and equipment docked with China’s first space station’s key module Tianhe early on Sunday, state media announced as the station prepares to host three astronauts in June.The unmanned Tianzhou-2, or “Heavenly Vessel” in Chinese, docked with Tianhe (the key module) at 5.01am Beijing time, official news agency, Xinhua said.The launch and docking of Tianzhou-2 comes a month after Tianhe, the first part of the space station Tiangong, “Heavenly Palace” in Chinese, was launched.In late April, China sent to space Tianhe, the management and control hub of Tiangong, the permanent space station, which it…
Nepal’s Opposition alliance on Sunday urged all state institutions not to support Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli government’s “unconstitutional” and “anti-democratic” activities and expressed hope that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the petitions against the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament will come in its favour, according to a media report.A Constitutional Bench of Nepal’s Supreme Court on Friday heard 30 writ petitions against the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament and fixed Sunday as the next date of hearing.President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the 275-member House of Representatives on May 22 for the second time in…
New Zealand authorities declared a state of emergency in the province of Canterbury Sunday, as the region was pounded by heavy rain that could force thousands of people to abandon their homes.Acting Emergency Management Minister Kris Faafoi, who visited the hardest-hit southern parts of the area, said about 3,000 homes were at risk and the army had been mobilised to assist with evacuations if necessary.”The rain is going to stick around until at least tomorrow. It will be heavy and the authorities will be watching those river levels tonight,” Faafoi said.The New Zealand Meteorological Service has issued a rare “red”…
Islamabad severed ties with Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for terming Pakistan as “brothel house”.Early this month, in a public speech in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan National Security Chief, Hamdullah Mohib called Pakistan a “brothel house”, reported The Khaama Press News Agency.A senior Pakistani official privy to the matter told VOA on condition of anonymity his government would not hold bilateral engagements with the Afghan national security adviser over his recent remarks against Islamabad, reported The Khaama Press News Agency.The Pakistani official added that Islamabad had shared its “strong protest” with the Afghan government…
Chrome’s built-in screenshot tool is here. In 2020, Google’s mobile browser introduced a custom share menu to replace the system default. Chrome for Android is currently adding a built-in screenshot tool. (Photo : Pixabay/deepanker70)Google Chrome update Chrome Built-In Screenshot Tool When sharing sites and apps in Chrome, a bottom sheet slides up. This is what the latest update wants to change, so that everything will appear on top and you won’t have to scroll up and down anymore, according to XDA Developers. Since version 85, Google has reorganized it so that the page name, the URL, and the favicon of the current…
Qatar has no plans to normalise ties with Syria, the Gulf state’s foreign minister said, after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office last week in an election derided by the opposition and the West as a farce.Qatar was among several regional states including Saudi Arabia that backed rebels in Syria’s decade-old civil war. Some like the United Arab Emirates have sought to normalise ties after Assad regained control of most of the country.”So far we see nothing on the horizon for a political solution acceptable to the Syrian people… the (regime’s)approach and conduct has not changed,”…