Day: January 23, 2019

Thousands hit Mizoram streets against Citizenship Bill

Aizawl :  Thousands of people, including students, hit the streets across different places in Mizoram on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh were torched, as protesters took out rallies from here, seven district headquarters and […]

I don’t endorse any ideology, says Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Mumbai :  Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he does not advocate any ideology and believes no actor should have a take on any situation. The actor is gearing up for the release of “Thackeray”, a biopic on late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who advocated the “Maharashtra for Maharashtrians” plank in […]

Roadside vendor gets 5-yr jail term for killing friend

New Delhi : A Delhi court has held a roadside vendor guilty of killing a man in a fit of rage in 2013 and sentenced him to five years imprisonment, a term which he has already served during trial. Additional Sessions Judge O P Saini held Regan Pradhan, a […]

Google self-driving spinoff Waymo to put factory in Michigan

LANSING, Mich.  : — Google’s self-driving car spinoff Waymo said Tuesday it will bring a factory to Michigan, creating up to 400 jobs at what it describes as the world’s first plant “100 percent” dedicated to the mass production of autonomous vehicles. The company plans to spend about […]

4 tips on teaching emotional, social skills through craft

Teaching kids social and emotional skills is getting renewed attention, and arts and crafts are a good way to do that, at home as well as at school. “Anxiety and depression are on the rise for young people,” says Melissa Schlinger, a vice president at the Chicago-based Collaborative […]

‘Black Panther’ makes Oscar history with best picture nod

LOS ANGELES  — “Black Panther” broke through an Oscar category wall for superheroes. The Marvel blockbuster hit became the first comic book-based film to earn a best picture nomination from the Academy Awards on Tuesday. It was a major step for comic book movies, which had previously been […]

Oscar nods honor ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Black Panther’

NEW YORK — Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination. Though many expected […]

40 years after his “folly,” Bogle’s index funds reign

NEW YORK  — Forty years ago, the thought of buying a stock index fund was ridiculed. Why would anyone be satisfied with an investment that promised nothing more than the same return as the market? Later this year, however, U.S. stock index funds may for the first time […]

‘Roma,’ ‘Cold War’ among foreign-language Oscar nominees

LONDON — Five movies about individuals and families confronting social and historical tumult are competing in the Academy Awards’ race for best foreign-language film. Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron’s autobiographical masterpiece “Roma” and Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski’s 20th-century romance “Cold War” were among contenders announced Tuesday. They are up […]

Newark operations resume after drone reports halt arrivals

NEWARK, N.J. — Flight arrivals at Newark Airport were briefly suspended Tuesday evening after a drone was spotted over another nearby airport, officials said, in the latest incident of the unmanned aircraft affecting commercial air travel. At about 5 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration received two reports from […]

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