Day: December 31, 2019

Armando Iannucci defends Dev Patel’s colourblind casting in David Copperfield film

8:18 pm December 31, 2019

London: Director Armando Iannucci says he consciously decided to ignore the skin colour of his actors in the multi-ethnic cast of his film “The Personal History of David Copperfield”. The costume-drama made headlines when British-Indian actor Dev Patel was chosen by the filmmaker to play Copperfield in his modern reimagining of the Charles Dickens novel, […]

HP: After fresh snowfall, Shimla, Kufri & Dalhousie reel under sub-zero temperatures

HP: Manali, Kufri, Dalhousie, Solan reel under sub-zero temperatures on New Year’s Eve

8:01 pm December 31, 2019

Shimla: Kufri, Manali, Dalhousie, Solan and Kalpa shivered at sub-zero temperatures in Himachal Pradesh on New Year’s Eve with the state’s lowest temperature recorded in Keylong at minus 8.2 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. The MeT office has predicted snowfall and rain in the middle and higher hills of the state from December 31 […]

Iraq PM demands protesters leave US embassy ‘immediately’

7:54 pm December 31, 2019

Baghdad: Iraq’s caretaker premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said on Tuesday that crowds that had stormed the US embassy in anger at deadly US air strikes should leave the compound “immediately.” Demonstrators had breached the embassy walls in protest at the Sunday strikes that killed at least 25 fighters from a hardline pro-Iran faction known as […]

IAF chief formally inducts Dornier aircraft into No. 41 Sqaudron

7:37 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Indian Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria has formally inducted the light utility aircraft Dornier into No. 41 ‘Otters’ Squadron, a statement by the central government said. The aircraft was inducted on Monday during a ceremony held at Air Force Station, Palam. In 2015, the IAF had signed a contract to purchase 14 Dornier […]

Fire at Raj hospital’s neonatal ward, 15-day-old girl sustains burns

7:27 pm December 31, 2019

Jaipur: An infant girl suffered burn injuries when a minor fire broke out in the neonatal care unit of Alwar’s Geetanand Children Hospital in Rajasthan on Tuesday, police said. The 15-day-old baby girl suffered burn injuries from the fire that broke out probably due to a short circuit. The other infants were shifted promptly by […]