Day: January 14, 2020

'Da 5 Bloods' coming out at the right time: Spike Lee

Spike Lee to serve as Cannes Film Festival jury president

10:00 pm January 14, 2020

Cannes: Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was on Tuesday announced as the jury head of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first African-American to lead the distinguished panel at the annual film extravaganza. Lee succeeds two-time Oscar winner Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who had also created history after becoming the first Mexican to serve as jury […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold winds from hills bring mercury down in Delhi

9:46 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital witnessed a drop in the maximum temperatures on Tuesday due to cold winds blowing in from the hills, the weather department said. The city recorded a low of 10.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal, and a maximum of 17.7 degrees Celsius, two degrees below the normal for this […]

Movies, videos on demand in trains from 2022: Railway

9:44 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Passengers are in for a treat from 2022 as they will be able to enjoy uninterrupted entertainment services like movies, shows, educational programmes, videos in trains both in paid and unpaid formats, railway PSU RailTel said on Tuesday. The government telecom company has selected M/s Margo Network, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment, as […]

Wall Street scuffles as worsening pandemic slows its rally

US stocks fall as investors digest first round of earnings

9:19 pm January 14, 2020

NEW YORK: US stocks fell in early trading on Tuesday as investors digested the first significant round of fourth-quarter corporate earnings reports. Major banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, reported surprisingly good earnings, though Wells Fargo disappointed investors. The financial sector held up better than most in the early going. Nearly every other sector fell […]

Warren vows to cancel college debt without awaiting Congress

9:14 pm January 14, 2020

WASHINGTON: Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she’d order her secretary of education to cancel up to $50,000 in college debt for about 95% of student borrowers on her first day in office, effectively erasing outstanding loans for about 42 million Americans. The Democratic senator from Massachusetts vowed in a proposal released Tuesday to act immediately […]