Day: June 13, 2020

Taylor Swift calls for removal of ‘racist’ monuments in Tennessee

10:51 pm June 13, 2020

Los Angeles: Taylor Swift has said the presence of many “racist” monuments in her home state of Tennessee makes her feel sick as she demanded their removal. Swift has been quite vocal in her support to Black Lives Matter movement in the aftermath of George Floyd’s custodial killing at the hands of a white police […]

Well-written Gulabo Sitabo’ relief from half-baked parts, says Bijendra Kala

10:43 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: For actor Brijendra Kala, who has established himself as a bonafide scene-stealer in Hindi cinema with his everyday characters in Paan Singh Tomar” and Jab We Met , Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo was special as it came with a well-written role unlike his films of the past. Kala, 55, said when he got […]

US judge says he’ll rule quickly on funding for tribes

10:38 pm June 13, 2020

Flagstaff (US): A federal judge in the nation’s capital said Friday he will work quickly to deliver a ruling in a case centered on who is eligible for coronavirus relief funding set aside for tribes. US District Judge Amit Mehta heard more than three hours of arguments in the case he characterised as challenging. He […]

Trump policy change frightens Cubans, shows

10:33 pm June 13, 2020

Havana: A week and a half ago, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a strongly worded announcement that the Trump administration was prohibiting business with Fincimex, a Cuban state corporation that works with foreign credit card and money transfer businesses, among others. Many ordinary Cubans panicked. Fincimex handles hundreds of millions of dollars in […]

Delhi govt plans 10,000-bed makeshift COVID-19 hospital under sprawling tent

10:05 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The lush green campus […]