Day: February 19, 2021

Biden to visit Mich. vaccine plant as winter throws a curve

8:30 pm February 19, 2021

Washington: Extreme winter weather is dealing the first major setback to the Biden administration’s planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines just as the national vaccination campaign was hitting its stride. The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House scrambling to work with states to make up “lost ground” even as President Joe Biden was set to […]

Man sent to prison for 20 years for raping 9-year-old girl in 2019

8:27 pm February 19, 2021

Banda: A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for raping a nine-year-old girl in 2019. District and sessions court, (POCSO-4), Special Judge Pawan Kumar Sharma also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on 23-year-old Bachha, alias Dileep. On October 31, 2019, Bachha had taken the victim, who […]

Survey says new infections across UK falling

8:23 pm February 19, 2021

London: A closely monitored survey has found that new coronavirus infections across the UK have fallen sharply, just days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines a roadmap as to how lockdown restrictions in England can be eased in the weeks and months to come. The Office for National Statistics said in its weekly infection survey […]

Whenever I get an opportunity to humanise black women, I take it: Hollywood star Janelle Monae

8:21 pm February 19, 2021

Los Angeles: Hollywood singer-actor Janelle Monae says it has always been important for her to tell stories that humanise black women on the screen, be it ”Moonlight”, ”Hidden Figures” or her latest horror film ”Antebellum”. The 2020 film, which started streaming in India on Lionsgate Play from Friday, revolves around a successful author Veronica, who finds herself trapped in a […]

Cameron Diaz shares real reason for her hiatus from acting

8:11 pm February 19, 2021

Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Cameron Diaz opened up about why she “couldn’t imagine” getting back into Hollywood, and instead how she found something that became the most fulfilling part of her life. The ‘Annie’ actor, who has been on a hiatus for the past seven years, finally spoke with SiriusXM’s Bruce Bozzi during the segment ‘Quarantined with Bruce’, […]

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