Tonga and New Zealand rugby league international Solomone Kata has switched codes to join the Brumbies. The 24-year-old has signed a three-year contract with the Canberra-based Super Rugby franchise, having previously played in the NRL with the New Zealand Warriors and Melbourne Storm. Capped six times by Tonga, and on five occasions by the Kiwis, …
The passenger was crossing Futian port’s inspection hall, a border post separating the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen from Hong Kong, on a sweltering Friday in July 2017. ### Four days later, they intercepted another woman, carrying what appeared to be a heavy backpack, according to the statement. Again, it was full of vials with …
Three days of incessant rain plunged the historic city of Patna into massive floods as most residential areas were submerged knee-deep under the water. But even as rains receded and gave way to clear skies, the authorities failed to clear the water-logged areas for well over a week and this revealed their incompetence as well …
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India’s transition to electric vehicles is being majorly dented by the lack of EV charging infrastructure in the country. In this backdrop, several entities are eyeing to solve the issue. The latest one is BP and Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) joint venture if a top executive of the former is to be believed. The JV …
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I can’t balance by personal and work life properly, and this dachshund is going viral online for being able to balance literally anything and everything on its head. Paul Lavery was astonished to discover his dog Harlso’s talent of balancing things, when he randomly placed a toy on its head. The pup stood still as …
What’s the secret to living a peaceful and quiet life? No, it’s not running away to the mountains and living like a sage, or meditating and only eating fruits. You can be peaceful exactly where you are. How? Well, it’s something we all know but rarely ever follow – the art of ignoring. Below we …
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The 2nd runner up at the Miss Kohima 2019 pageant has an imperative message for prime minister Narendra Modi. Vikuonuo Sachu, an 18-year-old participant at the pageant, was armed with an answer when she was asked by one of the judges what she would tell PM Modi if he asked her to chat with him. …
Observers had looked to China’s National Day on October 1 as a potential turning point for the protests, and since then they’ve escalated with protesters targeting businesses linked to mainland China. ### The vandalism and violence poses a direct challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is not known for his tolerance of views that …
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What’s the secret to living a peaceful and quiet life? No, it’s not running away to the mountains and living like a sage, or meditating and only eating fruits. You can be peaceful exactly where you are. How? Well, it’s something we all know but rarely ever follow – the art of ignoring. Below we …
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Swiss-based astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz just won a Nobel Prize for their work refining the techniques we use to detect exoplanets. But though he’s looking to find them, Mayor insists we as humans need to more closely look at our own world instead. Michel Mayor – Reuters Mayor knows that a lot of …