Kristen Bell defends 5-yr-old daughter for wearing diapers

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Kristen Bell defends 5-yr-old daughter for wearing diapers

After creating an uproar that her five-year-old daughter still wears diapers, actress Kristen Bell has clarified that her daughter only wears diapers at night.

In an episode of “Momsplaining with Kristen Bell” earlier this week, the actress had revealed that her daughter Delta was “still in diapers”. Following the confession, a segment of fans expressed their shock as children mostly stop wearing diapers at age three.

The actress took to Twitter to set the record straight, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“My daughter doesn’t wear diapers during the day, just at night cuz her tiny bladder isn’t up for the 10 hr challenge yet,” she posted, noting that people were looking for “sensation” over her reveal.

“It’s ok, I promise. The article was looking for sensation, and everyone fell for it as they so often do. They left out that she’s only in diapers at night, which is pretty normal for a 5 yr old who’s tiny bladder can’t take the 10 hr challenge yet,” she wrote while responding to an article.

“I also don’t think it’s humiliating if your kid wears diapers late. Everyone is different. My 5yr old wouldn’t be embarrassed even if she was in diapers during the day! She’s confident & goofy & doesn’t see anything about her beautiful unique self something to apologise for,” she added.

In the episode of “Momsplaining with Kristen Bell”, the star made the confession while talking to Maya Rudolph and Casey Wilson.

“Every kid is so different,” she said.

“My oldest daughter at 21 months, we merely suggested that she use the toilet in the other room and (she) never wore another diaper beyond that. We were lying in bed giggling about this, my husband (Dax Shepard) and I, like, ‘Why does everyone make a big deal out of this potty training? It’s so easy. Just tell the kid to use the toilet’,” she added.

“Currently, my youngest is five-and-a-half, still in diapers,” Bell revealed.

To this, Rudolph, who has four children, replied: “It’s real relative, isn’t it?”

The actress agreed, saying: “Yes, because every kid is so different.”

Bell recently admitted she has been having a bit of trouble with homeschooling under quarantine, saying: “I gave up. I attempted to give her some math problems.”

LendingKart axes 200 after securing Rs 319 cr fresh funding

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LendingKart axes 200 after securing Rs 319 cr fresh funding

Financial technology company Lendingkart Technologies, which raised over Rs 319 crore in Series D round of funding this week, has reportedly laid off nearly 200 employees (30 percent of the workforce) in the Covid-19 times.

In an internal email, being circulated in the media, the company has been quoted as saying, “the ongoing period has had a debilitating effect on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), where everything has come to a virtual standstill. NBFCs have been significantly impacted, with loan disbursements coming to a halt and moratorium impacting collections”.

The management and leadership team has also taken a pay cut.

An email sent to Lendingkart for a detailed statement went unanswered.

Lendingkart joins a growing list of startups and unicorns, like Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber, Livspace and Sharechat, that have sacked employees in recent days.

Set up in 2014, Lendingkart has raised over Rs 1,050 crore of equity capital from investors.

“The outbreak of Covid-19 and the resultant slowdown have had a tremendous impact on the economy. During these unprecedented times, the MSMEs, backbone of the economy, have suffered significantly grappling with varied economic uncertainties,” Harshvardhan Lunia, co-founder & Managing Director of Lendingkart Technologies, said in a statement earlier this week.

Since its inception, Lendingkart Finance, a non-deposit taking NBFC arm of Lendingkart Group, has evaluated nearly half a million applications, disbursing more than 1,00,000 loans to over 89,000 MSMEs in 1,300 cities across 29 states and Union Territories.

Lendingkart, which has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Kolkata, has a service reach across the country.

Chandigarh Police provides notebooks to kids in containment zone

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Chandigarh Police provides notebooks to kids in containment zone

In a goodwill gesture, Chandigarh Police on Saturday distributed notebooks and other stationery items to schoolchildren residing in a containment zone.

The act followed after children of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 — the worst affected by coronavirus infections in the city — put up requests outside their houses that they needed notebooks, textbooks and stationery items.

The policemen provided them two English, one Hindi and one mathematic textbooks each.

In a video clip posted on the social media, the cops can be heard asking the children about their classes and accordingly handing them textbooks and stationery.

Punjab Governor and UT Administrator V.P. Singh Badnore expressed gratitude to Nestle India for providing chocolates worth Rs 6.5 lakh for the children of Bapu Dham.

“A humble gesture to express gratitude to the people for supporting medical teams, the police, volunteers and the administration in the task of combating coronavirus,” Badnore tweeted.

Meanwhile, UT traffic police conducted a Covid-19 awareness drive at Mauli Jagran Colony, another locality inhabited by economically weaker sections in the city.

Residents were made aware of precautions like social distancing, proper handwashing, the mandatory wearing of mask, and downloading of Aarogya Setu app.

Three more people on Saturday tested corona positive in Bapu Dham Colony, taking the total tally in the city to 222. There are 41 active cases, with 178 patients cured and discharged.

The corona death toll in Chandigarh is three.

1 death almost every hour in Delhi as 591 cases reported in 24 hrs (Ld)

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1 death almost every hour in Delhi as 591 cases reported in 24 hrs (Ld)

The coronavirus cases count in the national capital jumped to 12,910 with 591 new cases reported in the last 24 hours and the toll reached 231 with 23 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Delhi Health Department said on Saturday.

With 23 deaths in 24 hours, the national capital recorded one death almost every hour.

The Health report said that the cumulative death figures refer to fatalities where the primary cause of death was found to be the infection, as per the report of the Death Audit Committee on the basis of case sheets received from various hospitals.

Out of the total cases, 6,412 are active, and at least 6,267 patients have recovered from the disease so far, the Health Department said.

Pixar unveils its first gay lead character in animation genre

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Pixar unveils its first gay lead character in animation genre

Pixar Animation Studios has created animation genre history with its short film “Out”. The studio introduces its first gay lead character in the film.

The Disney-owned computer-generated animation studio premiered the LGBTQ-themed short film on Disney+ streaming service as part of its more experimental SparkShorts program, reports dailymail.co.uk.

The nine-minute film follows a man named Greg who is trying to hide his sexuality from his parents, and attempts to remove traces of his boyfriend Manuel ahead of a visit from his parents.

The official Twitter account of the streaming platform posted a ‘heartwarming’ teaser of the film.

In the clip, Greg, who has a thick red beard, is seen trying to talk himself into coming out to his parents.

“Just look them in the eyes and say, ‘Mom, Dad, I’m…”, he said in the clip before he gets interrupted by his parents, who ring the doorbell.

The short film is the first Pixar release to feature a gay lead character, and it is also the first time Disney has featured an animated gay main character.

However, the official synopsis of the movie makes no mention of the word ‘gay’ and or Greg’s sexuality. The term is not used in the clip either, but a loved-up photograph of Greg and his boyfriend hints at the fact.

Pixar didn’t release a film with an openly gay character until “Onward” earlier this year, which featured Lena Waithe voicing the small role of a female police officer who references having a girlfriend.

PM speaks to Sri Lankan President, Mauritian PM

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PM speaks to Sri Lankan President, Mauritian PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind K. Jugnauth on Saturday and praised their efforts in handling Covid-19 outbreak.

Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: “Thank you, Prime Minister @PKJugnauth for our warm conversation today! Congratulations for successfully controlling Covid-19 in Mauritius.”

“Our people share warm and specialties, based on shared culture and values. Indians will stand by their Mauritian brothers and sisters at this difficult time,” Modi tweeted.

Hailing Rajapaksa, Modi said: “Sri Lanka is fighting Covid-19 effectively under his leadership. India will continue to support our close maritime neighbor in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact.”

However, the chat with the Sri Lankan President wasn’t limited to Covid-19 alone. Modi said, “We agreed to accelerate Indian-assisted development projects in Sri Lanka, and also strengthen investment links.”

The Prime Minister has been talking to heads of states regularly.

Hockey India allows training of upto 6 players in one group

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Hockey India allows training of upto 6 players in one group

Players will be allowed to go home and there will be no physical contact outside of what is required during normal play at training, according to the Standard Operating Procedure for the resumption of training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bengaluru center.

Teams can train in groups of a maximum of six people in an area of 40x20m. Players are allowed normal physical contact during training but celebrations such as high fives, first bumps are banned. They have to carry their own training gear, hand sanitizer and towel. All training equipment will be sanitised after each session. Players are also not allowed to contact with those from other teams.

The probables for the Indian men’s and women’s senior hockey teams have been placed in the campus since before the start of the lockdown on March 25. Hockey India stated that players and staff who are feeling homesick shall be allowed to go home.

“Government of India, SAI and Hockey India will determine the duration of this leave-in consultation with the respective Chief Coaches. Each party has the option to change the duration based on the information at hand. At all times the safety of the athlete and staff member is paramount,” says HI in the SOP.

Players have been provided instruction of avoiding contact with anyone outside of their direct family while at home. They are also to leave home only for necessary requirements with enough protection. Once they return to the camp, they will be placed in “strict quarantine for 2 weeks.”

“If testing is available on day 10 of return, then the person will be tested. If a person tests negative/doesn’t have the virus they can leave quarantine. If person has the virus, then that person will stay in quarantine and follow medical guidelines provided by designated medical personnel. If testing is not available every individual must complete the full 2 weeks of quarantine and will follow rules of social distancing anywhere and everywhere for week 3,” says HI.

Andhra Pradesh reports 47 new cases, 1 death; COVID-19 tally 2,561

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Andhra Pradesh reports 47 new cases, 1 death; COVID-19 tally 2,561

Andhra Pradesh’s tally of positive cases touched 2,561 with 47 new cases detected in the past 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Even as the state’s tally of positive cases has been inching upwards, the number of active cases has been slowly coming down, with 727 persons receiving treatment in various hospitals.

The state nodal officer reported that 9,136 samples were tested during the past 24 hours as against 8,415 samples that were tested during the preceding testing cycle.

One more death, the second in two days, was reported from Krishna district, taking the death toll in the state to 56 on Saturday morning. As many as 47 persons were cured and discharged by Saturday morning, taking the state’s tally of cured persons to 1,778.

On Saturday, fewer positive cases were attributed to people with a travel history to the Koyambedu market in Chennai. While Chittoor district reported 3 cases, Nellore reported 2 cases with travel histories to the Koyambedu market which has since been closed. Andhra Pradesh has been aggressive in conducting COVID-19 tests.

As on May 23, the state has tested 2,92,969 samples, ranking behind Maharashtra’s 3,32,777, and Tamil Nadu’s 3,84,682. The Andhra Pradesh average of 5,486 tests conducted per million population, ranks below Delhi’s 8,218, and Jammu & Kashmir’s 8,508.

A total of 2,834,798 tests have been conducted across India, with an average of 2044 tests conducted per million population.

Meanwhile, the cumulative tally of COVID-19 cases among returnees from other states remained static at 153. However, the active cases tally stands at 128 as 25 persons in this category have been discharged.

Microsoft leads overall IoT platform landscape, AWS 2nd: Report

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Microsoft leads overall IoT platform landscape, AWS 2nd: Report

Microsoft Azure IoT platform is currently leading the overall Internet of Things (IoT) landscape in 26 out of 35 capabilities across Edge IoT, Cloud IoT and Platform Performance categories, a new report has documented.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) led in 10 out of 35 capabilities in the overall IoT evaluation while Huawei ranked third offering edge to cloud capabilities, according to Counterpoint Research which used its proprietary CORE (Competitive Rankings & Evaluation) framework that evaluated leading 20 IoT platform players to reach this conclusion.

“The IoT market is largely still a blue ocean and in the nascent stages, with enough room for every IoT platform to grow and be successful as we see millions of enterprises and governments kickstart their digital transformation initiatives,” said Neil Shah, VP Research at Counterpoint.

“Moving into the new decade, we also expect healthy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to address several capability gaps between incumbents and startups identified by our research,” Shah added.

Coming from a strong enterprise cloud business, Microsoft Azure IoT is the only end-to-end platform that has successfully built its Edge IoT capabilities and offers greater interoperability with other value chain players.

“Amazon AWS IoT has also done well in terms of completeness benefiting from a robust Cloud IoT and Application Enablement capabilities. Further, AWS has been building its edge capabilities via AWS Greengrass,” said the report.

However, the report said, AWS Greengrass still lags Microsoft and other edge-first vendors to offer an advanced and scalable edge data analytics engine. Amazon was the leader in 10 out of 35 capabilities in our evaluation.

Huawei Ocean Connect offers several edge components offering edge chipsets, to devices, to software, complementing its Cloud IoT capabilities.

“Huawei has a growing customer base within China and Europe, however, current US sanctions could slow its enterprise IoT business outside China,” the report added.

IBM leads in Cloud IoT components, benefitting from its industry-leading position in Cloud and ML/AI space. RedHat acquisition also strengthens the edge software, security and virtualization offering.

“However, IBM needs to advance its edge analytics capabilities and expand its partnership roster to capitalize on the Edge IoT opportunity,” the report mentioned.

IoT is becoming more pervasive as more and more devices are being connected to the cloud via the internet to monitor, analyze, and take action.

“The next wave of digital transformation will be driven by these intelligent edge devices and corresponding highly scalable and secure IoT software,” said Peter Richardson, VP Research.

Lockdown diaries: Rakul Preet does 108 surya namaskars thrice a week

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Lockdown diaries: Rakul Preet does 108 surya namaskars thrice a week

Actress Rakul Preet Singh says the lockdown pushed her to do 108 Surya namaskars at least two to three times a week.

In a video she shared on Instagram, Rakul Preet is seen practising the yoga position.

“This lockdown has pushed me to do 108 surya namaskars atleast 2-3 times a week and The feeling post-practice is indescribable #sunsalutation helps you build inner and outer strength, create mind-body balance and churns every organ of your body to release toxins @anshukayoga #morningroutine#balanceoflife,” she captioned the image.

Rakul recently shared that her yoga journey began two years back and since then it has been a joy for her.

Rakul took to Instagram, where she shared a throwback photograph of her doing a complicated inversion yoga pose and said that life is all about balance.

On the acting front, Rakul will soon be seen in a cross-border romantic-comedy with actor Arjun Kapoor. The film is directed by debutant Kaashvie Nair and produced by John Abraham, Nikkhil Advani and Bhushan Kumar.

Rakul Preet will also be seen in Kamal Haasan’s ambitious upcoming film “Indian 2”, which co-stars Kajal Aggarwal and Vidyut Jammwal.

Mercury rises but no splash in pools this summer

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Mercury rises but no splash in pools this summer

With the Centre and states government not allowing the opening up of the swimming pools in the national capital, there will be no splash in the pools this summer even as the mercury crossed 40 degrees Celsius.

According to a government official, while it will totally depend on the Centre’s guidelines for opening up of the pools, the state government also is not too much in support of opening up of swimming pools.

“The Covid cases are rising in the national capital and social distancing inside the pool is very difficult. Also, with so many people involved, the sanitization of the area will also be difficult. With only limited changing rooms and common areas, keeping a check on the infection will also be a difficult task,” the official said.

While there has been no evidence of spread of COVID infection through water, there is also no proof that the infection is not spreading through it, the official added.

However, not just the authorities, but the common people are also scared of using the facility.

“I have been swimming since I was eight-year-old during summer. Now, no matter how much I miss it, I will not be going for it even after the government allows for the same. It will be very risky,” said 29-year-old Rahul Singh.

As per government data there are just 182 swimming pools in the city with about 50 of these in schools.

Also, with the population of the city about two crores, there is one pool for more than one lakh people.

“Although, there will be just limited people in the pools, it will be too risky to be in a pool without knowing who is carrying the infection. Just thermal screening is not enough as we know people are asymptomatic as well,” said 26-year-old Jyoti.

Delhi has extended the lockdown till May 31 and even though a number of relaxations, including public transport, have been allowed, pools are still barred.

Also, coronavirus positive cases in the city reached 12,319 on Friday.

Hyderabad Open set to bring shuttlers back on court in post-COVID era

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Hyderabad Open set to bring shuttlers back on court in post-COVID era

Action on the badminton court will resume with the Hyderabad Open in August, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on Friday. All badminton has been suspended since March as a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Slowly and steadily, sports around the globe have been tying to find their feet during these unprecedented times and badminton became the latest entrant in this exclusive club.

Due to the ongoing crisis, as many as 10 tournaments have been cancelled since March — Orleans Masters 2020 (March 24-29), Singapore Open (April 7-12), Badminton Asia Championships 2020 (April 21-26), XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2020 (April 23-26), US Open 2020 (June 23-28), Canada Open 2020 (June 30-July 5), Russian Open (July 7-12), Akita Masters 2020 (August 18-23), Vietnam Open 2020 (August 25-30) and Indonesia Masters 2020 Super 100 (September 29-October 4) — While ‘suitable replacement dates are still being finalised for four suspended tournaments’ — German Open (March 3-8), Swiss Open (March 17-22), European Championships (April 21-26) and Australian Open 2020 (June 2-7)

So, the BWF coming up with a revamped calender will be music to the ears of shuttlers around the world. The Hyderabad Open (August 11 to 16) will become the first world event to return to the court and is one of three Indian tournaments on the roster alongside Syed Mushtaq Ali (Nov 17-22) and India Open (Dec 8-13).

The BWF, however, warned that the dates shouldn’t be taken for granted considering the ever-changing scenario the world finds itself in currently.

“At this point in time, it is difficult to predict when international movement and entry restrictions will be lifted by individual countries and territories, but we will not resume competition unless it is absolutely clear that is safe to do so,” BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund said in statement uploaded on their website.

The BWF seemingly trying to avoid another controversy similar to that of All England Championships, as earlier this year, top international players hit out at the officials for continuing with tournaments despite the virus crisis. This time, they made it crystal clear that players will return to the court only if the conditions can be made safe for everyone.

“The health, safety and wellbeing of all athletes, their entourage, officials and the greater badminton community remains our No.1 priority,” Lund said in the statement.

“We have also tried to ensure the continued livelihoods of our badminton players, including supporting all our Member Associations, by making considered preparations for badminton’s return at the soonest possible chance at all levels across the world.”

Suhana Khan gets a ‘nostalgic’ b’day wish from buddy Ananya Panday

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Suhana Khan gets a ‘nostalgic’ b’day wish from buddy Ananya Panday

Bollywood couple Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khans daughter Suhana has turned 20 today, and to ring in her special day, her close friend Ananya Panday spammed social media with adorable throwback pictures of the birthday girl.

“The two things I miss the most – the great outdoors and SUHANA!!! Happy 20th bday Sue…you will be my little baby forever,” Ananya wrote on Instagram along with a picture that shows the two posing against the backdrop of sunset at the beach.

In another image, Suhana is seen enjoying a piggyback ride on Ananya.

“Always got your back,” Ananya captioned the snap.

Reacting to the post, Suhana commented: “Hahaha you found one not bad. I love you. Thank you. Miss you.”

Suhana is studying filmmaking in New York. Currently, she is in Mumbai and spending time with her family.

Facebook Messenger Rooms now available in Instagram

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Facebook Messenger Rooms now available in Instagram

Instagram is the latest in Facebook’s family of apps to be integrated with the new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms.

With the latest update, Instagram users will be able to invite up to 50 people for a video chat session.

“Beginning in the present day, you’ll be able to create @messenger Rooms on Instagram and invite anybody to hitch,” Instagram said in a tweet on Friday.

Meanwhile, Instagram also shared a video revealing the steps to make use of the brand new characteristic.

A user first needs to go to Instagram Direct messages. There, tap on the video chat icon. Then select Create a Room. One can now send invitations for the room to their Instagram friends.

Instagram will then create a room and show a link to it. It will also give an option to Join Room or Send Link and if a user taps on Join Room, Instagram will ask to open the room in the Messenger app.

Messenger Rooms integration is also coming to WhatsApp and has been noticed in the beta version.

Last month, Facebook announced Messenger Rooms which allow group video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit.

People can create a room right from Messenger or Facebook, and invite anyone to join the video call, even if they don’t have a Facebook account.

In Facebook Messenger Rooms, the users can post links in their News Feed or in Groups or event pages.

Kerala reports highest single-day spike of 42 cases

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Kerala reports highest single-day spike of 42 cases

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday that the state has witnessed the highest single-day spike in the past 24 hours, reporting 42 new Covid-19 cases, taking the number of cases presently under treatment to 216.

Till Friday, a total of 732 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the southern state.

“Of the 42 new cases, 21 came from Maharashtra, while 17 came from abroad. This is a serious spike and is a message that we should be more alert. More and more of our people are going to come from outside the state. The doors will be open to all. But we are ready with all the required facilities,” said Vijayan.

“We have relaxed the lockdown measures, not for celebrations, but to ensure that life moves forward. But we are noticing that many people are coming out, which should not happen. Many are forgetting that we have to be very serious in tackling this pandemic. It cannot be taken lightly,” added the Chief Minister.

Vijayan pointed out that at present, there are 83,649 people under observation at their homes while 527 are in various hospitals.

There are 28 hotspot areas in the state currently, while over 91,000 people have entered the state from outside using different modes of transportation.

“The remaining Class X and XII examinations have been announced from next week. All those students who have family members who are under home quarantine will be allowed to sit separately to write the examinations. The students will be screened before they take their seat. Soaps and sanitizers are must in all the schools and masks will be given to all the students,” Vijayan said.

He also assured that students need not worry if they miss any exam, as fresh dates will be announced for such students to ensure that they don’t lose a year.

Class action lawsuit against Infosys dismissed in US

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Class action lawsuit against Infosys dismissed in US

Infosys on Friday said that the class-action lawsuit filed against the company in the US has been “voluntarily dismissed” by the plaintiff.

In October 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed in a United States District Court against the company and certain of its current and former officers including the current CEO Salil Parekh, over allegedly false and misleading statements of the company to the market in a bid to boost short term revenue and profit.

“The complaint, which was filed in the Eastern District of New York, was brought on behalf of a class consisting of persons or entities who purchased the Company’s publicly traded securities between July 7, 2018, and October 20, 2019, and alleged claims for violations of the US federal securities laws. On May 21, 2020, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice,” Infosys said in a regulatory filing.

US-based Schall Law Firm and Rosen Law Firm had filed the lawsuit over alleged violation of US federal securities laws on behalf of Infosys shareholders in the US.

Shares of Infosys surged post the dismissal of the lawsuit. On the BSE, its shares closed at Rs 692.25, higher by Rs 20.25 or 3.01 percent from the previous close.

SRK: My prayers, thoughts and love to those affected by Amphan

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SRK: My prayers, thoughts and love to those affected by Amphan

Bollywood superstar and West Bengal brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan has expressed concern for those affected by the super cyclone Amphan which has devastated the state, and also affected parts of Odisha.

“My prayers, thoughts and love to those affected by the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan in Bengal and Odisha. The news has left me feeling hollow. Each and every one of them is my own. Like my family. We must stay strong through these testing times until we can smile together again,” tweeted Shah Rukh on Friday.

Other Bollywood celebrities have also expressed their concern for the residents of cyclone-affected areas on social media.

Super cyclone Amphan made its landfall in West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon and caused severe damages in various parts of the state with a wind speed ranging from 155 kmph to 185 kmph, accompanied by heavy rainfall. At least 80 people have lost their lives due to the cyclone, as per sources.

Electricity is yet to resume in many areas since Wednesday. Drinking water has also become a problem.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kolkata on Friday morning. After conducting an aerial survey, the Prime Minister announced a Rs 1,000 crore relief package for the state.

World T20 should get precedence over IPL, says Border

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World T20 should get precedence over IPL, says Border

While many of the current and former Australian players have themselves said that they dont see the likelihood of the World T20 happening in October-November as per initial schedule due to the restrictions that have come in due to the coronavirus pandemic, former Australia skipper Allan Border has made it clear that the Indian Premier League (IPL) shouldn’t be given priority over the showpiece event.

“(I’m) not happy with that, the world game should take precedence over local competition. So, the World T20, if that can’t go ahead, I don’t think the IPL can go ahead,” Border said on ABC’s Grandstand Cafe radio program.

“I would question that decision (to replace it) — it’s just a money grab, isn’t it, that one? The World T20 should take precedence, for sure.”

Border also warned that if the IPL took precedence over the T20 World Cup, it would set a bad example. He went to the extent of asking full members to bar their players from playing in the IPL.

“That would be just shut the gate, you know, India running the game. They’re pretty close to it now, but I suppose if you’re responsible for 80 percent of global (cricket) income, you’re going to have a fair say in what goes on, I get that,” Border said.

“But I think the world game can’t allow that to happen. The home boards should stop their players going to the IPL if that’s the case. I don’t think you can have India superseding what the international game has in place. That would be going down the wrong path.”

Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has revealed there is still no clarity yet on the fate of ICC T20 World Cup. 16 teams from around the globe are currently scheduled to travel Down Under in October and fight it out for the glittering trophy.

All cricket around the world has been suspended since March due to coronavirus pandemic and dark clouds are circling over the showpiece event in Australia as well.

“We don’t have clarity on that one, yet. But as the situation continues to improve, you never know what might be possible,” Roberts told News Corp. “It’s ultimately a decision for the ICC.”

Govt allows OCI cardholders to travel back to India

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Govt allows OCI cardholders to travel back to India

Giving a major relief to the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders stranded abroad, the Ministry of Home affairs on Friday relaxed the visa and travel restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 lockdown for certain categories.

The MHA Spokesperson in a tweet said, “Relaxing visa and travel restrictions imposed in wake of COVID-19, certain categories of OCI cardholders stranded abroad have been permitted to come to India.”

The MHA in a detailed notification said that the categories are now eligible to return to India for minor children born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards, OCI cardholders who wish to come to India on account of family emergencies, such as a death in the family, couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other is an Indian national, and they have a permanent residence in India and University students who are OCI cardholders (but are not minors) and whose parents are Indian citizens living in India.

The MHA also said that travel restrictions imposed on May 7 would not apply to any aircraft, ship, train or any other vehicle deployed for bringing back the above-mentioned categories of OCI cardholders who are stranded abroad.

The decision comes in the wake of several complaints raised by the Indians stranded abroad. The OCI card is issued to people of Indian origin, allowing them visa-free travel in most cases.

Over 23,000 Indians, who had been stranded abroad after the lockdown was imposed in March, have been repatriated from dozens of countries under the government’s “Vande Bharat Mission”.

The government has deployed Air India passenger jets and Indian Navy warships to the United States, Europe, the Gulf region, Australia and several countries in Southeast Asia, as well as neighboring nations like Nepal and Bangladesh, to bring back Indian citizens.

On Thursday the government said the “Vande Bharat Mission”, whose second phase was to end today, had been extended to June 13, with nearly 50 countries being covered.

Google Pixel 4a likely to be launched on July 13

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Google Pixel 4a likely to be launched on July 13

Google is reportedly planning to launch Pixel 4a, the next Pixel series smartphone, on July 13.

According to Jon Prosser, a reliable Apple insider and serial leakster, said the Pixel 4a is expected to only arrive in just black and barely blue colours.

He also said that the upcoming phone will not come with 5G support.

The phone was earlier set to be unveiled during Google I/O 2020, the company’s annual developers conference, but the event was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, it is unclear whether the search engine giant will hold an online launch event for the Pixel 4a or not.

In terms of specifications, the device is likely to pack in the Snapdragon 730 chipset, which will be backed by 6GB of RAM, and 64GB non-expandable internal storage.

The device is expected to feature a 5.81-inch display is, FHD+ with 1080 by 2,340-pixel resolution at 443 ppi. It is also worth noting that the screen appears to have a 60Hz refresh rate – not 90Hz.

The phone has been tipped to start selling at $399.

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