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12 Jun

Pulitzer awards girl for recording George Floyd’s Murder

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Darnella Frazier (18), the teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board. She was awarded the citation for her courage, the Pulitzer committee said. The Pulitzers are the most prestigious journalism awards in the US. Her film started protests for racial justice around the world and was used as evidence in the trial that convicted police officer Derek Chauvin. The committee said they honoured her for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world,…

12 Jun

On Anne Frank’s birthday, here are 10 facts about her life, death and her diary

editor0 CommentsSikkimAnne Frank, german, history, International

Anne Frank's diary is perhaps the best known document chronicling life under Nazi occupation and the persecution suffered by Jews. Her diary details the time that her family spent in hiding during the Nazis’ occupation of the Netherlands. It was written over the course of two years. She was just 15 years old when she died. The Jewish Frank family moved into a secret annex on the premises of the company owned by Anne’s father in order to escape capture by the Nazis. They lived there with another Jewish family named the van Pels and, later, a Jewish dentist named Fritz…

11 Jun

Kannada actor Suresh Chandra dies of Covid-19

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Suresh Chandra who is still remembered for his role in Cheluvina Chittara and Ugramm, died on Friday after suffering from the novel coronavirus. According to reports, the actor was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru for the past few weeks but failed to respond to treatment. He breathed his last on Friday in the afternoon. A well-known face of Kannada cinema, Suresh impressed the audience with his role as an antagonist in films like Cheluvina Chittara and Ugramm. He has also acted in several hit films, like Kiccha Huccha, Rana, Shyloo, Kalidasa Kannada Meshtru, Appayya and Junglee. Usually known for…

11 Jun

BJP’s Vice President Mukul Roy likely to join TMC

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Once a close aide of Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president Mukul Roy will be returning to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), along with son Shubhranshu ahead of his formal return and is likely to meet TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee at the TMC headquarters on Friday afternoon. But the final decision regarding Roy's joining will only be taken after his meeting today at 3 pm which was pre-scheduled with the TMC top brass in Kolkata. Mukul Roy was the party’s first big leader to jump ship in 2017. His resentment is believed to be directed at Suvendu Adhikari, another…

11 Jun

The Forest Man of India, Jadav Payeng has been granted 10-year visa by Mexico

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The Forest Man of India, Jadav Payeng has been granted 10-year visa by Mexico. He is slated to travel to the country in September this year for three months to plant trees as a part of the country's initiative to turn it greener. On a special invitation, India's forest-man will go to Mexico in September. Jadav Payeng's voyage from a remote part of the world's biggest inhabited river island Majuli to Mexico will be to help the North American country become greener. On December 7, Molai Payeng, as he is called in his native state, struck a deal with a…

11 Jun

UN analysis reveals that Ethiopia is facing an actual Famine

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"There is famine now, this is going to get a lot worse," said UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, addressing the crisis in northern Ethiopia. UN analytic study found that 350,000 people were living in "severe crisis" in the Tigray region. Tigray has been torn up by continuous war between government forces and rebels. This has displaced 1.7 million people since the fighting began in November 2020. The food situation in the region has reached the level of a "catastrophe", which it defines as starvation and death affecting small groups of people spread over large areas. Thus, UN's World Food Programme…

11 Jun

Here are some interesting facts about Lalu Prasad Yadav on the veteran politician’s birthday

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Lalu Prasad Yadav is the former Chief Minister of Bihar and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and also a former Union Minister of Railways. Mr. Yadav became the General Secretary of Patna University Students Union at an very early age in 1970. In the coming years, he became a pioneer of the political scene of Bihar. With former Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha's support, he represented the Janata Party in the Lok Sabha. He won a seat for the Lok Sabha at the age of 29 and became the youngest member of Parliament of his time. Yadav advanced in…

11 Jun

Chinese man caught crossing India-Bangladesh border in Malda

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The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Chinese intruder along the India-Bangladesh international border in Malda, West Bengal while he was trying to cross the border illegally. The 36-year-old man was infiltrating into the Indian territory around 7 am. He was dressed in a black sweatshirt, pants and shoes. Upon being challenged by the forces, he tried to run away from spot. The BSF personnel then chased him and brought to the Border Out Post Mohadipur for questioning. The man was identified by security officials as Junwei Han. Officials also found a Chinese passport bearing a Bangladeshi visa, a laptop and…

11 Jun

Dettol pays tribute to the protectors of Covid pandemic

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India’s most trusted germ protection brand, Dettol launched a one-of-its-kind campaign, #DettolSalutes. As a tribute to Covid-19 warriors, Dettol replaced its iconic logo with an image of a Covid protector along with the ‘protector’s’ inspiring story. The 4 million #DettolSalute packs will be available on e-commerce channels and across 500,000 stores in India from the 3rd week of June. Dettol has curated 100 stories from across India and carried them on its liquid handwash packs in honor of the protectors. Dettol has also launched a website- www.DettolSalutes.com. This platform is created especially for people from across India to share stories…

11 Jun

Sony’s new TV series with BRAVIA XR processor

editor0 CommentsBusinessBRAVIA X90J, Google TV, SONY

Sony India’s new BRAVIA X90J is world’s first cognitive intelligence TV series. It thinks like a human brain. Combined with the precision of a Full Array LED panel, XR Triluminos Pro and XR Contrast Booster, the new X90J series produces supreme realism and an incredibly detailed picture. These high-powered televisions have Cognitive Processor XR which delivers an intelligence that reflects human cognitive characteristics which detects the viewer’s focal points, and cross-analyzes numerous image quality elements to produce a picture which is more natural and closer to human memory. The new lineup of BRAVIA X90J televisions seamlessly integrates Google TV and…