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3 students arrested for making bomb threat at Arizona State University

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Three Arizona State University (ASU) students were accused of making a bomb threat that cleared part of one campus earlier this week, local media reported. According to the report on Thursday, Trevor Benoit, Peter Fraenkel and Lukas Patton were booked on Tuesday into Maricopa County Jail on a felony charge of interference/disruption of an education institution and ...

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Trump-picked judge named special master in Mar-a-Lago raid case

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US district judge Aileen Cannon has rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to revive the criminal probe against Donald Trump in the classified documents case and instead appointed a judge picked by the former President as special master to review the documents seized by the FBI on August 8 from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Raymond ...

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Gigi Hadid’s dad has positive reaction to her new romance with DiCaprio

Gigi Hadid

Supermodel Gigi Hadid may have gotten a stamp of approval from her father to date Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio. When giving his two cents on the supermodel’s rumoured new romance, her father Mohamed Hadid said that he “likes” the ‘Titanic’ star, reports aceshowbiz.com. In an interview with Daily Mail, 73-year-old Mohamed told the outlet, “I met Mr. DiCaprio in St. ...

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Yo Yo Honey Singh makes comeback, releases new album ‘Honey 3.0’

Honey Singh

Rapper and musician Yo Yo Honey Singh has announced his comeback with a new video album titled ‘Honey 3.0’. Yo Yo took to Instagram, where he shared a video. The clip features made-up newspaper clippings with his picture and headlines such as “Where is Yo Yo Honey Singh?” and “Will he be able to make music?”. In the backdrop, he ...

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Avoid Chowmein, Manchurian as Ajinomoto Makes You Age Faster: Study

Allahabad University

An important ingredientin all Chinese food preparations, Ajinomoto, causes several health issues like hypertension, cardiac problems and a faster rate of ageing, said a study conducted by scientists at the biochemistry department of Allahabad University (AU). Ajinomoto is a kind of salt with a scientific name monosodium glutamate (MSG) and is mostly used in Chinese preparations like Chowmein and Manchurian. ...

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How ‘Digital mask’ protects patients’ privacy [Details]

Digital masks

Scientists have created a ‘digital mask’ that will allow facial images to be stored in medical records while preventing potentially sensitive personal biometric information from being extracted and shared. In research published today in Nature Medicine, a team led by scientists from the University of Cambridge and Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, used three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction and deep learning algorithms ...

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Software major Adobe acquires design software firm Figma for $20 billion

Adobe

Sep 15 (IANS) Software major Adobe on Thursday announced it would acquire design software company Figma for about $20 billion in a cash and stock deal. Founded by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace in 2012, Figma pioneered product design on the web. The combination of Adobe and Figma will usher in a new era of collaborative creativity. “Adobe’s greatness has been ...

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KBC Show: Big B signs contestant on hand not to confuse with twin brother

kbc

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan signed on the hand of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 14’ contestant Anurag Kumar to avoid any kind of confusion that his twin brother Anoop might take the hotseat. On the quiz-based reality show, the 29-year-old real estate agent from Lucknow took the hotseat and his hilarious conversation with the host about his twin brother left everyone in splits. ...

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Hours after Putin’s limo incident in Moscow, Ukraine President Zelensky’s motorcade attacked

With a few hours after the reported incident involving the motorcade of Ukraine President Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s limousine was attacked in an alleged “assassination attempt” amid Moscow’s raging war against Ukraine, raising speculation over the security in Moscow, a report said. According to the report by General SVR, a Russian Telegram channel, Putin’s limousine was allegedly hit by ...

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Oracle Cloud biz sees 100% growth in India, doubles its customer base

Oracle

Sep 15 (IANS) Cloud major Oracle on Thursday said its India business saw a tremendous growth in the first quarter of FY23, with the Oracle Cloud Unit (OCI) clocking over 100 per cent growth (year-on-year) for the third year in a row. In India, the OCI is growing at 25 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) and the company has clocked ...

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Zelensky involved in car accident: President’s spokesman briefs

Kiev, Sep 15 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was involved in a car accident, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding that he was not seriously injured. In a brief social media post, the President’s spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said that a passenger car collided with Zelensky’s vehicle and his escort in capital Kiev. Nykyforov said that the driver of the car that ...

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ZimParks relocates 100 elephants, 70 giraffes, 10 lions due to drought

elephants

Harare, Sep 15 (IANS) Amid an ongoing drought, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) said it has relocated 100 elephants since July and a significant number of other wild animals from the arid southern parts of the country to the north where there is better vegetation and water. ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo told Xinhua news agency on Wednesday ...

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Robin Uthappa retires from Indian cricket; 20 years of professional cricket

Right-handed batter Robin Uthappa on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of Indian cricket. The 2007 T20 World Cup-winning batter, who last played for India in 2015, took to Twitter to announce his decision. “It’s been 20 years since I started playing professional cricket, and it has been the greatest honour to represent my country and state, Karnataka- wonderful ...

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FBI Returns 2,000-Yr-Old Italian Art That Languished in LA for Decades

stolen art

FBI Art Crime Team agents recently returned several pieces of historical artwork back to their rightful owners—the Italian government, with few more returnable items to follow next. Special Agent Allen Grove of the FBI Art Crime Team undertook the task of returning priceless artifacts—ones that may have been lost for as long as 100 years—back to their rightful home in ...

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