A paramedic puts on personal protection equipment (PPE) before entering a glass booth used for collecting samples to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro The announcement comes days after Pakistan said it was racing against time to arrange for 1,500 more ventilators as part of a […]
Day: June 28, 2020
Marty Baron Made The Post Great Again. Now, the News Is Changing.
Ms. Coratti said that Mr. Baron was not “upset” but did “advise that we should be careful not to be seen as celebrating or championing recreational use of drugs.” So the dispute seems to be less about journalistic principle than about whether you like edibles. Even those who are frustrated by Mr. Baron’s strong-willed style […]
Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate emblem from state flag
Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to retire the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, following widespread increased pressure that came in part from the world of sports. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted in succession Sunday afternoon to retire the flag, with broad bipartisan support. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, […]
Racism should be treated like match fixing and doping: Holder | नस्लवाद को मैच फिक्सिंग और डोपिंग की तरह ही लेना चाहिए : होल्डर
डिजिटल डेस्क, वड़ोदरा। गुजरात राज्य के वड़ोदरा शहर में स्थित पारूल यूनिवर्सिटी की स्थापना से लेकर आज दिन तक 1500 से ज्यादा विद्यार्थियों को 1500 से अधिक कंपनियों में कैंपस प्लेसमेंट मिला है। 2020 में पास होने वाले 1000 से अधिक विद्यार्थियों को 400 से ज्यादा कंपनियों में प्लेसमेंट मिला है, और 2019 में पास […]
After George Floyd, raw talk, racial reckoning among US Muslims
As a young student, Hind Makki recalls, she would call out others at the Islamic school she attended when some casually used an Arabic word meaning “slaves” to refer to Black people. “Maybe 85% of the time, the response that I would get from people … is, ‘Oh, we don’t mean you, we mean the […]
WhatsApp Camera Shortcut May Return Alongside Messenger Rooms, Suggests New Beta
WhatsApp may be testing a way to bring back the direct camera shortcut in its latest WhatsApp for Android beta versions 2.20.194.11 and 2.20.194.12. The camera shortcut was a ubiquitous presence in the shortcut menu of WhatsApp chat attachments, and was removed subsequently in previous versions. Now, on June 26, WABetaInfo reported that the camera […]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 billion, FB shares drop
NEW YORK: Mark Zuckerberg became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of firms pulled advertising from Facebook. Shares of the social media company fell 8.3% on Friday, the most in three months, after Unilever and Coca-Cola, two of the world’s largest advertisers, joined other brands like Verizon in boycotting ads on the social network. The […]
Backlash for track owner offering ‘Bubba Rope’
PINE HALL, N.C. — The owner of a North Carolina racetrack said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Mike Fulp, who owns the […]
India Debates Skin-Tone Bias as Beauty Companies Alter Ads
“While movements like Black Lives Matter have had a profound impact in the West, in South Asian countries it is still a long-drawn battle,” she said. Ms. Emmanuel said that skin-tone biases had the greatest impact on marriage and social issues but that in some fields, including entertainment, hospitality and modeling, “the qualification goes without […]
Simmons self-isolation does not affect team preparations: Joseph | सिमंस के सेल्फ आइसोलेट होने से टीम की तैयारियों पर फर्क नहीं : जोसेफ
लंदन, 28 जून (आईएएनएस)। वेस्टइंडीज के तेज गेंदबाज अल्जारी जोसेफ का मानना है कि मुख्य कोच फिल सिमंस की गैर मौजूदगी से उनकी टीम की तैयारियों पर कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ेगा। क्रिकइंफो की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, सिमंस हाल ही में एक अंतिम संस्कार में शरीक हुए थे, इसी कारण उन्होंने खुद को सेल्फ आइसोलेट कर […]