File photo of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. The statement came a day after the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said the country would end a military agreement reached with South Korea in 2018 to reduce tensions if Seoul fails to stop the activists. Associated Press Seoul Last Updated: June 5, […]
Day: June 5, 2020
Why the Stock Market Just Doesn’t Care
Recall that from Feb. 19 through March 23, as the pandemic grew in intensity, the S&P 500 fell a shattering 34 percent. What turned stocks around was the Fed’s declarations that it would do whatever it took to stabilize financial markets. The Fed has been following through, with a vast mixture of securities purchases and […]
Police confirms phones with same IMEI number were made by Vivo
Meerut Police has confirmed that the 13,500 phones it found running on the same International Mobile Equipment Number (IMEI) number, reported earlier today, were made by Chinese smartphone maker Vivo. The company is amongst the top five smartphone sellers in the country and the police has registered a case against the company. Akhilesh N. Singh, […]
Utah suspends DC Morgan Scalley for texting racial slur in 2013
Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley and launched an external investigation concerning a 2013 text message he sent that included a racial slur, Utes athletics director Mark Harlan announced Friday on social media. Harlan said he was made aware of the text message Wednesday night and that he had spoken to Scalley, who “is […]
World Environment Day 2020: How to Safely Dispose of Your E-Waste in India
E-waste recycling is an incredibly important issue we all need to think about. India is a huge market for electronic devices. We purchase phones, tablets, laptops, and smart TVs on a regular basis. The market size is also getting bigger each day, thanks to the increase in our per-capita income and a relative drop in […]
US airstrikes hit Taliban; 10 Afghan police killed in ambush
US forces carried out two sets of airstrikes against the Taliban, in western and southern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said on Friday. Elsewhere in the south, the Taliban set off a roadside bomb and ambushed a police convoy, killing 10 Afghan policemen. The US strikes against the Taliban were the first following a brief […]
Falling Jobless Rate Could Imperil Aid Underpinning the Recovery
WASHINGTON — A $3 trillion burst of economic assistance from the federal government has fueled a faster-than-expected rebound in hiring amid the coronavirus pandemic. That bounce suggests the economy is slowly healing, but it could also encourage Republican lawmakers to shut off some aid to people and companies prematurely, undermining that very recovery. The surprise […]
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says NFL was ‘wrong’ not to listen to its players about racism
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement Friday condemning racism, saying he admits the league was wrong to not listen to its players earlier and that it will try to do better. “It has been a difficult time for our country, In particular, black people in our country,” Goodell said in a video released on […]
NFL condemns racism, admits ‘we were wrong’ not to listen to player protests
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the league was “wrong” for failing to listen to players who protested social injustice, he said on Friday in a video. In his second statement released since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minnesota, Goodell used the roughly 1:20 recorded message to […]
World Environment Day: PM urges to preserve biodiversity | विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस: पीएम मोदी ने जैव विविधता को संरक्षित करने का किया आग्रह
डिजिटल डेस्क, नई दिल्ली। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने शुक्रवार को लोगों से विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस के अवसर पर पृथ्वी की जैव विविधता को संरक्षित करने का आग्रह करते हुए कहा कि हमें वनस्पति और जीवों को सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सामूहिक रूप से यथासंभव कार्य करने की आवश्यकता है। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने एक ट्वीट में कहा, […]