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Vishal Dadlani NOT returning to the show till quasi lockdown is done with

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Indian Idol 12 judge Vishal Dadlani opens up on his return to the show. He did not join the team of Indian Idol 12 for shooting at Daman. Indian Idol 12 has been the talk of the town for all wrong reasons. The show has been quite popular but recently is all surrounded by controversies. Due to the lockdown in Maharashtra, the team of Indian Idol 12 had shifted to Daman and we saw Vishal Dadlani has been missing from the show. He did not join the team at Daman. And now he has revealed that he is not returning to the show. In an interview with ETimes, Vishal Dadlani who has been the Indian Idol judge for over three seasons said that he is not coming back till the state unlocks. Also Read – Aditya Narayan’s comment on wife Shweta Agarwal’s mushy picture will melt your heart He said, “Not till the quasi lockdown is done with.” Aditya Narayan had spoken about Vishal’s absence from the show. He

Will Tokyo really host a pandemic Olympics? | News

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When Tokyo’s bid to host the Olympics succeeded eight years ago, a supportive public expected the 2020 Games to be a moment of national unity – and, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a declaration that the country was open for business. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic forced a delay to 2021. With the rearranged Games due to take place in less than two months the expected respite from the pandemic has not materialised, and with vaccination rates in Japan stubbornly low, polls suggest that as much as 80% of the public wants to see them postponed again or even called off. Justin McCurry , the Guardian’s Tokyo correspondent, tells Anushka Asthana why the movement to cancel the Games is facing an uphill battle in the face of vast financial pressure to go ahead. Archive: IOC, BBC, Channel 4, Reuters, Getty Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible t

Tesla’s vehicle price gains due to supply chain pressure: Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 7, 2020. Ding Ting | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The price of Tesla vehicles is increasing due to supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials, Elon Musk said on Monday in response to a tweet. “Prices increasing due to major supply chain price pressure industry-wide. Raw materials especially,” Musk said in a tweet. He was responding to an unverified Twitter account called @Ryanth3nerd, which said, “I really don’t like the direction @tesla is going raising prices of vehicles but removing features like lumbar for the Model Y…” In May, Tesla increased its Model 3 and Model Y prices, the automaker’s fifth incremental price increase for its vehicles in just a few months, the Electrek website reported. During an earnings conference call in April, Musk said Tesla had experienced “some of the most difficult supply chain challe

I’m tired of diving for sweaty legs’

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Fighting doesn’t fascinate Khabib Nurmagomedov anymore. The former UFC Lightweight Champion said he has moved on from the fight game and wouldn’t come out of retirement just to make his promotion, Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC), more popular. Speaking to reporters at the recently concluded EFC 36, Khabib Nurmagomedov was asked about his chances of competing in a potential grappling match. The Dagestani replied: “Not interested at all. Why do I need to grapple someone? I’m tired of, as they say, diving for sweaty legs. We grapple in training. Shamil knows, Khasbulaev knows. But to fight in an arena to prove… I don’t even know what to prove. Why do I need to come out (of retirement)? I’m not interested in self-affirmation or money” (Transcription courtesy: RT Sport MMA) When a reporter asked if he would be willing to compete in a grappling match to increase EFC’s popularity, Khabib Nurmagomedov said the idea sounds fascinating but he would still prefer to stay on the sidelines.

A Giant Tortoise Thought Extinct For Over 100 Years Has Been Found in Galapagos

A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came out of hiding. Researchers discovered the female tortoise on the Galápagos’ Fernandina Island during a joint expedition carried out by the Galápagos National Park Directorate and the Galápagos Conservancy in 2019, according to a statement.   They nicknamed her “Fernanda”. At the time, the team “was confident” that the lone tortoise was the “lost” Fernandina Giant Tortoise ( Chelonoidis phantasticus ), a species native to the island that was thought extinct for 112 years due to eruptions of the Fernandina Volcano, according to the statement. But to confirm, they sent blood samples to geneticists at Yale University. Related: In images: Wacky animals that lived on Mauritius The team at Yale compared this tortoise’s genes to those of the only other tortoise that scientists have found on Fernandina Island, a male  C. phantasticus  discovered in 1906. The Yale team confirmed th

Stormi & Dad Travis Scott Throw Water Balloons At Kylie Jenner: Video – Hollywood Life

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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have reunited for a play date with Stormi, and the cosmetics mogul documented the trio’s Memorial Day water balloon fight. Kylie Jenner , 23, and  Travis Scott , 29, have reunited on Memorial Day Weekend for some fun in the sun with their daughter Stormi , 3. The trio proved they were ready for summer when they got together at Kylie’s mansion in Calabasas for a friendly water balloon fight next to a white jumping castle. In a series of Instagram Stories shared by the cosmetics mogul on May 31, little Stormi was seen rocking a bright yellow Fendi dress, which retails for around $500, with side cut-outs on her waist and matching sandals. Talk about a fashionista in the making! “Love this little baby,” Kylie captioned a clip of her mini-me walking into the house. When the mother-daughter duo were joined by the “Sicko Mode” rapper, the cosmetics queen was heard saying, “Don’t throw it at me,” as Travis and Stormi teamed up to throw blue water balloons at

We healthcare workers steel ourselves for a battle we hope does not return to Victoria’s hospitals | Stephen Parnis

Lockdown. The word triggers anxiety among millions of Victorians, and with good reason. We endured 112 days of it last winter, when we stared down our second wave. In that time, thousands were infected by Covid, and hundreds died. While we became the only place in the world to successfully turn such a major outbreak into community elimination, the scars remain. After months of relative freedom, where news of the pandemic was largely restricted to international news feeds, the last few days have hit Melbourne hard. Community cases – the first here in almost three months – originated from a breach in South Australian hotel quarantine, and we are now paying the price: hundreds of exposure sites, thousands of close contacts and back into lockdown. We have been here before. Victorians know the drill, but that does not make it any easier. Some things make coping harder, like the bitter knowledge that so much of this was preventable. For many months, my medical colleagues and I have wa

China’s Beidou gains market share, challenges U.S.’ GPS

China is set to become a major player in the “highly lucrative” satellite navigation market, as it seeks to compete with the U.S. government-owned Global Positioning System (GPS), an analyst said Monday. But China’s homegrown Beidou system is not likely to overtake the GPS system for now, said Craig Singleton, adjunct fellow at the hawkish Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “China has marked a major step in its race to increase market share in this highly lucrative sector,” Singleton told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.” “The completion of the system also reaffirms China’s status as a world power. It represents a major declaration about its technical independence from the West, which carries wide-ranging geopolitical implications,” said Singleton. Flags of the U.S. and China fly along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2011. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 120 countries — including Pakistan and Thailand — are using China’s Beidou system

Legion of the Dead update adds zombies to the game

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Watch Dogs: Legion is getting a zombie PvE mode nearly a year after launch. In an exclusive 22-minute gameplay trailer, Ubisoft announced that the 4.5 update will introduce a new game mode titled “Legion of the Dead,” which supports a maximum of four players. Watch Dogs: Legion online director Jean-Pascal Cambiotti shared some juicy details regarding the new mode in an interview with IGN. Also read: Animal Crossing: A complete guide to the Wedding Season event “We were inspired by the multiple portrayals of zombies across popular culture” – Watch Dogs: Legion online director Jean-Pascal Cambiotti Judging by the available gameplay footage, the Legion of the Dead mode’s objective is fairly straightforward: play as a team, find supply packages and reach the extraction point. Along the way, players must use their abilities and ammunition wisely as a horde of zombies will hunt them down through the streets of London. Speaking about the thought process and creative vision beh

We Finally Have a Simple System For Naming All The Concerning COVID-19 Variants

COVID-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.   The new system applies to variants of concern – the most troubling of which four are in circulation – and the second-level variants of interest being tracked. “They will not replace existing scientific names, but are aimed to help in public discussion,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead. Under the new system, the variants of concern take on the following names: the hitherto so-called British variant B.1.1.7 becomes Alpha ; the B.1.351 first discovered in South Africa becomes Beta , while the Brazilian P.1 becomes Gamma . The so-called Indian variant B.1.617 is split into sub-lineages, of which the B.1.617.2 variant of concern becomes Delta . The B.1.617.1 variant of interest is called Kappa . Besides these names, there are two other scientific names in use for each mutation, w

Singapore-based D2C dental brand Zenyum raises $40M Series B from L Catterton, Sequoia India and other investors – TechCrunch

Zenyum, a startup that wants to make cosmetic dentistry more affordable, announced today it has raised a $40 million Series B. This includes $25 million from L Catterton, a private equity firm focused on consumer brands. The round’s other participants were Sequoia Capital India (Zenyum is an alum of its Surge accelerator program), RTP Global, Partech, TNB Aura, Seeds Capital and FEBE Ventures. L Catteron Asia’s head of growth investments, Anjana Sasidharan, will join Zenyum’s board. This brings Zenyum’s total raised so far to $56 million, including a $13.6 million Series A announced in November 2019. In a press statement, Sasidharan said, “Zenyum’s differentiated business model gives it a strong competitive advantage, and we are excited to partner with the founder management team to help them realize their growth ambitions.” Other dental-related investments in L Catteron’s portfolio include Ideal Image, ClearChoice, dentalcorp, OdontoCompany, Espaçolaser and 98point6. Founded in 201

‘Bhoot Police fits perfectly between Go Goa Gone and Stree’; Arjun Kapoor REVEALS the plot and character details [Exclusive Video]

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Horror-comedies are steadily gaining flavour with Bollywood viewers, after having entertained the audience both down South and on foreign shores for many years. While Go Goa Gone had started the ball rolling, it was Stree that really opened the gates, and recently, Roohi, tried cashing in on the wave. With horror-comedies gradually finding their mark with the Bollywood junta, the next ones to test the waters will be Bhediya, Phone Bhoot and Bhoot Police. Speaking about the latter, starring Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Jacqueline Fernandez, and directed by Pawan Kripalani of Ragini MMS and Phobia fame; Arjun recently caught up with us for an exclusive interview, and graciously divulged interesting details about the plot, his and Saif’s characters, and how the movie fits between Go Goa Gone and Stree. Also Read – Arjun Kapoor REACTS to netizens trolling actors for humanitarian efforts; says, ‘It’s a human thing, not a celebrity thing’for humanitarian ventures; says, ‘ I

Richard Colbeck admits not knowing how many aged care workers have been vaccinated | Aged care (Australia)

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The aged care minister Richard Colbeck has admitted he doesn’t know how many workers in the aged care sector have been vaccinated, but says he’s comfortable with the pace of the rollout despite the fresh Covid outbreak in Melbourne. The Morrison government is under intensifying pressure after two aged care workers and a resident tested positive to Covid-19, laying bare the persistent vulnerabilities in a sector Canberra funds and regulates. During the first wave of the pandemic last year, more than 600 people died in Australia in residential aged care. The government has said previously aged care residents would be vaccinated by March. Officials for the Department of Health told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday that 44,333 aged care residents had received a vaccination, and of that cohort, 25,319 had received their second dose. Colbeck told the ABC on Tuesday he didn’t know how many workers had been vaccinated because the government did not have consolidated data. “I’m not g

Will the Specialist Bonus stay in Call of Duty: Warzone?

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One of Warzone’s most elusive and popular inclusions into Verdansk 1984 is the Nakatomi Plaza building from the action film Die Hard, and understandably so considering the contents of its vault. The crown jewel of Nakatomi’s vault is undoubtedly the Specialist Bonus, a pickup that converts the player into a one-man army. The Specialist Bonus allows players to accrue perks as they kill opponents in the Warzone, as opposed to normally obtaining killstreaks. While missing out on killstreaks can be inconvenient, the Specialist Bonus is largely considered more beneficial as it can turn a Warzone player into a super soldier as long as they rack up the kills. But is it here for good? COD Warzone: What we know about the Specialist Bonus’ availability Image via Activision Having been introduced as part of the Nakatomi Plaza inclusion, it’s likely that the Specialist Bonus will be departing Warzone when the plaza does on June 15th. However, Activision has indicated that the curre

Kylie’s $36.5M Mansion To Kim’s Calabasas Home – Hollywood Life

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The Kardashian-Jenner’s are not only reality TV icons, but businesswomen with extensive real estate portfolios. See pics of all their Los Angeles mansions! When it comes to real estate, the KarJenner sisters don’t mess around! From 23-year-old  Kylie Jenner ‘s $36.5 million estate in Holmby Hills, to her big sister  Kim Kardashian ‘s  very  uniquely designed home in Calabasas, the reality TV stars own some of the most beautiful properties in Los Angeles. Most recently, it was revealed that  Khloe Kardashian , 36, and  Kris Jenner , 65, purchased side-by-side mansions on a three-acre plot of land located in Hidden Hills! In new photos, which surfaced on April 30, construction was underway on the properties of the two mega mansions that were built in 2020. A source close to the family recently spoke to  HollywoodLife  about why the TV stars turned businesswomen are so involved in the real estate market. “Kylie and Kris are buying so much property purely for business purposes,” the ins

Federal court rejects challenge to Australia’s outbound travel ban | Law (Australia)

The rightwing thinktank Libertyworks has lost its federal court challenge to Australia’s outbound travel ban. On Tuesday the full federal court unanimously rejected Libertyworks’ bid to overturn the Covid-19 restriction, which had argued that the health minister, Greg Hunt, has no power to impose a blanket rule stopping citizens from leaving the country. Justices Anna Katzmann, Michael Wigney and Thomas Thawley dismissed the application and ordered Libertyworks to pay the commonwealth’s costs. The federal government had argued that, if successful, the case would have “driven a truck” through Hunt’s powers under the Biosecurity Act to impose measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 during the global pandemic. The case is the fourth failed challenge to Australia’s coronavirus restrictions, after Clive Palmer’s failure to overturn Western Australia’s travel ban, a high court decision upholding the validity of Victoria’s second wave lockdown, and the federal court rejecting a bid to

Glum to Gleeful, Israeli Media React to Possible End of Netanyahu Era

Haaretz Haaretz is the most prominent daily paper in Israel that is associated with the left. “Netanyahu, if he leaves the Prime Minister’s Office, will go into the opposition and make this government’s life hell. His supporters will follow him and won’t hesitate to use any word, curse or form of protest. The rising incitement against Bennett and Shaked, who have been called ‘corrupt,’ ‘swindlers’ and ‘traitors’ are a pale promo of what’s to come,” wrote Ravit Hecht, a columnist for Haaretz, referring to Ayelet Shaked, a close ally of Mr. Bennett’s. (Mr. Netanyahu would remain in Parliament, unless he resigns his seat.) “The Bibi-ists won’t abandon Netanyahu,” she added, speaking of Mr. Netanyahu’s most loyal supporters. “Addicted to feelings of inferiority, fantasies of persecution, to blood libels with little basis in reality and especially to speculation and conspiracy theories, they will not accept a regime change that was achieved as a result of a democratic election. They wi

Chinese shares to buy as consumers get richer: UBS

Joggers in Shanghai, China, on April 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s rich young people and wealthy older consumers present a raft of new opportunities for investors —especially in the tech and health care sectors, according to analysts at UBS. The investment firm picked a number of stocks that tap into the current and future needs of each generation, and said the over-60s have “unprecedented wealth,” in a research note published this month. Meanwhile, well-educated younger people have more money than their peers in other countries and are behind a boost in spending on tech platforms. Here are a dozen of the bank’s stock picks: Source link The post Chinese shares to buy as consumers get richer: UBS appeared first on Chop News . from Chop News https://ift.tt/3fF5Hlc

Top 5 basic tips for fishing in Minecraft

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In Minecraft, fishing is a great way to collect food, XP, and rare random items. Fishing is a simple task that any Minecraft player can accomplish. There are so many items to be collected via fishing. Players will sometimes fish up less useful items such as lily pads and leather, but in some cases, fishing can bring about treasure like enchanted books. Fishing is also one of the few ways to obtain name tags and saddles which cannot otherwise be crafted. It’s clear that fishing in Minecraft has lots of value, so this article will provide Minecraft beginners with some basic tips for fishing. Top 5 things to keep in mind while fishing in Minecraft 5) Stock up on rods It is a good idea to craft multiple fishing rods as they tend to break fairly fast if used frequently. Luckily the fishing rod crafting recipe is simple. all it takes is three sticks and two strings. Two used fishing rods can be combined together to make a single, stronger one. To do this, players just need to place