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US extend TikTok ban deadline again, fourth delay

Washington, Aug. 22 -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday (local time) that he was open to a fourth extension of the deadline for when TikTok had to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDanc... Read More


Lord Swraj Paul, industrialist and philanthropist, passes away in London at 94

London/New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Renowned industrialist and philanthropist Lord Swraj Paul, founder of the UK-based Caparo Group, passed away in London on Thursday evening at the age of 94. His family con... Read More


New USD 1 million prize competition aims to revolutionise Alzheimer's research by leveraging agentic AI systems backed by Bill Gates

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative) has launched a global competition backed by Bill Gates and a coalition of partners offering a USD 1 million first pri... Read More


Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- President Donald Trump this week called on a Federal Reserve governor to resign over an accusation of mortgage fraud, the latest effort by his administration to exert greater con... Read More


Al Jardine hits out at Mike Love for Brian Wilson funeral speech

United Kingdom, Aug. 22 -- Al Jardine has hit out at Mike Love for the speech he made at Brian Wilson's funeral. The Beach Boys singer was laid to rest earlier this month and after the group's biogra... Read More


Kevin Smith honours Shannen Doherty in comic book form

United Kingdom, Aug. 22 -- Kevin Smith has honoured the late Shannen Doherty with a comic book. The 55-year-old filmmaker has paid tribute to the actress - who died of cancer in July 2024 aged 53 - i... Read More


Olivia Colman ordered to stop swearing

United Kingdom, Aug. 22 -- Olivia Colman has been ordered to tone down her swearing during visits to the US. The Oscar-winning actress has revealed her love of bad language worried members of her tea... Read More


CM Manik Saha releases vision document titled "Vikashit Tripura-2047"

Agartala, Aug. 22 -- To realise the dream of a developed Tripura by 2047, Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Friday, released the vision document titled "Vikashit Tripura-2047" at Pragya Bhavan, Agartala. ... Read More


Extreme heat threatening worker safety and productivity globally: WHO, WMO sound alarm on growing workplace heat stress

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- An increase of one degree beyond 20 degrees Celsius (degrees C) in wet-bulb global temperature (WBGT) slashes global worker productivity by 2-3 per cent, while also causing addit... Read More


Imane Khelif slams former manager for spreading fake retirement rumours: 'Betrayed my trust and my country'

India, Aug. 22 -- Recently, Imane Khelif's former manager, Nasser Yesfah, revealed in an interview that the Olympic champion had 'left the world of boxing', which fuelled retirement rumours. Then, a f... Read More