Donald Trump may now regard Meryl Streep as “overrated” but just over a year ago the President-elect had named her among his favourite actresses and had hailed her as “excellent”. Ms. Streep, an ardent supporter of Mr. Trump’s rival Hillary Clinton, slammed the next US President in her scathing speech while accepting the Cecil B DeMille Award at the Golden […]
» Read moreKerala State Haj Committee Chairman and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama joint secretary Kottumala Bapu Musliar, 65, died at a private hospital at Kozhikode on Tuesday. A member of the Samastha Mushawara, Bapu Musliar was general secretary of the Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board and president of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Mufathisheen. He was ailing for the past few weeks.He […]
» Read moreA powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines on Tuesday but was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or generate a tsunami. Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which was set off by movement of oceanic plates 625 kilometres under the […]
» Read moreThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Council has unanimously backed plans by its president Gianni Infantino to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 32 starting in 2026, the global soccer body said on Tuesday. The new format will be made up of 16 groups of three teams, FIFA said in a tweet sent by its media department, […]
» Read moreThe e-wallet app launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharat Interface for Mobile or BHIM, has surpassed 10 million downloads on Google’s PlayStore within 10 days of its launch. The app was launched on December 30 for Android users. “Delighted to know that in a span of 10 days there have been over 10 million downloads of the BHIM App,” […]
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