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From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.
World’s largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency
An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. The iceberg, dubbed A-76, measures around 4320 sq km in size – currently making it the largest berg in the world, reported European Space Agency (ESA). The newly calved berg was spotted in recent […]
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About 18,000 people evacuated in Australia after floods
Around 18,000 people have left their homes in New South Wales, South Eastern Australia, due to severe floods caused by heavy rains, Gladys Berejiklian, the state’s Prime Minister, said on Monday. “There are around 15,000 people who have been evacuated from the Mid-North Coast from their homes. In the Nepean, Richmond Valley region, Hawkesbury region […]
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India, Pakistan agree to follow all ceasefire pacts
India and Pakistan have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, according to a joint statement on Thursday. The decision on ceasefire, effective since Wednesday midnight, was taken at a meeting between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan. The DGMOs […]
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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 2 million
A grim milestone has been reached globally as the COVID-19 deaths breached the 2 million mark, while the number of positive cases near 94 million. As of Saturday, 7.52 am IST, the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported that the global coronavirus caseload stands […]
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Global economy to expand by 4 pc in 2021: World Bank
The global economy is expected to expand by 4 percent in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year, the World Bank has said. A recovery, however, will likely be subdued unless policymakers move decisively to tame the pandemic and implement investment-enhancing reforms, it said in its latest Global Economic Prospects […]
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Google faces global outage; Gmail, YouTube, other services down
Google and a host of other services provided by the platform faced disruptions on Monday evening. Prominent services such as YouTube, Gmail etc have stopped working for many users. The company is yet to specify a reason for the outage. The tech giant had faced a similar outage in August this year. On the G […]
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 50 million mark
The global coronavirus caseload has breached the 50 million cases mark, according to the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday (local time). The exact number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 50,325,072 while the number of fatalities due to the disease worldwide stands at 1,255,489. As many as 32,980,472 patients across the world […]
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Atal Tunnel, world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet ready after 10 years
The construction of the Atal Tunnel that connects Manali with Leh, which is the world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet, has been completed in a span of 10 years whereas the original estimated time was less than six years. With CCTV cameras at every 60 metres and emergency exit tunnels at every 500 metres, […]
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and his family test positive for COVID-19
Former wrestling superstar and Hollywood actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on Thursday took to Instagram to share that he and his family tested positive for coronavirus a few weeks ago. In a video, the actor requested his fans and loved ones to take all the necessary precautions to fight the deadly virus. The Rock also assured that […]
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‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died of cancer at the age of 43 on Friday. The actor had been diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2016. He died in his home, with his wife […]
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