Ziwe Endorses Box Braids and ‘Real Housewives’

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4. Documentaries I like to learn passively, and documentaries are a perfect vehicle for that. “Varsity Blues” is fantastic. The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension. It’s like “Real Housewives” where it’s stranger than fiction you could ever imagine. And they affect me viscerally! After … Read more

High Court points to differences between Gujarat government’s affidavit & ground reality

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The Gujarat High Court has said that there were differences between the affidavit presented by the government on the Covid situation in the state and the ground reality. Laying bare the harsh realities, the court has questioned the state health infrastructure’s preparedness to tackle the projected half-a-million Covid cases expected in the next 15 days … Read more

Airline Bans Alaska Senator for Refusing to Wear Mask

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April 27, 2021 — A Republican state senator in Alaska has been banned from Alaska Airlines for refusing to obey face mask rules. “We have notified Senator Lora Reinbold that she is not permitted to fly with us for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy,” spokesman Tim … Read more

EU Sues AstraZeneca Over Vaccine Shipment Delays

April 27, 2021 — AstraZeneca is being sued by the European Union (EU) for delays in shipping hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses. European officials say AstraZeneca broke its contract when it said it would deliver only a third of the 300 million doses that European officials had been expecting by the end of … Read more

HODL your horses, cryptos face possible hurdles ahead, experts say

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Evolving rules, environmental concerns and competition from central banks threaten to undermine many of the world’s fast-growing crypto assets, crypto and macro experts said, while creating opportunities for those able to adapt. Europe and the United States are both working on regulating digital assets and their providers – moves welcomed by investors, who hope the … Read more

Bharti backed-OneWeb to raise $550 mn from France’s Eutelsat

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Kolkata: Bharti Group-backed OneWeb is raising $550 million (Rs 4,103 crore approx) by selling a 24% stake to French satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications, bringing its total funding to $1.9 billion, and helping it inch closer to launching a first-generation satellite fleet, totalling 648 satellites next year. Eutelsat, a geo-stationary satellite operator, will be a significant … Read more

India’s Covid disaster: a crisis for the world

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When India emerged relatively unscathed from its first wave of Covid-19, there was a sense in the country that somehow it was an exception. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, had brought in a strict lockdown and it seemed to have worked: victory against the coronavirus was proclaimed. The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, tells … Read more