Brides-to-be, take note: Radhika Merchant's fresh mehndi photos in a pink lehenga are a style guide

Reportedly done as part of pre-engagement festivities, Anant Ambani's fiancee Radhika Merchant looked stunning in a lovely pink lehenga with a full application of mehndi. Numerous images of the future bride may be seen online, revealing her stunning ethnic appearance. Everything about her loo...

AMA Needs Fresh Focus

By no stretch of the imagination is the Australian Medical Association the first organisation that springs to mind when we think of labour unions; rather, we think of the United Food and Commercial Workers. This organisation, which has been around since 1962 and originated from what were then sta...

Biden and US allies are confronted with a fresh quandary on Ukraine funding

'I want to weep,' says one. From a Russian hospital, a Ukrainian orphan communicates with his grandfather. Ukraine's military took a defiant stand this weekend, refusing to surrender its troops in the port city of Mariupol to Russia, at the same time that President Joe Biden and his a...

Vance Chemicals Extended Contract with Singapore Airlines

Vance Chemicals Private Limited is a leading company of water-based disinfectants used on a daily basis. The company has proudly announced the extension of its contract with the national flag carrier of Singapore, Singapore Airlines Limited for the supply of Air Fresheners for inflight use.

AMAZON LAUNCHES ITS FIRST CHECKOUT-FREE GROCERY STORE IN UNITED KINGDOM

Highlights:

• The company Amazon has launched its first checkout-free grocery store in the United Kingdom
• According to Amazon, the outlet is the first convenience grocery store to offer just walk out shopping in the United Kingdom

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TAIWAN’S LATEST PASSPORT DISPELS ANY LIKENESS TO CHINA

• Taiwan dished out a freshly made passport on Monday that gives greater bearing to the island's name on a daily basis.
• This is done with an aim to dispel complications with China amid the Covid-19 pandemic and Beijing's ramped- up instances to assert sovereignty.
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CHINESE SHOPPERS THRONG ONLINE AS SHOPPING CARNIVAL UNFOLDS AMIDST PANDEMIC DRIVEN STUPOR

• Chinese customers are looking up to shell out wads and wads of greenbacks on everything from packaged eatables to sophisticated luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the country rumbles from the pandemic.
• The shopping festival, wh...

JAPANESE RESTAURANTS INTRODUCING PLANT-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS

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• Japanese restaurants introducing plant-based meat products.
• Major Japanese hamburger chain Freshness Burger introduced a patty made of soybean.
• Another startup Daiz Inc.utilizes AI to grow made-to-order soybeans for Good ...

AMAZON TO EXPAND ONLINE GROCERY SERVICE IN UK

HIGHLIGHTS

• Amazon wants to capitalize on rising grocery demand following COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
• Amazon Fresh will be competing with many delivery services offered by supermarkets that have established shopper loyalty.

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TOKYO AND OSAKA REPORT MORE THAN 200 NEW COVID-19 CASES

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• Tokyo and Osaka report more than 200 new COVID-19 cases.
• Tokyo has reported around 250 fresh cases.
• Osaka has reported around 155 fresh cases.
• Central Japan prefecture of Aichi also saw a sing...

SOUTH KOREANS REPORT A SANGUINE 25 NEW COVID-19 CASES OF LATE

• South Korea witnessed a sharp decline in the number of COVID cases originating in their country as against the three digit spike observed a week back.
• This takes the confirmed cases tally to 14,175 with the last week’s number equaling 25 as declared by the Korea Centers f...

THE FATAL NAEGLERIA FOWLER AMOEBA INFECTS A PERSON IN FLORIDA; ONLY 4 SURVIVORS TILL DATE

Highlights: 

• This amoeba is microscopic 
• It breeds on warm freshwater

A Florida person has contracted a rare amoeba that causes infections in the brain and is mostly fatal. The amoeba called the Naegleria fowler has been known to infect peo...

INDIA COVID-19 CASES ON RISE, MAHARASHTRA WORST HIT

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• India reported several new fresh cases in the past 24 hours.
• Maharashtra continues with an increase in new coronavirus cases until today.
• The death toll percentage from Maharashtra has increased to 3.62.

US MARKET IS AT FRESH HIGH AFTER THE TRADE AGREEMENT

The US stock market has seen a record-breaking rise on Monday, 23rd December 2019, as investors sentiments boosted up by the report that stated that China will cut import tariffs on certain products ranging from frozen pork and pharmaceuticals to some high-tech components, on effect from 1st Janu...

Scientists consider freshwater lakes as climate change ticking time bomb

The effects of climate change on freshwater lakes in Ontario, Canada was studied by the University of Cambridge. The study reveals that as a result of climate change, greenhouse gases contained in the water could be doubled. Dr. Andrew J Tanentzap, Head of Ecosystems and Global C...