MUMBAI, India — Actor Zayed Khan turned a year older on June 5 and penned a special post for his wife Malaika Khan on his birthday. “I dedicate this day, my birthday, to my wife Malaika for standing with me through thick and thin,” said Khan in the post. “For taming the beast, for loving that person inside me that I had lost touch with. For patiently handling my tantrums.” “For Never giving up on me even though I gave up on myself. For showing me the true power of a good woman. For holding my hand even when darkness was all…
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MUMBAI, India — Aalia Furniturewalla is an Indian actress known by her stage name Alaya F. She made her Bollywood debut with “Jawaani Jaaneman.” She now will star in the upcoming Hindi remake of the 2018 blockbuster Kannada thriller “U-Turn,” which featured Shraddha Srinath in the lead role. The movie was also remade in Telugu in 2018, with Samantha Akkineni in the leading role. The film also has Bengali, Malayalam, and Tamil versions. The forthcoming Hindi version will be helmed by debutante director Arif Khan. Set against an urban backdrop, “U-Turn” will be produced by Cult Movies, which is the new division under Shobha Kapoor and Ekta…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — There was little activity at the Central Hospital of Yaoundé Covid-19 vaccination center at noon on June 28, a fortnight to the five-day national immunization campaign. Covid-19 vaccination exercise starts from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., but by noon, there is no one at the center except four staff members. The Central Hospital of Yaoundé is Cameroon’s largest hospital, located in the capital, Yaoundé. This was the same situation at another Covid-19 vaccination center at the Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital in Ngousso when Zenger News reporter visited on June 26. As of June 30, 2021, there were…
BLANTYRE, Malawi — When he graduated with a diploma in nursing from Saint Luke’s College of Nursing, in Zomba, Malawi, in 2018, Chimwemwe Mukasera, 27, was happy that his dream of assisting the sick was coming true. Soon after graduating, Chimwemwe applied for a position at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre as a nurse and midwife and was taken, but temporarily. However, three years down the line, this has not translated to permanent employment for Chimwemwe and over 200 other nurses working at the hospital temporarily. Despite employing several tactics like sit-ins and writing petitions, the authorities are yet to hear…
SRINAGAR, — Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly elections must be held only after the restoration of full statehood, said the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration is an electoral alliance between the several regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. In an official statement after the first meeting of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, the alliance spokesperson M.Y. Tarigami said restoration of statehood has been “BJP’s commitment on the floor of the Parliament, and they must honor their word.” “So any assembly election must be held only after the restoration of full statehood for Jammu…
KASHMIR, India — As Covid-19 cases are declining steadily in the northern Indian Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir, the government has started rafting activities to revive adventure sports and tourism. “Kashmir is famous for adventure activities,” said G.N. Itoo, Director of Tourism. Rafting is one of the attractive activities that always plays a tremendous role in inviting adventure lovers from across the world. Therefore, on July 5, the department of tourism and Adventure Tour Operators Association of Kashmir in the Wussan area of the district Ganderbal organized white water rafting. “After the pandemic, this is the beginning of rafting and other adventure-related activities that attract a…
NEW DELHI — India’s Covid-19 vaccination platform, Cowin, is being prepared to be made open-source, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and emphasized on the importance of technology in the fight against the pandemic. “Indian civilization considers the whole world as one family. This pandemic has made many people realize the fundamental truth of this philosophy. That’s why our technology platform for COVID vaccination — the platform we call Cowin — is being prepared to be made open-source,” he said in the Cowin Global Conclave. Modi stressed that today’s Conclave is the first step to introduce this platform to the global audience. “India has administered 350…
WASHINGTON — The Chinese Cyberspace Administration on July 4 asked app stores to take down ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing due to “serious violations of law and regulation” in the collection and use of personal information. Didi Chuxing is China’s biggest ride-hailing firm. The Chinese watchdog said Didi’s app severely violated relevant laws and regulations while collecting and abusing user data, according to media reports. The regulator told the ride-hailing company to take concrete measures to fix the loopholes in accordance with the law and national standards to ensure the safety of user information. China’s internet watchdog has started an investigation into Didi…
NEW DELHI — India’s Union Minister for Commerce and Industry announced a target of $400 billion in merchandise exports for the country for the fiscal year 2021-22. “India recorded the highest ever exports in the first quarter of April-June 2021,” Goyal said at a press conference. “The highest ever merchandise export in a quarter of $95 billion has been achieved from April to June despite the severity of the second wave of Covid-19. In collaboration with private industry, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises sectors, engineering, agriculture, automobile, steel sector, we have set an export target of $400 billion. We all will work…
KINGSTON, Australia — Australia’s new vehicle market remains on track to sell more than one million cars and trucks this year despite ongoing supply issues. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says 110,664 vehicles were retailed in June, a rise of just 0.4 percent compared to June 2020. But demand for the first six months of 2021 was up a healthy 28.3 percent to 567,468 units, notwithstanding the slump the market suffered in April and May in 2020 when the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. “Expectations for a strong result in June had remained high given the…