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Malayalam Film 'Jallikattu' Is India's Entry For Oscars 2021
The Malayalam film, Jallikattu, has been selected as the official Indian entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, 2021. ....
Iran's Top Nuclear Scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Assassinated Near Tehran
Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed. ....
Experts Debunk Chinese Scientists' Covid Virus India Origin Claim
Health experts in India have refuted a claim made by Chinese scientists in a preprint paper that suggests that the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the earliest human-to-human SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurred. ....
Roscosmos Calls Landing Of China's Chang'e-5 Historic Event
The landing of China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the near side of the moon is a historic event, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos has said. ....
Oscars 2021 Will Not Be A Virtual Affair
There were a lot of speculations around how the Oscars would be held amid the Covid pandemic, and it is now confirmed the award gala will not go virtual. ....
Discovery Gets Into OTT Content Creation In India
After its India launch in March this year, Discovery has announced its foray into creating original content for its streaming service in India, and have roped in Bollywood celebrities Manoj Bajpayee, Rana Daggubati, Neeraj Pandey and Randeep Hooda to take forward their plans. ....
Hoffenheim Snap Seven-game Winless Run In Bundesliga
Florian Grillitsch's first Bundesliga brace helped Hoffenheim end its seven-game winless run as they defeated Augsburg 3-1 in their latest encounter in the ongoing German football league. ....
Swiggy To Onboard 36K Street Vendors Under PM SVANidhi Scheme
Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday announced the expansion of its Street Food Vendors programme that will benefit 36,000 people in 125 tier 2 and 3 cities in the first phase. ....
Williamson, Boult Return To New Zealand T20I Squad
Batsman and skipper Kane Williamson and pace bowler Trent Boult have returned to the New Zealand T20 International squad for the series against Pakistan that begins on December 18 but the two will be available only for the last two games, in Hamilton on December 20 and in Napier on December 22. Ross Taylor, was, however left out as Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway, the two South Africa-born players, were included. Mitchell Santner will captain the side in the first T20 International. ....
Saliva-based Smartphone Platform Built For Rapid Covid-19 Testing
Scientists have developed a portable saliva-based smartphone platform for rapid Covid-19 testing that they claim can provide results within 15 minutes without the resource-intensive laboratory tests. ....
