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A Snapchat feature lets paying users see their position in their friends’ digital orbits. For some teens, whose friends are everything, it’s adding to their anxiety. Snapchat+ is the app’s $4-a-month subscription service.

Authorities allege that a former employee of Caltrain and a former contractor for the mass transit system connecting Silicon Valley with San Francisco used public funds to build two small apartments for themselves inside two train stations

style disruptors who added flair to The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2023. Here, style transcended fashion, with attendees showcasing their sartorial choices through haute couture, bold colours and attention to detail.

It firmly believes that changing geopolitics, security concerns, and waning trust in China will dovetail to enable India to marry technology and manufacturing. A day before the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar sent across the message, underlining the Narendra Modi government’s milestones, as they addressed some of the best minds of India Inc at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on Friday.

Sales of luxury watches suffered a “severe downturn” last year as well-heeled buyers turned cautious amid geopolitical concerns and fading enthusiasm for pricey timepieces, a new report has found.

light rainfall or drizzle in parts of the national capital today, February 21, Wednesday. The mercury settled at 12.2 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season. A cloudy sky is expected in the city with a likelihood of rain during the day, as per the weather forecast, PTI reported.

The Phoenix Suns announced Wednesday they have acquired the rights to a G League franchise that will begin play next season, meaning all 30 NBA teams now own or operate a team in the developmental league

PTI. Officials added that the mercury in Gulmarg skiing resort fell to minus 7.0 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 8.6 degrees Celsius, Kokernag and Qazigund towns in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.7 degrees Celsius and minus 5.8 degrees Celsius respectively while Srinagar recorded a low of minus 4.9 degrees Celsius.

IMD bulletin, north India will continue to see dense fog for the next five days, coupled with cold conditions for the next two days. Weather officials reported that the national capital experienced a foggy morning on Republic Day, followed by clear skies. The mercury reached a high of 20.6 degrees Celsius on Friday.

fog is expected to envelop the city on January 23. Safdarjung, Delhi's primary weather station, reported a visibility of 500 metres at 5:30 am, while at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), visibility was 1,000 metres at 6:30 am. The IMD predicts mainly clear skies with moderate to dense fog in the morning.

PTI. Due to the dipping mercury, the lush green lawns are covered with frost and dense fog has affected visibility. Even locals struggle with health issues. According to official data available, the temperature was recorded at 1 degree celsius at Kanthal and Thalaikuntha in Udhagamandalam while the mercury was a notch higher at 2 degrees celsius in the Botanical Garden.

An absurdist scenario has played out for months in the bizarrely binary racial politics of the US, with one Indian-American identifying as “Black" in the vice-president’s office (Kamala Harris generally downplays her mother’s Tamil heritage) and another passing for “White" (Nikki Haley’s parents are Punjabi Sikhs) in her quest for the Republican party’s presidential nomination in a field of candidates that included Vivek Ramaswamy, the only undisguised Indian-American among the three, till he withdrew from the race this week. This mercurial 38-year-old entrepreneur splashed $17 million of his own money to garner only about 8,000 votes in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, a moment of truth that led him to drop out in support of Donald Trump, with the controversial ex-president hinting of a relationship: “It’s an honour to have his endorsement.

freezing day as the minimum temperature dropped to 4 degrees Celsius. Several flights departing from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were delayed. «My flight is more than two hours late due to the bad weather.

Patna till class 8 to remain closed till January 20. Earlier, the district administration in four districts, including Patna, had ordered the closure of all government and private schools for students up to Class VIII until January 20 due to the cold wave sweeping the state.

Delhi residents woke up to thick fog and freezing temperatures on Sunday morning, and it has led to widespread disruptions in daily routines and transportation on a chilly Sunday morning. The RK Puram Area witnessed the mercury drop to a frigid 7 degrees Celsius in the early hours of Sunday. Responding to the harsh weather, individuals on the streets and the homeless sought refuge at government-operated night shelters spread across Delhi.

thunderstorm with lightning/gusty winds & Hailstorm over East Rajasthan on 08th & 09th," IMD said in a tweet. As per IMD, the change in Rajasthan weather conditions is influenced by the western disturbances and the state can witness light spell rains across several eastern districts. The forecast comes as the temperature ranges between 3 to 7 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan with a deep layer of fog engulfing the state.

bone-chilling winter, the people in Delhi-NCR woke up to yet another morning of cold wave on the last day of the year with thick layer of fog all over the national capital and adjoining areas. The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, the city's primary weather station, was recorded at 11 degrees Celsius. The dense fog enveloped the city, reducing visibility in several parts of the city.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday forecasted the likelihood of very dense fog enveloping Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi in the upcoming five days. In a post on X, IMD said, “Fog Observed (0530 IST of today): Very dense fog in isolated pockets of Jammu-Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, U.P, west Rajasthan; moderate to dense fog in isolated pockets of Delhi, East Raj.; Shallow to moderate fog in isolated pockets of West M.P, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar." The IMD has also issued a dense fog warning for Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh during the late and early hours until December 31.

This year has seen an unprecedented number of unexpected cover versions uploaded on YouTube: Freddy Mercury singing 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses, Johnny Cash singing Aqua's 'Barbie Girl', and even Frank Sinatra singing Coolio's 'Gangsta Paradise'. What's common among them is that all these singers are no longer alive.

PTI. As per Paul, the possibility of White Christmas in Shimla city is bleak, however, higher reaches of Shimla and the adjoining Kinnaur district could experience snowfall. As per the Met Department, under the influence of Western Disturbance, light to moderate rainfall is likely in isolated parts of the Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla and Sirmaur with the possibility of snowfall in higher reaches of Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur districts today.

A notification to this effect issued by Manipur schools education director, L Nandakumar Singh on Thursday said: “There will be holiday for all schools in Manipur from 23rd December 2023 till the 30th December, 2023 in view of the cold weather and upcoming festival and New Year.” Mercury dipped in the Imphal valley on Thursday to 7 degree Celsius as people put on thick garments, stayed indoor and light up Meiphu (traditional charcoal heater) at home to beat the biting chill weather. Indian Meteorological Department forecasts that temperature could dip further over the next few days in the state, projecting the coldest day with zero degree Celsius during the period on December 26, a day after Christmas. The cold wave enveloping Imphal valley in the last few days followed incessant rains for the three-four days in the state.