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Feds: Man Used Virus Relief Loan To Buy $57,000 Pokemon Card
A Georgia man pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally obtaining a coronavirus relief loan and using more than $57,000 of the money to buy a collectable Pokemon card.
Facebook Changes Name To Meta As It Bets Big On Virtual Reality
Facebook Inc is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on its ambitions building the "metaverse," a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the next big computing platform.
Facebook Inc Rebrands As Meta To Stress 'Metaverse' Plan
Oakland (US), Oct 28 (AP) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future what Zuckerberg calls the metaverse. Sceptics point out that it also appears to be...
University of Canterbury to be Carbon Neutral, Gets $2.16M Grant from New Zealand Govt
The funding will help eliminate the use of coal and reduce carbon emissions by a further 20,000 tonnes over 10 years, the University of Canterbury says.
As World Gets Ready for Glasgow, Get Used to Feeling the Earth Move under Your Feet
Looking beyond the rhetoric, Glasgow is unlikely to aim sufficiently high enough for an “equitable” and “effective” reduction in carbon emissions on a per capita basis.
MHA Extends Covid Guidelines Till Nov 30; Containment Zones to Remain Under Lockdown
Earlier, the guidelines issued on September 30 were to be in force till October 31
PM Modi, Amit Shah Condole Loss of Lives in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda Accident, Ex-gratia Announced
A mini bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Doda district on Thursday, leaving nine passengers dead and 15 others injured, officials said.
2022 UP Polls: Amit Shah to be in Lucknow for Key Electoral Meet, Non-performing MLAs on His Radar
Sources said on the basis of an internal survey report, the BJP can cut out tickets of close to 100 sitting MLAs this time.
India Largely on Track to Meet Its Paris Climate Agreement Targets, Says New Report
The review report, however, said some more work needs to be done on India's goal of creating an additional carbon sink.
Actress Kranti Redkar, Wife of NCB's Sameer Wankhede, Writes to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
Sameer Wankhede is the man behind the alleged Bollywood drugs nexus and all investigations that have been unfolding in the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput death, including the most recent Aryan Khan case.
Class 10 Boy Stalks Kerala Woman, Attempts Rape After Hitting Her With Stone
When the woman resisted his advances, the boy, a school-level judo champion, hit her with a stone and tied her arms.
Microsoft Nearly Overtakes Apple as Most Valuable Company
Apple's shares dipped 0.3 percent ahead of its report due after the bell on Thursday, with investors focused on how the global supply-chain crisis is challenging the company's ability to meet demand for its iPhones.
Aaj Ka Panchang, October 28, 2021: Check Out Tithi, Shubh Muhurat, Rahu Kaal and Other Details for Thursday
During the Ahoi Ashtami mothers observe a fast from dawn to dusk for the wellbeing of their children.
El Salvador Adds Nearly $25 Million In Bitcoin To State Coffers, Says President
The Salvadoran government acquired 420 more bitcoin on Wednesday, President Nayib Bukele announced on social media, as the Central American doubled down on its splashy cryptocurrency experiment.
New Orleans Drops Mask Mandate As Coronavirus Numbers Fall
New Orleans is largely ending a mandate requiring residents and visitors wear masks indoors as infections of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continue to fall, the city's mayor announced Wednesday.
Painting Of Yale Namesake And Enslaved Child Back On Display
An early 18th-century painting depicting Yale University's namesake with an enslaved Black child has been returned to public display at one of its museums even as art experts investigate its origins and campus discussions about the school's ties to slaver...