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PBS Chief Defends Filmmaker Ken Burns, Touts Diversity
The chief executive of PBS rejected a filmmakers argument that public TV's 40year relationship with documentarian Ken Burns has come at the expense of diversity.
Interview Flap Shows Challenges As Harris Settles In As VP
Vice President Kamala Harris has spent her first two weeks in office working with the president on coronavirus relief, consulting with the head of the World Health Organization and talking with the prime minister of Canada.
Biden Moves To Provide COVID Vaccine To Pharmacies
The Biden administration will begin providing COVID19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear.
GameStop Shares Head Sharply Lower For Second Straight Day
GameStop shares are down sharply Tuesday, cleaving off more of the stocks recent blockbuster gains following a social-media led campaign to get it to skyrocket at the expense of big Wall Street funds.
U.S. Northeast Digs Out After Massive Snowstorm, Two Dead
People across the U.S. Northeast were digging themselves out on Tuesday after a powerful storm blanketed parts of the region with more than 2 feet of snow, prompting airlines to cancel flights and contributing to at least two deaths.
Controversial Cyprus Passport Scheme Will Not Be Replaced, Says President
A controversial citizenshipforinvestment programme scrapped by Cyprus in late 2020 had shortcomings and will not be replaced, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday.
UK Begins Door-to-door Testing Of 80,000 People To Halt South African Variant
Volunteers and police officers in several parts of England began knocking on people's doors to hand out COVID19 testing kits on Tuesday to try to halt the spread of a highly infectious variant that originated in South Africa.
Ali Fazal’s Look in Upcoming Web Series X-Ray is Inspired by John Wick
Ali Fazal can be seen donning a dapper suit with a loose tie and long hair which is believed to be inspired from hit series John Wick.
Dolly Parton On Super Bowl Commercial And COVID-19 Vaccine
Dolly Parton has been singing about everyday office employees working 9 to 5 for over 40 years, but now the country icon is singing about entrepreneurs working 5 to 9 to pursue their dreams after hours.
Vicky Kaushal Gets Treated to Indori Samosas and Jalebis By Ardent Fan
Bollywood heartthrob Vicky Kaushal's ardent fan arrived at the Indore airport with samosas and jalebis for him.
Exxon Clamps Down On Spending, 4Q Revenue Nearly Flat
With all of the challenges of 2020, ExxonMobil focused on clamping down on expenses and managed to bring its full-year spending down nearly $10 billion from the year before.
The Gandhi Connection Between Red Fort, Davis And Chauri Chaura
Lal Quila violence followed by the desecration of Indian tricolour, destruction of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Davis in California and Mahatma Gandhi’s calling off his violence after Chauri Chaura reflects the agony of our times.
Yogi Adityanath Directs Policy Makers to Encourage Manufacture of Electric Vehicles in UP
The state proposes to set up a 'centre of excellence' in the near future for research and development, testing and certification to help electric vehicles industry.
Kangana Ranaut Purchases Flats Worth Rs 4 Crore for Siblings
Actress Kangana Ranaut, who has reportedly gifted new flats to her siblings Rangoli, Aksht and two cousins in Chandigarh, on Tuesday said she was fortunate that she could share her wealth with family.
Kenyan Recycles Plastic Waste Into Bricks Stronger Than Concrete
Nzambi Matee hurls a brick hard against a school footpath constructed from bricks made of recycled plastic that her factory turns out in the Kenyan capital.
Take Action as Per Law in FIRs Over Republic Day Violence, HC Tells Centre, Police
The court, while dismissing the petition, also observed that it appeared to be a 'publicity' interest litigation. The petitioner, a law graduate, claims that he has come to know through news reports and social activists that people were detained from the...