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Sony PlayStation 5 event delayed amid unrest in US
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Sony has decided to postpone its streaming-only event, which was aimed to showcase games suitable for new-generation PlayStation 5 consoles.
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Trump criticised for St. John's photo-op amid protests
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump had to face widespread criticism after he stood outside St John church in Washington for minutes holding a Bible in his right hand on Monday -- just after police cleared his route from protesters demonstrating peacefully using te
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Homosexual, bisexual older adults at higher risk for substance use: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Middle-aged and older adults, who identify as homosexual or bisexual, have higher rates of using certain substances in the past year than those who identify as heterosexual, suggests a new study.
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BAFTA appoints Emmy-winning producer Krishnendu Majumdar as Chair
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) appointed Emmy-winning television producer Krishnendu Majumdar as chairperson, making him the first person of colour assigned for the role in 73 years, and the youngest in 35 years.
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Floyd protests: 2 police officers severely injured after SUV rams into cro
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Some law enforcement officers were injured and two of them suffered serious wounds, on Monday night after an SUV car rammed into a crowd of protestors in Buffalo city in New York state which saw riots despite a curfew.
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Trump, Putin discuss expansion of G7 summit, oil markets over phone
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone on Monday and discussed plans of expanding the Group of 7 to include a more diverse gathering of countries, such as India and Russia, that would better represent th
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COVID-19 outbreak lasts days longer for each day's delay in social distanc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [USA], June 2 (ANI): A new analysis of COVID-19 outbreaks in 58 cities has found that places that took longer to begin implementing social distancing measures spent more time with the virus rapidly spreading than others that acted more quickly.
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Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection help prev
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Physical distancing of two metres or more to prevent person-to-person transmission of COVID-19, suggests the research conducted by an international team led by McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
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Majority of Americans in favour of controlling pandemic outbreak rather th
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Despite the coronavirus ripping through US economy and upending everything- from junk bonds to prices for orange juice- a majority of Americans are still in favour of controlling the pandemic outbreak first, rather than restarting economy, a survey found.
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Mayhem, widespread looting in New York for second night in a row, ahead of
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Looters targeted several shops and ransacked luxury stores from Manhattan to Soho and Midtown in New York City for the second night in a row, which forced mayor Bill de Blasio to announce to prepone a citywide curfew that went into effect from Monday at 8 p.m. r
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Officials concerned that crowded protests may spark a surge in Covid infec
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): US health officials are concerned that the angry protests which have gripped the entire nation against the injustices by law enforcement agencies and police crackdown may lead to a surge in the rate of coronavirus infections.
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Scientists shed light on growth of black holes
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], June 2 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI), have shed light on how black holes grow over time by developing a new model to predict if growth by accretion or by mergers is dominant.
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