SEATTLE, Washington: Alaska Airlines announced on May 12 its purchase of 13 737-9 MAX aircraft from Boeing, as well as 17 aircraft from Embraer, as the group, based in Seattle, preps for a revival in reservations as COVID-19 inoculations roll out in full swing."Alaska expects domestic travel to return to pre-COVID levels by the summer of 2022, which will require more aircraft across Air Group," the airlines sai

Alaska Air to purchase 13 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

Upgrading fleet, Alaska Air buys 13 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

Alaska Air buys Boeing 737 MAX, Embraer aircraft

WASHINGTON D.C.: A novel alliance of major chip purchasers, comprising Google, Apple, and Microsoft, and leading chip manufacturers, including Intel, has been established with the objective of pressing for governmental state funding for incentives in chip production.The recently set up Semiconductors in America Coalition, including the cloud platform AWS of Amazon, stated on May 11 that the group has urged legi

Big technology firms appeal for U.S. chip manufacturing funds

Largest tech companies urge Washington to aid chip manufacturers

Tech companies join together to seek funding for chip manufacturing

By Sushil BatraNew Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A public interest litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to respondents to reduce the price of COVID vaccine for citizens.
The petitioner Rakesh, a social activist, through Advocates AK Dubey and Pawan Kumar states that earlier the price of COVID vaccine at the private hospital was Rs 250 which was reasonable.
The petition states that Hyderabad-b

PIL seeking reduction of COVID vaccine price filed in HC

Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): Despite ending her engagement with Ben Affleck over a decade ago, American star Jennifer Lopez might still own the lavish engagement ring with which Ben proposed her.
As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck continue to reignite reconciliation rumours, a source close to JLO told Fox News that the star is speculated to still own the pink sparkler ring with which Ben proposed her.
The couple was enga

Jennifer Lopez might own Ben's engagement ring

Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): Marvel has tapped two directors for its upcoming series 'Secret Invasion' which stars Samuel L. Jackson. The series will air on Disney and tie into other shows and movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim will serve as the directors for 'Secret Invasion'. Thomas is known for writing and directing the Kevin Costner thriller 'Let Hi

Marvel's 'Secret Invasion' series finds its directors

The Moscow subway is often described as the most architecturally beautiful in the world. Now it is also one of the most technologically advanced: Moscow subway trains get regularly upgraded to increase passenger comfort and further stimulate the switch from cars to public transport. We investigate the new breed of futuristic trains, complete with USB sockets and "selfie" doorsIt's early May, the end of the worki

Riding Moscow&#039;s train of tomorrow

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Amid the second wave of COVID-19, AIIMS Delhi Director Randeep Guleria on Saturday said that the country is preparing to ramp up the vaccination drive as more vaccines shall be available in India in the next two months.
While jointly briefing the nation on the vaccination plan ahead along with Medata Chairman Naresh Tehran, Dr Guleria stated that the elderly should be vaccinated at the ear

India will have more vaccines in next two months: Guleria

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): Using social media to create awareness as well as entertain the audience, Kartik Aaryan has been amongst the most active celebrities to engage with his fans and followers regularly.
Known for his wit and humourous posts on social media, Kartik shared a throwback picture wearing a face mask, subtly underlining the usage of masks in the current scenario as well.
The 'Pati Patni Au

Kartik Aaryan shares teenage throwback picture

Singapore, May 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Brooklynz, the top metal fabricators of Singapore, has added another feather to its cap. The CEO, Kabir Hossain, has been bestowed with the prestigious President's Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards 2020 for immense contribution during the distress times of the pandemic.
Brooklynz Stainless Steel Pte. Ltd. is immensely proud and happy to announce one of the best moments in the company's

Brooklynz clinches President's Volunteerism Award

Israeli planes have renewed their airstrikes in Gaza, and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel.This happens as the battle between both nations enter the fifth night, while US and Arab diplomats attempt to end the violence.Palestine medical officers say around 132 people have been killed since the conflict, and at least 950 others wer

Death toll rises as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nicholas Healthcare Limited, a pioneer of the global healthcare ecosystem, announces to have augmented its supply of critical care medicines, medical consumables, and lifesaving medical equipment/devices like Medical Oxygen Concentrator amid an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 case in the country when HCPs are continuously grappling with the shortage of these medical essentials to 

Nicholas Healthcare announces to supply medicines

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 15 (ANI): Multi-specialty hospital Shalby said on Saturday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from California-based Consensus Orthopedics for a cash consideration of 11.45 million dollars (about Rs 85 crore).
The assets were acquired by Shalby Advanced Technologies Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mars Medical Devices, which in turn is a wholly-owned subs

Shalby acquires implant assets from Consensus Orthopedics

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI/PNN): Counterfeits are likely to be seen in almost all the fields and it is especially seen in cosmetics and beauty fields. Several items are designed with the same name, logo, and so on to attract the buyers and it will end up negatively.
Even high quality and top brands are available in the local market away from the showroom and those are said to be counterfeits and the practic

Beauty Kart, beauty destination that filled gap of beauty

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Pointing out the Centre's delay in taking decision, former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asked who will be accountable for the avoidable infections and loss of lives due to the central government's delay to invite other vaccine manufacturers to produce COVAXIN.
In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said the suggestion for compulsory licences be issued t

Who will be accountable for avoidable infections, deaths?

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In the trend of modernising the Indian culture, many things have left the traditional importance which was hierarchical. Most of the changes are seen in the fashion industry especially in outfits and jewellery.
Indian traditional pieces of jewellery have a remarkable stamp in the world's eye and Riana jewellery has the foremost contribution in developing this t

Riana Jewellery on being top jewellery site in country

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences sent another 29,021 vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir to India on Saturday in a bid to help the country fight the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
External Affairs Ministry (EAM) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi appreciated the continuing support from the developer of the antiviral drug.
"Thank @GileadSciences for the gift of a

Gilead Sciences gifts another 29,021 vials of Remdesivir

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Hero MotoCorp plans to restart plant operations in a staggered manner from May 17 after vaccinating 90 per cent of employees above the age of 45 years.
"The company is gearing up towards a gradual resumption of operations by starting single shift production at three of its plants -- Gurugram and Dharuhera in Haryana and at Haridwar in Uttarakhand -- from Monday May 17," it said in a statem

Hero MotoCorp to restart plant operations from May 17

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting on the country's COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister also chaired a meeting to review the availability and supply of oxygen and medicines in the wake of the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country.
He was briefed that the government is actively monitoring the supp

PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on COVID-19 situation

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): Speciality chemicals manufacturer Rossari Biotech has posted 37 per cent increase in its revenues from operations during the quarter ended March at Rs 218 crore as against Rs 160 crore in the year-ago period.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) moved up 47 per cent to Rs 35 crore from Rs 24 crore.
Profit after tax too jumped by 47 per cent to 

Rossari Biotech posts 37 pc revenue growth at Rs 218 crore

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will chair a high-level meeting on the country's coronavirus situation and the ongoing vaccination drive. The meeting will begin at 11 am.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister had on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the availability and supply of oxygen and medicines in the wake of the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country.
He was briefed 

PM Modi to chair high level meeting on COVID-19 today

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): (ANI): Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd (AWEL) said on Saturday that preliminary analysis of data indicate that a block in NELP-VII area has high potential of gas commerciality.
Data shows gas initially inplace place (GIIP) contingent resources (2C) to the tune of 514 billion cubic feet (BCF) with additional prospective resources of 50 BCF, it said.
Additionally, seismic inversion,

AWEL reports progress in gas commerciality at Tapti-Daman

Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): American actor Kathryn Hahn has joined the starry ensemble of ace film director Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' sequel for Netflix.
As per Variety, Hahn has joined previously announced cast members which include Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae, and Edward Norton. Actor Daniel Craig, who essayed the role of master sleuth Benoit Blanc in the hit 2019 whodunnit, will reprise the role in the sequel.
Th

Kathryn Hahn joins cast of Netflix's 'Knives Out 2'

Egypt is a highly strategic partner in the Middle East, and the China-Iran bloc is looking to expand influence in Africa through the extension of a current oil pipeline that runs from Iraq to Jordan.Central to the expansion of Chinese and Russian influence via Iran into the space in the Middle East vacated by the US since former US President Donald Trump initiated a pullback from the region is t

The oil pipeline that will expand China&#039;s influence in Africa

Sasol agreed to sell a 30% stake in a natural gas pipeline running from Mozambique to South Africa for as much as R5.1 billion as it shores up funds to pay down debt.The deal is part of an accelerated asset-sale program that'll help Sasol reduce borrowings that ballooned amid cost overruns at a giant US chemicals project. The company started <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-29/sasol-s-moz

Sasol sells 30% stake in Mozambique gas pipe for R5 billion

In caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, ancient peoples marked the walls with red and mulberry hand stencils, and painted images of large native mammals or imaginary human-animal creatures.These are the oldest cave art sites yet known - or at least the oldest attributed to

How climate change is erasing the world&#039;s oldest rock art

Israel fired artillery and mounted more air strikes on Friday against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip amid constant rocket fire deep into Israel's commercial centre.As hostilities entered their fifth day, with no sign of abating, the Israeli military said in a statement shortly after midnight that air and ground forces were attacking the <a href="http

Israel steps up air strikes, Hamas continues rocket barrage

No end in sight to Mideast violence, U.S. delays UNSC meeting

Israeli army ratchets up artillery barrages and aerial bombings

Two people died after a helicopter crashed into the Vaal Dam.A man rowed to the crash site and managed to rescue the woman, but she had not survived. Rescuers retrieved the pilot's body from the wreckage later in the evening. A businessman and his sister died when the helicopter he was piloting crashed into the Vaal Dam on Fri

Businessman, sister killed in Vaal Dam chopper crash

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], May 15, ANI: Upon not presenting a mandatory negative RT-PCR report at the Zagreb airport in Croatia, the entire SpiceJet crew had to spend 21 hours inside the aircraft and then return to the country.
The flight took off from Delhi on Tuesday and landed at the Zagreb airport where the Croatia Aviation Authority did not allow SpiceJet's crew to step out of the plane.
According to SpiceJet sp

No Covid report, SpiceJet crew spend 21 hours in plane

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): To meet the demand of oxygen supply in the country amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has chartered the National Carrier Air India (AI) to import 'Zeolite' from different countries.
"Government of India is in the process of importing Zeolite from different parts of the world, for use in Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) pla

Air India ferrying 'Zeolite' for DRDO

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official on Saturday said there is no immediate plan to shut airports in the wake of cyclone Tauktae as there is no clarity about areas that will be "most affected" due to the natural disaster.
"Right now it is not clear that which area will be most affected due to the cyclone. We do not have a plan to shut the airports as of now," the offi

Cyclone Tauktae: 'No decision to close airports now'

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In the wake of cyclone Tauktae, Vistara and IndiGo on Saturday issued travel advisories stating that some of their flights are likely to be impacted.
As per the advisory issued by Vistara today, flights to and from Chennai, Thiruvanathapuram, Kochi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Ahmedabad might be impacted till May 17 due to the adverse weather conditions expected over the Arabian Sea t

Cyclone Tauktae: Vistara, IndiGo issue travel advisory

Geneva [Switzerland], May 14 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to ensure that high costs for Covid-19 testing do not put travel out of reach for individuals and families.
To facilitate an efficient restart of international travel, Covid-19 testing must be affordable as well as timely, widely available and effective.
An IATA sampling of costs for PCR tests (the test most fr

High testing costs can stall global aviation recovery: IATA

By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country's huge population against COVID-19.
Calling India as one of the best vaccine producer in the world, the leading American infectious d

India should work out with other countries: Fauci

By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dramatically ramping up COVID-19 vaccination drive is key to ending the crisis in India and extending the gap between two doses of Covishield is a "reasonable approach," White House chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci told ANI in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
"When you are in a very difficult situation, the way you are in India, you have to try and figure out ways t

Extended gap between doses of Covishield reasonable: Fauci

The upcoming June Joust qualifiers and tournament matches will mark the first time in the 2021 Overwatch League season that games are played under Hero Pools.

This system was first implemented in the 2020 OWL season, in which one tank, one support and two damage characters were banned for a period of a couple weeks. The first hero pool bans of 2021 has been drawn as such:

Damage -- Tracer, Sombra
Tank -- Reinhardt
Suppo

Bans of Tracer, Sombra, Reinhardt, Zenyatta shake up OWL strategy

Tourists came straight from the airport to join New Yorkers getting vaccinated in Grand Central station as a pilot programme designed to convince reluctant people to get immunised got underway. New York launched vaccinations in six subway stations and two suburban stations Wednesday. The scheme offers free train rides with the vaccine. With 3.8 million

Back on track: Holdouts, tourists vaccinated at NYC&#039;s Grand Central

Israel's military commanders have drafted a battle plan for an incursion into Gaza and planned to submit it to military chiefs later Thursday, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces has confirmed.IDF spokesperson Hidai Zilberman told local media in a briefing that preparations for the possibility of a ground incursion are under way. The IDF has deployed additional ground troops - from the Paratroopers Brigad

Israel Prepares Battle Plan for Gaza Incursion

American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have suspended flights to Israel amid rising violence in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians.Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza, and Palestinian militants in Gaza fired rockets at targets in Israel, including the main airport in Tel Aviv.United Airlines canceled flights from Chicago, Newark and San Francisco through Saturday. A spokesperson said Uni

3 Biggest US Airlines Suspend Flights to Israel

Israeli planes renewed air strikes in Gaza early on Saturday and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night and US and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence.Palestinian medics said at least four people were killed in one of several air strikes in northern Gaza.Residents said <

More bloodshed as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

Israel fired artillery and mounted more air strikes on Friday against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip amid constant rocket fire deep into Israel's commercial centre.As hostilities entered their fifth day, with no sign of abating, the Israeli military said in a statement shortly after midnight that air and ground forces were attacking th

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