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India’s ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in three of four states in key regional polls on Sunday, indicating a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of general elections in six months. The heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and the southern state of Telangana, voted last month in the last set of provincial elections before the national vote due by May, when Modi seeks a third term. BJP was leading in all three heartland states, trends from the counting of votes showed on TV channels. “We always said we will win the heartland…
There’s certainly no shortage of soundbars on the shelves of our favorite electronics stores. But many of these high-tech speaker products are either a bit on the lackluster side in terms of quality, or more than $500 in total cost. And when you consider that most folks are purchasing a soundbar to improve he sound of their TVs, the last thing anyone wants is a soundbar that doesn’t deliver in one way or another. This is why we’ve put together this list of the best soundbars under $500 that you can buy right now. We know how important audio can…
Residents can look forward to a cloudy weekend with a chance of rainfall in some parts of the UAE, as per a forecast by the National Centre of Meteorology. Skies today are expected to be fair to partly cloudy at times, with low clouds appearing over some areas. There is a chance of convective clouds eastward with a probability of rainfall. The NCM has issued red and yellow alerts for fog in parts of the country. Residents have been warned of lowered visibility until 9am today. The Abu Dhabi Police has also alerted motorists of the fog and asks them…
According to UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report 2023, 5 billionaires moved to the Emirates in 2023 while 2 joined the billionaire club as the wealth of the UHNWIs has grown immensely in the past couple of years, driven by strong growth in the key strategic sectors such as real estate, travel and tourism, retail and overall economy as well. The total wealth of the billionaires has grown by 157 per cent to $99.4 billion in 2023 as compared to $38.7 billion in the previous year. Its economy grew sharply in 2022 after the pandemic, with GDP expanding by 7.6 per cent.…
Animal, directed by Kabir Singh/Arjun Reddy fame Sandeep Reddy Vanga, is all that it promised in its snazzy trailer and more. Let’s get some basic questions out of the way. Is it a mass ‘entertainer’ taken 100 notches above the Pushpas, KGFs and Jawaans of the world? Yes, it is. Is the movie as stylised, edgy, and inventive as it appears in the trailers? Yes, 100% per cent. Does it have impressive performances and adrenaline-pumping BGM? Yes! Does it have brutal, stomach-churning, toe-curling violence? Gosh, yes! Does it go deep into the dark, deadly, cyclic nature of violence in a…
Free over-the-air television is one of the best-kept secrets in tech. OK, it’s not really a secret at all, given that it’s been around for decades — quite likely longer than you’ve walked this earth. But the point stands. In a world in which subscription fatigue is a very real thing, the ability to watch the most basic of live TV — the legacy broadcast networks — for a relatively low-cost, one-time price is tempting, indeed. One of the major players in that space is Tablo, which significantly revamped and simplified its lineup of over-the-air (OTA) DVRs in 2023. You…
I’ve never been a fan of prebuilt PCs. And no, it’s not just because I’m a DIY PC-building snob. In the past, building my own was not only fun — it was also easier and cheaper. But for all sorts of reasons, this year more than ever, my eyes have been opened to why people keep turning to ready-made desktop PCs instead of trying to build one on their own. Even with top-notch components readily available, building a solid PC is only becoming harder year after year. Without pointing any fingers (yet), the blame falls on several culprits — and…
More than 110 nations pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy within seven years at UN climate talks on Saturday as the United States pushed to slash methane emissions and boost nuclear capacity. Leaders at the COP28 conference in Dubai threw their support behind voluntary pledges aimed at ramping up alternatives to fossil fuels. A massive deployment of solar, wind, hydroelectric and other renewables is crucial in efforts to displace demand for planet-heating coal, oil and gas and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The nearly 200 nations negotiating a COP28 climate deal face tougher talks over the next two…
Philippine forces were on high alert on Sunday after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in the south of the country, an attack the authorities called terrorism. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the senseless and most heinous acts perpetrated by foreign terrorists,” said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “Extremists who wield violence against the innocent will always be regarded as enemies to our society.” The blast in Marawi, a city besieged by militants for five months in 2017, followed the killing of 11 combatants in a military operation on…
Philippine forces were on high alert on Sunday after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in the south of the country, an attack the authorities called terrorism. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the senseless and most heinous acts perpetrated by foreign terrorists,” said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “Extremists who wield violence against the innocent will always be regarded as enemies to our society.” The blast in Marawi, a city besieged by militants for five months in 2017, followed the killing of 11 combatants in a military operation on…