Anas Siddiqui A Delhi court on Monday remanded in judicial custody (JC) for two weeks the five people arrested in connection with an extortion call made to Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra. Duty Magistrate Udbhav Kumar Jain sent the accused to JC till January 9 after the Delhi Police produced them before … Read more
Who could restock the elusive console today? (iStock/The Independent) UPDATE: The PS5 is available to pre-order at Game. Read on for more information. It has now been over a year since Sony’s latest console, the PlayStation 5 (PS5), first arrived in the UK. But supply problems and a worldwide semiconductor shortage sparked by the coronavirus pandemic have caused … Read more
As US regional health authorities reacted with alarm to a jump in child Covid infections that caused some school districts to announce returns to remote learning, a leading public health official questioned the need for schools to close, saying: “We know how to keep schools open, we know how to keep them safe.” Over the … Read more
Those who are still eligible to receive their coronavirus jabs are being urged to start 2022 by getting the vaccine as more the 1.5 million appointments are available to book over the festive season. The NHS said there were 1,551,187 slots still available to be booked between Monday and January, as rugby stars lined up … Read more
Calm has finally come to a stock market that for weeks had been swinging violently. Bulls who hung tough are ending the year on firm footing after a frenzied off-loading of risk by professional speculators. December’s big sellers were hedge funds, which, chastened by wrong-way bets on high-flying software firms, spent the month slashing high-momentum … Read more
Despite rave reviews, Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” has failed to gain traction with audiences at the box office. In its first three weeks in cinemas, the adaption of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical, has captured just $36.6 million in global ticket sales. Its production budget was around $100 million, not including … Read more
Jessica Henwick is gearing up to have a big year. The Game of Thrones and Iron Fist alum is currently starring in The Matrix Resurrections, which is the first film of the franchise to be released since 2003. In honor of the movie’s release, Henwick recently had a chat with The Hollywood Reporter where she talked about … Read more
One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the nation, according to a Habitat news release. Janet V. Green, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, told CNN it partnered with Alquist, a 3D printing company, … Read more
There is fog but not much filthy air to be found in Joel Coen’s bright, clean, stripped-down Shakespeare adaptation. Directing for the first time without his brother and regular collaborator Ethan, Coen casts Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as the scheming, murderous couple seeking to secure the Scottish throne. The film has a cold, abstract … Read more
Green Bay’s defence stepped up on a milestone day for Aaron Rodgers as the Packers held off the fast-finishing Cleveland Browns 24-22 on Christmas Day. After Nick Chubb opened the scoring for Cleveland with a 1-yard touchdown run, Rodgers found Allen Lazard in the end zone to overtake Brett Favre as Green Bay’s all-time leader … Read more
