Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter dispute between the retailer and payments giant Visa. In November, Amazon told customers that from 19 January it would stop accepting payments made with UK-issued Visa credit cards, in what … Read more
Wordle is a free browser game, and a browser game only — it has no accompanying apps, something that some people (myself included, regrettably) might not realize during a time when nearly everything has an app. This leaves plenty of room for fake Wordle apps to crowd app stores in an attempt to leech off … Read more
Asif* has lost almost everything since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. His wife was shot dead. He fled to Pakistan but has no legal status there and is living in a mosque while seeking treatment for recurrent cancer. He worked for the United Nations and other international organisations including the former UK Department for International … Read more
The Election Commission of India has allowed journalists to cast their votes through postal ballot facility, according to an official statement of the office of Punjab chief electoral officer on Sunday. Voting for Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will be held on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10. The … Read more
Fluids can be roughly divided into two categories: regular ones and weird ones. Regular ones, like water and alcohol, act more or less as expected when pumped through pipes or stirred with a spoon. Lurking among the weird ones—which include substances such as paint, honey, mucus, blood, ketchup, and oobleck—are a vast variety of behavioral … Read more
Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging a government decision that he should not receive police protection when on British soil even if he covers the cost himself, his legal representatives say. Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, and his American wife Meghan quit royal duties in 2020 to forge new careers in Los Angeles. Subsequently the couple have … Read more
The BBC licence fee will be abolished in 2027 and the broadcaster’s funding will be frozen for the next two years, the government has said, in an announcement that will force the broadcaster to close services and make further redundancies. The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, will announce that the cost of an annual licence, required … Read more
Some politicians in Uttar Pradesh are making much of the number 7 in the seven-phase assembly elections, saying the “auspicious” numeral will help them win. From invoking the ‘Saptarishi’ (Ursa Major) constellation, seven basic notes of Indian classical music to ‘saat phere’ (seven circumambulations) — parties give different reasons and logic to claim that they … Read more
It is getting more expensive to stay in touch, with many mobile phone users facing higher bills in the coming months – especially if they plan to go on holiday. Virgin Mobile customers will see an annual price rise of 3.9% above January’s RPI inflation rate for calls – currently prices increase in line with … Read more
Indian benchmark Index Nifty50 snapped 5 days of winning streak to shut shop marginally in the red last Friday, following another high intraday volatile session. Bulls were unable to push the index beyond the immediate hurdle of 18,300-18,350 which led to minor profit booking. Therefore, for the coming week, this range of 18,300-18,350 will be … Read more
