SEATTLE, Washington: Starbucks Corp has applied to the U.S. trademark office for the right to use its name on a sports stadium or training facility.In a June 2 application, the coffee chain sought approval to use its name in "providing stadium and training facilities for sports and entertainment activities" and "promoting business, sports and entertainment events of others.""Either it is actively lookin

Starbucks applies for naming rights on stadium

Starbucks might join other mega-companies with names on stadiums

Starbucks takes steps to place name on U.S. sports stadium

China has provided impoverished Tajikistan a fresh grant worth almost $204 million to continue work overhauling roads linking the center of the country to its high-altitude Pamirs region in the east.The gift will come with strings attached, though.Transportation Minister Azim Ibrohim told parliament on June 16 that the money would pay for work on the highway linking Kalai-Khum to Vanj and the Rushon distr

Tajikistan: China attaches strings to $204m highway grant

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): Yoga videos in Dogri and Kashmiri languages based on Common Yoga Protocol issued by the Ministry of AYUSH were unveiled by Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Friday.
The unveiling was done in a virtual function held at Raj Bhavan.
The videos will be telecast on TV Channels and Social media platforms.
As per an official statement from the administra

J-K: Manoj Sinha unveils Yoga videos in Dogri, Kashmiri

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): American lingerie giant Victoria's Secret on Friday signed a new roster of female brand representatives that includes actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, to replace its supermodels (or Angels as they were called), and focus on women empowerment, giving a platform to female athletes, activists and entrepreneurs.
Victoria's Secret announced the creation of two new partnerships, designed

Victoria's Secret hires Priyanka Chopra with six others

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Friday decided to extend the last date of submission of application till June 28 for the upcoming National Sports Awards 2021.
Earlier, the last date for submitting applications was June 21, but now it has been extended.
"Last date for receipt of nominations has been extended from 21st June, 2021 to 28th June, 2021 (Monday). The nominations/appl

Sports Awards: MYAS extends date for submitting application

Mumbai [India], June 18 (ANI/PR Newswire): Sugee Group, one of the fast-growing realty business groups in Mumbai, today announced their premium residential project 'Akanksha`offering sea-view homes located in Dadar West, Gokhale Road, Mumbai. The residential project comprises premium 2BHK3BHK residences with configuration starting from 700 sq. ft. Being one of the tallest residential towers in Dadar (West) with 107-meter 

Sugee Group launches premium residential project 'Akanksha'

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Homeflic Wegrow Community Private Limited was incorporated on October 2020 with a dream to empower the youth. They believed that the real progress of our nation lies in the hands of our youth leaders who can make a massive impact on the world if given the right tools.
That is when the company swooped in and worked tirelessly to support that much needed change in our society.
Home

Homeflic Wegrow is changing the EdTech Industry

Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 18 (ANI): Indian Super League (ISL) side Kerala Blasters FC has appointed Ivan Vukomanovic as the club's new head coach ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Ivan will be the first Serbian to manage KBFC and comes with a broad experience of coaching in the top divisions of Belgium, Slovakia, and Cyprus.
"From my first contact with the club's directors, the feeling was positive. They have a professional

Kerala Blasters rope in Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach

Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): According to a new study, obese people who attended a non-judgemental and personalised lifestyle modification programme, improved their cardiovascular and mental health during just 10 weeks.
The study was presented at EuroHeartCare - ACNAP Congress 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Its participants lost weight and achieved benefits in anxiety a

Focus on emotions is key to improving heart health

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 17 (ANI): Hyderabad Police on Thursday nabbed two gangs, consisting of nine persons for allegedly indulging in illegally procuring and selling of Amphotericin B, a drug used in the treatment of black fungus.
The police recovered 28 Amphotericin B Injections (Ambilon and Fungilip)- 50mg- from their possession.
"On Thursday, the sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force, West Zone team laid a 

Hyderabad: 9 held for black marketing of Amphotericin B

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): Litchi farming in Jammu district has proven to be a boon for farmers, who say it has led to doubling of their incomes.
With the support of the Horticulture Department, different subsidies are provided to leechi farmers in order to maximize their profits.
Many farmers in the villages of Marh and Akhnoor area in Jammu say they have shifted to leechi farming from sowing tradi

Income of Litchi farmers in Jammu doubles with subsidies

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday issued a notification amending the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 to provide a statutory mechanism for the redressal of grievances and complaints relating to content broadcast by television channels in accordance with the provisions of the Cable Television Network Act (CTN), 1995.
Tweeting about the notification Union Information and Broadcasting minister Prak

Centre amends Cable TV Rules for redressal of grievances

Seoul [South Korea], June 17 (ANI/Global Economic): Hyundai Mobis announced on the 17th that it has succeeded in developing 'Lighting Grille', which is the car grille into lighting LED device, and 'Grille-integrated Active Air Flap' technology that allows grill itself to be open and shut down depending on car and driving conditions.
These technologies developed by Hyundai Mobis are world's first new technologies that have

Hyundai Mobis to develop 'LED lighting car grille'

At a time of so much focus on how women are held back and treated unfairly, corporations spend multiple millions telling us what they are doing to empower women and girls. When this makes them seem more women-friendly than they really are, it's known as gender washing.Gender washing comes in different varieties, and some can be easier to spot than others. To help identify them, it can be useful to look at the de

Gender washing: seven kinds of marketing hypocrisy about empowering women

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Unacademy has released a new film titled "Unacademy Believe", which expresses gratitude to its learners, educators and users - who the company terms as its 'Believers' - for making the over 5-year-old company India's largest learning platform.
The film opens with the popular soundtrack 'Believer' by Imagine Dragon and takes the viewer through a day in the li

Unacademy's New Film Thanks Its Believers

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI/PNN): Bangalore-based Advertising Creative Director, Anindita Das's debutbook, What The Pandemic Learned From Me has been launched on all leading e-commerce platforms.
The book was announced by Evincepub Publication as the author's modest pursuit to deliver a little relief and diversion from the pandemic's grim realities.
The prevalent environment of melancholy, the endless chur

What The Pandemic Learned From Me

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): iCreate (International Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship), India's leading startup incubator has opened registrations for its prestigious startup accelerator programme, iIA (iCreate Idea Accelerator).
The incubator at iCreate provides support throughout your entrepreneurial journey - from idea stage to proof-of-concept, early marketing stage, and scale-up. Thei

iCreate kicks off 7th edition of the startup accelerator

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI/SRV Media): India has witnessed a spike in the number of start-ups in the last few years and various elements have contributed positively to support this startup ecosystem. Many businesses have figured out the formula for success while others may seem to struggle with it.
Firstly, a business may feel stuck in finding the right marketing mix for their brand, which heavily includes Videos, Im

Life Inside Media, bringing the power of Video Marketing

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI/Digpu): Digital marketing skills have grabbed massive attention in the past few years thankfully all for better reasons!The way Digital Marketing has turned the table of how businesses reach their consumers who are extremely dependent on all online platforms for different uses is not surprising that the need for skilled digital marketing professionals is on a rise.
But hearing about multipl

Top 10 Digital Marketing trends to reshape your business

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI/ThePRTree): Dynamic Beneficial Accord marketing pvt ltd. has recently introduced a promising platform by the name of Asort Experiences for its micro entrepreneurs, a space to learn from experts from the community members and attend product training sessions.
The unprecedented changes and challenges this COVID pandemic has thrown, are massively affecting economic constraints of the nation. R

Asort's initiative: opening new horizons for its micro

WHITLEY, Great Britain: To offer more zero-emissions car options, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will begin tests on a hydrogen fuel-cell prototype model later this year, which is based on its Land Rover Defender vehicle, the company said on Tuesday. JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors, earlier this year said its luxury Jaguar brand will be entirely electric by 2025, and the more rugged, off-road Land Rover brand will la

Land Rover to begin testing hydrogen model this year

Jaguar experimenting with hydrogen power for select Land Rovers

Land Rover to test hydrogen as alternative to electric batteries

Beheadings have been reported in Palma, Mozambique since it was attacked by militants in March.Bouts of low-key violence have been reported.Two 15-year-old boys were beheaded in Palma on Sunday.Several beheadings, including of teenagers, have been reported around the restive northern Mozambique town of Palma since it was attac

Beheadings reported in insurgent-hit Mozambique says charity

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI/Mediawire): Economies the world over are in a state of rapid transformation, and the key impetus driving this transformation is the need to go digital. Companies recovering from the jitters of the pandemic are doubling down on the digitisation process as they look for ways to insulate themselves from such a crisis in the future and ensure they are nimble enough to utilise the opportunities 

Ssquad signs multi-million-dollar deal with IBM

Picture postcard buildings and Europe's best skyscrapers - we have put together a short list of the most attractive residential buildings in the capital and checked out how much it would cost to live in them. 1. Stalin-era high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya EmbankmentLegion MediaOne of the seven famou

10 most beautiful residential buildings in Moscow

SEOUL, South Korea: Looking to tap into the vast market potential for urban air mobility, Hyundai Motor and General Motors have accelerated efforts to develop zero-emissions 'flying cars' that can take off and land like helicopters, and carry passengers as well as cargo.While Hyundai has said it is expecting to roll out air-taxis powered by electric batteries by 2025, GM has said its air taxis will be operation

Hyundai, GM seek to develop 'flying cars' to meet future demands

Flying cars in service by 2025, says Hyundai

Flying passengers, cargo is goal of GM, Hyundai flying cars

CHICAGO, Illinois: Flight attendants for United Airlines can breathe a sigh of relief as they will be recalled at the start of October owing to travel demand picking up, as per an internal communication for staffers.A drastic shift occurred in the fate of those working for United in the three-month period since the third tranche of assistance was received in March. With the number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients

United Airlines flight attendants to be called back in October

United hiring staff due to increasing demand by flying public

Booming demand means no furloughs for United flight attendants

The European Union (EU) lifted travel restrictions for US residents, in the latest step toward a return to normalcy despite concerns over the spread of potentially dangerous coronavirus variants.EU governments decided on Friday to add the US, along with Albania, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Serbia, and Taiwan to a so-called "white list" of countries from which non-essential trav

Americans can pack bags for Europe, as EU lifts travel curbs

Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): The United States has pledged to use its global clout and alliances to strengthen Taiwan's defence, international presence and economy, including its vital semiconductor industry, against China.
US administrative officials told Congress on Thursday that Washington will also make clear that Taipei must avoid any provocative action that would compel Beijing to respond, even as it pressures Ta

US vows to use global clout to defend Taiwan against China

EU foreign ministers will look to agree sanctions on key sectors of the Belarus economy Monday to punish the authorities after the forced landing of an airliner, diplomats said.Ministers meeting in Luxembourg are set to discuss broad-ranging measures designed to hit the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko "in the wallet", a European diplomat told AFP on Friday.The sanctions are expected to target mai

EU to Hit Key Belarus Sectors After Plane Diversion

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Air India Express on Friday operated the country's first international flight with fully Covid-19 vaccinated crew. The flight IX, 191 operated from Delhi to Dubai with the pilots and all crew fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
"Air India Express, India's leading budget carrier, operated the first international flight from the country with fully vaccinated crew on June 18 on Delhi -

Air India flies 1st flight with fully vaccinated crew

Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): The country's government is pondering over Turkey's proposal to guard Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport after NATO forces withdraw while underlining that Afghan security forces are capable of protecting the airports.
"All airports with international standards, including Hamid Karzai International Airport, will remain operational and we will decide about them," said Rahmatullah Anda

Afghan govt mulls Turkey's proposal to guard Kabul airport

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI/ThePRTree): To support the US government's efforts to ensure vaccination against Covid-19, the IHDLife has been shipping syringes and safety boxes to ensure that the supply remains uninterrupted, thereby saving lives that are more vulnerable to the virus.
The syringes are of the auto-disable type, which means they cannot be used again after a single dose of vaccine has been administered. Th

IHDLife ships 2 million syringes to the US

&copy; Provided by Xinhua The rifts and mistrust between the trans-Atlantic partners concerning a series of issues, from trade to regional and global affairs, still remain hard to fix in a long time.BERLIN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Preside

Xinhua Commentary: Why should Europe step outside shadow of U.S.

Most people with an interest in art and culture in Australia believe it is in deep crisis, and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't think the crisis predated the pandemic. COVID-19 has smashed every sector involved in live events and on-site attendance. But art and culture stand out as receiving little

The limits of advocacy: arts sector told to stop worrying and be happy

Taipei [Taiwan], June 18 (ANI): Taiwan on Thursday reported another incursion by China, as seven Chinese air forces warplanes flew into the island's air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
It comes just two days after the People Liberation Army sent a record 28 planes to the island's ADIZ, South China Morning Post reported.
The newest incursions involved two newer-model J-16 fighter jets, four old model J-7 fighters and o

Chinese warplanes enters Taiwan air defence zone

Gunmen have kidnapped four Chinese rail construction employees and killed their police escort in southwest Nigeria, police said Thursday, in the latest such incident in the region.The attack occurred on Wednesday at Alaagba village in Ogun state after the Chinese workers were ambushed, state police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi told AFP."Four Chinese nationals working at the construction site of the railway 

Gunmen kidnap four Chinese rail workers in Nigeria: police

Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): According to research conducted by NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50-70 per cent fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising altitude.
The research was published in the Nature research journal Communications Earth and Environment.
Ice crystal contrail formations can linger in the upper atmosphere for hours and affe

Study finds sustainable aviation fuel can reduce contrails

Washington DC [US], June 17 (ANI): Members of the United States Congress have reintroduced a bill known as the Taiwan Defense Act in both the Senate and House of Representatives in a bid to prevent a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
The bill comes after Taiwan has witnessed the largest daily incursion as over two dozen Chinese military planes flew into the country's Air Defence Identified Zones (ADIZ). As per CNN 28 C

US congressmen reintroduce Taiwan Defense Act

Taipei [Taiwan], June 17 (ANI): Chinese sand dredgers are edging closer to Taiwan's Matsu Islands and entering Taiwan-controlled waters, spending hours pumping up tons of sand from the ocean floor. They have sparked panic over the disturbance of residents, spoiling of coasts, diminishing beaches and damaged marine life.
At their peak, hundreds of these 2,000-ton vessels have been making their presence felt in the waters o

Chinese sand dredgers 'stealing' Taiwan's Matsu islands

No 8 Francke Horn will captain the Lions in their Currie Cup opener against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday evening.Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen, has picked a side filled with experience and youth.Exciting youngsters like Morne Brandon, Banele Mthenjane, Ruhan Straeuli, Emmanuel Tshituka and Aidynn Cupido will all look to make their debuts from the 

Francke Horn leads Lions against Pumas, Straeuli Jnr set for debut

LONDON - Britain on Thursday said it had agreed on a truce with the United States over a 17-year long tariffs dispute involving European planemaker Airbus and US rival Boeing.It comes in the wake of a similar deal between the European Union and U.S. announced Tuesday.The dispute, the longest-running in the history of the World Trade Organization, has seen damaging retaliatory tariffs levied on products on

UK, US Strike Deal Over Airbus-Boeing Dispute

Tokyo [Japan], June 17 (ANI): The invention of drones is being helpful in providing a clearer and a natural view of the cities. This promising future of drone is pushing Japanese people to go to private schools for learning to become a "drone pilot".
The courses are so easy that a mere training of two days can make the person can become an amateur pilot.
Reaching the professional level takes four more days. It is easy, af

Drone business takes off in Japan

A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe Thursday.The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said in a tweet Thursday afternoon Hong Kong time that its site was facing technical issues and that it was investigating. It said in another post 17 minutes later that its websites were back to normal.Internet monitoring websit

Internet Outages Briefly Disrupt Access to Websites, Apps

Canberra [Australia], June 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Several Australian major banks on Thursday reported operation issues in online applications, and the reason behind the matter is being determined.
Banks in question include Westpac, St George, ANZ, ME Bank, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, and Commonwealth Bank. According to reports, bank customers receive error messages when trying to log in to mobile apps.
"We are starting to see s

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