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   Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan seems to be having a lazy last day of the year. Instagram images she posted on Thursday capture Kareena, son Taimur and actor husband Saif Ali Khan in a cosy mood in bed. "Ending the year snuggling and cuddling trying to force the boys into a perfect picture… 2020 would not have been possible without the two loves of my life... marching ahead... to new beginnings. Stay safe my friends... Love and hope from us. We love you all...Happy new year," Kareena wrote as the caption. Saif and Kareena got married in 2012. She gave birth to their first-born, Taimur, in 2016. Kareena is currently expecting their second baby, and she often shares photographs of her baby bump on social media.

  The UK on Wednesday approved the use of the Oxford University -AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine with the first shots expected to be given on January 4. The world's attention has been fixed on this vaccine for several months now because of a number of factors including its low cost, ease of storage, transportation and administration. The approval by the UK is likely to pave the way for authorisation of the vaccine in several countries including India. The UK now has two vaccines to fight the pandemic as the country has already vaccinated hundreds of thousands of patients with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The approval of the "COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca" will give a big shot in the arm to the UK government's fight against the disease amid rising cases and fear of the recently discovered new strain making the situation worse. "It is truly fantastic news - and a triumph for British science - that the @UniofOxford/@AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use. W

   The Democrat-led House of Representatives has voted to override US President Donald Trump's veto of an annual defence bill, which initially passed both the House and the Senate with veto-proof majorities. With a 322-87 vote on Monday, the House easily passed the threshold of a two-thirds majority to override the President's veto of the $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2021, reports Xinhua news agency. The vote marked the first time during Trump's presidency that lawmakers rebuked the President's veto. On December 23, Trump followed through on his threat to veto the annual policy legislation. The veto is so rare in history that it hadn't happened to the NDAA for nearly six consecutive decades. Ahead of the vote, Texas Republican Representative Mac Thornberry, who is also the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, urged his colleagues to vote for "the exact same bill" and "put the best interests of

   Concerned over the recent political crisis in Nepal following the dissolution of the House of Representatives, a high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) delegation arrived in Kathmandu and started marathon meetings with the top leadership of the Himalayan nation. On Sunday evening, Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of the CPC, held talks with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Oli's Foreign Affairs Advisor Rajan Bhattarai said Guo visited the Prime Minister on Sunday night even though the meeting was said to have been scheduled for Monday. The meeting lasted for around two hours. However, the matters they discussed during the meeting are yet to be revealed. The four-member CPC delegation also held a meeting with President Bhandari at the Shital Niwas during which they held talks on bilateral issues and the row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP). The team is also scheduled to meet top leaders of the NCP, as well as of the opposition Nepali Congr

  Iran has allocated funds to purchase vaccines against the novel coronavirus from abroad, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati said. "There are no more obstacles in the way of purchasing coronavirus vaccine," Xinhua news agency quoted Hemmati as saying to the local media on Thursday. The Governor added that his country has allocated 200 million euros ($243 million) for the vaccine imports. "We are in contact with (Iran's) Ministry of Health," and if they think it's necessary, the amount of fund for the vaccine's imports will be increased, he noted. Iranian officials said earlier that Tehran's attempts to purchase a Covid-19 vaccine from abroad had been hampered by the US sanctions on Iran's international financial transactions. The development comes as Iran's overall coronavirus caseload and death toll have increased to 1,183,182 and 54,308, respectively. Read More:  https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/iran-allocates-f

  Beating Granada 2-0, Real Madrid enjoyed its sixth consecutive win in LaLiga to tie leader Atletico Madrid on 32 points in the standings but stays second on goal difference. After a tight first half, Casemiro on Wednesday evening opened the scoring with a 57th-minute header from Marco Asensio's cross and Karim Benzema sealed the win in the closing moments of the game, reports Xinhua news agency. Although Madrid deserved the win for the football they displayed in Valdebebas, Granada had two good penalty claims rejected after Casemiro clearly pulled Yangel Herrera's shirt in the first half and appeared to block a shot with his arm 16 minutes from time. Getafe and Celta Vigo drew 1-1 earlier on Wednesday. Denis Suarez opened the scoring for the home side with a thumping seventh-minute shot only for Iago Aspas' penalty to cancel it out shortly afterward in a game of few chances. Wednesday's late games saw Edger Mendez and Deyverson score goals in the 40th and 46th minute

    South Korean tech giant Samsung has scheduled an event named 'First Look 2021' on January 6, wherein the company will unveil new display technologies along with new products. Samsung is expected to launch TVs and other products using Quantum Mini-LED displays. The brand could also take the wraps off new laptops and tablets that use new display technologies, reports SamMobile. Quantum Mini-LED technology is said to make its way first to TVs, but it has been reported that Samsung might showcase Mini-LED tablets and laptops using these technologies at 'First Look 2021'. The company is also expected to announce the improved versions of The Frame, The Serif, and The Sero lifestyle TVs. The Samsung 'First Look 2021' event will kick off on January 6 at 11 am EST or 9.30 pm IST. The firm is expected to host another event next month, most likely on January 14, to launch its next-generation Galaxy S-series flagship smartphones. Read More:   https://www.uitvconnect.co

    The Mumbai Police cracked down on an early morning party at the Dragonfly Pub in JW Marriot and booked at least 34 persons, including some celebrities like former India cricketer Suresh Raina, for allegedly violating Covid-19 protocols, a top official said here on Tuesday. Joint Police Commissioner Vishwas Nangre-Patil said that the raid was carried out at around 3 a.m. jointly by Gamdevi and Sahar police stations after a large number of people were found partying without maintaining protocols like wearing masks and observing physical distancing. He made it clear that it was not a 'drugs or a rave party bust', but concerned the violations of late-night restrictions and not adhering to Covid protocols. Though Nangre-Patil declined to take any names of the persons arrested, official sources said among them were cricketer Suresh Raina, singer Guru Randhawa, Susanne Roshan Khan, while another prominent singer reportedly managed to escape through a backdoor. Some other girls wh

  Researchers have now claimed that kids who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up smoking or smokeless tobacco. The study, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, says teenage boys who vaped were almost three times as likely to start smoking as other teen boys with similar risk profiles and more than two times as likely to try smokeless tobacco. "For an ideal study, from a purely scientific perspective, we'd give everybody an e-cigarette, follow them for a few years and see if they start smoking, then rewind the clock and don't give them an e-cigarette," said study author Brittney Keller-Hamilton from Ohio State University in the US. "Or we'd randomly assign kids to vape or not to vape. We can't do either of those things, obviously," Keller-Hamilton added. So they looked to an advanced statistical approach -- "causal inference" -- in which they compared users and non-users of e-cigarettes who started the study with similar kn

   Singer Jubin Nautiyal says that initially he looked at lockdown as an opportunity to create new songs, but now he cannot wait to go back on stage and exchange musical energy with fans in live gigs. "In January, February, even in March, before lockdown started, I was one of those singers who were always on-stage, doing live gigs, living out of suitcases for around 20 live gigs in 30 days. It was a different high! But I also realised I needed to create new musical content, for which I had to head my studio," Jubin told IANS. He continued: "So when lockdown started, instead of feeling upset, I utilised the time to work on vocals of new songs. I would have not done that if I was just hopping from one stage to another. Having said that, I am so eager to perform my new set of songs whenever live gig starts. I really, really want to meet my fans, live!" Jubin has released several non-film songs lately, including "Meri aashiqui", "Taaron ke shehar",

  Samsung Electronics on Thursday said that it will collaborate with IBM to develop enterprise solutions with cutting-edge technologies. Samsung said it aims to provide enterprises with new 5G, edge computing and hybrid cloud solutions so that businesses can better manage their operations and embrace the fourth industrial revolution. "This planned collaboration will combine Samsung's industry-leading Galaxy 5G mobile devices and advanced end-to-end enterprise network solutions with IBM's network management, hybrid cloud, and edge computing offerings and network expertise, as well as its industry solutions driven by artificial intelligence, and Red Hat's open architecture," Samsung elaborated. "Both companies also plan to explore how manufacturers can use private 5G or 4G networks and 5G mobile devices with Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions." The two sides will also seek cross collaborations with global mobile operators to better offer 5G solutions, report

    France reported on Tuesday 11,532 new Covid-19 infections within 24 hours, and 790 new deaths as the government relaxed restrictive rules ahead of year-end festivities, health authorities data showed. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, France has witnessed 2,391,447 people infected with the novel coronavirus, as well as 59,072 fatalities, Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 307 patients in hospitals had succumbed to the flu-like disease in one day, down from 371 reported on Monday, while 483 fatalities were reported in nursing homes in the same period. Hospital admissions fell by 241 to 25,240, while 2,881 positive cases were in intensive care units, 25 fewer than Monday's figure. The nationwide confinement in force since late October ended on Tuesday, allowing people to move freely and travel without restriction in the daytime. As the virus circulates faster than expected, the government introduces a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., an hour earlier than planned. The nightti

   Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez flaunts a toned midriff in a new picture she shared on social media, and fans are thrilled. Along with the picture, she has shared some quick pop philosophy about human nature, too. Jacqueline posted the picture on Instagram, where she is seen dressed in black gym wear. A huge mirror catches her reflection. "They tell you to be yourself and then they judge you," she wrote alongside the image. Jacqueline will be seen in in films such as "Bhoot Police", "Bachchan Pandey" and "Kick 2". She recently completed a long outdoor schedule for the horror comedy "Bhoot Comedy" in locations across Himachal Pradesh, along with the rest of the cast including co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Yami Gautam and Arjun Kapoor. She will soon get going with the shoot of the action comedy drama "Bachchan Pandey", which also stars Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon. In "Kick 2", she returns with Salman Khan. The tw

  The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) killed 42 militants of the Islamic State (IS) terror group during can operation in Nineveh province, the country's military has confirmed. Acting on intelligence reports, the CTS forces backed by Iraqi and international coalition aircraft, stormed into the Ayn al-Jahash area south of the provincial capital of Mosul, the former stronghold of the IS, Xinhua news agency reported citing the military as saying in a statement on Sunday. The CTS forces were engaged in fierce clashes with IS militants in the area for two successive days, Yahia Rasoul, spokesman of the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi forces, said in the statement. The troops forced the IS militants to withdraw and hole up in their hideouts in tunnels and caves, prompting the CTS troops to storm their hideouts even with hand grenades, he added. The operation resulted in the killing of 42 IS militants, including five of their local leaders, and the seizure of weapons and ammunition

  Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday wanted to know about whereabouts of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as he is not to been seen in public, even during the campaigning for the Kerala civic polls. Speaking to the media at Kasargode, Chennithala said one fails to understand what's happened to Vijayan. "He is not to be found and what we heard is he has reached his home town in Kannur a few days back, where the polls will be held on Monday. When he should be leading from the front at the poll battleground, he appears to be in hiding," said Chennithala. The final and third phase of the polls is on Monday when four northern districts of the states will be voting. Vijayan last addressed his routine Covid press meets in the state capital last week and since then he has been not seen in public. "A leading vernacular newspaper, on Friday came out with a report that four Kerala Ministers were close with the prime accused in the gold smuggling case. A

   The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to introduce new laws regarding the tenancy, to protect the interests of the tenant along with those of the landlord. Once the proposed laws are introduced, the disputes between landlords and tenants will end to a large extent, and it would also help the government to ascertain the number of people giving houses on rent in the state. According to the government spokesman, the Housing Department has issued a draft of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Complexes Renting Regulations Ordinance-2020. It has also sought suggestions from the public for a new tenancy law. Suggestions can be given till December 20 on the Awas Bandhu website. "The law has been drafted under the supervision of Yogi Adityanath and has received in-principle approval. With the implementation of the tenancy law, the government will also constitute a rent authority in the state." the spokesman said. According to the officials of the housing department, the