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Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for Covid-19, Portugal's Football Federation said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Juventus striker will miss Wednesday's UEFA Nations League game against Sweden but is "well, has no symptoms and is in isolation", the federation said. The federation added that the rest of the Portugal squad had undergone tests as a

New Delhi, Oct 13: Jewellery brand Tanishq on Tuesday withdrew its ad showing an interfaith family following a sharp backlash on social media with some accusing the company of promoting love jihad' and fake secularism' The company's move prompted intense debate on social media and elsewhere, just as the ad to promote its jewellery collection Ekatvam (oneness) had deepened faultlines since its

Bengaluru, Oct 13: A case has been registered against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut in Karnataka over her tweet allegedly targeting farmers protesting against contentious central farm laws, police said on Tuesday. The case was registered by police in Tumakuru district on Monday based on the recent order of a local court. It has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 108

New Delhi, Oct 13: The prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India may cause a loss of over $400 billion in the country’s future earnings, besides substantial learning losses, according to a World Bank report. South Asia region stands to lose $622 billion from the school closures in the present scenario or up to $880 billion in a more pessimistic scenario, it said, adding

Bengaluru, Oct 13: The Central Crime Branch, probing the violence here over an inflammatory Facebook post, has named former Mayor and sitting Congress corporator R Sampath Raj as one of the accused in the case, police said on Tuesday. "He (Sampath Raj) has been named as one of the accused in the DJ halli and KG halli violence," a top police officer investigating the case said. According to the

Mangaluru, Oct 10: A group of people belonging to Bajrang Dal activists today intercepted a milk van on charge of illegally transporting beef in the city. The police later seized the vehicle and took one person into custody. The milk van, which was coming from the direction of Pumpwell, did not stop when the Bajrang Dal members signaled the driver to stop. Then the group chased the van and

California, Oct 13: Facebook on Monday said it will prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust, directing people to credible information off Facebook if they search for terms associated with the Holocaust or its denial on its platform. Updating its hate speech policy, the social network said that organisations that study trends in hate speech are reporting increases in online

Washington, Oct 13: Facing a steady decline in usage over the last several years, Yahoo has made the decision to shut down Yahoo Groups from on December 15. Verizon, which bought Yahoo in 2017, announced the decision on Tuesday which marks the end of the road for one of the largest message board systems on the Web of its time. "Yahoo Groups has seen a steady decline in usage over the last several

Kondagaon, Oct 13: A BJP MP from Chhattisgarh has stoked a controversy by reportedly referring to the alleged gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras as a "banavat" (fake) incident, drawing flak from the ruling Congress. Mohan Mandavi, who represents Kanker seat, had made these remarks during a protest held last week by his party in Kondagaon district over the alleged gangrape

Puttur, Oct 13: Dakshina Kannada District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai has said that he would quit politics if the allegations leveled against him by BJP are proven to be true. “The BJP leaders have been accusing that I have insulted Nath tradition and Jogi community members. If BJP leaders prove it, I am ready to retire from active politics and to sacrifice my life as well,” Mr Rai said