June2018
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Signal 3 to continue for Maritime ports in southern Bangladesh
Jun 13, 2018Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting local cautionary signal number three as the deep convection is continuing over North Bay and adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh. “Monsoon... -
Fire breaks out at Deepika Padukone’s building
Jun 13, 2018A fire broke out today at Mumbai’s Beaumonde Towers, where Deepika Padukone owns an apartment. The blaze erupted around 2.10 pm on the 33rd floor of the Beau Monde Building, which is located at Appasaheb Marathe Marg. About 16... -
USA, Mexico and Canada to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
Jun 13, 2018The World Cup will be heading to North America for the fourth time if the hosting rights to 2026 are, as expected, handed to the joint bid from the United States, Mexico, and Canada at Wednesday’s... -
Volvo Cars and Polestar launch new Polestar Engineered electrified performance offer
Jun 13, 2018Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is launching a new upgraded electrified performance offer called Polestar Engineered, specifically developed for its new 60 Series T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid cars. The announcement comes one week before... -
Modern blood cancer treatments require new approaches for monitoring and reporting side effects of drugs
Jun 13, 2018Survival rates for blood cancers – including lymphoma, myeloma and some types of leukemia – have dramatically increased over the past decade, due in great part to novel treatment approaches including molecularly-targeted therapies and immunotherapies. In... -
Qualcomm Inc has no plans to abandon its efforts to create processors for data centers
Jun 13, 2018Qualcomm Inc has no plans to abandon its efforts to create processors for data centers, the company’s president, who oversees the chip division, said. Qualcomm, the largest maker of chips in mobile phones, last year launched... -
Toyota agreed to invest $1 billion in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab
Jun 13, 2018Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to invest $1 billion in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab as a lead investor in the company’s ongoing financing round, which was launched after it bought the regional business of Uber... -
Tesla Inc to cut several thousand jobs across the company as it seeks to reduce costs
Jun 13, 2018Electric car maker Tesla Inc is cutting several thousand jobs across the company as it seeks to reduce costs and become profitable without endangering the critical production ramp-up for its Model 3 sedan. Chief Executive Elon... -
SpaceX delays the project of sending tourists around the Moon
Jun 13, 2018SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday. “A new timetable for the flight —... -
1.45 million children’s lives saved by Hib and Pneumococcal vaccines since 2000
Jun 13, 2018Child mortality from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterial infections in high-burden countries is estimated to have fallen by 51 percent and 90 percent, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. Childhood deaths from two...
