Pak crash survivor has India connection
By Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The PIA plane which crashed on Friday has only two survivors — one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud. His roots…
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Xiaomi patents new foldable phone with rotating camera
Beijing, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has patented a foldable smartphone with quad-camera system that rotates forward for selfies and back for regular photos. The smartphone maker has filed the design patent for…
Age, men, obesity, and underlying illness risk factors for severe COVID-19
London, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found that age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness have emerged as risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK. According to a study, published in the…
Afghan govt criticized for absence of women in political roles
Kabul, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Recent meetings of prominent Afghan political leaders have been held without the presence of women, which has sparked reactions from activists who said women should be given a role in decision-making…
Delhi govt allows reopening of 66 private liquor shops
New Delhi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi government’s excise department has allowed reopening of 66 private liquor shops in the national capital from Saturday, but the shop owners have been asked to strictly adhere to…
Chidambaram slams govt, asks why RBI is infusing liquidity
New Delhi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, on Saturday, slammed the central government and questioned why the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is infusing more liquidity as…
Son kills father during Zoom meeting
New York, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A virtual meeting turned deadly when an American in a New York suburb was fatally stabbed by his son while participating on a Zoom video meeting with about 20 other…
HCQ ups death risk, warns Indian-origin researcher in Lancet study
New York, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A significant observational study led by Professor Mandeep R. Mehra, executive director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Advanced Heart Disease in Boston, has claimed that treatment with…
People with air, rail ticket need no movement pass in Noida
Gautam Buddh Nagar, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in Gautam Buddh Nagar will be allowed to move by showing their train or flight tickets, a police officer said. The officer said that flight and train services…
Personal data of 40 million Wishbone app users hacked
San Francisco, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Personal data from nearly 40 million users of popular voting app Wishbone has been hacked which is available for free download on a hacking forum. The Wishbone user database has…
WhatsApp beta adds QR codes for easy contact sharing
San Francisco, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will make it easier for users to add contacts to their list by scanning a QR code. According to a report in…
TN salons, beauty parlours to open from Sunday, except Chennai
Chennai, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday said barber shops and beauty parlours in all municipal areas barring areas falling under Greater Chennai Corporation can start functioning from May 24…
H-1B legislations introduced in Congress to give priority to US-educated foreign youths
By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a legislation in both the chambers of the US Congress proposing major reforms in skilled non-immigrant visa programmes by giving priority…
Respite from corona as Agra sizzles at 45 degrees
Agra, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Agra sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius on Friday, there was a slight respite on the COVID-19 front. With six new cases, the total count stood at 843. Two deaths were…
83% online users think up their own, weak passwords
New Delhi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Highlighting the need for storing passwords, cybersecurity researchers have found that that 83 per cent of online users are thinking up their own, weak passwords, while 54 per cent say…
India’s Covid tally crosses 1.25 lakh mark, 3,720 deaths
New Delhi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Lockdown-4 brought in easing of restrictions across the country, India crossed the 1.25 lakh mark coronavirus cases with the total number rising to 1,25,101, the Union Health Ministry data…
Google rolls out new accessibility tools, apps for Android users
San Francisco, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google has launched helpful Android features and apps for people with hearing loss, deafness and cognitive differences. For people with limited mobility, the tech giant has introduced Action Blocks, a…
First EU GDPR decision soon on Twitter, Facebook data practices
London, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Irish watchdog has submitted a preliminary decision in a probe into Twitter whether it complied with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to other member states of the European Union (EU)….
‘Biodiversity at risk as forests cut down at alarming rates’
Rome, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The world’s forests continue to be cut down at “alarming rates”, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its State of the World’s Forests 2020 report. The 188-page report…
Karachi plane crash toll increases to over 90
Karachi, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 90 people have been confirmed dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane crashed into a residential area in Karachi near the city’s airport, while a search and…