LOS ANGELES, California: Netflix has raised its monthly subscription price from $13.99 to $15.49 per month in the United States. Company officials said the increase was necessary to pay for new programming due to increased competition in the streaming entertainment industry. In Canada the standard plan rose to C$16.49 from C$14.99. Meanwhile, shares of Netflix increased nearly 3 percent to $533.84 

Netflix increases US, Canada subscription price by $1.50 to $15.49

Netflix raises monthly subscription prices by $1.50 in U.S., Canada

Seeking money for programming, Netflix raises monthly price to $15.49

&copy; Provided by Xinhua The United Nations is on standby with teams and emergency supplies to assist Tonga, and the UN staff who are based in Tonga are working to assist coordination and response efforts in the country, a senior UN official based in the

UN official says ready to assist Tonga following volcanic eruptions

-- Zhao Yongming, a Chinese employee working in Tonga for five years, together with his 37 colleagues, was operating near the country's airport when the epic volcanic eruption occurred.-- Currently, Zhao and his team are in good conditions with sufficient food and drinking water. However, the lingering volcanic ash and the problems it induced, including damages to crops and

Recount from Chinese employee in Tonga after epic volcanic eruption

&copy; Provided by Xinhua WELLINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tsunami waves hit Tonga on Saturday, following a series of violent eruptions from underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, 65 km north of the country's main island Tongatapu.The tsunami had a s

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Imagine traveling back in time 20 years and explaining the current US geopolitical predicament to someone in 2002. They'd easily believe the country's leadership is barreling headlong into a war it can't win for reasons it hasn't adequately explained.But the American of 2002, if you could pry him away from 'CSI: Miami,' would find it shocking to flip on the news networks and find the sole anti-war message at pri

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&copy; Provided by Xinhua According to data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an estimated 37 percent of the world's population, or some 2.9 billion people were still offline in 2021. Of these, 96 percent were living in developing coun

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Telephone service between Tonga and other countries was partially restored Wednesday, according to mobile phone network provider Digicel, but the company that provides cable service said full internet connectivity will probably take at least one month.Communications with the island nation of about 100,000 people were cut off Saturday when an underwater volcano exploded, releasing what New Zealand's National Inst

Phone Service in Tonga Partially Restored After Eruption

Wellington [New Zealand], January 19 (ANI): New Zealand's Foreign Ministry has affirmed that Tonga's communication systems remain severely limited after damage to a key undersea cable cut international and inter-island calls following the volcanic eruption.
Repairs are not expected to begin until February 1, and it may take a further two weeks after that to restore the cable, according to a company assisting with the work

New Zealand warns of disruption in Tonga's communications system following volcanic eruptions

In 2021, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that education officials in his state had "closed" the digital divide by ensuring that every public school student had a laptop or tablet and internet access."Closing the digital divide wasn't just about meeting the c

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New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): In just over two years of commercial launch, Reliance Jio has become the largest wired broadband service provider toppling Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), data showed.
Reliance Jio's wired broadband subscribers rose to 4.34 million in November 2021 from 4.16 million in the previous month while the number of subscribers of BSNL drop

Reliance Jio becomes largest wired broadband provider with 4.34 million subscribers

At least three people have died in Tonga following the massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami wave that hit over the weekend. Homes and other buildings across the archipelago have suffered major damage.Islands covered in ash, dozens of homes destroyedAccording to a Tongan Government press release on Tuesday, the three fatalities are a British national, and two Tongan nationals.Th

Tonga volcano eruption: At least 3 dead, amid severe destruction

&copy; Provided by Xinhua "The United States today is, once again, headed for civil war, and, once again, it cannot bear to face it. The political problems are both structural and immediate, the crisis both longstanding and accelerating. The

Washington&#039;s dilemma in dealing with COVID-19

New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Government of India will use the Supreme Court's verdict to fight against Devas in Antrix deal "fraud" internationally.
Addressing a press conference a day after the Supreme Court of India's ordered winding up of Devas Multimedia, Sitharaman said the government would soon appoint an arbitrator in Antrix-Devas case and fight it in 

Government will use SC verdict to fight Devas 'fraud' internationally: Nirmala Sitharaman

&copy; Provided by Xinhua But it is still "not a very predictable" process as to when it would explode, especially given the lack of data currently."At the moment, we actually do not have a lot of data. Most of the stations on the volcano wou

More volcanic upheavals likely to follow, warns Aussie expert

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - The first death from a massive underwater volcanic blast near the Pacific island nation of Tonga has been confirmed, as the extent of the damage remained unknown Monday.Tonga remained virtually cut off from the rest of the world, after the eruption crippled communications and stalled emergency relief efforts.It is two days since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano exploded, cloaking 

First Death Reported in Tonga Volcano Blast as Nation Remains Cut Off

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 18 (ANI): Cellular Operation Association of India (COAI), the representative body for the Indian telecommunications industry, lauded the notification of RoW Policy on Urban Municipal Corporation by the Government of Karnataka, said a press release.
These bye-laws are applicable to all City areas, Municipal Councils, Town Municipal Councils, Town Panchayats and areas under the Jurisdi

COAI lauds Karnataka govt's policy for 1-time fee for installing telecom towers

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): Post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, four cable and wire producing factories have ceased operating in the country in the last three months.
Factory owners said that their factories are closed down because of an increase in raw materials price and a decrease in demands, reported Tolo News.
According to officials from the Afghanistan Chamber of Industry and Mines (ACIM),

Afghanistan: 4 cable and wire manufacturing plants shut down

Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, is covered in ash and dust following the underwater volcanic eruption at the weekend, but the situation is calm there and first clean-up efforts are underway, UN humanitarians said on Monday.Further afield in the Pacific archipelago, an update from aid coordinating office <a href="https://www.unocha.org/" title="Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs" class="word-link" t

Tonga volcanic eruption: Too soon to assess damage

New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Devas Multimedia Private Limited challenging National Company Law Tribunal (NCLAT) order that allowed to wind up the company.
A Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Justice V Ramasubramanian dismissed the plea of Devas Multimedia and upheld the order of NCLAT.
"We do not know if the action of Antrix in seeking the winding up of Dev

SC dismisses plea of Devas Multimedia against NCLAT winding up order

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.The eruption cut the internet to Tonga, leaving friends and family members around the world on Sunday anxiously trying to find out if there were any injuries and the extent of the damage.Satellite images 

Tonga Volcano Erupts, Triggers Tsunami Alerts Around Pacific

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) released its annual report this month - and it showed rosy economic foreca

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New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a fraudster in Chennai on Thursday in a money laundering case connected with fraud committed through powerbank and other such mobile applications.
The accused, identified as Anas Ahmad was arrested under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Ahmed is in judicial custody and lodged in Puzhal Central Prison, Chennai, in the predica

ED arrests fraudster for cheating people through powerbank, other mobile apps

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, the Nigerian film producer and renowned actor, whose career spans more than five decades, belongs to that group of elders representing the best of Nigeria. He was recently presented with the lifetime achievement award at th

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Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan economic struggle has started to increase under Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) compounding with the increase in domestic inflation rates and external loan defaulting.
Inflation hit about 10 per cent last year, according to the World Bank. The cooking oil price is up 130 per cent since Imran Khan took power and the cost of fuel has risen 45 per cent to Rs145 a l

Pakistan's economic struggle continues under Imran Khan's PTI government

CHICAGO, Illinois: According to U.S. airline officials, the introduction of a new 5G service could cause U.S. air traffic to "grind to a halt," causing the grounding of many aircraft and stranding "tens of thousands of Americans overseas."On January 17, Reuters reported that a letter warning of a potential "catastrophic" crisis in aviation was sent to White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese, 

US airline officials: 5G will cause 'catastrophic' crisis in aviation

US airlines official warns of 5G interfering with airlines

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PARIS, France: After Paris changed its travel restrictions, announcing that UK travellers would only need to present a negative Covid-19 test taken 24 hours before leaving the UK, French holiday bookings soared.Airline Jet2 saw a "sharp" rise in bookings and searches for flights to French skiing destinations, while Tour operator Tui said ski bookings doubled this week.ABTA, which represents British trav

French holiday bookings surge after Covid rule change

UK skiers streaming into France after Covid rule change

French ski season saved due to change in Covid rules for foreigners

MEMPHIS, Tennessee: FedEx is seeking permission to arm its cargo planes with defensive systems to thwart attacks by heat-seeking missiles. In a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, FedEx requested permission to add laser missile-defense systems. During a departure from Baghdad, Iraq in 2003, a surface-to-air missile struck the wing of an Airbus A330 operating for DHL. The crew returned to the a

FedEx seeks OK to add anti-missile defense to planes

FedEx asks FAA permission to add anti-missile system to some planes

FedEx asks US to let it install laser defenses to planes

ATLANTA, Georgia: With a business slowdown caused by a COVID-19 surge in December, Delta Air Lines lost $408 million in the final quarter of 2021.This week, Delta predicted that it will suffer one more quarterly loss before travel picks up in spring and summer.Delta CEO Ed Bastian said 8,000 employees have contracted COVID-19 over the last four weeks which, along with winter storms, have led to the canc

Even after Covid shortfalls, Delta Airline sees future profits

Delta Airlines recovering after wave of cancellations, loses $408m

Delta Airlines reports $408 million quarterly loss due to Covid

WASHINGTON - An unresolved disagreement between U.S. wireless communications carriers and commercial airlines over the rollout of new 5G networks continues to generate confusion about whether air travel is safe in the United States.On Wednesday, AT&T and Verizon, the two largest providers of mobile voice and internet service in the U.S., began turning on new wireless towers across the United States, making the u

US Air Travel Safety Questions Linger Amid 5G Rollout

The Russian-Ukrainian war began in 2014 after pro-European protesters toppled the government of the Moscow-backed president Victor Yanukovych. This led to a rapid escalation of a crisis that resulted in the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 and the establishment of two Russian-protected de facto states in e

Ukraine: a country wounded by eight years of crisis

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI): Indonesia is embarking on a program to modernize its navy and build up a more effective deterrent to confront future incursions by Chinese ships into the 200-nautical-mile economic exclusion zone (EEZ) along its northern maritime border.
Maritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Panjaitan has often stressed the need for what he calls "ocean-going" surface combatants to protect fishery res

Indonesia increases the naval budget to counter China's naval expansion

Ankara [Turkey], January 20 (ANI): Turkey and Qatar have reached an agreement with the Taliban on the issue of maintaining security at the Kabul airport, reported Sputnik.
"Negotiations in Kabul are ongoing. Our delegation is there. An agreement has been reached on the issue of security," Sputnik quoted a source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying on Thursday.
However, discussions are continuing regarding the calc

Turkey, Qatar reach deal with Taliban on security at Kabul Airport: Report

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday chaired a review meeting on airports, seaports, and fishing harbours with the officials.
While discussing the seaports, the Chief Minister directed the officials to prioritize the construction of the three Greenfield ports in the state-Ramayapatnam, Machilipatnam, and Bhavanapadu ports. Officials notified t

Andhra Pradesh CM directs officials to set up standard size airports in every district, finish construction of fishing harbour, seaports

Danka Kovinic will take her No. 98 world ranking into the third round of the Australian Open after defeating Britain's Emma Raducanu in three sets.

Raducanu took the court with a heavily bandaged hand and index finger because of blisters on her racquet hand but surged to a 3-0 lead and held her own for most of the match before falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

"Before the match there were some people in my team who didn't want me 

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New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Two decades ago today, one of India's modern day heroes--albeit one who always shunned the limelight--passed away quietly.
Rameshwar Nath, (RN) Kao or 'Ramji' to friends, was the quintessential backroom operator. He is best known as the founder of Research and Analysis Wing or RAW but he was much more than that. When in 2019, I got the opportunity to write his biography, the question t

R N Kao remembered

Moscow's Foreign Ministry has called on the West to stop the ?militarization of Ukraine?A series of reports in Western media claiming that Russia could be poised to invade Ukraine are a pretext to supply Kiev with lethal weaponry and spark a conflict on their shared border, Moscow has alleged amid a series of arms deliveries carried out by Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF).Speaking to repor

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SYDNEY - An aid flight landed in Tonga on Thursday, the first since an undersea volcano triggered devastating tsunami waves. A New Zealand military Hercules brought water containers, temporary shelters and generators. Australian planes will also deliver essential supplies.So far, just three fatalities have been reported after Saturday's disaster in Tonga, a South Pacific archipelago that lies about two-thirds of

International Aid Starts to Arrive in Tsunami-Hit Tonga

At some of the world's most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a single Chinese company with deep ties to China's military and the highest levels of the ruling Communist Party.The World Economic Forum in Davos. Europe's largest ports. Airports from Amsterdam to Athens. NATO's borders with Russia. All depend on equipment manufactured by Nuctech, which has quickly become

Security Scanners Across Europe Tied to China Government, Military

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Amid 5G rollout by the US, Air India has resumed B777 operations to the country on Thursday after approval from the US authority, said Airline officials.
Due to the 5G rollout, Air India had earlier cancelled more than eight flights to the USA.
"Boeing has cleared Air India to operate in the USA on B777. Accordingly, the first flight has left this morning to John F Kennedy

5G rollout: Air India resumes B777 operations to US

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): With a blanket of dense fog engulfing the national capital on Thursday morning leading to poor visibility, several Delhi-bound trains were delayed, informed the Northern Railway.
According to the Northern Railway, 13 Delhi-bound trains are running late following a drop in visibility due to fog.
"About 13 trains running late for today, including Howrah-New Delhi Express, Puri-New Delhi 

Dense fog affects visibility in national capital, 13 Delhi-bound trains delayed

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Flight operations at the Delhi airport were normal on Thursday morning despite low visibility due to the fog.
"Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi airport. All flight operations are presently normal," said Delhi International Airport Limited.
The airport authorities further requested all passengers to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information.
As per I

Flight operations at Delhi airport normal despite low visibility

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The 69th meeting of the Governing Body of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) was held on Tuesday through video conferencing, informed the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The meeting was chaired by the Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
As per the ministry, the Annual Report and Annual Accounts of NWDA for 2020-21 we

69th meeting of the Governing Body of National Water Development Agency held through video conferencing

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Assam is well on track to achieve the target of providing clean tap water supply to every home by 2024, said Department of Drinking water and Sanitation (DDWS) Secretary Vini Mahajan on Tuesday.
Her remarks came while reviewing the progress of Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission with Chief Secretary of Assam, Jishnu Barua.
Mahajan appreciated the progress made by Assam in prov

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