Continuing his practice of spending Diwali with the Indian Armed Forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed troops at Longewala Post in Rajasthan. Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, Army Chief M.M. Naravane and Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rakesh Asthana also accompanied the Prime Minister to Jaisalmer where he also interacted with the troops. …

Before the coronavirus, a decades-long aviation boom spawned a network of nearly 50,000 air routes that traversed the world. In less than a year, the pandemic has wiped almost a third of them off the map.   Singapore Airlines Jump To Why air routes are being cut down Impact on passengers Some routes may never be put back Jobs lost Why …

Al-Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.   Reuters Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in Tehran more than three months …

I don’t know how many times I’ve played Super Mario Bros. It’s a ritual, some baked-in routine. Versions of the 1985 Super Mario Bros. game are littered all over my house. On a Nintendo 3DS. On a Nintendo Switch. On an NES Classic. Nintendo puts its classics up for sale over and over and over again. This year is Mario’s …

The Sims 4’s 10th expansion pack Snowy Escape is available to play now, and promises to whisk players away on a mountain vacation for PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One. The new pack introduces Mount Komorebi, a Japanese-inspired destination world for the life simulation game. It arrives on the heels of September’s new game pack, Star Wars: Journey to Batuu. …

With Apple‘s introduction of its new M1 chip, the company is giving a few Mac apps a makeover to take advantage of the new technology. Apple users can expect updated versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro, Logic Remote, MainStage, GarageBand and iMovie, all coming Friday.  Some notable changes include GarageBand’s new design for MacOS Big Sur, with 1,800 …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Every fall, Apple fans dependably line up at marquee stores like Manhattan’s famed Apple Fifth Avenue Cube, spending days in folding chairs for a chance to be one of the first to get their hands on a new iPhone. But with the launch …

How low can they go? I’m talking about prices for big TVs, of course, not the participants in Limbo Mania 2020. Just last month, I was stoked to see a 70-inch model marked down to $500. Best Buy, today: Hold my beer. For a limited time, and while supplies last, you can get the Hisense H65 70-inch 4K UHD Smart …

Nintendo Switch sales aren’t slowing down. The Japanese company sold more than 735,000 Switch and Switch Lite units in the US in October, it revealed on Thursday, as previously reported by Nintendo Life. The hybrid console already beat the NES’ lifetime sales earlier this year. The Switch’s October 2020 sales are the “second-highest October sales of any video game console …

Looking to expand your Sonos whole-home audio system? The company has a new upgrade program that gives users of older products discounts of up to 30% on new items — without the need to “junk” their current devices. Sonos is offering the following savings to current owners: 15% off any Sonos product if they have: Connect:AMP (Gen 2), Connect (Gen 2), …