December 10, 2021 10:23 amThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs says there will be no disruptions to the electricity supply in any parts of the island from today (December 10). The second and third generating plants at the Norochcholai Power Plant are now fully functional, according to the ministry.
Dune: Spice Wars is a new real-time strategy game for PC set in the Dune universe. It will be available in early access in 2022. Spice Wars, which was announced at The Game Awards on Thursday, is described by developer Shiro Games and publisher Funcom as a strategy game “with 4X elements.” There will be multiple playable factions and multiple ways to win a game, which could mean a lot of replayability. When early access opens up, you’ll only be able to play single-player to start, and multiplayer and campaign will be added later during the early access period, according to an FAQ sent to The Verge. The game is based more on the book than the movie, but there will be “some similarities.”Spice Wars isn’t the only Dune game in the works; Funcom is also publishing a Dune survival game developed by Nukklear.
The original PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) is moving to a free-to-play model beginning January 12st, 2022, developer Krafton announced at The Game Awards Thursday. Although PUBG will soon be free-to-play, there will still be some elements that are locked behind a fee after the switch. People have who already paid for PUBG will get the PUBG Special Commemorative Pack, which includes Battlegrounds Plus and additional in-game items. Despite fierce competition, PUBG: Battlegrounds has remained popular, having sold 75 million copies since its release, PUBG Corporation creative director Dave Curd told The Verge in an interview. And on mobile, PUBG is one of the biggest franchises around; the free-to-play PUBG Mobile has been downloaded more than 1 billion times, and Krafton recently released a second free-to-play mobile PUB game, PUBG: New State.
World Human Rights Day signifies the absolute rights to which all human beings are entitled, irrespective of any race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth, or any other status. This year’s Human Rights Day theme is “Equality, reducing inequalities, advancing human rights”, and the principles of equality and non-discrimination are at the heart of human rights. What the partnership entailsTo begin, we questioned Dadlani on how the partnership with EQUAL GROUND came about. EQUAL GROUND has provided Uber partners with a free counselling service, which will no doubt be a valuable resource. With this partnership between Uber and EQUAL GROUND, we are finally hearing about inclusion and its extreme importance in the workplace.
Amazon has been fined $1.3 billion (€1.1 billion) by antitrust regulators in Italy. The company is accused of using its dominance in the online shopping world to steer Italian sellers into using its logistics service, Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA). The fine is one of the largest levied by a single nation in the EU as part of a years-long battle over online antitrust issues. Just last month, Amazon and Apple were both fined by Italian antitrust regulators for allegedly conspiring to limit the supply of Apple and Beats products. But that fine only totaled $77 million (€69 million) for Amazon — a drop in the bucket compared to today’s judgement.
A new survey shows that 85% of enrolled school-aged children had some form of education services during school closures between March and July 2020. Sixty percent received education services through “offline” methods like physical delivery of material (also potentially alongside other methods). The nationally representative sample for the survey conducted in Sri Lanka consisted of 2,500 households and individuals across the country covering 125 grama niladhari divisions. The survey does not directly reveal information about the continuity or the quality of the education services provided, but the rate of dissatisfaction with the services provides some indication. Education Forum Sri Lanka Co-Convenor Dr. Sujata Gamage noted: “These survey data are consistent with ground realities.
India’s Defence Chief Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other people were killed after a military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in southern India on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. It said Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife were among 13 killed after an IAF chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident. The crash took place in the Nilgiris, shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base in Sulur. Rawat, 63, was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in late 2019.
Beijing has spent £685 billion since 2005 wooing Commonwealth countries, according to an estimate from the Henry Jackson Society think-tank. Ian Fleming’s characters James Bond and his American pal Felix Leiter regarded Commonwealth countries almost as home turf. Military influence is growing, too.A newspaper in Fiji, another Commonwealth country, disclosed in April that China had trained Fiji’s two most senior military officers. And all this diplomatic clout is, understandably, peeling away Commonwealth countries that once reliably sided with Britain. Vaccination rates in most Commonwealth countries are low — under two per cent in Nigeria, for example, and only five per cent in Kenya.
That has the potential to cause greenhouse gas emissions to climb or tumble, and it largely hinges on whether warehouses can ditch natural gas. “If you look at space heating energy use, because [warehouses use] less efficient technologies, it’s actually concerning.”E-commerce has fueled the boom in warehouses. Liu says warehouse developers can take the lead of office buildings that have been quicker to electrify and switch from natural gas heating systems over to electric heat pumps. Other trends could make pollution from warehouses’ gas heating a bigger problem. On top of that, warehouses tend to be less insulated against the elements than office buildings.
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who is on a two-day official visit to India, met with the National Security Advisor of India Shri Ajit Kumar Doval, in New Delhi yesterday (02)Doval extended a warm welcome to Rajapaksa and engaged in an extremely cordial conversation with him and discussed a range of issues pertaining to the mutual strategic interests of the two countries. Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda and Finance Secretary S R Attygalle accompanied the Minister Rajapaksa to the meeting. Shri Ajit Kumar Doval is the fifth National Security Advisor of India. He holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister.
Motorola recently launched the Moto G31 in India with a base price of INR12,999 ($175/€155), and now a new rumor claims the company will bring the Moto G51 5G to the country next - on December 10. The Motorola Moto G51 5G is the world's first smartphone with the Snapdragon 480+ chip at the helm, and when it debuts in India next Friday, it will be the country's first Snapdragon 480 Plus-powered phone as well. The G51 5G is built around a 6.8" 120Hz FullHD+ LCD with a punch hole in the center for the 13MP selfie shooter (16MP in China). The G51 5G comes with Dolby Atmos support, features a side-mounted fingerprint reader, and packs a 5,000 mAh battery charged through a USB-C port at up to 10W. We'll learn more about the Moto G51 5G's Indian price and availability next Friday.
In a new research paper, Google has detailed the tech behind its impressive Project Starline demo from this year’s I/O conference. Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being. Audio is another challenge, as the system needs to make it sound like a person’s words are coming from their actual mouth. But, eventually, the hope is that Project Starline could offer a similar feeling of presence as virtual or augmented reality, without users needing to wear bulky headsets or trackers. Project Starline is equipped with four high-end Nvidia graphics cards (two Quadro RTX 6000 cards and two Titan RTX’s) to encode and decode all this data.
Two COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in India, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, in the first confirmation of the coronavirus strain within the country’s borders that has triggered global alarm. “There is no need to panic about the Omicron detection but awareness is absolutely essential. Early indications have suggested the heavily-mutated Omicron may be markedly more contagious than previous variants, however, there has been no evidence of the strain any deadlier. India was set to restart scheduled commercial international flights on December 15, but on Wednesday scrapped that plan and said a resumption date would be announced in due course. The government has advised states to ramp up testing, a week after the health ministry said a recent fall in testing could undermine India’s efforts to contain the pandemic.
Related: The best VPN routers availableWe’ve rounded up the best free VPN services for Android you can get, all of which are also available on other platforms. Kaspersky VPN Secure ConnectionThe free VPN by Kaspersky works like a charm but has its limitations, like the rest of the services on this list. Hotspot Shield free VPN for AndroidA few things make Hotspot Shield one of the best free VPN services for Android you can get. Speedify free VPN for AndroidSpeedify offers 2GB of free data per month and can only be used on one device. By comparing those numbers with the data limits set in place by free VPN providers, you can quickly figure out that free VPNs aren’t the best for Netflix.
Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Norway, Ghana confirm first cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant as countries tighten travel rules. Japan and Hong Kong said on Wednesday they would expand travel curbs, and Malaysia temporarily banned travellers from countries deemed at risk, news agencies reported. Global spreadSaudi Arabia’s health ministry said it recorded the Gulf’s first confirmed case of the Omicron variant in a citizen returning from North Africa. Nigeria said it had confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant among travellers who had arrived from South Africa in the past week. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said late on Tuesday that two Brazilians had tested positive for the Omicron strain, the first reported cases in Latin America.
