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As per the reports, the Uber Eats is close to selling its Indian food delivery business to Swiggy, the online food ordering and delivering service based on Bengaluru. It is been reported to ET that the Uber Eats is in its final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy.

If the deal is fixed, this will be the greatest achievement for Swiggy. It is reported that the deal is expected to close by next month. This will be Uber Eats’ very first divestment in its global food business.

Uber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. The app allows the customers to order food online and it will be delivered to them. The Swiggy is a similar platform where the food can be ordered online. Both apps attracts the customers with the offers provided.

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Crime News

An Australian man named James Gargasoulas (29) who drove a car into the pedestrians, causing their death is jailed for life. The accident happened on a busy shopping street in central Melbourne in 2017.

The Victorian state Supreme Court, on Friday said that the accused is jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 46 years. The victims of the accident killed 6, including a baby and a 10-year-old girl.

“This was one of the worst examples of mass murder in Australian history,” said Justice Mark Weinberg to Gargasoulas at the sentencing hearing in Melbourne. “”The horror of what you did has profoundly affected the lives of many of those who were present that day in Bourke Street, and who either witnessed your actions, or their aftermath.”

This incident was reported as Australia’s worst mass killings since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on the southern island state of Tasmania, that killed 35 people.

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Gadgets News Technology

Apple Inc has united up with Ant Financial Services Group and several local banks to offer interest-free financing. Apple hopes to revitalize sales in China, by the collaboration with Ant Financial which is the world’s largest financial-technology company.

It is its first such move in the country as it looks to boost waning smartphone sales. With this China website, apple comes with a new scheme in which the customers can pay 271 yuan ($40.31) monthly, for buying an iPhone XR and 362 yuan monthly for purchasing iPhone XS. The customers trading in old models can avail cheaper installments.

Interest-free financing schemes are offered for the customers who buys an Apple product worth a minimum of 4,000 yuan. They can pay the money with three, six, nine, 12 or 24 months, as the website says.

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world’s most valuable unicorn (start-up) company, with a valuation of US$150 billion.

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Entertainment News

The late designer Karl Lagerfeld’s famous pet cat will be reportedly inheriting some of his fortune, worth £150m. Lagerfeld aged 85, died on 19th February 2019 in a Paris hospital. It is reported that Lagerfeld has left some of his $200m (£153m) fortune to his famous pet cat, along with his 11 year old godson Hudson Kroenig. Thus, this 7 year old blue eyed Choupette became the wealthiest cat in the world.

“Men’s fashion means little to me. I buy it, of course, but drawing a men’s collection and put up with all those stupid models, no thanks.” – Karl Lagerfeld

In an interview with Numero, he was asked whether he made his cat the heir to his vast fortune. He replied to the question: “Among others, yes. Don’t worry, there is enough for everyone.”

Karl Otto Lagerfeld was a German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricaturist from Paris. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position he held from 1983 until his death, and was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. Following health complications in January 2019, Lagerfeld was admitted to the American Hospital of Paris in Parisian suburb Neuilly-sur-Seine on 18 February. He died there the following morning from complications of pancreatic cancer.

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News

Serbia’s openly gay Prime Minister Ana Brnabic’s office says that her same-sex partner has given birth to a baby boy. It was reported that the the delivery was on Wednesday and the mother, Milica Djurdjic, and the baby are doing fine.

Ana Brnabic is serving as the Prime Minister of Serbia since 29 June 2017. She is the first woman, first openly gay person and first person with Croat ethnic descent to hold the office. Milica Đurđić, the same sex partner of Ana Brnabic works as a doctor and became pregnant though artificial insemination. They both met each other at a gay bar in the capital, Belgrade.

Serebia is a liberal nation and homosexuality is common here. Ana Brnabic has not been a vocal advocate on LGBT issues in a country where homophobia is widespread. LGBT persons in Serbia may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Serbia, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is banned. Nevertheless, households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.

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Thousands of protesters march under the slogan ‘That’s enough’ across France against a spate of anti-Semitic attacks on Tuesday night. Officials said that around 80 graves were defiled using spray-paint with blue and yellow Nazi symbols and swastikas in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, and this caused the protest.

In the French capital, former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy joined a rally led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Republic Plaza. President Emmanuel Macron paid respects at one of the desecrated graves in the village of Quatzenheim.

“It is a plague that endangers everyone, not just us, and it must be condemned wherever and whenever it rears its head,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He had called on leaders in France and Europe to “take a strong stand against anti-Semitism.”

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Avalanche hits skiers at Swiss resort. Rescuers are on search for the skiers. The members of the rescue teams have hurriedly pulled out four people who were buried in the mid-afternoon avalanche at the popular ski resort of Crans-Montana.

It is reported that searches that includes rescuers and helicopters were able to rescue ‘several’ people, according to spokesman Steve Leger of the Valais police.

The authorities said that the rescue operations were extended into the night after saving four skiers, hoping to save other people who might have been still be buried.

Officials said that Nearly 250 rescue workers, medical team members, police officers and military personnel backed by eight helicopters and a dozen search dogs were deployed after the avalanche on Plaine Morte, a mountain in the town of Crans-Montana. Officials added that the avalanche engulfed 400m (1300ft) of piste marked out for skiers.

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Entertainment News

French film ‘By the Grace of God’ has overcome all efforts aimed to prevent its release, as the judicial system of the country has been successfully convinced that the release of the film would not affect the judgment of any case pending before the system.

Why the film has been subjected to the legal tug-of-war

French cleric Bernard Preynat has approached the judicial system against the film, saying that the film could prejudice the trial of a case against him pending in the system.

Why the film is so controversial

The film discusses the story of three people who have been sexually abused by a Catholic cleric. In other words, it is the cinematic version of the chargesheet filed against Mr Preynat.

How serious is the issue of sexual abuses in the Catholic Churches

Recently, Pope Frances indirectly admitted that the issue of sexual abuse in the church cleric community was one of the serious issues faced by the community.

The Pope is set to convince a global meeting of church community members to discuss the issue in the near future.

Recently, a senior cleric was defrocked over the charges of sexual abuse.

The timing of the film is very crucial. It comes at the time the world discusses the issue of sexual abuses in the Catholic Churches, and at the time the French society discusses the rare case of Mr Preynat.

It is the blind faith of some that embolden many to commit crimes in the name of that faith. A crime is a crime. No criminals should be protected under the shield of faith.

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News Technology

Tech giant Huawei is all set to create the world’s first 5G train station this year. It is said that the network will be installed in Shanghai Hongqiao railway station by September. This allows the passengers to to download a 2GB HD film in less than 20 seconds. It is reported that the passengers can also enjoy other 5G-backed services from seamless virtual reality gaming experiences to ordering a can of soda from a robot.

Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is one of Asia’s busiest traffic hubs, and according to China Daily, it deals with about 60 million passengers a year. It is clear that this ‘super speed’ network, which will be fitted to the existing railway Station will be of great use to the passengers. This development is also seen as a key milestone in 5G commercial deployment across the city, setting an example for 5G deployment nationwide, industry representatives said.

Lets see the advantages of 5G:

  • High resolution and bi-directional large bandwidth shaping.
  • Helps to gather all networks on one platform.
  • Highly effective and efficient.
  • Technology to facilitate subscriber supervision tools for the quick action.
  • Easily manageable with the previous generations.
  • Technological sound to support heterogeneous services (including private network).
  • Possible to provide uniform, uninterrupted, and consistent connectivity across the world.

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A Swedish activist student named Elin Ersson caused disruption on a plane that stopped the migrant being sent home. She had been fined 3,000 krona ($324; £251) for trying to stop the deportation of the Afghan migrant. Her video of the protest received international attention.

“I’m not going to sit down until this person is off the plane, because he will most likely get killed,” said Elin. The video shows how airline crew and other passengers persuade her to sit down and to stop filming. She was removed from the plane, with a 52-year-old Afghan and his escort from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

Elin said in the video that she disagree with Sweden’s policy of sending the rejected asylum seekers back. She got a very large social media support, although some accused her of grandstanding.

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