If it is your birthday, Twitter will not
only make sure that you get happy birthday messages but also animated
balloons in your Twitter handle.
The micro-blogging site has introduced an option to set your date of
birth in its settings menu that will appear on your profile page.
“Starting today (July 6), you will be able to show your birthday on your Twitter profile,” a Twitter blog post read.
To add your birth date to your Twitter profile, choose the “Edit profile” option on Twitter.com.
Your birth date will be a completely optional part...
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Poor sleep may make you more impulsive
Sleep deprivation may put you at increased risk for succumbing to
impulsive desires, inattentiveness and questionable decision-making,
says a study.
The researchers found that poor sleep habits can have a negative
effect on self-control, which presents risks to individuals’ personal
and professional lives.
“Our study explored how sleep habits and self-control are interwoven
and sleep habits and self-control may work together to affect...
Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii, completing historic flight
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed a historic flight in its
quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel, touching
down gracefully in Hawaii on Friday after the most arduous leg of its
journey.
The sun-powered plane, piloted by veteran Swiss aviator Andre
Borschberg, took 118 hours—about five days—to make the voyage from Japan
to Hawaii and landed shortly after dawn at Kalaeloa Airport on the main
Hawaiian island of Oahu.
“Just...
12 Al-Qaeda suspects put on 3-day remand
Twelve Al-Qaeda militant suspects who were detained by Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday were put on a three-day police remand.The
twelve militants, including the Bangladesh chief coordinator and an
adviser to the global militant outfit, are said to be members of the
AQIS (Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent).Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Molla Saiful Alam gave the order.Earlier, investigative officer and Darussalam police sub-inspector Jalal Uddin sought the remand in Saiful Alam’s court. The
detained are Mowlana Mainul Islam alias Mahim...
Hema Malini ‘fine’, driver held for child’s death
Film
actor and BJP MP Hema Malini, injured in a car crash in Rajasthan that
killed a child, is doing “fine”, doctors said on Friday, even as police
arrested her driver for rash driving.Hema Malini was injured
near Dausa, over 50 km from here, when her car rammed into another car
coming from the opposite direction, leaving a five-year-old child in
that vehicle dead.“She is fine and conscious. She is on liquid
diet now,” said Prateem Tamboli...
UN issues first-ever heatwave warning guidelines
Two United Nations agencies have unveiled
a series of new guidelines focusing on health risks posed by the
increasing number and intensity of climate change-related heatwaves
affecting the planet, reports UN News Centre.
Warm weather alerts spread across Europe following soaring
temperatures that killed hundreds of people in India and Pakistan last
month.
The set of guidelines, jointly produced by the UN World Health
Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and
titled Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System...
Chile defender banned over backside assault
Chile defender Gonzalo Jara was thrown out of the Copa America
on Sunday over his attempt to shove his finger into the backside of
Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani, the Chilean Football Federation
confirmed.
A statement said Jara had been suspended for three matches following a
disciplinary hearing by South American football’s ruling body CONMEBOL
into the lurid flashpoint during last week’s quarter-final.
“The Chilean Football Federation...
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