Herald: Singing solo is now a reality heraldgoa.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldgoa.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IPL, once again
2 hours ago Another season of IPL will be held under the shades of Covid-19 and within a bio-secure bubble. Come Friday, and the spotlight will once again be on the greatest cricket extravaganza, IPL. The bio-bubble and COVID restrictions will dampen the mood a bit, but the thrill IPL offers is unbeatable, even during the pandemic (“Axar tests positive for COVID-19; Mumbai confident of hosting IPL matches at Wankhede Stadium”, April 3, Gulf Today).
Last year we saw the tournament being hosted here in the UAE under even more trying times, due to the surging Coronavirus. But it kept cricket buffs and IPL die-hards glued to their seats until the final match. This year though it has returned to the Indian shores and the vaccine rollout seems to have brought in some relief, though at the moment India seems to be going through some sort of a second wave. Hope the situation comes under control soon enough. IPL as usual is a brand extrao
The only solution
15 Dec 2020 Image for illustrative purpose only. Facebook and Google are among the two dominant technological companies which have been taking us for a spin, unbridled. And that too for decades now, disguised in the garb of giving us free access to their sites (“Facebook’s monopoly should be curbed,” Dec. 11, Gulf Today).
These entities are guilty of not only amassing millions of dollars through data mining, but for example, in the case of Facebook, it has used its monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition.
Joe Nocera has shown how Zuckerberg has been using his dominance to virtually pulverize any startup which he feels could threaten his hold on the tech market.