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    Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man (an onomatopoeic play on the Japanese word paku , meaning to gobble) but it was changed when it launched in the United States for fear gamers would inevitably change the P to an F .Technology
    World's most successful arcade game Pac-Man turns 40: Here's the story...

    The firm claims the lovable character has a brand recognition of 90 percent around the world one of the most recognised...

    22 May 2020 5:42 PM IST

    Offices emptied out by the coronavirus are likely to stay that way for a while, as tech companies package the extension given to employees to work from home as a favour done to them while blurring office time and personal time and getting more bang for their buck.Technology
    Work from home being sold as the new culture by tech giants Facebook,...

    It enables companies to cut the cost of rent, power and other charges from maintaining an office

    22 May 2020 4:54 PM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson participates in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains NHS (National Health Service) workers and other frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)World
    UK confident COVID-19 tracking system will be in place before lockdown...

    Health workers have warned that any failure in tracing people with the virus and their contacts would result in a second...

    22 May 2020 4:23 PM IST

    Amazon India to hire 50,000 temporary workers as lockdown boosts demand. (AFP Photo)Business
    Amazon India to hire 50,000 temporary workers as lockdown boosts...

    The temporary hires will work in Amazon's fulfillment centers and as part of its delivery network

    22 May 2020 3:38 PM IST

    A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)India
    Coronavirus pandemic: India sees biggest single-day spike with 6K...

    There has been an increase of 148 deaths and 6,088 cases since Thursday 8 am.

    22 May 2020 3:15 PM IST

    Salah Khashoggi, the son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AFP)World
    Khashoggi's sons forgive his killers citing Ramadan tradition

    Five Saudi agents had been sentenced to death for Khashoggi's murder that cast a cloud of suspicion over the Saudi's...

    22 May 2020 2:48 PM IST

    US president Donald Trump. (AP)World
    Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

    One of the studies, funded in part by his own government, had raised alarms about the use of hydroxychloroquine in...

    22 May 2020 2:15 PM IST

    Indian economy to contract in FY21; lockdown compounds economic challenges, says Moodys. (PTI Photo)Business
    Economic damage for India from lockdown to be significant, says...

    Indian economy already was growing at its slowest pace in six years and with the stimulus measures falling short of...

    22 May 2020 2:06 PM IST

    President Donald Trump looks through a face shield, in front of poster of the manufacturing of these shields, while touring Ford Motor Co.s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (AP)World
    Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant

    The US president did not wear a face covering despite a warning that a refusal to do so might lead to a ban on his...

    22 May 2020 1:56 PM IST

    Pro-democracy protesters hold placards that translate as \National Security Law comes to Hong Kong, Hong Kong becomes Xinjiang, Stanley Prison becomes Qincheng Prison, Hong Kongers Revolt\ as they march from outside the Western Police Station to the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on May 22, 2020. (AFP)World
    Outrage in Hong Kong as China pushes new security law

    The proposal for the security law, expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition, was introduced into Chinese...

    22 May 2020 1:26 PM IST

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