Fauci, Kamala among big names on mispronounced words list

America’s preeminent infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, and its incoming vice president, Kamala Harris, join the Renaissance master himself, Leonardo da Vinci, atop this year’s list of most mispronounced words, as complied by the US Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms.

Merkel pushes for tougher German lockdown

Chancellor Angela Merkel threw her weight behind calls for a fuller lockdown in Germany that would include closing shops after Christmas, telling legislators that vaccines alone would not majorly alter the pandemic’s course in the first quarter.

‘Pakistan lawmakers to resign en masse to paralyse govt’

The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after an 11-party Opposition alliance announced that the lawmakers will resign en masse by the end of this month from parliament to paralyse the government and force Prime Minister Imran Khan to call early snap polls.

Ponniyin Selvan shoot to resume

Ponniyin Selvan is Maniratnam’s dream project. No sooner the shoot began, Covid broke out. As a result all came to a grinding halt.

Neuberg appoints new group vice chairman

Neuberg Diagnostics has announced the appointment of A Ganesan as the group vice chairman. In his new role, Ganesan will be actively involved in the business expansions.

Big B, Akshay among celebs in Forbes Asia list

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan feature in the Forbes list of Most Influential Celebrities on Social Media in the Asia-Pacific region.