The American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s, died from congestive heart failure at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City on April 25, 2023 at the age of 96. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
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Japanese giant Sega makes an offer to buy Angry Birds
Sega, the company behind Sonic the Hedgehog, recently announced it has made a €706 million ($776 million) offer to buy Finland’s Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the popular gaming franchise Angry Birds.
Melbourne pips Sydney, becomes Australia’s most populous city once again
Melbourne becomes Australia’s biggest city once again, in terms of population, after more than 100 years. In the late 19th century, Melbourne was Australia’s biggest city amid the gold rush and outnumbered Sydney until 1905.
Heat wave a major cause of concern for environmentalists
April saw record temperatures in the Indian subcontinent. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines heatwave as “a period of abnormally hot weather, often defined with reference to a relative temperature threshold, lasting from two days to months.”
Heatwave a major cause of concern for environmentalists
April saw record temperatures in the Indian subcontinent. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines heatwave as “a period of abnormally hot weather, often defined with reference to a relative temperature threshold, lasting from two days to months.”
Tim Cook inaugurates Apple’s first retail store in India.
Apple’s first retail store in India opened in the heart of Mumbai’s bustling Bandra Kurla Complex. Tim Cook also greeted customers who visited the store and posed for selfies with some of them. The design of the store has been inspired by the black-and-yellow taxis, locally known as kaali-peelis that are ubiquitous in India’s financial capital. The Apple CEO was visibly stunned when a man named Sajid Moinuddin brought with him a 33-year-old Macintosh classic computer with himself.
Vedaant Madhavan makes a splash in Kuala Lumpur
The 18-year-old won five gold medals for India at the Malaysian invitational age group swimming championships in Kuala Lumpur. A familiar name since the Khelo India Games, the teenage sensation is the son of the actor R Madhavan.
Duan and Marco Jansen become the latest pair of brothers to play in the IPL.
They are also the only twins to play in the tournament. Siblings to have played in IPL include Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, Shaun and Mitchell Marsh, Michael and David Hussey, Albie and Morne Morkel, Brendon and Nathan McCullum, Dwayne and Darren Bravo, Siddarth and Uday Kaul, Hardik and Krunal Pandya, and Sam and Tom Curran
Photographer turns down prestigious award as the winning image was generated by AI
When the Sony World Photography Awards announced the winning entry in their creative photo category in March 2023, the artist Boris Eldagsen turned down the award announcing his photograph was not a photograph at all. He had crafted it through creative prompting of DALL-E 2, an AI image generator.
Diljit Dosanjh becomes first Punjabi artiste to perform at Coachella
In 2023, Diljit Dosanjh became the first Punjabi artiste to perform at Coachella, alongside headliners Blackpink, Bjork and Ali Sethi. He got the crowd on their feet as he performed to his hits Clash and Lemonade among others.
In one of the videos gone viral, the singer says, “It is really hot in Coachella. Is it the heat or it’s because of the Punjabis here?”, inviting a thunderous applause from the audience. He added his patent, “Punjabi aa gaye Coachella oye!”
Fans were also in awe of his humbleness when he spoke to the security present at the venue and apologised on behalf of his fans, who were elated with his music. He said to the security present there, “Security paaji sorry. They are very excited basically, they are good people. First time Dosanjhwala on stage at Coachella that’s why they are excited. So please, I am sorry on behalf of them. Thank you”.
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Coachella is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert.