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A shooter has been killed after he opened fire at a US naval base in Florida on Friday. Reports also confirm that&nbsp;two other people are dead and a few more injured. The Naval Air Station Pensacola is in lockdown&nbsp;post the shooting.&nbsp;Local media say that the base hosts 16,000 military personnel and more than 7,000 civilians, and is home to a flight demonstration squadron. It is an early training centre for naval pilots, and is known as the "cradle of Naval aviation."

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Visitors at the Tennessee Aquarium in the US will be surprised to learn that an electric eel named Miguel Wattson has helped light up their Christmas tree! A special system connected to Miguel's tank enables his shocks to power strands of lights on a nearby tree. Miguel releases low-voltage blips of electricity when he is trying to find food. When he is eating or excited, he emits high voltage shocks that cause bigger flashes. The aquarium hopes that the Christmas tree will spark love and appreciation for the unusual freshwater fish.

Climate change is causing birds to shrink, says a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan and the Field Museum in Chicago. Researchers analysed over 70,000 specimens from 52 North American migratory bird species collected over 40 years. They found that almost all of the species were getting smaller and their wingspans are growing. However, scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink. More studies may help understand how animals will adapt to climate change.

Pantone has announced its much-awaited Colour of the Year for 2020 and it takes a bit of a traditional turn. Classic blue has been chosen as 2020's Colour of the Year. According to Pantone, the shade instills "calm confidence and connection". A shade of blue has been chosen as colour of the year for the seventh time since 2000. The colour of the year influences fashion, advertising and interior design.

More than 1000 items belonging to the late Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, from the famous movie 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ' will go under the hammer this weekend. Julien's Auctions presents 'Property from the Lifestyle of Elizabeth Taylor' in Beverly Hills in California. The belongings include everything from basic household items to fine art from her numerous residences around the world. The proceeds from the auction will go The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

Rare footage from the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia shows three Siberian tiger cubs playing in the wild. The video was captured by a hidden camera. The footage shows the three endangered cubs playing and rolling around as they wait for their mother to return from a hunt. Scientists determined that they were Siberian tiger cubs and were approximately four-months-old.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) just bagged the National Award 2019 for the empowerment of specially-abled persons. The award has been conferred for creating a barrier-free environment people with disabilities. Special personnel are deployed to attend to specially-abled and visually-impaired passengers. All Delhi Metro stations also have facilities such as kerb cuts at footpath, ramp lifts to accommodate wheelchair passengers, audible signage, special toilets and information signages in Braille.

Artists from across Asia have created a beautiful exhibit of ice sculptures, now open to the public on the outskirts of the German capital. Twenty-six ice sculptors from Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Mongolia and Russia have contributed to the 5th Ice World in Elstal, near Berlin. Artists used 300 tonnes of ice to create more than 100 sculptures including moose, pandas and tuk-tuks. One of the highlights is the "Long" - a ten-meter-long lucky dragon that was transported from China to Berlin. Ice World was put together in just two weeks and is open to the public until November 2020.

A 'ground breaking' typhoid vaccine reduced infections by 80 percent in a trial involving 20,000 children in Nepal. This is the first time that the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) has been tested. While other vaccines for typhoid exist, the current ones haven't worked well in young children. During the field study, half of the children were administered the TCV and the cases of typhoid fell by 81 per cent in the first year of the trial. Currently, the vaccine is being rolled out in Pakistan.

The 90 Miss Universe candidates along with the reigning Miss Universe Catriona Gray just unveiled the new crown in Atlanta.&nbsp;The 'Power of Unity' crown by Swiss jewellery&nbsp;brand Mouawad is inspired by nature, strength, beauty, femininity, and unity.&nbsp;The crown is crafted in 18-karat gold, handset with over 1,700 diamonds including a magnificent golden canary diamond in the center weighing 62.83 carats. The crown is said to be worth a whopping 35 crore&nbsp;rupees approximately!&nbsp;The petals, leaves, and vines represent the communities in the 7 continents empowering one another to become a force for good. The beauty contest is set to take place on the 8th of December in Atlanta.&nbsp;
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With mobile gaming gaining popularity, it's not surprising that gaming-focused smartphones are being brought in to the country by the boatload. The latest addition is the Nubia Red Magic 3S, a device that on paper looks like any other 2019 flagship, but is geared towards a completely different kind of user--the mobile gamer. Find out in our review if this is the best gaming smartphone currently on sale!

It's been long overdue, but the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G has finally arrived in India with some LTE goodness. This means you can use the Galaxy watch to make calls, send texts, and even stream music without having to lug your smartphone everywhere. But is all of that enough to take on Apple and its army of Watch OS soldiers? Find out in our full review!

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is something truly special, with its unique foldable OLED screen. It's certainly a stepping stone on the path to more innovation from the smartphone industry, but is this first foldable offering worth the hype at ₹1,64,999?

Apple's best new iPhone is out--the iPhone 11 Pro. It has a triple camera setup, the A13 Bionic Chip, a Super Retina XDR display and for the first time: a big battery. But is it worth the ₹99,900 price tag?

Here's our review for the world's most powerful Android smartphone - the Asus ROG Phone 2. It's a gaming phone that wants to be your daily driver, and is offering some serious hardware like a new Snapdragon 855 Plus chip, a massive 6,000mAh battery and the world's first 120Hz AMOLED display. The Asus ROG Phone 2 price in India starts at ₹37,999 for the 8GB RAM+128GB storage variant.

Asus&nbsp;has a new mid-range laptop focused towards Generation Z. The&nbsp;VivoBook&nbsp;S15 gets two screens, an Intel Core i7 processor and&nbsp;NVIDIA GeForce MX250&nbsp;graphics, but is that enough to make it worth your while?

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Qualcomm has announced the launch of its new 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform, the Snapdragon XR2. The company claims it can be used across various augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality user cases. It also promises twice the CPU and GPU performance over the Snapdragon 835 chipset. The actual products using the new platform are expected to arrive in late 2020 or early 2021.

To commemorate its sixth global anniversary, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is offering tempting discounts on its popular OnePlus 7 series in India. The OnePlus 7T 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model gets a price cut of ₹3,000 and is now available for ₹34,999. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 7T 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant receives a discounted price of ₹37,999. The OnePlus 7 Pro also gets a ₹10,000 discount and now costs ₹42,999 for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. Likewise, the OnePlus 7 Pro 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is priced at ₹39,999 under the latest offer. The OnePlus 6th Anniversary sale will continue until 17 December.

After killing the headphone jack, Apple is now going after the charging port. The tech giant is reportedly planning to get rid of the lightning port for its 2021 flagship iPhone, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a long history of accurate predictions relating to future Apple products. Kuo predicts that the most expensive new iPhone in the next two years will charge and sync completely wirelessly. He also said that Apple will be releasing the long-awaited budget iPhone SE 2 in early 2021.

According to estimates provided by analytics firm Sensor Tower, Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) has been downloaded more than 172 million times and has garnered nearly $87 million (~₹621 crores) in global player spending within just two months of its launch. The free-to-play first-person shooter game, which reached a record-breaking 100 million downloads in just its first week, saw a somewhat modest 21 million installs in November. It's also worth noting that the game was downloaded 17.5 million times in India, which accounts for the second most installs after the US.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has launched the world’s first modular MicroLED display ‘The Wall’. The ‘ultra-luxury’ display comes in a variety of ratios and sizes--from 146-inch in 4K, 219-inch in 6K and 292-inch in 8K definition. The display features the 0.8mm pixel pitch technology, AI up-scaling, Quantum HDR technology, peak brightness of 2,000 nits and 120Hz video rate for a rich experience. Samsung claims that the display blends seamlessly into its surroundings, thanks to its slim, bezel-less infinity designs and customisable deco frames. ‘The Wall’ is available in India at a price ranging from ₹3.5 crore to ₹12 crore.

According to a report by tech research firm Comapritech, India is the fifth worst country after China, Malaysia, Pakistan and the US in terms of extensive and invasive use of biometric data. India’s relatively lower rank would have sunk further if the law enforcement agencies had access to the Aadhaar database. About 50 countries were analysed for the research to find out where biometrics are being taken, what they are being taken for, and how they are being stored.

Finnish mobile company HMD Global has launched the Nokia 2.3 budget smartphone at an event in Cairo, Egypt. The entertainment-focused smartphone features a 6.1-inch HD+ display, a dual rear camera setup, and a 4000mAh battery that promises two days of juice. The Nokia 2.3 is powered by MediaTek Helio A22 chipset and packs 2GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage that can be extended up to 400GB via a MicroSD card. The smartphone is priced at €109 (₹8,700), however, there’s no word on Indian availability as of yet.

Uber said that it received nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault in the United States in 2017 and 2018. This disclosure was made in its long-awaited first safety report amid widespread criticism for not taking enough action against reports of sexual assault and crimes linked to its platform. The ride-hailing app, meanwhile, claimed that 99.9 per cent of the total 2.3bn US trips over the two-year period were concluded without safety issues. Uber also mentioned that it was developing an in-app safety button and other changes like sharing details of deactivated drivers with other platforms.

DTH operator d2h has introduced the d2h Magic Voice Enabled stick in India at ₹1,199. The smart device now supports Alexa and also gets a voice-enabled Bluetooth remote,which lets users control their set top box using voice commands. It comes preloaded with streaming services like ZEE5,&nbsp;Watcho,&nbsp;Hungama&nbsp;Play among others. The stick is being offered to customers for a monthly service charge of ₹49.

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Norwegian Air has become the first airline to sign the UN Climate Pledge, committing to become climate neutral by 2050. Passengers will be able to see their flight’s carbon emissions and purchase offsets with their ticket. Customers who choose to purchase offsets will fund carefully selected CO2-reducing clean energy projects in regions Norwegian serves. Over the past 10 years, the airline has “reduced its emissions by 30 percent per passenger kilometer” by operating fuel-efficient aircraft.

According to the Centre for International Climate Research, carbon emissions have increased by about 0.6% over the course of 2019. The 2019 estimate is based on data through the first nine to ten months of the year, with a few national estimates based only on six months of data. Both the United States and the European Union saw emissions drop 1.7% from 2018 to 2019, but China saw a 2.6% increase and India had a 1.8% rise. China is by far the biggest carbon polluter, with 28% of the 2019 emissions. The United States is No. 2 at 14.5%.

Ahead of the COP25 climate change meeting, an art installation has been created in Madrid that recreates air pollution. The installation simulates pollution levels of some of the most polluted cities in the world including London, New Delhi and Beijing. The pollution pods have been created by British artist Michael Pinsky and use perfume blends and fog machines to imitate the deteriorating air quality. Spain's Energy and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera paid a visit to the site that even spreads awareness on how pollution impacts the health.

The Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo in California has become the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. Recently, an event was organized to celebrate the park's commitment to renewable energy including the flipping of a giant switch and illuminating millions of twinkling lights.

Marine Conservation Society in the UK found almost 16,000 cans and bottles in four days of beach cleaning in September. The revelation highlights the importance of a comprehensive deposit return scheme to avoid marine litter. As part of the Great British Beach Clean, more than 10,000 volunteers cleaned 437 beaches and collected almost 11 tonnes of litter.

Chennai's Marina beach, which is India's longest urban beach, is currently blanketed with a layer of thick toxic foam due to pollution. Despite warnings about how dangerous the foam could be for the skin, tourists are taking a dip in the water and even using the foam as a backdrop for photographs! The samples of the foam are being investigated by the local Pollution Control Board.

A team of scientists used a drone to capture the rapid fracturing and draining of a lake on the Greenland ice sheet, a phenomenon that could become more frequent as a result of climate change. The process is difficult to capture, but the group of glaciologists from the Scott Polar Institute at the University of Cambridge were fortunate when they arrived at the Store Glacier in northwest Greenland in July 2018. Aerial photography captured by the drone from before and after shows a dark blue oval shrinking into a smaller, shallower and lighter blue circle.

The World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday warned that according to preliminary data the period from 2010 to 2019 is likely to be the hottest decade on record. Each of the previous four decades have been hotter than the last, and the trend is set to continue. Not just that, 2019 could be the second-warmest year on record. The report comes just before delegates from around the world are all set to meet at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid to discuss the ongoing crisis.

Climate change is causing birds to shrink, says a new study conducted by researchers from the&nbsp;University of Michigan and the&nbsp;Field Museum in Chicago.&nbsp;Researchers analysed over 70,000 specimens from 52 North American migratory bird species collected over 40 years. They found that almost all of the species were getting smaller and&nbsp;their wingspans are growing.&nbsp;However, scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink.&nbsp;More studies may help understand&nbsp;how animals will adapt to climate change.
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