Russia-Ukraine War: McDonald's Shuts Operations In Kazakhstan Over Supply Shortage

McDonald's has shut down its locations in Kazakhstan due to supply issues, as per a report in the BBC. Although the fast food chain has not explained the reason for the shortage, it is assumed that supply problems triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are to be blamed.

It is said that McDonald's has forbidden its local franchisee from buying hamburgers from Russian suppliers. The operator of the chain in Kazakhstan, Food Solutions KZ, announced it will reopen its locations under a new name, the report further mentions.

Workers could be seen removing the enormous white lettering on one of the branches in Almaty, the largest city. After severing links with Russian businesses and running out of supplies, the company's licensee in Kazakhstan was forced to temporarily close its restaurants in November, according to Reuters. However, they now appear to have permanently shut down.

"The chain of fast-service restaurants managed by Food Solutions KZ LLP will stop working under the McDonald's brand in Kazakhstan due to supply restrictions. The reopening of the company and the opening date of the quick service restaurants under the new name will be announced soon. We will answer all questions related to the company's continued operations after this transition is completed," McDonald's Kazakhstan said in a statement on Instagram.

The fast-food chain added, "After the opening of the chain of restaurants, visitors will be offered high quality products, a varied menu and hospitable service. Fast food restaurants will continue to operate in accordance with the current high standards, values and business principles."

Food Solutions KZ's Head, Aset Mashanov, in a meeting with the government in December, said that efforts were being made to source meat products locally in order to restart its operations as soon as possible. He also mentioned that it would be challenging to import produce from other countries if customs clearance and other bureaucratic hurdles were not removed, the BBC added. 

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PAK vs NZ : सरफराज के बाद रिजवान को इस खिलाड़ी ने दिया झटका, 4 साल बाद लौटा और बन गया…

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12 सीजन...5 ट्रॉफी, रोहित शर्मा ने MI के साथ पूरे किए 12 साल, जानें लंबे सफर पर क्या बोले हिटमैन?

मुंबई इंडियंस (Mumbai Indians) के मौजूदा कप्तान रोहित शर्मा (Rohit Shamra) ने मुंबई इंडियंस फ्रेंचाइजी के साथ 12 साल पूरे कर लिए हैं. रोहित शर्मा के नाम मुंबई इंडियंस को 5 खिताब दिलाने का रिकॉर्ड है.

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PM Modi's Mother's Ashes Immersed In Ganga In Haridwar

The ashes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben were immersed in the Ganga river here on Saturday.

The ashes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben were immersed in the Ganga river here on Saturday.

The ashes were immersed in the river at the VIP ghat with vedic rituals.

It was a simple ceremony with no administrative arrangements. Neither the administration nor the local BJP unit had any information about it.

The Prime Minister's brother returned after performing the rites.

PM Modi's mother Heeraben passed away on December 30 at the age of 99 in Ahmedabad.

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IND VS SL: सूर्या के नाम हुआ साल 2023 का पहला शतक, पिछले 11 सालों में किन भारतीय खिलाड़ियों ने जड़ी थी पहली सेंचुरी? देखें पूरी लिस्ट

सूर्यकुमार यादव ने श्रीलंका के खिलाफ तीसरे टी20 मुकाबले में बेहतरीन शतक जड़ा. वह साल 2023 में टीम इंडिया के लिए शतक जड़ने वाले पहले खिलाड़ी बन गए हैं. उन्होंने मात्र 45 गेंदों में शतक पूरा किया.

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क्रिकेट की जगह चुनी स्टडी...लेकिन अब टीम इंडिया में मचा रहे धमाल..जानें जडेजा के रिप्लेसमेंट की दिलचस्प कहानी

भारत और श्रीलंका के बीच टी20 सीरीज का आखिरी मुकाबला राजकोट में खेला जा रहा है. इस सीरीज का हिस्सा रहे अक्षर पटेल ने बेहतरीन प्रदर्शन किया. उन्होंने कमाल की बल्लेबाजी भी की. अक्षर पटेल ने क्रिकेट के स्थान पर स्टडी को चुना था लेकिन पिता ने उन्हें क्रिकेट खेलने की सलाह दी.

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Mumbai Police's Response To Fan Who Asked Shah Rukh Khan About OTP Wins Internet

Mumbai Police is famous for its amusing posts and witty responses to sensitize people about various issues like cybercrime and understanding consent. In yet another post, the police department gave a witty reply to Shah Rukh Khan's fan when he asked for a one-time-password (OTP) from the actor. The Mumbai Police responded simply with "100" to the fan's tweet requesting the OTP.

All this unfolded when Shah Rukh Khan organised #AskSRK session on completing 13 years on Twitter. He answered several questions regarding his upcoming movies and his fitness among many others. Aniket Dekate, a user tweeted, "Sir ek OTP aaya hoga....jara batana #AskSrk (Sir, an OTP must have come, please tell me)." Responding to the same, "King Khan" said,  "Beta main itna famous hoon mujhe OTP nahi aate....vendors just send me the goods when I order...tum apna dekh lo (Son, I am so famous that I don't get any OTP, vendors just send me the goods when I order, you see for yourself)."

Mumbai Police tweeted Mr Dekate's tweet and just wrote "100". This witty response received a lot of attention from social media users. "Mumbai police....u r awesome," said a user.

100

— मुंबई पोलीस - Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) January 5, 2023

"Well done," said another person. Several also left laughing emojis in the comments. 

Not only this, Shah Rukh Khan's response received a lot of reactions from social media. One user said, "The KING for a reason!" 

"Dear God, I don't want money. I don't want fame. If I can just be blessed with @iamsrk's wit, my life will be fulfilled," added another person.

Sir khud hi OTP hei...✌️✌️?♥️♥️

— Debayanmazumder95@gmail.com (@Debayanmazumde2) January 5, 2023

"The real flex here is that he's probably not even joking," said another person. 

In the same session, a Twitter user referred to his upcoming film Pathaan as a "disaster" and asked SRK to retire from films. "Pathan disaster already. Retirement lelo," he said. Shah Rukh Khan replied in his own style and said, "Beta badhon se aise baat nahi karte (Kid, this is not the way to speak to elders)."

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Ahead Of Karnataka Elections, Chief Minister Says Cabinet Expansion "Soon"

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday announced a cabinet expansion in the poll-bound Karnataka ahead of the state assembly election to be held this year.

"Cabinet expansion will be done soon, I have already conveyed the message to high command and high command will take a decision accordingly soon. I don't know who'll be inducted in the cabinet, the high command will take a decision soon after a meeting," Mr Bommai said.

Karnataka is slated to go to Assembly polls this year.

Earlier in December last year, Mr Bommai said the cabinet reshuffle is likely to happen in Karnataka.

Addressing the media persons during a press conference in Belagavi, Bommai said that he has provided details about the expansion of the Karnataka cabinet to Ex-Karnataka Ministers, Eshwarappa and Jarkiholi.

Mr Bommai's statement came amid a reported tussle and rift in the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after KS Eshwarappa and Ramesh Jarkiholi skipped the winter session, last year, at Vidhan Soudha in Belagavi and attacked the state leadership.

"I have met Eshwarappa and Jarkiholi about the expansion and gave them detail. This expansion issue has been discussed with them and I have already conveyed the same to the high command earlier. I will visit Delhi soon," CM Bommai said in a press conference in December.

The absence of Eshwarappa and Jarkiholi had initially raised speculations about internal conflict, which CM Bommai later clarified that it was not a boycott.

"It's not a boycott. After (KS Eshwarappa) got clean chit (in the contractor death case), I discussed with high command (regarding his inclusion in the cabinet). I will speak to them personally," CM Bommai had said.

On being asked about the early elections in the state, CM Bommai exuded confidence in completing the tenure and said that he has not spoken to anybody regarding it.

"I have not spoken to anyone related to the early election. I am sure that we will finish our term. The election does not come if anybody claims so," he said in the press conference in December.

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IND vs SL T20: मिस्टर 360 ने हवाई छक्कों से एशियन चैपियंस से की डील, सूर्या के शतक से जले मेहमान

भारत और श्रीलंका के बीच टी20 सीरीज का निर्णायक मुकाबला राजकोट में खेला जा रहा है. इस मैच में सूर्या ने अपनी आग उगलती बल्लेबाजी से श्रीलंकाई टीम को आसमान ताकने पर मजबूर कर दिया. इसी के साथ वह 2023 में भारत की तरफ से शतक जड़ने वाले पहले बल्लेबाज बन गए हैं.

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Ghost Light Among Galaxies

Hubble, a NASA space telescope, continues to bring us breathtaking pictures of the planets, stars, and galaxies. Since its launch and deployment by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990, it has revolutionised astronomy.

According to NASA, a recent infrared survey from the Hubble Space Telescope, which looked for this so-called "intracluster light," sheds new light on the mystery. The new Hubble observations suggest that these stars have been wandering around for billions of years, and are not a product of more recent dynamical activity inside a galaxy cluster that would strip them out of normal galaxies.

"The survey included 10 galaxy clusters as far away as nearly 10 billion light-years."

The observations also showed that intracluster space in the early universe was illuminated by the weak, diffuse light of lone stars; these stars had been travelling alone for a very long period.

"This means that these stars were already homeless in the early stages of the cluster's formation," said James Jee of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. His findings have been released in Nature magazine's January 5 issue.

"We don't exactly know what made them homeless. Current theories cannot explain our results, but somehow they were produced in large quantities in the early universe," said Jee. "In their early formative years, galaxies might have been pretty small, and they bled stars pretty easily because of a weaker gravitational grasp."

"If we figure out the origin of intracluster stars, it will help us understand the assembly history of an entire galaxy cluster, and they can serve as visible tracers of dark matter enveloping the cluster," said Hyungjin Joo of Yonsei University, the first author of the paper.

Galaxies and clusters of galaxies are held together by dark matter, the universe's invisible framework. 

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4 मैचों में 2 अंक.. आखिरी स्थान पर रहने का मंडरा रहा खतरा.. दिल्ली रणजी टीम के कोच पर लटकी तलवार

दिल्ली की रणजी टीम मौजूदा सीजन में अभी तक 4 मैचों में सिर्फ 2 अंक ही बटोर सकी है. टीम के हेड कोच अभय शर्मा की कोचिंग पर तलवार लटक रही है. ऐसी खबरें आ रही हैं कि उन्हें बर्खास्त किया जा सकता है.

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Expert On Reasons Behind "Sinking" Of Uttarakhand Town

A variety of factors both anthropogenic and natural have led to the subsidence of Joshimath, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Kalachand Sain said on Friday.

The factors are not recent, they have built up over a long period of time, he said.

"The three principal factors are Joshimath's vulnerable foundations as it was developed on the debris of a landslide triggered by an earthquake more than a century ago, its location in seismic zone V which is more prone to earthquakes besides gradual weathering and water percolation which reduce the cohesive strength of the rocks over time," Mr Sain told PTI.

"Atkins had first written about Joshimath's location on landslide debris in the Himalayan Gazetteer in 1886. Even the Mishra Committee in its report in 1976 had written about its location on an old subsidence zone," he said.

The going down of the Himalayan rivers and heavy rainfall which is characteristic of the area beside the flashfloods in the Rishiganga and Dhauliganga rivers last year may also have worsened the situation, he said.

As Joshimath is the gateway to Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and skiing destination Auli haphazard construction activities have been going on in the area for a long time without thinking about the pressure the town is capable of coping with, he said, adding this may also have led to cracks appearing in the houses there.

"Hotels and restaurants have mushroomed everywhere. The pressure of population and the size of the crowd of tourists has also increased manifold," he said.

"Many houses in the town are unlikely to survive and people living in them must be shifted to safe locations as life is precious," he said.

After the evacuation of people in affected areas to safety, microzonation of the town, replanning of its drainage system and rainwater outlets besides assessment of rock strength among others should be undertaken, Mr Sain suggested.

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हार्दिक पंड्या की कप्तानी में सीरीज जीत की हैट्रिक लगाने कब और कहां उतरेगी टीम इंडिया, फ्री में यहां लाइव मैच का उठा सकते हैं मजा

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20 LIVE Telecast Streaming: भारतीय टीम हार्दिक पंड्या की कप्तानी में अभी तक कोई सीरीज नहीं हारी है. पंड्या राजकोट टी20 को जीतकर अपने इस अजेय क्रम को बरकरार रखना चाहेंगे. दूसरे टी20 में मेहमान श्रीलंकाई टीम ने भारत को 16 रन से हराया जबकि मुंबई टी20 में टीम इंडिया विजयी रही थी.

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German YouTuber Posts Controversial Video About Street Hawkers In India, Deletes Post After Backlash

Christian Betzmann, a German Instagram influencer and YouTuber, posted an Instagram video criticising Indian street vendors after their voices caused him inconvenience. However, he deleted the same post after facing backlash from social media users in India and around the world.

The influencer's post, which has since been removed from Instagram but is still accessible on Reddit, demonstrates how Betzmann used venomous language to describe India's common vending cart hawkers. Reddit users are also criticising the influencer for his disparaging remarks about the small vendors, pointing out that street vendors play a significant role in Indian culture.

Chris Betzmann uploaded a video of street hawkers selling fruits with the caption: "How is this not banned? Every day, 20 dudes scream in front of my Airbnb to sell their s***. I should buy all his pineapples and shove it up his A**. B***h"

It is evident from the influencer's social media presence that he has travelled widely throughout India and has shot many of his videos with locals.

However, reddit users heavily criticised this video, which insults the people who are struggling to meet their daily needs.

"This made me so angry! This influencer will have no qualms about filming the same people to show "culture," but is complaining about people's right to livelihood. "I wish we would stop swooning over these travel vloggers and not give them clout," wrote one user.

"How about Instagram bans him and saves us from the absolutely useless pollution he is creating?" commented another user.

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