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US streaming platform Netflix has rejected a call from Britain's culture minister to add disclaimers at the start of episodes of its hit series The Crown to make clear that it is a work of fiction, several British media reported on Sunday (Dec 6). Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is among several prominent figures in Britain who have argued that the scripted series, in which actors play members of the royal family, risked giving viewers a wrong and damaging impression of the royals. READ: Fact or fiction? UK government says Netflix's The Crown should be clear According to the reports, Dowden and Netflix exchanged correspondence about the issue. Netflix did not immediately respond to an email from Reuters requesting comment, and a spokeswoman for the culture ministry in London declined to comment. Netflix was quoted by media reports as saying that it was confident its viewers knew the series was loosely based on true events. "We have always presented The Crown as a … [Read more...] about Netflix declines to flag up to viewers that TV series The Crown is fiction

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to proceed further with a contempt action against Maharashtra forest officials over the killing of Avni, a “man-eater” tigress, in 2018, after realising that the decision to kill the cat had been confirmed by the court itself. “If the decision to kill the tigress was confirmed by the Supreme Court, we are not going to reopen it,” Chief Justice Sharad A. Bobde, leading a three-Judge Bench, addressed petitioner Sangeeta Dogra. Ms. Dogra persisted that the officials took part in “celebrations” after the tigress was shot down. “The investigation [into the death of the tigress] was going on, how could they celebrate at a function?” Ms. Dogra claimed. Advocate Kartik N. Shukul, for the forest officials, however categorically denied that his clients were “directly or indirectly” a part of any celebrations. Chief Justice Bobde said the celebrations may have been by the villagers. “The officers have sent a note that they have not celebrated,” the CJI … [Read more...] about Supreme Court declines to proceed on contempt action against Maharashtra forest officials

PARIS: France reported 13,563 new coronavirus infections on Thursday (Nov 26), compared with 16,282 on Wednesday and 21,150 a week ago, suggesting the spread of the virus continued to slow in the fourth week of a national lockdown. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 2.18 million in France. The number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 continued falling by a further 662 to 29,310, while the number of people in intensive care fell by 130 to 4,018, extending a trend dating back two weeks, health ministry data showed. President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this week that the lockdown could be lifted on Dec 15 if by then the number of new infections per day fell to 5,000 and COVID-19 patients in intensive care declined to between 2,500 and 3,000. France also reported 339 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals, down from 381 on Wednesday. The seven-day moving average of deaths in hospitals and retirement homes now stands at 547, and has been falling for a week after … [Read more...] about New COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations decline again in France

Coronavirus hospital deaths in Britain have increased by 293, statistics show - as a week-on-week Saturday decline continues. A further 257 patients have died in England, 18 in Scotland, 16 in Wales and two in Northern Ireland. The daily figure is lower by 62 than the number of people who died in hospital a week ago, which totalled 355, and lower by 220 than the Saturday before - 513 on February 13. It is also a significant drop from a Saturday around a month ago, when 825 people died on January 23. Hospital deaths rose by 352 yesterday, according to official numbers. Got a story? Email [email protected] A further 8,523 coronavirus cases were reported in Britain yesterday, taking the total to 4,163,085. The full death tally across all settings - including care homes and the wider community - will be released later today Nearly 20million people have received vaccines, including both first and second doses. The news comes a day after people were warned not to … [Read more...] about UK coronavirus hospital deaths rise by 293 as Saturday decline continues

MELBOURNE: Australia's Victoria state government is confident the Australian Open will go ahead but offered no assurances on Wednesday that players would be allowed to arrive in time for the season-opening ATP Cup and other events in January. The men's ATP Tour told players on Tuesday that the start of the 2021 season remained up in the air due to "challenges" in Australia, which is effectively closed to international arrivals due to COVID-19 protocols. Tennis Australia (TA) planned for players and their entourages to arrive in Victoria in mid-December to have time to undertake a mandatory two-week quarantine period before competing in January. But Victoria premier Daniel Andrews questioned whether players needed to arrive so early and said the government was still working with Tennis Australia on quarantine arrangements. "(Tennis Australia) are working (with) all of their partners and we're confident that we'll finish up with an Australian Open," Andrews told reporters. … [Read more...] about Government declines to guarantee Australian Open, ATP Cup schedule