- India
‘Chinese phone makers, including Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi evaded Rs 9,000 cr in tax’
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone makers, including Oppo Mobile, Vivo India and Xiaomi, have been found evading taxes to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore in India, the government has said in Parliament.…
- India
Gujarat: 30K people shifted to safer places; IMD issues ‘orange’ alert
Ahmedabad: As flood waters receded on Sunday in the rain-battered Junagadh district of Gujarat a day after torrential rains, the focus now was on restoring normalcy, officials said, adding nearly 3,000 people…
- Health
Long-term COVID-19 symptoms linked to cognitive impairment
London: Researchers have found that people with longer-term Covid-19 symptoms including brain fog showed reduced performance in tasks testing different mental processes up to two years after infection with the virus. Researchers…
- Technology
NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet loses 99 per cent of value
New Delhi: The very first tweet of Jack Dorsey, whose non-fungible token (NFT) was sold for a whopping $2.9 million in 2021, now has a paltry price of less than $2,000. Iranian-born…
- World
Arson attack in Mexico claims 11 lives; accused arrested
Mexico City: At least 11 people were killed and six others injured after a man who was removed from a bar for disrespecting women, returned and threw a lit object in San…
- World
Canadian province under state of emergency due to flooding
Ottawa: A state of emergency has been declared in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia to fight severe flooding, authorities said. The Nova Scotia Government’s Emergency Management Office said that the…
- World
Flash floods in Afghanistan claim lives of 26 people
Kabul: The death toll in overnight flash floods in Afghanistan’s Wardak province mounted to 26, while 36 people were missing, an official said on Sunday. Talking to media persons, Natural Disaster Management…
- India
CVoter Survey: A majority want PM to intervene and Manipur CM to resign
New Delhi: An exclusive survey conducted by CVoter reveals that more than three in four Indians are aware of the violence that has engulfed Manipur since May this year. More significantly, a…
- India
West Bengal: Couple sells child to arrange funds for alcohol, arrested
Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Sunday arrested a couple based out of Panihati in North 24 Parganas district for selling their six-month-old child to arrange for funds to purchase their alcohol. The…
- Technology
Spotify to hike price of premium plan by USD 1 in US: Report
San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify is reportedly planning to increase its monthly subscription price by $1 in the US, as part of its effort to become consistently profitable. The price hike…
- India
Manipur: Freedom fighter’s 80-year-old wife burnt alive in Kakching
Imphal: In another horrifying case of ongoing ethnic violence reported from Manipur after the parading of two naked women in Kangpokpi district on May 4, the octogenarian widow of a freedom fighter…
- Technology
Musk to soon replace Twitter’s blue bird with ‘X’ logo
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Sunday announced that he will soon replace the micro-blogging platform’s blue bird logo with the ‘X’ logo. Musk tweeted, “Frankly, I love the negative feedback on…
- India
Cong’s MP plan: Priyanka to focus on cities, Rahul on Dalits, Adivasis
Bhopal: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and former party president Rahul Gandhi will lead the election campaign in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. But, the question still remains that who will be…
- India
PM’s 7-nation visit in last two months entailed expenses worth Rs 1.79 cr
New Delhi: The Centre spent Rs 1.79 crore in the last two months over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits to seven nations between May and July, which included the high profile…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolling out feature to initiate group calls with up to 15 people
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature on iOS beta, which will allow users to initiate group calls with up to 15 people. Group calls already support…
