- Health
Board games can help boost maths ability in young children: Study
Santiago: Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at maths, according to a review of studies. Board games are already known to enhance…
- India
Odisha train tragedy: CBI interrogates 3 arrested Railways officials
Bhubaneswar: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Saturday started interrogation of three Railways officials were were arrested in connection to the Balasore triple train tragedy. The CBI on Friday evening…
- India
Madhya Pradesh: Youth beaten up in Gwalior, forced to lick sole
Bhopal: In yet another inhumane act in Madhya Pradesh, a youth was beaten up in the Gwalior district and forced to lick the sole of a person’s foot. In a video that…
- Technology
Don’t want to replace Twitter but create less angry place for users: Instagram head
New Delhi: Instagram head Adam Mosseri has clarified that Meta does not want to replace Twitter but create a public square for communities on Instagram that never really embraced Twitter and for…
- Middle East
One killed in shooting at Lebanon mosque
Beirut: A Lebanese citizen on Friday opened fire at worshipers as they were leaving a mosque in the town of Bar Elias in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing one and injuring several others,…
- Technology
China slaps hefty fines on Alibaba, Tencent as part of regulatory crackdown
Hong Kong: China has slapped hefty penalties on the country’s two digital payments giants, Tencent and Alibaba, as part of its regulatory crackdown that began a couple of years ago. Tencent, along…
- Technology
Meta launches Android beta for Threads that reached 70 mn users
New Delhi: Meta’s Twitter rival Threads, which has amassed 70 million followers, is now launching a beta programme for Android to give users early access to new features and bug fixes. The…
- Business
Twitter sues top law firm that received $90 mn in Musk deal
San Francisco: Twitter has sued a law firm that represented the micro-blogging platform as Elon Musk tried to back out of his deal to buy the platform for $44 billion. Twitter’s previous…
- Middle East
Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Ramallah: A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers during an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank, medics said. The incident took place on Friday in the village of Umm Safa, north…
- Sports
BCCI will send both men’s & women’s teams to Asian Games: Jay Shah
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games scheduled to be held in September 2023 at Hangzhou, China. However,…
- India
Amarnath Yatra halted for second successive day as heavy rain continues
Srinagar: Due to heavy rain in the Pahalgam and Baltal routes, authorities temporarily suspended the Amaranth Yatra on Saturday, with no pilgrims allowed to move from Jammu to the Kashmir Valley. “Heavy…
- Bangalore
Excise duty hike will make Karnataka most expensive state for spirits in India: ISWAI
Bengaluru: The International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) on Friday said that the excise rate hike in the Karnataka Budget 2023, presented by CM Siddaramaiah, will make the state most…
- India
AAP counters ED claims, says Sisodia’s properties worth Rs 16L only attached
New Delhi: Hours after the Enforcement Directorate claimed that it has attached properties to the tune of Rs 52.24 crore of AAP leader Manish Sisodia and his wife and others in the…
- World
US taking steps to protect Indian missions, diplomats, says official
Washington: The US is taking all necessary measures to “protect the safety and security” of India’s embassy and consulates and people who work there, a senior State Department official said on Friday.…
- World
Global temperatures the highest in at least 100,000 years
New Delhi: The planet’s temperature has soared again to levels not seen in the modern record-keeping era, marking the fourth straight day of record temperatures. These alarming new records are likely the…
