- India
SC to hear Manipur govt’s plea challenging lift on internet ban on July 17
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine on July 17 the plea filed by the Manipur government against the state high court’s direction to lift the ban on the…
- Business
Crypto firm Circle lays off staff, cuts investments in non-core activities
San Francisco: US-based cryptocurrency company Circle which manages stablecoin USDC (USD Coin), has announced that it is reducing its workforce and cutting investments in non-core business activities. Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle,…
- Business
Twitter starts paying hefty sums to creators via ads revenue sharing programme
San Francisco: Twitter on Friday launched a new ads revenue sharing programme for creators, and has already started paying hefty sums. “We’re expanding our creator monetisation offering to include ads revenue sharing…
- Middle East
UN official in Jordan voices concern over funding shortfall
Amman: The UN Resident Coordinator in Jordan, Sheri Ritsema-Anderson, has expressed her concern about the funding shortfall that may lead to disruption of services to both Jordanians and refugees in the coming…
- Business
Google Play Games beta on PC now available in India
New Delhi: Google on Friday launched Play Games beta on PC in the country, to enable players to experience an immersive and seamless cross-platform gameplay. Players participating in the beta can play…
- Business
Meta to train speech recognition engines on ‘clusters’ of speakers using new dataset
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has developed a new dataset which the company will use to improve the performance of automatic speech recognition (ASR) tools by clustering speech at the “utterance level”.…
- India
SC issues notice to expedite disqualification pleas against CM Shinde, others
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on a plea filed by Uddhav Thackeray faction against the delay by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker in deciding the disqualification petitions filed…
- India
Why didn’t he call when Manipur was burning: Cong on PM taking stock of Delhi floods
New Delhi: Congress on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a France visit, for dialling Union Home Minister Amit Shah to inquire about Delhi floods, saying why was no…
- Andhra Pradesh
Smoke on Chennai-Bengaluru Express triggers panic
Amaravati: Smoke in Chennai-Bengaluru Double Decker Express triggered panic among passengers in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district. The incident happened on Thursday. Smoke from one of the coaches sent panic among passengers. After…
- India
Dalit girl’s body found in well in Rajasthan, RS MP stages dharna
Jaipur: Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena on Friday staged a dharna along with family members of a Dalit girl who was found dead in a well in Rajasthan’s Karauli district. On…
- India
First Nirmala now Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP dilly-dallying on its pick against Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: Speculations over BJP’s candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from the prestigious Thiruvananthapuram seat in Kerala continues after initial reports of Union Finance Minister Nirmala…
- India
MP urination case: Pravesh Shukla’s wife moves HC, challenges NSA
Bhopal: The wife of accused, Pravesh Shukla, in the Sidhi urination case has moved Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the state government’s decision to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against her…
- India
Bengal poll violence: Trinamool worker succumbs to injuries
Kolkata: The death toll in the poll-related violence in West Bengal has risen to 45 after a Trinamool Congress worker succumbed to his injuries on Friday, said officials. He was injured in…
- India
3.0 magnitude earthquake felt in Gujarat’s Kutch
Kutch: A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote location near the India-Pakistan International Border in Gujarat’s Kutch region on Friday, according to official sources. The seismic event occurred at 12:16 a.m. and…
- India
Lalan Singh slams BJP, media for spreading rumours on Vijay Singh’s death
Patna: JD(U) national president Lalan Singh has slammed the BJP as well as the media for spreading rumours on the death of Vijay Singh, a saffron party leader, despite police clarification that…
