- India
Understanding the current ethnic violence in Manipur
Imphal: The recent wave of ethnic violence in Manipur erupted following a directive from the Manipur High Court asking the state government to consider granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Meitei…
- Technology
Amazon gears up with Shark Tank-type Prime TV series on Indian startups
New Delhi: Amazon is reportedly launching a Shark Tank-type TV show on its Prime streaming service this week to empower promising startups in India. TechCrunch reported on Tuesday, citing people close to…
- Technology
MediaTek launches ‘Dimensity 6000’ series for mainstream 5G devices
Taipei: Chip-maker MediaTek on Tuesday launched its new ‘Dimensity 6000’ series along with a chipset designed to enhance the next generation of mainstream 5G devices. The Dimensity 6100+ system on a chip…
- Health
Peru declares national health emergency over rare Guillain-Barre syndrome
Lima: Peru has declared a national health emergency for a period of 90 calendar days, over an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome — a rare neurological disorder, according to the country’s Health Ministry.…
- India
BJP slams AIMPLB for seeking opposition support against UCC
Lucknow: The BJP in Uttar Pradesh has slammed the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for seeking support of opposition parties in opposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The parties had demanded…
- Sports
ODI World Cup: CAB announces ticket prices for fixtures at Eden Gardens
Kolkata: Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Snehasish Ganguly has made an announcement regarding the ticket prices for the upcoming ICC World Cup matches scheduled to be held at Eden Gardens. Last…
- Technology
Apple’s Phil Schiller, Google arrive on Meta’s Threads
San Francisco: Apple fellow Phil Schiller, responsible for leading the App Store and Apple events, as well as Google and YoutTube have joined Threads. A Threads account with username ‘PhilSchiller007’ and no…
- Technology
US-based Cilio expands global footprint with acquisition of AutomationFactory.AI
New Delhi: US-based Cilio Technologies, a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to installers, contractors, retailers, and manufacturers within the home improvement industry on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Noida-based, end-to-end digital…
- Technology
This US state mulls banning sales of smartphone location data
San Francisco: In a first, the state of Massachusetts in the US is mulling a law to completely ban buying and selling of users’ location data from their smartphones to protect their…
- Technology
Snapchat to now let users add links to public profiles
San Francisco: Snap announced that it is rolling out Linktree integration with the link-in-bio tool to allow public accounts to show off their other profiles on Snapchat. Until now, the platform only…
- Technology
Microsoft lays off 276 employees in new job cut round
San Francisco: Microsoft has laid off 276 employees, mostly in customer service, support and sales teams, in a new job cut round. The fresh job cuts “go beyond the 10,000 global layoffs…
- Technology
Google’s AR software leader quits over company’s ‘unstable commitment’
San Francisco: Mark Lucovsky, Google’s Senior Director of Engineering responsible for the operating system (OS) and software platform’for augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) devices, has resigned over the company’s “unstable…
- Technology
Twitter may hit all-time record for user-screentime this week: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Tuesday said that “cumulative user-seconds per day of phone screentime” might “hit an all-time record” this week. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted, “Don’t want to leave…
- Technology
Why the Foxconn-Vedanta deal fell through
New Delhi: Why did the storied Foxconn-Vedanta deal come a cropper? Why has the $19.5 billion investment fallen through in a strange sort of anti-climax? Vedanta and Foxconn had got on board…
- India
150 kg tomatoes stolen in Jaipur
Jaipur: Unidentified miscreants stole 150 kg tomatoes from a shop in Jaipur’s Mohana Mandi, a vegetable market. The incident was captured by the shop’s CCTV camera. The shop owner, Hameed, found that…
