- World
Biden okays bill to declassify intelligence info on Covid origins
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to declassify intelligence information on the origins of the Covid pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million lives globally. “Today,…
- India
COVID: HC seeks Delhi govt’s reply on PIL seeking release of ex-gratia to deceased cops
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s response on a plea seeking release of the ex-gratia amount to families of police officers who died while serving during…
- World
Low birth rates problematic for ageing EU population: Expert
Barcelona: The average age of the European population has gone up by 2.5 years in the past decade, according to Eurostat data published recently. In Spain, the average age has climbed by…
- India
Misunderstanding with fiance: Delhi woman who was pushed inside car in viral video
New Delhi: Days after a video went viral showing a woman being pushed inside a car by a man on a busy road in Delhi, she said that the incident took place following…
- Technology
Amazon deepens tech gloom as 503 firms lay off 1.5 lakh employees
New Delhi: As Amazon deepened the tech gloom with firing another 9,000 employees (it previously sacked 18,000), over 500 companies have laid off nearly 1.5 lakh workers to date this year. According…
- Technology
ChatGPT suffers mega outage, chat history unavailable for most users
New Delhi: As key social media websites suffer outages every now and then, it was the turn of AI conversational service ChatGPT to go down for most of the users, including paid…
- Technology
HP launches new laptop ‘Pavilion Aero 13’ in India
New Delhi: PC and printer major HP on Tuesday launched its latest laptop — Pavilion Aero 13, powered by AMD Ryzen 7 Processor with Radeon Graphics in India. The new HP Pavilion…
- Bollywood
‘Uri’ actress Riva Arora crosses 10M Insta followers; mom gifts Audi Q3
Mumbai: ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ actress Riva Arora has all the reasons to celebrate, as she got a luxurious black Audi car worth over Rs 44 lakh from her mom Nisha Arora…
- Middle East
Int’l donors pledge $7.5bn for quake-hit Turkey, Syria
Brussels: A total of 7 billion euros ($7.5 billion) were pledged by the international community for Turkey and Syria where devastating earthquakes earlier this month killed more than 57,300 people. The “Together…
- Business
Twitter to soon increase long-form tweets to 10k characters: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that the micro-blogging platform will soon increase the long-form tweets to 10,000 characters, along with simple formatting tools. When a user posted, “Genius,…
- India
LS Speaker calls all-party meet amid continuous disruptions
New Delhi: Amid continuous disruptions in the Lok Sabha for the past seven days leading to a complete washout of proceedings, Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday convened an all-party meeting in his…
- India
Sambit Patra calls Rahul Gandhi present-day Mir Jafar of Indian politics
New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi present-day Mir Jafar of Indian politics and sought an apology over the latter’s speech in the UK. Addressing…
- Middle East
UN envoy confirms Yemen’s warring sides agree to release 887 detainees
Aden: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg confirmed that the country’s warring sides have agreed to release 887 conflict-related detainees as they concluded a 10-day negotiation in Switzerland. In a joint…
- Hyderabad
Nurses at Hyderabad’s NIMS go on flash strike
Hyderabad: Nurses at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) went on a flash strike to protest against the alleged harassment by the incharge director. Alleging that the official is harassing them by…