- India
Rajasthan: US returnee tests positive for Omicron sub-variant
Jaipur: A 21-year-old youth has been traced in Jaipur who has reportedly tested positive for Omicron sub-variant XBB 1.5, which experts say is more contagious than the previous strains of the virus.…
- World
US proposes massive hike in H-1B, other visas’ fees
Washington: The US government has proposed a steep hike in fees for immigration and naturalisation benefits, with the heftiest jumps slated for employment-based categories such as H-1B temporary work visas for speciality…
- Delhi
Delhi HC orders status quo after MCD razes old woman’s shelter for over 200 stray dogs
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the action of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) which demolished an 80-year-old woman’s temporary makeshift shelter, which has housed more…
- Telangana
Congress names Manikrao Thakre as new Telangana in charge
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Manikrao Thakre as the new party in charge of Telangana, while shifting incumbent Manickam Tagore to Goa, a party leader said on Wednesday. “Congress…
- Andhra Pradesh
Jagan asks YSRCP cadres to achieve goal of winning all Assembly seats
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday asked his YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) cadres to keep aside all differences and strive to achieve the goal of winning…
- Telangana
Will abide by any decision of high command: Telangana Congress chief
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief A. Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday that he will abide by any decision of the high command to set right things in the party’s state…
- Andhra Pradesh
High drama in Kuppam as police stop Chandrababu Naidu from holding road show
Amaravati: Tension gripped Kuppam town of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as police stopped Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu from holding a road show and addressing a public meeting. There…
- India
VHP demands stringent anti-conversion law in Chhattisgarh
New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad secretary general Milind Pande, in a press statement on Wednesday, expressed serious concern over the incidents of illegal conversions by Christian missionaries in Chhattisgarh. He said that…
- World
‘Invisible’ Rishi Sunak surfaces with New Year Resolutions
London: Rishi Sunak, described as the “invisible” Prime Minister, emerged from the bunker on Wednesday with a public speech on the multiple crises facing the UK, amid the country staring at the…
- Hyderabad
MLAs’ poaching case: Telangana govt challenges order transferring case to CBI
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana has filed an appeal in the Telangana High Court challenging the court order transferring the case relating to alleged attempts to poach BRS…
- India
‘Rozgar Ka Raj’ in Bihar, not ‘Jungle Raj’, says Tej Pratap Yadav
Patna: A day after BJP President J.P. Nadda claimed that ‘Jungle Raj’ has returned to Bihar, state Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Tej Pratap Yadav retaliated on Wednesday, saying Bihar is…
- India
Reshuffle in Gujarat AAP, Isudan made state unit chief
Ahmedabad: The Aam Aadmi Party has gone in for a reshuffle post the assembly elections. The state unit president Gopal Italia has been made the national joint secretary and joint in-charge of…
- Business
TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs
Beijing: TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance has laid off hundreds of workers across multiple departments, the media reported. The layoffs affected employees at Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok with 600 million daily…
- Technology
Windows 7, 8.1 to stop getting critical security updates
San Francisco: Microsoft will be cutting off Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 from security updates and technical support on January 10. Support for WebView2, the tool that allows developers to embed web-based…
- Technology
Apple AR headset may auto-adjust lenses for perfect images
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s upcoming augmented reality (AR)-mixed reality (MR) headset will reportedly use motors to automatically adjust lenses for perfect images. Many quality-of-life improvements over the existing augmented reality and…
