- Technology
CES 2023: ASUS unveils new ROG laptop line-up
New Delhi: Taiwanese tech major ASUS on Wednesday unveiled its new Republic of Gamers (ROG) laptop line-up, complete with new CPUs and GPUs from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, at Consumer Electronics Show…
- World
Canada receives record number of new permanent residents
Ottawa: The Canadian government announced that it received 431,645 new permanent residents in 2022 to fill labour shortages, the largest number of people ever welcomed in a year in the country’s history.…
- India
Woman forced to take off shirt for security check at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru: An incident of a woman passenger being asked to take off her shirt during the security check has come to light at the KempeGowda International Airport (KIAL) in Bengaluru. However, the…
- Delhi
Delhi: Teenager injured after man tries to drag her inside car
New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl was injured after a man tried to drag her inside his car in Delhi’s Pandav Nagar, police said on Wednesday, adding that a manhunt is underway to…
- Middle East
Erdogan announces 25% raise for civil servants, pensioners
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the government will introduce a 25-per cent rise in the salaries of civil servants and pensions to ease the burden of rising living costs.…
- Business
Tesla fined $2.2 mn for false advertising on EV range in cold weather
Seoul: South Korean market regulator has fined Elon Musk-run Tesla $2.2 million for misleading consumers about the range of its electric vehicles via advertisements. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) had an…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: IT searches on premises of Exel Group of companies
Hyderabad: The Income Tax (I-T) department on Wednesday conducted searches on the premises of Exel Group of companies in Hyderabad and neighboring Sangareddy district for alleged irregularities in income tax payment. About…
- World
Indian-American arrested for ‘intentionally’ plunging car off cliff
New York: An Indian-American man has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse after he intentionally drove a sedan, with his wife and two children inside, off a 250-foot California cliff.…
- World
British-Indian jailed for attacking son-in-law with meat cleaver
London: An Indian-origin man has been jailed in the UK for more than eight years for attacking his son-in-law with a meat cleaver due to a ‘festering feud’ over a trip to…
- India
Wild boars die in large numbers in Tamil Nadu, swine flu suspected
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department has deployed anti-poaching watchers (APW) to look for wild boar carcasses in interior forest areas after a large number of wild boars died in the forest…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HRC orders probe against 5 cops in kidney selling case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Human Rights Commission has ordered a departmental inquiry against five senior police officers in connection with a 29-year-old mentally challenged person’s kidney selling and suspicious death case. The Commission…
- Hyderabad
Ticketing staff of Hyderabad Metro continue strike
Hyderabad: A section of the ticketing employees of Hyderabad Metro Rail have boycotted their duties for a second consecutive day on Wednesday. Demanding an increase in salaries, 150 employees working at metro…
- Middle East
Yemen’s govt forces repulse Houthi attack in Taiz: Official
Aden: Intense armed confrontation renewed between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels in the southwestern province of Taiz, a military official has confirmed. “The Houthis launched a large attack against the…
- Business
Uttar Pradesh to develop a network of dry ports
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to develop a network of dry ports across the state, and several domestic, and international companies have forwarded their proposals for investment in this sector.…
- Bollywood
Child welfare body asks UP DGP to get ‘Pathaan’ song removed from social media
Bahraich: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district has advised the Director General of Police (DGP) to get the clippings of ‘Pathaan’ movie song ‘Besharam Rang’, and other obscene…
