- India
Qatar: 72 days since arrest, 8 ex-Indian Navy men languish amid MEA efforts
New Delhi: Eight former Indian Navy men have continued to languish in a Qatar jail for the past 72 days despite New Delhi sending a senior official to help secure their release.…
- India
West Bengal: 2 women stripped, tortured on suspicion of being lesbians, 1 held
Kolkata: A man was arrested in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district for allegedly assaulting two women and burning the private parts of one of them after accusing them of being in a same-sex relationship,…
- Middle East
Sweden pledges to meet Turkey’s demands to join NATO
Ankara: Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson promised to meet Turkish security demands in an effort to get Ankara’s approval of his country’s bid to join the NATO. “We will fully implement the…
- World
Hyderabad-born Aruna Miller elected Maryland’s Lt Governor
New York: Indian-American Aruna Miller has been elected Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in the midterm elections in which the Democrats wrested the top spots in the state from the Republicans. She and…
- World
Major polluters India, China must pay for climate fund: Small island nations
New Delhi: Small island nations during the ongoing UN COP27 summit, have said that highly polluting nations like India and China should contribute to a climate compensation fund to help countries rebuild…
- World
Taliban crackdown on Afghan universities to curb women’s protests
Kabul: Afghanistan’s universities have become a hotbed of resistance to the Taliban, with female students staging protests against the militant group’s sweeping restrictions on women. In response, the Taliban has cracked down on…
- Telangana
IT, ED searches at granite firms in Telangana, minister Gangula Kamalakar’s company in list
Hyderabad: Officials of the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted joint searches at the offices and residence of owners of granite firms including Telangana minister Gangula Kamalakar. The…
- Technology
New iPad makes work and play more fun in hybrid era
New Delhi: Hybrid work and play is now the “new normal” and those who want to have a great mix of both in their lives, Apple has introduced the new iPad (10th…
- Technology
Nintendo partners with DeNA to strengthen digital games, services
San Francisco: Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has announced a joint venture with mobile company DeNA to establish a new firm called Nintendo Systems Co., Ltd, which is set to launch in April…
- India
‘Very embarrassing’, SC adjourns demonetisation hearing as Centre fails to file affidavit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned until November 24 the scrutiny of the decision-making process behind the 2016 demonetisation policy as Centre failed to affidavit, saying “it is very embarrassing”.…
- Technology
Apple may begin mass production of AR headset in March next year
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to start mass production of its AR (augmented reality)-MR (mixed reality) headsets from March next year. The iPhone maker is “moving forward on development” of its…
- Technology
Instagram to introduce ‘Schedule Posts’ and new web design
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it will roll out a new ‘Schedule Posts’ feature and a new website design for better user experience. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, made the…
- Middle East
UN calls for immediate release of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
United Nations: The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has urged Egypt to immediately release jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. Turk said on Tuesday that Abdel Fattah’s life was “at…
- News
Clashes break out in Odisha over biryani feast during lunar eclipse
Bhubaneswar: Clashes between rationalists and ritualists broke out in Bhubaneswar and Berhampur after the former organised a biryani feast during lunar eclipse on Tuesday. Earlier also, the rationalists had organised a similar…
- India
DMK urges Prez Murmu to recall TN Governor
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK has said that it had submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu for the recall of Governor R.N. Ravi. According to a statement by the DMK,…
