- Middle East
UN allocates $9.5 mn to contain cholera spread in Lebanon
Beirut: Two UN humanitarian relief funds have allocated $9.5 million to prevent the spread of cholera in Lebanon. A statement released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
- Telangana
Sharmila writes to PM on corruption in Kaleshwaram project
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party leader Y. S. Sharmila has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking immediate investigation and action against the massive corruption in Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).…
- India
Gujarat polls: Workers, leaders unhappy with selection of BJP candidates
Gandhinagar: A section of BJP workers and leaders are unhappy with the leadership’s selection of candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly polls with some of them announcing to…
- India
SC extends protection of area inside Gyanvapi mosque where ‘Shivling’ was found
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi where a ‘Shivling’ was found till further orders. A bench headed by Chief…
- Middle East
Iran develops hypersonic ballistic missile
Tehran: A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the country has built a hypersonic ballistic missile that is capable of penetrating “all missile defence systems”. “The…
- India
Maha: BJP calls Sharad Pawar ‘bhondu baba’ who practices ‘black magic’
Satara: Political discourse plummeted to a new depth with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) calling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar an alleged “bhondu baba” who indulges in “black magic”, here…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi ‘misused’ Governor’s office to dismiss elected governments: BJP
New Delhi: Amid allegation by the opposition parties that the BJP is misuing Raj Bhavan, the BJP accused former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of misusing the Union Cabinet and Governor’s office to…
- Technology
Windows 11 starts testing filter box in Task Manager
New Delhi: Tech giant Microsoft has started testing a search/filter box in its Task Manager, to filter the possible matches and display those on the page. This feature is helpful when users…
- Sports
Ronaldo to spearhead Portugal at fifth World Cup
Lisbon: Portugal coach Fernando Santos has announced a 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with two veteran players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, continuing to lead the team. Ronaldo…
- Andhra Pradesh
Pawan Kalyan likely to meet PM in Vizag
Visakhapatnam: Tollywood actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the latter arrives here on Friday night to take part in various programmes…
- World
Spyware connected to Chinese govt-backed hacking group targeting Uyghur Muslims
New York: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a spyware campaign that is targeting the ethnic Uyghurs in China by “masquerading” as Android apps including messaging services, prayer time apps and dictionaries, according to…
- Bangalore
PM Modi unveils 108-feet tall ‘Statue of Prosperity’ in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the ‘Statue of Prosperity’, the 108-feet tall bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda on the premises of the Bengaluru International Airport. It has…
- World
UN announces satellite-based system to detect emissions
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt): As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the UN on Friday announced a new satellite-based system to detect emissions of the climate warming…
- Technology
Windows 11 gets iCloud Photos integration in Photos app
San Francisco: Microsoft has rolled out a new feature that allows direct integration of iCloud Photos into the Photos app on Windows 11, and will be available via a Microsoft Store update.…
- Technology
MediaTek announces Kompanio chipsets for Chromebook
San Francisco: Chip maker MediaTek on Friday announced its new Kompanio chipsets for entry-level Chromebooks that will provide a faster and reliable computing experience so consumers can browse, cloud game, stream and…
