- Pakistan
Faisalabad men force girl to lick shoes, chop her hair over refusal to marry friend’s father
Faisalabad: In a ghastly incident in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, a teenager was tortured, humiliated and sexually harassed for refusing to marry an older man, who is the father of her friend, media reports…
- World
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24
Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against the economic crisis in the island nation, will return to Sri Lanka on August 24. Former Ambassador to Sri…
- India
Arrest under Customs Act to be only under exceptional cases where value exceeds Rs 50L
New Delhi: The CBIC has issued revised guidelines for Arrest and Bail in relation to offences punishable under the Customs Act, 1962. While the Act does not specify any value limits for exercising…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: No immersion of PoP idols in Hussain Sagar this year
Hyderabad: Authorities in Hyderabad this year will allow immersion of Ganesh idols made by Plaster of Paris (PoP) only in baby/artificial ponds and not Hussain Sagar Lake this year. The Supreme Court…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Two police constables killed on polio vaccination duty
Islamabad: At least two police officers were shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Paktunkhwa province who were deployed to guard medics administering polio vaccines. The attack took place in Tank district’s Kacha Gara area…
- Bollywood
Shefali Shah tests positive for COVID-19
Mumbai: Actress Shefali Shah announced on social media on Wednesday and that she has tested positive for Covid. Shefali Shah, who was recently seen in the Alia Bhatt-starrer ‘Darlings’, shared the news…
- Business
Airbnb introduces new anti-party tools to safeguard hosts
San Francisco: Online hospitality major Airbnb has introduced new anti-party tools to help identify potentially high-risk reservations and prevent those users from taking advantage of their platform. Earlier in June, the company…
- Business
Flipkart to pay Rs 1L fine for selling sub-standard pressure cookers
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has passed an order on violation of consumer rights by e-commerce platform Flipkart for allowing sale of domestic pressure cookers in violation to mandatory…
- Technology
Indian startup to scale 15-min rapid EV charging with $13 mn funding
New Delhi: Indian EV startup Exponent Energy, which claims to have developed a battery that gets powered from zero to 100 per cent in just 15-minutes, on Wednesday raised $13 million funds…
- Technology
Reliance Jio, Voda step up hiring as 5G related job postings up 65%
New Delhi: As India and other countries take concrete steps to adopt 5G, the number of job postings by telcos related to 5G increased by 65 per cent last month, from 5,265…
- Technology
India moves up one spot in global rankings for median mobile speeds: Report
New Delhi: India has gained one spot in the global ranking for median mobile speeds and was at 117th position in July from 118th in June, a report said on Wednesday. However,…
- Business
5G tablet shipments grew 71% YoY in India in Q2: Report
New Delhi: The India tablet market grew 68 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and 5G tablet shipments grew 71 per cent YoY in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, a report said…
- Technology
50K pre-bookings for new foldables in India in just 12 hours: Samsung
New Delhi: Samsung has witnessed a robust demand for its fourth-generation of foldables in India, registering more than 50,000 pre-bookings for Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4 in less than 12 hours, Raju…
- India
Public should not be misled by statements against allopathy: Delhi HC on Coronil claims
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, while dealing with a suit related to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali ‘Coronil’, observed that the public at large must not be misled by making statements…
- India
Madras HC orders in favour of OPS in AIADMK power struggle
Chennai: The power struggle in AIADMK has taken a turn with the Madras High Court giving an order in favour of former Chief Minister and coordinator O. Panneerselvam (OPS). The court on…
