- India
Muslim couple invites Hindu seer home, perform ‘padapooja’ in Karnataka
Gadag: A Muslim couple in Gadag district of Karnataka invited a Hindu seer and performed ‘padapooja’ (ceremony which symbolises surrendering to a guru) on Friday. The family members of Sikandar Badekhan residing…
- World
Attacks in Kharkiv likely aimed at diverting troops: UK
London: Russia’s consistent shelling of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, is probably aimed at keeping significant troop numbers there, “to prevent them from being employed as a counter-attack force elsewhere”, according…
- World
Japan reports covid spike, medical system overwhelmed
Tokyo: Amid a resurgence, Japan recorded more than 6 million new Covid-19 cases in the past month, with more than 200 daily deaths on nine of the 11 days, which has further…
- Technology
Instagram, YouTube start discouraging users from sharing videos on TikTok
New Delhi: Threatened by the meteoric rise of Chinese short-form video platform TikTok, Meta-owned Instagram and Google-owned YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video app users from cross-platform sharing. According…
- Technology
Twitter avoiding sharing information on bot accounts: Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his legal team sought…
- Technology
Apple adds two new Top Charts for podcasts
San Francisco: Apple Podcasts is introducing two new charts — Top Subscriber Shows and Top Subscriber Channels –Ato showcase popular paid shows. The new charts are available in the US, UK, Canada,…
- Technology
Edtech startup Sunstone raises Rs 280 cr led by WestBridge Capital
New Delhi: As edtech startups and unicorns lay off employees amid the funding winter, Gurugram-based higher education platform Sunstone on Friday said it has raised $35 million (around Rs 280 crore) in…
- Technology
Apple likely to be 1st to use TSMC’s 3nm chip process: Report
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s 2022 MacBook Pros may pack new M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets made with TSMC’s latest 3nm manufacturing process, media reports say. According to the Commercial Times,…
- World
Putin, Xi plan to attend G20 summit: Indonesian President
Jakarta: Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are both expected to attend the G20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced. “Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has…
- India
PIL challenges Nitish Kumar’s reappointment as Bihar CM
Patna: A Patna-based social activist Dharmsheela Devi and Supreme Court lawyer Varun Sinha filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court and challenged Nitish Kumar for holding the post of…
- Middle East
UN urges Israel to allow humanitarian workers to continue working in Palestine
United Nations: The UN urged Israel to allow human rights and humanitarian organisations to continue their work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). On Thursday morning, Israeli forces broke into, searched and…
- Andhra Pradesh
CJI Ramana offers prayers at Tirumala temple
Tirupati: Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana on Friday offered prayers at the Tirumala temple. Accompanied by his wife and other family members, he had darshan at the famous hill shrine…
- Television News
Raju Srivastava’s health serious, almost brain dead: Sunil Pal
Mumbai: Star comedian Raju Srivastava’s condition is serious and his brain has also stopped functioning, says fellow comedian Sunil Pal. Raju Srivastava, 58, is admitted to the All India Institute of Medical…
- Bangalore
Karnataka congress to protest against egg attack on Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress will stage a protest on Friday to condemn the egg attack against Opposition leader Siddaramaiah in Kodagu district during his visit. The Congress workers will assemble in the…
- World
Gandhi statue in NY smashed amid wave of continued attacks
New York: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of a temple in New York has been toppled and smashed in the second attack on the memorial this month and a local…
