- World
Japanese man on a night out loses USB stick with entire city’s personal details
Osaka: A worker in Japan could be nursing a protracted hangover after he lost a USB memory stick following a night out with colleagues as it contained the personal details of nearly…
- Business
Zomato acquires 15-minute delivery platform Blinkit for Rs 4,447 cr
New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Zomato on Friday announced it had acquired quick-commerce platform Blinkit for Rs 4,447 crore (about $568 million) in an all-stock deal. Zomato already owned more than…
- Technology
Tesla virtual power plant to pay users to send energy back to grid
San Francisco: In a first such move, Elon Musk-run Tesla has launched a ‘virtual power plant’ that will pay its Powerwall users to help keep electricity on in their area during emergencies…
- Technology
Samsung fined $14 mn in for misleading water-resistance ads
Sydney: South Korean tech giant Samsung has been fined $14 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for misleading claims about its Galaxy smartphones. According to GizmoChina, the fine relates…
- Business
Electricity used to mine bitcoin decreased sharply as crypto crisis widens
London: The amount of electricity consumed by the largest cryptocurrency networks has decreased by up to 50 percent as the “crypto winter” continues to eat at the incomes of “miners” and financial…
- India
Rahul writes to PM on plight of Wayanad people in view of SC judgment
New Delhi: Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi drawing his attention to the plight of the local communities of Wayanad in…
- India
Gujarat riots not pre-planned, inaction by officials can’t be criminal conspiracy: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said there is “no tittle of material” to prove that 2002 Gujarat riots were pre-planned and the inaction of some state officials can’t be the…
- India
Parameswaran Iyer to take over as NITI Aayog CEO
New Delhi: Parameswaran Iyer, the man who is credited with building thousands of toilets as part of Swachch Bharat Mission, will now be heading the country’s top think-tank, NITI Aayog. “The Appointments…
- Science
DRDO successfully tests short range surface to air missile
New Delhi: A Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) was successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy from a naval ship at…
- World
US Senate passes 1st gun control bill in 28 yrs
Washington: Amid raging incidents of gun violence in the US, the Senate has passed a gun control bill for the first time in 28 years, the media reported on Friday. Late Thursday…
- Technology
Govt user data requests need reforms to curb unwanted gag orders: Google
San Francisco: Google has demanded reforms in the practice of governments seeking users’ personal information and then issuing gag orders against the citizens. “As our lives continue to become more digitised, laws…
- India
Rolls-Royce announces ‘UnnatiScholarship programme for women engineering students’
New Delhi: On International Women in Engineering Day, Rolls-Royce, one of the world’s leading industrial technology companies, announced the launch of the third edition of its “Unnati Scholarship Programme for Women Engineering…
- World
68 dead in Bangladesh floods: Report
Dhaka: A total of 68 people have been killed in floods caused by heavy seasonal rains and an onrush of water in parts of Bangladesh, said a report of the country’s Health…
- India
Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad vandalised by SFI students
Thiruvananthapuram: Activists of Kerala’s ruling CPI-M’s student wing, SFI, vandalised Congress leader and local MP Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad on Friday, and also assaulted a staffer, even as police stood by,…
- India
Tapan Deka to be new IB chief, RAW chief Goel gets year’s extension
New Delhi: IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka was on Friday appointed the new chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Samant Kumar Goel got one year’s…
