- Afghanistan
Taliban rejects report on human rights violations in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has rejected a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) which expressed concerns over the violations of human rights, especially those of women and girls,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hindu BMTC workers wear saffron shawls in protest of skull-caps
Bengaluru: A section of Hindu employees of the state-owned Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) objecting to the Muslim drivers, conductors and others wearing skull caps, are now attending duty donning saffron shawls.…
- Telangana
Telangana: 2 killed during demolition of old building in Warangal
Hyderabad: Two workers were killed while two others sustained injuries in an accident during demolition of an old building in Telangana’s Warangal town on Saturday. The incident occurred in the Charbowli area…
- Technology
Meta rolling out Horizon Home on Quest 2 VR headset
San Francisco: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset will get Horizon Home as part of a new update. The functionality will help users…
- Technology
Indian-origin researcher discovers new hardware bug in Apple M1 chip
San Francisco: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including Indian-origin Joseph Ravichandran, have identified a new hardware vulnerability in Apple’s in-house silicon M1 chip that powers Macs. The threat, dubbed…
- Technology
Global server market revenues to reach $112 bn in 2022
New Delhi: The global server market’s revenue is expected to grow 17 per cent (on-year) to reach $111.7 billion in 2022, according to a new report. From an enterprise perspective, transformation to…
- Business
Tesla plans 3-way stock split to make its shares affordable
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has asked its shareholders to approve a three-way stock split which will make its share more affordable. Tesla stock has jumped 43.5 per cent since the company’s…
- Telangana
KCR likely to float national party Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Hyderabad: After failing to make any progress on his idea of a national front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao appears to have made up his mind to float a national party.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Covid cases cross 500-mark
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced strict implementation of Covid-19 safety protocols from Saturday after fresh infections in the state crossed the 500-mark in the past 24 hours. Wearing of masks in…
- India
Stop talking against Savarkar: Fringe group threatens Kannada litterateur
Chitradurga: A Hindu fringe group in Karnataka has threatened Kannada litterateur B.L. Venu over his comments on the textbook revision issue in the state, police said on Saturday. A letter, containing threats…
- Andhra Pradesh
Jagan Reddy turned Andhra Pradesh into burial ground: Naidu
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged on Friday that the Jagan Mohan Reddy government has turned the state into a burial ground…
- Technology
TikTok probing claims of aggressive work culture: Report
London: Short video platform TikTok is reportedly investigating claims of an aggressive work culture after a senior executive at the firm allegedly said he “didn’t believe” in maternity leave. Joshua Ma has…
- Technology
Pi calculated to 100 tn digits by Google Cloud employee
San Francisco: Tech giant Google’s Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi. In 2019, she was…
- Automobile
Inquiry into Tesla Autopilot being expanded by US safety officials
San Francisco: After discovering fresh incidences of Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver assistance system colliding with parked first-responder vehicles, US federal safety officials have “upgraded” their probe. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
- World
Jack Dorsey, Jay-Z partner on Bitcoin educational programme in US
San Francisco: Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey on Friday partnered with artist Shawn Carter, popularly known as Jay-Z, to launch The Bitcoin Academy — an educational initiative in New York.…
