- World
Over 600 families in Sri Lanka affected by floods, landslides
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced that over 600 families have been affected by floods and landslides as heavy rain prevails in the island nation. A total of 2,290 people…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque: SC to hear petition challenging survey tomorrow
The Supreme Court will hear a plea against the Allahabad High Court order, which dismissed a petition challenging a Varanasi court’s order to appoint an advocate as a court commissioner to inspect…
- India
Karnataka: Lingayat community seeks OBC status, BJP in a fix
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP is in a fix over the demand of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community seeking its inclusion in the Other Backwards Classes (OBC) list by the Centre. The community leaders have…
- Business
Indian IPO market experienced significant slowdown
New Delhi: After record-high levels of IPO activity in 2021, volatile market conditions have resulted in a significant slowdown during the first quarter of 2022. In Q1 2022, the Indian market introduced…
- Technology
India-based fintechs continue to dominate funding in Asia-Pacific
New Delhi: Fintech companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region raised $3.33 billion over 186 deals in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, dominated once again by India-based fintechs, a new report said…
- Technology
Capgemini acquires Chappuis Halder to boost financial services business
New Delhi: Technology services major Capgemini on Monday said it has acquired Chappuis Halder & Cie (Chappuis Halder), a global strategy and management consulting firm, for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Luxembourg…
- Technology
‘Smart traffic management systems can save tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2027’
London: Global savings in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from smart traffic management systems will be 205 million metric tonnes (MMT) by 2027, a growth of 41 per cent, up from just 145.7…
- Middle East
Egypt has no wheat crisis, interest rate hike likely: PM
Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said Egypt will not have a crisis in wheat supplies despite the repercussions of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two main wheat exporters…
- India
Karnataka Muslim vendor to inaugurate literary event with others
Hubballi: A Muslim vendor, Nabisaab Killedar, is one among the six representatives from the downtrodden and working-class selected to inaugurate the 8th May Sahitya Mela, which will be held between May 27 and…
- India
Adani Group to buy 49% in Quint; media company’s shares up over 9%
New Delhi: Adani Group’s unit AMG Media Networks will buy a 49 percent stake in Raghav Bahl-run digital business news platform Quintillion Business Media for an undisclosed sum, a regulatory filing to the…
- Technology
‘I’m a bot & so’s my wife’, says Musk amid Twitter takeover drama
New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk who is busy finding fake/spamming accounts and bots on the micro-blogging platform thinks he himself is a bot, and so is his wife. Annoyed at the…
- Technology
India tablet market set to grow up to 12% this year
New Delhi: Driven by resurgent demand, the India tablet market grew 68 per cent year-on-year (YoY), while 4G tablets recorded a sequential growth of 74 per cent YoY in the first quarter…
- Middle East
43-year-old Palestinian dies of wounds after being shot in West Bank
Ramallah: A 43-year-old Palestinian died of injuries he sustained during an Israeli raid last week in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics have confirmed. Dawoud Zubeidi was shot during the…
- India
Karnataka man held for slapping, kicking female lawyer
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have arrested an accused in connection with a brutal attack on a woman lawyer in Bagalkot district, the police said on Monday. The video clip of the attack containing…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra woman village volunteer stabbed to death
Amaravati: A woman village volunteer has been brutally murdered in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district by a man, with whom she had extramarital relations in the past. D. Sharada, 27, was stabbed to death…
