- India
Karnataka: Probe ordered into man who forced wife to perform ‘unnatural’ sex
Bengaluru: Slamming Karnataka police for mediocre investigation in connection with the case of a husband who forced his wife to have unnatural sex, the High Court has ordered the cops to investigate…
- Bangalore
PUC-II history lesson revised in Karnataka amid furore
Bengaluru: Amid the huge controversy on revision of class 1 to 10 text books, the Textbook Revision Committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha has completed the revision of history textbook of PUC-II in…
- World
Tobacco industry worsening global pollution, deforestation: Expert
Mexico City: The tobacco industry and tobacco consumption are exacerbating soil, air and water pollution, along with deforestation, according to one expert. “The tobacco industry is one of the main causes of…
- India
5 youngsters externed from Bihar for using abusive language against caste
Patna: A village panchayat in Bihar’s Saran district has externed five youths for 11 months in connection with using abusive language against a particular caste. Upon finding the youth guilty, the Panchayat…
- India
‘Politics of revenge’, says Congress on ED summons to Gandhis
New Delhi: The Congress has termed the ED summons to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case as “politics of revenge”. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Congress leaders…
- Technology
Workplace platform Slack enters India to help firms establish ‘digital HQs’
New Delhi: Workplace communication platform Slack on Wednesday announced to official enter the Indian market, to help companies navigate the transition to a hybrid workplace by establishing digital headquarters. Slack, which has…
- India
Fake websites duping people in name of chopper rides
Lucknow: Over a dozen persons have been duped by a fake websites that offered chopper ride for ‘Char Dham yatra’ in Uttarakhand. Five such cases have been reported at the Lucknow cyber…
- Technology
Slice raises $50 mn led by Tiger Global, to boost UPI product
Bengaluru: Fintech company slice on Wednesday said it has raised $50 million as part of its larger series C round led by Tiger Global, adding that it will use new capital to…
- India
ED summons Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday summoned Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son and MP Rahul Gandhi to join the investigation in money laundering case relating to the National…
- World
US: Over 110k child Covid-19 cases reported in past week
Los Angeles: More than 112,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US during the past week, a doubling of case counts from the four weeks prior, according to the latest report by…
- Middle East
Two Yemeni govt soldiers killed in roadside bomb
Aden: Two soldiers of the Yemeni government armed forces were killed and four more injured when a roadside bomb struck a military pick-up truck in Yemen’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a…
- World
Australia’s economy grows 0.8% despite floods, Covid surge
Canberra: Australia’s economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, beating economists’ expectations. According to figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday, gross domestic…
- Technology
Apple iOS 16 to offer revamped lockscreen with widgets, more
New Delhi: The upcoming Apple iOS 16 update is likely to come with features like a revamped lockscreen with widgets and updated Messages and Health apps. The new software update will help…
- Technology
Spotify’s failure to renew security certificate causes massive podcast outage
San Francisco: Due to an outage on podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week. According to…
- Technology
Facebook’s parent company to change stock ticker to META on June 9
San Francisco: Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ‘META’ prior to market open on June 9, 2022. The company said…
