- Middle East
Erdogan, Guterres discuss Ukraine crisis over phone
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the latter’s visit to Russia over the phone. Guterres on Wednesday briefed Erdogan about his talks with Russian…
- Technology
Musk takes a u-turn, says Twitter must remain ‘politically neutral’
New Delhi: In a bid to silence people who have slammed his ‘free speech’ idea amid fears of growing polarisation and hatred on the micro-blogging platform, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on…
- India
Delhi HC adjourns Umar Khalid’s plea for Friday
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the appeal of JNU researcher-activist Umar Khalid for Friday saying that his fresh documents explaining his alleged ‘offensive speech’ have…
- Technology
WhatsApp giving cashback for making digital payments in India
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has confirmed that it is running a cash-back campaign in India to drive more users on its digital payments service. The company is giving away Rs 11 cashback…
- Technology
PhonePe offers cashback on gold, silver purchases via its app
New Delhi: Digital payments company PhonePe on Thursday announced exciting offers on the purchase of gold and silver via the app on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. Users can buy the…
- Technology
Global PC shipments down 4.3% in Q1 amid chip shortage
New Delhi: Global PC shipments fell 4.3 per cent (on-year) in the March quarter this year to reach 78.7 million units, a new report showed on Thursday. The Covid-19 lockdowns in China,…
- Bollywood
Aamir Khan releases first song from ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’
Mumbai: After making the audience go gaga over his ‘Kahani’ with his curiosity raising videos, superstar Aamir Khan finally revealed it on Thursday. ‘Kahani’ is the first song to be released from…
- Bangalore
Jilted lover attacks girl with acid in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a shocking development, a jilted lover threw acid on a 23-year-old woman in Bengaluru on Thursday, police said, adding the victim sustained severe burn injuries and was shifted to a…
- Telangana
Telangana MLC booked for abusing, threatening cop
Hyderabad: Police in Telangana’s Vikarabad district registered a case against a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) belonging to ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for allegedly abusing and threatening a police officer. On…
- World
‘Snake-like’ queues at railway counters in Dhaka ahead of Eid
Dhaka: In a desperate bid to get advance tickets ahead of Eid on May 3, thousands of Bangladeshi travellers are facing massive “snake-like” queues at railway ticket counters in the capital Dhaka.…