- Middle East
Head of Yemen’s new presidential council vows to end war
Sanaa: Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s newly formed Presidential Leadership Council, has vowed to work to end the country’s devastating conflict and achieve permanent peace. On Thursday, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued…
- World
SL tightens monetary policy with significant increase of interest rates
Colombo: As economic crisis continues, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has tightened its monetary policy with a significant increase of interest rates amid inflationary pressure. Issuing a statement on Friday, the bank…
- India
Birbhum violence: CBI plea for polygraph test of accused challenged in court
Kolkata: The CBI’s appeal to allow the polygraph test of the eight individuals arrested in connection with the violence at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district last month has been challenged in…
- Technology
Musk opens Gigafactory in Texas to build ‘epic’ Cybertruck
San Francisco: Electric car-maker Tesla has opened its Austin, Texas-based Gigafactory, as Elon Musk aims to take his electric car company to the next phase of growth with the production of Cybertruck. Tesla…
- India
Court rejects bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi
New Delhi: A court here on Friday turned down the bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi in a UAPA case in connection with an alleged larger conspiracy behind the northeast…
- World
Saddened by court decision, wish it had probed ‘conspiracy’ angle: Imran
Islamabad Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who will face a no-confidence vote in the resurrected National Assembly on Saturday as per the Supreme Court verdict, said on Friday that he was “saddened” by…
- World
‘Israel to increase operations in West Bank after Tel Aviv attack’
Jerusalem: Israeli Chief of the General Staff Aviv Kochavi ordered on Friday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase operations in the West Bank, after a deadly attack in Tel Aviv a…
- India
Centre to scrutinise Covid compensation claims
New Delhi: The central government has sent teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh to scrutinise five per cent claims filed for Covid-19 ex-gratia compensation. “This is in pursuance of Hon’ble…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Karaga festival, symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony, being targeted
Bengaluru: Controversy is brewing around the historical Karaga festival celebrated in Bengaluru, seen as a symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony, as Hindu organisations intensified their campaign to end the 300-year-old ritual of the…
- Technology
1.8 mn third-party apps on App Store eclipse Apple’s own apps
New Delhi: Third-party apps have grown from 500 to more than 1.8 million since the App Store’s launch more than a decade ago, and a new report has found that third-party apps…
- Technology
New Google AI system to show updated business hours on Maps
New Delhi: To help companies keep up with the fast pace of change, Google has developed a machine learning model that automatically identifies if business hours are likely wrong and then instantly…
- World
Ukraine records over 100 attacks on healthcare: WHO
Geneva: Ukraine has recorded more than 100 attacks on healthcare, since the start of the war on February 24, the World Health Organisation has said. The attacks so far have claimed 73…
- Tollywood News
Allu Arjun flies 50 of his friends to Belgrade for his birthday bash
Hyderabad: Allu Arjun, who turned 40 on Friday, has reportedly celebrated his birthday in Belgrade, Serbia. The ‘Julayi’ actor, who is still basking in the success of ‘Pushpa’, apparently flew 50 of…
- Pakistan
ISI chief calls on Imran Khan as PTI explores options
Islamabad: The chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, a day after the Supreme Court restored the National Assembly and ordered…
- India
Probe ordered into stripping of detainees at MP police station
Bhopal: A day after photographs of a group of semi-naked men including a YouTube journalist at a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi sparked controversy and raised questions about the police action,…
