- Middle East
UN relief chief highlights dire humanitarian needs in Syria
United Nations: UN relief to Syria has been increasingly underfunded amid escalating humanitarian demands, outgoing UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said, calling for international support. “Over the past three years, we have…
- Business
Emerging markets to push growth of 5G smartphones amid saturation in developed markets
New Delhi: The share of 5G smartphones will increase exponentially in the years to come, registering another year of double-digit growth in 2025 (more than 13.2 per cent), a report has shown.…
- Business
Rapid digitalisation of agriculture sector increasing cybersecurity risks: Report
New Delhi: While the adoption of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) in the agriculture sector is helping fight labour shortages and climate change, it is also raising…
- India
RBI shifts 100 tonnes of gold from vaults in UK to India
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has shifted around 100 tonnes of its gold kept in bank vaults in the UK to its own vaults in India in a move…
- World
Will not hesitate to protect British interests in Red Sea: UK PM Rishi Sunak
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect British interests abroad after the Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out strikes against Houthi rebels. The UK and US forces struck Houthi…
- Business
Unflagged content on Facebook spiked Covid vax hesitancy by 46x: Study
New Delhi: More than flagged misinformation, unflagged content on social media platform Facebook was responsible for a 46-fold vaccine hesitancy during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study on Friday. A…
- Business
Zomato shares slide over report claiming 50 pc decline in its stock amid competition
New Delhi: Online food aggregator Zomato saw its shares sliding on Friday after global financial services company Macquarie forecasted about a 50 per cent decline in the company’s share price in the…
- Delhi
Maliwal assault case: Delhi HC reserves order on Bibhav Kumar’s plea against arrest
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its order on the maintainability of the plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar challenging his arrest in the Swati…
- Bangalore
SIT should thoroughly investigate Prajwal Revanna’s case: Bommai
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has demanded that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) should investigate Prajwal Revanna’s case thoroughly. He said that Prajwal surrendered to the police legally. “However, the…
- India
Arvind Kejriwal raises health concerns ahead of surrender on June 2
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that he will surrender on June 2 at 3 p.m. as his interim bail, granted by the Supreme Court in view of…
- India
Maliwal case: Delhi HC transfers Bibhav Kumar’s plea against arrest to MP/MLA judge
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday transferred Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar’s plea challenging his arrest in connection with the Swati Maliwal assault case. Justice Navin Chawla…
- Business
GenAI-based smartphones’ share in global sales rose to 6 pc in Q1: Report
New Delhi: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-based smartphones contributed 6 per cent to global smartphone sales in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, a significant increase from just 1.3 per cent in the…
- India
Bihar LS polls: 134 candidates in fray for eight seats
Patna: In the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, eight seats in Bihar are going to polls on Saturday with 134 candidates in the fray. Among the 134 candidates,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Suspended Andhra IPS officer reinstated on retirement day
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s senior IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao was reinstated into service on the day when he is due for retirement on attaining the age of superannuation. Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar…
- India
‘Anti-Sanatan mindset’: BJP slams INDIA bloc for questioning PM Modi’s meditation
New Delhi: BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday slammed the INDIA bloc for being “anti-Sanatan” and questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. “What…
