- Business
Microsoft posts 33% increase in net income, gaming bet pays off
San Francisco: Microsoft posted $62 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during the quarter that ended December 31. Revenue was up 18 per cent and net income increased…
- Business
Elon Musk’s $56 bn pay package is unfair, deeply flawed: US judge
San Francisco: A US judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package is unfair and the Tesla board will need to come up with a new pay proposal. The decision,…
- India
Zoom airline returns to Indian skies, launches services to Ayodhya
New Delhi: Reviving its operations, the domestic carrier Zoom airline started its operations with flight services from Delhi to Ayodhya on Wednesday. The airline deployed its fleet of Bombardier CRJ200ER aircraft for…
- World
Indian national sentenced for nearly $2.8mn healthcare fraud in US
New York: A 43-year-old Indian national in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million healthcare fraud. Yogesh K Pancholi from…
- Middle East
Hezbollah could attack Israeli city of Haifa, says Yoav Gallant
Tel Aviv: Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, widely considered a hawk in the Israeli war cabinet, has said that terror group Hezbollah could attack the northern Israel city of Haifa. In a…
- World
Sweden suspends funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Stockholm: Sweden has said it has temporarily halted funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees following Israel’s allegations that its staff participated in the Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on…
- Middle East
UN launches Rs 13,296 crore humanitarian plan for Somalia
United Nations: The UN has launched the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, seeking 1.6 billion dollars (Rs 1,32,96,40,00,000) to aid 5.2 million Somalians in need, a spokesman said. The world body…
- Bollywood
A. R. Rahman uses AI to recreate voices of late singers
Mumbai: Oscar-winning music composer A. R. Rahman, who used the artificial intelligence for recreating the voices of late playback singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for the song titled ‘Thimiri Yezhuda’ from…
- India
Man arrested for gang rape, forced conversion of woman in UP
Lucknow: Lucknow police have arrested a 24-year-old man, who allegedly gang-raped a 21-year-old woman and recorded her objectionable videos with the help of his friends, after spiking her ice-cream and extorting Rs…
- Middle East
Hamas delegation to visit Egypt on Gaza truce: Source
Gaza: A Hamas delegation will visit Egypt on Wednesday to discuss the framework agreement on a truce in the Gaza Strip issued by the recent Paris meeting, a Palestinian source said. The…
- Middle East
Israeli attempt to control Egypt-Gaza border ‘unacceptable’: Egyptian official
Cairo: Any Israeli attempt to control the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable,” an Egyptian high-ranking official said. “No new arrangements have been discussed with…
- India
FTC orders unsealing of ASI’s Gyanvapi report
Varanasi: The Fast Track Court (FTC) of Civil Judge (senior division) Prashant Kumar Singh in Varanasi has issued an order to unseal the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Gyanvapi survey report. The…
- India
IMF forecasts ‘soft landing’ for global economy, upgrades India
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday forecast a “soft landing” for the global economy hammered in recent years by a deadly pandemic, skyrocketing inflation and high interest rates, and protracted…
- India
Rajya Sabha Chairman revokes suspension of 11 members
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar has revoked the suspension of 11 members on Tuesday, January 31. The Committee of Privileges of Rajya Sabha has held that the 11 members breached…
- Business
Fidelity further marks down Meesho valuation to $3.5 bn
New Delhi: Global investment firm Fidelity has further marked down the value of its holding in social commerce platform Meesho, to $3.5 billion. Fidelity had recently cut the valuation of Meesho to…
