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New Delhi: Samsung Electronics has retaken the top spot from Apple in the global smartphone market in the first quarter this year, a new report has said. While Samsung’s shipments declined 3 per cent (on-year), it was the only top-five smartphone brand to grow quarter-on-quarter. The South Korean tech giant shipped 74 million units of smartphones […]
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Srinagar: Thirty-nine people, including 17 tourists, were injured in an alleged attack by stray dogs in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city. Locals said 39 persons were injured when a pack of stray dogs attacked them in Dalgate area of Srinagar city on Friday evening. “The injured included 17 tourists and 22 locals. All the injured […]
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Chandigarh: Curfew was clamped in Punjab’s Patiala’s town on Friday after police had to fire into the air following a massive clash between members of the Shiv Sena led by Harish Singla and pro-Khalistan sword-bearing sympathizers outside the Kali Mata temple, who were pelting stones at each other and brandishing swords, police said. Inspector General […]
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Mumbai: Amid the controversy over Hindi involving actors Ajay Devgn and Kichha Sudeep, actress Kangana Ranaut says considering Sanskrit is older than Hindi, Sanskrit should be the national language. However, she explained why in her opinion, denying Hindi as the national language is indirectly a disrespect to the central government and the Indian Constitution. The […]
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New Delhi: Already reeling under a deadly heatwave, a few places in Delhi are likely to see the mercury touch the 46-degree Celsius mark on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Safdarjung observatory — Delhi’s base station — had recorded a maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest in April […]
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Hyderabad: Has the Travel #FOMO bug gotten you, and you’ve been itching to get away but haven’t been able to? There is no denying that travel has been on everyone’s mind and everyone wants the vacation glow up! It should come as no surprise that travel is one of the top 5 interests of the […]
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Mathura: Every bride dreams to get married to the love of her life. However, in an untoward incident, a bride was shot dead allegedly by her ‘jilted’ lover at her wedding ceremony in Mathura’s Mubarikpur village of Naujheel area on Friday. The bride, named Kajal, was shot dead soon after her ‘Jai Mala’ ritual concluded […]
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New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Friday said 126 vacancies have been filled in various high courts in less than a year and he expects 50 more appointments. The Chief Justice was speaking at the 39th Chief Justices’ Conference, taking place after a gap of six years. Justice Ramana said: “Due […]
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Panaji: Parents should stop treating smartphones as rewards for their children, Goa IT Minister Rohan Khaunte said on Friday, while also calling for “digital detoxification”. Khaunte in a people’s editorial published in a local English daily ‘Oheraldo’ also said that while parents assume that their children are studying online using their mobile phones, a majority […]
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Chennai: The Covid-19 cluster at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has increased to 171 despite authorities saying that there was nothing to worry about. The institute is also continuing to function. According to Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan, the state government and the IITM authorities are trying to prevent the infection from spreading […]
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Patna: Acknowledging power shortage across the state, Bihar’s Power Minister, Bijendra Prasad Yadav assured on Thursday that a power shortage of around 1000 Megawatt (MW) power will be resolved in a day or two. “A power supply shortage of around 1000MW is presently going on in the state and it will be resolved in a […]
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San Francisco: After posting disastrous results for its March quarter, streaming giant Netflix has reportedly laid off several experienced journalists and writers working for its entertainment site Tudum which it launched only in December last year. The layoffs come just days after Netflix’s earnings report for the first quarter (Q1) where it lost subscribers for […]
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Mumbai: The rupee witnessed a range-bound trading in early trade on Friday as the strength of the dollar in the overseas market and elevated crude oil prices offset the support of positive domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.62 against the American dollar and moved in a narrow range. It […]
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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices opened in green on Friday with Sensex up by 340.13 points and Nifty by 92.70 points. At 9:28 AM, the BSE Sensex was up by 340.13 points or 0.59 percent at 57,861.19. BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and also the […]
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New Delhi: With westerly winds coming from Pakistan, bringing all the heat and darting all the way till Odisha, resulted in a massive heat wave across India with 14 states from west, northwest and central India recording temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius. Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45.9 degrees Celsius […]
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Ranchi: Suffering continuous hours of a power outage for the past several days, daily life and business of the locals halted in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. “The business is being fizzled out, as every day we have to face a power crisis for 3-4 hours. I am a stationery shop owner with Photocopy machines who keep the […]
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New Delhi: India logged 3,377 new COVID-19 cases taking the country’s total tally of cases to 4,30,72,176, while the active cases rose to 17,801, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,23,753 with 60 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
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Hyderabad: Even as the mega IPO of insurance behemoth LIC is set for launch on May 4, serious doubts are being raised about deliberate undervaluation to benefit foreign investors. Investors would get to buy big stakes at heavily discounted prices. On the other hand, various reports indicate that the sale at the current price band […]
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Hyderabad: Three successive waves of Covid-19 in the last two years has given a clear indication that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has the potential to inflict damage to the heart, even leading to cardiovascular disease of different categories. Long-term and observational studies in Hyderabad and many countries worldwide have suggested that individuals are at substantial risk […]
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New Delhi: At least seven IndiGo pilots were allegedly found using offensive language over salary issues on a frequency used for emergency communications, sources said on Thursday. On April 9, these pilots were allegedly found venting their ire over low salaries by using offensive language on 121.5 MHz frequency, which is used for emergency communications […]
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Bengaluru: Support poured in for Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep over the Hindi row and his Twitter conversation with Bollywood star Ajay Devgn as the Kannada film industry and top political leaders backed Sudeep. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday stated that he agreed with Kichcha Sudeep’s statement. “Our stand regarding mother tongue is clear. […]
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Mumbai: Tiger Shroff’s dialogue ‘Choti bachi ho kya?’ from his debut film ‘Heropanti’ has become the internet’s new meme fodder, and now a popular condom brand has also jumped onto the bandwagon tweaking the actor’s iconic line. Condom brand Durex recently took to Instagram and shared a post, raising awareness about protected sex adding a […]
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Hyderabad: Amul India never fails to impress the internet users with its quirky doodles on important and trending topics such as celebrity weddings, sports, business, politics and even wars. This time, it has made a witty topical advertisement on tech billionaire Elon Musk, after he bought a 100 per cent stake in Twitter for 44 […]
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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 private hospital. The incident had taken place near the Muthoot Fincorp office in Sunkadakatte. The police have launched a hunt for the accused […]
