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New Delhi: Four different space companies — Rocket Lab, ULA, Blue Origin and SpaceX — are all set to launch their rocket missions on Thursday. After facing a delay on its second satellite launch due to software updates, American firm Rocket Lab on Thursday successfully launched the NROL-199 spy satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office […]
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Lucknow: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is of the view that social media platforms are posing new challenges to child safety. “Children are being manipulated on social media platforms, technically known as grooming and these agencies are not ready to cooperate. The government wants these companies to give parents the right […]
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New Delhi: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel will start rolling out 5G services later this month as it signed requisite agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung. At the recently held much-awaited spectrum auction for 5G services by the Department of Telecom, Airtel bid for and acquired 19867.8 MHZ spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is planning to delay the launch of iPadOS 16 until October, indicating that the iPad software will not launch alongside iOS 16 in September as it typically does. Apple has been developing a new multitasking feature for the iPad called Stage Manager, with the option designed to offer a more Mac-like […]
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Hyderabad: After Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha,’ actress Alia Bhatt is now facing the heat on Twitter as netizens are ‘boycotting’ the actress for ‘promoting’ domestic violence against men in her upcoming film ‘Darlings.’ Many people took to Twitter on Thursday morning to trend #BoycottAliaBhatt. Darlings, a dark comedy produced by the actress’ Eternal Sunshine […]
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San Francisco: A US judge has ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s responses to Twitter’s lawsuit can be made public by Friday, as the micro-blogging platform needs more time to review what Musk and his legal team have documented in their reply. Twitter, which has now dragged Musk’s billionaire friends along with Tesla into the […]
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New Delhi: In a first, IndiGo launched three ramp disembarkation for lessening wait time for passengers upon arrival at the airport. This new feature is expected to enable its customers to exit the aircraft faster than ever before. The new disembarkation process will be carried out from two forward and one rear exit ramp. Three-point […]
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San Francisco: Smartphone users in more than a dozen worldwide markets, including India, spend four to five hours per day browsing apps in a day, says a new report. While the daily time spent on apps varies by country, there are now 13 markets where users spend more than four hours per day using apps, citing […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to take on abusive messages, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon release a new feature that will allow group admins the ability to delete messages for everyone. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.22.17.12 […]
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Hyderabad: You can now buy the Indian flag from an authentic government marketplace at just Rs 25. The Department of Post has announced an online sale of national flags through the ePostoffice portal – www.indiapost.gov.in, as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. “The department proposes sale of national flags under the Har Ghar Tiranga […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Independence Day, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued an alert of a possible terror strike in the national capital and in Jammu and Kashmir by IS affiliated new terror outfit ‘Lashkar-e-Khalsa’. According to information, Lashkar-e-Khalsa has been specially formed by the IS to carry out terror activities in India. Afghan fighters […]
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Kothagudem: A sarpanch who attempted suicide in Sujatha Nagar mandal in the district on Tuesday has died undergoing treatment on Thursday. The deceased, Bhukya Kumari (30), was sarpanch of Komatipalli thanda in the mandal. She consumed poison because of family problems and was rushed to the District Hospital in Khammam, where she died after battling […]
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New Delhi: As the race to launch 5G services for millions of smartphone and internet users take steam, Reliance Jio may launch its 5G services on August 15. Earlier this week, Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm, said that they will celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with a pan-India 5G rollout. “Jio is committed to offering […]
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New Delhi: A Ukraine-based cybersecurity researcher and journalist has claimed that about 288 million personal records, containing the full name, bank account number and nominee information of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) holders in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), were exposed online before being taken off the Internet. The security researcher’s claim about the data […]
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Los Angeles: Joaquin Phoenix is returning to the theatres with the sequel of his 2019 release ‘Joker’, titled ‘Joker: Folie A Deux’ in 2024. The film will debut in theatres on October 4, 2024, a little over five years after the first part directed by Todd Philips film hit the screens back in 2019, reports ‘Variety’. […]
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Hyderabad: Osmania University will confer Honoris Causa doctorate on Chief of India (CJI) NV Ramana during the 82nd convocation ceremony scheduled for Friday, OU Vice Chancellor Prof. D Ravinder said. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the OU VC said the CJI would be conferred with LLD and he would be the fifth judge […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao inaugurated the Telangana State Police Integrated Command and Control Centre at Banjara Hills on Thursday. He was accompanied by Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali, Cinematography Minister T Srinivas Yadav, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP Telangana M Mahendar Reddy and other officials. The command and control centre was constructed at […]
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Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H) on Thursday issued a light to moderate thunderstorm with rain alert, asking people to plan their commute accordingly. In a release issued at 11:15 am, the weather agency said that rains are very likely to occur in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Siddipet, Adilabad, Nirmal, Yadadri, and Nagarkurnool districts during the […]
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New Delhi: Facebook has announced to shut its live shopping feature from October 1 and focus on the short-form video platform Reels on its main app and Instagram. The users will still be able to use Facebook Live to broadcast live events, but they won’t be able to create product playlists or tag products in their […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is facing ED investigation in the National Herald case, on Thursday said that he was not scared of the Modi government. “We will not flee, neither are we scared of Narendra Modi. Let him do what he wants to,” Gandhi said while talking to mediapersons outside his house […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Tejaswani Shankar after he became the first Indian to win a high jump medal in Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister further lauded Tejaswin Shankar and said he created “history”. “Tejaswin Shankar creates history. He wins our first high jump medal in the CWG. Congratulations to him for […]
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Mumbai: Veteran actor Mithilesh Chaturvedi is no more. On Thursday morning, filmmaker Hansal Mehta took to Instagram and shared the unfortunate news. He dropped a picture of Mithilesh and wrote, “RIP Mithileshji.” Reportedly, Mithilesh Chaturvedi died on August 3 after suffering a cardiac ailment. His son-in-law Ashish, too, mourned the demise by penning an emotional […]
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Chennai: Fans of actor Mahesh Babu have organised special screenings of the actor’s superhit film ‘Pokiri’ to be held all over the world on his birthday on August 9. The proceeds from such screenings will go towards funding the education and heart operations of children being carried out by the Mahesh Babu foundation. Taking to […]
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Patna: Around 40 kanwariyas sustained injuries after a bus in which they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Thursday morning. The victims are residents of Sugauli, located on the Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran district. They were on the way to Deoghar in Jharkhand to offer Ganga Jal […]
