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Mumbai: Popular Thai drama actress Cindy Sirinya Bishop recently took to her social media to share her recreated look of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt from the latter’s biographical crime-drama film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ where she played the eponymous character of the madame of a brothel. View this post on Instagram A post shared by […]
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New Delhi: Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday requested the Supreme Court to grant him a few more weeks to surrender, citing health grounds. On Thursday, the top court sentenced Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a 1988 road rage case, saying victims of crime are humiliated when the offender is let off […]
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Chandigarh: Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will surrender before a court in his hometown Patiala in Punjab on Friday in a 1988 road rage case in which the Supreme Court convicted him and sentenced him to a one-year rigorous imprisonment. A few party leaders reached his residence before his surrender to extend moral support […]
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Hyderabad: If you are one of those people who borrow books from friends and do not return them, we have some news for you. A platform that facilitates buying of old and used books, Bookchor is hosting a four day book fair called ‘Lock the Box-Reloaded’ in the city. With scores of books all around, […]
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San Francisco: Amid the bitter $44 billion takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself in another controversy as a media report claimed on Friday that his spacecraft company SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250,000 to make sure she didn’t sue the company after Musk allegedly “propositioned her for sex”. The alleged victim, working as a […]
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Bengaluru: Tension gripped Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) here on Friday following a bomb threat call, which later turned out to be a hoax. Airport authorities, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and Dog squad as well as Bomb disposal squads swung into action creating panic among the passengers. According to police, the call was received […]
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New Delhi: In a bid to further boost Meta-WhatApp business integration, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced to open the mobile messaging platform to businesses of all sizes globally with WhatsApp Cloud API (application programming interface) hosted by the parent company. With this move, any business or developer can easily access the service, build directly on […]
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Mumbai: Gujarat Titans top-order batter Matthew Wade has been found guilty of Level 1 offence of the Indian Premier League Code of Conduct and reprimanded for his actions following his dismissal in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday night. #RCBvGT Matthew Wade reaction in dugout 😳 pic.twitter.com/IRaCB0XJqz — Anmol […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 7 paise to 77.49 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday as crude oil prices retreated from the elevated levels. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.51 against the American dollar, then gained further ground to quote at 77.49, registering a rise of 7 paise from […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana boxer Nikhat Zareen on Thursday entered the record books as the fifth Indian woman boxer to win gold at the World Championships. Her journey is a tale of grit and determination that is inspirational to many. Hailing from a middle class family in Nizamabad, Nikhat faced hurdles everywhere. However, she never bogged down […]
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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices opened in green on Friday with Sensex up by 1028.31 points and Nifty by 324.50 points. At 9:42 AM, the BSE Sensex was up by 1028.31 points or 1.95 per cent at 53,820.54. BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and also […]
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New Delhi: India logged 2,259 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,31,822, while the active cases declined to 15,044, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,323 with 20 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
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Chennai: Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday made the first 5G call on a trial network set up at IIT Madras using indigenously-developed technology. भारत में विकसित 4G और 5G नेटवर्क, प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के आत्मनिर्भर भारत के संकल्प को सिद्ध करने का प्रयास है। https://t.co/F3OO9vz6vr — […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday congratulated Nikhat Zareen for winning gold at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul. Taking to Twitter, the President said, “Heartiest congratulations to Nikhat Zareen for the gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championship. The nation is proud of her. I […]
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Jammu: At least six workers are feared trapped in an under-construction tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway that collapsed on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police sources said. Several workers are feared to be trapped, inside an under construction tunnel that has collapsed in Ramban District, near Khoni Nalla on Srinagar Jammu National […]
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Rajanna-Sircilla: Two persons of a family were electrocuted in Yerragadda thanda of Veernapalli mandal on Friday wee hours. The deceased were identified as Banothu Leela (37) and her brother in law Banothu Ravi (35). According to villagers, the haystack of the deceased family caught fire as a live electric wire passing through the area fell […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to make it more convenient for braille readers to use the platform, tech giant Google has announced that Android 13 Beta will have native support for braille displays. The company said that it is making it easier for braille readers to use Android. “Available in our next Android 13 Beta […]
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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday was conducting raids at 16 different locations in Bihar and Delhi linked to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his daughter, Misa Bharti, in connection with a land for job scam. The scam involved taking land from unemployed youths on the pretext of providing […]
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San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter has announced that it is introducing a crisis misinformation policy that will help hide tweets that share false information during a crisis. The company said that during periods of crisis access to credible, authoritative information and services is even more important. “We are introducing our crisis misinformation policy — a global […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 523.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will embark on a week-long tour to meet people from various sectors and various parts of the country, as part of his efforts to bring about a qualitative change in the national politics and set a new agenda for the nation’s development. He will meet eminent persons from political, […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana boxer Nikhat Zareen has gone through numerous hurdles, not just in the ring but off it too to pursue her dream. Whether it is battling injuries or fighting the system to get a shot at the Olympics demanding trial against legendary Mary Kom, she never bogged down from a fight. And on Thursday, […]
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By Pramod K Nayar Media are conduits for communication between A and B. The very idea of a conduit for communication presupposes not just the possibility of a connection but a prior disconnection. Thus, A communicates with B, because A and B are disconnected, individual and separate. One of the uses that media forms like […]
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The big challenge before India in its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy is to repair the strained bilateral ties with Nepal and wean the Himalayan nation away from China’s influence. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s day-long visit to Lord Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini in Nepal on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, the first by an Indian PM, served not […]
