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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 […]

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 […]

New Delhi: With 19,893 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,40,87,037, while the active cases dipped to 1,36,478, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,26,530 with 53 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0 win over Wales’ Helen in the quarterfinals, here on Wednesday. Nikhat, for whom it will be the first medal at the CWG, was aggressive […]

New Delhi: Alongside the next generation of OnePlus operating system (OS) — OxygenOS 13, the global smartphone brand has made its newest flagship smartphone — OnePlus 10T 5G — official globally as well as for Indian consumers. The OnePlus 10T 5G with 8GB+128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 49,999, the 12GB+256GB model comes at Rs […]

Hyderabad: One in three jobs created in the IT sector across India is in Telangana. At the country level, about 4,50,000 jobs have been added in the technology industry during the financial year 2021-22.  Of them, about 1,53,000 jobs are created in Hyderabad alone, reflecting why it is the top choice for IT companies. Bengaluru, […]

Birmingham: India’s top women’s singles player and the favourite for the women’s singles gold medal here, PV Sindhu has called on the players to turn their attention to individual events after their defeat to Malaysia in the Mixed Team competition at the Commonwealth Games here. Though Sindhu won her women’s singles match, Kidambi Srikanth in men’s […]

New Delhi: With 17,135 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,40,67,144, while the active cases have declined to 1,37,057, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,26,477 with 47 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]

Birmingham: PV Sindhu was the only one to win her match while former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth suffered defeat as India went down to Malaysia 1-3 in the final of the mixed team competition to settle for silver in the 2022 Commonwealth Games here. The Indian contingent had reached Birmingham as defending champions in […]

Bhubaneswar: A ten-man India U20 booked their slot in the final of the SAFF U20 Championship after defeating Maldives 1-0 in their last league match played at the Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. India, who finished on 9 points will take on Bangladesh U20 in the final which is slated on August 5. In a […]

New Delhi: The schedule of the 2022 Asia Cup has been announced with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in the tournament opener on August 27 in Dubai, which will be followed by the high-profile clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on the next day. The schedule for the 15th edition of the Asian tournament was […]

New Delhi: Google removed 1,11,493 pieces of bad content based on user complaints in June this year in compliance with the new India IT Rules, 2021. Most of the content it removed were related to copyright violations, while other categories included trademark, court order, graphic sexual content, circumvention, and others. The tech giant received 32,717 […]

Birmingham: Indian badminton team scored another victory in the mixed group match of the Commonwealth Games 2022 by thrashing South Africa 3-0 in the quarter-final to enter the semifinals on Sunday. With this victory, they have sealed their place in the semifinals. In the first match of a best-of-five series, the mixed doubles pair of […]

Birmingham: India brought their desired ”killing attitude” to the fore under pressure as they put up a ruthless performance to beat arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets and boost their chances of a semifinal berth at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. Pakistan’s decision to bat first backfired as Indian bowlers put the choke on the […]

Basseterre: Rohit Sharma’s buoyant India will look to continue the winning run and extend their domination over the West Indies when they clash in the second T20 International here on Monday. The visitors are coming off a comprehensive victory in the opener of the five-match series. What separated the two teams in the first match […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the Indian toy industry for achieving the success “no one could have imagined”, noting that its export has soared to Rs 2,600 crore from Rs 300-400 crore. When it comes to Indian toys, the echo of ‘vocal for local’ is being heard everywhere, he said in […]

New Delhi: India recorded 19,673 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. With this fresh surge in COVID-19 cases, the country’s total cases are now at 4,40,19,811. Here, active cases stand at 1,43,676 which account for 0.33 per cent of the total […]

Birmingham: Indian shuttlers dished out another splendid show to take an unassailable 3-0 lead over a hapless Sri Lanka in their second group A match of the mixed team competition at the 22nd Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. A day after blanking Pakistan 5-0, India notched up another convincing win to go to the top […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday announced that the country’s first ever monkeypox patient has fully recovered and will be discharged later in the day. The 35-year-old Kerala native arrived here from the UAE on July 12 and had tested positive for the virus two days later. When he developed the symptoms, he […]

New Delhi: India logged a single day rise of 20,408 new coronavirus infections, pushing India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,40,00,138, as the active cases declined to 1,43,384, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,26,312 with 44 new fatalities, the data updated by the government at 8 […]