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Hyderabad: Cryptocurrency seems to be the new area of attack for cybercriminals with crypto-related scams trending. A research by Norton Labs found that over $29 million in bitcoin was stolen in 2021 and it expects the figure to continue to rise in 2022 as the crypto market’s value increases. Along with cryptocurrency, cybercriminals are deceiving […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue program, including a rapid financing instrument needed […]

Pirojpur: Nine people, including three Chinese nationals, were injured after a brawl broke out as the locals opposed the construction by the Chinese company in Pirojpur district of Bangladesh. The incident took place at the site of the construction of an embankment at Mathbaria in Pirojpur district. According to the sources, the incident took place […]

Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of coronavirus. The subway authority in a brief message said only that the measure to shut 40 mostly downtown stations was being taken as part of epidemic control measures. No date for resumption […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Queen of Denmark Margrethe II at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen after his hectic bilateral engagement with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and business community on Tuesday. “Queen Margrethe II of Denmark received Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at the historic Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen,” the Ministry of External Affairs […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will participate in the second India -Nordic Summit with the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway. At the Summit, Modi will talk to the Nordic nations to strengthen the areas of climate change, renewable energy, and innovation and technology. He will also hold bilateral […]

Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a move that would enable the full mobilisation of Moscow’s reserve forces as invasion efforts continue to falter, US and Western officials believe. May 9, known as ‘Victory Day’ in Russia, commemorates the country’s defeat of the Nazis in […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Copenhagen on Tuesday for talks with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on enhancing the bilateral relationship. After reaching the Danish capital, on the second leg of his three nation European visit, Modi, in a tweet, said: “I am very grateful to PM Frederiksen for the warm welcome. […]

Baton Rouge: A 4-year-old girl is dead after her grandmother allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of whiskey while her mother watched, Baton Rouge Police said. Sgt. Jean McKneely, a police spokesperson, told news outlets the little girl’s grandmother, Roxanne Record, 53, and mother, Kadjah Record, 29, were arrested Friday, each on a charge […]

Sao Paulo: At least seven people were killed and another 15 were injured Monday in an accident involving a minibus transporting elderly patients in southern Brazil’s Parana state, regional authorities said. According to preliminary reports from the Health Consortium of Western Parana Municipalities, the vehicle belongs to the Health Secretariat of Pato Bragado, a city […]

Berlin: Germany has made an advance commitment to provide 10 billion euros of new and additional developmental assistance in India until 2030 under the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on Green and Sustainable Development Partnership signed between the two countries on Monday, MEA informed. Addressing a press briefing at the conclusion of the first leg […]

London: Billionaire Bill Gates has warned that Covid pandemic is far from over, with the worst remaining yet to unfold. Stressing on the need for increasing global surveillance, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist warned of the likelihood of an even more fatal and transmissive variant of Covid, the Financial Times reported. Gates stated that even […]

Hyderabad: Permafrost is the layer of permanently frozen earth that lies just beneath the land surface in Arctic regions. It formed over the past few million years when ice ages predominated. Now, under the influence of global warming, it is melting. And research suggests that this may have reached the point of triggering runaway climate […]

Berlin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Berlin-Brandenburg airport in Germany on the first leg of his visit to three European nations on Monday. During his three-day visit, PM Modi will hold his first in-person meeting with the newly appointed Chancellor Olaf Scholz. PM Modi and Olaf Scholz will also co-chair the 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 513.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.23 million and vaccinations to over 11.31 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Hyderabad: Tanzanian internet sensation Kili Paul was attacked by unidentified persons with Knife and sticks. The internet sensation shared a video on his Instagram and Youtube handles, where he can be seen lying on a stretcher with a bandage to his thumb. “People want me down but God will always take me up. Pray for […]

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin may be forced to give up control of the war in Ukraine for days as he is set for cancer surgery, and will reportedly nominate hardline former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev to take temporary control of the invasion while he is under the knife, a Kremlin insider has claimed. Patrushev, […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his call for a political consensus to deal with the challenges faced by the country, local media reported. In a message to mark the International Worker’s Day, President Rajapaksa said, “Bearing the responsibility of creating a better future for the people of this country, as the Head […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 513.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.23 million and vaccinations to over 11.35 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Kabul: The powerful blast targeted at a Kabul blast, which killed at least 10 worshippers and left several others injured, has sparked outrage from the international community, reported local media. Condemning the attack, the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that the explosion “directly affected” two staff of the UN and their family members who […]

San Francisco: The ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are set to make a huge dent in Apple revenue for the April-June quarter as the company has indicated up to $8 billion loss in sales especially owing to the Shanghai lockdown. As Shanghai entered the second month of lockdown and more cities in China face pandemic […]

Islamabad: Shari Baloch, a 31-year-old mother of two, reportedly became the first woman to carry out a suicide bombing for the secular, ethnic Baloch rebels seeking independence for Pakistans largest and resource-rich province of Balochistan. She killed three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver in front of the Confucius Institute in Karachi on April 26, […]

Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has displayed two new ballistic missiles at the Quds Day rally held in Tehran, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. One of the missiles, called “Emad-3,” is a new version of Iran’s surface-to-surface ballistic missiles Emad which was displayed by IRGC on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. Developed by […]

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that another mass grave has been discovered in the Kiev region with 900 bodies. In an interview to Polish media on Friday, the President said the area where the grave has been found was occupied by Russian forces in March, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. “No one knows how many people […]