New Delhi: India must be prepared for another Covid-19 outbreak, said an expert Friday, amid rise in cases in several countries including the US and South Korea. According to estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Covid infections are increasing across...
New Delhi: The online portal for passport applications will be shut for the next five days for a maintenance exercise, the government said Thursday. No new appointments will be scheduled during this period and appointments booked earlier will be rescheduled. Those who have already scheduled...
Paris: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released after paying a five-million-euro (about $5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to the police twice a week, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. Durov is officially placed...
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has drafted a new digital media policy that allows it to pay up to Rs 8 lakh per month to an influencer to promote its schemes. It also warns of legal action if any "objectionable content" is put online. The...
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India Wednesday approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore. The deal, announced six months ago, faced scrutiny by the anti-trust...
New Delhi: After a helium leak, bad weather has delayed the Polaris Dawn mission, Elon Musk-led SpaceX announced Wednesday. The company is unlikely to launch the mission slated to perform the first-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk Wednesday and Thursday, as notified earlier. “Due to unfavourable weather forecasted...
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel will exit from music vertical and shut down its Wynk Music app, according to sources. The company will absorb all Wynk Music employees. "Airtel is planning to close Wynk Music in the next couple of months. It will absorb all the...
New Delhi: Riding on robust local production as iPhone manufacturing plants in India continue to create new export records each month, Apple is all set to create 5-6 lakh jobs (direct and indirect) in the coming 1-2 years, according to industry sources. As iPhone exports...
New Delhi: ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Sony Pictures Networks India Tuesday said they have settled their disputes related to the failed $10-billion merger and have agreed to withdraw all claims against each other. The settlement stems from a mutual understanding between the companies to...
Bhubaneswar: 6,960 poachers have been arrested for the killing and trafficking of 2,869 wildlife animals over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment, and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Odisha Assembly Tuesday. While replying to a question from Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati, the...
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