London, 26/10: Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil. It comes after he took power Tuesday as the first UK leader of colour, vowing to repair the damage wrought by outgoing…
Washington DC, 25/4: In its second ruling against Google in less than a week, the Competition Commission on Tuesday slapped a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on the internet major for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies. The regulator has also directed the company to cease and desist…
Bhubaneswar, 25/10: Astronomy enthusiasts turned their gaze towards the sun as the moon started to cover the solar disc as a partial solar eclipse began on Tuesday. The partial solar eclipse is being observed in several parts of the country with Srinagar witnessing the maximum obscuration of the solar disc at 55 per…
California, ,26/10: Apple Inc is cutting back production of iPhone 14 Plus and is increasing the output of the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro due to lukewarm demand, market research firm TrendForce said Tuesday. The share of more expensive iPhone 14 Pro series has increased to 60 per cent of the total output…
London, 25/10: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to mend its stricken finances after Liz Truss lasted just 49 days. Sunak was set to speak outside 10 Downing Street after his appointment by King Charles…
New Delhi, 25/10: Popular messaging app WhatsApp is facing service outages across cities across the world, including India. Several WhatsApp users took to Twitter to complain that they were not able to send messages on the app. On DownDetector, the outage peaked at around 12:30 pm IST. As the per heatmap, people…
New Delhi, 25/10: We are proud of him and wish him success,” Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy said in his first comments on the elevation of his son-in-law Rishi Sunak as Britain’s prime minister. Sunak, 42, on Sunday won the race to lead the Conservative Party and is now set to become Britain’s first…
Cape Town, 25/10: L’Oreal SA has been sued by a Missouri woman who alleges she developed uterine cancer as a result of using the French cosmetic company’s hair-straightening products. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Chicago, came days after a study from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Safety (NIEHS)…
Ahmedabad, 25/10: With dates of Gujarat Assembly elections likely to be announced post-Diwali vacation, the ruling BJP has started its exercise to zero in on the final list of candidates for 182 Assembly seats. Union home minister Amit Shah has been holding marathon meetings with party leaders for the past two days to…
Kerala, 24/10: The Kerala High Court on Monday said the vice-chancellors of eight universities can continue in their respective posts and they can be removed only after following due procedure. Justice Devan Ramachandran, who heard the urgent plea filed by the eight vice-chancellors, who were given an ultimatum by the Governor to resign by today,…
