Bengaluru, Dec 13: Central Crime Branch (CCB) Police has nabbed three drug peddlers and seized 225 LSD strips and two kg ganja worth Rs 20 lakh during a raid on a flat on the outskirts of the city. The arrested were identified as Amatya Rishi (23), native of A R Palace, Saradar Patel North, S K Puri, Patna, Bihar State, local lad Aditya Kumar (21) and Mangal Mukhya (30), Ghanshyam Pur Police...
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New Delhi, Dec 12: Even as Indian automobile industry's domestic sales performance continues to decline, increased shipments of BS-IV vehicles at attractive prices along with low base effect lifted auto exports to over 17% in November, the third straight month of rise in overseas shipments on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. Industry insiders and market watchers predict the trend to continue in the...
New Delhi, Nov 28: Be it a holiday or just any other regular day, books can be the best companion one can have and no matter whether you admire gripping page-turners or literary novels, there's something for everyone. Yes, yes, for you too! With 2019 being a bumper year for novels, a number of new releases by new and established authors hit the book stands, some of which will leave you inspired...
New Delhi, Nov 30: A Delhi-based girl was on Saturday morning found sitting alone for hours on a silent protest in the Lutyens area in order to stage a demonstration against Hyderabad Police for "failing to act" on time during the alleged rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in state's Ranga Reddy district. The young girl identified as Anu was seen venting anger on the Delhi Police...
Kochi, Nov 30: Renowned poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (93) on Friday reacted humbly to the news of him winning the country's most prestigious literary award, the Jnanpith, by saying, "Bigger and better poets than me did not get the award... I'm happy." The celebrated poet, popularly known as Akkitham, who won the 55th Jnanpith award for his outstanding contribution to literature, said his...
Twitter is set to permanently delete inactive accounts from December 11 that have not been used for more than six months. The action will also impact accounts belonging to the deceased. In a statement given to The Verge, Twitter said on Tuesday that as part of its commitment to serve the public conversation, it is working to clean up inactive accounts to present more accurate, credible information...
Nov 20: India is planning to offer 324 companies including Tesla Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Plc incentives to set up factories in the South Asian nation in a bid to capitalize from the trade war between China and the U.S., according to a document seen by Bloomberg. The government proposes to provide the manufacturers land to set up a factory along with power, water and road access, according to...
If someone has sent you an MP4 file on WhatsApp, guard against downloading it as hackers may use a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned app to execute snooping attack on both Android and iOS devices. The specially crafted MP4 file triggers the remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) cyber attack. "The vulnerability is classified as 'Critical' severity that affected an...
Nov 15: Amazon has challenged the awarding of a USD 10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract to Microsoft, alleging "unmistakable bias" in the process. The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, better known as JEDI, ultimately will see all military branches sharing information in a system boosted by artificial intelligence. "It's critical for our country...
New Delhi, Nov 14: After an unsuccessful bid two months ago, India may attempt another soft landing on the Moon by next year-end, probably in November, sources in ISRO said on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had constituted a high-level committee, headed by S Somanath, Director of Thiruvanathapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the lead centre responsible for all...