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New Delhi, Feb 18: The Supreme Court Monday refused to allow reopening of Vedanta's Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, which was at the centre of massive protests over pollution concerns, but granted the company liberty to approach the high court. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman allowed Tamil Nadu's appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order only on grounds of...

Hey Alexa! Please play "Bhaja Govindam" by M.S. Subbulakshmi, goes the command every morning at my home and Alexa takes no time in obliging, playing the song by the legendary Carnatic vocalist as breakfast begins to roll. This has become a routine at millions of Indian homes, indicating a clear trend about voice becoming the next conversational platform between people and devices. As we head...

Mangaluru: As a part of its efforts to make basic healthcare accessible for all, Jamiyatul Falah (Unity for Success), a state government award winning charity organization’s Mangaluru Taluk unit conducted free Ayush Treatment Camp with the support of South Kanara District Ayush Dept. and Yenepoya Ayurveda and Homeopathy Hospital, Kollarakodi and Naringana Grama Panchayath at Naringana Panchayath...

California, Feb 6: Unicode has announced a list of interesting new emoji which will make their debut on your devices in 2019. The list includes 59 new emoji with 171 variants for gender and skin tone, making the total count of 230. Some of the new emoji include mechanical arm, deaf person, drop of blood, waffle, ice cube, yawning face, pinching hand, among others. Making the emoji set more diverse...

Google has deleted 29 malicious "beauty camera" apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information. Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number of the download counts originated from Asia -- particularly in India, said a report from US-based cyber security firm Trend Micro...

Berlin, Feb 2: Ahead of the roll-out of the advanced SG network protocol, researchers have revealed the sheer vulnerability in the network that allows for spying of data over airwaves. A research paper by researchers from the Technical University of Berlin, ETH Zurich and SINTEF Digital Norway details the privacy threat with the 5G network. The vulnerability affects Authentication and Key...

Mumbai, Feb 1: A 19-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Kurla here on Friday, as he was apparently upset over not getting a mobile phone of his choice from his family, a senior police official said. The deceased, Nadeem Sheikh, hanged himself from the ceiling fan of the kitchen around 4 am, the official said. "Sheikh wanted a particular mobile worth Rs 37,000, but his...

Mangaluru: Jamiyyatul Falah, a state government award winning charity organization’s Mangaluru Corporation unit distributed fruits among patients of Lady Goshen Hospital, Kairiya Trust Thokkotu Girls School students and HIV care centre ‘Sneha Deepa’ home for children through a program as part of social responsibility of the society on the occasion of Republic day on 26th January 2019. The event...

Chamarajanagara, Jan 29: The Chamarajanagara District and Principal Sessions Court conducted the Sulwadi Temple tragedy case against four accused through video conferencing due to security reasons at the court premises here on Tuesday. In the food poisoning tragedy 17 devotees died and more than 100 fell ill after consuming 'Prasada' laced with pesticide on December 14, 2018 at Kichugutti Maramma...

Mysuru, Jan 29: No unusual monkey deaths, particularly of grey langurs, have been reported on the Karnataka-Kerala border adjoining H D Kote taluk, and this is being cited as a 'strong reason' to rule out KFD outbreak in the district. “Abnormal monkey deaths are considered major evidence for authenticating the outbreak of the disease, as in Shivamogga district where such deaths have been reported...