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San Francisco, May 26: Facebook Inc. chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away some of the steady jobs and communities aren"t as stable, leading to isolation and nationalism instead of people coming together globally to solve problems. “When our parents graduated, purpose reliably came from...

Washington, May 26: A man attempted suicide by firing a bullet to his head but it went through him and fatally struck his girlfriend while leaving him severely wounded, according to US prosecutors. Victor Sibson, 21, from Anchorage, Alaska, has been accused of killing his girlfriend while attempting to kill himself. He appeared in court on Sunday and a grand jury indicted him on a charge of second...

Udupi, May 24: A woman lost her balance and fell into a well and died at Ambagilu here on Tuesday. According to the police, Sundari Poojarti (60) was cleaning the parapet of the well at her house at Ambagilu, when she lost balance and fell into it. Investigation is on, the police said.

Kuwait, May 24: There was a time when pigeons were used to deliver messages across countries in the absence of faster means of communication. But in the contemporary times, the same bird is being used for criminal purposes. In Kuwait, a homing pigeon was caught transporting drugs by custom officials. Around 178 pills were found wrapped around the bird that reportedly came from Iraq and was being...

Kasaragod, May 23: Another bid to open a new Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlet near Mangad in Uduma panchayat limits on Monday met with chaotic scenes fuelled by stiff public resistance against opening the outlet. Tense situation prevailed near the Koolikunnu locality after a large group of residents, including women and children, joined hands to vehemently oppose the moves to relocate the...

San Francisco, May 23: After a host of different ransomware attacks that hit enterprises across the globe, security researchers have now identified a new strain of malware "EternalRocks" that is more dangerous than WannaCry and is potentially tougher to fight. According to the researchers, "EternalRocks" exploits the same vulnerability in Windows that helped WannaCry spread to computers. It also...

May 22: Chinese vendors captured 49 percent of the Indian mobile phone handset market in the first quarter of 2017 - a 180 percent (year-on-year) revenue growth - threatening to wipe out domestic players from the overall handset segment, a report said on Friday. According to research firm CyberMedia Research's (CMR) "India Quarterly Mobile Handset Market Review" report, mobile handsets market in...

Kasaragod, May 20: A multi-axle truck laden with smuggled sand was seized near Badiadukka here. The smugglers had tried to hoodwink the police by placing empty cartons of consumer durables like fridge on the sides of the carrier. On a tip-off, a police team headed by Vidyanagar Circle Inspector Babu Peringeth waylaid the truck at Nekraje around 4 a.m. and seized the truck.Its driver, identified as...

Bengaluru, May 19: In a major development in the political scenario in the state, Mohammed Haris Nalapad has emerged victorious in the youth congress elections held in the city. Mohammed secured the highest number of votes among all the candidates contesting for the post of the General Secretary of youth congress in Bangalore city. Mohammed Haris Nalapad is the Executive Director of the Nalapad...

London, May 19: Instagram and Snapchat are the most detrimental to young people's mental health and wellbeing, according to a new report on social media platforms which also found that YouTube had the most positive effect. The new report by Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in the UK examined the positive and negative effects of social media on young people's health. Researchers conducted a...