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Azad says forced to leave Congress, praises PM Modi for showing humanity

Days after his resignation from the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad has alleged that he was 'forced' to leave the party, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 'showing humanity'

Pakistan eyes IMF board's crucial meeting on bailout package today

Pakistan is eyeing an important and crucial meeting of the executive board of the IMF, which is to be held today to take a decision on a bailout package for the country

RIL AGM: Mukesh Ambani announces Rs 3.5-trn investments

RIL chairman said investment plans include Rs 2 trn on rapid rollout of 5G, Rs 75,000 cr in expanding O2C capacities across value chains and Rs 75,000 cr in new energy business

The good, bad and ugly of rupee hitting new low against US dollar

Rupee, dragged down by storm of international pressures and geopolitical headwinds, is a wake-up call to regulators and policymakers to strengthen the currency

Two-thirds of CMOs aim to boost marketing technology spending: Report

This marks the sixth consecutive year in which Resulticks has been recognised in this report. This is a recognition of the fact that the way brands engage and converse with customers has changed

Apple likely to go for 'Reality' trademarks prior to AR headset launch

Tech giant Apple may use 'Reality' in the name and branding of its long-rumoured mixed reality headset, according to trademark applications

BYJU's receives clean FY21 audit from Deloitte, to make it public next week

India's edtech startup BYJU's has finally received a clean report from auditor Deloitte on its financial results for FY21 that will be shared with the equity and debt investors next week

Samsung expands R-D innovation programme to 70 Indian engineering colleges

As part of the programme, SRI-B collaborates with students and faculty at engineering colleges, giving them research as well as development projects to be executed over four to six months

US likely to authorise updated Covid booster shots for new Omicron variants

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve new ovid-19 booster shots for newer Omicron strains this week, making them accessible to people in the country

24 foreign firms show interest in petroleum business in Sri Lanka: Minister

Twenty-four companies from India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the US, China, Russia, the UK, Malaysia, Norway, and the Philippines are interested in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka

Floods inflict $10 bn loss on Pakistan's economy, says FM Miftah Ismail

The Minister however, did not have the details of the losses faced by each sector of the economy at the moment

Apple Watch, iPhone set to focus on 17 health, fitness areas in 200 nations

Health institutions are using Apple devices, APIs, and frameworks to strengthen the relationship between physicians and patients with meaningful data, and enable care from anywhere

SC issues notice to Karnataka govt over pleas against hijab ban verdict

The Supreme Court expressed anguish at petitioners' counsel seeking adjournment on pleas against the Karnataka HC judgment, which upheld the right of educational institutions to ban wearing of hijab

Anand Sharma raises questions on electoral rolls in CWC; Congress denies

Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently quit the Congress, had said that the election process is a sham

Vodafone Idea denies report alleging data leak of 20 mn postpaid customers

After a cyber-security research firm claimed that call data records of around 20 million customers of Vodafone Idea was leaked and accessed by cyber-frauds, the telecom operator has denied the breach

Google launches Meet's new feature; users can now mute, unmute easily

The company said it changed how the "Hey Google" voice control works for Google Meet hardware devices

Colombia, Venezuela re-establish full diplomatic ties after 3 years

Colombia's new leftist President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro had announced they would restore diplomatic relations earlier in the month

Akasa Air issues apology after data breach, says no intentional attempt

Akasa Air suffered a data breach, allowing unauthorised individuals to view data of some of its customers, India's new airline has admitted

6.4 magnitude quake jolts Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's West Sumatra province

Twin Towers in Noida is living proof of SP's corruption: Deputy CM Maurya

He said that the state government under the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath is acting on all such illegal encroached sites