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Biden calls on Syria to help bring detained US reporter Austin Tice home

US President Joe Biden said that Washington knows "with certainty" that the Syrian government has held Austin Tice, a reporter and former Marine missing in Syria since 2012

Now create hands-free on Instagram, FB with Samsung Flip phones: Meta

Tech giant Meta had announced that it is introducing a new way to create hands-free on Instagram and Facebook with Samsung Flip phones

Facebook making money via white supremacist groups, suggests report

Facebook is making money via white supremacist groups, serving ads on searches for dangerous groups like "Ku Klux Klan" despite a ban on such content on the platform

Hackers exploited crypto platform RenBridge to launder $540 mn: Reports

More than half a billion dollars have been laundered in crypto assets originating from theft, fraud, ransomware and various other types of criminal activity since 2020, a new report has revealed

Rakesh Tikait warns of another farmer agitation, questions Agnipath scheme

He has asked farmers to remain united and be ready for a movement, if they wanted to protect their lives and land

Lucknow records spurt in Covid-19 cases, 145 infections reported in 24 hrs

Lucknow alone has reported 145 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours while Uttar Pradesh reported 940 cases

Take that, Elon Musk: Ford CEO dares Tesla boss over EV pickup trucks

Drawing a comparison between Tesla's long-delayed Cybertruck and Ford's plug-in pick up -- F-150 Lightning, Jim Farley took a dig at Musk while announcing a major investment in a solar energy

Congress to hit the streets again to protest Agnipath scheme after Aug 15

The Congress is going to hit the streets demanding rollback of the Agnipath scheme of short-term recruitment into the armed forces and unemployment after August 15

6-day-old 'economic blockade' in Manipur now temporarily suspended

The six-day old "economic blockade" along the National Highway-2 (Imphal-Dimapur), was "temporarily suspended" on Wednesday night and movement of goods-laden stranded vehicles began

Indiabulls Housing's net profit rises marginally to Rs 287 cr in Q1FY23

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd has reported 1.8 per cent year-on-year rise in its net profit to Rs 287 crore in first quarter of the current financial year

CM Nitish Kumar to prove majority in Bihar Assembly on August 24

After taking the oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the eighth time, Nitish Kumar called for first cabinet meeting on Wednesday

Partha Chatterjee's offence doesn't make us all thieves: Trinamool leaders

Referring to that, few Trinamool leaders and ministers named in the PIL called a press conference on Wednesday wherein they issued an appeal not to consider everyone in Trinamool Congress as offenders

Samsung unveils new foldables, Galaxy watches as India gears up for 5G

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the fourth generation of foldable smartphones -- Galaxy Z Flip4 (for $1,000) and Galaxy Z Fold4 (for $1,780) -- with hyper-fast 5G that will be available in India

Samsung unveils flagship health-packed Galaxy Watch5, Watch5 Pro

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartwatches -- Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro -- with several health features, including insightful sleep tracking.

Trading on crypto exchange WazirX drops by over 55%, WRX token loses sheen

Homegrown cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has witnessed a sharp 50 per cent drop in trading on its platform, while its WRX crypto token nosedived from Rs 23 per coin earlier this month to Rs 17.

5G innovations to catapult Indian gaming industry to new level: Experts

5G innovations are set to take gaming to a whole new level in India which currently has more than 420 million active online gamers and a 500-million-strong digitally-native, young population.

Singapore-based crypto lender Hodlnaut freezes withdrawals, deposits

Cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut has announced to freeze withdrawals, token swaps and deposits amid the harsh crypto winter.

Microsoft lays off more workers, this time from consumer R&D team: Report

Microsoft, which laid off 1 per cent or 1,800 employees in July, has asked around 200 more employees to go, this time from one of its customer-focused R&D projects, the media reported on Wednesday

Reliance unveils brand name of cricket franchises in UAE, South Africa

For the UAE League, 'MI Emirates' will be the name of the franchise while in South Africa, it will be 'MI Cape Town'

At 125.93 million, Japan's population records largest drop since 1950

Japan's population totaled 125.93 million as of January 1, 2022, representing the largest drop in the overall number and by percentage since comparable data were recorded in 1950.