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BJP national executive meet from Saturday; PM Modi to attend all sessions

The two-day BJP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will start on Saturday in Hyderabad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend all sessions of the party's NEC meeting, a top party leader said on Friday.

Assam CM Sarma files criminal defamation case against Manish Sisodia

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has lodged a criminal defamation case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over the latter's allegations of corruption against him in the purchase of PPE kits during the Covid pandemic.

Kanhaiya Lal murder: Imam body seeks speedy trial, maximum punishment

Expressing deep concern over the brutal Udaipur murder, All India Imam Organisation's (AIIO) Chief Imam, Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi on Thursday appealed to the government for the trial of the evil-doers by a fast-track court for the maximum punishment.

Could've considered supporting Droupadi had BJP informed before: Mamata

Banerjee also admitted that Draupadi Murmu has a better chance of winning than Yashwant Sinha, the unanimous opposition candidate.

Indian campaign ends with Sindhu, Prannoy's quarters loss in Malaysian Open

India's campaign at the Malaysia Open BWF Super 750 badminton event came to an end after PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy lost their respective women's and men's singles quarterfinals at the Axiata Arena, here on Friday.

WhatsApp claims to have banned over 1.9 mn bad Indian accounts in May

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.

Wait and watch: Industry players on 1% TDS on crypto investments in India

The 1 per cent TDS will be levied on payments towards virtual digital assets or cryptocurrencies beyond Rs 10,000 in a year, according to the Section 194S in the I-T Act (as per the Finance Act, 2022)

5th Test: Rain brings early lunch after Anderson dismisses Indian openers

Rain brought an early lunch on day one of the rescheduled fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston on Friday. But before that, veteran pacer James Anderson removed openers Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara to leave India at 53/2 in 20.1 overs in the first session of the much-anticipated match.

Normal, above normal rainfall for north, central, south India in July: IMD

After a "normal" June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted "normal to above normal" rainfall over some parts of north and central India and most parts of south peninsula.

FCC approves SpaceX's Starlink internet for use on cars, boats & aircraft

FCC has also granted the approval to Kepler Communications, paving the way for a new class of user terminals that can connect to broadband-beaming satellites

Battlegrounds Mobile game now has 100 million users in India: Krafton

In the last year, the game developer invested nearly $100 million to improve India's local video game, e-sports, and entertainment startups

Hyundai announces wage deal, Ford India extends plant shutdown date

At a time when the workers of two car manufacturers are negotiating severance package and wage revision, Hyundai Motors India Ltd has announced the inking of wage agreement with its worker's union

Taliban supreme leader attends Afghan grand assembly of religious scholars

About 3,500 ulema or religious scholars have been invited from across the war-torn country to attend the three-day gathering, which opened on Thursday

Apple corporate attorney pleads guilty to insider trading for over 5 years

From February 2011 to April 2016, Gene Levoff misappropriated material, non-public information about Apple's financial results and then executed trades involving the company's stock

YouTube launches new tool to combat comment spam, account imitators

Impersonators often leave comments on other videos to bring people over to their fake page

Facebook starts testing non-fungible tokens with select creators in US

Navdeep Singh who is a product manager at Meta (formerly Facebook) shared screenshots of NFTs on Facebook late on Thursday

Instagram says it is testing on a change to turn video posts into Reels

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels

US FDA okays for Covid booster targeting Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended vaccine manufacturers to develop booster shots against Covid-19 targeting Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants

Apple's headset launch next year to challenge Meta in AR-VR market

Meta's Quest 2 VR headset has remained immensely popular as the global shipments for VR headsets jumped 241.6 per cent during the first quarter of 2022

Coinbase sold software to US authorities to track crypto transactions

Coinbase Tracer allows clients, in both government and the private sector, to trace transactions through Blockchain