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Australian watchdog sues Mastercard for anti-competitive practices

The ACCC investigated allegations that Mastercard engaged in anti-competitive conduct by offering certain large merchants cheaper interchange rates

Google Assistant develops personalised speech recognition feature

According to 9to5Google, the tool will help Google Assistant get "better at recognising your frequent words and names"

SriLankan Airline starts refuelling at Thiruvananthapuram airport

With Sri Lanka reeling under its worst economic crisis, its national airline has begun refuelling at India's Thiruvananthapuram international airport

Gyanvapi dispute: Muslim side to continue arguments today in Varanasi court

On May 26, the district judge had started hearing the case on the issue of its maintainability in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court

Relationship between Taliban, Al Qaeda remains close: UNSC report

The report estimated that an approximate presence of "180 to 400 fighters affiliated with Al Qaeda" from "Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan" are settled in Afghanistan

Use this hurt to achieve more, says Jos Buttler to fellow RR players

In the process of reaching his 39 off 35 balls on Sunday, Buttler pushed Australia's David Warne to third spot (848 runs) in the all-time scorer's list in a single season

Moosewala killing: Dump data of 1-km area of crime spot to be probed

In a latest development in connection with the killing of politician Sidhu Moosewala, sources said that the police is collecting the dump data within the 1-km area of the crime spot

Bengaluru logs over 200 Covid cases after 88 days; positivity rate at 0.95%

The last time Bengaluru breached the 200 cases mark was on March 3 with 239 infections

Jordan, UAE, Egypt launch industrial partnership for $10 bn projects

The partnership, which seeks to boost industrial cooperation between the three countries, aims at implementing joint investments and projects to foster mutual and strategic interests

Israelis, Palestinians clash over Jewish nationalists' march in Jerusalem

The Palestinian Red Crescent said in a statement that at least 62 Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets, beatings and pepper gas

Beijing reports no community transmission of Covid-19 since May 27

But the Chinese capital reported seven new locally transmitted Covid-19 infections from the end of Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday

Haryana CM Khattar allocates Rs 2,711cr for development work in Gurugram

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced an allocation of Rs 2,711 crore for development work in all four assembly constituencies of Gurugram district during a 'Pragati Rally'

Spanish PM Sanchez meets NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg in Madrid

Sanchez and Stoltenberg held meetings ahead of the forthcoming NATO Summit, which will be held in Madrid on June 29-30

Elon Musk highest-paid CEO, followed by Apple's Tim Cook, says report

Tesla and spaceX CEO Elon Musk has topped the list of the most highly compensated CEOs on the Fortune 500 in 2021.

IPL displays world's largest cricket jersey, enters Guinness world records

The Indian Premier League has taken a giant leap by getting itself registered in the Guinness Book of Records after displaying a giant jersey during the closing in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Singer Sidhu Moosewala was on the radar of gangsters for long time: Report

Few hours after the killing of popular Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moosewala on Sunday, a Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar has taken the responsibility for the murder.

TN fuel outlets won't buy from OMCs on May 31 in protest against centre

Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association in a statement said that the reduction in the fuel prices by the Central government led to dealers losing Rs 3 lakh to Rs 15 lakh

Venture capitals reroute funding to Web3.0, gaming startups amid dry spell

A group of former executives from one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance has also reportedly created a $100 million venture fund

Twitter has very 'bot-friendly' rules, says Elon Musk amid hold on takeover

While Twitter said in its SEC filing that less than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (mDAUs) are fake, Musk believes the number of bots is four times higher

WhatsApp improves Reactions feature in new iOS update with six emojis

The messaging platform is also preparing a 2.0 iteration of Reactions by bringing the ability to react with any emoji available