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Indian workforce seek medical insurance, child care post-Covid: Report

Post-Covid, the rising workforce in India is now looking for additional benefits such as medical insurance for themselves and their families, a new report showed

Spotify is testing new podcast discovery feature, says report

Spotify is reportedly adding vertical scrolling to podcasts on the audio platform

Nitish govt to introduce Bihar Liquor Prohibition Bill in Assembly

The Nitish Kumar government seeks to pass the Bill in the Vidhan Sabha smoothly and has distributed the copies of the amendment Bill to every MLAs to read it.

Russia says sanctions leading to economic crisis of historic proportions

An attempt by the West to isolate Russia is leading to an economic crisis of historic proportions, said Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russian to the UN.

Gynaecologist dies by suicide on being charged with murder in Rajasthan

A private hospital gynaecologist committed suicide in Dausa after an FIR was filed against her under section 302 of the IPC (Murder).

Academy promises 'appropriate action' over Will Smith incident

A letter, obtained by 'Variety', states that Academy leadership is "upset and outraged" over the altercation and how it "overshadowed" a celebration of the film industry community.

Meta to launch several Slack-like functionalities on Messenger

Meta is adding a new "@everyone" functionality that will notify all participants in a chat about a new message.

Cong flays Centre over 'unabated' fuel price hikes, dubs it 'extortion'

The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Centre over "unabated" hike in fuel prices and termed it "extortion" by the Modi government.

12 dead in Russian airstrike on Ukraine's regional administration building

At least 12 people were killed and 33 others injured in an airstrike carried out by Russia's forces on a regional administration building in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mykolayiv

Online gaming is gambling, enact a law: Panneerselvam to Stalin

Panneerselvam said several people have committed suicide in the state after losing money in online games

New Zealand reports 15,918 community cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours

New Zealand reported 15,918 new community cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

Covid cases surge in most populous Australian states of Victoria, NSW

Daily Covid-19 cases in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) surged as the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2 sub-variant continues to spread.

Hacker steals $625 mn in crypto from Blockchain platform Ronin

In December last year, cyber criminals stole cryptocurrency worth $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform.

Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat

In some users' case, the spam link forwarded them to Channel One Russia, a Russian state media network: Report

Pine Labs raises $50 mn, to expand BNPL offering in Southeast Asia

Pine Labs serves large, mid-sized and small merchants across India and Southeast Asia, and is expanding its Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering in Southeast Asia.

Sony announces PlayStation Plus subscriptions to counter Xbox Game Pass

Sony has introduced a new video game subscription service for the PlayStation, its long-rumored answer to Xbox Game Pass

Apple will no longer repair iPhones reported as stolen or missing

Apple Stores and Apple Authorised Service Providers will now decline customers any repairs on iPhones that have been reported as stolen or missing

CM Bommai announces launch of 'Invest Karnataka 2022' Meet in B'luru

The event will be held in Bengaluru from November 2 to November 4.

Global Covid caseload rises to 484.9 million, deaths reach 6.13 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

IAEA chief Grossi visits Ukraine to discuss nuclear safety support

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Ukraine for talks with senior Ukrainian officials on delivering urgent technical assistance to ensure the security of the country's nuclear facilities