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OMCs go on pause mode, petrol, diesel prices remain unchanged on Saturday

Petrol and diesel prices in the country remained unchanged on Saturday as oil marketing companies (OMCs) decided to pause the daily revision process and closely study global oil price movement

Accept privacy policy or lose functions in some weeks: WhatsApp

WhatsApp has said that its users will not immediately lose their accounts or face curtailed functionalities on the platform on May 15, but they will have to eventually go through limited functions

Joe Biden says confident of meeting Russian President Putin in June

US President said that he is confident that a meeting with his Russian counterpart Putin could be arranged in June, downplaying the impact of the ongoing tension along Moscow-Kiev border to the summit

KKR batsman Seifert tests positive for Covid; stranded in India

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Tim Seifert has tested positive for Covid-19 and is not travelling with New Zealand's IPL players back home, a statement from the country's cricket board said

Over 128 mn iOS users affected by 'XcodeGhost' malware, says report

More than 128 million iOS users were allegedly affected by the XcodeGhost malware which first surfaced in 2015 - responsible for injecting malware into several iPhone and iPad apps

'Unique infectious profile' makes Covid-19 hard to treat: Lancet

A review published in the prestigious journal The Lancet has revealed that the increase in caseloads is owing to a unique infectious profile

Global Covid-19 caseload break past 156.4 mn; deaths top 3.26 mn

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 156.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.26 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Russia to cooperate with China on production of Sputnik V vaccine

The Russian Direct Investment Fund has signed deals with three Chinese biopharmaceutical companies for the production of over 260 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine

Trained Ayush professionals to be inducted for Covid-19 management

The Central government on Friday issued an advisory for induction of trained Ayush human resources for clinical management of the virus infection

Karnataka registers over 48K Covid-19 cases, 592 deaths in last 24 hours

With 48,781 new cases, Karnatka's Covid tally crossed the 18 lakh mark, while 592 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Friday

'Stay at home': Goa CM announces state-wide curfew from May 9-23

Stores selling essential items, including grocery stores will be allowed to remain open from 7 am to 1 pm

Sumit Malik earns Olympic quota in men's 125kg freestyle wrestling

India's Sumit Malik has won the Olympic quota place in the men's 125kg freestyle wrestling event by reaching the final of the World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament here.

Malaysia Open badminton postponed, blow to Indians' Olympic hopes

The Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament has been postponed and will no longer be an Olympic qualification event, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Friday.

BJP slams Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for his remark about PM Modi

Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for his remark that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not listen to him during a phone call over the Covid-19 situation

Samsung to share more royalty-free technologies with smaller firms

Samsung Electronics will allow smaller local companies to use more of its royalty-free technologies as part of its efforts to attain shared growth, according to the industry ministry on Friday

Google to give users more controls on how apps use their data sharing

Google has pre-announced an upcoming safety section in Google Play that will help people understand the data an app collects or shares

Anushka-Virat start Covid fundraiser campaign, contribute Rs 2 crore

Celebrity couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have started a fundraiser campaign to help people deal with the Covid crisis at hand

US government could breach debt limit after October 1: Think-tank

A Washington DC-based think-tank said that the US federal government is likely to run out of borrowing room and breach the debt limit after October 1.

Facebook takes down 9 fake networks from 6 countries for violating policy

Facebook has taken down nine networks from six countries in April targeting people with false and deceptive information

Global Covid-19 caseload breach 155 mn mark, deaths top 3.25 mn

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 155.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.25 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University