Apple on Thursday announced the opening of a new office here that will focus on development of digital maps for its products including iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The Californian tech giant said in a statement that this investment will accelerate Maps development and create up to 4,000 jobs. The company, however, did not disclose the quantum of investment that it intends to invest on the facility. “We are […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party is heading for a historic victory in the north-eastern state of Assam, one of five states electing new governments. The party is ahead in 61 of the 126 seats, while the Congress is leading in 25 seats, the Election Commission said. Assembly elections were held in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam and in the union territory of Pondicherry. The main opposition […]
A dangerous new trend has emerged in Barcelona that sees teenagers having unprotected sex with HIV carriers. Spanish media have reported that these group sex parties, known as ‘sex roulette’, have become increasingly popular across the city among people of all sexualities. Similar to Russian roulette, the parties present a potentially lethal game of chance as at least one unidentified HIV carrier joins the group. While certain parties are exclusive […]
Vijay Mallya , under pressure from banks to repay loans, said he has every intention of honouring commitments, that he has made a new settlement offer to main lender State Bank of India and is hopeful of making quick progress on the matter, according to directors who attended a United Breweries Ltd (UBL) board meeting that he chaired by video-conference. Even as the Enforcement Directorate is seeking to extradite […]
Spreading the message of harmony and peace over communal hatred, London’s first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, visited city’s famous Shri Swaminarayan temple in Neasden a few days ago before he was elected. He later shared the pictures of his visit to the temple on his Facebook handle which soon went viral on social media. In one of the pictures, Khan is seen performing ‘Jalabhishek’ (offering water) on the idol of […]
Islamic State (ISIS) recruits in India wanted to take advantage of the student movement that broke out in several cities after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar. On February 19, when Kanhaiya was in Tihar jail on sedition charges and students of several universities were holding demonstrations demanding his release, ISIS’s Ahmad Ali asked 19-year-old Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja of Hooghly, West Bengal, to infiltrate the movement […]
A day after the Uttarakhand Assembly floor test, in which Congress emerged as the winner, the central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will revoke President’s rule in the hill state. Appearing on behalf of the Centre, Attorney General told the apex court that it has been proved that former chief minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat has proved majority on the floor of the House. After […]
One of India’s most respected filmmakers overseas, Anurag Kashyap is back with his latest psychological thriller, Raman Raghav 2.0. The trailer of the film starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal is dark, gloomy and chilling. The trailer opens with Nawazuddin, who plays a serial killer on the prowl, talking about his victims inside a police station. He gives the details of his murders and hints towards the absence of a […]
Controversies and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar go hand in hand. In April, Art of Living Foundation was slapped with a heavy fine for polluting the surroundings of river Yamuna during the three-day cultural festival. Last week, he received a lot of flak and criticism for making comments about Malala Yousafzai winning Nobel Prize. According to him, Malala didn’t do ‘anything’ to win a Nobel Prize.There is another reason why people […]
five-day cultural festival in Egypt organised by India to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore has been inaugurated here aiming to build connections between the people of the two countries who share strong cultural bonds. The Tagore festival was inaugurated by India’s Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya yesterday here with a painting exhibition showcasing works of artists from Egypt, India and other countries. The Embassy of […]
