Facebook is quite serious about developing brain-reading hardware and software. CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday elaborated what he thinks about the new technology and its possible implementations. Zuckerberg said that he would like to develop brain-controlled wearable and implantable devices. These devices would allow users to control things in virtual […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
National Coming out Day: The celebrities who mustered courage to come out of the closet
The world is observing the 31st National Coming Out Day on Friday, which marks an occasion to celebrate one’s sexuality as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and accept one and all as an ally. The day celebrates the power of living openly as a LGBTQ community and was established […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
HSSC Clerk answer keys 2019 released, direct links to download here
HSSC Clerk Answer Key 2019: Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has released the answer key for clerk recruitment on its official website at hssc.gov.in. The written exam for HSSC Clerk recruitment 05/2019 was conducted on September 21 to 23, 2019 in two shifts- morning and evening. Here are the direct links to […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Shameful, disgraceful choice: Outrage over Peter Handke’s Nobel literature win
Austrian writer Peter Handke’s Nobel literature prize win on Thursday sparked outrage in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo, where he is widely seen as an admirer of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. In the 1990s, Handke emerged as a vocal defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Haryana assembly elections 2019: Stubble removers, job quota, farm waivers in Congress’s Haryana poll manifesto
The Haryana Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the October 21 assembly elections in the state promising 33% job quota for women in government sector, cash incentives to educated jobless youths, the elderly and housewives apart from farm loan waiver within 24 hours of coming to power in Haryana. […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
Loyalists ignored in new UP Congress team, say party veterans
The Uttar Pradesh Congress faces dissension in its ranks a day before its new team takes charge here on Friday, according to some party veterans. The team was appointed earlier this month to assist party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in accomplishing Mission UP 2022. Questions are being raised about the composition […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
College girl from Jharkhand’s Palamu wins Rs 25 lakh in KBC
A 19-year-old college student from Jharkhand’s Palamu district has won Rs 25 lakh in famous TV show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. The episode featuring Deep Jyoti was aired on Sony TV on Wednesday. She correctly answered the question for winning Rs 25 lakh on Wednesday but […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
‘Fake’ cops enjoyed free ride on Yamuna e-way, toll officials seize 101 ID cards
Officials of Jewar toll plaza management have seized at least 101 identity cards from fake policemen, who were using the IDs to enjoy toll free rides on Yamuna Expressway. A complaint regarding the same has been filed at Jewar police station. Police said they have launched a probe and are […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Woman accuses Amazon delivery man of bid to ‘hypnotise, rape’, refuses to file case
The Noida police on Thursday detained a delivery executive of an e-commerce company who was accused of allegedly trying to rape a woman in a high-rise society in Sector 74 on October 7. The woman, however, refused to register her statement and later wanted to withdraw the complaint. The suspect, […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: Sena, BJP face challenge from rebels contesting against party candidates
While the Shiv Sena accepted fewer seats than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to forge an alliance, all’s not well on ground zero. Rebels from both the parties are in the fray against the official candidates of the alliance in Nashik, Konkan, Solapur, Marathwada and Pune. The internal rebellion could […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
One battle won, many left for Mumbai University’s first transgender graduate
Three years ago, Sridevi made history when she became the first student of the University of Mumbai (MU) to identify herself as a transgender. Today, she proudly holds a BA degree in Sociology and Psychology from MU’s Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL). The Hindustan Times had, in February […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Tibetan protesters detained from ITC hotel Xi Jinping will be staying at
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Chennai on Friday morning for his informal summit with Chinese president Xi JInping, five Tibetan students were detained by the city police for staging a protest and shouting slogan at Guindy, in front of the ITC Hotel, where the Chinese dignitary will stay […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
PM Modi arrives in Chennai; Mamallapuram decked up, fortified ahead of Xi Jinping visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chennai on Friday morning ahead of his informal summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping who will be in the city by 2pm. A multi-layered security drill, including the sealing of key roads, has been put in place in and around the seaside resort of […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Delhi’s air quality takes a hit, particulate matter level shoots up
Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi took a hit on Friday as the concentration of the particulate matter — PM 2.5 and PM 10 — levels in the air shot up. According to the AQI data, major pollutants PM 2.5 stood at 185 in the ‘moderate’ category and PM 10 […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Sale-bound Air India subsidiary gets nod to launch foreign operations
The Civil Aviation Ministry has approved Alliance Air plan to launch foreign operations by starting flights to Sri Lanka even as the airline’s parent Air India remains on top of the government’s disinvestment agenda. The move has triggered speculation among Air India employees that government may continue in airline business […]