Instagram on Tuesday announced a new feature which will allow users to have control over the personal information they share with third-party apps and it will be rolling out gradually over the next six months. The new feature will be available on Instagram and users can navigate by going […]
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Facebook Portal review: Echo Show rival lacks privacy, apps
Facebook’s Portal does exactly what the company says: it serves as a high-end home camera for video conferencing. With an improved design, this year’s iteration better blends into home decors, and with a lower price, it’s attainable for a wider group of people. What it doesn’t do, however, is offer any reassurance […]
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Huawei shifts attention to no 2 wireless market as India sits on 5G fence
Huawei Technologies Co., the wireless network giant blocked from selling its equipment in the US and some other markets, is betting it can find customers for its 5G gear in India, where the government has yet to weigh in on US calls for a boycott against the Chinese company. The world’s […]
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PUBG Mobile 0.15 update up for download: Top features, new Playload Mode, and more
PUBG Mobile on Wednesday began rolling out the long-awaited 0.15 update for its users. The latest update to the popular battle royale game brings a new ‘Survive Till Dawn’, improved Payload Mode, weapons and vehicles among a range of other features. PUBG Mobile has asked users to update the game […]
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Careers in renewable energy
Once put into action fittingly, India’s renewable energy rush could be much more constructive than just lowering global warming levels in the country. It could help millions get career opportunities in the area of Renewable Energy. The coming five years will see a sudden upsurge in green jobs across the […]
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Rupee slips 17 paise to 71.71 against USD in early trade
The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 17 paise to 71.71 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday amid rising crude oil prices and increasing demand for the US dollar vis-a-vis other currencies overseas. Forex traders said muted opening in domestic equities also weighed on […]
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Gold edges higher on Brexit jitters, risk-on mood limits gains
Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday after shedding nearly 1% in the previous session, as some optimism about Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union ebbed, while a risk-on sentiment capped the bullion’s gains. Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,484.10 per ounce as of 0427 GMT. U.S. gold futures […]
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UP government employees get 30 days bonus as Diwali gift
The Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday announced 30 days bonus as Diwali gift for its employees, besides directing release of their salary before the festival. Additional chief secretary Sanjiv Mittal released a government order, dated October 15, 2019, that said government employees, work charge employees and those working with aided […]
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Kanpur tanneries shut down again, this time for sewer cleaning
Leather tanning units in Kanpur, which came to life recently after a record nine-month long closure, have again been shut down till October 31. This time, the UP Jal Nigam has ordered the closure as it has begun the cleaning process of 1,165 metres long deep sewer drain. The tanners, […]
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Delhi air gets toxic, NASA’s crop burning images point to worse days ahead
The concentration of particulate matter — PM 10 and PM 2.5 — shot up twice the safe limit on Tuesday, when the national capital region’s (NCR) emergency action plan to tackle bad air came into effect, which includes a ban on diesel generator (DG) sets. Vacuum and water-cleaning of roads will be […]
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Four of gang that honey-trapped, extorted spa visitors arrested in Gurugram
The police, late Monday night, busted a gang for allegedly honey trapping senior executives who visited spa centres in Gurugram. The six-member gang allegedly made objectionable videos to extort lakhs of rupees from its victims, the police said Tuesday. The suspects were identified as Syed Rahat Ali Zeddin of Ghaziabad […]
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Fraudster, posing as army man, dupes Gurugram resident of Rs 35,000
A 50-year-old interior decorator, while trying to purchase a secondhand motorbike, was allegedly duped of ₹35,000 by a seller on at an online marketplace, the police said. The incident took place in April this year when the man, Pradeep Gupta, a resident of Pioneer Park in Sector 61, found the […]
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Ayodhya case hearing in Supreme Court draws to a close
As the 40-day daily hearing in the 70-year-old Ayodhya title dispute draws to close, all eyes are on the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that is expected to pronounce a verdict by November 17. The bench is hearing 14 appeals filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High […]
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Produce orders on detention of leaders, curbs in Kashmir: Supreme Court tells govt
Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to produce detention and other orders under which communication was blocked in the Kashmir Valley. The top court said that if the government does not respond then it would not force it to do so and proceed with the hearing.
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Enforcement Directorate arrests P Chidambaram in INX Media case
Former Union minister P Chidambaram was arrested inside Tihar jail by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday morning in the INX Media foreign funding case, officials said. This arrest followed a three-member agency team led by ED’s deputy director Mahesh Sharma questioning him in the morning. An officer said that since […]