PUBG MOBILE, a wildly popular game in India, is among 118 more Chinese apps blocked by the government amid fresh tension over China’s provocation in Ladakh. The move was in the interest of India’s sovereignty and integrity, defence and security, the government said in a statement. There are close to 33 million […]
Couples design their own digital babies at Dutch art exhibit
Couples who want children of their own got a brief taste of parenthood by creating their own “digital babies” during a virtual reality art exhibit in the Netherlands. Visitors selected the baby’s character traits, physical appearance and other features by answering questions on a computer tablet. They sat in sofas […]
Nigerians get a taste of air travel in this restaurant
Missing the thrill of air travel during the coronavirus lockdown? A Nigerian restaurant is now offering its customers the illusion of flight without them ever having to leave the ground. The diners at Urban Air in the Nigerian capital Abuja sit on plush white seats and peruse a flight-themed cocktail […]
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Tests Covid Positive, In Home Isolation
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tweeted this morning to say that he has tested positive for coronavirus and that he is in home isolation. Mr Sawant, 47, said he is “asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation”. He also urged all those who had come in contact with […]
Airlines in Canada face hurdles to replace quarantine with Covid-19 testing
Transport Canada is holding early talks with airlines to introduce COVID-19 testing at airports, but the day when such tests could become an alternative to the quarantines decimating travel could still be far off, sources familiar with the discussions said. The airline-led talks come as Air Canada and WestJet introduce […]
Rape violates fundamental right under Article 21, rules Gauhati HC
The Gauhati high court (HC) has termed rape as a violation of the victim’s fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution while upholding conviction by a trial court in an 11-year-old case. In an order passed on Monday (August 31), Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan held that the statement of the rape […]
Covid-19 plunges Australia into first recession in nearly 30 years
Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second quarter, official data shows. With vast swathes of the domestic and global economy shut down to contain the deadly disease, business activity suffered a catastrophic drop — despite […]
Delhi high court refuses to stay streaming of Gunjan Saxena movie
The Delhi high court (HC) on Wednesday refused to grant a stay on the telecast of the movie Gunjan Saxena—The Kargil Girl on Netflix, an over-the-top (OTT) streaming media service, after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) had moved the court to stop it from […]
‘Hundreds of accounts banned’: Trinamool complains to Facebook
Alleging that hundreds of Facebook and WhatsApp accounts of Trinamool party supporters were banned online, the party has written to the social media giant urging “immediate action”. “I want to bring to your attention the removal of hundreds of Trinamool Congress supporters’ pages and accounts on both Facebook and WhatsApp […]
Suresh Raina reveals reason behind decision to pull out of IPL
Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina has opened up about the actual reasons behind his sudden decision to fly back home from UAE and give IPL 2020 a miss. The left-hander said he had to come back for his family as there was something that needed to be addressed immediately. “It […]
No weekend break for MPs during monsoon session, House to function on Sat, Sun too
In the upcoming monsoon session, the Parliament will function on Saturdays and Sundays as well, meaning the MPs will get no weekend break, according to an internal circular accessed by Hindustan Times on Wednesday. The session that using begins in July was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will […]
Chushul aggression is part of China’s plan. It wants to provoke India
When then Defence Minister AK Antony returned from Beijing in July 2013, he was fascinated by the infrastructure development in China. He was rather intrigued how China was able to build straight roads unlike the ones that he had seen back home in India that yielded to hurdles in the […]
India reeling under Modi-made disasters: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the steepest decline in the GDP since independence, Chinese transgressions in Ladakh, rising unemployment and job losses, GST dues to states and a significant increase in Covid-19 cases across the country. “India is […]
Apple rolls out iOS 13.7 update that brings in the Covid-19 express notifications
Apple’s iOS 14 rollout is just around the corner but Apple has decided to squeeze in one more update (for now) – the iOS 13.7. This update brings in the Covid-19 upgrade, besides some other features like new Memoji stickers, bug fixes etc. If you choose to opt in for the Covid-19 […]
‘Brag about your feats, run for office’: Nikki Haley to Indian Americans
The time has come for Indian Americans to get more involved in politics, Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the UN, said Tuesday, exhorting the minority community to embrace their accomplishments, “brag” about them and not hide behind their traditional humility and shyness. “Whether it’s Republican or Democrat,” said […]