Month: June 2023
Lava’s Agni 2 efforts may prove a pivotal moment for Indian phone makers
Indian smartphone brands, admittedly, haven’t delivered as was expected. Despite the push towards smartphone and mobile manufacturing in India, with Make in India a development…
Markets open in green as Sensex rises by 195 points to open at 62,624
Key indices of the domestic equities market opened with gains, tracking strong global cues. Investors reacted to the bipartisan deal to raise the US debt…
US averts first-ever default as Congress passes debt deal
WASHINGTON: US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit on Thursday, eliminating the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of…
Covid: UK govt launches legal fight over Covid-era messages
LONDON: The UK government said on Thursday it will mount a legal challenge over the release of documents to a public inquiry probing its handling…
A first: Each cigarette will get warning tag in Canada
Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes. The regulations take effect August 1 and…
View: Modi’s $24 billion manufacturing push is stuck on the assembly line
A $10 billion push to make semiconductors in India is on shaky ground. Its collapse will expose a major fault line in Prime Minister Narendra…
Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ originally ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?
It’s one of rock’s best-known and strangest songs: a six-minute radio hit that starts out as a piano ballad, becomes a high-pitched opera, then tumbles…
Report: Audio of Trump acknowledging he kept classified documents on Iran after exiting White House found
WASHINGTON: Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former US President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack…
Iphones: US accessed thousands of iPhones in spy plot: Russia
MOSCOW: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered a US National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access…
Joe Biden trips and falls on stage during Air Force graduation ceremony
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble and fell on stage during the graduation ceremony at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado…