JUNE 3, 2022
New Delhi: A coalition of consumers on Friday filed a police case against Google`s top executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, for the tech giant`s in-app billing system that forces domestic app developers to pay hefty commissions.
According to The Korea Times, Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty (CUCS) has filed a complaint against Pichai, Google Korea CEO Nancy Mable...
JUNE 3, 2022
IIT-Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology) student Kalash Gupta has won Season 10 of TCS CodeVita, the global coding competition. Gupta, a third-year computer science and engineering student from IIT-D, was one of the participants among 100,000 contestants from 87 countries, said a press release issued by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
Kalash Gupta had also secured the 3rd rank nationwide...
JUNE 3, 2022
More than 16 million years ago, giraffes had more compact necks and strange keratinized heads, as seen by newly discovered fossils of Discokeryx xiezhi.
A headbutt is not just a move for Pokemon or legendary soccer players: It’s a clue to the past life of giraffes. A new study published Thursday in the journal Science details an...
JUNE 3, 2022
A London bookshop is full of Royal memorabilia on the start of the Platinum Jubilee on Thursday. - Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI
The absence of Queen Elizabeth II and the presence of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle highlighted Friday's religious services of thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral during the Platinum Jubilee in the queen's honor.
After three...
JUNE 3, 2022
Vice President Mike Pence’s refusal to go along with a plan to block the certification of the 2020 election results exploded into a bitter breach with President Donald J. Trump. - Nicole Craine /NY Times
The day before a mob of President Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence’s...
JUNE 3, 2022
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird, turkey, and some negative...
JUNE 3, 2022
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un has sent out his first-ever public message to Queen Elizabeth II, the 96-year-old monarch of Great Britain on her platinum jubilee.
What Happened: North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on its website that the country's supreme leader congratulated the queen as she marked 70 years on the throne.
Many world leaders congratulated the Queen, but perhaps this one...
JUNE 3, 2022
A sign advertising E15, a gasoline with 15 percent of ethanol, is seen at a gas station in Clive. - Reuters/Jim Young
NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue on Friday biofuel blending mandates for the year 2022 that are below a proposed number in December, and mandates for the year 2021 that...
JUNE 2, 2022
From left, Britain's Prince Charles; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Louis; Catherine, duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Thursday. (Alastair Grant / Pool photo)
It's been billed as the party of all parties, a star-studded four-day celebration of Britain's longest-reigning monarch for her 96th birthday and 70 years on the throne.
But the...
JUNE 2, 2022
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a slower pace at 4.1 per cent in the January-March quarter. The slowdown in growth reflected the impact of the Omicron wave-induced restrictions and disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
The spike in inflation due to the war is seen to have dampened consumption in the March quarter. Going forward, while...
