MARCH 10, 2021
Ahead of the Quad meeting between PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and other members of the grouping, US has said it was important for the nation to underline the importance Indo-Pacific holds for the current Biden administration.
Leaders of India, United States, Japan and Australia will hold their first summit in a virtual format under the...
MARCH 9, 2021
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle | File photos
Queen Elizabeth and her family said on Tuesday that they were saddened to learn of the experiences of the couple.
After the explosive, tell-all interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth and her family said on Tuesday that they were saddened to...
MARCH 9, 2021
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is dropping support for iPhones running on iOS 9, according to a recent report from WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo.
Version 2.21.50 of WhatsApp beta, according to the report, does not support devices running on iOS 9 or previous.
WhatsApp has not updated the change on its FAQ page yet, but it is expected to be updated...
MARCH 9, 2021
Outside Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday. - Frank Augstein/AP
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Pressure built on Tuesday for Buckingham Palace to respond to bombshell allegations from a tell-all interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, that has shaken the monarchy.
Assertions that a member of the royal family had raised concerns about the skin color...
MARCH 7, 2021
The Biden administration is undertaking a “whole of government response” to investigate and respond to the cyberattacks against Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which the Big Tech company assessed are being carried out by a sophisticated Chinese state-backed hacker group.
Microsoft announced it detected “multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in limited and...
MARCH 7, 2021
Silicon Valley giants are drawing battle lines over personal data collection practices and targeted ads as the threat of regulation looms.
As Apple presses ahead with plans to give users greater control over their privacy, companies like Facebook and Google have aligned themselves over the latter's more measured approach to scaling back tracking features.
In what was billed as...
MARCH 7, 2021
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2021. - The US Senate approved the $1.9 trillion rescue package that President Joe Biden vows will revive the country's pandemic-stricken economy. Passed by 50 votes to 49 in a party line vote, the sweeping legislation now heads back to the Democratic-majority House of Representatives, where it is...
MARCH 6, 2021
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has asked the health ministry to exclude the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Covid-19 vaccination certificates being issued to beneficiaries in poll-bound West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Citing its standing instructions of December 24, 2004 asking for removal of images of living political functionaries on government advertisements that...
MARCH 6, 2021
Infidelity has always been a contested topic in India, both legally and morally. But the rules have often been different for men and women. Until recently, men in India could prosecute other men for having an affair with their wives and could also be prosecuted for conniving in the same. Over two years after the decriminalization of...
MARCH 6, 2021
Brief Scorecard: India 365 (Pant 101, Sundar 96, Stokes 4-89) beat England 205 (Stokes 55, Patel 4-68) and 135 (Lawrence 50, Ashwin 5-47, Patel 5-48) by an innings and 25 runs
Axar Patel and Washington Sundar put on a partnership for India in the first session, stretching India's first innings lead to 155 runs. (BCCI)
Washington Sundar left stranded...
