AUGUST 11, 2018
Children prepare to hack mock versions of state election websites at DEF CON on Friday. (Photo by Donie O'Sullivan/CNN)
As hackers sit down to break into dozens of voting machines here in Las Vegas this weekend, some state and local election officials that have flown in to witness the spectacle at one of the world's largest hacking...
AUGUST 11, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 357 for 6 (Woakes 120*, Bairstow 93, Shami 3-74) lead India 107 by 250 runs
Jonny Bairstow congratulates Chris Woakes on reaching a half-century – Getty Images
The third day nearly produced 90 overs, and India nearly came back into the game, but the honours belonged, literally, to Chris Woakes. With his unbeaten 120, Woakes became...
AUGUST 11, 2018
Following heavy discharge of more than one lakh cusecs of Cauvery water by Karnataka, eight districts of Tamil Nadu, including Nilgiris where all the major and minor dams are full, have been put on flood alert.
The regional meteorological centre in Chennai has also warned of heavy rains in western Tamil Nadu.
“So far more than ten people have...
AUGUST 10, 2018
Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday termed the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam an important step in controlling the number of illegal immigrants in India, warning that if they are allowed to stay on, they would make 10 more Kashmir-like problems for the country.
Talking to the media during sidelines of a programme in Rohtak, Ramdev claimed...
AUGUST 10, 2018
States have been asked to accept driving licence, registration certificate or other documents in 'electronic form' presented through DigiLocker or mParivahan platforms, the government said today.
It also said that impounding of documents will be reflected electronically through 'eChallan' system.
"The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued an advisory to states to accept Driving Licence, Registration...
AUGUST 10, 2018
New Delhi: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed regret over his recent statement on Jawaharlal Nehru in which he called the former Prime Minister as "self-centred".
"My statement has created controversy, I apologise if I said something wrong," he said.
The Dalai Lama had said that India and Pakistan would have remained one if Pt Nehru had...
AUGUST 10, 2018
The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to New Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen's China-backed government.
India and China are going head to head in the Maldives, the Indian Ocean island chain where Beijing is building roads,...
AUGUST 9, 2018
President Trump with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, before departing the NATO summit meeting in Brussels in July. - Doug Mills/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s...
AUGUST 9, 2018
North Korea ripped the U.S. government on Thursday for insisting that Pyongyang fully denuclearize, claiming that Trump administration officials are "going against" President Trump by criticizing the nation.
The North Korean government that it has halted nuclear missile tests, dismantled a nuclear test site and the remains of Americans killed in the Korean War, but lamented continued criticism...
AUGUST 9, 2018
US Vice President Mike Pence gestures during an event on the creation of a U. S. Space Force, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at the Pentagon. Pence says the time has come to establish a new United States Space Force to ensure America's dominance in space amid heightened completion and threats from China and Russia. - AP Photo/Evan...
