MAY 31, 2018
Last Friday, the FBI issued a report recommending that everyone reboot their routers. The reason? "Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other networked devices worldwide."
That's a pretty alarming PSA, but also a somewhat vague one. How do you know if your router is infected? What can you do to...
MAY 31, 2018
Denmark has become the latest European country to ban Islamic veils such as the burqa and niqab.
In a 75-30 vote, Danish MPs approved the law presented by the centre-right governing coalition on Thursday.
The government says the ban on face-covering garments is not aimed at any religions and does not include headscarves, turbans or the traditional Jewish skull...
MAY 31, 2018
New Delhi: After attacking his bitter political rival Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a host of issues, and accusing him of "creating hurdles unsparingly" in the functioning of Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that people were missing an "educated prime minister" like Dr. Manmohan Singh.
"People missing an educated PM like Dr. Manmohan Singh- PM...
MAY 31, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday. - AP
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un complained of "U.S. hegemonism" to Russia's visiting foreign minister on Thursday, a comment likely to complicate ties with the United States as plans proceed for Kim's expected summit...
MAY 30, 2018
President Barack Obama in August 2016 at the White House. In the weeks after Donald J. Trump’s election, Mr. Obama went through multiple emotional stages, according to a new book by his longtime adviser, Benjamin J. Rhodes. - Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election,...
MAY 30, 2018
BEIJING, July 26, 2017 : File photo taken in July, 2016 shows Chinese H-6K bomber patrolling islands and reefs including Huangyan Island in the South China Sea. It has been a big year for China's military as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is to celebrate its 90th birthday. As Aug. 1, the birthday of the PLA, approaches,...
MAY 30, 2018
Air India stake sale: Even as the May 31 deadline for submission of expression of Interest (EoI) for Air India stake sale is almost here and the debt laden carrier hasn't received any bids so far, civil aviation secretary RN Choubey reportedly said that there is no scope for extension of deadline. Television news reports quoted RN...
MAY 30, 2018
The east and the northeast regions are likely to get scanty, "below normal", rainfall, said the Met department and a "normal" monsoon has been predicted for the rest of the country.
The Met also told PTI that "normal" monsoon would be unchanged in the second stage long-range forecast.
During July, the monthly rainfall over the country is likely to...
MAY 29, 2018
ABS is a potentially life-saving safety feature, and one that is rather necessary in India, due to patchy roads and heavy monsoons. The good news is that we have seen an increasing number of smaller-capacity bikes equipped with ABS this year, due to the government’s mandate on making it compulsory on all two-wheelers above 125cc launched after...
MAY 29, 2018
Indian External Affairs Minister - Sushma Swaraj - Getty
India is in talks with the United States of America over the recent decision by the Trump administration to revoke the H4 spouses visas of H1B visa holders. External Affairs Minister on Monday during her annual press conference said that India is doing all it can to stop this...
