HIGHLIGHTS Facebook has unveiled the Portal Go and Portal+. The Portal devices have been launched in 10-inch and 14-inch display sizes. Interestingly, Facebook has launched its video calling days ahead of Amazon’s hardware event Facebook has launched two new video-calling devices. Expanding its portfolio of video…
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have not revised oil prices on Wednesday as global crude oil rates inched higher. Petrol and diesel prices have not been changed for the 17 consecutive days. This indicates that OMCs are not in a rush to cut fuel prices even as petrol and diesel rates remain on the higher side,…
HIGHLIGHTS Gold trades at Rs 46,651 per 10 grams on Wednesday. Silver is trading at Rs 60,890 per kg with a jump of 0.75 per cent. Globally, gold prices remained flat as investors geared for China’s Evergrande debt risks. The prices of gold and silver changed on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Wednesday.…
Zee Entertainment signed a merger deal with Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited, according to a regulatory filing by the media company to the stock exchanges on Wednesday, September 22. Zee Entertainment’s board of directors unanimously approved the merger between Sony Pictures Networks India and…
A rare quake rattled southeastern Australia early Wednesday, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked residents running into the streets of Melbourne. The shallow quake hit east of the country’s second-largest city just after 9:00am local time (2300 GMT) and was felt hundreds of kilometres…
New Delhi: India will not buy COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, three government sources told Reuters, mainly because domestic output of more affordable and easier-to-store vaccines has jumped. That essentially means the globally popular vaccines, which their makers have pledged not to sell to…
Sambhal (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said if someone plays with the dignity of women, he will meet the same fate as that of Duryodhan and Dushashan in Mahabharata, and asserted that strict action will be taken against those involved in supporting “anti-India” activities. He…
United Nations: Amidst escalating tension in ties with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that disputes among countries “need to be handled through dialogue and cooperation” and urged world leaders to eschew “confrontation and exclusion.” Addressing the high-level 76th UN…
United Nations: The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the request in…
New Delhi: A meeting of foreign ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, slated to be held on Saturday in New York, has been cancelled. It is learnt from reliable sources that Pakistan wanted the Taliban to represent Afghanistan in the SAARC meet. India along with some…