Why is Joshimath sinking? Alarm bells in hill town ringing since 1976

 Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, Joshimath — a small Uttarakhand town located on the site of an ancient landslide — has seen an explosion of construction and population in the last few decades. The winter abode of lord Badrinath, a staging ground for troops posted along the Sino-Indian border,…

WhatsApp may soon allow users to transfer data from Android to Android without Google Drive

 WhatsApp introduced a slew of new features last year. The features and security updates made the platform more secure and even enhanced the user interface. But that is not all and with the growing technology, the platform will have to grow and adapt to user requirements. And for the same reason the platform is…

Samsung’s quarterly profit sinks to 8-year low amid global economic slowdown

Samsung Electronics Co’s quarterly profit sank to an eight-year low as the global economic slowdown has weakened memory chip prices and severely dented demand for electronic goods. The South Korean multinational conglomerate, which is the world’s largest memory chip, television and smartphone manufacturer,…

Japan offers families 1 million yen a child to leave crowded Tokyo

The Japan government is set to offer families one million yen a child to leave the capital Tokyo to combat depopulation of the country’s rural areas, a report said. Under the scheme, a family with three children will get three million yen to leave Tokyo. The government is aiming to shift 10,000 people out of…

Russia strikes Ukrainian city hours after announcing ceasefire

Hours after announcing a 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, the first major truce of the more than 10-month-long war that has killed tens of thousands, Russian strikes rocked the eastern part of Ukraine. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a ceasefire to observe a Christmas truce. Many…