New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Despite the overall IT budget cuts in the pandemic times, cybersecurity remains an investment priority and small and medium businesses (SMBs) allocated $275,000 to cybersecurity while enterprises invested $14 million on average this year, a new report said on Sunday. The share of IT budget[Read More…]
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Twitter is giving people more control over the conversations in India and is adding different conversation formats to empower people with choices and make them more comfortable in conversations, the micro-blogging platform said on Sunday. According to a 2019 Twitter report, 51[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Telangana reported 1,949 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking its active cases to 27,901 and the total tally to 1,99,276, even as the death toll climbed to 1,163 with 10 more fatalities during the last 24 hours. For the second consecutive day, the state reported less[Read More…]
Paris, Oct 4 (IANS) World number one Novak Djokovic has moved clear of Roger Federer with his 71st Roland Garros victory, after he cruised past lucky loser Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia in his third round contest in the ongoing tournament. On Saturday, Djokovic defeated Galan 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 to[Read More…]
islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-Fazl) party, has been named the first President of the oppositions Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), after his unanimous nomination by the heads of all the constituent parties. He was named PDM President after the opposition alliance’s first formal[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Filmmaker-choreographer Remo D’Souza was happy to return to a film set after the lockdown hiatus — that too to shoot a music video in Goa. Remo and his team of dancers put on their dancing shoes for the video of “Log kya kahenge” last week, and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Eying a bigger pie of the growing 5G networking market, chip giant Intel has announced an expanded lineup of hardware, software and solutions for network infrastructure. As the telecommunications industry transitions to 5G, the next wave of network transformation represents a $25 billion silicon opportunity[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Pakistan has said that its active and prominent participation in the UN General Assemblys opening session and allied meetings manifested its support and commitment to the world body’s purposes and principles. In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Pakistan would continue[Read More…]
New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Shooting incidents in New York City increased by 127 per cent in September, while murders spiked by 79 per cent, according to new crime statistics issued by the New York Police Department (NYPD). According to the statistics released on Saturday, the police reported 152 shooting[Read More…]
Agra, Oct 4 (IANS) Garbage has piled up in Agra due to ongoing strike by a section of safai karamcharis of the Municipal Corporation to demand justice in the Hathras gang rape-murder case, compounding an already grave health situation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The City of the Taj produces more[Read More…]
Seoul/New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) LG Electronics said on Sunday that its new dual-screen smartphone The Wing will go on sale in South Korea this week as the tech firm aims to boost its handset sales amid the pandemic. The Wing will hit local shelves on Tuesday, with a price[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Concerns were rising over US President Donald Trump’s health condition after his doctor said that he was “not yet out of the woods” following his Covid-19 diagnosis, while the 74-year-old leader also acknowledged that the next few days will be a “real[Read More…]
Bulghari (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 4 (IANS) There is an uneasy calm in Bulghari village of Hathras after the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl. The locals have been caught in a “justice or injustice” debate. Everyone wants justice but in their own way. The people have already decided[Read More…]
Dubai, Oct 4 (IANS) Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has added a new feather to his illustrious hat by becoming the first cricketer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to score 2,000 runs and scalp 110 wickets. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday which Chennai Super Kings lost by[Read More…]
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 4 (IANS) A social activist, Saket Gokhale, has moved the Allahabad High Court, seeking a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to conduct narco-analysis test of the victims family in the Hathras case. In a letter to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court[Read More…]
Ottawa, Oct 4 (IANS) As a second Covid-19 wave was underway in Canada, the country reported 1,812 new cases and 52 fatalities, which took the overall infection tally and the death toll to 164,302 and 9,461, respectively. Saturday’s case figure came a day after the country reached a grim milestone[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) With a surge of 75,829 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, India’s total tally on Sunday crossed the 65-lakh mark, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) data showed. The number of new cases was, however, less by 3,647 vis-a-vis the previous day’s 79,476 figure.[Read More…]
BY JAYANTA GHOSAL This story is from about 20 years ago! A person from Kolkata came to visit our office in Delhi. He got my address from somewhere, had hopped onto the Kalka Mail and come to meet me. He was only 22-years-old. What was the purpose of his visit?[Read More…]
Cairo, Oct 4 (IANS) Egypt has welcomed a peace deal signed between Sudan’s transitional government and rebel groups, said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, adding that the move reflected “the rational African will” and ushered in a new era of hope and prosperity. On Saturday, an Egyptian delegation, headed by Madbouly,[Read More…]
Bulghari (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 4 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old in Hathras, on Sunday reached the Bulghari village to meet the family members of the victim. This is the second visit of the Special Investigation Team, headed by Under[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Google has rolled out a new, more helpful editor in the Photos app on Android with smart suggestions and easy-to-use granular adjustments. Google has added a new tab in the editor that uses machine learning to give people suggestions that are tailored to the specific[Read More…]
Sharjah, Oct 4 (IANS) Yuzvendra Chahal of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mayank Agarwal of Kings XI Punjab currently hold the Purple and Orange Caps respectively following the end of the 16th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders which the Shreyas Iyer-led[Read More…]
BY SAEED NAQVI Jaswant Singh’s final goodbye acquired extra poignancy. Ushered into his study in my mind’s eye by the reliable Thomas, his secretary, I can see him induce a smile by way of politeness, gesture with his right hand, slowly nodding his head disapprovingly. He would have been pained[Read More…]
Seoul, Oct 4 (IANS) Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has topped the list of handsets with the best-performing cameras available in the market, a report showed on Sunday. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, a high-end version of Samsung’s phablet series, posted the highest marks among the latest smartphones, according to[Read More…]
Amman, Oct 4 (IANS) Jordan’s King Abdullah has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Omar Razzazs Cabinet, but asked him to continue as a caretaker premier until a successor was named following the November 10 general elections, according to a Royal Court statement. Replying to Razzaz’s resignation, the monarch in[Read More…]
