San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) The intelligence-led security company FireEye on Thursday announced the availability of two new software releases for enhanced detection and investigation of advanced attacks against servers. The FireEye “Network Security 8.3” and FireEye “Endpoint Security 4.8” work together to enhance detection and investigation capabilities, protecting Cloud,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian investors woke up to another surprise on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve went for a rate cut on the dotted lines but gave a hawkish note on future policy rates amid a marked slowdown in global economic activity. Both the key Indian benchmark indices[Read More…]
By Subhash Narayan New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The government may be inclined for an out-of-court settlement in its dispute with banks over unpaid service tax dues to the tune of Rs 38,000 crore with officials indicating a more flexible stance to resolve the outstanding issues. Sources in the government[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma has written to Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) requesting the three-member committee to not just look into the misdeeds of the officials of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA), but also note the repeated flouting of the[Read More…]
Pune, Aug 1 (IANS) Renowned Indian scientist (Dr.) Atish Shripad Dabholkar will take over as the new Director of the prestigious Abdul Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in Trieste, Italy, his cousin Hamid Dabholkar said here on Thursday. The Kolhapur-born Dabholkar is the nephew of well-known rationalist, (Dr)[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) Former Vice President of Maldives Ahmed Adeeb who was on board a cargo tugboat off Tuticorin coast in Tamil Nadu is being questioned by Coast Guard and immigration officials, said a police official on Thursday. “The cargo tugboat Virgo 9 had gone to Maldives from Tuticorin[Read More…]
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) The Unnao rape survivor was still on a ventilator on Thursday – the fifth day after the Sunday road accident, which had left two of her aunts dead and she and her lawyer injured – and her condition was still critical, doctors said. There was no[Read More…]
Kochi, Aug 1 (IANS) Gender sensitivity is essential to ensure inclusivity in the startup ecosystem, according to speakers at the Women Start-up Summit, being hosted by the Kerala Start-up Mission (KSUM) here on Thursday. Women participation in the technology startup ecosystem of Kerala was 13 per cent and the state[Read More…]
Nur-Sultan, Aug 1 (IANS) The 13th round of the Astana Process talks on compliance with the Syrian ceasefire began on Thursday behind closed doors in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan. Like the previous meeting in April, the two-day gathering will focus on the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib, the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Amid high-profile insolvency cases like Essar Steel and Jet Airways being heard by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a Bill that seeks time-bound resolution of such cases was on Thursday passed in the Lok Sabha with voice[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda here on Thursday termed the CBI closure report in the Bargari sacrilege case as bad in law. The agency had no jurisdiction in the matter after the state government withdrew the cases from it last year, Nanda said. The CBI lost[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) The global media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has criticised Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for rejecting the question of media curbs in the country. During his visit to the US, Khan had said that talking about curbs on press freedom in Pakistan was a “joke”.[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Aug 1 (IANS) A special court in Bengaluru on Thursday remanded in 14-day judicial custody prime accused IMA Jewellers’ founder Mohammed Mansoor Khan for investigation into the multi-crore ponzi scheme scam in which he allegedly duped about 30,000 investors of their hard-earned money, savings and gold ornaments, a police[Read More…]
Vienna, Aug 1 (IANS) The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA announced on Thursday that a new chief is expected to assume office by January 1, 2020. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors convened at the agency’s headquarters here on Thursday to discuss appointment of a new Director-General following[Read More…]
Moscow, Aug 1 (IANS) Russia on Thursday kicked off large-scale Ocean Shield-2019 naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, the country’s Defence Ministry announced. A total of 49 ships and combat boats, 20 support vessels, 58 aircraft of the Navy and the Aerospace Force as well as 10,634 personnel are participating[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A set of 12 ‘languishing’ crafts, including Akola and Nandana hand block prints, Mashru, Rangkat and Garad Korial silk weave, Rogan paintings and Chamba Rumal art, is the focus of a new exhibition, which opened at the Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC) Emporium, here on[Read More…]
Manila, Aug 1 (IANS) A Jordanian man linked to Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden’s brother-in-law has been taken into the Philippines government custody and is to be deported, the country’s Bureau of Immigration said on Thursday. Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil, 51, was detained on July 4 on Mindanao island, southern[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) A fire in the Harbour Telephone Exchange of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Thursday has affected mobile, landline and broadband connectivity in that area, the state-run telecommunications company said. According to the statement issued here, restoration activities are being undertaken on war footing but[Read More…]
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Clinton N’Jie has apologised for ‘accidentally’ live streaming his own sex tape, saying he “pressed the wrong button” on his phone. N’Jie’s broadcast went live on Snapchat from his account ‘clinton14’ before he deleted it after realising the blunder he committed. N’Jie,[Read More…]
Seoul, Aug 1 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung’s much-awaited foldable smartphone – the ‘Galaxy Fold’ – is expected to launch right around the launch of Apple iPhone 11 between September 18 and September 20, media has reported. The smartphone was originally set to release on April 26 but the[Read More…]
Bangkok, Aug 1 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi met on Thursday here amid an unending trade war between the world’s two most powerful economies. Pompeo and Wang sounded calm with conciliatory remarks after their first face-to-face meeting that was held on the[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) Former India captain and current chairman of the newly formed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) Kapil Dev on Friday said he respects Virat Kohli’s opinion that he wants Ravi Shastri to remain the head coach of the Indian team. “That’s his opinion, we should respect everybody’s opinion,”[Read More…]
Bhopal, Aug 1 (IANS) After nosing past Karnataka to regain the top spot for tiger population, Madhya Pradesh is struggling to stay ahead. On July 29 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was declaring Madhya Pradesh as No 1 state on tiger count, two big cats had already died in an[Read More…]
Birmingham, Aug 1 (IANS) It was England all the way in the opening session of the first Ashes Test between the hosts and Australia at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Thursday. After an inspired show by the duo of Stuart Broad (2/17) and James Anderson in the opening hour, it[Read More…]
Bhopal, Aug 1 (IANS) After two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in Madhya Pradesh supported a legislative amendment Bill in Assembly, the BJP has accused the Congress of indulging in horse-trading of MLAs. “Many BJP legislators have informed us that the Congressmen are approaching them with lucrative proposals. But they[Read More…]
