Microsoft Corp said it will conduct an up to $60 billion share buyback program, raise its quarterly dividend by 11%, and appoint company President Brad Smith as vice chair. Microsoft said the buyback program has […]
New Delhi (TIP): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, Sept 16, announced a Rs 30,600 crore government guarantee for National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) for acquiring stressed loan assets, paving the way for operationalisation […]
Market benchmark Sensex scaled the 59,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, Sept 16, as investors remained in risk-on mode following the government’s policy support measures for various sectors. Advancing for the third consecutive session, […]
India is expected to grow at 7.2% in 2021 but economic growth could decelerate next year, according to a United Nations report which said the recovery in the country is constrained by the ongoing human […]
The Centre on September 15 approved the much-awaited relief package for the stressed telecom sector that includes a four-year moratorium on payment of dues by telecom companies and allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment […]
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA (TIP): Apple on September 14 introduced iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, the next generation of the world’s best smartphone, featuring a beautiful design with sleek flat edges in five gorgeous new colors. […]
South Korean researchers have claimed that they have developed an artificial skin-like material that can quickly adjust its colours like a chameleon to match its surroundings. The team created the “skin” with a special ink […]
Bollywood star Ajay Devgn is returning with the stunt that he performed 30 years ago in Phool Aur Kaante and looks like the actor has some surprises up his sleeve as he returns with his […]
islamabad (TIP): A special NIA court here on september 17 sentenced a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant from Pakistan to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for conspiring to carry out terror attacks at different locations in India on […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan prisons minister Lohan Ratwatte resigned on september 15 after an uproar over his alleged remarks to kill Tamil prisoners during his recent visit to a jail in the island nation’s north-central […]
kabul (TIP): Under intense pressure and questions over his whereabouts, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has now released a video message. “There had been news in the media about […]
Lahore (TIP): A local court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued arrest warrants of ‘Hindi Medium’ star Saba Qamar in a case registered against her and others for shooting a ‘dance video’ at a historical mosque […]
London (TIP): The will of Prince Philip, the late husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will be sealed and remain private for at least 90 years to preserve the monarch’s dignity, a judge at London’s High […]
Berlin (TIP): Scientists say the hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer over the Southern Hemisphere is larger than usual this year and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring […]
Brisbane (TIP): Voluntary euthanasia became legal in a fifth Australian state on September 16, more than 20 years after the country repealed the world’s first mercy killing law for the terminally ill. Queensland’s Parliament passed […]
Nicosia (TIP): A British woman convicted for falsely claiming gang rape in Cyprus has filed an appeal to the island’s Supreme Court, seeking to clear her name. The woman received a suspended four-month prison sentence […]
Wellington (TIP): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Septemebr 16 that Australia’s new nuclear-powered submarines would not be allowed in its territorial waters under a long -tanding nuclear-free policy. A new Indo-Pacific security […]
India has a long coast line, yet we fail to think of amazing beach destinations that we can go anytime. There are so many hidden, unexplored beaches in India that we never talk about. Every […]
Alizeh Agnihotri, the niece of actor Salman Khan, featured in an ad for a jewellery brand. She is the daughter of his sister Alvira Khan and producer Atul Agnihotri. She is expected to make her […]
Pop superstar Britney Spears, who has been fighting a conservatorship that governs her personal life and finances, announced on Sunday that she is engaged to longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari. The ‘Stronger’ singer posted a video […]
Actor Lashana Lynch, who will next be seen in the upcoming James Bond film No Time To Die, has denied speculation that she could take over the franchise as the lead in future installments. “Nooo! […]
New Delhi (TIP): Three in five Indian adults have been covered with at least one Covid vaccine dose and 20 per cent have received both the doses. New government data show Chandigarh entering the coveted […]
Dushanbe, Tajikistan (TIP): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Dushanbe. The two leaders discussed the disengagement in […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to acquire 24 second-hand Mirage 2000 fighters, made by Dassault Aviation, in an attempt to strengthen its ageing fleet of the fourth-generation fighters and also […]
INCIDENTS OF circulation of “false/fake news” and rumours, a crime under the Indian Penal Code, saw nearly a three-fold rise in 2020 over 2019, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. A […]
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