A civilian was injured in Pakistani shelling overnight on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said the Pakistani Army resorted to shelling and firing on the LoC in Tangdhar sector at 11 p.m. on Thursday. “Indian positions retaliated effectively. Intermittent shelling and firing exchanges continued till 4.30 a.m. on […]
Abu Dhabi A Dubai-based Indian driver has hit a jackpot by winning 12 million dirhams in a raffle in Abu Dhabi. John Varughese, who hails from Kerala, has been working as a driver for a private company since he came to Dubai in 2016. He won the amount at the Big Ticket raffle held at […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and missile tests, media reports said on Saturday. “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” Efe quoted Kim as saying. North Korea will also “shut down a nuclear test site in the country’s northern side […]
Facebook-owned Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature dubbed as “Nametags” — a clone of Snapchat’s ‘Snapcode’ which will let users create a “custom scannable tag” by designing a pattern of emojis. The feature will also offer an option to use a selfie image for creating a custom Instagram “Nametag”, Inverse reported late on Tuesday. […]
Three resolutions on investigating the alleged chemical attack in a rebel-held area of Syria failed in the UN Security Council on Tuesday amid reports that the US was preparing to attack facilities of the government of President Bashar al-Assad. US President Donald Trump has cancelled a trip to the Summit of the Americas in Peru’s […]
There is an online propaganda “arms race” with Russia and the most important thing right now is to make sure no one interferes in the upcoming elections globally, vowed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the five-hour marathon session at the US Congress. “The most important thing I care about right now is making sure no […]
The 32-hour countdown for Thursday’s early launch of the IRNSS-1L navigation satellite is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota rocket port, around 105 km from here, Indian space agency officials said. The countdown began at 8.04 p.m. on Tuesday. The 1,425-kg satellite — part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) — will be carried […]
Culture and heritage are a distinct part of the identity of an individual and a community. The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Australia hosts a variety of initiatives for a deeper understanding about the Indian Culture. One such Cultural Convention was ‘Sanskrutik Ek Khoj’ – In Search of Indian Culture’ witnessed by over 3000 audiences in the […]
Facebook will begin connecting with the 87 million users – including 562,455 in India – from Monday if their personal data was “improperly shared” with the British political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica. Those affected by the data privacy breach will see a detailed message at the top of their news feeds. Apart from those affected, […]
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. “The US, along with Cote d’Ivoire, France, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Sweden, and the UK, has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in light of the latest allegations of a chemical […]