The J&K government has launched new initiatives to promote the marketing and export of specific products from the union territory. Geographical Indication (GI) tagging is also one such initiative which would go a long way in marketing and exporting specific...
Pearls Academy: A Shining Pearl in the Sea of Muslim Education in Aurangabad
By Danish Reyaz The historical city of Aurangabad, also known as the City of Gates in the western state of Maharashtra, has around 30 percent Muslim population. The community has significantly contributed to the welfare and progress of the city and continues to do so....
Why does Indian media detest Muslims so much?
By Syed Ali Mujtaba Indian Muslims always get a bad press and the blame is put on the community for not doing anything spectacular that may give them positive coverage. This is a hackneyed narrative that is going on since independence where the largest minority of the...
Facebook, Telegram working on their own cryptocurrencies
New York : More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant's own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quite bullish on the project. Not only Facebook, highly-encrypted mobile communications apps Telegram and Signal...
Apple fires 190 employees from self-driving car project: Report
San Francisco : Apple has reportedly confirmed it is firing 190 employees from its ambitious self-driving car project called Titan. According to a report in San Francisco Chronicle late Wednesday, the Cupertino-based company has laid off mostly engineers, including 38...
Facebook not sharing key disinformation data with EU: Report
London : As the European Parliament election inch closer, the European Commission has claimed Facebook is withholding key data on its efforts towards how the platform is rooting out the spread of poll-related disinformation. According to a report in The Guardian on...
Samsung Galaxy ‘S10’ smartphones in India from Rs 55,900
Gurugram : Samsung India on Friday opened pre-booking for its newly-launched Galaxy 'S10' series smartphones that will start from Rs 55,900. The 1TB Galaxy S10+ smartphone will be available for Rs 1,17,900 while 512GB and 128 GB storage variants of S10+ will be priced...
Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e smartphones
San Francisco : Samsung on Thursday unveiled its flagship smartphones -- the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, a cheaper Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 5G at its Unpacked event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here after weeks of detailed leaks and rumours. The company...
Singapore-based BIGO announces $100 mn investment in India
New Delhi : Singapore-based social media platform BIGO Technology on Monday announced an investment of over $100 million to expand its business in India in the next three years, creating nearly 1,000 jobs. As part of the investment, the internet company will start a...
New Samsung Galaxy S series coming with industry-first features
San Francisco : Samsung, which unveiled its highly-successful Galaxy S series in 2010, is all set to launch new flagship devices on the 10th anniversary of the S series with never-heard-before features here on February 20. The core of Samsung's lineup will stay the...