Scientists tracked down the oldest known lizard, a tiny creature that lived about 240 million years ago when Earth had a single continent and dinosaurs were brand new. Scans of the fossilized skeleton of Megachirella revealed the chameleon-sized reptile was an ancestor of today’s lizards and snakes, which belong to a group called squamates, an […]
New Delhi Air India stake sale: After the government failed to receive any bids for Air India, Anand Mahindra called for turning the crisis into an opportunity, and also listed out several measures to be taken. Calling it a matter of ‘national pride,’ Mahindra & Mahindra’s top boss said that there must be a resolve that a sale […]
Mumbai Google on Thursday unveiled a new social app called Neighbourly in India, at an event in Mumbai. The tech giant’s Next Billion Users team has developed the app to help people source local information from their neighbors. With an increased focus on India, Google has been releasing several initiatives in the country, including Tez mobile payments app, Google Areo, Google Station, […]
New Delhi ICICI Bank on Wednesday said it will conduct an independent inquiry into an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint against the bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Chanda Kochhar for allegedly violating the bank’s of conduct. The inquiry will be conducted by an ‘’independent and credible” person appointed by the bank, ICICI Bank said in […]
New Delhi After gaining popularity in the consumer goods market, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali is now entering the telecom space in collaboration with State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Patanjali on Sunday launched its own SIM cards called Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards. According to Patanjali, the SIM cards will come with 2GB data and unlimited calling […]
New Delhi Three days after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 results were declared, results for with Class 10 will be out tomorrow. The results will be available at cbse.nic.in, cbseresults.nic.in, results.nic.in, Microsoft SMS Organizer app, www.google.com, www.bing.com and UMANG app. This year, 28 lakh took the annual exam, out of which […]
New Delhi The month-long wait for nearly 12 lakh students has finally ended with the CBSE declaring the Class 12 results this afternoon. The topper, Meghana Srivastava from Uttar Pradesh, got 499 out of 500 marks. The second topper, Anoushka Chandra, also from Uttar Pradesh, is just one mark behind with 498. Third is Chahat […]
A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You’re being hacked.” Apparently, one of Amazon.com’s Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family’s permission, according to KIRO 7, a news station […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an oil problem. And it’s set to worsen with Saudi Arabia rooting for the commodity to push through the $80 (Rs. 5,468) barrier. PM Modi’s government made the most of cheap oil by substituting any fall in prices with taxes that kept retail fuel rates unchanged for consumers and […]
Karnataka A JD(S)-Congress coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy was sworn-in on Wednesday in Karnataka at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of opposition leaders and chief ministers. Kumaraswamy, the third son of JD(S) supremo and former PM HD Deve Gowda, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at 4:30 […]