Now make bus, train reservations on Google Trips
New York, April 27 (IANS) Google Trips, an app for iOS and Android that makes it easier to plan and organise trips, now allows users to make bus and train reservations. “Previously, it only handled…
April 2017
Ban on WhatsApp data transfer to Facebook to stay: German court
Berlin, April 27 (IANS) In a setback to the social networking giant, a German court has upheld its decision asking it to obtain the permission of WhatsApp users in the country before processing their personal…
Modi launches UDAN from Shimla
Shimla, April 27 (IANS) With the launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a highly-subsidised regional air connectivity scheme from this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort on Thursday, you can now fly to Shimla from the…
Researchers develop system that can 3-D print entire building
New York, April 27 (IANS) Expanding the list of material that can be produced by 3-D printing, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a system to print the basic structure of an…
Apple services revenue expected to reach $7 bn this quarter
San Francisco, April 27 (IANS) Focusing on software and services in addition to its flagship hardware, Apple services revenue in the second quarter is expected to reach $7 billion. “While the iPhone remains Apple’s biggest…
UDAN makes air travel accessible to more people: Modi
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday the UDAN regional connectivity scheme will make air travel accessible to greater number of people across the country. “Looking forward to being in…
Infosys launches AI platform Nia for businesses
San Francisco, April 27 (IANS) Building on the success of the its first-generation AI platform, Infosys Mana and its Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution, AssistEdge, Infosys on Thursday launched ‘Infosys Nia’, the next-generation Artificial Intelligence…
Reach out on social, new media: Yogi tells officials
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called for wider and more active use of social and new media for publicising work being done by the central and the state government,…
Asiya Andrabi detained in Srinagar
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi was detained here on Wednesday evening, officials said. Police took Andrabi, chief of the “Dukhtaran-e-Milat” (Daughters of Faith) into preventive custody from here Soura residence, a police…
British government furious as Twitter blocks access to data
London, April 27 (IANS) Twitter’s decision to block the British police and intelligence agencies from accessing data to identify terrorist plots has evoked criticism from the government. To ensure that its data is not used…
Glitch hits NASA’s Dawn spacecraft
Washington, April 27 (IANS) NASA’s Dawn spacecraft encountered a glitch while preparing for its scheduled observation of Ceres on April 29 from an “opposition” position, directly between the dwarf planet’s mysterious Occator Crater and the…
US Air Force test fires long-range missile
Washington, April 27 (IANS) The US Air Force has test-fired an unarmed long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. Deployed from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
Walk in nature and shake off the summer heat
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Just “walk it off”, is what most people say to cool others down. The coming months will surely hit you with soaring temperatures. How about challenging yourself…
South Korea’s Q1 GDP grows 0.9 % on export recovery
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) South Korea’s first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.9 per cent compared with the previous quarter thanks to export recovery, central bank data showed on Thursday. The country’s real GDP, the…
Cloudy Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) It was a cloudy Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. Thunderstorms, dust storms and rains…
Yogi orders better utilities at religious places in UP
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered for better public facilities including approach roads, toilets, rest houses, places to sit and drinking water, an official said on Thursday. Adityanath stressed…
BIMSTEC seek cooperation in combating money laundering, terrorism financing
Yangon, April 27 (IANS) Representatives of seven member countries of the BIMSTEC gathered in Myanmar for a two-day meeting to seek cooperation in combating money laundering and terrorism financing, a media report said on Thursday….
The many adventures and misadventures of ‘Silver’, a remarkable Indian spy
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Bhagat Ram Talwar — a Hindu Pathan from the North West Frontier Province of British India — was perhaps the only quintuple spy of World War II…
Prabhas New Poster From Baahubali 2
