99% of our phones sold in India made in the country: Xiaomi

Almost all of the phones that Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi sells in India are made in the country, a top company executive said here on Monday, stressing that 'make in India' Xiaomi smar

TikTok owner ByteDance plans music streaming service in Dec

Chinese short video making app TikTok's owner ByteDance Technology Co Ltd is aiming to take on the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Gaana, among others, with its own music streaming service in In

Samsung Galaxy S11 may offer 8K video recording

South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce 8K video recording support to its upcoming smartphone Galaxy S11. A new code in the APK file (the Android app soft

Bengaluru Tech Summit kicks off

 Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), one of the premier technology summits of the country kicked off with Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddiyurappa inaugurating the same here. "

Delhi govt approves 3 new hospitals

 The Delhi government's Expenditure Finance Committee here on Monday approved the plan to build three hospitals, each having 650-bed capacity, to increase the access to secondary and terti

TikTok begins testing 'link in bio' feature

Chinese short-video making platform TikTok has begun a limited test of a feature that lets its users to add links to e-commerce sites to their profile bio as well as offer creators the ability to s

Musk plans $4.4 billion Tesla plant in Berlin

After Shanghai in China, Elon Musk has chosen Berlin as Tesla's next gigafactory outside the US where the company is planning to invest 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) and produce 150,000 cars a

Thousands of Disney+ accounts up for sale on Dark Web

As Disney garnered over 10 million subscribers for its online streaming service Disney+ on its first day of operation, reports have surfaced on Monday that hackers have already hijacked thousands o

Rs 20 lakh relief, job to Punjab Dalit victim's family

Acting on Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's directives, the state government on Monday announced Rs 20 lakh in compensation for the family of the Dalit man murdered in Changali Kalan vill

Govt moots Bill to streamline chit fund sector, TMC against

The Centre on Monday moved the Chit Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for passage in the Lok Sabha to facilitate orderly growth of the chit fund sector, but this was opposed by Trinamool Congress which s

Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil to lead NCP talks with Congress

While Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar kept up the suspense over government formation in Maharashtra, both NCP and Congress are trying to formulate a common strategy at the highe

Kejriwal announces free sewer connections for 787 colonies

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced the 'Mukhyamantri Muft Sewer Connection Yojana', under which the Delhi government will provide free sewer connections to households in 787

Bill Gates meets PM Modi in Delhi

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who is the chief guest of the eighth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics here, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The co

India-France naval cooperation to rise: French Navy chief

India and France are looking to improve bilateral maritime defence co-operation after studying the entire spectrum of naval capabilities between the two nations, French Navy chief, Admiral Christop

No odd-even extenstion in Delhi: Kejriwal

With the air quality in the national capital improving, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that the odd-even scheme will not be extended. Speaking to the media, Kejr

Delhi Police in crosshairs of traffic jams on Monday

It was a harrowing time for Delhi police on Monday in the national capital. While controlling the JNU students, who took to the streets against the fee hike, Delhi Police forgot to look after other

Sale of cow-dung cakes at US store fuels Twitterati's imagination

A Twitter post by an Indian journalist on Monday on the sale of cow-dung cakes in a US store for Rs 215 elicited witty responses from users. "My cousin sent me this. Available a

Fathima case: 2 students on fast, seek probe against faculty

Two students of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) began an indefinite fast on Monday demanding an internal inquiry against the faculty members of the Humanities and Social Sciences

4 involved in carrying out blast arrested in J&K

 Police in Pulwama busted a terror module responsible for carrying out blast in the area and arrested four terrorist aides involved in terror crime. They were arrested for their involvement in

Improve attendance, not create tension: Venkaiah to members

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu is known for his alliterative style but he was perhaps at his best on Monday as he concluded the discussion on the role of the Upper House in Indian polity.