Technology, Mobiles tabs, 7th Nov 2017, News & Stories from India

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Aishwarya Rai was last seen in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

Fanney Khan: The reason why Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is very happy about the film

The actress, who has been doing one film at a time, will have a ‘far more important’ role in Fanney Khan now.

07 Nov 2017 10:03 AM

The case is separate from a bigger patent court battle in which Samsung was initially ordered to pay $1 billion to the iPhone maker.

Samsung to cough up $120 million to Apple in patent dispute

The ruling involved some smartphone features Apple alleged were copied by the South Korean electronics giant.

07 Nov 2017 9:59 AM

Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, was one of four men including his brother arrested in September 2015 and charged for sending $22,000 to US-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki, a leader of Yemen-based Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). (Representational Image)

Indian-origin man funds Al-Qaeda, gets jail term of 27 yrs in US

Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, came to the United States to study at Ohio State University in 2002. He married a US citizen in 2008.

07 Nov 2017 9:59 AM

“Our partnership with Google represents the best of both worlds for our customers,” said Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.

Google Cloud now a preferred public cloud provider for Salesforce

Salesforce, which already has a tie-up with Amazon.com Inc’s web services unit AWS, named Google Cloud as a preferred public cloud provider

07 Nov 2017 9:55 AM

Ebay is one of the largest online retailers in the world.

Ebay takes down multiple listings related to Hawaiian beach sand

Online auction and sales company eBay has removed multiple listings of sand said to be taken from Hawaii beaches

07 Nov 2017 9:40 AM

Addressing a gathering at Himachal Pradesh Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said, 'The government implemented the GST in haste with the highest tax slab of 28 per cent and a very complicated procedure of filing returns which has ruined businesses.' (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Will totally change GST after coming to power in 2019, says Rahul Gandhi

Hitting at the Centre, Rahul Gandhi said, 'The prime duty of the Prime Minister should be job creation for the unemployed youths.'

07 Nov 2017 9:33 AM

Facebook has teamed up with the offices of chief electoral officers of the states to encourage people to participate in the upcoming state elections. (Photo: MEA website)

Facebook to promote poll dates to encourage voters in India

Facebook will promote a reminder in people's 'News Feed' on the three polling days -- November 9, December 9 and December 14.

07 Nov 2017 9:29 AM

Boriska, from Volgograd, claims to have lived on a 'war-ravaged' Mars, which suffered from a nuclear catastrophe in the distant past. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab/ Project Camelot)

Russian claims he was a Martian before being born on Earth

Boriska Kipriyanovich has confounded experts with his knowledge of outer space for nearly 20 years.

07 Nov 2017 9:24 AM

Reliance Communications on Monday said the company is not paying interest or principal amount for the time being to any lenders or its bondholders in view of the strategic debt restructuring scheme. (Photo: File)

Not paying interest to lenders in light of SDR, says RCom

RCom, in its debt restructuring plan said lenders could turn part of debt into equity by taking up 51 per cent stake in company.

07 Nov 2017 8:59 AM

Apple says no operations were moved from Ireland

The company said that it told regulators in the US and European Commission of the reorganisation of its Irish subsidiaries in 2015

07 Nov 2017 8:52 AM

The 16-gramme (0.6-ounce) specimen was cultivated in Wales in the roots of a Mediterranean oak tree that had been treated with truffle spores. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

British scientists grow Perigord truffle for first time

Scientists say climate change could make it a new British crop.

07 Nov 2017 8:49 AM

Demonetisation has helped flush out black money, eliminate fake notes and reduce the currency in circulation, said the finance ministry. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban: Blow to black money, terrorism-funding, says FinMin

On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

07 Nov 2017 8:45 AM

The study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK found an estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry GBS bacteria. (Photo: Pixabay)

India tops list with highest number of pregnant women having deadly Strep bacteria globally

Top 5 countries with pregnant women having Group B Streptococcus (GBS) worldwide are: India, China, Nigeria, US and Indonesia.

07 Nov 2017 8:35 AM

Eating more fibre after colorectal cancer diagnosis is associated with a lower risk of dying from colorectal cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Eating more fibre tied to lower mortality with colon cancer, says study

Changing the diet after the diagnosis to add more fibre was also linked with survival benefits.

07 Nov 2017 8:19 AM

Researchers followed the participants for more than two years on average. (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of premature death lowered in older women through exercise

Doctors typically advise people to get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous exercise.

07 Nov 2017 8:11 AM

Sumit Kumar Raju Sharma, the victim didn't know how to swim and therefore drowned to death. (Photo: File/Representational)

Fatal stunt: 8-yr-old boy dies in Mumbai after jumping into well

The minor was on his way to the school when he dared his friends to jump into a deep well located on the roadside.

07 Nov 2017 8:05 AM

US First Lady Melania Trump poses with 4th graders at the Kyobashi Tsukiji elementary school in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP)

Japan will shoot North missile with US tech, says Donald Trump

Trump also pressed Japan to lower its trade deficit with the United States and buy more US military hardware.

07 Nov 2017 6:22 AM

The police cordoned off the space used for pony riding on Monday.

Post mishap, horse rides grind to halt at Cooperage Garden

The Colaba police has registered a case against the horse rider, Sohan Jaiswal (30), and arrested him.

07 Nov 2017 6:16 AM

File photo. The contractor was fined after a metal structure of a pier collapsed on the service road on October 21.

Metro 7 firm fined Rs 5 lakh for collapse

Initially, the authority had sent show-cause notice to the contractor after the accident.

07 Nov 2017 6:14 AM

The walls will be 10 feet high and cost around Rs 13 crore.

Mangroves-walling process begins

The funds for the compound wall will be provided by the state government and The Mangrove Foundation.

07 Nov 2017 6:11 AM

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