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Amitabh Bachchan

Battling the age barrier

Industry bigwigs are appealing to the government to repeal the new rule prohibiting anyone over 65 years of age from...

11 Jun 2020 7:53 PM IST

People say prayers and light candles at a vigil along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. - Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on June 4 to commemorate Chinas deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. (Photo | AFP)

Now you know why Zoom is accused of being a China stooge

Zoom accounts of activists in the US and Hong Kong have been suspended before meeting ahead of anniversary of Beijing's...

11 Jun 2020 7:19 PM IST

Alia sorry for using a racial slur

Meanwhile, Alia's friend Brad has been active in the BLM protests

11 Jun 2020 7:18 PM IST

Shraddha Kapoor

Shraddha makes relationship official?

The actress was recently spotted enjoying a bike ride with her alleged boyfriend, photographer Rohan Shrestha

11 Jun 2020 7:10 PM IST

Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition tech for a year till rules are framed to prevent misuse

Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition tech for a year till...

Two days ago, IBM announced that it would stop selling facial recognition tech for general purposes to prevent its use...

11 Jun 2020 6:40 PM IST

The Indian Princess' of rap

Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper Raja Kumari talks about collaborating with Madhuri Dixit-Nene for the debut...

11 Jun 2020 6:39 PM IST

Rescuers carry a child to a boat during an evacuation of a flooded village in Qingyuan in southern Chinas Guangdong province. (AP)

At least 20 people dead or missing as rains flood South China

Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the floods with 228,000 forced to seek shelter and 1,300 homes destroyed

11 Jun 2020 6:29 PM IST

Only 4.4% of Microsofts global workforce across all brands, and as for Amazon, while more than 60% of warehouse and delivery workers in most US cities are people of colour, only 8% of its managers in the US are black. In this picture, the beginnings of a Black Lives Matter mural begins to take shape on June 10, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo | AFP)

How diverse is the workforce in companies that are expressing...

Associated Press reviewed the diversity reports of some of the biggest companies, including tech giants Microsoft and...

11 Jun 2020 4:30 PM IST

MSME and transport minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Need viable solution says Gadkari, as MSP for agri crops higher than...

Government provided Rs 6,000 crore subsidy to export 60 lakh tonnes of sugar as the country is surplus in the sweetener,...

11 Jun 2020 4:13 PM IST

Automobile registrations in May down 89 percent due to COVID-19 lockdown. (ANI Photo)

Vehicle registrations down 89% in May

For the first time, said FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale, the month of April witnessed zero retails

11 Jun 2020 3:33 PM IST

Graffiti on a Mumbai wall. (AFP)

US official says 'very concerned' about religious freedom in India

The remarks came hours after the release of the '2019 International Religious Freedom Report' on Wednesday

11 Jun 2020 3:17 PM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as Â‘totally impermissible the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

AGR dues: SC slams DoT's raising demand from PSUs, says it is totally...

The bench also asked private telecom operators to file affidavits giving details as to how they will pay the AGR dues

11 Jun 2020 3:03 PM IST