The government is not looking to impose any new tax on windfall gains that oil and gas producers earned from shooting energy prices, India's top producer ONGC said Monday. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) reported bumper profits in the March quart...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reconfigured the global oil market, with African suppliers stepping in to meet European demand and Moscow, stung by Western sanctions, increasingly tapping risky ship-to-ship transfers to get its crude to Asia. The reroutings mark the biggest s...

The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population has swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for...

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind chief Maulana Mahmood Madani Sunday said those who ask Muslims to leave the country should leave themselves. According to a statement issued by the organisation, Madani objected to the plans of some states to implement Uniform Civil Code. "People of the com...

Five-time IPL winner Hardik Pandya on Sunday said his latest triumph, while leading first-timers Gujarat Titans, is something the coming generations will talk about. Hardik's team capped off a dream campaign in its maiden season by lifting the Indian Premier League title with...

The OnePlus 10R 5G is essentially a rebadged Realme GT Neo 3 5G (review). Both the smartphones have 10-bit AMOLED screen of 120Hz refresh rate, dual stereo speakers, 50-megapixel-based triple-camera set-up on the back, up to 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage, and industry-le...

In a nod to Tata Motors' takeover of Ford India's passenger car manufacturing plant in Sanand, the Gujarat government's cabinet has issued a no-objection certificate to the former's proposal. "The cabinet has issued a no-objection certificate to the takeover. It is now up to t...

The government on Sunday withdrew a warning not to share photocopies of the national biometric identity card after the announcement caused widespread panic on social media. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had issued the warning earlier in the day, citing m...

Meta-owned Facebook's dark mode interface for iOS platform has reportedly disappeared for several users. According to 9to5Mac, the dark mode option in Facebook for iOS has disappeared without explanation. While this is likely a bug, the tech giant has not acknowledged the issu...

It is now time to end what has been a thrilling season of cricket in the last two and a half months. Now, on May 29, 2022, when Gujrat Titans, the debutants of the Indian Premier League take on the inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals, it will be for the trophy of IPL 2022 and...

After releasing the Reactions feature, Meta-owned WhatsApp is now planning to improve the function even more with a few tweaks for iOS users. With this feature, users can react with up to six emojis in any conversation, audio, photo, and more. Beta version 22.12.0.70 of WhatsA...

To improve the ease of living for the common man, the government is planning to launch ’Jan Samarth’ – a common portal for delivery of various schemes run by different ministries and departments. As part of the Narendra Modi government’s vision of minimum government maximum go...

Gujarat independent MLA Jignesh Mevani has expressed hope that the Congress may not project anyone as its Chief Ministerial candidate in the upcoming Assembly polls in the Western state and a "collective leadership" would be taking on the ruling BJP. The Dalit leader, who is c...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of life due to a road accident in Bahraich. "Praying for peace to the departed souls," the Chief Minister said while extending his condolences to the bereaved families. "I express deep regret...

In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no female worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state. "No female worker shall be bound to work...

After a thrilling win over Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) Eliminator, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis was 'over the moon' and went on all praise for centurion Rajat Patidar for his outstanding performance against LSG. Rajat Pati...

The ED on Thursday raided multiple locations in Maharashtra as part of a money laundering probe against state transport minister Anil Parab and others linked to alleged irregularities in a land deal in coastal Dapoli area of Ratnagiri district and other charges, officials said...

One in every two citizens surveyed in India acknowledges that they have received ads based on their private conversations. Nearly 53 percent of the citizens surveyed said they have had one or more instances in last 12 months where they saw advertisements on web/app based on th...

Apple Inc. is raising salaries for workers in the US by 10 per cent or more as it faces a tight labor market and the spread of unionization efforts across its retail stores. The Cupertino, California-based company is expanding its overall compensation budget this year, it said...

Elon Musk is dropping plans to partially fund his purchase of Twitter Inc. with a margin loan tied to his Tesla Inc. stake and increasing the size of the deal’s equity component to $33.5 billion. Musk will provide an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing for the $44 bil...

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned that Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be the beginning of the third world war and that the civilisation may not survive this war. He also said that China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are tied together in an all...

Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia. The company argues touch-less technology will help speed up transaction times,...

Rumors of an Apple Inc. mixed-reality headset have swirled for years. Now, they’re getting very real. Last week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple demonstrated an AR/VR (augmented and virtual reality) device to its board of directors and has a “consumer release plann...

Gold on Wednesday became dearer by Rs 600 per 10 gms, with 24-carat gold trading at Rs 52,090. The rate of silver on Wednesday decreased by Rs 600 per kg to Rs 61,600. The price of 10 grams of 22-carat gold went up by Rs 600 from the previous day's rate, with the metal trading...

Digilocker services are now available on WhatsApp through MyGov Helpdesk chatbot. For the uninitiated, Digilocker is a smartphone app developed by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) with an aim to provide access to authentic documents in digital form to the citizens....

Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much informa...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was left stumped and emotional at the University of Cambridge by a question linked to his father Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on May 23 evening. The question and answer session to mark 'India at 75' was hosted by Assistant Professor of Indian Histo...

China's foreign minister met with the UN's top human rights official on her visit to the country and shared with her that China opposes politicising human rights and imposing double standards, its foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Michelle Bachelet in the sou...

The Assam Cabinet on Monday took certain key decisions, including revision of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes under the New Education Policy (NEP). The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,...

After earlier announcing the Vivo Y75 5G officially, the company has finally also unveiled the 4G variant of the Android smartphone. According to GSM Arena, the new Y75 comes with a 6.44-inch 1080x2400 AMOLED screen with a 60 Hz refresh rate, the MediaTek Helio G96 SoC at the...