Day: August 23, 2019

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

North Korea foreign minister calls Pompeo ‘poisonous plant’

8:36 pm August 23, 2019

Seoul: North Korea’s foreign minister on Friday called US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “poisonous plant of American diplomacy” and vowed to “shutter the absurd dream” that sanctions will force a change in Pyongyang. The North’s blistering rhetoric may dim the prospect for an early resumption of nuclear negotiations between the countries. A senior […]

Gmail, other Google services face outage

No more dessert names, Google to officially call new OS ‘Android 10’

8:32 pm August 23, 2019

New Delhi: Google, which named its operating system versions after tasty treats like Lollipop and KitKat, has announced that it will just use the version number going forward, and the latest edition is to be called ‘Android 10’. In a blog post, Google said its engineering team always used internal code names for each version, […]

Amazon to buy 49% in Future Retail promoter entity, stock dives 5.6%

8:28 pm August 23, 2019

New Delhi: Future Retail shares plunged more than 5 per cent after the company announced the sale of 49 per cent stake in promoter entity Future Coupons to e-commerce giant Amazon. The stock dropped by 5.67 per cent to Rs 390 on BSE in late morning session. On the NSE, the stock tumbled 5.61 per […]

Unmarried couple found hanging from tree in UP

8:26 pm August 23, 2019

Barabanki (UP): An unmarried couple missing since last night was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district on Friday, police said. Prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide. It appears that the two took the extreme step as their families were opposed to their relationship, said Assistant Superintendent of […]

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

6-year-old girl raped by 3 schoolmates in Chhattisgarh

8:15 pm August 23, 2019

Raipur: A Class I student of a government school in Chattisgarh’s capital Raipur was raped allegedly by three 10-year-old schoolmates, police said on Friday. The incident took place on August 20 in a school located in Khamtarai police station limits, an official said. The parents of the 6-year-old girl approached police on Thursday night following […]