Elon Musk has been poised to confront Apple since taking over Twitter. His business plan is to shift revenue advertising to a greater reliance on subscription sales. But any new subscription revenue will be subject to Apple’s practice of taking as much as a 30 per cent cut “What’s going […]
Month: November 2022
Four banks including SBI and ICICI will participate in the launch of the Central Bank Digital Rupee (CBDC) which will initially cover four cities — Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar. While some experts remain cautious about the concept, others are downright enthusiastic E-rupee to launch on 1 Dec: RBI’s […]
The call comes as the US prepares to face Iran in a decisive World Cup match already freighted by the decades of enmity between the countries and the nationwide protests challenging Tehran’s theocratic government The call comes as the US prepares to face Iran in a decisive World Cup match […]
Bharat Biotech says iNCOVACC has several advantages including being non-invasive and needle-free. Trained healthcare workers are not required to administer it, and it can eliminate needle-associated risks such as injuries and infections In what could be a massive game-changer, Bharat Biotech’s nasal COVID-19 vaccine has received approval from the Central […]
The fifth review, the most dangerous since the first in 1994, is ambiguous and a pretext to increase the US nuke stockpile A month after Vladimir Putin asserted in September that the possibility of using his massive arsenal of nuclear weapons against Ukraine wasn’t a bluff and he will “use […]
China’s hardline virus strategy is stoking public frustration, with many growing weary of snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and mass testing campaigns Beijing: Hundreds of people took to the streets in Beijing and Shanghai on Sunday to protest against China’s zero-Covid policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the […]
Ever since the attack, the government has taken a string of security measures to enhance the border security of the nation Mumbai: It has been 14 years since ten men stormed into India’s financial capital and struck terror into the minds of Mumbaikars on November 26, 2008. The heavily-armed terrorists, […]
Former RBI Governor C Rangarajan, in an interview with Firstpost, talks about his RBI days, his association with former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh, and how India can beat the post-pandemic blues to become a $5 trillion economy “One doesn’t plan one’s life fully. Some of it […]
Dkhar is a word which, over decades, has been loaded with hatred, and is now casually thrown around at all non-tribals in Meghalaya, especially in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills. Around 10 people were injured in the mindless violence of Thursday evening, that continued well into the night Just when […]
Elon Musk has announced Twitter will resume with paid verification next Friday. According to the new plan, Twitter will assign a gold tick for companies, grey for government agencies and blue for individuals, while manually authenticating each applicant. Elon Musk recently took to Twitter to announce that Twitter will be […]