American political satirist, Stephen Colbert, reportedly delivered a very controversial speech at the annual RSA security conference, in which he slammed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Mt. Gox, once the world”s largest bitcoin exchange.
Google is reportedly set to sell customizable modular smartphones, under its Project Ara, by early next year. The search giant aims to produce phones that users could easily modify by switching their parts as though they are Lego blocks and cost only 50 dollars.
BlackBerry’s rebuilding strategy to concentrate on the enterprise market is reportedly working as the smartphone manufacturer’s shares went up 35 percent year-to-date.
The sinking smartphone manufacturer had been nearly driven out of business due to popular tech giants Apple and Samsung. However, under the leadership of new CEO John Chen, BlackBerry has revolutionized its image from maker of increasingly irrelevant phones to creator of more innovative devices and cutting-edge software, the New York Post reports.
Following the recent terrorist attack, in which 29 people were brutally killed by black-clad men using knives and machetes in China, the country’s president Xi Jinping has reportedly called for efforts to bring the assailants to justice.
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, who was also the former spokesperson for al-Qaida, will reportedly stand trial on Monday on US soil for conspiring to kill Americans, following September 11 terror attacks.
Suleiman Abu Ghaith is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to be tried in a US court. According to the Guardian, Ghaith will pass through a metal detector before entering a Manhattan courtroom where prosecutors will try to prove to an anonymous jury that the one-time terror-network spokesman tried to rally others to kill Americans.
The much awaited municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held on March 30.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, State Election Commissioner P Ramakanth Reddy informed that the elections to 146 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations would be held on the same day. The counting of votes will take place on April 2. He also clarified that the municipal elections would not clash with the Lok Sabha and Assembly which are likely to be held in April.
The flash strike by petrol bunks was called off in lightning manner after Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan took a serious view and directed the concerned officials to take firm steps to ensure that the citizens are spared from any hardships for want of fuel.
The petrol stations launched an indefinite strike since Sunday protesting against raids by legal metrology officials, causing hardships to the citizens with cars and two-wheelers going dry for want of fuel.
The flash strike launched by Petrol bunks in major towns of Andhra Pradesh was called off on Monday following successful talks between the Petrol Pump Owners Association and the Legal Metrology Department.
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure a code for the telecast and publication of opinion polls ahead of the Lok Sabha election.
In a separate letter, the former Delhi chief minister asked the News Broadcasting Standards Authority to probe the role of some news channels in broadcasting manipulated opinion polls.
Around 60 per cent of Indian firms are planning to review their employee benefit strategy in the next 12 months amid economic slowdown and high inflation, says a survey.
Rising benefit costs and the fact that employees do not sufficiently value the benefits provided to them is driving
companies in India to review their benefit strategy, according to global professional services company Towers Watson.
An Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker today became the first person whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on mental disorder ground under a new law that took effect last year.
Dinesh Pillai Reja Retnam, 31, was re-sentenced to life term in jail as his case became an exception under the revised Misuse of Drugs Act, which had previously carried a mandatory death sentence.
Dinesh was facing the gallows for trafficking 19.35 g of heroin in 2011 and had his appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in 2012.
Scientific have discovered how the immune system makes a powerful antibody that blocks HIV infection of cells by targeting a key site, paving way for an effective vaccine for the deadly virus.
Researchers believe that if a vaccine could elicit potent antibodies to a specific conserved site in the V1V2 region of the virus, one of a handful of sites that remains constant on the fast-mutating virus, then the vaccine could protect people from HIV infection.
Analyses of the results of a clinical trial of the only experimental HIV vaccine to date to have modest success in
Even though heart disease remains the leading cause of death, the good news is that it can be prevented.
Judith Mackall, MD, Cardiologist at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, offers three tips for men and women to help improve their heart health and reduce the risk of developing heart disease.
She advises thirty minutes of moderate exercise every day, which can have a big impact on heart health.
Smiling ear to ear after upstaging arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup, Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq lavished praise on Shahid Afridi for his “sensible” cameo, saying that the flamboyant all-rounder single-handedly clinched a game which had gone out the team’s grasp.
I am very happy about Shahid Afridi, who has taken a lot of criticism in the last two matches. I think he showed
experience and won us a game that almost went out of our control,” the skipper said after the nail-biting one-wicket win here.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence sported a backwards diamond necklace worth $2 million at the 86th Academy Awards.
The 23-year-old paired her red Dior gown with a stunning carved rock crystal Neil Lane necklace, said to be the most expensive piece of jewellery to hit the red carpet, featuring 100 carats of diamonds and priced at $2 million, reports people.com.
The star, who was nominated in the best supporting actress category for her role in “American Hustle”, made a similar style statement at last year’s Academy Awards with her dazzling beaded chain.IANS
City police today claimed to have achieved a breakthrough in the killing of Hyderabad techie Esther Anuhya, with the arrest of a suspect from Nashik.
The suspect, identified as Chandrabhan Sanap (38), has been apprehended from Nashik and placed under arrest after
being brought here, police said.
Sanap was produced before a local court which remanded him in police custody till March 15, police said.
Sanap resembled the man who was spotted with Esther in a CCTV footage at the Kurla railway terminus on January 5, the day she went missing, they said.
Dressed in matching traditional Myanmar clothes and garlanded with jasmine, a gay couple married in a lavish public ceremony that they say was the first of its kind in the conservative nation.
Tin Ko Ko and Myo Min Htet exchanged rings in an upmarket Yangon hotel Sunday, in the latest sign of changing social mores in the Southeast Asian nation as it emerges from the shadow of military dictatorship.
The marriage does not enjoy any legal status but followed the customs of other Myanmar weddings, with the two men
Actor and “Bigg Boss 7” participant Ajaz Khan denies reports claiming that the Gauahar Khan-Khushal Tandon couple decided to quit forthcoming reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi 5” because of him.
Rumours were rife Gauahar and Kushal, who were shooting for “Khatron Ke Khiladi 5” in Cape Town, South Africa, decided to drop the show as soon as they came to know of Ajaz’s participation.
Later Kushal had to quit the show reportedly due to his injury, but Gauahar continued.
American professional golfer Tiger Woods reportedly withdrew from the Honda Classic in the middle of the final round citing lower back injury and spasms as the reason for his leaving.
Woods reportedly walked off when he was 13 shots behind Rory McIlroy, after shaking hands with Luke Guthrie on the 13 th hole.
According to Stuff.co.nz, Woods, who was to defend his title next week in the Cadillac Championship, said that it was ‘too early’ to say if he would play next week at Doral, as he would try to ‘calm’ the pain down.
Launching a direct attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Monday said that Muslims vote out of fear for him in his state.
“How will they ( Muslims) not vote for Modi – otherwise, wouldn’t they be burnt with Tezaab (acid). Where will they go then? If they have to live in Gujarat they will have to vote in favour of Modi,” Khan told media here.
“He (Modi) will turn the whole country into Gujarat,” Khan said.
At least two security personnel were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded near an army vehicle in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region of Khyber Agency Monday, official sources said.
Inter Services Public Relations, the mouthpiece of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement that an improvised explosive device went off when a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle was passing through Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency, a militant-dominated area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua reported.
Researchers have claimed that competition may play an important role during the evolution of new species in fish.
Dr Martin Genner from Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences and colleagues used population genetics and experimental evidence to demonstrate a role for competition that leads to the differentiation of new species within the highly diverse cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Mumbai Police has reportedly cracked the sensational case of rape and murder of 23-year-old Esther Anuhya, a techie from Andhra.
While the police are likely to come out with details later in the day, according to information reaching the victim’s family in Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, a habitual criminal from Nashik was arrested for the rape and murder.
Esther went missing after arriving at the LTT railway station in Mumbai from her hometown Jan 5. Her decomposed body was found in Kanjurmarg in Vikhroli Jan 16.
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, who was also the former spokesperson for al-Qaida, will reportedly stand trial on Monday on US soil for conspiring to kill Americans, following September 11 terror attacks .
Suleiman Abu Ghaith is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to be tried in a US court.
According to the Guardian, Ghaith will pass through a metal detector before entering a Manhattan courtroom where prosecutors will try to prove to an anonymous jury that the one-time terror-network spokesman tried to rally others to kill Americans.
Taking a dig at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD ) chief Lalu Prasad has exhorted secular parties to fight in solidarity against communal forces coming to power.
Lalu pointed out that if communal forces come to power, following the upcoming general elections, there would not be any peace in the country.
Lalu further claimed though he had tried to cobble up a broad secular alliance, he did not want it to be like the left and with the Third Front move.