Day: December 26, 2018

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

We may remember 2018 as the year when technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley’s connect-everything ethos. The list is long: High-tech tools […]

Sensex cracks over 350 pts on global selloff; Nifty below 10,600

Mumbai, Dec 26 (PTI) Domestic equities benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 350 points Wednesday as investors turned jittery over political uncertainty in the US and fears of a global economic slowdown amid heavy selloff by foreign investors. The 30-share index slumped 360.95 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 35,109.20 […]

Muslims better off in Gujarat than other states: Rupani

Ahmedabad :  Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Tuesday claimed the condition of Muslims living in the state was better than anywhere else in the country. Accusing the Congress of creating a rift between Hindus and Muslims, Rupani said the “votebank politics” in the country should come to an end […]

Japan will resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic

TOKYO — Japan announced Wednesday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting the animals for commercial use but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings of hundreds of whales. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the hunts will […]

Where do the investigations related to Trump stand?

WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New York. Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a separate case in New York, […]

Asian markets slip on fears of US slowdown

SINGAPORE — Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that there was “nothing new” in efforts to end the partial government shutdown over a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Traders had no fresh leads from Wall Street, which was closed on Christmas. U.S. stocks are […]

Wave of sexual abuse allegations shakes Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  — For months, Claudia Guebel could only tell family and friends about a traumatizing encounter with a colleague in Argentina’s Senate. At the beginning of this year, she said, Pedro Fiorda, a senator’s chief of staff, grabbed her violently by the arms like a “hunter […]

HC asks Delhi govt, authorities to work on plan to relocate illegal dairies, rescue cattle

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government and other local authorities to sit together and come out with a plan to relocate illegal dairies and rescue the cattle housed there, from various parts of the city to an appropriate area in the national capital. […]

HC convicts man let off in rape case 21 years ago

Mumbai :  The Bombay High Court has overturned a 1997 trial court order acquitting a 41-year-old man in a rape case of a minor girl in 1996. A division bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanty and V K Jadhav Saturday convicted Macchindra Sonawane (who was 19 years old at the […]

US says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody

HOUSTON  — An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody in New Mexico early Tuesday, U.S. immigration authorities said, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown […]

Headlines