Instagram makes people depressed, Twitter makes people angry: Musk

Instagram makes people depressed, Twitter makes people angry: Musk

New Delhi, Elon Musk on Monday put Twitter on fire, after saying that Meta-owned Instagram makes its users depressed while his micro-blogging platform makes people angry. “Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?” he asked. Musk’s comment created a barrage of reactions on what platforms people like the most. A follower […]

Vaccines or villains? Govt admits multiple side-effects of Covid-19 jabs in RTI reply

Vaccines or villains? Govt admits multiple side-effects of Covid-19 jabs in RTI reply

Mumbai, Jan 16  It’s official. The government’s two top watchdogs have admitted to ‘multiple side-effects’ of Covid-19 vaccines that were jabbed in over a billion Indians in the past more than two years. The startling revelations are made by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in an […]

Russia to evacuate astronauts from ISS amid emergency

Russia to evacuate astronauts from ISS amid emergency

Moscow,  Russia will launch the unmanned Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to bring home three astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) as their Soyuz MS-22 spaceship has an emergency situation, Russian space authorities have said. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin together with NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio will return to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-23 […]

China to take ‘golden shares’ in two of its biggest tech firms Alibaba and Tencent

China to take ‘golden shares’ in two of its biggest tech firms Alibaba and Tencent

London,  China is to take “golden shares” in two of its biggest tech companies, Alibaba and Tencent, as Beijing extends its influence on the country’s star tech firms and its most powerful and wealthy business people, media reports said. Beijing’s move marks a shift away from imposing hefty fines and sanctions in its two-year tech […]

Ministry of Petroleum to host inaugural edition of India Energy Week 2023

Ministry of Petroleum to host inaugural edition of India Energy Week 2023

New Delhi, The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will host the inaugural edition of India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru (February 6-8) at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, convening global policymakers and energy leaders to drive dialogue on how India will address rising energy demand through a convergence of bio-fuels, green hydrogen, renewable energy, and […]

Microsoft employees get ‘unlimited time off’ in US

Microsoft employees get ‘unlimited time off’ in US

San Francisco,  Microsoft will give its staff in the US “unlimited time off”, no longer requiring them to formally record vacation. According to The Verge, the new ‘Discretionary Time Off’ policy will apply to all employees on the pay role. “How, when, and where we do our jobs has dramatically changed. And as we’ve transformed, […]

‘Incredible for entirety of Indian cinema’: KJo on Golden Globes ‘Naatu Naatu’ win

‘Incredible for entirety of Indian cinema’: KJo on Golden Globes ‘Naatu Naatu’ win

Mumbai, Jan 12  Bollywood producer-filmmaker Karan Johar congratulated his friend and fellow filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli and the team of his film ‘RRR’ as the song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the film bagged the Golden Globe award for the best original song at the recently-concluded 80th edition of the award ceremony at the Beverly Hills in […]

Taapsee starts shooting for ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’

Taapsee starts shooting for ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’

Mumbai, Jan 12 Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu has started shooting for the sequel of ‘Hasseen Dillruba’, which is titled ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’. Filmmaker Anand L. Rai took to Twitter to announce that the shooting has commenced and also asked Taapsee as to why she hasn’t shared the poster yet. “O hamari haseen dillruba Aaj […]