WASHINGTON: A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said this month that at least…
Pat Cummins during a press conference at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Photo by Josh Chadwick/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch appears “nice and firm” with a “bit of grass coverage” ahead of the fourth Test match against India in Melbourne, according to Australian captain Pat Cummins, who also mentioned that spinner…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Wednesday acquitted six accused, including a former coal secretary and two other public servants, in an alleged coal scam case related to allocation of blocks in Odisha, reports Vineet Upadhyay.Special judge Sanjay Bansal acquitted former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta, former joint secretary in ministry of coal K S Kropha,…
Kolkata, Days after issuing show-cause notices to 85 teachers on disciplinary grounds, IIT Kharagpur on Thursday said that attempts to disrupt normal academic activities by “a few people” will not be tolerated. The institute authorities had on November 12 sent show cause notices to four office bearers of IIT Teachers’ Association after they wrote to…
TMH manufacturing facilities in Russia NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing stalemate over change in design of Vande Bharat sleeper trains to be manufactured by a joint venture (JV) firm led by a Russian railway major, a top railway official said all issues have been “resolved”.However, he claimed that the Russian company has limited manufacturing capability…
Pakistan Cricket Board remained firm in its stance on not agreeing to a hybrid model for the Champions Trophy when the International Cricket Council Board met virtually on Friday. The meeting will continue on Saturday as the ICC top brass hopes to finalise the schedule and venues for the marquee 50-over tournament, scheduled for early…
NEW DELHI: Google’s regulatory problems in India are compounding. After facing stiff penalties by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over abuse of dominant position with regards to its Play Store and the Android mobile device ecosystem in 2022, the US tech giant now faces another investigation by the fairplay regulator over a complaint filed…