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Mosco, Mar 16: Russian luxury brand Caviar has announced 99 pieces of iPhone XS and XS Max models at the starting price of $8,370 (nearly Rs 5.8 lakh), that come with a mechanical watch and the dial protected by a sapphire crystal. "We continue the history of the greatest mechanisms integrated into the smartphone design and a smartphone body which is complemented with a watch mechanism and a...

Kasaragod, Mar 15: The parents of endosulfan victims in this district and evmnvironmental activists will take out a march to the collectorate on March 19, to mark their protest against the lethargic attitude of the State Government in implementing the promises. The Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani Secrtary Ambalathara Kunjikrishanan in a press conference here on Friday said the Government had...

Washington, Mar 15: Astronomers have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from the Earth, from a time when the universe was less than 10 per cent of its present age. “It is remarkable that such massive dense objects were able to form so soon after the Big Bang,” said Michael Strauss, a professor at Princeton University in the US. “Understanding how...

Chamarajanagara, Mar 14: After forests fires destroyed thousands of acres in Bandipur National Park which was successfully controlled, the reserve which has one of the highest tigers in the wild in the country is now witnessing road accidents that killed three wild animals during the last one week. In a fresh incident yesterday, a spotted deer calf was mowed down by a speeding vehicle. Bandipur...

Admitting that the web has created opportunity for cheats, promoted hatred and made all kinds of crime easier to commit, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has said it is possible to change the web for the better in the next 30 years. "But given how much the web has changed in the past 30 years, it would be defeatist and unimaginative to assume that the web as we know it can't be changed for the better...

Nairobi, Mar 12: Extracting and processing materials, fuel and food contributes as much as half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, the UN said Tuesday, as experts gathered in Kenya to find ways to rein in exploding global consumption. Using dozens of data sources, the authors of a major new report presented lawmakers and businesses with a stark choice: drastically reform the global economy...

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has promised to extend financial help to the families of the victims of the Monkey fever, also known as Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), which is found rampant in certain areas in Malnad region in the State. Speaking to newsmen, here on Sunday, he said that the State Government has released Rs 10 crore towards manufacture of vaccine as well...

San Francisco, Mar 10: YouTube is testing a fake content monitoring feature in India that pops up a "fact check" alert on searches for sensitive content. The feature will also highlight additional information on the subject from verified fact-checking partners of the platform. "These panels will show up on search result pages rather than on individual videos. Even though videos containing...

Washington, Mar 10: In a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- this week electing one as mayor. He may be a political novice but the goat's name, Lincoln, brings with it a storied pedigree. And the leading human official in Fair Haven -- population about 2,500 -- hopes the long-eared, three-year-old animal...

Mysuru, Mar 9: Swamy Sureshanandaji, senior monk and former Chairman of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Vidyashala here passed away on Friday night in the city. He was 90. He was ordained as a monk in 1960. From 1972 to 1989 he was the correspondent and the Chairman of the Ashrama from 1989 to 1997. Swamy Sureshanandaji has also worked in Chandigarh, Bengaluru and Nattarampalli (Tamil Nadu...