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Washington, Dec 19: Defending its personalised advertising approach, Facebook has said that it disagrees with Apples belief that personalisation and privacy are at odds. Apple CEO Tim Cook has said in a tweet that Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first. According to Steve

NASA has approved the Mars Sample Return (MSR) multi-mission effort to advance to the next phase in preparation to bring the first pristine samples from Mars back to Earth. During this phase, the programme will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions, as well as assess industry partnerships, NASA said on Friday. The first endeavour of this campaign is in progress as the

Lucknow, Dec 18: The four accused in the alleged gang rape and torture of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in September, have been charged for gang-rape and murder by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the SC/ST court. This information was given by the lawyer of the accused. The 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four men from the upper caste community in

New Delhi, Dec 18: The railways on Friday said it is not possible to provide a definite date for the resumption of normal train services and pointed out that it has seen an 87-per cent drop in the earnings from the passenger segment so far this year, compared to the last year. Addressing a press conference, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said so far in the current fiscal, the railways' earnings

New Delhi, Dec 18: A total of 63.54 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in November, 51 per cent lower than the corresponding period last year, the country's aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday. As per the DGCA, 39.43 lakh and 52.71 lakh people travelled by air domestically in September and October, respectively. While IndiGo carried 34.23 lakh passengers in November, a 53.9 per cent

Bengaluru, Dec 18: In a wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government on Friday issued guidelines for Christmas and New Year celebration in the state. Ahead of Christmas, the government has asked the supervisors and organizers of the churches to maintain social distancing and avoid mass gatherings. The government issued an order prohibiting planned parties between December 30 and January

Washington, Dec 18: US President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during which they discussed regional security and key bilateral issues, the White House has said. "President Trump thanked King Salman for his leadership and expressed his optimism towards resolving the Gulf Rift,” the White House said in a readout of the call on Thursday. The two leaders discussed

New Delhi, Dec 18: Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary, the Union Health Ministry has said while underlining that the vaccine introduced in India will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries. The ministry further stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19 as

Barrackpore MLA Shilbhadra Dutta resigned from the Trinamool Congress on Friday in the third major exit from the party in the last two days. Dutta, a two-term MLA, said he has sent the resignation letter to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by email, triggering speculations that he may join a long list of party leaders who have either joined the BJP or is willing to ahead of the assembly

New Delhi, Dec 18: For every Covid-19 positive case it detected, Karnataka missed 90 cases while more than 80 crore Indians may have been exposed to the virus by now even though most of them don’t have any symptoms. These are the new findings of an Indian Covid-19 supermodel, which in its latest run with data till December 13, has found that nearly 60% of the Indian population may have been