Skip to content 4 Feb 2026 Meta confronts stronger privacy demands in India as judges examine how WhatsApp collects, analyses and monetises user metadata across its platforms. The Supreme Court of India has delivered a forceful warning to Meta after judges said the company could not play with the right to privacy. The court questioned
Alphabet is significantly expanding its presence in Bangalore, India, with a massive new office complex potentially housing 20,000 employees. This strategic move aims to circumvent rising H-1B visa costs for Indian engineers in the US. The tech giant is actively recruiting AI and engineering talent, mirroring a broader trend of Big Tech increasing its India
NEW DELHI — Amid deepening security ties between India and the U.S., New Delhi has significantly increased procurement of military equipment from Washington even as supplies from Russia, for long India’s biggest source of weapons, decline significantly. Analysts however say that in the coming years, one of the world’s biggest arms importers is turning to
How eco-friendly is the Union Budget? If you listened to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech 2026-27, you would have encountered precisely three references of the word “environment”: one is in the context of trade and multilateralism; environmentally sustainable movement of cargo; and environmentally sustainable passenger systems (where seven high-speed rail corridors will be established
Fallout Season 2 Finale Episode 8 release time, what to expect and how to watch is drawing attention as the second season reaches its final episode on Amazon Prime Video. Episode 8 closes the weekly rollout that began in December. The finale follows major events set in New Vegas and the Mojave wasteland. Viewers are
Retail assets-led Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Nexus Select Trust has reported 15% on-year growth in net operating income at Rs 450 crore for the quarter ended December, while maintaining 97% occupancy. The REIT has declared distribution of Rs 358.6 crore or Rs 2.367 per unit, marking its highest quarterly distribution since listing, on track
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has launched its annual 25/25 ticket sale, offering comedy fans a limited chance to snap up tickets for just $25 across hundreds of shows. The sale, one of the most anticipated events on the comedy festival Melbourne calendar, runs for just 25 hours and gives audiences access to discounted tickets
India’s efforts to secure better market access for its goods in China continue to move slowly, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, underlining that boosting domestic manufacturing while carefully managing imports remains central to narrowing the widening trade deficit with its largest trading partner. In an interview with the News18 Network, Sitharaman said India needs to
Mumbai: The budget proposal to exempt seven drugs used to treat rare diseases has been hailed by the industry and patient groups as a significant step that would provide relief and lower costs of prohibitively expensive lifesaving drugs. Others, however, said the duty cuts alone would not be sufficient to make the drugs affordable to
Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna reunite after 29 years in Netflix’s courtroom drama Ikka, rekindling their Border legacy with a tense face-off of law and rivalry. Akshaye Khanna-Sunny Deol in Netflix Ikka Photograph: (X/Netflix (screengrab)) Nearly 29 years after they marched into Hindi cinema history together in J.P. Dutta’s 1997 war classic Border, Sunny Deol