Amrutha Pagad

Apple's shares took a tumble on Thursday, September 7, after reports emerged of China banning iPhones for government employees. According to reports, Apple, the world's most valuable company, is on track to lose nearly $200 billion in market value, with shares falling by 6% in two days.

UK’s second-largest city and Europe’s largest local authority, Birmingham, has declared bankruptcy. The city has issued the Section 114 notice, which means that the local council is no longer able to balance its budget.

Facebook is killing its news feed section in the UK, France, and Germany come December. Meta announced the development on September 5, saying that it is part of their ongoing effort "to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most".

It seems like countries are waking up to the unfairness of tech giants not paying for news content featured on their platforms. After Canada and Australia, Malaysia in the Southeast is considering making tech giants like Meta and Google pay for news content. 

Ukraine, at the crux of war with Russia, is set to get a new defence minister. Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar from the Ukrainian Muslim minority, has been named by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the new defence minister. Umerov is set to take over from Oleksii Reznikov, who has been in the role since November 2021.

France is mulling a ban on disposable vapes to combat smoking among young people. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told RTL Radio on September 3 that the government is planning to unveil a new anti-smoking plan soon.

UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan and UK-based asset management firm Kalrock infused Rs 100 crore into financially crippled Jet Airways as part of the process to take over the airline.

North Korea doesn't seem to be able to sit calm even for a split second. According to the latest reports from the North Korean state media, the rogue nation carried out a "scorched earth" simulated nuclear strike against its bitter enemy South Korea.

Ashneer Grover still isn't over his bitter break-up with BharatPe. The ousted co-founder of the fintech company took to X/Twitter to take a jab at the exit of another BharatPe executive.

China has a new bone to pick up from Japan - the Fukushima-treated radioactive water release. Following the row over Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Japan has been at the receiving end of hate and criticism largely from Chinese citizens both online and in the real world. 

The real Slim Shady has taken a stand against US aspiring Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for featuring his music in campaign activities. Eminem's record company BMI has sent a cease and desist letter to Ramaswamy, urging him to halt the usage of the artist's songs during US election campaigns.

Few months ago, nobody knew who Vivek Ramaswamy was. Now, the hard right-wing Republican Presidential candidate in the US is hogging the limelight and seems to have scored some brownie points with the world's richest man, Elon Musk.

The next time you are in climate change denial, take a look at the above cute, fluffy little emperor penguin chicks and imagine them drowning and/or freezing to their deaths all at once.

Subway is selling itself to private equity firm Roark Capital after nearly 60 years of family ownership. The very private owners and heirs of the American fast food chain are about to feast on a footlong fortune coming their way all in cash.

In what seems like a plot out of a spy thriller, Russian warlord and Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a plane crash near Moscow, two months after he led a brief lived mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian Aviation Authority has confirmed that Prigozhin was on the passenger list of the private jet that crashed around 15:19 GMT on August 23.

India is a bundle of nerves today as ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission attempts to soft land on the Moon's south pole. If successful, India would make history as the first country ever to soft land on the moon's far side. Chandrayaan-3 will begin the soft landing process at 5.45 pm and the touchdown is expected at 6.04 pm.

Popular travel agencies Thomas Cook and Red Apple Travel have been asked to pay Rs 50 lakh to a Delhi man for the deaths of three members of his family while on a trip to Sri Lanka in 2019.

In less than 48 hours, India is set to script history its third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to land on the Moon's south pole. The landing is slated for August 23, 2023, at 18.06 IST.

A new report by Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of mass killings of migrants on the Yemeni route. According to the report, hundreds if not thousands of migrants, most of them Ethiopians escaping a war-torn country, were killed in indiscriminate firing and explosions.

Russia's Luna-25 lunar mission was supposed to make history by soft landing on the south pole of the Moon on Monday (August 21). It was in a race with India's Chandrayaan-3 mission. But on Saturday, August 19, Russia's space agency Roskosmos announced that there was an "abnormal situation" with the spacecraft. It later crashed into the Moon.

If you missed out on the drama of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard's defamation court battle last year, then you can catch up on the whole soap opera in Netflix's new docuseries Depp v Heard.

The 'forever-anticipated' cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg seems never ending on the two tech giants' respective social media apps. The world is tired of asking when it will actually happen, if at all it will.

Kannada actor and politician Upendra is in hot water over his recent use of a casteist slur in a Facebook Live video. The actor-cum-politician has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several protests have been staged against the actor's remarks.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha that the draconian, colonial-era sedition law has been "completely" repealed. Sedition, which is criminalised under Section 124A in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), punished anyone who attempted to bring "hatred or contempt" or "disaffection" towards the government.

Instagram child influencer Lil Tay is reportedly alive and so is her brother. On August 9, an Instagram post on Lil Tay's account announced that the 14-year-old Canadian internet sensation and her brother had suddenly passed away under mysterious circumstances, leaving the world shocked.

Techno-artist Grimes, also Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend, just did an interview, and social media is tripping over her comments. Grimes AKA Claire Boucher spoke about several things from her interest in AI, to a little bit on her relationship with Musk. 

On one side there's a pair of sleek and sexy stilettos and on the other, an ugly pair of flat sandals with brown soles. Which one do you think is Barbie-approved? Well, Margot Robbie's Barbie approves the ugly pair of Birkenstock sandals to face the real world.

Have you ever stopped to read the complete terms and conditions before signing up for Zoom, the video-conferencing platform? Or do you ever regularly check for updates on terms and conditions without any prompt? Probably not!

France, on August 8, announced a new visa programme in a bid to woo Indian students. The announcement comes following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country last month. Under the new programme, Indian alumni of French master's degrees or those who have completed just a semester as an exchange student can now apply for the new 5-year Schengen visa.

Barbie's world domination in hot pink has not yet ended and it has moved even the Chinese market. The Barbie frenzy has only increased and sustained the movie's popularity following its opening.