Kuwait, May 24: There was a time when pigeons were used to deliver messages across countries in the absence of faster means of communication. But in the contemporary times, the same bird is being used for criminal purposes. In Kuwait, a homing pigeon was caught transporting drugs by custom officials. Around 178 pills were found wrapped around the bird that reportedly came from Iraq and was being...
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Kasaragod, May 23: Another bid to open a new Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlet near Mangad in Uduma panchayat limits on Monday met with chaotic scenes fuelled by stiff public resistance against opening the outlet. Tense situation prevailed near the Koolikunnu locality after a large group of residents, including women and children, joined hands to vehemently oppose the moves to relocate the...
San Francisco, May 23: After a host of different ransomware attacks that hit enterprises across the globe, security researchers have now identified a new strain of malware "EternalRocks" that is more dangerous than WannaCry and is potentially tougher to fight. According to the researchers, "EternalRocks" exploits the same vulnerability in Windows that helped WannaCry spread to computers. It also...
May 22: Chinese vendors captured 49 percent of the Indian mobile phone handset market in the first quarter of 2017 - a 180 percent (year-on-year) revenue growth - threatening to wipe out domestic players from the overall handset segment, a report said on Friday. According to research firm CyberMedia Research's (CMR) "India Quarterly Mobile Handset Market Review" report, mobile handsets market in...
Kasaragod, May 20: A multi-axle truck laden with smuggled sand was seized near Badiadukka here. The smugglers had tried to hoodwink the police by placing empty cartons of consumer durables like fridge on the sides of the carrier. On a tip-off, a police team headed by Vidyanagar Circle Inspector Babu Peringeth waylaid the truck at Nekraje around 4 a.m. and seized the truck.Its driver, identified as...
Bengaluru, May 19: In a major development in the political scenario in the state, Mohammed Haris Nalapad has emerged victorious in the youth congress elections held in the city. Mohammed secured the highest number of votes among all the candidates contesting for the post of the General Secretary of youth congress in Bangalore city. Mohammed Haris Nalapad is the Executive Director of the Nalapad...
London, May 19: Instagram and Snapchat are the most detrimental to young people's mental health and wellbeing, according to a new report on social media platforms which also found that YouTube had the most positive effect. The new report by Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in the UK examined the positive and negative effects of social media on young people's health. Researchers conducted a...
New Delhi, May 18: Online restaurant guide and food ordering app Zomato today said about 17 million user records have been stolen from its database. The stolen information contains user email addresses and 'hashed' passwords but no payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked, Zomato said in a blogpost on its website. The startup's disclosure comes at a time when the world is...
Geneva, May 16: Road injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, according to a latest WHO report which found that over 3,000 adolescents die every day, totalling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes. In 2015, more than two-thirds of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South-East Asia. Road traffic injuries, lower respiratory...
Kasaragod, May 16: Unidentified persons set on fire the Indian Union Muslim League's Kalikadavu panchayat committee office gutting valuable documents and furniture late Sunday night. The incident was noticed early on Monday. There was extensive damage to the building, located in the southern tip of the district, Neeleswaram Circle Inspector E. Unnikrishnan said. The police have launched a probe...