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- Jun 21, 2023 10:43 pm IST
Google hit with $15 million verdict in US trial over audio patents
Alphabet's Google must pay patent holding company Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million for infringing two patents related to audio software, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Wednesday.
Personal Audio had argued that Google's music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation and editing features that violated its patent rights.
The jury also said that Google infringed the patents willfully, which could lead to a judge increasing the award by up to three times the verdict amount.
(Reuters)
- Jun 21, 2023 10:10 pm IST
Man, woman fall off train in MP after dispute over clicking photos
The woman (35) and the man hail from Jharkhand. They were travelling to Surat when this incident occurred.
- Jun 21, 2023 09:41 pm IST
Uganda invites Indian businessmen to explore investment opportunities
Uganda seeks to increase trade with India and invites businessmen with interest in Africa to consider exploring Uganda's various business and investment opportunities, a top official of the East African country said here Wednesday.
The country invites businesses to explore investment in sectors such as agribusiness, infrastructure, real estate and oil and gas among others, the official said.
"We are extremely pleased with the continued cooperation between India and Uganda and are reaping the benefits of India's commitment towards the African continent with the 'Africa matters' policy," said High Commissioner of Uganda to India Joyce Kikafunda.
(PTI)
- Jun 21, 2023 09:15 pm IST
UN Security Council to hold meeting on Afghanistan situation
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to hold a session on Afghanistan in Kabul, the UN said in a statement on Wednesday, Khaama Press reported.
The Khaama Press News Agency is the largest online news service for Afghanistan. "UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a session on Afghanistan today at 10:00 hour New York local time (18:30 hours Kabul local)," the statement read.
It added that the "head of UNAMA, Roza Otanbayeva, is scheduled to brief the Council as part of the session".
(ANI)
- Jun 21, 2023 09:05 pm IST
EU migration chief says deadly shipwreck highlights surge in migrant crossings from eastern Libya
The shipwreck last week off Greece that is feared to have killed hundreds of people may be the “worst ever tragedy” of its kind in the Mediterranean Sea, the European Union’s migration chief said Wednesday.
The tragedy comes as migrant crossings from eastern Libya to Europe have surged, said Ylva Johansson, the EU's migration and home affairs commissioner.
As many as 750 people may have been on board the migrant ship that sank in the Mediterranean a week ago, and just over 100 people survived the shipwreck. So far, 82 bodies have been recovered and hundreds of people are missing.
(AP)
- Jun 21, 2023 08:46 pm IST
‘Change is necessary’: Tejashwi Yadav before Opp meet in Patna
Ahead of the Opposition parties' meeting in Patna on 23rd June, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "Everyone has clearly said that the meeting is a sign that there will be a change in the time to come. Change is necessary because people's issues are the most important. This is not being held for elections or a particular person. This is an election for the people of the country, so it will be fought on their issues - not in the name of Modi..."
- Jun 21, 2023 08:30 pm IST
India's TCS signs $1.1 billion contract with UK's Nest
India's top IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services said on Wednesday that it has expanded its partnership with UK's workplace pension scheme, National Employment Trust (Nest), in a contract worth 840 million pounds ($1.07 billion) for an initial tenure of 10 years.
The maximum estimated value of the contract, if extended to the entirety of its eighteen-year tenure, would be 1.5 billion pounds, TCS said in a statement.
(Reuters)
- Jun 21, 2023 08:12 pm IST
US agency sues Amazon for tricking customers into subscription service
Amazon tricked consumers into subscribing to its "Prime" service and intentionally complicated the cancelation process, according to a US lawsuit against the retail giant filed Tuesday.
The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon includes four civil charges against the company over "manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface" and seeks a permanent injunction on the conduct, as well as monetary penalities.
(AFP)
- Jun 21, 2023 07:49 pm IST
Pak court grants pre-arrest bail to former PM Imran Khan in May 9 violence case
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday cancelled the arrest warrants against former prime minister Imran Khan and granted him pre-arrest bail till July 7 in two cases related to arson attacks during the May 9 violence which erupted following his arrest in a corruption case.
The 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief appeared before Lahore's Anti-Terrorism Court amid high security and challenged the arrest warrants issued against him on Tuesday.
"After a brief argument from Khan's counsel, the ATC granted him pre-arrest bail till July 7 in both cases and asked him to submit surety bonds worth PKR 100,000," a court official told PTI.
(PTI)
- Jun 21, 2023 07:24 pm IST
EU Backs Fresh Russia Sanctions to Crack Down on Circumvention
European Union member states backed a fresh package of sanctions targeting Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including measures aimed at countering sanctions circumvention and individual listings.
The 11th set of EU measures since President Vladimir Putin started his war includes a ban on many goods from transiting through Russia and a new tool to crack down on third countries who are not doing enough to stop Moscow evading the bloc’s sanctions. Sweden, which holds the EU’s rotating six-monthly presidency, announced the deal on Twitter.
The main aim is to tighten loopholes and tackle circumvention. That relates especially to Moscow’s ability to source banned technologies — via states such as the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Kazakhstan and others in central Asia — that end up in Russian weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.
(Bloomberg)
- Jun 21, 2023 06:37 pm IST
India's Russian oil buying scales new highs in May -trade
India's rising imports of Russian oil hit a record high of about 1.95 million barrels per day (bpd) in May denting purchases from Iraq and Saudi Arabia fell, tanker data from trade and industry sources showed.
India, the world's third biggest oil consumer and importer, buys more than 80% of its oil from overseas markets. Its refiners have been gorging on Russian oil since the West imposed sanctions over Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
Russian oil accounted for about 40% of India's crude imports in May, cutting imports from Iraq to a three-year low and from Saudi Arabia to their lowest since September 2021, an analysis of the data showed.
(Reuters)
- Jun 21, 2023 06:17 pm IST
‘Yoga means to unite’, PM Modi says at UN Yoga Day event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday at the United Nations Yoga Day event in New York, “We've gathered here at the meeting point of entire humanity. I am delighted to see you all and thank you all for coming. I am told that almost every nationality is represented here today. Yoga means to unite, so you are coming together is an expression of another form of Yoga.”
- Jun 21, 2023 06:10 pm IST
Maharashtra: Police foil bid to sell baby boy at Aurangabad orphanage
Police have foiled an alleged attempt by operators of an orphanage in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra to sell a baby boy to a couple, an official said on Wednesday.
Prima facie, a deal to sell the two-and-a-half-months-old boy was struck at ₹5 lakh. "We had received information that a deal was made to sell a baby at the orphanage. We took the baby in our custody," said police inspector Vyankat Kendre. He said the boy was handed over to the child welfare committee.
The woman claimed that the baby was handed over to the orphanage by a woman from Paithan for adoption, but the police are verifying her claims.
(PTI)
- Jun 21, 2023 04:52 pm IST
China says Biden comments likening leader Xi to a dictator are 'extremely absurd and irresponsible'
China on Wednesday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.”
The clash of words comes just over a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that sought to break the ice in a relationship that has hit a historical low.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Biden’s comments at a fundraiser in California “go totally against facts and seriously violate diplomatic protocol, and severely infringe on China’s political dignity.”
“It is a blatant political provocation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,” Mao said at a daily briefing.
(AP)
- Jun 21, 2023 04:41 pm IST
HAM-S announces to join NDA after meeting between Amit Shah and Jitan Ram Manjhi
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) announced to join NDA after meeting between Amit Shah and Jitan Ram Manjhi.
- Jun 21, 2023 04:01 pm IST
Rajasthan: BJP MP continues sit-in, police says he should approach ACB
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Meena continued his dharna in front of a police station here for the second day on Wednesday to press for the registration of two FIRs over alleged irregularities in a Rajasthan government department even as police said he should approach the Anti-Corruption Bureau with his complaints.
The MP had on Monday alleged irregularities in the grant of tenders related to the Jal Jeevan Mission projects carried out by the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED). Meena said that if the allegations levelled by him are not proven, then a case should be registered against him also.
On Tuesday, he along with a complainant reached the Ashok Nagar police station and sat on dharna alleging that the FIRs were not being registered by the police.
(PTI)
- Jun 21, 2023 03:52 pm IST
Polish president appoints ruling party leader as deputy PM
Polish President Andrzej Duda appointed on Wednesday the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party's leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski as deputy prime minister.
Kaczynski was deputy prime minister and head of the government's national security and defence affairs committee until June 2022 but resigned to focus on preparations to parliamentary elections later this year.
(Reuters)
- Jun 21, 2023 03:11 pm IST
Over 1500 children shifted to Mizoram schools amid Manipur violence
Education department official in Manipur said on Wednesday, “More than 1,500 children who have shifted with their families from violence-hit Manipur have been enrolled in various schools across Mizoram.”
(PTI)
- Jun 21, 2023 02:55 pm IST
Russia criticises Biden's comment likening China's Xi to 'dictators'
Russia criticises Biden's comment likening China's Xi to 'dictators'
(AFP)