India’s only profitable telecom operator Reliance Jio has gone back on its three-year-old promise to keep voice calls free and will immediately start charging for outgoing calls made to rival networks — BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea — at 6 paise a minute. The Jio operator stated it “has been compelled, most reluctantly and…
Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who earlier won $680,000 over his claims that it failed to warn that young men using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow breasts, a Philadelphia jury stated on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury’s verdict in support of Nicholas Murray…
Salman Khan is all geared up for the release of his upcoming film Dabangg 3. After releasing the first motion poster of the film recently, the actor today introduced the villain of his action drama. South star Kiccha Sudeep is playing the role of Balli Villain in the film who is the leading opponent in…
WhatsApp is working on attaching a number of new features to its platform. Last week’s details about WhatsApp’s disappearing messages feature surfaced online. Primary reports indicated that the Facebook-owned social messaging app allowed two-time limits — 5 seconds and 1 hour – to users as a timer for their disappearing messages. Now, the company has…
Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Mohammad Irfan has memorized how Gautam Gambhir’s distinct discomfort while facing him during the 2012 bilateral series literally finished the Indian opener’s white-ball career. “Gautam Gambhir was scared of me. I think his career ended because of me. He didn’t turn to the team after that. Standing tall at 7ft 1 inch,…
Parineeti Chopra is energetic in training for the biopic on ace badminton player Saina Nehwal. Just days before the shooting is expected to begin, Saina Nehwal took to Twitter and wished her best of luck. Sharing a photo of Parineeti Chopra, Saina Nehwal wrote, “Looking forward to this journey together! My best wishes to the…
Xiaomi collected some serious sales figures over the past week in India. The company stated that it sold a whopping 5.3 million Xiaomi devices in just 7 days during the Diwali With Mi sale that took place across Amazon India, Flipkart, and Mi.com. The 5.3 million total includes not only Xiaomi’s smartphones but also Mi…
After the Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed petitions opposing tree-felling in Aarey Colony in north Mumbai, a prime green lung of the city, for Metro work, activists alleged that authorities were cutting trees. Activists claimed that over 200 had been cut by Friday night. Activists alleged of over 2,600 trees which are to be…
FIR was lodged here on Thursday toward nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi increasing concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching. A day after FIR filed against celebrities who wrote an open letter to prime minister Modi on…
The ongoing festive sales on Amazon and Flipkart have resisted the trend of slow sales and tentative market sentiment. The economic slowdown which has hit various sectors of the Indian economy over the past few quarters seemed nowhere to be found with the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale and the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale…
