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Jaitly flays ‘targeted’ hike in US visa fee
14 Apr 2016
Experts devise method to defeat Petya ransomware with complicated but effective technique
13 Apr 2016
SwiftKey app can make you write like Shakespeare!
09 Apr 2016
Free to download for Android, the app marking the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare intersperses Shakespearean lingo with our own to make you sound like the Bard of Avon – and it learns as you go along
Blackstone to acquire Mphasis in a Rs7,701 cr deal
04 Apr 2016
The acquisition of Mphasis is Blackstone's largest acquisition in India and the largest private equity transaction in the country
Flaw in US state dept database exposes travellers to US to risk of theft of their details
02 Apr 2016
Breakthrough in cybersecurity is no phish story
02 Apr 2016
Researcher develops SCAM model to explain why people fall for spear phishing
40 years of Apple: what a long, bumpy ride it’s been
01 Apr 2016
On 1 April 1976, two young friends – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak – got together in a garage and put together their first personal computer kit, the Apple I. The rest, as they say, is history
New app launched to keep Windows 10 at bay
29 Mar 2016
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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