Sri Lanka to receive World Bank help to face economic crisis

Sri Lanka to receive World Bank help to face economic crisis

Sri Lanka will receive $300 million to $600 million from the World Bank over the next four months to buy medicine and other essential items, the country’s finance minister said Friday, as the Indian ocean island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades. Finance Minister Ali Sabri, who is in Washington to negotiate a rescue … Read more

Trump accepted ‘some responsibility’ for Capitol attack, McCarthy audio reveals

Trump accepted ‘some responsibility’ for Capitol attack, McCarthy audio reveals

New audio clips reveal that House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy held Donald Trump responsible in the immediate aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots, and that Trump himself accepted “some responsibility” for the insurrection. The explosive clips were released by the New York Times Thursday night and Friday morning as part of an earlier Times … Read more

Forget the FAANGs. It’s a stock picker’s market now

Forget the FAANGs. It’s a stock picker’s market now

The latest results from Tesla (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX) show how silly it is for investors to buy into themes and memes like the FAANGs, or MT. FAANG, if you want to add Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla to the Facebook (FB) (Meta)/Amazon (AMZN)/Apple (AAPL)/Netflix/Google (GOOGL) (Alphabet) quintet. This is a stock picker’s market. “This environment … Read more

Redmi Note 12 Pro+, Redmi Note 12 Pro Specifications Tipped by TENAA

Redmi Note 12 Pro+, Redmi Note 12 Pro Specifications Tipped by TENAA

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note series has gained a lot of attention recently with the launch of Redmi Note 11 Pro in January 2022, with March launch for the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G. Within a few weeks of the Redmi Note 11 series being launched in the market, rumours have already started to spark the buzz … Read more

Technology to bridge healthcare accessibility gap in India: Rajesh Ranjan Singh, CEO, WISH Foundation

Technology to bridge healthcare accessibility gap in India: Rajesh Ranjan Singh, CEO, WISH Foundation

The healthcare infrastructure in India has seen a rapid ramping during the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but there is still a long way to go before making healthcare accessible to all. There are many communities that are still marginalized due to a lack of basic healthcare amenities, which happens to be something … Read more

Millions on Android Devices Exposed by Unpatched Codec Flaw: Researchers

Millions on Android Devices Exposed by Unpatched Codec Flaw: Researchers

Security flaws in an audio codec have been uncovered by security researchers, putting millions of Android phones and other Android devices powered by chipsets from MediaTek and Qualcomm at risk of being compromised by hackers. Stemming from an codec created by Apple several years ago, the vulnerabilities were left unpatched since the company open-sourced the … Read more

Highway Death Toll Warning Signs May Cause More Crashes, Not Less

Highway Death Toll Warning Signs May Cause More Crashes, Not Less

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Showing highway death tolls on roadside message boards in a bid to curb crashes may actually cause more accidents, a new study suggests. That’s because they distract drivers, the researchers said. At least 27 states have used such messages. The new report … Read more

BJP, Congress trade charges over temple demolition in Alwar’s Rajgarh

BJP, Congress trade charges over temple demolition in Alwar’s Rajgarh

The BJP and Congress on Friday traded charges over the demolition of two temples during an anti-encroachment drive in Alwar district’s Rajgarh town this week. Rajgarh is a BJP-run municipality in Congress-ruled Rajasthan. While Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia accused the Congress of being behind the demolition, state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra asserted that … Read more