San Francisco: As tech companies reel under mounting pressure to prevent their platforms from data breach and fake news, Twitter's Chief Information Security Officer Michael Coates has decided to quit.

In a tweet on Thursday, Coates who joined Twitter in 2015 announced his departure from the micro-blogging web

New Delhi: The Centre today gave its nod for the launch of Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission, which will provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year and benefit more than 10 crore families belonging to the poor and vulnerable sections of the society.

Under the centrally-sponsored sc

Washington/London: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vowed Wednesday to "step up" to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users.

"We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don

London: Anthony Joshua has urged Deontay Wilder to be "realistic" about who is the bigger draw card should the heavyweight champions meet in a blockbuster unification fight.

Should such a bout between British boxer Joshua, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association title-holder and

Washington: President Donald Trump is poised to unveil sanctions against China for the "theft" of US intellectual property Thursday, a White House official said, teeing up a second potential trade war in as many months.

Spokesman Raj Shah told a news agency that Trump will announce actions following

Edinburgh: Devolved governments in Scotland and Wales on Wednesday voted to head off a perceived Brexit "power grab" by London.

The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly both backed similar "continuity bills" to ensure that powers brought back from Brussels go to their capitals -- Edinburg

Miami: Serena Williams crashed out of the Miami Open in the first round here Wednesday, slumping to a straight sets defeat against Japan's Naomi Osaka in the latest setback to the former world number one's comeback.

Osaka, who won her first major title in Indian Wells last weekend, was superior throughout

Lima: Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his resignation Wednesday in an address to the nation, the day before he was to face an impeachment vote in Congress.

The 79-year-old former Wall Street banker, under fire over his links to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, denied allegations of brib

Srinagar: Three army men and two policemen and five militants were killed in the ongoing encounter in forest area of border district of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir S P Pani told New Indian Express that the gunfight between militants and security forces continued for seco

New Delhi: In yet another fraud played on banks, a Chennai-based jeweller Kanishk Gold Pvt Ltd (KGPL) has been accused of defrauding a consortium of 14 banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to the tune of Rs 824 crore in the form of loans that have now been declared as non-performing asset (NPA).

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