Twitter has banned 5,929 accounts which were part of a significant state-backed information operation on its platform originating in Saudi Arabia.

These accounts represented the core portion of a larger network of more than 88,000 accounts engaged in spammy behaviour across a wide range of topics.

Twitter said on Fr

Facebook has removed 610 accounts linked to the pro-Trump conspiracy website The Epoch Times that used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create fake profiles and posted misinformation about issues like impeachment and 2020 election.

The Epoch Media group spent $9.5 million on ads to spread content through the now-suspended pages and

After onion and garlic, prices of edible oil have registered a sharp rise due to costlier imports.

Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the cooking oil prices may rise further, say oil industry experts.

Palm oil prices have shot up by Rs 20 a litre (more than 35 per cent) in the last two months. P

The US dollar strengthened against most major currencies in late trading on Friday, bolstered by some positive data.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, rose 0.32 per cent at 97.6930 in late trading.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to $1.1074 from $1.1124 in the previous s

US stocks traded higher on Friday as investors digested a batch of key economic data.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 108.19 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 28,485.15. The S&P 500 rose 16.68 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 3,222.05, Xinhua news agency reported. 

The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 34.

Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held a mega meet on Friday with all Export Promotion Councils, Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) and Commodity Boards to discuss ways to boost exports, an official statement said on Friday.

Thirty-seven EPCs, the FIEO and three Commodity Boards under the Department of

A trail shipment of vegetables was sent to Dubai from Varanasi on Friday under the government's scheme to promote exports from agriculture produce rich regions of India.

The container with 14 metric tonnes of fresh vegetables was exported from Mumbai after being sourced from Ghazipur and Varanasi.

"Agricult

Software major Wipro on Friday partnered with the Indian IT industry apex body Nasscom to upskill 10,000 students from 20 engineering colleges across the country.

"As part of our CSR programme, we will train 10,000 engineering students to skill them in disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud c

 Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who was protesting at the Jama Masjid against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens, was detained Friday late night, a police official said.

Ten more people were also arrested in Daryaganj area in violence related incidents, he added. 

A US Congressman in the House of Representatives commended India for ending gender, caste and religious discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir by nullifying the special status of the state and also applauded the multiparty support that the Narendra Modi government received in Indian Parliament over Kashmir.

In his year-end speech at