In a setback to the State government, the Karnataka High Court has declared as unconstitutional the law that forced owners of vehicles registered outside Karnataka to pay lifetime tax in the State when the vehicle is used in Karnataka beyond 30 days. In his order, Justice Anand Byrareddy has quashed the demand notices issued by the RTOs to several owners […]
» Read moreIndia’s workhorse satellite launch vehicle PSLV-C32, on Thursday, succesfully put India’s sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F , into orbit. The IRNSS-1F was launched into a sub-Geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 284-km perigee (nearest point to Earth) and 20,657-km apogee (farthest point to Earth). The satellite will carry two types of payloads — navigation payload and ranging payload. The navigation payload will […]
» Read moreTo promote gender diversity across all management levels, top telecom operator Bharti Airtel has increased maternity leave for its women employees to 22 weeks from 12 weeks. This is in addition to flexible work options for working mothers to ensure a smooth transition to full working hours, the company said in a statement today. Microsoft India extends maternity leave to […]
» Read moreDistrict Election officials today seized Rs seven lakh from a car near here. Officials said they seized the amount during a vehicle check at Elumathur, 20 km from here. The passenger, a PWD contractor, said he had drawn the amount from a bank and would submit a receipt for it soon, officials said. The money was seized and it was […]
» Read morepartial solar eclipse will be seen in India on Wednesday morning with the north-eastern parts of the country expected to see a large fraction of the disc of the Sun, eclipsed by the Moon. The total solar eclipse, where the sun will be 100% obscured, will only be visible from parts of Indonesia including Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi, and from […]
» Read moreBengaluru-based hacker Anand Prakash has been awarded $15,000 (approximately Rs 10 lakh) for finding a bug in Facebook’s login system. The bug, if exploited, could let hackers access a user’s messages, photos and even debit/credit card details stored in the payments section, among others. In a blog post, Prakash – who also works as a security analyst at Flipkart – […]
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