NEW DELHI: Highlighting the importance for brands to prioritise data security, about 82 per cent of Indian consumers stated that the protection of their personal data is one of the most crucial factors in earning their trust, a new report revealed on Thursday. While 83 per cent of consumers value knowing their devices secure their […]
TEL AVIV: Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Smotrich told reporters, “no one will move the people of Israel from their land”, the Times of Israel quoted him as saying […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has urged global leaders to redirect resources from warfare to peace and sustainable development initiatives. Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mohammed on Monday called for immediate and decisive action to salvage the faltering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Xinhua news agency reported. “Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, […]
WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service has said it would participate fully in probes announced by President Joe Biden and members of Congress, after its agents failed to prevent a gunman from shooting and injuring former President Donald Trump over the weekend. The FBI says it is investigating the incident on Saturday at a Trump rally […]
NEW DELHI: Two UN agencies have called for a catch-up in child immunisation, warning global vaccinations of children stalled last year, leaving 2.7 million unvaccinated or with insufficient inoculations. The latest World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates of national immunisation coverage provide the world’s largest and most comprehensive dataset on […]
NEW DELHI: Contracting COVID-19 may accelerate the onset of visible symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children, an autoimmune condition, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Researchers found that children infected with the virus and in the early stages of type 1 diabetes without displaying symptoms, progressed […]
NEW DELHI: India is ahead of neighbouring countries in the implementation of food environment policies, but needs stronger policies and infrastructure to enable healthier food choices to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases, according to an expert on Sunday. In a recent study, an international team of researchers, including scientists from […]
LONDON: Just 11 months before the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in men’s soccer, FIFA invited bids for rights to broadcast the 63-game tournament to be staged in the United States. FIFA on Monday published an “invitation to tender in the Americas, Asia, and Middle East and North Africa” weeks after talks with tech giant […]
CANBERRA: David Warner announced his retirement from the T20I format following Australia’s exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, marking the end of his international cricket career after retiring from ODIs and Tests earlier this year. However, a couple of weeks later, the explosive southpaw indicated in a social media post that the […]
LONDON: England were thrashed 4-0 in 2021/22 Ashes. Skipper Joe Root and Head Coach Chris Silverwood were criticized heavily at the time for the selection calls and tactics used in the games. The team also had to deal with quarantines because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the management to counter mental fatigue rested and rotated […]