San Francisco, July 13 (IANS) The number of women employees at Facebook has increased five times over five years and there has been a modest growth in the proportion of Asian, Black and Hispanic employees across the company, the social media giant revealed on Friday.Releasing its fifth annual diversity report, Facebook said people from all backgrounds rely on Facebook to...
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season's average, the weather office said.The Palam observatory recorded 1.3 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours as the Met predicted some rains in the day ahead."It will be...
The number of women employees at Facebook has increased five times over five years and there has been a modest growth in the proportion of Asian, Black and Hispanic employees across the company, the social media giant revealed on Friday. Releasing its fifth annual diversity report, Facebook said people from all backgrounds rely on Facebook to connect with others, and...
San Francisco, July 13 (IANS) Taking on professional collaboration tool Slack, Microsoft's Teams is now available for free in 40 languages worldwide.Currently, more than 200,000 businesses across 181 markets globally use Teams -- a hub for chatting, sharing documents, video and voice calling in Microsoft 365 -- to collaborate and get work done."Whether you're a freelancer, a small business owner,...
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Friday.At 9.27 a.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 11,052.45 points -- higher by 29.25 points or 0.27 per cent -- from its previous close of 11,023.20 points.The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on the BSE, which had opened at...
London, July 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said the UK will "probably not" get a trade deal with the US, if Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan goes ahead.He told The Sun newspaper that May's plan would "probably kill the deal" as it would mean the US "would be dealing with the European Union" instead of with the...
Jammu, July 13 (IANS) A fresh batch of 3,451 pilgrims on Friday left Jammu to perform the Amarnath Yatra.They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 110 vehicles and headed to the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps, police said.Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra, who heads the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the pilgrimage, has...
By Arul LouisUnited Nations, July 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has set up a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation with people at the "frontiers of technology" and public policy to deal with the "dark side" of digital innovation like cyberwarfare and proliferation of hate speech.He has appointed Indian diplomat Amandeep Gill as the executive director of the panel's secretariat.The...
By Arul LouisUnited Nations, July 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has backed Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein's call for an international investigation into human rights situation in Kashmir saying that it represents the "voice of the UN".He also defended at a news conference on Thursday his own report on children in armed conflict that referred to...
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Superstars Kamal Haasan and Salman Khan will share screen for the first time on the reality television show "Dus Ka Dum".Kamal will be promoting his upcoming film "Vishwaroop 2" -- the Hindi version of which will be presented by Rohit Shetty and Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment -- in the Salman-hosted show, read a statement.There's a common...
