New Delhi: Forty-three days after the Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror training camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, the Pakistani government took representatives of some Islamabad-based international media houses and foreign diplomats to the area but directed them not to “speak too long” to local residents. The Hindi website of BBC reported that one of […]
Dubai: BBC Test Match Special has secured rights to broadcast ball-by-ball coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, to be held in England and Wales next year. Test Match Special will be broadcast to fans on multiple platforms across the UK, including on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra, Radio 4 Long Wave and […]
Beijing: A Beijing court on Sunday said the BBC had filed a lawsuit against a Chinese company for using its name to promote an English learning app. The lawsuit accused iYuba, a Beijing-based language learning firm, of using BBC’s trademark and content on its apps, websites and social media without any authorisation, reports Xinhua news […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation, whose “internal culture” was described as “rotten” by a prominent British politician, has a record of trying to cover up sexual attacks by its own employees, including canceling a TV programme on a BBC star personality who was a serial child rapist
New Delhi: Brushing aside Indian protests, the BBC has telecast a documentary on a brutal gang-rape in Delhi that has been banned in India, “given the intense level of interest” in it. The hour-long documentary was then uploaded on YouTube by an individual, effectively making it available to a global audience. Shown on BBC Four, […]
Geneva: The UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday warned that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Libya could amount to war crimes. In a statement issued in here, Bachelet said all parties to the conflict must make every effort to protect civilians. She urged protagonists to the conflict in Libya to […]
London: The BBC has fired broadcaster Danny Baker over his “stupid unthinking gag” on Twitter about UK’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s newborn son, Prince Archie. The now deleted tweet, which has been circulated on social media, showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the […]
San Francisco: Google is quietly keeping track of every single purchase you have made in years, thanks to purchase receipts sent to your personal Gmail account. According to a report in CNBC on Friday, the information is made available to users via a private web tool which, the company claims, keeps your data private. Google, […]
Los Angeles: Singer Rihanna has been named as the “World’s Richest Female Musician” by the Forbes magazine with an estimated fortune of $600 million with the bulk of that coming from her Fenty beauty range. She’s overtaken Madonna and Beyonce, who previously topped the list, the BBC reported. You could be forgiven for forgetting Rihanna even […]
Bhubaneswar: Hailed rightly as ‘Indian space woman’, she is an epitome of success for millions of women across the globe. Meet Odisha-born entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty, who is now one of the most powerful personalities in the world finding a place in BBC’s 100 most influential women. Known for revolutionising the influence of women in the […]
San Francisco: Google and Facebook have decided to allow most of their workforces to stay home and work through the end of this year. Facebook will open most of its office from July 6, according to a CNBC report. The social networking giant is in the process of determining which employees will be asked to […]
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