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The facial recognition software introduced on social media site Facebook in 2010 will be shut down. What did it do, and why is it being shut down?

The Karnataka government has launched two new schemes, one to bring government services to citizens' doorsteps, and the other to redress public grievances.

Pekapeka-tou-roa or the long-tailed bat, one of New Zealand's two land mammals, was added in the Bird of the Year list by Forest and Bird.

Methane is the second-most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, after carbon dioxide, and, therefore, pledges related to cutting down its emissions are significant.

Take a look at how the company has grown, Elon Musk's journey to becoming the richest person, and Tesla's challengers in India and the world.

Govt lays down new norms for when bank staff may be investigated if a loan goes bad. How does this address staff’s fears, and how can it help the economy?

INLD's Abhay Chautala defeated the BJP-JJP's Gobind Kanda and the Congress's Pawan Beniwal.

The Madras High Court has quashed the 10.5% special internal reservation provided by the Tamil Nadu government to Vanniyars, a most backward caste (MBC). What did the court say?

Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: In the past one month, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has mentioned it more than once that he is confident of the Congress’s return to power in the 2023 Assembly elections.

Mandi bypoll results: The issue of inflation played out in a big way in the Mandi Lok Sabha bypoll, with electors venting ire against rising prices of fuel and essential commodities.

The Budget for 2020-21 had announced the revised Form 26AS, giving a more comprehensive profile of the taxpayer, going beyond just the details of tax collected and deducted at source.

According to police, the allegation against Pratip Chaudhuri was that SBI had sold properties that were worth Rs 200 crore to Alchemist ARC for only Rs 25 crore after seizing them for default on a

NEET Result 2021: A look at the top 20 candidates show that three each come from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, two each from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi, and one each from Kerala, West

The ED is probing a money laundering case against Deshmukh, based on the first information report (FIR) filed by the CBI in April 2021 alleging corruption and bribery by the then minister.

This is the first time that India has taken any climate target in terms of its absolute emissions.

If implemented, the proposed Bill would modify an age-old customary practice of inheritance of the matrilineal Khasi tribe.

A 2021 Indian government study found that Jharkhand state - among the poorest in India and the state with the nation’s largest coal reserves - is also the most vulnerable Indian state to climate change.

In September this year, the US Supreme Court voted against banning the anti-abortion law in the country’s second largest state of Texas, which is governed by Republicans.

Experts believe these mishaps can be avoided if we follow better safety protocols. What went wrong on these treks and what could have been done to reduce the casualties; we explain.

GST collection in October rose to Rs 1,30,127 crore, the second highest since the rollout of the tax regime in July 2017.

An international team, which studied a global temperature rise that occurred 56 million years ago, has found that it took about 20,000 to 50,000 years for the climate to stabilise after the rise of five

Santosh Shankar Jagtap allegedly acted as the go-between in the transfers and postings of police officers when Anil Deshmukh was the home minister of Maharashtra, said CBI sources

There is widespread acknowledgment that despite the actions by countries to fight climate change, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and disasters will likely only increase in the coming years.

Thanks to a central government circular, MGNREGA is witnessing different caste workers getting paid at different times

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has sealed an alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a former BJP ally. What ramifications can the alliance have for the Uttar Pradesh elections?