Father of SMS passes away
Matti Makkonen, known as the father of SMS after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks, has died.
Matti Makkonen, known as the father of SMS after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks, has died.
Loss and damage of food grain brought to Tamil Nadu for public distribution has minimised to just 0.01%, Food Corporation of India has said in response to the TOI report titled ‘How food grains decay in godowns’ dated June 17.
An appeals court reverts to 20th-century law in the e-book antitrust case.
Good government in Minnesota can’t be hired on the cheap.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a hotly contested California bill to impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country in the wake of an outbreak …
The ministry of external affairs and CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd has launched a Common Services Centre (CSC) for passport application in the city.
A US flag-burning rally is scheduled to take place in a New York City park on Wednesday evening.
Article gave the wrong impression about coin dealers in general.
Phil Knight, a middle-distance runner who teamed up with his track coach at Oregon to start a footwear and apparel company that made the Nike swoosh one of the most recognizable logos in the world, has announced plans to step down as company chairman. The company was originally named Blue Ribbon Sports, but changed in 1978 to Nike — the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology — on the advice of a friend. Two years later, he paid $35 to Carolyn Davidson for the original swoosh logo design... Читать дальше...
When healthy people find the city weather too hot to handle, people with cardiovascular problems face a serious risk, on hot and humid days, say medical experts.
The generational changing of the guard is happening at warp speed as 21-year-old’s ascension is matched only by Tiger Wood’s fall from grace
Thanks to ruling, voters and elected officials can adopt rules to curb voting-map hijinks.
LISBON--Novo Banco, the Portuguese bank created out of failed lender Banco Espírito Santo SA last year, has received three binding offers that will be analyzed in the coming weeks, the country's central bank said Tuesday.
Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse documentary "Amy" is a slow, tragic zoom out. It begins with the intimacy of home movies and ends in far-away paparazzi footage. Our VIP access has been revoked.
First seen as a bright-eyed 14-year-old girl singing a knockout "Happy Birthday," Winehouse gradually recedes from our view as her renown grows, obscured by a blizzard of flashes and a deadening haze of celebrity. [...] it is, more broadly, a clinical case study of celebrity's crushing onslaught and an indictment of its tabloid apparatus. [...] most haunting is the film's close-up of a toxic celebrity culture where out-of-control addicts are merely punchlines for late-night hosts. Both films replace hagiography with evidence (archival video... Читать дальше...
Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse documentary "Amy" is a slow, tragic zoom out. It begins with the intimacy of home movies and ends in far-away paparazzi footage. Our VIP access has been revoked.
The Madras high court on Tuesday cautioned the Tamil Nadu government that it would be constrained to hand over the probe into the June 28, 2014 building collapse at Moulivakkam to the CBI, if there is further delay in placing the one-man commission’s report on the matter before the state assembly.
Its reportedly a one-way deal worth $800,000.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona International Speedway will not ban the Confederate flag from track property this weekend, but will offer the American flag to those who wish to fly it on property.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona International Speedway will not ban the Confederate flag from track property this weekend, but will offer the American flag to those who wish to fly it on property.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona International Speedway will not ban the Confederate flag from track property this weekend, but will offer the American flag to those who wish to fly it on property.
A line of thunderstorms pushed into The T&D Region from Georgia on Tuesday afternoon, knocking down trees in Orangeburg, Bamberg and Calhoun counties.
The Canara High School Association, on the threshold of its 125th-year celebrations, received a big boost with alumnus and writer Aravind Adiga handing over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to the school on Tuesday.
Prices for backyard barbecue staples have gone up this year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Karan will step down from daily duties as chief designer at her namesake company, Donna Karan International, to devote more time to her philanthropic foundation.