Hundreds of drivers with ride-hailing service Uber in Qatar went on strike on Monday for the second time in a year to protest against fare cuts. The U.S.-based company, which started operations in Doha in 2014, has in recent months cut fares by 15-20% for passengers amid growing competition from lo

Muscat: It’s almost exam time for thousands of school pupils across the country, but while students buckle down to their studies educators say parents are the ones stressing out. More frantic parents than worried students are calling a counselling hotline set up to ease the pressure of exam time.

DUBAI: Schools face a struggle to survive as operating costs rise, profits drop and global competition for the best teachers becomes even more intense, education experts say. Another 175,000 school places are expected to be open by 2020, 90 per cent of them in the private sector, exacerbating the p

MUMBAI: The Australian cricket squad, led by Steve Smith, landed here on Monday ahead of engaging hosts India in a four-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy commencing at Pune on February 23. The Aussies reached this metropolis from Dubai where they had a training camp and drove down to a S

London: Michael Vaughan is convinced Joe Root can do for England what Virat Kohli has done for India after his fellow Yorkshireman was named Test captain. Monday saw Root, previously England's vice-captain, confirmed as the successor to Alastair Cook, who resigned as Test skipper last week after an

Bangladesh were disappointed that they were not able to save the one-off Test against India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim said his team could have saved the match if they had even one batsman of Indian skipper Virat Kohli's calib

Reacting to the number of complaints and negative feedback received from entertainment companies, search engine giant Google is gearing up to ban torrent sites. Google, along with others, is taking this stand to prevent online piracy. According to a report by Torrent Freak, the search engines hav

The latest entrant in the telecom industry, Reliance Jio has reportedly received permission to assign new users mobile numbers starting with the numeral '6'. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given its nod towards operators issuing 6-series MSC (mobile switching code) codes for phone numbers, with

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made the bold move to demonetise Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 on November 8 last year, he cited counterfeit currency as one of the main reasons. While PM Modi’s intent was right but it has taken barely two months for Pakistan-based counterfeiters to come out with fake Rs

The Iraqi airforce carried out a strike on a house where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military said on Monday, without making clear whether he had been hit. In a statement, it said Iraqi F-16s had targeted the house in western Ira

BENGALURU: Karnataka Congress leaders on Monday termed BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa's allegation of kickbacks against chief minister Siddaramaiah as part of a conspiracy to destabilise the ruling government. Senior ministers MB Patil, Basavaraj Rayareddy and Sharan Prakash Patil in a joint

Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had some unusual advice when top officers gathered for his first speech last year – read an American academic’s book on how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics. The army has no business trying to run the government, Bajwa told the

The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the process of selection and appointment of Vice Chancellor (VC) for the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and dismissed a plea in this regard. The apex court also declined to de-tag another plea in which the appointment of the current VC has been c

Indian bowlers showed tremendous perseverance on an unresponsive pitch to crush Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one—off Test and stretch the team’s unbeaten streak to 19 matches, here today. Chasing a daunting target of 459, Bangladesh were all out for 250 in 100.3 overs but put up a stiffer resist

At least 16 people, including two senior police officers, were killed and nearly 40 were injured when a suicide bomber struck a public demonstration in Pakistan's Lahore city on Monday evening. DIG (Traffic) Syed Ahmed Mubeen and Senior Superintendent of Police Zahid Gondal were persuading protes

Toronto: Donald Trump's controversial travel ban may prove to be a gift for Canadian tech firms as scores of Indian techies wait to explore opportunities on foreign soil. Shafin Diamond Tejani, CEO of Fantasy 360, a Vancouver-based Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality global giant, told IANS, "T

ترک صدر رجب طیب ایردوآن نے انکشاف کیا ہے کہ ان کے خلاف ناکام فوجی بغاوت کے بعد سعودی عرب کے فرماں روا شاہ سلمان بن عبدالعزیز اولین عالمی لیڈر تھے جنھوں نے ان سے سب سے پہلے رابطہ کیا تھا اور ترکی کے ساتھ یک جہتی کا اظہار کیا تھا۔ ترک صدر نے بحرین کے دورے کے اختتام پر صحافیوں سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے کہا ک

نئی دہلی۔ ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن سروس فراہم کرنے والے کمپنی ووڈافون نے دیہی علاقوں میں ریچارج کرتے وقت اپنا موبائل نمبر دینے میں جھجھكنے والی خواتین کے خدشہ کے پیش نظر اب اتر پردیش اور اتراکھنڈ میں’ووڈافون سکھی‘ سروس کا آغاز کیا ہے، جس سے ان خواتین کو اب ریچارج کے وقت اپنے نمبر نہیں دینے پڑیں گے۔ کمپنی کے