The brutal stabbing of author @SalmanRushdie is a grim reminder that religious fanatics have subjected everyone else to a bogus but dangerous rule - "Don't hurt my religious sentiments".
Recalling words of Late #ChristopherhiHitchens - Religion poisons everything!
The US has found a cancer drug that cured all cancer patients in the trial. This could be a saviour for the entire mankind. Now it won't be long for some religious zealot to claim the cure was prescribed in their centuries old religious book, which was stolen by the West.
#smartphone sales globally are reported to have significantly declined due to components shortages and inflation, poor consumers' confidence, as per technology market research firm #Gartner.
No frills, no melodrama, no pompous show, no grand celebration, no invitation for other Head of states for swearing in ceremony, observing restraint and quietly swears in as #PrimeMinister. That’s how mature democracies function.
Critics say #Apple is breaching a child’s privacy by snooping on messages in their devices. Apple’s justification is that the company never sees contents of the device and vetting of images will be done entirely on the device. 2/2
Apple will activate nudity blurring of images sent to young people in it's Messenger app on the iPhone.
It will make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to protect young people from paedophiles. 1/2
On the eve of Australian #FederalElection, let’s revisit the fact Australia was the first country in the world to start:
1) Secret ballot in 1856
2) Compulsory voting in 1924
Not enough credit is given to the electoral innovations australian democracy gave to the world.
#auspol
After cars, the electric revolution in trucks is on the way. #Ford is coming out with all-electric pickup trucks. 2022 could be breakthrough moment in trucks industry similar to 1997 when #hybrid#Toyota Prius and 2008 when all electric #Tesla was launched.
#Sweden and #Finland are now pushing to join #NATO.
One of #Putin's claims in trying to justify his invasion against #Ukraine was thwarting any expansion by NATO to Russia's borders.
That is what Sweden and Finland's NATO membership would bring.
Vande Bharat trains to get 39,000 wheels from Chinese company TZ(Taizhong) Hong Kong International Ltd. Quite a bizarre move by Indian Railways to award contract to Chinese company in light of Indian citizens vowing to boycott Chinese goods by destroying their TV sets last year.
Sri Lanka seeking to take a loan of US$1 Billion from China to repay existing loans from China. The Chinese debt trap is turning into death trap for Sri Lanka.
#SriLankaCrisis#SriLankaEconomicCrisis