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Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 10:14 ISTWeb extensions are useful tools to block ads, or help you translate easily but they can also become an easy route for malicious attacks.The security firm has talked about a slew of extensions that may have caused some damage. (Photo: AI generated)Browser extensions are helpful in many ways but these can also become an easy route for bad actors to infect systems. And a new security report suggests around 17 browser extensions in Chrome, Edge and Firefox have the potential to cause big damage. The details provided by cybersecurity firm LayerX suggests there are 17…
As in the case of other non-north-eastern and hilly States, a substantial portion of the losses for Tamil Nadu were concentrated in the power sector. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Tamil Nadu has been identified as one of the top three States in the country, which suffer from heavy losses incurred by State Public Sector Enterprises (SPSEs). For the year 2022-23, the top three States in this category were Uttar Pradesh (₹32,430 crore), Rajasthan (₹18,814 crore), and Tamil Nadu (₹16,048 crore), according to the volume 1 of the main report of the 16th Finance Commission. These States come under…
Dark clouds loom over the catchment area of the Cauvery. July 14, 2018. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan/The Hindu An international research team has found a systemic drop in land elevation across India’s river deltas driven mostly by human activities.The researchers were motivated by the lack of high-resolution data of river deltas’ subsidence worldwide even though they support more than 340 million people.They used interferometric synthetic aperture radar data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellite collected in 2014-2023. The study covered 40 major deltas around the world, including six in India, at a spatial resolution of 75 m.Then,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial welcome and Guard of Honour at the Perdana Putra building in Putrajaya on Sunday, marking a key moment in his two-day official visit to Malaysia. The reception followed his arrival in Kuala Lumpur a day earlier, when Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim personally welcomed him at the airport.The visit comes months after India and Malaysia elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in August 2024. Bilateral talks between the two leaders are expected to focus on defence and security, economic cooperation, innovation, clean energy, semiconductors, and people-to-people ties, amid a…
Jeri John, Global Product Head, Arattai, | Photo Credit: NAVEEN KUMAR The Arattai app was an obscure messaging app, averaging around 300 downloads per day till September 23, and buried deep in the App Store despite its initial launch in 2021. But today, with endorsements from Union ministers and a growing curiosity among users to experience a homegrown alternative, the messaging platform from Chennai-headquartered SaaS firm, Zoho, is seeing a 100X jump in active user base. It has broken out into the top rankings on app stores beating the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram and others.In his first media interaction, Jeri…
Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 13:29 ISTCongress wants to come across as a party fighting for Vijay and hopes that the huge fan-based organisations in Kerala, which have a good ground presence, will lend it support tooVijay is one of the most watched and popular actors in the state, almost neck-and-neck with Mohanlal and Mammootty.What does actor and TVK chief Vijay have to do with Kerala polls? Well, he is one of the most watched and popular actors in the state, almost neck-and-neck with Mohanlal and Mammootty. Vijay possesses a massive organised fan base. His movies usually achieve openings of over…
Mumbai: Observing that the prosecution had made out a strong prima facie case to frame charges, a special court on Saturday rejected the discharge pleas of Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd, owned by Salil Deshmukh, and two chartered accountants, allegedly involved in a money laundering case linked to former state home minister Anil Deshmukh. Salil is Anil Deshmukh’s son and also an accused in the case.”…It prima facie appears that the company is one of the entities controlled and managed by the co-accused, the then home minister Anil Deshmukh and his family, and was utilised as a part of the…
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday stated that during the period from Jan 20 to Feb 4, flying squads found 336 violations across the NCR, including 34 from C&D sector, 229 from the industrial sector and five for DG sets. It added that closures have been proposed for 21 units, sealing of DG sets have been proposed for 53 units and show cause notices have been issued to two units. tnn Source link
BENGALURU: Reaffirming that elderly parents should not be left destitute after placing trust in their children, Karnataka high court has cancelled a gift deed executed by an 84-year-old father from Tumakuru in favour of his two adult daughters after they allegedly neglected him.Invoking the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, the hight court set aside the transfer of agricultural land made by petitioner Venkataiah, holding that the law protects senior citizens who part with their property on the expectation of care and support. The court noted that Venkataiah had said the gift deed was prepared by…
Hyderabad: Cybercrime sleuths in Malkajgiri and Cyberabad have detected multiple cases in recent weeks, and have arrested 23 accused across several states in connection with investment, digital, and online frauds.Since February 1, Malkajgiri commissionerate detected seven cybercrime cases, leading to the arrest of 11 persons. The cases included four investment frauds, one digital arrest fraud, one online gaming and betting fraud, and one part-time job scam. In one digital arrest fraud, two accused in Hyderabad were caught supplying mule bank accounts to fraudsters impersonating govt officials, who cheated a senior citizen of 2.8 lakh. In an online betting case, three…