Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

February 6, 2025 1:07 PM

Amazon set to release long-delayed Alexa generative AI revamp

Amazon is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it. Once released, it would...

February 6, 2025 12:33 PM

Los Angeles wildfires cost up to $164 billion in property and capital losses: Report

The two largest wildfires that recently ravaged Los Angeles County may have caused total property and capital losses of as much as 164 billion US dollars, according to a new report. The report published on Tuesday by the University of California, Lo...

February 6, 2025 12:12 PM

‘Nezha 2’ becomes China’s highest-grossing film amid Lunar New Year boom

Chinese animated film "Nezha 2" became the country's highest-grossing film on Thursday, taking more than 5.8 billion yuan ($796.32 million), after drawing large audiences during the recent Lunar New Year holiday. The film, about a mythical boy with ...

February 6, 2025 12:41 PM

Pariksha Pe Charcha: PM Modi to engage with students, Sadhguru, Mary Kom, Deepika to join discussion

The much-awaited eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to return in an expanded format, featuring a distinguished lineup of experts and celebrities. The interactive session, aimed at promoting a stress-f...

February 6, 2025 11:23 AM

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide

A second federal judge has issued an order blocking Donald Trump's administration from implementing his plan to curtail U.S. birthright citizenship, saying no court in the United States has ever endorsed the Republican president's interpretation of t...

February 6, 2025 11:20 AM

After US, Israel withdraws participation from UN Human Rights Council

A day after US President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa'ar, has said that Israel would also join the US in its decision not to particip...

February 6, 2025 10:01 AM

Netanyahu praises Trump plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there was nothing wrong in Donald Trump's idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza after the U.S. president's proposal drew international criticism. Rights groups have condemned as ethnic ...

February 3, 2025 5:38 PM

Man found guilty of hate crime over Sweden Koran burnings

A Swedish court found an anti-Islam campaigner guilty on Monday of hate crimes for staging public burnings of the Koran, in a ruling handed down five days after another man also being prosecuted over the incidents was shot dead. Salwan Najem, a Swed...

February 3, 2025 5:31 PM

Trump’s meme coin made nearly $100 million in trading fees, as small traders lost money

Entities behind President Donald Trump’s crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms, a large windfall from a venture that has seen tens of t...

February 3, 2025 4:25 PM

Denmark PM repeats that Greenland is not for sale

Greenland is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen said on Monday, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the island was "not a joke". "Greenland is today a part of...