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Assembly Election Results 2017: Mapping the BJP's pan-India saffron surge

From its days as a party on the fringes of India's political spectrum, the Bharatiya Janata Party has now come a long way to rule over a large part of India.

MWC 2017: LG hints at the revamped UX with LG G6 and a 5.7-inch 'FullVision' display

LG hinted at a user-interface overhaul for the UX along with the launch of LG G6 during MWC 2017.

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X5 Released

This complete suite brings together tools that enable users to create, interchange, and deliver standardised technical graphics with accuracy.

SGI Announces New Generation Of Scalable Workgroup Clusters

CloudRack X2 delivers density and power distribution efficiency with Power XE in a small, five-square-foot form factor.

PowerVR GPU making company wants to bring virtual reality to low-end Android devices

A report now claims that the company wants to bring high-quality VR experiences to low-end Android smartphones.

Legal pot growers to drive up California warehouse rates | Reuters

By David Randall Legalizing recreational marijuana in California is creating a gold rush for a decidedly less intoxicating sector: warehouses in which to grow the plants. Investors have few options to cash in directly on the state's recent decision to legalize the drug, as there are no publicly traded cannabis producing companies and marijuana remains illegal under federal law. However, they are anticipating a lift in demand for warehouses as legal pot companies search for space to grow their supply

BOJ upbeat on economy, Kuroda shrugs off talk of rate hike | Reuters

By Leika Kihara and Stanley White | TOKYO TOKYO Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda offered an upbeat view of the economy but sought to douse market talk the central bank may soon consider raising interest rates, vowing instead to keep policy loose to achieve the BOJ's 2 percent inflation goal.Kuroda also said he did not see recent yen falls as a problem for Japan's economy, saying that a weak currency helps accelerate inflation by boosting import costs and in so doing raise inflation expectations - a crucial element in the BOJ's plan to beat economic stagnation."We are still distant from our 2 percent inflation target. It's therefore appropriate to continue with powerful monetary easing," Kuroda told a news conference on Tuesday."It's absolutely not the case that Japanese government bond yields are allowed to rise in tandem with overseas long-term interest rates, or that (any such rise in Japanese yields) would prompt us to raise our yield targets."Kuroda's remarks came after the BOJ's widely expected decision to keep unchanged its pledge to guide short-term rates at minus 0.1 percent and the 10-year government bond yield around zero percent.Japanese long-term interest rates have risen in tandem with global bond yields on expectations of steady U.S. interest rate hikes and the perceived inflation-stoking policies of incoming U.S.

Thousands evacuated from Aleppo after deal over besieged villages | Reuters

By Angus McDowall and Ellen Francis | BEIRUT BEIRUT Thousands were evacuated from the last rebel-held enclave of the Aleppo on Monday after a deal was reached to allow people to leave two besieged pro-government villages in nearby Idlib province.In bitter winter weather, convoys of buses from eastern Aleppo reached rebel-held areas to the west of the city, and more buses left the Shi'ite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya for government lines, according to a U.N.

Syrian rebels, govt say new deal in works to secure Aleppo evacuation | Reuters

By Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington | ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT A new deal is being negotiated to complete the evacuation of rebel-held areas of Syria's east Aleppo which ground to a halt on Friday after demands from pro-government forces that people also be moved out of two villages besieged by insurgents.A Syrian rebel official and a government official said early on Saturday the evacuation of Aleppo would resume and the two Shi'ite villages would be evacuated, as well as the wounded from two towns near the Lebanese border and east Aleppo.But sources said negotiations were still going on to finalise how the evacuations would take place and how many people would leave. By Saturday afternoon there was no sign it was being implemented, with only an hour to go before sunset.

Aleppo evacuation suspended amid dispute over villages | Reuters

By Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and John Davison | ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT The evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended on Friday after pro-government militias demanded that wounded people should also be brought out of two Shi'ite villages being besieged by rebel fighters.The second day of the operation to take fighters and civilians out of Aleppo's rebel enclave ground to a halt amid recriminations from all sides after a morning that had seen the pace of the operation pick up.Aleppo had been divided between government and rebel areas in the nearly six-year civil war, but a lightning advance by the Syrian army and its allies that began in mid-November deprived the insurgents of most of their territory in a matter of weeks.Russia said the Syrian army had established control over all districts of eastern Aleppo although government troops were suppressing isolated areas where rebel fighters continued to resist.Rebel sources accused pro-government Shi'ite militias of opening fire on buses carrying evacuees from east Aleppo. Road blocks went up and a bus convoy was forced to turn back.Rebels in eastern Aleppo went on high alert after pro-government forces prevented civilians from leaving and deployed heavy weaponry on the road out of the area, a Syrian rebel commander in the city said.A Syrian official source said the evacuation was halted because rebels had sought to take out people they had abducted with them, and they had also tried to take weapons hidden in bags. This was denied by Aleppo-based rebel groups.