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Protect your smartphone screen without a protectorPublished on: August 17, 2026 3:06 PM

Pakistan, Aug. 17 -- Modern flagship smartphone often come with strong screen protection. Therefore, many users may not need a screen protector for everyday use. Most premium phones now feature Cornin... Read More


Oil Prices Today, August 17, 2026: Brent $88.31 as the US-Iran Deadline Passes

DUBAI, Aug. 17 -- The deadline that was supposed to decide the oil year arrived on Monday. Brent moved twenty cents. That is the whole market reaction to the expiry of the memorandum Donald Trump and... Read More


Meta Social Media Addiction Trial: Four States Seek $1.4 Trillion as Federal Case Opens in Oakland

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- In a federal courthouse here Monday, the attorneys for four states stood before a judge and argued something that would have sounded improbable a decade ago: that the features de... Read More


Grok AI CSAM Lawsuit: Stepfather Created 7,000 Deepfakes, Wyoming Woman Joins Class Action

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 -- A Wyoming woman whose childhood photographs were turned into thousands of sexually explicit images by her stepfather using xAI's Grok chatbot has joined a class action lawsui... Read More


Finance Ministry Advises Shift From WPI To PPI For Government Procurement Contracts

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Finance Ministry has advised ministries and departments to adopt the Producer Price Index (PPI) instead of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for price escalation and rate adjus... Read More


Defence Secy Rajesh Kumar Singh arrives in Armenia to advance bilateral defence cooperation

Yerevan, Aug. 17 -- Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh arrived in Yerevan for an official two-day visit aimed at further consolidating defence and strategic cooperation between India and Armenia. U... Read More


Belarus Says It Is Trading Flight Warnings With Three NATO Neighbours

MINSK, Aug. 17 -- In May, Andrei Lukyanovich described a difficult military-political situation around Belarus, driven by what he called the unprecedented militarisation of its neighbours, and told th... Read More


Tommy John, Namesake of Baseball's Most-Performed Surgery, Dead at 83

BRADENTON, Aug. 17 -- The number that defined Tommy John's career was not 288, though those wins placed him among the most successful left-handers of his generation. It was not the 26 years he spent o... Read More


J-K: Baba Budha Amarnath Yatra convoy reaches Rajouri under tight security protocols

Rajouri, Aug. 17 -- The annual Baba Budha Amarnath Yatra convoy reached Rajouri under stringent security protocols on Monday, with local authorities ensuring smooth traffic flow and strong inter-commu... Read More


Chief Economic Adviser backs E10 option for older vehicles as E20 fuel transition sparks debate

India, Aug. 17 -- Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has backed the idea of making E10 petrol available again for older vehicles, even as India continues its nationwide transition to E20 fuel... Read More