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San Francisco: Twitter employees are sceptical about their future after Elon Musk addressed them this week, saying they are doing their best to stay focused on work. The future of Twitter hangs in the balance and employees’ reaction after the virtual meeting with Musk was “mostly negative,” reports The Verge. Musk told Twitter employees that […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google on Saturday paid tribute to Romanian physicist Stefania Maracineanu on her 140th birth anniversary with an artistic and quirky Doodle. On the Doodle page, the company mentioned that Maracineanu was one of the pioneering women in the discovery and research of radioactivity. “Today’s Doodle celebrates the Romanian physicist’s 140th Birthday,” […]
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New Delhi: As foreign portfolio investors continue to pull out money from the Indian equity market, the sell-off in the crypto market and the digital asset space has also accelerated in the wake of global economic meltdown. More than $200 billion were wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market this week and the globally crypto market […]
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Bhopal: At least five people were killed and 36 injured after a mini-truck carrying a marriage party overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district. Driver of the speedily driven mini-truck, carrying around 50 people, lost control over the vehicle at a u-turn, due to which it overturned late Friday night, police said. “Four people died on the […]
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Chennai: Actor Prithviraj fondly remembered director K R Sachidanandan alias Sachy, best known for having directed the critically acclaimed superhit Malayalam film ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, on his second death anniversary on Saturday. The director, who was also a well known scriptwriter, had passed away at a private hospital in Thrissur on June 18 in 2020. Actor […]
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New Delhi: The government will take action towards further strengthening the Railways Act to protect the property of the national carrier, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday said, as Agnipath protesters disrupted train services in parts of the country and damaged assets. Speaking at the TV9 Global Summit, Vaishnaw also appealed to the protestors to not […]
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Mumbai: The first poster of epic period film ‘Shamshera’, which will see Ranbir Kapoor returning to the big screen four years after ‘Sanju’, recently got leaked after a fan activation event. The makers were set to kick-start the film campaign next week as activities were meticulously planned by Yash Raj Films leading up to the […]
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Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned an emotional note to mark his mother Heeraba’s 100th birthday on Saturday, in which he said that “maa isnt a mere word but it captures a range of emotions”. “Today, 18th June is the day my Mother Heeraba enters her 100th year. On this special day, I have penned […]
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Chennai: As the protests against Central Government’s army recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ saw attack on railway property, the Southern Railway has increased security at all major stations across Tamil Nadu, including Chennai Central, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Jholarpet, Arkonam. The Tamil Nadu Police have cordoned off the main road in Chennai leading to the Army officers […]
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Moscow: A research team from HSE University, Skoltech, MPGU and MISIS has developed a nanophotonic-microfluidic sensor whose potential applications include detection, monitoring and assessment of treatment success. Today, the device can identify dissolved gases and liquids in low concentrations with high accuracy. The study appeared in Optics Letters. According to the World Health Organisation, in […]
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Kabul: At least two civilians were killed and three security personnel injured after three explosions ripped through a gurdwara in Kabul on Saturday, according to multiple sources. The Ministry of Interior have confirmed the blasts and said a group of armed insurgents entered the gurdwara in Kart-e-Parwan area. “Before entering, the enemy attacked the guards […]
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New Delhi: Edtech platform Unacademy has fired more that 150 employees in the second round of layoffs at the company, after it asked around 600 workers to go in April this year as the funding winter settled in. Sources told IANS that the current layoffs have affected the team at Chandigarh-based PrepLadder, a leading post-graduate medical […]
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San Francisco: SpaceX which fired employees who wrote a letter criticising Elon Musk’s behaviour in the public sphere has likely violated US labour laws. According to The Verge, labour lawyers now say the firings may have violated US labour law. The fired employees may also approach the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to sue SpaceX. […]
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Rajkot: In-form Indian batter Dinesh Karthik is feeling very secure in the current setup of the Men in Blue. Dinesh Karthik scored his maiden T20I half-century – more than 15 years after making his debut in the format on Friday in Rajkot as India thrashed South Africa to register a comfortable 82 runs win. With […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Corporator from Khairatabad, Vijaya Reddy has joined Congress party and said she joined the party anticipating bright future. She is daughter of former Congress Legislative Party leader late P Janardan Reddy, popularly known as PJR. “I am joining Congress party to continue the legacy of PJR. It feels like returning to the home […]
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San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has started another wave of layoffs, and this time it also includes hourly workers instead of just salaried employees as the CEO claimed. Informed sources confirmed that Tesla started another wave of layoffs yesterday that included many hourly employees in its sales and delivery teams across North America, […]
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Hyderabad: With growing protests against the Agnipath scheme, requests are pouring in from Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2022 aspirants for postponement of the entrance test scheduled for June 19. Several candidates from across the country have expressed their apprehensions over reaching the exam centres as railway and road transportation services have been disrupted due […]
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New Delhi: Every state must recognise its strength, define its targets and develop a roadmap to achieve the same as this is essential for India to become a $5 trillion economy, Prime Minister Narenda Modi said at the national conference of Chief Secretaries which concluded on Friday. “Urban areas will be key in future development […]
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New Delhi: Opposing the Centre’s Agnipath scheme, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Assaduddin Owaisi on Friday called it a ‘wrong decision’ saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to withdraw the Army recruitment policy, the way he revoked the three farm laws. “Agnipath scheme is absolutely wrong decision taken by the Government and […]
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New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers have unearthed a new enterprise-grade Android spyware called ‘Hermit’ that is being used by the governments via SMS messages to target high-profile people like business executives, human rights activists, journalists, academics and government officials. The team at cyber-security company Lookout Threat Lab uncovered the ‘surveillanceware’ that was used by the government of […]
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Hyderabad: Railway police have arrested 30 people in connection with the violence at Secunderabad railway station and were probing the alleged role of private defence academies training army job aspirants. Police suspect 12 of those arrested play a key role in arson and vandalism. Two accused who brought petrol and set afire train coaches have […]
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Patna: Despite the ongoing Bihar Bandh called in the wake of the massive violence against the Agnipath army recruitment scheme, agitators on Saturday set fire to a bus, truck and two other vehicles in Jehanabad. The incident took place near the Tehta police outpost on the Patna-Gaya highway. The violent mob also pelted stones on a […]
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Washington DC: Priyanka Chopra’s web series debut, which has been the talk of the town for quite some time is set for release soon, according to information the actor recently shared. Priyanka took to Instagram to share the news that work on her web project ‘Citadel’ has “almost” wrapped up. Sharing a glimpse of her […]
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Hyderabad: Friday’s violence at the Secunderabad railway station was allegedly premeditated with the protesters and tacit support from some others, who planned a day in advance to set ablaze trains as a mark of protest against the Agnipath scheme. Around 20 persons were arrested on Saturday. According to a senior Telangana police official, Avula Subba […]
