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New Delhi: Delhi Police has sent a notice to social media giant Twitter seeking details of the account that led to the arrest of fact-checking website Alt News’ co-founder Mohammed Zubair, sources said on Friday. The Twitter account Hanuman Bhakt, bearing username as — @balajikijaiin had alerted Delhi Police over Zubair’s four-year-old “objectionable” post on […]
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New Delhi: The government on Friday slapped a Rs 6 per litre tax on exports of petrol and ATF and Rs 13 per litre on exports of diesel. The government also slapped a Rs 23,230 per tonne additional tax on domestically produced crude oil to take away windfall gains accruing to producers from high international […]
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New Delhi: It has been nine days since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took digital detox from Twitter — a longest stretch without posting anything in nearly five years — leaving his more than 100 million followers and the media speculating a lot. His silence comes in the middle of the controversial $44 billion […]
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New Delhi: The price of a commercial LPG cylinder has been reduced by Rs 198 with immediate effect from July 1. With the latest reduction, a 19-kg commercial Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder in Delhi will now cost Rs 2021. It will provide some relief to restaurants, eateries, tea stalls and others which constitute the […]
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Washington: The US Supreme Court has sided with conservative states and fossil-fuel companies, agreeing that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not have the authority to impose sweeping measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thursday’s 6-3 ruling represents a major setback to President Joe Biden’s climate plans, reports the BBC. The case against the […]
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Hyderabad: A moving car caught fire on the road at Hitech City in Madhapur on Friday morning. The driver managed to escape on seeing flames from the engine. None was hurt in the incident and a short circuit in the engine is suspected to have caused the fire. The incident occurred when the car was […]
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San Francisco: To cut down on comment spam and channel impersonation, YouTube Creators now have access to a new setting for comments in YouTube Studio. The creators will be able to select an “increase strictness” option. And the company said this builds on the “hold potentially inappropriate comments for review” setting and will reduce the […]
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Mumbai: Benchmark indices opened the trade on a weak note on Friday, with the Sensex falling nearly 400 points in early trade, amid weak global market trends. The BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 399.69 points lower at 52,619.25. The NSE Nifty dipped 130.25 points to 15,650. Among the Sensex pack, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Titan, HDFC, […]
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Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 5 paise to a record low of 79.11 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday as persistent foreign funds outflows weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 78.99 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 79.11 […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Forest officials have captured a tigress, said to be responsible for recent human killings in Khairatiya area in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. This comes a day after another big cat was captured in the area. The tigress was caught in the Manjhra Purab forest area of the Dudhwa buffer zone. Four human […]
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New Delhi: India added 17,070 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,34,69,234, while the active cases increased to 1,07,189, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,139 with 23 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
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Washington: On Thursday, Warner Bros. revealed revised theatrical release dates for two of their well-known movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ‘Dune: Part Two’, directed by Denis Villeneuve, will now be released on November 17, 2023, instead of October 20, 2023, in a relatively small change. That implies that the sequel will benefit from airing […]
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Noney: Fourteen people were killed and several others are feared trapped in the rubble of an under-construction railway site at Manipur’s Noney district which was hit by a massive landslide landside, officials said. “As many as 23 people were extracted from the debris of which 14 were dead. Searches are continuing for the others. Not […]
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Beijing: Over the past few decades, ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been used as an alternative water disinfection technology. However, a chlorine and UV combination technique may improve the disinfection effectiveness of chlorination and reduce the need for applied chlorine dose in water treatment as compared to standard free chlorine disinfectants, according to a study. The […]
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Kochi: A fast track court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced a madrassa teacher to cumulative rigorous imprisonment of 67 years for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy who was studying in the madrassa. Perumbavoor Special Court Judge V Sathish Kumar sentenced Aliyar (55), a resident of Nellikuzhy to 60 years under different sections of POCSO and […]
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Kanpur Dehat: In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district, a minor girl’s nose was chopped off by miscreants who had barged into her house and were trying to pull her away with them. The incident took place on Thursday evening and the girl was attacked her with a sharp weapon when she […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels. According to TechCrunch, the company said the change, which is currently being tested with select users around the world, is part of Instagram’s plan to simplify video on the app. “We are testing this feature […]
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Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will announce news regarding his country’s European Union (EU) membership negotiations on Friday. In a video address to the nation late Thursday, the President said: “Our priority, which will also be a task that all representatives of our country will have to complete as quickly as possible, is to prepare […]
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New Delhi: The ban on select single-use plastics by the Centre in order to reduce plastic wastage comes into effect from today. Single-use plastics are typically items that are discarded after being used only once and does not go for the recycling process. They are a big contributor to plastic pollution. The adverse impacts and […]
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Ottawa: Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has confirmed a total of 278 cases of monkeypox in the country as of June 29. The cases had been reported nationally, including four cases from British Columbia, five from Alberta, 67 from Ontario and 202 from Quebec, the top doctor said on Thursday. Tam reiterated that […]
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San Francisco: Meta, formerly Facebook, has warned employees to expect a tough second half of the year as the tech giant continues to weather challenges related to its core online advertising business amid a weakening economy. A spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that Meta chief product officer Chris Cox detailed the company’s financial dilemma in an […]
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Stockholm: Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra gave another sterling performance on Thursday as he clinched a silver medal at the prestigious Diamond League meet in Stockholm and broke his own previous record. In the Diamond League played in Stockholm, Neeraj threw 89.94 meters while doing so he broke his own national record, which was […]
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Ajmer: The two men, who beheaded a tailor in Udaipur, were brought to Ajmer’s high-security Jail on Thursday night. The beheading of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur by two men for allegedly posting content in support of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma, had sparked public outrage across the country. The assailants identified […]
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By Huw Thomas In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its five fundamental principles and rights at work for all at its June 2022 international conference. This is the first […]
