Washington DC, 27/2: Twitter laid off at least 200 of its employees Saturday night, three people familiar with the matter said, or about 10 per cent of the roughly 2,000 who were still working for the company. Elon Musk, who acquired the social media platform in October, has steadily pared back its workforce from about…
New Delhi, 27/2: The Indian Railways is likely to invite a tender to procure 35 hydrogen-fuelled trains at a cost of around Rs 3,000 crore. Several top companies, including BHEL, Hitachi, Siemens, Cummins, Wabtec, and Medha Servo, expressed interest in participating in the project at a recent meeting of railways with manufacturing firms….
NewLand, 26/2: Meg Lanning’s Australia created history at the Newlands Cricket Ground by winning their record-extending sixth Women’s T20 World Cup, beating host nation South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Cape Town. Beth Mooney’s unbeaten 74-run knock guided Australia to 156/6 in 20 overs, while in reply, Sune Luus’ side could…
New Delhi, 26/2: After being questioned for over nine hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister, has been arrested on allegations of corruption related to the withdrawn liquor policy of Delhi. The CBI had been interrogating him since the morning before taking him into custody. Sisodia had…
Bengaluru, 26/2: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday visited the M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium here and interacted with men and women players of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team. Scholz spoke to the officials of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), RCB men and women team members for about 15 minutes. The Chancellor understands…
New Delhi, 26/2: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he has never owned a house and noted that this experience had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and connect with the people. Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi said he wanted everyone who joined the Yatra to feel…
New Delhi, 26/2: There is no ban on exports of onion and India has shipped the commodity worth $523.8 million during April-December 2022, the commerce ministry said on Sunday. It said that only the export of onion seed is restricted. “Government has not restricted or prohibited the export of onions,” the ministry…
Bhubaneswar, 26/2: In a major development, Odisha government has appointed Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena as the new Chief Secretary and Chief Development Commissioner .Odisha .He will take charge from May 1 and will replace Suresh Chandra Mohapatra. Smt Anu Garg is appointed as the Development Commissioner cum Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Narimogaru, 26/2: The Uppinangady police have taken a 27-year-old man, Sheikh Shahid, to custody for selling e-cigarettes at a mobile shop at Uppinangady. The accused is a resident of Narimogaru in Puttur. Acting on a tip off, Puttur rural Circle Inspector Ravi B S conducted a raid and recovered 52 e-cigarettes of various…
New Delhi, 26/2: The CBI on Sunday began its second round of questioning of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case. Sisodia arrived at the heavily-barricaded CBI office after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat, officials said. Sisodia, accused number one in the CBI…
