New Delhi, 3/12: A court discharged former JNU student Umar Khalid and United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. The FIR in the case was registered on the basis of the statement of Constable Sangram Singh who said a riotous mob had pelted stones…
Mumbai, 3/12: IPO-bound travel tech firm OYO on Saturday announced it will downsize about 10 per cent of its 3,700-employee base by cutting 600 jobs in the technology and corporate verticals and hiring 250 members, primarily in the relationship management teams. OYO said the move is part of implementing wide ranging changes in…
New Delhi, 3/12:Facing flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over his “Ravan” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the ruling party of misusing his remarks for electoral gains in Gujarat, and said that politics is not about individuals but policies. In his first reaction over the controversy, Kharge…
Dabugaon,3/12: A car lost control and hit a tree near Dabugaon police station in Nabarangpur district. The three deceased were Zaham Raja, Robinson Hial and Saban Benia of Gadbaguda Sahi in Nabarangpur. Khan Saqib Khan of Gurtur Dui has been shifted to Koraput Shahid Laxman Naik Medical College. It is believed that the car lost…
Washington DC, 3/12: Elon Musk’s Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions on distribution rather than removing certain speech outright, its new head of trust and safety told Reuters. Twitter is also more aggressively restricting abuse-prone hashtags and search results in areas including child…
New Delhi, 2/12: The Centre may deny any leeway to states wanting more headroom to borrow as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration aims to tighten fiscal policy in a bid to assuage global investors, according to people familiar with the matter. States’ borrowing, including those to undertake power sector reforms, is likely to…
London , 2/12:British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has revealed that he experienced racism growing up in the UK but the country has made incredible progress since then in confronting the issue. The British Indian leader was speaking to reporters on Thursday night in the wake of a racism row at Buckingham Palace, which…
Washington,2/12: The US on Friday echoed India’s reaction in rejecting China’s opposition to an India-US joint military exercise near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Uttarakhand and asserted that it is “none of their business”. Ambassador Elizabeth Jones, the newly-appointed US Charge d’Affaires to New Delhi, also said that Washington’s interest is…
Mumbai, 2/12: Veteran actor Paresh Rawal on Friday apologised for his statement linking gas cylinders, Bengalis and fish during a campaign speech in Gujarat, saying his reference was to illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The apology came after a huge backlash from the Bengali community and some others on social media. “Of course…
New Delhi, 2/12: Shares of NDTV have jumped more than 16 per cent since the Adani group launched its takeover bid for the media group, a rally that also comes at a time when bullish sentiments are dominating the broader market. The diversified Adani group started off with a hostile takeover bid for…
