Tamil Nau CM Vijay expands his Cabinet; inducts 23 new Ministers, including two from Congress

Chennai, 21/5: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday expanded his Council of Ministers by inducting 23 Ministers, including two from the Congress, taking the strength of his Cabinet to 33. The Chief Minister has allotted one berth each to the VCK and the IUML, which will join the government very soon, taking…

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan orders crackdown on fake Telegram channels ahead of fresh NEET-UG exam

New Delhi, 20/5: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a high-level meeting with security agencies, ahead of the next NEET-UG re-examination. In a meeting with social media companies, Pradhan ordered a crackdown on fake telegram channels and social media platforms have been asked to proactively detect and block misinformation networks ahead of the exams.

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Modi, Meloni hold wide-ranging talks on trade, defence, energy

Rome, 20/5: Prime Minister Modi in concluding part of his five-nation tour held talks with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday. The two leaders had discussions on a variety of topics including trade, defence, clean energy and technology. Modi also met Italian President Sergio Mattarella, and discussed about enhancing ties between the two nations on…

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Kerala finalises portfolio allocation: CM Satheesan takes finance, Chennithala gets home and vigilance department

Thiruvananthapuram,, 20/5: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala has finalised the portfolio of the cabinet members with Chief Minister V D Satheesan holding the finance, law and ports portfolios and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithalla holding the home and vigilance portfolio. Despite pressure from the Latin catholic church, the fisheries portfolio was…

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WFH and then a 4 am mail: Tech giant Meta begins laying off 8,000 employees amid AI transformation

Washington DC, 20/5: April, Meta employees were informed that 8,000 of them, around 10% of the workforce, would be laid off on May 20 (Wednesday) as the tech giant readied itself for the era dominated by artificial intelligence. The New York Times reported that the orders began execution in Singapore, where at 4 am local…

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Taiwan’s Yáng Shuang-zi wins International Booker Prize for slyly sophisticated novel

London, 20/5: Taiwanese author Yáng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King have won the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue, a historical romance set in Japan-occupied Taiwan in the 1930s. The prestigious award, which was handed out in a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern gallery on Tuesday, recognises works of fiction from around the world that…

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TMC alleges intimidation by BJP after Jahangir Khan withdraws before repoll fray

Kolkata, 19/5: Trinamool Congress candidate for Falta in West Bengal, Jahangir Khan, withdrew from the contest two days before repolling in the constituency, even as Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari led a ‘roadshow’ in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the area and termed the response of the local people as “second independence for the…

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US approves $428 million military sales to India to support Apache Halos and M777 guns

New Delhi, 19/5: Amid the Indo-US trade negotiations, the US State Department has approved two military deals worth $428 million to support India’s entire fleet of Apache helicopters and M777 light weight howitzers used by the armed forces. The sustainment support for the M777 guns will cost $ 230 million and executed by BAE Systems…

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