Washington DC, 18/4: Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices…
New Delhi, 18/7: A White Paper on Pulwama terror strike and other national security incidents, 200 unit free electricity for all families, Rs 1,000 per month direct cash transfer to farmers, curtailing powers of central agencies and a SIT probe on electoral bond . Scrapping of ‘Agniveer’ recruitment, legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price, filling…
New Delhi, 17/4: Campaigning ended Wednesday evening for 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union territories, which will go to polls in the first phase on April 19 with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc making a last-ditch effort. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took whirlwind…
Kolkata, 17/4: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has advised the West Bengal governor to call off his proposed tour of Cooch Behar on the eve of the Lok Sabha polls’ first phase as it was violative of the Model Code of Conduct, sources said on Wednesday. Polling is scheduled in Cooch Behar on April…
New Delhi, 17/4: : Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik has been listed among the 100 most influential people of 2024 by Time magazine. Sakshi, India’s only female Olympic medalist in wresting, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan…
Nalbari, 17/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that he went to people with hope in 2014, trust in 2019 and guarantee in 2024. Addressing an election rally at the Borkura ground, he said that the birth celebrations of Lord Ram were being held in the temple at Ayodhya after 500 years with a…
Bhubaneswar, 17/4: In a major political development, BJD announces 5th list of candidates for upcoming assembly elections, CM Naveen Patnaik to contest from Kantabanji. Naveen Patnaik will contest from two seats in the upcoming elections- Hinjili & Kantabanji Seats of Prasanna Acharya and Rohit Pujari swapped.Prasanna Acharya to contest from Redhakhola.
Ghaziabad, 17/4: Amid intense speculation over whether he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he would abide by his party’s decision on it. Gandhi made the remarks at a joint press conference here with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
New Delhi, 17/4: Evidence submitted by former employee of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and whistleblower Emma Reilly has revealed that the Chinese government has been receiving “dangerous favours” from the OHCHR. The evidence presents that China is making efforts to “instrumentalise the UN” to serve its national interest, as…
New Delhi, 16/4: The Election Commission on Tuesday barred Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his alleged derogatory remarks against BJP MP Hema Malini. This is the first campaign ban imposed by the poll body in this Lok Sabha election cycle. The Election Commission last Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to…
