UP, 11/10: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has launched a new campaign called ‘Gandagi Hatao, Jhadu Chalao’ in a run-up to the municipal polls in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign is looking to target three issues — sanitation, corruption and the BJP — with AAP pitching itself through its election symbol ‘broom’ as the…
New Delhi, 11/10: Some of the Indian techies, who switched to social media major Meta after quitting their stable jobs just two-three days ago, are among the 11,000 people laid off by the company. Facebook has laid off 11,000 employees across the globe to cut down cost. An IT professional Neelima Agarwal,…
Mumbai, 10/11: Food delivery firm Zomato Ltd reported a smaller second-quarter loss on Thursday, helped by a sustained rise in online ordering. Consolidated net loss for the three months ended September 30 was Rs 251 crores ($30.73 million), compared with Rs 430 crores a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing….
Thiruvananthapuram, 10/11: The LDF government on Thursday amended the rules of Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university to remove the Governor as its Chancellor, a position which would now be filled with an eminent person from the field of Art and Culture. Suiting action to its words that it no longer wants Governor Arif Mohammed…
Bengaluru, 10/11: Stand-up comedian Vir Das’ show scheduled to be held here on Thursday was cancelled at the last minute following protests by Hindu right wing organisations. The fringe outfits protested against the show, alleging that it will hurt Hindu religious sentiments. According to the information available, the show was scheduled to take…
Adelaide, 10/11: In a sad piece of development for all Indian cricket fans, England defeated India by 10 wickets in the second semi-final of T20 World Cup on Thursday in Adelaide. England will face Pakistan in the final on Sunday.
Iran, 10/11: Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday. Hypersonic missiles, like traditional ballistic missiles which can deliver nuclear weapons, can fly more than five times the speed of sound. “This hypersonic ballistic…
Washington DC, 10/11: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he intends to run for re-election and would likely make a final decision by early next year, after declaring the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections good for democracy. Biden, a Democrat who turns 80 this month, has faced questions on whether he will…
New Delhi, 10/11: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two company executives linked to liquor trade in the money laundering investigation being conducted by it into the now scrapped Delhi Excise policy case, official sources said Thursday. Benoy Babu of Pernod Ricard and Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma have been arrested under sections…
Ahmedabad, 9/11: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and ex-deputy chief minister part of his government, Nitin Patel, on Wednesday announced that they won’t be contesting upcoming Assembly elections. The BJP leadership had removed the two senior BJP leaders from their posts along with entire cabinet last year in an unprecedented move and current chief…
