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Facebook's parent Meta to lay off 10,000 employees in second round of jobs cut

IN NOVEMBER 2022, THE FIRM LET GO OF 11,000 STAFF MEMBERS

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BAIL TO BJP MLA IN CORRUPTION CASE: Top Court agrees to hear K'taka Lokayukta's plea

The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear plea of the Karnataka Lokayukta against grant of anticipatory bail by the high court to BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, the main accused in the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents (KSDL) contract scam.

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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY: SC dismisses Centre's plea for additional funds

Slams the Centre for not framing an insurance policy for the victims

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IMD predicts hotter summer in 2023

Above normal temperature expected in most parts of North, East, Central India’

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No proposal for creation of any new state: MoS Home

There is no proposal under the central government's consideration for creation of any new state, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

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AMENDMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAWS: MHA seeks suggestions from stakeholders

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought suggestions from all stakeholders, including chief ministers, judges of the Supreme Court and high courts, and MPs for the comprehensive amendments in criminal laws.

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Health Min: Guidelines on medical negligence under consideration

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken up for consideration the healthcare sector's long-standing demand to frame guidelines for determining medical negligence cases, a reply to an RTI query revealed.

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Both Houses adjourned for day again as feud over Rahul's remarks intensifies

BJP members raised slogans seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi, while the Congress-led Opposition waved placards with quotes from speeches of Prime Minister during his visits abroad

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Delhi HC grants 8 weeks as 'last indulgence' for construction of public toilets for transgenders

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set a deadline of eight weeks for construction of public toilets for transgender people in the national capital and warned it will order personal appearance of the top officials concerned of the Delhi government and the NDMC in case of non-compliance.

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Woman judge injured after two bike-borne men snatch her bag

GOONS PUSHED HER DURING SNATCHING ATTEMPT

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2020 Delhi riots: Court convicts nine for arson and theft

A court here has convicted nine accused in a case related to the 2020 North East Delhi riots of various offences, including arson and theft.

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Farmer leader among 180 booked for protesting at NOIDA office

As many as 180 people, including farmer's leader Sukhbir Khalifa, have been booked by Gautam Buddh Nagar police for protesting at the Noida Authority office in Sector 6 without permission and manhandling authority officials.

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AAP Teachers' Wing meets Education Minister Atishi

A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party's teachers' organisation, AADTA, on Tuesday met Education Minister Atishi. The delegation apprised her of the deliberate delay in the formation of the governing body at 28 Delhi government-funded colleges by the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University. They also informed the Education Minister that this politically motivated step of the V-C is impacting the administrative functioning of the colleges severely.

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Two drug peddlers arrested, 79 kgs of illegal contraband seized

The Delhi Police arrested two drug peddlers with 79 kgs of marijuana (ganja), the cops said on Tuesday. The accused persons have been identified as Wasim (37), a resident of Delhi's Chhattarpur area, and Shakil (30), a native of Bulandshahar, UP.

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Prepare action plan within a week: Mayor to officials

VASANT KUNJ DOG ATTACKS

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AT SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM: 'Delhi to host 1st international film festival in August'

Delhi will host the first International Film Festival in August this year at the Siri Fort auditorium, an official said on Tuesday.

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Massive transformation in education sector: Govt

Education minister Atishi said that in the last eight years, the Delhi government has worked hard to bring massive transformation in the education system.

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Delhi govt gears up to ensure no power cuts during peak summers

The Delhi government is fully prepared to ensure that people get electricity without power cuts, even during the peak summer season, Power minister Atishi said while reviewing the Delhi government's \"Summer Action Plan\" for uninterrupted power supply during the peak season on Tuesday.

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Double the speed, complete Chirag Delhi flyover work in 30 days: Atishi

HOLDS MEETING WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE ON PRIORITY BASIS

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Ggm: Farzi' act on road lands YouTuber, 3 others behind bars

Police on Tuesday arrested YouTuber Joravar Singh Kalsi and his three associates here for posting a video on social media in which they were driving \"rashly\" on the Golf Course road and hurling fake currency notes from the car boot while imitating a scene from a web series.

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Off-duty TTE sacked for urinating on woman passenger in train

An off-duty railway ticket checker allegedly urinated on a passenger on Kolkata-Amritsar Akal Takht Express, prompting the Indian Railways to sack him and declaring it has \"zero tolerance\" for such behaviour.

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NOIDA AIRPORT: Over 2,600 workers, 400 machines at site for timely completion: Top officers

Over 2,600 workers along with more than 400 machines are on site and work for the first phase of the Noida International Airport is on track for timely completion, officials said on Tuesday.

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Patients can register for organ transplantation in any state: Govt

The government has done away with the requirement of state domicile for registration of patients requiring organ transplantation, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

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39 Indian cities among world's 50 most polluted: Report

Swiss firm IQAir in its 'World Air Quality Report' ranks India the world's eighth most polluted country in 2022

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Land-for-jobs scam: Tejashwi skips CBI's questioning 3rd time

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav skipped CBI's questioning in the land-for-jobs scam for the third time on Tuesday, officials said.

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Anurag Thakur says brand India has arrived

Lauding India's at the Oscars, and Broadcastachievements Information ing Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said brand India' has arrived as he called for concerted efforts to make the country a content hub of the world.

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FINMIN ON OLD PENSION SCHEME: 'No provision in PFRDA to refund accumulated NPS corpus to states'

The central government on Tuesday said there is no provision in the PFRDA Act for a refund of the accumulated NPS corpus being sought by the five non-BJP states that want to restart the Old Pension Scheme.

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Asia's first woman loco pilot operates Vande Bharat Express

Hailing from Satara in the western Maharashtra region, Surekha Yadav became India’s first female train driver in the year 1988

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Bharat already a Hindu Rashtra: RSS gen secy Dattatreva Hosabale

India is already a 'Hindu Rashtra' which is a \"cultural concept\" and does not need to be established by the Constitution, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said here on Tuesday. Explaining his statement, he said Nation and State are two different things. While a nation is a \"cultural concept\", State is that which is established by the Constitution.

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T'gana govt vs Guv: SC to hear state's plea over delay in giving assent to Bills on March 20

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the writ petition filed by the Telangana government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten Bills passed by the legislative assembly, which are awaiting her assent.

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'Number of cancer cases projected to go up to 15.7L in 2025'

The number of cancer cases in the country is projected to go up from 14.6 lakh in 2022 to 15.7 lakh in 2025, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR-NCRP), the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

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Def Min holds high-level meet to fast-track border infra projects in northern region

To fast-track the pending projects, a committee of secretaries will be set up which will meet at frequent intervals, says Rajnath Singh

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Arvind Kejriwal sounds poll bugle in Madhya Pradesh

Sounding the poll bugle in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took swipes at Narendra Modi over the arrests of his colleagues.

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'No plan to implement pre-metric scholarships to minimise drop-out'

The Centre on Tuesday confirmed that it had not initiated any structured effort to implement pre-metric scholarships for classes 1 to 8. Scholarships are being given from either the Union government or the respective state governments to reduce the school drop-out rates.

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Hry: Krishi Vikas Mela & State Livestock Exhibition simultaneously organised

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister JP Dalal, made the festival of colours, Holi, auspicious for the farmers and livestock owners by organising the Haryana Krishi Vikas Mela and the State Livestock Exhibition simultaneously for the first time.

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Himachal Budget session starts on stormy note; BJP stages walkout

Attacking the Congress government for blocking the disbursement of MLAs Local Area Development funds the last instalment payable before the closure of the financial year, the opposition staged a walk-out from the state assembly on the opening day of the budget session.

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Lakhimpur Kheri violence case trial not 'slow paced, observes SC

Apex court directs the sessions court to apprise it of future developments

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Haryana: Cong will give MSP, jobs, old pension, says Bhupinder Hooda

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said farmers will get MSP, jobs for youth and old pension scheme for employees when the Congress government is formed in Haryana.

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Jharkhand govt sets up inquiry against ex-principal secy to CM

ED summons Rajiv Arun Ekka in money laundering case

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UP follows Haryana's footsteps, adopts 'Parivar Pehchan Patra'

The primary objective of the PPP scheme is to generate authentic, verifiable and reliable data of all families

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At Beijing's brokering

China-mediated deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia marks an improvement in China’s diplomatic hold in the Middle East while US’ influence is waning

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Remembering Rosenstrasse

Rosenstrasse protests by gentile’ women against Nazi Germany to save their Jewish husbands should inspire‘safe’ sections of population to stand for the‘targeted’ ones

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AS ALLIES HOLD DRILLS: North Korea launches 2 missiles to sea

North Korea testfired two short-range ballistic missiles in another show of force on Tuesday, a day after the United States and South Korea began military drills that Pyongyang views as an invasion rehearsal.

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China to reopen to tourists for 1st time since Covid crisis

China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas on Wednesday after a three-year halt during the pandemic as it sought to boost its tourism and economy.

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US: Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer

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AMID CHINA'S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR: US, UK & Australia agree on nuclear submarine project

Sydney will first receive at least three submarines under the Aukus pact

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Ukraine: Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv scenery

Shops, restaurants and bars are open even if customers have to wrap up their evenings early and rush home in time for the 11 pm curfew

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One killed as Russian missile hits Ukraine

A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the centre of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding seven others in one of Ukraine's major city strongholds in its eastern Donetsk region as it fights against Moscow's invasion, officials said.

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'Finland likely to join NATO before Sweden'

Sweden's prime minister acknowledged Tuesday that it is likely that neighbour Finland will join NATO before his country does, due to Turkey's opposition to the Swedish bid.

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Non-bailable warrant against former Pak PM suspended

An Islamabad court on Tuesday suspended till March 16 a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan for threatening a woman magistrate while addressing a public gathering here last year.

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G20 audit framework for AI, blue economy in June: CAG Murmu

Stressing on the need for collaboration for developing and strengthening accountability frameworks in blue economy and artificial intelligence, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India GC Murmu on Tuesday said that the final audit framework for artificial intelligence and Blue Economy to be ready during SAI20 summit, which is scheduled to be held in June 2023.

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Ensure airlines do not practice predatory pricing: Parl panel

A parliamentary panel has asked the civil aviation ministry to cap the upper and lower levels of airfares, and ensure that predatory pricing mechanism is not adopted by the airlines under the cloak of free market economy.

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FOOD ITEMS REMAIN COSTLY: Wholesale inflation eases to over 2-year low of 3.85% in February

The wholesale price-based inflation declined to over two-year low of 3.85 per cent in January on easing prices of manufactured items, fuel and power, even though food articles remained expensive.

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PITCHES FOR INDIAN BANKS: Will take up SVB linked startups woes with FinMin, says MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The IT ministry will take up woes of Indian startups impacted by the Silicon Valley Bank collapse with the finance ministry to help them navigate through the crisis and address the immediate liquidity crunch they are facing, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday.

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Govt taking steps to make India $5 tn economy 'at an early date', says FinMin

The government on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that it is taking steps to make India a $5 trillion economy earlier than the International Monetary Fund's forecast year of 2026-27. The IMF's World Economic Outlook earlier said the size of the Indian economy will increase from $3.2 trillion in 2021-22 to $3.5 trillion in 2022-23 and cross $5 trillion in 2026-27.

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India Post Payment Bank wants to convert itself to universal bank: CEO

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) wants to convert itself to a universal bank as the vast network of post office branches would help in achieving financial inclusion, its MD and CEO J Venkatramu said on Tuesday.

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Sensex, Nifty fall for 4th day on the trot

Benchmark BSE Sensex declined nearly 338 points to close below the 58,000 level on Tuesday, marking its fourth straight day of losses as auto, IT and financial stocks wilted amid concerns over interest rate hikes and the fallout of failure of two US-based banks.

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Deals plunge by 60% to $1.8 bn in February

The deepening funding winter that the startups face and the near dryup of IPOs singed the deal street as the total value of deals plunged by 60 per cent to $1.8 billion in February, shows an analysis.

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Sen, Prannoy make winning starts at All England C'ships

Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy produced superlative performances to progress to the second round of the All England Championships with hard-fought straight-game wins in the men's singles competition here on Tuesday.

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Indian Wells: Fritz, Wawrinka win; Murray, Badosa out

Defending champion Taylor Fritz routed Sebastian Baez 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open.

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T20: B'desh whitewash world champion England

Bangladesh whitewashed world champion England in their Twenty20 series by winning the third game by 16 runs on Tuesday.

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Madrid try to avoid Liverpool comeback in Champions League

It also rallied against Liverpool in first leg this season

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Comfortable is boring for me: Priyanka

The actor is looking forward to the release of the much-awaited series 'Citadel'

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'I was familiar with this world'

RILEY KEOUGH ON TAPPING INTO HER MUSICAL ROOTS FOR 'DAISY JONES AND THE SIX'

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