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The Editors Guild of India asked the government on Wednesday to “expunge” the draft amendment to the IT Rules that would have required social media companies to remove news pieces that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) had labelled “false”. A statement issued by the Editors Guild of India said, “The Guild urges the Ministry to […]
Former Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh has been named India’s Deputy National Security Advisor (Dy NSA) at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS). According to a formal order, Singh has been placed on a two-year re-employment contract that will take effect on the day he takes over as Dy NSA or […]
The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern abruptly announced her resignation less than 10 months before a general election. In Napier, where her Labour Party is conducting a caucus meeting, Ardern told reporters that she lacks the motivation or stamina to run for re-election later this year. She specified October 14 as the election […]
India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. According to projections from the World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 141.7 crore as of the end of 2022. That’s a little more than 50 lakh more than the 141.2 crore declared by China on January 17, when there was the first fall since the […]
Bengali writer Sujan Dasgupta, the creator of the popular detective character Ekenbabu, was found dead at his residence in Kolkata on Wednesday, a family member said. After there was no response when the maid turned up in the morning, the police had to break the door of his apartment in the Survey Park area. She […]
The prestigious Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in Delhi recognised Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport as the “Best Regional Airport of the Year” on January 18, 2023, for the second year in a row. In the presence of the Union Minister for Civil Aviation and other significant dignitaries, Ahmedabad airport […]
Punit Lalbhai, Executive Director, Arvind Limited, addresses at Ahmedabad University as part of the Amrut Mody School of Management’s Leadership Series 2.0. He shared his leadership insights from leading Arvind Manufacturing businesses including core textiles and engineering and outlined the specific green initiatives that organisation has implemented. He said that “We understand that if a […]
In a startling revelation, a crying Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday alleged that Wrestling Federation of India president and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been sexually exploiting women wrestlers for many years and sought the intervention of Prime Minister and Home Minister for his removal. A world championship medallist and Olympian, Vinesh […]
Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Wednesday assured protection to multiplexes on the release of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Pathaan’. Neeraj Ahuja, general manager of Wide Angle Multiplex, which is a part of the Gujarat Multiplex Association, told to media publication that, “We had written to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday […]
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on BJP leader Tejaswi Surya opening the emergency door of an Indigo plane: “It’s important to look at the facts. The door was opened by him by mistake when the flight was on the ground. After all checks, the flight was allowed to take off. He also apologised for the […]
In Gujarat, people blocked roads after a incident of rape and murder of a 9 year old girl came to light in Botad. The police have arrested the accused Rajesh alias Raju Devsag Chauhan. On Tuesday, the locals were agitated and expressed their anger by holding a rally, demanding severe punishment and the death penalty […]
Arun Bansal, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd., remarked today that the company is highly eager about acquiring additional airports through government bidding. This is the policy agenda, but we are eager to purchase new airports, according to the CEO of Adani Airports. Bansal spoke after Assocham named Lucknow and Ahmedabad […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially launch and lay the cornerstone for a number of projects totalling more than Rs 38,000 crore that are intended to improve healthcare, urban mobility, and infrastructure during his visit to Mumbai on Thursday. The Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7, which are costing about Rs 12,600 crore, will […]
The Election Commission announced the election schedules for Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura assemblies on Wednesday, the first tranche of assembly elections to be held in 2023. Tripura Assembly election 2023 will be held on February 16 while Nagaland and Meghalaya will go to polls on February 27. The chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that […]
MICA students in Ahmedabad are preparing to give Amdavadis a taste of participatory drama. The student-run theatre society at MICA – Sankalp will perform a rendition of “Ladai” written by the Late Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena Natarani Amphitheatre which will be performed on January 22 as part of their annual production. Ladai is a play that […]
In Gujarat, A nine-year-old daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant embraced monkhood on Wednesday, renouncing material comforts. Devanshi, the eldest of the two daughters of Dhanesh and Ami Sanghvi, took ‘diksha’ in the presence of Jain monk Acharya Vijay Kirtiyashsuri and hundreds of other people at a venue in Vesu locality of Surat, a family […]
Since Elon Musk took over the microblogging site last year, more than 500 of Twitter’s advertisers have stopped spending money there, according to a report on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with its advertising operations. The social media company’s daily revenue on January 17 was 40% lower than it was on the same day a […]
At least 16 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister, have been killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, the aircraft fell in the town of Brovary, some 20 kilometres northeast of Kyiv, while children and […]
A seasoned Davos member and the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Ajit Gulabchand claimed on January 17 that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are to blame for the closure of Lavasa township, which was previously under his company’s control. “Some politicians like Sonia Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh thought […]
The Supreme Court said that Online sources such as Wikipedia are based on a crowd sourced and user generated editing model that is not completely dependable and can promote misleading information. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said it acknowledged the utility of the platforms that provide free access to knowledge across […]
