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An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X A$610,500 ($386,000) for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices, a blow to a company that has struggled to keep advertisers amid complaints that it is soft on moderating content. The e-Safety Commission fined X, (erstwhile Twitter), saying it failed to […]
What comes as a good news for Indians living in the United States, the country has announced to provide employment authorisation cards to some non-immigrant categories for five years. People awaiting green cards can also get these employment cards. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it was increasing the maximum validity period of […]
Is WhatsApp just a messaging tool? Far from it. Not only is it a quick substitute for email, but it’s also a platform for marketing, a medium to facilitate UPI transactions, an option for video conferences, and a matchmaker too. While similar messaging platforms have emerged in recent times, a day without WhatsApp seems unreal. […]
The Indian expatriate community in Israel is in a state of perpetual anxiety and fear as Palestine’s Hamas militants and Israeli forces continue to fight a pitched battle over Gaza. Even as the government has started evacuating Indians in small tranches so much as the logistics allow, the scary tales trickling in give a glimpse […]
Maths and migraine could be synonymous even for the brightest students. But it’s undeniable that students who crack the math code – not that it’s a demanding subject for all – can go places. They can do well even if they are not from the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) field. According to Bill […]
A month after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that India was connected to Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in the British Columbia state in June, reports have surfaced of back-channel talks between Delhi and Ottawa. UK-based daily Financial Times claims External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly met last month in Washington […]
In the latest attack on Israel by Palastine’s militant group Hamas, at least 700 people have died and thousands wounded in Gaza, while 900 Israelis have lost their lives. More than 150 Israeli civilians and soldiers have been taken captive. Hamas has said it’s holding 150 Israeli hostages, and threatened to kill one hostage every […]
Hamas rocket fire and ground assault by Palestinian militants claimed the lives of over 300 in Israel. Expectedly, Israel declared a “state of war”, with the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to turn all known hideouts of the militant outfit into rubble, news agencies reported. Scores of Hamas militants have infiltrated Israel in SUVs, […]
A catastrophic magnitude-6.3 earthquake, accompanied by powerful aftershocks, struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, resulting in a staggering death toll of at least 2,060 people, according to a statement from Afghanistan’s national disaster authority. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Information and Culture, revealed that the death toll from the earthquake in Herat […]
Amidst the ongoing deadly terror attacks by Hamas and the retaliatory air raids by Israel’s defense forces, Bollywood actor Nushrratt Bharuccha found herself stranded in Israel. However, there is good news as the Indian Embassy, along with the diligent efforts of her team, has successfully initiated her journey back home to India. Nushrratt’s publicist, Sanchita […]
An evening programme dedicated to Pramukh Swami Maharaj honoured the creator of BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham on October 6, 2023, in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The maker of 1,200 temples and the founder of Akshardham in the US, the life philosophy of Pramukh Swami Maharaj ‘Celebrating in the joy of others’ was brought out in the event […]
Israel on Saturday declared war against Palestine’s Hamas, vowing to avenge a fierce rocket attack that reportedly killed 22 Israelis and which the militants claimed was their “first strike”. Israel has launched air strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. Multiple points of impact have been reported across southern and central parts of the country. Prime […]
The announcement of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi winning the Nobel Peace Prize has turned the international spotlight on women’s rights, especially in the Middle East. Serving a sentence of ten years for “spreading propaganda against the State,” the 51-year-old Narges is currently lodged in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she is fighting against the conditions […]
In a world often dictated by age-related stereotypes, Lesley Maxwell, a vibrant 65-year-old, along with her daughter Vanessa, whose age she prefers not to disclose, and 22-year-old granddaughter Tia, are shattering expectations as they bond over weight-lifting and matching workout attire. This multi-generational trio is proving that age is no barrier to maintaining a strong […]
The British government has raised visa fees, making traveling to the UK expensive for people around the world, including Indians. Now under the new regime, a UK visit visa under six months would cost £15 more and student visa, £127 more. The fee hike will raise the price of the visit visa under six months […]
Unlike the announcement of the Booker Prize, which is preceded by a long list and then by a short list, stretching the process to three months, the nominees for the Nobel Prize for Literature are never revealed. Instead, it is left to literature pundits to speculate ahead of the announcement and it quite often happens that […]
There has been much discussed and investigated case of Cognizant Chennai bribery that keeps creating news in India as well as USA. The bribery case was first reported in 2016, with allegations that Cognizant executives had bribed Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and some other government officials to obtain various permits and approvals for construction […]
Several low lying areas of New York City got inundated after heavy torrential rains pounded the metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday. Officials issued advisories to residents to park their vehicles on higher ground even as several subway (metro rail) lines were shut following the flooding. Many arterial streets also saw flooding that led to […]
Canada may have provided the most definitive intelligence linking India to the assassination plot of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the Vancouver area on June 18, according to officials from Western allied nations, as reported by The New York Times. While American spy agencies also provided information to Ottawa after the killing of Nijjar, […]
At least 17 renowned authors, including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin have sued OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” claiming that artificial intelligence programmes are using their copyrighted works without permission. In the suit filed in a New York court, the authors have alleged “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ […]
