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LIC shares rise over 5% : Issues clarification on a acquisition buzz : Better place amidst IRDAI Bancassurance concerns
1 month, 1 week ago

LIC shares rise over 5% : Issues clarification on a acquisition buzz : Better place amidst IRDAI Bancassurance concerns

Live Mint  

Stock Market Today: Life Insurance Corporation of India share price gained over 5% in the morning trades on Friday. The LIC share price thereafter gained further to ₹987.50 during the intraday trades which market gains of more than 5% Clarification on the acquisition buzz Life Insurance Corporation of India issued clarification clarification that was sought from it by the stock …

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Strip club and bags of cash: The FBI bribery sting that snared Mississippi officials
2 months ago

Strip club and bags of cash: The FBI bribery sting that snared Mississippi officials

Raw Story  

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba boarded a yacht off the coast of Florida with the top prosecutor in charge of fighting crime in his city and several rowdy out-of-state men who said they wanted to drop millions revitalizing downtown. but I need to clean it and spread it.” Outside the federal courthouse Thursday, Owens described his quotes in the indictment …

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Supreme Court Cautions Against Doubting EVMs, Stresses Voter Trust
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Cautions Against Doubting EVMs, Stresses Voter Trust

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Stressing the need to maintain and protect voters' trust, the Supreme Court on Thursday cautioned the petitioners against doubting the electronic voting machines. While reserving its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with voter verifiable paper audit trail slips a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the …

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Phone tapping row: Origins of speculative news reports to be enquired upon
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Phone tapping row: Origins of speculative news reports to be enquired upon

The Hindu  

Officials from the West Zone Police of Hyderabad probing the phone tapping case issued a release stating that an inquiry is being launched to find out the origin of speculative news reports doing rounds in the media. Officials said that such speculative news reports might attempt to create confusion and derail the process of investigation. “The investigation in the case …

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Use in news reports of pictures from social networking sites
1 year ago

Use in news reports of pictures from social networking sites

ABC  

Key Editorial Standards Excerpts of key editorial standards relevant to this Guidance Note are set out below. Mandatory referral 5.9 An appropriately senior ABC person designated for the purpose must approve in advance, having considered the applicable editorial standards, any proposal: a to use secret recording during the production of content commissioned, produced or co-produced by the ABC; or b …

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Microsoft Bing Chatbot Review | Inconsistent and reductive, but does its job
1 year, 8 months ago

Microsoft Bing Chatbot Review | Inconsistent and reductive, but does its job

The Hindu  

Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing chatbot first made headlines for all the wrong reasons. User experience Users get to ask the Microsoft Bing chatbot five questions, after which a new session is initiated with another five questions. Translation An attempt to make the Microsoft Bing chatbot translate India’s national anthem to Tamil was a miserable failure. Summaries and explanations The Microsoft …

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Don’t You Think That To Maintain Communal Harmony, Abjuring Hate Speech Is Necessary? Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General
1 year, 9 months ago

Don’t You Think That To Maintain Communal Harmony, Abjuring Hate Speech Is Necessary? Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing of contempt petition in a batch of pleas seeking directions to regulate hate speech, till tomorrow. Are we converting this court into magistrates’ court?” Noting that the statistics put forth by Mr. Pasha only deals with Maharashtra, the Solicitor General said, “.this person from Kerala is fully aware of Maharashtra. He asked …

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Fact Check: Chinese 'spy' balloon wreckage? Nope, this video is at least 6 years old!
1 year, 10 months ago

Fact Check: Chinese 'spy' balloon wreckage? Nope, this video is at least 6 years old!

India Today  

A suspected Chinese “spy” balloon was shot down by the US airforce in Early February. People sharing the clip claimed that this was the first video of the alleged Chinese “spy” balloon that was shot down. Some of these clips also contained the text, "What our US apparently doesn't want us to see about what the Chinese Spy Balloons look …

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Chinese city plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus
2 years, 1 month ago

Chinese city plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans Thursday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national government tries to reduce the impact of anti-disease controls that have confined millions of people to their homes. “The epidemic situation in Guangzhou still is very serious,” said a city official, Wang Baosen, …

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Wing and engine parts found in China Eastern crash as hunt for 2nd black box continues
2 years, 9 months ago

Wing and engine parts found in China Eastern crash as hunt for 2nd black box continues

LA Times  

Search workers head to the crash site of a China Eastern jetliner that nosedived into a mountainside Monday with 132 people onboard. Hundreds of searchers wearing rubber boots and full rain gear headed into muddy, forested hills in southern China on Thursday to try to find the second black box from a China Eastern passenger jet that crashed in southern …

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Tata Motors may launch six new SUVs in 2022. Here is the expected list
2 years, 11 months ago

Tata Motors may launch six new SUVs in 2022. Here is the expected list

Live Mint  

Tata Motors plans an aggressive 2022 for its portfolio of cars in India. News reports suggest that this year Tata Motors may launch a new Nexon EV with a larger battery pack and of course, mileage. There are various news reports that suggest that Tata Motors will launch these new SUVs in 2022 in India: Tata Nexon EV The most …

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Tripura: MHA debunks fake news about mosque vandalism in Gomati
3 years, 1 month ago

Tripura: MHA debunks fake news about mosque vandalism in Gomati

Op India  

On Saturday, the Ministry of Home Affairs debunked fake news about the vandalism of a mosque in the Gomati district of Tripura. In a statement, the MHA informed, “There have been news reports that have been circulating that a mosque in Kakraban area of Gomati district in Tripura has been damaged and vandalized. There is no report of simple or …

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'Papers Record Chaotic Scenes In Front Of Vaccine Centers': Kerala High Court Registers Suo Motu Case Based On News Reports
3 years, 8 months ago

'Papers Record Chaotic Scenes In Front Of Vaccine Centers': Kerala High Court Registers Suo Motu Case Based On News Reports

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court, acting on news reports of overcrowding at vaccine centers in Trivandrum and Kochi instituted suo motu proceedings taking cognizance of overcrowding at vaccine centers.In its Order, the Court noted, "We have been alerted by press reports that there is uncontrolled crowding of persons seeking vaccinations for COVID-19." The Kerala High Court, acting on news reports of …

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Aadhaar Necessary To Travel During Lockdown; People Not Wearing Masks 'Super Spreaders' : Bombay High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar Necessary To Travel During Lockdown; People Not Wearing Masks 'Super Spreaders' : Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Coming down heavily on lockdown violators, including people not wearing masks properly, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court asked the police in 11 Marathwada districts, in Maharashtra, to take strict action against such violators. The issues are related to the cumbersome documentation process for conducting a Covid-19 deceased's last rites, rampant black marketing of the anti-viral drug, Remdesivir, …

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Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders
4 years ago

Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders

Associated Press  

Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. “What we’ve taken for granted for 100 years in public health is now very much in doubt,” said Lawrence Gostin, an expert in public health law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. THE MASK FIGHT IN KANSAS The public health workforce in Kansas …

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Biden Cabinet could be the first truly multi-cultural and inclusive US has seen
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden Cabinet could be the first truly multi-cultural and inclusive US has seen

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: With uncertainties around the US poll results now settled, the focus now shifts to who US President-elect Joe Biden will appoint to key posts in his administration. Rice served as US ambassador to the UN and as US National Security Advisor in former president Barack Obama’s administration and hence seen as an experienced foreign policy hand given that …

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Pointers from sero-surveys conducted in various cities
4 years, 4 months ago

Pointers from sero-surveys conducted in various cities

The Hindu  

Given the failure of the Indian Council of Medical Research to carry out a comprehensive nationwide survey of the seroprevalence of COVID-19 among the general population, which would have given States and regions timely guidance about the appropriate measures to take to control the spread of infection, it is a positive and gratifying sign that major academic institutions are joining …

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Kamal Nath, Madhya Pradesh Speaker say ‘received news’ of Congress MLA Hardeep Singh Dang’s resignation but no formal communication
4 years, 10 months ago

Kamal Nath, Madhya Pradesh Speaker say ‘received news’ of Congress MLA Hardeep Singh Dang’s resignation but no formal communication

Firstpost  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said he has got news reports that Congress MLA Hardeep Singh Dang has resigned, but has not yet received any formal communication in this regard from him. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said he has got news reports that Congress MLA Hardeep Singh Dang has resigned, but has …

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Police cordon and search ops targeting Muslim localities in Hyderabad see normalisation of military tactic in India's most liveable city
4 years, 11 months ago

Police cordon and search ops targeting Muslim localities in Hyderabad see normalisation of military tactic in India's most liveable city

Firstpost  

Since 2015, officials from the Hyderabad police department have claimed that cordon and search operations helped keep tabs on suspicious persons, illegal activities, rowdy-sheeters, property offenders and those involved in other offences Salma, 45, had a perfectly normal afternoon. This incident from 6 January was part of a “cordon and search operation” by the Telangana Police that was conducting a …

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NGT asks Punjab, Haryana, UP about steps to tackle crop burning this year
5 years, 6 months ago

NGT asks Punjab, Haryana, UP about steps to tackle crop burning this year

India Today  

The National Green Tribunal has asked Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh how they intend to tackle the problem of crop burning, a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi, this year. The direction by the tribunal came pursuant to news reports on deaths caused in the national capital due to air pollution and crop burning being one of the reasons …

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Eight blasts at churches, hotels across Sri Lanka kill at least 207; 13 arrested | Live updates
5 years, 8 months ago

Eight blasts at churches, hotels across Sri Lanka kill at least 207; 13 arrested | Live updates

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka has been rocked by a series of deadly blasts that killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more. 9.15 pm Eight people have been arrested in connection with a string of deadly blasts that killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Sunday, the Prime Minister said. 12: 20 pm Sri Lanka police chief had warned …

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India grounds Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after Ethiopian Airlines crash: Here's a list of countries that have put the plane on ice
5 years, 9 months ago

India grounds Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after Ethiopian Airlines crash: Here's a list of countries that have put the plane on ice

Firstpost  

Boeing has delivered more than 200 737 MAXs since May 2017, news reports said. Australia: Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority said on Tuesday it had temporarily suspended the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to or from the country. Bermuda: After Sunday’s Boeing 737 Max air crash, Bermuda has prohibited Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 aircraft from …

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