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PM Narendra Modi accepts invitation to inaugurate BAPS Hindu Mandir in UAE’s Abu Dhabi on 14th February
29 Dec

PM Narendra Modi accepts invitation to inaugurate BAPS Hindu Mandir in UAE’s Abu Dhabi on 14th February

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsInternational
PM Modi will inaugurate the first traditional Hindu stone mandir in the Middle East. The inauguration ceremony of BAPS Hindu Temple is scheduled for February 14, 2024 in Abu Dhabi. The BAPS on Thursday, December 28, released a statement and said PM Narendra Modi has accepted invitation after a delegation of the temple visited him at his official resident on Thursday evening. This will be UAE's first traditional hand-carved Hindu Temple and is located in Abu Dhabi's Abu Mureikha area. The construction of the temple began in 2019 and it will open to the public on February 18, 2024. The…
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WhatsApp to soon roll out a shortcut to open AI-powered c
20 Nov

WhatsApp to soon roll out a shortcut to open AI-powered c

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, International,
WhatsApp is reportedly all set to introduce an AI chatbot to its instant messaging platform, and the latest beta version of the app includes a special button for convenient access to the feature. As noted in the WABetaInfo report, the Chat tab now has a button above the icon to start a new chat. This button facilitates quick opening of AI-powered chats, increasing speed and convenience for users. The AI ​​chatbot powered by Meta AI was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp's parent company Meta, in September. He revealed that the company is testing AI-powered chatbots for a specific…
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Vedanta Group established new unit in Saudi Arabia for copper business
16 Nov

Vedanta Group established new unit in Saudi Arabia for copper business

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, International,
Vedanta Group on Wednesday said it has set up a new copper unit in Saudi Arabia through its subsidiary Malco Energy Ltd for SAR (Saudi Riyal) 1,00,000. The new unit has been named Vedanta Copper International VCI Company Limited, the company said in an exchange filing. In September, Vedanta's board approved a plan to split the business into six separate listed companies. On August 25, Vedanta chairman Anil Aggarwal said the group was considering listing all or some of the businesses separately based on feedback from advisers. He also said that listing different businesses separately would help in "pure play"…
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Norway aid for food security in India
31 Oct

Norway aid for food security in India

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsInternational
Norway, situated in northern Europe will help fund India's ‘Hunger Project’ and will also assist in strengthening women leaders to protect the environment and promote food security in the state of Uttarakhand. The time period of the project will be of three years that is until September 26 with an estimated budget of ₹44.7 million, an official said. The project will strengthen elected women representatives and federations by providing them specified training which will focus on strengthening van panchayats (forest councils) which in turn will provide food security and livelihood opportunities for marginalized communities.
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India sends humanitarian aid to Palestine after catastrophic hospital attack in Gaza killed over 500
22 Oct

India sends humanitarian aid to Palestine after catastrophic hospital attack in Gaza killed over 500

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsInternational
The war between Israel and Hamas has entered to its 16th day leading to the destruction of the live of people. The death toll of Gaza rose to 4,651. The catastrophic attack on Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza has led to the death of hundreds of Palestinian. However, Israel has denied its hand behind bombing, while the Palestinians have held it responsible. On Sunday, India has sent an IAF flight C-17 to El-Arish airport in Egypt, carrying around 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for Palestine.  As per the statement of Ministry of External…
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X to charge $1-a-year from new users for basic features in hopes to curb bots
18 Oct

X to charge $1-a-year from new users for basic features in hopes to curb bots

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, International,
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has begun testing $1-per-year subscription fees for new accounts on the web that want to post or interact with other users, saying this measure can reduce spam, automated bot accounts, and manipulation of its services. The test, called "Not a Bot," has been launched in New Zealand and the Philippines, X said in a blog post on Tuesday. New users who do not pay a fee cannot take certain actions, including writing, liking, replying or bookmarking posts on the site. "This will evaluate a potentially robust measure to help us combat bots…
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Google lays off hundreds of employees in global recruiting team
14 Sep

Google lays off hundreds of employees in global recruiting team

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, International,
Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday laid off hundreds of employees from its global hiring team. This comes as an attempt by the tech giant to slow down the hiring process. Notably, Alphabet Inc. was the first "tech giant" to lay off employees this quarter, while others, such as Meta Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc., aggressively laid off in early 2023. It cut staff by about 6 percent in January, amounting to 12,000 jobs. The move in January marked Google's first "major" layoff in the company's history. The NY Times reported that as of June 30, the company had…
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Google pays 10 USD billion to maintain market share monopoly
13 Sep

Google pays 10 USD billion to maintain market share monopoly

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsInternational,
Lawyers have made opening arguments in a landmark antitrust case against search engine Google, which could test the limits of corporate power in the United States. On Tuesday, in a packed federal courthouse in Washington, DC., the U.S. Department of Justice argued that Google used its resources and influence to suppress competition and maintain its dominance as the most popular search engine. Google counters that internet users rely on search engines for its quality. "Google pays more than $10 billion a year for these privileged positions," said Kenneth Dintzer, the Justice Department's chief litigator. "Google's contracts ensure that rivals can't…
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Woman steals iPhone 14 from store cutting anti-theft cable with her teeth
04 Sep

Woman steals iPhone 14 from store cutting anti-theft cable with her teeth

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, International,
A woman has been arrested for allegedly chewing on an anti-theft cable for stealing an iPhone 14 Plus worth $960 (Rs 79,414) from an Apple store in southern China's Fujian province, the South China Morning Post reported. The woman, identified as Qiu, was caught by police half an hour after leaving the store with the device. In a CCTV camera video that has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms, Ms Qiu is seen standing in front of a smartphone display stand. Then he leans on the counter and puts his right hand on a phone. After a brief test…
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Joe Biden said India is most important country in world: US Ambassador
23 Aug

Joe Biden said India is most important country in world: US Ambassador

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India, International, ,
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Tuesday highlighted the close cooperation between his country and India in various fields including technology, trade, environment and space. He said President Joe Biden told him that India was the most important country in the world to him. Delivering the keynote address at the Indiaspora G20 forum, Garcetti said that Indian Americans constitute six percent of the taxpayers in the United States. "He (President Biden) told me, when he asked me to come here to serve, he said, this is the most important country in the world to me, something that I think…
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