Diwali is just around the corner and the festivities have already started. One of the most exciting things about this festive season is gifts. You can gift your friends, family members, loved ones or even yourself if you feel like it. There are a range of products one can go […]
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Twitter to soon update its policy to fight deepfake videos
Twitter is working on a new policy to tackle deepfake videos on its platform that will address the content which could threaten someone’s physical safety or lead to offline harm. The micro-blogging platform has asked its users how best the synthetic and manipulated videos can be addressed. “Deepfakes” are video forgeries that […]
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Now, Gmail and Google will share single profile picture
Google has started combining G Suite users’ Gmail photos with their Google account profile photos. “We are combining the Gmail photo with the Google account profile photo for G Suite users. Now, when you go to change this setting in Gmail, you’ll be directed to the ‘About me’ section of […]
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Microsoft acquires cloud firm Mover to help speed file migration to Microsoft 365
Microsoft has acquired leading Cloud file migration provider Mover for an undisclosed sum. Mover also provides admin-led and self-service offerings and as customer demand to move content to the cloud continues to grow, Mover will help make it easier than ever for customers to migrate files to Microsoft 365, the […]
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‘Not a whisper’: Supreme Court trashes CBI objections to Chidambaram bail
In its order granting bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation’s arguments that the 74-year-old veteran Congress politician could influence or flee the country. Justice R Banumathi, who led the bench, said Chidambaram is “not a flight risk” […]
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American retail chain Macy’s to stop fur sale by end of FY 2020
Premium American retailer Macy’s, Inc. will stop selling fur by the end of fiscal 2020, it announced in a statement. It added that it will continue to provide “great fashion” and value to their customers, and offer high-quality and fashionable faux fur alternatives. “Over the past two years, we have been […]
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‘As mark of solidarity’: Indian group asks members to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil
The trade spat between India, the world’s biggest palm buyer, and Malaysia seems to be escalating, with an influential processors’ group in Mumbai asking its members to refrain from buying the tropical oil from the second-largest producer. Futures in Kuala Lumpur fell on Tuesday. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad last month […]
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Amritsar train tragedy: CM says action initiated against 13 police, MC personnel
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said departmental action has already been initiated against six police officers and seven employees of the Amritsar municipal corporation had been charge-sheeted in the 2018 Amritsar train tragedy case. “Necessary action has been ordered against police and civic body personnel who were […]
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Kartarpur pilgrims sore at delay in online registration, not $20 service fee
Devotees headed for Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan to attend the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak say they are not upset over the $20 fee for the pilgrims but the delay in online registration by the Union government. On Monday, India said it had informed Pakistan that […]
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Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary: Special bus carrying rare copies of Guru Granth Sahib flagged off from Punjabi University
As part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak, a special bus carrying rare manuscripts of Guru Granth Sahib was flagged off from the Punjabi University in Patiala on Monday. Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, chief principal secretary to chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh Suresh Kumar and varsity’s […]
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Protocols not being followed in high security registration plates, transport ministry seeks answers
The ministry of road transport and highways has pulled up automobile manufacturers for not following mandatory protocols of providing high security registration plates (HSRP) details on the central vehicle registration database– VAHAN. In a meeting held on October 4, the ministry of road transport and highways sought explanation from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers […]
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Why Priyanka Gandhi didn’t campaign in Maharashtra, Haryana elections
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra didn’t campaign for the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections because she wanted to focus on strengthening the party in Uttar Pradesh, a leader familiar with the development said. “She is keen on rebuilding and reviving the Congress in Uttar Pradesh,” he said. The Congress has been […]
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Rupee rises 27 paise to 70.87 against USD in early trade
The Indian rupee appreciated by 27 paise to 70.87 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as optimism about US-China trade talks and easing crude oil prices enthused investors. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 70.90, then gained further ground and touched a high of […]
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From 2021, no Assam govt jobs for those with more than two children
The Assam Cabinet on Monday decided that no government jobs will be given to persons having more than two children after January 1, 2021. The important decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held late Monday evening that also adopted a New Land Policy, which will give three bighas of […]
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Marathi actress Pooja Zunjar dies after delivery, kin blame lack of ambulance
A 25-year-old actress from the Marathi film industry and her newborn baby died within hours in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Sunday apparently due to unavailability of ambulance, a police official said on Monday. Relatives of the deceased actress, Pooja Zunjar, claimed she would have been alive had they managed to […]