A group of U.S. Senate Democrats is calling on YouTube to take down videos with “false and misleading” information about the election, a sign of political condemnation usually reserved for social networks Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. In the letter to Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki sent late Monday, the […]
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New copy, paste feature in Microsoft Edge brings trouble for users
Microsoft has launched a new default way to copy and paste web URLs from the Edge browser address bar into your content but the change has not gone down well with the users. According to the company, the new copy and paste tool copies and pastes a URL as a […]
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India leases hi-tech US naval drones to boost surveillance, intel
The Indian Navy has leased two MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the United States to boost its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, in the midst of the border row with China in the Ladakh theatre, officials familiar with developments said on Wednesday. The UAVs have been leased for […]
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Twitter to revive controversial account verification system
Twitter Inc. will bring back its system for verifying user identities next year, and is asking people to provide feedback on what the requirements should be for the coveted blue check mark. The San Francisco-based company will start letting people request verification in early 2021. It published a draft document on Tuesday […]
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Sri Lanka digs moat around Ampara landfill to keep out hungry elephants
Sri Lanka’s government is digging a moat around one of its landfills to keep out hungry elephant herds and reduce conflicts between the animals and villagers. Dozens of elephants lumber out of the forest daily into a garbage dump near the eastern town of Ampara, rummaging through mounds of rubbish […]
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Rajasthan’s ACB arrests 4 Mumbai cops for allegedly taking bribe
Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a sub-inspector and three constables of Mumbai Police for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh for not arresting a complainant’s father, the Bureau’s top official said Wednesday. The accused were arrested red-handed from a hotel near Jaipur’s railway station Tuesday evening. The […]
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Memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age
Scientists studying the complex relationship between ageing and memory have found that in a controlled experiment, people can remember the details about past events with a surprising 94 per cent accuracy, even accounting for age. These results, published in the journal Psychological Science, suggest that the stories we tell about past events are accurate, although […]
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Centre launches portal for transgender persons
The ministry of social justice and empowerment on Wednesday launched a portal that will allow transgender persons to apply online for certification of their self-perceived gender identity. Launched by Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, the portal will allow transgender persons to upload an affidavit declaring their gender identity, which will then become […]
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Cabinet approves amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBS Bank
The government on Wednesday approved merger of crisis-ridden Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) and removed restrictions on withdrawal of deposits by depositors. The Union Cabinet has approved the merger of the LVB with DBS Bank India Limited, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters, adding the […]
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Punjab imposes night curfew from Dec 1, doubles fine for violating norms
Punjab on Wednesday became the latest state to announce fresh restrictions, including night curfew and doubling of fine for not wearing masks or following social distancing norms, amid rising cases in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) and apprehensions of a second wave. Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh ordered […]
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Google adds support for Office editing on iOS version of Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Google has rolled out support for editing Office files on the iOS version of its Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The functionality was so far available on the web and Android. Google’s new feature is also available to both end and enterprise users of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Eligible apps […]
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Ban on firecrackers an example of judicial overreach: Venkaiah Naidu
Labelling the recent ban on firecrackers an example of judicial overreach, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday set the tone of the 80th All India Presiding Officers’ Conference that will discuss “harmonious coordination between legislature, executive and judiciary”. Naidu reminded the conference that the Constitution has “demarcated clear domains for each […]
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Ahmed Patel to be laid to rest at native place in Gujarat
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died at a hospital in Gurugram on Wednesday, will be laid to rest at his native village Piraman in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, an aide of the leader said. After getting the news of Patel’s demise, some residents of Piraman village, located in Ankleshwar taluka, […]
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Car seen crashing into gate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office
A car crashed into the gate of the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said. Reuters pictures from the scene showed police inspecting an estate car at the gate with the words “Stop Globalisation Politics” scrawled in white on its right side. Pictures […]
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British royal Meghan Markle speaks about miscarriage in New York Times article
Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage, an extraordinarily personal disclosure coming from a high-profile British royal. The wife of Prince Harry and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion article published in the New York Times on Wednesday, saying that […]