The Publishers and Booksellers Guild on Monday expressed hope of organising the 45th edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair in 2021, but behind its usual schedule of January-February due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The guild is in regular touch with the West Bengal government and waiting for its advice […]
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US federal agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection
Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’ personal data and how their practices affect children and teens. The Federal Trade Commission’s action announced Monday goes to the heart of the tech […]
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Open discussions on mental health needed: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
Filmmaker Gauri Shinde along with author and wife of actor Ayushmann Khurrana, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana on Monday took part in a panel discussion ‘Mind Your Mind,’ to discuss children’s mental health. Besides Khurrana and Shinde, the panel included several child psychiatrists and school principals. Kashyap who is a mother of […]
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Facebook launches its collaborative music music video app ‘Collab’ on iOS
Facebook earlier this year in May launched an experimental app called ‘Collab’. This app lets users upload videos of music they create that can be used by others on the platform. Facebook has now launched Collab on the App Store for iOS users in the US. Collab has a TikTok-like endless scrolling […]
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Canara Bank SO Recruitment 2020: Application window for 220 vacancies closes today
Canara Bank SO Recruitment 2020: The online application window for Canara Bank specialist officer recruitment closes on Tuesday. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online at canarabank.com. The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 220 vacancies for the post of specialist officers in various disciplines in scale 1 and […]
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Singapore to open business travel bubble for all countries from January
Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business, official and high economic value travellers from all countries, the government said on Tuesday, as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors. Singapore has spent billions of dollars in a bid to […]
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‘No proposal from BJP on ministers’: Nitish Kumar on cabinet expansion
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that he has not received any proposal for the induction of new ministers from the BJP, adding that the cabinet expansion would be discussed whenever the proposal comes from the senior ally in the NDA. “We have not received any proposal of […]
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Pinterest to pay $22.5 mn to settle gender discrimination suit
Popular online bulletin board Pinterest will pay former chief operating officer Francoise Brougher $20 million in a deal reached to settle a gender discrimination suit, a regulatory filing showed Monday. The settlement includes Pinterest investing another $2.5 million to increase the presence of women and other under-represented groups in the […]
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Mom-to-be Kareena Kapoor Khan flaunts baby bump in pink crop top, leggings
Mom-to-be Kareena Kapoor Khan can pull off any look, and she proved that yet again as she flaunted her baby bump in a cute pale pink sports bra, matching high-waist leggings as she shot for an upcoming ad for a leading sportswear brand. Kareena is all set to welcome baby […]
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Uttarakhand govt to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to 93 thousand health workers
More than 93 thousand health workers of Uttarakhand will be given free coronavirus vaccine, the state Health Secretary Amit Negi said on Tuesday. He further said that the Central Government has made it clear that no amount will be taken from health workers for the vaccine. In the first phase of vaccination across the country, the centre will provide […]
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Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content
Facebook, Twitter and TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain on Tuesday. Tech platforms will also need to do more to protect children from being exposed to grooming, bullying and pornography, […]
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‘Stop the memoir’: Pranab Mukherjee’s son to publishers of father’s book
Days after publishing house Rupa announced the launch of former President Pranab Mukherjee’s final volume of memoirs, his son and former Lok Sabha member of Parliament Abhijit Mukherjee has demanded that the publication be stopped till he gives his approval. In a series of tweets, Mukherjee said that the excerpts […]
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PM Modi says farmers surrounding Delhi misguided, blames Opposition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday blamed the opposition for the ongoing stir by thousands of farmers, who have been protesting the three new farm laws by camping near Delhi’s borders, saying they have been misled. “People who are sitting in the Opposition and misleading farmers today were in the […]
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‘Growing recognition, acceptance for idea of Indo-Pacific’, says Jaishankar
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said it was a matter of satisfaction that there is a growing recognition and acceptance of the idea of Indo-Pacific. Jaishankar was speaking at the joint conference alongside UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab. “India has its own vision of Indo-Pacific. But I will also […]
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Remo D’Souza strikes heroic poses in hospital after suffering heart attack
Actor Aamir Ali has shared a health update for choreographer-filmmaker Remo D’Souza, who was recently admitted to hospital after suffering a heart attack. “My brother is back,” Aamir wrote in an Instagram post. He also shared pictures from the hospital, which showed Remo striking heroic poses in a hospital gown. Earlier, […]