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17 Mar

Elon Musk To Exit Endeavor

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Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla will resign from the board of directors of Endeavor Group Holdings, the Hollywood conglomerate whose properties include the William Morris talent agency and Ultimate Fighting Championship. The company announced his departure in its annual report with the SEC, saying that his resignation will be effective from June 30, 2022. An Endeavor spokesperson stated, "We thank Elon Musk for his commitment to Endeavor through our first year as a public company, in which he contributed meaningfully to our long-term strategy and vision for the future of sports and entertainment. We know he has a lot…

17 Mar

Netflix block access of the users who are from different locations

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Globally Netflix added 8.28 million paid subscribers in the Q4 2021. A year before which was 8.5 million in the same period. The forecast is for the 2.5 million new subscribers in the first 3 months of this current year which will be lesser than the previous year. In 2021 it was 3.98 million during the same period. In India, Netflix reduced subscription prices by 60%. It now costs 149 per month for the Netflix Mobile plan, 199 for the Basic plan, 499 for Standard and 649 for Premium plan all of this for monthly basis. One Netflix subscription is…

16 Mar

Shopsy witnesses extraordinary shopping trends

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Fipkart’s social commerce platform Shopsy has witnessed some extraordinary shopping trends on the platform as it gears up to celebrate its first Holi with customers. Right from Holi pichkaris and organic colors, customers are now moving from the traditional ways of celebration and making their buys more value focused. On the platform, while the Holi essentials category witnessed 60% traction from Tier 3+ cities, the east and north zones contributed to the majority of buyers. The top cities which spotted highest demand were Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Varanasi, Allahabad, Jaipur, Ranchi, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Medinipur, Bankura and Nagpur. Colors…

16 Mar

5.5 Lakh customers have adopted Rapido

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India’s leading bike-taxi and auto service platform Rapido has received an overwhelming response from both the passengers and driver-partners in Guwahati. 5.5L customers have adopted the ride-hailing service as an alternative mode of travel and the service provider has also generated employment opportunities for 60k Captains in the city. Launched in 2018 in Guwahati, the platform provides an efficient alternative travel solution to passengers, while creating income opportunities for driver partners. The leading bike-taxi and auto service platform is deeply committed to the well-being of its passengers and thus has unique initiatives such as providing a helmet and insurance to…

16 Mar

‘No Constitutional Infirmity’: Supreme Court Upholds Govt’s One Rank One Pension Policy

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The Supreme Court said on Wednesday, sixteen March, that there was no constitutional infirmity in the central government's One Rank One Pension (OROP) policy. The apex court disposed of the plea filed with the aid of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, which was once searching for the implementation of the policy in the armed forces with an annual revision. The plea had questioned the Centre's decision of a periodic assessment every five years in this regard. A three-judge bench headed through Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and Surya Kant stated that the decision by way of the government used to be…

16 Mar

CBI Chargesheets Ex-National Auditor SK Sharma In VVIP Chopper Case

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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a supplementary chargesheet against former national auditor Shashi Kant Sharma in the Rs 3,700-crore AugustaWestland chopper deal. The central probe organization has additionally sought permission from the defence ministry to prosecute retired Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar, deputy chief check pilot SA Kunte, the then Wing Commander Thomas Mathew and Group Captain N Santosh, sources said. Sharma was Joint Secretary (Air) in the defence ministry between 2003 and 2007 and then Defence Secretary 2011-2013. He was then comptroller and Auditor General from 2013 to 2017. Kunte and Santosh retired as air commodores.…

16 Mar

After China, South Korea facing surge in Covid Cases as Omicron speeds up

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After China, South Korea is presently managing its most obviously terrible Covid-19 episode as the usa hit each and every other achievement, recording more than 4,00,000 contamination occasions on Wednesday. According to the kingdom media, South Korea pronounced 4,00,741 new daily Covid-19 cases, the highest considering that the u . s . said its first Covid-19 case in January last year. Most of these cases have been stated to be locally transmitted. With expanded in cases, South Korea's fundamental caseload has now flooded to 7,629,275, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) used to be cited as articulating on…

16 Mar

Indira IVF organise free infertility counselling camp in Jorhat

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The country’s largest chain of infertility treatment Indira IVF is organising a free infertility counselling camp on 13th March at Niramay Hospital and Research centre in Jorhat for the people of Jorhat. It aims to educate couples struggling to conceive about the causes and its treatment. The IVF specialist from Indira IVF Guwahati Dr. Dibyjyoti Goswami will council the patients/ couples at the camp. Indira IVF Group is presently operating 106 centres across the country where by deploying state-of-the-art technologies, 1 lakh successful IVF procedures have been completed. This camp can be attended by the males and females who have…

16 Mar

‘Meta-worse for democracy,’ says Rahul in attack on Facebook

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Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi attacked Facebook on Wednesday and said that it was worse for democracy. He shared a compilation of news reports on Twitter, accusing Facebook of helping the BJP reach out to voters during the elections. Rahul Gandhi also shared a report of Al Jazeera and The Reporters' Collective which claimed that Facebook had offered BJP cheaper deals for election advertisements as compared to the other political parties. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in Lok Sabha, "I urge the government to put an end to the systematic interference and influence of Facebook and other social media giants…

16 Mar

India begins Covid-19 vaccination for all beneficiaries in the 12-14 age group

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India today began free of cost Covid-19 vaccination for all beneficiaries in the 12-14 age group at all government vaccination centres. In addition, all those above 60 years of age are being given precaution doses. The launch of the massive exercise coincided with the National Vaccination Day which is observed each year on 16 March to convey the importance of vaccination and its role in public health. In a message on the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that today was an important day in India’s efforts to vaccinate its citizens and urged youngsters in the 12-14 age group and…