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Nikola cuts 270 jobs as cash to survive runs low
19 Jun

Nikola cuts 270 jobs as cash to survive runs low

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
US-based electric truck maker Nikola has announced it will lay off 270 employees, or about 23 percent of its workforce, and limit its electric truck efforts in North America to conserve cash. According to the company, it will lay off 150 team members who were supporting the company's European programs, as well as 120 employees at the company's Phoenix and Coolidge, Arizona sites in the United States. After the cuts, there will be about 900 employees. The company said these reductions are expected to reduce employee-related cash costs by more than $50 million annually. "Our battery-electric truck is on the…
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Adipurush review: Modern but not outstanding
17 Jun

Adipurush review: Modern but not outstanding

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsEntertainment, India,
The controversy that was going on before the release, after watching 'Adipurush', got heated again. The Hindu Sena group filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against the Ramayana-based film directed by Om Raut. In that petition, it has been demanded to stop the exhibition of this film in public. According to Hindu Sena national president Vishnu Gupta, 'Adipurush' has defaced the image of Hindu mythological characters Rama, Ravana, Sita, and Hanuman. So immediately some 'offensive' scenes should be removed from the film. The petition further states, “The manner in which religious characters are depicted in this film is…
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Union minister RK Ranjan Singh’s house set on fire in Imphal
16 Jun

Union minister RK Ranjan Singh’s house set on fire in Imphal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia
This time the home of the central minister was affected by tribal violence in Manipur! A frenzied mob attacked the house of Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in the Kongba area on Thursday night. His house was set on fire by throwing petrol bombs! According to administration sources, Minister Ranjan was not at home at that time. The attack on Meitei community leader Ranjan's house is believed to be due to the death of several people in the firing by miscreants in the area. Ignoring the curfew, more than a thousand people gathered in the…
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India’s Reliance to raise up to $2 Billion to fund expansion
16 Jun

India’s Reliance to raise up to $2 Billion to fund expansion

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is in talks with foreign exchange lenders to raise up to $2 billion in funds for the expansion of the oil-to-telecom firm, a report said on Thursday. Reliance plans to use India's dedicated external commercial lending route to secure loans, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The facility can last between three and five years and a portion of the money will also be used for refinance of loans that mature in September, the report said. Bank of America, Citigroup and Standard Chartered are among the lenders involved in the loan talks, the report added. Reliance had said…
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‘Biporjoy’ to hit Gujarat this evening, 74,000 people displaced
15 Jun

‘Biporjoy’ to hit Gujarat this evening, 74,000 people displaced

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia
Over 74,000 people have been evacuated as dangerous Cyclone Biporjay is forecast to hit the Kutch coast at 4 pm today. The cyclone is expected to bring winds of up to 150 km per hour, with heavy rains posing a serious threat to the region. A red and orange alert has been issued in several districts of Gujarat, indicating the situation is serious. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held discussions with the heads of three departments focusing on preparedness and response measures. Eight states, including Kerala, are on high alert as a possible risk of a cyclone looms. The India…
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Siddharth Banerjee joins UNIVO 
14 Jun

Siddharth Banerjee joins UNIVO 

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India
UNIVO has appointed Siddhartha Banerjee as its Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Banerjee will be responsible for leading and growing the business. With his appointment, he brings expertise from the consumer and technology industries to drive UNIVO's growth and innovation in a dynamic online higher education landscape. In his career spanning over 23 years, Banerjee has held leadership positions in global companies including Unilever, Vodafone, and Facebook (now Meta) and made a significant impact on their growth and digital transformation journeys. Commenting on his appointment, Siddhartha Banerjee said, "The online education ecosystem is constantly evolving through transformation and UNIVO…
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Daughter kills mother, stuffs body in suitcase and reports to police
13 Jun

Daughter kills mother, stuffs body in suitcase and reports to police

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia
A girl is accused of killing her mother in anger. It did not end there, the woman herself reached the police station with the body of the deceased mother in a suitcase. Bangalore police were shocked by the incident. It is known that the original home of the accused woman is in West Bengal. According to police sources, the 39-year-old woman lives in a flat in Bengaluru with her family. Her mother had daily quarrels and troubles with a physiotherapist woman by profession. She killed her mother in anger on Monday. After that, the mother's body was packed in a…
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Center bans over 150 ‘anti-India’ sites, YouTube channels
12 Jun

Center bans over 150 ‘anti-India’ sites, YouTube channels

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India
YouTube News channels, which were reduced, had over 12,123,500 subscribers and a total of 1,320,426,964 views.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (INB) has taken down more than 150 websites and YouTube-based news channels since May 2021 for producing "anti-India" content, officials aware of the details said. Websites and channels have been removed for violation of Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, which empowers any government agency or mediator to issue orders to block content in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India. To prevent incitement to the commission of any cognizable offense relating…
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BSF shoots down another Pakistani drone carrying narcotics in Punjab
10 Jun

BSF shoots down another Pakistani drone carrying narcotics in Punjab

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsCrime, India, International,
Days after a Pakistani drone carrying drugs was seized in Punjab, Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Saturday foiled another attempt to smuggle drugs from Pakistan to India. Bsf troops shot down a drone carrying suspected drugs from Pakistan near Rai village in Punjab's Amritsar.\Earlier, forces recovered a Pakistani drone on the international border near Rai village on Thursday and Friday midnight. Punjab Frontier's PRO, said they suspect the smuggled item to be heroin with a total weight of around 5.5 kg. "On June 10, at around 4 am, BSF troops deployed along the border reported the indian space violation…
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Road accident death rate fell in Kerala after AI cameras started working
10 Jun

Road accident death rate fell in Kerala after AI cameras started working

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsAccident, Business, India, Lifestyle, Technology
Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…
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