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The company said it has begun the process of ending news availability in Canada.“These changes start today, and will be implemented for all people accessing Facebook and Instagram in Canada over the course of the next few weeks,” Meta said in a statement late on Tuesday.The Online News Act requires Big Tech companies like Meta and Google to negotiate with and pay publishers for their news content.For Canadian news outlets, Meta’s decision means that news links and content posted by news publishers and broadcasters in Canada will no longer be viewable by people in Canada.“We are identifying news outlets based…

The meeting of the GST council, which is headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will be held virtually.On July 11, the GST council decided that there will be a 28 per cent GST levy on full value of gaming, horse racing and casinos.The decision had led to disappointment in the gaming industry, which had even written to the finance ministry, urging it to revoke the decision.On Wednesday, the meeting is likely to take a final call on the proposal to levy 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos and horse racing.After last month’s meeting, a law committee consisting of…

While the China Men’s Hockey Team directly flew to the host city, Pakistan Men’s Hockey Team entered India through the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar, from where they took a flight to Chennai via Bengaluru.The eagerly awaited Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 is set to be played from August 3 to August 12. The tournament promises intense battles as six teams – India, Pakistan, Korea, China, Malaysia, and Japan will lock horns with each other.Pakistan, who have won the Asian Champions Trophy title thrice, are the most successful team in the history of the tournament alongside India, and they will now…

The malfunctioning in Tesla cars has frequently been accompanied by driver-facing messages indicating that power steering assist is reduced or disabled, reports CNBC.The NHTSA received 12 complaints alleging loss of steering control and power steering in the vehicles.“Vehicle steering lost power steering and the steering is stuck in a straight position only while driving. Vehicle can travel only straight forward or backward and cannot turn. Powering off and on did not help resolve the issue. Had to get the car towed to Tesla service,” according to one of the complaints.Another Model 3 driver reported in May the “car steering felt…

“Last month, the GST Council decided to impose a 28 per cent tax on Online Gaming. Many entrepreneurs and investors from the start-up ecosystem opposed this decision, as they felt that it would destroy this fast growing industry,” she tweeted.The AAP leader said that on Tuesday she met several representatives from the Online Gaming industry to understand their concerns.”Today the GST Council is meeting again, and I will ask the Council to reconsider its decision. Promoting start-ups and entrepreneurship is theonly way our economy is going to grow,” her tweet read.–IANSatk/shb

The Soviet emblem on the monument — the tallest staue in Ukraine — will be replaced by the trident by August 24, when the country celebrates Independence Day, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy as saying in a statement.Experts on Monday carrued out some preparatory work and constructed the metal sculpture of the trident, the Ministry said.It also said that it will consider a proposal made by local scientists to change the name of the Motherland Monument to Mother Ukraine.The 102-meter-hight statue was built in 1981 when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, The…

“The mere claim of public interest without following the due procedure of registering with the competent authority can not be pitted against the national interest,” stated the bench.The court refused the argument of BHEL that interference at this stage would cause delay in implementing the project. The bench also did not heed to the argument that the cancellation of tender would result in financial strain on the exchequer of the government and 50 per cent of the work was already completed. The BHEL had awarded the tender to a Kolkata-based BTL EPC Ltd, which has a consortium agreement with a…

“Food should never be used as a weapon of war,” she said on Tuesday in a criticism of Russia for torpedoing the UN-sponsored initiative to export agricultural products from Ukraine and endangering global supplies.To put the spotlight on the looming food problem, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair a high-level open debate on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity, she said.He will be coming with concrete proposals, Thomas-Greenfield said and asked all UN members “to stand with us in combating food insecurity by signing our draft communique”.“We know food security is national security, and we know without a shadow…

Now, if users visit the TweetDeck website while logging out, they will see ‘XPro’ written at the top of the page.However, the URL is still “https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/””XPro is a convenient way to view multiple timeline columns in one easy interface,” the company mentioned on the page.X-owner Elon Musk had announced this rebranding last week. In response to a post about TweetDeck, Musk replied, “Name is changing to XPro. Will come with a wide range of psy op plugins.”Last month, the platform launched an improved version of TweetDeck and said, “In 30 days, users must be Verified to access TweetDeck.”Musk had started…

The youth has been identified as Muthair Ahmad Dar, a resident of Mahool village in Banihal area. “A complaint was lodged against the youth in Shergarhi police station in Srinagar under section 295 and 153-A of the IPC. He was arrested late Tuesday night after a video went viral in which he was seen and heard hurting the religious sentiments of people,” the sources said. In the video, the youth claimed to have dreamt of revered Islamic jurist, saint and scholar, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, fondly known as ‘Peer Dastgeer’ in Kashmir. The youth claimed that the saint had asked…