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San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Sunday announced that he will soon replace the micro-blogging platform’s blue bird logo with the ‘X’ logo.Musk tweeted, “Frankly, I love the negative feedback on this platform. Vastly preferable to some sniffy censorship bureau!””And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.””If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow,” he added.He further said, “To embody the imperfections in us all that make us unique.”Musk then shared a picture of the blue bird logo with a black background and…

San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) US-based proptech startup Stoa has laid off 80 per cent of its workforce after undergoing dramatic cutbacks.The company has raised a total of $300 million since its inception in 2017, with $100 million raised in equity and $200 million raised in debt. Between November 2021 and August 2022, nearly the full amount was raised in less than a year, reports CTech.In addition, the company recently got an unknown investment and stated that it is considering several options.”In response to the changes in the real estate market, the company is undergoing a reorganisation and has reduced…

In a tweet on Saturday, Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said: “We reiterate that the IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) will not allow anyone to threaten the national security of Afghanistan, or use our territory against others.”Iran’s top diplomat has claimed that the terrorist group’s operatives had been shifted to Afghanistan from Syria, Libya and Iraq, Xinhua news agency reported quoting media reports.”We reject the Iranian foreign minister’s allegation asserting that Daesh leaders have been transferred to Afghanistan from Iraq, Syria and Libya,” Balkhi contended in his reaction.Although the Afghan security forces have killed and arrested scores of affiliated IS…

“Had a discussion with LG of Delhi, VK Saxena Ji about the water level in the Yamuna river, ” the Home Minister tweeted.On Sunday morning, the water level was recorded at 205.90 meters, which is around 57 centimeters above the danger mark of 205.90 meters.Shah also informed that he spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and inquired about the situation caused due to heavy downpour in various parts of the state.”Spoke to Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Ji, about the flood-like situation occurring in various parts of the state due to the recent heavy rainfall,” the Home Minister said.Ample numbers…

The victim, Sudha Swarnkar’s father, Ghanshyam Swarnkar, an information department employee, said that the fraudster deducted the amount in five transactions in just 20 minutes, but the police are yet to react even after a week.He said that his daughter was approached by a person over the phone, introducing himself as Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Pankaj Kumar Pandey on July 15 and offered to hire her for a two-month long yoga camp to be organised by BSF in the Lucknow Cantonment area.He said Pandey asked her to deposit fees for a hiring request through the Paytm account linked to…

Bodies of the two labourers have been brought out. The rescue operation to bring out the remaining four persons is continuing.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed concern over the incident and has directed NDRF and SDRF teams to join the rescue operations. He has also directed concerned officials to ensure proper treatment of the injured persons.–IANSamita/uk

Similar cases have occurred in the past, some have come to light and many may have gone unreported.In August 2010, an Adivasi teen was paraded naked and molested across three villages in West Bengal. The incident would have gone unnoticed, but for one of the several MMSes that the men recorded on their mobile phones and these reached the media three months later, which made the police act.The video was grotesque, showing the teen struggling to shake groping hands off her, desperately trying to seek a cover and after some time walking like a log of wood with a face…

The level of 20K on NIFTY which is an important milestone in the life of an index was missed by a whisker with the level being reached at 19,991.85 points or just about 8 points short. Probably markets will need to gather its resources and then make an attempt to surmount Mount 20k as after Friday’s correction we are now short by 255 points. BSESENSEX gained 623.36 points or 0.94 per cent to close at 66,684.26 points while NIFTY gained 180.50 points or 0.92 per cent to close at 19,745.00 points. The broader markets continued their upward movement as well…

In a regulatory filing, Mahindra has said that on July 19, the Eastern District Court of Michigan issued its order on FCA’s renewed motion to enjoin the post-2020 Roxor and, based on its analysis, has declined to apply the “safe distance rule” to this case as sought by FCA.With this ruling, Mahindra Automotive North America, a subsidiary of the company, continues to have no restraints on its ability to produce, sell and distribute the post-2020 Roxor in the US, the carmaker said in the filing, Autocar India reported.The matter began in 2019 when FCA claimed that the Mahindra Roxor’s design…

The local purchase to the tune of Rs 3.82 crore was made by the accused officers between November 1983 and November 1985.The Special Judge awarded the jail term to Satya Pal Sharma (Lt. Colonel); Y.K. UppaI (then Garrison Engineer); K.S. Saini (Lt. Colonel) then Garrison Engineer (West); Virendra Kumar Jain, then Garrison Engineer (East); S.S. Thakkar then Garrison Engineer (Air Force), Bamrauli; and Ashok Kumar Deora, Anil Kumar Deora, Pawan Kumar Deora, all proprietors of different fictitious firms.The CBI registered the instant case against Lt. Colonel S.P. Sharma, then Commander Works Engineer (CWE), Military Engineering Services (MES), Allahabad and other…