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The tech giant said in a statement that the “volume of requests for our recruiters has gone down”. Google, however, declined to reveal the exact number of people being asked to go from its recruiting workforce, reports Semafor. “In order to continue our important work to ensure we operate efficiently, we’ve made the hard decision to reduce the size of our recruiting team,” a company spokesperson was quoted as saying in the report. “We’re supporting everyone impacted with a transition period, outplacement services, and severance as they look for new opportunities here at Google and beyond,” the spokesperson added. Google…

Fragile bodied retired IGP, Ghulam Hassan Bhat stood by the body of his son, DSP Humayun Bhat in the district police lines in Srinagar without a tear in his eyes. As a piece of steel, Ghulam Hassan Bhat escorted by Javaid Mujtaba Gilani, ADGP, laid a wreath at his martyred son’s coffin wrapped in the Tricolour. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Secretary Arun Mehta, DGP Dilbag Singh and all other senior officers of J&K Police stood solemnly behind the father waiting for their turn to pay last respects to the slain officer. Humayun, a 2018 batch officer of the JKPS,…

“I should pay tribute to the Indian presidency. The Indian presidency did its best in order to have the South’s voice represented and did its best to put development agenda in the centre of the discussions of the G20,” he said on Wednesday.“Then, of course, the conclusions are what they are. It depends on what countries are ready to accept. But I think that effort needs to be underlined.” The G20 consensus document did not adopt two key proposals Guterres has been championing – action to keep global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius and cut out fossil fuel, and an…

Wednesday’s meeting was attended by Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, JD-U’s Sanjay Jha, in place of Lallan Singh, CPI’s D. Raja, DMK’s T.R. Baalu, PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut, Samajwadi Party’s Javed Ali, AAP’s Raghav Chadha, JMMs Hemant Soren and NC’s Omar Abdullah.An informed source said that detailed discussions were held on several issues, during which the seat sharing matter also came up.He said the alliance members decided that the seat sharing issue will be taken care by the leaders at the state level, which needs to be completed by October end.The matter can then…

Iran will respond to the “political move” of the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany as well as the US, a Foreign Ministry statement quoted spokesperson Nasser Kanaani as saying on Wednesday, adding that exerting political pressure on Iran will backfire.Kanaani noted that the criticism levelled against Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA in the statement came on the heels of significant progress in the cooperation between Tehran and the agency following the two sides’ interactions since the beginning of the year.Kanaani said that Iran is committed to the principle of cooperating with IAEA within the framework of the safeguards…

The explosion that took place during a mass demonstration of the Palestinians injured 25 others, it added on Wednesday.Before the blast, there was a clash between dozens of Palestinian protestors and Israeli soldiers along the border fence, during which Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas bombs, Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Israeli soldiers used dispersal measures after the Palestinians hurled explosive devices and grenades at the barrier, according to The Times of Israel.Investigation is underway to find the cause of the explosion, but the IDF claimed an explosive device was placed by…

A 12-person UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team has been deployed in Libya to support the world body’s response to the massive flooding that has killed thousands of people with thousands more missing, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday, noting that the UN is responding to calls for assistance and providing aid in the affected areas.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the beginning of a press conference on Wednesday preceding next week’s annual high-level General Assembly session, again expressed his deepest condolences and full solidarity with all those affected by the flooding in Libya…

Perthes made the announcement on Wednesday while briefing the Security Council on the situation in Sudan, Xinhua news agency reported.”I have had the privilege to serve as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan for more than two-and-a-half years,” he added.”I am grateful to the Secretary-General for that opportunity and for his confidence in me, but I have asked him to relieve me of this duty. This will therefore be my last briefing in this function,” said Perthes.In response to questions at a press conference on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Perthes has very strong reasons to resign…

Selected from among 200 submissions from 60 countries, ‘India Love Project’ has been shortlisted for countering prejudice by sharing positive stories of love and marriage that defy the traditional boundaries of faith, caste, ethnicity and gender.”The creativity, courage, and commitment shown by this year’s finalists is so important at this moment,” said Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General of the Global Centre for Pluralism.”At a time of increasing polarisation globally, it is critical to magnify the impacts of pluralism leaders who are creating more inclusive and peaceful societies where diversity is valued. I hope these examples spur us all to follow…

These articles were recovered when construction work of Ram temple began in Ayodhya in August 2020.General secretary of the Trust, Champat Rai, has posted pictures of all artifacts through the official account of the Trust on X (formerly known as Twitter).These artifacts are broken statues, pillars, a kalash, five-feet-tall Shivling with carvings on it and other antiques of religious importance.The Trust has claimed that the articles recovered are similar to those recovered by the ASI during the 2003 excavation carried out in and around the disputed site in Ayodhya.The state government will hand over the Ram Katha Sangrahalaya to Sri…