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Don't seek 'free-for-all hellscape' for Twitter, says Elon Musk

The message to advertisers posted on Thursday on Twitter came a day before Musk's deadline for closing his $44-billion deal to buy the social-media company and take it private.

Potato and tomato output projected to be down by 4-5% in 2021-22

The production of overall vegetables is projected to be higher at 204.84 million tonnes as against 200.45 million tonnes in the said period

Gloomy results by Alphabet, Microsoft stoke fears of a global downturn

Alphabet leads Big Tech sell-off after reporting slowdown in ad growth, Microsoft's cloud revenue softer than expected

New PM Rishi Sunak pledges to lead Britain out of economic crisis

Several ministers sacked, Hunt to stay FM

Delhi's air quality lowest in last 5 years after Diwali, still 'very poor'

The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 312 was the second best for the Diwali day in seven years

Rishi Sunak to be UK's first Indian-origin PM as his rivals quit the race

Youngest to the post in 200 years; warns UK faces 'profound economic challenge'

Chinese President Xi creates history, wins record third term in power

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said that China will open its door wider to the rest of the world, as he secured the historic third term as the leader of the Communist Party of China

Rishi Sunak leads MP support, over halfway to threshold: Report

British minister Penny Mordaunt on Friday launched her bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister, becoming the first Conservative lawmaker to announce they are running.

Netflix reverses subscriber loss with big hits, adds 2.4 mn from July-Sep

Password-sharing crackdown: Company shares details

'I am a fighter, not a quitter', says Truss to an angry Parliament

PM commits to pension spending; no comment on benefits, foreign aid

BCCI gives nod to women's IPL at 9th annual general meeting in Mumbai

Although BCCI has not finalised the WIPL schedule, it will end before the men's IPL

Delhi CM Kejriwal announces 100 EV charging stations, one every 2 km

Nearly 70 per cent of these charging stations have been set up at Delhi Metro parking areas where EV users can easily park their vehicles for charging, Kejriwal said while inaugurating 11 stations

Russia says seized Ukrainian lands are under its nuclear protection

Nearly eight months into his invasion of Ukraine, some analysts believe the likelihood of Putin resorting to nuclear weapons has increased since his army suffered a series of major defeats

PM Modi dedicates 75 Digital Banking Units to nation; check full list

The economic progress of a country is directly linked to the strength of its banking system, he said after dedicating 75 DBUs to the nation

Bangalore-bound Akasa Air flight returns to Mumbai after bird strike

A Bangalore-bound Akasa Air flight from here returned to the city airport due to a burning smell in the cabin, which later turned out to be due to a bird strike, a DGCA official said on Saturday.

Still looking for free trade deal with India by Diwali, says Britain

New Delhi is also seeking to claw back half a billion pounds in payments made by Indian workers toward Britain's social security system as part of the deal

Desperate for workers, firms plan to hire people even with criminal records

Railroads have been struggling with service issues they say have been caused by worker shortages, and in september struck a labour deal to avoid a nationwide strike

Nissan Motor pushes partner Renault to sell down stake, may raise funds

Asks French firm to cut stake to 15%

Delhi-NCR receives record rains, UP farmers stare at heavy losses

Paddy, maize, potatoes, bajra, urad worst affected crops

BSE gets SEBI's approval to set up a separate social stock exchange

In July, SEBI notified rules for Social Stock Exchange (SSE) to provide social enterprises with an additional avenue to raise funds