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US House passes bill to ban assault weapons with narrow vote after 18 yrs

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote, the first vote of its kind in 18 years amid the increase in gun violence across the country

SSC scam: Arpita Mukherjee informs ED of Belgharia home's duplicate keys

Arpita Mukherjee, in the West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam, informed the ED that her residence at Belgharia had multiple duplicate keys and hence accessed by many

Amazon reduces headcounts by 100,000, sees stabilisation in workforce

Amazon has reduced its direct workforce by nearly 1 lakh, the largest sequential drop in its history, primarily at its fulfillment centres and distribution network.

Delhi court directs to install CCTV at top cops' offices in Tihar jail

A Delhi Court has directed Tihar Jail Director General to install CCTV cameras inside the offices of the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of jail

Uber to show drivers how much they'll earn before accepting a trip

Ride-hailing major Uber is going to show drivers how much they will earn and where they are going before accepting a trip.

Short-video leader TikTok now plans own music streaming service

After dominating the short-video format market andAgiving jitters to Meta (formerly Facebook), TikTok parent company ByteDance is now eyeing the music streaming market with launching 'TikTok Music'

Apple to test new App Store ad placements to improve chances of discovery

To give developers more opportunities to get their apps discovered by users, tech giant Apple is planning to soon test a pair of new ad placements on the App Store.

Always need backing of captain,coach for the role I play: Dinesh Karthik

India batter Dinesh Karthik has indicated he needs to be continuously backed by the skipper and coach given the finisher's role assigned to him

Facing humiliation at the hands of minister, VC resigns in Punjab

Facing humiliation at the hands of a minister in the AAP government, one of country's top orthopaedic surgeons and Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Raj Bahadur resigned

Spanish PM tells public to stop wearing ties to save energy

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged citizens to stop wearing ties to work in an effort to save energy amid the ongoing heat wave.

Twitter likely to allow posting images, videos in one tweet soon

Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to post images, videos and GIFs in one multimedia tweet.

Kerala Minister calls out Ashwini Vaishnaw for 'playing cheap politics'

Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday slammed Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for abruptly calling off a meeting with him and two of his Cabinet colleagues

Suspected monkeypox virus case detected in Himachal, sample sent to Pune

The health condition of the person is improving as it has been 21 days since he first showed the symptoms

20,000 Indian students returned from Ukraine amid war with Russia: Centre

The government on Friday told the Lok Sabha that about 20,000 Indian students have returned from Ukraine, as per the data provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

Rohit Sharma dethrones Guptill to become leading run-scorer in T20Is

India skipper Rohit Sharma went past New Zealand opener Martin Guptill to regain first place in the list of top run-getters in T20 Internationals during the first T20I of series against West Indies

Delhi Lokayukta seeks report on 'irregularities in classroom construction'

Delhi Lokayukta sought response from the Arvind Kejriwal government regarding the alleged financial irregularities in the construction of additional classrooms in schools under Education Department

CWG: Badminton, hockey, TT teams make winning starts; Thapa, Nataraj excel

The men's and women's table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women's hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa at the Commonwealth Games

A charity cricket match in UK was used to fund Imran Khan's party: Report

At the centre of the saga is Wootton Cricket Ltd, a Cayman Islands-incorporated company, and the money from charity fundraisers, such as the 'Wootton T20 Cup', to bankroll PTI, reports FT

Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock for 'unacceptable' Oscars night slap

"It's all fuzzy," Smith said. "I've reached out to Chris and the message that came back is he's not ready to talk, and when he is, he will reach out."

Delhi sees over 1k new cases for 3rd day in a row; positivity rate at 7.36%

The number of active cases stands at 3,844, out of which 2,355 patients are being treated in home isolation