After a report claimed that Cognizant employees, tasked with vetting Facebook posts flagged for pornographic material, graphic violence or hate speech, have resorted to drugs and sex at workplace, the California-based firm admitted that it needs to do more to improve the well-being of people working in these roles.


Facebook admits it needs to do more for content reviewers


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To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a UAE-based company will globally release 12 bank notes of zero value, the first-ever limited edition commemorative series, an official said here on Wednesday.


Commemorative notes to be released to mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary


A Muslim man on Wednesday climbed onto a water tank in Meerut and raised slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the nation needed a leader like him, officials said.


Muslim man climbs water tank in UP, raises pro-Modi slogans


Finding it hard to sleep at night? If so, blame your genes, say researchers, who identified 57 genes associated with symptoms of insomnia, affecting 10 to 20 per cent people worldwide.


Insomnia could be in your genes


A combined team of the Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a second body from the 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district where 13 miners still remain trapped since December 13, 2018, an official said.


Second body pulled out of Meghalaya coal pit


The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all higher education institutions to allow a minimum one-hour "compensatory time" to a person with benchmark disability (PwBD) for a 3-hour examination, whether they use a scribe or not.


Compensatory time must for PwBD candidates: UGC


Working for nine plus hours a day could put women at higher risk of depression, but not men, finds a study.


Working 9 hours a day can raise depression risk in women


The family of Havaldar VV Vasanth Kumar, killed in the Pulwama terror attack, has welcomed the Indian air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan.


Air strike: We feel proud, says Pulwama martyr's wife


Families of the martyrs of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel hailed the strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets on terror launch pads in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and said that some of their pain has gone with this action.


Martyrs' families hail IAF strikes, seek wipe-out of terror


Ghaziabad District Magistrate (DM) Ritu Maheswari  distributed free sanitary napkins to girls at an awareness programme organised for the women of 35 village panchayats.


Ghaziabad DM distributes sanitary napkins to girls


The National War Memorial is likely to replace India Gate and the Amar Jawan Jyoti as the venue for paying respect to the fallen soldiers on national events like Republic Day and Vijay  Diwas. The iconic India Gate may see mostly regimental functions of the armed forces.


War memorial may replace Amar Jawan Jyoti as venue for paying tribute to fallen soldiers


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the National War Memorial here by lighting the "eternal flame" at the monument and chose the occasion to accuse the previous Congress governments of playing with national interest, saying there was a concept of "family first" instead of "nation first."


PM opens National War Memorial, targets Congress


Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday paid her tributes to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty and emphsised the need for the War Memorial in the country, for which she said, it had to wait for decades.


Need for war memorial was inexorable: Nirmala Sitharaman


Food packets available on Indian Railways' trains will come with a bar code enabling the authorities and passengers to track the kitchen which prepared the food, reducing considerably passengers' complaints about the quality of food delivered.


Soon, food packets delivered in trains to come with bar code


An Indian expat worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won a McLaren 570S Spider supercar after renewing his phone registration, the media reported on Monday.


Indian expat wins McLaren in UAE after renewing phone registration


Mothers whose first child was taken into out-of-home care were found to have inadequate or no prenatal care during subsequent pregnancies, says a new study.


'Cares' may contribute mothers to inadequate protection in subsequent pregnancies


He was born and trained in Austria, spent time in Switzerland where he developed a likeness for Italian cuisine, travelled the world in a cruise liner and eventually began a 25-year-romance with India that continues to this day. For Chef Hermann Grossbichler, the learning never ends and each day is a new beginning.


Chef Hermann Grossbichler's 25-year romance with India (Societal Feature)


The Venezuelan opposition has said that 50 tonnes of humanitarian aid entered the country despite a blockade ordered by the government of Nicolas Maduro, who closed the national borders to prevent the entry of requested donations.


50 tonnes of aid enters Venezuela despite blockade: Opposition


Eight years after creating waves in India, Pune-based Dr. Ganesh Rakh's unique 'Save Girl Child' initiative that involves some 1.75 million volunteers in the country has entered Zambia, with thousands pledging their support for the cause and grabbing the attention of the African continent.


'Save Girl Child' initiative soars from Pune to Zambia


Saudi Arabia has named Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud as the Kingdoms first female ambassador to the US, the media reported on Sunday.


Saudi Arabia appoints Princess as envoy to US


The Delhi government has deployed 2,153 marshals in DTC buses in 2017-18 and CCTV cameras were installed in 200 buses, according to Delhi's Economic Survey 2018-19 report tabled in the Assembly, here on Saturday.

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