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28 Feb

Facebook restricts several social media accounts in Ukraine

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Access to several social media accounts in Ukraine has been blocked by Meta. The social networking giant also said it is reviewing other governments' requests to restrict access to the accounts in their countries. In a tweet, Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Meta , on Monday wrote that the company has been in contact with the Government of Ukraine. "At their request, we have also restricted access to several accounts in Ukraine, including those belonging to some Russian state media organization. We are also reviewing other government requests to restrict Russian state-controlled media," he said. The Ukrainians…

28 Feb

India abstains on vote to name emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine

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India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to name for a rare distinctive emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, even as New Delhi welcomed Moscow and Kyiv’s selection to keep talks at the Belarus border. The resolution was once adopted with 11 votes in favour, paving the way for the General Assembly to meet on the crisis as quickly as Monday night (India time) or Tuesday morning. India, China and the UAE abstained, while Russia voted in opposition to the resolution. This will be only the 11th…

28 Feb

India equal world record for most successive wins in T20Is after defeating Sri Lanka in 3rd T20I

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India, after defeating Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I, Rohit Sharma-led Team India equalled the world record for registering the most consecutive T20I victories. With this victory over Sri Lanka, Team India registered their 12th consecutive win in the shortest format and they have now equalled Afghanistan's record for most consecutive T20I wins by a Test-playing nation. India is currently the No.1 ranked team in the shortest format of the game. India won the third and final T20I match against Sri Lanka by six wickets. Shreyas Iyer starred with 73* not out as Team India chased the target of…

28 Feb

Hero MotoCorp created new role of Chief Growth Officer

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHERO MOTOCORP

The world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters Hero MotoCorp has created a new position, titled Chief Growth Officer, integrating the Marketing, Sales and After-Sales functions. Ranjivjit Singh – who has been heading Marketing - is being elevated to this newly constituted role of Chief Growth Officer, with immediate effect.Ranjivjit joined Hero MotoCorp in July 2021 and has contributed immensely towards enhancing the brand salience and customer affinity of Brand Hero. Naveen Chauhan, who has been heading the SAS function since April 1, 2020, has decided to move on and pursue opportunities outside of the Company. He will stay on…

28 Feb

Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli arrested for under the influence of alcohol and rash driving

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Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli, 50, was once arrested for allegedly riding under the influence of alcohol after he rammed his car into any other auto which belonged to cricketer Ramesh Powar's wife, before smashing into the gate of his residential society in Bandra on Sunday afternoon. According to police sources, Kambli tried to velocity away but was once caught by way of a police patrol van close to the Lilavati Hospital and observed to be in an inebriated condition. He was said via Powar's wife, who witnessed the incident and known as the police manipulate room. Kambli used to…

28 Feb

Framework for digital skills needs to be strengthened

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaFramework, PM Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said at a Post Budget seminar that it is imperative to prepare the ‘demographic dividend’ of the country as per the demands of the changing job roles. The discussion was a part of a series of seminars inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He addressed the first session themed — Digital University: Making World Class Higher Education Accessible for All. The panellists shared their views on the recent announcements made by our finance minister in the Budget 2022 including deliberations on DESH stack e-portal that aims to empower citizens to skill, reskill…

28 Feb

Tata Motors celebrated India’s #1 SUV brand

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India’s leading automotive brand Tata Motors has introduced the ‘Untamed Kaziranga Edition of SUVs’, inspired by India’s rich geographical and biological diversity while also paying homage to India’s great national parks. This will include India’s first and safest sub compact SUV – the Punch, India’s first GNCAP 5star rated car – the Nexon, the company’s premium SUV with the Land Rover DNA – the Harrier and its flagship 7 seater SUV – the Safari.It comes with a series of interesting additions to enhance the overall design of the cars. All models come with a Grassland Beige Exterior Body Color with…

28 Feb

As Anil Kapoor’s ‘Judaai’ clocks 25 years, actor exhibits he originally stated no to the film

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The 1997 hit film, Judaai, starring actors Anil Kapoor, Srivedi and Urmila Matondkar, obtained significant reward when it launched on February 28. Despite having an unconventional storyline, the place a money-minded wife (Sridevi) consents to have her husband (Kapoor) marry some other girl (Matondkar) in alternate for money, the movie won the hearts of the audience. Kapoor tells us that he used to be originally reluctant to sign the movie. “I stored on saying no to the movie as I ought to now not connect with my character. I had a lot of stress from household and the family production…

28 Feb

Collaboration of Hero MotoCorp and BPCL

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The world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters Hero MotoCorp and a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have collaborated to set up charging infrastructure for two-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) across the country. The two mega entities will first establish a substantial charging infrastructure at the existing nationwide energy station network and subsequently may broaden the collaboration to develop more synergies within the EV ecosystem and adjacent business verticals, thereby enabling prospects throughout the customer life cycle. First the charging stations will be setup across nine cities starting with Delhi and Bengaluru. The entire…

28 Feb

Watch the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Eastelephant-friendly tea garden

Meet tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa who is making a difference with the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden in Assam on the next episode of ‘OMG! YehMera India’ 28th February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The eighth season of the trendsetting original factual entertainment series continued with enthralling, inspirational stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents. Bodosa has tried to encourage a more symbiotic human-elephant relationship at his three-hectare tea garden in Udalguri, Assam. Not only did he shun dangerous practices like electric fences and drainage ditches used by others to discourage the movement of elephants through tea gardens,…