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FILE – Visitors take photos at a sign outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) As previously announced, Meta layoffs started May 20. Thousands of employees across the globe received email from Meta leadership informing that their role has been eliminated. The email sent to impacted employees, obtained by Business Insider, gave details on severance, visas, and access to company systems. It said that employee access has been cut, but laid-off employees can check all details on Alumni portal, which they can access within an hour of losing system access.Earlier this week, Meta’s Head of People…

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed a first information report (FIR) and proceedings against former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey and other accused of trying to get the informant, Sanjay Punamiya, to falsely implicate chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, and retired IPS officer and former Mumbai police chief Parambir Singh in an urban land ceiling scam in exchange for dropping charges against him in a case.The HC bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam held that the very registration of the FIR was an abuse of process of law.Pandey’s petition says,…

New Delhi: Just days after concerns surfaced over CBSE’s new on-screen marking (OSM) system, students found themselves grappling with a fresh set of problems linked to the post-result process.As the window for verification and revaluation opened, many reported being unable to access services for obtaining scanned copies of answer sheets on the portal due to repeated technical glitches, with complaints ranging from login problems and payment failures to application pages not loading at all.Several students and parents took to social media, questioning the reliability of a process they say was already under scrutiny since the declaration of the Class XII…

Bengaluru: Days after former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda hurled allegations of “land mafia” over the proposed Rs 18,000-crore Bidadi township project, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar Wednesday challenged him and his son, Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, to an open debate in three days.”Kumaraswamy wanted a debate (on the Bidadi township project). Let him decide time and place. Gowda may join in, too,” the deputy CM said, claiming nearly 80% of farmers have given consent to the project at Bidadi, an industrial enclave 30km from Bengaluru.Village-wise final notifications for land acquisition will be issued in three days.…

Hyderabad: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave alert for the next four days, warning of a further rise in temperatures across Telangana. According to the forecast, 14 districts will be under a red alert on Thursday, while the remaining districts will be under an orange alert. Temperatures are expected to rise gradually by one to two degrees Celsius, with some areas likely to record highs of up to 47 degrees Celsius.Hyderabad is also expected to witness soaring temperatures, with the mercury likely to cross the 43-degrees Celsius mark.The severity of the prevailing heat conditions was evident on Wednesday,…

Chennai: A chief engineer and director in-charge of Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has been placed under suspension for clearing solar and wind projects without the knowledge of the senior officials.The suspension of P Chandrasekaran comes a day after electricity minister C T R Nirmalkumar held a maiden review meeting with all the officials in the presence of TNEB chairman J Radhakrishnan on Tuesday. The suspension order undersigned by the chairman did not elaborate on the alleged malpractice but mentioned that the suspension was necessary since an inquiry has been contemplated against the grave charges levelled against him. Source…

State forest department will be provided land parcels of non-forest land in instances where forest land is diverted for road widening purposes Gandhinagar: The state cabinet on Wednesday decided to draw up a comprehensive plan of road widening projects where forest land will be required. Spokesperson Jitu Vaghani said the forest department will be provided land parcels of non-forest land in instances where forest land is diverted for road widening purposes.Cabinet approves `Atalwadi’ scheme: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved the `Atalwadi’ scheme where infrastructure will be set up for social or public functions that can accommodate up to 500…

Prof Gyaneshwar Chaubey from BHU (center) with Sovon Acharya (left) and Parmanand Kushwaha (right) Prayagraj: A dangerous new ‘superbug’ that can resist several commonly used antibiotics has been identified by Indian scientists, raising fresh concerns over the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in hospitals. In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from six leading Indian institutions have successfully completed the first whole-genome sequencing of a new strain of Proteus mirabilis, a bacterium known to cause severe urinary tract and bloodstream infections.The newly identified strain has been named Proteus mirabilis Strain Indica (ST286). The research was carried out by a team of…

Bhubaneswar: The state govt has directed the district collectors to form dedicated highway safety task forces.A senior transport department official said the highway safety task forces will be set up in every district following a Supreme Court directive issued to all states on April 13. “Their mandate is to address safety concerns on national highways through coordinated action, including removal of encroachments and prevention of illegal parking,” the official said.Accidents on national highways have been steadily rising in the state. Transport department data shows 4,317 accidents in 2022 and 4,587 in 2023, resulting in 2,043 and 2,180 deaths respectively.Each task…

Coimbatore: Stating that even AI tools could be wrong, DMK deputy general secretary and MP Kanimozhi said that people should rely on rational thinking over being influenced by social media.Speaking at a self-respect wedding in the city on Wednesday, Kanimozhi said rationalist EVR Periyar’s core message was to question authority and avoid believing claims simply because they came from someone influential.She said, “Instagram and WhatsApp University often reshape opinions through misinformation, including false claims such as Tamil Nadu appointing its first woman minister only recently, despite women holding ministerial roles even before the Independence and under successive DMK governments.”She said…