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CBI files chargesheet against UP junior engineer, wife in paedophilia case

10:44 pm February 12, 2021

New Delhi/Banda: The CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet against a junior engineer of the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department and his wife for allegedly sexually abusing children and circulating their videos on dark web to mint money, officials said. The agency has also arrested a man from Delhi in connection with the case but […]

Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

4:34 pm February 12, 2021

Mumbai: Lufthansa has terminated the services of 103 India-based flight attendants after they allegedly sought ”job assurance” from the management while the German airlines group had offered them leave without pay option for two years,sources close to the developments said. These employees had been working on a fixed-term contract with the airline and some of them were […]

Ghaziabad assault case: Twitter India MD gets relief, no coercive action, says Karnataka HC

Twitter blocks 97 pc of accounts, posts flagged by IT Ministry

3:34 pm February 12, 2021

New Delhi: Twitter has blocked over 97 per cent of the accounts and posts flagged by the IT Ministry for provocative content and misinformation around farmers’ protest, sources said. This followed a meeting between Twitter representatives and the Information Technology Secretary on Wednesday evening where the US-based microblogging platform was issued a stern warning to comply with local laws […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

India Inc must live up to expectations: Industry leaders after Modi’s remarks

7:27 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: Industry leaders Anand Mahindra and Sajjan Jindal on Thursday said India Inc will have to live up to the expectations after Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered praises on the private sector for its role in India’s growth, national progress and enhancing the country’s prestige globally. Mahindra and Jindal took Modi’s words as a great encouragement for the ”community that has been creating wealth […]

Challenges remain in India but signs of recovery in away-from-home segment: Coca-Cola

11:57 pm February 10, 2021

New Delhi: Global soft drinks major Coca-Cola on Wednesday said while challenges remain in the Indian market, there are signs of recovery in the ‘away-from-home’ segment which was badly hit after the pandemic. The company has witnessed ”solid growth” in sparkling soft drinks in the markets of China and India in the October-December quarter of 2020, The Coca-Cola Company said in its earnings statement. The […]