NEW DELHI : Allowing subscribers to update exit date online after changing jobs, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has now launched ‘date of exit’ facility on the EPF portal. Earlier, EPF account holders were dependent on their ex-employers to declare the date of exit as the facility was not available online to EPF subscribers. “Now employees can…
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Birth certificates show two UP kids over 100 years old. Here’s why
Representational Image Two-year-old Sanket may not look it but he is 102-year-old, according to his birth certificate. Shubh (4) is 104. A Bareilly court recently ordered police to lodge a case against a village development officer and a village head who allegedly issued wrong documents after the children’s family refused to give them a bribe….
Groom’s father and bride’s mother ‘elope’ just weeks before their childrens’ wedding
Surat: Two youngsters’ plans of tying the knot was shattered after the groom’s father and the bride’s mother reportedly eloped. The two revived their younger days’ love and fled. The marriage was scheduled in the second week of February, but the 48-year-old man and 46-year-old woman, are nowhere to be found for 10 days, a Times of…
(Alert) Fake Flipkart Ads Phishing Scam Exposed On Twitter
Before starting the article SUSCRIBE Quickclarity news to get latest news updates Quickclarity News Service The fake advertisements are directing the user to a website, which has the look and feel of the official Flipkart website When contacted by Inc42, Flipkart said that it has a stringent process to check for fake and phishing sites Ministry of Consumer Affairs…
India Expected To Have 1.5 Lakh Jobs In Data Science This Year, Says Hyderabad-based Firm
HYDERABAD: India is expected to have 1.5 lakh new job openings in data science in 2020, an increase of about 62 per cent as compared to 2019, said a report by Hyderabad-based ed-tech company Great Learning.
Prithviraj Chavan : Shiv Sena wanted to form govt with Congress, NCP in 2014
Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s statement that the Shiv Sena wanted to form a coalition government with the Congress and NCP after 2014 state elections has set off a political storm. In an interview with PTI, when asked what made the Congress join hands with the ideologically opposite Sena, Chavan said, ‘A similar situation emerged…
Cyberabad cops randomly demand fingerprints from citizens near Inorbit Mall
Highlights Citizen alleges that cops demanded fingerprints Commissioner of Police Cyberabad calls it ‘wrong information’ Hyderabad: In what seems to be the peak of a surveillance state, two police officers were found asking for the fingerprints of citizens at Inorbit Mall on January 19 in the evening. The incident came to light when one of…
Facebook apologises after vulgar translation of Xi Jinping’s name
Facebook Inc said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as ‘Mr Shithole’ in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed. The error came to light on the second day of a…
CJI Bobde opens up on anti-CAA protests, says citizens have duties along with rights
Newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Sharad Bobde, on Saturday opened up on the ongoing protests against the amended Citizenship Act. CJI bobde has reiterated that citizenship was not just about people’s rights but also their duties towards society. “You all have a responsibility to be an active citizen too and citizenship is not jus…
Indira Jaising Should be ‘Ashamed’; We Aren’t as ‘Large-hearted’ as Sonia Gandhi: Nirbhaya’s Father
New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s father on Saturday said senior lawyer Indira Jaising should be “ashamed” of suggesting pardon for the four death row convicts in his daughter’s gangrape case and said his family isn’t as “large-hearted” as Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He also demanded an apology from Jaising, who is known for her stand against capital…
Congress Leader Hardik Patel Arrested for Evading Sedition Case Trial
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Hardik Patel was arrested on Saturday night from Viramgam taluka in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for failing to appear before a trial court here in a 2015 sedition case, hours after a warrant was issued against him. Patel’s arrest was confirmed by DCP Rajdeepsinh Zala (cyber crime). “We have arrested Haridk Patel from…
Pattas box office collection: Here is how much Dhanush-starrer earns on day 2
Dhanush’s Pattas has got a flying start at the Tamil Nadu box office. The Kollywood film has done stunning business in its home territory in the first days and predicted to complete its first weekend on a high note. Released in over 450 screens, Pattas saw the light of the day on 15 January to…
Jeff Bezos makes mega million jobs promise in India as Amazon firefights govt
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it planned to create 1 million jobs in India by 2025, a day after the country’s trade minister said the e-commerce giant’s recently unveiled $1 billion investment in the country was no big favour.
Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are facing mounting criticism from India’s brick-and-mortar retailers, which accuse the U.S. giants of violating Indian law by racking up billions of dollars in losses to fund deep discounts and discriminating against small sellers. The companies deny the allegations.
Amazon said it would create new jobs in India through investments in infrastructure, technology and logistics.
Punjab Assembly, second after Kerala, passes resolution against CAA
Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act that was cleared by Parliament last month, the second assembly after Kerala to call for scrapping the law.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh later told reporters that his government would also move the Supreme Court against the CAA. Kerala had earlier this week joined the 60-odd petitioners who have already approached the top court against the law that lets the government fast-track citizenship request of people on grounds of religion.
The resolution said the citizenship law was ‘divisive and stands for everything opposed to a free and fair democracy, which must enshrine equality for all’.
For the Sake of India, I Believe Arvind Kejriwal Must Be Re-Elected in Delhi
Elections to Delhi have been announced for February 8, 2020. Winning these elections may be important for Arvind Kejriwal, but it is even more important for India, or at least for that part of India which cherishes all that the constitution had promised it. Although Delhi has just 70 seats, only 14 million voters (less than 2% of India’s electorate) and is not even a full-fledged state, its politics is disproportionate to its numbers for it is the national capital, houses all the foreign consulates, is the hub of all media reporting and is a genuine microcosm of India. Its residents represent the full spectrum of Indian politics, ideologies, opinions, religions, regions, castes and concerns.
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