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Professor Claims 'Marks Jihad' After Students From Kerala With Perfect Scores Apply For DU

Love Jihad, Narcotic Jihad, Land Jihad, UPSC Jihad… the list only seems growing. Rakesh Kumar Pandey, a professor at Delhi University has courted controversy after he added one more jihad – Marks Jihad. Professor Rakesh Kumar Pandey According to Pandey, a member of RSS-affiliated teachers’ body National Democratic Teachers’ Front, the high number of students …

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Apple’s best iPhone 13 features are the ridiculous trade

Apple’s new iPhone 13 and 13 Pro phones — now available online and in stores — have lots of new features that are welcome upgrades over earlier iPhone models. Battery life is longer, and there are nifty camera tricks, better displays, a slimmer notch and even some new color options. While this stealth “S year” upgrade isn’t as significant as last …

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Best US Cellular phones for 2022

From 5G connectivity to foldable screens, phone companies are evolving and innovating faster than ever. While Samsung’s Galaxy line and Apple iPhones are many people’s top choice, there are other cell phone makers gunning for their place with fantastic handsets of their own. And all this competition benefits us users, who now have many excellent phones to choose from, and at …

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3 deals on 4K big

The holiday deals season is already underway and if you’re in the market for a big-screen TV, we’re seeing discounts worth highlighting on 65-inch and 75-inch models. Here’s a look at the current top deals, which include $402 off the 75-inch Sony X80J ($1,098), $90 off the 65-inch Hisense 65A6G ($510) and $220 off the 65-inch Toshiba 65C350KU. All are …

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Netflix has Squid Game merch in its own online store now, because of course

Sometime on Monday, Netflix quietly bulked up its nascent online shop with $35 T-shirts and $50 hoodies related to Squid Game, an intersection of the company’s fledging e-commerce strategy with its latest unexpected hit. The show, which Netflix contends may become its most popular original series yet, is a breakout Korean drama series about a survival competition.  It’s also just the kind of phenomenon that Netflix …

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YouTube study: ‘Creator economy’ supports equivalent of 394,000 full

YouTube released a study Wednesday saying that the “creator economy” spurred by its massive video service supports the equivalent of 394,000 full-time jobs in the US and contributed $20.5 billion to the US gross domestic product last year. The study, conducted by independent advisory firm Oxford Economics, was commissioned and paid for by YouTube.  For context, the entire US workforce had 124 …

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