Nearly 6 months after a rare face and hands transplant, Joe DiMeo is learning again how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old from New Jersey had the operation in August 2020. This was 2 years after being badly burned in a car accident, as per a report in AP. “I knew it would …
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Things have not been going that well for Pakistan’s state carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to say the least. Just a few weeks back, in one of the rarest incidents in the history of international civil aviation, Malaysia had seized a PIA Boeing-777 at the Kuala Lumpur Airport over non-payment of aircraft lease dues. A PIA aircraft has been held …
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1. Government Agrees To Discuss Farmers’ Protests For 15 Hours In Parliament In Breakthrough Talks PTI In breakthrough talks with the Opposition, the government will discuss farmers’ protests for 15 hours in Parliament. (Read more) 2. After Making Anti-Govt Social Media Post A ‘Crime’, Bihar Police Says No Jobs For Protesters PTI The Bihar Police has issued a circular warning …
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Microsoft on Wednesday threw its support behind a proposed Australian law that would compel tech companies to share royalties with news publishers. Google and Facebook have fought the draft regulatory code, which would force them into mediated negotiations with publishers. “The code reasonably attempts to address the bargaining power imbalance between digital platforms and Australian news businesses,” Microsoft president Brad …
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology sent a final notice to Twitter, taking a tough stand against “offensive” hashtags and handles on the microblogging-social networking platform over the farmers’ agitation. The government has sent a notice to Twitter, warning the social media platform to take action against Twitter handles posting offensive hashtags, else cases will be registered against it. Unsplash …
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The ongoing farmers’ protests are unlike anything that the country has seen in a long time and even after two months and seeing a lot of ups and downs it is not showing any signs of slowing down. Even after the violence in the capital last week, the protest is still going strong and the support for it is only …
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In what can be called a huge case of negligence, 12 kids in Maharashtra were given hand sanitiser drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district, according to an official as per a report in PTI. All the children are below 5 years of age and they were admitted to a government hospital. Their condition …
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Being in love was costly for a young girl in Mumbai as she lost Rs 13 lakh to her boyfriend. The girl trusted him and gave him duplicate keys to her house. The teen then robbed her house of valuables worth Rs 13 lakh. He did it while she was away with her family. The family recently planned to take …
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1. Farmers To Block Roads On February 6 PTI Farmers’ unions agitating for the repeal of central farm laws said there would be a national-wide road blockade on state and national highways from 12 to 3 pm on February 6 while agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Budget appealed to them to think positively, as per TOI. 1. Farmers To …
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Malluguda is a tribal village in Gumma Laxmipuram mandal of Andhra Pradesh. The villagers here gave a traditional farewell to the government teacher of a local school which he will always remember. As per a report in The New Indian Express, they washed his legs with turmeric water and took him in a procession by carrying him on their shoulders …
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