Twitter Launches New Initiatives to Tackle Misinformation Ahead of Assembly Elections in India
The new initiatives on Twitter will be in six languages — English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese, and Malayalam.
Twitter on Monday announced a series of initiatives that it says...
US remains top arms exporter and grows market share
International arms sales remained stable between 2016 and 2020 compared to the previous five years, according to a Sweden-based research institute.
Increased exports by the US, France and Germany...
Covid-19: Netherlands suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects.
The Dutch government said the move, which will...
Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
Bat-hunting scientists, particularly those in China, have come under fire since the emergence of COVID-19, which is believed to have originated from the animals.
During the search for the...
YouTube deletes 30,000 vaccine misinfo videos
YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months, it said.
A YouTube spokeswoman said the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World...
‘Hope some time this year’: Australia working on travel bubble with Singapore
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the deal would allow Singaporeans and Australians who had been vaccinated to travel between the countries without quarantining.
Australia is "working with Singapore" to...
71 countries, 58 million doses, India’s vaccine diplomacy gets Quad booster
While 80.75 lakh doses have been sent as gift, free of charge, 165.24 lakh doses have been delivered as part of Covax mechanism under the aegis of the Global Alliance for Vaccines...
Tata Digital applies for CCI nod to add BigBasket to its cart, says acquisition...
As per media reports, Tata's stake will translate into an enterprise value of Rs 13,500 crore for BigBasket.
Tata Digital, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Conglomerate Tata Group, has...
George Floyd’s family receives $27 mn settlement from Minneapolis over his death in police...
George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in May 2020, as Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
The city of...
China Eyes Record Monopoly Fine Near $1 Billion For Alibaba
Antitrust regulators in charge of Alibaba's case did not immediately respond to AFP queries on the report, which was published by the Journal late Thursday.
China is considering imposing...