Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
The New Indian Express Kottayam|December 13, 2024
THE Australian government said on Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organisations.
Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

The tax would apply from Jan 1 to tech companies that earn more than 250 million Australian dollars ($160 million) a year in revenue from Australia, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said.

They include Meta, Google-owner Alphabet and ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok.

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UDF leadership decides to formulate plans to resolve people's issues

CONTRARY to current tactics of highlighting the ruling front's failures on different issues, the UDF will adopt a different line now: Convincing the voters how it proposes to resolve their issues if voted to power.

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Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club
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Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club

CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.

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December 18, 2024
Soon, over dozen women to steer Kochi Metro's e-feeder autos
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Soon, over dozen women to steer Kochi Metro's e-feeder autos

NOT many women had turned up to steer Kochi Metro's feeder autos christened 'Commuto' when the electric vehicles were introduced last year, but the scenario is set for a major change.

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December 18, 2024
Two arrested for dragging tribal man along road
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Two arrested for dragging tribal man along road

POLICE have arrested two youngsters in connection with the incident in which a tribal man, Mathan, was dragged alongside a car for around 400m near Mananthavady in Wayanad.

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December 18, 2024
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Drive responsibly or face music, MVD tells private bus operators

APPARENTLY identifying reckless driving by private bus drivers as a major cause of the alarming rise in the number of road accidents in the state, the motor vehicles department (MVD) has come out with a slew of deterrent measures like geotagging the carriers using GPS and suspending the permit of vehicles that cause serious accidents.

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December 18, 2024
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RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

Poor form and captaincy issues could be two unrelated things as Rohit falls for another low score on day four in Brisbane on Tuesday

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December 18, 2024
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RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off to the ground.

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December 18, 2024
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Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand

OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.

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December 18, 2024
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Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger

GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.

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December 18, 2024
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Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia

A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.

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December 18, 2024