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AFTER UNWANTED NOISE, TIME TO HEAR THE ROAR

IT COULD BE A CUP OF SURPRISES, AS THE GAP BETWEEN COUNTRIES HAS NARROWED

Theranos founder who duped investors over firm's tech, biz ops gets 11 yrs in jail

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday for defrauding investors about her company's technology and business dealings.

FTX CEO may have pocketed $300mn after big fundraise

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency change FTX, pocketed $300 million after a big funding raise last year, the media reported.

Climate fund breakthrough offers 'hope' at COP27 talks

Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks in Egypt: the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution.

White House wedding for Joe Biden's granddaughter

President Joe Biden welcomed guests to the White House Saturday for the wedding of his granddaughter Naomi - an unprecedented ceremony that was closed to the press.

Musk to Twitter: Can Trump tweet again?

Elon Musk expressed excitement Saturday as he watched votes pour in on a Twitter poll he has posted on whether to readmit Donald Trump to the messaging platform.

Pak working out final drills for new army chief

The appointment process of Pakistan's next army chief will start Monday and the name will be announced by Wednesday, defence minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif said Saturday after all stakeholders reached a broad consensus to ensure a smooth military-command transition.

Iran forces kill 3 protesters in Mahsa's province; 47 kids among 378 killed so far

Iranian security forces shot dead at least three people Saturday in the western province of Kurdistan in the latest deadly protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said.

Kim oversaw 'monster missile' launch with daughter in tow

US Redeploys Bomber In Drill With S Korea

UK PM Rishi Sunak visits war-torn Ukraine, vows $60mn aid package

Deeply Humbling To Be With You, He Tells Zelensky

CBI probes match-fixing, five football clubs under scanner

Top International Fixer May Have Invested In India

IAS officer Arun Goel new election commissioner

Αrun Goel, a 1985 batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre who took voluntary retirement from Friday, has been appointed an election commissioner.

CCTV captured Aaftab leaving at night with bag

Aravali forest on one side of road visible on footage

Nobody safe if bulldozer action permitted: HC

Tomorrow, you'll dig up my courtroom: CJ on bulldozers

Shah calls for global-scale action against terrorism

India ready to establish permanent NMFT secretariat, declares Shah

COP27 decision draft includes India's key pts

Covers Coal 'Phase-Down', Conditionality Of Subsidies

Satyendar 'massage' video emerges from jail, BJP attacks AAP

A purported video of imprisoned Delhi minister Satyendar Jain receiving a \"massage\" in his cell in Tihar Jail and meeting some people surfaced on Saturday prompting BJP to demand his resignation.

Break language barriers: PM at Kashi Tamil meet

Calling upon India's 130-crore people to break language barriers, PM Narendra Modi said Saturday it was the responsibility of all countrymen to preserve and enrich Tamil, one of the world's oldest living languages.

NIA accused only some: HC

Teltumbde was granted bail on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. The judges noted that he had been in custody since April 14, 2020, and had no criminal antecedents.

SC: We aren't infallible, can commit mistakes

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a contempt notice against two lawyers for attributing motive to MP HC Chief Justice Ravi Malimath in a case. One of the lawyers had drafted the petition while the other argued the case.

Pak on mind, Shah flags terror-backers’ 'double-speak’

“India believes effective strategy to deal with terrorism is international coordination, real-time and transparent cooperation among nations,” Shah said.

Eye on China, PM slams bid to block move against jihadis

Calling for a larger strategy aimed at hurting terror financing, Narendra Modi said here on Friday that it’s all the more important to “strike at the root” while adding that terrorist outfits get money through several sources and even get state support.

Draft data bill gives power to Centre to exempt state agencies from its provisions

The new draft personal data protection bill released on Friday addresses several sticking points in the previous draft which global tech companies had opposed, such as restrictions on the transfer of such data as well as the need to store it within India (called data localisation).

Wordings India got added at COP26 missing

The fresh text may appear anytime soon once the differences are sorted out.

BJP MP’s house vandalised; KCR kin cries poaching plot

Lashing out at Arvind, she said she would continue to work for Telangana and sail with her father till her last breath while vowing to defeat Arvind from Nizambad in the next LS polls.

Avalanche hits J&K patrol party, 3 soldiers killed

At least three Army soldiers were killed when their patrol was hit by an avalanche in Machhil sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Friday.

CIC order on DU: HC to hear plea

The CIC order of 2016 was passed on activist Neeraj’s application under the Right to Information Act, seeking details related to students who appeared in the Bachelor of Arts in 1978 at DU.

PhD students of JNU’s mgmt school protest against 'steep fee’

“The PhD students are being charged Rs 50,000 per semester, which is 417 times more than any other PhD course at JNU.

Realtor to pay ₹10cr for Aravali tree felling

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a private company to pay compensation of Rs 10 crore for illegally felling 500 trees on five acres of protected Aravali land in Faridabad, fixing the rate of compensation at Rs 2 lakh per tree.

MEA staffer arrested for Pak 'espionage'

He was produced before court and a chargesheet will be filed soon, sources said. Despite several attempts, Crime Branch officials were unavailable for comments.