Twitter begins offering $7.99-a-month verification subscriptions

Twitter announced on Saturday that it would begin charging customers $7.99 a month to receive a verification check mark on their profiles, one of a raft of product changes that the company has been discussing since Elon Musk’s takeover a little over a week ago.

Report: Chinese CPEC workers in Pak to move in bullet-proof cars

Islamabad: Pakistan and China have agreed to use bullet-proof vehicles for all outdoor movements of the Chinese nationals working on the CPEC projects in Pakistan to protect them from terrorist attacks after Beijing expressed concern over their security, according to a media report on Sunday.

Sunak stands by minister who sent bullying texts

London: British PM Rishi Sunak is standing by a government minister who has been accused of bullying a colleague, cabinet office minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, saying the phone messages in question were sent “in the heat of the moment”.

Imran released from hospital, protest march to resume Tue

Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and said his “long march” to Islamabad would resume on Tuesday after a four-day gap from the same point in Punjab where he was shot at on November 3.

19 killed as plane with 43 onboard crash-lands into a lake in Tanzania

Official: Flight Ran Into Bad Weather

'Be right back', Bibi wrote in his leaving note for successor: Report

Jerusalem: Derisive and dismissive of the incoming leadership, Benjamin Netanyahu in June 2021 in a handover note left for his successor in the Prime Minister’s office, Naftali Bennett, wrote, “Be right back”, according to media reports.

2015-22 on track to be the eight warmest years on record: WMO

Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt): Fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations and accumulated heat, the past eight years (2015-22) are on track to be the eight warmest on record and the year 2022 will possibly be the fifth or sixth warmest year, said the World Meteorological Department (WMO) on Sunday even as the UN annual climate conference (COP27) was inaugurated here to discuss ways to limit warming and minimise its impact through joint global action.

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'Flyer need not accept airline's unilateral relief'

Nashik: It’s not binding on the consumer to accept the unilateral compensation offered by the airline for “deficiency in service”, the Nashik district consumer grievances redressal commission said.

Study: Diabetes during pregnancy increases risk of premature birth

One of the main causes for under-five mortality is premature birth. A retrospective study based on the health records of over 2,600 women who had increased blood sugar levels during pregnancy suggests diabetes during pregnancy aggravated the risk of premature birth and other pregnancy-related complications.

China's Huanan market cannot be virus origin point: Scientists' group

Pune: A group of international scientists, including two experts from Pune, have challenged a research paper presented by the University of Arizona that states transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 first occurred in the Huanan seafood market in South China in November 2019.

Setback for Naveen with BJD's first loss since 2009

In Odisha, BJP’s Surya-banshi Suraj retainedthe Dhamnagar seat that was last held by his late father Bishnu Charan Sethi by eroding BJD’s vote share further from 45% in 2019 to 43%.

In post-Diwali week, Covid cases dip 15%, deaths rise marginally

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BJP starts spadework to breach SP forts

BJP brooked no time to waste in its quest to breach the SP citadels of Mainpuri and Rampur where bypolls will be held on December 5 following SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s death and disqualification of Azam Khan in a hate speech case.

Munugode's loss confirms Cong's T'gana diminution

Signs had already lined up of Congress’ steady diminution in Telangana.

Bhajan Lal's grandson marks family's 16th win from Adampur

One constant remained — there’ll always be a member of ex-CM Bhajan Lal’s family in the assembly, reports Ajay Sura.

Will implement UCC in HP if voted back: Shah

New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced in Himachal Pradesh that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the state if BJP is voted back to power.

Saffron party's victories a warning for Bihar's grand alliance, BJD in Odisha

The bypoll results on Sunday for two assembly seats in Bihar and one in Odisha set off the “warning beacon” for the governing parties as the opposition BJP won a couple and signalled its closing grip on the two eastern states.

BJP bypolls boost before states' test

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SC verdict on validity of 10% EWS quota today

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HCs cannot extend loan repayment deadline for one-time settlement: SC

New Delhi: Peeved by repeated interference by high courts to extend repayment deadline under one-time settlement (OTS) scheme, the Supreme Court made banks, reeling under the burden of non-performing assets (NPAs) because of loan defaulters, breathe easy by ruling that only the lender can extend the last date for loan repayment under OTS.

Border dispute: Nepal PM calls for 'diplomacy'

Pithoragarh: Nepal’s prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at a poll rally in Dadeldhura, bordering Uttarakhand’s Champawat district, on Saturday, said that “the border dispute with India will be solved through dialogue and diplomacy”, reports Prem Punetha.

EAM, Russia to talk trade, energy ties

New Delhi: Apart from reviewing energy and trade ties against the backdrop of Western sanctions, India and Russia will use foreign minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow on Tuesday also to finalise the agenda for cooperation under multilateral frameworks including G-20, SCO and BRICS.

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AirAsia India Pune-Blr flight aborts takeoff

New Delhi: AirAsia India Pune-Bengaluru flight (I5-1427) with over 180 people onboard safely aborted takeoff at the origin on Sunday evening after the pilots got a “brake hot” caution.

First-ever evidence of snow leopards seen in upper reaches of J&K

Bengaluru: Tracking elusive snow leopards in the high altitudes of Jammu and Kashmir for almost three years, conservationists witnessed the first-ever recordings of an elusive predator in the an elusive predator in the Baltal-Zojila region last week.

Rethink age of consent in Pocso Act: HC to law panel

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

Office-of-profit: Soren seeks copy of guv's request for 2nd opinion

Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren said he has through his counsel sought a copy from the Election Commission (EC) of governor Ramesh Bais’s request for a “second opinion” in a office-of profit case.

CPM cries communal polarisation in univs

CPI-M’s Kerala state secretary M V Govindan on Sunday said the party would approach the Supreme Court against governor Arif Mohammad Khan.

'We've made this Gujarat': PM fires up campaign with slogan

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