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Musk reinstates Donald Trump's Twitter account after poll
Rediff.com20 Nov 2022'The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,' Musk tweeted on Saturday.
Musk 'not super worried' as hundreds quit Twitter post his 'ultimatum'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022Twitter fell into a pitless chaos after several employees appeared to have departed the company, which sent messages that it was closing its 'office buildings' for the next few days.
Pakistan rakes Kashmir at UNGA, India hits back
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022The General Assembly held a plenary meeting on Thursday on the issue of UN Security Council reforms during which Pakistan yet again raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Twitter very slow in India: Elon Musk
Rediff.com15 Nov 2022Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said Twitter is "very slow" in India and many other countries. "Twitter is very slow in India, Indonesia & many other countries. "This is a fact, not a "claim". "10 to 15 secs to refresh homeline tweets is common.
India abstains on resolution calling for Russia to pay reparations
Rediff.com15 Nov 2022India abstained in the United Nations General Assembly on a draft resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violations of international law by its invasion of Ukraine and requiring Moscow to pay reparations to Kyiv for damages, loss and injury resulting from the war.
Chinese incursions into India strategically planned: Study
Rediff.com11 Nov 2022In the 15-year dataset, the researchers noted an average of 7.8 incursions per year even though the Indian government's estimates are much higher.
India questioned on CAA at UNHCR meeting
Rediff.com11 Nov 2022He added that the legislation is similar to laws that exist elsewhere in defining specific criteria for citizenship pathways.
'Facebook layoffs may hit H-1B workers hard'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2022As large-scale layoffs begin at Facebook's parent company Meta, employees on work visas such as H-1Bs are now faced with uncertainty over their immigration status, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledging "this is especially difficult if you're here on a visa" and offering support to those impacted. Meta announced that it is laying off 11,000 employees or 13 per cent of its workforce, with Zuckerberg describing it as "some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history." US-based technology companies hire a large amount of H-1B workers, the majority of whom come from countries such as India.
Facebook follows Twitter, set for huge layoffs: WSJ
Rediff.com7 Nov 2022After job cuts at Twitter, Facebook's parent company Meta is planning to begin "large-scale layoffs" this week in what could be the largest reduction to date at a "major technology corporation in a year that has seen a tech-industry retrenchment," a media report said.
India abstains on Russian resolution against Ukraine at UNSC
Rediff.com3 Nov 2022India has abstained on yet another resolution involving Ukraine, this time a motion sponsored by Russia at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that sought to establish a commission to investigate claims by Moscow that the United States and Ukraine are carrying out 'military biological activities' in laboratories in Ukraine in violation of the biological weapons convention.
Elon Musk says Twitter will charge USD 8 a month for 'blue tick'
Rediff.com2 Nov 2022Musk blasted the "current lords and peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark", using an expletive.
Indian-origin techie 'helping out' Musk to revamp Twitter
Rediff.com1 Nov 2022Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin technology executive, is "helping out" Twitter's new owner Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the billionaire entrepreneur.
Elon Musk plans layoff at Twitter before Nov 1, seeks staffers' list: Report
Rediff.com30 Oct 2022Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said that some managers were being asked to "draw up lists of employees to cut."
Twitter to form content moderation council for major decisions: Musk
Rediff.com29 Oct 2022Musk has not yet offered details about how his content moderation council will work.
'Let the good times roll', Elon Musk tweets on 1st morning as Twitter boss
Rediff.com28 Oct 2022Billionaire Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter and fired the social media company's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. The New York Times said that Musk, the world's richest man, closed the deal to buy Twitter on Thursday. Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said that Musk "has started cleaning house at Twitter with the firings of at least four top executives". The Twitter executives who were fired include Agrawal, Gadde, chief financial officer Ned Segal and general counsel Sean Edgett.
Parag Agrawal's 11-month tenure as Twitter CEO ends
Rediff.com28 Oct 2022When Parag Agrawal was appointed CEO of Twitter in November 2021, the IIT graduate joined a steadily growing club of executives from India rising to the top of global corporations, but the 38-year-old executive's brief tenure at the helm of the social media giant was challenging and chaotic.
Three college students from India killed in US road accident
Rediff.com28 Oct 2022Massachusetts state and local police are investigating the two-vehicle motor vehicle collision that killed the three students and hospitalised five other people.
Salman Rushdie loses sight in eye, hand movement after knife attack: Report
Rediff.com24 Oct 2022When asked if Rushdie was still in the hospital, Wylie said he cannot give any information about the celebrated author's whereabouts.
China blocks India-US move to blacklist LeT terrorist 2nd time in 2 days
Rediff.com20 Oct 2022Hafiz Talha Saeed is a senior leader of the LeT and is the head of the cleric wing of the terrorist organisation.
US returns 307 antiquities worth $4m stolen, trafficked from India
Rediff.com19 Oct 2022A globe spanning, 15-year investigation has led to the repatriation of 307 antiquities by the United States that were stolen and trafficked from India and valued at nearly four million dollars, the majority seized from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor.