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Follow Farmers Protest News Delhi Chalo Live Updates here This was implemented to prevent "facilitation and mobilisation of mobs of agitators and demonstrators who can cause serious loss of life and damage to public and private properties by indulging in arson or vandalism and other types of violent activities", the order said. "Haryana do hereby extend the order of suspension of the order of suspension of the mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services etc provided on mobile networks except the voice calls in the jurisdiction of districts Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa of Haryana state," the order read.

BJP is set to release a documentary on Sandeshkhali on Thursday with the party intensifying its attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over the alleged incidents of atrocities and sexual assault on women there. The «exclusive» documentary titled 'The Sandeshkhali Socker — The Big Reveal' will be released Thursday morning at 9 am, the BJP said in post on X, asking Banerjee in Bangla, «Didi ke bolo aaro koto 'Sandeshkhali' (Tell didi how many more Sandeshkhali like incidents)». This comes amid a raging war of words between the BJP and the TMC over alleged incidents of rape and harassment of women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The riverine Sandeshkhali area — situated on the borders of the Sunderbans, about 100 kilometres from Kolkata — has been witnessing protests after the local women accused absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his supporters of land grab and sexual assault under coercion.

Thomas Tuchel is parting ways with Bayern Munich, shouldering the responsibility for a disappointing season. However, the players have also been put on notice. On Wednesday, Bayern announced that Tuchel would depart from the club at the end of the season, following a string of three consecutive losses that threatened to culminate in the club's first trophyless campaign in over a decade.

Karnataka government’s latest direction, asking multinationals to declare the number of Kannadigas they employ, has surprised sections of industry in the state. Calling the policy “intrusive” and “discriminatory”, former Infosys board member TV Mohandas Pai told ET that it could leave companies open to the risk of vandalism in the name of linguistic pride. “IT companies require talent. They hire people on the basis of open tests and don’t discriminate. If a Kannadiga candidate passes the test, they too get selected,” Pai, who is the chairman of venture capital fund Aarin Capital Partners, said. Karnataka, he added, has historically had a very open culture, especially in Bengaluru, and policies like this — which can cause hooliganism — create a perception of a government that is unable to protect its people.

The Hong Kong government aims to submit licensing bills for stablecoin and over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading frameworks in order to regulate the crypto industry and enhance investor protection.

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Assam government tabled Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 in state assembly whereby any person found guilty of committing the illegal act in the name of treatment/magic healing shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine. The Bill was introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 aims to bring social awakening in the society and to create healthy, science-based knowledge and safe environment to protect human health against the evil and sinister practices thriving on ignorance and ill-health of people to eradicate the non-scientific healing practices with ulterior motives for exploiting the innocent people and thereby destroying the fibre of the public health of the society. As per the Bill, no person shall take any part in healing practices and magical healing propagation for treatment of any diseases, any disorder or any condition relating to the health of a person (relating to human body) directly or indirectly giving a false impression of treatment to cure diseases, pain or trouble to the human health.

TSPDCL) has announced scheduled maintenance work on the 132 KV Kandi-Peddapur feeder on Thursday, February 22. The maintenance will take place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and may impact the water supply in certain areas. The Kandi-Peddapur feeder is an essential part of the Singuru project, responsible for providing drinking water to Hyderabad. As part of the maintenance initiative, residents in the vicinity should anticipate partial interruptions in water supply, with some areas experiencing complete disruption. Areas affected by complete disruption include Sheikpet reserve, Borabanda reserve, Lingampa reserve, and on-line supply, in addition to Khanapur Gravity’s 1200 mm main line supply, as reported by The Siasat Daily.

Elder-care startup Samarth Life has secured Rs 12 crore in a funding round led by Aroa Venture Partners, a venture capital firm known for backing companies like Unacademy, Urban Company and Cred. This funding marks its debut investment from the newly launched Aroa Opportunities Fund, which has a total corpus of Rs 400 crore.

Sunovaa's journey is characterized by the expansion of its global footprint with the establishment of offices in Singapore in 2016 and Malaysia in 2023 and is characterised by following the footprints of its customers in various geographies holding a prominent position in the international IT services arena. Sunovaa consistently receives a commendable rating of 4.5 out of 5 in the ISO Annual Survey, underscoring its commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. Puneet Sinha, MD & Group CEO of Sunovaa, expressing his enthusiasm for the company's Foundation Day and the journey ahead, stated, "As we celebrate this milestone, I am filled with pride reflecting on our growth and accomplishments. Sunovaa's success is a testament to our dedicated team, unwavering commitment to quality, and the trust our clients place in us. Looking forward, we are excited about the possibilities in Compute Vision, Machine Learning, and Generative AI, as we continue to innovate and contribute to the ever-evolving landscape of IT services." Sunovaa also developed Dataklout in 2019, a multilingual customer intent & Emotional Intelligence Analysis prediction using Voice AI.

HyperVerge, the leading provider of AI-based identity verification (KYC) has been certified with Level 2 compliance for its liveness technology by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) accredited biometric testing laboratory. Having already cleared ISO Level 1 certification, HyperVerge has now obtained the Level 2 compliance certification after passing the Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) level 2 test that is used to identify attempts to deceive face recognition-based biometric systems by presenting advanced impersonation artefacts and forgeries such as 3D masks, latex or silicone masks, and other artefacts that are significantly harder to detect. With this certification, HyperVerge becomes one of the very few identity verification solutions in the world to be compliant with ISO 30107-1/30107-3, making its liveness technology among the best.“Being compliant is an area which all companies continue to prioritise.

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₹210 crore in a Series D & D1 funding round led by Edelweiss Discovery Fund Series – I. Existing investors, including Chiratae Growth Fund and Magnetic, also participated in the round. The latest round of funding will help the company strengthen its balance sheet and in business expansion, said Rentomojo's chief executive officer Geetansh Bamania.

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messaging platform known for its strong focus on privacy and security, is introducing significant changes to further protect user information. In an upcoming update, Signal will implement a new system for managing phone numbers within the app. Changes to Phone Number Visibility Users' phone numbers will no longer be visible to everyone they chat with on Signal. Instead, only contacts who have the user's phone number saved in their device will be able to see it within Signal conversations. This change aims to limit access to personal phone numbers and enhance user privacy.

Byju Raveendran wrote to shareholders, informing them that the $200 million rights issue is fully subscribed. He also iterated further steps he is taking to ensure transparency on the usage of the funds. Read the full text of Byju's email to employees:

DMRC on Wednesday unveiled its new integrated operation control centre (OCC), a major step towards creating necessary infrastructure for commencement of operations on Phase-IV corridors of the Delhi Metro, officials said. With this new OCC, the entire DMRC network will now be controlled in an «integrated manner» from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's headquarters — Metro Bhawan, they said. This new OCC, commissioned on the third floor of Metro Bhawan, provides remote visibility, manoeuverability of the entire Metro system (rolling stock, stations, signal, tracks, etc.) with concourse and platform level monitoring, thus passengers and system both are always under monitoring from the OCC, the DMRC said in a statement. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is presently carrying out construction work on a 65.2-km stretch of three priority corridors spanning 45 stations as part of this project.

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According to a letter to shareholders seen by Investment Week, the fund's assets have more than halved over the past five years due to outflows, making the fund «uneconomic» to operate. The proposed merger, which was approved by shareholders last week, would provide «enhanced economies of scale» to the Japan fund, which is managed by Min Zeng. The Japan fund invests in Japanese companies of all sizes, while the Japan Smaller Companies strategy focuses on small to mid-cap Japanese companies. Fidelity hires veteran manger duo following Jeremy Podger's retirement Fidelity Japan fun...