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Hmar Body Objects To Peace Meet Moderated By Security Forces In Manipur's Jiribam
The Hmar tribe's civil society group in Manipur has refused to recognise a peace meeting between the Hmars and Meitei representatives moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles.
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Facebook Parent Meta Can Be Sued for Inhumane Working Conditions, Rules Kenyan Court
A Kenyan court on Monday rejected a bid by Facebook's parent company Meta to stop a case accusing it of exploitation and poor working conditions. The suit was filed by a former content moderator at Sama, a company contracted by Meta to review Facebook posts, and alleges that workers in Kenya were subjected to inhumane conditions, including forced l...
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What Supreme Court Said On "Allegations" In Religious Conversion Plea
A Supreme Court bench hearing a petition against forced religious conversions asked the petitioner's lawyer to consider moderating the averments made in the plea, after a senior advocate said "serious and vexatious" allegations have been made.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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India’s Proposed IT Rules, Panel Formation for Content Moderation Decisions Concern US Tech Giants
India’s proposed plans making it mandatory for social media giants to comply with a newly formed government panel which will decide on user complaints against content moderation decisions has upset the American tech giants including Facebook and Twitter. The government has not specified who would be on the panel.
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Facebook Sued by Former Content Moderator Over Forced Unsafe Job Conditions in Kenya
Facebook, its parent company Meta, and Sama have been sued by Daniel Motaung, a former content moderator for the company over allegations of human trafficking Africans to work in exploitative facility in Kenya. The lawsuit mentioned that Sama targets people from poor families across Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and other countries...
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Plasma Therapy Dropped As Treatment For COVID-19 By Government Task Force
Convalescent plasma therapy, widely used in hospitals for treating moderate and serious coronavirus patients, has been dropped from the centre's list of recommended lines of treatment for COVID-19.
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Rain Delays Air Force Flypast For COVID-19 Warriors By An Hour
Delhi and its neighbouring areas received light to moderate rain this morning.
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Donald Trump Confirms Latest China Tariffs Set For Sunday Are "On"
US President Donald Trump said Friday that new tariffs on Chinese goods will kick in on Sunday and that his economic pressure is forcing Beijing to take a more moderate line in Hong Kong.
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Grace Marks To Apply, Class 12 Results Out Soon, Says CBSE: 10 Facts
The government will not approach the Supreme Court against a high court verdict forcing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to continue its marks moderation policy, officials said today, a day after Union Education Minister Prakash Javadekar assured 11 lakh students who appeared for the exam that the results would be declared on time. T...
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Cyclone Nada Weakens, Makes Landfall Near Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam: 10 Points
Cyclone Nada has weakened into a depression in the Bay of Bengal and made landfall near Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, according to the Met department, spawning heavy rain in the coastal areas of the state and Puducherry. Rain up to 4 cm is expected in Cuddalore, Puducherry and Nagapattinam while Chennai will receive moderate rainfall, the weather dep...
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Some Breastfeeding Advice Worth Ditching: US Task Force
A review of scientific evidence on breastfeeding out today found that some long-held advice is worth ditching, including that babies should avoid pacifiers and moms should breastfeed exclusively in the first days after birth.
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'Terrorist' Shot After Stabbing Israeli Soldier: Army
A suspected Palestinian stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli military officer in a West Bank settlement on Sunday morning before being shot by forces at the scene, the army said.
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Saudi King Blames Bashar al-Assad For ISIS Rise In Syria
Saudi King Salman accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today of having aided the rise of the ISIS and called for a political settlement with moderate forces to end the war there.
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Russia Ready to Provide Air Support to Moderate Syria Rebels Fighting Islamic State: Sergei Lavrov
Russia's air force in Syria is ready to support the Free Syrian Army, the main Western-backed opposition group battling Bashar al-Assad, in its fight against Islamic State, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.
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Hmar Body Objects To Peace Meet Moderated By Security Forces In Manipur's Jiribam
The Hmar tribe's civil society group in Manipur has refused to recognise a peace meeting between the Hmars and Meitei representatives moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles.
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Facebook Parent Meta Can Be Sued for Inhumane Working Conditions, Rules Kenyan Court
A Kenyan court on Monday rejected a bid by Facebook's parent company Meta to stop a case accusing it of exploitation and poor working conditions. The suit was filed by a former content moderator at Sama, a company contracted by Meta to review Facebook posts, and alleges that workers in Kenya were subjected to inhumane conditions, including forced l...
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What Supreme Court Said On "Allegations" In Religious Conversion Plea
A Supreme Court bench hearing a petition against forced religious conversions asked the petitioner's lawyer to consider moderating the averments made in the plea, after a senior advocate said "serious and vexatious" allegations have been made.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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India’s Proposed IT Rules, Panel Formation for Content Moderation Decisions Concern US Tech Giants
India’s proposed plans making it mandatory for social media giants to comply with a newly formed government panel which will decide on user complaints against content moderation decisions has upset the American tech giants including Facebook and Twitter. The government has not specified who would be on the panel.
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Facebook Sued by Former Content Moderator Over Forced Unsafe Job Conditions in Kenya
Facebook, its parent company Meta, and Sama have been sued by Daniel Motaung, a former content moderator for the company over allegations of human trafficking Africans to work in exploitative facility in Kenya. The lawsuit mentioned that Sama targets people from poor families across Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and other countries...
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Plasma Therapy Dropped As Treatment For COVID-19 By Government Task Force
Convalescent plasma therapy, widely used in hospitals for treating moderate and serious coronavirus patients, has been dropped from the centre's list of recommended lines of treatment for COVID-19.
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Rain Delays Air Force Flypast For COVID-19 Warriors By An Hour
Delhi and its neighbouring areas received light to moderate rain this morning.
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Donald Trump Confirms Latest China Tariffs Set For Sunday Are "On"
US President Donald Trump said Friday that new tariffs on Chinese goods will kick in on Sunday and that his economic pressure is forcing Beijing to take a more moderate line in Hong Kong.
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Grace Marks To Apply, Class 12 Results Out Soon, Says CBSE: 10 Facts
The government will not approach the Supreme Court against a high court verdict forcing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to continue its marks moderation policy, officials said today, a day after Union Education Minister Prakash Javadekar assured 11 lakh students who appeared for the exam that the results would be declared on time. T...
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Cyclone Nada Weakens, Makes Landfall Near Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam: 10 Points
Cyclone Nada has weakened into a depression in the Bay of Bengal and made landfall near Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, according to the Met department, spawning heavy rain in the coastal areas of the state and Puducherry. Rain up to 4 cm is expected in Cuddalore, Puducherry and Nagapattinam while Chennai will receive moderate rainfall, the weather dep...
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Some Breastfeeding Advice Worth Ditching: US Task Force
A review of scientific evidence on breastfeeding out today found that some long-held advice is worth ditching, including that babies should avoid pacifiers and moms should breastfeed exclusively in the first days after birth.
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'Terrorist' Shot After Stabbing Israeli Soldier: Army
A suspected Palestinian stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli military officer in a West Bank settlement on Sunday morning before being shot by forces at the scene, the army said.
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Saudi King Blames Bashar al-Assad For ISIS Rise In Syria
Saudi King Salman accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today of having aided the rise of the ISIS and called for a political settlement with moderate forces to end the war there.
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Russia Ready to Provide Air Support to Moderate Syria Rebels Fighting Islamic State: Sergei Lavrov
Russia's air force in Syria is ready to support the Free Syrian Army, the main Western-backed opposition group battling Bashar al-Assad, in its fight against Islamic State, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.
