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163 Kg Employee Sues Company For Over Rs 38 Crore, Says Desk Too Small
A New York Public Library employee, weighing 163 kg, has filed a lawsuit seeking $4.6 million in damages, alleging that being forced to work at an inadequately sized desk caused him physical and emotional trauma.
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Google Photos for Android Testing an Easier Way to Hide Faces from Memories: Report
Google Photos – the media manager on Android devices – may be developing new functionality which makes hiding certain people from the photo library a lot easier, according to a report. With this feature, users may be able to choose select faces and hide them from the Memories tab without too many steps involved.
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This Public Library In US Is Forgiving Fees For Cat Photos
The initiative has already been a roaring success, with hundreds of returned items.
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'March Meowness:' US Library Allows People To Pay Fees With Cat Pictures
This initiative stemmed from a rise in overdue fines among young patrons since the pandemic. The programme proved popular, clearing over 400 accounts in just the first five days.
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Explained: How Iowa's Unusual Caucus Tradition Launches US Election
The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off Monday, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House.
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US Presidential Election Kicks Off This Month With An Unusual Tradition
The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off later this month, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House.
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Book Returned To New York Library After 90 Years. Late Fee Is Surprising
Jimmie Ellis, who got the book issued, lived at the village with his first wife and two children. He died in 1978.
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Supreme Court Orders Anti-Terror Agency To File Response On Activist Gautam Navlakha's Request
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the NIA to file its reply within four weeks to a plea by activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest at a Mumbai public library in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, seeking a change of address.
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Book Returned To US Library After Nearly 100 Years
An overdue was returned to a US library after 96 years.
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Public Libraries Must Ensure Books Don't Violate Laws: Hong Kong Leader
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves.
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Supreme Court To Hear Activist Gautam Navlakha's House Arrest Request Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday a plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, that he be shifted from a public library in Mumbai to some other place.
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Activist Gautam Navlakha Approaches Supreme Court To Change House Arrest Location
Activist Gautam Navlakha Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking to be shifted from the public library in Mumbai, where he is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to some other place in the city.
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Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization that operates an online library, violated the copyrights of four major US publishers, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. While many of the books scanned and lent to readers were in the public domain, 3.6 million are protected by valid copyrights, and the publishers sued the non-profit in 2020 over 127 book...
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43-Year-Overdue Book Returned To Virginia Library's Drop Box
The Grissom Library branch's workers recently discovered something "very peculiar" in the facility's book return box, according to a post on Instagram from the Newport News Public Library.
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Digital Library Of Legal Terms In Regional Languages Soon: Law Minister
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government is making efforts to collect legal glossaries published in regional languages, digitise them and make them available to the public in a searchable format.
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163 Kg Employee Sues Company For Over Rs 38 Crore, Says Desk Too Small
A New York Public Library employee, weighing 163 kg, has filed a lawsuit seeking $4.6 million in damages, alleging that being forced to work at an inadequately sized desk caused him physical and emotional trauma.
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Google Photos for Android Testing an Easier Way to Hide Faces from Memories: Report
Google Photos – the media manager on Android devices – may be developing new functionality which makes hiding certain people from the photo library a lot easier, according to a report. With this feature, users may be able to choose select faces and hide them from the Memories tab without too many steps involved.
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This Public Library In US Is Forgiving Fees For Cat Photos
The initiative has already been a roaring success, with hundreds of returned items.
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'March Meowness:' US Library Allows People To Pay Fees With Cat Pictures
This initiative stemmed from a rise in overdue fines among young patrons since the pandemic. The programme proved popular, clearing over 400 accounts in just the first five days.
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Explained: How Iowa's Unusual Caucus Tradition Launches US Election
The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off Monday, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House.
-
US Presidential Election Kicks Off This Month With An Unusual Tradition
The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off later this month, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House.
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Book Returned To New York Library After 90 Years. Late Fee Is Surprising
Jimmie Ellis, who got the book issued, lived at the village with his first wife and two children. He died in 1978.
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Supreme Court Orders Anti-Terror Agency To File Response On Activist Gautam Navlakha's Request
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the NIA to file its reply within four weeks to a plea by activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest at a Mumbai public library in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, seeking a change of address.
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Book Returned To US Library After Nearly 100 Years
An overdue was returned to a US library after 96 years.
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Public Libraries Must Ensure Books Don't Violate Laws: Hong Kong Leader
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves.
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Supreme Court To Hear Activist Gautam Navlakha's House Arrest Request Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday a plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, that he be shifted from a public library in Mumbai to some other place.
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Activist Gautam Navlakha Approaches Supreme Court To Change House Arrest Location
Activist Gautam Navlakha Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking to be shifted from the public library in Mumbai, where he is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to some other place in the city.
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Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization that operates an online library, violated the copyrights of four major US publishers, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. While many of the books scanned and lent to readers were in the public domain, 3.6 million are protected by valid copyrights, and the publishers sued the non-profit in 2020 over 127 book...
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43-Year-Overdue Book Returned To Virginia Library's Drop Box
The Grissom Library branch's workers recently discovered something "very peculiar" in the facility's book return box, according to a post on Instagram from the Newport News Public Library.
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Digital Library Of Legal Terms In Regional Languages Soon: Law Minister
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government is making efforts to collect legal glossaries published in regional languages, digitise them and make them available to the public in a searchable format.
