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Myanmar authorities say they were battling an insurgency and deny carrying out systematic atrocities.

Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media

Reuters In an earlier statement in response to the lawsuit, a Meta spokesperson said the company was "appalled by the crimes committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar."

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Facebook began labelling political posts and ads on the platform on several occasions, most recently during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections.

Internet

Facebook misjudges thousands of political ads: study

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The failure to treat political ads could both undermine the company’s trustworthiness as well as limit the vital information reaching the public

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Data

Data | How regional parties in India are funded?

The Hindu Data Team Total income for the selected regional parties in FY20 amounted to ₹803.24 crore, of which 55% was from unknown sources

A sit-in outside the office of Gurugram Divisional Commissioner on Wednesday.

States

Several outfits condemn attempts to disturb communal harmony in Gurugram

Special Correspondent Members of several organisations staged a day-long sit-in outside the office of Gurugram Divisional Commissioner on Wednesday demanding strict action against those trying to disturb the communal harmony in the city on the pretext of opposing Friday prayer (Jumma Namaz) in the open.The organisations include the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Janwadi Mahila Samiti, Loktantrik Manch, All-India Lawyers’ Union, Democratic Youth Federation of India, Gurgaon Nagrik Ekta Manch, and Sarv

Hyderabad

Students sponsored by NMDC complete nursing course

Special Correspondent A total of 80 tribal girl students sponsored under public sector mining major NMDC’s Balika Shiksha Yojana received their General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and B.Sc (Nursing) certificates at the convocation ceremony organised here on Friday.The scheme, to sponsor poor tribal girl students from Bastar division of Chhattisgarh pursue a nursing course at the Apollo Institute of Nursing in Hyderabad, is being implemented since 2011-12. A corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, the scheme

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Minister for Revenue K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran gives gifts to a pregnant woman at a social baby shower programme in Sattur on Friday.

Madurai

Baby shower for 250 pregnant women held in Sattur

Special Correspondent Minister for Revenue K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran distributed freebies to 250 pregnant women at a social baby shower programme here on Friday. The Minister said that only a healthy and happy mother can deliver a healthy baby and the baby shower programme was organised to ensure it. The government was organising the social ‘valaikappu’ programme for the underprivileged women who could not afford such functions. The programme did not discriminate women on the lines of caste and religion, he

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Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), in Mumbai. File

Business

Business news live: Markets update | Sensex, Nifty open lower

Abhishek Chatterjee Aditya Saroha Top news of the day from the world of business, finance and economy

Industry

Explained | Risks of allowing large industrial groups to set up banks

Prashanth Perumal RBI has decided against issuing banking licences to industrial groups despite suggestion by internal panel

As per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India's industrial production rose 3.2% in October. Photo: Special Arrangement

Economy

Industrial production grows 3.2% in October

PTI Mining output climbed 11.4%, and power generation increased 3.1%.

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(L-R) Astronaut candidates Nichole Ayers, Christina Birch, Luke Delaney, Andre Douglas, Christopher Williams, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham and Marcos Berrios pose for a group photo at the NASA's 2021 Astronaut Candidate announcement event on December 6, 2021 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.

International

NASA’s 10 new astronauts: pilots, doctor, physicist, cyclist

PTI More than 12,000 applied for the coveted spots. The 10 selected are in their 30s and 40s, and face two years of training before becoming eligible for spaceflight.

Science

An innovation that can better protect power grids

Shubashree Desikan High current surges, if unchecked, cause heating of the wires and perhaps melting and consequent short-circuits and fire accidents

Sensing aliens: Interaction between the adenovirus and platelet factor 4, and how the complex is presented to the immune system might prompt it to see it as foreign.

Science

Study finds mechanism of blood clots after giving Oxford vaccine

R. Prasad The rare adverse effect can follow vaccination using chimpanzee adenovirus Y25, human adenovirus type 26, and human adenovirus type 5

Health

Two common drugs found effective against COVID-19, in early testing

PTI Researchers from the University of Florida in the U.S. noted that the combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms.

Photo used for representational purposes only. File

Health

Omicron blunts immune response more, say reports

Jacob Koshy Three studies were based on Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine

There are indications that Omicron is better at infecting people who have been vaccinated or already had COVID-19. | File

Health

‘Highly unlikely’ existing vaccines will fail against Omicron: WHO

AFP In the fight against all COVID-19 variants, WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said, “the best weapon we have right now is to get vaccinated.”

Internet

Facebook misjudges thousands of political ads: study

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The failure to treat political ads could both undermine the company’s trustworthiness as well as limit the vital information reaching the public

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