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Facebook-parent Meta’s senior public policy executive for Asia-Pacific is leaving the company amid regulatory challenges in the region. Singapore-based Simon Milner has been with Meta since 2012. In a recent LinkedIn post, he announced that he will leave the company in the first half of this year to retire from full-time work. In his post,…
You can learn more about the world today by looking back at several dates in history. Sometimes, tragedies, political changes, cultural shifts, and personal milestones don’t make it into the calendar. January 14 is one of those days. It has stories that span generations and continents. This day highlights how history may be very different….
Makar Sankranti is a festival that is highly revered and is one of the most ancient in India. Interestingly, unlike other Indian festivals that mostly follow the lunar calendar, Makar Sankranti, as a solar calendar-based festival, marks the entry of the Sun into the Capricorn sign that is traditionally known as Makara.It marks the onset…
KOLKATA: Can Madhyamik admit card be Bengal’s 14th SIR document? The West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer asked the EC to clarify. The SIR hearings are throwing up multiple pleas by people who did not clear Madhyamik but have the admit card, with their date of birth documented in it, as a valid birth certificate. If…
Patna: The 14th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna, was held on Saturday and presided over by the chairman of the institute’s board of governors, Ashok Kumar Modi.The ceremony was organised under the guidance of institute director P K Jain, with the support of faculty members, officers, staff and students. Sunil…
Malayalam star Dulquer Salmaan celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary with wife Amal Sufiya, calling her the ‘better half of my life.’ He shared heartfelt memories of their wedding day, their shared dreams, and the joy of their daughter Mariam. Salmaan expressed deep gratitude for their journey together, highlighting their individual and shared professional and personal…
India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have concluded the 14th round of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in Brussels, as both sides look to resolve outstanding issues and move closer to signing the deal by the end of the year, PTI reported citing an official.The five-day round, which began on October…
On the 14th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing, the world remembers not just the visionary behind Apple, but the deeply introspective thinker who in the final year completed the essence of human independence. Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, at age 56, just one day after Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S and Siri. Before…
India and the European Union (EU) are gearing up for the 14th round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations in Brussels on Monday, as both sides aim to smoothen out the differences and finalise the deal by the end of the year.Senior officials from India and the 27-member bloc will hold a five-day round of…
Armand Duplantis of Sweden broke the world record once again, for the 14th time now, to clinch gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. (AP) Tokyo: The world athletics championships were, not for the first time, the Armand Duplantis show on Monday although New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish did his best to share the spotlight…
