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Encroached lands to be cleared to make way for sports grounds in Thoothukudi




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Children with special needs taken on movie outing




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Explained: What is climate change and why is the world meeting at COP29?




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Surge in food prices due to adverse weather conditions impacting crop yields: CareEdge economist Sinha

Import-reliant edible oil sector, heightened vegetable prices continue to exert pressure on the CPI basket, raising concerns over household inflation expectations




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Food and beverages inflation surged to 9.7% in October, Dec, rate cut unlikely: ICRA’s Nayar

Food and beverage inflation for October compares with 8.4% in September, led by an increase in seven of the 12 food groups. Vegetables inflation reached a 57-month high of 42.2% from 36.0% in September, exerting upward pressure on the overall CPI.”




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Kolkata’s Anish who is little master of the board after becoming youngest rated chess player at 3




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Ensure A Joyful Festive Season with Bajaj Finance’s Savings And Credit Options




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Prime Minister Internship Scheme: Youth registration deadline extended to November 15, says MCA

More than 5 lakh internship applications received so far from Youth 




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Letters to the Editor dated November 13, 2024




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76% of income tax collected from those earning more than ₹50 lakh: Govt officials

Middle-class tax burden has eased in the past decade




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Editorial. October retail inflation print raises concerns

Supply chain efficiencies are a must to offset price increase due to rising input costs and the inevitable increases in support prices




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Today’s top tech news: Elon Musk to co-lead government department; Apple’s new AI wall tablet; Netflix grows on ad-supported tier




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X rivals Bluesky and Threads get more users as some migrate from Elon Musk-owned platform

Bluesky said hello to the one million people that joined the platform in the past week, while Threads crossed 275 million monthly active users earlier in November




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Eight injured in fire at IndianOil’s Mathura refinery 

All injured individuals are reported to be in stable condition, according to the company statement




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Shares plummet 11% post Greaves Cotton’s mixed Q2 results  

Greaves Cotton reported consolidated revenue of ₹705 crore for Q2 FY25, with standalone revenue growing by 2 per cent to ₹468 crore




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SEBI may allow only accredited investors in Angel Funds

The regulator has also mooted several relaxations




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Trinamool Congress leader killed in West Bengal’s Bhatpara region

The violence occurred at Bhatpara, the area adjoining Naihati Assembly where bypolls are being held on November 13, 2024




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The Third Edit: In Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize win, outer space and inner lives




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The green transition India needs




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CoP’s hasty decision on carbon credits could do more harm than good




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Supreme Court could have aligned AMU with aspirational India. It did not




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Have you Contra-Dated? Here's Why You Should Try It

Contra-dating is all about pushing boundaries. rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, CEO of online dating app Quack Quack, lists 10 reasons why everyone should try it at least once.




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Art 370 won't be restored even if Indira returns: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will not be restored even if Congress stalwart and late PM Indira Gandhi comes down from heaven.




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Biden meets Trump, both pledge smooth transition

In the meeting, the two leaders assured the nation of a peaceful transition of power on January 20 next year.




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KL Rahul finally breaks silence on animated chat with Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka during IPL 2024

Following a crushing 10-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad, LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka expressed his displeasure and engaged in a heated discussion with the captain on the field.




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WATCH: Bride shares heartbreaking moment as only 5 guests attend her wedding reception, video goes viral

A bride shares her heartbreak after only five guests showed up to her wedding reception despite receiving 40 RSVPs.




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Kanguva box office prediction day 1: Suriya to score his career-best opening; set to beat Kamal Haasan, Chiyaan Vikram

Kanguva is set to take third biggest opening in Tamil Nadu this year after Thalapathy Vijay's The Greatest of All Time and Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan.




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Ameesha Patel sparks dating rumours with 'darling' Nirvaan Birla after their Dubai photo goes viral, gets trolled for...

Ameesha Patel was age shamed after her intimate picture with businessman Nirvaan Birla went viral on social media. While Ameesha is 49 years old, Nirvaan is 30.




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DNA TV Show: Arsh Dalla, Khalistani terrorist, arrested in Canada

He also had a connection with Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in a gang war last year.




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Meet man who used to earn just Rs 65, now heads Rs 23416 crore company, he is...

R. G. Chandramogan, chairman of Hatsun Agro Product, hails from Chennai and was a college dropout who began by selling ice cream from pushcarts.




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Meet man who quit IIT Bombay without getting degree, moved to US, later earned Rs 286 crore in just 5 months by...

Meet an IIT Bombay dropout who found success in the crypto world and now works as co-head of Market-Neutral at BlockTower Capital.




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Delhi traffic advisory issued as trade fair at Pragati Maidan begins today, congestion expected on these roads

No vehicles will be allowed to halt or park on Mathura Road or Bhairon Marg.




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Meet Tulsi Gabbard, Hindu American who is appointed by Donald Trump as US director of national intelligence

Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider, compared to her predecessor.




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PSBs clocked 11% growth in H1FY25

The Union Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that aggregate business of public sector banks (PSBs) has shown strong growth of 11 per cent in the first half of the financial year 2024-25 (H1FY25) to touch Rs 236 trillion. The operating and net profit were also robust. At Rs 1.5 trillion, operating profit grew by 14.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) while the net profit saw an impressive 25.6 per cent jump at Rs 85,520 crore in the first half of FY25.




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Jio IPO may be pegged at over $6 bn; listing in 2025

Reliance Jio, the telecom business of the Mukesh Ambani-promoted conglomerate, is expected to go for an initial public offering (IPO) of over $6.25 billion either in the second or the third quarter of the calendar year 2025, sources said. Reliance Retail is likely to be listed around the same time with a short gap, it is learnt. The timing of the two IPOs, however, will depend on the company's assessment of the market conditions among other factors.




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How a Seemingly Well-Planned Server Move Crashed, Burned, and Rose from the Ashes

Photo by hisperati About 8 months ago I acquired a small startup called HitTail. You can read more about the acquisition here. When the deal closed, the app was in bad shape. Within 3 weeks I had to move the entire operation, including a large database, to new servers. This required my first all-nighter in aRead More →

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How I Grew My Startup’s Revenue 50% And Saved $60k Through Partnerships

Photo by b1ue5ky This article is a guest post from Eric Tarn. Eric is a co-founder of Onepager, a simple website builder which helps individuals and small businesses get beautiful sites up quickly and easily. When you’re part of a startup, you’re usually working with a smaller team and budget to reach big goals. WhileRead More →

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How I Created 4 Startup Explainer Videos for $11

When I was writing the copy for the home page of Drip, I ran into a bit of a challenge: the idea of marketing automation is still new to a lot of people, so not everyone is aware of how email marketing (much less marketing automation) can help them. One of the easiest ways I’ve foundRead More →

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What I Learned Buying, Growing, and Selling My Startup

In early 2011 I was looking for my next thing. Long ago I learned that when I’m not learning I’m not happy. And in early 2011, aside from hosting our first successful MicroConf, I wasn’t doing many things that scared me. Which told me I needed a next thing. My book was selling well. I had aRead More →

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TinySeed Applications Open January 18th

Two-and-a-half months ago Einar Vollset and I announced TinySeed, the first startup accelerator designed for bootstrappers. The response was overwhelming. Hundreds and hundreds of tweets, re-tweets, likes, Hacker News upvotes, email responses…it was immediately obvious that there is pent up demand for this kind of alternative early-stage startup funding. Previously On..TinySeed To catch you up, here’s a briefRead More →

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Roadblocks vs. Speed bumps

I co-host a podcast that focuses on bootstrapping software startups. Last week as my co-host and I dug into some struggles he’s running into getting his product to escape velocity, I started saying a phrase I hadn’t used before: It sounds like you’re taking speed bumps and turning them into roadblocks. As a founder youRead More →

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Google Search Results Slammed In Studies

Two studies both say Google's search rankings help only the company itself. One says the ranking algorithm worsens the experience for users, while the other says paid placements in the rankings doesn't even benefit businesses. The first study is from WalletHub, which looked specifically at searches for 48 terms related to credit cards and banking. It claims that in more than a third of searches it carried out, the entire top 10 results were from pages that didn't have any editorial content and were simply promoting financial services for paid advertisers. (Source: wallethub.com ) (While some ... (view more)




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Google and Meta Accused of Teen Ad Targeting

Google staff have been accused of exploiting a loophole to target ads at children. The workaround reportedly broke company policy but not any existing laws. According to the Financial Times, the workaround was done in partnership with Meta, which wanted a way to advertise Instagram on YouTube and target 13 to 17 year olds. (Source: ft.com ) Normally that would be impossible under Google's rules for targeting, which don't let advertisers specify ages under 18 when selecting who does and doesn't see an ad. Known Unknowns However, the Financial Times claims Google staff not only knew Meta wanted ... (view more)




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Google Brings Back Archived Page Links

Google is to make it easier to find copies of pages that are no longer available on websites. The change comes several months after Google removed its own cache of web pages. Users will instead be able to follow a link to the archived copy at the Internet Archive's "wayback machine." Before this year, many Google search results included a link to Google's own cached copies of web pages. These were the copies that Google made when scanning a web page for content and links to help decide when and where it should appear in search rankings. The cached copy available in the search results would ... (view more)




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Being Blackmailed on Instagram? Here's What to Do

Infopackets Reader Steve T. writes: " Dear Dennis, Please help! I am being blackmailed on Instagram and I'm not sure what to do. A few weeks ago I signed up for Plenty of Fish (PoF) dating and matched up with a woman that I believed to be legit. We exchanged photos on Instagram and texted back and forth for about a week. Not long after, we exchanged raunchy photos. Fast forward to just a few days ago and she claims to have crashed her car and doesn't have enough to cover the costs. She's asked me to help. I declined. She said if I don't pay, she would share intimate pictures of me with all of ... (view more)




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Necro Malware Infects 'Modified' Spotify, WhatsApp

"Modified" versions of popular apps have helped distribute a nasty piece of Android malware. The tactic expanded the reach of the Necro Trojan despite Google's security checks. Necro was able to survive for some time before discovery, largely because the infection wasn't obvious to users. Its main purpose was to hijack phones and use them to make money for the people behind the malware. This included displaying paid ads in the background so that users didn't see them, but the scammers were able to claim revenue from advertisers. The malware would also install apps on the phone to earn ... (view more)




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Facebook Fined for Password Failure

Facebook's parent company has been fined the equivalent of $100 million for storing user passwords in plain text. Failing to encrypt the passwords breached Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, broke the rules despite there being no evidence that anyone accessed the passwords without authorization or that anyone was then able to access accounts. Delay In Coming Clean The company was found to have breached the GDPR on four counts. Two involved failing to adequately secure personal data, one involved not properly documenting these failures ... (view more)




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Running App Revealed World Leaders' Location

Running app Strava made it possible to track the locations of world leaders and high-profile political candidates according to a newspaper investigation. Security services say the vulnerability did not put people at risk but are reviewing their guidelines on using the app. Le Monde investigated the movements of bodyguards for politicians including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Emannuel Macron and Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump plus partners Jill Biden and Melania Trump. (Source: lemonde.fr ) Secret Trip Revealed The newspaper was able to discover the names of the presidential bodyguards and find ... (view more)




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Being Blackmailed on Google Chat? Here's What to Do

Infopackets Reader Shane J. writes: " Dear Dennis, Help - I'm being blackmailed on Google Chat ! Two days ago I received a friend request on Facebook from a woman who lives in my city. At first I didn't recognize her, but she says she went to my high school. Eventually we ended up chatting outside of Facebook using Google Chat (previously Google Hangouts), and that's when she sent me some revealing photos of herself. She asked me to reciprocate. As soon as I did, the video chat ended immediately. She texted me and said if I don't pay her money she would send the video to friends and family. ... (view more)




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Google Fined $2.5 Trillion Trillion Trillion

Google has confirmed it currently owes $2.5 decillion dollars in an unpaid fine in Russia. It doesn't plan on paying any time soon. The fine stems from a judgment in 2020. The government run Russian news site RBC reported on the fine this week and Google has confirmed that the details are correct. The penalty was for restricting the YouTube channels of two Russian media outlets, with those companies successfully suing Google for civil penalties under Russian law. Further penalties were added for similar bans of Russian media sites in 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine. At that time Google ... (view more)