Day: 27 February 2021

Analysis: The court of international public opinion long ago found MBS guilty over Khashoggi murder. The US has just caught up

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A Turkish intelligence audio recording captured the moments inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that Saudi government agents drugged, suffocated and dismembered the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist. In the 879 days since, the only geopolitical question of consequence is what role Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known by his initials MBS, played in … Read more

Biden scores legislative win as House passes $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan

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President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats face challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise the minimum wage. Democrats who control the chamber passed the sweeping measure by a mostly party-line vote of 219 to … Read more

Assam has around 108596 doubtful voters: Nitin Khade, Chief Electoral Officer of Assam

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Nitin Khade Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Assam said that Assam has around 108596 doubtful voters. Assam inspector general of police (law and order), Deepak Kumar Kedia said that around 6221 non bailable warrants have been executed. Doubtful or D voter tag was first used during the preparation of electoral rolls in 1997. Doubtful voter’, … Read more

SC not to use WhatsApp groups to share VC links for hearings

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The Supreme Court will no longer use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for court hearings, the apex court registry said on Saturday. In a circular, the registry said that instead of WhatsApp, the links for virtual court hearings in the apex court will be shared on registered email ids and registered mobile numbers … Read more

Leaders should display their loyalty to party by campaigning in poll-bound states: Congress

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The Congress on Saturday said the leaders in the “Group of 23” are respectable partymen in whom it took pride, but advised them to make their “best contribution” and display their “loyalty” to the party by campaigning to strengthen it in the states that are going to polls. The advice came in response to the … Read more

DevOps and agile for all: technology professionals need to lead the way in the post-Covid era ahead | ZDNet

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DevOps and agile methodologies certainly have shifted the priorities and practices of technology teams. Now, as organizations prepare for the post-Covid boom in activity ahead, these efforts will need to be at the forefront of cultural change and engaging customers. DevOps and agile need to break out of the IT department and become everyone’s best … Read more

EC removes Bengal’s ADG (law & order) a day after announcing poll dates

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A day after announcing the dates for assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place, an official order said. Shamim, a 1995-batch IPS officer, will replace Mohan as the DG Fire Services in the … Read more