CURRENT AFFAIRS Today’s Top 10 News: From Center’s Aspirational District Programme to epic Mollywood Pongal showdown between Ajith and Vijay, here are the top picks for you DNP News brings to you top 10 breaking stories of the day to keep you abreast of all the latest developments from India and around the world.
BUSINESS Corporate Whammy: Walmart Inc. and Phonepay to pay $ 1 billion in Taxes for shifting Head Office to India After the digital payments startup moved its headquarters to India, Walmart Inc. and other PhonePe stockholders will be required to pay close to $1 billion in tax, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
BUSINESS Facebook's parent company Meta fined 390 million euros by Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaking EU data laws The owner of popular social media platform including Facebook and Instagram, Meta, was penalised by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) with a punishment of €390 million (approximately $414 million) for breaking EU data laws.
BUSINESS Exciting time for Tech sector, India to become a leader in artificial intelligence The CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadela is upbeat about the future of the technology sector and refers to the current trends as "show time." Furthermore, he also mentioned that the arrival of OpenAI's ChatGPT artificially intelligent chatbox has been the most interesting advancement to date.
BUSINESS Big Shots Sundar Pichai and Donald Trump Jr. among 200 million users whose personal information leaked in sensational Twitter database breach It appears that Twitter has once again been compromised. In the most recent incident, a hacker going by the name StayMad is said to have exposed the personal information of over 200 million individuals, including well-known users like Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, Donald Trump Jr., SpaceX, CBS Media, NBA, WHO, and others.
WORLD Price Harry alleges that elder brother William brow beat him to the floor In his upcoming book, Spare Harry, Prince Harry claims that Prince William physically assaulted him as a result of his marriage to Meghan Markle.
HEALTH Health experts: since the start of the New Year, number of respiratory patients climbed by 30% According to health experts, the number of respiratory patients has increased by at least 30% since the start of the year. Some of these patients have even been sent to the intensive care unit (ICU) because of low blood oxygen levels and respiratory distress brought on by extreme pollution.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Amazon on cost cutting spree could lay off more than 18,000 employees According to Chief Executive Andy Jassy in a public staff letter on Wednesday, Amazon.com Inc. will now be laying off more than 18,000 employees as part of a previously announced headcount reduction.
States Karnataka HC overturns Sainik Welfare Board's guidelines prohibiting married daughters from obtaining dependent cards The Karnataka High Court ruled that a married daughter remains a daughter in the same way that a married son remains a son, upholding a Sainik Welfare Board regulation that barred married daughters from acquiring dependant cards provided to the offspring of former defence personnel. If a son remains a son whether or not he is married, a daughter also remains a daughter whether or not she is married.
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