Nirmala Sitharaman, who replied to the debate on the Union Budget 2023-24, hit back at Congress over corruption allegations against the government, saying "wash your mouth with Dettol".
Using the issue of 'oil bonds,' Sitharaman referred to the Congress-led UPA government's tenure as "trickery," adding that her government is repaying the burden.
"Oil bonds are deception because, if you want to give a subsidy to alleviate the burden, they [UPA] could have cut excise duty as we did, but UPA did not. They shifted the burden to oil marketing companies, which is revenue expenditure rather than asset creation,” Nirmala said.
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🚨: The #AdaniGroup has hired ‘#Wachtell’, one of the Wall Street's fiercest defense law firms to take on US short seller #HindenburgResearch, which accused the Indian conglomerate of stock manipulation and fraud.
It is the same firm that Elon Musk hired to fight Twitter.
The development comes as billionaire Gautam Adani remains focused on reassuring investors that his business empire has been built on a strong foundation and faces no financial risk.
“For decades, Wachtell has been among the most sought-after advisers by besieged corporate boards at some of the largest US companies trying to fend off activist investors or hostile takeovers,” the FT said in its article.
#TECH: #Microsoft is preparing to demonstrate how its new #ChatGPT-style AI will transform its Office productivity apps.
After new Bing search engine earlier this week, Microsoft will show how it will be extended to its core productivity apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
According to the report, the company plans to announce the integration of OpenAI's AI language technology and its Prometheus Model for its Office apps sometime in March as part of its ongoing effort to keep pushing AI quickly into its products due to Google.
Outlook users can use AI to find what they're looking for without having to type keywords from emails. According to Microsoft, the model can also suggest responses in emails and changes to Word documents.
Ahead of Valentine's day, the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NITC) has issued a communication to the students informing them about banning public display of affection inside its campus, saying that it can affect others in a number of ways.
In enlarged bold letters, the e-mail communication sent by the dean (students' welfare) also warned the students that any violation of its disciplinary policies would result in disciplinary action.
It says that the PDAs (Public Display of Affection) and engaging in private activities in academic areas, rest rooms, and poorly lit areas as well as anywhere on and around the NITC campus can make others feel uncomfortable and distract from the educational environment.
🚨FIRST-EVER: Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered lithium for the first time in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir (UT). This is the first significant mineral discovery in India, as previously only a small reserve had been discovered in Karnataka.
"Geological Survey of India for the first time established Lithium inferred resources (G3) of 5.9 million tonnes in the Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir," the Ministry of Mines said on Thursday.
Lithium is a non-ferrous metal and is one of the key components in EV batteries. Currently, India is import-dependent for many minerals like lithium, nickel and cobalt.
⚡️BEWARE: A Hyderabad-based doctor has shared on social media that a woman lost her eye due to excessive use of a smartphone. @hyderabaddoctor said the woman had excessively used her smartphone in dark, resulting in the loss of her eyesight.
In his Twitter thread, the doctor revealed that one of his patients named Manju came to him with the symptoms of seeing floaters, intense flashes of light, dark zigzag patterns, and occasionally a lack of vision or concentration on objects.
When she went through the medical examination, it was diagnosed that she was suffering from smartphone vision syndrome (SVS), which can lead to eye-related problems including blindness.
Swiggy has recently taken measures to crack down on user password sharing. This move follows a similar crackdown implemented by popular streaming service, Netflix, as both companies aim to combat unauthorized access to their platforms.
According to the company's new policies, users will only be able to use Swiggy One's premium membership on two devices will only be able to use Swiggy One's premium membership on two devices, according to the company's new policies.
There is currently no restriction on the number of devices that can access a Swiggy One account.
The paid service, which includes benefits such as free delivery and additional discounts on various services, has plans ranging from ₹75 per month to ₹899 annually.