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Jan 7 28 tweets 8 min read
#FPNewsUpdate: A row erupted after Maldivian politicians, including a minister, Mariyam Shiuna, mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Lakshadweep. Image #FPNewsUpdate: Shiuna, the Deputy Minister of Youth Empowerment in the Maldives, called PM Modi a 'clown' and 'puppet of Israel' in now-deleted posts on X (formerly known as Twitter). The tweets were taken down after backlash on the micro-blogging site.
Nov 18, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
#FPNewsUpdate: ChatGPT maker OpenAI ousts CEO #SamAltman

#ChatGPT maker #OpenAI said Sam Altman will step down as the company's chief executive officer. The company says the board lost confidence in Altman's ability to lead #FPWorld: The company has decided to appoint OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati as the interim CEO adding that it will conduct a formal search for a permanent CEO.

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Jul 12, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
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May 11, 2021 19 tweets 10 min read
According to the latest figures, India has 37,15,221 active #COVID19 cases and has registered 2,49,992 deaths in all till Tuesday. | Follow LIVE updates:

firstpost.com/india/coronavi… The country reported 3.3 lakh new cases against 3.5 lakh new recoveries which is a 30K dip in new cases | Follow LIVE updates: bit.ly/3bfLVdc
May 10, 2021 16 tweets 14 min read
The Mumbai civic body denied allegations of suppressing the #COVID19 death and infection figures and said it was recording the number of fatalities as per protocols laid down by the WHO and ICMR.
Follow LIVE Updates: bit.ly/3xY6hBA India reported 3,66,161 new #COVID19 cases in a period of 24 hours, as per data updated at 8 am on Monday, taking the total active cases to 37,45,237. A total of 3,754 deaths were witnessed in the same period.
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May 9, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
India records 4,03,738 fresh #COVID19 cases, taking total cases to 2,22,96,414 while toll climbs to 2,42,362 with 4,092 deaths, shows Union health ministry data

Follow LIVE updates: bit.ly/3bduZE2 Image West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to waive GST, customs duty and other taxes on oxygen concentrators, cylinders, cryogenic storage tankers and #COVID19 -related drugs

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Apr 9, 2020 18 tweets 21 min read
#CoronavirusOutbreak | The health ministry said on Wednesday that 32 people have died and 773 persons have tested positive for the #novelcoronavirus in #India since Tuesday, taking the death toll to 149 with 5,194 cases. | Follow LIVE updates here: bit.ly/2Xl5b2T #CoronavirusOutbreak | #Mumbai's #BMC would be using the #NSCIstadium in #Worli as an observation facility for people who may have come into contact with coronavirus patients. | Follow LIVE updates here: bit.ly/2Xl5b2T
Mar 26, 2020 32 tweets 34 min read
#CoronavirusOutbreak | WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a nationwide shurdown, which is being implemented by India to curb #COVID19, will not be enough to fight the outbreak. | Follow LIVE updates here: bit.ly/2UhuEs7 #CoronavirusOutbreak | A three-year-old Indian girl was among the 73 new #COVID19 cases that have been reported in #Singapore in a day, taking the tally to over 600. | Follow LIVE updates here: bit.ly/2UhuEs7
Feb 25, 2020 21 tweets 22 min read
Fresh stone pelting was reported in Maujpur and Brahmpuri; #AmitShah held a meeting last night to discuss the law and order situation in #Delhi.

Follow LIVE Updates on the #CAAProtests: bit.ly/32qjOCk #ArvindKejriwal will meet #AAP MLAs and officials from areas affected by the #DelhiViolence at 10.30 am at his residence; fire dept await police protection as fire rages on in Karawal Nagar's tyre market.

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Dec 15, 2019 26 tweets 30 min read
Protests against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct | Waseem Khan, Chief Proctor of the #JamiaMiliaIslamia, said, "Police have entered the campus by force, no permission was given. Follow LIVE updates:
bit.ly/2PNYZLu A political science student at the #Jamia University claimed that the police entered the library, hurled smoke bombs and baton charged the students.

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Aug 1, 2019 18 tweets 5 min read
As Parliament amends #POCSO to include the death penalty, a closer look shows that political posturing contrasts with reality. Politicians are often the ones protecting the rapist-killer. Pinki Virani takes a look at this scenario. #FPthreads 1/18 In November 2013, after more than seven months of work, Pinki Virani filed a PIL regarding cases which involved crimes upon children by adults. There were four identified cases – four children in different states murdered by five rapists. 2/18
Apr 16, 2019 51 tweets 53 min read
11 years and 21 films later, #AvengersEndgame is just a few days away. So, here’s presenting the #UltimateMarvelMarathon, where we watch every film in the #MCU, in the greatest Marvel Studios throwback you’ve seen.

Join us, won’t you? Here's what we are watching on the first day of #UltimateMarvelMarathon.

Which one is your favourite?