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  • Barcelona mayor suspends ties with Israel, including twinning agreement over Palestinian rights

    Barcelona mayor suspends ties with Israel, including twinning agreement over Palestinian rights

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    The Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, has suspended institutional relations with Israel, including the twinning agreement between the city and Tel Aviv, local media reported.

    Ada Colau, the left-wing mayor, said in a press conference on Wednesday the decision was a response to its crime of apartheid and its repeated violation of human rights against the Palestinians.

    “More than 100 organizations and more than 4,000 citizens have called for the defense of the human rights of Palestinians, and for this reason, in my capacity as mayor, I informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter that I suspend the institutional relationship between Barcelona and Tel Aviv,” the mayor said.

    Ada Colau further added, “I have decided to temporarily suspend relations with the State of Israel and with the official institutions of this state, especially the twinning agreements with the Tel Aviv municipality, until the Israeli authorities end the systematic violation of Palestinian human rights.”

    As per the media reports, activists from left-wing parties and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement succeeded in collecting the signatures of 5,000 citizens of Barcelona on a petition calling for the abolition of relations between Barcelona and Tel Aviv.

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    A twinning agreement was signed between the municipalities of Barcelona and Tel Aviv in 1998.

    The Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, pointed to the importance of this agreement in “strengthening joint cooperation between the two cities in various fields that concern civil residential communities, primarily tourism and the economy.”

    Barcelona is considered an important tourist destination for Israelis, in light of Barcelona annually hosting the World Conference on Communications and Smart Cities, which provides a platform for Israeli companies in this field to showcase their innovations.



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  • JKBOSE: Important Notification For Classes 10th, 11th and 12th Of Kashmir Division Including District Kargil – Check Here – Kashmir News

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    JKBOSE: Important Notification For Classes 10th, 11th and 12th Of Kashmir Division Including District Kargil – Check Here – Kashmir News

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  • Hyderabad: 2 including foreign national arrested in gift fraud case

    Hyderabad: 2 including foreign national arrested in gift fraud case

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    Hyderabad: Two people including one foreign national from the Ivory Coast were arrested by the Cyber crime police for their involvement in a gift fraud case and cheating the complainant of Rs 1.22 crores.

    The accused 34-year-old Bakayoko Lassina and Shoma Prasad scammed people online. Lassina would open fake facebook accounts and present himself as Dr Leonardo Matteo from Scotland and send friend requests to random people. The complainant, a resident of Hyderabad, accepted the friend request and started speaking to Lassina frequently.

    Later, Lassina informed the complainant that he was sending the latter a gift parcel consisting of gold, diamonds and other articles.

    The other accused, Shoma Purkayasta would then called the complainant and impersonate a customs officer. On the pretext of customs tax and other charges over the gifts, she would extracted money through online transfer by convincing the complainant that it was necessary to clear customs charges and taxes.

    After receiving the money, they would then proceed to avoid the complainant’s calls and messages.

    The duo were booked under Section 66 (c) (D) of the Information Technology Act and Sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

    Upon their arrest, 20 pass books, 8 check books, 12 mobile phones, Sim cards, laptops and ID cards were seized from the accused.

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  • Govt blocks 232 foreign apps, including Chinese for gambling, money laundering

    Govt blocks 232 foreign apps, including Chinese for gambling, money laundering

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    India to ban 54 more Chinese apps citing security threat

    New Delhi: The government has blocked 232 apps operated by overseas entities, including Chinese for being involved in betting, gambling and unauthorised loan service, according to an official source.

    Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued orders to block these apps following instructions from Ministry of Home Affairs.

    “The order to block 138 apps that were involved in betting, gambling and money laundering were issued last evening. Separately, an order to block 94 apps engaged in unauthorised loan service has also been issued. These apps were being operated from offshore entities, including Chinese. They were posing a threat to the economic stability of the country,” the official, who did not wish to be named , told PTI.

    The official did not disclose the name of the apps that have been blocked. An official query sent to MeitY did not elicit any immediate response.

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  • Google testing ChatGPT-like products, including chatbot Apprentice Bard

    Google testing ChatGPT-like products, including chatbot Apprentice Bard

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    San Francisco: Google is testing ChatGPT-like products, which use its LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) technology, media reports said.

    Under new AI-powered chat products, the tech giant is testing a chatbot called “Apprentice Bard,” where employees can ask questions and receive detailed answers similar to ChatGPT, also a new search desktop design that could be used in a question-and-answer form, reports CNBC, citing sources.

    The testing follows an all-hands meeting where employees expressed concerns about the company’s competitive edge in AI, given the sudden popularity of ChatGPT, created by OpenAI, a Microsoft-backed startup.

    Moreover, Google’s parent company Alphabet is working on a project under its cloud unit called Atlas, which is a “code red” response to ChatGPT, the large-language chatbot that took the public by storm late last year, said the report.

    Further, it mentioned that Apprentice Bard, which looks similar to ChatGPT, includes a feature in which answers can include recent events, which ChatGPT doesn’t have yet.

    “As a result of ChatGPT, the LaMDA team has been asked to prioritise working on a response to ChatGPT,” read one internal memo viewed by CNBC.

    “In the short term, it takes precedence over other projects,” the email said.

    Apprentice Bard took the place of “Meena”, a previous version of a smart chatbot that had been launched internally but was later discontinued, said the report.

    Meanwhile, Microsoft announced a multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI, the developer behind AI-driven ChatGPT which has become a rage.The tech giant, which infused $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, did not divulge the investment amount in the “third phase of our long-term partnership with OpenAI”. Earlier reports had claimed Microsoft may infuse up to $10 billion in OpenAI.

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  • Dems name new members to combat GOP investigations — including Schiff

    Dems name new members to combat GOP investigations — including Schiff

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    Democrats will get their first test run on pushing back against Republicans on the panel, chaired by McCarthy-antagonist-turned-ally Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), on Wednesday during the committee’s first hearing, centered on the border. In addition to investigations, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will be at the forefront of any impeachment inquiries, as Republicans have called for forcibly removing Mayorkas over his handling of the border.

    Meanwhile, several new freshmen members have joined the Oversight Committee, including Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who was counsel to House Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.

    The panel’s Democrats also named Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to serve as vice ranker, a possibility reported by POLITICO last week. It’s a move that could be highly significant if Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has to miss hearings as he undergoes cancer treatment.

    The new members “have come from all over America to fight for their communities. Now they join the Democrats on the Oversight and Accountability Committee — the ‘Truth Squad’ — to conduct thorough and fact-based oversight to ensure an effective, efficient, and accountable American government that delivers for the American people,” Raskin said in a statement about Democrats’ line up.

    Republicans on the Oversight Committee have vowed to investigate dozens of areas within the Biden administration. But they’ve signaled panel Republicans’ main focus will be targeting President Joe Biden himself, primarily by delving into Hunter Biden’s business dealings and other members of the Biden family; the coronavirus pandemic, including federal government directives and the “origins” of the virus; the border, and the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

    And the panel includes some of the House GOP’s most right-leaning members, including Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus.

    Democrats still need to pick their members for a Republican-run select subcommittee that will look into the “weaponization” of the federal government, a concession McCarthy made to conservatives in order to secure the speakership.

    McCarthy unveiled the GOP picks for the panel last week, naming 11 Republicans plus Jordan to lead the sweeping committee — more members than expected. The House is expected to pass a resolution expanding the size of the subcommittee, which would proportionally boost the number of Democratic seats.



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  • Telangana: 15 BRS leaders including deputy mayor arrested for gambling

    Telangana: 15 BRS leaders including deputy mayor arrested for gambling

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    Telangana: TRS urges EC to remove symbols similar to car

    Hyderabad: Fifteen leaders of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) including a deputy mayor and six corporators’ were arrested for allegedly gambling by the Rachakonda Special Operations Team at Medipally on Sunday evening.

    Acting on information, the police raided the office of Peerzadiguda municipal co-opt member Jagdishwar Reddy office and found deputy mayor K Shivakumar Goud and six corporators’ playing three card game and gambling. Six others are builders.

    The police seized huge cash, playing cards, mobile phones and other articles from the spot.

    The leaders tried to pressurize the police to let them off.

    However as the news went viral the police higher-ups directed the local police to immediately register a case.

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  • Pune techie murder case: All accused including Hindu group leader acquitted

    Pune techie murder case: All accused including Hindu group leader acquitted

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    Pune: Nine years after the murder of an IT professional Mohsin Shaikh rocked Maharashtra, a Pune Sessions Court acquitted all 20 accused including the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) President Dhananjay Desai, here on Friday.

    Reading out the verdict on Friday, Pune Additional Sessions Judge S.B. Salunkhe said that the evidence brought on record was not strong enough to convict Desai and other co-accused and the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubts, lawyer Sudhir Shah said for one of the accused.

    “It was a conspiracy to frame me and the police were misused… I was innocent,” Desai remarked briefly after the court verdict.

    Shaikh, 28, had allegedly posted some objectionable content on social media pertaining to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the late Balasaheb Thackeray and others, which resulted in protests and violence in Unnatnagar and surroundings of Hadapsar, on June 2, 2014.

    At that time, Shaikh, who hailed from Solapur, was returning home with his friend Riyaz A. Shendrare after offering prayers in a mosque and was targeted by some motorcycle-borne men armed with hockey sticks, cricket bats, stones and other weapons, who created mayhem in the vicinity, attacking people and properties.

    Seriously hurt in the attack by a cricket bat blow, Shaikh died while under treatment in hospital, and his brother Mobin Shaikh lodged an FIR.

    In his complaint, Mobin stated that the attackers intercepted his brother Mohsin and his friend Riyaz at Satav Plot around 9.15 p.m. as he sported a beard and wore a light-green Pathani suit.

    After investigations, the Pune Police charged Desai of inciting passions through inflammatory speeches in January and March 2014 in Manjari and Lonikalbhor areas in Hadapsar.

    A total of 21 people, including a minor, all said to be HRS activists, were nabbed in the case and all secured bail later, as their lawyers argued about political motives, with the state assembly elections which were due then.

    Taking strong cognizance, the government of the then Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had appointed eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, Special Public Prosecutor, but after objections from some groups, he finally opted out in May 2017.

    Later, the government appointed the District Government Pleader Ujjwala Pawar as the SPP and after her retirement, Dhaigude Patil continued the matter.

    The Sessions Court verdict on Friday has evoked sharp reactions from various political parties in the state.

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  • All Vehicles Including Buses Older Than 15 Yrs To Be Scrapped – Know Details – Kashmir News

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    According to a notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways All the government vehicles older than 15 years are to be scrapped. The vehicles owned by the state and central government, including buses owned by public transport corporations and public sector undertakings, are to be deregistered and scrapped starting the 1st of April.

    This, however, does not apply to special-purpose vehicles like armoured vehicles used for operational purposes of defence and maintenance of law and order in the country.

    “Disposal of such vehicles shall, after the expiry of the fifteen years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle, (should) be ensured through the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility set up in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021,” it said.

    Announced in the Union Budget 2021-22, the policy provides for fitness tests after 20 years for personal vehicles, while commercial vehicles will require it after 15 years.

    Under the new policy which is effective from 1 April 2022, the Centre has said states and Union Territories will provide up to 25 per cent tax rebate on road tax for vehicles that are purchased after scrapping old vehicles.

    Last year, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had said his aim is to develop at least one automobile scrapping facility within 150 kilometres from each city centre, while asserting that the country has the potential to become a vehicle scrapping hub of the entire South Asian region.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Vehicle Scrappage Policy in 2021 and had said it will help phase out unfit and polluting vehicles and also promote a circular economy.

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  • House Democrats named their rosters for the most desired committees, including the Rules Committee. 

    House Democrats named their rosters for the most desired committees, including the Rules Committee. 

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    Democrats on Rules will be a counterweight to the more conservative members of the panel.

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