Month: February 2021

News & Politics

See The First Pic Of Vamika, The Baby Of Virat And Anushka

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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli shared the first pic of their baby girl in a heartful message and said that their baby’s name is Vamika. The couple said that their baby had taken their life to a whole new level. They thanked the people for all the best wishes, payers and good energy that they received with messages.

A message for paparazzi family

The couple requested the paparazzi family not to disturb their privacy for pics of their baby as the couple would provide the content the press needed. The message further read that the paparazzi family should know from where the couple come that the couple thanked the paparazzi family for the same.

Birth of baby girl of Virat and Anushka

The cricketer and the actress were blessed with a baby girl last month. At that moment, the cricketer requested for privacy of his family. He thanked all for the all the prayers and best wishes his fans performed for the health of his wife and the baby. Also, he requested others to maintain privacy of his family.

Love story of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma started from the sets of a shampoo commercial afterwards they tied the knot in 2017 in a private ceremony in Tuscany, Italy.

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International News & Politics Technology

Elon Musk Question Robinhood’s CEO For This Reason

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Robinhood’s CEO Vladimir Tenev faced a torrent of questions from Elon Musk for halting Reddit GameStop investors from buying just when the stock witnessed a meteoric rise.

Musk grilled Tenev on Clubhouse, an exclusive audio app, and he asked the moderators to turn the volume on so that everyone invited to the session could hear what excuse Tenev had to offer for that fault.

What did Elon Musk ask to Vladimir Tenev?

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The CEO-to-CEO showdown went over 90 minutes in which Musk asked many disturbing questions to Tenev that latter said that some questions into conspiracy theories. The discussion started with the first question about what made the trading app to halt buying on the hottest stocks of the market at some point last week.

He asked Tenev to spill the beans as people were eager to know why they couldn’t buy GameStop shares. Robinhood ordered freezing of GameStop shares exactly when the stock was high in demand. And the action resulted in online ire and subsequent questioning by Elon Musk.

What was the reason of Robinhood’s action of freezing shares of certain companies?

Robinhood restricted buying stock of GameStop, AMC Entertainment and other companies after it noticed that rise in stock could be due to a social media push. It found its uses discussing buying and holding GameStop stock that the buyers considered undervalued. But they actually wanted to punish deep-pocketed hedge funds that the though had shorted the stock. It happened on the last Thursday.

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News & Politics Technology

Google Will Pay $2.6 Million In Back Pay In Settlement Of Pay Biases

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Google has been found guilty of underpaying women and unfairly passing over women and Asians in job openings and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has asked the tech giant to $3.8 million that includes $2.6 million in back pay, towards settlement of the allegations.

What are the allegations against Google?

It was found that from 2014 to 2017 Google underpaid 2,783 women employees in its software engineering group in Mount View, California and Seattle area. Also, there were hiring rate differences between disadvantaged women and Asian employees in 2017. They were all software engineers attached to San Francisco, Sunnyvale, California and Kirkland, Washington.

What is the settlement achieved for the allegations?

In settlement, Google is asked to pay $2.6 million to 5,500 employees and review its hiring and salary practices. Also, the tech giant is asked to assign $1.25 million for pay adjustments for engineers working in Mountain View, Kirkland, Seattle and New York over the next five years. Also, the unused funds, if any, will be set aside for diversity efforts at Google.

How did Google react to the settlement?

The first reaction of the tech giant was that it was pleased that the matter had been resolved. Also, it released a statement saying that the company believed that the employees should be paid based upon the work they did and not who they were. It further said that the company would invest to make its hiring and compensation process fair and unbiased.

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News & Politics Sports

Brighton vs Tottenham: The Spurs Paid A Price For Harry Kane’s Absence

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Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Tottenham Hotspur in a closely fought match where the host could score only one goal but they effectively prevented the away team from even equaling the single goal.

Tottenham Hotspur relegated to 6th place with 33 points

It was the 20th match of Spurs but they could make little difference to their points tally that was stuck at 33 only. It was the second defeat of the team in a week after they lost a game on Thursday to Liverpool by 3-1 score. Tottenham Hotspur were playing without their striker Harry Kane that got injured in an earlier match. Manager Jose Mourinho brought Gareth Bale as replacement but the Welshman was largely peripheral.

Playing out of the form, Jose Mourinho’s Spurs missed many opportunities of equaling the goal in the first half but they couldn’t. The manager also felt that his boys were probably too sad with the lead Brighton took over them. He felt lack energy in his team due to the goal. Spurs even changed their formation by bringing Carlos Vinicus on front to assist Bale but it didn’t prove fruitful.

Brighton & Hove Albion looked unstoppable

The Brighton faced some nervy moments but the home side managed the three crucial points that took them further ahead of the relegation zone. Brighton manager Graham Potter said that it was their best performance that season and last. From start to finish, they did whatever they could to win the game. He also said that the team could win with 2-0.

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National Today's Special

10 Points Of The 9th Budget Of The Modi Government

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The nineth budget of the Modi government is expected to be different in many ways. The economy is in recession, jobs are gone and the pandemic has hit the country the hardest. Every sector requires expenditure but the people are also looking for relief from taxes. So, would the budget expectations be fulfilled.

Here’re 10 important points of the Union Budget that the FM will present at 11 AM today

  1. Finance Minister Ms Sitharaman has promised that this budget is going to be unprecedented as the PM has already hinted towards extension of the measures announced in 4-5 mini budgets in 2020.
  2. Ms Sitharaman was seen carrying a tablet with the national symbol embossed on it instead of papers indicating that it is going to be a paperless budget. And it will be the first time in the history.
  3. The FM is expected to unveil plans to revive the economy to achieve 11% growth target on the face of a forecasted 7.7% contraction in the current financial year.
  4. The FM needs doing more to revive the economy that was already in the slow down mode before the pandemic and slipped into recession to its lowest in 11 years during the crisis. There could be 15% more spending on healthcare and infrastructure. Also, the taxpayers could get further relief in the budget.
  5. The healthcare budget could be doubled to raise the expenditure to 4% of the GDP to meet healthcare needs highlighted during the pandemic. Also, there could be 1% of income and corporate tax to fund the healthcare budget.
  6. Pandemic-hit sectors like real estate, aviation, tourism and automobile are expecting tax relief in the budget.
  7. The FM could suggest measures to drive the fiscal deficit
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