eu draft media rules: EU countries back draft media rules but publishers want easier merger provisions
[ad_1] EU countries on Wednesday agreed to draft media rules aimed at safeguarding editorial independence, prompting publishers to complain that governments did not do enough to boost consolidation so media companies could compete with Big Tech. The European Commission produced the Media Freedom Act (MFA) last year to prevent political interference in media outlets and ...
Wimbledon line judges’ future uncertain as Grand Slam embraces AI
[ad_1] Wimbledon technology chiefs say line judges are safe — at least for now — even as the grass court tournament embraces artificial intelligence. The All England Club and global tech giant IBM on Wednesday announced new AI features for the championships, which start early next month. A tool using generative AI technology will provide ...
MedPlus to sell over 500 off-patent drugs at huge discounts
[ad_1] MedPlus Health Services Ltd, which runs a chain of pharmacies, on Wednesday said it will be selling 500 off-patent therapeutic and chronic medicines under its own brand with a massive discount of 50-80 per cent. G Madhukar Reddy, managing director and chief executive officer, MedPlus, in a press conference here said the company tied ...
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district council: Political dynamics of District Council is different: Conrad Sangma
[ad_1] As Congress and National People’s Party (NPP) inched closer in Meghalaya, NPP’s National President and Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma said that political dynamics of District Council is different and Government do not interfere in the working of the District Council. Congress supported NPP, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party to topple ...
uber layoffs: Uber to lay off 200 employees in recruitment division
[ad_1] Uber Technologies said on Wednesday it was cutting 200 jobs in its recruitment division amid plans to keep the staff count flat through the year and streamline costs. The reductions affect less than 1% of Uber’s 32,700-strong global workforce and follow the ride-share company laying off 150 employees in its freight services division earlier ...
bcci: Will BCCI increase national selectors’ remuneration to attract big names like Virender Sehwag?
[ad_1] The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selector’s job. The ones, who willingly do it, are not taken seriously for lack of stature, say insiders. Remuneration has a lot to do with that and BCCI is unlikely to get a ...
Women’s contraceptive products maker Pregna International raises Rs 130 crore from India Life Sciences Fund
[ad_1] Women’s contraceptive products maker Pregna International Ltd has raised its first private equity funding of $16 million or Rs130 crore from India Life Sciences Fund III (ILSF III) for a minority stake, the company said in a press statement. Founded in the 1990s by Late Shyamsunder Taparia, Jaiprakash Taparia and family, Pregna is a ...
siddaramaiah: Centre playing ‘dirty politics’ by denying rice supply needed to fulfil Congress’ poll-promise: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
[ad_1] Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government of indulging in “dirty politics” by “denying” the supply of rice to the state for the implementation of a poll-promise of free distribution of the cereal to the poor. Siddaramaiah, who has just completed one month as chief minister in his second tenure, said ...