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Technology giant Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people in the coming days, adding to the bloodbath being witnessed in the technology world after Twitter and Facebook parent Meta significantly trimmed their workforces.

Calling “egregious” the “apathy” of the Delhi Development Authority over the death of two people inside a sewer earlier this year, the Delhi High Court on Monday sought the presence of DDA vice-chairman before it on the next date of hearing. A sweeper and a security guard had died on September 9 in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer.

 For the first time in the 118 years of its history, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), is hosting the world congress of accountants (WCOA) later this week in the megapolis. Like the Olympics, the WCOA is also held once in four years—the first meeting was held in the US city of St Louis in 1904-- and the megapolis is hosting the 21st congress from November 18-21, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) president Debashis Mitra said here on Monday.

At least 12 people are feared trapped after a stone quarry collapsed in south Mizoram's Hnahthial district, about 160 km from Aizawl, on Monday, a senior police officer said. The incident occurred at around 3 pm when labourers of ABCI Infrastructure private limited were working in the quarry at Maudarh village, Hnahthial, Superintendent of Police (SP), Vineet Kumar said.
 

The Nationalist Congress Party's lone Gujarat MLA Kandhal Jadeja resigned from the party on Monday after he was denied a ticket for the next month's Assembly polls. Hours later, he joined Samajwadi Party and filed a nomination from home turf Kutiyana.

Elon Musk has cleared the air surrounding his 'Work from Home' policies for the employees at Twitter. Responding to a Twitter user's accusation against him, the multi-billionaire said he did not call his Ireland workforce back to Dublin. The Twitter user, under the username @balinares posted the screenshot of an email supposedly received by a Twitter user in Ireland.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reached Bali, Indonesia to attend the 17th G20 Summit.

 Three people have been killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at a parking garage at the University of Virginia, according to the school's president, and police searched Monday for a student who was a suspect. The shooting around 10:30 pm Sunday “resulted in three fatalities; two additional victims were injured and are receiving medical care,” President Jim Ryan said in a letter to the university community posted on social media.
He identified the suspect as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

A chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law has been filed against the promoters of a Jammu-based business group in a case linked to an alleged bank loan fraud involving an amount of more than Rs 91 crore, the ED said Monday. Those named in the prosecution complaint include Raj Kumar Gupta, Radhika Mahajan, Rajat Mahajan, Jhelum Industries, Jhelum Infra Projects India Private Limited, I D Sood Ispat Private Limited and New Jammu Flour Mills Private Limited, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement.

Retail inflation dropped to 6.77 per cent in October from 7.41 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to easing prices in the food basket, though it remained above Reserve Bank's comfort level for the 10th month in a row, according to the government data released on Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation has remained above the 6 per cent target since January this year.

The MCD has allowed restaurants in Delhi to make use of open spaces and terraces for serving food, albeit. According to an official document, eateries in the national capital with terraces and open dining spaces will also not require any additional fire safety certificate from the Delhi Fire Service as long as certain conditions laid by the authority concerned have been met. "The MCD has approved the grant of licence for use of open space and terrace for dining purpose," said an official order issued on November 4.

Terming forced religious conversion a "very serious" issue, the Supreme Court on Monday took a serious note of such proselytisation through deception, allurement and intimidation, and asked the Centre to step in and make sincere efforts to check the practice.

Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Monday again appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi for questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. This is the second time that the federal agency is recording his statement in the case that has been registered under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Ahead of filing papers for contesting the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Monday said she dedicates the nomination to principles and values of party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. The 44-year-old wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav will file her nomination later in the day.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russian forces of having committed “the same atrocities as in other regions of our country” before they were forced to pull out from the strategic southern city of Kherson and its surrounds.

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the CBI and ED to place before it all the press communications and releases put out by them in relation to the investigation in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and businessman Vijay Nair are also accused.

Major highways were closed and villages in high-altitude areas cut off due to heavy overnight snowfall and rains in Jammu and Kashmir, with authorities closing schools for Monday in some districts as a precautionary measure. The weather will be overcast with the possibility of more rains or snow for most part of the day, according to the meteorological office.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday defended the government's move to paint the thousands of school classrooms to be constructed under the newly launched 'Viveka' scheme with saffron colour. Under the 'Viveka' scheme named after Swami Vivekananda, the Karnataka government has proposed construction of 7,601 classrooms across the state.

The Kerala High Court on Monday cancelled the appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), saying that he was appointed in violation of UGC norms.

The rupee witnessed heavy volatility in early trade on Monday and depreciated 15 paise to 80.93 against the US dollar in line with a muted trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened on a strong note at 80.53 against the dollar, then pared the gains to quote at 80.93, registering a loss of 15 paise over its previous close.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he will hold extensive discussions with G20 leaders in Bali on key challenges such as reviving global growth, ensuring food and energy security and addressing issues relating to health and digital transformation.

The Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi entered its 68th day as it resumed from Kalamnuri in Hingoli district of Maharashtra on Monday after a one-day break. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said 600 copies of Jawaharlal Nehru's book 'Discovery of India' will be distributed to the yatra participants on Monday, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of India's first prime minister.

The national child rights body has asked the Raisen district administration in Madhya Pradesh to register a case against the manager of a state-aided care centre over the alleged religious conversion of at least three children staying at the facility.

The Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory in view of the India International Trade Fair, which begins on Monday, and mentioned the roads where congestion is expected.

A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn't happening, but fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world's biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week.

Dozens of world leaders and other dignitaries are travelling to Bali for the G-20 summit, drawing a welcome spotlight on the revival of the tropical island's vital tourism sector. Tourism is the main source of income on this idyllic "island of the gods" that is home to more than 4 million people, who are mainly Hindu in the mostly Muslim archipelago nation. So the pandemic hit Bali harder than most places in Indonesia.

Police are investigating the deaths of four people found Sunday in a home near the University of Idaho campus. Officers with the Moscow Police Department responded to a report of an unconscious person just before noon when they entered the home about a block from campus, according to a press release from the city.

An officer with the Kerala Police, A.J. Babu, is absconding after being charged by the SC/ST Commission for abusing a Scheduled Tribe girl who was a victim of sexual assault. The 17-year-old girl from Wayanad district was lodged at a children's home. During her counselling in July, she had narrated the ordeal she faced at the hands of Babu, who is an additional sub-inspector in Wayanad. According to the girl, she was taken to Ooty by the police as part of the investigation into her sexual abuse where Babu allegedly physically abused her and also used sexual expletives against her.

Punjab's Amritsar was hit by an earthquake of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale early on Monday morning, National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed. The tremors were felt around 3:42 am. READ MORE