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Topic: UP govt

UP govt scraps MoU with VueNow, blacklists it after founder’s arrest by ED in Rs 3,500 crore ‘scam’

MoU was related to setting up data centres at Rs 13,500 crore investment. At UP Global Investors Summit 2023, VueNow founder was seen speaking in presence of senior govt officials.

Roping in influencers, legal action for ‘anti-national’ content, what UP’s new digital media policy says

Under the policy, influencers who post content on state’s social, administrative, religious, financial & cultural matters will receive paid ads from govt for up to Rs 8 lakh per month.

Is this route to ‘Viksit Bharat’? — Kapil Sibal on UP Kanwar Yatra order

Several opposition leaders have slammed the order, calling it discriminatory. The Congress has termed the order as 'mischief' and 'bigotry

Life in prison, Rs 1-cr fine, stringent bail conditions — UP cabinet nod to anti-paper leak ordinance

Ordinance will come into effect once it is approved by governor, set to become law after it is passed in assembly, following which the existing 1998 law will be repealed.

Jumbled questions to 2 rounds of ID checks, UP govt issues exam guidelines amid paper leak backlash

Guidelines include directives for process of selection of exam centres, selection of agencies for preparing question papers, transporting OMR sheets, preventing impersonation etc.

Former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi, convicted for poet’s murder, to leave jail after 16 years

Tripathi and his wife Madhumani were sentenced for life in 2007. Tripathi was allegedly in a relationship with poet Madhumita Shukla.

SubscriberWrites: How is UP witnessing a monumental shift in mafia culture and ‘instant justice’

The rationale given by BJP in defence of such state action is that criminals derail the development of the state and with an atmosphere of terror, it is tough to attract investors, writes Nischai Vats.

What became of loudspeakers taken off temples & mosques by Yogi govt? Read on

School authorities are planning to use the loudspeakers in cultural programmes & rallies they have to organise as part of voter awareness campaigns and govt's pupil enrolment drive.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.