The Daily Populous

Tuesday January 26th, 2021 evening edition

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an hour during pandemic when around 24% of people in India were earning under ₹3,000 a month, it says.

Indian billionaires increased their wealth by 35% during the lockdown to ₹ 3 trillion, ranking India after U.S., China, Germany, Russia and France.

The increase in his wealth alone could keep 40 crore informal workers out of poverty for at least five months, said the report.

According to its estimate, wealth tax on the nation’s 954 richest families could raise the equivalent of 1% of the GDP.

Till October, 32 crores students were hit by closure of schools, of whom 84 % resided in rural areas and 70 %attended government schools.

Girls were also most vulnerable as they were at risk of early and forced marriage, violence and early pregnancies, it noted.

Women who were employed before the lockdown were also 23.5 percentage points less likely to be re-employed compared to men in the post lockdown phase. »

Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO

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Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continually perpetuated the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Twitter decided to ban Lindell, who founded bedding company My Pillow, due to “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy, a spokesperson said in a statement. »

Google will stop donating to members of Congress who voted against certifying the US election result

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Google says it has halted donations for lawmakers who objected to the US election result.

Google says it will not donate to members of Congress this cycle who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 US election.

“After the disturbing events at the Capitol, NetPAC paused all contributions while undertaking a review,” a Google representative told Insider. »

Biden tells Merkel he wants to revitalize Germany alliance

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President Joe Biden told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday that he is looking to revitalize the transatlantic alliance with Germany, a relationship that became strained under former President Donald Trump.

But Merkel cautioned that not everything will be smooth — in line with her long track record of keeping public expectations low.

Merkel invited Biden to visit Germany as soon as the pandemic situation allowed, Seibert said. »