Twitter donates $15 million for COVID-19 relief to India
The Hindu
Twitter’s move follows similar donations by tech giants Google and Microsoft last month.
(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) Microblogging platform Twitter has donated $15 million to three non-governmental institutions in India, to help combat the unprecedented second wave of COVID-19 in the country. The amount has been split between Care, Aid India and Sewa International USA, founder Jack Dorsey said in a tweet on Monday. While Care received $10 million, Aid India and Sewa International has received $2.5 million each.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.