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App Store Awards 2022 for best apps, games across Apple platforms announced
Social media platform BeReal was named as the best app of the year and Apex Legends Mobile as best game on iOS platform
 "App Store Awards 2022 for best apps, games across Apple platforms announced")
Reliance Jio launches JioGamesCloud: What is it, how to sign-up, and more
JioGamesCloud is a cloud gaming service currently available in beta on the JioGames app for smartphones, web browsers, and the Jio Set Top Box
 "Reliance Jio launches JioGamesCloud: What is it, how to sign-up, and more")
Centre to come up with light-touch regulations for big tech firms: Report
This comes in the backdrop of signs that tech firms may slow down investment in India after the Competition Commission of India's (CCI's) penalty on Google
 "Centre to come up with light-touch regulations for big tech firms: Report")
OTT players must pay to use the telecom service provider's network: COAI
COAI added that the government must provide a legal framework to enable the service providers to charge any user that uses their services
 "OTT players must pay to use the telecom service provider's network: COAI")
Centre to soon merge social security contributions by small firms: Report
Currently, the companies have to make separate payments towards the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
 "Centre to soon merge social security contributions by small firms: Report")
Flipkart to go for $700 million ESOP buyback during PhonePe funding: Report
The round will readjust Flipkart's valuation from $37.6 billion to $33 billion and PhonePe will have a separate shareholding structure
 "Flipkart to go for $700 million ESOP buyback during PhonePe funding: Report")
Apple Watch Ultra gets Oceanic+ app for recreational divers: Details here
Designed by US-based Huish Outdoors in collaboration with Apple, the Oceanic+ enables recreational scuba divers to take the Apple Watch Ultra to extreme depths underwater
 "Apple Watch Ultra gets Oceanic+ app for recreational divers: Details here")
Zebronics launches ZEB-Sound Bomb X1 with built-in earbuds, speaker, torch
The 3-in 1 ZEB-Sound Bomb X1 is available on the e-commerce platform Amazon at an introductory price of Rs 1,399
 "Zebronics launches ZEB-Sound Bomb X1 with built-in earbuds, speaker, torch")
Centre nods for Goa like beach shacks across coastal states to lift tourism
Shacks are crucial to tourism and local businesses in Goa and Maharashtra and currently, they have to be removed in the monsoon months (June to August)
 "Centre nods for Goa like beach shacks across coastal states to lift tourism")
Germany announces relaxation in its Schengen visa rules for Indians
The embassy made it clear that the relaxations do not apply to applications for national visa (D-visa category) such as student, employment or family reunion visas
 "Germany announces relaxation in its Schengen visa rules for Indians")
Demand for musical instruments up; Chennai, Kolkata rank as top exporters
India exported $22 million worth of musical instruments and their accessories in the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared to $38.5 million in the previous year
 "Demand for musical instruments up; Chennai, Kolkata rank as top exporters")
Legendary sprinter P T Usha becomes first woman president of IOA
P T Usha will be the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association in its 95-year history and the first Olympian and an international medalist to head the national Olympics committee
 "Legendary sprinter P T Usha becomes first woman president of IOA")
Snapchat debuts on the Microsoft Store for Windows users: Details here
Snapchat is coming as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which will run through Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating system-based computers
 "Snapchat debuts on the Microsoft Store for Windows users: Details here")
WhatsApp announces 'Message Yourself' feature: What is it and how it works
The 'Message Yourself' feature is a 1:1 chat window on WhatsApp for the user to transferring media, documents, contacts, and more to self
 "WhatsApp announces 'Message Yourself' feature: What is it and how it works")
Nuclear power: All that you need to know about small modular reactors
Small modular reactors are advanced reactors that have a power generation capacity of up to 300 megawatts (MW) per unit
 "Nuclear power: All that you need to know about small modular reactors")
Centre rejects Saurabh Kirpal's name for elevation as Delhi HC judge
On November 17, Kirpal told the media that his promotion had been delayed 'at least since 2017' due to his sexual orientation
 "Centre rejects Saurabh Kirpal's name for elevation as Delhi HC judge")
Flipkart Black Friday sale: Deals on Pixel 7, Nothing Phone (1), and more
Started on November 25, the Flipkart Black Friday sale will continue until November 30
 "Flipkart Black Friday sale: Deals on Pixel 7, Nothing Phone (1), and more")
Amid tech layoffs, saluting-face emoji is the placard of the digital world
As Twitter saw massive layoffs, followed by mass resignation, saluting-face emojis emerged as the employees' go-to for expressing their solidarity and protest
 "Amid tech layoffs, saluting-face emoji is the placard of the digital world")
I-T dept sends notices to firms to enquire about their foreign assets
The Income Tax department's intelligence unit has sent notices to at least eight firms in Mumbai and has also asked for information on their directors
 "I-T dept sends notices to firms to enquire about their foreign assets")
Centre confident of meeting fiscal deficit target for FY23: Report
Centre expects the gross tax revenue to be "at least" Rs 3-3.5 trillion above the FY23 target of Rs 27.6 trillion
 "Centre confident of meeting fiscal deficit target for FY23: Report")
