Month: May 2024

S Jaishankar Defends Agniveer Scheme That Stopped Recruiting From Nepal

May 8, 2024 admin

EAM Jaishankar also addressed India’s diplomatic row with Maldives. (File) New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday defended the implementation of Agniveer Scheme in India which abruptly halted the recruitment of military personnel from Nepal and said that New Delhi will reform its policies prioritizing Indian interest, and “an Indian decision cannot be…

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BJP Nominee Hiran Chatterjee Files Case Against Trinamool Opponent In Bengal Deepak Adhikari Over “Slanderous” Remark

May 8, 2024 admin

Mr Chatterjee said that he will also file a complaint with the Election Commission of India. Kolkata: Actor-turned-politician and the BJP nominee from the Ghana Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, Hiran Chatterjee, said on Wednesday that he has filed an FIR against his opponent and sitting Trinamool Congress MP Deepak Adhikari a.k.a. Dev, also…

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Microsoft, Google Challenge High Court Order On Removal Of Intimate Images

May 8, 2024 admin

The companies have said implementing the directives is not technologically feasible. New Delhi: Tech giants Microsoft and Google have moved the Delhi High Court against its single-judge bench’s order directing search engines to proactively remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from the internet without requiring specific URLs. The companies argue that implementing such directives is technologically…

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Assam Congress’s X Account Hacked, Profile Name Changed To ‘Tesla Event’

May 8, 2024 admin

A complaint has been filed at Bhangagarh police station in Guwahati Guwahati: The official X account of Assam Congress was allegedly hacked on Wednesday with the profile name changed to ‘Tesla Event’ and the profile picture to American electric carmaker Tesla’s logo. The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee lodged a police complaint and demanded the arrest…

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Main Maternity Hospital In Rafah Stops Admitting Patients: UN Agency

May 8, 2024 admin

Around half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been crowded into Rafah. (File) London: The main maternity hospital in the Gaza Strip’s crowded southern city of Rafah has stopped admitting patients, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Wednesday. The UNFPA told Reuters that the hospital, Al Helal Al Emirati Maternity Hospital, had been…

World

Kuki-Zo Group In US Calls For Justice, Propaganda, Says Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh

May 8, 2024 admin

People from Myanmar being deported from Manipur (File) Imphal/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has strongly condemned activities by what he called “homegrown groups based out of western countries” for giving a “communal tone” to the state government’s efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants. The Chief Minister’s comments come amid a massive…

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Supreme Court hears SBI consortium’s appeal against NCLAT verdict on Jet Airways transfer

May 8, 2024 admin

Image for representation. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday partly heard a State Bank of India-led consortium’s challenge to a decision of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to approve a resolution plan proposed by Jalan-Kalrock consortium (JKC) for Jet Airways. Appearing before a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice…

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Rain Causes Havoc In Parts Of Uttarakhand, But Also Douses Forest Fires

May 8, 2024 admin

Someshwar in Almora district saw a cloudburst. This year’s first major spell of rain has led to a few roads being blocked and water entering houses in some parts of Uttarakhand. A silver lining to the tragedy, however, is that fires raging in forests were doused in some of the places where the rainfall occurred….

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Only 3 Days Of Fuel To Run Health Services In South Of Gaza, Says WHO

May 8, 2024 admin

The WHO said a delivery of fuel to the area had been denied today. (File) London: There is only enough fuel to run health services in the south of Gaza for three more days, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge in the south of Gaza from…

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IPL 2024 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: SRH’s Massive Win Makes Playoff Race Tough For CSK. Here’s How

May 8, 2024 admin

Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma smoked half-centuries as Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets on Wednesday to boost their play-off hopes in the IPL. Chasing a modest 166 for victory, Head, who smashed 89, and fellow left-hander Abhishek, who hit 75, tore into the opposition attack to romp home with 10.2…

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