Month: September 2024

FATF praises India’s anti-money laundering, terror financing system

September 19, 2024 admin

The Financial Action Task Force said improvements in the system were required to protect the non-profit sector from terror abuse. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Global anti-money laundering and terror financing body, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), launched its much-awaited mutual evaluation report on India, saying the county’s systems were “effective” but “major improvements” were…

World

Bansuri Swaraj’s Dig Over US Remarks

September 19, 2024 admin

Ms Swaraj also answered questions on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. New Delhi: Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks during his recent visit to the US, first-time BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj has said she would switch roles with him so that she wouldn’t embarrass India…

Nation

One Athlete Manu Bhaker Would Like To Switch Her Life With? Olympic Medallist’s Response Is Bold

September 19, 2024 admin

Manu Bhaker at NDTV Yuva Conclave. The 22-year-old Bhaker scripted history for India in Paris Olympics as she won a bronze each in the women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team events (paired with Sarabjot Singh). When asked if she would like to switch her life with one athlete for…

Sports

Andhra Government Cites Lab Report In Row Over Animal Fat In Tirupati Laddoos

September 19, 2024 admin

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has slammed rivals YSR Congress and his predecessor, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, over a lab report about animal fats in ghee used to make laddoos offered as prasadam, or devotional offerings, at the temple town of Tirupati. A July 17 report from the Centre of Analysis and…

Nation

1st Test, Day 1: Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja Tango Saves India After Hasan Mahmud’s Early Strikes

September 19, 2024 admin

Seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin sparkled on home turf with his sixth Test hundred as he combined with Ravindra Jadeja to steer India out of trouble and post a formidable 339 for six on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh here on Thursday. Ashwin (102 batting) and Jadeja (86 batting) added 195…

Sports

From Taiwan to Lebanon via Hungary: The trail of exploding pagers

September 19, 2024 admin

A communication device on the ground as Lebanese Army forces (not in picture) prepare to destroy it in a controlled explosion, in southern Lebanon between the villages of Burj al Muluk and Klayaa, on September 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP On Sunday (September 15, 2024), Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, told his security…

World

In a single finger bone, scientists find signs of Britain’s largest flying animal

September 19, 2024 admin

A handout illustration shows the newly identified Jurassic Period flying reptile, or pterosaur, called ‘Dearc sgiathanach’, whose fossil was found on a rocky beach at Scotland’s Isle of Skye, flying alongside a large meat-eating dinosaur. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a…

Science

CERN supercollider discovers heaviest particles can entangle

September 19, 2024 admin

One of the most surprising predictions of physics is entanglement, a phenomenon where objects can be some distance apart but still linked together. The best-known examples of entanglement involve tiny chunks of light (photons), and low energies. At the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, the world’s largest particle accelerator, an experiment called ATLAS has just…

Science

US’ Delta Airlines Apologizes After Cabin Pressure Problem Injures Passengers

September 19, 2024 admin

Delta said that the aircraft “was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet” (Representational) Washington, United States: US airline Delta apologized on Thursday after a recent flight had to make an emergency landing due to a cabin pressure problem, with local media reporting the incident caused passengers to bleed from the nose and ears. The US…

World

Vodafone-Idea shares dip 21% as Supreme Court rejects curative petition on AGR dues

September 19, 2024 admin

Vodafone closed at ₹10.43 down around 20% from the day’s open. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Vodafone Idea stocks fell 21% to ₹10.69 at 12.15 p.m. on September 19, from the day’s open of ₹12.99 as Supreme Court rejected the company’s curative petition on Adjusted Gross Revenues (AGR) dues. The three-judge Bench ruled that there was…

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