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An Indian scammer got the taste of his own medicine after he encountered a tech-savvy man who hacked his laptop and accessed his personal information. The hacker also threatened to access his bank account to make payments, prompting the scammer to erase all traces of his online identity. The video was shared on the YouTube…
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The ‘Jaffna Cultural Centre’ was renamed ‘Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre’ at an event held last week. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A strong backlash from politicians and intellectuals in Jaffna, over the renaming the India-built Jaffna Cultural Centre as Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre, has prompted Indian authorities to put up yet another name board, now calling the…
Bhopal: People take part in ‘Rangpanchami Ger’ celebrations, in Bhopal, Saturday, March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Questions: 1. In a person with X, stimulating one sensory pathway, like smelling petrol, evokes a response from a different pathway, like seeing a blue square. For example, people with chromesthesia, a form of X, see colours…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (January 23, 2025) said he will demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC bring down the cost of oil and will ask Riyadh to increase a planned U.S. investment package to $1 trillion from an initial reported $600 billion. His remarks come…
New Delhi: Ten opposition MPs have been suspended – including the Trinamool’s Kalyan Banerjee, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, and A Raja of the DMK have been suspended for the day from the joint parliamentary committee studying proposed changes to 44 sections of the Waqf Act of 1955. The suspensions followed ruckus in the JPC hearing…
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Shreyas Iyer at the end of his second innings during Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy game vs Jammu and Kashmir.© X (formerly Twitter) A bit of a drama took place on Day 2 of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy game against Jammu and Kashmir at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai. It happened on Friday when Mumbai…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday (January 24, 2025) refused to entertain a PIL seeking scrapping of tax deducted at source (TDS) framework under the Income Tax Act, saying this is levied “everywhere”. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, however, permitted lawyer petitioner Ashwini…
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Team India in action© BCCI India’s lack of international commitments in the 50-over format in 2024 had a bearing on the ICC men’s ODI Team of the Year with not a single cricketer from the country making it to the list released on Friday. The all-star team announced by the ICC features four…
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New Delhi: India’s education sector, especially offline coaching centres, was once booming. The country played a key role in the global education landscape, with the largest network of higher education institutions in the world. When Covid-19 hit in 2020 and a lockdown was imposed, all classes were forced to go online. Everyone thought this would…
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Visitors take pictures of the painting “La Liberte guidant le peuple, 1830” (Liberty Leading the People) by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the Louvre in Paris has warned the government about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a confidential note…
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