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Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities faced torture, mistreatment: U.N. report

July 31, 2024 admin

Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base, as people protest in support of soldiers being questioned for detainee abuse, July 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The U.N. human rights office issued a report on July 31 saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the October 7 attacks have…

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Nitin Gadkari’s Appeal To Nirmala Sitharaman

July 31, 2024 admin

Amid criticism of Budget 2024 from several quarters, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting her to withdraw the GST imposed on premiums for life and medical insurance plans. Mr Gadkari has said in his letter that he is writing to the Finance Minister following a…

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Australia Launches Worlds First Life Saving Deadly Peanut Allergy Treatment For Babies

July 31, 2024 admin

Peanut allergies affect 3% of Australian children by the time they are 12 months old (Representative) Sydney: Australian children with potentially deadly peanut allergies will be offered life-saving treatment in a nationwide programme touted as a world first. Eligible babies will receive daily doses of peanut powder for two years to build up their tolerance,…

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Centre Opposes Pleas Seeking Refund Of Royalty On Minerals To States Retrospectively

July 31, 2024 admin

Centre said any such order asking to pay dues with retrospective effect will have a “multi-polar” impact. New Delhi: The Centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a plea of the mineral-rich states seeking refund of the royalty levied by it on mines and mineral-bearing land since 1989, saying any such order asking it to…

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Chiranjeevi Watches PV Sindhu’s First Paris Olympics Match With His Family, Shuttler Says “It Was…”

July 31, 2024 admin

India’s PV Sindhu in action during women’s singles group stage match during 2024 Paris Olympics.© AFP Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, who began her 2024 Paris Olympics campaign with a win earlier this week, says it was a pleasant surprise to have Telugu cinema veteran Chiranjeevi watch her first match of the…

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Meta’s AI video model Segment Anything Model 2 AI lets you add special effects to objects in a video

July 31, 2024 admin

Demo samples show how SAM 2 tracks and isolates video elements | Photo Credit: Screenshots sourced from Meta and compiled on Canva Meta has introduced a new AI model called Segment Anything Model 2, or SAM 2, which it says can tell which pixels belong to a certain object in videos. The Facebook-parent’s previously released…

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Sonia Gandhi To Congress On Upcoming Polls

July 31, 2024 admin

The ‘mahaul’ does favour us, but we have to work unitedly with a sense of purpose, Sonia Gandhi said. New Delhi: With assembly polls in key states coming up, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said the “mahaul (public mood)” is in the Congress’s favour, but there is a need to sustain the momentum…

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Four gurukula students from Telangana nominated for Sakura Science Programme in Japan

July 31, 2024 admin

Director, School Education, EV Narsimha Reddy with the four students nominated for the ‘Sakura Science Program’ to be held in Japan. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Four students from State-run gurukula colleges will participate in the ‘Sakura Science Program’ or ‘Japan Science High School Programme’ to be held in November. Implemented by the Japan Science…

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Sikkim MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha Wants LAC To Be Called “Tibet Border”, Not Indo-China

July 31, 2024 admin

Representational Image Rajya Sabha member from Sikkim Dorjee Tshering Lepcha has urged the central government to change the official nomenclature of how to refer to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the discussion on the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday, he said the border should be referred as…

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Gautam Gambhir Can’t Stop Smiling In First ‘Suspense-Filled’ Best Fielder Ceremony. Watch

July 31, 2024 admin

Star India batter Rinku Singh bagged the ‘Fielder of the Series’ award following Men in Blue’s 3-0 triumph over Sri Lanka in the T20I series. Newly appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir’s era started with a massive 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka, after Team India successfully beaten the hosts in the final game…

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