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Palau’s President Surangel Whipps | Photo Credit: AFP The president of Palau has accused China of “weaponising tourism” in a bid to get his Pacific nation to break ties with Taiwan. Palau is one of just 12 states worldwide that diplomatically recognise self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory. Solomon Islands, Kiribati and…
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A total of 1,160 eligible convicts were granted remission ranging from 15 to 25 days (Representational) On 78th Independence Day, Director General of Delhi Prisons Satish Golcha announced the grant of remission to more than 1,160 convicts. In addition, he revealed the prisons have installed 1,248 additional face recognition system-fitted CCTV cameras to enhance the…
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People who were stranded at Attamala after the landslide being evacuated through a temporary bridge on July 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat A team of geologists who surveyed the landslide-hit zone in Wayanad on Thursday (August 15, 2024) said a heavy rainfall-induced “damming effect” in a densely forested and uninhabited uphill region had…
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SEBI has proposed that registered Investment Advisers and Research Analysts who employ artificial intelligence (AI) tools in their services must disclose the extent of usage to clients. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed that registered Investment Advisers and Research Analysts who employ artificial intelligence (AI) tools in…
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On Friday, the SSLV will blast off laden with the 175.5 kg microsatellite EOS-08. The countdown for the launch of India’s small rocket — Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) — carrying earth observation satellite (EOS-08) and SR-0 satellite belonging to the startup Space Rickshaw will begin at around 2.30 am on Friday, senior officials said….
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Four people have been arrested after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia, local police told AFP Thursday. The attack took place at 1910 GMT on Wednesday in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro, around 30 kilometres from Barcelona, in the Rocafonda…
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Workers inspecting garments at a knitwear export unit in Tiruppur. File | Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S Apparel exports continued to grow, registering an 11.84% year-on-year increase in July 2024. While textile exports last month remained almost the same at $ 1660.36 million as against $ 1663.06 million in July 2023, apparel exports were $…
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Cops are scanning footage of the CCTV cameras installed in the area. (Representational) Bhopal: Thieves broke into the official bungalow of Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh in the plush Char Imli area here and made away with more than Rs 12,000 in cash, police said on Thursday. Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, Jaivardhan’s father, slammed the BJP…
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A five-member team of scientists has carried out detailed inspection of Punchirimattom (File) Wayanad/Malappuram, Kerala: Most of disaster-hit Chooralmala in Wayanad district is safe for habitation, but it would be better to avoid living in Punchirimattom, the epicentre of the landslides, in the long run, according to the scientist leading the five-member team that inspected…
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Cricketer VVS Laxman. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Former India cricketer VVS Laxman is set to extend his term as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru by at least a year according to ESPNcricinfo. Laxman became the head of the NCA in December 2021 for a period of three years….
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