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At least 48 people were killed when a truck apparently lost control and ploughed into other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday night, police said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/eJabvmY via IFTTT

Mentioning Instagram reels, OTT series, momos of Satya Niketan, Hudson Lane and tea at Patel Chest Institute in North Campus, PM Narendra Modi indicated his acquaintance with Delhi University's tenor and terrain. At the valedictory function of DU's centenary celebrations on Friday, Modi said that for him, coming to DU was as important as it was for students to attend college festivals. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YoxyzEF via IFTTT

Union home minister Amit Shah Friday told a packed Udaipur rally that the two cleaver-wielding men who had beheaded local tailor Kanhaiyya Lal in June last year "would have been hanged by now" if Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government had set up a special court. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7Sw6GO1 via IFTTT

Congress hit out at the BJP-led government, saying it was a political decision ahead of the elections, and that it was an “insult to martyrs”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZS65gT via IFTTT

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A day after Chandrashekhar Azad was shot at in Deoband, death threats aimed at the Bhim Army chief surfaced on social media. Amethi police on Thursday arrested a carriage-van driver, Vimlesh Singh, over the alleged posts. In another development, a car bearing a Haryana registration number that was used by the unidentified attackers was found abandoned in Saharanpur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vU0FY7k via IFTTT

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Two persons died and an autorickshaw driver suffered serious head injuries in tree-fall incidents as torrential rain lashed the city, Thane and Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, and disrupted road and air traffic. As many areas in MMR recorded 100mm-plus rainfall, the IMD upgraded the yellow alert to orange for the day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/viNAW1O via IFTTT

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The vigilance directorate of the Delhi government has written to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) recommending action against three former and a sitting official of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in a case related to the appointment of Ashok Kumar Singhal as principal adviser (tariff) to the power regulator. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QDHXAxM via IFTTT

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A 17-year-old is shot dead near Paris in broad daylight after failing to obey traffic police. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/Q061R7O via IFTTT

Police have apprehended two suspects in the Pragati Maidan tunnel heist and raids are being carried out to nab two others. from Times of India https://ift.tt/H6eTsRn via IFTTT

Alleging poor treatment facilities and inadequate service, a violent mob beat up an on-duty doctor at Kanika Memorial Primary Health Centre at Singirbil in Kailashahar under Unokoti district in Tripura on Sunday night. The mob also vandalized the hospital and an ambulance. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WkDSpQX via IFTTT

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A 23-year-old animal feeder from Bhuleshwar, Simrin Shukla, was assaulted allegedly by her neighbours over the issue of feeding cats. She has received 32 stitches on her arm due to the attack on Friday night. The V P Road police has filed a cross-complaint of her neighbours, the Mishra family, who alleged that they too were assaulted by some men on behalf of the feeder and others. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kEVhoRI via IFTTT

For sports lovers, some days are like permanent markers. Time cannot scrub them off. Rather, with every passing year, they find a fonder place in the suitcase of memories. For every cricket-loving Indian of a certain age, June 25, 1983 is that kind of day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YUsJvQP via IFTTT

"Mohinder, Srikanth, I, Kiri, and of course, Kapil got credit for what we did in that World Cup, but Yashpal was the unsung hero. He was a complete team man," says Balwinder Singh Sandhu. from Times of India https://ift.tt/W3H7LRM via IFTTT

Are mules that carry pilgrims and heavy consignments on the tough Kedarnath trek route being given weed to numb their senses so that they can be made to work harder and longer? Two viral posts that have received thousands of shocked responses across social media platforms would suggest so. from Times of India https://ift.tt/io5gANO via IFTTT

The situation in Manipur cannot be reversed militarily because the ethnic divide has grown far too wide and the need of the hour is political intervention to prevent the state from slipping back to its history of violent insurgency, a top security source said Saturday. "There is no middle ground now and bringing the two rival groups together is impossible without political discussion. From all accounts, use of military force does not look like an option," the source said, asserting that the feuding groups had hardened their positions since the strife began on May 3 and has left more than 100 dead. from Times of India https://ift.tt/e9zS5la via IFTTT

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Supriya Sule, working president of NCP, on Thursday said that as Ajit Pawar’s cousin, she wanted all his wishes to be fulfilled. Her comment came a day after Ajit Pawar expressed his desire to be f reed of his responsibility as leader of opposition and said he would prefer a post in the NCP organization. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mD5ZgIb via IFTTT

Could a cyber-attack on a Russian technology company provide a rare insight into a Western hack? from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/wvbuX76 via IFTTT

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Coach Brendon McCullum has expressed his belief that England's attacking approach in the opening Ashes Test "validated" their style of play, despite suffering a two-wicket defeat at Edgbaston. McCullum stated that England would continue to be even more aggressive in the second match of the series. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FUSHcvo via IFTTT

Elon Musk bought the firm last year for $44bn and promised to protect free speech on the platform. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/9F08S37 via IFTTT

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Ajit Pawar sprang a fresh surprise on Wednesday when he said at an NCP meeting in the presence of his uncle and party president Sharad Pawar that he should be relieved from the post of leader of opposition in the state assembly and should be given an organisational role. The statement comes after Sharad Pawar recently appointed his trusted aide Praful Patel and daughter Supriya Sule as the party’s working presidents. from Times of India https://ift.tt/N5R8Db4 via IFTTT

The face-off between Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and the Shinde-Fadnavis government hit another flashpoint on Wednesday when some police personnel and vehicles deployed at the Thackeray residence were withdrawn by the state administration. Thackeray's media advisor Harshal Pradhan said the security detail around the house had been scaled down while protection provided to the Thackerays had been cut. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QDmsRtW via IFTTT

The US has sued Amazon for allegedly manipulating customers during the Prime sign-up process. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/uIrEKlo via IFTTT

Rescuers searching for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic on Wednesday concentrated their efforts on a remote area of the North Atlantic where undersea noises have been detected, though officials cautioned the sounds may not have originated from the vessel. from Times of India https://ift.tt/l7tRKQv via IFTTT

The Manipur high court is awaiting responses from the Centre and the state government on a batch of petitions seeking modification of its March 27 order directing the N Biren Singh ministry to recommend the inclusion of the Meitei community in the ST list. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jLnqW6F via IFTTT

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The Manipur high court is awaiting responses from the Centre and the state government on a batch of petitions seeking modification of its March 27 order directing the N Biren Singh ministry to recommend the inclusion of the Meitei community in the ST list. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ztVobsj via IFTTT

Ram Charan and Upasana have welcomed their first child, a baby girl, at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad. Both mother and baby are reportedly doing well. The couple recently celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary and announced in December that they were expecting. They plan to live with Charan's parents, actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha, after the birth of their child. Upasana emphasized the significance of having grandparents in a child's life and said that their child would not be deprived of that happiness. The child is the third generation of the Chiranjeevi family. from Times of India https://ift.tt/EYDB5hm via IFTTT

Six accused allegedly abducted and assaulted a 24-year-old man and tied a leash around his neck and forced him to bark like a dog in Bhopal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UIgjSfO via IFTTT

The collapse of the terraUSD stablecoin and the associated Luna token rocked cryptocurrency markets. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/LkaYZ37 via IFTTT

Heat deaths in the past four days crossed the 100-mark to 117 in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as the scorcher in northern India led to separate heatstroke wards in hospitals and jolted the authorities into other preventive emergency measures. from Times of India https://ift.tt/yn0laAt via IFTTT

Sita maa and Dipika Chikhlia have been synonymous with each other for more than three decades. The actress has received the same love and respect to date and now her performance gets compared to Kriti Sanon in Adipurush. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kV6QEGW via IFTTT

Over the last two days, life has changed dramatically for Debdatta Mukherjee, a resident of Uttarpara working on a road project in Uganda. In the past 48 hours, armed rebels in Western Uganda killed at least 41 people at a school just a kilometre from where Mukherjee stays with other engineers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qSicGLy via IFTTT

Several parts of the national capital received light to moderate intensity rain on Monday morning bringing slight relief from scorching heat. from Times of India https://ift.tt/26nHjkx via IFTTT

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday in Gurdaspur asked if Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was more AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s “pilot” than custodian of a state beset with problems. Flagging law and order issues and the narcotics menace in Punjab, Shah said these challenges would remain unaddressed as long as Mann tagged along with Delhi CM Kejriwal on “political expeditions” across the country. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nOvSDha via IFTTT

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2023 on June 18, 2023. The results were announced at 9:30 AM during a press conference held by IIT Guwahati. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mJ7rva6 via IFTTT

Even as several towns and hundreds of villages battered by Cyclone Biparjoy are wading back to normalcy, Kutchis have shown their resoluteness once again by rebuilding their lives around the devastation without wasting time waiting for sponsored relief. from Times of India https://ift.tt/CgzI8DJ via IFTTT

Three people were killed in landslides and one was swept away by floodwaters and is feared dead in Assam and Meghalaya in the last 24 hours even as the number of people affected by the deluge in Assam crossed 37,500 on Saturday evening. from Times of India https://ift.tt/W9Xl0Rb via IFTTT

PM Narendra Modi has written to G20 counterparts proposing that the African Union (AU) be given full membership at the upcoming Delhi Summit of G20, as requested by the AU. Official sources said Modi had taken this “bold step” to enhance Africa’s voice on the international stage and “in shaping the future of our shared world”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/g3dW65n via IFTTT

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The end of the Duchess of Sussex's podcast on Spotify is a sign of wider change in the industry. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/YmiI09F via IFTTT

Junior foreign minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh's residence in Imphal was among several properties vandalised and torched late Thursday in a devastating combustion of arson and rioting that continued well into Friday, leaving the BJP-led government scorched by criticism from within about its "total failure" to get a grip on law and order in Manipur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/csWjXLP via IFTTT

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The Karnataka cabinet decided on Thursday to repeal the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, popularly known as the anti-conversion law, brought in by the previous BJP government in 2021. The government will introduce a bill in this regard in the upcoming legislature session, which begins July 3. from Times of India https://ift.tt/TVqFr9Y via IFTTT

The Karnataka cabinet decided on Thursday to repeal the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, popularly known as the anti-conversion law, brought in by the previous BJP government in 2021. The government will introduce a bill in this regard in the upcoming legislature session, which begins July 3. from Times of India https://ift.tt/KFH519Q via IFTTT

A project in England uses sensors, satellites and past spill data to predict future pollution. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/T2h9pBY via IFTTT

The flood situation worsened in Assam on Thursday with 9,000 more people hit in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts in upper Assam, reports Kangkan Kalita. Till Wednesday, 21,000 people were affected in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts. Kamrup (Metro), Cachar and Nalbari districts remain affected by urban floods. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WDBKCx1 via IFTTT

Around 57 passengers on board an IndiGo flight were grounded in the Shirdi airport after a cabin crew members fell sick. Sources in the airpor said that the flight had taken off from Indore and had landed in Shirdi after which it had to take off to Vijaywada at around 2:20pm. The airline spokesperson was contacted for a comment and an answer from the airline was awaited. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RsgWKxG via IFTTT

Foxconn, which makes over half of the world’s Apple products, seeks its next big growth driver. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/Dfk8PuF via IFTTT

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The deal to buy the Call of Duty publisher would be the largest in the history of the video games industry. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/4hEzdAZ via IFTTT

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BJP president JP Nadda on Monday attacked Congress, saying it's a 'dynastic party of maa, beta and beti' which had "zero ideology and was ready to make any compromise to grab power". from Times of India https://ift.tt/NMk3JcW via IFTTT

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Launching the Congress government's ambitious Shakti free travel scheme for women in public transport buses, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the scheme will empower women and increase their representation in public life. The scheme allows women and transgenders, across age and economic strata, to travel free in government buses within Karnataka. from Times of India https://ift.tt/6MawZkt via IFTTT

Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh announced Sunday he would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from the same seat without specifying if it would be the same party. He made the statement while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a BJP rally in Gonda — part of the Kaiserganj constituency — to mark nine years of the Modi government. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5SfxJrm via IFTTT

An Ahmedabad-bound IndiGo flight that took off from Amritsar at 7.45pm Saturday was forced to deviate from its flight path over the Attari border and enter Pakistan airspace for around 30 minutes to skirt bad weather, the airline said on Sunday. It isn't uncommon for aircraft from Pakistan and India to enter each other's airspace to combat adverse weather. Such diversions are handled through ATC coordination on either side. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PSojyYC via IFTTT

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Tongsing Hangsing, his Meitei mother Meena and their neighbour Lydia Lourembam were apparently being escorted from an Assam Rifles camp. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UzdZTCh via IFTTT

Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, passed away on Wednesday. She was in her mid 70s. The award-winning anchor, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease, collapsed after returning home from a walk, sources close to the family said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7AsTZag via IFTTT

An increasing number of companies are interested in "neurotech", the information commissioner says. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/3CwPk1K via IFTTT

Crypto bosses could face up to two years' imprisonment if they fail to comply with the new rules. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/xuC9TQp via IFTTT

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK is "natural place" to lead conversation on mitigating AI risks. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/ZKncRTy via IFTTT

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As many as 119 pilgrims from across the country lost their lives due to harsh climatic conditions, tough terrain and co-morbid illnesses in the first 45 days of Char Dham yatra in Uttarakhand since it commenced on April 22. While around 20 lakh pilgrims have visited the shrines, nearly 2.1 lakh have received treatment provided by the health department. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PdolM3K via IFTTT

Zoe Kleinman shares her thoughts on Apple's Vision Pro mixed-reality device after its big launch. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/dXsxYUD via IFTTT

IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed could have been murdered, the Calcutta high court-appointed forensic expert A K Gupta told the HC in a report on Tuesday, prompting Justice Rajasekhar Mantha to observe that it was time to explore whether murder charges should be added. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1FZg8oX via IFTTT

They say personal details of 100,000 staff at the BBC, British Airways and Boots will be published if employers do not get in touch. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/X0aDJwT via IFTTT

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The Assam class 12 state board exam results have shown a decline in the pass percentage ranging from 7 to 13 percent compared to last year, with a significant drop in arts and science streams. The results were announced on Tuesday, revealing that the pass percentage in arts fell from 83.48% to 70.12%, while in science, it dropped from 92.19% to 84.96%. In commerce, it fell from 87.27% to 79.57%. However, Nikhilesh Dutta, a non-institutional private candidate, topped the science exam with an aggregate score of 484 out of 500. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ou49PSG via IFTTT

The tech giant used data collected from child Xbox users without telling parents, US regulators say. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/gPC0IQL via IFTTT

India and Australia are going to lock horns in the much-anticipated World Test Championship final, starting Wednesday at The Oval. While Australia has reached the final for the first time, India made it to the summit clash in the 2021 edition but lost to New Zealand by eight wickets. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iVRxsBI via IFTTT

The Kerala HC said Monday that “nudity and obscenity are not always synonymous”, as it discharged a suit against women’s rights activist Rehana Fathima, who’s facing multiple charges for uploading a video in 2020 of her young son and daughter painting on her bare torso. from Times of India https://ift.tt/SC0hfyF via IFTTT

In chat transcripts attached by the police to the charge sheet filed in the bribery-extortion case registered by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, on February 20 against alleged cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha, it appears that Amruta was in regular touch with them, and even met Aniksha on March 6. from Times of India https://ift.tt/4IMvbRQ via IFTTT

It comes just weeks after NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino was named as Twitter's CEO. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/Bmi8XVp via IFTTT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP saying they never talk about the future, and always blame somebody else in the past for their failures. Gandhi, who is on a visit to the US, was addressing the members of Indian diaspora in the Javits Centre here. They observed 60-second silence in respect of those who died in the Odisha train accident. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ju1RLCh via IFTTT

As a debate raged over whether Kavach, the indigenously-developed National Automatic Train Protection System, could have averted the tragic crash in Balasore, experts and officials remained divided in their opinion. Many experts say it wouldn’t have helped prevent the crash as Coromandel Express, running at more than 120 kmph, suddenly entered the loop line and there was not enough time for applying automatic brakes to avoid collision with the stationary goods train. from Times of India https://ift.tt/SxBUvNm via IFTTT

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In case of trains, it’s not the loco pilots who decide the track on which a train runs. It is controlled and fixed by the cabin station master on a panel, connected electronically and mechanically with tracks. The signals given out from the cabin guide the loco pilots for train movement. An ‘interlocking system’ refers to a safety mechanism which ensures safe and efficient operation of train movements at junctions, stations and signalling points. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5m8nqO4 via IFTTT

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Priya Ahuja Rajda, who played Rita reporter in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah TV show, supported Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal, stating that the allegations made by her were not false. from Times of India https://ift.tt/JasC0yq via IFTTT

The Congress government in Karnataka is contemplating amending the stringent Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle (Amendment) Bill, 2020, passed in the state legislature by the previous BJP government in 2021. Hinting that it would be amended, and arguing that it would be done in the larger interest of farmers, K Venkatesh, animal husbandry and veterinary sciences minister, asked: “If buffaloes can be slaughtered, why not cows?” from Times of India https://ift.tt/jPqkOQs via IFTTT

At the start of the year, there was a lengthy meeting at a five-star hotel in Mumbai where some BCCI office-bearers huddled with India captain Rohit Sharma, who was present virtually, head coach Rahul Dravid and National Cricket Academy chairman VVS Laxman. from Times of India https://ift.tt/zcFrKmY via IFTTT

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A day after chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered an inquiry into the ‘school hijab’ row in Damoh, the school held a press meet to announce that the ‘scarf/dupatta’ will not be a mandatory part of the uniform for girl students. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jlXLgKB via IFTTT

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Refuting the defence of a sports teacher that he had inadvertently touched the girls while coaching, a Pocso court said the act of making a student touch his private parts, taking girls to the sports room and touching their chest wasn’t coaching — it was sexual assault. “...girls were of mature understanding to discern good touch from bad,” the court said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Ay8zr1k via IFTTT

Turning up the heat on Friday, a sarvjatiya khap mahapanchayat held at Kurukshetra served an ultimatum to the government to arrest Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexual harassment by the protesting grapplers, and resolve the issue through a dialogue. from Times of India https://ift.tt/xPs729l via IFTTT

Following home minister Amit Shah’s appeal on Thursday asking rebels in Manipur to surrender their weapons ahead of a statewide combing exercise, more than 140 weapons — including self-loading rifles, AK-47s and INSAS rifles — were turned in by different groups until Friday morning. Meanwhile, two more people were killed and at least six injured in clashes between Kuki and Meitei communities in the last 24 hours. from Times of India https://ift.tt/BNYMcVS via IFTTT

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