The Odisha government on Friday announced a 10 per cent quota and five years of age relaxation for Agniveers in the state`s uninformed services. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made the announcement before leaving for Delhi to attend the governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog on Saturday. “Our soldiers are our pride. Agniveers, who…
Sebi on Friday barred fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya from the securities markets and restrained him from associating with any listed firm for three years in the matter of routing of funds to the Indian securities market using overseas bank accounts with UBS AG. The Indian government has been attempting to extradite Mallya from the United…
This combination of pictures created on July 26, 2024, shows an undated image obtained from the US Department of State of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia (L), cofounder of the Sinaloa Cartel; and an undated image obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of the cartel’s other co-founder, Joaquin…
Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over? But first, Bangladesh is taking a pause from days of brutal…
Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol on Friday said that information about releasing water from Khadakwasla dam should have been given in advance to the residents living in the low-lying Sinhgad Road area, which experienced flooding as rains wreaked havoc in Pune. Amid incessant showers in the catchment areas, the irrigation department discharged 35,000 cusecs of water…
A man sweeps the mud off the alley following floods brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in San Mateo town, Rizal province, Philippines, July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Lisa Marie David/Reuters What was Typhoon Gaemi has weakened to a severe tropical storm and headed toward inland China on Friday after making landfall the previous evening on…
Typhoon Gaemi has weakened into a severe tropical storm and is heading towards inland China on Friday after making landfall on the east coast. The typhoon led to tree collapses, flooded streets, and also damaged crops in China, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Meanwhile, five people died in Taiwan,…
A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh and the police, as violence erupted across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the Army to quell protests against job…
French railway company SNCF suffered a massive attack of sufficient magnitude to paralyze its TGV network on the night of July 25, 2024 to July 26, the group told AFP and TGV traffic on the Atlantic, North and East routes will be very disrupted, a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games…
In this June 16, 2020, image released by the North American Aerospace Defence Command, a Russian Tu-95 bomber, top, is intercepted by a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter off the coast of Alaska. File | Photo Credit: AP Russian and Chinese jets staged a joint patrol over far eastern Russia and the Bering Sea near Alaska…
