- Middle East
Tunisia evacuates stranded illegal immigrants near Libya border
Tunis: Tunisian authorities have transferred 126 illegal immigrants stranded at a border crossing with Libya to accommodation centres. Boarding three buses, the immigrants were transferred from the Ras Ejdir crossing to safe…
- India
Bihar per capita income lower than Jharkhand, UP, Odisha, MP: CAG
Patna: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that the per capita income of Bihar is lower than its neighbours — Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. The…
- News
Lucknow cops begin probe after rape victim threatens immolation
Lucknow: Lucknow police have stepped up efforts to track the accused after the 32-year-old Port Blair native rape survivor sent an e-mail to immolate herself outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence. The…
- World
Indian-origin bar owner on trial for allegedly raping teen in Singapore
Singapore: A 41-year-old Indian-origin bar owner went on trial at the Singapore High Court for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl who worked for him in 2020, a media report said.…
- World
Trump pleads not guilty to latest charges in classified documents case
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump as well as his close personal aide Walt Nauta have pleaded not guilty to the latest charges in the case of mishandling classified documents. Trump and…
- India
Charges to be framed against Atiq’s assailants after Aug 16
Prayagraj: A sessions court will frame charges after August 16 against the three accused who allegedly shot dead gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on April 15 in Prayagraj. According to…
- Hyderabad
Customs arrest man with 552 gm gold at Hyderabad airport
New Delhi: The Customs officials at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport have said that they have seized 552 gm smuggled gold worth Rs 33.53 lakh. An official said that the accused had…
- India
Manipur violence: SC named 3-judge panel to monitor conditions at relief camps
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which had set up a committee comprising three woman judges to enquire into the violence against women in Manipur, has tasked it with collecting information on such…
- Health
WHO names ‘Eris’ COVID strain variant of interest
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated a new strain of Covid-19 — ‘EG.5’ or ‘Eris’ as a “variant of interest” as cases rise globally. “EG.5 is a descendent lineage…
- Technology
Amazon digitizes 62 lakh MSMEs, created over 13 lakh jobs in India
New Delhil: Amazon on Thursday said that it has cumulatively digitised over 62 lakh (6.2 million) micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), enabled nearly $8 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and created…
- India
Sengol used as walking stick for former PM Nehru, says Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday criticised the DMK MPs on the Sengol issue, saying the government has restored it to its rightful place, as she claimed that it was…
- Business
Hero MotoCorp logs higher revenue, profit on lower sales volume
Chennai: Despite selling a lower number of vehicles during the first quarter of FY24, two wheeler major Hero MotoCorp Ltd logged higher revenue and net profit. In a regulatory filing on Thursday,…
- India
Manipur tribal leaders apprise Mizoram CM about meeting with Amit Shah
Aizawl: Manipur’s Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) leaders, who on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss their demands, on Thursday met Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and…
- Health
AI-powered automated microscope accurately detects Malaria in travelers
New Delhi: An international team of researchers has tested the accuracy of an automated microscope, combined with AI software, to identify malaria parasites in blood samples of travellers in a true clinical…
- India
WB: ‘I am not a gay’, JU fresher said repeatedly before dying
Kolkata: Swapnadip Kundu, a fresher at Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University (JU) who died under after mysterious circumstances after falling from the balcony of a students’ hostel within the university campus on Thursday,…
