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Chinese rights activists overseas have said that they are concerned but unsurprised at recent allegations that an agent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was working at Twitter, saying such infiltration is part of Beijing’s global influence operation, media reports said. The FBI informed Twitter of at least one Chinese agent among its employees, according to US Senator Chuck Grassley, ...

Sep 19 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will operate 1,081 special buses to clear festival rush before and after Dasara. The buses will be operated from September 29 to October 10. The state-run transport operator announced on Monday that the buses will run from Vijayawada to various places in Andhra Pradesh and also to neighbouring states. The ...

Sep 19 (IANS) At least two people were killed in Japan and some nine million others asked to evacuate from their homes after super typhoon Nanmadol, deemed to be one of the worst, made landfall in the region of Kyushu, bringing heavy rain and gales, local media reported on Monday. In Fukuoka prefecture, a man who was believed to be on ...

 Sep 19 (IANS) The Karnataka Police, the Fire Force and Emergency personnel have retrieved the bodies of two students who fell into a water body on Monday in Raichur district. The deceased students have been identified as Sujith and Vaibhav. Both students of II PUC (Class 12) in Vidya Nidhi College. According to police, the students went for a picnic near ...

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has asked IndiGo to respect local languages after a woman was allegedly made to shift from her seat on a flight because she understood only Telugu. KTR was reacting to an incident which occurred on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad IndiGo flight on September 16, where both cities fall within Telugu-speaking belt. Devasmita Chakraverty, ...

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) In the last 24 hours, India reported 6,298 fresh Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The new fatalities increased the overall death toll to 5,28,273. The active caseload spiked to 46,748, accounting for 0.1 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of 5,916 patients in the last ...

California, Sep 16 (IANS) A massive fast-moving wildfire, dubbed Mosquito Fire, has burned more than 64,000 acres of land since it erupted in California on September 6, becoming the largest wildfire so far this year in the US state, authorities said. The wildfire currently raging in California’s Placer and El Dorado counties, has scorched a total od 64,159 acres with only ...

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Three Arizona State University (ASU) students were accused of making a bomb threat that cleared part of one campus earlier this week, local media reported. According to the report on Thursday, Trevor Benoit, Peter Fraenkel and Lukas Patton were booked on Tuesday into Maricopa County Jail on a felony charge of interference/disruption of an education institution and ...

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US district judge Aileen Cannon has rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to revive the criminal probe against Donald Trump in the classified documents case and instead appointed a judge picked by the former President as special master to review the documents seized by the FBI on August 8 from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Raymond ...

Supermodel Gigi Hadid may have gotten a stamp of approval from her father to date Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio. When giving his two cents on the supermodel’s rumoured new romance, her father Mohamed Hadid said that he “likes” the ‘Titanic’ star, reports aceshowbiz.com. In an interview with Daily Mail, 73-year-old Mohamed told the outlet, “I met Mr. DiCaprio in St. ...

Rapper and musician Yo Yo Honey Singh has announced his comeback with a new video album titled ‘Honey 3.0’. Yo Yo took to Instagram, where he shared a video. The clip features made-up newspaper clippings with his picture and headlines such as “Where is Yo Yo Honey Singh?” and “Will he be able to make music?”. In the backdrop, he ...

An Ahmedabad citizen got a lottery of not a few hundreds or lakhs, but Rs 11,677 crore in his demat account only to be taken back in a few hours. The money was in his account for more than eight hours. Ramesh Sagar has been investing in the stock market for the last five to six years. A year ago, ...

A campaign has been launched to give the late Queen the title of ‘Elizabeth the Faithful’ because ‘the Great’ is rather common and has been used by despots and conquerors, local media reported. Senior UK politicians, including Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, have referred to Elizabeth II as ‘the Great’ since she died last Thursday at the age of ...

Sep 15 (IANS) Cloud major Oracle on Thursday said its India business saw a tremendous growth in the first quarter of FY23, with the Oracle Cloud Unit (OCI) clocking over 100 per cent growth (year-on-year) for the third year in a row. In India, the OCI is growing at 25 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) and the company has clocked ...

Harare, Sep 15 (IANS) Amid an ongoing drought, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) said it has relocated 100 elephants since July and a significant number of other wild animals from the arid southern parts of the country to the north where there is better vegetation and water. ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo told Xinhua news agency on Wednesday ...

Right-handed batter Robin Uthappa on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of Indian cricket. The 2007 T20 World Cup-winning batter, who last played for India in 2015, took to Twitter to announce his decision. “It’s been 20 years since I started playing professional cricket, and it has been the greatest honour to represent my country and state, Karnataka- wonderful ...

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Former Indian tennis player and Davis Cup captain Naresh Kumar, who was a mentor to Olympic medallist Leander Paes, passed away in Kolkata on Wednesday. He was 93. He is survived by his wife Sunita, son Arjun, and two daughters — Gita and Preah. All India Tennis Association (AITA) condoled the demise of Indian tennis legend, calling ...

New Delhi, (IANS): The Padma awards, namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are among the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The award is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements or service in all fields or disciplines such as Art, Literature and Education, ...