Bengaluru, 14/1: A gusty family outsmarted a gang of dacoits and helped the Talaghattapura police capture them on Wednesday. The dacoity attempt took place in the early hours, and police have arrested seven men, led by Shaik Kaleem, 22, from Electronic City. The others are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and…
Rourkela, 13/1: India got their FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 campaign off to a great start as they defeated Spain 2-0 at the Birsa Munda International Stadium in Rourkela. First-half strikes from Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh proved to be the difference on the night as the hosts registered their first fin on…
New Delhi, 13/1: On paper, India’s chances of attracting global manufacturers look rosy. Apple Inc. began assembling its latest iPhone models in India in a significant break from its practice of reserving much of that for giant Chinese factories run by its main Taiwanese assemblers, a key win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make…
Kolkata, 12/1: Academics, including linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Droupadi Murmu about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya and sought her intervention. The 261 signatories have expressed “deep concern” at the termination order served to Bhattacharya, who besides being a teacher of economics at the university, is also the…
New Delhi, 12/1: The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability will last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday referring to various global challenges arising out of conflict, war and terrorism among others. In his opening remarks at the Voice of…
Thiruvananthapuram, 10/1: Shashi Tharoor’s popularity cuts across all classes of people in Kerala as he is the most sought-after person, even in social groups. This phenomenon does not go down well with a majority of the top brass in the state Congress; the trend is now to ‘call Tharoor to save Congress’. Ever since he…
Washington DC, 10/1: Microsoft Corp is said to be in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The funding includes other venture firms and will value San Francisco-based OpenAI at $29 billion, the report said. OpenAI made the ChatGPT chatbot…
Sao Paulo 10/1: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida with intestinal discomfort due to a stabbing he suffered during the 2018 election campaign, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro said on Monday on Instagram. In Brazil, Dr Antonio Luiz Macedo, who has been treating Bolsonaro since the stabbing, said…
Wales, 9/1: Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing to an end one of the most decorated careers in British football history. Wales’ record appearance holder and goalscorer led his country from the international football wilderness to qualify for two European Championships,…
Bhubaneswar, ,9/1:For Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Government of Odisha, women’s empowerment is not a slogan, but a non-negotiable code. Launched in 2001, Mission Shakti has helped transform the landscape of women’s empowerment and autonomy in the state. The State Government has taken the vision a step ahead, envisaging the transformation of SHGs…
