Russia ends visa regime for Georgia, lifts flight ban

Moscow, 10/5: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday abolished visas for Georgian nationals and lifted a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation, a move that comes amid rocky relations between the two countries and that was quickly denounced by Georgia’s president as a “provocation.” According to a decree Putin signed, starting…

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IPL 2026: 2,000 cops, seven special squads set up to safeguard Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy stadium

Bengaluru, 26/3: Seven special squads, nine hold areas and 2,000 police personnel are among the deployments and arrangements for the 2026 season of IPL set to begin on Saturday (March 28) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. With the first phase implementation of expert committee recommendations largely done, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh…

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New syllabus for Class I to VIII from 2026-27 in Odisha: School & Mass Education Minister

Bhubaneswar: New syllabus will be introduced for Class I to VIII in Odisha from 2026-27 academic session. It was informed by Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond. The minister said that the new syllabus will be introduced for class 1 to Class 8 in the 2026-27 academic year. A committee has been formed to…

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Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of ‘minors in minimal clothing on X

Washington DC, 3/1: Musk’s ​xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements ​were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok’s ‌public media tab filled with images that users ⁠said…

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