Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a 21-month ban for failing a dope test conducted by the International Testing Agency, contrary to claims made by Indian officials that her “suspension” last year was not related to doping offence.Karmakar’s dope sample collected out-of-competition by the ITA, an independent organisation that manages the anti-doping programme of […]
The Pentagon on Friday night said that another Chinese surveillance is transiting Latin America.“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon. We have no further information to provide at this time,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. The detection of the Chinese […]
The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Friday carried out raids at multiple locations in connection with a terror-funding case in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, officials said.The SIA sleuths conducted raids in Parimpora, Jawahar Nagar, Natipora, Chanapora, Bulbul Bagh and Qamarwari areas of Srinagar, they said. According to them, the raids were part of an […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin vowed a stern response to any country threatening Russia as he lashed out against Germany for promising tanks for Ukraine. While, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was consolidating its forces for a fresh offensive, Vladimir Putin said, “It’s unbelievable but true. We are again being threatened by German Leopard […]
The brutal stock rout in Gautam Adani’s companies continued Friday, an indication that the billionaire needs to do more to restore confidence in his conglomerate’s financial health after accusations of fraud by Hindenburg Research. The group’s 10 stocks all fell in early Mumbai trading, with $120 billion, or more than half of their combined value, […]
A Calicut-bound Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi landed back at Abu Dhabi airport after flames were detected in one of the engines soon after take-off, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday.Air India Express informed that the aircraft landed safely and all passengers are safe. According to DGCA, 184 passengers were […]
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its dairy products under the brand name ‘Amul’, on Friday increased the prices of milk by Rs 2 per litre for all markets except Gujarat.Jayen Mehta, Managing Director of the Anand-headquartered federation, said the hike in milk prices is not applicable to Gujarat. “We have increased […]
At least 16 Opposition parties met on Friday morning to coordinate their strategy in Parliament and decided to step up their attack on the government, demanding an immediate discussion on the issue of Adani stock rout.The meeting came a day after they unitedly led the charge against the government over the issue and stalled both […]
Meta has said that it took down over 22.54 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 12.03 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in December 2022 in India.Between December 1-31, Facebook received 764 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and the company said it provided tools for users […]
India and the United States are keen for an early conclusion of the 30 MQ-9B predator armed drones deal at a cost of over USD 3 billion, which will help New Delhi strengthen its overall surveillance apparatus along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Indian Ocean.In the works for more than five years, […]