Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro responsed to escalating US pressure, telling thousands of supporters in Caracas that the country “does not want a slave’s peace” as tensions with Washington deepen.Addressing marchers after weeks of rising military activity by the United States, Maduro accused Washington of “testing” Venezuela with a naval deployment that has now entered its...
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SC orders CBI probe into ‘digital arrest’ scam cases
(AI-generated image used for representation purposes) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court order for pan-India CBI probe into ‘digital arrest’ cases, while signifying the threat from digital scamsters, is important also because the opposition-governed states had withdrawn “general consent” to CBI to probe crimes in their territories.Keeping two other forms of cyber-crime – investment scams and part-time...
Winter may be chillier with more cold waves in parts of north: IMD
(File photo) NEW DELHI: The upcoming winter (Dec-Feb) is likely to be colder in most parts of central India (Madhya Pradesh, north and east Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat) and parts of adjoining northwest (Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, east and southeast Rajasthan, and west and south UP) and peninsular India (Telangana), with below normal day and...
SIR burden turns fatal: UP headmaster’s heart attack raises alarm; 8 deaths in 10 days
MEERUT: A headmaster working as an assistant booth-level officer for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls died of a heart attack in Sambhal district on Monday, becoming the eighth person to die during SIR duty in Uttar Pradesh in 10 days, with three of them taking their own lives.The family of Arvind...
Internet outages fallout: Google and Amazon join hands; here’s what it means
In a move signaling a shift toward greater cooperation in the competitive cloud market, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud introduced a jointly developed multicloud networking service on Sunday. The initiative aims to bolster internet reliability and drastically reduce the time required to connect disparate computing platforms. The collaboration comes as the tech industry...
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion break the internet with new relationships
Image – Elsa/Getty Images, FILE Move over, music charts, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are breaking the internet again, but this time it’s not with a new hit. Fans are loving the fact that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are finally dating some of the most eligible athletes out there, NFL wide receiver...
No Punjab district in farm-fire top 10; MP leads
No Punjab district in farm-fire top 10 BATHINDA: No Punjab district is among the top 10 worst offenders in stubble-burning this year — a feat almost unthinkable just 12 months ago. Madhya Pradesh instead leads with eight districts while Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have one each.According to the ‘Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and...
‘Arbitrary and unfair’: Fadnavis slams SEC for postponing civic polls; calls it ‘legally wrong’
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday sharply criticised the State Election Commission’s decision to postpone the upcoming municipal council elections in multiple civic bodies across Maharashtra as “arbitrary, legally indefensible and deeply unfair to hundreds of candidates who had completed their campaigning and preparations”. He said govt...
Stefon Diggs injury update: Patriots WR expected to play vs Giants tonight
Stefon Diggs was recently accused of sexual assault by a man.(Image via Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) The New England Patriots are enjoying a pretty strong run on the field after winning in ten out of the twelve matches played so far.The New England Patriots have only lost in two matches in the new season and are...
‘Clocking speed of 140 kmph’: Influencer dies in horrific crash; named his bike ‘Laila’
Youth who filmed high-speed bike reels dies in crash SURAT: An 18-year-old youth died in a road accident near Breadliner Circle in the Khatodara police station area on Monday morning. The victim, identified as Prince Patel, was riding a KTM sports bike at high speed when he lost control of the vehicle. Patel, who was...
