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Hijack scare on Tel Aviv-Dubai flight; plane carrying 180 diverted to Saudi Arabia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held emergency consultations over the incident A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying around 180 people was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after triggering an apparent hijack scare, with Israeli officials closely monitoring the situation.The aircraft initially signalled an emergency before changing its transponder code to 7500,...

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EC rolls back SIR declaration in Form 6 for states where the exercise is over: What it means

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has withdrawn the additional SIR-related declaration from Form 6 in states where the electoral roll revision exercise has been completed, PTI reported on Wednesday.In states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has concluded, the additional declaration has been removed from the ECINET app and portal, as well as the respective...

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NEET-UG to shift online? Centre works on nationwide CBT infrastructure strategy

NEET-UG may shift online as Centre develops nationwide CBT infrastructure strategy NEW DELHI: The ministry of education is developing a nationwide Computer-Based Testing (CBT) infrastructure strategy to enable the transition of NEET from its current pen-and-paper format to an online examination, officials said.While NEET has so far been conducted in pen-and-paper mode, the National Testing...

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AT&T CEO backs T-Mobile CEO’s view that Musk’s plan to shake mobile industry won’t work

AT&T CEO John Stankey has sided with T-Mobile’s chief executive Peter Osvaldik in rejecting Elon Musk’s plan to disrupt the mobile industry with Starlink. Speaking to Axios, Stankey said SpaceX’s proposal to turn its satellite business into a global competitor to traditional telecom networks is “not a viable strategy.” He argued that fiber infrastructure remains...

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Meet Dhanraj Parimal, corporate honcho & Samajwadi Party’s surprise candidate for RS

Samajwadi Party picks Ramgopal Yadav, Dhanraj Nathwani for Rajya Sabha from UP LUCKNOW: Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani is Samajwadi Party’s ‘surprise’ candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls along with party’s secretary general Prof Ram Gopal Yadav. Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani is the Group President of Reliance Industries and considered to be very close to the Ambani family....

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Retired IAS officer found dead with throat slit at Bhopal home; caretaker missing

Ratibad police, senior officers and forensic experts reached the spot and began investigating the death. BHOPAL: A retired IAS officer, Rakesh Agrawal, was allegedly found dead with his throat slit at his residence behind Panghat Colony in Suraj Nagar in Ratibad early Wednesday morning.A caretaker, who had reportedly been hired through an agency just four...

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‘Dr Strange in books, Sholay’s Thakur in reality’: Iran mocks UN

Meme posted by Iran’s embassy in India Iran’s embassy in India on Tuesday took a dig at the United Nations over its perceived failure to take decisive action in real-world conflicts, days after Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi accused the global body of showing “indifference” to alleged violations of the UN Charter by the US...

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