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Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming that his delayed disclosure of a large stake in Twitter Inc defrauded shareholders who sold Twitter stock at artificially low prices because they were kept in the dark. In the federal court case in Manhattan, investors accused Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October, of waiting 11 days past a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission deadline the previous March to disclose he had bought 5% of its stock. The shareholders said Musk saved more than $200 million by adding to his holdings - while quietly meeting with Twitter executives about his plans for the social media company - before finally revealing a 9.2% stake, cheating stock sellers and options traders out of the "true value" of their securities. But in a Monday night filing, Musk said investors in the proposed class action had no independent right to obtain damages under the SEC disclosure rule, and could not show that all class members actually r...

Hungary slid to bottom place among EU nations in a corruption index, with graft watchdog Transparency International on Tuesday alleging misuse by "political elites" of state and bloc funds. Hungary has been embroiled in a long running spat with Brussels over corruption and rule of law concerns that have led to the freezing of billions of euros of bloc funding. In a bid to unlock the funds, Budapest committed to a range of legal and anti-corruption reforms, including the set-up of a watchdog that includes a Transparency International staff member. Hungary replaced Bulgaria as the last among EU and western European countries in the group's "Corruption Perceptions Index" report for 2022 launched on Tuesday. The report noted "a decade of democratic backsliding and systemic deterioration of the rule of law at the hands of the ruling party". "Evidence is mounting against political elites on their misuse of both state and EU funds," it said. B...

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Opposition parties in Goa have closed ranks to demand Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's resignation for "not taking a stand" over the Mhadei issue, days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that the BJP has resolved the dispute and given the river water to Karnataka caused a flutter in the coastal state. As the Congress, AAP, TMC, and Goa Forward Party, sought to corner Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who belongs to BJP, the latter on Monday said there will be no compromise on the Mhadei issue and that his government was working to protect the river water from being diverted. Goa and neighbouring Karnataka have been engaged in a tussle over sharing of the river water for several years. Goa has often accused Karnataka of proceeding unilaterally in the matter by ignoring pacts. Speaking to reporters, Sawant said Goa has a strong legal standing in the Supreme Court on the issue. "There will be no compromise on it and the government has been working to protec...

Disgruntled JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha, who recently raised a banner of revolt against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Monday alleged that his car was pelted with stones in Bhojpur district of the state. Mr Kushwaha, who is also a member of the state legislative council, made the allegation on his official Twitter handle, tagging Nitish Kumar and the Bihar Police. "Some anti-social elements attacked my car at Nayka Tola, Jagdishpur (Bhojpur). They ran away when security personnel tried to chase them," Mr Kushwaha tweeted in Hindi. The district police said it was investigating the matter and trying to identify the culprits. No injuries have been reported in the incident. Mr Kushwaha, upon return to the state capital, claimed he was clueless about the identity and motive of the attackers. The former Union minister has been in a sulk ever since Mr Kumar rebuffed speculations of his induction as deputy CM, making it clear that only RJD's Tejashwi Yadav will hold...

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An Air India Express flight from Sharjah made an emergency landing at Cochin International Airport on Sunday following a suspected hydraulic failure, a CIAL spokesperson said. A full emergency was declared at the international airport at 8.04 PM and the aircraft landed safely at 8.26 PM, the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) spokesperson said. No runways were blocked and no flights were diverted, he said. The emergency was withdrawn at 8.36 PM and air operations were declared normal, he added. The CIAL also said that all 193 passengers and six crew members onboard IX 412 from Sharjah were safe. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/297ejuk

A private museum in the United Arab Emirates unveiled on Saturday a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust, the latest sign of what Israel and its new Arab allies describe as a new approach to understanding Jewish history in the Middle East. Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori, founder of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai's historic district, said the display, unveiled for International Holocaust Remembrance Day would help combat "big denial" of the Holocaust in the region. "For us peace is a complete peace," Al Mansoori said. "Many people have forgotten the Jews are part of the region. So here, we're trying to show ... the good days between the Jews and the Arabs in the past." The scroll is on permanent loan to the museum from the Memorial Scrolls Trust, which looks after more than 1,000 Czech scrolls saved from the Holocaust and later sent to London. "I lived in the Arab world when I was young, and the term Holocaust does not exist ....

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Unplanned and uncontrolled construction in the name of development in Uttarakhand has brought Joshimath on the brink of sinking, experts said on Saturday and demanded that Himalayas be declared an eco-sensitive zone. In a resolution passed at the roundtable organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), experts termed as "inadequate" the steps taken to deal with the prevailing situation in subsidence-hit Joshimath. They also asked the government to consider taking long-term measures to address the problem, saying a similar situation may arise in Nainital, Mussoorie and other areas of Garhwal as well if the "so-called development driven by human greed" is not checked in the hill state. "Declare Himalayas as an eco-sensitive zone. Regulate big projects causing devastation," the resolution said. While the width of the road under the Char Dham road widening project must be regulated to intermediate standard to minimize the damage to the terrain, Char Dham ra...

President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Csaba Korosi will arrive in India on a three-day visit on Sunday, during which he is expected to discuss with his Indian interlocutors ways to deal with various challenges facing the globe. It will be Csaba Korosi's first bilateral visit to any country since he assumed the UNGA presidency in September 2022, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, announcing his trip. Csaba Korosi is scheduled to witness the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the historic Vijay Chowk in the heart of New Delhi. The president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (PGA) will hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on key multilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. "The PGA's visit to India will be an opportunity to exchange views on global challenges that the United Nations is currently seized with," the MEA said in a statement. "It would help reinforce India's abiding comm...

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The website of Makkal Needhi Maiam, a party floated by actor-politician Kamal Haasan has been hacked, the party said on Friday. Hours after the website was hacked, MNM's Twitter handle announced that the "official website of the party has been hacked by some miscreants" and that the party would not be cowed down by such threat and would give a befitting reply. The official website of Makkal Needhi Maiam has been hacked by miscreants who thrive on stifling the voice of Democracy ! Unruffled, we will react appropriately and continue to stand tall ! — Makkal Needhi Maiam | மக்கள் நீதி மய்யம் (@maiamofficial) January 27, 2023 Many eyebrows were raised and the party workers were surprised over a statement posted on the website proclaiming to merge MNM with the Congress on January 30. The statement has since been withdrawn and a party spokesperson said, "no such decision was made (on the merger) and that it was the handiwork of the hackers." MNM had announced...

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The US Justice Department announced Thursday it had shut down the Hive ransomware operation, which had extorted more than $100 million from more than 1,500 victims worldwide. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said that US authorities working with German and Netherlands law enforcement took over Hive's website and servers after having infiltrated it for nearly seven months. The infiltration helped hundreds of companies avoid paying $130 million in extortion demands made after Hive hacked and froze their data systems. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called the operation to infiltrate Hive a "21st-century cyber stakeout."  "We hacked the hackers," she said. Hive operated as a ransomware service, meaning anyone could hire its software and other services to help hack into and lock down a target's IT systems, and to process payments. Hive and the client would share the profits from the extortion.  Since it first emerged in 2021 more than 1,500 companie...

Staff at Amazon's Coventry warehouse in the UK has claimed that they have to go without toilet breaks. The workers further claimed that they work in "severe" conditions and are constantly monitored, a BBC report said. The workers of the Coventry warehouse recently signed up to join the GMB union and held their first-ever strike on Wednesday over wages and severe working conditions. The staff are upbraided for "ideal time" lasting just a few minutes. Amazon has a system that recognises great performance," BBC reported. Two Amazon workers told BBC that the robots in the warehouse "are treated better than us". Darren Westwood and Garfield Hilton said that the managers asked questions if they took a toilet break. "The thing with stopping work is that they want to know why," said Mr Hilton. "So if the time is beyond a couple of minutes they can see it on the system." Mr Hilton shared that he has diabetes and it is not always p...

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The Congress on Wednesday released its first list of 55 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya. The party has fielded its Meghalaya unit chief Vincent H Pala from the Sungai Saipung (ST) constituency. Pala is the sitting Lok Sabha MP from Shillong. Saleng A Sangma, who had resigned as NCP MLA and joined the Congress on January 23, has been fielded from the Gambegre (ST) assembly constituency. The first list of candidates was released after a meeting of the party's central election committee chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday. Polling for the elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Legislative Assembly will be held in a single phase on February 27. Counting of votes will take place on March 2. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/NBKToE2

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Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a nuclear attack in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019 and India is preparing its own escalatory response. In his latest book 'Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love' that hit the stores on Tuesday, Pompeo says that the incident took place when he was in Hanoi for the US-North Korea Summit on February 27-28 and his team worked overnight with both New Delhi and Islamabad to avert this crisis. "I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration in February 2019. The truth is, I don't know precisely the answer either; I just know it was too close," Pompeo writes. India's warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan in February 2019 in re...

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Over 2,000 letters have been sent to a post box, which is popularly called "post box to heaven" where friends and family leave notes for their dead loved ones. It was set up in November 2021,  during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is located in Dell, in the formal gardens at Walton Hall in Warrington, United Kingdom, as per a report in BBC . Letters are written on biodegradable wildflower seed paper and then planted in the gardens. The BBC states that the hall became a place for people "to come and reflect and remember their loved ones". Following the same trend, a crematorium recently set up a similar postbox in Nottingham. A nine-year-old girl Matilda Handy decided this as a medium to express her feelings after her grandparents died, according to UK's Metro . After approaching the owners of Gedling Crematorium in Nottinghamshire about the idea, the management installed the white postbox. To the girl's surprise, the post box has already received nearly hundred...

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Hollywood actor Anne Hathaway recently revealed during a post-screening of 'Eileen', at the Sundance Film Festival that she was once asked a creepy question when she was just 16 years old, according to Variety .  The 40-year-old actor said, "I just remembered one of the very first questions I ever got asked when I started acting and had to do press was: 'Are you a good girl or a bad girl?'" She added, "I was 16. And my 16-year-old self wanted to respond with this film." The actor further said that she signed up for the darkly funny thriller after she saw director William Oldroyd's 2016 drama, "Lady MacBeth" starring Florence Pugh. Anne said, "I thought it was an extraordinary work. I saw a study of female complication that hit me really, really deep, and I felt like Will was a filmmaker that could be trusted to tell complicated stories, especially about females." The film is about a young secretary working at a prison who ...

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A case has been registered after a doctor allegedly left a bandage inside the stomach of a woman during operation in a hospital in Amroha, which led to her death. After the incident, the local people gathered to protest outside the hospital and demanded the immediate arrest of the doctor who was involved in the operation. The husband of the woman alleged that his wife died after treatment due to the negligence of a doctor. Circle Officer Vijay Rana said a case has been registered against the doctor and further investigation is going on. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/6Wd1HC3

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RT France, the French arm of the Russian state broadcaster, will shut down after its French bank accounts were frozen as part of the most recent EU sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, the channel's director said Saturday. "After five years of harassment, the authorities in power have achieved their goal: the closure of RT France," Xenia Fedorova said in a Twitter statement. She said 123 employees were at risk of not being paid for January and could lose their jobs because of the account freeze -- part of the latest European Union sanctions against Russia. Moscow had already warned of retaliation for the move by the French finance ministry, first reported by the unions of RT France on Friday. "The blocking of RT France accounts will lead to retaliatory measures against the French media in Russia," the TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies quoted an anonymous foreign ministry source as saying, accusing Paris of "terrorising Russian journa...

Known as "Chippy", the former COVID minister is a close ally of Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, expected to succeed Ardern as Labour leader on Sunday after no other candidates emerged, faces a stern test upon taking power, with Labour trailing the opposition in opinion polls and the country expected to fall into recession next quarter before a general election on October 14. First elected to parliament in 2008, Hipkins became a household name fronting the government's response to the pandemic. He was appointed health minister in July 2020 before becoming the COVID response minister at the end of the year. Under Ardern's "go hard, go early" approach to COVID, the island nation of 5 million was among the first to close borders. Hipkins, who describes himself as an "outdoor enthusiast" keen on mountain biking, hiking and swimming, studied politics and criminology at Victoria University and then worked in the industry training sector. Before becoming...

A court in Delhi on Saturday granted bail to a man accused of molesting and dragging DCW chief Swati Maliwal, saying it will be unfair to subject the accused to a premature trial at the present stage. Ms Maliwal had on Thursday alleged that she was molested by a drunk man while she was on an inspection at night, and dragged by his car for 10-15 metres outside the AIIMS here with her hand stuck in the vehicle's window. The Kotla Mubarakpur police station registered an FIR and arrested the accused Harish Chander (47), who was subsequently remanded in judicial custody. "...I am of the view that no useful purpose will be served by keeping the accused behind the bars. Accordingly, accused Harish Chander is admitted to bail subject to furnishing bail bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of the like amount...," Metropolitan Magistrate Sanghmitra said.   Other conditions of the bail include Chander not committing a similar offence, not tampering with evidence, joining the invest...

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday indicated the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in giving translated copies of judgements in all Indian languages as he underlined the importance of technology in removing the information barrier. In September 2022, the apex court, under the leadership of CJI Chandrachud, started to live-stream hearings of its Constitution bench. CJI Chandrachud was speaking at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa here. He underlined the benefit of live-streaming and said teachers of law and students can watch and discuss live issues before the court. "Then you realise the injustice that pervades our society when you discuss live issues," he added. "..There is a meritocracy barrier. We must have live streaming... I do not have a cynical view... Yes a few people will begin theatrics, but that'll be far and few between," the CJI said. Stressing the importance of technology, CJI Chandrachud said his m...

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called the basic structure doctrine a North Star that guides and gives certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when the path ahead is convoluted. The remarks by the CJI came against the backdrop of the recent remarks by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar who questioned the landmark 1973 Kesavananda Bharati case verdict that gave the basic structure doctrine. Mr Dhankhar had said the verdict set a bad precedent and if any authority questions Parliament's power to amend the Constitution, it would be difficult to say “we are a democratic nation”. Delivering the Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Lecture here, the CJI said craftsmanship of a judge lies in interpreting the text of the Constitution with the changing times while keeping its soul intact. "The basic structure of our Constitution, like the north star, guides and gives certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution wh...

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Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has called for global harmonisation or regulatory standards and said that cooperation among multilateral organisations is a must for dealing with future outbreaks. Speaking during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, he said he is optimistic about the cooperation. As several leaders here warned against any complacency on the Covid front, Mr Poonawalla said, "We need to keep educating people and dispel vaccine hesitancy". Serum Institute of India (SII) emerged as one of the largest vaccine makers in the world during the pandemic. Mr Poonawalla pitched for advancing vaccine equity and global harmonisation of regulatory standards to allow vaccine manufacturers to make a better real-time impact. "Today, we go through a WHO approval process, you don't want every individual country asking for their own process and clinical trials. We have to be able to accept one level of standard," he added. Mr...

A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and 24 others in case of riot and stone pelting on police personnel in May 2022 while opposing a demolition drive being carried out by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation. The judge directed the accused to put on trial for the offence punishable under section including 147 (rioting), 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant). "Having considered the entirety of the facts and circumstances, the documents placed on record by the prosecution, the complaint filed under section 195 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the MLCs of the injured police personnel, the statements, the seized case property, and the other material, prima facie there is sufficient material on record to frame c...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in a Metro train in Mumbai on Thursday evening after inaugurating new services of the public transport system. He travelled in the metro train between Gundavali and Mogra stations and interacted with a group of youngsters, women, and metro rail workers. These two stations are part of the Metro line 7 phase 2, which was inaugurated by him. On board the Metro, which will boost ‘Ease of Living' for the people of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/JG4tHwAAXA — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2023 Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accompanied the PM during the ride. The PM inaugurated Mumbai Metro Rail lines 2A and 7 built at a cost of around Rs 12,600 crore at a function held at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) earlier. These lines comprise a 35 km-long elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar in suburban Mumbai. The 18.6 km-long Metro line 2A connects suburban Dah...

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Fifty aircraft will take part in the 74th Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path that will include aerial display by nine Rafale and the Navy's IL-38 which will be showcased at the event for the first and perhaps the last time, a senior IAF official said.  IL-38 is a maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian Navy that has served for nearly 42 years, he said. "It will be showcased during the Republic Day celebrations here for the first time and perhaps the last time. It will be among the 50 aircraft that will take part in the event," the IAF official said. These 50 aircraft will include four from the Army as well, he added. At a press interaction, the Indian Air Force also unveiled a model of the IAF tableau that will be showcased during the January 26 parade. The theme of the IAF tableau is "Indian Air Force: Power Beyond Boundaries" and will showcase some of the major assets of the IAF, including a few which have been recently inducted. This ...

Delhi Police's Crime Branch has arrested of a man for allegedly leaking sensitive information related to the finance ministry to foreign countries, officials said on Wednesday. The accused identified as Sumit, was a contractual employee and worked as a data entry operator in the finance ministry, they said. He was arrested under the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday, police said. A senior police officer said the accused provided classified data to foreign countries in lieu of money. "During his search, a mobile phone which was being used by him for sharing secret information related to Ministry of Finance was seized," he said. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/82CzhLB

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On Tuesday, singer Aaron Carter's said that they believed that the singer died of a drug overdose. Singer's ex-fiance Melanie Martin told TMZ that Los Angeles police ruled out drowning after not finding water in his lungs. The singer was found in a bathtub full of water on November 5, 2022. He died at the age of 34. Page six report said that Carter's mother, Jane Carter and Ms Martin are still waiting on a toxicology report to confirm if it was a drug overdose. Ms Martin also revealed that she read text messages between Aaron and an "unidentified person who told Aaron that he owned $800 for an unknown substance." However, the singer told the person that he "didn't need the substance anymore," but the person told him that he still needed to pay. Aaron asked the person if he was "being threatened." Ms Martin believes that Aaron did end up meeting the person and took the substance "that could have ultimately killed him." The a...

Amid evacuations and demolitions in sinking Joshimath, several residents and activists are calling for the National Thermal Power Corporation to shut down its activities in the region, alleging that one of its projects contributed to subsidence in the area. From the numerous small and big shops in the main markets to the residential properties, vehicles, and billboards, posters with the slogan "NTPC go back" have come up around the town in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district over the past few days. Local people allege that the digging of a 12-km tunnel for the 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugarh hydroelectric project exacerbated the subsidence in the area. "We have always felt that NTPC, which has been working here, is responsible for the damage to a large extent. They are building a tunnel, their machine is stuck," said Sooraj Kapruwan, a hotel management graduate and local businessman. "The work that should have been completed by 2012 started that year and is still ...

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Opposition parties on Monday questioned the need to deploy remote voting machines and urged the Election Commission to address the issue of urban apathy towards the poll process. "No opposition party wants to see the demonstration of a remote voting machine (RVM). First the issue of the need to have such a machine should be settled," senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told reporters after participating in a meeting of political parties convened by the poll body to demonstrate the working of an RVM. The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said he felt that there would be no RVM demonstration till there is a consensus on having one. No political party is prepared to see the demonstration, he said. "The idea of RVM is not acceptable," Mr Singh said, and added that the commission should address concerns about electronic voting machines raised by eminent citizens of the country. The Election Commission (EC) should also address the issue of urban apathy towards t...

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The average annual global cost of wildfires is around USD 50 billion, the World Economic Forum said on Monday as it pitched for use of artificial intelligence in fighting them and containing carbon emissions caused by such tragedies. In a report released on the first day of its five-day annual meeting, WEF said that global wildfires in 2021 released an estimated 6,450 mega tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. The US has experienced around 1.5 million wildfires since 2000 while in Australia, more than 3 billion animals were killed or displaced in the 2019-2020 bushfire season. This devastating trend is set to continue, affecting lives and livelihoods the world over, WEF said while citing data from the World Meteorological Organisation, which predicts an increase in extreme fires globally of up to 30 per cent by 2050. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 30 per cent of the world's population is exposed to deadly heat waves on more than 20 days a year. Refe...

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A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys, who also made a video of the act and threatened to make it viral on social media if she told anyone about it, police said. Station House Officer (SHO) of Highway Police Station Chhote Lal said on the basis of the complaint lodged by the relatives of the victim, an FIR has been registered and the girl has been sent for a medical examination. According to the relatives, the incident took place on Saturday evening when the girl was alone in the house. The boys, who live in the neighbourhood, entered the house and began molesting her. When she protested, they raped her. The accused also made a video of the incident and threatened to share it on social media platforms if the victim told anyone about it, according to the complaint. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/GS06fQ5

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Looking for some motivation to kick-start your week? Well, meet Sharmistha Ghosh, a small tea stall operator who wants to build a tea-cafe chain someday. Ms Ghosh is a post-graduate in English literature and operates a small chai stall on wheels( popularly called Raydee) in Delhi Cantt's Gopinath Bazar. Ms Ghosh was previously associated with British Council and brimming with the hope of starting something of her own, she decided to quit her job. She has a vision and dreams to make it as big as Chaiyos, the famous tea set up which is located all over. Her story was shared by retired Brigadier Indian Army Sanjay Khanna on LinkedIn. Along with a picture of Ms Ghosh, he wrote, "I got curious and enquired from her the reason for doing so. She mentioned that she has a vision and dream to make it as big as Chaayos, the famous tea set up which is located all over." Ms Ghosh's friend Bhavna Rao working with Lufthansa is also a joint partner in operating this small Chai st...

Kathryn Dumphreys says if cars with a known fault had been withdrawn, her husband would not have died. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/oZPV97e

The man suffered multiple injuries following the incident at Grey Mare's Tail waterfall, near Moffat. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/WinK9bP

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A Delhi Police head constable was among three people arrested in Nuh in Haryana for their alleged involvement in cow smuggling, police said on Saturday. Two cows and a four-wheeler were recovered from their possession. All three were produced in a city court which sent them to judicial custody, the police said. The arrested accused were identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Mitraon in Delhi; Yogesh Kumar Meena, a native of Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan; and Aamir, a resident of Cheela village in Nuh district. Yogesh Kumar Meena is a head constable of Delhi Police posted at Mohan Garden police station in Dwarka, the police said. Based on a tip-off, the police put up a barricade Wednesday night and stopped a vehicle near Bhajlaka village in Tauru. On seeing police personnel, the accused tried to escape leaving their vehicle in which two cows were kept tied. Soon after, the police arrested the three. An FIR was registered against the accused under relevant provisions o...

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Environmental lobby group Greenpeace accused attendees of the annual Davos meeting of a "distasteful masterclass in hypocrisy" on Friday over their use of private jets to travel to the event in the Swiss Alps. Ahead of the 2023 edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) next week, the NGO said it had commissioned research which showed that people who attended last year had made roughly 500 private flights in and out of airports near the exclusive ski resort. Organisers have again promised to make climate change one of the central themes of this year's summit, while efforts have also been made to reduce the carbon footprint of the meeting and encourage VIP guests to take public transport. "Given that 80% of the world's population has never even flown, but suffers from the consequences of climate-damaging aviation emissions, and that the WEF claims to be committed to the 1.5 Celsius Paris Climate Target, this annual private jet bonanza is a distasteful masterclas...