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Iran has been hit with a near‑total nationwide internet blackout amid widespread anti‑government protests, with independent monitors reporting connectivity has fallen to a tiny fraction of normal levels as authorities restrict access across the country. NetBlocks, a global internet monitoring group, confirmed the blackout has persisted for over 36–48 hours, sharply curtailing Iranians’ ability to…
Centipedes are generally regarded as disturbing creatures with their rapid movement, sudden appearance, and being out of place on a tiled floor or a painted wall. Most people react to their sight by the need to kill or spray them. This action is usually driven by the feeling of discomfort rather than danger. However, the…
Jamshedpur: A rogue male elephant has killed three villagers and wounded a woman in the Chaibasa forest division of West Singhbhum district on the intervening night of January 1 and 2, officials said on Saturday. Local forest officials managed to reach the site only on Friday evening to recover the bodies with the help of…
BENGALURU: Shocked by his wife’s suicide two days ago, hounded by public sentiment and charged with dowry harassment and abetment to suicide, a 30-year-old Bengaluru resident died by suicide in a Nagpur hotel early Saturday after undertaking a 1,000km circuitous road journey along with his family members.Suraj Shivanna, a franchise owner of an online delivery…
NEW DELHI: “I wanted to kill myself then and there, but I stopped after thinking about my family,” those were the words of the Unnao rape survivor on Tuesday evening, as she sat on the lawns of India Gate hours after a Delhi high court order granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh…
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI issued ‘Code Red’ after Google launched the Gemini 3.0 AI model. Company CEO Sam Altman told employees that they must prioritise improving ChatGPT though the full extent of the alarm was initially unclear. Now, a former OpenAI researcher has described the situation as serious, warning that Google now possesses the capability to ‘kill’…
Centralisation of decision-making, weakening Panchayati Raj “That decision is taken at the panchayat level by the gram pradhan.” “Now what will happen? These decisions will be made at the Centre. People sitting in Delhi will decide.” “The powers given to panchayats under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, under the Panchayati Raj system, will be taken away.”…
US President Donald Trump announced Monday (local time) his plan to classify fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” to strengthen his campaign against drug smuggling.Trump made this announcement in the Oval Office while presenting medals to US troops who patrolled the US-Mexican border.“There’s no doubt that America’s adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United…
BHOPAL: In a chilling case of contract killing, a teenager, barely weeks into adulthood, allegedly struck a Rs 5 lakh deal with other minors to have his own father and stepmother eliminated over a property dispute, turning pent-up resentment into a calculated act of violence, eventually resulting in the killing of his father and domestic…
Murder plot has been uncovered in Vadodara where a woman allegedly orchestrated her sister’s death to claim a Rs 40 lakh life insurance policy. VADODARA: The investigation into the murder of 36-year-old Ajiza Dewan has revealed that her elder sister allegedly plotted the crime to claim Rs 40 lakh from a life insurance policy and…
