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Agents involved in smuggling illegal immigrants to US from Canada allegedly set up a ‘passport bank’ in Nikol area in which they kept passports of immigrants who failed to pay them. These details have emerged from the interrogation of three accused – Yogesh Patel of Ahmedabad, Bhavesh Patel of Palsana in Gandhinagar, and Dashrath Chaudhary […]
A court proceeding related to the streaming of Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Pathaan has revealed the OTT premiere date of the film. Pathaan will release on Amazon Prime Video on April 25, exactly three months after its theatrical release on January 25. Although the film has been approved by the Central Board of Film […]
Gujarat witnessed one of its biggest tragedies on October 30 and two months later the victims have some hope of getting justice. The Managing Director of the Ajanta-Oreva Group, Jaysukh Patel, has been named as an accused in a soon-to-be-filed chargesheet by Gujarat police for his role in the collapse of the Morbi suspension bridge. […]
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Saturday that Scoot rescheduled its Amritsar-Singapore route on January 18, which resulted in a large number of passengers missing it. According to the regulator, the timing of the flight was altered due to the ongoing fog at the Amritsar airport. The DGCA stated in a statement […]
Authorities accuse a Georgia couple of sexually abusing their adopted children and exploiting them to create “homemade” child pornography. After authorities conducted a raid on their home in Oxford, Georgia, and discovered video footage of Zachary and William Zulock “engaged in sexually abusive actions” with the adopted children, they were both detained. According to court […]
The government cracked down on the booming market of social influencers on Friday with new rules, including publishing clear disclosures about brand associations, to bring transparency and protect consumers. Influencers who fail to comply risk facing hefty fines of as much as ₹50 lakh or being barred from endorsing products for up to six years. […]
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an economist and a former deputy chairman of the former Planning Commission, spoke at the 17th convocation of the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) University in Ahmedabad on Saturday, he said there is a need to hugely expand non-metro cities in India, and state governments will have to strive to […]
The National Conclave of Pastoral youth drawn from 16 states converged at Bhuj, Gujarat to discuss their aspirations, challenges and the need for policy discourse with the government. Pertinent to note that Sahjeevan – Centre for Pastoralism holds the lead in piloting several interventions in the sector for the extensive livestock production system. Notable being […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad to lay the cornerstone for a number of projects and deliver a speech to the general public on February 13. He was supposed to visit the city on January 19, nonetheless, the visit was cancelled. The Prime Minister was scheduled to lay the cornerstone for multiple projects totalling more […]
The number of Indian artists and watchers on YouTube is enormous and growing daily. Playback singers from Bollywood predominate on this platform, as expected. Alka Yagnik, an Indian singer, has made a new accomplishment on this platform in the last year. She is currently the artist on YouTube with the highest worldwide streams (2022). Alka […]
A sessions court here on Saturday adjourned till February 1 the hearing in the anticipatory bail application filed by Ajanta Manufacturing Limited’s managing director in connection with the collapse of the suspension bridge here on October 30 that killed 135 persons. The court of principal district and sessions judge P C Joshi deferred the hearing […]
American cinema veteran James Cameron is mighty impressed by SS Rajamouli’s work on RRR and has offered to support the Telugu director if he ever plans to make a film in Hollywood. Rajamouli and RRR composer M M Keeravani met Cameron recently at the Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA), where the film won Best Foreign Language […]
Elon Musk stated in a tweet on Saturday that there are roughly 2,300 active employees at Twitter. Twitter now has less than 550 full-time engineers by title and approximately 1,300 active, working personnel overall. According to internal data cited by a media house, roughly 75 percent of the company’s 1,300 employees, including about 40 engineers, […]
Users will be able to send audio notes via status updates thanks to a new feature called “voice status updates” that is purportedly being rolled out on iOS beta by the Meta-owned messaging service WhatsApp. Certain beta testers can now access the new functionality from the text status area and exchange voice notes as status […]
A prominent Chinese government scientist stated on Saturday that there is little chance of a significant COVID-19 comeback in China during the next two to three months because 80% of the population is infected. According to Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a second Covid wave is unlikely […]
UNESCO has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education on the 24th of January, 2023 to Afghan girls and women. Director general Audrey Azoulay said that no country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education and it is a universal human right that must be respected. She further said […]
The Centre has ordered the blocking of YouTube videos that broadcast the first episode of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi BBC documentary. Twitter has also been directed to block more than 50 tweets that contain links to YouTube videos. The directions were reportedly issued by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday […]
A Russian national has ended up in jail for carrying a tiny bottle of liquor, supposedly for libation at a Buddhist temple in dry Bihar, a police officer said on Saturday. Ajay Kumar, Bodh Gaya Deputy Superintendent of Police, the foreign national was caught with a 10 ml bottle of vodka at the Maha Bodhi […]
A crew member onboard the New York-New Delhi flight on November 26 last year had reported the incident of a drunk passenger urinating on a woman co-passenger, to top officials of the airline including its CEO Campbell Wilson, within hours of the flight’s touchdown in the national capital. According to emails, the Air India cabin […]
The Health Department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) reports that over the past few years, the winter months have witnessed more deaths compared to the non-winter months. The increase in winter deaths indicates that cold weather causes increased cardiac load, resulting in cardiac arrests. It also affects people with comorbid conditions. Senior citizens are the […]
