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Former hostage Eliya Cohen and Ziv Aboud got married. Former hostage Eliya Cohen and Ziv Aboud got married Wednesday, 10 months after their emotional engagement, at Ronit Farm in Israel in front of around 1,000 guests.According to the New York Post, the couple had been separated for more than a year after Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, abducted Cohen to Gaza during the October 7, 2023 attack. Aboud survived by hiding among bodies inside a roadside shelter.Aboud later learned that Cohen had bought an engagement ring before his abduction and had planned to surprise her. The couple became engaged after…
Alongside the import decision, the government has introduced tighter restrictions on sugar inventories held by large consumers. India has allowed duty-free imports of 1 million metric tons of raw sugar until October 31, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, as the government moves to boost domestic supplies and contain record prices ahead of the country’s peak festival season.The decision comes as sugar prices have risen sharply amid tightening supplies, with domestic prices jumping 10% over the past month to a record high. Prices have risen by nearly 40% in two months, according to the latest available data, as weaker sugarcane…
Reform UK has suspended a councillor pending the outcome of an offensive message court case.Last month, Sunderland City councillor Glenn Gibbins, 66, was charged with posting a grossly offensive comment on social media in connection to a comment referencing the Nigerian community.The charge, under the Communications Act 2003, related to a post from 2024. Gibbins is due to appear at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Friday.A Reform spokesperson said: “Councillor Gibbins has been suspended from Reform UK pending the outcome of his case.”Northumbria Police began an investigation when the post came to light in May.Gibbins was elected to the council…
The governor of central Russia’s Tula region has come to the defense of a young girl after local officials threatened criminal prosecution over artwork she drew onto a city playground earlier this week. In a post on the VKontakte social media platform, authorities in the town of Bolokhovo said they had filed a police complaint after identifying a child who drew characters from a popular animated series onto the rubber safety surface of a newly renovated playground. Officials threatened to pursue criminal charges against the girl and her parents for vandalism and property destruction unless they voluntarily removed the drawings. “This surface…
Mumbai: With the contractor of the Rs 122-crore Mumbadevi multi-storey robotic parking project approaching the Bombay High Court, seeking Rs 55 crore in damages over the stay on the project since July 2024, the BMC has extended its Rs 58-crore tender for beautification of the Mumbadevi temple precinct till Sep 30.Last month, the Bombay HC said that when govt officials illegally cancel public projects and this leads to damages being awarded, the officials themselves should pay for it from their own salaries and not the taxpayers. The court made this observation while hearing the case filed by infrastructure company SMS…
New Delhi: A 2.5-kg adrenal tumour measuring 24cm has been successfully removed from a patient at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in a complex surgery that involved separating the giant mass from vital abdominal organs and managing major blood-pressure fluctuations during the procedure.The tumour had occupied a substantial part of the patient’s abdominal cavity and was closely surrounding organs and blood vessels. Its enormous size had distorted the normal anatomy, increasing the risk of injury to nearby structures and significant blood loss during surgery.The operation was led by Dr Ashwin Mallya, uro oncologist and robotic surgeon, with Dr Suresh Singhvi, senior…
Bengaluru: A young delivery executive didn’t think much beyond earning a few hundreds of rupees for carrying a parcel from Begur on the outskirts to CV Raman Nagar in east Bengaluru — a task so mundane he hardly looked at the black bag he was to hand over on the evening of Aug 12.It’s a distance of about 20km, typically taking an hour of stop-start-stop ride through mid-week rush-hour traffic. But Reehan Baig was shocked beyond disbelief at the high drama stretching into nine hours: That he was being used possibly as a mule to ship banned drugs. Police said…
Hyderabad: Pulse Pharmaceuticals, a Hyderabad-based nano pharmaceutical drug delivery player, on Thursday said it has received approval from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for its nano-carrier entrapped vitamin D3 oral dispersion delivery, marking a significant step in bringing nano drug-delivery research into a patient-ready product.The company said the approval followed stringent scientific evaluation and may be the first regulatory clearance globally for nanocarrier-based vitamin D3 delivery. The company has already been manufacturing the product using this technology for pharma giants such as Abbott and Sanofi for the Indian market.Pulse Pharmaceuticals founder and managing director KV Rambabu said the approval…
State taking efforts to bring body of deceased fisherman from Saudi Arabia- Aadhav Chennai: PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Thursday that the state govt was making efforts to bring the body of the fisherman, who was shot dead by pirates, from Saudi Arabia. The fisherman, P Maveeran from Mayiladuthurai district, was shot dead by suspected Iranian pirates on Aug 10 off the Saudi Arabian coast, while three other fishermen were injured in the attack and hospitalised in Saudi Arabia.Responding to a calling-attention motion moved by opposition leaders, including AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, Aadhav said there was a…
The crocodile in Purusottam Sethi’s verandah in Kendrapada districtThe crocodile in Purusottam Sethi’s verandah in Kendrapada districtThe crocodile in Purusottam Sethi’s verandah in Kendrapada districtThe crocodile in Purusottam Sethi’s verandah in Kendrapada districtThe crocodile in Purusottam Sethi’s verandah in Kendrapada district Kendrapada: It was 8 in the morning when Purusottam Sethi woke up. A farmer, the 52-year-old had slept a bit late since his field and surrounding areas were under water and he had nowhere to go. But just as he tried to step out of the door, he froze in fear. A giant saltwater crocodile was staring back at…