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Ecuador intelligence chief, wife among 7 killed in Kenya helicopter crash; 5 victims were US citizen Five American nationals and Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi were among seven people killed when a safari helicopter crashed in Kenya’s central region on Wednesday. The deaths were confirmed by Kenyan authorities and the US state department.The Eurocopter EC130 B4 crashed at 9.13am near Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County while travelling from the Loisaba Conservancy towards the Ewaso Nyiro area, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said.Seven people, six passengers and the pilot, were on board. Samburu County police commander David Nkoroi later told…

New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Thursday slammed the Congress over its decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram at their events, saying the opposition party has become the “new Muslim League” for votes.Nabin, in a post on X in Hindi, said, “This insult to the sacred invocation of ‘Bharat Mata’ is a disdain for those thousands of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the nation, keeping this very song in their consciousness.”The BJP chief’s response came after the Congress Working Committee on Wednesday decided to abide by the 1937 resolution of its highest decision-making body on…

New Delhi: Union health minister J P Nadda who underwent angioplasty at AIIMS, Delhi, was discharged on Wednesday, hospital authorities said.”Nadda was discharged today after undergoing angioplasty. He had a comfortable stay in hospital and thanked all doctors, nurses and staff for the care provided,” the AIIMS statement said.He underwent angioplasty on August 17, following which he was under observation in the Department of Cardiology, an official statement said on Tuesday.The Union minister was admitted to the hospital on August 13 after experiencing uneasiness and had undergone tests including a coronary angiography on the same evening. Published On Aug 20,…

New Delhi, Observing that there is a need to institutionalise the reforms in NEET exams, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Testing Agency to inform it about the steps taken to implement recommendations of the Radhakrishnan panel and the Nandan Nilekani committee.NEET: SC directs NTA to inform on steps taken to implement recommendations of Radhakrishnan panelA bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file a fresh affidavit in the matter.”The Radhakrishnan Committee has correctly said it is a systemic problem which needs institutionalisation, which is the most important part of it.…

Ravi Mohan files defamation case against ‘Bro Club’ producer; Madras High Court issues notice. Actor Ravi Mohan has reportedly moved the Madras High Court over a dispute linked to his upcoming movie ‘Bro Club’. He accused producer Shruthi Nallappa of defaming him by sending communications to Netflix and organisations connected to the film industry.As The Hindu reported, the court took note of Ravi Mohan’s plea. Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi issued notice to Shruthi Nallappa. The producer must respond to the allegations. The case is scheduled for another hearing on August 25.How did the ‘Bro Club’ dispute begin?The legal dispute is…

It is not clear from this study whether the change reflects an overall increase in the populations of these whale species, or just a redistribution from other areas.Other experts the BBC spoke to were concerned that the study suggested there was an influx of the animals from West Greenland. That is a sensitive issue in Greenland, a country where some whales are hunted. But the scientists said that their findings do suggest that these “opportunistic” baleen whales appear to be adapting and might even be benefiting from the change. Other Arctic species, however, are “in trouble now”, explained Prof Heide-Jørgensen.…

The experts said that AI was used extensively to prepare the papers. Representative image Mumbai/New Delhi: “Reckless use of AI” in setting and translating exam papers, followed by an unexplained six-week delay in cancelling three flawed tests, is at the heart of the UGC-NET controversy that’s forced National Testing Agency to order fresh exams in English, commerce and sociology, according to subject experts and NTA insiders.The testing agency, however, denied generative AI was used to author the disputed papers.The experts told TOI on condition of anonymity that AI was used extensively to prepare the papers. Former subject experts associated with…

Maharashtra FDA suspended five licenses and seized banned products worth twenty-five lakh rupees. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of five hotels and restaurants and seized banned products and other food items worth around Rs 25 lakh during a statewide inspection drive, officials said on Wednesday.The action was taken after the FDA inspected 31 hotels, restaurants, roadside eateries and other food establishments on Tuesday. Of these, 22 were issued improvement notices, while licences of five establishments were suspended for violations.Among those facing action was Hotel Radha in Malad West, Mumbai, where FDA officials found…

The blast damaged the refuelling equipment as well NEW DELHI: Three people were killed and three critically injured after a truck’s CNG cylinder exploded while it was being refilled at a gas station in Outer Delhi’s Tikri on Wednesday.All the dead were workers at the gas station located near Tikri Metro Station.CNG station blast in Tikri Police said the exact cause of the explosion was not immediately known and are examining the truck cylinder and gas station equipment.The blast, which happened around 3.20 pm, completely damaged the cylinder as well as the refuelling equipment at the station. Fire officials said…

Carcass of a blackbuck allegedly shot by poachers inside a forest in Bidar on August 17 Bengaluru: As Chamarajanagar’s Hanur in the extreme south of Karnataka grapples with the fallout of a deadly forest encounter involving suspected poachers, villagers in Bidar in the extreme north of the state have emerged as unlikely allies of the forest department, helping catch three blackbuck poaching suspects.Assisted by villagers, forest officials have arrested six persons in connection with the alleged poaching of a blackbuck within the Bidar forest division on Aug 17. While villagers apprehended three of the suspects after chasing them, forest personnel…