Hezbollah, Israeli army engage in fierce exchange of fire
Beirut, Aug 3 (IANS) A fierce exchange of fire broke out between Hezbollah and the Israeli army along the border area between Lebanon and Israel, involving heavy machine gun fire, artillery and missile shelling, as well as airstrikes, Lebanese military sources told the media. According to the anonymous sources, there are no reports of casualties […]
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Philippines
Manila, Aug 3 (IANS) An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck Surigao del Sur province in the southern Philippines on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 6:22 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 9 km, about 66 km northeast […]
US to boost military presence in Middle East amid rising tensions
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) The US Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said, as President Joe Biden made good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and […]
Water level at Zaporizhzhia plant’s cooling pond still decreasing: IAEA
Vienna, Aug 3 (IANS) The water level at the cooling pond of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, which is vital for the facility’s nuclear safety, has continued to decrease over the past weeks, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. “If this trend continues, ZNPP staff confirmed that it will soon become […]
Slovakia expects EC to defend interests of member states in oil dispute: FM
Prague, Aug 3 (IANS) Slovakia expects the European Commission (EC) to defend the interests of European Union (EU) member states in an oil transit dispute with Ukraine, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar said. Blanar made the remarks in a Facebook post in response to a letter sent by the EC to him […]
Venezuelan electoral body confirms Maduro’s victory in presidential elections
Caracas, Aug 3 (IANS) Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro won last week’s elections with 51.95 per cent of the vote. With 96.87 per cent of the ballots counted, Maduro received 6,408,844 votes, while his main Opposition rival garnered 5,326,104 votes (43.18 per cent), according to Elvis Amoroso, Head of the […]
TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
New York, Aug 3 (IANS) The US government has sued Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok, alleging that it endangered the safety of children by illegally collecting information from them and allowing them to share messages and videos with adults. The US Justice Department announced on Friday that it had filed the lawsuit in a […]
Centre empowered over 10K startups with Rs 580 cr funding in 5 years
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Union government empowered more than 10,000 technology startups through various schemes in the last five years, said Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. The Centre disbursed a total funding of Rs 580 crore to startups […]
Aerosmith retires from touring, as frontman Steven Tyler’s full recovery seems impossible
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) The American Rock band Aerosmith is officially hanging its touring boots up after Steven Tyler suffered a vocal injury, and is unable to fully recover. The ‘Walk This Way’ band made the heartbreaking announcement nearly one year after Tyler, 76, fractured his larynx during a September 2023 show, reports ‘People’ magazine. […]
‘Bigg Boss OTT 3’: Sana Maqbul lifts the winner’s trophy, takes home Rs 25 L
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Actress Sana Maqbul was declared the winner of the third season of the controversial reality show ‘Bigg Boss OTT’ in an eventful star-studded grand finale held late Friday evening. Sana took home the trophy along with a whopping amount of over Rs 25 lakh as prize money. Having spent over a […]
