WWII bomb safely detonated in Czech plant
Prague, Aug 31 (IANS) Czech police safely detonated a World War II aerial bomb on Friday, days after finding it on the premises of a chemical plant in the country’s northwest region. According to posts on the police’s social media platform X, the bomb was detonated around noon at the Orlen Unipetrol refining and petrochemical […]
U’khand: Chopper airlifted by M-17 helicopter crashes in Rudraprayag, video emerges
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A chopper, being transported to the Gauchar airstrip by an Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopter for repairs, crashed in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag on Saturday morning. The chopper, operated by Crystal Aviation Company, had previously made an emergency landing near the Kedarnath helipad on May 24, 2024, due to a technical fault. […]
PIL before SC demands caste-baste census
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census in the country for the “welfare of backward and other marginalised sections”. The PIL demands expeditious enumeration of data for the 2024 census and a Socio-Economic Caste […]
Youth beaten, driven around tied to car bonnet; Gujarat cops register case against 3
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A shocking video showing a youth being beaten up and then tied to the bonnet of a car and being driven around in Godhra’s Kanku Thambhala area prompted police action after the clip went viral on social media. The incident has led to the registration of cases against both the […]
Kolkata tragedy: AIIMS docs to protest at Jantar Mantar today
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Doctors at the nation’s premier medical institute AIIMS-Delhi will hold a protest in the national Capital on Saturday afternoon to seek justice for the rape and murder victim at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal. Vice president of the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) and […]
New suburban corridor among 12 rail projects underway in Mumbai
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) As many as 12 rail projects, including a new suburban corridor, are underway in the Mumbai Division of the Central Railway, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a social media post late Friday. According to Minister Vaishnaw, Phase 1 of the new fifth and sixth line between Chhatrapati Shivaji […]
Second JPC meet on Waqf Bill witnesses heated arguments; Muslim bodies submit reservations
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The second meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) held to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 witnessed heated arguments on Friday between the BJP members and MPs from the Opposition camp, while the Muslim bodies invited to present their opinion submitted their reservations to the proposed amendments. The first […]
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders blocking of social media platform X
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 31 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the social media platform X to be blocked nationwide after the company refused to appoint a legal representative in the country. Earlier on Wednesday, de Moraes gave X, owned by Elon Musk, a 24-hour deadline to designate a representative. X […]
Freedom of speech under massive attack: Musk on X ban in Brazil
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday said that freedom of speech is under massive attack around the world, after Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered to block his social media platform X nationwide. The order came after the company refused to appoint a legal representative in the country. […]
Portuguese social security surplus shrinks slightly amid rising costs
Lisbon, Aug 31 (IANS) Portugal’s Social Security system recorded a surplus of 2,712.4 million euros by the end of July 2024, slightly down from 2,756.0 million euros in the same period last year, according to figures released by Portugal’s Directorate-General for the Budget. This decrease occurred as Social Security spending increased by 12.4 per cent […]
