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Andriy Lunin was in goal for Courtois but had little work to do in a tight first half, which tilted Madrid’s way after first Rodrygo and then Jude Bellingham took advantage of some poor defending from the home side, reports Xinhua.Rodrygo was given space to fire Madrid ahead in the 27th minute and nine minutes later Bellingham was able to celebrate his league debut with a goal after he was left unmarked at a corner.The midfielder mishit his shot but had the fortune to see it bounce up and over Athletic keeper Unai Simon.Militao had to be helped off in…

The ‘Mere Ghar Aake Toh Dekho’, the campaign will go on till Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary) on January 30.About 2,000 people are expected to participate in the drive during its launch. It will also use hashtags like #MereGharAakeToDekho and #CelebrateAzadiTogether for wider outreach.Organised by a group of social organisations like National Federation of Indian Women and Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA), Dastak Foundation, Red Brigade Trust among others, the drive has been supported by actors Ratna Pathak Shah and Nandita Das.People will be urged to visit the homes of those from marginalised communities and minorities.”It is to open…

The tech giant is actively working on a project that has at least five codenames associated with it, with the main three being “Orca”, “Mako” and “Manta”, reports 9To5Google.When editing a body of text on ChromeOS, Orca will show up in the right-click menu.If users choose Orca, a “bubble” with the Mako UI will appear over the screen.According to the code, Mako will have three main tasks.First, it will have the ability to “request rewrites” of a certain text, presumably one that an AI has rewritten.”Secondly, it can offer a list of ‘preset text queries’, which we assume, in the…

The UP government has announced that the blueprint for setting up the facility has already been prepared by UP Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN).The hub will be divided into three parts — IT park, business park, and international incubation facility centre. A government spokesperson added that the integrated facility being planned in the state capital is going to be the largest in the country.Earlier, the Yogi Adityanath government had committed to shape Lucknow as the artificial intelligence city of the country and the upcoming IT hub is a step forward in that direction, said the spokesperson and added that the incubation…

The challenges for Indian Intelligence are organisational, operational as well as outreach-related – in the backdrop of new trends that have come into play.Inter-agency coordination has acquired a new-found importance since in the emerging situation, external threats to internal security have become particularly pronounced, strategic intelligence is required for handling international relations and role of technology in dealing with the security scenario is now of unprecedented significance.The transformational change for Indian Intelligence is that it is not merely to report on the threats, but also to proactively help the regime in formulating solutions for countering the same in the interest…

The raids were being held at four residences of former PFI activists in the Tirur and Tanur areas of Malappuram district.Sources in the Malappuram district police told IANS that they were informed just before the commencement of the raids.The raids, which began early morning, were being held simultaneously.Earlier, the NIA had held raids and sealed the PFI headquarters, Green Valley in Manjeri in Malappuram district.The PFI was banned by the Union Home Ministry in September 2022 and most of the frontline leaders of the Islamist organisation were jailed. The PFI is accused in several murder cases across the country, and…

The CAG report tabled in the assembly has pointed out that the failure of the Goa police to pay the annual spectrum charges to the Central government on time resulted in an avoidable payment of late fee of Rs 2.39 crore. It also mentioned that the Goa government faced a loss of Rs 1.91 crore due to the procurement of large quantities of tur dal without any assessment of consumer demand and lifting capacity of Fair Price Shops.Reacting to the observations in the CAG report, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao said that the government is not exercising any prudence in…

Critics say paying for sins may be a matter of belief. But pulling out money to pay obeisance at a shrine from a separate gate is a step towards favouring the rich and against the traditions of Dev Bhoomi, the land of gods.One of the most venerated shrines in northern India, the Chintpurni temple in Una district gets a majority of pilgrims from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.Normally, political leaders, elected lawmakers, bureaucrats and scores of well-connected people are known to visit Chintpurni shrine, especially on weekends and festivals, without waiting in line for their turn.They use their…

Following Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s order, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a meeting with Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) chairman and secretary late on Saturday and decided to postpone the exam to November.The exact dates for the exams will be announced laterEarlier, state minister for information technology and industries, K. T. Rama Rao announced that Chief Minister KCR has directed the Chief secretary to consult with TSPSC and reschedule the Group-II exam to ensure no inconvenience is caused to the lakhs of aspirantsHe has also advised the Chief secretary to ensure proper staggering of the recruitment notifications in…

As per the CAG report, the instance of blatant jugglery has been witnessed in the attempt to project a lower revenue deficit through misclassification of revenue transactions under capital section and non-accountal of other liabilities.CAG report has observed that the revenue deficit increase of 50.18 per cent as portrayed by the state government for 2020-21, the latest available, would have been much higher had not the state resorted to such misclassifications.Economists like P.K Mukhopadhyay feel that a revenue deficit increase of 50.18 per cent on a year-on-year basis is as it is very high for a state government like West…