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Taking a swipe at the government, Congress spokesperson and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari said, “All gaming is not gambling. First the government killed the crypto currency ecosystem by imposing a 1 per cent TDS and 30 per cent Tax on gains-charged as income from other sources.”It ensured that the crypto Eco system moved out of India & now it is hell bent on destroying the online gaming industry by imposing 28 per cent GST,” the former Union minister said.”Something is terribly wrong with the Government’s Tax theology and it’s much touted focus on innovation and start up’s,” Tewari added.His…

According to authorities in Warsaw, two Belarusian helicopters allegedly violated the Polish airspace during training exercises on Tuesday, CNN reported.In a statement on Wednesday, the Polish Defence Ministry said Minsk had informed Warsaw about the exercise, but a border crossing took place in the eastern Bialowieza region at a “very low altitude, making detection by radar systems difficult”.The border region is located south of the Suwalki gap — a thin strip of land between Poland and Lithuania which is strategically significant to NATO, the EU, Russia and Belarus.It links the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad to Belarus and it is the…

The Jaguars easily chased their target after bundling out the Panthers for a meagre score of 56, powered by great spells from Sandeep Lamichhane, Matthew Forde and Iftikhar Ahmed.In Wednesday’s second match, the Vancouver Knights defeated the Toronto Nationals by 25 runs, catapulting themselves into the second position on the point table. Their victory was spearheaded by the crafty bowling of Harsh Thakker and Corbin Bosch.With the day’s results, Surrey Jaguars, Vancouver Knights, Montreal Tigers and Brampton Wolves secured the top four positions and strode into the playoffs.The Mississauga Panthers were asked to bat first after the Surrey Jaguars won…

According to the company’s status page, the “major” outage started early Thursday.”We are currently investigating elevated error rates across Reddit,” it posted.After about an hour, the platform posted, “A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.”In an update, it said, “This incident has been resolved.”According to the company, this incident affected desktop web, mobile web and native mobile apps.Taking to X, several users reported the issue.While one user posted, “Did I forget to pay my internet bill or is Reddit down,” another said, “Reddit is down I’m going to bang my head against a wall until it…

In the latest operation on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, the police said that 10 people were killed during a shootout in the Complexo da Penha — a group of favelas in the north of the city, the BBC reported.Local media reports have said that the victims included a drug trafficking kingpin, while four people were also injured.The city’s military police said the operation in Complexo da Penha was launched after intelligence information suggested that a meeting of drug traffic ringleaders would be taking place in the area.Schools around Complexo da Penha did not open on Wednesday, forcing about 3,220…

Anshum Rajkumar Konde and Captain Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo were onboard the Cessna 152 aircraft that went missing in Cagayan province on Tuesday, according to the official Philippine News Agency.Rescue operations are underway to retrieve the bodies of Tabuzo and Konde from the crash site in Apayao province, the agency said.The plane’s wreckage and bodies were spotted by a medical and rescue team on board a Black Hawk helicopter of the Philippine Air Force on Wednesday.The aircraft was on its way to Tuguegarao City Airport in Cagayan from the Laoag International Airport in Ilocos Norte.The last signal transmission from the…

Said Boukioud, 48, was jailed on Monday for posts denouncing the normalisation “in a way that could be interpreted as criticism of the king,” lawyer El Hassan Essouni said on Wednesday, adding that he had appealed, The Guardian reported.Morocco and Israel normalised relations in December 2020 as part of the US-backed Abraham Accords.Under the country’s constitution, foreign affairs are the prerogative of the monarch, King Mohammed VI.The Casablanca court’s verdict “is harsh and incomprehensible,” the lawyer said.He added that despite his client’s expressing rejection of ties with Israel, he had no intention to offend the king in doing so, The…

The first stage includes meetings between Ukrainian authorities and ambassadors accredited to Ukraine, aimed at discussing the Peace Formula in detail, Andriy Yermak, head of the president’s office, said on Wednesday in a Telegram post.At the second stage, Kiev will hold talks with foreign national security advisers and political advisers to find mechanisms for the implementation of the peace plan, Yermak added.According to Yermak, a global summit with the participation of world leaders to implement measures aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine would become the final stage of the peace strategy, Xinhua news agency reported.The first international meeting to…

“Our officers are searching in and around the Senate office buildings in response to a concerning 911 call. Please stay away from the area as we are still investigating,” US Capitol Police tweeted at 2:45 p.m.US Capitol Police asked people inside the Senate buildings to shelter in place as police officers were searching the buildings for the suspected shooter. An all-clear was given at 4:04 p.m, Xinhua news agency reported.US Capitol Police said later it was standing by to prepare the Senate office buildings for re-opening.US Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters that the 911 call about an active…

In an update to the travel advisory on the embassy’s website, the State Department said on Wednesday that it “ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and eligible family members” from the embassy in Niger’s capital city of Niamey, adding that the embassy “has temporarily reduced its personnel, suspended routine services, and is only able to provide emergency assistance to US citizens in Niger”.During a press briefing earlier on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the embassy is and will remain open, and that the US government remains engaged with Niger diplomatically “at the highest levels,” Xinhua news…