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New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Senior sports journalist, Abhishek Tripathi has been elected unopposed as the president of the Delhi Sports Journalists Association (DSJA), here on Monday. According to the three trustees of DSJA, Rajendra Sajwan, Vipin Bahuguna and Rajesh Rai, the members of the DSJA met on July 6 and again on July 10 and named the new office bearers.The term of the new office bearers will be three years.Other members appointed are Hemant Rastogi and Vinay Yadav as Vice-Presidents, Sabi Hussain as General Secretary, Shantanu Srivastava as Joint Secretary and Roshan Jha as Treasurer.Vipul Kashyap and Jayant were…

London, July 10 (IANS) The UK’s largest National Health Service (NHS) trust has yet again suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, compromising data of about 2.5 million patients, media reports said.Calling it to be “the biggest breach of healthcare data in the United Kingdom”, the notorious ransomware gang BlackCat claimed to have stolen 70 terabytes of sensitive data from Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs five London-based hospitals, the TechCrunch reported.The sensitive data includes employee identification documents, including passport and driver’s licences, and internal emails labelled “confidential”. BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, had given a deadline of Monday before…

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A Samsung software developer in Bengaluru has shared his ordeal on Twitter after his landlord hiked the rent by Rs 15,000, leading him to agree to pay the increased amount.”My Landlord in Bangalore increased rent by 15,000 INR within one year whereas as per agreement the increase per year should have been 5 per cent. The only option he gave was either to leave or pay the increased rent,” Arsh Goyal, who is also a YouTuber, wrote.Further in the post, Goyal gave the reason why he agreed to pay the increased rent.He said that finding…

Geneva, July 10 (IANS) At an artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Switzerland, nine of the most advanced humanoid robots stated they have no plans to steal the jobs of humans or rebel against their creators but desire to make the world their playground.At the world’s first human-robot press conference, Sophia, a humanoid robot, said humanoid robots had the potential to lead with “a greater level of efficiency and effectiveness than human leaders” but that “effective synergy” came when humans and AI worked together, reports The Guardian. “AI can provide unbiased data while humans can provide the emotional intelligence and creativity…

Defence ministry spokesman, Lt Colonel Suneel Bartwal said that operation is in progress in Nowshera sector. Details will be shared later. Official sources said firing had also taken place in the area when an infiltration attempt was made on the LoC in Nowshera sector late last night. –IANSsq/vd

The TSMT Trustees, President Dr. Deepak J. Tilak and Vice-President Dr. Rohit Tilak said that the award is being awarded to Modi for the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat which has helped the country climb the ladder of progress, and for awakening the feeling of patriotism among the citizens, and putting India on the global map.The 41st award – in memory of the revolutionary and nationalist freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) – shall be conferred on Modi on his 103rd death anniversary on August 1, at a function in the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth here.The event will see a galaxy…

“Based on a secret tip-off, a special police team conducted an operation on Sunday night in Howly area of the district and seized brown sugar weighing 939.88 gm, a police official said.The accused have been identified as Afaz Ali, a resident of Howly and Ramesh Ch Biswas who hails from Garemari pathar area.Police said that the drugs were kept hidden in 23 soap boxes and Rs. 2,86,700 cash was also recovered from the accused.“The market value of the seized drugs is around 1 crore,” the officer added.He said that further investigation in the matter is underway.–IANStdr/dan

A senior CBI officer said that the case against Jag Mohan Garg and Tirupati Infraprojects was lodged on allegations of causing loss to the tune of Rs 289.15 crore to a consortium of banks comprising the Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda and UCO Bank.The consortium led by Bank of India had granted term loan of Rs 300 crore to Tirupati Infraprojects between 2009 and 2014 for the construction of a hotel in Paschim Vihar, Delhi, along with commercial spaces.”The accused had sold several commercial spaces of the said hotel-cum-commercial building to various parties…

A bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh quashed the complaint filed by an officer under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act of 2003, on the grounds that no offence has been made out under Section 5 of the Act.The complaint had been lodged before a Metropolitan Magistrate at Saidapet in Chennai for the alleged violation of Section 5 of the Act, which prohibits the promotion/ use/ consumption of cigarettes or any other tobacco products directly or indirectly through advertisements over any medium.Counsel for Dhanush, Vijayan Subramanian told the court that the smoking scenes in the movie could not be…

The aircraft and submarines are being purchased for the Indian Navy this time. Earlier, India had purchased 36 Rafale aircraft from France, but they were for Indian Air Force.An official informed that the proposal has been received by the Defence Ministry and the deal is likely to be announced during Modi’s visit to France. The Indian Navy is likely to get 22 single-seater Rafale marine aircraft as well as four trainer jets.”There is an urgent requirement for aircraft and submarines, as the Indian Navy has been facing shortages and needs to shore up its requirements keeping in mind security challenges,…