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The deceased is identified as forest officer Yogesh Nayak, a resident of Bada village in Kumta taluk.According to police sources, Nayak, working in the forest department in Virnoli division, had sprayed pesticide to clear weeds and insects in the Teak farm on June 27. After this, he forgot to wash his hands and ate lunch. After returning home, the officer complained of stomach irritation the next day.He consulted a private doctor who prescribed antibiotics. However, when the symptoms did not subside, Nayak drove to Hubballi and got admitted to a hospital.The sources claimed that during checkup, it was found that…

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that these vehicles will be cleared within next two months from the government properties.“We have selected three contractors to remove abandoned government vehicles that are currently located within the premises of various departments. Process has started and in the next two months all vehicles will be cleared from the government properties,” he said.According to him, the decision was taken as part of the implementation of the vehicle scrapping policy.He said that all vehicles have been put up for tender, and three contractors are appointed for the removal process.“Not a single abandoned government vehicle will be…

“Rishabh Pant is doing well. He’s responding adequately (to the rehab). He can be fine (in terms of fitness) after the ODI World Cup happens (in October-November) and will come out (of the NCA) only after being declared fully fit, whenever it happens,” Sharma told IANS after meeting Pant at the NCA in Bengaluru.On December 30, 2022, around 5:30am, Pant, 25, miraculously survived when his Mercedes car hit a divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway while on the way to his hometown Roorkee. The horrific car accident happened between Manglaur and Narsan in the Haridwar district in the…

He said that the platform is not going to just focus on breaking news and world events.”Politics and hard news are inevitably going to show up on Threads — they have on Instagram as well to some extent — but we’re not going to do anything to encourage those verticals,” he posted on Threads.In a reply to a question from The Verge’s Alex Heath, Mosseri said that politics and hard news are important and he does not want to imply otherwise.”But my take is, from a platform’s perspective, any incremental engagement or revenue they might drive is not at all…

Kam Jhuti, a media specialist, was harassed by her boss Mike Widmer after she raised concerns that a colleague had secured their bonus illegitimately, The Telegraph reported. In a lengthy court battle lasting nearly eight years, the Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that Jhuti was unfairly dismissed, and was left suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression. A tribunal in 2022 had concluded that the postal service had been “high-handed, malicious, insulting and oppressive” in how it had conducted the case. The court heard that Jhuti, born to Indian parents in the UK, started work at the Royal Mail’s…

The duo walked away with the top prizes which they won together two years ago in 2021.The recently retired Ismail scooped the award for the third time, while Nortje took top honours for the second time in his career.The ceremony, held at Vodaworld in Midrand, was headlined as “A Summer to Celebrate” and it was the first in-person event since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Ismail ended her final season with the Proteas Women as a key member of the pace attack that spearheaded the women to their first-ever ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final earlier this year.Nortje, who was…

The shots of a young Ford look impressive, and it’s thanks to the team of over 100 artists at Industrial Light and Magic, who spent three years on the film’s visual effects, which also included enhancing and developing their existing de-aging technology to create ILM FaceSwap, reports Variety.Photorealism de-aging was nothing new to the team. After all, technology such as Flux existed and had been used on films such as ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ and ‘The Irishman’. But when Whitehurst and Robert Weaver, VFX supervisor at ILM, first took on the James Mangold-helmed ‘Dial of Destiny’, they knew this…

The new smartphone comes with an impressive rear panel design, showcasing a distinctive camera setup adorned with three separate rings.Furthermore, the handset’s edges feature elegant curves, ensuring a comfortable and satisfying grip during use, even when playing games.We used the Galaxy M34 5G in Midnight Blue colour for a week, specifically the 6GB+126GB variant. After thorough usage, here are our thoughts on Samsung’s latest device.When it comes to design, the M34 5G comes with a sleek and stylish design on the back. However, it’s worth noting that without a back case, the phone tends to attract fingerprints quite easily, which…

A notification in this regard was issued from the Raj Bhawan on Friday.Being the supreme authority of all universities, the Governor has asked Patna university, Jay Prakash university Chapra, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal university Madhepura, Lalit Narayan Mithila university Darbhanga and Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit university Darbhanga to refrain from taking any policy decisions. With this, the V-Cs of these universities have been directed to avoid doing transfers and posting on their own. They have also been asked to not initiate fresh projects without the approval of the Raj Bhawan. Besides, no decision on financial aspects including fee and other charges…

Ljubljana, July 8 (IANS) China’s Olympic champion Ma Long suffered a shocking exit to 13th seed Zhou Qihao in the men’s singles round of 16 at WTT Star Contender Ljubljana.Looking forward to his first men’s singles title since winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Ma opened his campaign with a crushing 3-0 win over Danish player Anders Lind on Thursday, reports Xinhua.However, the “Dragon” was denied by the world No. 24 Zhou who delivered a fantastic play in their first-ever international clash. Zhou celebrates the huge win over his iconic compatriot 4-11, 11-6, 2-11, 11-5, 11-8.Ma started the match brightly,…