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The migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa, endured horrific abuses, violence, and human trafficking along the perilous migration route into Yemen, commonly known as the “Eastern Route”, reports Xinhua news agencyMany of the migrants fell victim to traffickers who take control of their journey once they reach Yemen. Migrants faced widespread violence, exploitation, and other forms of abuses in the country, the IOM said.Insecurity, ongoing arrest campaigns, and forced transfers have left about 43,000 migrants stranded across the country without any viable means of assistance, it added.”Despite the heightened numbers of migrants entering Yemen…

“Spoke to His Holiness @DalaiLama and conveyed heartfelt greetings to him on his 88th birthday. Wishing him a long and healthy life,” the Prime Minister tweeted.The Dalai Lama, who resides in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, sent out a video message on the occasion of his birthday.”Although I am just one human being in the short term, I aspire to contribute to the world peace in thought, word and deed. While in the long term I pray that everyone may reach Buddhahood, the trumpet state of Omnisense, by ascending the paths and grounds (of Bothisattvas), I rejoice that all our different religious…

President Murmu will address the Rajasthan chapter of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in the Assembly, informed Speaker C.P. Joshi. A notification in this regard was issued on Wednesday.The Assembly will underway of July 14. Since the budget session was not prorugued, the upcoming session is a continuation of the budget session instead of monsoon session. –IANSarc/shb

The series is the Hindi adaptation of the Chilean audio series ‘Caso 63’.Speaking about his role in the audio series, Ali Fazal said: “In season two of ‘Virus 2062’, my character of Peter Pereira returns, stranded in a lost future. It has been both exciting and enriching to return to this show and continue to expand my creativity voicing this extraordinary world, in a podcast, and I hope the audience enjoys listening to this season as much as we enjoyed making it.”Richa Chadha, who returns as Dr. Gayatri Rajput in the series, said, “Following the success of season one, reprising…

The officials called for “an immediate end to gender-based violence”, particularly sexual violence used as a tactic of war to terrorise people, Xinhua news agency.They emphasised the importance of conducting “prompt, thorough, impartial, and independent investigations” into all alleged gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law. They also stressed “the need for accountability for the perpetrators”.The officials underscored that all parties must fulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law to protect civilians, including women and girls. This includes ensuring safe passage for survivors to access healthcare and allowing health…

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Indian cricketer T. Natarajan, who is playing for Khiladix.com’s Ba11sy Trichy in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), on Thursday said that playing for his country has not only honed his skills but also instilled in him a greater sense of responsibility and determination.Coming from a small town in Tamil Nadu, Natarajan expressed his gratitude to the sport of cricket, which has been the driving force behind his growth and success.It provided him with many great opportunities to showcase his talent and passion. Natarajan received support and guidance from his coaches and mentors for…

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Former BharatPe Co-founder Ashneer Grover on Thursday claimed that the new funding round by the beleaguered unicorn PharmEasy is not a “down round” but actually the end and will bring “sudden death” for the company’s founders owing to the anti-dilutive clause.According to an earlier TechCrunch report citing sources, PharmEasy, which was once valued at $5 billion, plans to raise nearly $300 million at “a 90 per cent markdown from the previous valuation”. PharmEasy will see its valuation nosedive to about $500-$600 million.Reacting to the report, Grover tweeted: “Down Round + Anti-Dilutive Clause = Sudden Death…

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin is looking to expand beyond the US, and is searching international markets for a launch site, according to a report on Thursday. The company is also on the lookout for “new partnerships and acquisitions in Europe and beyond” in a bid to scale up its space services with launch and engine businesses, the Financial Times reported.”We’re looking for anything we can do to acquire, to scale up to better serve our customers,” Bob Smith, chief executive, Blue Origin was quoted as saying.”It’s not a function of size…

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Microsoft-owned OpenAI has said that it is assembling a team of top machine learning researchers and engineers to steer and control “Superintelligent” artificial intelligence (AI) systems.The concept of superintelligence refers to a hypothetical AI model that excels at a wide range of different skills, rather than one domain like some previous-generation models. The new team will be co-led by Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s co-founders) and Jan Leike (the research lab’s head of alignment). “Superintelligence will be the most impactful technology humanity has ever invented, and could help us solve…

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) London-based consumer technology brand Nothing on Thursday said the pre-order passes for its Phone (2), which is set to launch in India on July 11, have been sold out on its e-commerce partner Flipkart.Nothing announced the pre-booking of the Phone (2) on June 29 on Flipkart.The company said that is working on making more pre-order passes available soon.“We are truly overwhelmed to receive such an amazing response for Nothing Phone (2). We want to assure our consumers in India that team Nothing in India is working round-the-clock to ramp up production in order to meet…