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Additionally, existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Quona Capital also participated in the round.The startup said it will utilise the funds to work with its insurance partners to facilitate a smooth claims experience for its members by co-creating a technology solution to drive a seamless and transparent journey.Bengaluru-based Onsurity aims to serve 50,000 businesses and 5 million lives by 2026.A portion of the new funding will also be allocated towards the company’s efforts to charting its path to profitability.“With the strong support of IFC, Nexus Venture Partners, and Quona Capital, we will further intensify our efforts in scaling our tech-based…

These items were in all probability carried by the flood water from different bases of the Indian Army in Sikkim, which has recently been devastated by flash flood.What has become even more concerning for the Jalpaiguri district administration is that these explosive items have started exploding from time to time, endangering lives of the people going to the riverbeds.In such a situation, the administration is alerting the local people to refrain from venturing the riverbeds and touching doubtful substances stuck there.The police with the help of the defence personnel there have started the process of clearing such explosives items like…

The most affected area is the Zanda Jan district in Herat, where 13 villages have been “utterly destroyed”, Xinhua news agency quoted Mawlawi Musa Ashari, Herat’s provincial director for the National Disaster Management Authority, as saying on Sunday night.Earlier on Sunday, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Janan Shaeq, said more than 9,200 people had been injured during the quakes.The earthquake struck about 40 km north-west of the city of Herat at around 11 a.m. on October 7. With communications down and many roads blocked, rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas.According to the World Health Organization…

Rome, Oct 9 (IANS) Roma registered their third consecutive victory on all fronts as they made short work of Cagliari 4-1 on Sunday, while defending champions Napoli lost 3-1 to Fiorentina on home turf.Roma had beaten Frosinone last time out in Serie A and were coming off a 4-0 midweek triumph over Servette in the Europa League.New signing Houssem Aouar sent the Giallorossi ahead in the 19th minute as Leonardo Spinazzola’s floated pass set up him to drill home.The away side quickly rode the momentum as Romelu Lukaku continued his fearsome form to fire home Rick Karsdorp’s pass.Andrea Belotti added…

San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) DreamWorks Animation has laid off 4 per cent of its workforce — or about 70 employees — amid rising production costs and strikes this year.A company spokesperson told Deadline that DreamWorks Animation has reduced its workforce by approximately 70 positions.“Roles affected were across corporate functions, feature, television and technology departments as part of an overall cost-reduction,” the company spokesperson added.DreamWorks Animation has laid off staff because of a business downturn and increased costs.Earlier this year, DreamWorks Animation and Netflix partnered for Orion and The Dark, an animated feature written by Charlie Kaufman that is set…

The 29-year-old limped off in the first half of Roma’s 4-1 Serie A win at Cagliari after suffering a knock to his left knee, reports Xinhua.”Paulo Dybala has been omitted from the squad because of injury,” the AFA said in a social media post. It did not immediately name a replacement for the former Juventus star.Roma manager Jose Mourinho told reporters after the match that Dybala would undergo scans on Monday to determine the extent of the injury.Argentina will face Paraguay in Buenos Aires on October 12 and Peru in Lima five days later.The reigning world champions began their qualifying…

After India won by six wickets to open their 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup campaign on a high, Jadeja said his stump-to-stump line accuracy in bowling was facilitated by making himself think that he was bowling on a pitch in a Test match scenario.“When I started the first over, the ball was stopping after falling a little slow. I thought it was the afternoon, it was hot and the wicket was dry. I thought a stump-line would be better. From here some balls would turn, some would go straight so it won’t be easy for the batsman to line up.”“This…

The country saw a 65 per cent growth in 5G handset shipments till July this year (year-on-year), according to market research firm CMR.While value-for-money smartphones (Rs 7,000-Rs 25,000) saw a 61 per cent YoY growth, premium 5G smartphones (Rs 25,000 and above) saw a 68 per cent YoY growth.Samsung led the 5G shipments in India with a 25 per cent market share, followed by Vivo at 14 per cent and OnePlus at 12 per cent, the data showed.Around 150 5G smartphone launches are expected this year in the country, a 34 per cent increase from last year (112 launches).The Indian…

Asked about fraud in the election race, in which Joe Biden defeated former president Donald Trump with 306 electoral college votes, Alexa said it was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud,” citing Rumble, a video-streaming service favoured by conservatives, reports The Washington Post.Amid concerns that the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.The 2020 races were “notorious for many incidents of irregularities and indications pointing to electoral fraud taking place in major metro centers,” according…

Kuldeep, who took two wickets which included flattening Glenn Maxwell’s leg-stump, said apart from turn, the pace at which a spinner bowls on a spin-friendly pitch, also becomes very important.“Important thing to see is, the wicket is turning at what pace. Sometimes you get a turn, but then it’s a slow one, which makes it easy for batting. It becomes very important for me to vary pace.”“It wasn’t a slow turner today, but I had to increase my pace so as to not give time to batters. Like, in the Maxwell wicket, he didn’t get much time (to play at…