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He said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had announced a compensation of Rs 5,400 per acre for 40,000 acres of paddy field affected due to shortage of water.Lashing out at the government, the PMK leader said that while 2 lakh acres of crop was withering, announcing compensation for only 40,000 acres was a whitewash.Ramadossalso said that the party will hold protest marches and agitations if the government doesn’t announce proper compensation to the farmers affected by water shortage. It is to be noted that the water level in the Mettur dam stood at 32 feet on Friday, instead of its…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) South Africa batter Aiden Markram smashed the fastest ODI World Cup hundred, scripting history in a mere 49 balls, here on Saturday. The 29-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 49 deliveries against Sri Lanka in their ODI World Cup 2023 opener match. The previous record was held by Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien (50 balls against England in the 2011 World Cup).Markaram ended his inning on 106 off 54 deliveries, comprised of 14 boundaries and 3 maximums.South Africa’s tremendous batting performance was just outstanding, as they reached 428 for 5, which is now the biggest total in…

The number was made public from the sit-in agitation dais in front of the Raj Bhavan in central Kolkata, where Trinamool Congress leadership led by Banerjee is staging the dharma since Thursday evening.“I urge the people of West Bengal to call up this number and politely request him to initiate the release of central dues. But my request to all of you is to refrain from using any abuse or harsh language while making such calls. Just politely request him to use his influence in releasing the pending central dues,” Banerjee said from the dais on Saturday, the third three-day…

Talking about the same, the director told IANS: “The tone of ‘Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley’ is very quirky. In this story, I have used breaking of the fourth wall as a tool to tell the story, it creates a very immersive experience for the audience as they’re invested with the characters and the story arc.”Another of director-composer’s projects ‘Khufiya’ too made its way to the OTT recently. Both ‘Charlie Chopra’ and ‘Khufiya’ see female characters at the helm taking the narrative forward.When asked if he has undergone a tonal shift as a storyteller since both the…

Certain states during the GST Council meeting on October 7 are reported to have flagged the issue of retrospectively imposing GST on online gaming companies, according to Maharashtra minister Deepak Vasant Kesarkar.However, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said the issue was not on the agenda of the GST Council meeting but raised by some states such as Goa after the meeting was over.”It was informed to certain members that this is not retrospective and this was the law earlier. These liabilities were already existing because money online games played with bets… they were already attracting by way of betting or gambling…

Punia, who missed a bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, fought superbly to reach the gold medal match but bowed down to Iran’s Hassan Yazdanicharati, the Rio Olympic Games gold medallist who claimed a silver in Tokyo in 2021 and a three-time World Champion in the 86kg.The Iranian defended the gold he had won in the 2018 Games in Indonesia by beating Punia Victory by technical superiority – without any point scored by the opponent, 3 minutes 31 seconds into the six-minute bout.Punia was totally overpowered by the Iranian wrestler who won eight technical points in the first…

Congress leader Girish Chodankar while addressing a press conference claimed that ‘Morepenem (1 GM)’ injection was purchased for Rs 4800, whose lowest cost was Rs 131.50. Slamming the BJP government and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Chodankar said: “Even cancer patients were not spared from this loot and were asked to purchase costly medicines from this private pharmacy, though its actual cost is low.” He said that the financial position of the state government is “worst with liability around Rs 32,000 crore, despite that taxpayers money is looted”. “We had raised this issue earlier and CAG had also made an observation…

The AI, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, was trained to detect statistical bumps in real-time seismic data that researchers had paired with previous earthquakes. The outcome was a weekly forecast in which the AI successfully predicted 14 earthquakes within about 200 miles of where it estimated they would happen and at almost exactly the calculated strength. It missed one earthquake and gave eight false warnings.It’s not yet known if the same approach will work at other locations, but the effort is a milestone in research for AI-driven earthquake forecasting.“Predicting earthquakes is the holy grail,” said…

The show is hosted by action maestro and filmmaker Rohit Shetty.The contestants that are currently part of the show are — Aishwarya Sharma, Archana Gautam, Arjit Taneja, Dino James, Nyra Banerjee, Rashmeet Kaur, and Shiv Thakare.The battle between contestants and their fears in ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi 13’ continues to entertain viewers and showcase the spirit of daredevilry.For the first time in this season, all the contestants will be seen pulling off stunts and the top three performers will be awarded points based on their ranks.The contestants with the lowest scores must compete in the elimination round.The two daredevils who underperform…

Officials of both Assam and Nagaland governments said that militants and anti-social elements sometimes do various illegal activities including unlawful trade of forest resources and wildlife on either side of the border.Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Sivasagar district of Assam has enforced night curfew in a 5-km belt on the Assam side of Sivasagar district, which shares a border with Nagaland.The night curfew, which is in effect from 6 p.m. in the evening to 6 a.m. in the morning, will remain in place till November 6.”The decision to enforce the night curfew has been taken as a precautionary measure to…