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The US leads with 834.6 points while China, who won the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, remains stable in second place on 687.1 points. Australia, Spain and Canada are the next three teams, reports Xinhua.Belgium moves up to sixth place after winning the 2023 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket, pushing France down to seventh.Brazil, who beat a young US side in the final of the 2023 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup, soar to eighth position, ahead of Japan and Serbia, who round out the top ten.New African champion Nigeria jumps up to 11th on 528.9 points.–IANScs

According to the police, in her complaint, the complainant KK, a resident of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in South Delhi, reported that she meta person named AK through an organisation around four years ago.”They became friends. On April 3 of this year, she was at his flat in Wazirabad. Suddenly, he approached her and assured her that he would marryher, and they engaged in a physical relationship. Now he is refusing to marry her,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi.”Hence, a case under section 376 (rape) was registered at Wazirabad police station, and further investigation has been…

Supported by rare archival footage, family albums and interviews with his family members over the years, Patwardhan captures his family’s links with the freedom movement and how they forged deep bonds with Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar and other stalwarts of the independence movement.But the underlying theme of Patwardhan’s most personal documentary is the loss of lofty idealism and communal amity that the stalwarts of the freedom movement symbolised.’The World is Family’ is also his lament for the lost idealism of India’s freedom struggle and forgotten heroes such as the Sindhi leader Allah Baksh Soomro.”Today’s India is not what Mahatma Gandhi,…

Rilley told CNN on Wednesday that he never recommended a military attack on Iran during the Trump administration, pushing back on the claims.“I can assure you that not one time have I ever recommended attacking Iran,” the top military official said.Milley told CNN he did not know the specific document Trump was referring to. It had been previously reported that it was not authored by Milley. “I don’t know the document they’re talking about. I’ve never seen – no one’s presented me with what it is they’re talking about. So, I really still can’t comment on it,” Milley said.“But I…

The development has come amid the Opposition leaders charging the Congress government with slapping cases against those who raise voice against it.A case in this regard was lodged by Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation with Sheshadripuram police station in the city on Wednesday.The complaint stated that under the “Swavalambi Sarathi” scheme of the corporation, 50 per cent subsidy is given for purchase of vehicles byminorities. But, Sudheer Chaudhary in his programme on September 11 claimed that only one community is the beneficiary and majority are not getting benefited.He also accused the state government of appeasing one community.An official from the corporation…

Council chairman Shiv Kishore Gaur stated that lawyers across the state will continue to boycott courts on Thursday. Lawyers of the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow bench will also abstain from work. Office-bearers of all lawyers’ associations in the state capital staged a protest over the Hapur incident and also held a meeting to decide the future course of action. “Lawyers across the state will be on strike on Thursday as the state government has failed to take action against cops responsible for cane-charging lawyers in Hapur,” said Anand Mani Tripathi, president of Oudh Bar Association of the Lucknow…

Colonel Manpreeet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonak and Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat were killed in action in the Kokernag encounter that started on Wednesday. “In a solemn tribute to the unwavering valor of Col Manpreeet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonak and DSP Humayun Bhat who laid down their lives leading from the front during this ongoing operation. Our forces persist with unwavering resolve as they encircle 2 LeT terrorists including Uzair Khan,” the police said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid homage by laying wreath on the mortal remains of Humayun Bhat. The Lt Governor…

Rhonda Lenton, president and vice-chancellor of York University, is visiting India this week to explore opportunities for two-way student exchange programmes and research partnerships, and firm up institutional collaborations.“York University is proud to invest in several critical initiatives that will strengthen our ties to India and create mutually beneficial opportunities for our talented students and researchers, including an India Immersion Programme with Jindal Global University as it is important for Canadian students to understand India, its growth story and the impact of India on the world,” she says.The Canadian delegation will also visit the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in…

In the brief clip, Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Vice President Daniel Auderer is seen driving and can be heard saying, “she had limited value”, in a call with the guild’s president, Mike Solan, The Seattle Times reported this week.The Consulate General of India in San Francisco on Wednesday termed the incident as “deeply troubling”.”We have taken up the matter strongly with local authorities in Seattle & Washington State as well as senior officials in Washington D.C. for a thorough investigation & action against those involved in this tragic case,” the consulate said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).”The Consulate…