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The average price on the Nord Pool electricity exchange increased from 0.76 Swedish kronor ($0.069) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 1.22 kronor per kWh, Xinhua news agency quoted the Swedish television (SVT) as saying in a report.The price hike is due to the reactor at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant being disconnected from the grid in the early hours of Tuesday following the discovery of a faulty component in the turbine, SVT reported.The problem occurred as the reactor, which with a peak output of 1,450 megawatts is the largest in Sweden, was about to be re-started following a stoppage over the…

A gold bar of 24 K purity weighing 149.000 grams worth Rs 8.90 lakh was recovered.The official said that the gold bar was extracted from gold powder ingeniously concealed in a Nutella jar by a passenger who arrived from Kuala Lumpur on August 28.The official further stated that the seized gold was taken under the provisions of section 110 of the Customs Act, and the passenger placed under arrest as per section 104 of the Customs Act.Additional investigation into the matter is underway.–IANSatk/shb

In protest against the broad daylight murder of the student, identified as Satyam, hundreds of locals and his family members blocked the vehicular movement for hours at Khiri Bazar in trans-Yamuna area on Tuesday and vandalized a passing ambulance in protestThey alleged that the boy was murdered for stopping one of the accused, belonging to the minority community, from harassing his cousin sister studying in the same school.Police denied the charge and claimed that the boy was beaten to death following a dispute with the accused over some issue.However, unsatisfied by the police version, the agitating mob staged a protest…

Only 18,615 babies were born in June, down 1.6 per cent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from Statistics Korea.The number of babies born in South Korea has fallen on-year for 91 consecutive months, reports Yonhap News Agency.In contrast, the number of deaths in the country shot up 7.6 per cent over the period to 26,820 amid the aging population, resulting in a natural decrease in population by 8,205.The trend of deaths surpassing births has continued for 44 straight months.The country’s total fertility rate, the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime, came to…

Tanya Pal was charged with one count of extortion in March this year with police linking her to three other similar cases, which involved a total sum of at least SG$19,000, The Straits Times reported on Tuesday. The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said in a statement to the newspaper that the prosecution had applied for Tanya to be given a discharge amounting to an acquittal, which was granted by the court earlier this month. This means the Singaporean woman cannot be charged again with the same offence. The AGC spokesman did not disclose the reasons behind the discharge. On March 5,…

The accused Ram Vilas, 38, was arrested on Tuesday for the murder of his 35-year-old wife Mithlesh.Ram Vilas told the police that he returned home on Monday night and found Mithlesh with a man in an objectionable condition. He then confronted Mithlesh, who identified the man as her lover, Laxmi Shankar, 30.Enraged over this, Ram Vilas locked Laxmi Shankar in another room and gave electric shocks to Mithlesh. When she became unconscious, he thrashed her with a stick 30-40 times which led to her death, the accused told the police.Later he attacked Laxmi Shankar but the latter managed to escape.SHO,…

The single bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh granted bail to Rai.According to the counsel representing the applicant, “a total of 24 criminal cases were filed against the applicant, out of which 12 cases have already resulted in acquittals, and in the remaining cases, the applicant is currently out on bail”.“The co-accused, Sujit Singh, was granted bail earlier through an order dated August 28 2022, as issued in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 2629 of 2022,” argued the applicant’s counsel.The applicant’s counsel further stated that “the applicant’s medical condition is of utmost concern, with his health deteriorating by the day”.”He…

The company had introduced the similar experience for Windows desktop users earlier this year.”With the new WhatsApp app for Mac, users can now make group calls from Mac for the first time, connecting with up to 8 people on video calls and up to 32 people on audio calls. They can join a group call after it’s started, see call history and choose to receive incoming call notifications even when the app is closed,” WhatsApp said in a blogpost on Tuesday.According to the company, the app is redesigned to be familiar to Mac users, helping users to get more done…

In this change, the help of sensors will be taken to control vehicles at the intersection.For this, a new software which is already in place but not used often will be added to the signal system.It is hoped that the move will help control the traffic scenario in the city which right now seems to be running out of control.Changes will be made in the traffic signals installed in Lucknow under the Smart City project.According to the traffic department spokesman, there are 85 intersections in the city, of which 10 major intersections will have such a provision.With the help of…

The two accused were arrested on Tuesday. The CBI said the manager of Aryavart Bank’s Beri branch, Balendra, through tout Vinod, allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 from one Mukesh Kumar for allowing the withdrawal of Rs 1 lakh of the sanctioned loan of Rs 2 lakhs for the manufacture and sale of candles. The said loan was applied in the name of Mukesh Kumar’s wife, Aarti Devi. A senior CBI official said the complaint was received on August 27 in the office of the SP of CBI, ACB, Lucknow, from Mukesh Kumar Sahu of Lehra village. He said the discreet verification…