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The Karnataka government submitted before the Supreme Court that it is not obliged to ensure water prescribed for a normal year, because a distress condition has arisen in the Cauvery basin due to the failure of southwest monsoon.It said the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) recorded that water inflows into four reservoirs in Karnataka were lesser by 42.5 per cent up to August 9, and Tamil Nadu itself had acknowledged that rainfall is lesser by 25 per cent in its application filed before the Supreme Court.Karnataka claimed that Tamil Nadu, instead of presenting its case before CWMA, walked out of…

San Francisco, Aug 24 (IANS) Microsoft has said that it’s investigating reports of a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) with a “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” error message that has appeared on some Windows 11 PCs following the installation of an update released earlier this week. The new update contains the usual monthly fixes, but it appears to be causing problems with some MSI motherboards, reports The Verge.“We are presently investigating to determine if this is an issue caused by Microsoft. We will provide an update when more information is available,” reads a support note on Microsoft’s Windows health centre.Blue Screen errors (also sometimes called…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Around 20 CEOs of Indian startups have quit their posts this year to date, amid the deepening funding winter and regulatory concerns, a significantly higher number than previous years, the media reported.Data compiled by Fintrackr showed that in the first eight months this year, nearly 20 startup CEOs have left their position to either join a new firm or continue in the same company in a different role.In January, edtech company upGrad’s CEO Arjun Mohan quit after a nearly three-year stint.Last month, he joined Byju’s to lead its international business.Prashant Jhaveri, chief executive of Flipkart’s…

A BSF official said that the smugglers were trying to take this consignment from India to Bangladesh.The official said that in the first incident, troopers at Border Outpost Angrail, Fifth Battalion, saw some suspicious movement in their area.”The jawans saw that some smugglers were coming towards the Domination Line with bags in their hands. They challenged the smugglers and asked them to stop. Seeing the troops, the smugglers fled from the spot taking advantage of the darkness. Thereafter, the troopers during a search of the area seized 453 bottles of Phensedyl,” said the official.He said that in the second incident,…

The raids were carried out at around 20 locations. Many officers connected with the Food and Supplies Department have also been facing allegations of irregularities and allegations of receiving kickbacks in food procurement and transportation when Ashu was the minister in the previous Congress government.The former minister and his associates have been facing a case registered on August 16, 2022, by the state Vigilance Bureau in connection with multi-crore scam of allotment of labour and cartage tenders to contractors.Contractor Telu Ram had, during interrogation by the Vigilance Bureau, had blamed the former minister for involvement in the scam.–IANSvg/dan

A song brimming with life and radiating positivity, the song is Goldie Sohel’s own homage to dogs, who is a big animal lover and dog owner himself.Talking about his latest tune, Goldie, who is married to singer Asees Kaur, said: ” ‘Ghumakkad’ is a happy melody with a big heart. I’ve always been a passionate animal lover and had six dogs at my Guwahati home, and this song is dedicated to the travel-sized friends we call dogs.”“It was quite a joyful experience composing and singing this single, and I am looking forward to fans loving this melody as much as…

A trial court in Islamabad on August 5 had sentenced Khan to three years’ imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 1,00,000 while hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s criminal complaint against the former Prime Minister for concealing the details of Toshakhana gifts.Latif Khosa, appearing for Khan, said the trial court’s decision had a lot of mistakes.Highlighting that the high court had ordered the trial court to answer the questions raised by the defence, Khosa said the latter even ignored the orders of the high court.ECP counsel Amjad Parvez said the PTI chief had been convicted on August 5, as…

When the temple authorities sent the cheque to the bank concerned, they were shocked to learn that the devotee had only Rs 17 in his account.The photograph of the cheque surfaced on social media on Thursday. The cheque was signed by Boddepalli Radhakrishna.The devotee has not written the date on the cheque which belongs to Kotak Mahindra Bank. The cheque shows that the devotee is an account holder in the bank’s branch in Visakhapatnam.When the officials of the temple body found the cheque in the Hundi, they took it to the Executive Officer. He sensed something amiss and asked officials…

After holding the five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen to consecutive draws in the Classical games, the Grandmaster from Chennai, the youngest-ever to reach the FIDE World Cup final, lost the first rapid game under severe time pressure.World no.1 Carlsen played a fantastic endgame to take down Praggnanandhaa in the first 25+10 Rapid tiebreak game with the black pieces. The 32-year-old Norwegian, used his tremendous experience to squeeze out a win from an equal position, slowly pushing the Indian to the brink with brisk and precise moves, forcing Pragg to spend more time and thus land into severe time pressure. Faced…

Opening up about the same, Anupam has spilled the beans on his character, and his look in the series.The actor shared: “Dr Khan is a great character to portray. His mentorship to Freelancer is very keen and important to the series. So, the look has got varied reactions. I have done so many films that were very difficult to form in different looks, but this look has worked.”The series is based on the book – ‘A Ticket to Syria’ by Shirish Thorat. It is directed by Bhav Dhulia, produced by Friday Storytellers and Neeraj Pandey is the Creator and Showrunner.The…