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Toronto, Sep 11 (IANS) Sikhs turned up in large numbers at a Khalistan referendum event in Canada just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed New Delhi’s strong concerns the same day about continuing anti-India activities in the North American nation to his counterpart Justin Trudeau at the G20 Leaders’ Summit.The vote to weigh support for Khalistan, a separate homeland for Sikhs in India, was held on Sunday in the British Columbian province of Surrey at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara where its former president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in June. The outlawed Pro-Khalistani group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ),…

Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) US President Joe Biden arrived in Hanoi in Vietnam after a successful stint at the G20 summit in New Delhi and secured deals with the South East Asian on semiconductors and minerals strengthening its global supply chains to bypass China.Vietnam surprised Biden on arrival by elevating the US to the highest diplomatic status as a hedge against China putting it on par with Russia and China representing a personal victory for the US President who has been pushing for this higher status as he views Vietnam as an important ally.The uprade also helps India which is…

London, Sep 10 (IANS) Researchers have said that as the age increases, the number of sexual partners changes, a new study has found.According to the study by the University of East Anglia (UEA), in collaboration with King’s College London and University College London, many gay and bisexual men over age 70 continue to have a sex life with multiple partners, while straight women become less sexually active after age 50.”Before this study, many models about sexually transmitted diseases assumed that everyone over a certain age – say 40 or 65 – stopped being sexually active, or at least stopped having…

Islamabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Six people were killed and 50 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province.The accident occurred in Sheikhpura on Saturday night when the bus carrying Christian pilgrims turned turtle while taking a turn, ARY news reported.Rescue officials rushed to the spot and shifted injured to hospital.A case has been registered against the bus driver and conductor.–IANSint/svn

Dhaka, Sep 10 (IANS) Bangladesh’s inflation leaped to 9.92 per cent in August, from 9.69 per cent the previous month, driven by higher food prices, the country’s statistics agency reported Sunday.The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data showed that food inflation increased to 12.54 per cent in August from 9.76 per cent in the previous month, Xinhua news agency reported.Non-food items inflation eased to 7.95 per cent in August from 9.47 per cent in July, the data showed.Inflation in Bangladesh jumped to 9.94 per cent in May, the highest in the past decade, also mainly driven by higher food prices.Bangladeshi…

Rabat, Sep 10 (IANS) The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has surpassed 2,000, according to country’s interior ministry.”There is destruction everywhere,” Eyewitnesses near the High Atlas mountains were quoted as saying by CNNAccording to USGS, the temblor was the most deadliest to hit the North African country in decades.The quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Morocco’s High Atlas mountain range on Friday at 11:11 p.m. local time at a depth of 18.5 km.The earthquake was felt in many cities across Morocco, including Rabat and Casablanca. Many houses collapsed in the cities…

Hyderabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Academic failure and relationship issues are the biggest drivers of suicides among Indian youth, shows data at a leading suicide prevention helpline.On World Suicide Prevention Day, 1Life, a suicide prevention helpline, listed reasons which drive Indian population across age groups towards suicides. These details were announced from the experience of handling thousands of calls from individuals who seek help and advice to overcome their mental status.Between September 2022 and August 2023, 1Life volunteers received 22,674 calls; among which a majority percentage (about 68 per cent) were made by students and young adults who have academic failure…

Rabat, Sep 9 (IANS) The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has risen to 1,037, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday. The earthquake has also injured at least 1,204 people, according to the latest update from the ministry.A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Friday at 11:11 p.m. local time at a depth of 18.5 km, said the US Geological Survey.The epicentre of the earthquake was near the town of Ighil in Al Haouz Province, some 70 km southwest of Marrakesh, Xinhua news agency reported.The earthquake was felt in many cities across Morocco, including…

London, Sep 9 (IANS) The UK has recorded 34 cases of the highly mutated BA.2.86 Covid variant, while the global number of infections rose to 65. According to the UK Health Security Agency (HSA), of the 34 cases, 28 were reported from a single elderly care home in Norfolk — an early indicator that the variant may be sufficiently transmissible to have impact in close contact settings.Further the UKHSA’s latest technical briefing on SARS-CoV-2 variants revealed 5 hospitalisation and no deaths.The data suggest established community transmission of BA.2.86 within the UK.It is based on the detection of multiple unlinked cases in…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Tech giant Microsoft has joined hands with Paige, a digital pathology provider, to build world’s largest image-based artificial intelligence (AI) models that can fight against cancer.The new AI model is orders-of-magnitude larger than any other image-based AI model existing today, configured with billions of parameters, the companies said.It will assist in capturing the subtle complexities of cancer and serve as the cornerstone for the next generation of clinical applications and computational biomarkers that push the boundaries of oncology and pathology.The AI model can identify both common cancers and rare cancers that are notoriously difficult to…