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“As a country with one of the world’s worst human rights records, particularly when it comes to minority and women’s rights, Pakistan would do well to put its own house in order before venturing to point a finger at the world’s largest democracy”, Petal Gahlot, a first secretary in India’s UN Mission said on Friday exercising the right of reply to Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s speech.Gahlot dismissed Kakar’s attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue saying they were integral parts of India.”We reiterate that the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral part of India”,…

Musk’s announcement earlier this week backfired as Bluesky hit a daily active user record afterwards.According to data from analytics firm Similarweb, Bluesky’s Android app saw half a million daily active users on the day of Musk’s announcement and its web traffic increased even higher.On Android, the daily active users metric was up 20.6 per cent for Bluesky.Bluesky saw a total of 53,585 new signups in one day after Musk’s announcement — 5 per cent of the platform’s user base of around 1.13 million accounts, reports TechCrunch.In a live-streamed interaction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the X owner floated the…

Dhruv Jani was part of a conspiracy to launder funds obtained from a government official imposter scheme, starting in January 2020, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced on Friday.Sentenced by US District Court Judge Raymond P Moore on September 21, Jani will be deported to India after serving his term of incarceration.”This sentence holds Mr Jani accountable for his malicious acts of orchestrating Social Security-related and government imposter scams that preyed upon vulnerable persons,” said Gail S Ennis, Inspector General for the Social Security Administration.According to the plea agreement, victims in the US were contacted by…

Salvador is the regional capital of the state of Bahia, with more than 2.9 million inhabitants.The police launched a mega-operation against a criminal group accused of murdering more than 30 people this month, which has resulted in 34 deaths so far, Xinhua news agency reported.Friday’s operation, during which six suspects were killed, sought to serve 43 search and arrest warrants against the criminal gang accused of the multiple murders.–IANSint/sha

The document lays out ambitious new targets for the next five years, which include reaching 90 per cent of people with TB prevention and care services, providing social benefit packages to those who have the disease, and licensing at least one new vaccine, Xinhua news agency reported.”I congratulate all member states on the approval of this draft political declaration, which I will submit to the General Assembly for its formal adoption at a later date,” UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis said on Friday.”We come together today with a purpose or resolve and try to reinvigorate commitments and accelerate progress…

In a press release posted on his office website on Friday, Trudeau said Canada is “shifting the approach to provide multi-year assistance”, Xinhua news agency reported.He announced a new investment of 650 million Canadian dollars ($487.5 million) over three years to supply Ukraine with 50 armoured vehicles, including armoured medical evacuation vehicles.According to the release, Trudeau and Zelensky signed the modernized Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, which ensures high-quality market access terms for Canadian businesses participating in Ukraine’s economic recovery.The two countries have agreed to work with international partners to establish a working group of eminent persons to provide advice to…

Addressing reporters after the cabinet meeting on Friday night, state Law Minister H.K. Patil said that the state has incurred a loss of Rs 30,432 crores due to the drought. “We will seek the Central government to provide Rs 4,860 crores as compensation. Due to drought, crops on 39,039 lakh hectares of land were lost,” he added.The horticulture crop loss was estimated to the tune of Rs 2,655 crores, for which the state will seek compensation of Rs 206 crore from the Centre. Similarly, the demand will be placed for Rs 104 crore for establishing 195 cattle camps. The state…

While interacting with the beneficiaries on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said that the government is running several schemes for the welfare of building and other construction workers with the object of regulating the employment and conditions of service and providing safety, health and welfare measures for the registered workers.”At the outset, the DC was apprised by Assistant Labour Commissioner that an amount of Rs 3.88 crore has been provided as Education Assistance to the 10,554 wards of 7,671 registered workers during the current financial year 2022-23,” an official statement said.”Similarly, Rs 5.15 crore were also disbursed among 7,699 beneficiaries…

Dash has been preoccupied with the fear and fantasies that accelerate contemporary life and constantly change in unwarranted ways. His reflections on everyday, mundane, abstract, and philosophical observations are reflected in this exhibition that features abstract artworks, drawing viewers into a world that is open to interpretation.”My art is intricately woven into India’s vibrant fabric, where human stories, cultural threads, and political landscapes come together. In a world where borders blur and global influences are strong, my creative expressions tell a story of how local and universal ideas dance together. While I am not swayed by external pressures, my creations…

The charges against Menendez, a Democrat who represents New Jersey, and also his wife Nadine, were filed in federal court in New York on Friday by Federal Prosecutor Damian Williams, an appointee of President Joe Biden.Menendez is not required to step down from the Senate but will be required to give up the committee chairmanship.First elected to the Senate in 2006, he faces an election next year.The politically charged case comes in the midst of other high-profile prosecutions, including Biden’s son Hunter’s case involving gun charges, and the numerous cases against former President Donald Trump.This is the second prosecution of…