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During the six-day trip, Kim held a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and toured a series of key military sites amid growing concern about possible military cooperation between the two countries.”Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, left Vladivostok City on September 17 after successfully completing the schedule of his official goodwill visit to the Russian Federation,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.During his stay, Kim pledged to throw his full support behind Putin, saying the Russian…

The exhibition will display various artefacts related to Lord Ganesh.On display will, be a dancing Lord Ganesha with a third eye on the forehead. This 9th century sculpture was excavated from Kampila in Farrukhabad and is part of the archaeology gallery in the state museum based in Lucknow Zoo.Made of sandstone, it shows Lord Ganesha with eight hands holding several objects, including a mace and laddoo. “The tusk of Lord Ganesha is twisted towards the left and the body can clearly be seen in a dancing posture,” said director, department of UP archaeology, Renu Dwivedi.There are several such artefacts on…

Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Fast bowling duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala are set to undergo fitness tests this week to determine their availability for South Africa’s campaign in the upcoming Men’s ODI World Cup.Both Nortje and Magala were named in South Africa’s initial 15-member squad for the mega event, but since then, they played just one match each in South Africa’s recent 3-2 ODI series win over Australia.While Nortje has a lower-back injury, Magala is down with a left-knee injury. As per a report in ESPNCricinfo, a final call on their inclusion will be taken before South Africa leave…

New York, Sep 18 (IANS) Two people in the US, who underwent lung transplantation, have been infected with a deadly bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Legionnaires disease is a severe pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. Comorbidities, including recent organ transplantation, increase the risk for infection.The CDC in its latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) detailed two cases of Legionnaires disease from Pennsylvania in June 2022 in patients who received a lung transplant from the same donor.The donor, a man aged 30-39 years, died after drowning in a river, raising suspicion of potential donor-derived transmission, because…

Canberra, Sep 18 (IANS) The Australian government has issued the online dating industry with an ultimatum to improve safety for users or face greater regulation.Michelle Rowland, the federal Minister for Communications, and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth on Monday issued a demand that dating services implement a new voluntary code of practice by the middle of 2024.If a new code is not agreed to by the industry, Rowland said in a joint statement with Rishworth on Monday that the government would pursue legislative options to improve safety for users of dating services.”Dating apps are now the most common way to…

‘Tumse Na Ho Payega’ is a fun light-hearted take on the modern-day challenges faced by today’s youth, and their dilemma in standing up to these ‘rules’ laid by the society we live in, to instead follow their own path and dreams.Standing up to society’s ‘log kya kahenge’ attitude are a group of young friends in the movie led by Ishwak and Gaurav Pandey. It seamlessly weaves humour into various facets of life, from corporate satire to situational comedy, making it universally relatable.The pressure of being the perfect one often weighs too heavy on a person and you just want to…

In its latest forecast the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a Red Alert for Gujarat and predicted a torrential downpour potentially surpassing 8 inches (204 mm) in the region.According to the IMD bulletin, Aravalli, Banaskantha, and Sabarkantha are expected to bear the brunt of torrential rain on September 18. In addition, heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast for Mahisagar, Patan, Mehsana, and Gandhinagar.The IMD said Ahmedabad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Surendranagar, and Kutch should prepare for heavy showers.On September 19, isolated areas in Patan, Banaskantha, and Kutch are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rains, while Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Morbi, and…

In a regulatory filing, Vodafone Idea denied reports that it is being acquired by these parties and said the reports are incorrect.“We wish to submit that the said News Item is incorrect. The company is not in any such discussion with any of the named parties,” it added.Vodafone Idea stock fell almost 6 per cent following the clarification. The stock is trading at Rs 11.04 on BSE.Vodafone India has made a requisite payment of Rs 1,701 crore to the Department of Telecommunications telecom department towards 2022 Spectrum Auction Instalment.In a regulatory filing, Vodafone Idea said the payment is in accordance…

“Why don’t you go to the high court?,” asked a bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi to senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, representing Soren.The bench granted the liberty to approach the jurisdictional high court dismissing the plea as withdrawn and declined to pass any interim relief in the matter.Soren approached the Supreme Court after the anti-money laundering agency had summoned him to appear before it on August 24 in connection with the land grabbing case, where the central agency has already arrested 13 people, including an IAS officer.Previously, the Chief Minister was questioned in connection with the illegal…

According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, iPhone 15 Pro Max demand has outpaced iPhone 14 Pro Max demand during the matching period last year.However, he claimed that demand for the iPhone 15 Pro is lower than it was for the iPhone 14 Pro so far, which he attributes to more customers opting for the Pro Max model this year.”Demand for the iPhone 15 Pro Max is robust, as previously expected, outpacing last year’s iPhone 14 Pro Max,” Kuo wrote in a post on Medium on Sunday.Moreover, Kuo restated that the iPhone 15 Pro Max went into mass production later than…