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Sydney, Nov 5 (IANS) The state government of Australia’s Queensland announced on Sunday that new laws would be introduced to parliament to restrict the sale of knives and replica firearms to juveniles in a bid to combat youth offending.Under the proposed laws, the sale of knives, and certain other bladed items such as machetes, axes, swords and replica firearms, including gel blasters, to people aged under 18 years becomes an offence, Xinhua news agency reported.”Reducing the accessibility of these items to young people will disrupt and deter violent offences while enhancing community safety. Under the proposed legislation, anyone attempting to…

Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Forces have launched ‘Operation Secured Travel’ in railways, waterways and highways across the country to keep them safe from anarchy and arson by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party during their blockade from Sunday.A total of 65,000 Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) members are being deployed across the country.As many as 10,000 Ansar-VDP members are being deployed at 1,476 points across the country to protect railway lines.The Bangladesh Ansar and VDP members will keep a vigil to avoid any untoward incident especially on railway lines, besides railway stations, bus stations…

However, this has come as no surprise to fans of Kourtney and the heavily inked rocker, reports Mirror.co.uk. Back in July, Travis and his daughter Alabama, 17, starred in an episode of Complex Magazine’s GOAT Talk.They were given cue cards to prompt discussion about what is – in their opinion – the Greatest Of All Time in different categories.As per Mirror.co.uk, the final card asked for the “GOAT baby name?” Alabama – who Travis shares with his ex Shanna Moakler – jokingly replied reeling off a list of luxury watch brands saying: “Audemars, Milan, f****** Patek.” Travis then responded: “I…

A team from the Brown University in the US developed the mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction programme which trains participants in skills such as meditation, yoga, self-awareness, attention control and emotion regulation. What makes the programme unique, is that participants learn how to direct those skills toward behaviours known to lower blood pressure.The eight-week mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction programme significantly improved people’s scores on measures of self-awareness and adherence to a heart-healthy diet compared to a control group, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.”Participants in the programme showed significant improvement in adherence to a heart-healthy diet, which is one…

The xAI ‘Grok’ AI assistant will be provided to the users as part of X Premium Plus which costs $16 per month via web.“Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask,” said the xAI team.Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak.“A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the X platform. It will also answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other…

North Korea test-fired the ICBM on November 18, 2022, with leader Kim Jong-un declaring that the missile reaffirmed his regime’s acquisition of a powerful and reliable capability to counter any nuclear threats, Yonhap news agency reported.November 18 was designated as the “missile industry day” because it displayed “the might of a world-class nuclear power and the strongest ICBM possessor was demonstrated to the whole world,” the North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.The designation was made at a session of the Permanent Commission of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea, it said.At that time, North…

At the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday, Zampa made a late 29 off 19 with the bat while sharing an important 38-run partnership with Mitchell Starc as Australia posted 286. With the ball, Zampa took out Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.He even pulled off a superb diving catch of David Willey as Australia march closer for a spot in the knockouts, with their remaining league matches coming against Afghanistan and Bangladesh.“Batting innings, really satisfying. It’s probably the most satisfying ODI I’ve ever played to be honest. To be able to contribute with the bat, I mean, Starcy and…

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh in a post on X said, “The Prime Minister has announced that the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) will be extended by another five years. It bears recall that as Chief Minister of Gujarat he had consistently opposed the National Food Security Act (NFSA) passed by Parliament in Sept 2013.”He said that the PMGKY is nothing but the National Food Security Act (NFSA) that already covered 80 crore Indians.”This of course is not the only example of a U-turn done by him. On MGNREGA too, which proved to be a life-saver during the pandemic, he…

In a post on X, Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi said, “As pollution levels continue to remain high, primary schools in Delhi will stay closed till 10th November.””For Grade 6-12, schools are being given the option of shifting to online classes,” she added.On November 2,Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the government and private schools in the national capital will remain closed for two days (till November 4) due to rising pollution levels.In yet another smoggy day, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continued to remain in the ‘severe’ category on Sunday with overall Air Quality…

Baggy JeansIt’s common to see Kareena Kapoor Khan leaving her house with a cuppa coffee in her hand. Kareena choses to power dress herbaggy jeans with an oversized blazer. She finishes off the look with apair ofwhitesneakers.Boot-cut jeansJanhvi Kapoor’s gother dark blue boot-cut jeans down pat, dressing them up with a pair of heels.Flared JeansAlia Bhatt imagined a carefree splash of colour with an embroidered neon t-shirt that perfectly complemented Gucci’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection. She left her mark while keeping the glitz in check with a pair of flared jeans.Hight waist jeansAnushka opted casual comfortin a short grey sweatshirt and…