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Following the tag of the fastest growing city in Asia for quite some time and the bustling industrial activity in and around, fears are being raised that the Karnataka state capital is heading towards an ecological disaster.Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has announced that the buffer zone along Kumudavathi and Arkavathi rivers in Bengaluru will be reduced.Concerns have been raised and protests staged against the move, while environmentalists maintain that this would hinder the rejuvenation efforts.The buffer zone extends 1 km on either side of the river.With Bengaluru witnessing rapid construction activity, mining, increase in volume of vehicles, the air…

In an update, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that the “combing and clearance operation at PAF Training Airbase Mianwali has been concluded and all nine terrorists have been sent to hell”, reports Dawn news.It added that the operation was launched to “eliminate any potential threat in the surrounding area following the cowardly and failed terrorist attack on the base this morning”.The ISPR further said that no damage had been done to any of the PAF’s functional operational assets, while only some damage was done to three already phased-out non-operational aircraft during the attack.“The prompt and professional conclusion of the…

The state education department has claimed that since Buddhadeb Sau is just the interim vice-chancellor of JU, he has no right to convene working committee meetings, as only permanent vice-chancellors can do that.A specific note in this regard has also been forwarded from the office of the state education department at Salt Lake to the JU authorities.Observers feel that this development is yet another reflection of the tussle between the Raj Bhavan and the state education department, as Sau was appointed by the Governor C. V. Ananda Bose recently when the JU was in the midst of controversy over the…

Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) Though Afghanistan lost to hosts’ India in 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup, head coach Jonathan Trott believes that match gave his team some confidence from a batting perspective, which has propelled them to win four matches, latest of which came over the Netherlands.At the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday, Afghanistan chased down a paltry 180 in 31.3 overs, making this their third straight clinical run-chase in a row, thus keeping their semi-final hopes alive.“I think we saw a bit of form coming into the side against India. Obviously we lost the game but then that gave…

Majority of Afghanistan refugees are facing deportation after Pakistan ordered the same and following their eight-wicket win over Pakistan, opener Ibrahim Zadran had previously dedicated the victory to refugees facing deportation. A lot of Afghanistan players had grown up in refugee camps and learnt the sport there.”Right now, a lot of refugee peoples are in struggle so we are watching their videos and we are sad for that and we are with them in this tough time. I dedicate this win to those refugees that are in pain and also to all country peoples back home,” said Shahidi after the…

In a new paper published in the journal JCO Oncology Practice, bioethics researchers led by and India-origin scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the US, call on medical societies, government leaders, clinicians, and researchers to work together to ensure AI-driven healthcare preserves patient autonomy and respects human dignity.The authors said that while AI has immense potential for expanding access to cancer care and improving the ability to detect, diagnose and treat cancer, medical professionals and technology developers need to act now to prevent the technology from depersonalising patient care and eroding relationships between patients and caregivers.”To date, there has…

According to the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI), the burnout symptoms experienced by employees globally stand at 22 per cent.The study surveyed more than 30,000 employees from 30 countries and found that employees with positive work experiences reported overall better health, were more innovative, and performed better at work.”For employees, good holistic health is most strongly predicted by workplace enablers, while burnout is strongly predicted by workplace demands,” the researchers said.Moreover, the study showed that more than half of employees across 30 countries reported positive overall holistic health — but there were substantial variations between countries, with the lowest overall percentage…

In office since 2009, after an earlier term from 1996 to 2001, she has been credited with subduing both resurgent Islamists and a once meddlesome military, Time said.Having already won more elections than late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher or Indira Gandhi, Hasina is determined to extend that run at the ballot box in January.“I am confident that my people are with me,” she says in an interview with Time in September. “They’re my main strength.”Bangladesh has taken an authoritarian turn under Hasina’s Awami League party. The last two elections were condemned by the US, E.U. and others for significant irregularities,…

The DGP visited the slain head constable’s family in Tangmarg today and assured the family that the culprits will not go unpunished.Talking to reporters during the visit, the DGP said: “We won’t spare anyone who is involved in this murder.“We have got vital leads in this case. We have lost a family member, of police ‘Parvaar’. He was an honest man besides being a father, brother and a Kashmiri.”“There is no doubt that the handlers across the border are trying to disturb peace here and they are not sending money here to build hospitals, roads and other things, but to…

“We do pride ourselves on running between the wickets and it’s something that we actually practice, probably not much like other teams, but we do put a lot of time and effort into it. Our turning technique and our running between the wickets in terms of the speed and stuff, we do a lot of training on that. So that’s something that our game is built on and we do pride ourselves on that.”“As you can see four runouts and you know not just any run outs that are two, three, four and five in your batting order getting run…