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Calangute Police informed that on the complaint ofS. Satishkumar Shetty,39, from Karnataka’s Kolar, the case was investigated and subsequently three persons were held in this connection.Complainant has stated that a tourist guide/tout tookhim and his friend to one room and confined them. Later the accused persons assaulted them and forcefully transferred an amount of Rs 30,000 through UPI transaction, the police said.The accused persons are identified as SharukhanDevagiri,25, a native of Haveri in Karnataka, Cyril Dias, 42, from Goa and Avinash Patel, 32, a native of Daman and Diu, the police said.The official said that the accused persons have been…

Paramjit Kaur Masutta, 48, died on December 15, 2020, when the van rolled into traffic near 144 Street and 61A Avenue and struck a vehicle before mounting the sidewalk, hitting the victim, CBC News channel reported.Jeo Kurian has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, according to Surrey RCMP.”This was a tragic and devastating loss for the victim’s family, and has also impacted many people within our community,” RCMP sergeant Tom Boyce said in a news release.On March 7 last year, Masutta’s husband, Daljit Singh, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of BC against Kurian,…

Manavjeet Singh Dhillon, DIG of EOU, said that the department will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with these institutions and hire students of computer science for the purpose.In recent years, the cyber crime cases in Bihar are on rise. As per the data, EOU has registered 309 cases in 2016, 433 in 2017, 374 in 2018, 1050 in 2019 and 1512 in 2020.“We will use the skills of IIT and NIT students who are expected to have new techniques. The idea is to use them to crack cyber the crime cases. The students will get the job to…

Rai’s statement came after a review meeting at the Delhi Secretariat regarding industrial pollution with officers of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Environment Department and the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC).According to the minister, the campaign will run till November 20. Under this campaign 66 teams of the DPCC and the DSIIDC have been constituted for continuous inspection of industrial units in Delhi and 1,753 registered industrial units of Delhi have been converted into Piped Natural Gas (PNG).“In order to address the issue of pollution during the winter season, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal declared a…

The mass of metal in the stratosphere — the second layer of the atmosphere of Earth — is changing atmospheric chemistry in ways that may impact the Earth’s atmosphere and ozone layer, they revealed in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.As part of NASA’s Airborne Science Programme, a team at Purdue University flew a WB-57 aeroplane to sample the atmosphere 19 km above the ground in Alaska, where circumpolar clouds tend to form.Similar measurements were made from an ER-2 aircraft over the continental US.Both groups use instruments hitched to the nose cone to ensure…

According to the officials, Baruah was on a government tour to the South Salmara district. He was returning from there and was supposed to land on a helipad at Khanapara area of the city. “The minister was on board a double engine chopper and one of its engines stopped working in mid-air. This prompted the pilot to initiate an emergency landing at the Guwahati airport instead of Khanapara helipad,” the official said. No injuries were reported and the minister is safe. –IANS tdr/vd

UT Cricket Association (UTCA) president Sanjay Tandon told the media 10 teams from nine cricket boards are participating in this BCCI-approved tournament.They include two teams from Chandigarh. The others are from Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Goa, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand.Tandon said besides the BCCI, the UTCA has been endeavoring that with the strong foundation of junior cricket the country will get the best talent in the future.“Organising junior cricket tournaments is also important in the domestic calendar.” He said the scope of this tournament has been increasing since previous editions.In the first edition, only local teams from…

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by excessive amounts of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.Researchers found the presence of adult ADHD was associated with a significantly higher risk of dementia even when other risk factors for dementia were taken into account, such as cardiovascular conditions.ADHD in adults may materialise as a neurological process that reduces the ability for them to compensate for the effects of cognitive decline later in life, they noted.”Physicians, clinicians and caregivers who work with older adults should monitor ADHD symptoms and associated medications,” said Abraham Reichenberg, a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has voiced her disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision not to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, stating that this decision has disrupted her wedding plans. Dutee, who came out as lesbian in 2019 and became the first Indian athlete to revea; a same-sex relationship, is optimistic about the Parliament passing a law that permits same-sex marriages.”I plan to marry my partner Monalisa. But the decision of the apex court has upset all plans. I have been living with Monalisa for five years. We are happy together and as adults, we…

Pune, Oct 18 (IANS) Winning three out of three and facing a comparatively weaker opponent in Bangladesh, a lot of people thought that India would try and rotate its squad in Thursday’s ICC Men’s ODI World Cup encounter to prepare the entire squad for tougher battles ahead.But the Indian team’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said the team management has no such plans and will go ahead with its policy of choosing the best side fit for the surface in Thursday’s match.India has gone ahead with pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur in the last match with Hardik Pandya…