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Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) House Democrats were “knives out” on Tuesday to run down Ohio Republican Jim Jordan’s speakership bid in the House as they want to turn it into a political campaign issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election. They will vote for Hakeem Jefferies for Speaker, who is the House minority leader of the Democrats.Democrats, who accuse Jim Jordan of political extremism and his involvement in the January 6 political insurrection, will campaign to retake the House majority next year, says the UK’s Guardian per a memo it has claimed to have obtained in its “US Politics Live”…

Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) The US government has cracked down on China’s access to advanced chips for use in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with its new additional limits over an October order to restrict the communist country’s progress on supercomputing and AI which is the global frontline research in all countries. The US fears China may divert the chips of AI into military applications.The Joe Biden administration on Tuesday announced additional limits on sales ofadvanced semiconductors by American firms, over restrictions issued last October to limit China’s progress on supercomputing and artificial intelligence, The New York Times reported.The new additionl rules…

These assets include five immovable properties, comprising residential plots and flats located in Mohali and Shimla, as well as funds held in 14 bank accounts. The persons linked to these assets, including Rajdeep Singh and Krishan Kumar, are subject to this provisional attachment under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. In a statement on Tuesday, the financial probe agency said that it initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by CBI, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh with respect to scholarships disbursed by Directorate of Higher Education under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC/ST/OBC students. “ED investigation revealed that…

As per officials, the purpose of this meeting was to express their gratitude for a recent legal amendment that has significant implications for the aviation industry.Air India’s Managing Director and CEO, Campbell Wilson; Vistara’s CEO, Vinod Kannan; SpiceJet’s Chairman and Managing Director, Ajay Singh, along with IndiGo’s Principal Advisor, RK Singh, were present at the meeting.”Representatives from four airlines including Air India, Spice Jet, Vistara and Indigo met Hon’ble Minister Sh @JM_Scindia Ji and thanked him for the recent legal amendment pertaining to the issuing of a notification under Section 14 (3) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 exempting…

Kishore has bagged a silver medal in javelin throw bringing laurels to the state and nation and sealed his berth in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.The Odisha javelin star attained a personal best of 87.54m to secure the silver medal.Chief Minister Patnaik also congratulated Kishore on the Olympic qualification and assured all support.”Patnaik reiterated that Kishore Kumar Jena was a source of pride for the state of Odisha and went onto commend him for the landmark achievement,” an official release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said.Patnaik also expressed his confidence that Kishore would bring more laurels to the state…

These actions were carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.According to officials, the ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by the CBI under various sections of IPC, against Opto Circuits India Ltd and its promoters/directors for misappropriation and diversion of loan from a consortium of eight banks which has outstanding liabilities to the tune of Rs. 883.03 crore. The investigation conducted by the financial probe agency revealed that the promoters and directors of Opto Circuits India Ltd engaged in the forgery and manipulation of the company’s financial records to secure loans from…

A drug smuggler, a resident of Champhai district, was also arrested in connection with the recovery of the contraband.Assam Rifles sources said that acting on secret information, the para-military troopers accompanied by Mizoram police recovered 1.50 lakh highly addictive methamphetamine tablets (weighing 17.085 kg) valued at Rs 45 crore from an abandoned house at Zokawthar, bordering Myanmar.The drugs, also known as Yaba tablets or party tablets, have been handed over to Zokhawthar police station for further legal proceedings.With this recovery of the drugs on Tuesday, Assam Rifles personnel, who have been guarding Mizoram’s 510 km border with Myanmar, have recovered…

The recommendation for appointment of judicial officers Rudra Prakash Mishra and Ramesh Chand Malviya as HC judges was made on May 8 this year by the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues.”The Chief Minister and the Governor of the State of Bihar have concurred with the recommendation,” read the statement uploaded on the website of the apex court late on Tuesday.The SC Collegium said that it has consulted judges conversant with the affairs of the Patna High Court to ascertain the fitness and suitability of these judicial officers for elevation. “We have…

The two teams competing – Europe and Rest of the World – comprising four players each, got a ‘competitive’ taste of things to come at theGolf and Country Club today.Europe and the Rest of the World shared the honours for the second straight year, winning two Skills each.The European foursome comprised Christine Wolf (the HWIO 2019 winner), Johanna Gustavsson (winner of Open de France), Nuria Iturrioz (winner of La Sella Open); and Meghan MacLaren (winner of Australian Women’s 2022), while the Rest of the World had Tvesa Malik (WGAI OOM winner 2019), Diksha Dagar (Winner Czech Ladies Open and Olympian),…

First time the Netherlands has beaten a Test-playing nation in the ODI World Cup.This was the same Dutch side that knocked Proteas out of the T20 World Cup 2022 and now they have defeated them in a 50-over World Cup convincingly.After a delay of two hours due to heavy rain the match was reduced to 43 overs per side. South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first under favorable conditions for seam bowling.The Dutch openers- Vikramjit Singh and Max O’Dowd, weathered the storm for a few overs before the South African pacers hit their mark. The wickets fell…