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Leaders of fishermen unions called upon the Union government to bring back the jailed fishermen and their five mechanized boats that were impounded by the Lankan Navy on October 14. The fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).Leader of the Fishermen Association, A. Jesu Raja said that the fishermen were arrested despite “strictly adhering to the rules” laid down by the Indian and the Sri Lankan governments.He said that since 2018 till date 125 fishing boats that include both mechanized and country boats were impounded; while fishermen were released, the boats were…

Shakib had suffered a left quad injury during Bangladesh’s match against New Zealand a few days back and the team management is sweating on the availability of their best player for the match against table-toppers India.Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Wednesday said that Shakib will play the match only if he is declared 100% fit by the medical staff. “If he is not ready we will not take the risk of putting him in,” he told the pre-match press conference.Shakib is a key all-rounder for Bangladesh and has claimed 3-30 in the win against Afghanistan and scored a crucial 40…

“The pace of emissions reduction is not as fast as it used to be. Time is running out. Global temperature has already risen by 1.01 degree Celsius. As far as transition is concerned, solar is playing a major role. Capacity addition in solar is outstripping that happening in any other form of renewable energy,” Singh underlined.He was addressing a press conference on a curtain raiser event of the sixth assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA), which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi between October 30 – November 2, 2023, and 168 countries have already confirmed their participation in…

The entire incident was also caught in a CCTV camera installed nearby and the video was also doing the rounds on social media.In the video, the three men can be seen conversing with the scrap dealer. Soon after, one of them utilised Jiu-Jitsu technique called the ‘rear naked choke’, which rapidly restricts oxygen and blood flow to the brain, typically causing the opponent to lose consciousness within seconds.Once the scrap dealer became unconscious, another member of the group seized money from his hand before swiftly leaving the scene. The footage also records the scrap dealer regaining consciousness.According to police, it…

Launching the system, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde clicked on a computerised list of the eligible transferable officers across the state, and called for effecting transfers transparently without human intervention.The transferees include 166 MVI, 314 AMVIs and 91 per cent of MVIs and 97 per cent of the AMVIs were given their new transfers as per their order of preferences, to make the entire process more transparent, said the officials.The system was developed by the Transport Department and a presentation was made to the CM in the presence of top officers including Principal Secretary Parag Jain and Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar.The…

Dharwad, Oct 18 (IANS) The first round of the singles in the Dharwad Men’s World Tennis Tour witnessed some long matches as all the seeded players breezed through to the pre-quarterfinals of USD 25,000 event, here on Wednesday. Top seed Nick Chappell of USA overcame Korean Woobin Shin in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 while second seed Bogdan Bobrov quelled the challenge of qualifier Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-2, 6-4.Sixth seed Florent Bax of Frace, who had won the last leg of the ITF 15K in Ahmedabad three days, was leading 6-2, 2-0 (2nd set) when his opponent Stijn Pel from Netherlands…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) In the 2023-24 season, the Karnataka State Football Association’s Youth Premier League marked a significant milestone by introducing the Under-7 age category for the first time, complementing the previously established Under-9 category.This move was in line with AIFF’s broader vision for grassroots development, crucial in the lead-up to the 2026 and 2047 milestones.All matches took place on Sundays at the CooluluTurf Park in Koramangala, Bengaluru, on a 5-a-side ground.Remarkably, the league’s eight weeks of matches so far completed seamlessly, underscoring the efficient organisation and dedication of everyone involved.A distinctive feature of this season was the…

San Francisco, Oct 18 (IANS) Tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Google-parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia and others added $2.4 trillion to their market capitalisations in a year marked by the buzz surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI), a new report has shown. According to the venture capital firm Accel, the share price values of these big technology firms grew by an average of 36 per cent (year-over-year). For the first time, Nvidia entered the trillion-dollar club, with the US chip-maker now valued at more than $1 trillion. Nvidia’s high-performance CPUs enable many advanced generative AI models, which generate new content from huge…

Bengaluru, Oct 18 (IANS) Leading technology services and consulting company Wipro on Wednesday announced a consolidated net profit of Rs 2,667.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, against Rs 2,649 crore in the same quarter last year. The revenue from operations in the second quarter of the current fiscal stood at Rs 22,515 crores. “We continue to win in the market despite the uncertain macro environment,” CEO and Managing Director Thierry Delaporte said. “We ended the second quarter with 22 accounts above the $100M range, which is double the number we had in FY21. Our large deal total…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube has rolled out a number of new features and design updates to help users get more out of the platform. The first feature that YouTube rolled out is “stable volume” which will be automatically turned on to reduce jarring differences in volume, for an overall improved watching and listening experience.For those who enjoy watching videos in double time, the company rolled out the “Press to 2x” update across the web, tablets, and mobile devices.”When watching a video either in full screen or portrait mode, just press and hold down anywhere on the player…