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He consumed poison after hacking his wife multiple times with a sharp weapon.The incident happened late Sunday night. Being informed by the local people, the police reached the spot and took the two to the state-run MR Bangur Hospital. Both were declared dead there.The police have started an investigation in the matter. However, as per initial information collected by the police, the man probably killed his wife as the latter wanted to walk out of a toxic marriage.The husband Suvendu Das (32) earned his livelihood by running an auto-rickshaw. His wife Krishna Das (22) originally hailed from Sodpur in North…

Warsaw, Oct 16 (IANS) Moldova battled to a 1-1 draw with Poland in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier, keeping its chances for progressing in the tournament alive. Despite Poland being seen as strong favorites, the visiting side coached by Serghei Clescenco impressed with their courage and attacking style, earning their reward in the 26th minute when Ion Nicolaescu found the net through a good cross from a corner kick, Xinhua reports.Then, Moldova shifted focus to defending their advantage, while Poland had problems with creating chances.Michal Probierz’s players upped the pace to find the equalizer after the break, as Karol Swiderski…

Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has raised more than $71 million for his re-election campaign in the third fundraising quarter of the year, outpacing his rival and predecessor President Donald Trump as well as the rest of the Republican primary.In a statement on Sunday, the President’s campaign said that his political operation with the Democratic National Committee ended the quarter with $91 million, CNN reported. But it stopped short from disclosing how the funds were divided between the campaign and the party committee.Campaign co-chair Jeffrey Katzenberg told CNN on Sunday that the third quarter figure “exceeded the…

“Heartiest congratulations to Prime Minister-elect @chrisluxonmp for his party’s win in the General Elections.”Look forward to working together to further strengthen India-New Zealand ties,” PM Modi posted on X.Current New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceded defeat after his Labour Party lost to Luxon’s National Party and its coalition partner ACT, which are projected to get a majority.–IANSans/dpb

Sukhwinder Singh succumbed to his injuries on October 13 at Eskenazi Hospital after his accident a day before in rural Greenwood near Indianapolis, the Fox59 news channel reported.Deputies from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office respondedto the 700 block of north Five Points Road after receiving reports of a crash with serious injuries.They found three people who were trapped inside a pair of vehicles when they arrived, and had to extricate the occupants before taking them to a hospital.According to preliminary investigations, Singh’s Honda Accord was heading north on Five Points Road when he lost control of the vehicle and swerved…

In the match on Sunday, Buttler opted to chase and retained his playing eleven from the victory over Bangladesh, days after India beat Afghanistan at the same venue, thanks to a four-fer from Jasprit Bumrah and a scintillating century from captain Rohit Sharma.After bowling out Afghanistan for 284, England were never in the hunt to chase the total, being bowled out for 215 as Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman took three wickets each. Afghanistan’s upset win meant England crashed to their second defeat in three matches of the ongoing competition, leaving their title defence in a tricky situation.“Having watched…

However, PM 2.5 stood at 176 “moderate category”, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).As per CPCB, Anand Vihar recorded AQI of 263 in the “poor category”, at Alipur it was 140 “moderate” category, while DTU station was in the “severe” at 407 with prominent pollutant as NO2.In Dwarka sector 8, the CPCB station recorded 216 AQI, falling in the “poor” category, while at IGI, it was 90 (moderate category) with a prominent pollutant as PM 10.However, at Mundka the AQI was 276 in the poor category.Narela and DU north campus both…

It might feel like Minecraft’s blocky biomes have been around since the beginning of time and the game is turning 15 next year.“Together we’ve been crafting pickaxes (15 million of them) discovering diamonds (6.7 million), and slaying 15 million skeletons,” the company said in a statement.“Just recently, we also crossed 300 million copies sold, a milestone no-one could have dreamed of when we were all building our first dirt houses,” the company added.To put it in perspective, Thriller, the bestselling album of all time, has sold around 70 million copies. The bestselling console, the PS2, sold around 155 million units.The…

In a statement, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation is a growing problem both in Australia and globally, and technology companies have a moral responsibility in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse being stored, shared and perpetrated on their services.“Twitter/X has stated publicly that tackling child sexual exploitation is the number 1 priority for the company, but it can’t just be empty talk, we need to see words backed up with tangible action,” Grant said late on Sunday.X has 28 days to respond to or pay the eSafety office’s fine.“Our first reportfeaturing…

In a dramatic final round, Koepka secured the victory with a birdie on the playoff’s second hole, the 18th, defeating RangeGoats GC’s Talor Gooch, who mounted an incredible charge on Sunday, to earn the 2023 individual championship, Xinhua reports.”I really didn’t think I had a chance. I don’t know how many points Bryson (DeChambeau) had to have or to get, but I felt like I had to win, super fortunate to kind of squeak in there,” Koepka said after the game.Gooch clinched the season’s individual title thanks to his final-round score of eight-under par (62). Bryson DeChambeau, captain of Crushers…