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Kabul, Oct 11 (IANS) Just five days after a massive earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Herat province killing more than 2,000 people, another temblor measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the same region on Wednesday, injuring 80 persons.According to local residents, most of the injured have been taken to hospital from Rubat Sangi district, reports Xinhua news agency.The epicente of the quake which struck at around 5.10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, is 28 km north of the city of Herat.The fresh quake comes as rescuers are still digging for survivors of the powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Zindajan, a rural district…

Big B lovingly calls his fans his extended family, and came out and celebrated his birthday with them.A video shared by celebrity paparazzi Viral Bhayani, shows that Amitabh stepped outside barefoot and stood at the podium, which he religiously does to greet his fans on Sunday.In the clip, he is seen with folded hands, thanking fans for their wishes. He then waved to his fans with a bright smile. The thespian was dressed in powder pink and mint-coloured printed jacket. He paired it witha pair of grey track pants. He also wore a colorful bandana cap and wore eyeglasses.To celebrate…

In a statement on Tuesday, the Coast Guard said that marine safety engineers”recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor on October 4″ in a salvage mission.The mission, which was a follow-up to initial recovery operations following the loss of the Titan submersible, was joined by investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Transportation Safety Board of Canadas.”The recovered evidence was successfully transferred to a US port for cataloging and analysis. Additional presumed human remains were carefully recovered from within Titan’s debris and transported for analysis by US medical…

Pakistan pull off the biggest World Cup chase in the match against Sri Lanka, thanks to the brilliant centuries by Mohammad Rizwan (131) and Abdullah Shafique (113), to win their second straight game in the ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday.Pakistan’s bowlers struggled, allowing Sri Lanka to score 344 runs in 50 overs. Centuries by Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama set a formidable target, making it seem like a winning score.Afridi was the expensive bowler of the day for Pakistan, conceding 66 runs in 9 overs and managing to secure just one wicket. This marked Shaheen’s second disappointing performance in…

The duration of the contract will be one year starting from November, 2023 and Danish will be officially representing them at a global stage.Danish has recently represented India in a historic first-ever World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond G4 Olympic Ranking event in Gangwon, South Korea, where he was ranked 5th.He has previously competed at the Israel Open G2 ranking event and is eying for the next Olympics.–IANSbc

Pandit has dedicated 8,100 trees to mark the cine icon’s 81st birthday on October 11.This tribute to the legendary actor has been ideated in synergy with environmental organisation GrowTrees.com and the trees will be planted in the Ramtek region of Maharashtra.The green cover will be called the ‘Amitabh Bachchan Grove’ and will be integrated into the organisation’s ‘Trees for Tigers’ project. An e-certificate with details of the project was also presented to Bachchan by Pandit, a close friend and fervent admirer of the actor.The certificate reads: “Your towering presence has taught us how to stay rooted while reaching for the…

Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi informed that accused persons didn’t take any help from Karnataka or Goa police to trace the person, with whom their relative allegedly eloped.According to the police, one Zakir Sabir Ahmed, owner of Hair Cutting Saloon at Moira, Bardez-Goa had lodged a complaint stating four male persons trespassed into his saloon and abducted his staff namelyZunaid Zafeer, 25, native of Uttar Pradesh.The accused persons are identified as Yaseen Ali Baig, 21,Ahamed Shariff, 30, Navaj M D, 36, and Navshad Ahmed, 45,all residents of Bengaluru-Karnataka, the police said.Police informed that various teams were constituted to collect…

The boat is suspected to be from Sri Lanka.In its initial probe, the intelligence departmentfound that the original owner of the boat is a resident of Pulamani West, located in the island nation’s Mannar district.Sources told IANS that the boat was recently purchased by a Sri Lankan Tamil who lives in Malaysia.Officials from the state’s coastal police told IANS that at least three people arrived in Tamil Nadu on board the boat and a manhunt is on to nab them.The Tamil Nadu Police have been conducting regular drills under’ Sagar Kavach’ for preparing the force to prevent any infiltration bid…

She landed at the technical area of Srinagar airport around 10.10 am and was given a guard of honour there.From the airport, she will fly in a helicopter to the headquarters of Army’s 15 corps in the Badami Bagh cantonment area of the city.As the supreme commander of the armed forces, the President will lay a wreath at the war memorial inside the headquarters of 15 corps.After laying the wreath at the war memorial, the President will drive in a cavalcade to the Hazratbal campus of Kashmir University where she will deliver the 20th convocation address of the University.A total…

San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Chip major AMD has announced to acquire open-source AI software expert Nod.ai for an undisclosed sum, to expand the company’s open AI software capabilities amid Nvidia’s dominance in the market.Nod.ai will let firms companies AI models tuned to AMD’s chips.The addition of Nod.ai will bring an experienced team that has developed an industry-leading software technology that accelerates the deployment of AI solutions optimised for AMD Instinct data centre accelerators, Ryzen AI processors, EPYC processors, Versal SoCs and Radeon GPUs to AMD.“The acquisition of Nod.ai is expected to significantly enhance our ability to provide AI customers…