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The development came in the wake of diplomatic relations between India and Canada nosediving in the last week over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.The group of Indian hackers named Indian Cyber Force shared the screenshot on the social media platform X.The group also shared the screenshot of taking down the Canadian Armed Forces.The group in its post on X claimed responsibility and said: “Canadian Airforce Website has been taken down. Target – forces.ca/en/ Check host – check-host.net/check-report/1… Duration: 2 hour.”Besides the Canadian Armed Forces website, the group also claimed the responsibility of bringing down another website.In a…

Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya matched Akshay’s first-round effort by shooting a tournament low of nine-under 61 on Thursday that placed him one shot behind the latter in second place.The cut was declared at one-over 141. Fifty-seven professionals made the cut.Akshay (61-65), the first-round leader by two shots, put together three birdies and a bogey on his back-nine as he was brilliant on the greens from a range of 10 feet. The 33-year-old two-time winner on the PGTI, picked up another birdie on the second hole to continue his march forward.He found himself in difficult spots on both the sixth and eighth…

Both the leaders have been suspended for the rest of the monsoon session till October 4.“We are strongly condemning the behaviour. The Speaker’s chair has a dignity and we condemn the attempts to smear the dignity of the speaker’s chair,” said Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, a BJD MLA.The assembly witnessed ruckus on the fourth day of the monsoon session as BJP members protested demanding removal of controversial remarks made by BJD leader and Nayagarh MLA Arun Sahoo against Leader of Opposition Jaya Narayan Mishra from the house proceedings.Sahoo had earlier said that Mishra and other opposition leaders are suffering from mental…

Officials said that combined teams of Assam Rifles, Customs Preventive Force, Excise and Narcotics department officials and special narcotics police station (CID-Crime) of Mizoram police in separate operations seized the drugs and the foreign-origin cigarettes from Aizawl and Champhai districts.Five apprehended smugglers have been handed over to the Customs Preventive Force and Excise and Narcotics department for further legal proceedings.Officials said that the heroin and foreign-origin cigarettes were smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar.Ongoing smuggling of contraband items is a major cause of concern for the state of Mizoram and India, an Assam Rifles statement said.It said that the Assam Rifles, rightly…

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology identified two adjacent, co-occurring amino acid mutations in the nucleocapsid protein (N-protein) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is directly involved in viral replication within the host, meaning that it also interacts with the immune system. The N-protein mutations, known as 203K/204R (or KR) correlated with higher viral load and increased severity of Covid-19 symptoms. For the study, the team combined genomics approaches to profile gene expression in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 (with and without the KR mutation) and compared these results with healthy controls. They then found that the expression…

Creatine supplements are popular among fitness enthusiasts, due to their potential for boosting strength and helping in post-workout recovery. Researchers from University of Agder, in Norway conducted the study on 12 individuals and showed that taking dietary creatine for three months substantially improved feelings of fatigue. By six months, there were improvements in body aches, breathing issues, loss of taste, headaches, and problems concentrating — or “brain fog” — compared to people given a placebo, revealed the results published in the journal Food Science & Nutrition. The study tracked the effect of creatine on 12 people, of ages 18 to…

A Home Department official said that one police personnel was sent to compulsory retirement and seven were dismissed from service for their involvement in drugs related activities.Actions against 23 of them under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, were also taken.Other police personnel were either suspended or their annual increment in salaries withheld or took both the actions. The ranks of a few of the police personnel was downgraded, he said.Departmental enquiry had been completed against 23 police personnel, while the departmental probes were pending against 20 personnel.The varied actions against the police personnel were taken since…

A ‘bhajan sandhya’ (devotional evening) was organised for pilgrims at Thyagraj Stadium, in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.The Chief Minister lit the ceremonial lamp to start the bhajan sandhya program. Female pilgrims welcomed the Chief Minister and presented him a shawl with the name of Lord Shri Ram on it.The Chief Minister met the pilgrims, inquired about their well-being, and wished them a successful journey. He said that this 78th train is going to Ayodhya carrying the elderly of Delhi for the ‘darshan’ of Lord Ram. “So far, more than 75,000 elderly residents from Delhi have undertaken…

No untoward incident was reported during the procession which began in the morning while the immersion of idols was continuing in Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city and dozens of other lakes and ponds in and around the city.Despite heavy rains lashing parts of the city in the evening, devotees thronged the lakes for the immersions.Hundreds of trucks carrying the idols were lined up around Hussain Sagar lake, the hub of festivities and the immersions is likely to continue till Friday morning.Police have extended traffic restrictions in some parts of the city for the second day.The main…

The fragrance of fresh paint, labourers working hard under the scorching sun and using their machinery tools to get work wrapped up means time to wrap work in the stadium is coming near, before the sights of fans and players will throng the stadium from next month.In the World Cup, the Arun Jaitley Stadium will be hosting five league matches – Sri Lanka v South Africa (October 7), India v Afghanistan (October 11), England v Afghanistan (October 15), Australia v Netherlands (October 25) and Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (November 6).Seats have been coloured in blue, orange and green colours, making…