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India : A plea by businessman Raj Kundra seeking his immediate release from judicial custody in a porn film case was today refused by the Bombay High Court. Arrested last month, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband had challenged a remand order issued against him by a magistrate’s court saying he had not been notified or issued summons before arrest as was required under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The High Court’s order today said there was nothing wrong with the magistrate court’s order when it remanded Mr Kundra to police custody on July 20. Rejecting his plea, Justice AS Gadkari…

Jaipur: A 28-year-old man died when his Bluetooth headphone device exploded in his ears while he was using them for his studies, Jaipur Police said today. The incident happened in Udaipuria village in Jaipur district’s Chomu town on Friday when Rakesh Kumar Nagar was preparing for a competitive examination at his residence, the police said. “He was using his Bluetooth headphone device while it was plugged into an electrical outlet,” police told. All of a sudden the device exploded in his ear leaving him unconscious. He was taken to a private hospital where he died during treatment, they said, adding that…

Tokyo :  Bahraini athlete, Kalkidan Gezahegne, today grabbed the silver medal of the women’s 10000m race, within Tokyo Olympics 2020’s athletics competition Gezahegne clocked 29:18.56, behind gold-medallist, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, who clocked 29:55.32, and third-placed, Ethiopian athlete, Letesenbet Gidey, who finished the race in 30:72.01.

Tokyo : Neeraj Chopra is an Olympic champion! The 23-year-old created history on Saturday as he became the only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold by winning the men’s javelin throw final at Tokyo 2020. Neeraj ended India’s 121-year wait for an athletics medal with his gold in the javelin final. The icing on the cake for India came from Neeraj Chopra as he threw a distance of 87.58 in his second attempt to win the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw. Chopra led throughout the final and his chances were boosted after hot favourite Johannes…

Afghanistan : The Taliban say they have captured a prison in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan and freed all of the prisoners. The Taliban have taken control of the city, making it the second regional capital to fall to the militants. It is a major blow to security forces, as battles escalate across the country. Sheberghan is a stronghold of the former Afghan vice-president and warlord, Abdul Rashid Dostum, whose supporters have been leading the fight against the insurgents. The Taliban first took control of the governor’s compound on Friday during intense fighting, before it was retaken by Afghan…

US : The Justice Department has made the extremely rare move of intervening in a court case against a former top Saudi intelligence official who has been targeted by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince, in order to protect classified intelligence secrets. If the court case is allowed to proceed, the Justice Department said in a motion filed Tuesday, it could lead to “the disclosure of information that could reasonably be expected to damage the national security of the United States.” The case was brought against Saad Aljabri, a former top Saudi counterterrorism official who is widely respected by US intelligence…

US : If you’ve had a sip of Coke Zero Sugar recently and thought that it tastes a little different, you’re not crazy. The company is rolling out across the United States a new version of the beverage designed to taste more like regular Coke. The new flavor may taste better or  you may  prefer the old one, but you don’t really care. Or maybe you hate it so much that you vow never to buy another Coke Zero again. The last option should make Coke shudder and remind the company of an infamous period in its history: The 1985 New Coke debacle. Companies like Coca-Cola (KO) have to walk a…

Tokyo :  Former Asian Games gold medalist Bajrang dominated the men’s 65kg bronze medal bout from start to finish, which ended in a 8-0 shoreline in favour of the Indian 27-year-old. Superstar wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday became the sixth athlete to clinch a medal for India after he won the men’s 65kg bronze medal match against Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the repechage round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

TOKYO — The coach of Germany’s modern pentathlon team was kicked out the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday for, of all things, punching a horse. Kim Raisner was caught on camera slugging the horse and urging rider Annika Schleu to “really hit” her mount after it balked at jumping during a pivotal moment in Friday’s competition. At that point Schleu was in the lead — she went from first to 31st and left the arena in tears because the horse, whose name is “Saint Boy,” would not budge. CNBC

Wolfsburg,: Despite all the difficulties in changing work processes and qualifications, VW Group boss Herbert Diess still sees great job potential in the car industry, said dpa international. Employment will remain high, albeit with a partly different focus, he told the news agencies dpa and dpa-AFX. “To build a lot of cars, you still need a lot of people in production in 2030. And many will be doing fairly similar jobs as today.” It could be more automated, but “will remain essentially production.” This does not have to contradict the simultaneous development of more IT skills in particular, Diess argued.…