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In a significant development, the U.S. Embassy on September 18, 2025, announced the revocation and denial of visas for several Indian business executives, linking them to criminal conspiracies involving the smuggling of fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States.This follows charges levied earlier in January 2025 against two Indian firms, Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals, for their role in distributing chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl, a potent and dangerous synthetic opioid.Also read: 7th edition of PM Modi’s e-auction: Here’s the set of new products and how you can buy themActions part of broader U.S. efforts to combat illegal drug traffickingThe…

Veteran Indian pacer Ishant Sharma has shed light on the key difference between the captaincy styles of legendary MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli based on his experience playing under both leaders. Ishant noted that Dhoni’s approach was rooted in going with the flow of the game, relying heavily on on-field decisions and intuition rather than extensive pre-match planning. “Ishan bhai (MS Dhoni) ke team mein difference kya tha? Mahi bhai aise insaan hai jo field pe cheezein karte hai. Unko field pe karna pasand hai. The planning occurred based on the game situation,” Ishant explained on Raj Shamani’s podcast, adding,…

Still, developers say that bringing code from Nvidia’s CUDA to ROCm isn’t a smooth process, which means they typically focus on building for just one chip vendor.“ROCm is amazing, it’s open source, but it runs on one vendor’s hardware,” Lattner told the crowd at AMD’s Advancing AI event in June. Then he made his pitch for why Modular’s software is more portable and makes GPUs that much faster.Lattner’s talk at AMD is representative of the kind of dance that Lattner and Davis need to do as they spread the Modular gospel. Today, Nvidia and AMD are both crucial partners for…

Violent protests erupted in Leh on Wednesday as demonstrators called for statehood and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule. The unrest followed a shutdown call by student and youth organizations, sparked by the fainting of two elderly hunger strikers on Tuesday, both of whom were demanding political change. One woman and one man collapsed during their fast and were rushed to the hospital, fueling the widespread protests.Also read: 7th edition of PM Modi’s e-auction: Here’s the set of new products and how you can buy themTensions escalated as protestors set fire to buildings and a security vehicle stationed…

With the Assembly polls in Bihar just around the corner, the Mahagathbandhan on Wednesday unveiled its 10-point Atipichhda Nyay Sankalp (justice resolution for Extremely Backward Classes) in Patna, promising to implement it in full if voted to power. The Sankalp, released jointly by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, lays out social security measures in sectors such as education and employment for the state’s EBC communities, which account for roughly 36% of Bihar’s population. “Today, we are committing to restoring justice and opportunities for the most deprived sections of society.…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A drone fired from Yemen struck the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday. Medics said at least 22 people were wounded, two of them seriously. It wasn’t immediately clear if they were hurt by the drone or an interceptor.In the Gaza Strip, at least 19 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, according to local hospitals.Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have regularly fired drones and missiles at Israel — and attacked international shipping — in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The vast majority of the fire directed at Israel has been intercepted or…

New Delhi: The INDIA bloc Wednesday pledged to introduce a law to prevent atrocities against Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in poll-bound Bihar, even as the Congress sharpened its social justice pitch by criticising the BJP-led UP government’s ban on caste-based rallies.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge denounced the UP government’s move during a speech at the party’s Working Committee meeting in Patna. Senior leader Rahul Gandhi also addressed the issue while unveiling the INDIA bloc’s 10-point plan for EBCs—a focused manifesto that includes a proposed law similar to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav…

(Bloomberg) — US auto safety regulators opened an investigation into Rivian Automotive Inc. over issues with the seat belts in its electric delivery vans that could introduce additional risk in the event of a crash.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it’s aware of six reports of potential failures with the seat belt anchorage system for the driver’s seat in Rivian’s vans. In multiple instances, the steel braided cable connecting the belt to the seat frame has frayed or broken, “leaving the occupants unrestrained in the event of a collision,” the agency said in a document posted to its website.NHTSA’s…

In a major anti-tax evasion drive, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs officials seized multiple high-end vehicles across Kerala on Tuesday, including a Land Rover Defender linked to actor Dulquer Salmaan. The 2012 model, registered in Tamil Nadu and now in Salmaan’s name, was brought under official custody as part of a coordinated crackdown on luxury car tax violations.Also read: Dulquer Salman has a commanding presence in the King of Kotha trailerThe operation, codenamed “Numkhor,” involved simultaneous inspections at nearly 30 locations across Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, and Malappuram districts. Officials conducted thorough searches at several celebrity residences,…

A physical education teacher at a private school in Bengaluru was booked by the city police on Tuesday for allegedly impregnating a woman, with whom he was in a live-in relationship, after promising to marry her. The woman stated in her complaint that after her pregnancy was confirmed last week, the accused allegedly fled from his residence on September 20 along with some of her belongings and the pregnancy report. The police registered the case after the victim petitioned the Karnataka State Women’s Commission on Monday, seeking action against the man for cheating her. Story continues below this ad According…