Author: Rahul M

At least 8 killed, 200 injured as 6.3-magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan (Ld) Kabul, Nov 3 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and nearly 200 others injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday, Afghan government officials told local media. Qari Lutfullah Habibi, head of the Public Health Department in Samangan province, said that in the provincial capital, Aybak, one person was killed and more than 100 were injured. In the Hazrat Sultan district of Samangan, one person was killed and 15 others were injured. In the neighbouring Balkh province, six deaths and over 70 injuries were…

Hiding chiefs, broken trust: Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed cadres turn on their leaders post Ops Sindoor New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed were left reeling during Operation Sindoor. The ISI has since made several attempts to revive these groups and put them back into business. However, both groups, despite having men at their disposal, are failing to bounce back because their chiefs have gone into hiding. Masood Azhar, the head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, is a depressed man after he lost a good chunk of his family during Operation Sindoor. During the precise action undertaken by the Indian armed…

If it was in Bihar that the early flames of resistance were lit against the Indira Gandhi government, in the form of the Jayaprakash Narayan Movement of 1974, eventually leading her to impose the Emergency and be voted out of power, it was from Bihar that the late Congress leader also began her climb back.On Mrs Gandhi’s death anniversary on October 31, in the midst of a Bihar poll battle that seems equally intractable for the Congress, it was to this fightback that senior party leader Jairam Ramesh referred. It was August 13, 1977, and the monsoon was in full…

With the Bihar Assembly elections approaching, both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) have unveiled their manifestos, each promising a vision for development and prosperity but differing sharply in approach and priorities. Employment: Competing Guarantees Job creation stands at the core of both manifestos. The Grand Alliance’s “Tejashwi’s Pledge” promises at least one government job per family, to be implemented within 20 days of forming the government. It also includes a Rs 5 lakh interest-free loan for self-employment among traditional workers like barbers, potters, and carpenters. The NDA’s “Sankalp Patra”, on the other hand,…

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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Skeletons are neighbors for some Palestinians in Gaza who found nowhere but cemeteries to shelter from the war.Gravestones have become seats and tables for families like that of Maisa Brikah, who has lived with her children in a dusty, sun-baked cemetery in the southern city of Khan Younis for five months. Some 30 families shelter here.A blonde-haired toddler sits outside one tent, running fingers through the sand. Another peeks playfully from behind a drape of fabric.Nighttime is another matter.“When the sun goes down, the children get scared and don’t want to go, and I…

A breakthrough in neuromorphic computing could lower the energy consumption of chips and accelerate progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the School of Advanced Computing have created artificial neurons that closely mimic the complex electrochemical behavior of real brain cells. Their breakthrough, described in Nature Electronics, […]

A new water-integrated droplet electricity generator produces high electrical output while floating on water surfaces. Raindrops are not only a source of fresh water, they also carry unused energy that falls naturally from the sky. Scientists have long explored ways to convert this falling water into electricity, but traditional droplet electricity generators have struggled with […]

Levelling serious charges against senior Congress leaders in Haryana, including “fielding loyalists as Independents to ensure defeat of party candidates in the 2024 Assembly elections”, six-time former MLA and former minister Sampat Singh quit the Congress on Sunday.The 76-year-old Congress leader emailed his resignation to party national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday evening, a month after he took a dig at former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s appointment as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in Haryana. Sampat told The Indian Express that he was feeling relieved but did not open his cards. “I will consider what to do next…

Even as BJP leaders chose to remain silent on party leader Jagannath Sarkar’s remark on having “no barbed-fence between India and Bangladesh”, the Ranaghat MP on Sunday reiterated his statement, telling The Indian Express that he was referring to the prosperity of West Bengal if his party came to power in the state.“My stand is still the same. I am saying once again that at present, there is a need for a barbed wire border with Bangladesh. But once we come to power in West Bengal, and they will see our prosperity, then there will be no need for the…