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Pakistan: Death toll in Faisalabad factory blast rises to 20 Faisalabad (Pakistan), Nov 22 (IANS) A powerful explosion at a chemical factory in Faisalabad’s Malikpur area set off a massive fire and caused the collapse of ten nearby houses, killing at least 20 people and injuring seven others, local media reported on Saturday, quoting the rescue officials. The blast erupted at a factory producing adhesives near Shahab Town’s Kabaddi Stadium Ground and was powerful enough to be heard across the city. Within moments, flames engulfed the building and spread to adjacent homes, bringing down roofs and walls and trapping entire…

Bangladesh earthquake death toll climbs to 10 Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) At least 10 people have died and more than 200 others were injured across Bangladesh after the 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the South Asian nation, causing widespread panic and structural damage, local media reported on Saturday. Four of the victims died in Dhaka, five in Narsingdi, and one in Narayanganj. In Dhaka, the fatalities occurred in Armanitola after the railing of a building’s roof collapsed, killing three people and injuring several others, reports leading Bangladeshi newspaper, The Dhaka Tribune. In Narsingdi, five deaths were reported as the impact of the…

South Korea: Police request arrest warrants for two sailors over ferry grounding accident Seoul, Nov 22 (IANS) South Korean Police investigating the grounding accident of a ferry off the southwestern coast earlier this week on Friday requested arrest warrants for the ship’s first mate and helmsman on charges of causing injury by gross negligence. The first mate, in his 40s, and the helmsman, an Indonesian national in his 40s, were apprehended Thursday after the 26,546-ton Queen Jenuvia II carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew members ran aground at an uninhabited islet off the coast of Sinan, 366 kilometers south of…

Puducherry: Businessman turned politician Jose Charles Martin, son of lottery baron Santiago Martin claimed that he was sidelined and “never truly recognised” during his decade-long stint in the BJP. Distancing himself from the BJP, Jose Charles Martin is pitching himself as a third force in the Puducherry Union Territory’s 2026 assembly election, vowing to upend the “BJP-Congress-NR Congress syndicate”.In an interview with ThePrint, Jose Charles said Puducherry’s political class has become “unconnected” and “indifferent to people’s suffering”, creating an opportunity for a new player with resources and administrative clarity. Asked about Puducherry’s liquor policy and if he would allow lotteries…

With “sushasan aur vikas (good governance and development)” as its buzzwords, the RSS played a silent role in the NDA’s sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, especially in the Seemanchal region that has a sizable Muslim population, Sangh and BJP insiders said.According to sources, at least 100 volunteers from the Sangh and affiliated organisations were deployed across each of Bihar’s 38 districts, while an estimated 5,000 activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the RSS’s student wing, were divided into tolis or groups of five each to work silently round the clock in Bihar during peak campaigning. Contributing…

On Thursday night, as the Congress government in Karnataka completed two-and-a-half years in power, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge found a handful of Karnataka Congress MLAs at his doorstep in New Delhi after returning from a dinner meeting with senior party leader Sonia Gandhi.The group of seven to eight MLAs from among the party’s 135 MLAs in Karnataka, and a few MLCs, were all die hard supporters of Deputy CM and state Congress president D K Shivakumar, who has aspired for the Chief Minister’s post since the Congress came to power on May 20, 2023 under OBC leader Siddaramaiah, the party’s…

OpenAI employees in San Francisco were told to stay inside the office on Friday afternoon after the company purportedly received a threat from an individual who was previously associated with the Stop AI activist group.“Our information indicates that [name] from StopAI has expressed interest in causing physical harm to OpenAI employees,” a member of the internal communications team wrote on Slack. “He has previously been on site at our San Francisco facilities.”Just before 11 am, San Francisco police received a 911 call about a man allegedly making threats and intending to harm others at 550 Terry Francois Boulevard, which is…

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police, which is probing a complaint of alleged “secret burials” in the temple town of Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district, on Thursday filed a report with a local court to initiate perjury proceedings against the complainant after finding no evidence to back his claims. As per the report, the complainant C N Chinnaiah, a former sanitation worker, was allegedly part of a conspiracy hatched by several activists in the region to target the Dharmasthala authorities who wield clout in the administration of the temple town. The SIT filed the report under Section…

FX Sometimes chilling, sometimes campy, and always memorable, “American Horror Story” has 12 seasons under its belt as of this writing, and in that time period it’s introduced plenty of unforgettable characters, catchphrases, and stories into the pop culture zeitgeist. Some of the tales they’ve presented have captivated audiences for months, while others have faded away, leaving fans frustrated and annoyed by the narrative choices made within those episodes.  “American Horror Story” has always had terrible problems sticking the landing, which has resulted in plenty of unsatisfying endings. And yet…

A new Swinburne study is addressing a core paradox: if quantum computing is solving problems that cannot be checked by conventional methods, how can we be certain the results are correct? Quantum computing has the potential to tackle problems once thought unsolvable in areas including physics, medicine, and cryptography. However, as efforts accelerate to build […]