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Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the biggest such swap since the Cold War, first spoke by phone to their loved ones, a White House video showed on Thursday. “This is momma. Do you hear me? It’s your mom,” Gershkovich’s mother tells her son, a Wall Street Journal reporter, in the emotional two-minute video of the virtual reunion, posted by President Joe Biden’s social media account on X. “We just want to say how overwhelmed we are,” Biden tells the released detainees as the families…
A schools in Delhi’s Greater Kailash area has been cordoned over an email threatening to blow up the school. Police haven’t found anything suspicious yet, but the search operation is still on. “An email was received at a school in Delhi’s Greater Kailash area, threatening to blow up the school with a bomb. It is written in the email that a bomb was planted in the school yesterday. Nothing has been found in the investigation so far, legal action initiated,” Delhi police said in a statement. The bomb threat comes just months after 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received a similar…
A 3-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud will today deliver its verdict in the NEET case, a controversy that has cast a shadow on India’s top medical exam. The court was hearing a clutch of petitions demanding the NEET-UG test – a qualifying examination for undergraduate medical courses – be either held again or cancelled. The controversy erupted after an unusually high number of students scored a perfect 720 in the NEET-UG exam. Red flags were raised over the number – 67 – of perfect scores, including a coaching centre in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh that produced six on its…
Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district have arrested a 25-year-old man for causing the death of a college professor while driving under the influence of alcohol, an official said on Friday. Professor Atmaja Kasat (45) was walking home after the day’s work when she was hit by a car within the limits of Arnala Sagri police station around 6.30 pm on Thursday. She suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital but succumbed to her wounds after a few hours. Senior inspector Vijay Patil said a medical test confirmed that the car driver, Shubham Pratap Patil, was drunk at the…
The Indian stock market opened lower this morning amid weak global cues, with the Sensex nosediving over 700 points and the Nifty tumbling more than 200 points. Earlier, Wall Street stocks tanked after weak manufacturing data sparked worries about a US recession. European stocks, too, fell after disappointing bank earnings. In the US, all three major indices finished lower. Nasdaq Composite fell the most at 2.3%. US equities had opened higher after the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a September interest rate cut -the first in four years. It, however, fell after the July manufacturing index (at 46.8%)…
PV Sindhu has no regrets regarding her preparations for the Games as she did everything she could to be in the best shape but admitted defence let her down in the pre-quarterfinal against China’s He Bing Jiao, here Thursday. Sindhu ran the Chinese world number 9 close in the first game but unending unforced errors meant that Bing Jao ran away with the match 21-19 21-14 in 56 minutes. Sindhu even dictated a few points but had no answer to Bing Jiao’s superior attack. “I should have controlled in terms of a little bit of mistakes on my defense is…
Death waited for Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh for over two months. A bomb was secretly smuggled into the guesthouse in Iran where he was expected to arrive, reports The New York Times citing several officials in the US, Iran, and other Middle Eastern regions. It was hidden in the guesthouse in a posh locality in Tehran, protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – around two months ago. The guesthouse was inside a large compound used by the IRGC for their secret meetings and housing important guests. The wait, though, was long, it was fruitful. Haniyeh, a top Hamas…
Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi claimed on Friday that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was planning a raid on him following his ‘Chakravyuh’ speech in the parliament on July 29. The Congress MP said that he was ‘waiting with open arms’ after ED ‘insiders’ told him that a raid was being planned. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said, “Apparently, 2 in 1 didn’t like my Chakravyuh speech. ED ‘insiders’ tell me a raid is being planned. Waiting with open arms, @dir_ed. Chai and biscuits on me.” Apparently, 2 in 1 didn’t like my Chakravyuh speech.…
A new storm has erupted at the Paris Olympics Games 2024 over boxer Imane Khalif’s participation in the quadrennial event as a woman boxer, despite possessing male chromosomes. It all started when Imane took on Italian boxer Angela Carini, who decided to abandon the match after just 46 seconds, in order to ‘preserve her life’. It isn’t the first time that Imane has been at the center of such a controversy, having previously been disqualified from competing in the 2023 championships over gender eligibility issues. It isn’t the first time that Khalif has competed in the Olympic Games, but a…
Heavy rains have severely damaged the route in the Rudraprayag district on Wednesday night. The rescue and relief work to evacuate the people stranded is underway. According to the Uttarakhand police, as many as 737 people were rescued by helicopter and at least 2,670 people were taken to Sonprayag by the relief forces as of Thursday. Taking to its official handle on X, Uttarakhand police posted, “The rescue work of people stranded on the Shri Kedarnath Dham Yatra route is continuing. 737 passengers were rescued by helicopter throughout the day.” “2,670 passengers were taken to Sonprayag. SDRF, NDRF, DDRF, District…