Families of victims of the explosions collect on the courtyard of a hospital within the metropolis of Kerman, about 510 miles (820 kilometres) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 3, 2024.
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Eight Indian Navy veterans get 60 days to contest Qatar jail terms
Qatar has commuted dying sentence for eight Indian Navy veterans and turned that into “varying quantum” of jail phrases, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned on Thursday, placing out the official affirmation in regards to the high-profile case relating to the boys who had been arrested by the Gulf nation in August 2022. Addressing the weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned the authorized workforce had been given 60 days to enchantment in opposition to the jail phrases.
Health Ministry seeks data on single women taking the Assisted Reproductive Technology route
The Union Health Ministry has sought knowledge from all States and Union Territories on the overall variety of single ladies (divorcees/widows) and single ladies who’ve efficiently used Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) with a view to assess the functioning of the ART Act, 2021. Fertility consultants have welcomed the transfer, together with the inclusion of single ladies/single ladies as a class.
INDIA bloc seat-sharing talks delayed as Congress panel presents State units’ wishlist to Kharge
With their INDIA bloc allies respiration down their neck to provide you with a seat-sharing system on the earliest, the Congress’ five-member National Alliance Committee on Thursday briefed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the consultations they held with the social gathering’s State items, 12 days after their first assembly on December 23.
Aadhaar enabled payment comprised 11% of financial frauds: I4C analysis
Aadhar Enabled Payment System (AePS) frauds had been 11% of the cyber monetary scams that had its origin in India in 2023, an evaluation by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has mentioned. Most of those had been dedicated in Bihar and Jharkhand. Last 12 months, the central authorities’s portal (cybercrime.gov.in) and 1930 helpline obtained 13,10,329 complaints relating to cyber enabled monetary frauds. The AePS frauds included cloning of biometrics.
Trinamool needs the support of Congress more than the Congress needs them: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday mentioned that the Congress social gathering was not going to beg for seats from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) within the forthcoming General Election. The remarks come at a time when Congress MP from Malda Dakshin Abu Hashem Khan Chowdhury has mentioned {that a} deal had been struck with the Trinamool on giving two seats to the Congress within the State. The Congress MP was referring to the Malda Dakshin and Behrampore Lok Sabha seats.
Congress holds first meeting of manifesto committee
The first assembly of the Congress Manifesto Committee was held right here on Thursday. It was presided over by Chairman P. Chidambaram and attended by different members of the committee, together with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah, Jairam Ramesh, T.S. Singh Deo, Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor and others.
Election Commission tweaks rules for allocation of symbols to unrecognised political parties
The Election Commission of India on Thursday introduced in new guidelines for allocation of symbols to Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs), making it necessary for them to furnish audited accounts of final three monetary years, expenditure statements of final two elections, and the signature of the authorised office-bearer of the social gathering together with the applying type for symbols.
Iowa school shooting | One dead, five wounded at high school in Perry; suspect dead
A 17-year-old opened fireplace at a small-town Iowa highschool on the primary day of faculty after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding 5 others as college students barricaded in workplaces and fled in panic. The suspect, a scholar on the college in Perry, died of what investigators consider is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and not less than one of many victims is a faculty administrator, a regulation enforcement official advised The Associated Press.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Iran attack
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and first Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber vowed revenge on Thursday for explosions that killed not less than 84 at a ceremony to commemorate prime commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in Iraq in 2020. Islamic State has claimed duty for the assault. Earlier, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration mentioned the blasts appeared to characterize “a terrorist attack” of the kind carried out prior to now by Islamic State militants.
Myanmar’s military government pardons nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day
Myanmar’s army authorities on Thursday pardoned almost 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, however they apparently included only a small proportion of the hundreds of political detainees jailed for opposing military rule.
Centre keen to expand ECGC cover to individual jewellery exporters
Union minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday mentioned that the Centre was eager to broaden the ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation) cowl, now supplied to banks in direction of the credit score limits for exporters, to even particular person exporters of gems and jewelry. He was talking on the India International Jewellery Trade Show (IIJS) organised by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at Jio Centre in Mumbai.
India’s heavy digital footprint makes it more attractive to cybercrooks: experts
With a inhabitants of over 1.four billion and a quickly increasing financial system, India’s digital footprint has made it an alluring goal for cybercriminals searching for to take advantage of vulnerabilities, warned a bunch of cyber-security suppliers. Data breaches would skyrocket in 2024, there can be continued acceleration in ransomware actions along with a surge in identity-based assaults ensuing from growing cloud adoption, and deepfakes would additionally pose a looming menace to the nation’s cybersecurity this 12 months, they cautioned.
IND vs SA second Test | Fiery Bumrah helps Team India break a Cape Town hoodoo
The last frontier will stay the ultimate frontier for some extra time, however India’s cricketers will head again dwelling, their heads held excessive. They expectedly wrapped up the second Test with loads of time to spare on Thursday to sq. the two-Test collection 1-1. Aiden Markram scored a surprising hundred (106, 103b, 17×4, 2×6) on an extremely difficult observe the place no person else touched 50, however that would solely delay the inevitable. India’s seven-wicket victory got here within the second session on the second day. It was the workforce’s first-ever Test victory on the Newlands Cricket Ground.