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Staggering Cleanup costs: Nuclear arms race’s lingering impact

August 4, 2023

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II programme to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug 6 and Aug 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further...

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X (Twitter)

August 4, 2023

France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse, says it is pursuing a copyright case against X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in an effort to secure potential payment for its news content. The news agency said it applied Wednesday to a Paris court to compel Elon Musk’s rebranded...

Devastating Blow: Russian Shelling strikes Iconic Church in Kherson

August 4, 2023

Russian shelling on Thursday damaged a landmark church in the city of Kherson that once held the remains of the renowned 18th-century commander who exerted Russian control through the southeast parts of modern Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine’s emergency service said four of its workers were wounded in...

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of intending “global catastrophe”

August 4, 2023

Hitting out at Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the attacks on Odesa port infrastructure showed Moscow’s intention of creating a “global catastrophe”, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. He further accused Moscow of creating a collapse of world food markets, price crisis and disruptions in supplies. “For the Russian...

Andhra Pradesh CM gives green light to fill vacancies in Universities and IIITs

August 4, 2023

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday approved the proposal to fill up hundreds of existing teaching vacancies in universities and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) on a regular basis. He issued these directions while carrying out a review of the Education Department, which will...

Woman gang-raped by 5 in Gorakhpur

August 4, 2023

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men in the GIDA region of Gorakhpur early Thursday morning, police said. All five accused were arrested after an encounter with police in which one of them received a gunshot wound and is currently undergoing treatment at BRD Medical College here. The woman...

87% sowing for Kharif season 2023: State Official

August 4, 2023

Maharashtra agriculture commissioner Sunil Chavan on Thursday said 87 per cent of sowing for the Kharif season has been completed in the state. He also said fertilisers and seeds are fully available for farmers during the season. The total land area under sowing during Kharif season is 142 lakh hectares...

BJP protests Congress MLA’s remarks on state party chief

August 4, 2023

The BJP on Thursday created a ruckus in the Jharkhand Assembly over alleged derogatory remarks made in the House earlier this week by Congress MLA Irfan Ansari against the party’s state president Babulal Marandi and tribals, and sought an apology from him. This led to two adjournments in the House...

Assam proposes mandatory Sanskrit for Ayurvedic Courses

August 4, 2023

The Assam government has decided to send a proposal to the Centre to make the knowledge of Sanskrit mandatory for taking admission to Ayurvedic courses. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The state government will propose the Union Ministry of Ayush...

Status quo ordered on Manipur mass burial site

August 4, 2023

Hours before a planned mass burial of Kuki-Zomi people killed in Manipur’s ethnic violence, the high court on Thursday ordered that the status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Churachandpur district, while ITLF, an apex tribal body, said it was postponing the funeral service plans by seven...

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