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[ad_1] BENGALURU: At least 12 men were charred to death after an accidental fire broke out in a firecracker godown in Attibele, Anekal Bengaluru district on Saturday evening.The incident took place around 4.30 pm when crackers were being unloaded from a goods vehicle into the godown located on Attibele main road and owned by one Ramaswamy Reddy. Suddenly, the crackers exploded and in no time, fire broke out, gutting the crackers-filled boxes and extending into other parts of godown. Four vehicles, parked at the godown door, were too gutted. Five fire tenders were pressed into the service and the blaze…

[ad_1] Minister for Energy and Forests Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy addressing YSRCP cadres in Tirupati on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Minister for Energy and Forests P. Ramachandra Reddy on Saturday said that the YSRCP cadres should intensify their door-to-door campaign and explain to people the need to make Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy the Chief Minister again. Addressing the party cadres from the combined Chittoor district at his camp office in Tirupati, Mr. Ramachandra Reddy said that the cadres should focus on the “false promises” made by the TDP when it came to power in 2014. “The cadres should widely…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: South African batter Aiden Markram on Saturday delivered a breathtaking performance, smashing a century in just 49 balls, a new world record for the fastest hundred in 50-overs World Cup cricket. This remarkable feat contributed to South Africa amassing a record-breaking total of 428-5 against a subdued Sri Lanka side.Markram’s century overshadowed the previous record set by Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien, who had scored a 50-ball hundred against England during the 2011 World Cup.South Africa’s top-order batters had a phenomenal day, with Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen also notching up rapid centuries, adding to the…

[ad_1] Symbotic technology in use at a Walmart facility.Courtesy: WalmartVenture-capital giant Softbank notched a $15 billion-plus gain on its 2016 deal to buy Arm Holdings when the artificial intelligence-enabling semiconductor firm went public last month. But not as many investors know about Softbank’s “other” big AI investment, Wilmington, Mass.-based software and robotics maker Symbotic, which Walmart has taken a big stake in itself.That may soon change.Symbotic, a company that has already generated market heat selling AI-powered robotic warehouse management systems to clients including Walmart, Target and Albertson’s, is partnering with Softbank to play in a potentially giant and transformative market.…

[ad_1] U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and other members of the delegation arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 7, 2023.Aly Song | ReutersA delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrived in China on Saturday in the first congressional visit to the country since 2019.The trip comes amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the two countries and as Chinese and American officials try to lay the groundwork for a possible meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in November.The delegation of six…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A bizarre rule in a Chinese secondary school, necessitating its students to show a “toilet pass” for using a loo on campus has triggered a mixed reaction of humour and anger.According to the South China Morning Post, a video clip of the paper pass, stamped with the official seal of Yiwen School in Yangjiang city in southeast China’s Guangdong province, went viral after it was posted online.On the Chinese social media platform, Douyin, which is similar to TikTok, more than 5 million people have viewed the video.A member of staff at the school, according to SCMP, said…

[ad_1] Deepak Punia was against his childhood idol Hasan Yazdani in the 86-kg freestyle wrestling and had to settle for silver at the Hangzhou Asian Games, on October 7, 2023. Twitter/@Media_SAI Hasan Yazdani expectedly proved too good for Deepak Punia, who settled for a silver after losing by technical superiority to the Iranian legend in the men’s 86kg category as India’s wrestling campaign concluded at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on October 7 with six medals but without a gold. It was the second time that Deepak found himself up against his childhood idol Yazdani, the two-time Olympic medallist and eight-time…

[ad_1] Israelis inspect damage caused by a rocket attack from Gaza. Palestinian militants in Gaza unexpectedly fired dozens of rockets at Israeli targets early on Saturday, the Israeli army said.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesThe Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.As warning sirens wailed across southern and central Israel, including in Jerusalem, Israel’s military said it was on a war footing and the defense minister said the…

[ad_1] The sprawling banyan tree of Vachathi and the now-defunct well, some metres away, had borne witness that late afternoon on June 20, 1992, when a joint force of the forest, police and revenue deparments descended on the Malayali tribal village at the foothills of Sitheri Hills in Harur in Dharmapuri district, in an ostensible “crackdown on sandalwood logging”. The raid left in its wake, a trail of gendered violence, with the rape of 18 tribal girls and the pillage of a village. The events of June 20, 1992 and their aftermath in Vachathi, would set in motion a three -decade long…

[ad_1] People engaging in risky stunts on public roads to create content for social media platforms is a concerning trend that has emerged in India lately. In the pursuit of mere likes and shares, people jeopardize personal safety as well as of the other motorists on the road. Besides that, their actions set a dangerous precedent for viewers who may be inclined to replicate these stupid ‘stunts’ without understanding the real risks involved.In a recent such matter, a video of a youngster has gone viral on media in which he is seen attempting push-ups on a driverless, moving Hyundai Creta.…