The fire brigade team suspects a short circuit in battery a reason behind the blaze. BHIWANDI: In yet another incident, an electric scooter (EV) caught fire in the Bhiwandi area of Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday . The incident took place in Brahman Aali area of Bhiwandi when the EV scooter was plugged in … Read more
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster Newsfirst reported on Wednesday, citing a former ambassador. Udayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan envoy to Russia who is related to Rajapaksa, said he will arrive in Sri Lanka on Aug. 24, … Read more
KYIV: As Russian forces fail to gain ground in eastern Ukraine and fortify defensive positions in the south, Ukrainian officials are warning of a buildup of Russian long-range missile systems to the north, in Belarus, which has served as a key staging ground for Moscow in the war. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the top commander of Ukraine’s … Read more
DUBAI: To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. “Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,” it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival. The Economist article ran through possible explanations of the obesity gap of 10 percentage points between … Read more
JAMMU: J&K’s electorate could swell by 20 to 25 lakh new voters after the ongoing special summary revision of electoral rolls, accounting for not just those who have turned 18 since the last update in 2019 but also the potential addition of people from other states living in the Union Territory and now eligible to … Read more
GHAZIPUR(UP): Three children died here after their mother allegedly gave them to drink tea laced with some poisonous substance following an argument with her husband, police said on Wednesday. According to the FIR, Sunita Yadav had come to her parents’ place at Dhadhani village following a dispute with her brother-in-law a week ago. Two days … Read more
Apple is expected to increase the price of the Pro models in its upcoming iPhone 14 lineup, according to details shared by an analyst. In an investor report, a Wedbush analyst has stated that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max could see a price increase of $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000), in comparison … Read more
“I don’t like him very much,” Hadi Matar said of Salman Rushdie. The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie said he respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by a fatwa issued by the former Iranian leader, according to a New York Post interview published on Wednesday. Hadi Matar also … Read more
SURAT: In a rescue operation undertaken in extreme weather and sea conditions Indian Coast Guard team from Daman airlifted 14 fishermen from a fishing boat Tulsi Devi off Valsad coast on Wednesday. The boat’s engine had failed on Tuesday within a few hours of it sailing and flooding in the boat was reported after which … Read more
File image of Dominic Thiem© AFP Dominic Thiem, the 2020 champion, and Grand Slam title winners Venus Williams and Sofia Kenin were among those named Wednesday as wild cards for the US Open main draw. The US Tennis Association announced the recipients ahead of the August 29 start of the year’s final Grand Slam tournament … Read more
