Kyiv: The Ukrainian government has suspended issuing and renewing passports for overseas military-aged men, Ukrayinska Pravda, a Ukrainian online newspaper, reported. According to a government decree, male Ukrainians aged 18 to 60, who are eligible for military service, now can receive Ukrainian passports only inside Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported. The new rules, which are valid till...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with state capital Bhubaneswar recording 41 degrees Celsius at 11:30am, officials said. Balasore also recorded 41 degrees Celsius, while Jharsuguda was at 40.4 degrees and Hirakud sizzled at 40.2 degrees, they said. The Meteorological Centre at Bhubaneswar predicted severe heatwave conditions in Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, SundErgarh, Mayurbhanj and Balasore...

New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's 'Nyay Patra'. In his two-page letter, he told the prime minister that he is being misinformed by his advisors about things that are not even written in the 'Nyay Patra' -- the Congress'...

New Delhi: Nearly one in four Indians (22 per cent) have said they recently came across political content they later discovered to be deepfake, a new report revealed Thursday. According to the cyber security company McAfee, about 75 per cent of Indians have encountered deepfake content, with most concerned about the potential use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered...

Seoul: North Korea Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthening ties with Russia on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first-ever summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim and Putin held their first summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok April 25, 2019, and also met at...

Patna: A JD(U) leader was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants in Punpun area on the outskirts of Bihar's Patna, police said Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Saurav Kumar. Another person accompanying him, Munmun Kumar, was injured in the firing, they said. “The incident took place around 12:15am Thursday when Saurav along with Munmun were returning...

New Delhi: Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai Thursday withdrew from the Delhi High Court his defamation lawsuit against former partner TMC leader Mahua Moitra as a 'peace offering'. Dehadrai had last year accused Moitra of taking bribes from businessman and Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament, which led to her expulsion from the Lok...

Mumbai: Malayalam superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran, who has been receiving critical and commercial acclaim for his recent release Aadujeevitham, celebrated his 13th wedding anniversary  Thursday. The superstar took to his Instagram and shared a picture with his wife, Supriya Menon. In the photo, both of them can be seen wearing sunglasses and embracing each other while enjoying a...

Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) Thursday claimed that it had provided the Calcutta High Court lists of around 5,300 appointees from the 2016 school recruitment panel whose appointments were suspect, and stated that the remaining 19,000-odd teachers were "likely to eligible". The commission also said it believed that the 19,000 teachers, whose appointments also...

Karachi: In a surprise development, Bismah Maroof, one of Pakistan's most high-profile women cricketers and former captain, Thursday announced retirement from all international cricket with immediate effect. Bismah, 32, was forced into a long break from cricket, first due to a fitness issue in 2020 and then after giving birth to a baby girl in August 2021....