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India emerging as favourable destination for clinical trials: Report

India is emerging as a favourable destination to conduct clinical trials, according to a report released by PwC India and the US-India Chamber of Commerce (USAIC) on Wednesday.

May 3, 2023

12-year-old boy mauled to death by stray dogs in Bareilly

A 12-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in C. B. Ganj area in Bareilly while another child was also injured.

May 3, 2023

Twitter lets emergency, transport agencies to access its API for free

Twitter on Wednesday backtracked on its decision to put its application programming interface (API) behind a paywall, and will allow emergency and transportation service providers to access its APIs for free.

May 3, 2023

Body of missing Australian man found inside crocodile

The body of a man who went missing in Australia's Queensland state while fishing with his friends, was found inside a crocodile, a media report said on Wednesday.

May 3, 2023

5 people missing in Nepal avalanche

Four women and a man were reported missing following an avalanche in Nepal's Darchula district, a local official said.

May 3, 2023

'Anurag Thakur tried to suppress the matter', alleges Vinesh Phogat amid protest

India's ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who has been protesting at the Jantar Mantar here with other top grapplers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has alleged that Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur tried to suppress the matter by forming an oversight panel instead of taking concrete action.

May 3, 2023

SC collegium brushes aside IB's objection, recommends Parsi lawyer as judge for Bombay HC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended a Parsi lawyer for appointment as a Bombay High Court judge, declining to consider an objection by intelligence bureau (IB) that he was a junior to an advocate who wrote an article expressing concern over alleged lack of free speech in the country.

May 3, 2023

NIA raids 12 places in J&K in PAK-backed terror conspiracy case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday was conducting raids at 12 places across Jammu and Kashmir.

May 2, 2023

BJP is delaying assembly polls in J&K; Omar Abdullah alleges, says Saffron Party's defeat imminent [details]

A day after the National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah raised doubt about the intention of the Union Government to hold elections in J&K his son Omar Abdullah said that the defeat of the BJP is imminent.

May 2, 2023

Chargesheet filed against Gujarat conman Kiran Bhai Patel in Srinagar Court [details]

The fake PMO officer was earlier handed over to Gujarat's Crime Branch in other fraud cases in the state. On April 24 Gujarat Police handed over the fraud to J&K Police.

May 2, 2023

Go First cancels all flights on May 3-4 amid financial crunch; bookings halted for two days [details]

The airline is currently facing financial difficulties due to non-supply of engines by Pratt & Whitney (P&W), which has led to the grounding of 28 planes.

May 2, 2023

Karnataka Congress President Shivakumar's chopper hit by vulture, made an emergency landing

A chopper, in which Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar was flying, made an emergency landing after it was hit by a vulture in the sky on Tuesday in Kolar district of Karnataka.

May 2, 2023

Rs. 1 Cr cash awards offered in Kerala for proving 'The Kerala Story' film plot true

Amid the controversy surrounding the upcoming film "The Kerala Story", the youth wing of a leading state party and two individuals separately promised cash awards for those who prove its storyline correct and provide facts.

May 2, 2023

Palestinian boy mauled to death by lion in Gaza zoo

A six-year-old Palestinian boy was mauled to death by a lion at a private zoo in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run police force in the besieged enclave.

May 2, 2023

Godfather of AI leaves Google, speaks about dangers of superintelligence [details]

Geoffrey Hinton believes that chatbots could soon overtake human consciousness levels

May 2, 2023