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A 10-year-old boy is in police custody after confessing to shooting a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter, police say.

World Health Organization (WHO) has found no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer. The analysis, covering studies from 1994 to 2022, concluded that despite the rise in mobile phone usage, there hasn't been a corresponding increase in brain cancer incidence. This review was conducted by 11 investigators from 10 countries. The review assessed the effects of radiofrequency used in mobile phones, as well as in TVs, baby monitors, and radar. Co-author Mark Elwood, professor of cancer epidemiology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, said, «None of the major questions studied showed increased risks.» The researchers investigated cancers of the brain in both adults and children, as well as the pituitary gland, salivary glands, and leukemia. They looked into risks linked to mobile phone use, base stations, or transmitters, and occupational exposure.

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Rajasthan government might cancel the 2021 sub-inspector recruitment exam after it was revealed that there was a widespread paper leak, which has also led to 66 arrests so far. The government could use the state police's special operations group (SOG) report submitted to the home department to cancel the hiring test, sources said to TOI on Tuesday. SOG is probing multiple allegations of rigged hiring exams for teachers, SIs, junior engineers, and forest guards, all managed by Rajasthan Public Service Commission.

Nvidia as it deepens its probe into the AI heavyweight's antitrust practices, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation. The antitrust watchdog had previously delivered questionnaires, and has now sent legally binding requests to Nvidia, the report said, adding that other companies had also received subpoenas. Officials are concerned that the chipmaker is making it harder to switch to other suppliers and penalizes buyers that do not exclusively use its artificial intelligence chips, the report said.

Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after being allegedly doused with petrol and set on fire by her former boyfriend. The attack occurred on Sunday at her home in Endebess, western Kenya, where she had been training. Both individuals are undergoing treatment for severe burns at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Local police are investigating the incident, which is part of a worrying trend of violence against female athletes in Kenya. Cheptegei, 33, had returned home from church with her two children when the incident took place. According to local police chief Jeremiah ole Kosiom, neighbors rescued her after hearing a quarrel outside the house, during which the alleged attacker poured a liquid on her before setting her ablaze. The attacker also sustained serious burns during the altercation. «The couple were heard quarrelling outside their house. During the altercation, the boyfriend was seen pouring a liquid on the woman before burning her,» Kosiom explained to journalists.

The latest round of earnings has turned Bank of Nova Scotia’s analysts and portfolio strategists optimistic on the outlook for Canadian bank stocks.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a nearly ₹10 lakh fixed deposit of an accused in the alleged leak of medical entrance exam question paper, people in the know said. The agency had launched a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on an FIR registered by CBI. It had issued summons to some of the accused. After conducting a preliminary investigation and identifying the alleged proceeds of crime, it attached the fixed deposit of one of the accused, the people said. The probe is continuing, and the agency is likely to attach the assets of more co-accused in the near future, they said. Last month, the Supreme Court, refusing to order a retest of the NEET-undergraduate examination, told the National Testing Agency that it «cannot afford to misstep, take an incorrect decision and amend it at a later stage». Instead, it should maintain the «highest standards of security and reliability» in conducting important competitive examinations, the top court told the testing agency that conducts the NEET and several other competitive exams.

West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a new bill, the Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, even as the opposition continued their clamour for chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation. Law minister Moloy Ghatak introduced the new Bill. «The new bill includes certain amendments and aims to expedite investigation, ensure fast justice delivery and enhanced punishment,» Mamata Banerjee said in the House. Speaking on the bill, which seeks to make amendments in relevant provisions under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Mamata Banerjee said, «It was a matter of shame that the Prime Minister could not do what her government did». Demanding the resignation of the PM and the Union home minister, Banerjee said: «I have written two letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wanted a stringent law on rape but there was no reply from the PM.»

THDC India Ltd on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government for six pumped hydro storage projects of 6,790 MW capacity that entails an investment of more than Rs33,600 crore. The agreement will facilitate in conducting surveys, investigations, and preparation of detailed project reports as well as in establishing projects in a time-bound manner. This initiative will enable THDC to harness the untapped potential of pumped storage projects in Maharashtra, the government said. The six planned projects under this agreement are the Malshej Ghat pumped storage project of 700 MW, the Aruna project of 1,950 MW, the Kharari project 1,250 MW, the Humbarli Birmani project of 1,000 MW, the Aruna Kolamb project of 1,200 MW, and the Morawadi Majarewadi project of 690 MW.

Supreme Court has directed the registrar general of the Madras High Court to furnish a report following a claim by the Central Bureau of Investigation that a Madras High Court judge passed a single line order in its case but made the detailed order available after he demitted office. A division bench of justices Abhay Oka and Augustine George Masih was informed that the operative portion of the judgment was delivered before the judge retired. But the detailed judgment was made available on the high court website only after Justice T Mathivanan demitted office in May 2017. The judgment pertained to quashing a corruption case filed by CBI against an IRS officer.

Maoists, including six women, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, taking the total number of killings in the state this year to an all-time high of 154 deaths (in graphics). The gunfight broke out at around 10.30 am in the forests along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, said inspector general of police, Bastar range, Sundarraj P. Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and the Central Reserve Police Force were involved in the operation, which was launched based on inputs about the presence of Maoists belonging to its west Bastar division unit, according to CRPF officials. The intermittent exchange of fire lasted for a long time, following which bodies of nine Maoists in 'uniform' were recovered from the spot, they added. A huge cache of weapons was also seized from the encounter site. Union home minister Amit Shah, during his three-day visit last month, had said that the government is committed to completely eradicating Maoism from the country before March 2026. Shah has also sought the creation of a special investigation agency in states for probe and prosecution on the lines of National Investigation Agency and has urged Chhattisgarh government to come up with a new surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy.

Cathay Pacific has canceled nearly 70 flights since Monday after an engine issue forced a flight heading to Zurich to turn back around to Hong Kong, according to the BBC

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Atlas Cycles, Salil Kapoor, has allegedly committed suicide at his home in Lutyens Delhi on Tuesday. Police officials reported that Kapoor's body was discovered around 1 pm near the puja room of his house on Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road by his manager with a gunshot wound. A note recovered at the scene mentioned a «financial burden» as the reason for his actions. According to police, Kapoor shot himself in the head using a licensed revolver. His family, including his wife and three children, were staying separately at the time. Kapoor's manager and his family lived with him in the three-storey building. «Kapoor was immediately rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead,» said a police officer.

A former top official at South Africa’s state-owned passenger railway company has received a 15-year concurrent prison sentence for faking his engineering qualifications and other cases of fraud

Officials say Lebanon’s controversial former central bank governor has been detained after being questioned in several corruption cases

Sandip Ghosh was remanded in eight-day police custody by Alipore Judges Court on Tuesday. This followed his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of financial misconduct. Three others were also detained alongside Ghosh, including his security guard and two vendors who supplied materials to the hospital. The arrest is connected to the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the body of a female medic, a victim of rape and murder, was discovered on August 9. The CBI's investigation stems from the Calcutta High Court's August 23 order, transferring the case from a state-formed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the federal agency. Ghosh was the second person arrested in connection with this case, following the earlier detention of a civic volunteer by the Kolkata Police. The opposition BJP asserted that this development exposed efforts by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government to cover up the former principal's wrongdoings. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh acknowledged that the state health department could have acted sooner to avoid the current situation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month announced tariffs of 100 percent on Chinese EVs, accusing Beijing of «not playing by the same rules as other countries» in areas like environmental and labour standards. The United States and the European Union have also respectively slapped tariffs of 100 percent and 36 percent on Chinese EVs, arguing that Beijing unfairly subsidises domestic producers whose products then flood foreign markets and undercut local competitors.

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Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), which had recently saved 67 lives during cyclonic weather in Gujarat, was forced to make an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea during a rescue operation about 45 km from Porbandar. The incident occurred around 11 pm on Monday while the helicopter was conducting a medical evacuation for a seriously injured crew member aboard the Indian-flagged Motor Tanker Hari Leela, in response to a request from the vessel's Master. The helicopter took off around 11 pm on Monday. As it approached the vessel, the chopper had to make an emergency landing at sea. The Indian Coast Guard has stated that the cause of this emergency landing is still under investigation. The helicopter was carrying four aircrew members. One crew member has been recovered from the crash site, but the search for the remaining three continues. The wreckage of the aircraft has been located.