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A cereal for babies is being pulled off the shelves across Canada due to concerns over a rare bacterial illness that could potentially be fatal in infants.

Nigeria's government has fined Meta $220 million after its investigations found “multiple and repeated” violations of the country’s data protection and consumer rights laws on Facebook and WhatsApp

Maryland’s attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company, alleging a pattern of gender-based housing discrimination and sexual harassment that involved demands for sex in exchange for rent

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickups and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake

Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on widespread and mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the Philippines accusing them of venturing into crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnapping and m...

Rouse Avenue Court has extended the judicial custody of Manish Sisodia and other accused till July 26, according to news agency ANI.

Russian authorities say they have seized 500 crypto mining rigs in a raid on the Bitcoin (BTC) mining hotspot of Irkutsk.

VVIP chopper case passed away last month. Former IAF official Group Captain Navyath Santosh, who was charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) along with three other ex IAF officials, passed away on June 28. This was informed by his counsel, earlier this month, to the Delhi High Court. It is pertinent to mention here that even after over eleven years a probe was launched into the ₹3,600 crore VVIP chopper case and even after over a dozen chargesheets filed both by CBI and ED, the trial is yet to commence. According to the CBI, its investigation into the case is still not complete. The CBI had in December 2022 moved an application before the lower court seeking to segregate the trial in a bid to kickstart the trial. Vide the said application, the CBI had argued that the accused who have joined the probe cannot be denied their «right to speedy trial.» However, the application has not yet been decided. For the CBI moved the Delhi High Court in December 2022 challenging orders passed by the special CBI court permitting a co-accused to inspect documents not relied upon by the agency.

kanwar route to display owners' names, NEET paper leaks and spike in terrorist attacks in J&K echoed loudly at the all-party meeting called by the government on the eve of Parliament's monsoon session. The meeting was chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh and 55 leaders from 44 parties attended the gathering. Congress' Lok Sabha deputy leader Gourav Gogoi demanded that Deputy Speaker's post be given to the Opposition. He also raised NEET-NET paper leaks and internal security situations in J&K and Manipur. He strongly opposed the BJP-led UP government's unconstitutional order on kanwar yatra, worsening railway safety and Agniveer scheme, party leader Jairam Ramesh posted on X. Ramesh later said that leaders demanded that the Central Hall be opened again for MPs to mingle with each other. Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha floor leader termed UP's Kanwar order «unconstitutional». He said after the meeting: «This is a way to harass minorities and the entire Opposition is united on this issue.» CPIM leader John Brittas said the pilgrimage routes should not be used to divide the society. Most Opposition parties including RJD, CPI, AAP, IUML, AIMIM spoke strongly against the order. BJP's erstwhile ally SAD also criticised the order.

National Testing Agency (NTA) published the full results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024 on its website, the Centre has maintained its claim that there is no evidence of any large-scale irregularities in the examination. Preliminary analysis of the data indicated that the highest number of students with highest scores are from Rajasthan, with as many as 482 students securing 700 plus score. A similar score was secured by 205 students in Madhya Pradesh; 194 in Kerala and 184 in Uttar Pradesh. Government sources have rejected the apprehensions that irregularities may have taken place at other centres. Government sources have maintained that the «breach» of the examination paper was «localised» and occurred only at one centre in Bihar.«Despite the breach at one centre in Bihar and hiring seven solvers, the beneficiaries (students) of wrongdoing could not benefit substantially,» said a government official on the condition of anonymity.

India regarding the allegations of a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist in the US that involved an Indian government official has been «respectful» and «effective» because it's being held behind closed doors, according to Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor to the US president. In November last year, US federal prosecutors charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. Gupta, who was arrested in the Czech Republic in June last year, was extradited to the US on June 14. «We have had a constructive dialogue with India on this issue. And we have made it very clear where we stand on it and what we would like to see. And it's been respectful, and it has been effective, in my view, mostly because it is taking place behind closed doors,» Sullivan said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Friday responding to a question on allegations related to the assassination attempt on Pannun. India has denied the allegations but has constituted an internal investigations team to look into it.

Italy’s competition watchdog said thatit had opened an investigation into Google and its parent company Alphabet over suspected “unfair commercial practices” linked to user data consent requests sent to consumers. “The request for consent that Google submits to its users to the linking of the services offered may constitute a misleading and aggressive commercial practice,” the AGCM competition authority said in a statement.

one of the biggest IT outages affected several sectors and crippled services across the world, Microsoft on Saturday said that a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices.“While software updates may occasionally cause disturbances, significant incidents like the CrowdStrike event are infrequent. We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines," said Microsoft in a blog.Microsoft further added that while the percentage was small, the broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services.The tech giant said that they are working around the clock and providing ongoing updates and support.“Additionally, CrowdStrike has helped us develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix for CrowdStrike’s faulty update.

NTA) today released the centre and city-wise results for the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, following a Supreme Court directive. The results, initially announced on June 5, were re-released in this format due to ongoing Supreme Court hearings regarding alleged irregularities in the exam, including concerns about a possible paper leak. The NEET-UG exam, held on May 5, was administered at 4,750 centres across 571 cities, including 14 international locations, with over 24 lakh candidates participating. The Supreme Court had ordered that the results be published with masked identities to determine if candidates from centres under scrutiny scored differently compared to those from other locations. Direct link to check results: https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/common-scorecard/index

Surendra Singh Ahluwalia was acquitted in a 37-year-old corruption case by special judge Anil Antil on July 12, reported TOI. «Delay by any stakeholder or cog in the dispensation of the criminal justice system, be it by the investigating agency or by the unscrupulous devices adopted by the accused, not only causes miscarriage of justice, but the delay also becomes an instrument of inflicting a fatal blow on the efforts of justice dispensation,» said Justice Antil. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 1987 filed an FIR against Ahluwalia, who was at the time the chief secretary of Nagaland and three others — V Bhaskaran, manager of Bank of Baroda, Coimbatore, Inderjit Singh, Ahluwalia’s brother and Bank of Baroda manager in Kohima, and Nyamo Lotha for fraud, destruction of evidence, corruption and other crimes.

A 33-year-old Iranian woman who had been in the country less than two months was found dead inside a suitcase in St. John’s on Tuesday, according to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women’s artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team’s code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese Gymnastics Association said on Friday.

Washington, Jul 20, 2024 -CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind a massive global IT outage, is the leader in its sector, known for building software defenses for the cloud computing age and exposing Russian and North Korean threats. Based in Austin, Texas, the company was founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch and Gregg Marston.

President Javier Milei's office said Friday it had sent a senior official to the French embassy to explain that Victoria Villarruel's angry statement on social media was made in her personal capacity. FIFA has announced an investigation into the chants sung by Argentina players, including Chelsea and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 23, after they won the Copa America.

A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana