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Indian Navy warship is reportedly moving towards the distressed merchant vessel and is expected to reach the merchant ship in the next few hours. -An Israel-linked merchant ship, MV Chem Pluto, carrying crude oil was going towards Mangalore from a port in Saudi Arabia -The merchant ship carrying a large crew fleet, including 20 Indians, caught fire when hit by a suspected drone strike -The merchant vessel was reported to be present at 217 nautical miles off Porbandar coast, defence officials said -The Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Vikram, deployed on patrol of the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone started moving towards the merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto in distress -The Indian Navy warships in the vicinity are also moving towards the distressed vessel with around 20 Indian crew members, who are all reported to be safe -Indian Coast Guard Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft has established communication with the distressed vessel MV Chem Pluto.

₹6,164 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,126 and ₹6,247 per bbl during the session, against a previous close of ₹6,163 per barrel. -Crude is headed for its first annual drop since 2020 as surging production from the US and elsewhere counters efforts by the OPEC cartel to support prices through output cuts. The outlook for demand is also fragile, with the International Energy Agency forecasting that growth will slow sharply next year.

Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite. They found that certain are PAHs "likely to be formed in the cold areas of space between stars, rather than in hot regions near stars as was previously thought", Curtin University said in a report.

Pakistani rupee hit an all-time low, crossing the PKR 300 mark against the US dollar in August 2023. The country's foreign reserves with the State Bank of Pakistan (SPB) also dropped to an alarming level — at $3.1 billion in January 2023. The cash-strapped country struggled to unlock funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Mark Gurman suggested that Apple was in the process of creating its own AI model, with the central focus on a new framework named Ajax. The framework has the potential to offer various capabilities, with a ChatGPT-like application, unofficially dubbed "Apple GPT," being just one of the many possibilities.

president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Singh on Saturday stated that taking retirement is a personal call of an athlete and said he would refrain to speak on this matter. Earlier, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, a face of the wrestlers' protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, announced on Thursday that she is quitting wrestling.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reversed its ban on dealing with companies involved in digital tokens.

detained the flight after they received an anonymous tip-off that said the plane was carrying passengers "likely to be victims of human trafficking," the Paris prosecutors office was quoted by AFP as saying. According to the report, two men, who were among the passengers, were taken into custody on Saturday. "Identity checks are being carried on the 303 passengers and on the cabin crew," said the prosecutor's office.

OpenAI’s entrance marked a turning point, automating routine tasks and disrupting employment sectors like data entry and call centres. However, the AI wave also brought a surge of opportunities in data science, engineering, and machine learning, creating a new landscape of high-skilled jobs. Mint speaks with hiring experts to probe into AI’s impact on Indian jobs after its emergence.

Global NCAP conducts annual crash tests on several cars available in the Indian market. As reported by HT Auto, in the latest round of tests conducted in 2023, a notable achievement has been witnessed as five cars demonstrated exceptional safety performance. These vehicles not only met but surpassed the stringent safety standards set by Global NCAP, further emphasizing the industry's commitment to producing safer vehicles for the Indian market.

AFP quoted two maritime agencies. One of the vessels is an Israel-affiliated merchant ship, which was struck by the unmanned drone, causing a fire, within the vessel in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast. Indian Defense officials said that Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Vikram is moving towards a merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto in the Arabian Sea, 217 nautical miles off Porbandar coast, after it reported a fire incident suspected to be caused by a drone attack.

PTI report says that the star player may miss the IPL season 2024 too. ALSO READ: Hardik Pandya had ‘captaincy' condition for his return to Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma was in the loop: Report "There is no update on Hardik's fitness status as of now and one can say there remains a big question mark of him being available before the end of IPL," PTI quoted a BCCI source on condition of anonymity.

Siddaramaiah on Saturday clarified that they Karnataka Government has not reversed the Hijab Ban that the previous Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government had imposed on the state. CM Siddaramaiah said that the Congress government has only been contemplating lifting the Hijab ban in educational institutions in the state. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah informed that a decision on the same would be taken after discussions in the government level.

The United States government recently made a significant move by removing two key provisions from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that aimed to address Anti-Money Laundering (AML) concerns in the realm of cryptocurrency. This action marks a notable shift in the government's approach to regulating digital assets.

Recent discoveries from Graphika, a firm that specializes in social network research, have brought to light a troubling trend: the exponential development in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally undress persons in photographs, with a primary focus on women. During the month of September alone, this phenomena, which is sometimes referred to as «Nudify» or «undressing» services, reported that more than 24 million users engaged with such platforms, indicating a significant worry over privacy and safety.

Maha Vikas Aghadi, especially Shiv Sena (UBT), stands strongly behind senior Congress leader Sunil Kedar, Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said on Saturday, a day after the former minister was handed a five-year jail term by a court for misappropriation of funds in a cooperative bank. Taking a dig at its former ally BJP, Raut said many leaders in that party should be tried and convicted for such acts. «Because of the pressure on the judiciary, only those from the opposition are summoned (by Central probe agencies), arrested, and they face disqualification as lawmakers,» Raut alleged while speaking to reporters.

Twitter violated contracts by failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses that the social media company, now called X Corp, had promised its employees, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Mark Schobinger, who was Twitter's senior director of compensation before leaving Elon Musk's company in May, sued Twitter in June, claiming breach of contract.

social stability, security officials across China have shut down 34,000 online accounts for spreading rumours and punished more than 6,300 people since the start of a crackdown campaign in April. Over 4,800 cases have been handled, with more than 6,300 people punished, Li Tong, an official with the Ministry of Public Security said. Officials across the country have shut down 34,000 online accounts for spreading rumours, Li said.

Meanwhile, in a pivotal legal case, a judge has ordered Craig Wright to pay over $1 million, acknowledging new evidence pertaining to the enigmatic identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.

Legend Airlines did not officially respond to the allegations and Liliana Bakayoko, claiming to be the lawyer of the company asserted that the airline has not done anything wrong and “is at the disposal of the French authorities," a report by news agency AFP said. The lawyer added that a customer arranged for the charter of the plane and assumed the responsibility of authenticating the identity documents of every passenger. She noted that this customer shared the passenger details to the airline 48 hours before the scheduled flight.

ALSO READ: Rise of pirates in Red Sea to take toll on India’s exim business. Here are items that will turn costlier Maritime security firm Ambrey also informed that the “Liberia-flagged chemical/products tanker... was Israel-affiliated." ALSO READ: Red Sea News-Shipping Corp, other shipping, ports in focus as Red Sea route gets disrupted "Some structural damage was also reported and some water was taken onboard.