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The Nigerian Police Force has arrested Linus Williams, a well-known local crypto celebrity known as BLord, for alleged crypto fraud.

IREDA on Wednesday said the company will invest Rs 290 crore in a 900 MW hydroelectric power project in Nepal. The Board of Directors of IREDA gave in-principle approval for the equity investment at a meeting on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.

militants were killed, and three police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Cachar district of Assam on Wednesday. The militants were from Manipur. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, “In an early morning operation, @cacharpolice killed 3 Hmar militants from Assam and neighbouring Manipur. Police also seized 2 AK rifles, 1 other rifle and 1 pistol.” Cachar Superintendent of police Numal Mahatta told media persons, “We have intelligence that armed militants are moving in the border area and accordingly a police team was sent and during a Nakka checking three people were apprehended. They had AK 56 Rifle, a pistol and single barrel gun and ammunition with them. They were interrogated and during interrogation they revealed that some of their colleagues with sophisticated weapons are taking shelter in the foothills of Bhuban hills.”

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China get in lieu of support to Russia? The US is worried Russia could be passing on to China the knowledge it has gathered about American and European weapons being used in the Ukraine war. A bipartisan US congressional committee wants the Joe Biden administration to assess this issue. Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sent a letter to National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, requesting an assessment of the information that Russia has shared with the PRC regarding US weapons capabilities and those of the partners and allies.

Vivek Ramaswamy speaking at the Republican Party's National Convention promised illegal immigrants will be 'returned' to the country of their origin. «Our message to illegal immigrants is also this; we will return you to your country of origin. Not because you're all bad people, but because you broke the law and the United States of America was founded on the rule of law» the 38-year-old who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year. He was addressing the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

Jade City, a real-world asset (RWA) platform, is planning to launch its token by the end of the year, with the firm aiming to change the way precious commodities are accessed and traded.

Coal: The challenge in weaning away from coal for power generation (accounts for 75% generation, 50% carbon emission) lies in developing round-the-clock (RTC) alternate supplies at affordable prices. While solar tariffs are competitive, for the short to medium term, the complementing low-carbon capacities for RTC supplies are currently expensive (battery), or risk laden (hydel resources). The supply security in meeting the rising demand is equally important.

Indian CAPF and special commando force dogs are in France to provide a counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics slated to open next week, official sources said on Wednesday. The ten Indian K9 (canine) teams will undertake sniffing and patrolling duties at various venues that will hold events for the Paris Olympics. They have been given a special 10-week training for this first-ever kind of collaboration of canine squads between the Indian and the French government, a security officer told PTI. The teams along with their handlers are drawn from the central armed police forces (CAPFs) like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force apart from the elite federal contingency commando force National Security Guard (NSG) and the Assam Rifles.

Bank of America said Tuesday its profits fell in the second quarter, as higher interest rates ate into expenses, including its large consumer banking franchise

Though infrastructure is financed jointly by central, state and local governments through grants and transfers, the operational and maintenance costs must be met by the cities. However, these cities are already struggling with limited municipal revenues. Accordingly, the basic urban infrastructure in India is poorer than those in the OECD and BRICS nations.

Watertech startup Boon has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Spanish Roca Group Ventures, its first-ever investment in India, with participation from others. The fundraise was a mix of equity and debt. Cofounded by IIT Kanpur alumnus Vibha Tripathi and Advait Kumar in 2015, Boon (formerly known as Swajal) is a technology startup focused on remote water purifying, monitoring and dispensing products.

The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania connected to an electricity transmission system controlled b...

Indian national was among six people killed in a rare shooting attack by Islamic State militant group near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital. The shooting on Monday night near the Imam Ali Mosque also claimed the lives of one policeman and four Pakistan nationals, while injuring 28 others. «Following the shooting incident reported in Muscat city on July 15, Foreign Ministry of Sultanate of Oman has informed that one Indian national has lost his life & another is injured,» Embassy of India in Muscat posted on X Tuesday. «Embassy offers its sincere condolences & stands ready to offer all assistance to the families,» it said.

Former TV personality Carlos Watson has been convicted in a federal financial conspiracy case about collapsed startup Ozy Media

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it’s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, just weeks after the Commerce Department banned the use of the company’s software in the country

Unit-Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) combine insurance and investment. In ULIPs, a portion of your premium goes towards providing insurance coverage and the remaining is invested in market-linked funds.Non-insurance savings options include bank deposits, post office schemes, mutual funds, and stocks. Bank deposits are safe and offer fixed returns.

Kyrgyzstan has emerged with the deportation of illegal Pakistani citizens. Central Asia including Kyrgyzstan is not a usual destination for migrants. But the Kyrgyz national security council has recently detected the presence of several illegal migrants in the country and citizens from Pakistan and Bangladesh form the bulk of these illegal migrants. In April-May this year in the run up to the political crisis that also contributed to the aborted coup, the Kyrgyz security services deported 1500 Pakistani and 1000 Bangladeshi citizens staying illegally in the country, ET has learnt. Around 5,000 illegal migrants were detected in the country, alleged sources familiar with the developments.

Tata Steel protect local jobs at its Port Talbot plant, before it approves the 500-million ($635 million) lifeline offered by the previous administration for building a low-carbon facility. «Decarbonisation does not mean deindustrialisation,» new UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told ET in a response to email queries. «I will be working to safeguard jobs as part of negotiations, securing the future of steel-making communities for generations to come.» In September 2023, Tata Steel announced plans for a new low-carbon electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Wales factory, to be commissioned in 2027. The project entails investment of 1.25 billion jointly with the UK government, and thus hinges upon final approval of the grant.

₹100, and that of portfolio management services (PMS), for which investors need at least ₹50 lakh, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed a new asset class. With an entry ticket of ₹10 lakh, it would offer an attractive mix of risk and reward to investors who find MF strategies too conservative but PMS investments too aggressive.