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Supreme Court on Tuesday issued directions for ensuring burial or cremation of bodies lying in mortuaries in Manipur, where ethnic clashes had claimed several lives in May. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud noted that a report filed by the apex court-appointed all-woman committee of former high court judges, headed by justice (retd) Gita Mittal, has indicated the position of the bodies that are lying in mortuaries in the northeastern state. The bench, also comprising justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said the report indicated that 169 of the 175 bodies have been identified while six have not been identified.

Business daily Dagens Industri reported Monday morning that electric automaker, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish government's Transport Agency due to a workers' strike impeding the issuance of license plates for its new vehicles, as per a report by the on Monday.

Kobbi Shoshani, on Sunday expressed solidarity with the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks saying that the «DNA» of both India and Israel to fight against terrorism is the foundation of a strong bond between the two nations. He also drew a comparison between the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai with the recent October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Speaking to ANI, Shoshsaid, «26/11 saw terror being unleashed on innocents. This is the feature of terror attacks all over the world, this is a systematic work.

World Cup final loss against Australia, said he has “never seen" any head of state offering this kind of moral support to a national team after their defeat. The gesture by the prime minister will lift the morale of Indian players and encourage them to perform stronger in future tournaments, said Sehwag, who was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian squad. “It is very rare for a prime minister to meet players in the dressing room and lift their spirits after a crushing defeat.

Stuart Seldowitz, former National Security Council advisor to ex-US President Barack Obama, has been arrested in New York City on charges related to the harassment of a street vendor. Viral videos captured Seldowitz making Islamophobic remarks against a halal food cart worker in Manhattan. In a display of solidarity, people gathered outside the vendor's cart, purchasing food to support him.

By Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin and Krystal Hu

OpenAI of ChatGPT fame have been one too many since it declared chief executive officer Sam Altman’s sacking last week. The latest is Altman’s Wednesday reinstatement as CEO, a position he will be taking over from Emmett Shear, who was appointed on Sunday.

Kalita on Tuesday said that there have been traditional legacy issues between communities in Manipur, now both communities are completely polarised, more than 4000 looted weapons are still in the hands of people, so they are being used and sporadic incidents continue. There has to be a political resolution to this conflict. Kalita who was in Gauhati Press Club on Tuesday said, “Our aim initially in Manipur was to carry out rescue and relief operations for the people who have been displaced from their houses.

OpenAI's ongoing operations and its partnership with Microsoft. Amid significant leadership transitions, Altman's tweets reflect an undeterred focus on the organisation's mission and its collaboration with the tech giant. In one of the tweets, Altman underscored the shared priority between himself and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to ensure the flourishing future of OpenAI.

Iran denied Israeli claims that it was involved in the seizure of a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the southern Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday at a press conference. On Sunday, Israel said the incident was an «Iranian act of terrorism» with consequences for international maritime security. The Houthis, an ally of Tehran, have been launching long-range missile and drone salvoes at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian Hamas militants fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Israel said on Sunday that Yemen's Houthis had seized a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the southern Red Sea, describing the incident as an "Iranian act of terrorism" with consequences for international maritime security. The Houthis, an ally of Tehran, have been launching long-range missile and drone salvoes at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian Hamas militants it has been battling in the Gaza Strip since Oct 7. Last week, the Houthi leader said his forces would make further attacks on Israel and they could target Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a ship — which it did not name — had been seized, and stressed that Israel was not involved in its ownership, operation or the make-up of its international crew. «There were no Israelis on the ship,» it said. «This is another Iranian act of terrorism that represents an escalation in Iran's belligerence against the citizens of the free world, with concomitant international ramifications vis-a-vis the security of global shipping routes.» The Israeli military said in an earlier statement the ship seizure took place in the Red Sea.

Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, in the wake of the October 7 terror attacks, Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan came up with a shocker on Saturday, saying that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu «should be shot and killed without a trial». Speaking at a rally to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine in Kasargod, Kerala, amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Congress leader openly advocated the "Nuremberg model" (invoking the trial of Nazis in Nuremberg for the holocaust) against the Israeli PM. «You can ask what should be done to those who break all agreements under the Geneva Convention. After the Second World War, there was something called the Nuremberg trials for bringing those (Nazis) guilty of war crimes to justice.

A state government statement stated that the recent statement by ITLF has no legal or Constitutional basis. “This irresponsible statement appears to be motivated and aimed at vitiating and disturbing the law-and-order situation in the State.“ It added that the meeting of ruling legislators held on Thursday strongly condemned the statement of ITLF.

Diwali, the festival of light on Monday, the valley districts of violence-hit Manipur erupted into a total blackout in the evening for 10 minutes from 6 to 6.10 pm as people, responding to the call of a civil body, turned off electric lights to show solidarity with the victims of the ongoing conflict. Divergent to the previous years, the valley districts, this time, witnessed no grand Diwali festivities though the Meitei Vaisnavites observed the day at their respective residences in low key with worshipping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune. The same symbolic way of showing solidarity with the strife victims will also be seen on Ningol Chakkouba, the biggest festival of Manipuri women which falls on Wednesday as the people have declared to forgo it. On Ningol Chakkouba day Meitei women, particularly the married ones, attired in their best traditional clothes, move to their natal homes and enjoy a bunch of mouth-watering fish dishes with their siblings and parents.

Indian Army exchanged sweets with their Pakistani counterparts on the occasion of Diwali on Sunday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. However, there was no traditional exchange of sweets and pleasantries between the two sides along the International Border (IB), the officials said, attributing it to the tense situation following the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers that left a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan dead.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday in Tel Aviv that the international community should focus on limiting the impact of military operations in Gaza on the civilian population.

By Hannah McKay and Natalie Thomas

Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in the Scandinavian country have

Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers' union IF Metall walked out on October 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular electric cars are serviced.

abduction of two teenage youths, security forces have arrested two people in Manipur. The abduction has fuelled fresh tension in restive Manipur. Two suspects, Lhunkhosei Chongloi and Satgohgin Hangsinh were apprehended following an intensive investigation by the authorities.

Rashmika Mandanna sashaying into an elevator, wearing a little black dress with a plunging neckline, sparked outrage online, when it was found to be an AI generated deepfake. From fans to Bollywood bigshots like Amitabh Bachchan, many people came to her defence. The 'Pushpa' star finally opened up about the traumatic experience on Monday. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), she revealed that the entire ordeal had been really «scary» for her, both as an actress as well as a woman. «I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online. Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only for me, but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused. Today, as a woman and as an actor, I am thankful for my family, friends and well wishers who are my protection and support system. But if this happened to me when I was in school or college, I genuinely can’t imagine how could I ever tackle this,» reads her post. She ended with an urgent plea to the public to take stringent action against perpetrators.