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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a significant human trafficking network that deceived Indians into traveling to the war zone between Russia and Ukraine under the guise of providing lucrative jobs abroad. The agency is currently conducting searches at more than 10 locations across seven cities as part of its investigation. FIR Registered Against Visa Consultancy Firms and Agents Officials have revealed that the CBI has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against various visa consultancy firms and agents involved in the trafficking scheme. During the searches, several individuals have been detained, and an amount of Rs 50 lakh has been seized.

Leading British economic think tanks are warning that whoever wins the country’s general election this year will face some very tough choices on tax and spending if they want to make sure the public finances don’t deteriorate further

Hamas says negotiations over a Gaza cease-fire and the release of more Israeli hostages will resume next week, after a delegation of the Palestinian militant group left Cairo

CareEdge Ratings, a knowledge-based analytical group, whose parent company is Care Ratings. CareEdge Ratings expects the demand in the near term to remain subdued and no significant recovery in the segment during FY25. As per the report, in the medium term, CPD exports from India will be influenced by economic recovery in consumption markets, geopolitical landscape, and customer preference for diamond jewellery in the discretionary spending space. The entities with prudent debtors and inventory management are expected to sail the tough tide.

Vidhana Soudha demanding the government to respond to the pressing needs of the people," Surya said. Lambasting the Siddaramaiah government for attempting to address the issue "unscientifically", Surya in a Tweet on X also offered seven suggestions to the BWSSB for quick redressal of the issue.

We have entered a period of intensifying geopolitical rivalries and conflicts. Russia’s war on Ukraine is now in its third year; the Israel-Hamas conflict could still become a regional war; and the deepening Cold War between the US and China may yet turn hot over Taiwan later this decade. If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, the world will be even further destabilized.

South Africa has gone back to the United Nations’ top court seeking additional emergency orders for Israel to let more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip

The Middle East franchisee of Starbucks has begun firing some 2,000 staff at its coffee shops across the region after the brand found itself targeted by activists during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden caused “fatalities” Wednesday

Egypt has floated its currency and announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to increase its bailout loan to $8 billion

Israel and Hamas war has entered its fifth month. Skirmishes that inflated into a genocidal war Israel unleashed upon Gaza in retaliation has now killed over 30,000 Palestinians.

‘20 Indians have contacted embassy in Moscow’: MEA shares update One of the Indian nationals said they arrived in Russia on tourist visas on 27 December to celebrate the New Year. They had a visa for the Russia trip - valid for 90 days - but then travelled to neighbouring Belarus. "An agent offered to take us to Belarus...

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Wednesday amid persistent concerns over slowing demand this year, although steady production cuts by the OPEC+ and little de-escalation in the Israel-Hamas war heralded tighter supplies.

Congress government in Karnataka government to step in to regulate supply. The shortage hasn’t just affected the drinking water supply, but it has also had an impact on irrigation. Of the 14,700 borewells in Bengaluru, 6,997 have dried up, as per reports.

Indian Navy is set to commission Naval Detachment Minicoy as INS Jatayu today – March 6. The move aims to bolster security infrastructure at the strategically crucial Lakshadweep Islands, officials told PTI. Established in the early 1980s, Naval Detachment Minicoy operates under the command of the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Lakshadweep).

By Anjana Anil and Ashitha Shivaprasad

Cairo talks have been billed as a final hurdle to reach the first extended ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel- a 40-day truce during which Israeli hostages would be freed and aid pumped into Gaza — ahead of Ramadan, which is due to begin at the start of next week. «The delegation will remain in Cairo on Tuesday for more talks, they are expected to wrap up this round later today,» a Hamas official told Reuters. Egypt's Qahera television also reported the talks had been extended for a third day, but said they were «facing difficulties». Earlier, senior Hamas official Bassem Naim told Reuters the militant group had presented its proposal for a ceasefire agreement to the mediators, and was now waiting for a response from the Israelis, who have stayed away from this round. "(Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu doesn't want to reach an agreement and the ball now is in the Americans' court" to press him for a deal, Naim said.

HETTA, Finland (Reuters) — In the snows of Finland, Swedish and Finnish soldiers take part in NATO's biggest exercise since the end of the Cold War, intended to test the military alliance's ability to reinforce places such as the Nordic far north.

“Just terror on legs." That’s how filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki pictured Godzilla. His version of the cinematic monster both nods to the 1954 original and goes fully berserk with visual effects that have been honored with an Academy Award nomination—the first for a Godzilla picture, of which there’ve been dozens. The creature storms into Tokyo in Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus One," but the Japanese movie crept up on America.

Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis

Kyiv, Mar 05, 2024 -Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces destroyed a Russian military patrol ship in the Black Sea near annexed Crimea, the latest naval attack on Moscow's fleet in the key waterway. Kyiv also said it was behind a drone hit on an oil depot in a Russian border region, as Ukraine flexes its ability to strike Russia from the air and at sea with its troops struggling on the front lines. The Black Sea has been a vital battleground in the two-year war.