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Dubai, Oct 5: In a bid to make a Guinness World Record, Dubai is all set to unveil the world’s largest fountain on October 22. The fountain will be located at the Pointe, a lifestyle and dining destination, and will be spread over 14,000 sq ft of sea water while its super shooter will be 105-metre tall and have over 3,000 LED lights. Omar Khoory, managing director, Nakheel Malls, said, “We look

New Delhi, Oct 5: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on Monday said it has completed the acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL) for an enterprise value of Rs 12,000 crore. The company acquired a controlling stake of 75 per cent in India's second-largest private-sector port and said the acquisition will accelerate the handling of 500 million tonnes (MT) throughput by 2025

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Infosys said on Monday it has completed the acquisition of Czech Republic-based GuideVision, an enterprise service management consultancy specialised in offering strategic advisory, consulting, implementations, training and support on the ServiceNow platform. Through the acquisition, Infosys further enhances its digital capabilities, strengthens Infosys Cobalt portfolio of cloud

Udupi, Oct 5: Who will fish out the dead body if a covid-19 positive person who ended life by jumping into a well? When the government officials and relatives of the deceased were hesitant to take any step, it was Good Samaritan Asif who travelled from Mangaluru to Karkala and fished out the body. Prasanna Acharya, a 46-year-old photographer, who had ended his life by jumping into a well near his

New Delhi, Oct 5: India has exceeded the 140 tests per day for per million population, as advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) for comprehensive surveillance, of COVID-19 by nearly six times, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday. "WHO in its Guidance Note on "Public Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19" has

Bengaluru, Oct 5: CBI is carrying out searches at 14 premises linked to Congress leader D K Sivakumar, his family members and his associates in an alleged corruption case. The development comes amidst preparation for upcoming bypolls in Karnataka. News agency reported that raids were underway at more than 15 premises of the KPCC chief DK Shivakumar and his brother, MP D K Suresh, including the

Bengaluru, Oct 5: With a 63.48% rise in cybercrimes, Karnataka has earned the ignominy of recording the highest number of such cases overtaking Uttar Pradesh last year. Altogether, police across the country registered 44,456 cases of cybercrime last year with Karnataka clocking 12,020 cases followed by Uttar Pradesh (11,416) and Maharashtra (3,604). Compare it with 2018 when 27,248 cybercrime

Riyadh, Oct 4: The Saudi Arabian authorities resumed on late Saturday the Umrah pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah, the kingdom's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said. Riyadh suspended the pilgrimage for foreign and domestic Muslims in March, after Saudi Arabia reported its first COVID-19 case. "The resumption of the Umrah pilgrimage will take place in four stages, during the first stage it will

Washington, Oct 4: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 34.7 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,031,500, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday, the total number of cases stood at 34,791,855 and the fatalities rose to 1,031,528, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. The US is the

Cairo, Oct 4: Egyptian authorities have unveiled a collection of 59 intact and sealed 26th Dynasty coffins, which were recently unearthed by an archaeological mission at the Saqqara Necropolis. On Saturday, the collection was unveiled in the presence of 60 ambassadors and international media representatives, the Al Ahram online newspaper said in a report. While 40 anthropoid painted coffins were