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Bengaluru, Mar 12: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, an official statement said. According to the Ministry of Law and Justice statement, Kamal has practiced for more than 23 years in the Karnataka High Court and subordinate courts at Bengaluru in civil, criminal, constitutional, labour, arbitration

Beijing, Mar 12: Ahead of the Quad summit on Friday, China said exchanges and cooperation between countries should contribute to mutual understanding rather than targeting a third party and refrain from pursuing exclusive blocs. US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will attend the virtual summit, which

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa got himself inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, and urged the people to join hands in making the country and the state coronavirus free. The 78-year-old leader was administered Bharat Biotech's Covaxin at the Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute Superspeciality Hospital here. Speaking to reporters after

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani has added more billions to his wealth than any one else in the world this year on the back of investor excitement around his ports-to-power plants conglomerate. The net worth of Adani, a first-generation entrepreneur who rarely speaks publicly, has jumped $16.2 billion (Rs 1,179.44 cr) in 2021 to $50 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This has made

Riyadh, Mar 12: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has confirmed May 17 (Shawwal 5 or four days after Eid al-Fitr) as the date for the resumption of international airports and the complete opening of airports all over the Kingdom. In a circular on Wednesday, the GACA informed all airlines operating from the Saudi airports about the change of the date mentioned in an earlier

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has rekindled the debate on chief minister post’s in Karnataka by stating that Dr C N Ashwath Narayan is fit to lead the state. Mr Gowda was speaking after launching the Mahashivarathri Utsav organized by the Dr C N Ashwath Narayan Foundation, at Malleswaram in Bengaluru last night. “Let Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan who is making

Mangaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy today announced honorary and book awards in different categories of Konkani literature for the year 2020. President of the academy Dr Jagadish Pai addressing a press meet here today, said, “the honorary awards for the year 2020 are awarded to Arun Subrao Ubhayakara for Konkani literature, Puttur Panduranga Nayak for Konkani art and Laxmi K Siddi

Kochi, Mar 12: After two women police officials on guard duty at Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Kochi revealed that the central agency compelled the gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh to name Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, now another accused Sandeep Nair has come out with a similar allegation against the investigators. Sandeep is the fourth accused in the case registered by ED

India Women's ODI captain Mithali Raj has become the first Indian batswoman to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket. She achieved the historic milestone in the third ODI against South Africa Women. Notably, Mithali is already the leading run-scorer in women's ODIs by a fair margin. In the second ODI, she went on to register most appearances in international cricket. 2nd in the world

Netflix Inc is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify they share a household with the account holder, the company said on Thursday, a move that could lead to a clampdown on sharing of passwords. A small number of Netflix users are receiving a message asking them to confirm they live with the account owner by entering details from a text message or email sent to the owner. Viewers can delay