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Bengaluru, Jan 29: An aspiring chartered accountant is accused of peddling drugs. Vishruth N Raj, 27, working at a CA’s office, allegedly started peddling drugs to make a quick buck, police said, adding they have seized 1.2 kg of hashish oil and three kg of ganja from him. Both of these items are banned. Raj, a resident of Dwarakanagar in Channasandra in East Bengaluru, had enrolled on a CA course

Los Angeles, Jan 28: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that the world must prepare for the next pandemic as it would for war, including the investment of tens of billions of dollars each year, in a letter released Wednesday. "We can't afford to be caught flat-footed again," wrote the Microsoft co-founder and his wife Melinda in an annual missive. "The threat of the next pandemic

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on January 28 extended the ongoing travel and visa restrictions for international commercial passenger services till February 28, 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/6dUwhvaWr5 — DGCA (@DGCAIndia) January 28, 2021 However, the DGCA exempted international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by it earlier

Kolkata, Jan 28: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly underwent a second round of angioplasty on Thursday and two stents were inserted in coronary arteries. Speaking to media, sources close to the former India skipper confirmed that he underwent a successful angioplasty. "Two stents have been fitted and the angioplasty is successful," the source said. The

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Centre for not doing anything to curb TV programmes which have instigating effect and said that control over such news is as important as some preventive measure and to check law and order situation. Referring to the internet shutdown in some areas of Delhi on January 26 when the tractor parade by farmers protesting against three new farm

New Delhi, Jan 28: Delhi Police has issued notices to at least 20 farmer leaders on Thursday for breaching the agreement with police regarding the farmers' tractor rally on the Republic Day. The notice was served by the police to farmer leaders including Yogendra Yadav, Baldev Singh Sirsa and Balbir S Rajewal and asked them to give a reply within three days, informed Delhi Police. The police are

Lucknow, Jan 27: Three local journalists working with a news channel have been accused of public mischief and criminal intimidation in an FIR filed against them for airing a news report on school children allegedly exercising in biting cold conditions without winter wear at a government function, a police official said. The FIR lodged by a Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), an official who takes care

New Delhi, Jan 27: Farmers' body Samyukta Kisan Morcha Wednesday alleged "antisocial" elements like actor Deep Sidhu attempted to "torpedo" their peaceful agitation under a conspiracy, but asserted they won't allow "the government and other forces inimical to the peaceful movement to break this struggle". The morcha, which represents 41 farmer unions, has called an emergency meeting later in the

New Delhi, Jan 27: Twitter on Wednesday said it suspended more than 300 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation as the farmers' tractor rally went violent in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day. The farmers swarmed the Red Fort and waved farmer union flags from its ramparts. They even hoisted farmer union flags as well as a pennant with a Sikh religious symbol from a flagpole

California, Jan 27: Google-owned YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and media companies in the last three years, according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. According to an Oxford Economics report, YouTube's creative ecosystem contributed approximately $16 billion to the US GDP in 2019, supporting the equivalent of 345,000 full time jobs. "The UK in 2019 saw approximately 1.4