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Direct air route connecting Israeli, Vietnamese capitals announced

Tel Aviv, Aug. 12 -- A direct air route linking Tel Aviv, Israel, with Hanoi was announced at a ceremony held in the Israeli capital on August 12. Accordingly, Arkia Israeli Airlines plans to operate ... Read More


Singapore flags rising risk of Chikungunya transmission

Singapore, Aug. 12 -- Singapore is at risk of chikungunya transmission as the number of reported cases this year has more than doubled compared to last year, the country's Communicable Diseases Agency... Read More


Govt cuts palm oil price, soybean oil price unchanged

, Aug. 12 -- The government has fixed the price of palm oil at Tk 150 per litre reducing it by Tk 19 and kept the price of soybean oil unchanged. The decision was taken in response to falling prices ... Read More


Low pressure over Bay of Bengal likely to bring heavy rains to Odisha: IMD

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 12 -- A low-pressure area is likely to form over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, bringing heavy rainfall across Odisha over the next few days, the India Meteo... Read More


Japan's TDK Ventures invests in Ultraviolette

Bengaluru, Aug. 12 -- Japanese deep-tech investor TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of TDK Corporation, has invested in Bengaluru-based Ultraviolette Automotive to accelerate the electri... Read More


CEO Demis talks about capacity of AI in a 'Google for Developers' podcast

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis pointed out that models like 'Google Gemini' still need to become more advanced to achieve the full capacity of Artificial General Intelligence... Read More


Phone Conversation with PM Modi 'important', Russia redeploying troops : Ukrainian President

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday as ''important'' and said they had discussed in gre... Read More


SC flags 'loophole' allowing convicted leaders to float parties, says rights can't be curtailed by default

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court today indicated that the constitutional right to form an association cannot be curtailed merely because a person has been disqualified from certain statutory ri... Read More


Soldier dies after falling into gorge along LoC in Baramulla

Srinagar, Aug. 12 -- A soldier lost his life after slipping into a deep gorge along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today. They said the incident ... Read More


MBBS student molested near BHU library, three former students in custody

Varanasi, Aug. 12 -- An MBBS student of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was allegedly molested near the university library in the early hours today. The incident occurred while she was returning from s... Read More