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Indian team pulls out of World Cadet Chess Championship due to safety concerns in wake of Israel-Hamas conflict

The Indian team has pulled out of the World Cadet Chess Championship scheduled to start at Sharm el Sheikh from tomorrow. This is in the wake of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, fearing it could jeopardise the safety of the players and officials. As many as 39 players from India were supposed to compete in the […]

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World Athletics nominate Neeraj Chopra for Athlete of the Year award for this year

World Athletics has nominated Neeraj Chopra for the Men’s Athlete of the Year award 2023. The global governing body of Athletics issued the statement announcing Neeraj’s nomination. Javelin thrower Neeraj is an Indian Olympic and World Championships Gold medalist. This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2023 World Athletes of the […]

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EU opens probe into X in test of new tech rules, pressure on TikTok, Meta

European Union industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X, the first under new EU tech rules, after earlier reprimanding the social media platform, TikTok and Meta for not doing enough to tackle the spread of disinformation following Hamas’ attack on Israel. All three platforms have seen a surge of […]

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Bangladesh won’t join any major global initiative before next polls: Foreign Minister

Bangladesh had initiated discussion to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to retain duty benefits once it makes the United Nations status graduation from a least developed country to a developing one in 2026. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that his country will not join any major global initiative before […]

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Israel calls for all civilians to leave Gaza City within 24 hours amid expected ground invasion

Israel’s military on October 13 called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, as it amassed tanks near the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground invasion. “Now is a time for war,” Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday as Israeli warplanes continued pounding […]

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Coal Ministry Organizes Cyber Security Workshop

As the October month is being observed as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Ministry of Coal organized a “Workshop on Cyber Security” here today to sensitize the PSUs and organizations under the administrative control of the Ministry about current cyber security challenges and adapt best cyber security practices to implement in their organizations. In his […]