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NEW DELHI: Government has ordered Google and Apple to remove seven Chinese battery management apps, including BAT-BMS, Lossigy and Epoch-i-ion, from their app stores after reports surfaced online that these were being misused to remotely disable battery-operated vehicles, including e-rickshaws.The order – against the backdrop of bans and takedowns since the Galwan confrontation in 2020…

JAMMU: The second batch of pilgrims departed the Yatri Niwas base camp for the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji early Friday. As a precautionary measure, J&K administration issued an advisory late Thursday, warning that non-registered yatris would not be allowed to undertake the yatra.Of 3,865 pilgrims in the second batch, 1,735 left via…

TMC draws battle lines after rival faction seizes party office (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday accused the rival faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee of illegally taking control of the party’s organisational headquarters in Kolkata, calling its members ‘criminal trespassers’ and warning of legal action.The party also said it had…

Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: India-headquartered Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) has selected 15 early-career researchers from leading universities and research institutions across the world for its Global Biofuel Champion Fellowship.The fellows will each receive a $15,000 research grant and work with the Alliance over the next two years to advance research, knowledge exchange and international…

Ritabrata faction takes control of party HQ as rebellion intensifies The battle for control of the Trinamool Congress intensified on Friday after the rebel faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee took control of the party’s organisational headquarters in Kolkata. The move came a day after the faction approached the Election Commission, staking its claim…

MEA urges Venezuela to look into the death of Indian sailor whose organs were alleg NEW DELHI: India has urgently requested Venezuelan authorities to investigate the alleged desecration of an Indian sailor’s body after his family claimed all vital organs were removed before his mortal remains were repatriated.“We have taken up the matter with Venezuelan…

There is a confidence that some places carry without effort. Not the confidence of the new or the loud, but something quieter and harder to manufacture. The kind that comes from having nothing to conceal and no particular interest in concealing it. At Zolocrust, this confidence is built into the walls. The kitchen is open…

The LPG tanker was travelling from Kanpur towards Pratapgarh when it allegedly lost control, struck the central divider, overturned and rammed into the toll plaza The incident occurred at around 7am on Friday at the Sihori Toll Plaza under Kokhraj police station limits, about 16 kilometres from the district headquarters. The LPG tanker was travelling…

Maharashtra’s Uniform Civil Code: Committee to draft legislation in two weeks NEW DELHI: Maharashtra government on Friday announced that it will set up a committee within two weeks to draft the legislation for the Uniform Civil Code. “The committee to draft the legislation for the Uniform Civil Code is in process and will be set…

Opposition writes to CJI, raises concerns over SIR NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Friday said that 24 Opposition parties and an Independent MP had written to the Chief Justice of India over concerns related to the Election Commission of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and other election-related issues.Sharing the contents of…