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Photo: PTINepal Flash Floods: Death Toll Climbs to 1,385, Thousands Missing Across Central and Northern Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 11 (PTI) The death toll in Nepal due to the flash floods rose to 1,385 on Friday as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, while search and rescue operations continue for more than 5,000 missing people. The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26,…
Photo: TGCWeek-long campaign on suicide prevention begins
An awareness chariot was flagged off in Ranchi as a week-long suicide prevention awareness campaign that will continue till September 16 across the district began on Thursday. The campaign, organised as part of World Suicide Prevention Day initiatives, will include awareness programmes in schools and colleges promoting mental health awareness and encouraging people to seek…
Photo: TGCNearly one in three women are underweight in Jharkhand
Nearly one in three women in Jharkhand is underweight, while around 16.9 per cent are overweight and metabolic risks. The figure was cited during a state-level consultation on pre-conception care organised by the health department in coordination with Child In Need Institute (CINI) on Wednesday. According to the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023–24,…
Photo: AI Image‘Gambling With Our Lives’: Anthropic Researcher Resigns Over Reckless Race to Superintelligence
Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation on Wednesday, alleging that leading technology firms, including OpenAI, are acting irresponsibly in an unchecked race toward developing superintelligence and “gambling with our lives”. Top AI Scientists Admit Labs Lack Safeguards Against Superhuman Intelligence Coxon, who spent the past three years conducting pre-training research…
Photo: AgencyArgentina’s ‘Vanishing Sea’: Rare Low Tide
Viral videos claiming that the sea has mysteriously “disappeared” from Argentina are misleading. The ocean did not permanently dry up or vanish. Instead, coastal areas near Buenos Aires experienced an unusually dramatic and temporary retreat of seawater during an exceptional low-tide event in late August 2026. Videos circulating on social media showed large stretches of…
Photo: TGCDistrict health officials directed to strengthen VBD surveillance
District health officials in Jharkhand have been directed to regularly review disease-related data, identify emerging trends, ensure early detection and timely testing and treatment of patients. The directions were issued on the eve of a two-day state-level Vector Borne Disease (VBD) orientation programme being organised on Wednesday. Shashi Prakash Jha, mission director, National Health Mission,…
Photo: TGCProlonged power outages affect several areas in capital
Citizens of the capital were inconvenienced on Tuesday after the electricity department undertook cabling, maintenance and reconductoring in several areas. Residents, shopkeepers and other consumers had their household and commercial activities hindered as a result. Affected areas included regions under the Lalpur electricity division’s H B Road feeder of the Kokar Urban power sub-station, where…
Photo: PTIPG Operator Arrested Over Satya Niketan Tragedy That Left 7 Dead
A PG operator has been arrested in connection with the collapse of a five-storey building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan that left seven people dead, as police are probing the role of the leaseholders of the building on lease and the construction and repair work carried out there, sources said on Wednesday. Sudhanshu, one of the…
Photo: Representational AI Generated ImageUK Air Traffic Glitch Disrupts Operations: Nearly 300 Flights Cancelled Across Major Hubs
London (AP) — Nearly 300 flights were cancelled Tuesday because of a technical issue in the UK air traffic control system, the flight monitoring website Flightradar24 reported. Flight Operations Begin Steady Recovery Following Critical Air Traffic Glitch Britain’s National Air Traffic Services said earlier Tuesday afternoon that engineers were urgently working on the issue,…
Photo: AI ImageUpcoming India-Afghanistan T20I Series Set for Live Broadcast on Sony Pictures Networks
New Delhi: Sony Sports Network has acquired the exclusive television broadcast rights for the upcoming three-match T20I series between India and Afghanistan starting here on September 13. The two teams will play the first T20I on September 13, followed by the second and third matches on September 15 and 17 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium…
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