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On Wednesday morning, the apartment owner called Kovilan on his phone to ask about the delay in rent payment, but he did not pick up the call.                                                  Image used for representational purpose CHENNAI: The decomposed body of a 76-year-old man was found inside a drum at his house in Thiruporur on Wednesday morning. Police suspect a family dispute. His wife, Ezhilarasi (54) is missing and the police have launched a hunt for her. The deceased was identified as Valathi Kovilan from Villupuram. He was staying in an apartment with his wife in Alathur village. On Wednesday morning, the apartment owner called Kovilan on his phone to ask about the delay in rent payment, but he did not pick up the call. “At around 10 am, she reached the apartment to check on the elderly couple. The door was locked from the outside and there was a fou...

Protesters planned demonstrations after Swedish police permitted a protest Thursday in which an Iraqi Christian living in Stockholm kicked and stood on a Quran, outside of the Iraqi Embassy. Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Tahrir Square.  BAGHDAD: Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage Friday at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations following midday prayers to show their anger. In Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, protesters planned demonstrations after Swedish police permitted a protest Thursday in which an Iraqi Christian living in Stockholm kicked and stood on a Quran, Islam’s holy book, outside of the Iraqi Embassy. Hours before that, demonstrators in Baghdad broke into the Swedish Embassy and lit a fire to show their anger at his threats to burn the book. Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani has ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq and the withdrawal of the Iraqi charg...

China's authorities have consistently denied any form of state-sponsored hacking, saying China itself is a frequent target of cyberattacks. Beijing has called the U.S. "the empire of hacking."                 Chinese hackers have since May secretly accessed email accounts at 25 organisations Chinese hacking teams have been blamed by Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups for digital intrusion campaigns across the world, targeting everything from government and military organisations to corporations and media groups. Cybersecurity firms believe many of those groups are backed by China’s government. China’s authorities have consistently denied any form of state-sponsored hacking, saying China itself is a frequent target of cyberattacks. Beijing has called the U.S. “the empire of hacking.” Some of the Chinese hacking teams recently identified are: STORM-0558 Chinese hackers have since May secretly accessed email accounts at ar...

A young girl in Florida, who suffered severe burn injuries when a McDonald's Chicken McNugget fell on her leg in 2019, was awarded $800,000 in damages by a jury. The compensation covered her pain, suffering and mental anguish. Florida girl awarded $800,000 after she suffers burn from McDonald's Chicken McNugget An eight-year-old girl in Florida was awarded $800,000 in damages after she suffered severe burn injuries when a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget fell on her leg. According to a report with the BBC, the girl’s family had sought $15m in damages after the ‘dangerously hot’ McNugget burnt the minor, identified as Olivia Caraballo. The incident happened in 2019, when Olivia was four years old. The Chicken McNugget fell on her leg, leaving a scar, after she had opened her Happy Meal in the car at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Tamarac, near Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The Florida jury awarded compensation to Olivia, based on the pain, suffering and mental anguish she suffered. The...

The house of the main accused, who paraded two women naked in Manipur, was burnt down by miscreants. The viral video showed two naked women from another community and sparked an outrage.                                House of man who paraded Manipur women naked set on fire As the country seethes with anger over a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur, the house of the main accused, Huirem Herodas Meitei, was on Thursday burnt down by miscreants. Visuals showed a group of people, mostly women, setting the man’s house on fire. On Wednesday, a video emerged that showed women from one of the warring communities in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district being paraded naked by a mob from the other side. It soon went viral. The incident, which happened in a village in Kangpokpi district, took place a day after ethnic violence erupted in the northeastern state on May 3. However, the horrific foot...

Jaipur Earthquake: The earthquake occurred at around 4.09 am. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.                               3 Back-To-Back Earthquakes Hit Jaipur Within Half An Hour  Jaipur: Three earthquakes were felt in Jaipur in the early hours of Friday in a span of half an hour. The latest earthquake of magnitude 3.4 occurred at around 4.25 am, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. According to the NCS, it occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.4, Occurred on 21–07–2023, 04:25:33 IST, Lat: 26.87 & Long: 75.69, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India,” the National Center for Seismology (NCS) tweeted. Earlier the earth quake of magnitude 3.1 was felt at 4.22 am at a depth of 5 kilometres. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.1, Occurred on 21–07–2023, 04:22:57 IST, Lat: 26.67 & Long: 75.70, Depth: 5 Km...

The Walton Fire Department "extricated" and transported the teenager to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.                       Police said she was the only one in the car at the time of the accident. An 18-year-old student was killed in Kentucky, in the United States, after a truck tyre broke loose on a highway and crashed through the windshield, as per a report in People. Around midnight, Lauren Collins was travelling south on Interstate 75 close to the Ohio border when a truck tyre came loose on the southbound side of the road, according to a statement from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. “She was operating a white, 2012 Buick LaCrosse in the southbound lanes of I-75 at the time,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook. Further, the police “responded to the 176.5-mile marker on southbound 1–75 for a single vehicle collision” at around 12:15 am. They said that she w...

The UPSC examination is one of the toughest tests around. Recently, even ChatGPT failed to clear the first hurdle. What are the challenges faced by those preparing for it? UPSC aspirants attending the exam in 2021 in Coimbatore. Tamilvendhan R hails from a village in Thanjavur district. He was brought up by his single mother who is a daily-wage laborer. Presently working with a leading private firm in Chennai, Tamilvendhan is an IAS aspirant. Way back in 2018 when he set out with the ambition to crack the Union Public Service Commission Examination, he was an unemployed youth. It seemed like the odds were stacked against him. But Tamilvendhan was not to be deterred. He shifted to Chennai with the aim of fulfilling his dream. Civil Services. Thousands dream of cracking the prestigious exam each year to embrace a career that they believe offers them the power and privilege to change lives — including theirs — for the better. Tamilvendhan recalls the challenges he faced in his initial ...

On July 20, over two since the horrifying Manipur incident took place, four people were arrested – after a viral video of it went viral on social media. A combination of pictures from a screen grab of a viral video (L) shows the main culprit named Huirem Herodas Meitei of Pechi Awang Leikai holding the woman, who was arrested in the Manipur women video case, whereas the second picture shows him in police custody in connection with the incident, on Thursday.  It took more than a month for the FIR in connection with the sexual assault of two women in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 4 to be transferred to the relevant police station since the victims had reportedly fled their homes and had complained to the police in another district. On Thursday, over two since the horrifying incident took place, four people were arrested — after a viral video of it in which the women could be seen being paraded naked went viral on social media. “Four main accused arrested in the Viral Vide...

AT least 16 people were killed after a massive landslide hit Irshalwadi, a remote tribal village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, late on Wednesday night amid torrential rains.  Rescuers work at the landslide site in Raigad district, Maharashtra on Thursday MUMBAI: AT least 16 people were killed after a massive landslide hit Irshalwadi, a remote tribal village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, late on Wednesday night amid torrential rains. Over 100 people were rescued by the NDRF team, which had to halt search operations on Thursday evening due to downpour. Irshalwadi is a small hamlet located at the foothill of a mountain. There is no motorable road to reach the location. The region received 499 mm rainfall from July 17 to 19, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said. “Irshalwadi is one of the isolated locations. From the main road, it takes more than two hours to reach the spot, but the NDRF teams and local NGOs and trekkers rushed to the spot, rescued trapped people...