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West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) officials on Thursday arrested two persons for allegedly possessing Brown sugar and other narcotic substances in Bidhannagar.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale struck the Leh district of Ladakh on Monday, as per the National Center of Seismology (NCS).

Three former organizers of Hong Kongs annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests were jailed on Saturday for four-and-a-half months after they were convicted of not complying with a national security police data request, reported Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP).

In a major success for the indigenous industry, the Indian Navy is going to place orders for acquiring more than 200 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles which would be equipped on all the frontline warships of the maritime force.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said that an absconding accused, wanted in connection with the chit fund scam to the tune of thousands of crore of rupees involving businessman Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, has been brought to India from Fiji.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): EC-Council today announced a worldwide USD 3.5 million scholarship fund to help train up qualified candidates for entry-level cybersecurity jobs as part of a workforce development program to address the critical cybersecurity workforce gap

Contraband yaba tablets worth about Rs 7.5 lakh has been seized from Assams Cachar district and two people were arrested, said officials on Wednesday.

Taxpayers will incur an extra USD 3.5 million on a component of the Entebbe airport expansion after a Chinese company failed to deliver work, Monitor reported.

Union minister Piyush Goyal said the Indian industry must be proud of their achievements, the countrys strong macroeconomic fundamentals, and about the reforms made in the past several years.

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 UAE President-Designate, on Wednesday emphasised the need to mobilise resources and partnerships towards bold and transformative approach to climate action