Month: April 2025

[ad_1] CHENNAI: A casual phone call from her aunt in Singapore exposed the sexual abuse a young girl in Chennai had been facing and last week a trial court sentenced her father to 20 years in jail.In April 2018, while the then five-year-old girl’s mother was away at work, her father, a builder, sexually abused the child while helping her bathe.Initial complaints by the child led to frequent fights between the parents, promptingher to remain silent to avoid further discord. However, her mother later realised that the abuse continued in her absence. She sent the child to a relative’s house in Mannargudi, about 300km from Chennai. There, a casual callfrom the mother’s elder sister, who lives in Singapore, changed everything.During the conversation, the child told her aunt she was “finally happy” as she no longer faced “torture”. Alarmed, the aunt […]

[ad_1] LUCKNOW: The UIDAI's backend system has rejected a fraudulent Aadhaar demographic update made in Brajesh Pathak's name on Sunday. The rejection occurred due to invalid identity documentation and discrepancies in the update form details, reports Arvind Chauhan. This rejection follows a TOI exposé that revealed a network of intermediaries who exploit vulnerable individuals by using counterfeit documents to facilitate Aadhaar enrolment or demographic updates.The UIDAI Lucknow region's deputy director general, Prashant Kumar Singh, explained that their robust backend verification system automatically identifies and rejects any fraudulent documents or false enrolment attempts for Aadhaar demographic or biometric updates."The fake Brajesh Pathak Aadhaar enrolment was bound to be rejected by our backend system, as there was no way that iris would have matched with the Aadhaar number," he added.Besides, the Ratan Square property owner has issued an eviction notice to the […]

[ad_1] A stunning image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has unveiled a long and winding trail on the Martian surface, marking the path of Curiosity, NASA's rover. The photograph, taken on February 28, 2025, showcases the rover in action, leaving behind tracks as it heads toward a region believed to reveal signs of ancient groundwater activity. The trail, extending approximately 1,050 feet (320 meters), is expected to remain visible for months before Martian winds gradually erase it. This image, taken from orbit, also marks the first-ever mid-drive photo of Curiosity.NASA Captures Curiosity rover in motion across Mars for the first timeNASA's Curiosity rover is often seen in images taken from the surface or from space, but this latest photograph is the first to capture the rover while it is actively driving across Mars. The image, taken by the […]

[ad_1] In a deadly turn of events, Huthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen reported that a US airstrike targeted a migrant detention center in the northern stronghold of Saada on Monday, leaving at least 68 people dead and dozens more injured. The attack is the latest in a series of near-daily US military operations against the Iran-backed Huthi rebels since mid-March, part of the broader effort to eliminate the growing threat to maritime shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, reported AFP.Human cost of the conflictThe strike, reportedly on a center housing 115 African migrants, has raised alarm, with the Huthis' Al-Masirah TV showing harrowing footage of bodies trapped under the rubble and rescue workers digging through the debris. According to the Huthi administration’s interior ministry, 47 others were wounded, many in critical condition.Migrant routes through Yemen are notoriously […]

[ad_1] A 26 year old man, who worked in a hotel in California has died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome complication, the same disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, wife of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman. He was found dead in his home on March 6.The death of the young worker comes days after the death of Gene Hackman and his wife. According to medical investigators, Arakawa had died due to the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. She had died a week before her husband.According to DailyMail, the hotel worker, who was also a ski enthusiast, "felt sick for about two weeks, even going to the hospital to get antibiotics the night before he died."What is hantavirus?Hantavirus was first recognized in the early 1990s in the United States, though it had been causing illness in other parts of the world much earlier. The particular strain […]

[ad_1] A Lufthansa Airbus A380 carrying 461 passengers was forced to make an emergency diversion to Boston after a passenger's iPad became jammed in a business class seat and showed signs of overheating. The flight, which departed from Los Angeles on Wednesday bound for Munich, had been airborne for approximately three hours when the decision to divert was made.According to a statement from the airline to Business Insider, the tablet had "already shown visible signs of deformation due to the seat's movements" by the time of the diversion. The decision was made jointly by the flight crew and air traffic control as a precautionary measure to prevent any potential safety hazards."To eliminate any potential risk, particularly with regard to possible overheating," was the primary concern, the airline spokesperson explained. The incident highlights the known dangers of damaged lithium batteries, which […]

[ad_1] New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Krunal Pandya has credited Virat Kohli for his match-winning knock against Delhi Capitals during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.Krunal Pandya stepped up to make a superb 73 runs off 47 balls — blending immense composure with calculated aggression — and stitched together a 119-run partnership with Kohli, who scored 51 runs from 47 balls on a tricky pitch.At one stage, Pandya was struggling to find the gaps. Having scored 17 off 21 balls at the halfway stage of the chase, it did look like the rusty Pandya would […]