Politics
October 18, 2024
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Consumer affairs ministry cancels e-gaming study planned for framing new rules

New Delhi: The department of consumer affairs (DoCA) has decided to withdraw from framing guidelines for e-gaming and cancelled a planned study for protecting the growing number of online gamers, two people aware of the developmen said, after draft rules were issued by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY). Bengaluru’s National Institute of […]

Science & Environment
October 17, 2024
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'It's our moonshot': Why scientists are drilling into volcanos

Getty Images Iceland is one of the world’s most volcanically active places I’m in one of the world’s volcanic hotspots, northeast Iceland, near the Krafla volcano. A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano’s crater lake, while to the south steam vents and mud pools bubble away. Krafla has erupted around […]

Business
October 17, 2024
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Fraudsters steal more than £3m a day as cases rise

Fraud cases have risen by 16% with con artists stealing more than £3m a day, according to figures from the banking industry. Criminals have particularly targeted victims by tricking them out of their one-time passcodes, trade body UK Finance said. Despite the increase in reported cases, total losses have fallen slightly – totalling £572m in […]

World
October 17, 2024
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Sinwar's removal from battlefield is ‘significant,’ presents opportunity for cease-fire, State Department says

The State Department on Thursday said the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops presented an “opportunity” for a potential cease-fire and an end to the yearlong war.   State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said until Sinwar’s death, “there’s been no path to ending this war because Sinwar has refused to talk about […]

Entertainment
October 17, 2024
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Zayn Malik pens down emotional message for late bandmate Liam Payne

Zayn Malik pens down emotional message for late bandmate Liam Payne Zayn Malik penned down a heartfelt message in memory of his late bandmate, Liam Payne, who tragically passed away at the age of 30. The English singer took to his official Instagram account on Thurday October 17, to pay tribute to his former One […]

Health
October 17, 2024
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Boston doctor builds tool to identify risk for intimate partner violence

BOSTON – Dr. Bharti Khurana, an Emergency Radiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was leaving a trauma “hackathon” in 2016 when a nurse practitioner began talking about Intimate Partner Violence. For all the advances in medicine, the NP told the group, there was little attention paid to the root cause of the injuries that sends […]

Sports
October 17, 2024
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Men’s college basketball coaching changes for 2024-25

Oct 17, 2024, 05:02 PM ET The men’s college basketball coaching carousel is a busy one. It began spinning last May, when Bob Huggins stepped down at West Virginia, and slowly picked up speed toward the end of the regular season. Vacancies at Washington, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Stanford, the aforementioned Mountaineers and Louisville have been filled. […]

Entertainment
October 17, 2024
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Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” by his death

Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik released a statement on Thursday saying they are “completely devastated” by his death.  Payne died Wednesday after falling into the interior patio of a hotel in Buenos Aires, officials in Argentina said. He was 31-years-old.  “We’re completely devastated by the news […]

Sports
October 17, 2024
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Nevarez: Mountain West finally has firm footing

Oct 17, 2024, 03:43 PM ET LAS VEGAS — It was just more than a month ago when the Mountain West’s future was very much in doubt, and even though realignment seems to be never-ending, commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday she feels the conference is finally in a good place. The decisions by UNLV and […]