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Former India captain Rohit Sharma praised Nitish Kumar Reddy in Perth, calling him an all-format great after Ajit Agarkar’s backing of the young all-rounder. Former India captain Rohit Sharma presented the ODI debut cap to all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy ahead of the first game of the three-match series against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday. Coincidentally, it was the same venue where he made his Test debut last November in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener, receiving the cap from another legend, Virat Kohli, who was also present on Sunday. In the visuals shown at the time of the…

Elon Musk touts X chat as secure and AWS-free after a massive AWS outage disrupts major global apps like Snapchat and Fortnite. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a massive global outage on Monday, disrupting a wide range of popular websites and apps across the world, billionaire Elon Musk took a swipe at the tech giant – promoting his own messaging platform, X chat, as a safer, independent alternative. “The messages (on X chat) are fully encrypted with no advertising hooks or strange ‘AWS dependencies’ such that I can’t read your messages even if someone put a gun to my…

Snapchat down: Amazon confirmed that its cloud services unit, AWS, was experiencing disruptions that impacted multiple websites and apps, including Snapchat. Snapchat down: If you’ve been unable to send Snaps or load messages on Snapchat, you’re not alone. The popular social media app was among several major online platforms affected by a widespread outage linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday. Amazon confirmed that its cloud services unit, AWS, was experiencing disruptions that impacted multiple websites and apps across the world. “We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 region,” the company…

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who acknowledged Sunday that securing the jewels was a “major weak spot”. The Louvre remained closed for a second day Monday as police hunted the thieves behind a daring daylight heist that saw priceless jewels stolen, even on camera. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who acknowledged Sunday that securing the jewels was a “major weak spot,” said the raid lasted just seven minutes and was likely carried out by an experienced team, possibly “foreigners.” The intervention of museum staff forced the thieves to abandon some of their equipment, the culture ministry added. Four thieves are being hunted…

The development comes days after the party declared it would fight the upcoming polls independently. In a sudden reversal, the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced that it will not contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, senior JMM leader Sudivya Kumar said his party will review the alliance in Jharkhand with the Congress and RJD, and give a befitting reply to the “snub”. The development comes two days after the Hemant Soren-led party announced that it would contest the elections independently in six assembly segments. The move comes amid growing uncertainty within the INDIA bloc over…

France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati said a theft took place at the Louvre in Paris, which also hosts the famous painting, Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci. Panic gripped the iconic Louvre museum in Paris after an alleged robbery, which led to panic and prompted evacuation at the museum premises. France’s culture minister Rachida Dati confirmed the incident and said the theft took place at the museum, at the heart of Paris, on Sunday. “A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Rachida Dati said in a post on X. The French interior ministry later…

Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister convened an emergency consultation with Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday. After reports of a ceasefire violation by the militant group, Israeli security forces struck southern Gaza after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s direction to launch “strong action” against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. In a statement released late Saturday, Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister convened an emergency consultation with Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and top security officials after the alleged breach. “Following a ceasefire violation by Hamas, Prime Minister Netanyahu held consultations with the defence minister and senior security officials and instructed…

Krishnamoorthi urged leaders at every level to stand up against discrimination and protect the rights of all Americans. US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Saturday denounced recent remarks by politician Chandler Langevin, who called for the mass removal of Indian immigrants from the United States. “It’s unacceptable—and dangerous—that in 2025 we’re hearing elected officials call for the mass removal of Indian Americans. This rhetoric echoes the cruelty of Donald Trump’s mass ICE raids and fuels a climate of fear that harms families across our nation,” Krishnamoorthi said. “When hate speech is normalised and communities are scapegoated, our democracy is weakened,” he…

This year the figure till July 28 for Indian nationals removed was at 1,891, according to the data from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). The number of Indian nationals being ‘forcibly’ removed from Canada is set to hit a record high, surpassing the previous record of 2024 and continuing the upward trajectory since 2019. The removals for Indians has only swelled over the past years. For instance, in 2019, it was at just 625, less than a third of the 2024 total. This year the figure till July 28 for Indian nationals removed was already at 1,891, according to…

The robbery at Louvre Museum in Paris took place around 9:30 am in just seven minutes. Thieves entered by cutting a window and stole several pieces of jewellery. A major robbery took place at the famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, which led to the closure of the museum for a day. The thieves reportedly entered through an area under construction, cut the window and stole pieces of jewellery in just seven minutes. France’s cultural minister, Rachida Dati, confirmed the news by posting on X that a robbery took place in the Louvre this morning, while also stating that…