Author: News Desk

BANGKOK : In  multiple bomb attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Yala, one person was injured ,  police said on Saturday. Around  13 small explosions struck the town of Yala late on Friday  on roadsides in front of convenience stores, shops, a market, an animal hospital and a car care shop, said deputy police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen. Police on Saturday found  three unexploded improvised explosive devices, made of spray cans and metal pipes with timers attached. Kissana said police suspect the explosions were aimed at causing a disturbance more than damage or injuries. A decades-old separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist…

ANKARA : President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened Turkish media with reprisals if they disseminated content that damaged the country’s core values, in a move that might be a prelude to further censorship in the sector. In a notice published in the Official Gazette, he said measures were needed to protect Turkey’s “national culture” and prevent its children’s development “from being adversely affected as a result of exposure to harmful content on all written, verbal and visual media.” Erdogan did not specify what such content was, but said legal action would be taken against “overt or covert activities through the…

Berlin : The last head of East Germany’s foreign spying agency is dead, his daughter confirmed on Friday. Werner Großmann was 92. Großmann had insisted on the righteousness of the work of the communist East German dictatorship right up until the collapse of that country’s government in 1989, when multiple communist regimes fell apart in Eastern Europe. He called his agents operating in the West “scouts of freedom.” Großmann was arrested on October 3, 1990, the day of German unification, but only spent one day in jail. Courts ruled that efforts to prosecute East German spies would be unconstitutional. An…

Air India embarked on a new voyage Friday after the Tata Group took over the airline from the Government of India. I took a 9pm flight from Mumbai to find out whether anything had changed since the Maharaja’s takeover. One of the things the new management will focus on is better on-time performance of flights. Our flight took off around 9:10 pm and reached Goa at 10:05 pm — an almost on-schedule arrival. A special announcement by the pilots took place before landing. This announcement is a part of an official order by the operations department. The announcement goes: “Dear…

Bahrain : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today attended the Crown Prince’s Cup 2022, held under the patronage of His Royal Highness, at the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club (REHC) racetrack. https://youtu.be/6By-Xv-h5zA His Royal Highness highlighted that the Kingdom of Bahrain has positioned itself as a global destination for horse racing, thanks to the long-standing commitment of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to the development of equestrian sports in the Kingdom. HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad commended the role of the REHC’s High Committee, chaired by…

India: Jagdish Patel, 39, his wife Vaishali and their two children aged 11 and 3, were trying to enter the U.S. illegally when they got caught in a blizzard and froze to death in  Manitoba on January 19, Canadian and Indian authorities said in a statement. Relatives and neighbours of the Indian family who froze to death near the US-Canada border last week said the father repeatedly failed to secure better paid jobs in recent years, prompting them to take a risky trip aided by an illegal migrant network. The victims, residents of Dingucha village in Gujarat, had left their…

Netflix is to answer a defamation case brought by chess master Nona Gaprindashvili in relation to its hit series The Queen’s Gambit after a US judge refused a motion from the streaming giant to dismiss it. Trailblazing Georgian chess champion Gaprindashvili, who rose to prominence in the 1960s, has accused Netflix of misrepresenting one of her “most significant career achievements” to viewers after a character in the Emmy-winning show falsely said she hadn’t faced men during competitions. The hit show told the story of young female chess champion Beth Harmon played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who scooped a number of awards for the role. The…

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has sought bail on the ground that the trial may not begin soon. Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on November 1 last year in connection with a money laundering case. The Special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has issued notice to ED and asked the agency to file a reply to the bail application filed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress leader Siddaramaiah offered their condolences to Yedirurappa. Yediyurappa’s granddaughter Soundarya died by suicide on Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called up former Karnataka Chief Minister YS Yediyurappa and offered their condolences following his granddaughter’s passing. Yediyurappa’s granddaughter Soundarya died by suicide on Friday. Her body was found hanging in her Bengaluru apartment in the morning.

Paris : Formula One signed a seven-year contract extension Thursday with the Singapore Grand Prix. F1 said in a statement that a deal to continue racing at the Marina Bay street circuit until 2028 was agreed with the Singapore GP and Singapore’s tourism board. Singapore held F1′s first night race in 2008 and the venue has proved popular with fans from around the world. The past two editions of the race were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s race is scheduled for Oct. 2 with the Japanese GP to be held the following week. “Singapore holds a special…