Amin ul Haq, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda and a close confidant of Osama Bin Laden, was arrested by the Pakistani counter-terrorism authorities on Friday.The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Punjab has filed charges against ul Haq, alleging his involvement in orchestrating sabotage operations aimed at critical infrastructure within the province.“In a significant breakthrough in the…
NEW DELHI: The global Microsoft cloud services outage on Friday caused significant inconvenience for passengers at Bengaluru airport, leading to long lines at the check-in counters of all major airlines as their systems were unable to process check-ins. Indigo, Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa at Bengaluru airport started checking in passengers manually on after…
The widespread Microsoft outage is causing significant disruptions across various industries, including aviation, finance, and retail.A look at the services and sectors that have been affected by outage:Global airlinesThe global Microsoft outage has had a substantial impact on the aviation industry, with numerous airlines facing operational challenges.In India, major carriers such as Akasa, IndiGo, Air…
NEW DELHI: Hours into the Microsoft crisis on Friday, Information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the department is in touch with Microsoft and its associates. The reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue, the minister said adding that CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) was issuing a…
PUNE: Where’s the pistol? The question is troubling Pune cops who arrested IAS officer Puja Khedkar‘s mother Manorama from a lodge in Mahad in Raigad on Wednesday.Superintendent of Police (Pune Rural) Pankaj Deshmukh on Thursday said that the licensed pistol belonging to Manorama Khedkar, has not yet been found and she will be interrogated about…
NEW DELHI: A domestic flyer in India shared his unique experience of receiving a hand-written boarding pass due to the global tech outage as Microsoft/Crowdstrike services went down. “The Microsoft / CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first hand-written boarding pass today,” wrote a flyer, travelling from Hyderabad to…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday initiated criminal action against IAS officer Puja Khedkar for fraudulently availing attempts beyond the permissible limit by faking her identity by way of changing her name, her father’s and mother’s name, her photo/signature, email ID, mobile number and address. The UPSC has filed an FIR…
NEW DELHI: Among the notable absentees from India’s squads for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka is all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has been crucial to India’s ODI setup for the last decade. Following his recent retirement from T20Is, the new management under head coach Gautam Gambhir is seeking future replacements for the spin all-rounder position…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, succeeding Rohit Sharma, based on reports that the players trust him more than allrounder Hardik Pandya, who led the team in T20Is before getting injured last year.The decision was announced late on Thursday when the selectors revealed the…
Sawan holds a great religious and spiritual significance and Sawan will start from July 22 and it will end on August 19, 2024. This whole one month of period holds a great importance for the Lord Shiva devotees. During this period devotees perform various puja rituals dedicated to Mahadeva. This is a great chance for…
