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September 16, 2024 5:19 PM

UAE jails 57 Bangladeshi for protests against their home government

The United Arab Emirates has jailed 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their home government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported on Monday.  Three Bangladeshi expatriates were sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 1...

July 24, 2024 5:51 PM

Facebook removes 63,000 accounts in Nigeria over ‘sextortion’ scams

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams mostly aimed at adult men in the United States. Nigerian online fraudsters, known as "Yahoo boys", are notorious for scams that range from passing t...

September 16, 2024 5:19 PM

Study finds financial incentives boost weight loss in obese teens

A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that combining meal-replacement therapy with financial incentives can lead to greater weight loss in adolescents with severe obesity. Researchers, including Dr. Justin Ryder from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, found that t...

September 16, 2024 5:20 PM

SC says no re-exam for NEET-UG; says, “no systemic breach in exam”

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed pleas calling for the cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Under Graduate (NEET-UG) 2024, held on May 5. The court ruled that there was no systemic breach in the exam that would warrant a re-examination. A three-judge bench, led ...

September 16, 2024 5:20 PM

Union Budget 2024: Ministry of Defence receives Rs 6.22 lakh crore allocation

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated a record Rs 6.22 lakh crore in the Regular Union Budget for the Financial Year 2024-25, marking the highest allocation among all ministries. "While maintaining the allocation made to MoD during interim budget, the Government has made an additional al...

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