New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended warm birthday greetings to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, wishing him good health and a long life. “Greetings to Jharkhand CM Shri Hemant Soren Ji on his birthday. Praying for his long life and good health,” the Prime Minister wrote on social media platform X.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also conveyed his wishes, posting: “Birthday greetings to Shri Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. May he be blessed …

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Darwin Nunez’s transfer to Al Hilal SFC from English champions Liverpool has been finalised while centre-back Inigo Martinez has moved from Barcelona to Al Nassr Club.Nunez is the latest big name to join Al Hilal, who shocked Manchester City to reach the quarter-finals of the recent FIFA Club World Cup.”Al Hilal Club Company is pleased to announce the signing of Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez from Liverpool FC on a three-year contract,” Al Hilal said in a statement.The U…

Sicily, Aug 10 (IANS) Pep Guardiola has heaped praise on new signing Tijjani Reijnders after the Dutch midfielder scored two second-half goals as Manchester City beat Palermo 3-0 in Sicily.Reijnders joined City from AC Milan in June, before going on to play three times for Guardiola’s side at the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA and he was the star of the show in Sicily as City ran out comfortable winners against their City Football Group sister club.The 27-year-old is comfortable operating in a…

Seoul, Aug 10 (IANS) South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group ranked second globally in operating profit during the first half of this year, surpassing Germany’s Volkswagen Group, industry data showed on Sunday.The combined operating profit of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. totaled 13.01 trillion won (US$9.35 billion) for the January-June period, reports Yonhap news agency.By comparison, Volkswagen Group, the world’s second-largest automaker by sales volume, recorded an operating profit of 6.7 billion…

Seoul, Aug 10 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the government to directly report industrial deaths to himself as soon as possible to enhance worker safety and reduce workplace fatalities, his office said.Lee made the order upon returning from his summer vacation, after a man in his 50s fell to his death Friday while removing safety nets at the construction site of a new apartment complex in Uijeongbu, 26 kilometers north of Seoul, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung tol…

Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) All state-run universities in Tamil Nadu will soon adopt the National Academic Depository (NAD) DigiLocker system to store and manage students’ certificates in digital format, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP).The decision follows an advisory from the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TNSCHE), functioning under the Higher Education Department.The NEP promotes the use of DigiLocker and the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) to digitise academic rec…

Jammu, Aug 10 (IANS) A gunfight started on Sunday between the joint security forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.Nagrota headquartered WhiteKnight Corps of the Army said on X, “Alert Indian Army troops while carrying out an intelligence based operation have established contact with terrorists in general area of Dul in Kishtwar in early hours of 10 Aug 2025. Gunfire exchanged. Operation under progress”.Meanwhile, the prolonged anti-terrorist operation in the A…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Under the ‘Panchayat Fit India – Sundays on Cycle’ initiative, youth and fitness enthusiasts from across the country gathered at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya flagged off the campaign and urged people to embrace cycling as part of their daily lives.He said the event was held under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission, where ‘Sunday on Cycle with Panchayat’ was organised as part of the Fit India Championship, drawing signif…

Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) The Karnataka Police Department has deployed more than 10,000 personnel to ensure safety and security during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru on Sunday. The Prime Minister will participate in two programmes to flag off the much-awaited Yellow Line Metro and Vande Bharat train services in the state.The Yellow Line Metro will connect the tech hub of Electronics City with Bengaluru’s central district. The Vande Bharat train service will operate between …

Varanasi, Aug 10 (IANS) At least seven people suffered serious burns after a stampede-like situation broke out due to fire at the Atma Vishweshwar Mahadev Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, during an ‘Aarti’ held to mark the occasion of Shravan Purnima on August 9, police said on Sunday, adding that all are recovering.The incident took place on Saturday evening during an ‘Aarti’.The injured, who included two to three children, were admitted to hospitals for treatment. Authorities confirmed that…