New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A total of 1.3 lakh minors have been enrolled for early retirement under the NPS Vatsalya Scheme, the Union government informed the Parliament.In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that 130 thousand minor subscribers are registered under the NPS Vatsalya Scheme from September last year till August 3.The NPS Vatsalya Yojana, also known as the National Pension System Vatsalya, is a retirement savings scheme designed for mi…

New York, Aug 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has extended the tariff moratorium for China that was to expire on Tuesday to November 10 as the two countries continue to negotiate. Trump said on Truth Social on Monday, hours before it was to expire, “I have just signed an Executive Order that will extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days”.The US will continue to maintain the tariff rate of 30 per cent, and China will keep it at 10 per cent during this period.Earlier, Trum…

Seoul, Aug 12 (IANS) North Korea has conducted artillery firing drills to bolster its combat readiness posture, the North’s state media reported on Tuesday, as South Korea and the United States prepare to kick off their joint military exercise next week.Tactical artillery subunits of the North’s military conducted a “firing practice contest” Monday in accordance with a combat drill plan from the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, reports Yonhap news agency, quoting Korean Central News Ag…

Prague, Aug 12 (IANS) The Czech Republic has reported its highest number of hepatitis-A cases in the past 15 years, according to the National Institute of Public Health (SZU).From January to the end of July this year, 1,053 cases were recorded, compared with only 168 in the same period last year. The number eventually rose to 636 cases for the whole of 2024.This year, the highest numbers of cases have been reported in Prague (370), the Central Bohemian Region (181), and the Moravian-Silesian Reg…

Sydney, Aug 12 (IANS) A man has been charged over a stabbing attack during a dispute with neighbours northeast of Sydney.Emergency services were called to a street in Killarney Vale, 60 km northeast of Sydney in the Central Coast region of the state of New South Wales (NSW), around 2 p.m. on Monday where they found two women, aged 23 and 33, and a 20-year-old man with stab wounds, Xinhua news agency reported.The 23-year-old woman was airlifted to the hospital in a critical condition, while the 3…

Montana, Aug 12 (IANS) A small single-engine plane carrying four people crashed into a parked aircraft while attempting to land at Montana’s Kalispell City Airport, setting off a massive fire but miraculously resulting in no serious injuries, according to local authorities.The incident occurred on Monday around 2:00 p.m. local time. Preliminary investigations by the Kalispell Police Department and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suggest that the pilot lost control of the aircraft dur…

Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) Ahmedabad Police have seized illegal liquor valued at Rs 54 lakh from SP Sing Road in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. The Zone 7 Local Crime Branch (LCB) team recovered 15,456 bottles of fake Indian liquor.Acting on a confidential tip-off about the arrival of large quantities of illicit liquor in the city ahead of upcoming festivals, the Ahmedabad Police and Zone 7 LCB launched a targeted operation.The container was found hidden in the parking area, leading to its seizure and the a…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) While India today is among global space-faring nations, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was the visionary space scientist who laid the foundation for Indian Space Programme, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), celebrating his 106th birth anniversary on Tuesday.Born in Ahmedabad in 1919, Dr Sarabhai came to be known as the father of the Indian space programme. India today is among the global space-faring nations, but without Dr Sarabhai, the country wouldn’t have it…

Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The Special Operations Group (SOG) police conducted a raid in Kalasar village of Chotila taluka in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district and arrested 42-year-old farmer Bhabhalu Nathabhai Khachar for illegal cultivation of marijuana. Acting on a tip-off, the SOG team raided Khachar’s residence and seized 38 green marijuana plants weighing approximately 1.55 kg, with an estimated market value of Rs 15,500. During interrogation, Khachar admitted to growing the plants in his c…

Lucknow, Aug 12 (IANS) A political controversy erupted in Uttar Pradesh after a tomb outside the Fatehpur mausoleum in the state was vandalised. Tension flared up in Fatehpur on Monday after a centuries-old tomb outside a mausoleum was vandalised by a group of people, claiming it had been built over a demolished Hindu temple.The incident, which took place at the tomb of Nawab Abu Samad, has triggered a heated political war of words and prompted the administration to deploy heavy police and Provi…