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New Delhi, Apr 26: In a historic development, the Indian Army on Thursday started the process of recruiting women, three months after the government announced its decision to open the entry of women as Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR). In advertisements in newspapers, the army has invited women to join the military police as general duty soldiers. The military police staff, described PBOR...

UN, Apr 24: Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. The accelerating loss of clean air, drinkable water, CO2-absorbing forests, pollinating insects, protein-rich fish and storm-blocking mangroves -- to name...

Madikeri, Apr 23: Forest officials have nabbed two poachers who were allegedly involved transporting wild boar meet after hunting them in the Somwarapet forest range. Official sources said on Tuesday that the arrested were identified as Ashwath and Nishant. The duo allegedly hunted wild boar at Hdediyala in H D Kote Taluk in Bandipur Forest Range and were trying to transport 40 kg of meat when...

Bidar, Apr 23: Electorates of Sultanpur village in Bidar taluk of the District boycotted Polling in protest against the solid waste from Bidar city being dumped near their village. According to the official sources, the people have been protesting against it for several years now. Since their demand for shifting the waste dump was ignored they boycotted the election in protest. Though some...

Amazon's online shoppers are being fooled by fake review factories running on multiple Facebook groups. The scam is supported by several large and small companies as well as by entrepreneurs who depend on Facebook to spread positive reviews about their products listed on Amazon to its 2.6 billion users globally. Fake reviewers, backed by Amazon sellers, post details about the products on Facebook...

Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, with "123456" being the most widely-used on breached accounts, suggests a security study. The study by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) helped to uncover the gaps in cyber-knowledge that could leave people in danger of being exploited, the BBC reported on Sunday. For its first cyber-survey, the NCSC analysed...

* Alcohol consumption distorts people's personality as well as their thoughts * Shut down liquor selling country wide for seven days before the voting * Need positive cooperation from state administration and common people In an event named 'Total Ban on Liquor during the Elections' organized by the Urjaa Foundation on Thursday, 28th March 2019, at the Café Bhadaas. Urjaa Guru Arihant Rishi...

In a latest privacy goof up, Facebook "unintentionally" uploaded the emails of nearly 1.5 million of its users during the past three years. A Facebook spokesperson admitted on late Wednesday that emails of 1.5 million people were harvested since May 2016 to help build Facebook's web of social connections and recommend other users to add as friends. First reported by Business Insider, the...

New Delhi, Apr 18: Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway. Here are some interesting nuggets about this phase. * 95 Lok Sabha constituencies across 11 states and one UT to go to polls. * Nearly 15.80 crore voters to decide fate of 1,629 candidates. * More than 1.81lakh polling booths set up for the purpose. * Tamil Nadu, where all the seats, except one, is going for polls...

Udupi, Apr 18: A case has been registered against the Udupi MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, K. Raghupati Bhat, for violation of the model code of conduct at the Malpe police station here. According to the police, Mr. Bhat held a padayatra from Kodibengre to Gujjarbettu for campaigning without taking permission on April 16. Some minors too had taken part in the event. Hence a case had...