Delhi Police raid 70 cigarette shops operating near schools

IANS | November 30, 2023 1:32 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) In a single-day operation, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch raided 70 cigarette shops operating near the schools across the national capital, an official said on Thursday, adding that total 31 areas were identified where pan khokha/bidi/gutka vendors were found active and indulged in selling tobacco products in the 100m parameter of educational institutes

Canada's homicide rate rose 8% in 2022

IANS | November 30, 2023 1:07 PM

Ottawa, Nov 30 (IANS) Canada's national homicide rate rose by 8 per cent to 2.25 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, representing a fourth consecutive yearly increase, the national statistical agency said.

Google ads appear on porn, sanctioned foreign sites: Report

IANS | November 29, 2023 5:42 PM

San Francisco, Nov 29 (IANS) Google's ad exchange has been serving advertising on hundreds of suspicious websites that are designated on the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list, a new report has revealed.

Ragging haunts JU again

IANS | November 29, 2023 4:21 PM

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) Just few months after a ragging-related death occurred in Kolkata's iconic Jadavpur University (JU), a post- graduate student has complained to the varsity authorities about facing regular harassment.