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New Delhi, Jul 8: Eminent economist Amartya Sen said that despite being the fastest-growing economy the country has taken a "quantum jump in the wrong direction" since 2014. He also said that due to moving backwards, the country is now second worst in the region. "Things have gone pretty badly wrong... It has taken a quantum jump in the wrong direction since 2014. We are getting backwards in the

Bangkok, The first two members of a Thai football team have been rescued from the flooded cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, a local rescue official said on Sunday. Authorities in northern Chiang Rai province began the dangerous mission to bring out the 12 boys and their coach earlier on Sunday. "Two kids are out. They are currently at the field hospital near the cave," said

Mae Sai, Jul 8: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave will have to squeeze through an extremely narrow tunnel in pitch blackness -- the main "crisis" point that looms near the end of their treacherous escape bid. Authorities have highlighted the tiny passageway near T-Junction, or Sam Yak in Thai, as the most dangerous element of the journey for the "Wild Boars" team

Washington, Jul 8: Some popular smartphone apps may be secretly taking screenshots of your activity and sending them to third parties, a study has found. This is particularly disturbing because these screenshots - and videos of your activity on the screen - could include usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and other important personal information, researchers said. "We found that thousands

Tokyo, Jul 8: Heavy rainfall hammered southern Japan for the third day, prompting new disaster warnings on Kyushu and Shikoku islands on Sunday, as the government put the death toll at 48 with 28 others presumed dead. Rivers burst their banks and forced several million people from their homes, media reports said, with more rain set to hit some areas for at least another day. Japanese government

Varanasi, Jul 8: A senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has has stoked controversy by saying that even Lord Ram would not have been able to stop the rising incidents of rape and crimes against women. "Main daawe ke sath kah sakta hun ki Bhagwan Ram bhi aa jayenge to yeh ghatna (rape) par niyantran kar pana sambhav nahi hai. Yeh samaj ka swabhavik pradushan hai, (I can say with

Washington, Jul 8: A 25-year-old Indian student was fatally shot in the back during a suspected attempted robbery at a restaurant where he worked in Kansas City in the US state of Missouri, according to authorities. Kansas City Police identified the victim as University of Missouri-Kansas City student Sharath Koppu, who was shot at on Friday evening at J’s Fish and Chicken Market near 54th and

New Delhi, Jul 8: The K Kasturirangan Committee tasked with drafting a new education policy has got a third extension from the HRD Ministry to give final shape to the draft. The panel headed by the former ISRO chief, which was supposed to submit the report by June 30, now has time till August 31. "The panel had sought another extension to give final shape to the policy and the minister has

Amman/Beirut, Jul 7: South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered cease-fire deal on Friday, rebel sources said, surrendering Daraa province to the government in another major victory for President Bashar Assad and his Russian alies. The Syrian government recovered the crucial Nassib border crossing with Jordan, held by rebels for three years, state media reported, after a

Abu Dhabi/Alappuzha, Jul 7: The fortunes of a Kerala youth changed overnight after he won Rs 13 crore (7 million dirham) in a raffle in Abu Dhabi. Tojo Mathew (30), a native of Kuttanad had recently quit his job and purchased a ticket before bidding adieu to the gulf nation. Mathew, who worked as a civil supervisor in Abu Dhabi for the past six years, had resigned from his job recently. He left