A man was hacked to death by a jilted minor in Raghunath Nagar under the Khandagiri police station area in the state capital, said police on Thursday, adding that the accused had felt insulted after being scolded for harassing a girl.

Two minors, including the prime accused, have been detained. The accused is a Class 12 student of a local college in Bhubaneswar.

The deceased was identified as Jagat Mallik alias Jaga of Suka Vihar in the Raghunath Nagar area of the city.

The Indian tablet market saw a shipment of 1.84 million units in the April-June period, up 128.8 per cent (year-over-year), a new report showed on Thursday.

While the slate tablet market grew by 178.1 per cent YoY, the detachable tablet grew by 23.6 per cent, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

According to Priyansh Tiwari from IDC India and South Asia, there has been increased demand for tablets priced at $200-$300 as vendors are introducing products with good specifications in this relatively affordable price range.

In Q2, the consumer segment grew by 27.5 per cent YoY due to high vendor sell-in and strong demand during e-tail summer sales in May.

Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh is proud to announce that Chancellor Dr. Zora Singh and President Dr Sandeep Singh has been honored with the prestigious Jewels of Punjab Award. This esteemed accolade recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the cultural, educational and social fabric of Punjab and beyond.

One person was killed while 38 others were injured after two Metrobuses collided in Istanbul, local authorities said on Thursday.

The Istanbul Governor's Office reported that the accident occurred during rush hour in the Kucukcekmece district on the European side of the city, resulting in one fatality and injuring 38 others, including two seriously,news agency reported.

The accident took place when the driver of a Metrobus, who failed to notice a road construction warning, entered the wrong lane. To avoid hitting a construction vehicle, the driver swerved and collided with another Metrobus, .

Metrobus services on both directions were halted immediately after the accident, leading to long lines of vehicles with many commuters seen walking along the Metrobus road to reach nearby stops. However, the services resumed shortly after the Metrobuses were moved from the accident spot with the help of tow trucks.

Three persons were killed in a road accident in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana on Thursday.

The accident occurred when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a parked truck on the Hyderabad-Bangalore national highway near Tatikonda in Bhoothpur Mandal.

Four others were critically injured in the accident.

The injured were admitted to the government hospital at Mahabubnagar, where the condition of the two was stated to be critical.

A minor was sexually assaulted and thrashed in the Brij Vihar area of the Link Road, Ghaziabad, after which the prime suspect has been arrested, the police said on Thursday.

According to the police, the victim's father has filed a written complaint at the Link Road police station, in which he has accused a person from another community of sexual assault.

The accused works as a junk seller in the same area.

Sharing details about the case, Link Road SP Rajneesh Upadhyay said, "A serious case of sexual assault involving a minor has emerged in the Bridge Vihar area of the Link Road police station jurisdiction. The victim's father filed a written complaint at the Link Road police station, alleging that a man from another community, who is a scrap dealer, raped his daughter."

While India is already known as the 'pharmacy of the world', the country also has huge scope to enter the global value chain system to further boost exports of pharma products, said Sunil Barthwal, Secretary, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday.

He said this during an interaction with pharma sector industry leaders at the ongoing three-day International Pharmaceutical Exhibition (IPHEX) jointly organised by the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council and the ministry.

“The Department of Commerce has included pharma as an important sector. By creating a healthcare sector value chain on the lines of the mobility chain created by the automobile industry, the exports of pharma products can increase in a big way,” said Barthwal.

He added said that “the mobility chain created by the automobile industry has included all component auto linked part manufacturers including tyre, engine, brakes, steel makers and other related parts”.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took to social media to announce the launch of 'Bharat Dojo Yatra' and also shared a video from the past edition of Bharat Jodo Yatra, in which he could be seen performing martial arts with fellow "yatris".

As the nation celebrates Sports Day, the Congress MP took to social media platform X and shared glimpses of him practising jiu-jitsu (self-defence martial art) every evening at a campsite, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, held earlier this year.

He also said, "Bharat Dojo Yatra is coming soon. Dojo broadly refers to a training hall or school for martial arts."

In a bid to address the current challenges in the repair and reuse of mobile and electronic products, the government on Thursday said India should become the ‘Repair Factory of the World’, enhancing consumer experiences in reusing the products they own.

Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, raised issues like excessively high costs of repairs which often lead to consumer dissatisfaction and delay repair.

“This necessitates the need for repairability index, employment generation through ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, and making India a global repair hub along with the leader of the South,” Khare said during a national workshop on the ‘Right to Repair Framework for the Mobile and Electronic Sectors’ in the national capital.

Khare also discussed about withholding of essential information regarding repair Dos and Don’t, repair manual/videos and lack of availability of spare parts by manufacturers which forces consumers towards the risks associated with counterfeit parts from grey markets.

Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra, who was recently seen in the action-thriller movie ‘Yodha’, is expressing his love for cricket. The actor took to his Instagram, and shared pictures and a video of himself playing cricket on the occasion of the National Sports Day on Thursday.

The video is from the shooting of his family drama movie ‘Kapoor & Sons’, it shows him boasting about his team winning every single game on the sets of the film during the breaks, to this his co-star from ‘Kapoor & Sons’, Fawad Khan just laughed it off.

The pictures show him playing cricket on a mountain pass with his crew.