On Saturday, streets of the capital Dhaka were almost deserted at daybreak, with troops on foot and in armoured personnel carriers patrolling the city. As per reports, police had also imposed a ‘shoot-on-sight-order’. Meanwhile, health authorities are on high alert in southern Indian state of Kerala amid suspected outbreak of Nipah virus. Earlier on Friday, a 14-year-old boy was rushed to a private hospital in Kozhikode with symptoms of the zoonotic virus. The world was slowly healing from the massive IT outage today. The outage, caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, heavily impacted industries including banks, hospitals, and airlines.
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Soldiers of the Bangladeshi military were patrolling the country’s cities on Saturday (July 20) after the government imposed a nationwide curfew to keep order following days of deadly student protests
Health officials in the southern Indian state of Kerala were reportedly scrambling on Saturday (Jul 20) amid a suspected outbreak of the Nipah virus in northern Malappuram district
Businesses and services worldwide are slowly recovering from reportedly the worst IT outage in history that disrupted computer systems for hours between July 18 and 19.
At least 11 people died and over 30 others were missing after a bridge in northern China collapsed amid torrential rains, state media reported on Saturday (July 20).
An Indian family of four lost their lives after a fire broke out at their home in Abbassia, Kuwait on Friday (Jul 19) night.
Razakar, which basically means volunteer or helper, worked with the Pakistan Army in brutalising the local population through murders and sexual crimes to prevent the creation of Bangladesh.
People across the United States are now losing jobs after facing backlash over posts, and comments that they made mocking former President Donald Trump after the assassination attempt last week.
New Delhi on Saturday (Jul 20) dismissed reports that claimed Turkey has imposed a ban on defence exports to India as ‘disinformation’.
Spaniard Manolo Marquez has become the new head coach of the Indian men’s football side after he succeeded Igor Stimac on Saturday (July 20).
On Friday, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood reacted to an order by the government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh mandating all shop owners to display the owner’s name along the Kanwar Yatra route.
