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ROOTING FOR QUAD QUAD becoming key platformin Indo-Pacific, says PM Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in the US on a threeday visit to “further strengthen IndiaUS Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership,” attend the Quad summit and address a key conclave at the United Nations. The Quad has emerged as a key platform of like-minded countries focusing on peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, Modi said as he embarked on US visit. Ahead of the Quad Leaders’ Summit on the first day of the trip, Modi was set to meet US President Joe Biden, Australian P

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Atishi takes oath as Delhi CM,five ministers also sworn in

SENIOR AAP leader Atishi was administered oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Saturday. Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy to Atishi who is now Delhi’s third woman Chief Minister after Congress’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj. Among her new Council of Ministers, Saurabh Bharadwaj was the first to take oath followed by Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Mukesh Ahlawat, a new entrant in the Delhi Cabinet. Atishi, however, will have

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Air Marshal Amar Preet Singhto be new Chief of Air Staff

AIR Marshal Amar Preet Singh, a fighter pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience, will take charge as the chief of the Indian Air Force after incumbent Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari retires on September 30. Air Marshal Singh is currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff. “The Government has appointed Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM, presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the next Chief of the Air Staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, with effect from the af

International PEOPLESupreme Sri Lanka’s presidentialpoll records 75% voting

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PEOPLESupreme Sri Lanka’s presidentialpoll records 75% voting

THE voter turnout in the Sri Lanka presidential election on Saturday is expected to be 75 per cent,” Director General Elections Saman Sri Ratnayaka declared. Sri Lankans voted to elect a new President in the first elections since the economic meltdown in 2022. An overnight curfew was declared islandwide hours after polling ended and counting started immediately. Polling from 7 am to 4 pm went off peacefully with no violence or any security breach reported from anywhere across the 22 electoral districts.

SEP. 22, 2024

DON’T PROLONG

THERE are no signs of the two ongoing conflicts - - Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas -- dying down soon. Apart from the fears of escalation and disruption of global supply chains affecting the economics, the world needs to give a thought to the psycho-geopolitical weariness about the prolonged nature of the conflicts. In the inter-connected world of today, any conflict anywhere in the world causes disruption with ripple effect forcing others into taking sides. The Russia-Ukraine as well as Israel-Hamas confl

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Kill or Keep: How a thorny invasiveshrub is shaking up India’s ecosystem

C LIMATE change is projected to exacerbate the spread of invasive alien species like N e l t u m a j u l i f l o r a (natively called ‘ V i l a y a t i Babool’) in India. But, it has now become an integral part of the ecosystem it invaded, with several sections of society dependent on it for affordable firewood, animal feed, medicine, timber, honey, and charcoal. A new report found that under two climate change scenarios, the share of land under protected areas becoming conducive for the spread of Neltuma j

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Deep-sea Mining: Why it istime to sink this ship

THIS July, a scientific paper in ‘Nature’ magazine ‘Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor’ announced an extraordinary discovery. It said, metallic lumps have been splitting seawater to produce oxygen on the sea-bed of the Pacific Ocean’s ClarionClipperton Zone, 13,000 feet below the sea’s surface, far beyond the reaches of sunlight. The paper has challenged two notions -- that photosynthesis first by tiny micro-organisms known as the archaeans and then by plants and trees produced oxyge

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Centre to support wasterecycling start-ups: Yadav

UNION Environment Minister BhupenderYadav on Saturday said the Centre will provide financial support to the waste recycling start-ups, and also focus on saving energy and water along with banning single-use plastic. The Minister was speaking after taking part in a Beach CleanupCampaignattheJuhu beach here as part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day. “The Central Government will support start-ups forrecycling. My Ministry has given guidelines for one-time financial support to suchstart-ups,” he said. “W

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Sanctity of Tirupati ‘laddu prasadam’restored, unblemished now, says TTD

AMID concerns among devoteesonthequalityofgheeused in the famous Tirupati ‘laddu prasadam’, the Tirumala TirupatiDevasthanams (TTD) has said sanctity of the sacred sweetmeat has been restored. In a social media post on Friday night, the TTD, which manages the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, on the hills of Tirumala said the divinity and purity of Srivari Laddu is unblemished now.

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Nine members of jewellers’family attempt suicideover financial troubles

NINE members of a family of jewellersinGujarat’sRajkotcity triedtocommitsuicidebyconsuming pesticide because of financial distress, police said on Saturday. Members of the Adesara family, residents of Gundawadilocality,themselves called for ambulance after the failed attempt on Friday night and were hospitalised, said an official. The condition of all of them was stable, he said.

International Actor Johnny Depp to getLifetime Achievement Award

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Actor Johnny Depp to getLifetime Achievement Award

HOLLYWOOD star Johnny Depp will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Rome Film Festival, where his upcoming directorial ‘Modi - Three Days on the Wing of Madness’ will also be screened. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, the film will head to Rome after its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival later this month. The 2024 edition of the Rome Film Festival will take place from October 16 to 27. Described as a“seventy-twohour whirlwind in the life of bohemian ar

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Another assassination attempt on former US President Trump

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Another assassination attempt on former US President Trump

Hours after another failed attempt on his life, former US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will never surrender and never stop fighting for Americans. The Republican presidential candidate also thanked the US Secret Service and other law enforcement officials for their “outstanding” job after what the FBI said was an apparent assassination attempt while playing golf on one of his golf courses in Florida’s West Palm Beach. The former President remained unharmed in the latest assassination bid about t

17 Sep, 2024

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India-Singapore ties to get boost: MEA ahead of Modi’s 2-day visit

BUILDING on “new anchors” of partnership identified under the India-Singapore ministerial roundtable framework, the relations between the two countries is poised for an even bigger take-off, the MEA said on Monday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Singapore. Prime Minister Modi is slated to visit Singapore on September 4-5 at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong. Prior to that he is scheduled to visit Brunei on September 3-4 which seeks to further strengthen bilateral c

03 Sep, 2024

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India-Singapore ties to get boost: MEA ahead of Modi’s 2-day visit

03 Sep, 2024

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Bangladesh’s interim Govtlifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami

BANGLADESH’S interim Government on Wednesday revokedabanon therightwing Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, less than a month after it was imposed on the Islamist partybyformerPrimeMinister SheikhHasina,whowas forced to resign following massive protests against her Government. “It (lifting theban)willcome under effectimmediately,” the HomeMinistrysaidinagazette notification, noting that there was no particular evidence against the organisation. The erstwhileAwamiLeague governmentl

29 Aug, 2024

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Bangladesh’s interim Govtlifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami

29 Aug, 2024

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Russia’s barrage of missiles, drones hits Ukraine

RUSSIA battered much of Ukraine on Monday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killedfourpeople, injured more than a dozen and damagedenergyfacilitiesinattacks that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “vile.” Thebarrageof over 100missiles and a similar number of dronesbeganaroundmidnight and continued through daybreak in what appeared to be Russia’s biggest onslaught in weeks. Ukraine’s air force said swarmsofRussiandronesfired ateastern,northern,southern, and central regions were followed by v

28 Aug, 2024

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Russia’s barrage of missiles, drones hits Ukraine

28 Aug, 2024

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Over 35% of 3,885 doctors, mostly women, feel unsafe during night shifts: IMA study

AN IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt unsafe” or “very unsafe” during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence. A duty room was not available to 45 per cent of respondents during night shifts, found the online survey undertaken by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to evaluate safety concerns during night shifts among doctors in the backdrop of recent alleged rape and murder of a

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Women’s safety at workplace enhanced WCD Ministry launches SHe-Box portal

UNION Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi on Thursday launched a centralised platform designed to make workplaces safer for women by addressing and managing complaints of sexual harassment. The SHe-Box portal is a significant advancement in the Government’s ongoing efforts to safeguard women in the workplace, the ministry said in a statement.

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Govt to soon launch scheme totrain adolescent girls for jobs

THE Government will soon launch a scheme to train 14- 18 years old girls in non-traditional job roles, a move aimed at increasing women’s participation in the labour force, a topofficial saidonWednesday. The pilot of the scheme will be launched in the next 2-3 weeks, SecretaryinMinistry of Women and Child Development Anil Malik said.The scheme, which is being launched in 27 districts in the pilot phase, will eventually be expanded to cover 218 districts across the country,he said. A non-traditional career i

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