Month: July 2024

Boys Have “Better Access” To Career Information In India: UNICEF Report

July 18, 2024 admin

The India chapter of Generation Unlimited — YuWaah — was launched in November 2019. (Representational) New Delhi: Boys in India tend to have better access to career-related information, while less than 10 per cent students use career guidance services or are even aware of their availability, according to a new UNICEF report. The Second Edition…

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Himachal To Build Its 1st Road Using Full Depth Reclamation Technology

July 18, 2024 admin

Roads constructed by using FDR technology are more durable (Representational) Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh will build its first road using Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) technology in Ghumarwin subdivision of this district, minister in the state government Rajesh Dharmani said here on Thursday. The 7-kilometre Gahar-Naswal road will be constructed at a cost of Rs…

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Trump-Style Ear Bandages New Trend At Republican National Convention

July 18, 2024 admin

Trump with a bandage where a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his right ear at a rally Milwaukee: At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, a fashion trend with a difference has emerged – fake ear bandages, donned by attendees as a symbolic gesture of support for Donald Trump. Trump has appeared at the…

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What is the role of the Finance Commission? | Explained

July 18, 2024 admin

For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: The sixteenth Finance Commission headed by former Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has begun its work by inviting suggestions from the public on the mandate set for it by the Centre. The latest Finance Commission, which consists of five members including the chairman,…

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Tibet PM-In-Exile On China Renaming Places In India

July 18, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh and belligerence in Ladakh — this is what reflects China’s hegemonistic ambition and now that the US law about Tibet has been passed, it has challenged China’s claim that no nation recognises Tibetan Independence, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-Exile, Sikyong Penpa Tsering told NDTV today in an exclusive interview. Asked…

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7 Killed, 3 Injured As Taxi Falls Into Roadside Well In Maharashtra: Report

July 18, 2024 admin

The taxi had 12 occupants, including the driver, an official said. Jalna: Seven persons returning from a pilgrimage to temple town Pandharpur were killed and three injured on Thursday after a taxi veered off the road in Maharashtra’s Jalna district and fell into a well, a police official said. The incident took place at 5:30pm…

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Hardik Pandya and wife Natasa Stankovic officially part ways

July 18, 2024 admin

Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic got married on May 31, 2020. Photo: Instagram/hardikpandya93 Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, on July 18, announced his separation with wife Natasa Stankovic after a relationship of four years. The couple disclosed the decision in a joint statement on their respective official Instagram accounts. Pandya and Stankovic got married on…

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) bags ₹840 crore deal to make ocean research vessel

July 18, 2024 admin

Officials during the signing of a contract between defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) and National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: PTI Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. has signed a deal with the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) under the…

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Significant Step, Says Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma As Child Marriage Cases Fall By 81%

July 18, 2024 admin

Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government has taken a significant step to ensure justice for girls Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said his government has taken a significant step to ensure justice for girls by putting additional safeguards against child marriage. In a cabinet meeting today, he said the government has taken…

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Barack Obama Wants Joe Biden To Pull Out Of US Presidential Race: Report

July 18, 2024 admin

Obama thinks Biden needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, the report said (File) Washington: Former US president Barack Obama has told allies that Joe Biden needs to reconsider his reelection bid, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Obama believes that Biden’s path to victory has diminished and that the 81-year-old should “seriously…

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