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Madrid (Spain), Aug 17 (IANS) The second round of matches in the new La Liga season gets underway with two matches on Friday, with Mallorca at home to Villarreal and newly-promoted Las Palmas visiting Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium.Villarreal’s poor pre-season form carried on into their opening game as they lost 2-1 to Real Betis. Quique Setien’s side is clearly missing players such as Samuel Chukwueze and Nicolas Jackson, whose sale has robbed them of pace and goals in attack.Valencia have the youngest squad in La Liga after another summer without new signings, and coach Ruben Baraja has to make do with…

An IndiGo pilot scheduled for a flight from Nagpur to Pune lost consciousness and collapsed at the boarding gate on Thursday, said the airline official.He was declared dead after being taken to a hospital.”We are saddened at the passing of one of our pilots in Nagpur earlier today. He took unwell at Nagpur airport and was rushed to the hospital where he unfortunately passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones,” IndiGo said in a statement.On Wednesday, a seasoned pilot from Qatar Airways, who was a passenger on a flight from Delhi to Doha, fell…

PMK state president and former union minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that the prices of coconut in Tamil Nadu were at its lowest and if the government distributes coconut oil through PDS shops, then it could be a big relief to the coconut farmers.He said that several grama sabha meetings that were held on August 15 have also urged the state government to replace palm oil in PDS or ration shops with coconut oil.The PMK leader said that coconut trees are cultivated in around 10.98 lakh hectare and give yield of 500 crore coconuts. He also said that coconuts are coming…

Kejriwal said that the BJP leaders were saying that the PM visited the North East the most in the last nine years. “But if relatives don’t come during times of trouble, how will it feel? Why does the Prime Minister always sit in his room during a crisis? The entire nation is stunned and seeking answers from him,” the Delhi Chief Minister asked.He said when the women wrestlers were protesting at Jantar Mantar, alleging sexual harassment by Brij Bhushan, PM didn’t say a word. But when these wrestlers won medals, the Prime Minister was taking videos and photos with them.“At…

Officials said that the landslides occurred between Irang and Awangkhul – 2, Khongsang and Awangkhul, and Rangkhui village on Wednesday in mountainous Noney district, blocking the NH-37, leaving round 500 trucks — goods laden and empty ones — stranded.District administrations and other authorities have engaged a large number of workers to clear the mudslides from this vital national highway on an emergency basis and to resume movement of traffic.According to the official, the incessant monsoon rains during the past few days triggered the landslides.Due to the blockade of the highway, carrying of food grains and essential items is likely to…

Taking to his X account (formerly Twitter), the ‘Vikram’ actor sharing a picture of the two together tweeted: “Many happy returns of this day, Dear Shankar ji”.Many fans congratulated the veteran Tamil director on his birthday while referring to the two as the ‘power-packed danger duo’. After his success with the 2022 version of his 1986 spy-thriller film ‘Vikram’, Kamal Haasan, who is now over 68 still has the same level of energy.‘Indian 2’ is the sequel to Shankar Shanmugam’s 1996 Tamil vigilante action classic ‘Indian’ which also starred Kamal Haasan in the lead alongside Nedumudi Venu, Sukanya, Manisha Koirala…

Taking to X (formerly called Twitter), the Governor shared the photos of the courtesy meet with the Tamil superstar which was held on August 16.Sharing the photos, Radhakrishnan wrote: “On his arrival in Ranchi, delighted and very happy to meet my dear friend, one of India’s greatest actors and great human being superstar @rajinikanth Ji at Raj Bhavan yesterday on a courtesy meet. I heartily welcome him to the great land of Jharkhand.”In the photos, Rajinikanth can be seen wearing a white shirt, and black joggers, paired with sports shoes.The actor also visited the Rajrappa temple of Goddess Chinnamasta in…

A notification issued by Planning, Development and Monitoring department in this regard reads: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of earlier notifications issued on the subject, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby freezes the boundaries of Districts/Tehsils, Municipalities, Towns, Revenue Villages and other Administrative units in the whole Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir w.e.f 01.01.2024 till completion of Census, 2021.”–IANSsq/dan

This has contributed significantly towards achieving goals of Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Interacting with the media here, Air Commodore Shrivastava said indigenisation of many complex spares has been completed and many more are in advanced stages.”The indigenisation drive of the depot has resulted in savings of hundreds of crores worth of foreign exchange and at the same time has drastically reduced ex-abroad dependency for requirement of aviation spares,” he said.In the face of many technological and supply chain challenges due to difficult geo-political scenario, he said the depot has always played a pivotal role in sustaining operations of…

The bench, also comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy, PS Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal and Manoj Misra, held that to deprive the state and its citizens of the benefit of these experienced judicial officers at a senior position would not be in public interest.Also, the apex court said that it would be contrary to the public interest to direct the induction of the petitioners into High Judicial Services after the lapse of more than six years.Initially, a notification was issued by the Kerala High Court in September 2015 stipulating that “the merit list of successful candidates will be prepared on the basis of…