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Hangzhou, Oct 3 (IANS) Parul Choudhary and Annu Rani came up with their best at the crunch, grabbing the country’s first gold medals in women’s 5000m and javelin throw respectively in the Asian Games, helping the country make a surging run towards its best-ever medal haul in the mega event.With Parul and Annu claiming gold medals, India bagged two gold, Mohammed Afsal and two bronze medals in athletics on Tuesday. Mohammed Afsal in men’s 800m and Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon bagged the silver medals. The bronze medals were won by Praveen Chitharavel in the men’s triple jump and Vithya…

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Ronnie Screwvala-founded edtech unicorn upGrad’s Co-founder and Managing Director, Mayank Kumar, on Tuesday said he is stepping down as Chairperson of India Edtech Consortium (IEC) to prioritise his responsibilities at upGrad.In a statement to IANS, Kumar said the past year and a half with the self-regulating body IEC has been truly rewarding.“I’ve made a deliberate choice to prioritise my responsibilities at upGrad and move forward. upGrad is currently in a critical growth phase, requiring my full focus, attention, and time,” Kumar said.He said this decision will enable another capable individual to step up and lead…

The fact that Ajit Pawar, who heads a breakaway NCP faction that is a member of the ruling coalition, is not accompanying the duo have added to the rift rumours.According to sources, Shinde and Fadnavis, cancelling all their engagements, left for Delhi to confer with Shah, and were briefing him on the state’s political situation and Ajit Pawar’s attitude and demands. They were also discussing the planned cabinet expansion.Ajit Pawar is said to be annoyed for some days now and is skipping cabinet meetings, with the delay in the cabinet expansion and appointment of Guardian Ministers among the reasons for…

Addressing a public meeting here, he launched a bitter attack on the Congress in the backdrop of the caste survey in Bihar, saying that poor are the biggest caste in the country and their welfare and development is real social justice.A day after Bihar government released the report on caste survey, Modi came down heavily on the Congress, alleging that it has come out with a new slogan ‘jitni abadi utna haq’ to grab power.Modi asked Congress to declare whether it is against minorities and South India. “Their new thinking will do grave injustice to South India and it will…

The faces as well as the identities of the astronauts, however, have not been revealed yet.Even as some reports claimed that the individuals seen in the video are the ones who have been selected as part of Gaganyaan, ISRO has not yet officially decided on whether the first crewed Gaganyaan mission will have two or three astronauts.After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, the Gaganyaan mission — planned for 2024, is being widely discussed.Scientists have submitted that after Chandrayaan-3, all efforts would be made to make the Gaganyaan mission a successful one.A report mentioned that the astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission…

In his reply filed in the Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench), Gehlot said that whatever he had said was not his views, as former judges have also given statements many times regarding corruption in the judiciary.”Even in my statement, I expressed my views while quoting them. Still, if my statement has hurt the dignity of the judiciary, I apologise,” he said.Taking the statement of Gehlot on record, the division bench of Chief Justice A.G. Masih fixed the next hearing in the case for November 7.Advocate Prateek Kasliwal, who appeared on behalf of Gehlot, said: “We have presented the documents of…

Saha, who was a professor of the medical college, performed a successful operation on one of his former students, an MBBS doctor, who had suffered a right subcondylar fracture in his mouth in a recent two-wheeler accident. With precision and skill, he performed the surgery, ensuring a smooth and successful procedure. Haradhan Choudhury, father of doctor Sayantan Choudhury, approached the Chief Minister seeking advice regarding his son’s treatment. Initially, they had planned to seek treatment outside the state. However, as the Chief Minister was ready to personally oversee the operation, they decided to cancel their plan to go outside the…

ADGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said that the video news item suggesting that suspended police officer Adil Mushtaq’s involvement in Kokernag terror incident is baseless.”This type of irresponsible journalism is an act of criminal misconduct and is liable for legal action,” he said, adding that DSP Mushtaq is being investigated for an entirely different case in Srinagar district and not in Anantnag. “It has come to notice that a video news item has been uploaded purportedly issued by a news agency by the name of Bharat TAK suggesting that Dy.SP Adil Mushtaq is involved in the Kokernag terror incident as an…

“Any refugee return must be voluntary and without any pressure to ensure protection for those seeking safety,” Qaisar Khan Afridi, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told Anadolu.The Pak interim government earlier in the day ordered all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country or face expulsion after revealing that 14 of 24 suicide bombings in the country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals, Geo News reported.”We have given them a November 1 deadline,” said Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, adding that all illegal immigrants should leave voluntarily or face…

During his meeting with OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al-Ghais on the sidelines of the ongoing annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2023, Puri urged OPEC to recognise the gravity of the current economic situation and called upon him to use his office to imbue a sense of pragmatism, balance and affordability in the oil markets.During the discussions, the Petroleum Minister highlighted that due to the production cuts carried out by OPEC (10) and OPEC+ countries from August 2022 onwards, effectively around 5 per cent of the total global oil availability has been removed from the market, causing…