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The name of Clifford Miranda was recommended by the Technical Committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), a meeting of which was held via video conferencing on Thursday, and was chaired by IM Vijayan.”After extensive deliberations, the committee recommended Clifford Miranda for the post of Head Coach of the Indian men’s U-23 national team. The committee recommended Nallappan Mohanraj as the assistant coach, Raghuvir Khanwalkar as the goalkeeping coach and Gavin Elias Araujo as the fitness coach,” the AIFF informed in a report on its website on Thursday.Other members present in the Technical Committee meeting were Pinky Bompal Magar,…

The book highlights the exceptional contributions of women in strengthening the ‘Living Bridge’ between India and the UK.The launch event, held at the residence of Caroline Rowett, British Deputy High Commissioner, brought together many of the remarkable women featured in the book, both in-person and virtually.The reception witnessed the presence of distinguished guests from diverse sectors, including government officials, politicians, business leaders, journalists, and British nationals.Caroline Rowett expressed her admiration for the women featured in the book and their achievements, which underline the breadth and depth of the links that form the foundation of the ‘Living Bridge’ connecting the two…

According to Entrackr, citing sources, the job cuts will impact around 4.5 per cent of the total workforce which is over 6,000 currently.The goal is to have cleaner and more focused execution going forward, as well as to offer everything to customers on the same platform, which is why the layoffs are taking place, according to the company. “We have witnessed a sharp uptick in demand for reliable, budget-friendly cars as most people have resumed work from the office. By splitting our inventory of cars across different brand platforms, we were sometimes unable to offer enough options to such customers.…

Cabinet minister of Bihar government and JD(U)’s in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Sharwan Kumar said that some party leaders from UP were wishing that Nitish Kumar contest Lok Sabha polls from Phulpur.Besides Phulpur, the JD(U) leaders also suggested that Kumar should contest from Ambedkar Nagar, Pratapgarh or Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituencies as well. Sharwan Kumar, however, also said that Nitish Kumar himself has rebuffed this suggestion.“The news coming into public domain that Nitish Kumar may contest Lok Sabha poll from Uttar Pradesh is absolutely false. Party has not decided yet and there is no preparation for Nitish Kumar to contest election…

The clashes were reported in Kangvai (Bishnupur) and Phougakchao (Churachandpur).As a result of the fresh violence, the district authorities of Imphal East and Imphal West have cancelled the curfew relaxations, earlier announced from 5 a.m. in the morning to 8 p.m in the evening.Before the clashes, the mass burial of 30-35 Kuki-Zomi victims, which was scheduled to take place in Tuibuong, Churachandpur, on Thursday, was postponed after the High Court of Manipur had earlier in the day ordered to maintain status quo at the proposed burial site.In a letter to theIndigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) and the Coordinating Committee on…

Bajrangi is the chief of the Faridabad unit of the Gau Rakshak Bajrang Dal.Before the violence broke out in Nuh, the videos of Bajrangi and Manesar went viral on various social media platforms.Bittu Bajrangi’s cow vigilante video was widely circulated on social media before the Yatra in Nuh.In this video, he is heard saying, “Yeh bolenge ki bataya nahi hai hum sasural aaye aur meeting nahi huve…(they will say we didn’t inform you about our coming)… keep the flower garlands ready, brother-in-law is coming. There are 150 vehicles in total.”During this video, Bittu Bajrangi also shows his supporters.Bittu Bajrangi says…

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, also showed that employees really are less active and more prone to mistakes on afternoons and Fridays, with Friday afternoon representing the lowest point of worker productivity.To understand the phenomenon, a team of researchers at Texas A&M University looked at the computer usage metrics of 789 in-office employees at a large energy company in Texas over a two-year period.”Most studies of worker productivity use employee self-reports, supervisory evaluations or wearable technology, but these can be subjective and invasive,” said Mark Benden, professor and head of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.”Instead,…

Tarouba, Aug 3 (IANS) Former India spinner and national selector Sarandeep Singh said Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav will be his preferred choices as spinners for the five-game T20I series against the West Indies, starting from Thursday evening at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium.India will be playing the T20I series without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj. With the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies and the USA next year, this series gives the visitors chance to try out various players.“The first has to be Axar Patel as he not…

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) on Thursday said it is confident that valid licenses will be provided to trusted industry partners to enable ease of doing business, as the government announced restrictions on import of laptops, personal computers and other electronics items.A notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Commerce Ministry on Thursday notified restrictions on import of laptops, tablets, personal computers and servers.Although import of these items will be allowed against a licence, certain use cases have been exempted from the restrictions.The import of these electronic goods…

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Google on Thursday announced two new Indian languages on ‘Google News’ to support the Indian language news ecosystem and expand the language web more broadly.Google News will now include two additional Indian languages — Gujarati and Punjabi, which will be available in the coming weeks, bringing the total number of languages to 10 in India.The total number of Indian languages that are now available on Google News are Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.”This expansion reaffirms Google’s commitment to making information accessible to people across the globe in the language…