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For this purpose, the Congress has decided to form a ‘Narmada Seva Sena’. During an interaction with reporters at the party headquarters in Bhopal on Wednesday, former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath said the ‘Narmada Seva Sena’ would be a non-political organisation and any one can join it. “Even Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan can become a Narmada Seva Sena member,” Kamal Nath said in a sarcastic tone. Under the state level apex ‘Narmada Seva Sena’ committee, a large number of local committees will be formed across the river’s 1077-km stretch in Madhya Pradesh. The Narmada…

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Hockey India on Wednesday announced the 20-member junior women’s team for Four Nations Tournament, scheduled to be played from August 18 to 23 in Dusseldorf, Germany. India will play against England, Spain, and hosts Germany. The tournament will be part of the team’s preparations for the all-important 2023 Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, scheduled to be played in Santiago, Chile from November 29 to December 10.The team will be led by talented defender Preeti and skilful midfielder Rutuja Dadaso Pisal will shoulder the duties of vice-captain.The goalkeeping department will be entrusted to the talented…

London, July 26 (IANS) England batter Harry Brook believes that his side will walk away with a “moral victory” if they win the fifth and final Test at The Oval and draw the Ashes 2023 series against Australia. Rain washed away England’s hopes of levelling the series on day five of the fourth Test in Manchester as Australia retained their hold on the urn. But the hosts are now determined to level the series at 2-2 and salvage some pride from a series where they have shown dominance on certain occasions.”We were dominating the game last week so if the…

New York, July 26 (IANS) Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the central mechanism behind cognitive decline associated with normal ageing.The normal ageing process is associated with declines in certain cognitive abilities, such as processing speed and certain memory, language, visuospatial, and executive function abilities.Some also experience slowness in thinking and difficulties sustaining attention, multitasking, holding information in mind and word-finding. According to the team from University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, ageing in mice and humans is linked to a specific brain protein including CaMKII.“The mechanism involves the mis-regulation of a brain protein known as CaMKII which…

In playing three Ashes Tests so far, Anderson has taken only four wickets and will turn 41 during the fifth Test at The Oval, starting from Thursday.”Ten or 15 years ago the debate would be about whether I should be dropped. Now it is about my future. I understand that. It is the Oval, the end of a series and a time for speculation.I keep talking to the coach and captain. They want me around, so as long as I am still hungry, want to put in the work then I will keep trying to give my best for the…

“We’ve redesigned the Play Store to help users get the most from their tablets, Chromebooks, and foldables,” the tech giant said in an Android Developers blogpost on Tuesday.The company introduced four updates to help users find high-quality large screen apps on its app store — refreshed app listing pages, ranking and quality improvements, streamlined store navigation, and a split-screen search experience.”Your store listing page is the best way to demonstrate the functionality and value of your app, so we’ve revamped the experience to put your content front and centre,” the tech giant added.Games with high-quality videos will now show a…

The first instalment of the annual grant for the financial year 2023-24 has been released by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to 13 voluntary organizations identified in the entire state. The voluntary organisations which have been selected for financial grants by the Uttar Pradesh government include two in Rampur, two in Lucknow, three in Bareilly, four in Badaun, and one each in Bijnor and Kaushambhi.According to the government spokesman, the state government is providing an annual grant of Rs 3.37 crore to all selected voluntary organisations for providing training related to the operation of shelter homes for…

Set in London, ‘Goldfish’ deals with memory, music, mental health and identity. Directed by Pushan Kripalani, this Indian-British-American production brings together powerhouse talents Deepti Naval, Kalki Koechlin and Rajit Kapur, with some actors from the UK – Bharti Patel, Gordon Warnecke, Ravin Ganatra and Shanaya Rafaat – to tell a delicate, timeless story of a mother and a daughter, and of community.Kalki was last seen in 2019 Hindi movie ‘Gully Boy’, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. She also starred in the 2020 Tamil anthology drama ‘Paava Kadhaigal’, in the segment ‘Love Panna Uttranum’ as Penelope.On September 30, 2019, Kalki…

Speaking during the Assembly session, Viegas said that the drug issue should be seriously addressed.”Drugs have reached the doors of the people. Students are falling prey to this addiction. Hence there should be more awareness about it,” Viegas said.He alleged that some pastry shops sell brownies and cake out of Marijuana.”My demand is to check pastry shops, who are engaged in selling such cakes. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) should be given instruction to raid pastry shops wherever the weed cake and marijuana Brownie are sold. You have to investigate it,” Viegas said.Replying to him, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said…

In a regulatory filing, the bank said it closed the Q1FY24 with a total income of Rs 28,579.27 crore (Q1FY23 Rs 21,294.03 crore) and a net profit of Rs 1,255.41 crore (Rs 308.44 crore). As on June 30, the bank’s gross non-performing assets (GNPA) stood at Rs 70,899.34 crore (as on June 30, 2022 Rs 90,167.10 crore) and the net NPA at Rs 17,129.47 crore (Rs 31,744.31 crore). During the period under review, the Punjab National Bank had raised Rs 3,090 crore by issuing Basel III compliant Tier II bonds. Further, during the same period, the bank has redeemed Basel…