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After the decision was taken at a meeting on Wednesday evening, state Education Minister Ranoj Pegu told reporters: “The state cabinet has approved a scheme ‘Durgam to Sugam’. This scheme is meant for the development of areas that have difficult terrains in the state. The government employees will be posted for a period ranging from three to five years in those years.”The state government believes that this will help the upliftment of those areas, according to Pegu.In accordance with the Prime Minister’s Poshan initiative, the state Cabinet resolved on Wednesday to offer three eggs to each child in a week…

In a tweet, he said: “Due to the increasing water levels in the Yamuna River, the Wazirabad, Chandrawal, and Okhla water treatment plants are being shut down. As a result, some areas of Delhi will face water scarcity. As soon as the Yamuna water recedes, we will try to start them as soon as possible.”Earlier, the Delhi government also ordered the closure of all educational institutes in the flood-affected areas.As of Thursday morning, the water level of the Yamuna stood at 208.46 meters, way above the danger mark of 205.33 meters.Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister made an “appeal…

‘Variety’ has learned the studio is rolling out the red carpet an hour earlier than originally planned — moving from 5:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. local time — with the hope that the 60 minutes will allow the cast, which includes stars like Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh, to pose for photos and participate in interviews without going against SAG-AFTRA strike rules.SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Artist Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, a labour union representing more than 160,000 American film, radio and television performers. Hollywood writers are already on strike under…

He along with his family members had ‘darshan’ in the early hours of the day.The Union minister later said that he prayed to the deity to bless India to become a powerful nation bestowed with prosperity.Speaking to media persons outside the Tirumala temple, he said he was blessed to have the darshan along with his family.”I prayed to Bhagawan Sri Venkateswara to give me more strength to serve the people of my country. With the benign blessings of Sri Venkateswara the country will soon emerge into a biggest powerful nation,” he said.Earlier, he was accompanied by TTD Trust Board Chairman…

Aaljibhai Parmar and Manubhai Parmar (both in their 50s) from Samadhiyala village in Chuda tehsil, were assaulted with sharp-edged weapons on Wednesday. They were immediately rushed to a government hospital where they succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment. Haresh Dudhat, the Superintendent of Police for Surendranagar district, said that the incident stemmed from a land dispute between the victims and the accused.There was a pending court matter in relation to this dispute, which will be investigated further, he added. Dudhat further said that the accused belong to the Kathi-Darbar community. The incident has sparked outrage and concerns regarding the…

Through the ‘Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator’, Acumen experts will lead a 12-week programme designed to help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses to transform the lives of people living in poverty, while also protecting the environment.“Apple is committed to helping ensure everyone can share in the benefits of a greener economy,” said Sarah Chandler, Apple’s vice president of Environment and Supply Chain Innovation.“We’re demonstrating the transformative potential of clean energy in everything we do, and excited to support social innovators who share that goal,” she added.Applications are open now, with programming beginning in September this year.Leaders of social enterprises…

The verdict comes after 11 months of trial.The customer, Manish Pathak, a lawyer and esident of Bangla Ghat, said: “It was my birthday on August 15, 2022, and since it was just me and my mother, we decided to get take out for dinner. I went to the restaurant located in Gola market and placed and order for a Special Masala Dosa.”I paid Rs 140 and took the parcel back home. When we opened the parcel we did not find any sambar. There was only dosa and sauce. Sambar is the most important while eating dosa.“As it was night time,…

San Francisco, July 13 (IANS) Following downtime due to a major database upgrade on the backend, the decentralised social media platform Mastodon has completed the maintenance and is now back online.According to the company’s status page, the platform underwent maintenance on Wednesday, which lasted for about an hour.It affected the website and application programming interface (API), as well as the background queues.”We will be performing a major database upgrade on the backend. We’ve created a process to minimise downtime, however there will still be some downtime during the process (est. 15-20 minutes),” the company had said.In an update, it said,…

The fresh batch of pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas on Thursday morning in an escorted convoy of 306 vehicles. “Of thee 9,241 pilgrims, 3,206 are going to the Baltal base camp. while 6,035 are heading to the Pahalgam base camp,” officials said. Since this year’s Amarnath Yatra started on July 1, 19 pilgrims have died so far of natural causes. Yatris approach the Himalayan cave shrine either from the traditional Pahalgam route which involves an uphill trek of 43 km or from the north Kashmir Baltal base camp which involves a 13 km uphill trek. Those using the…

Doctors have warned people of taking over-the-counter (OTC) remedies, which could be harmful.According to officials of KGMU, SPM Civil and Lokbandhu Hospital, the doctors used to attend to 35-40 patients with conjunctivitis daily before the monsoon, which has increased to 40-46 daily now.They said the increase is due to favourable conditions for the growth of disease-causing bacteria.They added that if someone experiences symptoms like redness in eye, discharge, crusty eyes, sticking or gluing of the eyelids upon waking, blurry vision, light sensitivity, and irritation, they should immediately seek medical advice.An ophthalmologist at KGMU Dr Arun Kumar Sharma said, “Patients usually…