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Addressing a function to hand over the recruitment letter to 249 youth for 191 posts in the Local Government Department, 25 in the Animal Husbandry, 24 in the Cooperation and nine in the Technical Education Department here, the Chief Minister said the youth should feel proud as they are becoming a team of the government that is working untiringly for carving out a new Punjab.He said the government has been conducting this recruitment drive completely on merit and jobs are being given only to deserving and needy candidates.Mann said neither any recommendation nor any other tantrum, except merit, is working…

Ranjith Varma from Manassas, Virginia, was hiking with a group of about six others on September 9 when the incident occurred, the Arizona Daily Sun reported, citing Grand Canyon National Park spokesperson on Monday. Varma had became unresponsive and members of the hiking group and bystanders initiated CPR, according to the report. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call at around 1.55 p.m. of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail. Park spokesperson Joelle Baird said rescue personnel had to use specialised helicopter maneuvers to reach the terrain, which was steep and rocky. Attempts to…

Of South Korea’s 228 administrative districts, 118, or 51.8 per cent, saw the population risk index fall below 0.5 as of February, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.The population risk index is calculated by dividing the number of females aged 20 to 39 by the population of those aged 65 and above, reports Yonhap News Agency. A region is classified as a risk-prone area when it falls below 0.5.”(The decline) will impose burdens on the regional economy and finance, posing a threat to the survival of local communities,” First Vice Finance Minister Kim Byoung-hwan said during a government…

Both the leaders visited the confluence of the Parvati and the Beas River in Bhuntar and at Potato Ground in Manali, the areas badly devastated by the fury of floods triggered by torrential rain in July and August.The people narrated their woes with Priyanka Gandhi and lauded efforts of the government in providing timely relief to the affected, besides the personal efforts of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues for the relief and rescue operations.Priyanka Gandhi, while interacting with the media in Manali, lauded the efforts of the people who had come forward in this hour of distress by…

Every year COPD kills approximately three million people worldwide. It is a severe respiratory disease that involves progressive damage to lung tissue.A team from the Regend Therapeutics in China conducted an experimental treatment phase I clinical trial involving 17 patients.The findings presented at the ongoing European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, were able to breathe better, walk further and had better quality of life after receiving the experimental treatment.To find new treatments for COPD, researchers have been investigating stem cells and P63 progenitor cells — known for their ability to regenerate the tissues of the airways cells that…

Sharing his own video speech of a rally in Harnaut block Nalanda on social media, he said that there is not a single allegation against Nitish Kumar despite having served in the capacity of various union ministers and being Bihar chief minister for around 30 years from time-to-time.He said that Nitish Kumar has served as MP for five terms and also served as union railway minister, agriculture minister and road transport minister.“Despite such a political background, Nitish Kumar is clean. Even as Chief Minister he is only serving the people. He believes that he has to work for the common…

Both the Congress and CPI (ML) have asked for nine and six Lok Sabha seats, respectively, in Bihar.The CPI (ML) Politburo meeting was held in Patna on Monday and Tuesday where party’s National General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya hinted about contesting six seats in Bihar.He claimed that the CPI (ML) has good support in Arrah, Karakat, Patliputra, Siwan, Buxar and Jehanabad.On the other hand, State Congress President Akhilesh Prasad Singh earlier claimed that his party would contest on either nine to 10 Lok Sabha seats.The Congress had contested nine seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and won only one seat…

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing because of an anti-doping offence, Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO Italia) said.The tribunal said Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone after Juventus’ 3-0 win at Udinese on August 20, according to BBC.NADO Italia said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”, adding that the results were “consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds”.Testosterone is a hormone that increases the endurance of athletes. Pogba has three days to produce a counter-analysis of…

Colombo, Sep 12 (IANS) India batter Shreyas Iyer will not be available for Tuesday’s Asia Cup Super 4 game against Sri Lanka as he is yet to fully recover from back spasm, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said.The BCCI said that Iyer had been advised to rest by the medical team has not travelled with Team India to the R Premadasa Stadium.”Shreyas Iyer is feeling better but is yet to fully recover from back spasm. He has been advised rest by the BCCI Medical Team and has not travelled with the team to the stadium today…

Colombo, Sep 12 (IANS) India batter KL Rahul, who displayed exceptional prowess by scoring his 6th ODI ton to mark his remarkable return to international cricket, spoke on the exhilarating partnership with Virat Kohli, who also reached a century milestone during their unbeaten stand in India’s massive 228-run win over Pakistan in Asia Cup Super Four match.In a conversation with Star Sports, Rahul expressed that words fall short in describing Kohli’s greatness as a player adding that he feels comfortable playing with him in the middle.During his outstanding knock of 122 not out off just 94 balls, Kohli completed 13,000…