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Addressing a conclave of NSAs of India and central Asian nations in Kazakhstan, he said that irrespective of its cause, terrorism is unjustifiable. Referring to the key issue of connectivity and economic integration with central Asian nations, Doval said that it is an area of priority for India. At the same time though, he added that it is important to ensure that connectivity initiatives are consultative, transparent, and participatory. The NSA further said that such initiatives should respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and adhere to environmental parameters, while ensuring financial viability, rather than becoming debt burdens, in…

Another astounding fact is that while there are 694 glacial lakes in Sikkim, the number of flood forecasting stations there, are only eight.Arunachal Pradesh has 1,602 glacial lakes while it has only three flood forecasting stations. Similarly, Himachal Pradesh has only one station to monitor 513 glacial lakes, while Uttarakhand has six flood forecasting stations to monitor 347 lakes.This was informed by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry to a Lok Sabha Parliamentary panel on water resources in a report titled “Glacier management in the country -Monitoring of glaciers and lakes including glacial lake outbursts leading to flash floods in the…

The defamation suit, which comes after Moitra issued a legal notice to Dubey, Dehadrai, and several media outlets, vehemently denying any wrongdoing. Dubey had lodged a complaint with the Lok Sabha Speaker, claiming that Moitra had accepted bribes in exchange for raising questions in Parliament. According to Dubey, the allegations stemmed from a letter addressed to him by Dehadrai. “By way of background, it is stated that Defendant No. 2 (Dehadrai) was a close friend of the Plaintiff and recently, the cessation of this friendship soon took an acrimonious turn. Defendant No. 2 resorted to sending vile, threatening, vulgar messages…

The Defence Ministry said that it will be a dedicated platform with helicopter landing capabilities, adding the training ship will be an advanced one with modern high-tech surveillance.Its monitoring systems will provide profound insight and expertise to the ICG cadets on the challenges at sea while ensuring the security of coastline and offshore assets.For this initiative, the Ministry of Defence has signed a contract for the construction of a training ship for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).This contract was signed with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) at a cost of Rs 310 crore under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category in Delhi…

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Tuesday felicitated members of the Indian shooting squad that claimed the second-highest number of medals for India in the 19th Asian Games that ended in Hangzhou last week. The 33-member squad came back from Hangzhou, China, with a historic best-ever haul of 22 medals, including seven gold from the continental multi-sport extravaganza.The squad, including coaches and support staff, were felicitated at a simple ceremony at the Finals Hall of the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) in the national capital, the NRAI informed in a release on…

Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Software major Infosys Ltd has been gradually increasing the quantum interim dividend to its shareholders over the years.Announcing the second quarter results for FY24, the company had declared an interim bonus of Rs 18 per share with a face value of Rs 5. In 2018, the company had declared an interim dividend of Rs.7 and followed it up with Rs 8 in 2019. The next three years saw Infosys declaring interim dividends of Rs 12 (2020), Rs 15 (2021), Rs 16.50 (2022) and Rs.18 this year — the highest since 2018. In terms of percentage the…

“Since a transgender person can be in a heterosexual relationship like a cis-male or cis-female, a union between a transwoman and a transman, or a transwoman and a cisman, or a transman and a ciswoman can be registered under Marriage laws,” said a constitution Bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud. It said that a transgender man has the right to marry a cisgender woman under the laws governing marriage in the country, including personal laws. “Similarly, a transgender woman has the right to marry a cisgender man. A transgender man and a transgender woman can also marry,” it added. The…

Kamal Nath led MP Congress has promised to fill two lakh vacant posts and promised that at least one lakh job vacancies will be created for youths in rural areas. In its manifesto, the Congress has mentioned that more than two crore youth are unemployed, and of them, several lakh are skilled and they will be provided jobs through various schemes. Job-oriented diploma courses related with farming, animal husbandry, and fisheries would be included in school education, it said.The Congress also said that if it forms the government in Madhya Pradesh, it would allocate a Rs1,000 crore corpus fund for…

Mizoram beat Mamta Modern School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi, 3-2 in a tight contest and T.G English School, Bishnupur, Manipur got the better off Shri Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Bhaktapur, Nepal 3-0, while Jharkhand comprehensively beat Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maheshpur, Pakur, Jharkhand 5-0 to confirm their places in the knockout stages.In the other group stage matches at the Ambedkar Stadium, Kamla Devi Public School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh comprehensively beat Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi 7-0 in a Group E match with Rohit Singh scoring four goals for the winners. In a Group F match, Govt. Senior Secondary School, Namchi, South…

The Bigg Boss has announced that the residents of each makaan must nominate one occupant, who doesn’t deserve to be in their chosen space for eviction.Most of the inhabitants of the ‘Dil’ makaan nominated contestant Mannara Chopra, and this didn’t go down well with the nominee, who alleges that she has been betrayed. This led to her breaking down in tears. Bigg Boss announced the first nomination of the house and asked the housemates to name one contestant they think should be evicted.Aishwarya Sharma,Vicky Jain, Isha Malviya and several others took Mannara’s name and sent her to the ‘unsafe zone’.Mannara…