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He made the remarks while addressing a felicitation event organised by Jagadguru Sri Revanasiddeswara Siddasimhasana Sri Kaginele Mahasansthan, Kanaka Guru Peetha Mutt Mysore . “People belonging to Backward Castes, Dalits, and minorities should come to the mainstream. More than 70 crore women have travelled under Shakti scheme for free. This scheme boosts tourism, economic activity and increases the GDP of the state. Per capita income of the state has also increased. Each eligible beneficiary family is provided with Rs 50,000 to 60,000 annually by the government which results in financial empowerment of the family,” he said. The Chief Minister said…

Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Cricket’s commercial massive strength in India and other member countries was not a consideration for the sport’s return to the Olympic Games after 120-plus years at the Los Angeles Olympics, scheduled in July 2028, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Monday.Cricket was last played in the 1900 edition in Paris as a one-off match between Great Britain and France (a team comprising British nationals and two born in France). Its return to the Olympics was approved by the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai on Monday.According to Bach, the reason the organising committee…

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) MIC English Medium HS, Athanikal, Malappuram, Kerala and Govt Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37 B, Chandigarh qualified for the quarterfinals from Group B and Group A respectively in the 62nd Subroto Cup Inter School International Football Tournament being played at various venues, here.Kerala beat former champions Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan (BKSP) 4-2 to qualify for the quarterfinals while Chandigarh comprehensively beat Ramakrishna Mission School, Aalo, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh 4-1 to book their place in the knockout stages of the tournament.At the G.D Goenka Ground, +2 Durga Uchh Vidyalay, Shakti Nagar, Baanka, Bihar overcame…

Dharwad, Oct 16 (IANS) Dharwad will host the ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour event, the main rounds of which, at the Dharwad District Lawn Tennis Association courts from Tuesday.The US $ 25,000 prize money event features a talented pool of players who are ready to battle it out for glory.The event also marks the first of four international tennis events in Karnataka played under the aegis of Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association, with the subsequent stop being the Men’s tournament in Davanagere. The Dharwad event also signifies a significant milestone in KSLTA’s journey to promote and grow tennis in smaller…

Moscow, Oct 16 (IANS) The BRICS nations have overtaken G7 states in terms of the purchasing power parity (PPP) of their populations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday in an interview.“As for BRICS, at the time of the summit in Johannesburg [in August], the ratio of the economies of the G7 countries and the BRICS countries was already in favor of BRICS in terms of purchasing power parity,” Putin said.BRICS currently comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, but the group will be joined in January by Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.The G7 club…

Many of former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s loyalists have been sidelined in this list and protests in their favour have erupted across the state.Daily protests at party offices have become a regular affair by supporters of these leaders who claim that they have worked hard for the party but have been denied tickets due to political divisions.In Jaipur district, out of the 19 assembly seats, the BJP has declared candidates for 5 seats. The opposition against three out of these five candidates continues.At the same time, internal protests are continuing in the Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency where the BJP has fielded…

He slammed KCR for what he called abuse of power and growing corruption in Telangana.“The talk of corruption by your family is not limited to Telangana alone but it has reached Delhi. I want to tell Mr KCR that there is no smoke without fire,” he said in an apparent reference to the Delhi liquor policy case allegedly involving KCR’s daughter K. Kavitha.Rajnath Singh was addressing an election rally at Jammikunta in Huzurabad constituency represented by BJP MLA and former minister Eatala Rajender.The BJP leader remarked that KCR’s objective is family first while the people of Telangana want to see…

The ban is specifically aimed at products that contain formaldehyde and other formaldehyde-releasing chemicals like methylene or glycol.These chemicals are used in certain cosmetic products that are applied to human hair as part of a combination of chemical and heating tool treatment intended to smooth or straighten the hair.These “chemicals are linked to short-term adverse health effects, such as sensitisation reactions and breathing problems, and long-term adverse health effects, including an increased risk of certain cancers”, the FDA said.After issuing a proposed rule, the FDA will review public comments, and decide whether further action is needed.”Based on the comments, we…

During an interaction with media persons at party headquarters here, the veteran Congress leader said: “Around 4,000 people have applied for the tickets and they all claimed they will win the elections, but all of them can’t get the ticket. We announced candidates after taking opinions from others. There is hardly any unanimity on such things as all those who applied claimed that they would be victorious.” Responding to the resentment of some party workers after they were denied tickets, he said he will talk to all them. Kamal Nath, who is the chief ministerial face of the Congress in…

With 2,257 cases being recorded daily, the UK is currently seeing a fresh rise in Covid-19 infections.The related-hospitalisation is also at a five-month high — 3,366 patients, the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) report said.Yet they are still far below levels seen during the pandemic. Covid is “well on the way” to becoming seasonal, Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious-diseases expert at the University of East Anglia was quoted as saying by the BBC.Prof Hunter said that flu is likely to cause more deaths from now on, while Covid will eventually become “just another cause of the common cold”, like the…