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Tokyo, Oct 18 (IANS) Smoking rooms will no longer be provided on Japan’s bullet trains running on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines in spring 2024, their operators said on Wednesday.As of next spring, smoking rooms will be replaced with areas to store drinking water for emergencies, Central Japan Railway Co., West Japan Railway Co. and Kyushu Railway Co. said.The operators said the move was implemented dueto growing health consciousness and declining smoking rates, reports Xinhua news agency.The move, which will affect the Tokaido Shinkansen line that connects Tokyo and Osaka as well was the Sanyo and Kyushu lines…

The Productivity Linked Bonus was approved during the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to non gazetted railway employees — Track maintainer, Loco Pilots, Train Managers (Guards), Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and other Group ‘C’ staff (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel).In a statement, the government said, “In recognition of this excellent performance by the Railway staff, Union government has approved payment of PLB of Rs 1,968.87 crore to 11,07,346 railway employees.””The performance of Railways in the year 2022-2023 was very good. Railways loaded a record cargo of 1509 Million Tonnes and carried nearly 6.5…

The new ‘Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet’ is available at Dyson.in, and the company’s Demo stores in White and Satin Silver colour options. “The Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet is our first purifier specifically engineered to purify properly in spaces up to 1,076 sq. ft. It blends highly effective filtration and powerful projection, to automatically respond to imperceptible pollution events,” Matt Jennings, Dyson Engineering Director — Environmental Care, said in a statement. The new air purifier uses ‘Cone Aerodynamics’ to deliver a 10-meter projection. Alongside powerful projection, it is also engineered to operate quietly, producing just 56 decibels of noise, according to the company.…

The officer whose name was proposed by a single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay is Snehangshu Biswas – a veteran investigating officer attached to CBI since long and currently posted at the agency’s headquarters in New Delhi.”He is a veteran investigator and hence his experience in the matter can be utilised to bring pace in the school job case in West Bengal,” Justice Gangopadhyay observed on Wednesday.He directed the CBI authorities to instruct Biswas to arrive at Kolkata by October 20 and be a part of the investigation team in the matter.Justice Gangopadhyay also said till the completion of the…

Windows Central reported, citing “Microsoft internal data”, that Windows 11 is now active on almost half a billion devices, ahead of the company expectations.Windows 10 reached 400 million active devices just over a year after release, 115 per cent faster than Windows 7.It has taken Windows 11 two years to reach that same adoption rate.“This is a significantly slower rate than Windows 10, which reached the same number in just over a year (and eventually 1 billion users by early 2020),” the report mentioned.Microsoft launched Windows 11 in October 2021 with strict hardware requirements.Windows 11 was officially supported on PCs…

The meeting of CEC on Madhya Pradesh took place after the party leadership first held deliberations over the candidates for the Rajasthan.The meeting of the CEC for Madhya Pradesh was attended by Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal, Madhya Pradesh in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, state unit chief and former chief minister Kamal Nath, Screening Committee chairperson for Madhya Pradesh Jitendra Singh, PL Punia, Ambika Sonia and many others.After the meeting, Kharge and wrote on X: “This time Madhya Pradesh will not fall under the influence of BJP. Public…

Sharanjit Kaur, a constable with West Midlands Police, resigned last month and was charged following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), the Birmingham Mail newspaper reported.The Birmingham Magistrates Court heard recently that Kaur was off-duty when she stormed up to school boys as they pushed each other around on the Birmingham street.Mobile footage of the incident, which took place in October 13 last year, went viral on the social media, leading to a conduct referral to the IOPC from the West Midlands Police.In the clip, she can be seen racing up to the group of boys…

The decision came even though Patel’s regular bail plea awaits consideration.Following the Morbi bridge disaster that claimed 135 lives last October, Patel turned himself in on January 31. The bridge, under the operation and upkeep of his firm, led to Patel facing accusations of culpable homicide.The charge sheet, presented by the police on January 27, directly implicates Patel for overseeing and guiding the bridge’s repair and upgrade works.Justice Divyesh Joshi, overseeing the case, indicated that the regular bail plea would be deliberated upon on October 27.Representing Patel, Senior Advocate Nirupam Nanavaty highlighted the court’s delay in addressing the regular bail,…

Dubai, Oct 18 (IANS) A pair of power-hitters have soared higher in the ICC Men’s ODI batting rankings, while a veteran pacer is on the brink of top spot in the bowling.Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma and Trent Boult have each made their move towards the peak of the Men’s ODI Player Rankings in the latest update, reports ICC.Devastating displays from South Africa opener de Kock and India captain Rohit at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 have propelled the duo higher in the ODI Batting Rankings.De Kock started the tournament with back-to-back tons but missed an opportunity to…

Lucknow, Oct 18 (IANS) Up to 90 per cent of trauma cases are initially mishandled at accident scenes, worsening injuries and prolonging treatment, say medical experts.The Department of Trauma Surgery, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), conducted a public interaction session on Tuesday on how to handle trauma cases at accident sites.Professor Samir Misra, senior faculty in the Department of Trauma Surgery, said, “If an injured person receives proper assistance at the accident site, we can stop bleeding, prevent further bone damage, and ensure a speedy recovery. Unfortunately, this often does not happen, and about 90 per cent of accident cases…