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The MoU underscores the development of an institutional framework that seeks to incorporate electoral literacy formally into the school and college education system. This includes structured curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, all of which will help in preparing future and new voters for greater electoral participation and in effect strengthening democracy. It’s crucial to capture the attention of young minds and educate them about the significance and value of their vote in every election.This move by ECI will help them to ‘catch them young’ and prepare students in schools for their first vote and ingrain democratic values and ethos in…

“In light of the rising pollution levels, all govt and private primary schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 2 days,” the Chief Minister wrote on X. Meanwhile, the doctors have also suggested that children and senior citizens should stay indoors until the air quality improves.With hazy weather conditions and slow wind movement, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continued to remain in the “very poor” category for the sixth consecutive day. Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 346 on Thursday evening, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). However,…

Accordingly, the CPI-M on Thursday announced that there will be no alliance with the Congress for the elections, adding that it plans to contest 24 seats.The party had set Thursday as the deadline for the Congress to accept its demand for Wyra and Miryalaguda seats.CPI-M state Secretary T. Veerabhadram announced 17 constituencies where the party will field its candidates. “We will announce the remaining constituencies and the candidates in a day or two,” he said.The CPI-M will contest seven seats in Khammam district, including Bhadrachalam and Paleru which it had originally demanded. It will also field candidates in three constituencies…

Bajpayee said he wants to improve and work on himself. The actor was speaking at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, where his film ‘Joram’ was being premiered.Talking about the film, he said: “I am very happy that ‘Joram’ is being premiered for the first time in India. The film has travelled all across the world. We have been to all major festivals and it has garnered a lot of excitement and interest from everyone.“But what is important is that no matter where you travel, you have to come back here and get the reaction of the audience where it is…

The hosts continued their brilliant all-round display in the World Cup, claiming the fourth-largest win ever by bundling out Sri Lanka for 55 in 19.2 overs after riding on some brilliant batting by Gill (92), Kohli (88) and Iyer (82) to post 357/8 in 50 overs.India now have 14 points from seven games and are the first team to confirm their place in the last-four stage in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup.Shami claimed his second five-wicket haul of the ongoing World Cup, his 5-18 helping India bundle out Sri Lanka for a paltry 55 at the Wankhede Stadium on…

Rahaman opened a fake farmer’s cooperative in the name of ‘Farmer’s Forum’, where fake members were shown as buyers and sellers of crops, sources said.The ED feels that this was a unique approach adopted by the accused for conversion of “unaccounted” or “black” money into “accounted” or “white” money.The ED is now trying to find out whether this process of fund embezzlement was known by Trinamool Congress leader Jyotipriya Mallick, the former Food & Supplies Minister who is currently in ED custody for his alleged involvement in the ration distribution case.Sources said that Mallick, currently the state Forest Minister, has…

Heeding to some realistic suggestions made by the retired judges – Justice M. G. Gaikwad and Justice S. B. Shukre, plus Ministers Atul Save, Dhananjay Munde, Uday Samant, and Sandipan Bhumre, Jarange-Patil said that he would give a two-month extension – till January 2, 2024 – to the government to implement Maratha reservation.”This is the final ultimatum… Take this new deadline extension and give us the quotas. If you betray us, then Marathas from all over Maharashtra will troop to Mumbai and lay siege on its borders,” he warned, and after his address, accepted a glass of water and sipped…

Shami had figures of 5-1-18-5, taking his overall tally to 45 as he became the highest wicket-taker for India in World Cups, getting past Zaheer Khan’s tally of 44 in 23 matches. Shami, who had claimed5-54 against New Zealand earlier in this World Cup, reached the mark in just 14 matches.Shami, who came into the playing XI after Hardik Pandya was injured, has taken 14 wickets in just three matches so far.The last time they met Sri Lanka in the final of the 2023 Asia Cup in Colombo, India bowled them out for 50 in 15.2 overs. On Thursday, India…

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee’s General Secretary Viriato Fernandes on Thursday addressed a press conference and slammed the BJP government for looting taxpayers’ money on the pretext of conducting national games.“Substandard work has been done wherever the games are taking place. The temporary overlays erected at many places are not safe due to substandard work. I demand a safety audit and repairs/corrections to avoid unfortunate incidents,” Fernandes said.He said that all the rules have been flouted during the tendering process. According to him, for the last nine years the Goa government was aware that national games would take place, but still…

BNP’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi had called for a three-day complete blockade of the country three starting October 31 to press the party’s one-point demand of immediate resignation of the Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.On Wednesday, five minibuses and an ambulance were set ablaze in different parts of the capital city. The police have said that they have arrested one person regarding this incident.In the Baridhara area — the diplomatic zone of Dhaka — the miscreants set ablaze a minibus belonging to Boishakhi Paribahan on Wednesday evening, said Rozina Akter, Fire Service Control Room…