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The ministry also cleared a total of 143 coaches, escorts, officials and support staff to be part of the Asian Para Games contingent.The athletes’ list comprises of 191 Male and 112 Female athletes, with the largest contingent of 123 athletes being cleared for Athletics events, as per ministry release.A total of 190 athletes in 13 sporting events participated in the last edition of the Asian Para Games in 2018 where India returned with a total of 72 medals including 15 Golds.–IANSbc

As in previous months, the decline was “primarily due to a base effect” from large price increases in 2022 as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, Xinhua news agency quoted Destatis as saying on Monday.The “biggest impact” came from the 19.8 per cent drop in prices for mineral oil products.Wholesale prices for some foods, on the other hand, continued to rise sharply in September, up more than 10 per cent from a year earlier.This included fruit, vegetables and potatoes, as well as confectionery and bakery products.Consumer price inflation, for which wholesale prices are an early indicator, last month already slowed…

On October 27, a Marathi biopic on the senior BJP leader entitled ‘Gadkari’ will hit the silver screens across Maharashtra, catapulting him to the ranks of eminents like the late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, the former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh, and present PM Narendra Modi, in the past few years.The film dives deep into the life and times of the amiable and ever-smiling Gadkari, 66, who is popular not only among the BJP and NDA circles, but liked well even by the Opposition parties.It also dwells on his long political journey, how he grabbed eyeballs…

Short blood pressure (BP) fluctuations within 24 hours as well as over several days or weeks are linked with impaired cognition, according to University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers who led the study. Higher systolic BP variations (the top number that measures the pressure in arteries when a heart beats) are also linked with stiffening of the arteries, associated with heart disease. It is well known that high blood pressure is a risk factor for dementia, but little attention is paid to fluctuating blood pressure. “Clinical treatments focus on hypertension, while ignoring the variability of blood pressure,” lead author Daria…

The parties have floated an umbrella organisation named, “United Front of Separate State”, under which the first conference was organised in Siliguri on Monday evening that continued late into the night. The eight parties are Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Kamtapur Progress Party, Kamtapur People’s Party (United). Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association, Jay Bisrsha Munda Ulgalan, SC-ST-OBC Movement Manch, Bhumiputra United Party and Akhil Bharatiya Rajbanshi Samaj. The core committee of the new umbrella front comprises a representive from each of these parties.After the upcoming Durga Puja festivities, the umbrella organisation will organise a mega rally in Siliguri, during which they will…

The deceased was identified as Ganga Ram a.k.a Sanjay, a resident of Bhati mines area.According to police, on Monday, they received a call from a hospital regarding an injured man with stab wounds.The location of the crime was specified as near a car repair shop in Bhati Mines, Maidangarhi.Police personnel promptly arrived at the scene and the hospital. “Initial inquiry revealed that the injured person had been transported to the hospital by his relatives. Local inquiries further disclosed that the injured owned a car repair shop on Main Road, Sanjay Colony, Bhati Mines,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (south)…

The ‘Vachan Pratra’ has promises for every section and voters — youth, women and senior citizens. The party is likely to include special packages for the Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste voters.The document will be unveiled by MP Congress President Kamal Nath and AICC General Secretary Randeep Surjewala at Bhopal’s Ravindra Bhavan, a party spokesman said.The party has already announced 12 promises, which includes — Rs 1,500 per month for women under ‘Nari Samman Yojana’, implementation of the old pension scheme (OPS), free electricity up to 100 units, farm loan waiver.Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in her last public…

‘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.’This shocked the actress, who revealedthat the people who nominated her have been nice to her on the face.“These people are so nice to me on my face and now are nominating me, this was not at all expected from Vicky at least. He has always been nice to me on my face,” Mannara said.–IANSdc/prw

The weatherman has predicted a generally cloudy sky with light rain.However, the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 27 degrees Celsius.On Monday, the maximum temperature had reached 30.5 degrees, three notches below the normal.Moreover, the relative humidity at 8.30 a.m was recorded at 80 per cent.As per IMD, the national capital recorded five mm of rainfall till 8:30 a.m. this morning.Meanwhile, the air quality was under the “moderate” category as the quality index was recorded at 169 level.According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the concentration of both PM 2.5 and PM 10…

GENEVA, Oct 17 (IANS) The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) announced a new era for modern pentathlon after the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session approved the IOC Executive Board (EB)’s proposal to include modern pentathlon in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. “The vote means modern pentathlon will continue its run of featuring at every Summer Olympic Games since it was introduced by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, at Stockholm 1912,” read a UIPM statement as quoted by Xinhua News Agency.Obstacle racing will replace horse riding at LA28, a change that dissuaded the…