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The ruling party has fielded Monika Bhatti, the President of Akjhil Bharatiya Gondwana Party, from Amarwada in Chhindwara district. Bhatti, the daughter of former MLA Mohan Shah Bhatti, had joined the BJP last week.Her name was announced on Tuesday, a day after the central leadership of the BJP released its second list of 39 candidates, which comprised seven sitting MPs, including three Union ministers.With this, the ruling party has so far named 79 candidates for the 230 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, which is scheduled to go to the polls later this year. Sources in the BJP said that Bhatti’s…

Hangzhou, Sep 23 (IANS) Though the event of dressage does not require jumping over hurdles and racing against time, the four members of the Indian dressage team had to cross obstacles to bring glory to the country at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday.The team, comprising Sudipti Hajela of Indore, Divakriti Singh of Jaipur, Anush Agarwalla of Kolkata and Hriday Chedda of Pune, had to literally fight many battles to make it to Hangzhou. On Tuesday, they made history by winning the first gold medal in dressage and the second medal ever in dressage in 41 years after the…

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Adding yoga therapy as a complementary treatment for heart failure and heart diseases is beneficial, according to a study led by a scientist at the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).Heart failure is a form of cardiovascular disease where the heart muscle is either too weak or too stiff to pump properly, often leading to fluid buildup, shortness of breath and other complications.Ajit Singh, a research scientist for the ICMR at Kasturba Medical College & Hospital in Karnataka, conducted the study on 75 patients, aged between 30 to 75 years, at a tertiary care centre…

A single- judge bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh was dealing with a petition filed by people with disabilities including a law student, lawyers and a disability rights activist seeking a direction to YRF, OTT paltforms and the government to make arrangements as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.It noted that pursuant to the court’s order, the Registrar General engaged the services for interpreting the court proceedings, for convenience of the litigant who was present physically in the court.Furthermore, an additional sign language interpreter was present to assist three other individuals with hearing impairments who attended the…

At an event organised by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAoRA), the CJI said that such accessibility should have happened long back and institutions, having more resources as compared to individuals, must shoulder more responsibilities.”I must say that it was sobering for me – to see how long it took us as a system to make it a history in our court and it should have happened long back,” he said, adding that it was a heartening feature to know. A deaf lawyer was permitted on Friday to attend the court proceedings in Chief Justice’s court virtually with…

The bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Sinha, Justice T. Amarnath Gour and Justice Arindam Lodh dismissed the plea which challenged the mass termination of these teachers by the state government, citing violations of Article 311 (II) of the Constitution.The court also slapped Rs 25,000 fine on the petitioner, Pranab Debhim, for coming to the court with an issue that has already resolved several times before.Advocate Amrit Lal Saha, representing Deb, argued that the termination of the teachers and the process of their dismissal were unlawful, and hence the 10,323 teachers should be reinstated.In response, Advocate General Siddhartha Sankar De…

The accused was identified as Ravi alias Shooter and he was also declared a ‘bad character’ of Ambedkar Nagar police station. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chandan Chowdhary said that specific input was received that a person who carries illegal firearm would come on motorcycle at Sanjay Camp T-Point, Dakshinpuri, Ambedkar Nagar. “The information was further developed and local enquiry of the area was conducted. As per input the team laid a trap, Ravi was apprehended.” “On his cursory search, one country-made pistol along with one bullet was recovered from his possession,” said the DCP. During interrogation, accused Ravi disclosed…

“We will be entering a number of free trade agreements. We have got one with Singapore. We are about to finalize one with Thailand. We are discussing with India of upgrading agreement. Talking with Bangladesh,” President Wickremesinghe said while addressing the 2023 Commercial Mediation Symposium in Colombo. While stressing the significance of international trade agreements, President Wickremesinghe also underscored the need for Sri Lanka to become a centre for alternate dispute resolution.He emphasized that success in dispute resolution was crucial for Sri Lanka’s aspirations to be an outward-looking economy. With the aim of resolving dispute and offshore activities efficiently and…

The FTC and its state partners said that Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle innovation, and prevent rivals from fairly competing against Amazon. “Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies,” said FTC Chair Khan. “The complaint sets forth detailed allegations noting how Amazon is now exploiting its monopoly power to enrich itself while raising prices and degrading service for the tens of millions of American families who shop on its platform and the hundreds…

According to TechCrunch, Byju’s will go through the restructuring exercise “to pare down costs amid a broad restructuring of its business following a delayed IPO and pressure from lenders”.The restructuring exercise is being undertaken under the leadership of new CEO Arjun Mohan, according to the report.“We are in the final stages of a business restructuring exercise to simplify operating structures, reduce the cost base and better cash flow management,” a company spokesperson said in a statement.“Byju’s new India CEO, Arjun Mohan, will be completing this process in the next few weeks and will steer a revamped and sustainable operation ahead,”…