Union Home Minister Amit Shah on February 21 said that the new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages.In a message on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day, Mr. Shah said the mother tongue is a powerful medium of expression.“Our new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages,” he tweeted in Hindi.The Home Minister said maximum efforts should be made for the use of mother tongue and foster the wisdom passed on by it…
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In a CCTV footage of the attack, the four arrested persons were identified who were seen armed with sticks and attacking Rinku. Delhi Police on Sunday arrested four more persons who were allegedly involved in murder case of Rinku Sharma in Mangolpuri area of Outer Delhi.A senior police officer said that after examination of witnesses and CCTV, the Crime Branch team has arrested four more persons identified as Deen Mohd, Dilshan, Fayaiz and Faizan for their role in the murder case. They all are resident of same locality.Earlier, police had arrested five persons in the case.A total of 11 people…
Millions of residents in Texas have had to contend with days of electricity outages, and nearly half of all Texans are still suffering from disruptions to their water service. U.S. President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Texas on Saturday as the state struggles with the fallout from a winter storm that killed at least two dozen people and caused widespread blackouts and water shortages.Millions of residents in the United States’ biggest oil and gas producer have had to contend with days of electricity outages, and nearly half of all Texans are still suffering from disruptions to their…
More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an AFP count based on official sources Saturday.In total 201,042,149 doses had been given worldwide by 1000 GMT — a figure that does not include the latest data from China and Russia, who have stopped making their progress public in recent days.Some 45% of the injections took places in countries belonging to the wealthy G7 club, whose members account for just 10% of the global population.G7 leaders plan to more than double their total support to worldwide vaccinations, to $7.5 billion.More…
Picked by the Chennai Super Kings during the player auction earlier this week, Cheteshwar Pujara is delighted to return to the Indian Premier League after 2014. He is also confident that the IPL won’t hinder his preparation for India’s five-Test series in England starting August.“It’s good to be back again. I would like to thank CSK for picking me. As for County cricket, I’ll still have enough time before we play England. There’ll be a window where I can play a few County games. Plus we will also have a couple of warm-up games before the series in England. I’ll…
A day after the police arrested a youth and detained a minor for allegedly poisoning three young girls of a family in Unnao — resulting in the death of two and leaving the third in critical condition in hospital — the families of the girls said they were still in shock and no closer to finding out what happened.“I will believe it when my sister wakes up and I hear from her what happened. We still want a CBI inquiry,” the brother of the survivor said on Saturday. The sole survivor of the incident is in a hospital in Kanpur,…
The court convicted Mr. Navalny on charges of slandering a World War II veteran A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine in a defamation case, a ruling that came hours after another judge rejected the top Kremlin critic’s appeal of his prison sentence.The court convicted Mr. Navalny on charges of slandering a World War II veteran and ordered him to pay a fine of 850,000 rubles (about $11,500).Mr. Navalny, who called the 94-year-old veteran and other people featured in a pro-Kremlin video last year as “corrupt stooges,” “people without conscience” and “traitors,” has…
The attack comes days after over a dozen rockets targeted coalition forces outside Irbil international airport in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq At least four rockets struck an Iraqi airbase on Saturday night, the Iraqi military said in a statement, while other officials said one person was wounded at the base where an American defence company services combat aircraft. Four security officials said that the individual wounded at Balad airbase in Salahaddin province worked for the company, and one of them said his nationality was South African. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. They…
Modifications soon, says Principal Scientific Adviser K. VijayRaghavan. The government would relook at the controversial order issued by the Ministry of Education in January that many scientists said curbs free scientific discussion at international fora, K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, said. “We’ve taken note of this a couple of weeks ago. There is no intent to curb academic and research interactions at all. Modifications that both clarify and make enabling changes will be coming out very soon,” he told The Hindu in a text message.On January 15, the Ministry updated the guidelines governing online conferences,…
Pictures showing a woman, apparently suffering from mental ailments, being dragged away by a security guard at the district hospital at Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, went viral on Saturday and drew angry reactions.The incident took place on Thursday, hospital sources said.The woman was asked to go away by hospital officials, and when she did not budge, a security guard dragged her off by her arm in full public view, they said.On Saturday, the hospital’s civil surgeon Dr. Deevyash Verma, said that guards and even doctors had been warned that such an incident should not recur.A doctor on duty had asked…