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Tirupur: The Union govt has earmarked a 100% stall fee subsidy for 60 micro and small enterprises participating in the 24th edition of the KnitShow textile technology exhibition, scheduled to be held at the Top Light venue in Tirupur Aug 21 to 23. Eligible firms will also receive an incentive grant of up to Rs 25,000.According to exhibition organiser H Krishna, the subsidy support is being extended through the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises to encourage manufacturing units to participate in trade exhibitions.The expo will have around 500 stalls, with more than 1,000 leading brand companies and thousands…
Dibrugarh: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on Tuesday commissioned gas evacuation facilities at its Khoraghat Group Gathering Station-1 (GGS-1) in Assam’s Golaghat district marking a significant step in expanding the region’s gas infrastructure. The facility will allow surplus associated natural gas from the Upper Assam Shelf to be processed and channelled into the North East Gas Grid (NEGG), developed by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL).The commissioning comes soon after the Dergaon–Dimapur Pipeline was brought online, a project that extended gas connectivity to Nagaland and linked it to both the North East Gas Grid and the National Gas Grid.…
Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrested two men for allegedly attempting to sell ganja near Polali Dwara on NH-169 on Saturday. The accused are Rakshith, 23, and Akshay B, 23, both from Benjanapadavu in Bantwal taluk. Acting on information, police conducted a raid along the Moodubidire–Mangaluru stretch of the highway at Mulur village. They found the accused in possession of 1.2kg of ganja, valued at approximately Rs 65,000. They also seized small transparent zip-lock covers used to package the ganja, a digital weighing scale, two cellphones and a scooter purportedly used in the offence. The value of the seized property is about…
Amritsar: Akal Takht officiating jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj congratulated Southall-based Punjabi-origin Sikh Arshdeep Singh and his parents, Jagdeep Singh and Gagandeep Kaur, on his achievement of becoming a flight lieutenant in the UK Royal Air Force (RAF).Gargajj said it was a matter of pride that a Sikh had attained a senior rank in the UK RAF after a long gap, noting that the previous such achievement was during World War II.He said it was particularly gratifying that Arshdeep and his family, despite living abroad, remained connected with Sikh traditions and the Punjabi language.Gargajj urged Sikh youth to draw inspiration…
Teacher aspirants stage a protest over their demands related to TRE-4 at Gardanibagh in Patna on Tuesday Patna: Bihar Public Service Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for TRE-4, announcing recruitment to 32,388 teaching posts in Bihar. The online application process will begin on Sept 1 and continue till Sept 30. The commission has not yet announced the examination date.Earlier in the day, teacher aspirants began their indefinite ‘Chatra Nyay Satyagrah’ at the protest site in Gardanibagh. Although the notification has been issued, the protesters said their agitation would continue until their other demands were addressed.The aspirants want TRE-4 to…
Several candidates gathered outside Project Building after allegedly being denied entry to offices on Tuesday Ranchi: Opposition BJP in Jharkhand urged students protesting alleged examination malpractice not to call off their agitation until an independent investigation is ordered, even as hundreds of candidates selected through the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) recruitment threatened a fresh stir to protect their jobs.Chief minister Hemant Soren Monday cancelled the JSSC CGL 2024 examination and scrapped all exams, results and selections conducted by a private agency. The move came amid mounting protests over alleged irregularities. The 14th JPSC examination was…
T’puram: Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan has urged Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu to take urgent steps to bring down the exorbitant airfares between Kerala and the Gulf countries.In a letter to the minister, Vijayan said thousands of expatriate Malayalis travelling during the holiday season and ahead of the reopening of schools in the Gulf were facing severe financial hardship. Airlines were charging five to six times the usual fares and making “unfair” profits, he said.Tickets that normally cost Rs 6,000–12,000 are now being sold at exorbitant rates, with economy fares on several routes crossing Rs 1.17 lakh.…
Kolkata: TMC MP Saugata Roy faced a BJP protest at Kolkata airport on Tuesday when he arrived to attend a meeting of the Passenger Safety Committee. Roy, chairman of the committee as the Dum Dum Lok Sabha MP, was surrounded by BJP workers as his car entered the Airport Authority of India office premises. Protesters waved black flags and shouted “chor chor” slogans. Tension briefly prevailed before cops escorted Roy to the office. He did not comment on the protest and attended the meeting. Source link
Jim and Betty Woodford. Image Credit: Cedar Run Wildlife refuge In 1951, Jim and Betty Woodford bought 185 acres in what was then the largely undeveloped Medford Township, New Jersey, hoping to create a summer retreat. But the land became the foundation for a lifelong commitment to wildlife. According to the Cedar Run website, the couple soon fell in love with the Pinelands and chose to make the property their permanent home. Six years later, they had built a house overlooking the lake and established the ‘Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge.’ The turning point came when a local resident brought Betty…
A nurse who failed to raise the alarm when he found a patient cold and unresponsive made “bad decisions” and “panicked”, an inquest has heard.Mohammed Jaafri, of Dyserth near Rhyl, died at Glan Clwyd hospital in April last year.Ruthin coroner’s court heard Joseph Kamangire found Jaafri cold and unresponsive and decided he had died.But he did not follow resuscitation guidelines and issue a “cardiac arrest” call to doctors. Agency nurse Kamangire said: “I was panicked and, in the panic, I made some bad decisions I was sorry for.”Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board accepted resuscitation should have been attempted, and opportunities…