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Patna: Sports minister Shreyasi Singh on Wednesday said talented athletes from various disciplines will be sent to the country’s premier institutes and academies for advanced training. “Coaches from the state will also be deputed to other states and national institutions to study best practices and modern training methodologies,” she said after a departmental review meeting.The minister said Bihar’s sports ecosystem would be developed into a modern, dynamic and results-oriented system to ensure better opportunities for athletes at national and international levels.Senior officials, including newly appointed sports secretary Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, attended the meeting, which reviewed progress on key projects such…
Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) has cracked two major recruitment fraud cases in Rajasthan and arrested two persons, officials said Wednesday.The accused allegedly secured govt jobs using forged documents. In separate actions, SOG Wednesday arrested a JVVNL employee accused of obtaining an appointment through a fake disability certificate and a govt teacher who allegedly became a Physical Training Instructor (PTI) using a forged backdated BPEd degree.According to SOG ADG Vishal Bansal, the first accused, Sandeep Saini, a resident of Mamraj Ki Dhani of Jhunjhunu and presently living in Sanganer, Jaipur, was working as a technical helper in JVVNL. “Investigation…
Nagpur: A rare bird usually found in the high Arctic tundra region was spotted in Vidarbha recently. Birdwatchers say this might be the first recorded sighting of the bird in Vidarbha. The ruddy turnstone, a small, stocky shorebird which spends winter along coastlines across the world, was sighted at a lake on Umred Road by birdwatchers Vinit Arora, Parth Bhagat and Kartik Chitnis.This bird has been sighted at multiple locations across the country and is known as a migratory bird. The bird’s scientific name is Arenaria interpres, which it gets from its feeding habit of flipping and turning small stones,…
Bokaro: In a push to improve last-mile access to digital identity services, Aadhaar Seva Kendras were inaugurated in Bokaro and Giridih districts on Wednesday.In Bokaro, the maiden UIDAI-run centre has been set up at Bhagwati Colony in Chas municipal area (Ward No 18), near Neelam Hospital. The move is expected to reduce residents’ dependence on far-off facilities for Aadhaar-related work. “With the launch of the center, residents will now be able to access a full range of Aadhaar services locally, including new enrolments, name, address, mobile number and date of birth updates, as well as biometric corrections. Facilities for children’s…
Gorakhpur: Ahead of Samajwadi Party’s proposed protest on Wednesday against pollution in GIDA industrial area and other local issues, district administration placed Kajal Nishad and several party members under house arrest late Tuesday night. Police teams reached the residences of SP members and stopped them from stepping out, the party’s district office informed.Those confined included SP member Kajal Nishad, former district president Nagina Sahani, former MLA Yashpal Rawat, district general secretary Ramnath Yadav, district vice-president Girish Yadav and Sahjanwa assembly president Manish Commando. Party’s district president Brajesh Gautam was detained briefly before being allowed to leave for a programme in…
Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Kolkata resident, Zafar Riaz alias Rizvi, for allegedly passing confidential security-related information to Pakistan Intelligence Officers (PIOs) as part of an anti-India terror conspiracy, the agency said in a statement.The NIA said a Look Out Circular had been issued against the accused and proceedings were underway to declare him a Proclaimed Offender (PO) before he was taken into custody. He was arrested under various sections of the BNS, the Official Secrets Act and the UAPA.According to the agency, the accused was married to a Pakistani national and his children were Pakistani citizens.The…
Food safety fears in India are rising as viral videos and failed tests deepen public distrust. Source link
While the majority of children are either fostered, adopted or placed in legal children’s homes, local authorities have struggled to find homes for children with the most complex needs – who are often the most expensive to care for. And in around 800 cases in England, councils have turned to unregistered homes, despite the ban on them, according to the Public Accounts Committee. Source link
A backlash against the government’s floated proposal to cap food prices leads the Daily Telegraph, topping with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s warning it could be “unsustainable” and “risked backfiring”. Addressing MPs at a select committee, Bailey says the measure would mean “effectively artificially moving prices relative to costs”, creating what another official calls a “highly distorted” economy, the paper writes. A cheering Prince of Wales also appears on the front page under the caption “William wills Villa to victory”, as he celebrates Aston Villa’s 3-0 victory against Freiburg. Source link
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. | Photo Credit: Reuters One of the enduring images for those who watched Sachin Tendulkar bat in Australia in 1991-92 could well be the expression on the big-moustached face of Merve Hughes. The big fast bowler had been straight-driven gloriously for a boundary by the curly-haired, baby-faced teenager at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Hughes was surprised. Or shocked, rather. Maybe bewildered, even.More than three decades later, the world’s most fearsome bowlers are sporting similar looks. They are being tormented by another baby-faced teenager. Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi: he spares none.This…