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NDA commandant Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi delivered a speech at a seminar organised by the Maritime Research Centre Pune: China’s expanding underwater activities in the Indian Ocean, including the deployment of research vessels, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and underwater gliders, highlight the urgent need for India to strengthen its Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA), Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi, Commandant of the National Defence Academy, said on Monday.Speaking at a seminar organised by the Maritime Research Centre (MRC) on UDA, Jaggi said China had been regularly deploying a fleet of around 64 active research and survey vessels to collect seabed, hydrographic and…

he association demands the immediate closure of departmental proceedings, noting that the affected employees continue to face severe mental stress and professional uncertainty despite being cleared Mohali: Members of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Daily Employees Union staged a protest outside the board’s office Monday, demanding regularisation of their services and accusing the Punjab govt of failing to honour its commitment.The protesters demanded implementation of a 2022 govt notification providing for the regularisation of 8,736 unskilled employees in the education department, including about 525 daily-wage workers of the education board.Union president Raj Kumar said the board had adopted the…

Lucknow: Candidates expressed concern after authorities announced a Sept retest for the UGC NET papers in sociology, commerce and English. The examinations were cancelled after multiple errors were reported in the question papers, including typographical mistakes, factual inaccuracies and translation problems, prompting fresh dates for affected subjects.Aspirants said the decision has cost them time, money and momentum after months of preparation. Sociology candidate Aryan Sharma said many students had studied relentlessly and felt confident of securing strong marks, but now believe their effort has been undermined and they must restart preparation, adding to mental stress.English candidate Arsalan Ahmed said that…

School education minister Madan Dilawar denied any blanket ban on entry amid CJP’s “School Thik Karo” campaign JAIPUR: State education department’s rushed order barring entry into govt schools without prior permission, issued hours after CJP announced a statewide school inspection under its “School Thik Karo” campaign, has snowballed into a political controversy, with the opposition accusing BJP govt of trying to hide governance gaps and poor school infrastructure.The directive, issued Sunday, prohibits photography, videography, interviews, audio recording and livestreaming involving students. Critics said the timing of the order exposed govt’s unease over public scrutiny of dilapidated buildings and crumbling facilities…

Nagpur: Taking a cue from the Army’s practice of surprise inspections, Nagpur traffic police have begun daily spot checks to ensure on-duty personnel remain at their designated points. DCP (Traffic) Aditya Mirkhelkar said the initiative was aimed at improving the visibility of traffic police on city roads.The traffic department has 625 personnel and officers, supported by around 500 home guards, deployed across the city’s 171 major intersections to regulate vehicular movement and enforce traffic rules. Under the new system, an assistant police inspector (API)-rank officer checks 20 locations each in the morning, afternoon and night, covering 60 traffic points a…

Government employees in Ranchi voiced their discontent as the Jharkhand government annulled the JSSC-CGL examination RANCHI: A large group of government employees appointed through the JSSC-CGL recruitment process staged a protest in Ranchi after the Jharkhand government cancelled the examination, with protesters sitting on the ground outside the main entrance of the state secretariat and raising slogans in unison.Videos of protesters are viral all over social media, they can be seen gathered outside the entrance, sitting together on the ground and raising synchronized slogans as they demand the government reconsider its decision and address their grievances.The protest followed the state…

A native of Porbandar, Joshi came to Vadodara for his studies at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, where he became involved with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). VADODARA: From writing a sanedo on cleanliness as an MS University student to becoming a Lok Sabha MP and now taking charge of the BJP’s youth wing, Hemang Joshi’s political journey has taken him from student activism in Vadodara to a national role.At 35, Joshi succeeds Bengaluru MP Tejasvi Surya as president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He already heads the BJP’s youth wing in Gujarat.From MSU student to…

Varanasi: Ten people, including a pastor, were detained in Narhan Khas village under the Jiyanpur Kotwali area of Azamgarh district on Sunday over alleged religious conversion activity.The detained pastor was identified as Sonu Kumar, a resident of Mohammadabad Gohna in Mau district.Sagari circle officer Deshraj Singh said people were being misled in the name of exorcism and religious rituals. It was also alleged that attempts were being made to influence the men and women present at the spot to convert their religion.After receiving the information, Bajrang Dal workers reached the location. An argument broke out between the workers and the…

Kolkata: Amid protests by a section of schoolteachers demanding that Census work be treated as official “on-duty” assignment, the Census authorities on Monday clarified that the exercise is an honorarium-based engagement and would largely have to be carried out beyond school hours. However, officials said district magistrates and municipal commissioners would have the discretion to decide the duty schedule of enumerators in their respective jurisdictions.Addressing a media conference, Census director Nikhil Pawan Kalyan said the workload assigned to enumerators was manageable and could be completed with limited fieldwork each day. “Each enumerator will cover 150 to 200 households. Over a…

A Florida neighbourhood dispute over dog poop allegedly spiralled into a bizarre confrontation involving thrown feces, a physical fight and a child’s metal scooter. Trey Decloedt, 35, was arrested by Lake County Sheriff’s deputies on August 8 after an altercation with his neighbour in Leesburg, Florida, according to reports citing the arrest affidavit. The dispute reportedly began after repeated complaints about dog feces being left around the properties without being cleaned up. Police say Decloedt entered his neighbour’s home carrying dog feces and threw it at him before the two men fought outside. He is also accused of raising a…