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Health advisory in 9 regional languages for pilgrims

Dehradun: The Uttarak- hand health department on Thursday issued an advisory along with other safety guide- lines in nine regional languages for pilgrims coming from different states for the Char Dham yatra. This comes d after seven people died in just the first five days of the yatra. The medical staff deployed at the yatra route for the assistance of pilgrims gave the feedback that people are…

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Uttarakhand's liquor revenue increases over 22 times in 22 years, reveals RTI

Rudrapur: The Uttarakhand tax department has collected a staggering R 2,648.1 crores in sales tax/VAT on liquor in 22 years starting from the fiscal year 2001-02 to 2022-23, as per recent da- ta obtained by Right to Information (RTI) activist Nadeem Uddin, a resident of Kashipur in Udham Singh Na- gar district. This tax revenue was generated solely from the sale of liquor in the state The data…

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IOA forms ad-hoc body for WFI polls

New Delhi: The Indian Olm- pic Association (IOA) on Thursday formed a two-member ad-hoc committee, consisting of its executive council (EC) member Bhupinder Singh Baja and sportsperson of outstanding merit (SOM), Suma Shirr, to run the day-to- day affairs of the Wrestling Fe- deration of India (WFI). The committee will also hold elections to IOA’s new executive committee (EC) following the…

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Boxer Kaur Singh dies, Punjab CM condoles

Chandigarh: Asian Games gold medallist Indian boxer Kaur Singh, who once fought the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exhibition bout, died on Thursday at a hospital in Kurukshetra, Haryana. He was 74 and was undergoing treatment for multiple health problems. The former Army man had been living at his native village Khayal Khurd in Pun- jab’s Sangrur district. Boxer Kaur Singh dies, Notably, the…

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Madushka, Mendes hit double tons vs Ireland

Galle: Nishan Madushka and Kushal Mendes both ma- de double centuries against Ireland Thursday as Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen all hit hundreds for only the third time in Test history. The hosts declared their first innings on 704 for three after tea on the fourth day of the second Test, 212 runs ahead. Sri Lanka had just over a day to secure a win and a 2-0 series victory. Madushka converted…

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BCCI contracts: Richa, Jemaah promoted

New Delhi: Young wicket- keeper batter Richa Ghosh and Jemaah Rodrigues have been elevated to B category in the BCCI central contracts for the 2022-23 season while the likes of Shikha Pandey and Taniya Bhatia have been dropped. BCCI contracts: Richa, The contract period runs from October to September but the BCCI made the announcement on Thursday. A player in A category gets paid R 50 lakh over…

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Pele enters Portuguese dictionary as an adjective

Sao Paulo: “Pele,” arguably the best foot- baller in history, is now also an adjective. On Wednesday, the word “peel” was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michalis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil. For the world’s 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, “peel” can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary the sense in which it is already employed informally in…

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Barcelona stunned; Atletico win

Barcelona: Rayo Vallecano stunned impotent La Liga leaders Barcelona on Wednesday with a 2-1 win, outplaying the Catalans at a rowdy Vallera’s. Atletico Madrid cut the gap on second-place rivals Real Madrid to two points with a 3-1 win over Real Mallorca, celebrating their 120th anniversary in style. Barcelona stunned; Xavi Hernandez’s Barcelo- na remain 11 points clear of second-placed Real…

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Goa-based Fly 91 gets NOC, plans Oct take-off

New Delhi: India will soon get a new airline with the aviation ministry on Wednesday issuing a no objection certificate to ‘Fly 91’, that is being launched by Manoj Chacko, a veteran of travel industry. Using turboprop ATR 72- 600, the Panjibased airline plans to start flying in this October-December quarter once it gets the DGCA licence and hopes to have six planes in its fleet by the end of…

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Mkts gain for 4th day amid fresh foreign fund inflows

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indicexsensex and Nifty- ended in the green on Thursday, climbing for the fourth straight day, amid fresh foreign fund inflows and in- tense buying in IT and tele- com stocks. Buying in index majors In- fosys and Reliance Industries added to the optimism in the equity market. The 30-share BSE sensex climbed 348.8 points or 0.6% to settle at 60,649. During the day, it…

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Tech Mah Q4 net falls 35% on narrowing of margins

Mumbai: Fifth biggest IT company by revenues Tech Mahindra on Thursday re- ported a 34.7% decline in its March quarter net at R 1,117.8 crore due to narrowing profit margins. For the entire fiscal, its profit after tax came down to R 4,831.5 crore as against R 5,566 crore in FY22. Its over- all revenue grew by over 13% to R 13,718 crore in the reporting quarter, and almost flat when compared to…

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Don-turned-politician Anand Mohan walks out of jail

Patna/Sahara, :Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan, who was serving a life sentence for killing an IAS officer in Bihar three decades ago, walked out on Thursday amid protests by fam- ily members and well-wishers of the slain bureaucrat. Mohan, who had been an MP prior to his conviction in 2007, was released from Sahara jail on Thursday morning after being behind the bars for 15…

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BRS to contest Maha zilla parishad polls

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-headed BRS will constitute party committees and con- test in zillah perished elections in Maharashtra whenever they are held. Rao made the announcement while speaking at a party function on Wednesday, wherein some leaders from the neighbouring state joined BRS, according to a press release. BRS to contest Maha He further said BRS…

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Trump loses appeal to block Pence testimony in Jan 6 probe

Washington: A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to block the testimony. It was not clear what day Pence might appear before the grand jury, which for months has been…

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Pakistan PM secures surprise trust vote in national assembly

Islamabad: Pakistan’s PM Shahbaz Sharif won on Thurs- day a trust vote in the 342-member National Assembly, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in him as leader of the house, as opposed to 174 when he was elected PM in April last year. Foreign minister Bilal Bhutto-Zargari moved the resolution for the floor test in parliament after it rejected a money bill tabled by the coalition…

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MHA announces 10 % quota for ex - Agniveers in BSF jobs

New Delhi : The home ministry introduced 10 % quota for ex – Agni veers in vacancies within the Border Security Force ( BSF ) , apart from notifying relaxation in the upper age – limit depending on whether they are part of the first batch or subsequent batches . Amending the BSF , General Cadre ( Non – Gazetted ) Recruitment Rules , 2015 with effect from March 9 , the Centre announced that…

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Every block in state to get a stadium

Lucknow : The UP cabinet on Friday approved the Sports Policy which aims to set up a stadium in every block of the state to promote sports . Under the policy , the state will be getting a State Sports Authority and a special sports development fund for sports infrastructure , for which a budget of Rs 50 crore has been set aside in the UP budget . The government will be developing stadia on PPP…

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