Fourteen of the 25 students from Gujarat who were stranded in violence-torn Bangladesh have been safely brought back, while arrangements are on to bring back the remaining, the state government said Monday. A number of Indians have been stranded as Bangladesh is witnessing clashes between police and protesters, mainly students, demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in the country’s war of independence in 1971. The 14 medical students who returned hail from Bharuch (7), Ahmedabad (2),…
Month: July 2024
Kamala Harris’ ‘coconut tree’ meme goes viral after Biden’s presidential exit | World News
Vice President Kamala Harris is now the Democratic front-runner after President Joe Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race on Sunday. This shift has revived and popularized a meme involving Harris and a coconut tree, with many Democrats joining in on the fun. Support for Harris surges online In the past 24 hours, Democratic governors, senators, and PACs have shown their support for Harris by mentioning coconut trees or using coconut emojis in their posts. washington dc is in peak form pic.twitter.com/i8uFMwhZhj — Josh Sorbe 🌴🥥 (@joshsorbe) July 21, 2024…
Pakistan police raid former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party office and arrest aides | Pakistan News
Pakistan police arrested two aides of former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday in a raid on his party’s secretariat, despite the jailed ex-leader having won a series of legal cases brought against him since he was ousted from power in 2022. A police contingent cordoned off the secretariat in Islamabad and detained the party’s acting chairman Gohar Khan and its secretary information Rauf Hasan, a party spokesman Zulfikar Bukhari told Reuters in a Whatsapp message. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party later said the acting chairman had been released shortly…
Ahmedabad: Women comprise 55% across PG programmes, maintains varsity’s fourth year of female majority | Ahmedabad News
With women comprising 55% of the 475 postgraduate students, CEPT (formerly known as Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology) University, Ahmedabad, commenced its monsoon semester on Monday, with admissions in 18 programmes across its five faculties – Architecture, Planning, Technology, Design, and Management. Continuing the female majority, this is the fourth academic year where the batch has had more than 50% of women in the post graduate programmes. The students are from across 26 states and union territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Manipur. Stating that…
চন্দননগরের জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজোর বিভিন্ন দিক / Various Sides of the Jagadhatri Puja of Chandannagar
দুর্গাপুজো শেষ হবার পর সারা পশ্চিমবঙ্গবাসীর মন খারাপ হলেও চন্দননগরবাসীরা তখন মা’কে জগদ্ধাত্রীরূপে ফিরিয়ে আনতে ব্যস্ত থাকেন। নদীয়ার কৃষ্ণনগরে জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজো প্রথম শুরু হলেও আড়ম্বর, জাঁকজমক ও নিত্যনতুন চিন্তাভাবনার মিশেলে ভরপুর চন্দননগরের জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজো বর্তমানে জনপ্রিয়তায় প্রথম স্থান অধিকার করেছে, আর বিসর্জন শোভাযাত্রাকে তো অনায়াসেই আন্তর্জাতিক তকমা দেওয়া যেতে পারে। চন্দননগরের জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজো সংক্রান্ত কিছু তথ্য: সবচেয়ে পুরোনো পুজো: আদি মা, চাউলপট্টি (আনুমানিক ৩০০ বছরের পুরোনো পুজো) অন্যতম পুরোনো পুজো: ১) মেজো মা, কাপড়েপট্টি (বর্ষ- ২৫২), ২) বুড়ি মা, ভদ্রেশ্বর তেঁতুলতলা (বর্ষ- ২২৭), ৩) ছোট মা, ভদ্রেশ্বর গঞ্জ (বর্ষ-…
Rumblings in Madhya Pradesh BJP govt as minister threatens to quit after losing Forest charge to Congress turncoat | Political Pulse News
A day after he was divested of the Forest and Environment portfolio, Madhya Pradesh scheduled caste welfare minister Nagar Singh Chouhan on Monday threatened to resign from his post. His portfolio has been allocated to Congress turncoat Ramniwas Rawat. Chouhan threatened that his wife Anita Singh Chouhan would also quit as the Ratlam MP if the BJP leaders failed to respond “positively” to his concerns. “I am going to Delhi to discuss this issue. Till then, I stand by my statement. I will decide in a day or two after…
AP HC Dismisses Petition Challenging GSTIN Cancellation Due to Alternate Remedy Available Under GST Act
The Andhra Pradesh High Court in a case mentioned that the petitioner can contest the cancellation of GST (Goods And Service Tax) registration by availing remedy u/s 30 of CGST (Central Goods And Service Tax) Act and disposed of the writ petition. The applicant Madeena Steels, proprietor is in the business of purchase and sale of iron scrap and has been regularly paying monthly returns after claiming GST ITC (Input Tax Credit) as per GST Act, 2017. On 23.06.2023 SCN was served by the 1st respondent expressing that the suppliers…
Rs 35,492 crore assistance provided to Andhra Pradesh, Rs 63,000 crore under CSS: Union MoS in Lok Sabha | India News
The Centre has so far provided a financial assistance of Rs 35,492 crore to the Andhra Pradesh government, Union MoS for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha Monday. Replying to supplementary question asked by TDP member Daggumalla Prasad Rao, Chaudhary said the Centre has provided Rs 1,678.76 crore as resource gap, Rs 1,750 for Rayalaseema, the most backward region of the state, Rs 2,500 crore for the capital at Amaravati, and Rs 15,147 crore for Polavaram irrigation project.Under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Centre provides…
CBIC Introduces New GSTIN Regulation Requiring Biometric Authentication Using Aadhaar Card
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) recently made it public through social media about the implementation of a new GST registration rule. This rule necessitates biometric authentication through Aadhaar and in-person verification for certain taxpayers identified based on data analytics and risk parameters. The objective behind this change is to enhance security and prevent fraud. Applicability of the Rule: Uniform Application Across States and UTs The rule is applicable uniformly throughout the nation including all the states and union territories. According to CBIC’s post on social media…
Can lemon juice help ease symptoms of motion sickness? | Life-style News
Motion sickness can make travelling very uncomfortable, but more often than not, people who suffer from it cannot completely avoid commuting for various reasons. What is the reason behind this? Dr Pranav Honnavara Srinivasan, senior consultant gastroenterology at Sparsh Hospital, says, “The scientific basis for using lemon juice aroma to alleviate motion sickness lies in the properties of citrus scents, which are believed to have a calming effect on the central nervous system. Lemon juice contains compounds such as limonene and citral, which have been studied for their potential to…