Parliamentary panel flags critical operational gaps at NGT, suggests measures to improve its efficiency | India News

Parliamentary panel flags NGT staff shortages, case backlogs, weak digital infra, recommends urgent reforms. NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has identified critical operational gaps at the National Green Tribunal (NGT), including severe staffing shortage and reliance on contractual workers, inadequate digital infrastructure, prolonged pendency of cases across benches and weak enforcement mechanism, and recommended various…

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Atlanta Waffle House cook’s rap praising the chain topped 1 million TikTok views; weeks later, he says he was fired after 20 years with the company

Waffle House cited repeated violations of its policy on unauthorised filming. (Facebook/theroundup) Edric Riley, known to Waffle House customers and co-workers as Rockstar Riley, became an online sensation after a rap song celebrating the restaurant chain went viral. His song ‘Waffy Options’ crossed more than 1 million views on TikTok and received hundreds of thousands…

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India eases rupee trade rules, provides exporters alternative to dollar settlements; what it means

The move could also help broaden the international use of the rupee. In a bid to push for greater adoption of rupee for trade settlement purposes, the government on Thursday revised parts of the Foreign Trade Policy to give exporters greater flexibility to invoice overseas transactions and receive export proceeds in Indian rupees.The changes apply…

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Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid’s emotional note on ‘Awarapan 2’ honouring his legacy: ‘Received what I wanted, dignity and love’ |

Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid’s emotional note on ‘Awarapan 2’ honouring his legacy: ‘Received what I wanted, dignity and love’ Pakistani singer-composer Mustafa Zahid, whose voice defined the original ‘Awarapan’ in 2007, has expressed his gratitude after watching ‘Awarapan 2’. He reflected on how the sequel honoured the legacy of his iconic songs, despite him not…

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Lausanne Diamond League: When and where to watch Neeraj Chopra compete in the Lausanne Diamond League against Rumesh Pathirage | More sports News

Neeraj Chopra and Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage will renew their rivalry at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Friday, with qualification for the Diamond League Final in Brussels on the line.The two will meet again just three weeks after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where Pathirage won the gold medal and Chopra finished with…

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Quote of the day by Carl Linnaeus: “Human beings, having, above all creatures, received the power of reason, need to be..” |

Image: Wikipedia/AI-Refined Throughout time, man has always searched for his rightful place within nature. Man is one and the same biological entity as every other living thing, but he possesses unique capabilities of reasoning and questioning which distinguish him from all other species and give him a special vantage point within nature. This idea was…

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Dispute over seat turns ugly, disabled commuter pushed off moving local in Mumbai, dies | Mumbai News

Cajetan Pires was pushed off a moving local train by an able-bodied passenger and succumbed to his injures during treatment at hospital Mumbai: The frequent arguments between disabled and able-bodied passengers over the latter travelling in local train coaches reserved for the handicapped took a horrific turn on Thursday, when a 63-year-old amputee was pushed…

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Hyderabad Aston Martin crash: What we know about Jana Sena MP’s son Lingamaneni Sanjush | Hyderabad News

Lingamaneni Sanjush is the son of Lingamaneni Ramesh, a Rajya Sabha member from the Jana Sena Party. HYDERABAD: The fatal Aston Martin crash outside Inorbit Mall that claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman has brought Jana Sena Party Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh’s son, Lingamaneni Sanjush, into focus.Sanjush, 21, has been named in the…

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Malda woman allegedly gang-raped and killed near Bengal-Bihar border, another injured | Kolkata News

Hundreds of residents in Malda’s Harishchandrapur staged protests demanding the immediate arrest of those responsible Malda: A woman was allegedly gang-raped and killed while another was severely injured in an attack near the Bengal-Bihar border on Wednesday afternoon.The two women, residents of Doulatnagar village under Harishchandrapur Police Station in Malda, had gone to collect grass…

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