Tree plantation by CM Suvendu Adhikari at Nolbon, Sector V in World Environment Day Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said the state govt would work on expanding environment-related content in school curricula to sensitise students about ecological issues from an early age.“We will evaluate environment and tree plantation-related subjects in the school syllabus…
Edited to 279 words.Panaji: A four-member delegation from the ‘Enough is Enough’ movement met Goa governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju and submitted a 10-point charter on Friday. The members who are part of the movement’s core team urged Raju to convey their concerns to chief minister Pramod Sawant.The main demand from the members of the…
Ludhiana: A labourer has been arrested for allegedly attacking his neighbour with a spade and assaulting the latter’s sister after a dispute over playing loud music in Jodhewal.The injured man suffered a head injury and is undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital.Based on a complaint by the victim’s 28-year-old sister, police registered an FIR under Sections…
Rohtak: The vice chancellor of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (PBDUHS), Rohtak, issued show-cause notices on Friday to two examiners from the department of oral surgery of its constituent dental college. The notices sought an explanation within seven days why they should not be removed from answer sheet evaluation duties and other…
Aizawl: Former Mizoram CM and Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga and national security adviser Ajit Kumar Doval held a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday and discussed a wide range of issues, a media release of MNF said on Friday.The release said that Zoramthanga and Doval discussed geopolitical issues, including political developments in Myanmar…
Spiritual leader Jagadguru Rambhadracharya asserted that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir would have been integrated with India had Operation Sindoor continued for two more days. LUCKNOW: Hindu spiritual leader Jagadguru Rambhadracharya on Friday claimed that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) would have become part of India had Operation Sindoor continued for two more days.Addressing a gathering during the Shriram Katha…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan education dept, in partnership with UNICEF, has developed a 40-minute lesson plan on protection against heatwaves or extreme heat for govt school students of classes 6 to 12 to build awareness of climate change and extreme heat risks.“Children are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat. Their bodies are less efficient at regulating temperature…
A tree-based agriculture model promoted by Save Soil–Cauvery Calling has raised farm incomes in the Cauvery basin from about Rs 30,000 to as much as Rs 2.5–3 lakh per acre, the movement said on World Environment Day.“Tree-based agriculture is an economic solution to an ecological problem,” said Anand Ethirajalu, project director of Save Soil–Cauvery Calling,…
Sikhs in Southampton say they are living in fear and avoiding going out after a Sikh man named Vickrum Singh Digwa was jailed for the murder of student Henry Nowak. Sikh community leaders are warning of rising racial abuse and intimidation in the city.Community representatives told The Times that many Sikhs are now reluctant to…
Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) debt inflows have accounted for 62 per cent of cumulative equity inflows into India since FY 1998-99, marking the growing importance of the country’s debt market in attracting foreign capital, according to a report by DSP Mutual Fund. India has received $95.5 billion in FPI debt inflows in about 28 years,…
