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Badlaav Humse Hai, a unique initiative by Network18 and AU Small Finance Bank, features the journeys of twenty change makers, who have been going on a new route towards effective humanitarian service and making a big difference in the lives of people and communities in India. Over the course of six months, the teams visited various parts of the country to cover stories of change makers who are devotedly improving the lives of weaker and relatively marginalised groups of the society. The campaign raises awareness about some of the most pressing socio-economic problems still present in the communities, from education to jobs, free medical care to empowering individuals with self-sustainable initiatives. Bringing together some of the most eminent leaders, who are committed to build a sustainable and inclusive community for all, the one of a kind initiative aims to laud and motivate these changemakers to continue in their efforts. Uttam Tibrewal, Executive Director, AU Small Finance Ban

The State Lottery Department in Kerala will announce the result of the Karunya KR-580 lottery today, 17 December 2022. The Karunya results will be declared at 3 pm on the official web portal of the Kerala Lottery Department. Karunya ticket holders will be able to check the detailed lottery results of the same from 4 pm onwards. The first prize winner of the Karunya KR 580 lottery draw will take home Rs 80 lakh. The second and the third prize winners of the KR-580 lottery will receive Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively. Some lucky winners are also entitled to get a consolation prize of Rs 8,000. The Karunya KR 580 lottery draw will happen at the Gorky Bhavan near Bakery Junction in Thiruvananthapuram. To make it easy for the Karunya lottery ticket holders, the KR-580 results will also be released in the Kerala Government Gazette. Karunya ticket holders should keep in mind that a lottery tax deduction of 30 per cent and an agent lottery commission of 10 per cent will be applied on t

New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday held a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission here over Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s derogatory remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Pakistani minister made the highly objectionable statement while addressing UN Security Council. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the world sees Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism and Islamabad should clean up its act and try to be a good neighbour. He recalled US leader Hillary Clinton’s blunt message to India’s neighbour that snakes in one’s backyard will eventually bite those who keep them. Jaishankar was addressing reporters at the UN headquarters after chairing a signature event held under India’s presidency of the Council on “Global Counterterrorism Approach: Challenges and Way Forward”. Responding to a question by PTI on Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent statements about a dossier and al

The Nirmal NR-307 lottery draw results will be declared by the Kerala Lottery Department today, 16 December 2022 at 3 pm. Once the NR 307 lottery result has been released, ticket holders should check the Nirmal NR results on the official web portal of the lottery department. In order to make it easy for the ticket holders, the NR 307 results should also be published in the Kerala Government Gazette. The detailed NR 307 results will be released on the official web portal from 4 pm onwards. The winner of the Nirmal NR-307 lottery’s first prize winner will receive a sum of Rs 70 lakh. The second prize winner of the Nirmal lottery draw will get Rs 10 lakh and the third prize winner is entitled to get a prize money of Rs 1 lakh. The Nirmal NR-307 lottery draw will be conducted at the Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram near Bakery Junction. NR 307 lottery ticket holders need to know that a Kerala lottery tax deduction of 30 per cent along with an agent lottery commission of 10 per cent wil

A grammatical error that had academics puzzled since the fifth Century BC has finally been cracked! Indian Rishi Atul Rajpopat, 27, a PhD scholar at the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St. John’s College, Cambridge , has decoded a rule taught by Pāṇini, a master of the Sanskrit language who lived around 2,500 years ago, as per BBC .   What was the grammatical conundrum? The Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini, according to academics, was a system that worked like an algorithm to transform base and suffix of a word into grammatically correct words and sentences through a step-by-step process. However, he frequently applies two or more of his rules at once, leading to disagreements. Pāṇini introduced a “meta-rule” (termed by Rajpopat ‘1.4.2 vipratiṣedhe paraṁ kāryam’), to help resolve rule conflicts in the linguistic algorithm. However, the scholars have misinterpreted the rule and translated as “In the case of a conflict between two rules of equal strength, the rule that appears

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar gave a befitting reply to a journalist from Pakistan who during a press meet at UN Security Council asked him, “How long will South Asia see terrorism disseminating from New Delhi, Kabul, Pakistan? How long they are going to be at war?” Responding to the journalist from GEO TV Pakistan, Jaishankar said: “You are asking the wrong minister when you say how long will we do this because it is minister from Pakistan who will tell you how long Pakistan intends to practice terrorism.” He went on to says, “At the end of the day, the world is not stupid. The world is not forgetful and the world does increasingly call out countries, organisations, people who indulge in terrorism and by taking the debate elsewhere, you are not going to hide it. You are not going to confuse anybody anymore.” He further told the Pakistan journalist, “My advice is to please clean up your act. Please try to be a good neighbour. Please try and contribute to wha

Is it a UFO? A spaceship? A meteor? Nobody knows yet. A mysterious light emanated from the sky in West Bengal and was visible for around five minutes in several parts including Kolkata, Bishnupur, Kirnahar, Ghatal and Murshidabad. The light was spotted at around 5:47 pm on Thursday and appeared as a spotlight. Its surfacing gave rise to a range of speculations with some comparing the sighting with a meteor, a satellite and even an alien spaceship. Initially, experts and the West Bengal administration were clueless about the strange light. The light, however, gradually diminished from the night sky and as per witnesses, it was visible in the eastern parts of the sky. Some, on the other hand, claimed that the light was seen in the northern parts of the sky. According to a report by Times of India , Rakesh Mazumdar from the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences Kolkata’s Indian Institute of Science and Research said that considering the intensity of the light, it was unlikely to be

On Thursday, India successfully carried out the night trials of the nuclear-capable Agni-V missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. Defence sources quoted by news agency ANI said that the test was carried out to validate new technologies and equipment on the missile that are now lighter than before. Defence ministry sources were quoted as telling NDTV that this was the ninth flight of the Agni-V — a missile first tested back in 2012. Incidentally, the trial comes at a time when India and China ties are at its lowest once again following the clash in the Tawang sector of Arunachal. Troops of India and China clashed there on 9 December, resulting in minor injuries to soldiers on both sides. Officials commenting on the timing of the test said that the trial of the Agni-V missile was routine and it had been planned earlier, with India issuing a notice declaring the Bay of Bengal as a no-fly zone. We take a closer look at the Agni-V, India’s first inter-continental

Indian Air Force Exercise: A host of frontline aircraft were on display as the Indian Air Force (IAF) launched a massive exercise over North East India on Thursday. Launched from IAF bases in Assam and West Bengal, the two-day exercise comes days after the clash between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The exercises, for which India had earlier announced a NOTAM (no-fly zone) over the North East for December 15-16, are being held from Indian Air Force (IAF) bases Tezpur, Chhabua, Jorhat in Assam and Hashimara in West Bengal. The exercise involves all IAF combat aircraft close to the front line and other resources deployed in the region. News agency ANI quoted officials as saying that the Indian Air Force will conduct this exercise for the purpose of testing military preparedness. The purpose of the exercise is also to test the combat capability of the Indian Air Force (IAF). #LAC #

The Air India pilots’ union, Indian Pilots Guild & Pilots’ Association, has written to the airline red flagging shortage of pilots and the challenges they are facing including long work hours, pay cuts and deteriorating work-life balance, sources told CNBC-TV18 on Thursday. IPG-ICPA told the airline, now taken over by the Tata group, that pilots have flown over 90 hours per month on all fleets which exceed the 70-hours per month limit. This raises the question of the safety of passengers due to pilot exhaustion which has happened earlier in commercial flight history. The pilots have also alleged that Air India management has been denying and cancelling leaves to pilots and that they are being punished with pay cuts on the months that they fall sick, avail leave or undergo training. They noted that they can no longer sacrifice quality of life, work-life balance, and long-term health. The Air India pilots union pointed out that they were not satisfied about not being paid the pre

Washington: G-20, under India’s presidency, can make concrete progress on three critical areas: debt relief, regulations of crypto currency and climate finance, International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said. In a video posted on Twitter, Gopinath, who is in India to participate in deliberations held as part of G-20, explained the three areas. Debt relief “We have a large number of low-income countries that are in debt distress. While we have the G-20 common framework to help with debt resolution, we absolutely need to improve the strength of the mechanism and to get much more timely resolution,” she said. Regulation of crypto currency In her video message, Gopinath also highlighted the recent crypto meltdown and said that it was clear India needs internationally agreed standards on regulations. “Progress on that front being able to accomplish that in 2023 would be a concrete outcome,” she added. Here are three critical areas in which Ind

Saran: The death toll in the Chhapra hooch tragedy, due to the consumption of spurious liquor, in Bihar’s Saran district has rose to 39 on Thursday. A rapid surge in the death toll of victims dying after drinking spurious liquor is seen after the incident took place on Wednesday. #UPDATE | Bihar: The death toll in the Chapra hooch tragedy rises to 39. — ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022 There are 47 people admitted here, out of them some with minor symptoms were treated & later went home. Many had effects on vision due to toxins. Treatment is underway if required we will refer them to Sadar hospital, said Dr Sanjay Kumar, Primary Health Centre. Bihar | There are 47 people admitted here, out of them some with minor symptoms were treated & later went home. Many had effects on vision due to toxins. Treatment is underway if required we will refer them to Sadar hospital: Dr Sanjay Kumar, Primary Health Centre pic.twitter.com/E2bvhidOQ4 — ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022 If s

New Delhi: In a big development in Shraddha Walkar murder case, DNA extracted from bones collected by Delhi Police from the jungles of Mehrauli and Gurugram has matched with the samples of her father, according to sources. Shraddha murder case | A few bone samples matched the DNA of Shraddha’s father, clarifying that they belonged to Shraddha. They were collected by Delhi Police from the jungles of Mehrauli and Gurugram: Sources — ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022 “The police have received the DNA report of the bones found. The DNA of the bones matches with the DNA samples of Walkar’s father,” a source said. The bone samples were sent for DNA analysis to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory. The report of Poonawala’s polygraph test was submitted to the police by the forensic sciences lab on Wednesday. The gory details about Walkar’s murder shook the entire nation last month after the Delhi Police arrested her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala on 12 November. During interr

The Karunya Plus KN 450 lottery draw results will be announced by the Kerala Lottery Department today, 15 December 2022 at 3 pm. Once the KN 450 result announcement is made, participants will be required to check their ticket numbers on the official web portal of the Kerala lottery department at keralalotteryresult.net . In order to make it easy for the Karunya ticket holders, the KN 450 results will also be published in the Kerala Government Gazette. The detailed results of the KN 450 lottery will be declared on the web portal from 4 pm onwards. The winner of the Karunya Plus KN 450 lottery first prize will take home a prize amount of Rs 80 lakh. The second prize winner of the Karunya lottery draw will receive Rs 10 lakh and the third prize winner is entitled to get Rs 1 lakh. The Karunya Plus KN 450 lottery draw will be held at the Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, near Bakery Junction. Karunya lottery ticket holders should know that a Kerala lottery tax deduction of 30 percent an

The national capital of Delhi was left reeling after news reports emerged on Wednesday that a 17-year-old girl was attacked by two bike-borne assailants, who threw acid on her near the Dwarka Metro station. The Class 12 girl was then rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where doctors stated that she was out of danger, but had sustained seven-eight per cent burnt injuries to her eyes and face. The incident took place when the teen was on her way to school with her younger sister. Minutes after they left their home, the teen was attacked with acid, following which the sister rushed back home to inform her parents, while some shopkeepers helped the teen wash off the acid with milk. The girl’s father was quoted as telling news agency ANI later that the girl had left home at 7.30 am. “As soon as she crossed the street, she was attacked. The incident happened within six to seven minutes of her leaving the house. My youngest daughter had gone along with her and then came running to us.” Twelve

New Delhi: The enrolment of women in IITs across the country has risen to 20% in 2021-22 from 8% in 2016, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “To promote female students for pursuing higher education and research, University Grants Commission (UGC) provides special postgraduate scholarships for women students across the country,” an official press release said. Scholarships help increase female enrolment Similarly, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is also giving 10,000 scholarships to girls entering technical education under the PRAGATI program. “To improve female enrolment in the Undergraduate Programmes in IITs, supernumerary seats were created which increased the female enrolment from 8% in 2016 to 20% in 2021-22. Similarly, the enrolment of girls in NITs has increased to nearly 22.1% in 2021-22,” the statement added. There has been consistent improvement in the enrolment of female students in STEM Courses. As per AISHE Report, the number of female s

New Delhi : Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have started providing 5G services in the country from 1 October onwards and as of 26 November, 5G services have started in 50 towns distributed over 14 States/UTs. (Annexure) As per the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) dated 15 June for auction of spectrum and the license conditions, the rollout obligations are required to be met over a period of five years, in a phased manner, from the date of allocation of spectrum. Further expansion of mobile networks beyond the mandatory rollout obligations, depends on the techno-commercial consideration of the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2017 enabling Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE), which prescribes that any telegraph which is used or capable of being used with any telegraph established, maintained or worked under the licence granted by the Central Government i

New Delhi: A couple of days after the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China traded blows at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to conduct a training exercise in the eastern sector. “Indian Air Force (IAF) is scheduled to carry out a consolidated training exercise this week in the Eastern Sector where the readiness of the aircraft would be checked. The training exercise has been planned much in advance,” news agency ANI quoted IAF officials as saying. The exercises, for which India has already announced a NOTAM (no-fly zone) over the North East for December 15-16, are scheduled to be held from Indian Air Force (IAF) bases Tezpur, Chhabua, Jorhat in Assam and Hashimara in West Bengal. Two years after the deadly clash at Galwan in Ladakh, the Indian Army and and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China have clashed again at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) this time at Tawang in Arunachal Prad

The State Lottery Department in Kerala will declare the result of the Fifty-Fifty FF-28 lottery today, 14 December 2022. The FF 28 lottery draw results will be released on the official web portal at 3 pm. The first prize winner of the FF-28 lottery will be awarded a sum of Rs 1 crore while the second and the third prize winners will get Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5,000, respectively. Ticket holders can check the detailed FF 28 lottery results from 4 pm onwards on the Kerala lottery website. The FF-28 lottery draw will be held at the Gorky Bhavan near Bakery Junction in Thiruvananthapuram. The Fifty-Fifty FF-28 results will also be published in the Kerala Government Gazette to make checking the results easier for lottery draw participants. A lottery tax deduction of 30 percent along with an agent lottery commission of 10 percent will be applied on the FF-28 winning amount. The prize winners should verify their FF-28 winning numbers with the results released in the Kerala Government Gazette. The

New Delhi: Half a century after the Himalayas turned red with blood during the 1962 war, the armies of India and China have again clashed amid the frozen mountains at the roof of the world. In 1962, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh was one of the hotspots of the war and had witnessed incredible bravery by the soldiers of the ill-equipped soldiers of the Indian Army as they fought the much better armed, better equipped and better prepared People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. However, unlike 1962, the Tawang clash in 2022 saw the Indian Army beat back the PLA soldiers. A video is doing the rounds of social media which claims to show Indian Army soldiers beating back their Chinese rivals from the PLA. A video doing the rounds of social media is actually and old video showing the Indian Army beat back the PLA soldiers. Watch this video. This is how our brave soldiers pushed the Chinese army back. #TawangClash pic.twitter.com/FZHP5TwhYe — Vishnu Vardhan Reddy (@SVishnuReddy) December

In a bid to raise awareness on the importance of energy conservation for the present and the coming generations, every year on 14 December India celebrates National Energy Conservation Day. Intending to make sure that the coming generation lives in a brighter tomorrow, it is crucial to make sure that certain steps need to be taken. In layman’s language, energy conservation emphasises the judicious usage of energy that not only minimises wastage but also ensures that sources for the future are saved. It is not just a decision but also a practice, which results in less energy usage. And it begins with simple steps like switching off the light when you leave the room, unplugging the appliances when they’re not in use, and so on. All these things are necessary as most of the energy sources that we use in daily life are ‘non-renewable’ and they cannot be reused and renewed. History The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Union ministry of power annually celebrates the special day

The Online gaming and gambling industry is again in the focus with some States going all out in their efforts at imposing a ban on “games of chance”; and “online gambling”. The problem is that some States like Tamil Nadu that promulgated an Ordinance and then passed a Bill in the Legislative Assembly do not seem to have much of a clue either about how to define “games of chance” or about how they will enforce the proposed ban. For now in Tamil Nadu, there is a stalemate with the Governor RN Ravi not having granted assent to the Bill. The Ordinance itself (ironically signed by the same Governor) lapsed. When the E-Gaming Federation went to the Madras High Court against the Ordinance, the TN Government embarrassingly, told the Court they had not enforced the Ordinance, (which they pushed through as they felt the matter could not even wait until the next Assembly session a month away) as yet. The Ordinance which the Tamil Nadu Government passed is believed to be the basis of the Bill no

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is attending a high-level meeting in New Delhi to discuss the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on 9 December. Among those who are currently attending the meeting are External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan, Chief of Air Staff Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane. After the meeting the defence minister is scheduled to make a statement in both houses of Parliament Tuesday on the clash in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh. The minister will make a statement on the issue in the Lok Sabha likely around noon and in the Rajya Sabha around 2 pm. The Indian Army on Monday said the face-off resulted in “minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides.” The clash near Yangtse along the LAC in the sensitive sector t

New Delhi: The effect of rain and snowfall in the Himalayas is being felt in the plains of North India. On the other hand, there is a forecast of heavy rains in the states of South India. Due to the effect of Cyclone Mandus, it is raining in many parts of South India. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rain is expected to continue in the states of southern India for the next two days due to Cyclone Mandus. In view of Cyclone Mandus, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has appealed to fishermen not to venture into the sea for the next one to two days. People have also been told to stay away from the coastal areas, so that they can avoid loss of life and property. Amidst the rains in South India, due to the icy winds coming from the hills, a continuous decrease in the temperature of the plains of North India is being recorded. In many states including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi,