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		Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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		India
		Judge has no business giving interview on case: Supreme Court PM Modi hits road in Kochi, tries to strike a chord with youth Might as well wind up CBI & ED: SC slams HC judge More India News»

		Science
		Quantum leap for quantum mission in India : Hubs to be established in research institutes Senior Adviser at Department of Science and Technology (DST), Akhilesh Gupta on Monday, addressing media persons in Bengaluru over a video conference, said the National quantum mission has four verticals -- quantum computing, quantum communications, quantum sensing and metrology and quantum materials and devices. Stuck stem cells associated with hair turning grey: Study Study: Gene activity analysis aids in categorisation of brain disease More Science News»

		Technology
		Vivo Y78+ 5G with Snapdragon 695 chipset launched in China: All the details Vivo has recently launched the Y78+ 5G, the newest addition to its Y series of smartphones in China, following the release of the Y77 last year. The Vivo Y78+ comes at a starting price of CNY 1,599 (around Rs 19,000). The smartphone is available to order and will go on sale in China starting April 26. iPhone 15 Pro Max may bring this huge camera upgrade The upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max, rumoured to be called the iPhone 15 Ultra, is expected to feature the Sony IMX903 camera sensor, which is approximately 1 inch in size, as stated by Ice Universe. This is larger than the IM803 sensor found in the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which measures 1/1.28 inches. Things to remember before buying the right air cooler this summer ACs are mostly expensive, while air coolers are available across multiple price points. If you are planning to buy a new air cooler for your home, here are some tips you can keep in mind which will help you to make the right choice. More Technology News»

		Business
		JSW eyes auto biz foray, in talks with China's MG, BYD Humphries was dismissed as CEO: Cognizant HC to CCI: Take up plea by startups against Google More Business News»

		Sports
		IPL: All-round Axar hands Delhi second win, Hyderabad lose three on the trot Axar Patel's all-round heroics trumped Washington Sundar superb efforts with bat and ball as Delhi Capitals edged Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 runs in a low-scoring last-over thriller in Hyderabad. It was the first time in 16 seasons of IPL, Delhi successfully defended a first innings total under 150 as chasing a moderate 145 for victory, Hyderabad could only muster 137 for 6 in their 20 overs. India was lucky to have unearthed such a great player: Kaif on Sachin On the occasion of Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday, the cricket fraternity extended their best wishes to the master blaster in their own way and some recalled the fond memories they had with the sports' one of the best batters. Wrestlers Protest: WFI ceases to exist, IOA committee to hold elections A day after India's top wrestlers once again sat down in protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Sports Ministry declared the proposed May 7 elections of the WFI null and void. In effect, the WFI ceases to exist for now. More Sports News»

		Education
		JEE Main 2023 Final Answer Key released on jeemain.nta.nic.in, download PDF here National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer key for JEE Main Session-II. Candidates can download it from the official website, jeemain.nta.ac.in. NTA released the provisional answer key on April 19 and the objection window was open from April 19 to 21, 2023. Candidates can log in to the website using their credentials to access the final answer key. The JEE Main Session 2 Result 2023 will be declared based on the final answer key. Serendipity Arts Grant 2023 application process opens In addition, grant of up to Rs 1,00,000 will be awarded to independent music creators across different genres to support the process of creating new music under the Production Grant for Independent Musicians. Far Western University Convocation 2023: Bareilly University vice chancellor felicitated by Nepal PM Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University's Vice-Chancellor was invited to attend Far Western University's third convocation in Nepal as a keynote speaker, where he was felicitated by the country's Prime Minister; both universities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining a framework for academic and research collaboration. Collaborative activity may include professors, research personnel, and/or students being exchanged for the purposes of teaching, research, coursework, or program development. More Education News»

		Environment
		Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: Report Observing World Earth Day: Origin, celebrations and Earth Hour UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot More Environment News»

		World
		Death toll in Kenya starvation cult case climbs to 73 Police say 5 wounded in ramming attack near Jerusalem market Fox News, Tucker Carlson part ways days after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said, less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.Carlson was expected to be a key witness in the trial centering around Fox's false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been manipulated in favor of Democrat Joe Biden. More World News»

		Environment
		Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: Report Observing World Earth Day: Origin, celebrations and Earth Hour UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan returns 1 bill, seeks clarification on 2 more Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has returned one of the 10 bills she was accused of sitting over by the state government. She has also asked for clarifications on two more bills. With this, she has no more bills pending with her, at least technically. K Chandrasekhar Rao vows Telangana schemes at third Maharashtra rally in 2 months Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao announced on Monday that his party would withdraw all "controversial decisions" taken by the Centre if they are voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Northern parts of Telangana witness thunderstorms Northern parts of Telangana on Monday witnessed another day of widespread thunderstorms. Jagtiyal district was particularly impacted as rains were accompanied by heavy hailstorm. About 67mm rainfall was recorded in the district. More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Chandigarh to host comedy theatre fest Hasyam," the three-day annual comedy theatre festival organised by Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi in alliance with the department of cultural affairs, Chandigarh and Tagore Theatre Society, Chandigarh will be held from April 25 to 27, at Tagore Theatre at 6:30pm. Complete sewerage work to stop Ghaggar pollution: DC With the aim to lower pollution level in the Ghaggar river and to check steps taken by departments to ban single-use plastic in the district, deputy commissioner (DC) Dr Priyanka Soni on Monday held a meeting with officials under the 'District Environment Plan' at the mini-secretariat in Sector 1 on Monday. Garbage collectors won't take trash if not segregated in Mohali: MC MC commissioner Navjot Kaur has directed garbage collectors not to accept garbage if it is not segregated at houses. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		Professional tax collection in Ahmedabad crosses pre-Covid levels Professional tax collection in Ahmedabad in 2022-23 has risen to Rs 206.81 crore, an 18% increase from the pre-Covid level of Rs 182.80 crore in 2019-20. For 5th day, maximum temperature stayed below 40 degree Celsius in Ahmedabad Cyclonic circulation continued to bring some relief to the city from the summer heat. For the fifth consecutive day, the maximum temperature stayed below 40°C. APM Terminals at Pipavav to invest $90 mn for new liquid berth More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		Chronicler of Madras Randor Guy passes away Veteran speaker, columnist and historian Madabushi Rangadorai, popularly known as Randor Guy, passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness. He was 86.​ Fresh Covid-19 cases fall below 500-mark in Tamil Nadu Fresh cases in Tamil Nadu fell below the 500-mark on Monday when the state reported 491 new cases. The active cases also dropped to 3,640 compared to 3,671 in the last 24 hours. 8 injured as SETC bus jumps signal, rams bikers in Chennai Eight people were injured after an SETC bus jumped a signal, ran out of control and hit at least six bikes near Tambaram on the Chennai-Trichy National Highway on Sunday night. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Supreme Court to Bengaluru techie couple: Give marriage a 2nd chance The Supreme Court has told a couple, who are software engineers seeking divorce, why don't they give a second chance to the marriage as both of them were not able to devote time to their union. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna said, "Where is the time for marriage. Both of you are software engineers posted in Bengaluru. One goes to duty in the day and the other in the night. You have no regret for divorce but have regret for marriage. Why don't you give a second chance to the marriage." Assam cops in Bengaluru, serve notice on Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV Assam Police on Sunday visited the Bengaluru residence of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) chief Srinivas BV and slapped a notice on him, asking him to appear before it in Guwahati on May 2 for questioning in connection with a case filed against him by expelled Assam Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president Angkita Dutta, alleging harassment by the former for the last six months. Dutta was expelled by the AICC on Saturday (April 22) for “anti-party activities” after she went public and filed an FIR against Srinivas. Veerappan's daughter garlands Dr Rajkumar's statue at kids' event in Bengaluru Bharatinagar Residents’ Forum on Sunday organised free notebook distribution for economically poor students where Vijayalakshmi, daughter of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, her husband Shabarish and their children were invited as chief guests. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Supreme Court to Bengaluru techie couple: Give marriage a 2nd chance The Supreme Court has told a couple, who are software engineers seeking divorce, why don't they give a second chance to the marriage as both of them were not able to devote time to their union. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna said, "Where is the time for marriage. Both of you are software engineers posted in Bengaluru. One goes to duty in the day and the other in the night. You have no regret for divorce but have regret for marriage. Why don't you give a second chance to the marriage." Assam cops in Bengaluru, serve notice on Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV Assam Police on Sunday visited the Bengaluru residence of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) chief Srinivas BV and slapped a notice on him, asking him to appear before it in Guwahati on May 2 for questioning in connection with a case filed against him by expelled Assam Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president Angkita Dutta, alleging harassment by the former for the last six months. Dutta was expelled by the AICC on Saturday (April 22) for “anti-party activities” after she went public and filed an FIR against Srinivas. Veerappan's daughter garlands Dr Rajkumar's statue at kids' event in Bengaluru Bharatinagar Residents’ Forum on Sunday organised free notebook distribution for economically poor students where Vijayalakshmi, daughter of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, her husband Shabarish and their children were invited as chief guests. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		2 lakh doses of intranasal vaccine iNCOVACC arrives in Maharashtra The state has procured two lakh doses of the intranasal vaccine iNCOVACC, which were delivered to districts and corporations over the weekend. TOI has learnt that senior citizens who haven't received the precautionary dose will be prioritised to receive the free vaccine across Maharashtra. Covid-19 cases drop 60% in Mumbai & Maharashtra; dip likely due to fewer tests The daily Covid caseload in Mumbai and Maharashtra dropped by nearly 60% on Monday compared to the previous day. The state registered 226 cases, including 59 from Mumbai, compared to 545 (141 in Mumbai) on Sunday. A state official said the low tally on Monday was due to fewer tests conducted on Sunday. As against the average of 18,000 to 20,000 tests daily on weekdays, only 9,154 tests were conducted on Sunday. Centre's fact-check rule has no safeguards, says Bombay high court “Our concern here is that this rule, however well intentioned, doesn’t have necessary guard rails,” said the Bombay high court on Monday while hearing a constitutional challenge to the Information Technology Rule that calls for a government-run fact checking unit (FCU) toidentify “fake or misleading” online posts about the Centre and its policies. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		On New York-Delhi flight again, man urinates on co-flyer A person flying American Airlines’ New York-Delhi nonstop on Sunday night allegedly urinated on a co-passenger and was handed over to the cops on landing in the capital on Sunday night. In this case too, the accused was inebriated when he got into an argument with a co-passenger and then allegedly urinated on him. Delhi reports 689 new Covid cases, positivity rate 29.4% The city on Monday logged 689 fresh covid-19 cases and three fatalities with a case positivity rate of 29.4%, according to data shared by the health department here. Delhi weather: Another spell of rain likely from April 27 Delhi saw a slight rise in the maximum temperature but the respite from the extreme heat conditions continued on Monday. The temperature may continue to rise further for the next couple of days. However, according to the weather department, Delhi-NCR is likely to see another spell of rain from Thursday, which may bring the temperature down. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		On New York-Delhi flight again, man urinates on co-flyer A person flying American Airlines’ New York-Delhi nonstop on Sunday night allegedly urinated on a co-passenger and was handed over to the cops on landing in the capital on Sunday night. In this case too, the accused was inebriated when he got into an argument with a co-passenger and then allegedly urinated on him. Delhi reports 689 new Covid cases, positivity rate 29.4% The city on Monday logged 689 fresh covid-19 cases and three fatalities with a case positivity rate of 29.4%, according to data shared by the health department here. Delhi weather: Another spell of rain likely from April 27 Delhi saw a slight rise in the maximum temperature but the respite from the extreme heat conditions continued on Monday. The temperature may continue to rise further for the next couple of days. However, according to the weather department, Delhi-NCR is likely to see another spell of rain from Thursday, which may bring the temperature down. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		On New York-Delhi flight again, man urinates on co-flyer A person flying American Airlines’ New York-Delhi nonstop on Sunday night allegedly urinated on a co-passenger and was handed over to the cops on landing in the capital on Sunday night. In this case too, the accused was inebriated when he got into an argument with a co-passenger and then allegedly urinated on him. Delhi reports 689 new Covid cases, positivity rate 29.4% The city on Monday logged 689 fresh covid-19 cases and three fatalities with a case positivity rate of 29.4%, according to data shared by the health department here. Delhi weather: Another spell of rain likely from April 27 Delhi saw a slight rise in the maximum temperature but the respite from the extreme heat conditions continued on Monday. The temperature may continue to rise further for the next couple of days. However, according to the weather department, Delhi-NCR is likely to see another spell of rain from Thursday, which may bring the temperature down. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		UP Board classes 10, 12 results today In a record feat, authorities of the UP Secondary Education Board would be announcing results of class 10th and 12th board exams in the shortest duration from the date of the last exam. Large nesting site of Indian skimmer discovered in Prayagraj's Palpur village A team from the forest department and researchers of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) discovered a large nesting site of the Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) - a favourite among Indian bird enthusiasts - at Palpur village in Chakka block of Prayagraj, along the banks of the Yamuna river. Umesh Pal's killers met Ashraf in Bareilly jail before attack, says police; video viral Days before lawyer Umesh Pal was killed on February 24, the assailants had met slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf inside Bareilly jail, police said More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Previous government destroyed panchayati raj institutions, says PM Narendra Modi in Rewa He was in Rewa, 490km from Bhopal, to flag off three new trains and inaugurate five Nal Jal Schemes worth Rs 7,853 crore on Panchayati Raj Day. He also dedicated 4 lakh new PM Awas Yojana homes. MP governor Mangubhai Patel, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister for rural development and panchayati raj, Giriraj Singh, were present on the occasion. 'Pregnancy tests' before Madhya Pradesh mass wedding stir row A controversy has erupted in MP’s Dindori district following reports of pregnancy tests being conducted on some beneficiaries of Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana. District collector Vikas Mishra did not deny it but explained the pregnancies were detected while screening for sickle cell anaemia. HC seeks reply from state on plea to conduct Mandi poll More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Odisha's Rs 434 crore boost for hockey till 2033 The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) will release Rs 434.12 crore to Hockey India in the next 10 years as the state will continue sponsoring the national hockey teams till 2033. Odisha govt nod to Rs 3,500-crore for 866 bridges The state government on Monday approved Rs 3,597 crore to build 866 new bridges on rural roads and expand the Cuttack Ring Road at an estimated cost of Rs 121 crore. Odisha cabinet clears ordinance to add 22 communities in SEBC list Ahead of the backward classes survey scheduled from May 1, the state cabinet on Monday cleared an ordinance to amend the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC) Act, 1993 More Bhubaneswar News»

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