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25 Apr

Jodii app launches to help people find their life partner

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusinessIndia’s, Jodii app, Matrimony.com

Matrimony.com, India’s leading online matrimony company, announced the launch of Jodii – an exclusive vernacular matchmaking app for the masses. The service is available in Bengali, and 9 other languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil & Telugu. The company rolled out the new service based on its successful history of helping lakhs of Indians find a life partner over the past 22 years, and its understanding that a large section of the population is looking for a matchmaking service in their mother tongue. The service is available on the Android app. Jodii app addresses the needs of those…

25 Apr

India-EU to paunch trade & technology council

editor0 CommentsWorldPM Narendra Modi, Ursula von der Leyen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen today agreed to launch an India-EU Trade and Technology Council at their meeting in New Delhi. This strategic coordination mechanism will allow both partners to tackle challenges at the nexus of trade, trusted technology and security, and thus deepen cooperation in these fields between India and the EU. The Trade and Technology Council will provide the political steer and the necessary structure to operationalise political decisions, coordinate technical work, and report to the political level to ensure implementation and follow-up in areas that are important for…

25 Apr

Kingfisher’s new ‘Spread the Cheer campaign

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusinessKingfisher, Rashmika Mandanna, Varun Dhawan

United Breweries Limited announced that it has signed actors Rashmika Mandanna and Varun Dhawan as brand ambassadors for its iconic brand Kingfisher. The association will kick off Kingfisher’s ‘Spread the Cheer campaign, focused on celebrating this year as the ‘Year of the Cheer’.Kingfisher is a youthful, contemporary, and fun brand, which constantly reinvents itself to engage with its consumers in new and exciting ways. The brand is associated with some of the best music, food and sporting events, and lives up to its name of ‘The King of Good Times’. Kingfisher has also created an exciting dance hook-step with Rashmika…

25 Apr

Sports Team Makes History with Unprecedented Championship Win

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2022 World Cup With the 2022 World Cup draw completed, we now know who the U.S. Men's National Team will face in the group stage. The USMNT will see England, Iran, and one of Ukraine, Wales, and Scotland in the 2022 World Cup this fall, and the team hopes to make up for lost time after missing the last World Cup altogether. Learn more National Team Draws England Trees are more important today than ever before. More than 10,000 products are reportedly made from trees. Through chemistry, the humble woodpile is yielding chemicals, plastics and fabrics that were beyond comprehension…

25 Apr

PM Modi receives first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai

editor0 CommentsIndiaLata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on Sunday. The award has been instituted in memory and honour of the legendary singer who passed away at the age of 92 years in Mumbai earlier this year. PM Modi received the award in presence of Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, among others. “Music can give a feeling of motherhood and love. Music can take you to the pinnacle of patriotism and duty. We all are fortunate that we have seen this power of music, this…

24 Apr

AqarChain and India’s ForestMan celebrate Earth Day

editor0 CommentsBusinessAqarChain, Earth Day

Earth Day started in 1970, and after 51 years Earth Day is getting a salute from the Metaverse with AqarChain’s AqarLand and India’s ‘Forest Man’. AqarLand, a Virtual Land Metaverse with an NFT Marketplace, part of AqarChain the pioneer in Fractionalizing NFT of real world real estate assets, is working to bridge the physical environment with the metaverse in an effort to help reforestation and restoration of lands by planting trees in a Digital Forest. For Earth Day, AqarChain is partnering with Jadav Payeng, better known as the forest man of India, who spent his entire life single handedly erecting…

24 Apr

CBSE removes topics on ‘democracy and diversity’, Mughal courts, poems by Faiz from syllabus

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Chapters on Non-Aligned Movement, Cold War Era, Rise of Islamic Empires in Afro-Asian Region, History of Mughal Court and Industrial Revolution have been omitted from CBSE Class 11 and 12 Political Science Syllabus. From the Class 10 Social Science syllabus, CBSE dropped the theme "Impact of Globalization on Agriculture" from the 'Food Security' chapter. Portions of translations of two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz have also been omitted from the section on 'Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State'. Chapters on 'Democracy and Diversity' have also been dropped from the syllabus. When questioned about the motive behind the…

24 Apr

Narendra Modi to visit J&K today, launch projects worth Rs 20,000 crore; security tightened

editor0 CommentsIndiajammu and kashmir, PM modi

Security has been beefed up across the union territory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Multiple levels of security arrangements have been made to prevent any untoward incident. Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said, “Security has been beefed up at the border. Counter drones have been deployed.” In Palli panchayat of Samba district of Jammu division, from where Prime Minister Modi will address gram Sabhas across us on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, entry and exit points have been sealed and roads barricaded. All preparations are underway for Prime Minister…

23 Apr

Delhi imposes Rs 500 fine for not wearing masks

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The Delhi government has issued new rules to wear masks in public places. As per the rules, a fine of Rs 500 will be imposed for not wearing masks in public places in the national capital. Penalties shall not apply to persons traveling together in private four-wheelers. “Those who do not wear masks in public places in Delhi will be fined Rs 500. Penalty shall not be applicable for persons traveling together in private four-wheelers," said the notification issued by the Delhi government. The decision has been taken due to the increase in the positive rate of COVID-19 infections in…

23 Apr

Bengal to get three new districts

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The West Bengal government plans to bifurcate South 24 Parganas, creating new districts of Baruipur, Sundarbans and Diamond Harbour, a top official said on Friday. Work is being done on a "war footing" to complete the necessary formalities to bifurcate South 24 Parganas, the state's largest district, into three parts, the official said.“We are planning to create three new districts — Baruipur, Diamond Harbour and Sundarban — by the end of the year. Once the proposal gets Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nod, South 24 Parganas — currently stretching from the city to the coastal villages along Bay of Bengal —…