Noam Chomsky among 261 academics write to President Murmu on axing of Bengal prof

Kolkata, 12/1: Academics, including linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Droupadi Murmu about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya and sought her intervention.   The 261 signatories have expressed “deep concern” at the termination order served to Bhattacharya, who besides being a teacher of economics at the university, is also the…

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Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised in US

Sao Paulo 10/1: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida with intestinal discomfort due to a stabbing he suffered during the 2018 election campaign, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro said on Monday on Instagram.     In Brazil, Dr Antonio Luiz Macedo, who has been treating Bolsonaro since the stabbing, said…

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Gareth Bale announces retirement from football

Wales, 9/1: Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing to an end one of the most decorated careers in British football history.     Wales’ record appearance holder and goalscorer led his country from the international football wilderness to qualify for two European Championships,…

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For CM Naveen women’s empowerment is not a slogan, but a non-negotiable code. 

Bhubaneswar, ,9/1:For   Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Government of Odisha, women’s empowerment is not a slogan, but a non-negotiable code.    Launched in 2001, Mission Shakti has helped transform the landscape of women’s empowerment and autonomy in the state.   The State Government has taken the vision a step ahead, envisaging the transformation of SHGs…

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Days after Air India incident, two passengers arrested for consuming alcohol, creating ruckus on IndiGo flight

New Delhi, 9/1: Two passengers aboard an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Patna were arrested on Sunday night for creating a ruckus on the flight in an inebriated condition, ANI reported.     “Two passengers were arrested by Patna Airport Police with the help of CISF after they created a ruckus onboard an IndiGo flight,…

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Kathua gangrape-murder case: Charge sheet filed against juvenile declared adult by Supreme Court in

Kathua, 8/1: Shubam Sangra, declared an adult by the Supreme Court, is formally chargesheeted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch in a case related to the sensational gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old in Kathua in 2018.   Though the trial is expected to start in neighbouring Punjab’s Pathankot, as ordered by…

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