Year: 2024

The Delhi Capitals stayed in the hunt to qualify for the playoffs of the 2024 Indian Premier League with a 20-run win over the Rajasthan Royals in Delhi.

Having been put to bat first, Delhi posted 221/8 and ended up restricting the Royals to 201/8 in 20 overs. With the win, Delhi have moved to fifth on the points table with 12 points with the Royals second with 16 points.

Delhi got off to a perfect start with the in-form Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abhishek Porel punishing the Royals bowlers in the powerplay overs. Fraser-McGurk raced to another half-century in the IPL before being dismissed by R Ashwin for a 20-ball 50.

Porel took over the mantle of hitting and brought up his fifty. However, Porel’s dismissal for a 36-ball 65 halted the Capitals’ scoring.

Shai Hope, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant had short stints in the middle as the Royals applied the squeeze. However, Tristan Stubbs’ 20-ball 41 at the death took the home side to 221, 10-15 runs more than Royals captain Sanju Samson would have liked.

The Royals lost opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on the second ball with Jos Buttler departing soon after. Samson played the role of the anchor to perfection as he scored his fifth half…

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As someone who started marathon running in mid-life, I know how many aches and pains (and doubts) you can have if you take on the challenge to start running at an older age. But as an orthopaedic surgeon who has replaced thousands of worn-out hips and knees throughout my career, I also know just how much exercise actually helps the joints.

Hobbling around my orthopaedic hospital after my first marathon actually led me to do research on runners. After conducting 1,000 MRI scans of the joints of mid-life exercisers (both runners and cyclists) and “couch potatoes”, I now better understand just how beneficial mid-life running is for the knees, hips and spine.

The findings were very surprising to me, particularly in the knee study. The high-resolution MRI scans found most of the 115 middle-aged participants had abnormalities in their knees before starting marathon training. Half of these abnormalities would typically have required keyhole surgery in the past.

But none of the knee abnormalities stopped them from finishing the marathon. And, in the MRI scans conducted after the marathon, they had no signs of deterioration in their joints. This totally changes how we can advise would-be runners who are found to have an abnormality on MRI scan of their…

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The Somaiya School in Mumbai on Tuesday terminated the services of its principal Parveen Shaikh after OpIndia, a Hindutva website accused of spreading misinformation and hate speech, targeted her for her purported political views.

Shaikh had been asked to resign by the school management on April 26. She told Scroll at the time that she had no intention to do so.

In a statement on Tuesday, the school management said: “It has come to our attention that the personal social media activities of Ms. Parveen Shaikh…have been starkly misaligned with the values we cherish.”

On April 24, OpIndia carried a story claiming to expose Shaikh’s “disturbing social media behaviour”. It accused her of being a “Hamas-sympathiser”, “anti-Hindu” and a supporter of “Islamist Umar Khalid” based on posts that she had “liked” from her Twitter account.

Since then, the publication and its editor have been regularly calling for Sheikh’s ouster online, suggesting that her political views are detrimental to the “thousands of unsuspecting children” in her care as an educator. This has triggered a battery of hate speech against Shaikh on Twitter.

“Given the gravity of these concerns, and after careful consideration, the management has discontinued Ms. Parveen Shaikh’s association with Somaiya Vidyavihar to ensure that our ethos of unity and inclusivity is not compromised,” the school management said.

Shaikh confirmed to…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the voters will have to choose between “vote jihad”, which he alleged that the Opposition Congress was promoting, and a “Ram Rajya”, or the utopian reign of the Hindu deity Ram.

In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Model Code of Conduct has turned into the “Modi Code of Conduct” as the Election Commission does not take against the speeches made by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders during election campaigns.

Here’s a look at today’s top developments:

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Tuesday said that India today stood at “an important turning point in history”, The Print reported. “You [voters] have to decide whether ‘vote jihad’ will continue in India or ‘Ram Rajya’ will,” he said. He also asked whether “vote jihad” could be accepted in a democracy. The prime minister was referring to Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam’s remarks in April. Alam had allegedly asked Muslim voters at a rally to launch a “vote jihad” to remove the current government. The term “jihad” in Islam is meant to denote an effort or struggle. The Uttar Pradesh Police registered a case against Alam and Congress leader…

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Seven Indian under-22 boxers, including the 2024 Paris Olympics-bound boxer Preeti, won gold medals as the Indian contingent concluded their highly successful campaign with impressive 43 medals at the 2024 ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Indian boxers secured 12 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals to finish with the second highest medal count only behind the hosts Kazakhstan, who bagged 48 medals.

Vishvanath Suresh began the day’s proceedings for India in the 48kg category and the reigning youth world champion didn’t waste much time and straightaway got into action with his sharp punches to outperform Kazakhstan’s Karap Yernar 5-0 to win the India’s first gold medal in the under-22 category.

The next in action was Nikhil (57kg), who defeated Sabyr Yerbolat of Kazakhstan with a referee stop the contest win in the third round.

Akash Gorkha (60kg) continued his dream run in the tournament to secure a 4-1 win over Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kuzeubayev in what was India’s third gold medal in the men’s category.

In the women’s category, boxer Preeti (54kg) made a remarkable comeback after going down 0-5 in the first round to register a 3-0 win in the final against Kazakhstan’s Bazarova Elina.

Meanwhile, Poonam Poonia (57kg) and Prachi (63kg) defeated Kazakhstan’s Sakysh…

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The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) will release the West Bengal HS Class 12 Result 2024 tomorrow, May 8, 2024. Students who appeared for the exam will be able to check their results on the official website wbresults.nic.in.

The WB Class 12 exam 2024 was conducted from February 16 to 29, 2024.

“The council will announce the WB 2024 HS result at 1 pm on May 8 through a press conference and the link to view and download the Class 12 West Bengal board exam results from the official website — wbchse.wb.gov.in will be made live at 3 pm. Meanwhile, the hardcopies of the mark sheets and pass certificates will be available from 55 distribution centres including the four regional offices of the Council from May 10,” reports Indian Express.

Meanwhile, the Class 10 Madhyamik results were released on May 2. An estimated 8 lakh students appeared for the examination. This year a pass percentage of 86.31% was recorded in the state.

Steps to download WB Class 12 results 2024

1. Visit the official website wbresults.nic.in

2. Once live, click on West Bengal Board of Secondary Education 2024 Higher Secondary results

3. Key in your roll number and date of birth

4. The WB Class 12 exam 2024 results will appear on screen

5. Download a copy and take a printout…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the National Democratic Alliance, led by his Bharatiya Janata Party, requires more than 400 seats in Parliament so that the Congress cannot put the “Babri lock” on the Ram temple in Ayodhya or reinstate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi made the statement while addressing rallies in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone and Dhar districts and Maharashtra.

“The Congress is spreading lies,” he said. “Don’t they know that from 2019 to 2024 the NDA [National Democratic Alliance] already had the support of around 400 seats? Modi needs 400 seats so the Congress cannot bring back Article 370 in Kashmir and create trouble. Modi needs 400 seats so the Congress cannot put the Babri lock on the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.”

The Ram temple in Ayodhya is built on the site of the Babri mosque, which was demolished by Hindutva extremists in December 1992 because they believed that it stood on the spot where the Hindu deity Ram was born. The incident had triggered communal riots across the country.

The Ram temple was inaugurated in a ceremony led by Modi on January 22.

Till 1949, only Muslims regularly offered prayers in the Babri mosque. However, in December that year, an idol of Ram Lalla – or infant…

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The Canadian government placed a cap on the number of study permits granted to international students earlier this year. The government stated that a rapid increase in the number of international students was putting added “pressure on housing, health care and other services.”

In addition, Immigration Minister Marc Miller criticised some private colleges for the increasing number of refugee claims from their international students, saying the trend was “alarming” and “totally unacceptable.”

Similarly, a recent article in the Globe and Mail stated refugee claims by international students increased by 646% from 2018 to 2023, and raised concerns about students exploiting Canada’s immigration system.

However, focusing on refugee claims, and not refugee claim approvals, obscures the context needed to understand such a complex issue. These comments and statistics are misleading and contribute to fueling xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment.

Given the central place of immigration in heated political debates in Canada, it’s crucial to unpack these claims and understand the implications of perpetuating unfounded criticism of Canada’s refugee and immigration system.

More displaced people

Amid the war in Ukraine, violence in Haiti and enduring humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Venezuela, Sudan and elsewhere, over 114 million people have been displaced worldwide. Accordingly, refugee claims have increased around the world from displaced people; many of whom face the risk of being forcibly returned home or sent to a third country.

The number of refugee…

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The Karnataka government has issued a lookout notice for Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna after he failed to appear before the Special Investigation Team looking into the allegations of sexual abuse against him, The Hindu reported on Thursday.

Revanna, who represents Karnataka’s Hassan parliamentary constituency, is believed to be in the city of Munich in Germany, where to flew to between April 27 and April 28 using his diplomatic passport. He has been suspended from the party.

The issuance of the lookout circular means that Revanna will be detained immediately when he enters India at any immigration point at airports, sea ports or at border checkposts.

The Hindu cited unidentified sources as saying that Revanna is expected to return to India on May 15.

Revanna on Wednesday had sought seven days to appear before the Special Investigation Team. “As I am not in Bangalore to attend the enquiry, I have communicated to CID [Crime Investigation Department] Bangalore through my advocate,” Revanna said in a social media post. “Truth will prevail soon.”

This came as Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday seeking that Revanna’s diplomatic passport be cancelled. Revanna had flown to Germany from Bengaluru on April 26, hours before the Congress government in the state announced that it had set up a special investigation team…

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The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly uploading a doctored video of Chief Minister Adityanath on social media platform X.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Task Force) Raj Kumar Mishra said that the man, identified as 48-year-old Shyam Kishor Gupta, was arrested at his residence in Noida, The Times of India reported.

The doctored video was uploaded a day earlier on X, Mishra said. “The video was posted on Twitter under the account @shyamguptarpswa, causing confusion and outrage among the public.”

माननीय मुख्यमंत्री उत्तर प्रदेश का एआई जनरेटेड डीप फेक वीडियो सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफार्म पर अपलोड कर भ्रामक तथ्य फ़ैलाने वाले अभियुक्त श्याम गुप्ता को दिनांक 02.05.2024 को @uppstf नोएडा यूनिट द्वारा गिरफ्तार किया गया है। सोशल मीडिया पर भ्रामक सूचना प्रसारित करना दंडनीय अपराध है और… pic.twitter.com/VwJW1D48ix

— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) May 2, 2024

The doctored video shows Adityanath purportedly referencing the Pulwama attacks in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that the Congress would take away women’s mangalsutras if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections.

On February 14, 2019, an explosive-laden car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force personnel, killing 40 of them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for…

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened the online application window for the CSIR UGC NET June-2024 examination. Candidates can apply for the examination on the official website csirnet.nta.ac.in till May 25 upto 11.50 PM. Applicants will be able to make changes to their application forms from May 25 to 27.

The CSIR-UGC NET June-2024 will be conducted in CBT mode on June 25, 26 and 27 for a duration of 3 hours. The exam is held to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and for Lectureship (LS) /Assistant Professor in Indian Universities and Colleges.

Before applying for Joint CSIR-UGC NET, candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the Information Bulletin carefully.

Here’s CSIR UGC NET 2024 Information Bulletin.

Eligibility criteria

Age: JRF: Maximum 30 years as on June 1, 2024. Lectureship (LS)/ Assistant Professor: No upper age limit.

Educational Qualifications: M.Sc. or equivalent degree/ Integrated BS-MS/ BS-4 years/ BE/ B. Tech/ B. Pharma/ MBBS with at least 55%.

Application Fee

Candidates from General category are required to pay the fee of Rs 1150, whereas Rs 650 is applicable to candidates from General-EWS/OBC-NCL category. The application fee for SC/ST/PwD/Third gender is Rs 325.

Steps to apply for CSIR UGC NET 2024

1. Visit the official website csirnet.nta.ac.in

2. On the homepage, click on “CSIR…

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