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JKSSB Junior Assistant typing test admit cards released; here’s the details

IOBNN Bureau April 9, 2024

The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has released the admit cards for the upcoming Junior Assistant typing test 2024 today, April 9. Eligible candidates can check and download their admit cards on the official website jkssb.nic.in.

According to the notification, the JKSSB JA typing test will be conducted on April 15, 2024.

The JKSSB JA exam 2023 was conducted on September 21, 2023. The recruitment drive aims to fill up a total of 34 posts of Junior Assistant and 65 posts of Junior Assistant-cum-Computer Operator. The selection list for the typing test was released on December 7, 2023.

Here’s the official notification.

Steps to download Jr Assistant admit card 2024

Visit the official website jkssb.nic.in
On the homepage, click on the notification to download Junior Assistant admit card
Key in your registration details and login
Click on the link to View/Download JA admit card 2023
The typing test admit card for post of Junior Assistant will appear on screen
Download a copy and take a printout for future reference

Direct link to download admit card.

For more details, candidates are advised to visit the official website here.

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Delhi liquor policy case: BRS leader K Kavitha to remain in judicial custody till April 23

Jignesh Chafe April 9, 2024

A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha till April 23 in the Delhi liquor policy case, reported PTI.

Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was denied interim bail in the case a day earlier.

She was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate from her Hyderabad residence on March 15. On March 26, she was sent to judicial custody till April 9 after the agency said her further custodial interrogation was not required.

The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that Kavitha, among others, conspired with senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish Sisodia, to secure favours in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor excise policy of the national capital.

Kavitha is alleged to be a part of a so-called South Group that paid “Rs 100 crore to the leaders of AAP” in exchange for favours related to the policy through businessman Vijay Nair.

On Monday, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kavitha, referred to section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and said that it allowed courts to grant interim relief to women accused in such cases despite the rigorous bail conditions under the Act. He also said that her 16-year-old son was currently…

Lok Sabha Elections: अशोक गहलोत के साथ अनबन को लेकर अब सचिन पायलट ने बोल दी ये बड़ी बात

Editor in Chief April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए राजस्थान के पूर्व उप मुख्यमंत्री सचिन पायलट इन दिनों कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों के लिए जमकर प्रचार कर रहे हैं। राजस्थान की 25 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए इस बार दो चरणों में मतदान होगा। पहले चरण के लिए 19 अप्रैल को मतदान होगा।

इसी बीच राजस्थान के पूर्व कांग्रेस प्रदेशाध्यक्ष सचिन पायलट ने पूर्व सीएम अशोक गहलोत को लेकर बड़ी बात कही है। निकम्मा-नकारा जैसे बयानों को भूलकर सचिन पायलट अब अशोक गहलोत के बेटे वैभव गहलोत का प्रचार करने की बातें कह रहे हैं। खबरों के अनुसार, सचिन पायलट ने पूर्व सीएम अशोक गहलोत को लेकर भी बड़ी बात कही है।

इस दौरान राजस्थान कांग्रेस के दिग्गज नेता से पूछा गया कि क्या सचिन पायलट और अशोक गहलोत में सुलह हो गई है? इस पर पूर्व केन्द्रीय मंत्री सचिन पायलट ने कहा कि हमारी कोई खास अनबन नहीं थी। उन्होंने इस संबंध में हालांकि बोल दिया कि सोचने और काम करने के तरीके में अंतर था, मैं सबकुछ भूलकर आगे बढ़ चुका हूं। सचिन पायलट ने इस बार राजस्थान में कांग्रेस की बड़ी जीत का दावा किया है।

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10 April 2024 rashifal: इन जातकों को किसी अजनबी के कारण झेलना पड़ सकता है नुकसान, जानें 12 राशियों के लिए कैसा रहेगा दिन

10 April 2024 rashifal: इन जातकों को किसी अजनबी के कारण झेलना पड़ सकता है नुकसान, जानें 12 राशियों के लिए कैसा रहेगा दिन

IOBNN Bureau April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। बुधवार यानी 10 अप्रैल 2024 का दिन कई जातकों के लिए बहुत ही लाभकारी साबित होने की संभावना है। वहीं कई लोगों को बुधवार को कई प्रकार की परेशानियों से जूझना पड़ सकता है। आज हम आपको बुधवार के राशिफल के बारे में जानकारी देने जा रहे हैं।

मेष: इस राशि के जातकों के लिए दिन अच्छा साबित होगा। हालांकि, पैतृक संपत्ति से जुड़े मामलों को लेकर थोड़ी परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ सकता है।
वृष: जातकों के लिए दिन ऊर्जा से भरपूर निकलने की संभावना है। धार्मिक कार्यों में मन लगा रहने की संभावना है।
मिथुन: किसी अजनबी के कारण नुकसान झेलना पड़ सकता है। सेहत का ध्यान रखें।
कर्क: व्यापार के हिसाब से दिन अच्छा रहेगा। बड़े निवेश से बचना लाभकारी साबित हो सकता है।

सिंह: जातकों के लिए दिन मिश्रित रूप से फलदायी रहने की संभावना है। पारिवारिक रिश्तों में चल रही नाराजगी दूर होने की संभावना है।
कन्या: सरकारी नौकरी करने वाले जातकों के लिए दिन अच्छा रहेगा। कार्यक्षेत्र में योग्यता अनुसार काम मिलने की उम्मीद है।
तुला: जातकों की सुख-सुविधाओं में इजाफा होने की संभावना है। जीवनसाथी का भरपूर पूरा सहयोग मिल सकता है।
वृश्चिक: किसी मांगलिक कार्यक्रम में हिस्सा लेने के योग बन रहे हैं। माता-पिता की सलाह लाभकारी साबित हो सकती है।

धनु: नौकरी करने वाले जातकों के लिए दिन बहुत ही शुभ रहेगा। विवाह में आ रही बाधा दूर हो सकती है।
मकर: इन जातकों के लिए दिन मिलाजुला साबित हो सकता है। गृहस्थ जीवन अच्छा बितेगा।
कुंभ: सूझबूझ दिखाकर आगे बढऩे से जातकों को लाभ मिलेगा। जीवनसाथी की सेहत का ध्यान रखें।
मीन: इस राशि के जातकों को आर्थिक परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ सकता है।

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Recipe of the Day: स्वादिष्ट छाछ मसाला इस विधि से बना लें आप

Priya Chafe April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। गर्मी के मौसम में बड़ी संख्या में लोगों द्वारा छाछ का सेवन किया जाता है। ये हमारी सेहत के लिए बहुत ही लाभकारी होती है। आज हम आपको घर पर ही स्वादिष्ट छाछ मसाला बनाने की विधि बताने जा रहे हैं।

जरूरी सामग्री:
दही – आठ कप
जीरा पाउडर (भुना) – आठ टी स्पून
काला नमक – चार टी स्पून
सादा नमक – स्वादानुसार
हरी मिर्च – दो टी स्पून
पुदीना पत्ती कटी – एक कप
हरी धनिया पत्ती – एक कप

इस प्रकार से बना लें आप:
– सबसे पहले एक मिक्सर जार में पुदीना पत्ते, हरी धनिया पत्ती, हरी मिर्च, एक कप दही, जीरा पाउडर और काला नमक मिला लें। अब इसे स्मूद होने तक पीस लें।
– अब इसे एक बर्तन में बचा हुआ डेढ़ कप दही, सादा नमक और लगभग पानी डालकर मथनी की मदद से मथें।
– अब आप इसमें बनाया गया मिश्रण डाल लें।
-इस प्रकार से आपकी मसाला छाछ बन जाती है।

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अपडेट खबरों के लिए हमारावॉट्सएप चैनलफोलो करें

Recipe of the Day: गर्मी के मौसम में लें पुदीने की स्वादिष्ट चटनी का स्वाद, इन चीजों से बना लें आप

Recipe of the Day: गर्मी के मौसम में लें पुदीने की स्वादिष्ट चटनी का स्वाद, इन चीजों से बना लें आप

Priya Chafe April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। गर्मी के मौसम में पुदीना हमारी सेहत के लिए बहुत ही उपयोगी होता है। इसका सेवन करने से शरीर को ठंडक मिलती है। इसका कई प्रकार से सेवन किया जा सकता है। आज हम आपको गर्मी के इस मौसम में पुदीन की चटनी बनाने की विधि बताने जा रहे हैं।

सामग्री:
पुदीना पत्ते – दो कप
लहसुन – दस कलियां
हरी मिर्च कटी – आठ
चीनी – दो टी स्पून
हरा धनिया कटा – चार कप
अदरक दुकड़ा – छोटा सा
नींबू रस – चार टी स्पून
नमक – स्वादानुसार

इस प्रकार से बना लें आप:
– सबसे पहले मिक्सर जार में पुदीना पत्ते, हरी मिर्च, हरी धनिया, लहसुन कलियां, अदरक, चीनी और स्वादानुसार नमक डालकर ग्राइंड कर लें।
– चटनी को अच्छी तरह से स्मूद होने तक पीस लें।
-अब आप इस चटनी में नींबू का रस मिला लें।
-इस प्रकार से आपकी स्वादिष्ट चटनी बन जाती है।

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अपडेट खबरों के लिए हमारावॉट्सएप चैनलफोलो करें

Recipe of the Day: गर्मी के मौसम में लें एप्पल स्मूदी का स्वाद, इस विधि से बना लें आप

Priya Chafe April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। एप्पल यानी सेब हमारी सेहत के लिए बहुत ही लाभकारी होता है। इसका कई प्रकार से सेवन किया जा सकता है। आज हम आपको एप्पल स्मूदी बनाने की विधि बताने जा रहे हैं। इसका स्वाद आपको बहुत ही पसंद आएगा।

जरूरी सामग्री:
चार कप सोया मिल्क
दस चम्मच वनीला एसेंस
चार सेब
आठ चम्मच काजू बटर
दस क्यूब आइस
चार चम्मच चिया सीड्स

इस प्रकार से आप:
– सबसे पहले सेब को धोकर काट लें।
-अब ब्लेंडर सेब, सोया मिल्क, वनीला एसेंस, काजू बटर, चिया सीड्स और आइस क्यूब डालकर ब्लेंड कर लें।
– अब आप इसका स्वाद ले सकते हैं।
-ये स्मूदी सेहत के लिए कई प्रकार से लाभकारी होती है।

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अपडेट खबरों के लिए हमारावॉट्सएप चैनलफोलो करें

Government Jobs: इस भर्ती के लिए जल्द कर दें आवेदन नहीं तो हाथ से निकल जाएगा अच्छा मौका

IOBNN Bureau April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। भारतीय कृत्रिम अंग निर्माण निगम, कानपुर की ओर से मैनेजर, कंसल्टेंट, ऑडियोलॉजिस्ट सहित अन्य पदों पर भर्ती निकाली भर्ती के लिए आपके पास 16 अप्रैल 2024 तक ऑनलाइन आवेदन करने का मौका होगा। अगर आपने अभी तक आवेदन नहीं किया है तो जल्द ही कर दें।

भर्ती का विवरण:
पदों का नाम: मैनेजर, कंसल्टेंट, ऑडियोलॉजिस्ट सहित अन्य पद
आवेदन करने की अन्तिम तारीख: 16 अप्रैल 2024
आयु : पूरी जानकारी नोटिफिकेशन से प्राप्त करें।

इस प्रकार करें आवेदन: नोटिफिकेशन से पूरी जानकारी प्राप्त कर आवेदन कर सकते हैं।
इस प्रकार होगा चयन: अभ्यर्थी का चयन नियमानुसार किया जाएगा।

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अपडेट खबरों के लिए हमारावॉट्सएप चैनलफोलो करें

Staff Selection Commission: 3712 पदों पर होगी भर्ती, जारी हुई ये अधिसूचना

IOBNN Bureau April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। कर्मचारी चयन आयोग की ओर से केंद्र सरकार के मंत्रालयों, विभागों और संगठनों में 12वीं पास योग्यता वाले पदों पर भर्ती के लिए संयुक्त उच्चतर माध्यमिक (10+2) परीक्षा 2024 का आयोजन किया जाएगा। इसके लिए अधिसूचना जारी कर दी है। इसके तहत आयोग की ओर से 3712 पदों पर भर्ती के की जाएगी।

भर्ती का विवरण:
पदों का नाम: लोवर डिविजन क्लर्क , जूनियर सेक्रेटेरियल असिस्टेंट, पोस्टल असिस्टेंट / सॉर्टिंग असिस्टेंट और डाटा एंट्री ऑपरेटर
पद: 3712
आवेदन करने की अन्तिम तारीख: 7 मई 2024
आयु : पूरी जानकारी नोटिफिकेशन से प्राप्त करें।

इस प्रकार करें आवेदन: नोटिफिकेशन से पूरी जानकारी प्राप्त कर आवेदन कर सकते हैं।
इस प्रकार होगा चयन: अभ्यर्थी का चयन नियमानुसार किया जाएगा।

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अपडेट खबरों के लिए हमारावॉट्सएप चैनलफोलो करें

Government Jobs: इस भर्ती के लिए केवल 15 अप्रैल 2024 ही किया जा सकता है ऑनलाइन आवेदन

IOBNN Bureau April 9, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। अगर आपने अभी तक नेशनल टेस्टिंग एजेंसी की ओर से कुल 44 पदों पर निकली भर्ती के लिए आवेदन नहीं किया है तो जल्द ही अप्लाई कर दें।

सीनियर प्रोग्रामर, डिप्टी डायरेक्टर, प्रोग्रामर, रिसर्च साइंटिस्ट, सीनियर असिस्टेंट, सीनियर सुपरिटेंडेंट, असिस्टेंट डायरेक्टर के पदों पर निकली इस भर्ती के लिए आपके पास ऑनलाइन आवेदन करने का 15 अप्रैल 2024 का समय है। हालांकि ऑफलाइन आवेदन 5 मई 2204 तक आवेदन किया जा सकता है।

किसी मान्यता प्राप्त यूनिवर्सिटी से संबंधित विषय में ग्रेजुएशन या पोस्ट ग्रेजुएशन किया हुआ अभ्यर्थी इस भर्ती के लिए आवेदन कर सकता है।

भर्ती का विवरण:
पदों का नाम: सीनियर प्रोग्रामर, डिप्टी डायरेक्टर, प्रोग्रामर, रिसर्च साइंटिस्ट, सीनियर असिस्टेंट, सीनियर सुपरिटेंडेंट, असिस्टेंट डायरेक्टर
पद: 44
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali earn first wins of the tournament in Round 3

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

Indian chess Grandmasters Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and his elder sister Vaishali were the only two players to score wins in the third round of the open and women’s section, respectively, of the 2024 Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada on Saturday.

It was also their first wins in the competition.

Praggnanandhaa, playing with black pieces, beat compatriot Vidit Gujrathi, who had stunned world No 3 Hikaru Nakamura a day earlier in Round 2.

The win for 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa takes him to an overall score of 1.5 after he drew Alireza Firouzja in the opening round, followed by a loss to Gukesh Dommaraju on Friday.

Also Read: Indian Grandmasters start as dark horses in Toronto

Like her younger brother, 22-year-old Vaishali also bounced back from a loss in the second round to beat Bulgarian player Nurgyul Salimova. Vaishali had started her campaign with a draw against compatriot Koneru Humpy, followed by a loss to China’s Tan Zhongyi.

As for the other Indians competing in the tournament, that serves as a gateway to the World Championships match in their respective categories, Humpy drew against Tan while using white pieces.

In the open section, Gukesh played out a draw with reigning champion Ian Nepomniachtchi in a match that saw some confusion due to a faulty clock. The arbiter eventually had to change…

Lok Sabha polls: BJP leader to take legal action against Shashi Tharoor over cash-for-votes claim

Editor in Chief April 7, 2024

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said that he will take legal action against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor after the latter accused him of bribing voters with cash.

Chandrasekhar and Tharoor are contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

On Saturday, Tharoor claimed in an interview that he had received information from various sources, including “certain important community leaders and parish priests” suggesting that the Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to influence voters with cash, The Hindu reported.

However, the Congress MP expressed doubts whether those who have allegedly received the money will be willing to come forward with evidence. Tharoor also alleged that the BJP could have spent “20, 30 or even 100 times” the amount that the other candidates have spent on campaigning.

Soon after this, Chandrasekhar challenged Tharoor to disclose to whom he gave the money.

“With his baseless allegation, he has also damaged the reputation of religious and community organisations in the [state] capital,” the BJP leader said in a social media post. “Rest assured, I will ensure that this slander is countered using all legal means. It’s disgraceful to see a three-time MP stooping to third-rate politics in his desperation.”

Shashi Tharoor should disclose to whom I gave money. With his baseless allegation, he has also damaged the reputation…

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‘Ma is Scared’: Anjali Kajal’s short stories step into the lives of ordinary women in northern India

Jignesh Chafe April 7, 2024

In her works, the Hindi writer Anjali Kajal has consistently explored how women both resist as well as reaffirm patriarchy and casteism. Originally from Ludhiana, she is now based in Delhi. Ma is Scared is her first book to be translated into English. The stories, selected and translated by Kavita Bhanot, reflect a writing career spanning two and a half decades. While her prose is largely unadorned, it paints evocative, true-to-life portraits of womanhood and motherhood at the intersections of various identities in a modern India that is still holding on to outdated notions and ideas in the name of tradition.

The legacies of misogyny

Stories such as “Deluge” and “Ma is Scared” drive the everydayness of misogyny and sexism home in a chilling manner. Both are so ingrained in society that any female excursion into the public space is met with resounding waves of male entitlement, misbehaviour and, in the worst cases, outright abuse. In “Deluge”, Pammi is traumatised by men whom she sees as wolves “waiting to pounce”. Her father’s was “the only bearable touch Pammi remembered receiving from a man in her life”. In a bid to escape the trap of inevitable marriage, she runs away from home at the age of nineteen only…

Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

The Gujarat High Court on Friday reprimanded the state government for filing a first information report against a contractual sanitation worker for “wilfully” entering a septic tank despite a prohibition on manual scavenging, Live Law reported on Saturday.

A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee was hearing a public interest litigation by Ahmedabad-based nongovernmental organisation Manav Garima that is seeking strict implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

Manual scavenging – or the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewer lines or septic tanks – is banned under the law, but the practice remains prevalent in several parts of the country.

A sanitation worker had died and another suffered serious injuries while cleaning a septic tank at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute’s Bhavnagar campus in November. The state had booked the surviving worker for illegally and “wilfully” entering the septic tank.

The state government had conducted an inquiry into the incident on the court’s direction and submitted a report stating the actions taken and actions proposed to be taken.

On Friday, the government shared the findings of the inquiry with the court and said that the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation had not deployed a supervisor at the site…

Searching for solace: A requiem for Rizwan

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

In the deeply religious Hindu household in which I grew up in Kolkata, there were at least 132 photographs of various gods adorning the dilapidated walls of our ground-floor home. The most prominent of them, in our multipurpose living room, were the standing trio of Ram, Lakshman and Sita along with a genuflecting Hanuman, enclosed in a glass chamber with a light fitted inside.

At dusk, like a ritual, before turning on the lights in the other rooms, we would first turn on the light for this photograph. Ash smeared on my forehead, every evening I would pray to the ensemble of gods as my sisters sang the Hanuman Chalisa. The melody and rhythm of every version of this song that I heard later in life seemed off. For peace and for humanity to be free of strife, my grandmother read the Sundara Kandam in Tamil everyday.

My ill-tempered father worked all his life at the Allahabad Bank with a patriotic zeal for nation building and took great pride in his uncompromising integrity. A deeply religious man, he would fondly recount how our forefathers had constructed a Ram temple in our ancestral village in Tamil Nadu.

Congress’ Abhishek Singhvi challenges Rajya Sabha polls loss through draw of lots in High Court

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Saturday moved the Himachal Pradesh High Court challenging the returning officer’s decision to declare the winner of the Rajya Sabha elections in the state in February through a draw of lots, Live Law reported.

On February 28, Singhvi had lost the election to the Upper House to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Harsh Mahajan. Only one Rajya Sabha seat in the state was up for election.

At that point, the Congress had 40 MLAs in the 68-member Assembly. While the BJP had 25 seats, the remaining three members were independents. The Rajya Sabha election resulted in a tie with both candidates securing 34 votes.

After the tie, the names of Singhvi and Mahajan were written on separate slips and placed into a box, as per Rule 75 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. This was in the presence of the candidates and the polling agents. One slip was randomly drawn from the box.

The slip had Singhvi’s name. Singhvi was then eliminated from the selection process, leading the returning officer to declare Mahajan as the winner. Mahajan was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 3.

Singhvi has challenged this decision of the returning officer.

Rule 75 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, deals with the counting of votes where only one seat is…

Ladakh: Activist Sonam Wangchuk withdraws call for march to LAC citing ‘suppression’ by government

Editor in Chief April 7, 2024

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday withdrew his call for a protest march from Ladakh’s Leh to the Line of Actual Control planned for Sunday.

The march was meant to highlight the scale of the alleged Chinese intrusions in Ladakh and the land taken over by Indian corporates. Local tribal leaders were to lead the protest.

Ahead of the protest, the administration of the Union Territory had imposed prohibitory orders against gatherings under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the area.

Under these circumstances, “chances of violence are very high, which could then be used to label this peaceful movement anti-national”, Wangchuk said in a social media post on Saturday.

On March 26, Wangchuk ended his 21-day hunger strike that demanded statehood for Ladakh and the protection of the Himalayan ecology. Wangchuk and other civil society leaders in Ladakh are also trying to press the Union government to implement the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution for Ladakh.

The Sixth Schedule under Article 244 (Administration of Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas) of the Constitution guarantees certain protections for land and a nominal autonomy for citizens in designated tribal areas. In Ladakh, while more than 97% of the population belong to Scheduled Tribes, Kargil is a Muslim-majority region.

The march on Sunday to the Line of Actual…

Is India ready for an election in extreme heat?

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

In less than two weeks, Indians will vote in a sprawling seven-phase Lok Sabha election that starts on April 19 and ends on June 1.

While general elections have always been held in summer, this year the Indian Meteorological Department has forecast higher than average temperatures and almost double the number of heatwave days in this period – 10-20 days, as against four-eight days seen every summer.

Political workers campaigning in this heat, voters who attend large political rallies to hear leaders speak, and those who will queue up at polling booths – all risk exposure as they take part in one of the world’s biggest democratic exercises.

Is India prepared for an election in extreme heat conditions?

Scroll analysed IMD data to indicate how states voting in the first and second phases of election will be affected by the heat. On both days of voting – April 19 and April 26 – constituencies spread across north, western and central India may see temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius.

We spoke to experts who underlined the health risks involved for party workers and voters, and argued for clear, detailed directions from the Election Commission and health authorities.

So far, the Union health ministry has issued an advisory regarding mass gatherings. The Election…

Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: NorthEast remain in playoff contention after win over Kerala

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

NorthEast United kept their playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 win over the Kerala Blasters at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday.

NorthEast climb to seventh in the league table with 23 points from 20 matches, just one short of Chennaiyin FC who currently sit in the last available playoff spot.

Blasters, who have already qualified, continue in their horrid form – they have lost four of their last five matches.

The hosts however, left it late on Saturday to get the win. Nestor Albiach scored a sublime opening goal in the 84th minute, before MS Jithin tapped home their second goal seven minutes later to secure the win.

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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat Punjab FC to remain in the title race

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

Mohun Bagan Super Giant rode on Dimitrios Petratos’ goal to beat Punjab FC 1-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi in the Indian Super League match on Saturday, to keep alive their chances of winning the League Winners Shield.

The win for the Kolkata-club takes them to second place in the league table with 42 points from 20 matches. They trail only Mumbai City FC, who have 44 points, as both teams now have two matches left in the group stage – including a face-off at the Salt Lake Stadium on April 15.

The defeat for 11th-placed Punjab FC however, meant that they no longer have a chance of making it the playoffs.

Petratos’ goal came in the 42nd minute of the match. Subhasish Bose went for an adventurous shot from distance that was wayward and crashed straight into a crowded box. However, the ball sat up kindly for an onrushing Petratos, who played a first-time low shot that went through the legs of two defenders and past the outstretched Ravi Kumar in the Punjab goal.

Mohun Bagan’s next match is an away game against Bengaluru FC on April 11.

Ramachandra Guha: In Mizoram’s community spirit, many lessons for ‘mainland India’

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

Last month, I spent several stimulating days in Mizoram. I had some knowledge of the state’s political history, met numerous Mizos in the course of my life, but never visited the state before.

I flew first to Guwahati, where I caught up with some old friends, gloried in my sightings of the Brahmaputra, and spoke on Gandhi to the teachers and students of the university. On the flight to Aizawl, I had naturally opted for a window seat. I watched with a growing sense of anticipation as the plane breached the white line of the clouds and flew perilously close to the hills before making a very assured landing. At the airport, I was made to fill out an “Inner Line Permit”, an archaic relic of the British raj which – at least for Indian citizens – is long past its sell-by date.

A passenger train is a better way to see the countryside than an aeroplane; but a car is perhaps an even better way still. The drive from Lengpui Airport to the state capital, Aizawl, took an hour and a half, long enough to get a sense of the landscape.The shape of the hills reminded me of the sub-Himalayan district, thenin Uttar…

April in fiction: Beat the heat with these six new books by South Asian writers

Jignesh Chafe April 7, 2024

Choice, Neel Mukherjee

A publisher, who is at war with his industry and himself, embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him; an academic exchanges one story for another after an accident brings a stranger into her life; and a family in rural India have their lives destroyed by a gift. These three ingeniously linked but distinct narratives, each of which has devastating unintended consequences, form a breathtaking exploration of freedom, responsibility, and ethics. What happens when market values replace other notions of value and meaning? How do the choices we make affect our work, our relationships, and our place in the world?

The Spoiled Heart, Sunjeev Sahota

Nayan Olak keeps seeing Helen Fletcher around town and on his daily run out to the Peaks. She’s come back to the old house at the end of the lane, with her teenage son, Brandon, though nobody seems to remember much about her. Some trouble at school, back in the day. A certain defensiveness. Nayan is powerfully drawn to her, though he doesn’t quite know why.

He hasn’t risked love since he lost his young family in a terrible accident twenty years before. All his energy has gone into work…

‘Scam 1992’ and ‘Khalasi’ composer Achint knows ‘the importance of keeping it minimal’

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

India met a crushing defeat against Australia in the Cricket World Cup final in November, but the evening gave Achint Thakkar a reason to celebrate.

Aditya Gadhvi sang the Coke Studio Bharat track Khalasi live during the match. Composed and produced by Thakkar, who performs as Achint, and written by Saumya Joshi, Khalasi is Coke Studio Bharat’s third most streamed song on YouTube.

Between Khalasi and his earworm theme for Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story, Achint has become one of Bollywood’s most sought after composers. His credits include Rocket Boys and Scoop. His score for the recent Disney+ Hotstar series Lootere punches together 1970s rock and roll and Somalian pop.

“The score was inspired by a lot of Arabic pop, Somalian disco, films like City of God and the opening sequence for Lord of War,” the 34-year-old composer told Scroll. “The theme track was cracked on the second or third attempt. Other versions became part of the score.”

Achint’s recognisable style includes a talent for traversing genres and mashing them idiosyncratically. The Scam 1992 theme, for instance, was unlike any Indian web series scores at the time.

This makes Achint a perfect fit for Vasan Bala’s equally genre-hopping films. After the soundtrack for Bala’s Monica, O My Darling (2022), Achint is…

‘I want to connect culture, people, food in one sentence’: Restauranteur and food writer Asma Khan

IOBNN Bureau April 7, 2024

Asma Khan, the author of Asma’s Indian Kitchen, brings life into a conversation with every word – she sits down and speaks to you as though she has known you forever. One can only imagine being a customer in her restaurant Darjeeling Express in Soho, London, and being immediately embraced by the arms of the warmest host – stories from her restaurant confirm the way she spurs her guests to eat more and eat better! Hearing about her easy intimacy with food, one might think she always had a deep familiarity with the kitchen – but actually the dream of cooking came to her late, after her childhood and early years in Calcutta, after her wedding, after moving to England, and, in many ways, after a PhD in Constitutional Law.

In her conversation with Scroll at the 2024 Jaipur Literature Festival, Asma Khan recalled her childhood and her journey to becoming a restaurateur, elaborated on her ethos of hospitality, and the subtle and thoughtful ways in which she’s built her practice, on the relationship she has to food – and through it – to the world, and offered her thoughts on many food- and industry-related matters. The unflinching verve and conviction in every response cement the image…

Rajasthan: कांग्रेस जहां रहती है, वहां विकास नहीं हो सकता: PM Modi

IOBNN Bureau April 6, 2024

इंटरनेट डेस्क। प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने एक बार फिर से राजस्थान में आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव को लेकर भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं में जोश भरा है। पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी आज लगातार दूसरे दिन राजस्थान के दौरे पर रहे।

उन्होंने आज राजस्थान के अजमेर जिले में स्थित पुष्कर में जनसभा को संबोधित किया। पिछले पांच दिनों में ये पीएम मोदी राजस्थान का तीसरा दौरा है। कोटपूतली और चूरू क बाद आज पीएम मोदी ने पुष्कर में कांग्रेस पर जमकर निशाना साधा है। उन्होंने इस दौरा कहा कि कांग्रेस जहां रहती है, वहां विकास नहीं हो सकता। कांग्रेस ने ना कभी गरीब की परवाह की है।

पीएम मोदी ने इस दौरान कांग्रेस की ओर से लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए जारी किए घोषणा पत्र को झूठ का पुलिंदा करार दिया है। उन्होंने इस संबंध में यहां तक बोल दिया कि कांग्रेस के घोषणा पत्र में मुस्लिम लीग की छाप है। पीएम मोदी ने इस दौरान एक बार फिर से चुनावी सभा में 4 जून 400 पार के नारे लगवाए। प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने इसके अलावा भी कई मामलों को लेकर कांग्रेस पर निशाना साधा है।

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