News Digest: Appropriate age for motherhood is 22 to 30 years, says Assam CM

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		Sunday, January 29, 2023
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		India
		Appropriate age for motherhood is 22 to 30 years, says Assam CM Educated youth leading use of e-cigarettes, finds study BJP names 48 for Tripura seats, keeps ally IPFT More India News»

		Science
		Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch A camera atop Hawaii's tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky. Researchers believe it was from the launch of a military GPS satellite that lifted off earlier on a SpaceX rocket in Florida. Frequent antibiotics use can cause bowel disease among those above 40 yrs: Study Study finds how gum infection is linked with risk of heart disease A gum disease called periodontitis can cause a wide range of dental problems, including bleeding gums and tooth loss. The heart, according to Hiroshima University experts, may be involved in far more serious issues elsewhere in the body. More Science News»

		Technology
		Google layoffs: Employee fired who returned from leave, HR sacked while interviewing a candidate for job Google recently announced that it will be cutting 12,000 jobs and if the reports are to be believed, the company is probably seeing the most dramatic layoffs one may have heard off. Coin Master: January 28, 2023 Free Spins and Coins link Players can gather coins in this game in a variety of ways. Players can raid and attack the towns of other players in order to steal cash. You can even get free extra spins in this game. Coin Master offers free spins that can be used to gather coins and other prizes. India smartphone market declines, premium segment continues to rise in 2022 India’s smartphone shipments declined 9% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis to reach over 152 million units in 2022, a new report said, adding that the premium segment continued to rise to register a double-digit share for the first time. More Technology News»

		Business
		India turns exporter of fuel for small planes, enters $3bn global market No change in FPO price, schedule: Adani Group Amid speculation that Adani Enterprises may be forced to amend its Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer after a plunge in its stock price, the company clarified that its FPO remains on schedule at the set issue price. The flagship of the Adani Group had fixed the FPO at Rs 3,112-Rs 3,276 per share. However, on Friday, the first day of retail bidding for the FPO, the stock closed at Rs 2,762 on BSE. NTPC net profit up nearly 5% at Rs 4,854 crore in Q3 More Business News»

		Sports
		Hockey World Cup: India beat South Africa, finish joint 9th, lowest ever by a host nation India's campaign in the Men's Hockey World Cup ended with a second consecutive win in the placement playoffs at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Saturday. Fans in Odisha once again took every available seat in the 20,000-capacity stadium to stand with the home team in what has been an otherwise sorry campaign for India, who beat South Africa 5-2 to end in joint-9th position along with Argentina. Sabalenka wins Australian Open for first Grand Slam crown Aryna Sabalenka clinched her maiden Grand Slam title in an incredible come-from-behind win over Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open women’s singles final on Saturday. The 24-year-old registered a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 over the Kazakh 22nd seed Rybakina in a thrilling final between two of the most exciting power-hitters in the women's game. The finale between Sabalenka and Rybakina lasted close to two and a half hours. 2nd T20I: India aim to keep series alive against NZ India will have to raise their game a few notches as the Hardik Pandya-led side faces a must-win situation to level the three-match T20I series against New Zealand on Sunday. More Sports News»

		Education
		Bhima Bhoi chair to come up at Central University of Odisha, Koraput Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Saturday announced that a Bhima Bhoi Chair will be set up at the Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput. The University Grants Commission (UGC) will approve it soon. Bhima Bhoi is a great philosopher of Mahima Dharma. Essence of the Mahima cult, a humanist cult, can be found in the writings of this nineteenth century poet. BPSC 68th Prelims Admit Card released on bpsc.bih.nic.in, download hall ticket here The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has released the BPSC 68th Prelims Admit Card 2022 on the official websites at bpsc.bih.nic.in and onlinebpsc.bihar.gov.in. The BPSC 68th prelims examination will be conducted on February 12, 2023. Candidates can download the BPSC Prelims hall ticket by simply logging in their 'Username' and 'Password' on the official website India Post Recruitment 2023: Application process begins for 40000+ GDS posts, apply here India Post has started the online application process for the recruitment of candidates to the post of Gramin Dak Sevak on the official website at indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. The last date to submit the online application form for India Post GDS recruitment is February 16, 2023. India Post aims to fill a total of 40889 GDS vacancies through this recruitment drive. More Education News»

		Environment
		Three dead as rain pounds New Zealand's largest city Auckland Authorities declared a state of emergency for the Auckland region and the nation's new Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, flew to the city on a military plane to assess the damage. Hipkins was sworn in to the top job on Wednesday after Jacinda Ardern resigned. India now home to 70% of world's tigers, govt tells SC The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers. Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and early spring. More Environment News»

		World
		Maldives President Solih wins party primary in re-election bid Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih won the presidential primary election of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on Saturday, reported avas.mv. Solih faced off against the party's President and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, and received 61 per cent of the votes cast. New gun attack in east Jerusalem after synagogue shooting A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot at and wounded an Israeli father-son duo in east Jerusalem Saturday, hours after a gunman killed seven outside a synagogue, raising fears of escalation despite international calls for calm. Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 14 in 'deliberate' strike on hospital More World News»

		Environment
		Three dead as rain pounds New Zealand's largest city Auckland Authorities declared a state of emergency for the Auckland region and the nation's new Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, flew to the city on a military plane to assess the damage. Hipkins was sworn in to the top job on Wednesday after Jacinda Ardern resigned. India now home to 70% of world's tigers, govt tells SC The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers. Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and early spring. More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		'Cervical cancer-hit women knock doctors' door only in 3rd, 4th stage' Singareni builds its 1st floating solar plant with 5 MW capacity Tattoo on woman's burnt body helps cops crack murder, nab RTC driver More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		HPV Vaccination and regular screening can prevent cervical cancer: Doctors Early detection of cervical cancer helps treat patients through surgery alone without the need for chemotherapy and radiotherapy, says a gynaecologist in Mohali Punjab vigilance bureau summons former ministers, ex-bureaucrats in multi-crore irrigation scam ADGP seeks report Chandigarh Sonia Duhan is a spokesperson for the Haryana government and she was at a Republic Day function in Pehowa on Thursday. She is reported to have shouted anti-government slogans and was let off after questioning. Shrikant Jadhav, the head of the Ambala Range, has requested a complete preliminary report on the alleged lapse. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		Only 12 of 7,800 impact fee applications cleared so far The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has received 7800 applications seeking to regularize illegal structures under the state government's new impact fee scheme. However, the civic body has processed only 2028 of these applications and cleared only 12 while rejecting four. Sources say that the civic body has asked 2012 applicants to submit supporting documents which has still not been done. The slow pace was a topic of discussion at the civic body's standing committee meeting on Friday. Early exit for Sharath, Soumyajit Sharath Kamal lost to Aakash Pal of the railways in the men's second round of the UT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Surat on Friday just back from his Qatar sojourn. Sharath made numerous unforced errors and looked uncomfortable against the 22-year-old West Bengal lad from the outset, ultimately going down 14-time Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh of Haryana. Squandered six match points to go down to the 21-year-old Vansh Singhal of Telangana. 43-year-old Krittwika Sinha Roy of Gujarat stormed into women's prequarterfinal after registering a thumping 41 victory over RBI's Nikhat Banu. Two Surat boys - Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar both from PSPB - booked their prequarterfinals berth. Frenaz Chipia suffered defeat at hands of RSPB's Sutirtha Mukharjee in the U19 boys' qualifiers. Burhanuddin Malubhaiwala will be the lone challenger from Gujarat Pratha Pawar and Riya Jayawal are Gujarat's hopes in the U19 girls' category. Assam's Priyanuj Bhattacharya beat teammate Divyaj Roy 42 to take Parts of state may get light rain today The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a Friday forecast for Gujarat, which stated that parts of the state may receive light rainfall on Saturday. The forecast also stated that the temperature would rise by three degrees during the next 48 hours, and then fall by three degrees during subsequent three days. More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		60 prisoners released prematurely in Tamil Nadu under 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' scheme A total of 60 prisoners have been released prematurely from prisons in Tamil Nadu under the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' scheme on Saturday to celebrate the 75th year of India's independence. 6 lakh residents yet to pay property tax in Chennai Greater Chennai Corporation has asked residents to pay property tax before March to avoid penalty of 2%. After the general revision was effected in 2022, more than seven lakh people have paid their property tax and around six lakh people are yet to pay the taxes, the civic body said in a statement and urged the remaining ones to pay the taxes. Actor's wife arrested for damaging car of neighbour, let off in Chennai Actor Thadi Balaji's wife Nithya was on Saturday arrested by the Madhavaram police on charges of damaging the car of a neighbour over a dispute. Police later released her on bail. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		HC: Merely naming caste not an offence under SC/ST Act Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently. Soon, you could take train to watch sunrise atop hills, visit fort & more in Karnataka In a first, South Western Railway (SWR) is mulling the introduction of a one-day package on the 108-year-old Bengaluru-Devanahalli-Chikkaballapur heritage rail route. 50,000 new vehicles hit Bengaluru roads in November 2022 alone While it is known that the number of vehicles on city roads is one of the biggest contributors to the ever-increasing traffic density, fresh transport department data has revealed that citizens registered about 50,000 new vehicles in November 2022 alone. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		HC: Merely naming caste not an offence under SC/ST Act Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently. Soon, you could take train to watch sunrise atop hills, visit fort & more in Karnataka In a first, South Western Railway (SWR) is mulling the introduction of a one-day package on the 108-year-old Bengaluru-Devanahalli-Chikkaballapur heritage rail route. 50,000 new vehicles hit Bengaluru roads in November 2022 alone While it is known that the number of vehicles on city roads is one of the biggest contributors to the ever-increasing traffic density, fresh transport department data has revealed that citizens registered about 50,000 new vehicles in November 2022 alone. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		Dindoshi court sets aside order on summons to Shetty sisters Observing that the order against them was not proper or legal, in a relief to actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty, a Dindoshi sessions court recently quashed and set aside a 2022 magistrate court order issuing summons to them in a Rs21 lakh cheating case. Educated youth leading e-cigarette use: Study Educated youth are driving the vaping habit in India more than two years after e-cigarettes were banned in the country, according to a newly published medical study. Mahim Church celebrates 75 years of Wednesday Novena Keeping the chin up despite the vandalisation of its graveyard a few days ago, St Michael's Church, Mahim, is celebrating 75 years of its popular Wednesday Novena this weekend. The church is staging a grand 100-member production of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' from January 27-29. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Mughal Gardens gets a new name: Amrit Udyan Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promises 'world-class' change in PWD roads from April Promising a "world-class transformation" of city roads, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday a beautification plan incorporating repair, regular cleaning and third-party monitoring of roads to check laxity. Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad dies at AIIMS, no foul play Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad alias Pappu died due to pancreatitis and gallbladder-related issues at AIIMS on January 28, police officials said on Saturday. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Mughal Gardens gets a new name: Amrit Udyan Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promises 'world-class' change in PWD roads from April Promising a "world-class transformation" of city roads, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday a beautification plan incorporating repair, regular cleaning and third-party monitoring of roads to check laxity. Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad dies at AIIMS, no foul play Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad alias Pappu died due to pancreatitis and gallbladder-related issues at AIIMS on January 28, police officials said on Saturday. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Mughal Gardens gets a new name: Amrit Udyan Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promises 'world-class' change in PWD roads from April Promising a "world-class transformation" of city roads, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday a beautification plan incorporating repair, regular cleaning and third-party monitoring of roads to check laxity. Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad dies at AIIMS, no foul play Batla House convict Shahzad Ahmad alias Pappu died due to pancreatitis and gallbladder-related issues at AIIMS on January 28, police officials said on Saturday. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Six injured in fire at Magh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj AU alumnus' biosensor to detect Covid using sweat sample Amit Dubey, a senior scientist at Quanta Calculus Greater Noida, has developed a biosensor that can detect Covid19 infection using sweat samples. Dubey's biosensor uses ultrasmall gold nanoclusters to detect Covid19, a virus that is known to cause severe respiratory illness in children. Dubey's study was published in "Luminescence the journal of biological and chemical luminescence." Dubey's biosensors would be a one-step identification or sensing technique in instances where traditional lab techniques are not readily available. Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters with diameters less than 2 nm are attracting increasing attention due to their unique sizedependent physicochemical properties which include strong luminescence and excellent biocompatibility. Dubey's main component of the biosensor is ultrasmall gold nanoclusters as gold is unreactive it means that when it comes in to contact with a substance the team wishes to measure — for example a potential disease biomarker present in sweat — it does not chemically alter that substance but instead as the ultrasmall gold nanoclusters are so fine they can provide a large surface for that biomarker to bind to and this is where the other components of the sensor come in. Dubey's In Prayagraj, 41 lakh take dip on Basant Panchami Over 41.50 lakh pilgrims took a dip in Sangam on Thursday on Basant Panchami, the fourth main bathing festival of ongoing Magh Mela, amid heavy security arrangements. More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Cloud cover keeps mercury in check, more rain likely in Madhya Pradesh Cloud cover kept the night temperature in check in the state capital, but the winter was not over, yet. Wet spells are expected in parts of the state on Sunday and Monday and the mercury would again plummet after that. Madhya Pradesh: Ordinance to exempt industries from approvals & exemptions for 3 years The state government on Friday promulgated an ordinance to concretise CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's announcement at the recent Global Investors' Summit (GIS) in Indore that industrial units will be exempt from taking approvals for three years during which no inspection will be carried out. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces 'Ladli Bahna' scheme; women to get Rs 1,000 a month The Madhya Pradesh government will give Rs 1,000 every month to women from all sections of society who don't pay income tax, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Saturday. More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Odisha's first millet consignment reaches abroad For the first time, commercial consignment of millets from Odisha has reached the international market. It was sourced from women-managed farmer producer organisations (FPOs) Shaktimayee Ward Mission Shakti Mahasangha to export it to Dubai. With spent forces, K Chandrasekhar Rao unlikely to impact Odisha KCR, the Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President, is aspiring to emerge as a national challenger to the BJP. However, analysts express serious doubt about his experiment in Odisha, which kicked off with "spent forces" and leaders of yesterday who have almost faded in the state's political space. KCR's flight to Hyderabad had those who don't have any significant relevance in Odisha politics today join him, but it's unclear if they will be able to win the people's confidence with around a year left for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. There is not much time left for starting a party from scratch in a state where the stage is all set for a BJP versus BJD fight. 95% Gajapati villages 'child-marriage free', says administration Around 95% villages in the tribal-dominated Gajapati district have been declared child-marriage free after the administration announced 309 more villages, 66 panchayats and four blocks of the district free from the menace on Thursday. Jagannath Saraka, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) development minister, who hoisted the national flag at Paralakhemundi on Republic Day on Thursday, declared the new blocks, panchayats and villages child-marriage free.​ More Bhubaneswar News»

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