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Day: January 14, 2021

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Sports

ISL: FC Goa Brush Aside Jamshedpur FC With Clinical Outing | Football News

A brace from Jorge Ortiz and Naveen Kumar's brilliance in goal helped FC Goa script a 3-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Fatorda Stadium, on Thursday. Ortiz scored a goal each in either half (19', 52') while Ivan Gonzalez added a late third (89') after Alexandre Lima received marching orders following a second booking. Naveen got his first start for the Gaurs under Juan Ferrando while Lenny Rodrigues returned to the side. Top scorer Igor Angulo was a surprise exclusion as Alberto Noguera came in, allowing Ortiz to play in the number 9 role. Owen Coyle made just two changes with Narender Gahlot and Issac Vanmalsawma sta...
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Career and Education

NEET PG 2021 Date: NBE to Hold NEET PG Exam on April 18 Across India, Details Here

NEET PG 2021 | The National Board of Examinations (NBE) on Thursday announced that the NEET PG 2021 exam will be conducted on April 18. It also said that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate, commonly known as NEET PG, will be held on a computer-based platform at various centres across the country."All students completing their internship on or before 30th June 2021 may ‘ONLY’ apply for NEET-PG 2021 onfulfilment of eligibility criteria as may be prescribed in the Information Bulletin," reads official notification by the NBE.To get more information related to NEET PG 2021, candidates are advised to visit at official websites such as nbe.edu.in and natboard.edu.in.While announcing the dates for NEET PG 2021, the NBE said that it "might amend/defer the date of examin...
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Career and Education

FM University to open centre of excellence on bioresources management – Times of India

BHUBANESWAR: Fakir Mohan University Balasore will open a centre of excellence on 'Bioresources Management and Energy Conservation Material Management' funded by the World Bank and the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity (OHEPEE). Dinabandhu Sahoo, vice-chancellor of the university, laid the foundation stone of the centre in the campus on Thursday. The centre at Balasore will concentrate on biodiversity assessment with special emphasis on seaweeds, mangroves, medicinal plants, microorganisms and marine mammals. It will also study the pollution monitoring and management along with assessment of the ground and surface water quality. Besides, the team will carry out research on development of Hybrid Nano-composite materials for energy conservation, official sources ...
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India

First Physical Meeting Of Farm Laws Panel Likely On Jan 19: Report

The farmers have been protesting against the new farm laws near Delhi border points (File)New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws is likely to hold its first meeting on January 19 at Pusa campus, one of its members Anil Ghanwat said on Thursday and asserted the committee will have no "ego or prestige issue" if it has to go to farmers' protest sites to talk to them.The panel members were scheduled to have a virtual interaction earlier in the day to discuss its future course of action, but it could not take place after ex-MP and farmer leader Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself from the committee.The existing members can hold their virtual interaction on Friday now, Mr Ghanwat said, while asserting that he will not leave the committee unless asked by the top court and h...
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Business

PV sales in India at ten-year low, industry working hard to regain volumes: SIAM – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India slipped to a ten-year low in the April-December this fiscal, and the industry will have to work hard to regain better volumes and business health, industry body SIAM said on Thursday. While releasing the wholesale numbers for December and the third quarter (October-December) of the current fiscal, the industry body said high levels of uncertainty remain in the industry due to COVID-19 situation and shortage of critical components like semiconductors. SIAM noted that sales improvement in December and the third quarter did not convey the actual picture of the auto industry, which continues to face severe headwinds. As per the latest data by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic passenger vehicle (PV) wholesales increas...
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Career and Education

Delhi govt taking important steps to restructure SCERT, DIET: Manish Sisodia – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the government is taking important steps to restructure the State Council of Educational Research And Training (SCERT) and District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). "We have to prepare teachers who can inculcate an inquisitive habit in our children and empower them to ask questions in the classrooms. The children should have the courage to demand truth and fill in the gaps of what they have learnt so far. "Only teachers can transform our society. It is then important to instil the right spirit in our teachers, and we can only achieve this through teacher training," Sisodia said at a programme on restructuring of SCERT and DIET. "Government is taking important steps to restructure SCERT and DIET. A countr...
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Sports

UEFA Plans For Euro, Champions League Unchanged Despite Covid Fears | Football News

UEFA is not planning any imminent changes to the format for the upcoming Champions League knockout stages or to its plans to hold the delayed Euro 2020 this year despite ongoing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and other sporting events being cancelled. "As far as the Euro is concerned nothing has changed," a spokesperson for European football's governing body told AFP. Postponed last year, Euro 2020 is now scheduled to go ahead from June 11 to July 11 this year. However, even if it does go ahead, it is uncertain whether it will be possible to stage the tournament as planned in 12 cities across 12 different countries, spread far and wide over...
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India

Nothing Is Impossible In Politics: Suvendu Adhikari’s Father On Joining BJP

After Suvendu Adhikari joined BJP, his brother too joined the party (File)Kolkata: Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and MP Sisir Adhikari, the father of Suvendu Adhikari who recently joined the BJP after quitting Trinamool, hinted at a possible switch to BJP by saying "nothing is impossible in politics". His comment, made Thursday evening, comes a day after he was removed as TMC's East Midnapore district President.Sisir Adhikari, however, said he is yet to take a call on the matter, but noted that he will discuss the issue with his party chief Mamata Banerjee."I have been in politics all my life. If someone feels that by removing me from a post, I will quit politics, then they are wrong. I will continue to work for the people," Mr Adhikari told reporters in East Midnapore distric...
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India

Air Quality Plunges To “Severe” Levels In Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad

The AQI for each city is based on the average value of all stations there. (File)Noida: Air quality plunged to "severe" levels in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad, while it was "very poor" in Gurgaon, according to a 24-hour data issued by a government agency on Thursday.Pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 remained prominent in the air of the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air quality index (AQI) maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).According to the index, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".The average 24-hour AQI at 4 pm on Thursday was 429 in Ghaziabad, 410 in Greater Noida, 412 in Noida, 447 in Faridabad a...
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India

Covid Vaccine Roll Out At 81 Sites In Delhi, Covaxin At 6 Hospitals

Covishield vaccine will be given at 75 sites (File)New Delhi: Delhi will have 81 sites where Covid vaccine will be administered. Of these the Covishield vaccine -- developed by the Oxford University -- will be given at 75 sites that would include government and private hospitals. Bharat Biotech's Covaxin will be given at six sites -- all of which are hospitals run by the Central government.Earlier today, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the government will roll out the vaccines at 81 centres, progressively increase it to 175, and then to 1,000 centres.At each of the centres, up to 100 vaccines will be administered in a day and four times a week -- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.Other vaccinations will take place the rest of the week.  We do not want the vaccination schedules...
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