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IND vs ENG: BCCI Asks Players Named In T20I Squad To Report In Ahmedabad On March 1, Says Report | Cricket News

IND vs ENG: Shikhar Dhawan is currently competing in the ongoing edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.© AFP India's white-ball specialists such as opener Shikhar Dhawan, who are competing in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, have been asked to report in Ahmedabad on March 1 ahead of the five-match T20I series against England. Apart from Dhawan, young Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Rahul Tewatia are also comp...
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World

Americans May Still Need Masks In 2022 To Fight Covid, Top US Expert Says

US top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said a significant degree of normality will return.Washington: Americans may still need to wear masks in 2022 even as the country relaxes other restrictions to combat COVID-19, Dr Anthony Fauci, US top infectious disease expert, said.While daily infection rates are coming down dramatically, thousands of Americans still die every day from the virus, and less than 15% of the US population has been vaccinated against it.US President Joe Biden is trying to accelerate the campaign to vaccinate most American adults as local governments clamor for more doses to prevent the highly contagious illness that has claimed nearly 500,000 lives in the United States.Fauci, Biden's top medical adviser, told CNN that the approaching deaths tally was "a ter...
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Career and Education

Lucknow University awareness drive for teens on sexual offences – Times of India

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow University, under the ongoing 'Mission Shakti' campaign, is holding a series of events to spread awareness and support teenagers against adolescent sexual offence and child sexual abuse. A play will be staged, discussion and poster-making competition will also be organised in which students will be told whom to report if you face sexual offence, how to report child abuse and what legal action can be taken in case of an adolescent sexual misdemeanour. Mission Shakti coordinator Prof. Sheela Mishra said: "We have planned events in a manner that they appeal to the youths and they connect with us to know and understand all about adolescence and child sexual abuse." The first event will begin on Sunday. It will be a discussion on the episode of popular TV show 'Satyame...
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Career and Education

5,800 students left school in Japan in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic – Times of India

TOKYO: The Japanese government on Sunday has found that at least 5,800 college students either left school or took time off because of the spread of the coronavirus between April and December of last year, reported NHK World. The ministry of education conducted a survey of four-year universities and colleges, junior colleges and technical colleges across Japan. About 95 percent, or 1,009 schools, responded. The survey found that 1,367 students left school permanently, while 4,434 took some time off due to the pandemic. Overall, 28,647 students left school permanently during the eight-month period. This is down about 20 per cent from the same period of the previous year. 65,670 students left school temporarily, which is almost 10 per cent less than the previous year, reported NHK Worl...
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Career and Education

Outfit in Kerala wants exam on ‘cow science’ scrapped – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad has sought to cancel the national-level voluntary online exam on 'gau vigyan' (cow science), saying it was an attempt to spread superstition and to saffronise the education sector in the country. The parishad, a progressive outfit in the state conceived as a people's science movement, asked civil society to disregard a recent directive issued to all Vice-Chancellors by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to encourage students to take up the exam organised by Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA). The Central government had, on January 5, announced the gau vigyan to be held on February 25 in a bid to generate interest among students and general public about the native breed of cow and its benefits. "It's condemnable and shocking that...
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UK Could Offer To Host Whole Of Euro 2020: Reports | Football News

The UK government is hopeful that fans will be able to return to sports stadiums by the end of May and could offer for Britain to host all of Euro 2020, according to a Sunday Times report. Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has signalled to UEFA that crowds are expected back in UK stadiums before the rest of Europe, according to the Times, due to substantial progress on coronavirus vaccinations. That could lead to more games or the entire tournament being played in the UK to mitigate the loss of ticket revenue for UEFA.Euro 2020, which was postponed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is still scheduled to take place in 12 cities across the contin...
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Career and Education

Puducherry: Schools to remain shut on Monday for students of classes 1 to 9 – Times of India

PUDUCHERRY: All private and government schools will remain closed for students of classes 1 to 9 on February 22 due to heavy rainfall, said the Puducherry Education Department. Streets were waterlogged in parts of Puducherry on Sunday due to continuous rainfall in the Union Territory since Saturday. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), rain and thunderstorm were observed from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday at few places in Tamilnadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal. "Isolated thunderstorm and lightning very likely over Puducherry during next 24 hours," said IMD in its daily weather bulletin today. The department also predicted light to moderate rainfall at isolated or scattered places in Puducherry during the next two days. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.f...
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ISL: FC Goa Defeat Bengaluru FC 2-1 To Boost Playoff Hopes | Football News

It was the final nail in the coffin for Bengaluru FC's hopes of reaching the Indian Super League (ISL) playoffs, as they slumped to a 1-2 defeat against FC Goa at the Fatorda Stadium on Sunday. Goa took a quickfire lead through Igor Angulo (20') and Redeem Tlang (23') before Suresh Wangjam (33') cut short Bengaluru's deficit. With the result, FC Goa not only consolidated their spot in the top four but are also now unbeaten in 12 games - matching their own record between 2014 and 2015, and Mumbai City FC's 12-game unbeaten run this season. BFC started the game brightly but a lapse in concentration from them saw FC Goa break the deadlock.Glan Martins ...
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Manipal Technologies takes banking services to remote villages in Uttar Pradesh – Times of India

MANIPAL: Manipal Technologies Limited (MTL) on Friday signed an agreement with Uttar Pradesh Government to train and onboard 8,000 women from Self Help Groups as Banking Correspondent (BC) Sakhis in the State through Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (UPSRLM). MTL signed the agreement in presence of Rajendra Pratap Singh, Minister for Rural Development, the company said. The project is part of UPSRLM’s mission to train and onboard around 58,000 rural women as BC Sakhis or banking agents, across all the 75 districts of the State, it further said. The Project ‘Door-Step Banking Services in Rural India’ is aimed at enhancing the access to banking services in villages of all the 75 districts of UP. This will also result in increasing the household income of these rural women se...
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World

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