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CEC Kumar to discuss voter card, Aadhaar seeding with top govt officials

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) CEC (Chief Election Commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar has convened a meeting with the Union home secretary and the legislative secretary to discuss the issue of linking voter identity cards with Aadhaar amid allegations of fudging of electoral rolls data. Flagging cases of duplicate voter card numbers allocated to electors in different states, opposition party Trinamool Congress has alleged that the poll authority was fudging voters’ list to help the BJP. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had also echoed similar sentiments in the Lok Sabha recently. Describing duplicate card numbers as a “legacy issue”, Election Commission

Higher levels of LDL and lower HDL cholesterol found in people who quit alcohol: Study

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) A study that tracked people for 10 years in Japan has found that those who quit alcohol had higher levels of LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol and lower levels of HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol, compared to those who continued drinking. Experts, however, sounded caution regarding the study’s methodology. Researchers from Japan, including those from the Institute of Science Tokyo, and the US’ Harvard Medical School, looked at over 3.2 lakh yearly health check-ups to a centre for preventive medicine, made by nearly 57,700 individuals from October 2012 to October 2022. The findings, published in The Journal

TRAI plans to limit satellite permits to five years, defying Musk’s Starlink as seeking 20 years

NEW DELHI, March 13 (Reuters) – The TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) plans to recommend that satellite broadband spectrum be allotted for around five years to assess initial market adoption, defying Elon Musk’s Starlink, which is seeking a 20-year permit, said a senior government source. The TRAI is currently working on key recommendations to the federal government, including a time frame and pricing of satellite spectrum, which will be administratively allotted. Musk and Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani forged a partnership this week that will allow Starlink devices to be sold in Ambani’s Reliance stores, giving it large distribution access.

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