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Paper, pencil are need for a good night’s sleep

New Delhi, Aug 21: You only need two simple household items paper and a pencil for a good night’s sleep, a top doctor has revealed. Speaking in last week’s episode of Richard and Izzy Hammond’s podcast ‘Who We Are Now’, Dr James Alvarez provided listeners with some of the must-do’s if they’re struggling to sleep well at night, and one caught the attention of the podcast hosts the most. He said: “If you’ve got racing thoughts, for example, or just a lot of thoughts just before you go to bed keep a piece of paper and a pencil. A pencil

Woman IPS officer to probe Badlapur incident: Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said an inquiry led by a woman IPS officer has been ordered into an incident of alleged abuse of two school girls in Badlapur in Thane district. Talking to reporters here, Fadnavis said the state government has appointed Arti Singh, an inspector general-rank Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, to conduct the inquiry. “It will be our endeavour to inquire into the incident at the earliest. We want to file the chargesheet in this case as soon as possible and place the matter before a fast-track court for hearing,”

UP court orders arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, others for missing hearing

Sultanpur (UP), Aug 20 (PTI) A Sultanpur court on Tuesday took strong objection to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh skipping the hearing in a two-decade-old case and ordered police to arrest and produce him on August 28. On August 13, a non-bailable warrant was issued against Singh, SP leader Anoop Sanda, and four others, with the hearing scheduled for Tuesday. The accused however did not appear before the court. “The court has directed the police to arrest all the accused and produce them in the court by August 28,” a court officer told PTI.

We will protect Constitution, reservation at all costs: Rahul after govt’s lateral entry U-turn

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) With the Centre withdrawing the latest advertisement for lateral entry in bureaucracy, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Congress will protect the Constitution and the reservation system at all costs and foil “conspiracies” of the BJP. His remarks came after Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh wrote to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Chairman Preeti Sudan and asked her to cancel the advertisement so that marginalised communities get their rightful representation in government services. “We will protect the Constitution and the reservation system at all costs.

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