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New Delhi got a makeover for the G20 summit. The city’s poor say they were simply erased

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi’s crowded streets have been resurfaced. Streetlights are illuminating once dark sidewalks. City buildings and walls are painted with bright murals and graffiti. Planted flowers are everywhere. Many of the city’s poor say they were simply erased, much like the stray dogs and monkeys that have been removed from some neighborhoods, as India’s capital got its makeover ahead of this week’s summit of the Group of 20 nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government hopes the elaborate effort to make New Delhi sparkle — a “beautification project” with a price tag of $120 million — will

‘Go to Pakistan , this is not your country’, Karnataka teacher tells 2 Muslim students, transferred and departmental inquiry initiated

Bengaluru Sptember 3: ‘Go to Pakistan , this is not your country’ Manjula Devi, the teacher of a government school in Karnataka’s Shivamogga on Thursday allegedly told the two Muslim students and she was transferred following the incident and departmental inquiry initiated. Shivamogga JD(S) leader A Nazrullah lodged a complaint against Manjula alleging that the teacher while scolding the two students told them to leave India and go to Pakistan. As per the complaint, teacher Manjula Devi noticed two students arguing in front of the class. Devi then scolded the boys and allegedly said, “This is not your country”. Nazrullah

Odisha High Court orders CID probe into recruitment examination paper leak

Cuttack, Sep 3 (PTI) The Odisha High Court ordered a CID investigation into the question paper leak of a recruitment examination conducted by the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC). Hearing a bunch of petitions on Saturday, a bench of Justice AK Mohapatra observed that the candidates who appeared in the examination for the recruitment of junior engineer (civil) were victims of a racket operating from outside the state. The court asked the CID of the state police’s crime branch to investigate the case, considering the magnitude of it. The commission had cancelled the main examination after the police confirmed that

What happens when we don’t sleep?

New Delhi, September3, 2023 We are facing a crisis of sleep deprivation, a silent epidemic which is silently affecting lives across the globe. What’s more disturbing is that most people who are grappling with insufficient sleep are often unaware of its detrimental consequences. Many even dismiss sleep deprivation as a minor inconvenience and feel its effects are inconsequential. In 1963, two boys tested the question for a high school science experiment by seeing what would happen to one of their bodies if they broke the world record for the longest time awake. Bruce McAllister and Randy Gardner’s experiment soon caught

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