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		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Tuesday, February 21, 2023
		Today's Headlines

		India
		'Friendly' nations get Hyderabad G20 meet invite Asked about differences between G7 countries and Russia and China and how these might play out in these meetings, official sources said the main agenda of the G20 was ensuring "macroeconomic and financial stability" along with inclusive growth and that the government expected the focus to remain the same. Didn't approve MVA nominations due to 'threat' letter: Former Maharashtra governor B S Koshyari Maharashtra ex-CM Ashok Chavan says he is being spied on, fears for life Chavan met Nanded additional superintendent of police Abinash Kumar with his complaint that stated that his letterhead and signature were being forged to create a rift between communities. He said the content under the forged letterhead had text related to then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Maratha reservation. More India News»

		Science
		World War II-style rationing can reduce carbon emissions: Research Rationing in the manner of World War II may be a successful strategy for lowering carbon emissions, suggests a new study from the University of Leeds. In a paper that was just published in the journal Ethics, Policy and Environment, scientists make the case that rationing could assist states in swiftly and fairly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Explainer: Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans New tool could provide insight into powerful future earthquakes More Science News»

		Technology
		OnePlus 11 Concept with 'flowing back' teased; coming at MWC 2023 OnePlus shared a teaser of its upcoming concept phone -- the OnePlus 11 -- showing off the back or the 'flowing back' of the smartphone. The design features a meandering stream-like LED lighting pattern with a ring encircling the camera module and a unibody glass construction that gives the impression of "flowing back." Boat Rockerz Trinity with HiFi DSP launched in India: Specifications, price and more Boat has launched a new pair of wireless earphones, the Rockerz Trinity. The Boat Rockerz Trinity has a neckband design, HiFi DSP and 150 hours of battery life. Boat Rockerz Trinity wireless neckband earphones come in a variety of colours – Cosmic Black, Just Blue, and Kutch White. The earphones are available for purchase at a special introductory price of 1,499 INR from Flipkart, Amazon, and the manufacturer's official website. How Android smartphones are set for these big changes in India After being slapped with an antitrust order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Google was forced to make some changes to the Android platform, which could significantly change Android smartphones in India. While the changes were notified earlier, a tipster has now come across an internal document that shows exactly how the Android smartphones in India may differ from the rest of the world. More Technology News»

		Business
		EPFO subscribers can now opt for higher pension The order, which comes a fortnight before the deadline of March 3 set by SC in its November 4 judgment last year, said existing employees and those who retired after September 1, 2014, can claim higher pension based on actual salary beyond the prescribed ceiling in the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995. Domestic air passengers up 96% last month over Jan '22 India registered a domestic passenger traffic growth of 96% in January 2023 as airlines flew 125 lakh passengers compared to the 64 lakh flown in January 2022, the month when the Covid third wave had started hitting air travel. This January also marked the beginning of the conventional lean quarter for domestic travel as Indian carriers flew about 2 lakh fewer passengers when compared to the previous month of December 2022, showed monthly traffic data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday. Vedanta-Foxconn selects Dholera SIR for first semiconductor facility in India In a first, Vedanta and electronics manufacturing firm Foxconn on Monday unveiled their plan to set up a semiconductor and display manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad, news agency PTI reported quoting sources. This will be the first manufacturing facility for semiconductors in India. More Business News»

		Sports
		Women's T20 World Cup: India qualify for semis, beat Ireland by 5 runs (DLS) Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana scored a career-best 87 as India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Monday after registering a five-run victory, via DLS method, over Ireland in a rain-affected match at St George's Park in Gqeberha. With the victory, India finished the group stage with six points from four games. The curious case of KL Rahul: Talent or favouritism? In the firing line for his prolonged lean patch, KL Rahul's continuation in the Test team has come as a surprise for many. But the Indian team management has persisted with the 30-year-old, using his twin tons -- that came in overseas Tests back in 2021 -- in defence of his continuous selections. There has not been a single 25-plus score in the last 10 Test innings for Rahul and despite that his selection in the Test team has turned out to be the the most curious cases in Indian cricket. In Pics: Harmanpreet Kaur creates twin records in T20Is Read more on TOI Sports More Sports News»

		Education
		IIT JAM 2023 response sheet released on jam.iitg.ac.in, download here The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has released the IIT JAM 2023 response sheet today, on February 20, 2023. Candidates can visit the website to download the response sheet. The IIT JAM exam was held by IIT Guwahati on February 12, 2023. For more details and information, read the complete article below till the end. Utkal University of Culture gets new VC Prasan Kumar Swain, professor and head of Odia department, Berhampur University joined as the vice-chancellor of the Utkal University of Culture (UUC) Bhubaneswar. Governor Ganeshi Lal appointed him on February 20, 2023. Read more about the related details and information in the article below. Check out the article till the end. Azim Premji University students' protest crosses a week, hope to meet VC tomorrow The students of Azim Premji University are protesting the arbitrary charging of fees from just one set of students for the safety of students that the university is responsible. The students are demanding a blanket waiver of the shuttle fees, refund shuttle fees that have been deducted from students, acknowledgment of the memorandum with 250 signatories submitted to the university. More Education News»

		Environment
		Drinking water top issue at world's wettest spots In peak monsoon, it can rain more than 1,000mm in a day in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, as it did on June 17 last year to set a new 24-hour record of 1003.6mm. Ask Larisa Myrthong to explain the conundrum of unrelenting rain and unreasonable water shortage and she has a response as dry as the water tap she points to. Endangered African penguin chicks hatch at Arizona aquarium An Arizona aquarium is celebrating the hatching of three endangered African penguin chicks, saying the tiny additions are genetically valuable as zoos and aquariums around the world work to ensure the species' survival through breeding programs and conservation efforts. 27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, add urgency to respond to climate crisis: Study Scientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may not be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists said that the findings added urgency to the need to respond to the climate crisis. In climate science, amplifying feedback loops are situations where a climate-caused alteration can trigger a process that causes even more warming, which in turn intensifies the alteration. More Environment News»

		World
		Live: New earthquakes topple buildings in Turkey, Syria Live: Biden visits Kyiv, Ukraine's embattled capital, as air-raid siren sounds Imran Khan appears in court for first time after assassination bid on him A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters had gathered outside the court to welcome Imran after he arrived at the court amid tight security. More World News»

		Environment
		Drinking water top issue at world's wettest spots In peak monsoon, it can rain more than 1,000mm in a day in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, as it did on June 17 last year to set a new 24-hour record of 1003.6mm. Ask Larisa Myrthong to explain the conundrum of unrelenting rain and unreasonable water shortage and she has a response as dry as the water tap she points to. Endangered African penguin chicks hatch at Arizona aquarium An Arizona aquarium is celebrating the hatching of three endangered African penguin chicks, saying the tiny additions are genetically valuable as zoos and aquariums around the world work to ensure the species' survival through breeding programs and conservation efforts. 27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, add urgency to respond to climate crisis: Study Scientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may not be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists said that the findings added urgency to the need to respond to the climate crisis. In climate science, amplifying feedback loops are situations where a climate-caused alteration can trigger a process that causes even more warming, which in turn intensifies the alteration. More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		BRS turned Telangana into graveyard: Revanth Reddy Model code forces Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to postpone Vizag rally Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao suggested meters for agri pumps: Bandi Sanjay More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Chandigarh airport records 34% rise in footfall in 5 years Mohali MC to spend Rs 60 lakh on 4 street vending zones 25 pairs of vultures bred at Pinjore centre to be freed within 15 years: Minister More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		It took 4 years to get divorced, 8 years to get decree erased The couple got married in 2006 and had a son in 2009. As their relationship soured, the husband sought judicial separation and filed for divorce in 2011. Miffed, the wife filed a flurry of suits against him, but in 2015, the family court in Gandhinagar granted them divorce. No takers for parking permit since 2020 launch in Ahmedabad The civic body's monthly parking permit fee for residential areas is costlier than the monthly maintenance of most apartments in the city. AI gets hang of Gujarati to translate Chinese, Hindi text Taking a cue from ChatGPT that has taken the world by storm, demonstrating what a good database coupled with natural language processing (NLP) can do, many other projects are employing similar tech in the field of translation. More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		SEP panel readies draft with issues facing education in Tamil Nadu In a step closer towards realising the state education policy (SEP), the high-level committee tasked with the responsibility has prepared a 133-page document with the problems concerning pre-primary to higher education in Tamil Nadu and sought suggestions from experts from around the world. CM M K Stalin condemns attack on Tamil Nadu students in Delhi JNU Chief minister M K Stalin on Monday condemned the attacks on Tamil students, allegedly by members of ABVP, the students arm of the BJP, in Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and accused the Delhi police of being mute spectators. BJP state president K Annamalai defended the ABVP, saying students attached to the Students Federation of India attacked the ABVP's women members. O Panneerselvam faction distances itself from campaign in Tamil Nadu Asserting that late chief minister J Jayalalithaa was the eternal general secretary of the AIADMK, expelled AIADMK leader, O Panneerselvam-led group's meeting on Monday resolved to reclaim the AIADMK from the "dictatorial and conspiratorial" group. It also resolved to speed up the postings of partymen across the state and hold a massive rally in March to commemorate the birth anniversaries of late chief ministers M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa and the golden jubilee of the AIADMK. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka warns women bureaucrats in ugly spat Bommai resorted to damage control as his government faced flak for not being able to rein in the two women officers, who have indulged in public slugfest over personal issues. Kannada film director SK Bhagavan dies on 94th birthday Veteran Kannada film director SK Bhagavan passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru on Monday. In Bengaluru, alumnus held for filming student in college washroom A former student of a private college was arrested for allegedly entering the women's washroom at the institute and recording a video of an 18-year-old student. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka warns women bureaucrats in ugly spat Bommai resorted to damage control as his government faced flak for not being able to rein in the two women officers, who have indulged in public slugfest over personal issues. Kannada film director SK Bhagavan dies on 94th birthday Veteran Kannada film director SK Bhagavan passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru on Monday. In Bengaluru, alumnus held for filming student in college washroom A former student of a private college was arrested for allegedly entering the women's washroom at the institute and recording a video of an 18-year-old student. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		Shiv Sena (UBT) to get opposition bigwigs for Mumbai meet in March Shiv Sena (UBT) will organise a meeting of Opposition parties from across the country in Mumbai in March, senior functionaries of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena said. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde national executive to meet today, get a new treasurer The Shiv Sena led by CM Eknath Shinde will hold a meeting of its national executive on Tuesday. This will be the Sena's first meeting after the Election Commission (EC) gave the party name and poll symbol to the Shinde group, recognising it as the real Shiv Sena. Uddhav Thackeray's loyalists guard office in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Over a dozen former Shiv Sena corporators, all Uddhav Thackeray loyalists, gathered outside the Shiv Sena party office in the BMC on Monday, fearing that the Eknath Shinde group may try to stake claim over it. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Delhi's South Asian University expels four, students stare at uncertain future South Asian University (SAU) has allegedly expelled four students and imposed a penalty on another. This comes after the varsity was shrouded in a controversy last year. In the expulsion notice, the university has also said that the students will be barred from enrolling in any programme at the varsity in future as well. Delhi's infrastructure prone to damage from climate change: Study Nine Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, are among the world's top 50 regions at high risk of damage to infrastructure due to eight climate change hazards, according to a new study published on Monday. NE riots: SC refuses to interfere in Tahir Hussain's case The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the framing of charges against former AAP leader Tahir Hussain under anti-money laundering law in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Delhi's South Asian University expels four, students stare at uncertain future South Asian University (SAU) has allegedly expelled four students and imposed a penalty on another. This comes after the varsity was shrouded in a controversy last year. In the expulsion notice, the university has also said that the students will be barred from enrolling in any programme at the varsity in future as well. Delhi's infrastructure prone to damage from climate change: Study Nine Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, are among the world's top 50 regions at high risk of damage to infrastructure due to eight climate change hazards, according to a new study published on Monday. NE riots: SC refuses to interfere in Tahir Hussain's case The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the framing of charges against former AAP leader Tahir Hussain under anti-money laundering law in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Delhi's South Asian University expels four, students stare at uncertain future South Asian University (SAU) has allegedly expelled four students and imposed a penalty on another. This comes after the varsity was shrouded in a controversy last year. In the expulsion notice, the university has also said that the students will be barred from enrolling in any programme at the varsity in future as well. Delhi's infrastructure prone to damage from climate change: Study Nine Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, are among the world's top 50 regions at high risk of damage to infrastructure due to eight climate change hazards, according to a new study published on Monday. NE riots: SC refuses to interfere in Tahir Hussain's case The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the framing of charges against former AAP leader Tahir Hussain under anti-money laundering law in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Number of students switching boards in class 10 comes down in UP The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) is no longer a safe haven for those dreaming of switching the board in order to pass class 10 through 'setting' (read mass copying) which was run by education syndicates, guaranteeing passing of the candidates registering for class 10 Board exam. 'Active TB case finding campaign' begins today The officials of the health department are all set to launch "Active TB case finding campaign" from Monday under which the teams of the health department will visit door-to- door to fine new tuberculosis patients under the National TB Eradication Programme. The campaign will continue till March 3. Sputum samples of suspected patients will be taken on the spot and their treatment will start after confirmation of TB, said health officials. District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) and Additional CMO Dr AK Tiwari told TOI, "As many as 64 teams have been assigned the task to take up campaign across the district who would find out TB patients under the active tuberculosis search (ACF) campaign starting from Monday. These teams will search for TB patients from their houses in villages, blocks and mohallahs." AAP holds 'Bulldozer Ahuti Yajna' in Prayagraj In a first, the volunteers of Aam Admi Party (AAP) on Sunday oragnised "Bulldozer Ahuti Yajna" at Pathar Girja Ghar, Civil Lines to mark their protest against the Kanpur Dehat incident wherein two women - mother and her daughter -were burnt alive during anti-encroachment drive on February 13. The motive behind organising special yajna was to pray for wisdom to the state government. More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Finally, Bhopal to get 'Varun Singh Marg' Group Captain Varun Singh's father's mission to get the administration to honour a promise made by the chief minister has finally come true. Woman harassed in Sukhi Sewania 19-year-old run over by truck in Nazirabad More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		ASI who shot Odisha mantri filed 30 mental health prescriptions Sacked Odisha ASI Gopal Das, who shot dead health minister Naba Kisore Das last month, had reportedly submitted 30 prescriptions for treatment of mental illness and applied for several leaves on that ground, raising questions about how he was allowed to retain his service pistol. Naba Kisore Das murder: Sacked ASI Gopal Das was asked to probe rape case Though officers in and above the rank of sub-inspector (SI) only in Odisha police are allowed to investigate sensitive cases, including rape, health minister Naba Kisore Das alleged killer Gopal Das, who was an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) with reported mental illness, was strangely assigned to probe a rape case a few years ago, exposing the shoddy state of affairs of the state police. Gopal, who has reportedly been suffering from bipolar disorder since the last eight to nine years, allegedly killed Naba with his service pistol at a public event in Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district on January 29. Naba Kisore Das murder: Police ignored Gopal Das's mental illness for 5 years Sacked assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gopal Das, who shot dead health minister Naba Kisore Das last month, had reportedly submitted 30 prescriptions related to the treatment of his mental illness to former Jharsuguda SPs while applying for leaves in the last 4 to 5 years, sources in Jharsuguda district police said on Monday. More Bhubaneswar News»

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