At halfway mark of third term, PM Modi to hold ‘Chintan Shivir’ | India News

The two-day Chintan Shivir is aimed at reviewing governance, improving coordination among ministries and shaping the government’s future agenda NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday directed setting up of over half a dozen groups comprising ministers, each having eight members, to brainstorm on issues including self-improvement, communication and governance ahead of two-day “Chintan Shivir”…

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A Utah couple spent 14 years trying to stop their 25.5-acre farm from becoming another subdivision; the land is now permanently protected from development even as homes spread around it

Sheri Schiess and her late husband, Boyd, worked for 14 years to preserve their 25.5-acre farm in Nibley, Utah, as development expanded around it (Image Credit: Brock Marchant/ The Salt Lake Tribune) A stretch of green farmland surrounded by growing communities can look increasingly out of place, but one Utah couple spent years ensuring their…

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Quote of the day by Nikola Tesla: “Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors” |

Nikola Tesla (Image: Wikipedia) Life rarely follows a formula that can predict exactly what comes next. People make plans, set goals and try to control their circumstances, yet unexpected events can change everything within moments. Nikola Tesla, one of history’s most influential inventors, once described life in similarly mathematical terms. “Life is and will ever…

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Shoorveer Song Controversy: Delhi HC asks ‘Mirzapur – The Movie’ makers’ lawyer if ‘conscience is satisfied’ over ‘Shoorveer’ song row: ‘You are playing such a scene in the background song on Maharana Pratap’ | Hindi Movie News

Delhi HC asks ‘Mirzapur – The Movie’ makers’ lawyer if ‘conscience is satisfied’ over ‘Shoorveer’ song row: ‘You are playing such a scene in the background song on Maharana Pratap’ The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the makers of ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ over their use of ‘Shoorveer’, a song originally composed as a tribute…

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Trump praises PM Modi for curbing ‘illicit opium cultivation’ as India stays on US ‘drug transit’ list | India News

The US president also said Washington would continue working with New Delhi on counter-narcotics efforts (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to curb illicit opium poppy cultivation in India, even as Washington included India among 23 countries designated as major drug transit or illicit drug-producing countries.In a…

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Meet Praadhyumn Indaana, the 17-year-old Montvale, New Jersey student whose AI model cut nuclear reactor heat-limit prediction error from about 63% to 5.5%; he won $50,000

Praadhyumn Indaana, the 17-year-old Montvale, New Jersey student (Image Credit: Davidson Institute) A better understanding of how much heat a nuclear reactor can safely handle could have implications far beyond a single engineering calculation. For 17-year-old Praadhyumn Indaana of Montvale, New Jersey, that challenge became the focus of an eight-month research project combining physics and…

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s $5.35 million, 21,000-sq-ft Ohio mansion privacy fence plans hit hurdle; Bratenahl board delays approval; neighbours raise concerns over Lake Erie views and property values |

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s $5.35 million Ohio mansion faces a fence dispute. (Photo: Greg Huth/Getty Images) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s plans to fence off their new $5.35 million lakeside mansion in Ohio have run into a hurdle, with the village’s architectural review board considering the proposal twice but failing to approve it, according…

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UPI charges row: Chidambaram among 5 Congress MPs who had backed revenue framework | India News

Former finance minister P Chidambaram NEW DELHI: As Rahul Gandhi stepped up his criticism of the government over the MDR announcement and demanded its rollback, calling it a “UPI tax”, a Standing Committee on Finance report had earlier emphasised the need for a viable revenue mechanism to ensure the UPI ecosystem remains financially sustainable without…

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