https://ift.tt/gk1vm6o Pawar inclined to stick to decision: Close aides

Sharad Pawar is inclined to stick to his decision to quit as NCP chief though he has asked for a few days to do a rethink after party leaders and activists refused to accept his resignation on Tuesday, people close to the NCP founder said. "He is serious and unlikely to walk back on his decision even though there will be enormous pressure to him from across the rank and file of the party to do so," said one of them.

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China announced on Tuesday its foreign minister Qin Gang will visit India for the SCO foreign ministers' meeting in Goa on May 4-5. This will be Qin's second visit to India after his participation in the G20 foreign ministers' meeting here in March. Qin will look to discuss the agenda for Xi's visit in his likely second bilateral with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the SCO meeting

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https://ift.tt/ro8LFMy years of India’s first feature film Raja Harishchandra

Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 silent film, directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is widely regarded as the first full-length feature film ever made in India, and it premiered on May 3, 1913, at the Coronation Cinema in Mumbai (then Bombay). The film tells the story of King Harishchandra, a legendary ruler from ancient India who was known for his honesty and integrity.

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https://ift.tt/hoYCnSt election is not about you: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM in poll-bound Karnataka

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https://ift.tt/9Qpfm0T Mumbai team of 6 cyber cops is foiling suicide bids and saving lives

A team of six from the Cyber Police has been acting on alerts shared by Meta about Facebook or Instagram users posting suicidal thoughts. Meta closely monitors text, videos and images — ranging from a ceiling fan to a knife to poison or pills — that may signal a user’s intention to take the drastic step. Between January and April 2023, the Cyber Police has thus averted 31 suicide bids across India. This work of tackling alerts is done alongside their regular job of solving online crimes.

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https://ift.tt/pqXFxiy edition of Mann Ki Baat: BJP turns milestone episode into mass outreach event

On the day when most senior BJP leaders along with their followers were glued to radio sets listening to the 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the party’s creative team shared these inspiring stories of unsung heroes, who have been mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in different episodes of the monthly broadcast. BJP celebrated the occasion on a large scale making it a mass outreach programme.

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The Badrinath national highway — NH-58 — remained blocked due to recurring landslides near Pinola and Tayapul in Chamoli district since Sunday morning, leaving hundreds of pilgrims en route to the holy shrine stranded for over eight hours. The highway was opened up only after 1pm, according to the district emergency operation centre.

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https://ift.tt/yf1PWb3 a void, gave people connect: PM Narendra Modi on episode 100 of 'Mann Ki Baat'

Addressing the 100th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, an emotional PM Modi said the radio broadcast had allowed him to worship the positives in people he had met with or spoken to. He also said it filled the “emptiness” that he felt when he first moved to the capital from Gujarat in 2014. He described ‘Mann Ki Baat' as a great medium to learn from the qualities of others, adding that it allowed him to connect with the people of India like he used to when he was Gujarat CM.

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https://ift.tt/N5S2kvs episode of Mann Ki Baat today: The nation’s talk show that celebrates ordinary Indians

PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat completes its 100th episode today. Writing on the occasion, the BJP president says the programme demonstrates the connect Prime Minister Narendra Modi has with millions of Indians and shows how radio can become an effective tool of communication.

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https://ift.tt/HNFs1il Tomy becomes 1st Indian to sail solo around the world, comes second in global race

Cries of “bravo”, “shabbash”, and “congratulations” rang out in the French town of Les Sables d’Olonne Saturday morning, as throngs gathered to watch Indian adventurer Abhilash Tomy take his first wobbly steps on land after 236 days out at sea. Locals and expat Indians, both young and old, were in awe of the 44-year-old who refused to give up, and came to be known by the Golden Globe Race (GGR) organisers as Mr Fix-it.

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The defamation case against Rahul Gandhi is not serious enough to warrant his disqualification from contesting elections for eight years, his counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Saturday in the Gujarat high court that is hearing a plea to stay a lower court’s conviction of the former Congress MP.

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https://ift.tt/SEx1zuw for JEE(Advanced) at four-year high in general category, five-year high for reserved

The qualifying percentile in JEE (Main) to be eligible for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to 23 Indian Institutes of technology (IITs), registered a five-year high for the reserved category and a four-year-high for the general category candidates this year. The minimum cutoff for the general category this year is 90.7 percentile, up from 88.4 in 2022. The cutoff for the OBC category rose to 73.6 percentile this year from 67 in 2022 and 68 in 2021.

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