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J&K: 22 IAS and JKAS officers transferred

Jammu, Feb 20 (IANS) J&K Administration on Friday ordered a reshuffle in civil administration, transferring IAS officers, including those at the financial commissioner (Additional chief secretary) level.Around 22 IAS and JKAS officers were transferred by the J&K administration.Ashwani Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1992), has been posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Power Development Department. He will also hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Mining Department.Ashish Chandra Verma, IAS (AGMUT: 1994), Financial Commissioner (ACS), Tourism Department, will also hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture Production Department.Shailendra Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1995), has been transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner (ACS), Finance...

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Anupam Kher enjoys quality time with his young friends he met on the Versova-MadhIsland Jetti

ENTERTAINMENT

Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher enjoyed some quality time with his new young friends, whom he first met on the Versova-MadhIsland Jetti. Kher accidentally met the young boys again on Friday on the road and remembered that they had asked him for colour pencil boxes during their first meet. Keeping his promise, Kher bought them these colors.Not just that, Kher even made a video with the kids, which he uploaded on his official social media handle. In the clip, these boys were happily seen flaunting the gifts, while stating their names and the class they are in.They further shared that they belong to Ahmedabad and study in a Gujarati medium school."Meet my new young friends! I remembered meeting them on the Versova-MadhIsland Jetti (boat) and they had asked me for colour pencil...

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Madhya Pradesh: Deputy Leader of Opposition Hemant Katare resigns

INDIA, TOP STORIES

Bhopal, Feb 20 (IANS) Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Hemant Katare, has resigned from his post, citing “family responsibilities” and inability to devote sufficient time to his constituency duties.Katare, a Congress MLA from the Ater seat, submitted his resignation to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Jitu Patwari, and Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar.Organisation General Secretary Dr Sanjay Kamle confirmed the development, stating that Katare emphasised personal constraints under current circumstances, making it difficult to fulfil the role effectively.Kamle clarified that the resignation is limited to the Deputy Leader position and does not affect Katare's membership in the Congress party. "He ...

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AI Summit: GNA Energy launches ‘Vidyut AI’ to boost operating framework

INDIA, TOP STORIES

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The five-day-long AI Impact Summit 2026, held in the national capital, saw significant innovations and applications being displayed, focused on accelerating the digitalisation of the country's energy sector.Vidyut AI, a flagship project of GNA Energy Private Limited, was one of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)- derived solutions that grabbed the attention of visitors as well as exhibitors. The application provides power market data, demand forecasting, and does price analysis through artificial intelligence on a single platform.Paru Agarwal, product manager at GNA Energy Private Limited, told IANS that his company launched the product at the AI Summit to showcase its multi-tasking features and how it will simplify and integrate a host of functions on one platform...

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T20 WC: ‘He’s got a lot of skill with the ball,’ says Morkel on Shivam Dube’s bowling

SPORTS

Ahmedabad, Feb 20 (IANS) India bowling coach Morne Morkel has praised the steady improvement of all-rounder Shivam Dube as a bowler, saying confidence and clear backing from the team management have played a key role in his progress.The former South African player also feels that Dube's skills with the ball are excellent and useful for the team.Speaking about Dube's progress, Morkel said the journey started more than a year ago when the team began giving Dube more responsibility with the ball, including bowling important overs in different conditions."With Shivam, I think any bowler, we like confidence. You want to feel the backing. This journey started almost more than a year ago, when we gave him the responsibility to bowl for us in Dubai and take you back to Dubai to bowl the first over...

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Five-year-old girl killed after school wall collapses in Rajasthan

INDIA, TOP STORIES

Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) A five-year-old girl lost her life after a wall collapsed inside a school premises in Bawatra village under the Sayla police station limits in Rajasthan’s Jalore district on Friday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Preeti Kumari (5), a Class 1 student of Marudhar Shikshan Sansthan Senior Secondary School and a resident of Asada village in neighbouring Balotra district.According to preliminary information, the incident occurred on Friday afternoon when Preeti was playing with other children inside the school premises. During this time, a wall panel constructed with fibre bricks suddenly collapsed, and the falling debris buried the child underneath, leaving her critically injured.The incident triggered panic among students, teachers, and school staff, who...

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Kerala’s health sector: Scissors, statements and a system in denial?

INDIA, TOP STORIES

Thiruvananthapuram Feb 20 (IANS) For years, Kerala’s public health system has been showcased as a model for the rest of India -- efficient, accessible, and comparable to the best in the world.State Health Minister Veena George, a journalist-turned-legislator of the CPI-M, has repeatedly asserted that the state’s healthcare standards rival global benchmarks.But when surgical scissors are left inside a patient’s stomach - in a new case that was revealed on Friday, the rhetoric begins to sound painfully hollow.An older victim again relived her trauma before television cameras.Harshina, a housewife from Kozhikode who had unknowingly carried a pair of scissors in her abdomen for years following a surgery at a government hospital, expressed solidarity with the victim of a similar incident at Ala...

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ATP Delhi Open: Sakamoto, Crawford in semis; top seeds Banthia/ Donski reach last four

SPORTS

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Second seed Rei Sakamoto of Japan will clash with fifth seed Oliver Crawford of Great Britain in the men’s singles semifinals at the 2026 ATP Delhi Open, while two unseeded players will contest the other semifinal.In the doubles draw, the top two seeded teams, Siddhanth Banthia (India)/Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (India)/Pruchya Isaro (Thailand), also advanced to the semi-finals. The ATP Challenger 75 event, now in its sixth edition, is being held at the DLTA Complex from February 16 to 22, with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams competing for the title.Sakamoto, a former junior World No. 1 and the 2024 Australian Open boys’ singles champion, came from a set down to defeat fellow teenager and sixth seed Federico Cina of Italy 6-7(7)...

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PM Modi to participate in groundbreaking event of HCL-Foxconn chip project tomorrow

INDIA, TOP STORIES

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Rs 3,700 crore HCL-Foxconn joint venture project - India Chip Pvt. Ltd. - in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area near the Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh on Februray 21 via video conferencing, according to a PMO statement issued on Friday.The establishment of the semiconductor facility by Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn and India's HCL Group marks a significant milestone in India’s journey towards technological self-reliance and reflects the Prime Minister’s vision of positioning India as a trusted global destination for high-end electronics and semiconductor manufacturing.This Outsourced Semiconducto...

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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Assam’s first expressway

INDIA, TOP STORIES

Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Barak Valley on March 14 and make several major announcements aimed at boosting connectivity and infrastructure in the region.Addressing a gathering while attending the Vibrant Village Programme at Natanpur in Assam’s Cachar district, Sarma said the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for Assam’s first express highway connecting Guwahati with Panchgram. The project will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,000 crore. The Chief Minister said that once completed, the express highway will reduce the travel time between Guwahati and the Barak Valley to around four and a half hours, significantly improving road connectivity and economic integration...