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Education ministry releases guidelines for 10 bagless days for classes 6-8

Business Standard 

The Union education ministry on Monday notified guidelines for implementation of bagless days for classes 6-8 and making learning in schools more joyful, experiential and stress-free. The guidelines, developed by PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education, a unit of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), were released on the fourth anniversary of the new National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The NEP, 2020, had recommended that all students in classes 6-8 participate in a 10-day bagless period. Читать дальше...

Power Grid planning Rs 40,000 cr undersea interconnection with Middle East

Business Standard 

State-run Power Grid is planning an undersea interconnection worth up to Rs 40,000 crore with countries in the Middle East, a top official said on Monday. After the soft June quarter, which witnessed revenues being almost flat, the company sees the topline inching by only 4-5 per cent in FY25, its chairman and managing director R K Tyagi told reporters here after the earnings announcement on Friday. The company plans to invest Rs 18,000 crore this fiscal year, which will help accelerate the growth rate going forward... Читать дальше...

Govt plans to operationalise Car Nicobar, 11 other airports under UDAN this year

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The government is set to operationalise 12 additional airports across 8 states and Union Territories, including one at Shibpur in Car Nicobar, under the UDAN scheme. Currently, 579 routes linking 85 airports have already been activated. A significant budget has been allocated for the revival of under-served airports.

A cat's the star at these venues around the world, from museums to bars to government offices

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

From the White House to a Puerto Rican coffee shop. From 10 Downing St. to Russia's state museum. Cats are beloved mascots and visitor favorites at institutions around the world. Sometimes they're there for the cute factor. Sometimes for ratting. Sometimes they even define the place. At the Hemingway museum in Florida, 59 cats roam freely. At the White House, there's Willow, the Biden family cat and subject of a book by the first lady. Larry is chief mouser at the British prime minister's residence. Читать дальше...

Remembering the Firebrand Irish Novelist Edna O’Brien - The New York Times

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  1. Remembering the Firebrand Irish Novelist Edna O’Brien  The New York Times
  2. Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93  The New York Times
  3. ‘A beacon of brazenness and defiance’: Edna O’Brien remembered by Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín and more  The Guardian
  4. Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic Irish author who wrote ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93  PBS NewsHour
  5. Edna O’Brien, Irish writer, 1930-2024  Financial Times