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Rahul said he is not alone in the yatra and lakhs of people have joined it as they are tired of unemployment, price rise and inequality.
NCERT stalls National Talent Search Examination scheme
The NCERT has stalled the National Talent Search Examination scheme till further orders, according to an official order.
The popular scholarship programme is funded by the Ministry of Education and hosted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
The scholarship exam is conducted annually in two stages -- stage 1 (state level) and stage 2 (national level).
"The National Talent Search Scheme is a central sector scheme fully funded by the Ministry of Education, government of India. NCERT is an implementing agency for the NTS scheme. The scheme was approved till 31st March 2021," the NCERT said in an official order.
"The further implementation of the scheme in its present form has not been approved and stalled until further orders," it said.
Canada confirms 1,411 monkeypox cases, 38 hospitalisations: PHAC
Canada has confirmed 1,411 cases of monkeypox, including 38 hospitalisations, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.
Of the confirmed cases, 674 are from Ontario, 521 from Quebec, 167 from British Columbia, 41 from Alberta, three from Saskatchewan, two from the Yukon and one each from Nova Scotia, Manitoba and New Brunswick, the health agency added on Friday.
The rollout of second doses in Canada started this week. The second dose, only for people who do not have symptoms, can be administered 28 days after the first, Xinhua news agency reported.
President Murmu on 2-day visit to Chandigarh from Saturday
President Droupadi Murmu will visit Chandigarh from October 8 to 9, a statement issued on Friday by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
The president will grace the 90th anniversary of Indian Air Force at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh on Saturday.
She will also attend a civic reception to be hosted in her honour at Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh, it said.
On October 9, the president will inaugurate the newly constructed building of Chandigarh secretariat, it said.
She will also grace the 52nd convocation and closing ceremony of centenary year celebrations of Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, before returning to Delhi, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in the late night statement.
UN group adopts 2050 goal of net-zero emissions from planes
A United Nations organization on Friday adopted a long-term aspirational goal of making carbon emissions from air travel net zero by 2050 in response to growing pressure for airlines to reduce their pollution.
Several major environmental groups praised the move, saying it could boost the production of sustainable aviation fuel. But they cautioned that it will be difficult to push countries to follow up with policies that actually reduce emissions.
Aviation is a relatively small contributor to overall climate-changing emissions, but its share is expected to grow. More people are expected to travel on planes in the coming years, and aviation lacks cleaner alternatives such as electric power that are widely available for cars and trucks.
Multiple explosions rock eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv
A series of explosions rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending towering plumes of illuminated smoke in the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions.
The blasts came as Russia concentrated attacks on Friday in its increasingly troubled invasion of Ukraine on areas it illegally annexed, while the death toll from earlier missile strikes on apartment buildings in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 14.
It was not immediately clear what caused the Kharkiv blasts or what was hit.
India will buy oil from wherever it has to: Union Minister Puri
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Hardeep Singh Puri has said that India will buy crude oil from whichever country it wanted and that New Delhi faces no pressure from Washington to cut its energy buys from Russia.
"India will buy oil from wherever it has to for the simple reason that this kind of a discussion cannot be taken to the consuming population of India," Puri told reporters in Washington.
Puri who was in Washington DC on Thursday held a wide range of meetings with his US counterpart Jennifer Granholm and other top officials of the Biden Administration.
Moody's downgrades Pakistan with 'C rating' after seven years
The New York-based credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pakistan's local and foreign currency and senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa1 from B3, citing increased government liquidity and external vulnerability risks and higher debt sustainability risks, local media reported.
"The outlook remains negative," the New York-based rating agency said amid the devastation floods in Pakistan, Dawn reported.
Debt affordability, a long-standing credit weakness for Pakistan, will remain extremely weak for the foreseeable future.
Imran Khan likely to be arrested in foreign funding case: Report
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan is likely to be arrested in foreign funding case, ARY citing sources reported on Friday.
The report comes soon after the other PTI leaders including Tariq Shafi, Hamid Zaman and Saif Niazi were arrested the same day.
The media outlet said that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah ordered concerned authorities to lodge a case against Imran Khan.
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First Published: Oct 08 2022 | 8:38 AM IST
