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Didn't play to our potential till now, says Rohit as Rahul accepts his team can't handle "pressure"

Abu Dhabi, Sep 28 (PTI) Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma agreed that his team didn't play to their potential in the first three games on resumption while his Punjab Kings opposite number KL Rahul had no hesitation in admitting that his team is not handling pressure situations well enough.

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PM chairs meeting of Council of Ministers; Shekhawat, Goyal make presentations on project execution

New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers wherein presentations were made on focussed implementation and monitoring of various projects.

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Hardik shows some form as MI beat Punjab Kings by 6 wkts

Abu Dhabi, Sept 28 (PTI) Hardik Pandya finally showed glimpses of his destructive self as he brought Mumbai Indians back in play-off contention with the defending champions beating Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL match on Tuesday.

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Govt appointing Mujawar to perform Hindu rituals in Datta Peetha counter to Muslim belief: HC

Bengaluru, Sep 28 (PTI) In a significant order related to the decades-old Guru Dattatreya Peetha-Baba Budangiri Dargah dispute in Chikkamagaluru district, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday quashed a state government order allowing only a Mujawar (Muslim priest) to offer flowers and light 'Nanda Deepa' of Dattatreya Swami as it ran counter to the Muslim belief system.

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Hardik shows some form as MI beat Punjab Kings by 6 wkts

Abu Dhabi, Sept 28 (PTI) Hardik Pandya finally showed glimpses of his destructive self as he brought Mumbai Indians back in play-off contention with the defending champions beating Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL encounter on Tuesday.

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MI beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in IPL

Abu Dhabi, Sep 28 (PTI) Mumbai Indians won their first game after three defeats as they beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL encounter here on Tuesday.

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Hardik shows some form as MI beat Punjab Kings by 6 wkts

Abu Dhabi, Sept 28 (PTI) Hardik Pandya finally showed glimpses of his destructive self as he brought Mumbai Indians back in play-off contention with the defending champions beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL encounter on Tuesday.

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Business

OFB to be dissolved on Oct 1, employees, assets to go to 7 new DPSUs

New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) In tune with a decision by the Union Cabinet, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will stand dissolved with effect from October 1 and its assets, employees and management are being transferred to seven newly established defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs), according to an official order by the defence ministry.

Post-pandemic policies must give adequate recognition to mental wellbeing: FM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged the United Nations that post-pandemic policies must provide for adequate recognition of the mental wellbeing of vulnerable sections. Speaking at the UN's high-level discussion on jobs and social protection for poverty eradication, Sitharaman also said that the UN's proposed accelerated action on jobs and social protection should have digitalisation at the core of the design. She further said that insights from behavioural economics can be leveraged in onboarding those workers who are currently not covered under the formal security net. "One key principle underpinning the post-pandemic recovery with policies integrating health and social protection is the institutional recognition of mental wellbeing of vulnerable sections through psychosocial support. Future policies must adequately provide for this imperative," she said in her virtual address. She listed out measures taken by the Indian government to ameliorate immediate distress, and provide necessary protection to the vulnerable section of the population and said that India's free vaccination programme is globally one of the biggest and the country has covered 875 billion vaccine doses as of today. "India launched a comprehensive economic package under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat to combat the impact of the pandemic and to revive economic growth. The financial package of USD 366 billion amounting to more than 13 per cent of India's GDP was deployed to create employment opportunities for the unorganised sector, strengthening MSMEs and for promoting rural economy," she said. To mitigate the impact of the crisis, over 4 million migrant workers were given assistance, while construction workers were given in situ support to sail through the trying times. More than 100 million rural and unorganised workers received wages amounting to more than Rs 1 trillion. "The comprehensive social protection system envisaged to be created under the proposed global accelerator for jobs and social protection should have digitalisation of public financial management systems at the core of the design. In India, the DBT method enabled Jandhan, the Aadhar biometric identification and mobile trinity helped during the pandemic in rolling out social protection measures without any delays," Sitharaman added. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for accelerated action on jobs and social protection to avoid an uneven global recovery and prevent future crises. PTI JD.

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Goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved through step-by-step process: Shringla

United Nations, Sep 28 (PTI) India will engage with all member states in a "spirit of openness" towards realising a nuclear weapons-free world, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, reiterating that the goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved through a step-by-step process underwritten by a universal commitment and an agreed multilateral non-discriminatory framework.

Goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved through step-by-step process: Shringla

United Nations, Sep 28 (PTI) India on Tuesday reaffirmed its nuclear doctrine of no-first-use and non-use against non-nuclear-weapon States, telling the UN that the goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved through a step-by-step process underwritten by a universal commitment and an agreed multilateral framework that is “global and non-discriminatory.” Speaking at the high-level plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly to commemorate the ‘International Day for The Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons’, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India welcomes the convening of the High-Level Plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

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East

CMERI transfer solar cooking technology to two entities

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) The solar DC cooking technology developed by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur was transferred to two business entities namely Asansol Solar and LED House, WB and Meeco Solar and Infrastructure Associates, a statement said on Wednesday.  The CSIR-CMERI-developed solar DC cooking system consists of a solar PV panel, a charge controller, a battery bank and a cooking oven.The technology provides a clean cooking environment, inverter-less direct operation, fast and uniform heating and the potential to save one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions per household per year, it added.The solar DC cooking system has 20-25 per cent better efficiency and is more economical in comparison with the conventional solar-based cooking systems that lose efficiency owing to AC-DC conversion, according to the statement.The simple technology design also ensures ease of manufacturing and thus, provides a substantial economic opportunity for the micro-industries, it said."This system will help in substantial curbing of carbon dioxide emissions."The technology, once it reaches the market, will cost in the range of Rs 65,000- Rs 70,000," the statement added.The CMERI is an institute under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). PTI PR.

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UP ATS arrests 3 in connection with 'illegal' religious conversions

Lucknow, Sep 26 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested three men on Sunday in connection with alleged illegal religious conversions.In a statement issued here, the ATS said, "Residents of Muzaffarnagar -- Mohammad Idris and Mohammad Saleem -- and Kunal Ashok Chaudhary alias Aatif, a resident of Nashik (in Maharashtra), have been arrested for running a countrywide racket of illegal religious conversions and taking funds from foreign countries to undertake religious conversions." The ATS arrested Maulana Umar Gautam on June 20 for allegedly running a racket of illegal religious conversions. Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui was also arrested in this connection from Meerut on September 21.The ATS said arrested accused Saleem assisted Siddiqui in carrying out religious conversions for 17 years. Similarly, Idris and Chaudhary also used to help Siddiqui in religious conversions. PTI NAV.

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North

Sidhu not stable, not fit for Punjab: Amarinder

New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Soon after the resignation of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Congress president, former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday dubbed the cricketer-turned-politician as a man who is "not stable" and "not fit" for the border state.

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South

Term Moplah Rebellion as genocide: RSS-backed outfit

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) An RSS-affiliated think tank demanded on Wednesday that the Moplah Rebellion of 1921 be termed as a "genocide and a memorial be set up".The government should build a "genocide memorial" to mark the 1921 Malabar killings that took place 100 years ago in Kerala's Malappuram and mark September 25 as the "Malabar Hindu Genocide Day", the all-India convenor of Prajna Pravah, J Nandakumar, said.Underling that the Sangh has been opposing the recognition of the Malabar killings as part of an uprising against the British or landlords, he said it was "targeted killings of Hindus"."Annie Besant and C Sankaran Nair, who was the president of the Indian National Congress, called it a genocide. But after 1975, it was illegally deemed as part of the freedom struggle," Nandakumar said.He said the Kerala government has not considered their demand, but they are hopeful that the Centre will look into it.The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) formed a three-member committee recently to study the Moplah Rebellion.The panel reportedly recommended removal of several hundred names from the list of the victims.The RSS-backed organisation will be organising an exhibition and a memorial programme for the victims in Delhi as well as in every block in Kerala on September 26. PTI JTR.

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