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Sri Vijaya Puram, April 9: The Department of Sports will be conducting Selection Trial in the discipline of Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Swimming, Table Tennis and Yogasana in connection with the forthcoming Wild Card Entry - Khelo India Youth Games 2025 (KIYG-2025) scheduled in Bihar from May 4 to 15, 2025. In this connection, the Department of Sports will be conducting the selection trial on 12th April, 2025 at 6 am at Netaji Stadium Sports Complex, Sri Vijaya Puram.
Further, the following norms are to be noted for participation, as approved by the Games Technical Conduct Committee (GTCC), Khelo India regarding participation in the wild card entries of KIYG- 2025 as under:
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Sri Vijaya Puram, April 9: ‘Sneh Sangam’ initiative, Elderline 14567, a National Helpline for Senior Citizens under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, organized a door-to-door awareness campaign in collaboration with Pankh NGO at Fisherman Colony, Junglighat. The outreach was aimed at fostering connection, compassion and support for the elderly by directly engaging with them at their homes and informing them about services offered by Elderline.
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Fulbright-Nehru scholar and Marine veteran Chandler Compton is researching India's role in the Quad, exploring how resilient supply chains strengthen Indo-Pacific security, regional stability and U.S. strategic interests.
Chandler Compton's research will identify strategies for the Quad members to build resilient, sustainable supply chains that enhance economic growth and geopolitical stability in the region. (Photograph by Hemant Bhatnagar)
Chandler Compton arrived in New Delhi in November 2024 as a Fulbright-Nehru scholar to research India’s role in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad), and study Hindi through a Critical Language Enhancement Award. Under the direction of Shankari Sundararaman, chair of the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, Compton’s research will identify strategies for the Quad members—the United States, Australia, India and Japan—to build resilient, sustainable supply chains that enhance economic growth and geopolitical stability in the region.
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Madurai, April 9: The 24th Party Congress of CPI (M) began at Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 2nd April, 2025 concluded on 6th April, 2025, with a clarion call to the party members and sympathizers all over the country to increase the independent strength of the Party to take on the neo-fascist BJP-led government. The 24th Party Congress on its concluding day has elected MA Baby as General Secretary. The Party Congress has elected an 85-member Central Committee which in turn elected the new General Secretary and a 18-member Polit Bureau. The 24th Party Congress has also elected a Control Commission with G. Ramakrishnan as Chairman.
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Nimbudera, April 8: In response to alarming reports of fish mortality following recent unpredicted and intense rainfall in the North and Middle Andaman district, a diagnostic field visit was conducted by Shri Subam Debroy, Subject Matter Specialist (Aquaculture), along with Dr. V. Damodaran, Senior Scientist and Head, ICAR-KVK, Nimbudera. The visit covered key aquaculture sites across the Rangat and Mayabunder blocks, focusing on affected farmers' ponds.The sudden and excessive rainfall led to significant changes in water quality parameters in inland fish ponds, including a sharp drop in water temperature, depletion of dissolved oxygen levels, and fluctuations in pH. Preliminary observations indicated that these abrupt environmental shifts were the primary cause of mortality among commonly cultured species.