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Miss Texas USA pageant, a rather unusual incident, as the age bracket that participates in such events are mostly in the early 30's categories. Hailing from El Paso, Marissa Teijo is destined to enter the history books by becoming the oldest contestant ever to take part in the Miss Texas USA pageant. The winner will even go ahead and represent Texas in the Miss USA title that happens in an even bigger spectrum than Miss Texas.

These documents, a few of which are being reprinted for our readers, reveal a series of letters exchanged between the British Olympic Association, the International Olympic Committee and the India Office, discussing the prospects of Indian participation at the 1912 Olympics. Had this participation happened, India would have been among the first Asian countries to embrace the Olympic movement, alongside Japan, which established a national Olympic Committee in 1911 before participating in the 1912 competition.

ethnic wear,’ I reach for the nearest clothes hangar. Being in a garments store recently, a hangar was, indeed, close at hand. But I refrained from hooking someone with it simply because, the shop being in Khan Market, it was impossible for me to distinguish between customers and the store’s employees. It may have been a close call for at least one member of India’s thriving retail industry. But the term ‘ethnic wear’ pisses me off no end. What ‘ethnic wear’? I know that you know that I know what it means — sari, salwar kameez, choli, sherwani, bandhgala, Khan suit…. Like light, I know ‘ethnic wear’ when I see it. But for a voluble section of the country — which, in its continued quest to be a nation of virtue-signallers, recently took to the ludicrous binary of ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ in English, thereby quietly emphasising the perceived dowdiness of the latter against the perceived spunkiness of the former — their perfunctory use of the term ‘ethnic wear’ sounds not just preposterous, but downright embarrassing. ‘Ethnic,’ as an adjective, merely denotes belonging to an ethnicity, a population group or subgroup sharing a common genetic descent and/or cultural background. So ‘Germanic’ is as good a description of ‘ethnic’ as ‘Hispanic’ or ‘Indian’ and ‘Western’ or ‘Nordic’. And yet, somehow, you enter a store — here in India — and there’s a section devoted to ‘ethnic wear’. In India.

NEET-UG 2024 has been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for comprehensive investigation, said Education Ministry officials on Saturday. This comes after National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh was shunted out today, amid a massive controversy that has erupted over exams NEET and NET. An official said he has been put on «compulsory wait» in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) till further orders. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) Chairman and Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola has been assigned additional charge of the testing agency till appointment of a regular incumbent.

Hardik Pandya produced an all-round show while Kuldeep Yadav foxed Bangladesh batters with his guile as India all but assured themselves of a semifinals berth through a dominant 50-run victory in their second Super 8 game of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday. Star batter Virat Kohli (37 off 28) found much-needed rhythm before Shivam Dube (34 off 24) and Hardik (50 not out off 27) pushed India to 196 for five, the highest total at this venue so far. Bangladesh could never really challenge India in the steep run-chase and ended up with 146/8 in 20 overs, their second straight loss in the Super 8s. India will meet their match in Australia, the two unbeaten teams so far, in their final Super 8 fixture in St Lucia on Monday.

Gautam Gambhir looks set to be the Indian men’s team’s next head coach. Once Rahul Dravid made it clear that he would not be re-applying for the post at the end of the T20 World Cup, the speculation began. An unnamed foreigner was in the mix. At least two former Australian cricketers said they had received feelers from those in power, but were not interested in the job. So much so that Jay Shah, BCCI secretary, put out an official clarification that neither he nor anyone else from the Indian cricket board had approached either of these cricketers. This is just how the ecosystem works around Indian cricket. There is rarely anything simple or straightforward. And then, when it looked like Gambhir was in a one-man race, it came to light that WV Raman, another former Indian left-handed opening bat, had also applied for the job.

Narendra Modi took in his third term were to transfer a new instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), amounting to about Rs 20,000 crore, and to approve assistance to construct three crore houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, indicating the priority the new government was according to social welfare schemes. In a new book, The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets, Andaleeb Rahman and Prabhu Pingali, research associate and founding director, respectively, at the TataCornell Institute, Cornell University, argue that while “standalone welfare schemes are important to address various forms of human deprivation, it is imperative to think about social welfare as a ‘system’ of programmes (welfare support) with ‘development resilience’ as its overarching objective”. In a Zoom interview from New York, Rahman speaks to ET about the threat from “new welfarism”, why inheritance tax could be an option and why it is too soon for universal basic income.Edited excerpts: An overarching theme in your book is that India needs to take a systems approach to social welfare. What would that look like?

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Hindu leader on Saturday claimed idols related to Sanatan Dharma had been found during the court mandated scientific survey of the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Masjid complex in Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, though the Muslim side in the dispute asserted these were being retrieved from a hut and must not be made part of the findings. The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on March 11, directed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out a 'scientific survey' of the Bhojshala complex, a medieval-era monument that Hindus believe is a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati) and the Muslim community calls Kamal Maula Mosque. Saturday was the 93rd day of the survey.

NTA Director General Subodh Kumar Singh was removed from his position on Saturday and placed on «compulsory wait» in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). India Trade Promotion Organisation Chairman and MD Pradeep Singh Kharola has been assigned the additional charge of NTA DG. This move comes amidst a growing controversy over alleged irregularities in the conduct of exams.

Winners of six critical mineral blocks under the first round of auctions will be announced on Monday. The preferred bidder for the hotly contested Katghora block will be among those being unveiled, making it India’s first lithium and rare earth element (REE) mine. This bid round was launched on November 23 last year with 20 mines. But auctions for 14 of these blocks was annulled citing tepid response. Another 18 blocks were to be auctioned in the second round but bids for 14 have been scrapped due to the poor response. According to officials aware of the first round of bids, blocks holding phosphorite and fertiliser minerals have got 5-6 bids per mine. The lithium block in Chhattisgarh has got more than 10 bids while graphite mines have 4-5 bidders per block.

Hindujas, have said they are «appalled» by a Swiss court's ruling of jail terms for some members and have filed an appeal in a higher court challenging the verdict finding them guilty of exploiting vulnerable domestic workers from India employed at their villa in Geneva. A spokesperson for the affected family members, Kamal and Prakash Hinduja and their son Ajay and his wife Namrata — who are all Swiss nationals, pointed out on Saturday that neither of them have been subjected to any «imprisonment, conviction, sentence or detention.» «Per Swiss law procedures, the lower court's judgement is rendered ineffective and inoperative as the presumption of innocence is paramount until and unless a final judgment by the highest adjudicating authority is enforced,» the family's spokesperson said. «It may be noted that the case has no complainants left anymore and they had declared in the court that they were led into signing statements that they didn't even understand. They had neither intended to nor initiated such proceedings. All of them further testified that the four Hinduja Family Members treated them with 'respect, dignity and like family',» the spokesperson added.

Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy has asked top officials of Hindustan Machine and Tools (HMT) to submit proposals for reviving the ailing public sector undertaking (PSU). An official statement said, “The once-glorious HMT is currently facing significant challenges. The Minister emphasized the need to strengthen the company and instructed Rajesh Kohli (HMT’s Chairman and Managing Director) to submit a proposal to the central government for necessary support.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) initiative was highlighted as a framework for HMT's revival, the statement added.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the GST Council has fixed a monetary limit for filing appeals by the tax department before the various appellate authorities. It has recommended a monetary limit of Rs 20 lakh for GST Appellate Tribunal, Rs 1 crore for the High Court and Rs 2 crore for the Supreme Court for filing of appeals by the department before these legal forums, she said after the 53rd GST Council meeting held here. The Tax Authority would generally not go for an appeal if the monetary limit is less than the prescribed by the GST Council. The Council has also recommended that the maximum amount for pre-deposit for filing appeal before the appellate authority be reduced from Rs 25 crore CGST and Rs 25 crore SGST to Rs 20 crore CGST and Rs 20 crore SGST, she said.

road transport and highways (MoRTH) has set up a round the clock control room in view of the onset of monsoon, same as last year. “The control room has been set up to monitor the problems arising from heavy rains impacting the operation of national highways in the country, viz., disruption of traffic, accidents due to poor visibility and potholes, water logging, road obstruction and landslides etc,” it said in an office memorandum issued on Saturday. Dedicated teams have been deployed for control room duties which will include receiving calls from public as well as government agencies and monitoring electronic media platforms for monsoon related incidents pertaining to operation of national highways.

made-in-India weapon systems, the Indian Navy is set to place an order for four Tapas drones built in India by the DRDO. The Indian Navy intends to use the drones developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation for surveillance over the maritime zone. «The Indian Navy is going to order four Tapas drones and it is going to use them for maritime surveillance operations,» defence officials told ANI.

ALSO READ: India vs Bangladesh Live ScoreTill now, India have played five matches in the T20 World Cup and won in four, while one league match was washed away due to rain.On the contrary, Bangladesh, too, played five matches, out of which it lost one in the league stage and another in the Super 8 against Australia.ALSO READ: T20 WC 2024 India vs Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma expected to make comeback, make-or-break game for Najmul Shanto's squadLooking at the stats, in T20 World Cup tournaments, India have remained unbeaten against Bangladesh and won all its four matches.However, this match may not be easy for India, considering Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's opening form, which they failed to deliver till now. Considering the pitch and helping the pacers may also allow Kohli-Rohit to regain their form.ALSO READ: IND vs BAN T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma - Virat Kohli in focus as India aim to clinch semi-final berthBut the Bangladesh team is known for upsetting teams with their surprise packages.

Supreme Court seeking directions to the CBI and the ED to investigate alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG held on May 5. The petition, filed by 10 students who had appeared for the exam, has also sought a direction to Bihar Police to expedite the investigation in the case and file a report before the apex court. «The petitioners are fully aware of the ramifications of the cancellation of the examination but there is absolutely no other alternative. »The NEET UG Examination of 2024 had many other irregularities, in particular, the gross negligence on the part of the authorities to make the question papers available to the candidates on time. In some places, the wrong set of question papers was distributed and later recalled," the plea said.

GST) Council at its 53rd meeting in New Delhi on Saturday decided to roll out Pan-India biometric authentication to check fake invoicing. «This will help us to combat fraudulent input tax credit claims made through fake invoices in the cases,» she added. Post-budget session, there will be another meeting.

Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. The two sides signed 10 agreements providing for bolstering ties in a range of critical areas such as digital domain, maritime sphere, blue economy, railways, space, green technology, health and medicine. Both sides also firmed up a «futuristic vision» for bringing transformative cooperation between the two «trusted» neighbours in a raft of new areas. A major focus of the talks between the two prime ministers was to explore ways to shore up India-Bangladesh cooperation in digital and energy connectivity even as both sides resolved to work towards peaceful management of borders between the two countries.