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Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a central government initiative to ensure drinking water supply to rural households across the country by 2024. «Our bahus (daughters-in-law) will benefit from the scheme now, we have lived our lives worrying about water,» she says. Around a hundred kilometres away in Jhansi, a motley group of local singers and dancers brought together by a NGO stage a spirited performance in a temple, sending the message that tap water holds the promise of elevating quality of life and keeping diseases at bay.

Spain's players filed in to the Alameda Hotel not far from Madrid's airport. It had been a month, almost to the day, since they won the World Cup. It should have been a joyful reunion, a welcome and gleeful chance for the women to revel in the greatest glory of their careers.

Hangzhou Asian Games are officially underway. (Preliminary rounds of some sports have already taken place, though.) With its biggest-ever contingent of 650 athletes (and 200 officials), India is expected to turn a new page in its sports handbook.A BIT OF HISTORYWriting in 1959, Anthony de Mello, the main organiser of the 1951 Asiad, recounted the first opening ceremony in words that merit repetition.

Ireland's weather forecast is set for some significant changes, with Met Éireann issuing several Status Yellow rain warnings. These warnings are crucial for residents in affected areas to be aware of, as heavy rain and potential travel disruptions are expected.

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Making it a seven-star hotel won't work. The essence of Parliament is missing...," says Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels :rocket: Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! The Shiv Sena (UBT) MP also spoke the language used by Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Narendra Modi on Saturday said the residents of Kashi were its true brand ambassadors and expressed his desire to see the ancient temple town's glory reverberating around the world. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating 16 residential schools for needy children in Uttar Pradesh named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Modi also announced a tourist guide competition and said that be it a tourist spot or a 'dham' (pilgrimage place), good guides are very necessary. «The people of Kashi know the most about Kashi.

Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June at a Sikh holy shrine in British Columbia's Surrey, in June this year. While Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has remained unfazed about his ‘credible allegations’ made against India, accusing the latter of being involved in the June killing of the Khalistan terrorist, India has over and again refuted and binned such claims.

Open Defecation Free (ODF) status along with implementing either solid or liquid waste management systems. Addressing media persons, Shekhawat said over 4.43 lakh villages so far have declared themselves ODF Plus, which is a significant step towards achieving the goals of the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin by 2024-25. He added that all villages in 14 states and Union Territories (UT) have achieved ODF Plus Status, of which four have been declared 'ODF Plus Model'. The top performing states and UTs which have 100 per cent ODF Plus villages are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Tripura. Of these, Andaman and Nicobar, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have have achieved the 'ODF Plus Model' status. Out of the 4,43,964 ODF Plus villages so far, 2,92,497 villages are 'ODF Plus Aspiring' with arrangements for solid waste or liquid waste management systems, 55,549 are 'ODF Plus Rising' with arrangements for both solid and liquid waste management and 96,018 are 'ODF Plus model'. Overall, 2,31,080 villages so far have arrangements for solid waste management, while 3,76,353 have arrangements for handling liquid waste, he said. «The achievement of 75% ODF Plus villages is a significant milestone for India, as the country has moved from ODF to ODF Plus in Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin Phase II,» Shekhawat said. The major components of the second phase of SBM (G) are sustaining the ODF status, and having systems in place to handle various waste, including solid or bio-degradable, plastic, liquid, and faecal sludge.

Manipur government has requested the Centre to extend by a year the process of recording the biometrics of illegal migrants from Myanmar. Already the process is underway. The process of capturing the biometric details of illegal Myanmar immigrants started in Manipur on July 29.

BJP is always ready for elections and it is up to the Election Commission (EC) to decide when the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls will be held, Union minister Jitendra Singh said here on Saturday. The Lok Sabha MP from Udhampur also said the the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved a lot over the last few years. «It is up to the EC to decide when the election will be conducted.

Narendra Modi on Saturday gave credit to the women of the country for the passage of the women's reservation bill in Parliament and said the power of their leadership has been proved in every period in history. Modi said this while addressing an all-women public meeting in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where the women showered flower petals on him for the Parliament's nod to the «Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam». Talking about the recent approval to the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, referred to as the «Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam», by Parliament, the prime minister said, «Women's leadership may be a modern system for the rest of the world, but we are the people who worship Mother Parvati and Ganga before Mahadev.» Hitting out at opposition parties, especially the Congress, he said, «This law has been named Nari Shakti Vandan Act, although some people have a problem with the word vandan (worship).

Indian Army contingent, comprising 32 soldiers representing the 14 Rajputana Rifles, departed for Russia to participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Expert Working Group on Counter Terrorism, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The Counter Terrorism Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2023 will be conducted from September 25-30. «Indian Army Contingent consisting of 32 personnel from a Battalion affiliated to the RAJPUTANA RIFLES departed for ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus Expert Working Group (EWG) on Counter Terrorism Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2023 scheduled to be conducted from 25th to 30th September 2023 in Russia,» the Ministry of Defence stated in a press release. A multinational joint military exercise being hosted by Russia as a co-chair of the EWG along with Myanmar, the meeting was preceded by the Table Top Exercise of the ADMM Plus EWG on Counter-Terrorism at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from August 2-4. Since 2017, the ADMM Plus meets annually to allow dialogue and cooperation among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Plus countries. The inaugural ADMM Plus was convened in Ha Noi, Vietnam on October 12, 2010. This year ASEAN member states, along with the Plus Group, will be participating in the exercise, the Ministry stated. The exercise will comprise a number of counter-terrorism drills, including the destruction of terrorist groups in a fortified area.

ABVP on Saturday won three central panel posts, including that of president, in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) and the Congress' student wing NSUI bagged the remaining one, according to officials. Tushar Dedha of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the post of DUSU president, defeating NSUI's Hitesh Gulia by a margin of 3,115 votes.

CBI by a special court in its order discharging former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three telecom firms in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case. The high court said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of the country, and any observation or remark which does not have substantive basis will «demoralise» the entire agency. «The law as discussed… makes it clear that the function assigned to investigating agency is very sensitive in nature,» Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said. He said the record showed that the special court, before making such remarks, gave no opportunity to CBI officers to defend themselves. «In any case, the order of discharge has not been challenged by the CBI as recorded by the special judge.

Hangzhou Asian Games began here on Saturday with a one-of-a-kind opening ceremony, headlined by a spectacular futuristic light show.

Keeping Russians happy as elections approach or kicking Joe Biden between the legs over Ukraine?  Vladimir Putin reckons he can do both — if ​​oil prices cross $100 a barrel to limit any damage to the Russian economy from his chokes on supply.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on Saturday said it has inked an agreement with the Digital Lenders Association of India (DLAI) to boost the country's fintech sector.

Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Without divulging specifics of the proposals, the minister said the projects will focus on a special area where India can emerge as a leader at the global level. While speaking with PTI on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of Micron's semiconductor plant, Vaishnaw said that the global semiconductor company is noticing the progress made by India in the segment and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's capability to execute large and complex policy decisions.

China's property sector, once the pillar of the economy, has slumped since 2021 when real estate giant China Evergrande Group defaulted on its debt obligations following a clampdown on new borrowing. Big-name developers such as Country Garden Holdings continue to teeter close to default even to this day, keeping home-buyer sentiment depressed. As of the end of August, the combined floor area of unsold homes stood at 648 million square metres (7 billion square feet), the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show. That would be equal to 7.2 million homes, according to Reuters calculations, based on the average home size of 90 square metres.

Google is adding a useful «Select all» button to Gmail on Android, allowing users to clean up their inbox more easily and quickly. According to 9to5Google, Gmail for Android will start showing a «Select all» button when users start selecting multiple emails at once. This feature has been available on Gmail's web app for quite some time, but has never been available on mobile devices.