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Centre launches programme to empower women Panchayat leaders, curb ‘Sarpanch Pati’ phenomenon | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Ahead of International Women’s Day, observed each year on March 8, the Centre moved to curb the “Sarpanch Pati” phenomenon with the launch of a first-of-its-kind capacity building programme for women elected representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions that will focus on sharpening their leadership acumen and enhance decision-making capabilities.Under the ‘Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan’,…

Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I.

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The Education Department placed a number of employees across its offices on administrative leave on Friday, part of a wave of what staff members and union representatives say are dozens of suspensions at the agency in the Trump administration’s purge of diversity efforts. In letters obtained by The New York Times, the department notified affected…

Arunachal CM: Siang project aims to curb China flood risks | India News – Times of India

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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), estimated to cost Rs 1.13 lakh crore, was being planned by the Centre not just for generating electricity but to maintain the natural flow of the river all year round and mitigate risks of flooding if…

Norms to curb surrogate ads & pesky calls next month | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice of promoting products banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name. Union consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday…

CCPA issued notices to 13 firms for surrogate advertising, to notify norms to curb menace & pesky calls next month | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice where a company promotes products that are banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name from the same…

Has the hangman’s noose helped China curb big scams?

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As part of President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption policy to catch the “tigers”, China this week hanged the biggest “tiger” it caught. On Tuesday, China hanged Li Jianping, a former bigwig of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who was convicted in the biggest-ever corruption case in the country, amounting to more than USD 421 million…

Rugby as diplomacy: Australia’s strategy to curb Chinese influence

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In a unique diplomatic strategy, Australia has signed a pact with Papua New Guinea allowing it to join the national rugby league competition in an effort to curb Chinese influence. According to a BBC report, Australia will give A$600 (Australian dollars) to the rugby team of PNG over a period of 10 years. The team…

Sending attendance records to parents may curb the sense of freedom, which is part of overall development: IIT-Bombay Students’ Magazine – Times of India

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MUMBAI: The policy of sending biweekly attendance records of first-year students to their parents, implemented only last year at the premier IIT-Bombay, may curb the sense of freedom they expect in college, which is also part of their overall development, mentioned one of the many observations made by the institute’s students’ magazine, Insight, in their…

Delhi pollution: Central government advises staggered timings, car-pooling to curb vehicular emissions | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: As the national Capital grapples with extremely severe air pollution levels, Central government offices in Delhi/NCR have been advised to follow staggered timings and encourage their officers and staff to practice car-pooling or use public transport to minimise vehicular pollution.The steps are part of actions being taken under stage-TV (severe+ air quality) of…

Curb your debts to prepare for the next pandemic, Rajan tells US – Times of India

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File photo: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan High public debt can’t be left to fester in the US and its peers in a world that is prone to more pandemics than before, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said.Speaking to reporters in Rome, the one-time chief economist of the International Monetary Fund warned…