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Special BJP Prank": Congress On Rahul Gandhi's Meeting With Controversial Tamil Pastor BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla took a dig at Rahul Gandhi's meeting with Pujari and said that "this is Rahul Gandhi's hate jodi campaign" and said that today he has met a person like George Ponnaiah, the poster boy of Bharat Jodi Yatra- who Challenged, threatened Hindus and said inappropriate things about Mother India. #news # india #rahulghandi (at India इंडिया भारत) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiUurPjvWSA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The US space agency has had to postpone the launch of its new Artemis I Moon rocket for the second time in a week. Controllers were unable to stop the hydrogen leak on the vehicle since the start of Saturday's countdown process. NASA now has another chance to launch the rocket on Monday or Tuesday. The vehicle would then have to be returned to its assembly building for inspection and maintenance, which would mean further delays. The Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket ever developed by NASA, and is designed to send astronauts and their instruments back to the lunar surface after a 50-year absence. Most of its thrust comes from burning about three million liters of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen in the four large engines under the vehicle. But when controllers sent an order to fill the rocket's hydrogen tank early in the morning, an alarm sounded, indicating that a leak had occurred. The problem was traced to the connection where hydrogen was being pumped into the vehicle. The controllers tried a number of fixes, including allowing the hardware to warm up for a short period of time, in the hope that this might reset the seal. But without success. The Artemis I mission is an unmanned demonstration, but NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the rocket's future role in manned spaceflight means its operation still requires the utmost care. "We'll go when it's ready," he insisted. "We don't go that far, and we make sure it's right before we put the humans on top of it." Maybe NASA will try again in the next few days. But if further work needs to take the rocket back to the engineering building, it could be mid-October before we see it back on the pad. Saturday's attempt to send a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was scheduled for the start of a two-hour window beginning at 14:17 local time (19:17 BST; 18:17 GMT). NASA cancels New Moon rocket launch A photographic mission to show us the Moon Artemis: To the Moon and Beyond #thetattvatrippers #thetatvaindia #Nasa #spacenews #rocketry #newstoday #latestnews #todaysnews (at NASA,florida,USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDcNNKJX5i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Pakistan floods: Appeal for assistance for 119 more deaths in one day Pakistan is appealing for further international aid as floods ravaged the country, leaving people searching for higher, drier plains. The National Disaster Management Authority says that with the death of 119 people in the last 24 hours, the death toll due to monsoon rains has reached 1,033. Officials say the US, UK, UAE and others have contributed to the disaster appeal, but more funding is needed. He said that the government of Pakistan is providing all possible help. Speaking to the BBC, Interior Ministry official Salman Sufi said the country is desperate for international support. "Pakistan is grappling with economic issues, but now that we were about to overcome them, the monsoon disaster struck," he said. He said that funds have been given to the people affected by many development projects. Displaced people who fled their homes in Karachi province wait for aid In the country's northwest, thousands of people fled their homes after rivers burst in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, causing powerful flash floods. Junaid Khan, 23, told AFP news agency: "The house we built after years of hard work began to sink in front of our eyes." "We sat by the side of the road and watched our dream house sink." Sindh province in the country's southeast has also been badly affected, with thousands displaced from their homes. No food came here Pumza Fihlani, BBC News, Sindhi There were displaced people in all the villages in Sindh that we passed. The full scale of the devastation in the province is not yet fully understood, but people on the ground describe it as the biggest disaster ever. Floods are not uncommon in Pakistan but people here tell us that these rains were different. They were more than anything that has ever been seen here. A local official described them as "a flood of biblical proportions". Near the town of Larkana, thousands of mud houses have been submerged in water, and all that is visible for miles is treetops. #flood #pakistan #pakistani #pakistannews #thetatvaindia #theearthtimes #pakistanrequesttoun #indiavspakistan #Humanity (at Pakistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzSGs5v3da/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A report by Cushman and Wakefield stated that Bengaluru lags behind Beijing as one of the top tech hubs in the Asia-Pacific, followed by Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi with a strong demand for quality office spaces from domestic and multinational companies and a consistent supply of quality office spaces. Driven by demand. The country added more than 500,000 jobs in IT in the last financial year, the study said. The study considered factors such as talent, real estate and business environment to assess and evaluate cities. Stating that Bengaluru is India's largest Grade A office market, the report called the city one of the largest contributors to office space leasing with an average share of 25-30% in annual all-India leasing activity from 2017 to 2021. The report said the tech sector accounts for an average of 38-40% of the annual leasing activity (2017-2021) in the Bengaluru office market, which is higher than the national average of 35%. Stating that the city has a lot to offer residents, the report also touched upon the quality of life, it said, adding that Bengaluru topped the Indian government's Ease of Living Index 2020 under the million+ population category Is. The Indian tech sector has been resilient to the early effects of the pandemic, making a rapid comeback and lagging most other sectors. Office-use and technical employment fully reached pre-pandemic levels within two years in major Indian cities. . . . #TheTatva #theearthtimes #TatvaNews #Asia #Pacific #Bengaluru #Karnataka #India #Beijing #China #Tech #Hub #Amsterdamn #SanFrancisco #Europe #America #Delhi #Chennai #Mumbai #Hyderabad (at Bangluru karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChwcrRwP4pt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

NEET frisking controversy: Girls who forcibly remove underwear are allowed to re-appear The National Testing Agency (NTA) said it will re-conduct the NEET exam for girl students who were allegedly asked to remove their underwear during searches before appearing for the medical entrance exam. Girls will be given the option to take the exam on September 4. NTA has sent an email to the students confirming this. A major controversy erupted after young girls were asked to remove their inner wear before entering the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) test center in Kollam district of Kerala. In July, a man lodged a complaint with the Kottarkara police, saying female NEET aspirants, including his daughter, were asked to take off their bras before entering the examination center in Chathamangalam. According to reports, students were forced to take off their inner wear before entering the examination center as the metal hooks on their bras were a 'safety concern'. Thereafter, an FIR was registered under sections 354 (assault or criminal force with intent to outrage woman's modesty) and 509 (word, gesture or act) of the Indian Penal Code. Police have arrested seven people in the case. Those arrested include two members of the college staff present at the NEET examination center and three members of the agency entrusted with the security of the center. Eventually all the accused got bail. Following outrage and widespread protests over the alleged incident, the Human Rights Commission directed the Kollam Rural SP to investigate the matter and submit a report within 15 days. The National Commission for Women and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had also demanded action against the personnel involved in the incident. The NTA had also constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to probe the allegations and submit its report in four weeks. . #neet #neetnews #educationnews #thetatvaindia #theearthtimes #neetbreakingnews #nta #ntanews #ntaupdate (at India इंडिया भारत) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChwY825P7T9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[TW- Racism, Assault, Hate Crime] Video of Mexican-American woman went viral where she can be seen assaulting and racially abusing a group of four Indian-American women, who later called the police and got the attacker arrested. The attacker is seen racially abusing the Indian-American women and asking them to "go back to India". In the five and half minute video, the woman is seen striking one person in the face, swiping at the phones of two of the women filming the incident, and then threatening to shoot them while reaching into her bag. The woman, identified by the Plano Police Department as Esmeralda Upton in a press release, was arrested Thursday and issued single charges of Assault Bodily Injury and Terroristic Threats, which are Class A and Class B misdemeanors, respectively. She was held with a $10,000 bond. "I hate you Indian. All these Indians come to America because they want a better life," the woman is seen saying in the video, while repeatedly dropping the f-bomb. The video has now gone viral and sent shock waves among the Indian-American community across the United States. An investigation is currently underway and the incident is being treated as a hate crime, with the release noting additional charges may be on the way. . . . #TheTatva #TatvaNews #India #Indian #US #Texas #Dallas #Racism #Racist #Attack #Assault #American #Woman #Gun #Violence #Crime #Hate #Brown #Mexican #Viral (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chu7evcvbp0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A severe drought has exposed an 113-million-year-old dinosaur track on a riverbank in central Texas. The massive tracks, which belonged to an Acrocanthosaurus, had not been seen since 2000, as they sat beneath several layers of water and sediment. Park Superintendent Jeff Davis said the tracks at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas are among the best preserved in the world. According to the US Drought Monitor, almost all of Texas is experiencing drought. Last week, over 87 per cent of the state was facing one of the three most severe drought categories - severe, extreme and exceptional. The extremely dry, hot conditions of summer caused a river in a Central Texas park to dry up almost completely, revealing dinosaur tracks. Superintendent Davies told the BBC that the recently uncovered track, called the "Lone Ranger Trackway", belonged to an Acrocanthosaurus, which ran for about 100 feet on that trail. In total there are an estimated 140 tracks from this single dinosaur, of which about 60 are now visible. Acrocanthosaurus was a theropod, a "distinctive three-legged dinosaur", Mr Davis said. Standing at a height of about 15 feet, he must have weighed about seven tons. These dinosaurs probably hunted Sauroposidon. Other species whose tracks are also found in the state park. Sauroposeidon was 60 feet tall with a long neck, and weighed about 44 tons when fully grown. The extreme weather has led to other surprises as well. Human remains have been discovered in Lake Mead - America's largest reservoir - as water levels drop. And in Europe, declining water levels have led to the appearance of "hunger stones" engraved on the waterlines of rivers during past droughts as a warning to future generations that when the stones are above water, suffering lies ahead. . Not all droughts are caused by climate change, but more heat in the atmosphere is pulling more moisture from the earth and making drought worse. The world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial age began and unless governments around the world make drastic cuts in emissions, temperatures will continue to rise. #thetatva #dinasour #history #footprint #taxes #newsfromus #thetatvaindia (at Dinasour Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/Choz6AnvW6m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Climate change: 'Shocking' rate of global tree loss from fire Click here for more information -blog- https://bit.ly/3CgHopi A new report says that about 16 football trees per minute were destroyed in forest fires in 2021. Worldwide, the amount of trees burned has nearly doubled in the past 20 years, data from Global Forest Watch shows Climate change is a major factor in growth as it leads to higher temperatures and drier conditions Of the 9 million hectares of trees consumed by fire in 2021, more than 50 million were in Russian World leaders meet in an effort to protect the sea Why Drought Can Cause Dangerous Flooding Drought exposes dangers to power supplies The new data allows researchers to distinguish between trees lost in fires and those destroyed during agriculture, logging or intentional burning. In 2021, the second-worst year for fires on record, an area the size of Portugal was lost. "It's staggering," says James McCarthy, an analyst at Global Forest Watco. "That's almost twice what it was 20 years ago. It's amazing how much fire activity has increased in such a short period of time." The effects of fire-related damage are being felt primarily in the forests of more northern countries such as Canada and Russia. While fires are a natural part of the long working hours of these forests, the scale of destruction seen in Russia in 2021 was unprecedented. Of the 9.3 million hectares (23 million acres) burned globally, Russia accounts for more than Halo. "What is most worrying is that fires are becoming more frequent, more severe and have the potential to unlock the carbon stored in the soil," said James McCarth. Trees and soil store carbon dioxide – one of the major gases warming our atmosphere – and experts say they are critical in tackling climate change Climate change is seen as a major driver of these fires, with rising temperatures leading to drought conditions in which more trees are burned. The northern regions of the world are warming rapidly, prolonging the fire season. #thetatvaindianews #TheTatva #theearthoutdoors #theearthtimes #climatechange #climat #fire #forest #planttrees #plants (at Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Che0YTzv3Rj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In what has come as a setback in the medical industry, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused the makers of Dolo-650 tablets of spending Rs 1,000 crore for distributing free gifts to doctors for prescribing the drug. The Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India submitted that the pharma company manufacturing the fever reducer Dolo tablet had invested Rs. 1,000 crore for free to prescribe them to patients. Justice DY Chandrachud, who is heading the Supreme Court bench, said that this is a serious issue. "It's not music to my ears. I was told to do the same even when I had Covid. This is a serious issue and matter," he was quoted as saying by B&B. The Supreme Court was hearing a PIL seeking a direction to make pharmaceutical companies liable to give freebies to doctors as an incentive to prescribe their medicines. The petition by the Federation of Medical and Sales Representative Association of India has sought a direction to give statutory backing to the Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP). The petitioner cited the high sale and prescription of drug Remdesivir during the COVID-19 pandemic as an example. Last month, the Income Tax Department had raided the office of Micro Labs Limited, a Dolo-650 manufacturer. At present, no law in India prohibits any such practice. It has been said in the petition that such drugs are a threat to the life and health of the patient. It also said that in this situation, the customer pays for branded drugs that are "overprescribed" or "irrationally prescribed" by doctors. It argued that giving a statutory basis to the UCPMP would provide transparency and accountability in the process. The National Medical Commission (NMC) has sought details of doctors from the Income Tax Department who had allegedly received freebies from six pharma companies, including Micro Labs, which makes Dolo 650, against whom raids were conducted last month. , , , #TheTatva #TatvaNews #India #Dolo650 #Dolo #Pill #Drug #Medicine #COVID19 #Pandemic #Coronavirus #Supreme Court #Pharma #Medical (at India इंडिया भारत) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChaQtIFv6wb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

FIFA bans All India Football Federation: U17 World Cup being organized by India this year has been canceled Indian national teams will not be allowed to play during the ban. FIFA banned the Indian Football Federation on 15 August with "immediate effect due to undue influence of a third party", jeopardizing the country's staging of the Under-17 Women's World Cup in October. World football's governing body called the breach a "serious breach of FIFA law". Indian national teams cannot play any junior or senior international games in either of the two genders during the ban. Indian clubs will not be allowed to participate in the AFC Women's Club Championship, AFC Cup and AFC Champions League competitions. The body also said that this ban/suspension would be lifted after the AIFF administration ordered the constitution of a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF executive committee and take full control over the day-to-day affairs of the AIFF. "The suspension means that the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022, which is scheduled to be held in India from 11-30 October 2022, cannot be held as planned in India at present," the release added. The AIFF landed in trouble after former chief Praful Patel held the post beyond the term of the Supreme Court of India, which had declared it invalid. The SC had placed the AIFF under the aegis of a Committee of Administrators (CoA) which it had selected in May 2022. The decision to suspend the AIFF came after the Supreme Court of India directed that the executive committee of the Indian football governing body be expeditiously elected after it was dismissed by the Committee of Administrators seeking contempt action against the former AIFF. Heard the petition filed. President Praful Patel and others earlier this month alleged his interference. The Court had taken cognizance of the fact on 21 July 2022 that the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is about to begin and India has to host the World Cup. In addition, FIFA indicated to the COA that the tournament should be inaugurated under a democratically elected AFIF. #fifa #football #india #thetatvaindianews #todaynews #theearthtimes (at India इंडिया भारत) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChUJoC0vMU_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Our position on the safety of our cosmetic talc remains unchanged. We stand firmly behind decades of independent scientific analysis by medical experts around the world that confirms that talc-based Johnson Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos , and it does not cause cancer," a company statement said.