Arunachal’s draft electoral roll shrinks by nearly 20% after SIR | India News

NEW DELHI: Arunachal Pradesh’s electorate has shrunk by almost one-fifth in the draft electoral roll published on Tuesday as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.Only 80.9% electors in the border state submitted their enumeration forms, while the remaining 19.1% were marked as permanently shifted, absent, dead or enrolled at more than one place.The…

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Big blow for Birmingham Phoenix! Jacob Bethell ruled out of The Hundred 2026 | Cricket News

England’s Jacob Bethell (ANI Photo) England all-rounder Jacob Bethell has been ruled out of the 2026 edition of The Hundred after sustaining a right knee injury during the recently concluded ODI series against India.Bethell, who was retained by Birmingham Phoenix for GBP 340,000 ahead of The Hundred’s inaugural player auction, had also been appointed captain…

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‘Conditions were challenging’: Tilak Varma reveals what went wrong for India in Ireland and England | Cricket News

India’s T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma Team India’s T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma has reflected on the challenges that contributed to India’s disappointing back-to-back T20I series defeats against Ireland and England, insisting the team remains focused on learning from the setbacks and regaining momentum.The reigning T20 World Cup champions endured a forgettable tour of the British Isles…

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Karnataka launches year-long drive to train 65,000 teachers for bilingual classrooms

The Karnataka Directorate of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT), in partnership with the Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI), has launched a year-long academic support programme to enhance bilingual teaching in government schools. The initiative will equip nearly 65,000 teachers with classroom strategies, mentoring and continuous professional development through a phased training model…

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70% of electricity consumed during April-June quarter came from thermal energy | India News

NEW DELHI: Even as the share of renewable energy (RE) in the power mix has steadily increased, thermal power continues to remain the mainstay, with 70% of the electricity consumed in the country during the April-June quarter coming from coal-based plants.During the non-solar peak-demand hours, the share of coal-based generation reached a maximum of 75%,…

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California deploys 400 goats and sheep as ‘firefighters’ to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems | World News

As California prepares for another intense wildfire season, an unlikely team of firefighters has taken to the fields of northeast Fresno. Around 400 goats and sheep have been deployed to graze across 180 acres of land overrun by yellow star-thistle, an invasive plant that not only crowds out native vegetation but also creates dry fuel…

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