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Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora was elected the Pradhan (president) of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) on Friday for a term of three years . Arora, a member of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, has also been made the ambassador to the Kartapur Corridor, replacing incumbent Sardar Ameer Singh .
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2 years ago Read more at Millennium Post

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar will provide cover in Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s in the ODI series against Ireland . All three matches will be played in Sharjah .
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2 years ago Read more at ICC Cricket

The Opposition, mostly the Congress, spends a lot of time lamenting and raging . The trick is simple. Show up every day. Work hard. Change, but not so much that you forget who you are . It’s also a 24x7 job with no respite. That’s exactly why it’s not a profession for everyone .
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2 years ago Read more at Hindustan Times

The Miss World 1996 contest was held in Bengaluru and was brought to India by Amitabh Bachchan’s ABCL Photo: Reuters . There were no video cameras to capture their graceful moves or their bedazzling smiles . Ten were shortlisted for a 30-minute interview with Femina editor .
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2 years ago Read more at Business Standard

Sportstar meticulously captured every on-field and off-field moment of the 15th chapter of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 . The 252-page coffee table book has vividly captured sporting actions, cultural extravaganza and spectators’ excitements .
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2 years ago Read more at The Hindu

In 2022, 2.5 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight . Of these, 890 million were living with obesity . Over 390 million children and adolescents aged 5–19 years were overweight in 2022 . The prevalence of overweight (including obesity) among children under 5 years has increased by nearly 23% since 2000 .
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2 years ago Read more at World Health Organization (WHO)

Condé Nast Traveller has released a traveller-recommended list of the best countries in the world . A whopping 526,518 people participated in the survey this year . For 2024, the winning destination was (drum roll, please).. Japan! The island nation was recently named the fastest-growing destination among Gen Z travellers .
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2 years ago Read more at Time Out

Anoles have evolved a sex-specific tradeoff between finding safety underwater and retaining body heat on land . This behavior showcases the complex interplay between the lizards’ adaptive behaviors and the physiological costs associated with their aquatic escapades . The research was conducted by Binghamton University Professor Lindsey Swierk and doctoral candidate Alexandra M. Martin .
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2 years ago Read more at Earth.com

Department is in a process of working out different progressive concepts for substantial increase in footfall to our tourist destinations and making J&K hub of tourism all over the country . It has also decided to conduct a 3-day conference inviting high profile domain experts in areas including Administration, Hospitality, Tourism Academia, eco Tourism, IT, Travel Trade Associations, Film and Industrial sectors .
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2 years ago Read more at Brighter Kashmir

Global Resources Outlook 2024, released on final day of assembly, reveals shocking statistics David Cooper, acting executive secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity . The extraction and processing of material resources accounts for over 55 per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 40% of particulate matter poisoning the environment . It reveals that upper middle-income countries have more than doubled resource use in the past 50 years .
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2 years ago Read more at Down To Earth Magazine