Bihar Releases Official Notification For Increasing Quota From 50 To 65%

The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday issued gazette notifications for raising the quota for deprived castes from 50 to 65 per cent in state government jobs and educational institutions, after receiving assent from Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.

According to sources the Governor had sent both the bills - The Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Amendment Bill and the Bihar Reservation (Admission In Educational Institutions) Amendment Bill, 2023 - to the state government after giving his formal assent, paving the way for implementation of the new quota percentage in state government jobs and educational institutions.

The Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Amendment Bill and the Bihar Reservation (Admission In Educational Institutions) Amendment Bill, 2023 were recently cleared by the state legislature during the winter session days after the government tabled the detailed analysis of the state's landmark caste survey report in the assembly.

Both the bills sought a hike in the quota for Scheduled Castes (SC) from 16 to 20 per cent, Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 1 to 2 per cent, extremely backward castes (EBCs) from 18 to 25 per cent and other backward classes (OBCs) from 15 to 18 per cent to elevate the total quantum of caste-based reservations from 50 to 65 per cent.

The total quantum of reservation in jobs and educational institutions will now stand at 75 per cent in the state, after taking into account the 10 per cent already existing quota for economically weaker sections (EWS).

Mr Arlekar's assent came just days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed hope that the Raj Bhavan would return both bills after the formal assent of the Governor.

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"BRS Will Win All Medals If...": Devendra Fadnavis Attacks KCR At Poll Rally

BJP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday attacked the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS government over "family rule" and alleged corruption, saying the BRS would win all the medals if an Olympics of corruption is held.

"The BRS has looted Telangana, and only family rule is going on here," Mr Fadnavis alleged at an election campaign meeting of BJP at Musheerabad Assembly constituency here.

"The extent of corruption under the ruling BRS is so much that it will win all the medals if an Olympics of corruption is held anywhere," the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said, mocking at the ruling party.

"Over the past nine years, you have seen BRS government here. First it was TRS and now became BRS. I feel that instead of naming it BRS, they should have named it 'FRS'-- Family Raj Samithi. It would have been more appropriate," he told the gathering.

Attacking KCR over not fulfilling his promise of appointing a Dalit as chief minister of Telangana, he also accused the BRS regime of indulging in corruption in welfare schemes meant for Dalits in the state.

Mr Fadnavis also sought to know whether the chief minister had fulfilled any of the assurances he gave to the people of Telangana, including building 2 BHK houses for them.

Recalling that KCR had met him seeking the release of river water to Telangana when he was chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Fadnavis said, "We decided and released water to our neighbour Telangana. But I did not know at the time that the water would be utilised for the purpose of corruption, rather than farming". 

He was referring to the alleged corruption in irrigation projects in Telangana.

Accusing the BRS of indulging in corruption in every sphere, Mr Fadnavis also accused KCR of spending huge amounts of money on advertisements promoting himself.

On KCR's recent tours to neighbouring Maharashtra in a bid to expand the BRS's reach there, Fadnavis said "KCR saab, stop dreaming of coming to Maharashtra, as BJP is going to pack you off in Telangana itself".

The Congress, BRS and other "family parties" are jittery over he popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fadnavis said, as they feel they would lose people's support. Whatever assurances PM Modi made, he fulfilled all of them and worked for the welfare of the poor and 140 crore people of the country, he claimed.

He claimed that the BRS, Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM were working together and said that their purpose is to "capture" PM Modi's seat. "They have conspired and have a tacit understanding," Fadnavis alleged.

Mr Fadnavis also claimed that KCR has financed (funded) some Congress candidates contesting the assembly elections in Telangana and alleged that such "buying and selling" is already going on.

"None of them are going to get a chance as the people of Telangana have already decided to be with Modi government," he said.

Mr Fadnavis urged the people to extend their support to make the BJP victorious in the elections in order to ensure all-round development in the state.

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'टीम इंडिया मेरे पास..' विराट ने की स्लेजिंग पर ऑस्ट्रेलियाई बैटर का इशारा

वर्ल्ड कप (World Cup 2023) फाइनल में टीम इंडिया का सपना एक बार फिर टूट गया. सामने खड़े टीम इंडिया की सालों की मेहनत पर एक पल में पानी फेर दिया. स्टार बल्लेबाज विराट कोहली ने भारत को हर तरह से जीत दिलाने का प्रायस किया. ऑस्ट्रेलियाई बल्लेबाज ने मैदान में उनकी स्लेजिंग की तरफ इशारा करते हुए बड़ी बात कह दी है.

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World Cup में पाकिस्तान को हराने वाली टीम भारत आएगी, देखें पूरा कार्यक्रम

India vs Afghanistan T20i series: टीम इंडिया को वर्ल्ड कप 2023 के बाद लगातार इंटरनेशनल सीरीज खेलनी है. इस बीच एक और टी20 सीरीज का कार्यक्रम जारी हो गया है. अगले साल होने वाले टी20 वर्ल्ड कप के लिहाज से अब हर मैच अहम है.

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UK PM Rishi Sunak To Announce New Initiative For Developing Climate-Resilient Crops

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday.

The summit, a joint initiative between Britain, Somalia, the UAE, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is due to be attended by representatives from more than 20 countries.

"We must take action to address the underlying, and often unseen, causes of global food insecurity," Sunak said.

"From the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine, to the effect of major natural disasters on food production ... alongside our partners, the UK is playing a leading role in finding solutions to some of the greatest global challenges of our time."

Britain said the new virtual science hub would be led CGIAR, a global research partnership which unites international organisations working on food security, and would link UK scientists with research initiatives to develop crops that can withstand the impacts of climate change and are more disease resistant.

The British government will also publish details of a new international development policy document, or White Paper, on food insecurity setting out plans to work in partnership with countries to tackle extreme poverty and climate change rather than just providing aid money.

Priorities will include mobilising international finance and harnessing innovation, Britain's Foreign Office said.

Britain also said it was providing up to 100 million pounds ($125 million) in humanitarian funding to countries worst hit by food insecurity including Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and Afghanistan, and to countries impacted by climate-related cyclones and drought like Malawi.

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Sam Altman's Ouster Marks New Twist In 7-Year Microsoft, AI Relationship

Microsoft's hiring of ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday marks another twist in the seven-year-old partnership between the US giant and the startup that created ChatGPT.

Here a key moments in the history of their partnership:

Founded as a non-profit

OpenAI is founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs and investors, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Tesla chief Elon Musk.

It is established as a not-for-profit organisation that publishes open source research and software available to all.

Teams up with Microsoft 

Musk quits the project in 2018 following clashes with the board of directors.

Altman transforms OpenAI into a "capped profit" company and seeks new investors.

Microsoft injects $1 billion 

In 2019, Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, largely in the form of computing credits, in exchange for a role in the future commercialisation of its technologies.

The goal for Microsoft is to develop its cloud offering, where it competes with Google (Alphabet) and Amazon.

GPT-3 launched 

OpenAI launches GPT-3 in 2020, the third version of its large-scale language model, trained on huge volumes of text scraped from the internet by Microsoft's computing infrastructure.

This model is far more powerful than its competitors, with some 175 billion parameters.

Supercomputer trains AI

Microsoft in 2020 says it has built a supercomputer exclusively designed to train large OpenAI models.

Its cloud network, Azure, can now make these systems available to Microsoft customers.

AI-generated images

OpenAI in 2021 says it has developed DALL-E, an AI model capable of generating images when provided with descriptions.

ChatGPT goes public 

OpenAI achieves worldwide attention with the November 2022 launch of ChatGPT, a language model open to the public, initially available free of charge.

Microsoft reportedly seeks stake 

In January 2023, Microsoft announces "an investment of several billion dollars over several years" -- $10 billion, according to US media.

It says it is "investing in the development of specialised supercomputer systems" for its partnership with OpenAI, but makes no mention of acquiring a stake in its capital.

According to US media, Microsoft had sought to buy 49 percent of OpenAI, in an offer that valued it at $29 billion.

Microsoft integrates GPT-4 into products

In March 2023, Microsoft says it is integrating the GPT-4 version of OpenAI into its consumer products such as search engine Bing, Outlook email and Office suite (Word, Excel), but will charge users extra.

Microsoft not informed of dismissal

Microsoft is not notified of the OpenAI board's decision on Friday to dismiss Sam Altman, according to US press reports.

After trying over the weekend to get him reinstated, the group announces that it is hiring him and co-founder Greg Brockman.

The latter suggest that they will continue to create AI products at Microsoft, and Brockman announces the recruitment of several key OpenAI managers for these projects.
 

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"Don't Be A Hero": Woman To Husband Just Before Hamas Kidnapped Him

Lishay Lavi had only seconds to give her husband Omri a last message before he was taken into captivity by Hamas gunmen who stormed their kibbutz during the deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

Now staying with family in another kibbutz in southern Israel, she said she knew what was happening when the gunmen broke in, forced the family out in their pyjamas at gunpoint to a neighbouring home, and took away her 46-year-old husband.

"I told him four sentences," she said. "I told him that I love him, I told him that I (will) guard our daughter, that I'm waiting for him, and I told him also, 'Don't be a hero, because I want you back here'."

On one of the most traumatic days of Israel's 75-year history, the Israeli government says more than 1,200 people were killed and over 240 Israelis and foreigners were seized and taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip.

Israel responded by launching a military offensive in the Gaza Strip which Palestinians authorities say has killed more than 13,000 people, and the fate of the hostages has become a central issue in the war.

Israel's military leaders have vowed to liberate as many hostages as possible, and talks aimed at securing the release of at least some of them appear to be close to bearing fruit, but the bodies of at least two hostages have been found.

For the hostages' families, the days of waiting weigh heavily. Lavi has to answer her two year-old daughter Roni's increasingly insistent questions about what has happened to her father.

"She asks, 'Where is daddy?'" Lavi said. "At first she thought that 'Daddy went to a treatment,' because Omri is a shiatsu healer. And after two days it was, 'Daddy went to (on) a trip.' And after today, she said, and this is what we told her until now, 'Daddy got lost.'"

Much of the world's attention has been focused on child and elderly hostages, but Lavi said the husbands and sons taken by the gunmen should not be forgotten either.

"I need my Omri back, I need my man back. I need all the world to understand that Omri, (was) taken from our home, in his boxers, without shoes even, and we need him back."

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Man Rapes Teen, Burns Her With Cigarette Butts: Maharashtra Cops

A 29-year-old with a criminal record has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, singed her with cigarette butts and tonsured her head in Akola city of Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

The accused, Ganesh Kumre, has been harassing the girl for the last two years, an officer said.

"He sexually assaulted the girl on November 15 and 16, tortured her with cigarette butts and also cut her hair," the officer said quoting the First Information Report.

Taking serious note of the ghastly crime, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who handles the Home portfolio, has assured strict action.

Speaking to reporters in Nagpur on Monday, he said that the guilty will not be spared and that orders have been given to launch an inquiry into the incident.

According to the Akola Police, the victim's father works as a labourer.

"Kumre has a criminal background. He has been harassing the girl for the last two years," the official said.

Notably, the incident of sexual assault came to light after November 16 when local people approached the police against Kumre.

A case was registered under sections 363 (Punishment for kidnapping), 376 (Punishment for rape), 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and on charges of causing hurt with dangerous weapons among others of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, a police official said.

Kumre was arrested on November 18. He was remanded in police custody till November 21, he said.

Further investigation is underway.

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अनुष्‍का शर्मा और अथिया शेट्टी पर कमेंट करके विवादों में घिरे 'भज्‍जी', VIDEO

अहमदाबाद के नरेंद्र मोदी स्‍टेडियम पर भारत और ऑस्‍ट्रेलिया के खिताबी मुकाबले में विराट कोहली की पत्‍नी अनुष्‍का शर्माऔर केएल राहुल की पत्‍नी अथिया शेट्टी के खिलाफ टिप्‍पणी को लेकर हरभजन सिंह की आलोचना की जा रही है. यही नहीं, उनसे इस कमेंट को लेकर माफी की मांग भी की जा रही है.

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Low-Level Politics: Siddaramaiah's Son On JDS' "Cash For Posting" Charge

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra who is mired in a controversy related to the alleged 'cash-for-posting' scam, said those hurling baseless charges against him were indulging in 'Neecha Rajakaarana' (low-level politics).

Yathindra said in the video which has been shared as proof of 'transfer business,' he did not speak about money or even transfer.

"I had only spoken regarding school-related works in my constituency using CSR funds. I spoke regarding the list pertaining to it," the former MLA said.

He slammed former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for levelling allegations against him.

"He (Kumaraswamy) always spoke about transfer business. He was also in power and became the chief minister. His entire family is in politics. He too got the officers of his choice posted in his constituency. So that was also a business?" Yathindra sought to know.

General transfers do take place, he added.

"Leaders and workers give lists and request letters of their relatives or the officers who do not work properly. I too forward them to the Chief Minister. If he wants he will do it or else, not," Yathindra explained.

According to him, one should call anything a business only if there is some financial dealing happening.

"He (Kumaraswamy) should not make false accusations by simply calling everything corruption. What he is doing is 'Neecha Rajakarana'," Yathindra said.

Yathindra found himself embroiled in a controversy on Thursday after a video, where he was seen issuing certain instructions on phone, went viral on social media.

The opposition BJP and JD(S) have alleged that the conversation was related to the "cash for postings" scam.

The Chief Minister has categorically denied the charge, saying Yathindra was discussing the list of beneficiary schools for the development under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.

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क्या अनुकूल नहीं हैं रोहित शर्मा के ग्रह-नक्षत्र, विराट के पांव छुएगी सफलता?

इस वर्ल्ड कप में विराट कोहली के सितारे बुलंद हैं. वह अब तक तीन शतक लगा चुके हैं. रन स्कोर करने के मामले में भी वह सबसे ऊपर हैं. लेकिन, यही बात कप्तान रोहित शर्मा के बारे में नहीं कही जा सकती. ज्योतिषाचार्य भी रोहित के जन्मांग चक्र में राहु, शनि तथा बृहस्पति के संयुक्त रूप विराजमान होने की बात कर रहे हैं. ऐसे में क्या कहते हैं रोहित के सितारे...

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Pace Of Development Will Increase In Rajasthan If BJP Wins: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the pace of development will increase in Rajasthan if the "double-engine government" of the BJP is formed.

He said the Centre has done various development works which has changed the face of Rajasthan and the pace will pick up if the BJP is voted to power in the state.

"The face of Rajasthan has changed rapidly and I believe that the BJP government will once again come with the support of the people. We will win and with the double-engine government, the pace of development will further increase," Mr Gadkari said at a press conference in Jaipur. 

The Assembly polls are due in the state on November 25.

He said that with better roads, tourism will increase and more employment opportunities will be created. Better infrastructure will boost tourism, which will create jobs, Mr Gadkari added.

Replying to a question on toll tax on roads, Gadkari said that it will never end in the country.

"The toll tax system has come out of compulsion as the government has fewer resources," he said.

He said that the government is working to abolish toll booths and working on satellite-based toll system to charge money on the basis of per kilometer travelled.

At present, people have to pay toll for the entire road even if they have travelled less distance.

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'मार-मार के भरता निकाल देता है..' विराट नहीं तो किससे खौफ खा गए शोएब अख्तर?

World Cup: टीम इंडिया ने वर्ल्ड कप में सभी टीमों में खौफ का इंजेक्शन लगा दिया है. बात करें विराट कोहली की या फिर मोहम्मद शमी की, इन प्लेयर्स के आक्रामक प्रदर्शन से हर कोई खौफजदा है. लेकिन पाकिस्तान के पूर्व दिग्गज शोएब अख्तर विराट नहीं बल्कि टीम के कप्तान से खौफ खा बैठे हैं.

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What Xi Jinping Told Elon Musk About Tesla's Development In China

China's President Xi Jinping told Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he supports Tesla's development in China, according to a statement from the auto maker's Weibo Account on Thursday.

Musk expressed his gratitude, and praised the rapid development of China's new energy vehicle sector, according to the statement.

Xi met Musk on November 15 in San Francisco.

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वर्ल्‍डकप 2023 में टूटा वह बड़ा रिकॉर्ड, जिसका फैंस कर रहे थे इंतजार

वर्ल्‍डकप 2023 के दूसरे सेमीफाइनल में पहले बैटिंग करते हुए दक्षिण अफ्रीका की टीम 49.4 ओवर में 212 रन पर ढेर हो गई. वह तो भला हो बाएं हाथ के बैटर डेविड मिलर का जिन्‍होंने 116 गेंदों पर आठ चौकों और पांच छक्‍कों की मदद से 101 रन बनाए. मिलर का यह शतक इस टूर्नामेंट का 39वां शतक रहा और इसके साथ ही वर्ल्‍डकप 2015 का 38 शतक का रिकॉर्ड पीछे छूट गया.

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