| Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Rozgar Mela” on Saturday to recruit 1 million people and underscored his government’s efforts to soften the blow of the global economic crises. No one thinks that the side effects of the once-in-a-century Covid-19 pandemic will go away in 100 days, the Prime Minister said, adding that the crisis is grave and global, causing adverse effects all around. |
THE DAILY QUIZ No surprise here. The Guinness World Record folks have awarded this day as the worst in the week. It’s Manic, it brings the blues, it’s so far away from the weekend. Which day? a. Wednesday
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| THE BIG STORY PM kicks off jobs fair to recruit 1mn people Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Rozgar Mela” on Saturday to recruit 1 million people and underscored his government’s efforts to soften the blow of the global economic crises. The “Rozgar Mela” is an important milestone in the efforts to create employment and self-employment in the last eight years, the PM said. Read more. |
| THE BIG QUESTION How has China further cemented Xi’s status? China on Saturday amended the Communist Party constitution to further cement leader Xi Jinping’s status and, for the first time, enshrined its opposition to Taiwan’s independence in the charter. Xi is all set to begin a custom-breaking third term as China’s leader on Sunday as he further strengthened his grip over the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday through new amendments to the party charter and easing out top leaders including Premier Li Keqiang to make space for allies in the top leadership hierarchy. Read more. |
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| A LITTLE LIGHT READING Kaur strength The Indian women’s cricket team has seen two pillars, Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, retire from international cricket in the space of four months. It’s possible that women’s cricket in India will never again see two such talents play off each other the way they did. It’s now up to one woman to usher in a new era and ensure a smooth transition: 33-year-old Harmanpreet Kaur. “Jhulan’s approach to the team and to doing well in every game is something nobody can beat. And I don’t think anyone can fill Mithali’s place,” Kaur has said, of the two former captains. Read more. |
| THE WEEKEND FIX Reaching for the star It’s always been there. We can’t do without it. It is the source of everything on Earth. Mankind’s earliest gods were its personification. Countless songs have been composed about it. Yet, it has taken until now for us to get a closer look at the Sun. The car-sized Parker probe sent out by NASA (the US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has travelled into the corona or outer atmosphere of the Sun, and is expected to keep relaying images back from as little as 6 million km from the Sun’s surface (for perspective, Earth is about 149 mn km from the star). Read more. |
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| LIFE HACKS Some moves to flex the mind One of the most idiot-proof arguments in favour of exercise was made by an Australian exercise physiologist, Prue Cormie, in a paper published in May 2018. “If the effects of exercise could be encapsulated in a pill, it would be prescribed to every cancer patient worldwide…,” she said. While the idea of a pill sounds compelling (and, quite honestly, I wouldn’t mind popping one, once in a while), I’d much rather sweat it out. The problem lies in the stereotypes that exist around people who like exercise. Those who exercise regularly often look fitter, and are assumed to be vain and self-obsessed. But it’s not just that. Our minds have become used to fitting people into slots, and so it becomes a case of “mind people” versus “body people”. Read more. |
| HT This Day: October 23, 1951 Birth of new era in Himachal Pradesh General elections in the Chini and Pangi tehsils of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday will herald the era of democracy in this mountain-locked conglomeration of hills and hamlets. Read more. |
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