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  • Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs feature on Royal Mail stamp marking King’s coronation

    Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs feature on Royal Mail stamp marking King’s coronation

    By IANS
    LONDON:     A stamp depicting Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and their places of worship feature on one of the four stamps issued by the Royal Mail to mark the coronation of King Charles III on May 6.

    Captioned “Diversity and Community”, the stamp reflects a multi-faith community and the cultural diversity of contemporary British society, a news release stated.

    The stamp features figures representing the Jewish, Islamic, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist religions and is representative of all faiths and none.

    “The background shows aspects of both rural and urban Britain and includes some of the many different places of worship that are found around the United Kingdom,” the release noted.

    Presented in a miniature sheet, the stamps illustrate the Coronation ceremony and the traditional street party, as well as some of the causes His Majesty has dedicated his years of public service to.

    This includes cultural diversity and community, the global ties of the Commonwealth, which he now leads, and sustainability and biodiversity.

    This is only the third time in history that Royal Mail has issued stamps to mark a Coronation. The previous two occasions were for King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

    “Royal Mail is proud to issue this set of commemorative stamps which celebrate the Coronation, and some of the causes which His Majesty has championed throughout his many years of public service,” Simon Thompson, Chief Executive of Royal Mail, said. “This is only the third time we have issued Coronation stamps and I am delighted that they mark the start of a new reign and a new chapter in our history,” Thompson added.

    The stamps were designed by Atelier Works and feature newly commissioned wood engravings by British artist Andrew Davidson.

    Royal Mail will also be applying a special postmark to stamped mail to mark the event. The postmark will run from April 28 until May 10.

  • Public Service Commission released the annual examination calendar

    Public Service Commission released the annual examination calendar

    Uttarakhand. The annual examination calendar issued by the Commission was reviewed today on May 4, 2023, by the Chairman of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, and after detailed discussions, several important decisions were taken, regarding which Dr. Kumar informed that The result of Junior Assistant Exam-2022 under various departments will be declared in the first week of May, 2023. Under the Forest Department, the result of Forest Constable Exam-2022 will be declared in the second week of May, 2023.

    Under the Police Department, the final selection result of Police Constable/PAC//IRC/Fireman Exam-2022 will be declared in the third week of May, 2023. The result of the Divisional Inspector (Technical) Preliminary Examination-2022 under the Transport Department will be declared in the third week of May, 2023. The final selection result of Revenue Sub-Inspector (Patwari/Lekhpal) Exam-2022 under Revenue Department will be declared in the last week of May, 2023.

    Uttarakhand Judicial Service (Civil Judge) Preliminary Examination-2023 which has been successfully conducted on April 30, 2023 at various examination centers of the state amidst tight security, the result of the said examination will also be declared in the last week of May, 2023. being ensured. It is being ensured that the result of Uttarakhand Under Subordinate (Lower PCS) Main Examination-2022 will be declared in the third week of May, 2023 itself. Similarly, the physical standard and efficiency test of the Prison Guard Exam-2022 is being conducted from April 7, 2023 to May 47, 2023, the result of which has been decided to be declared in the month of June, 2023. The evaluation work of Uttarakhand Civil Services Main Examination-2022 is in progress. The evaluation work of answer sheets of Assistant Registrar Main Examination-2022 has been started. Action is being taken expeditiously to organize the Assistant Accountant Examination-2022 on May 07, 2023 and the result is proposed in the first week of June 2023. Giving advance wishes to the candidates, Dr. Kumar, Chairman of the Commission, has assured that the Commission will always give priority to their interests and the sanctity of the examination will be kept intact. Therefore, the candidates should prepare for the upcoming examinations with full dedication.

  • Chief Secretary took a meeting for online training

    Chief Secretary took a meeting for online training

    Dehradun. Chief Secretary Dr. S. S. Sandhu on Monday at the Secretariat for online training of state officers and employees under Mission Karmayogi. S. Inaugurated the training module prepared by Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration. On this occasion Dr. R. S. Tolia Director General of Uttarakhand Academy of Administration Mr. P. Pandey was also present.

    Instructing all the departments to be onboarded on the iGOT portal soon, the Chief Secretary said that nodal officers should be nominated for all the departments to be onboarded on the iGOT portal soon. He said that there is a need for training of personnel for capacity development in all departments, in which this training module would be very beneficial. He said that training materials prepared earlier by the departments should also be uploaded on this portal soon.
    Director General Dr.R. S. Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration B. P. Pandey informed that so far 36 out of 72 departments have been onboarded on the portal. Training material will be available for the training of employees on this online portal, from which departmental personnel will be able to receive e-learning material through official email ID. He said that the departments which already have their training material available, can be uploaded on this portal, so that all personnel can get it easily. So far 120 training modules have been uploaded on the portal, by next month the number will be around 200. On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Secretary Shailesh Bagoli, Brijesh Kumar Sant and Special Secretary Home Riddhim Agarwal along with other high officials and departmental nodal officers were present.

  • SpaceX launches 3 satellites to orbit on 6th-ever Falcon Heavy mission

    SpaceX launches 3 satellites to orbit on 6th-ever Falcon Heavy mission

    SpaceX launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket for the sixth time ever on Sunday (April 30), sending three satellites to distant geostationary orbit.

    The Falcon Heavy lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday at 8:26 p.m. EDT (0026 GMT on Monday, May 1), carrying three satellites aloft after days of delay due to weather and a last-minute abort on April 28. SpaceX has not stated the reason for the abort.

    Sunday’s mission was a long but successful one: The three satellites were deployed as planned over a 13-minute stretch beginning about 4.5 hours after liftoff, SpaceX confirmed via Twitter(opens in new tab) early Monday morning.

    The primary payload on Sunday’s mission was ViaSat-3 Americas, a 14,000-pound (6,400 kilograms) broadband satellite that will be operated by California-based company Viasat.

    “Viasat-3 is expected to be the world’s highest-capacity satellite and will be the largest all-electric satellite ever to be launched,” SpaceX propulsion engineer Atticus Vadera said shortly before liftoff during the company’s launch webcast.

    The second satellite that flew Sunday was Arcturus, a communications craft that will be operated by San Francisco-based Astranis Space Technologies.

    “Although it only weighs 300 kg [660 pounds], the mighty communications satellite has the ability to provide data throughput up to 7.5 Gbps for … Alaska and the surrounding region,” EverydayAstronaut.com wrote(opens in new tab) of Arcturus in a mission description.

    The third payload was GS-1, a cubesat that will be operated by Washington-based Gravity Space. GS-1’s primary mission involves providing communications for Internet of Things applications, though it will do some other things in orbit as well.

    “The spacecraft is also designed to provide orbital slot reservation services (BIU) around the geosynchronous arc. The spacecraft features three wideband frequency bands,” Gravity Space wrote in a description of the satellite(opens in new tab). “The spacecraft will also carry an imaging system capable of imaging both the Earth and spatial bodies, as well as an experimental rendezvous and docking payload.”

    The Falcon Heavy consists of three strapped-together first stages of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The central booster is topped with an upper stage and the payload(s).

    Falcon Heavy debuted in February 2018 with a memorable test flight flight that sent SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s red Tesla Roadster into orbit around the sun with Starman, a spacesuit-clad mannequin, at the wheel.

    The burly rocket has now flown five more times since then, including twice in 2023. This year’s other mission, called USSF-67, was a mission for the U.S. Space Force that launched in January.

    The Falcon Heavy’s three first-stage boosters are designed to be reusable. However, none of the boosters were recovered on Sunday’s mission, because they didn’t have enough fuel left over to maneuver themselves safely back to Earth for a vertical touchdown after sending such a heavy load to such a distant orbit. (Geostationary orbit lies about 22,200 miles, or 35,700 kilometers, from Earth.)

    For more than five years, the Falcon Heavy was SpaceX’s most powerful rocket. But the company’s gigantic Starship vehicle took that title with its debut liftoff on April 20, a test flight that reached a maximum altitude of 24 miles (39 km) and ended in a commanded explosion high above the Gulf of Mexico for safety’s sake.

    Starship’s 33 first-stage Raptor engines generate 16.7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, according to SpaceX(opens in new tab). That’s more than three times more than the Falcon Heavy produces, and nearly twice as much as the second-place vehicle, NASA’s Space Launch System megarocket.

    Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to state that Starship produces 16.7 million pounds (not tons) of thrust at liftoff. This story was updated on April 29 to include SpaceX’s new launch target after the Falcon Heavy’s 1st abort. It was updated again at 8:50 p.m. EDT on April 30 with news of a successful liftoff, then again at 1:30 a.m. EDT on May 1 with news of satellite deployment.

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  • Nominations for Padma Awards-2024 open till 15th September, 2023

    Nominations for Padma Awards-2024 open till 15th September, 2023

    Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2024 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2024 have opened on 1st May 2023. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September, 2023. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ).

    The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year. The award seeks to recognize ‘work of distinction’ and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements/service in all fields/disciplines, such as, Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc. All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these Awards. Government servants including those working with PSUs, except Doctors and Scientists, are not eligible for Padma Awards.

    The Government is committed to transform Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All citizens are, therefore, requested to make nominations/recommendations, including self nomination. Concerted efforts may be made to identify talented persons whose excellence and achievements really deserve to be recognized from amongst women, weaker sections of the society, SCs & STs, divyang persons and who are doing selfless service to the society.

    The nominations/recommendations should contain all relevant details specified in the format available on the above said Portal, including a citation in narrative form (maximum 800 words), clearly bringing out the distinguished and exceptional achievements/service of the person recommended in her/his respective field/discipline.

    Details in this regard are also available under the heading ‘Awards and Medals’ on the website of Ministry of Home Affairs (https://mha.gov.in) and on the Padma Awards Portal (https://padmaawards.gov.in ). The statutes and rules relating to these awards are available on the website with the link https://padmaawards.gov.in/AboutAwards.aspx .

  • Replacing Arikomban, now Tiger enters human habitat in Munnar

    Replacing Arikomban, now Tiger enters human habitat in Munnar

    IDUKKI: Nothing is moving according to plan in Munnar, Idukki. The capture of Arikomban was expected to bring respite, but breaking all odds, today a group of tuskers led by the infamous ‘Chakkakomban” demolished a shed near the place. Adding more worries, the locals saw a fiery tiger roaming in the Kallar estate region near Munnar.Chakkakomban destroys Chinnakanal home in purported revenge for Arikomban’s missing
    IDUKKI: Shocking all, an incident happened today morning at 5 am. A group of tuskers…
    For the past few days, many domestic animals on the premise were seen dead mysteriously. According to the general concise, the tiger population was paltry during earlier years. However now, even the forest officials acknowledge the burgeoning numbers of big cats in this area. This moreover connects with the death of domestic animals in nearby houses gripping the localities in fear yet again.Earlier today, shocking all, an incident happened today morning at 5 am. A group of tuskers led by another infamous name ‘Chakkakomban’ destroyed a shed near Chinnakanal premises.The shed was close to Mount Fort School. Chakkakomban came with an entourage of four other elephants and destroyed the shed to rumbles. Rajan who used to stay here luckily was out of place visiting a doctor.

  • Explosion inside house: one death, body yet to be identified, house owner missing

    Explosion inside house: one death, body yet to be identified, house owner missing

    PALAKKAD: One person was killed in an explosion that took place at a home in Keralassery, Palakkad. The deceased has not been identified. The explosion took place at the house of a person named Abdul Razak at around ten o’clock this morning.
    Firecrackers were kept in the shed close to the house. It is reported that the explosion took place in this shed. Abdul Razak was near the house when the firecrackers were being made. His wife had gone to the neighbouring house. It has not been confirmed whether the deceased is Abdul Razak himself. Relatives say that he had been missing since the incident.It is not clear how the explosion occurred. Samples were collected for detailed testing. Abdul Razak has a license to manufacture firecrackers. He has a fireworks factory in Thadukkassery. However, it is not clear why the crackers were kept in the house.

  • Puttur: Thief steals from seven shops, face captured by CCTV

    Puttur: Thief steals from seven shops, face captured by CCTV

    Puttur : A thief broke into seven shops on Bank Street of Uppinangady and stole goods on the night of Saturday.

    The thief entered a shop selling gold and silver through the roof but could not open the safe locker, so only took some cash in the form of change kept in the drawer.

    The thief then broke into a nearby medical shop through the roof and stole a mobile. After that, the thief entered a cloth shop in the same building and stole two bath towels.

    The thief also broke into a hotel near Canara Bank, a furniture store, a general store, and a grocery on the same street and took whatever was available.

    A high-priced watch was stolen from the furniture shop. All seven thefts were similar, and it is suspected that only one person was involved.

    The photograph of the thief was clearly captured on CCTV, but he tried to change the direction of the camera when he entered every shop. However, his face was still captured by the camera.

    Further investigations are being carried out by Uppinangady police.

  • Advisor Narula, Secy Telecom Rajaraman review telecom services in Ladakh

    Advisor Narula, Secy Telecom Rajaraman review telecom services in Ladakh

    LEH : Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula, today held a joint review meeting with Secretary Telecom and Chairman DCC GoI, K Rajaraman, to discuss the challenges faced by telecom service providers in Ladakh.
    As per a statement, the meeting focused on exploring possible solutions to ensure that the telecom services are reliable, efficient, and accessible to all.
    During the meeting, Advisor Narula emphasized the need for a telecom network on the highways, suggesting that the network must be available on the main routes to assist citizens and tourists during their travel.
    He proposed several measures to improve telecommunications infrastructure in remote areas of Ladakh, such as Shan Shaday in Kargil and Leh district.
    Secretary Telecom, K Rajaraman, instructed officials to complete the pending survey works of the 4G Saturation Project so that projects could be implemented on time. He also assured to provide all the support required for hundred per cent mobile coverage in UT Ladakh.
    Director Bharatnet, BSNL, New Delhi, VP Singh, delivered a detailed presentation on the status of telecom services in Ladakh. The presentation covered a range of topics including the status of uncovered census villages; electricity connection status of the 4G Saturation Project; Bharatnet Project UT Ladakh etc.
    Ladakh has a total of 1352 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) services operated by Airtel, BSNL, and RJIO, offering 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile network technology.
    This network infrastructure has helped cater to the demands of a significant number of mobile users in the region, with a total subscriber base of 581,068 postpaid and prepaid users.
    So far, 379 villages/hamlets have been surveyed for 4G network saturation, with 233 new network sites proposed, 165 lands acquired, 68 land acquisitions pending, 64 forest lands processed in Parivesh portal, and 7 existing 2G/3G upgrades.
    The meeting discussed the challenges faced by telecom infrastructure in Ladakh, including the lack of electricity at 186 Gram Panchayat VSAT locations, equipment theft and damage, and the need for IT peripherals, WiFi routers, and solar equipment. They deliberated on the support required from the administration to address these issues and improve the telecom infrastructure in the region.
    The representative from Jio informed the meeting that 16 5G Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) have been launched in Leh town, and Principal Secretary, IT Department, Ladakh, Sanjeev Khirwar, assured all possible support to the telecom authorities. He also urged the officials to complete the surveys on time.

  • Beltangady: Rowdy sheeter arrested for transporting ganja

    Beltangady: Rowdy sheeter arrested for transporting ganja

    Beltangady: The Beltangady police arrested Prasad alias Pacchu, a resident of Savanoor Hidyadi in the Kadaba taluk, for allegedly transporting ganja on a two-wheeler.

    A team led by CI Shivakumar was conducting vehicle checks near Handevu Mooru Marga in Bajire village when they stopped the accused’s two-wheeler and searched it.

    The search led to the discovery of 500 grams of ganja, worth Rs 37,000 in the market. The accused, who is a known rowdy sheeter, already has 13 cases filed against him in Puttur, Kadaba, and Uppinangady police stations.