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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: September 14, 2024
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German Language Day
- It is believed that the German Language, or “Deutsch” got its start more than 2,000 years ago. Some records exist showing that people from the 1st century in the Roman Empire may have come across German speakers.
- Now, German is the most widely spoken official, or co-official language in several European countries including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and even the province of Italy called Tyrol.
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SC grants bail, Kejriwal walks free
- The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to be released on regular bail in a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the now-scrapped excise policy.
- Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan concurred to grant bail to Mr. Kejriwal but differed on the point of the legality of his arrest.
- Justice Kant barred Mr. Kejriwal from visiting the office of the Chief Minister and the Delhi Secretariat or signing official files unless it was required and necessary for obtaining clearance/approval of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
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After Shimla, protests in Mandi over ‘illegal’ parts of mosque
Hindu groups held a protest march in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi on Friday demanding the demolition of an ‘unauthorised’ portion of a mosque in the town and tried to force their way towards the structure, prompting the police to use water cannons to control the situation. Members of the Muslim community had on Thursday demolished a portion of the mosque, saying it was a wall that was encroaching on government land. The protests in Mandi came two days after Shimla saw protesters, gathered on a call by Hindu groups, clash with security personnel during a stir to seek the razing of an ‘illegal’ portion of a mosque in Sanjauli area. PTI
At a time of festive cheer, a city seethes with rage
- Minutes past midnight on September 8, the mood was sombre at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered a month ago. As resident doctors arranged petals and candles at the gate of the emergency building, a doctor began singing a song: “Ek je chilo mein, taar bhari dukh, bhari dukh (Once there was a girl, she was full of sorrow, full of sorrow)”.
- Taking inspiration from a track from Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, a 1969 classic film by the director Satyajit Ray, the doctor’s song narrated the gruesome tale of August 9.
- “I wrote the lyrics just hours ago,” said the medical officer at another state-run health facility. “Will this pain ever go? Will Tillotama (a name given to the victim) ever get justice?”
‘India literacy in Australia can unlock bilateral potential’
- Lisa Singh, the CEO of the Australia-India Institute, a leading research and policy think tank dedicated to supporting and understanding the bilateral cooperation, is a former Australian Senator and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the Australian Parliament.
- She is in India to meet with a wide range of stakeholders invested in the development of the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region, and to deepen the footprint of the research- and policy-focused fellowship that the AI Institute offers.
- She discusses some of the key areas of focus for Canberra and New Delhi as they seek to lift bilateral ties to an ever-higher level. Excerpts:
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India banks on Balaji and Ramkumar against Sweden
- Olympian Sriram Balaji will open the campaign for India against the 238th ranked Elias Ymer in the Davis Cup World Group-1 tennis encounter against Sweden on the indoor hard courts at the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm on Saturday.
- The Indian team opted to rely on Balaji and Ramkumar Ramanathan for the first day’s play after they put India in the driver’s seat on the way to the 4-0 victory against Pakistan in the World Group play-off earlier in Islamabad.
- Captain Rohit Rajpal already hinted at repeating the players in singles and doubles, after watching the players in training. The team will depend on Balaji and Ramkumar to shoulder the doubles rubber against Filip Bergevi and Andre Goransson.
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