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Indian Express
a day ago
- Indian Express
Residence certificate for ‘Dog Babu': Circle Office employee arrested for ‘generating document using govt systems'
An employee at the Masaurhi Circle Office in Patna district was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly generating a residence certificate in the name of 'Dog Babu' using official government systems and then circulating an image of it that went viral. The accused, identified as Mintu Kumar Nirala, worked as an executive assistant responsible for issuing certificates under the RTPS (Right to Public Services) portal. The arrest followed a detailed on-site investigation conducted earlier on Tuesday by the Patna District Magistrate and the City Superintendent of Police (East) at the Masaurhi Block-cum-Circle Office. Other senior administrative officials were also part of the inquiry. This came after a residence certificate in the name of a dog, 'Dog Babu', which also featured a photograph of a dog, went viral on social media. As per the preliminary investigation, a report was submitted on Monday, which found that the application was intentionally filed with forged documents and without mobile or email identification. 'It was uploaded to the RTPS system on July 15 at 9.41 am,' authorities said. During the investigation, officials found technical logs that allegedly confirmed 'Nirala himself uploaded the application from his designated system and was the first to later access the approved certificate'. He was found to have allegedly misused documents, such as Aadhaar and voter IDs belonging to unrelated individuals, sources said. Sources also said the application passed through the regular approval workflow due to batch processing by an IT assistant, who failed to manually verify the documents. Further, the digital signature of the Revenue Officer was used to authenticate the certificate without proper oversight. Officials had said on Monday that while the IT assistant had been immediately dismissed from service, a recommendation had been made to the concerned department to suspend the Revenue Officer over procedural lapses. Authorities are further investigating the case to ascertain the motive behind the act and whether others were involved. According to sources, the accused had been deputed to the Sub-Divisional Office for the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, but he allegedly frequently went to the Circle Office ahead of office hours to process caste and residence certificates from his computer terminal.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
City to get night street food zone in September
Ranchi: The state capital is all set to get a pedestrian-only night street food vending zone from September. The "Eat Right Street Food Hub", being built by Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) at a cost of Rs 1 crore under the Union ministry of health and family welfare's "Clean Street Food Hub" scheme, will provide hygienic food in compliance with the standards of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), officials here said. Modelled on Chappan, a FSSAI certified food hub in Indore, the zone will span 800 metres and will connect Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, Rabindra Bhawan and Atal Vendor Market. It will hold 30 vans and will comprise essential public amenities such as benches, sheds, streetlights and public toilets. The area has been designed for accessibility and walkability, with a focus on both urban aesthetics and hygiene standards. The zone will feature diverse street food options including noodles, Dhuska, dhokla, and other regional favourites. "This will be Ranchi's first organised food vending zone. Besides food, it will also focus on hygiene and promote local street cuisines. Work has been underway since June this year and we aim to open the hub by mid-September, just in time for Durga Puja when footfall is expected to be high. After this, a similar dedicated street food vending zone will be developed in Morabadi," said Sanjay Kumar, RMC's additional municipal administrator. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Brain tumor has left my son feeling miserable; please help! Donate For Health Donate Now Undo Vendors will be allotted seats after receiving training and FSSAI licensing from the district food safety office. "A mobile food testing van will regularly check food samples, and we will maintain strict surveillance through our officers," said Subir Ranjan, district food safety officer, said. Ritika Singh, a college student, said. "I often roam around with my friends at night looking for clean food joints. It will become our go-to place if it has a proper space with hygiene and lighting," she said.
Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Spanish designer Miguel Adrover declines Rosalía collaboration over lack of public support for Palestine
Spanish fashion designer Miguel Adrover has refused to design a custom outfit for internationally known singer Rosalía, citing her lack of public support for Palestine. The incident was revealed through a post on Adrover's Instagram account, where he called on public figures to use their platforms to speak out against what he described as genocide. 'Doing 'The Right Thing'… Silence is complicity, and even more so when you have a big microphone where millions of people listen to you when you sing. That's why you have the responsibility to use this power to denounce this genocide,' Adrover wrote. Addressing the singer directly, he added, 'Rosalía, this is nothing personal. I admire you for all your talent and for everything you've achieved. And I think you are much more than those artists who only dedicate themselves to show business and entertainment. Now we have to do 'The Right Thing.'' The post included screenshots of an email exchange between the singer's team and Adrover's representatives. Rosalía's team had inquired about a custom look, indicating that a September or October appearance was likely. In response, Adrover's representatives replied: 'I'm sorry, but Miguel doesn't work with any artist who doesn't publicly support Palestina.' Some Instagram users noted that Rosalía had previously shown support for Gaza. On October 19, 2023, less than two weeks after Hamas-led attacks in Israel, the singer reportedly posted an appeal on Instagram for donations to Gazans, referencing food shortages and humanitarian crisis conditions. However, the post was reportedly deleted a few hours later.
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Science
- New Indian Express
Chhattisgarh's wild buffalo clone, claimed to be 'first-ever' 11 years back, embroils in scepticism
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh forest department made headlines 11 years ago, claiming to have produced the first-ever clone of the wild buffalo, named 'DeepAsha' and is currently embroiled in scepticism. The project was executed by the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, which claimed to have cloned the wild buffalo for the first time in the country through the 'Hand-guided Cloning Technique' at ICAR-NDRI in December 2014. The clone appears like a Murrah buffalo (domestic) breed, and notably the Wild buffalo is listed under Schedule 1 of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act. Amid the demand by wildlife enthusiasts of DeepAsha's DNA report, the state forest department decided to raise a query to the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) asking, 'Is it technically possible to create xerox copy of wild buffalo in a cloning method where ovaries (that produces oocyte/egg cells) for cloning is sourced from slaughter house?' The response given to the department by CCMB in March this year that it was 'not possible', was acquired under the Right to Information.
Daily Mirror
23-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
'If energy communities are left behind then more will be attracted by climate denial'
'Thousands of jobs in oil and gas are at risk of disappearing without being replaced by new work - this is the context that the populist Right is seeking to exploit,' warn union leaders The energy transition will only happen thanks to the efforts of tens of thousands of energy workers. This might seem an obvious point, but it is one that is surprisingly absent from the national debate on Net Zero. We talk about the technologies we might need, the costs to government or the potential savings on household bills and the impact on our energy security, far more than we talk about the workers. As a country we spend far more time debating the people blocking wind farms than we do discussing the people building them. If we are going to achieve the government's ambitious decarbonisation goals, we need to bring energy workers to the centre of the national conversation. This is vital to resolving the serious workforce challenges presented by a rapid transition to new forms of energy generation. If we are going to seize the opportunities on offer, we will need tens of thousands of skilled workers to build new wind farms and nuclear power stations, install millions of solar panels, retrofit houses and change heating systems, and deliver the upgrades to the grid that will get clean power to where it is needed. And if the UK is going to maximise the economic benefits from this transition, we also need to make sure that the kit we use is manufactured in the UK as much as possible, whether that is for turbines or nuclear fuel. For the first time in decades, we have a government that understands that this can only be done with a clear industrial strategy. The market alone will deliver a transition that is neither quick nor just. The approach of the previous government saw major infrastructure decisions like Sizewell C kicked into the long grass, a ridiculous ban on onshore wind, and no interest in British jobs. As a result, we missed crucial opportunities to onshore key production lines, and thousands of jobs that could have been based in Britain were shipped overseas. This was a tragedy and it was avoidable. The Labour government's Clean Energy Industrial Strategy is a welcome antidote to this, backed up by Great British Energy and a National Wealth Fund investing in UK energy projects. The first year has seen progress on new nuclear and renewable projects. For the first time in years, energy trade unions like Prospect and GMB have been properly consulted on the polices that will shape our members' lives. But we need to be bigger and bolder when it comes to the workforce and jobs. Research we commissioned from YouGov has found that only 8% of UK voters have seen an increase in energy jobs in their area because of the transition. When thinking about the future only 31% of people in the UK think that the transition will have a positive impact on jobs nationally, and that falls to 20% when asked to think about jobs in their local area. These numbers fall still further in traditional energy communities in the north of England, Wales and Scotland where thousands of jobs in oil and gas are at risk of disappearing without being replaced by new work. This is the context that the populist Right is seeking to exploit, and it is these energy communities they are often targeting. Let's be clear, Reform's policy to scrap the energy transition would be a disaster for Britain and would put thousands of jobs at risk. The public aren't convinced either, only a small minority oppose the transition, but the majority do want to see a focus on the economy and on jobs. If this transition doesn't result in good, unionised jobs, and if energy communities are left on the scrapheap, then more and more people will be attracted by the siren voice of climate denial. The answer is to put workers front and centre, and make clear that this transition is going to be delivered by them and with their interests in mind. We need an ambitious energy workforce plan that focuses on job numbers and job quality, a real Just Transition plan for energy communities, and a huge national effort to train the next generation of energy workers. Our unions have formed a new campaign group, Climate Jobs UK, to fight for these outcomes and we will be turning up the volume in the coming years to make sure the voice of energy workers is impossible to ignore.
