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A primary school in the United Kingdom had asked boys and girls to wear skirts to school to promote gender equality and show solidarity with a boy expelled from lessons in Spain. Consequently, teachers and pupil at Castleview Primary in Edinburgh participated in the initiative for the first time on November 4 this year, dubbed as “Wear a skirt to School Day.”

Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Punjab, following the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh, veteran Congress leader Ambika Soni rejected the proposal to become the new Chief Minister before Charanjit Singh Channi was named as the next CM.

Nitin Gadkari, a senior minister in the Modi government, is admired for his extensive work across party lines and with the public in general. "A man is judged by the company he keeps." Nitin Gadkari's long association with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) grew up with qualities such as commitment, dedication, discipline, leadership, innovation, and creativity, as well as a nation-first attitude.

Like clockwork, the media is filled with reports on how air pollution has skyrocketed a day after Diwali. Even though Delhi faces severe pollution for 3-4 months every winter caused by various man-made and natural reasons, the media and the activists have only one favourite event to blame for the same, the firecrackers burst on Diwali.

PM Modi is in Kedarnath today. After visiting the Jyotirlinga shrine, and performing Aarti, PM Modi proceeded to unveil the statue and reconstructed Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya near the Kedarnath shrine.

Dehradun: Preparations are in full swing in Kedarnath ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Friday. He will reach Uttarakhand at 6.30 am tomorrow, confirmed CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

In the last decade, India has witnessed massive attacks on Hindu festivals from the left liberals, with enough support from judicial bodies. Each festival is attacked and restrictions are imposed in the name of pollution, hurting religious sentiments of others etc. Among the festivals, Diwali is most attacked, and every year courts and governments impose restrictions on bursting firecrackers, an integral part of the Hindu festival.

Alleged ‘activist’ Roshni Ali, who had filed a petition seeking a blanket ban on firecrackers in West Bengal, broke into ‘Naagin dance’ on a news channel while lamenting about firecrackers and oxygen scarcity.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) this week released a teachers’ training manual to address gender disparity in education.

The Supreme Court of India has set aside the order of the Calcutta High Court imposing a complete ban on firecrackers in the state of West Bengal. On October 29th, the Calcutta High Court had ordered a complete ban on all kinds of firecrackers throughout the state of West Bengal during the upcoming festivals including Diwali, Kali Puja, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.