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Cyclone Sitrang Threat: Many Northeast-bound flights and trains have been cancelled today fearing the threat of cyclone Sitrang. At least 10 flights have been cancelled since Monday. Indian Railways is also on high alert. Due to poor visibility, adverse climatic conditions and other operational reasons, air connectivity in the Northeast has been severely affected.
The IMD on Tuesday said the remnant of the cyclonic storm “Sitrang” which created a deep depression over Bangladesh has further weakened into a depression over northeast Bangladesh, north-northeast of Agartala and south-southwest of Shillong.
List of Cancelled Flights

Three flights connecting Agartala with Kolkata and two flights connecting Agartala with Shillong and Aizawl, respectively, were cancelled
Three flights from Imphal to Shillong, Delhi and Agartala were also cancelled
Two flights connecting Kolkata- Imphal- Dibrugarh and Dibrugarh-Imphal-Kolkata were also cancelled.
Out of the 10 flights cancelled, the majority were IndiGo-operated ones.
Several other flights from Lengpui Airport also remained cancelled.

Two intra-state trains – the Agartala-Sabroom-Agartala and the Agartala-Dharmanagar-Agartala have been cancelled.
Patrolling in the Northeast states has been increased in wake of an alert.NFR chief public relations officer Sabyasachi De said patrolling has been increased in Dima Hasao, Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of Assam.

Breaking News LIVE: Cyclone ‘Sitrang’ crossed the Bangladesh coast near Barisal between 9.30 pm and 11.30 pm on Monday after skirting the West Bengal coast, the meteorological department said here. It said weather in south Bengal districts is likely to improve from forenoon on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a red alert indicating heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura. Widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rain at isolated places is very likely to occur over Tripura on Tuesday, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclonic storm “Sitrang” pronounced as “Si-Trang” over the northwest and adjoining the central Bay of Bengal is very likely to weaken into a depression and then into a low pressure by Tuesday evening.
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Solar Eclipse 2022: As the year comes to an end, the world is set to witness the second and the last solar eclipse on Tuesday (October 25). The partial solar eclipse will happen amid Diwali celebrations and can be seen in portions of Europe, western Asia, and northeast Africa. The solar eclipse is set to begin right before sunset in the afternoon and will last for an hour. The partial solar eclipse will be visible from most places, but, its ending will not be visible in the country as it will happen post-sunset.
SURYA GRAHAN VISIBILITY IN INDIA
The Indian cities that will experience the partial solar eclipse are New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura.
SURYA GRAHAN TIMINGS, DURATION AND OTHER DETAILS

In Delhi, the solar eclipse will begin at 4:29 pm IST
In Mumbai, the solar eclipse will begin at 4:49 pm IST
In Kolkata, the solar eclipse will begin at 4:52 pm IST
In Chennai, the solar eclipse will begin at 5:14 pm IST
The duration of the eclipse (from the beginning up to sunset time) will be 1 hr 13 min and 1 hr 19 min for both Delhi and Mumbai, respectively.
The duration of the solar eclipse from the beginning up to sunset time will be 31 min and 12 min in Kolkata and Chennai.

REGIONS WHERE SOLAR ECLIPSE WON’T BE VISIBLE
The Surya Grahan cannot be seen from Andaman & Nicobar Islands and some parts of north-east India (name of few of such places are Aizawl, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Sibsagar, Silchar, Tamelong etc.).
A solar eclipse is a phenomenon in which the moon passes between the sun and the earth, casting a dark shadow on the earth that can completely or partially block sunlight in some areas. During the maximum eclipse, the Moon will hide the Sun to a degree of around 40 to 50 per cent in the country’s northwestern areas. The percentage coverage will be lower than the statistics indicated above in other parts of the country. At the time of the maximum eclipse, the Moon will cover around 44 per cent of the Sun in Delhi and 24 per cent in Mumbai.
WHEN IS THE NEXT SOLAR ECLIPSE
The next solar eclipse will be visible from India on August 2, 2027. It will be a total solar eclipse. From all parts of the country it will be seen as partial solar eclipse.
WHAT TO REMEMBER WHILE WATCHING SURYA GRAHAN
Eclipsed Sun should not be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. It will cause permanent damage to the eyes leading to blindness even when the Moon covers most portion of the Sun. Safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either by using proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14 or by making projection of Sun’s image on a white board by telescope.

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality turned ‘very poor’ on Monday with its maximum temperature settling at 31.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 14.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average.
Humidity levels oscillated between 43 per cent and 90 per cent. Delhiites woke up to a pleasant Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 14.9 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average.
The relative humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 82 per cent. The weather department had forecast mainly clear sky for the day with the maximum temperature likely to settle around 31 degrees Celsius.
The air quality in Delhi on Diwali Monday turned “very poor” amid an increase in stubble burning, bursting of firecrackers and moderately unfavourable meteorological conditions which allowed accumulation of pollutants, according to Swiss organisation IQAir.
Delhi on Diwali was the most polluted city in the world followed by Lahore in Pakistan, it said.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.
The weatherman has forecast mainly clear sky for Tuesday with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to settle at 31 and 15 degrees Celsius respectively.
(With PTI Inputs)

San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has rolled out customised ‘Avatars’ to some beta testers. According to WABetaInfo, an avatar is the best way to express yourself on WhatsApp. Users might experience a few minor glitches because this feature has recently been made available to some people. Some beta testers have received the option to create an avatar after updating WhatsApp beta for Android from the Play Store.
After creating an avatar, the application will immediately create a new sticker pack so that users can share stickers with their loved ones. Additionally, users can select an avatar to use as their profile picture.
More users will be able to get the feature over the next several weeks, the report said. Recently, the company released the ability to add up to 1,024 participants to groups, for some beta testers. The feature was available on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS, but it was limited to a certain undefined number of beta testers.
The report mentioned that if any user wants to check if the feature was available on their WhatsApp account, they can try to create a group or add new participants to an existing one. In May, along with new features, the company rolled out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group from 256 people.

Korba: Chhattisgarh forest authorities have arrested 12 persons and detained a minor boy for allegedly killing an elephant calf and burying the carcass in Korba. The accused spotted the calf on October 18 and allegedly poisoned it the next day. Later, a herd of 44 elephants to which the calf belonged went on a rampage and killed a man.
Forest authorities said they have arrested 12 people and detained a minor boy for allegedly killing an elephant calf and burying the carcass in a paddy farm, officials said on Sunday. Katghora Divisional Forest Officer Premlata Yadav said that as per the preliminary investigation, the accused spotted the elephant calf at the farm in Bania village under the Pasan forest range on October 18 and allegedly poisoned it to death the next day and buried the carcass in the farm to hide the crime.
Later, a herd of 44 elephants to which the calf belonged went on a rampage and killed a man and three cattle in the nearby Devmatti village, she said.
Acting on a tip-off, forest personnel exhumed the carcass on October 20 following which an investigation was launched into its killing, she said.
Forest personnel found that paddy had been planted freshly on the patch of land where the carcass was buried to cover up the killing, she said. A case was registered for the offence under provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
Efforts are on to trace the main accused, who is a member of the Pasan janpad panchayat.
The districts prominently affected by human-elephant conflict are Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, Gariaband, Jashpur and Balrampur.

New York: Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published Saturday that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack that took away sight in an eye and left a hand incapacitated.
Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely.
Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, has been incarcerated after pleading not guilty to attempted murder and assault in the Aug. 12 attack on Rushdie as he was being introduced at the Chautauqua Institution, a rurally located center 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Buffalo that is known for its summertime lecture series.
After the attack, Rushdie was treated at a Pennsylvania hospital, where he was briefly put on a ventilator to recover from what Wylie told El Pais was a “brutal attack” that cut nerves to one arm.
Wylie told the newspaper he could not say whether Rushdie remained in a hospital or discuss his whereabouts.
“He’s going to live … That’s the important thing,” Wylie said.
The attack was along the lines of what Rushie and his agent have thought was the “principal danger … a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking,” Wylie told El Pais.
“So you can’t protect against it because it’s totally unexpected and illogical,” he said.
Wylie told the newspaper it was like Beatles member John Lennon’s murder. Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman outside his Manhattan apartment building Dec. 8, 1980, hours after the singer had signed an autograph for Chapman.
In a jailhouse interview with The New York Post, Matar said he disliked Rushdie and praised Khomeini. Iran has denied involvement in the attack.

UP NEET UG 2022 Counselling: The Director General of Medical Education and Training Uttar Pradesh (DGMEUP) has already started the state’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET UG 2022) counselling registration. Eligible candidates can register for the same by visiting the official website at upneet.gov.in. The DGME Uttar Pradesh will hold the counselling process for 85 per cent state’s quota seats for admission to MBBS and BDS programmes.
UP NEET UG Counselling 2022 Schedule: Check Detail Schedule Here

Name of the Event

Check Important Dates here

UP NEET UG counselling 2022 online registration and payment of fee

October 22(2:00 PM) to 28, 2022(2:00 PM)

Last date to submit security fee

October 22(2:00 PM) to 28, 2022

UP NEET UG counselling 2022

October 25 to 30, 2022

State merit list release date (tentative)

October 29, 2022

Online choice filling and locking

November 1, 2022(11:00 AM) to November 4, 2022(2:00 PM)

Declaration of allotment result round

November 4-5, 2022

Allotment letter download and reporting at allotted institutes

November 7 to November  11, 2022

Direct Link: UP NEET UG Counselling 2022 Registration
Direct Link: UP NEET UG Counselling 2022 Schedule

HOW TO REGISTER FOR UP NEET UG COUNSELLING 2022?

Visit the official website at upneet.gov.in
On the homepage, look for the  Registration link.
Register yourself on the portal.
Fill in the application form.
Upload all the required documents,
Pay the counselling fees and submit the application form.
Download and take a printout of the application form for future reference.

As per the schedule, the last date to apply for the counselling round is till October 28. The state merit list will be published on October 29. The final allotment result will be declared on November 4 or 5, 2022. Candidates are avised to go through the official website for the latest updates.

New Delhi: What can be termed as a piece of good news for all Delhiites and people living around the city, the National Capital on Sunday recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 259, which was the lowest for the day before Diwali in seven years, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
However, it is important to note that the air quality in the capital is predicted to turn “very poor” on Monday morning while it could worsen to the “severe” category on Tuesday due to emissions from firecrackers and an increase in the share of smoke from stubble burning because of a favourable wind speed and direction.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.
Delhi Pollution:  PAST YEARS’ DATA

In 2021, the AQI on November 3 (a day before Diwali) was 314.
It had shot up to 382 on the Diwali day and 462 the next day.
In 2020, Delhi recorded an AQI of 296 a day before Diwali (November 13)
The quality worsened to 414 on Diwali and 435 the day after.
The capital logged an AQI of 287 on the day before the festival in 2019.
It worsened to 337 on Diwali (October 27) and further to 368 the next day.
The AQI was 338 on the day before Diwali in 2018.
Interestingly, it improved to 281 on the Diwali day before aggravating to 390 the next day.
According to the data shared by CPCB, the AQI was 302 and 404 on the day before Diwali in 2017 and 2016

In case firecrackers are burst like last year, the air quality may plunge to “severe” levels on the night of Diwali itself and continue to remain in the “red” zone for another day. The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution has so far remained low (up to 5 per cent) due to a slow transport-level wind speed.
“However, the transport-level wind direction and speed is likely to become very favourable from Monday afternoon. It will increase the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution to 15-18 per cent on October 25 and push the air quality into the ‘severe’ category,” said Gufran Beig, founder project director, SAFAR.
(With PTI Inputs)

CBSE Class 12th Sample Papers 2023: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exam sample papers 2023 along with the marking scheme. Interested students can check and download the sample question papers from the Board’s official website at cbseacademic.nic.in. 
In this article, we will primarily discuss the CBSE Class 12 Accountancy sample question paper 2022 and its marking scheme. The CBSE Class 12 Accountancy sample paper will help students to know more about the exam pattern and marking scheme.
CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Sample Paper: Marking Scheme And Other Details here

The question paper contains 34 questions. All questions are compulsory. The question paper is divided into two parts, Part A and B.
Part – A is compulsory for all candidates.
Part – B has two options i.e. (i) Analysis of Financial Statements and (ii) Computerised Accounting. Students must attempt only one of the given options.
Question 1 to 16 and 27 to 30 carries 1 mark each.
Questions 17 to 20, 31and 32 carries 3 marks each.
Questions from 21 ,22 and 33 carries 4 marks each
Questions from 23 to 26 and 34 carries 6 marks each
There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in 7 questions of one mark, 2 questions of three marks, 1 question of four marks and 2 questions of six marks.

The CBSE Class 12 Accountancy examination paper will be for a duration of three hours. The examination will be held for 80 marks.
Direct Link: CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Sample Question Paper
Direct Link: CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Marking Scheme
CBSE Class 12th Sample Papers 2023: How to Download

Visit the official website of CBSE — cbseacademic.nic.in or cbse.gov.in.
On the homepage, click on the “sample question papers” option.
Now click on the “SQP 2022- 23” option. Now click on the “Class XII” option.
The CBSE subject-wise sample question papers for class 12 will be displayed on the screen.
Download and take a printout of the sample paper to know and check the board exam pattern and process.