Salaam meets Jai Shri Ram in this Pak school

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The story behind the photo that is going viral Taken over a decade ago in 2007, the photo of a young girl sobbing in the arms of an old lady, still moves people to tears. The girl in the picture, on a school trip to an old age home, had discovered that her grandmother -- who she was told was at a relative's -- was living there. 15-year-old Shardul wins silver at Asiad All of 15, Shardul Vihan clinched the silver medal in the men's double trap shooting event at the 18th Asian Games that are being held in Indonesia this year. TVS launches new 110cc bike 'Radeon' at Rs 48,400 Chennai-based TVS Motor Company on Thursday launched a new 110cc motorcycle, Radeon, with price starting at Rs 48,400 (ex-showroom, Delhi). CBSE, one of India's oldest education boards, set to get a makeover The main change that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to change is the question paper pattern of Class X and XII exams from 2020. Soon you will be able to browse internet, make calls while flying The telecom department is set to allow in-flight calls and internet services on aircraft by October this year. "We are in the final stages of inflight connectivity licence norms and the service option will be given to carriers and telecom companies within two months," said an official at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). In 30 years, India will have fewer children than today India's population will touch almost 1.7 billion by 2050 but its child population (those below 15 years of age) is projected to come down by 20% over the next 32 years. The population of Indians above 65 will in the meantime increase almost three times. Meet the Pakistani woman battling odds to teach Hindu students at temple school in Karachi Inside a Hindu temple in a shanty area in Pakistan's Karachi city, Anum Agha wearing the traditional Muslim Hijab greets her students with 'salaam' and gets a loud 'Jai Shri Ram' in response. Women in Chhattisgarh can't stick to LPG for cooking ET travelled through election-bound Chhattisgarh to find women have still not given up traditional fuels like firewood and dung cakes and still cook on their earthen chulhas. With meagre incomes villagers find refills expensive and claim they are often short-changed by LPG dealers. Sampark Kranti Express gets an art overhaul The Bihar Sampark Kranti Express would arrive in Delhi on August 23 with nine coaches painted with Mithila art. Japan gets first woman fighter pilot Japan will shortly have its first female fighter pilot, the military said on Thursday, with the officer vowing to blaze a trail in the sky for other women.

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