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[ad_1] Old Trafford on a diluvial Friday afternoon. The first day of the game between Lancashire and Surrey has just been abandoned. The normally well-attended Primary Schools' Open Day has been limited to a Mascots' Race and even that became a straight five furlongs on the outfield rather than the Chorlton Gold Cup. But if Manchester is conforming to its glum stereotype, the same cannot really be said of Surrey cricket these days. Officials at The Oval have striven mightily to demolish their reputation as metropolitan flash-Harrys who think they can build a team with a flourish of their cheque-book. Seven of the side which defeated Hampshire last Monday had come through the county's Academy system, albeit the greying Rikki Clarke is more an Emeritus Fellow than an ambitious PhD. student. What is more, two of that heptad, Ollie Pope and Amar Virdi , played leading roles in what was a notable victory. In other words things are unfolding rather as Alec Stewart, Surrey's ...

[ad_1] नई दिल्‍ली: केंद्र सरकार वरिष्‍ठ नागरिकों के लिए बहुत बड़ी खुशखबरी लेकर आई है. अब प्रधानमंत्री वय वंदना योजना (PMVVY) के अंतर्गत वरिष्‍ठ नागरिक 15 लाख रुपए तक निवेश कर पाएंगे. इससे उन्‍हें हर माह 10000 रुपए पेंशन मिलने का रास्‍ता साफ हो गया है. यही नहीं इस योजना का सदस्‍य बनने की अंतिम तारीख भी 4 मई 2018 से बढ़ाकर 31 मार्च 2020 कर दी गई है, यानि अब वरिष्‍ठ नागरिक इस बढ़ी हुई तारीख तक इसके सदस्‍य बन पाएंगे. पहले इस योजना में निवेश सीमा 7.5 लाख रुपए ही थी. यह फैसला केंद्रीय कैबिनेट की मंजूरी के बाद लिया गया है. कानून मंत्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने इसकी पुष्टि की है. उनक मुताबिक निवेश सीमा प्रति परिवार 7.5 लाख रुपये से बढ़ाकर 15 लाख रुपये करने से वरिष्ठ नागरिकों की सामाजिक सुरक्षा का कवर बढ़ जाएगा. एलआईसी दे रही है 8 प्रतिशत रिटर्न केंद्र ने यह कदम सामाजिक सुरक्षा बढ़ाने के उद्देश्‍य से उठाया है. प्रधानमंत्री वय वंदन योजना (PMVVY) भारतीय जीवन बीमा निगम (LIC) चला रही है. इसका उद्देश्‍य 60 वर्ष से ऊपर के लोगों को सामाजिक सुरक्षा देना है. सरकार के मुताबिक मार्च 2018 तक कुल 2.23 लाख वरिष्...

[ad_1] California officials have repeatedly vowed  not to back down to attempts by the Trump administration to weaken the state’s environmental regulations, especially the progress it has made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The state kept its word on Tuesday when California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said he is joining more than a dozen other states in filing a lawsuit challenging an EPA  determination , published on April 13, that the fuel efficiency requirements for cars and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised. At the direction of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the agency is now in the process of  rewriting  those standards that aimed to slash carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. In the lawsuit, California and the others assert that the EPA has violated the Administrative Procedure Act, failed to follow its own clean car regulations, and violated the Clean Air Act, Becerra said Tuesday at a press briefing in Sacramento, California. He was joined b...