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Pelé passes away in Brazil at 82
- Global star had been suffering with colon cancer since September 2021.

Indresh Kumar assures PM Package employees delegation that Nation will not let them down.
All Migrant (Displaced) Employees Association Kashmir (Pm /Non-Pm package employees) delegation met Dr.Indresh Kumar Ji (R.S.S National Executive Member )to apprise him about their plight, issues and hardships they are facing at the hands of administration.
The Employees said that their demands are continously being unheard by Kashmir Bereaucracy and instead oppresive orders of withholding salaries are being issued by their D.D.O's.

Pertinent to mention here that K.P employees are on agitation at Relief Commissioners Office Canal Road Jammu from May-12,2022 in wake of target killings by terrorists in valley .

Meanwhile,employees are under tremendous fear-psychosis after recent killings of Hindus and threat letters issued by terrorist organisations.

Employees apprised they will not move to valley till conditions of valley are conducive and fear free ,in the meantime they are willing to perform their duties outside Valley specifically in R.C Office Jammu & other camp offices of Jammu.

Employees said they have full faith in able leadership of PM Modi ji and requested him to apprise PM about their genuine concerns.
Indresh Kumar assured the delegation of his support in addressing their demands.

The reiterated that criminal proceedings are not for realization of disputed dues.

IIT Jammu hosts the 1st International Conference on role of humanities in STEM higher education under the directives of NEP 2020 .

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Jammu organized the newly established department’s first-ever International Conference on Roadmap for Humanities and Social Sciences in STEM Higher Education. The two day conference was convened by Dr. Sayantan Mandal of the department at the institute campus. The International Conference brought together 42 speakers from more than 35 Higher Education Institutions hailing from 9 countries, such as the USA, Canada, Denmark, Philippines, France, Italy, and Poland. The conference saw a whopping participation of more than 260 people which is quite an achievement for a conference organized in online mode. Participants from reputed institutions such as the IITs and IIMs, University of Jammu, Central University of Jammu, University of Kashmir, MSU Baroda, JNU, Delhi University, University of Hyderabad, Azim Premji University, etc. attended the conference and raised interesting questions which kept the discussion lively.

The Director- IIT Jammu, Prof. Manoj S. Gaur was the patron of this conference who emphasized on the importance of Humanities and Social Sciences to develop well-rounded and humane citizens for the world today. Dr. Amitash Ojha, the Head of the HSS Department focused on the need to integrate the HSS subjects into the mainstream STEM curriculum and highlighted the efforts made by the HSS Department of IIT Jammu in this regard. Experienced Institutional leaders such as Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director IIM Jammu, and Prof. U.B Desai, founding Director, IIT Hyderabad also highlighted the practical issues, challenges, and hindrances in integrating humanities and social science subjects and pointed out that there is a need to change the existing compartmentalization of knowledge for the betterment of the society.

Prof. K. Ramchandran, Member of the Drafting Committee for the National Education Policy 2020, highlighted the importance of HSS in developing key skills, competencies that are needed for the 21st century and strongly recommended the departments of HSS across IITs, IIMs, and NITs to offer full-fledged education programs. Prof. Shyam B. Menon, Former Vice-Chancellor of Ambedkar University Delhi stressed on the lack of interaction between HSS and the Science and Technology departments. Prof. Ashoke K Sarkar, Dean, IIT Jammu, who was also the former Director of BITS Pilani emphasized the issue of cross-disciplinary interactions, while other speakers highlighted that irrespective of the growing interactions, several premier Higher Education Institutions, are still following a rather elitist approach.

Keynote Speakers, paper presenters, and participants highlighted the importance of inclusion, multidisciplinarity and referred them to the directives of the new National Education Policy, India 2020. The Policy clearly states the importance of HSS in STEM higher education and upholds the virtues of learning, cross-disciplinary competence development, and lifelong learning. At the same time, the success of the policy depends on its implementation. The Speakers were hopeful that accepting the complexities of the challenges and proper teaching strategies could lead to context-specific solutions and successful implementation of the NEP goals. International speakers, such as Prof. Stavros Moutsios and Roger Chao Jr. highlighted the importance of visionary leadership and academic freedom to implement the values inculcated by Humanities, Social Sciences, Liberal Arts at the institutional levels. The conference by the Department of HSS, IIT Jammu plans to bring out a detailed report and publish an edited book based on the selected papers presented during the two days. The conference was organized by faculty and scholars of the department coupled with the support of Institute’s Communication Officer, Ms. Akanksha Chauhan and the C3i team who helped with audio-visual support.

The concepts of 'transit remand' and 'norms for inter-state arrests' are being widely discussed in the wake of the arrest of 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi by the Delhi Police from her Bengaluru resident in the 'toolkit' case.

In practical terms, 'transit remand order' means on order passed by a Judicial Magistrate remanding an arrested person to police custody for the purpose of his transit to another state.

Transit remand order' acts as a valuable layer of protection in cases where a person is taken out of his familiar circumstances to an alien place.

While the term "transit remand order" is not categorically defined in Indian criminal law, it finds its roots in Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Section 167 lays down the procedure when the investigation cannot be completed in 24 hours as fixed by Section 57 and requires the police officer to transmit to the nearest Jurisdictional Magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary relating to the case

A "transit anticipatory bail" is when a person is apprehending arrest by police of a State other than the State where he/she is presently situated. As the word "transit" suggests, it is an act of being moved or carried from one place to another.