Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad elected Hockey India President
New Delhi, Oct 1: Bihar's Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad was elected the President of Hockey India following the eighth Hockey India Congress on Monday.
Ahmad, who formerly held the Secretary General's post, will succeed Rajinder Singh after being elected unopposed, according to a Hockey India statement.
While Gyanendro Ningombam of Manipur will take over as the Senior Vice President, Asima Ali of Jammu and Kashmir and Bhola Nath Singh of Jharkhand will be the new Vice Presidents.
Jammu and Kashmir's Rajinder Singh has been elected the Secretary General and Tapan Kumar Das of Assam was re-elected the Treasurer.
Former Indian women's team Captain Asunta Lakra of Jharkhand was elected the Joint Secretary along with Firoz Ansari of Chhattisgarh.
Meanwhile, Arti Singh of Rajasthan, M. Renuka Lakshmi of Tamil Nadu and S.V.S. Subramanya Gupta, currently heading Hockey Karnataka, were elected unopposed as Executive Members.
R.P. Singh and Joydeep Kaur were re-appointed as Athlete Representatives after their nomination was ratified at the Congress.
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Iran-Israel conflict: CBSE postpones class 10, 12 board exams in Middle East region
New Delhi (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday postponed the class 10 and 12 board exams scheduled for March 5 in the Middle East region amid the Iran-Israel conflict, officials said.
"Due to the current situation in parts of the Middle East---Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE, the board has decided to postpone class 10, 12 exams on March 5,” said CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj.
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The new dates will be announced later, and for further exams, the situation will be reviewed on March 5, Bhardwaj added.
On Sunday, the board had postponed the exam scheduled on March 2 in the region.
This comes as the Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States on Saturday. His death was confirmed on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump said the heavy and pinpoint bombing of Iran would continue through the week or as long as necessary.
