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Shashi Tharoor comes up with another head scratcher pogonotrophy, takes a dig at PM Modi’s beard

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come up with another head scratcher – pogonotrophy and tweeted that he has learnt of the new word pogonotrophy, which means the growing or cultivation of a beard from a friend . This time it is a subtle dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his prodigious command over the English language, has come up with another head scratcher – pogonotrophy and explained its meaning on Twitter. This time it is a subtle dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tharoor keeps dropping new words and creates a buzz around them on social media. It was not the first time when Tharoor has sent Twitterati scurrying for their dictionaries.

Tharoor has explained the meaning of the word on Thursday night after a Twitter user asked him to share a new out of the box word to learn. Explaining the meaning of the word in a tweet, Tharoor said he learnt of the new word pogonotrophy, which means the growing or cultivation of a beard, from a friend.

Responding to the tweeter user, Tharoor said his friend Rathin Roy, the economist, has taught him this new word today: pogonotrophy, which means the cultivation of a beard. As in, the PM’s pogonotrophy has been a pandemic preoccupation.

Tharoor’s tweet left many puzzled with a Twitter user saying that If the world has Oxford dictionary then why not India has Tharur Dictionary? “thanks for sharing this one from Tharoorictionary,” said another user.

Pogonthropy refers to the act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard or other facial hair.

Tharoor’s fascination with big words, which often make readers look for dictionaries, has also humorously backfired sometimes.

In May this year, Telangana minister KT Rama Rao made his discomfort with names of Covid-19 medicine public. Listing out the names of the Covid treatment medicines including Posaconazole, Cresemba, Tocilizumab, Remdesivir, Liposomal Amphotericin, Flavipiravir, Molnupiravir, Baricitinib etc, the minister had jokingly said Tharoor may have something to do with these names.

Responding to the comical allegation, Tharoor had threw in another head scratcher — floccinaucinihilipilification which means the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Thiruvananathapuram MP had shared his word of the day on Twitter in January to respond to the former players and had shared the word epicaricacy along with an image of former cricketers who had predicted India’s defeat.

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Tharoor has been a man of many English words such as farrago and troglodyte. Farrago means a confused mixture while troglodyte means a person regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned.

In other India News, Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat handed over his resignation at around 11.15 pm on Friday to Governor Baby Rani Maurya, just four months after he took charge.

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Caught on cam: Class 10 girl falls from school terrace in Ayodhya, family accuses school authority of rape and murder

The parents of the deceased girl said their daughter was called to school despite ongoing summer vacations.

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Caught on cam: Class 10 girl falls from school terrace in Ayodhya, family accuses school authority of rape and murder

A class 10 girl students died after falling off the terrace of her school building in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. While school said the girl fell from the swing, family accuses school officials of assault on their daughter.

The incident took place at 8:45 AM in the Sunbeam School, Ayodhya, of which the girl was a student.

The parents of the deceased girl said their daughter was called to school despite ongoing summer vacations.

At around 10:00 am on Friday, the parents received a call from the school administration informing them about their to have fallen from a swing and was severely injured.

The family then immediately rushed to the hospital but were informed by the doctors that their daughter had died during treatment.

The family doubted and informed the police about the incident.

The entire incident on the floor was caught on camera, the police during the investigation retrieved a CCTV footage that showed the girl falling on the floor.

Ayodhya SP Police on the matter said as the girl’s mother was out somewhere, once she comes back and once CCTV footages and other surveillance evidences are retrieved his team will conduct the investigation.

Deceased girl’s grandfather while speaking to media said at around 8:48 am, her daughter left for the school and at around 9:50 am, they received a call from the school authority.

The victim’s grandfather further informed that first they were told by the school management that the girl had fallen from the swing but later in the evening after watching the CCTV footage they got know to that she was thrown from from the terrace.

He further alleged that Brijesh Yadav, Abhishek Kanojia and another person killed her grand daughter. He again putting stress on Abhishek Kanojia’s name said he is responsible for the death.

School principal has distanced from giving any comments on the incident.

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Bihar: Snake found in mid-day meal in Araria school, 100 students hospitalised

Reports said the incident occurred on Saturday at Amouna middle school Ward No. 21, under Jogbani Nagar Parishad.

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A ruckus broke out at a government school in the Araria district of Bihar after a snake was found in the Khichdi served to students under the mid-day meal scheme.

Reports said the incident occurred on Saturday at Amouna middle school Ward No. 21, under Jogbani Nagar Parishad and landed as many as 100 students in the hospital. Officials said the affected students are undergoing treatment and are out of danger.

The pictures of the dead snake floating in the Khichdi are doing rounds on the internet.

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Reports further said students were served khichdi prepared by an NGO during the mid-day meal and the students who already ate the food ended up barfing following which they were rushed to the Forbesganj hospital.

Araria district education office Rajkumar said all the students who ate the food are safe and an investigation has been launched into the matter.

DEO Rajkumar also said the NGO, which was assigned for the mid-day meals in the school, will face the cancellation of their license.

The school authorities noticed the dead snake after a student pointed it out and informed everyone. However, about 100 students had eaten the meal till then.

Reports said school teachers complained several times to the NGO about the bad quality of mid-day meals they have been serving to the students, however, their complaint was neglected.

This is not the first mid-day meal mishap reported in Bihar. In November 2022, as many as 200 students were hospitalised after eating mid-day meals at a middle school in Naugachhia in Bhagalpur.

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PM Modi convenes Niti Aayog meeting, 6 Chief Ministers skip event

Delhi CM Kejriwal in a written letter to PM Modi stated he is boycotting the meeting to protest against the May 19 ordinance moved by the Centre nullifying the Supreme Court judgement. Kejriwal in his letter termed the ordinance as undemocratic and unconstitutional.

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PM Modi to convene Niti Aayog meeting today, 6 Chief Ministers not to attend

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the eight governing council meeting of Niti Aayog today. At least Chief Ministers of six states skipped the meeting, a day ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament building.

The list of CMs who boycotted the meeting are West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.

The meeting was held at the new Convention Centre in Pragati Maidan, Delhi.

The theme of the meeting was Viksit Bharat at 2047: Role of Team India. Niti Aayog in an official statement stated today’s meeting will be participated by Chief Ministers, Lt Governors of all states and union territories, Union Ministers as ex-officio members, vice chairman and the members of the Niti Aayog.

The leaders of the states had announced their decision to skip the meeting due to various reasons.

Delhi CM Kejriwal in a written letter to PM Modi stated he is boycotting the meeting to protest against the May 19 ordinance moved by the Centre nullifying the Supreme Court judgement. Kejriwal in his letter termed the ordinance as undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Bihar CM Kumar while speaking to the media in Patna raised questions on the need of the new Parliament which is et to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28.

Kumar attacking the BJP said, the Central government in rule will change the history of the country and further added he sees no sense in attending the Niti Aayog meeting today at the new Parliament inauguration tomorrow.

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin will not be able to attend the meeting as he is on a three-day tour to Singapore and Japan, said state officials.

Punjab CM Mann stated the reason behind the boycott to be the Central government’s ignorance on farmer issues.

Telangana CM Rao is expected to attend a prearranged meeting with Kejriwal in Hyderabad on Saturday, the reason he is not attending the meeting.

While West Bengal CM Banerjee reason behind not attending the meeting was not stated, CM Banerjee is scheduled to visit Khadikul village in West Bengal to meet the family members of the victim of the blast in an illegal firecracker factory.

This comes after at least 20 opposition parties decided to boycott the inaugural event of the newly built Parliament building today.

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