#WATCH# | Gangtok, Sikkim: Swachhata Seva Campaign 2026 was launched in Gangtok on PM Modi’s birthday and Vishwakarma Puja. Governor Om Prakash Mathur and CM Prem Singh Tamang attended the event. One thousand diyas were lit on this occasion, wishing PM Modi a long life.

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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝟔 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝟒 𝐁𝐉𝐏 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐣 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬 Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been shifted to Tamil Nadu and Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur to Kerala, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique. Read more: #PresidentMurmu# #Governors# #RajBhavan#

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new Governors for six states. Om Prakash Mathur, who was serving as Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed governor of Keralam. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the outgoing governor of Keralam, will take over as Governor of Tamil Nadu. Dushyant Gautam has been appointed the new Governor of Sikkim. The appointments also include changes in Odisha, Karnataka and Uttarakhand. More details🔗 Catch every update on the TOI App 👉 #DroupadiMurmu# #GovernorAppointments# #GovernorReshuffle# #OmPrakashMathur# #RajendraArlekar#

On this day, 19.10.1918; 🇬🇧 Charles Evans was born in Derwen, North Wales. A surgeon by profession and one of the leading British mountaineers of his generation, Evans played a crucial role in the 1953 British Everest Expedition. As deputy leader, he and Tom Bourdillon made the first summit attempt, reaching the South Summit at around 8,750 m on 26 May 1953. For the next three days, they had climbed higher on Everest than anyone before them. With failing oxygen equipment, limited time and the difficult final ridge still ahead, they turned back, a decision that likely saved their lives. Evans returned to the Himalaya two years later as leader of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga Expedition. Under his leadership, Joe Brown and George Band made the mountain’s first ascent on 25 May, followed by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather the next day. Evans had earlier promised Sikkimese authorities that climbers would respect Kangchenjunga’s sacred summit, so the team deliberately stopped just below the highest point, beginning a tradition later followed by other expeditions. Evans was known for calm leadership and putting the team ahead of personal glory. A doctor, wartime medical officer, Alpine Club president and later university principal, he was knighted in 1969. Charles Evans died in 1995, aged 77. Photo ©: Charles Evans Archives.