Justice Lalit, who will become the CJI on Saturday, said the other two areas are: listing cases for hearing in the apex court and mentioning urgent matters.
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The plan for deployment of the light tanks comes amid the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh that severely strained the ties between India and China.
New Delhi (Agencies): Ghulam Nabi Azad, a Congress veteran and former Union Minister, quit his party of more than five decades on Friday with a scalding attack on Rahul Gandhi, ripping into him for “childish behaviour”, “glaring immaturity” and for letting a “coterie of inexperienced sycophants” run the party. In a lacerating resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi, he blamed her son Rahul for the Congress’s defeat in the 2014 national electiona turning point for the party that has been struggling to win elections since. The Congress was “comprehensively destroyed” and had reached a point of no return, he declared, and slammed a “remote control model” in which Sonia Gandhi is “just a nominal figurehead” while important decisions are taken by “Rahul Gandhi or rather worse his security guards and PAs (personal assistants)”.
New Delhi (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the world’s most popular leader, according to a survey by global decision intelligence company Morning Consult. At least 75% of Indians surveyed by Morning Consult approve of PM Narendra Modi. The survey was carried out between August 17 and August 23 this year. The only other world leaders who were highly approved by their citizens were Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador of whom 63% of Mexicans approve.
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First India Bureau New Delhi: “It is being said that they broke away a number of MLAs. I received phone calls, people asked me if everything is alright. I would like to bring a Confidence Motion in House to show people that not even one went away, that BJP’s Operation Lotus became Operation Keechad here,” thundered CM Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Assembly on Friday as the House met for a special session after AAP MLAs alleged that the BJP was trying to buyb them to topple the Kejriwal government. For the purpose of the confidence motion, to be moved on Monday, the special session of the Assembly has been extended by one day. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP had purchased 277 MLAs till now across the country. “We have calculated that 277 MLAs have come to their party (BJP), now if they would have given Rs 20 crore to each MLA then they have bought MLAs worth Rs 5,500 crore. That is why there is inflation as they are using all the money to buy MLAs at expense of the common man,” he said.
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New Delhi: The outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Friday said that the end of his tenure just marks the end of his constitutional assignment but he will try to fulfil the constitutional vows till his last breath.
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“All anti-national forces have come together against Delhi’s AAP govt, ours is the most popular government, and these forces want to break us but all our MLAs are together. They will fabricate false cases against us till Gujarat polls,” said Kejriwal.“There is a serial killer in the city who is committing one murder after the other. People choose a government, they topple it,” heHesaid.also alleged Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has now started an investigation into schools to stop good work being done in schools and hospitals in Delhi.
HIGHLIGHTS Azad reveals his plan post Congress exit: ‘Will not join BJP, form my own party in J&K’ GNA’s (acronym for Azad) DNA has been Modi-fied, Jairam Ramesh took jibe at him Azad’s exit is beginning of end of Congress: BJP leader Sunil Jhakhar In a related development, J&K Congress leader RS Chib also quit the party saying it has lost its momentum
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ADANI SAYS SEBI NOD NOT NEEDED FOR NDTV DEAL New Delhi: Adani group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises on Friday through a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges said prior approval from market regulator SEBI is not required for allotment of NDTV shares to its unit Vishvapradhan Commercial. P5
New Delhi (PTI): The Army is set to procure a fleet of light tanks for deployment in high-altitude areas in eastern Ladakh under ‘Project Zorawar’ to bolster its overall firepower and operational prowess.
New Delhi (PTI): Air India will restore salaries that were cut in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic fromandcrewalsoinwasloss-makingtoSeptemberfrom1,accordingacommunication.Theairline,whichtakenoverbyTatasJanuarythisyear,hasdecidedtoreviselayoverallowancesmealarrangementsSeptember1.
PHOGAT SHEDRUGGEDFORCIBLYBEFOREDIED:POLICE Goa: BJP leader Sonali Phogat was forcibly drugged at a party by her two associates who are now arrested after being named as accused in the case related to her death, Goa Police said on Friday. “On the basis of CCTV footage, it was seen that the accused Sudhir Sangwan and his associate Sukhwinder Singh were partying with the deceased at a club.” RAHUL
Noida (PTI): Several people living in buildings close to Supertech’s twin towers have decided to go for vacation while many will be putting up at hotels on Sunday, when the structures are set to be demolished.
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Gaurav Saxena, who lives a few metres away from the twin towers, is going on vacation to Nainital with his family for three days. Saxena fears dust allergy after the“Wedemolition.havedecided to go for vacation. My mother is an asthma patient. We can’t take the risk of keeping her at home. So, we have decided to take a small vacation to Nainital,” SaxenaMonica,said.whose flat is in Aster 5 tower, said she has booked a hotel room for herself and her daughters while her husband is not in town. “My daughter has an exam on the day of the demolition. So, we have booked a room in a hotel so that her studies are not affected. We will go to the hotel a day before,” Monica said.
The sources said the light tanks will have firepower at par with the existing ones and they are being procured to ensure quick deployment and boost agility of the force as the “threat” along the northern borders is likely to remain in the “foreseeable future”. The sources said it was realised that there was a “gap” when it came to using existing tanks in such terrains, and thus a “lighter tank” was needed.
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GEHLOT TAKES SWIPE AT AZAD Jaipur: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot took a dig at Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday over the allegations levelled by him against the Congress leadership, saying it is not right for people whose very identity is due to the party to say such things. Gehlot said no one had expected that someone who was never kept without an office by the Congress for 42 years would say such things about the party.
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP-led Centre is acting like a serial killer to eliminate state governments, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed on Friday, as he termed the CBI FIR against him “completely fake” and based on “mere sources”. Speaking in the Delhi Assembly, Sisodia said the CBI does not have proof of any corruption in the city government’s excise policy. He also alleged that the CBI conducted raids on his residence because the Delhi government’s good work was being praised across the globe. The deputy chief minister, who is an accused in the CBI case related to the Delhi government’s excise policy, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi “feels insecure” seeing good work done by others. “Prime Minister Modi feels insecure seeing good work by others. I have not seen a more insecure person than him,” Sisodia said. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia speaks during the special session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Friday.
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New Delhi (PTI): A day after a 16-year-old girl was allegedly shot at and injured by a motorcycle-borne youth in the Sangam Vihar area here, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday issued a notice to the city police seeking an action-taken report. According to the notice, the DCW has taken suo-moto cognisance of media reports of the case of stalking and attempt to murder of a girl in Sangam Vihar in south “AccordingDelhi.tothe reports, the girl was shot at by her stalker on Thursday when she was returning to her home from school. It is alleged by the father (of the girl) that the boy had been stalking his daughter for the past few months and a complaint was made in this regard to the local beat constable of the Delhi Police, but no action was taken in the matter,” the DCW notice said. The Commission has sought a copy of the FIR registered, details of the accused arrested, a detailed actiontaken report in the matter and so on, it said.
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Jatin Singh, a Noida resident, poses in the backdrop of the twin towers on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI Chetan Dutta, a blaster expert working with Edifice, which will initiate the demolition, in Noida on Friday.
ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE FIXED: NOIDA CEO Noida (PTI): If there is a violation of rules, its responsibility will definitely be fixed, if not today then tomorrow, Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari said as she asked everyone to abide by norms fixed by the government and courts. The Supertech twin towers case is also a lesson for government officials, the senior IAS officer said, as legal action has been initiated against 26 Noida Authority officials for their involvement in the project. Maheshwari said the Supertech incident has also led the Noida Authority to revise norms and make them more stringent in disbursal of floor area ratio (FAR) to developers, a move to prevent such episodes in the future. The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) had received a rap on its knuckles as the top court pointed out multiple incidents of collusion of its officials with Supertech Ltd in the Emerald Court project. “The case has revealed a nefarious complicity of the planning authority in the violation by the developer of the provisions of law,” the Supreme Court had observed. On lessons for builders from the episode, the Noida Authority CEO said, “If there is a violation then definitely its responsibility will be fixed, if not today then tomorrow. Everybody should abide by all the norms fixed by the government and by the court.
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Five such cases involving eight officers are pending with the government of Jammu and Kashmir and four cases seeking approval to act against 36 officers are pending with the Delhi government, it said. Four cases seeking sanction to prosecute 11 allegedly corrupt officers were pending with the Ministry of Coal and Mines and three each with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs, the CVC annual report 2021 said.
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New Delhi (PTI): A pilot of a prominent airlines has been removed from flight duty after he failed a drug test, a senior DGCA official said onHeFriday.isthe fourth pilot to fail the drug test since the procedure for examination of aviation personnel for consumption of psychoactive substances came into effect from January 31. So far, four pilots and one Air Traffic Controller (ATC) have tested positive riodsuspendedhertime,tivesonnelsubstances.psychoactiveforIfthesameper-testsposi-forthesecondthenhisorlicencewillbeforape-ofthreeyears.
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New Delhi (PTI): As many as 171 cases involving more than 600 officers accused of corruption were pending sanction for prosecution from different government waysthevolvingtraltheagainst(DFS),ofwith32565sion’stralaccordingdepartments,totheCen-VigilanceCommis-latestreport.Ofthese,ahighestofsuchcasesinvolvingofficersarependingtheDepartmentFinancialServices12cases67officerswithcustomsandcen-excise,11casesin-30officerswithMinistryofRail-andeightcases
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Noida (PTI): As Supertech’s illegal twin towers — Apex and Ceyane — are set to be demolished on Sunday afternoon, the Noida health department is preparing for any emergency situation that may arise in the aftermath of the razing down of India’s tallest structures yet. Besides the government-run facilities, three private hospitals are also readying themselves to accommodate patients in case of any untoward incident, the officials said. Over 5,000 residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village the two closest societies to the twin towers will be evacuated by 7 am on Sunday. Around 2,700 vehicles belonging to them will also be removed from the premises. An exclusion zone will be created at a radius of up to 500 metres around the twin towers where no human or animal will be allowed, except for a team of Indian and foreign blasters engaged in the demolition of the nearly DrChieftalwithYatharthpital,willmedicines.withbestructures.100-metre-tall“SixambulanceswilldeployedatthesitemedicalteamandSafehousesbesetupinJPHos-FelixHospitalandHospitalalongtheDistrictHospi-inSector30,Noida,”MedicalOfficerSunilSharmasaid.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the newly sworn-in Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Suresh N Patel at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
The Supreme Court on Friday assured the buyers of flats in the Supertech twin-towers in Noida that they will be refunded the full amount deposited with the builder. The apex court also asked the IRP of the firm, facing insolvency proceedings, to deposit Rs one crore with the apex court registry. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna, and JB Pardiwala said that the home buyers of twin powers will get their total refund but for the time being, they will be paid from Rs one crore, which will be deposited by the IRP by September 30.
deemed forest land will be felled and compensatory afforestation will be raised at NTPC Eco Park, B darpur at a cost of Rs 8.66 crore.
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PRESENTING CREDENTIALS President Droupadi Murmu on Friday accepted credentials from envoys of four nations: Germany, Somalia, Suriname, and Ecuador at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Following the talks, Singh said India and Tanzania share the same strategic space and New Delhi considers the African nation as a “major Western Indian Ocean Player”. “Reviewed the full range of India-Tanzania defence ties during the fruitful meeting with the Tanzanian Defence Minister, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax in New Delhi. India & Tanzania share the same strategic space. India considers Tanzania as a major Western Indian Ocean Player,” he tweeted.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh receives Minister of Defence and National Service, Tanzania, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, ahead of their bilateral talks, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
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involving against 19 officers with the Ministry of Defence, it said. These cases are being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.Eightcases seeking sanction to prosecute 15 officers were pending with the government of Uttar Pradesh and six cases against eight officers were pending with the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions which is the nodal authority for the the31,mattersanti-corruptionasonDecember2021,accordingtoreport.
New Delhi (PTI): Education may feature prominently in the words of the Aam Aadmi Party but it is “liquor” which drives their work,ministerUnion as the BJP kept its attack on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia over the alleged excise scam. He said the AAP government in Delhi did not make(liquorhushala”“mad-shala”“path-(schools)butopenedmany vends) and questioned the “silence” of Kejriwal and Sisodia to the queries raised by him over the “scam”, now being probed by the“TheCBI. liquor scam has unmasked the AAP and showed how it is neck-deep in corruption. Why are its leaders not answering the questions raised by us over its excise policy,” Anurag Thakur said.
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Oh, it seems you took offence. My intention was not to point out your faults. All of us are one country. We have to learn from each other, then only India will become the number one country.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference after attending the special session of Delhi assembly, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal displays the New York Times report praising his government’s work on education, during the special session of Delhi Assembly on Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs hold placards in protest after being marshalled out from the Assembly on Friday. —PHOTOS BY ANI ALL 8 BJP MLAS MARSHALLED OUT
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Assembly special session on Friday witnessed stormy scenes with the ruling AAP shouting "khokhakhokha", accusing the BJP of trying to buy its MLAs, and the opposition hitting back with "dhokha-dhokha", referring to the alleged liquorAmidscam.the slogan shouting, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla marshalled out all the eight BJP MLAs for the entire day of one-day session over an alleged video recording charge levelled by an AAP MLA on chief whip of the opposition Ajay Mahawar.Earlier, Birla tried to restore order in the House, warning MLAs of both sides to stop sloganeering and take their seats. She also sent out AAP MLA Rituraj from the House as he kept on speaking despite her warnings. The session was called by the ruling AAP to discuss how the BJP was allegedly trying to "poach" its MLAs and highlight the achievements of the Kejriwal wasRamvirnaantwentpremises.statuethestagedHouse,shalledAftergovernment.beingmar-outofthetheBJPMLAsaprotestunderMahatmaGandhiontheAssemblyTheyalsotomeetLieuten-GovernorVKSaxe-tolodgeacomplaint.LeaderofOppositionSinghBidhuriaskedbythedeputy speaker in the House to reply if Mahawar did the video recording or not. On her repeated questioning, Bidhuri claimed that ruling party MLAs also resorted to video recording during Assembly sessions. With no reply to her question, Birla ordered them to be marshalled out. "We wanted a discussion on the excise policy scam but our requests were turned down. That is why we are protesting at the Gandhi statue demanding the immediate removal of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia from the Kejriwal cabinet."Heclaimed that the opposition MLAs were marshalled out because the AAP government has no answers to the BJP's questions on the alleged liquor scam. The special session began with the House observing a two-minute silence to pay homage to ITBP soldiers killed in Pahalgam.
He said that the FIR against him was based on “mere sources” as the CBI does not have any proof for any corruption. He said the real reason behind the CBI raid was Delhi government’s good works, which were being praised across the globe.
“The FIR against me is completely fake. I have committed no corruption... They (BJP) are acting like serial killer to eliminate other state governments. The effort they are putting to murder state governments, they should have put that much effort into building schools and hospitals,” Sisodia said.
New Delhi (PTI): A day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to "do his homework" before commenting, the AAP supremo said on Friday his intention was not "point out faults" and that "we have to learn from each other" to make the countryKejriwalstronger.had, on Wednesday, tweeted that a closure of schools is not a solution and there is a need to open more schools across the country, and shared a link to a news report claiming a "closure" of some schools in Assam. Sarma took to Twitter on Thursday to lash out at Kejriwal over the amalgamation of schools and asked him to "do his homework" before withoutmentedwal"Dearcommenting.@ArvindKejri-Ji-asusualyoucom-onsomethinganyhomework!
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New Delhi (PTI): AAP national convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a speech in the assembly here Friday, and alleged the recent raids by probe agencies against Delhi ministers are linked to the polls in Gujarat. Kejriwal also said he will bring a confidence motion in the Delhi assembly to prove no AAP MLA has defected.
Since my days as Education Minister till now, please note, the Assam government has established/taken over 8,610 new schools," Sarma had tweeted. He had also asked how many schools did the Delhi government start in the last sevenTheyears.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief responded to Sarma's tweet on Friday. "Oh, it seems you took offence. My intention was not to point out your faults. All of us are one country. We have to learn from each other, then only India will become the number one country," Kejriwal said in his tweet in Hindi. He further said he is willing to visit Assam and asked Sarma when should he go to the Delhi,"showcomefieldyourstate."Younortheasternshowmegoodworkintheofeducation.YoutoDelhi,Iwillyoutheworkinhesaid.
"The BJP's fortress in Gujarat is under threat and is crumbling now. ED, CBI raids on us are due to the upcoming polls in Gujarat," he alleged. Kejriwal said the CBI couldn't find a single penny during raids at his deputy Manish Sisodia's"Vestedresidence.interests are now trying to topple the Delhi government. They toppled governments in Manipur, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra. There is a serial killer on the prowl in the city," Kejriwal said in the House. Addressing the Delhi Assembly in a special session, Kejriwal alleged the BJP is using money collected through GST and hike in petrol and diesel prices to poach MLAs. He claimed the BJP has bought 277 MLAs till now across the country. He alleged Delhi Lieutenant Governor has now started a probe in "our schools. They want to stop good work being done in schools and hospitals".
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma asked his Delhi counterpart Kejriwal to come to Assam and see for himself government-run education and healthcare units, while stating that he will also visit similar facilities. Delhi is a state merely in name. It is more of a MC, the senior BJP leader claimed.“I have seen their mohallah clinics. But after seeing the facilities at our Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, what is there to see in those clinics?” Sarma said.
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Sisodia defended his government’s Excise Policy 2021-22, which has now been withdrawn. “There was no burden on the people in the excise policy and the government’s revenue also increased, but still the BJP was alleging corruption in it,” Sisodia said.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister We wanted a discussion on the excise policy scam but our requests were turned down.
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Assembly session on Friday witnessed stormy scenes with AAP accusing BJP of trying to buy its MLAs
New Delhi (ANI): Amid the ruckus in the oneday special session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Manish Sisodia called out the CBI raids on him and said that the opposition was unable to digest the praise he received across the world. "Conduct 1,000 more raids, but you will not find anything on me. I have worked for the progress of education in Delhi. That's the only thing I am guilty of. They aren't able to digest the world praising what we've done," he said in the Assembly.
New Delhi: Amid the slogan shouting, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla marshalled out all the eight BJP MLAs for the entire day of one-day session over an alleged video recording charge levelled by an AAP MLA on chief whip of the opposition Ajay Mahawar. The session was called by the ruling AAP to discuss how the BJP was allegedly trying to “poach” its MLAs and highlight the achievements of the Kejriwal government.
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an of the universe. Modiji has every single element of the universe balanced in such a super human way that astuteness in statesmanship becomes his second nature.The narrator brings to the readers how Modiji has complete control over human nature and his razor sharp intelligence, infinite wisdom, emotional intelligence and deep knowledge, make him the genius who is loved, followed and revered by not just the nation but the world. Modiji’s personality is multifaceted. With children, he assumes the persona of a child. With adults, he knows which aspect of his personality to bring to the front to make the best out of a situation. When interacting with him, one never feels one is trying to establish a connection with the unattainable. He is extremely welcoming and responsive and never makes one feel that one is trying to converse with somebody unapproachable. He is ever open to suggestions and we never hesitate to talk our ideas out with him. Modiji is always super receptive to ideation with out-ofthe-box thinking being his forte. He has the knack of making any conversation lively and cheery by responding and reacting to each and every idea. In 1983, my father left us for his heavenly abode but Modiji’s presence was so powerful and embracing that I never felt I did not have my father around me or that there was none any more to care about me. In 1987, I became CA. In 1988, I got my office renovated. Now office renovation is no big deal but at a personal level, I was made to feel extremely special by the presence of Modiji and all my colleagues at the function I had organized. When people make it a point to lend their support at events such as these, life becomes so much happier and inspiring. Well, I got married in 1989. It came as a surprise for me that the businessmen meet was decided to be held in the same city as that of my wedding venue to make it convenient for everyone to attend the function. So not for once did I feel that I was alone or that my father wasn’t there. An interesting incident that I would like to share is from the time when I was in-charge of the computer centre in 2002. I was also handling work pertaining to electronic media. It was the first time that Modiji was contesting an election. First he became CM and then in six months he had to get elected and he decided to fight from Rajkot. Since it was a high profile election, people from all over Gujarat were expected and we wanted to make use of this opportunity. We built a writeup and 15 to 20 of us did our groundwork and shared our thoughts with Modiji. But as we all know, Modiji, has a different and varied perspective to everything and he gave us eye-opening suggestions about how we could use the presence of a huge gathering to our advantage. As we had figured out that those part of the event would certainly have relatives and friends wanting to support Modiji, we decided to tap that potential. Eventually we made lists of all the people who would vote for Modiji as suggested by the attendees, and then we monitored them throughout. An interesting aspect that came out of this event was when we came up with the idea of recording an IVR kind of message by Modiji. It was a simple but extremely effective message as in those days technology was not so advanced and nothing like this had been done earlier. We got a high quality voice recording done with automatic dialing features, and got all the STDs and PCOs to work towards this campaign. It turned out to be fantastic and people were elated to receive calls saying “Hello, It is me, Narendra Modi. This election is very important…” in Gujarati and an instant bond was created with our voter base. The campaign created a kind of a stir in the circles and people were thrilled with the newness of the idea. Not just this, Modiji because of his futuristic vision, asked me to figure out a way to share his message across to all the stakeholders at once. Every Saturday or Sunday he would come to Rajkot but in two days how many meetings could he be present for? He suggested we record a video of his message and buy VCD players for each of the 18 wards in which the recording could be played to the people. Modiji always thinks ahead of time and his ideas strike a cord with the people because of their innovativeness. This is the reason why people connect more and more with Modiji. In February, my wife, daughter and I went to meet Modiji. One knows immediately that you are standing in front of a great leader when he addresses you with first name. And this is how Modiji is! He always begins the interaction with “How are you? How is your mother? Hope you didn’t face any problem during COVID!” Meeting him is like meeting a family member and there is nothing formal about it. I am into micro-finance and I shared with him a few ideas that I was planning for Gujarat and said that we must implement the idea all over India. Immediately he took interest in the suggestions and responded positively. Last but not least, Modiji is the perfect Management Guru. He is a master delegator as he knows exactly who has the potential to successfully complete a particular work. He also ensures that all the IAS officers, who possess deep knowledge about the functioning of the country, work hard towards the development of the nation. He does not limit his reach only to the party members, but takes everyone along to work for progress. Another observation that I have made is that if you show him something on a paper, he never touches it. He will ask you to explain everything orally and will come up with the solution there and then, leaving nothing for the future. All I can say is that he is a master of Monkey Theory and he uses it for maximum benefit. TO BE CONTINUED...
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MODI IS THE MANAGEMENTPERFECTGURU M odiji is the ManagementperfectGuru. He is a master delegator as he knows exactly who has the potential to successfully complete a particular work. He also ensures that all the IAS officers, who possess deep knowledge about the functioning of the country, work hard towards the development of the nation. He does not limit his reach only to the party members but takes everyone along to work for progress.
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Gehlot mulls National Congress Raj at Sonia Gandhi’s invitation?
VCPL said the contentions raised by RRPR Holdings in a letter are baseless
The move by an Adani group subsidiary to acquire stake was made without any “conversation” or “consent” and that its founders were made aware of the development on the same day itself.
The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad in its detail judgement said that “the Court fi nds merit in the submission of the ASGs appeared for CCI that one of the key issues with the 2021 Policy is its propensity to share the data of its users with Facebook Inc., the parent company of WhatsApp. Solely for the reason that the policies itself do not emanate out of Facebook Inc., the Appellant cannot hide behind the fact that it is the direct and immediate beneficiary of the data sharing mechanism envisaged by the policies.
The source added, “The law-and-order situation in Rajasthan is at its worst today where communal riots are erupting too frequently. The Rajputana-Hindu state also boasts of the Jhat and Brahmin communities being able to keep communal strife at bay for so long but now finds itself becoming a hotbed of religious strife life never witnessed before. These dominant communities also find themselves at loggerheads with the ruling dispensation and feel deprived of opportunities and politicalChiefpower.”Minister Gehlot may assume a national role in the Congress that would also give him the leeway to groom his son as a prospective Chief Minister of the future for Rajasthan post the tenure of the probable BJP government expected to return to power in 2023. This would also leave very little room (read time) for upstart CM aspirant Sachin Pilot to manoeuvre his position in Rajasthan where state assemblies are scheduled in or before December 2023.
“Glad to meet @SergioMassa, Minister of Economy of Argentina. Appreciate his positive outlook towards expanding our hankarcooperation,”economicJais-tweeted.AftermeetingArgen-tinePresidentFernndez,Jaishankarsaid,“ThankPresident@alferdezforreceivingme.ConveyedthegreetingsofPM@narendramodi.”Theydiscussed strengthening bilateral cooperation, including making trade levels more sustainable and ambitious. They also exchange views on energy and food security, “both from the perspective of the global south and our bilateral ties.” They underlined the importance of affordable healthcare, including pharmaceuticals. The two leaders also exchanged views on the potential for defence cooperation as well as in nuclear energy. This is Jaishankar’s first-ever official visit to South America. He has already visited Paraguay and Jaishankar’sBrazil. visit to these 3 countries will provide an opportunity to continue the ongoing high-level engagements with India’s partners in Latin America.
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Argentina: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and discussed measures for making trade ties more sustainable and ambitious as well as the potential for bilateral cooperation in defence and nuclear Jaishankar,energy.who arrived on Thursday the final leg of his maiden official visit to three Latin American countries, also met Economy Minister Sergio Massa and exchanged views on economic cooperation.
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Friday adjourned the hearing on the petition moved by various doctor’s associations against Baba Ramdev over alleged remarks related to the treatment of Corona and against allopathy in view of an almost similar matter pending in the Supreme court.The high court asked the counsel to file a copy of the petition pending before the SC.
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IS IT CENTRAL GOVT OR UNION GOVT? CENTRE’S RESPONSE SOUGHT
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New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in Delhi HC seeking directions to the Union of India to replace the term ‘Central Govt’ with the union or union govt stating it was the original intent of the drafters of the constitution of India from all acts and legislations as well as from all official communications of the Govt. The PIL has been filed before the HC by Hemant Raj Phalpher, Adv and argued by Senior Adv Gopal Sankarananrayanan. The Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma & Justice Subramonium Prasad on Friday has asked the Govt counsel to obtain instructions on the same.
Rahul Gandhi is fighting the RSS-BJP and has been boldly taking on the government on the issue of inflation and unemployment, among others, Kharge said. M Mallikarjun Kharge —FILE
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New Delhi: Hours after Congress veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all party posts on Friday, party leader Salman Khurshid extended his support for Rahul Gandhi. Khurshid said that it was “not mature” that the people associated with the party for a long time have left it over small issues. “Rahul is our leader and will remain so. We don’t have a give-and-take relationship with RaGa. It is our duty to do something for the party. It is not mature that people who were associated with the party for a long time leave over such a small thing,” said S Khurshid.
RAGA IS A BLESSING FOR BJP: BISWA Assam: Speaking to reporters about Azad’s resignation, Assam CM Himanta Sarma said, “If you read Ghulam Nabi Azad’s letter and the letter I wrote in 2015, you will find a lot of similarities. In Congress, everyone knows Rahul Gandhi is immature. Sonia Gandhi is not taking care of the party, she’s only trying to promote her son.”
New Delhi: The SC on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the decision to deny sanction to prosecute Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in a matter pertaining to hate speech in 2007. A bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice CT Ravikumar dismissed the appeal challenging an Allahabad HC order. After hearing the submission from both parties, the bench had recently reserved its order. Earlier, a plea was filed by Parvez Parwaz challenging the order of Allahabad High Court in 2018.
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comes in the wake of a spate of resignations by senior Congress leaders, Ghulam Nabi Azad being the latest to put in his papers although he had earlier clearly declined the overtures from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emphatically stating that he would die a Congressman. A person familiar with the developments said, “It is still a near certainty that Rahul Gandhi will take charge as National President, while Gehlot is most likely to be made something on the lines of a Working Executive President saddled with the additional responsibility of stemming the decline in the Congress party at the national level.”Another strong reason why Gehlot may be seriously contemplating a national role for himself is the fact that Rajasthan may be headed for a change of political guard, as has been traditionally witnessed when power between the Congress and BJP, has been the rule rather than exception.
KHURSHID BACKS RAGA AMID RISING ROW IN CONGRESS OVER AZAD’S RESIGNATION
G-23 working to saysCongress,strengthenAnand New Delhi (ANI): Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has said that the G -23 is at the heart of the Congress party and is working to strengthen it. Talking to reporters in Shimla, he said that the G-23 is not a separate group. “We never formed or named any such group. As we have been talking about reforms to strengthen the party, what’s wrong in it. Whatever we have said is with the Congress President. Some of the issues have been resolved and I am hopeful that many more would be resolved in days to come,” he said. “What is wrong talking about reforms in the party? We are an integral part of the Congress party, many of us are the members of CWC, some of us are in the political affairs committee, and also in the task force after Jodhpur which includes me and Ghulam Nabi Azad,” he added.Hesaid the Cong must stage a comeback and regain its political space.
SEBI nod not required for NDTV deal New Delhi (ANI): Adani group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises on Friday through a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges said prior approval from market regulator SEBI) is not required for allotment of NDTV shares to its unit provalmarketGroup26,marketcessingerschangesformedNDTVCommercial.VishvapradhanThiscomesafteronThursdayin-thestockex-thatitspromot-arebarredfromac-thesecuritiesuntilNovember2022,andthusAdaniwouldrequiretheregulator’sap-toacquireanystakeinthenewschan-nelcompany.“ThecontentionsraisedbyRRPR(apro-motergroupcom-panyofNDTV)in the Letter are baseless, legally untenable and devoid of merit. RRPR is therefore bound to immediately perform its obligation and allot the equity shares as specified in the Warrant Exercise Notice,” Adani company’s exchange filing said.The warrant exercise notice, the filing said, has been issued by VCPL under a contract which is binding on RRPR. RRPR is therefore obligated to comply with its contractual obligations. Adani group announced the indirect acquisition of 29.2 per cent in the broadcaster on Tuesday, along with an offer to buy another 26 per cent from the indhikawithagreementedlycisedNDTV.ervateofcentrightsgrouptheAMGownedCommercial,market.VishvapradhanopenawhollysubsidiaryofMediaNetworks,mediaarmofAdanihasexercisedthetoacquire99.5peroftheequitysharesRRPRHoldingPri-Limited,apromot-groupcompanyofVCPLhasexer-itsrightsreport-basedonaloanitenteredNDTVfoundersRa-andPrannoyRoy2009-10.
‘BJY TAKING SHAPE OF QUIT CONG YATRA’ New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Friday said,“The Bharta Jodo Yatra has become Congress Chodo Yatra (Quit Congress Yatra). Ghulam Nabi Azad ji’s resignation from Congress shows that now there is an atmosphere of panic in the party,” said Mishra in a video he tweeted.
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Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday the party had given Ghulam Nabi Azad, who ended his five-decade association with the outfit, “everything” during his long innings, and his comments on the party scion Rahul Gandhi were “not in good taste”. The LoP in the Rajya Sabha said the party had given Azad positions right from student days, in the Youth Congress, and in the organisation; he was also made Minister and AICC InCharge of several States. “The party has given him everything”, Kharge told PTI reacting to the resignation of Azad from primary membership of the party. “You (Azad) enjoyed (power) for long, and now only you are findingHefault?”,termed Azad’s comments on Rahul as “immature” and “not being in good taste.”
Without any discussion with NDTV or its founder-promoters, Radhika and Prannoy Roy, a notice was served upon them by Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Limited (VCPL) stating that it (VCPL) has acquired control of RRPR Holding Private Limited (RRPRH). This entity owns 29.18 per cent of NDTV, the NDTV statement said, adding that it has been told to transfer within two days all its equity shares to VCPL.
New Delhi: A division bench of the Delhi HC which on Thursday had dismissed the appeals of WhatsApp and Facebook challenging a CCI order calling for an investigation into the messaging apps’ new privacy policy said that the 2021 policy, however, places its users in a “take-it-or-leaveit” situation, virtually forcing its users into agreement by providing a mirage of choice, and then sharing their sensitive data with Facebook companies envisaged in the policy.
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New Delhi: The SC on Friday referred the freebies case to a threejudge bench while saying that the issue of freebies promised by the political parties during election campaigns requires extensive debate. A bench of CJ NV Ramana, Justices Hima Kohli and CT Ravikumar said looking at the “complexity” of the freebies issues, the case is referred to a three-judge bench. The apex court while referring the matter to a threejudge bench said that it’s 2013 judgment in the Subramaniam Balaji v/s govt of Tamil Nadu case on the same issue might need reconsideration. with Alberto Fernandez. OPPORTUNITY Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
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SATISFACTION OVER PROBE Hisar: Hours before Sonali Phogat’s funeral in Haryana on Friday, her family members expressed satisfaction over the police probe done into the BJP leader’s death so far. Phogat’s brother Rinku Dhaka said, “After the last rites are conducted, the family members will decide whether or not we want a CBI probe... We are sure that it was a murder. We are satisfied with the probe done so far.” Her brother Rinku filed a complaint with Goa Police alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by her assistant Sudhir Sangwan and his friend Sukhwinder.
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Patna: Veteran RJD leader Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was today unanimously elected as Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assem bly. The post had fallen vacant upon resig nation of Vijay Kumar Sinha, against whom a no confidence motion was moved by the ‘Mahagathbandhan’. The proceedings were, however, marked by BJP members protest ing “dropping” from the list of businesses a report of the Ethics Committee. The report was on the conduct of several MLAs of the RJD, which was then in the opposi tion, in March last year when Sinha was held hostage inside the Speaker’s chamber for several hours. The BJP members had entered the House carrying placards and raising slogans to press for the demand for tabling of the report, and entered the well when Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari took the Chair. However, as Hazari ordered commencement of the Speaker’s election, BJP members relented and took their seats. The issue of the Ethics Committee report was raised by Sinha, in his congratulatory speech, while the Speaker asked him to keep it focused on the agenda of the day.
Moradabad: Five mem bers of a family, including three children, were charred to death as their three-storey residence housing a godown caught fire here, police said on Friday. Those killed are Ebda (5), Zubia (7), Umeya (12), Shama Parveen (36) and Qamar Jahan (75), they said. The incident happened in As alatpura locality. According to the police, the house belongs to scrap-seller Irshad. At the time of the incident, family of Irshad’s son Ayaz and relatives were present there.
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Mathura: A 2-member high-level committee set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the August 20 stampede at Bankey Bihari temple in Mathura began its inquiry, officials said. Two devotees were killed and seven injured in the stampede at the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrinda van during hourscelebrationsJanmashtamiintheearlyofSaturday.The state government constituted a two-member committee headed by former UP Police chief Sulkhan Singh. Divisional Commissioner, Aligarh, Gaurav Dayal is a member of the committee. Singh said it is too early to arrive at any conclu sion as the probe has just begun.
‘Tejashwi ‘fake’ Yadav, Nityanand real descendant of Lord Krishna’
Caste dynamics of Jats, Yadavs will not be ignored hereon after lesson learnt in west UP where SP exploited the same BJP’S NEW MANTRA
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In Rajasthan BJP has already announced its intentions to fight the 2023 polls by projecting the face of PM Modi who has deputed Om Mathur who enjoys the tag of Chanakya in the BJP. The source added, “Mathur, an RSS man had been side-lined for a while owing to his flam boyant ways and appar ent political practises of nepotism and denied a Rajya Sabha nomination or even appointed to the organisational post of general secretary. He has since been able to cosy up to the BJP high command and been deployed for the election work in Ra jasthan now being an ex perienced and seasoned hand close to Modi.” Similarly, Haryana MLA, Kuldeep Bishnoi (son of Bhajan Lal) has been primed by the BJP to play a key role in the forthcoming polls not only in that state but also in Rajasthan for clout over Bishnoi community.
Basti: Motilal Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s Officer On Special Duty (OSD), died on Friday in a road accident. His wife is in critical condition and has been referred to Go rakhpur Medical College. In a tweet, the CM’s Office said: “Maharaj Ji (Yogi) has expressed condolenc es over the sad demise of Motilal Singh Ji of CM’s Camp Office, Gorakhpur in a road accident. Praying for peace to the departed soul, Maharaj Ji has also expressed his condolenc es to the bereaved family members.”
Ranchi: Amid a crisis situation in Jharkhand where a threat to CM Hemant Soren being “disqualified” as an MLA has arisen, a crucial meeting of the UPA was held at the CM’s residence to chalk out a strategy with over 40 legislators reaching there, sources said. In the rapidly changing political scenario, ‘re sort politics’ may come into play to keep the numbers intact, accord ing to some insiders present at the meeting. A few insiders from the Congress, which is a crucial ally of the ruling coalition here said that ring-fencing MLAs by parking them in a resort in a ‘friendly state’ such as West Bengal or Bihar is an option, which was mulled as a potential poaching threat from the BJP. However, they said a decision on the future course of action will be taken if Governor Ramesh Bais com municates to them on the EC’s ruling about a possible disqualification of the CM as an MLA for violating electoral norms.
Renni Abraham Mumbai: The BJP is pulling all the shots in anticipation of a return to power in Rajasthan and intends to rectify mistakes done in the UP assemblies by a clear em phasis on caste dynam ics along with Hindutva. Jats, Thakurs, Brah mins, Yadavs are on the party’s political agenda. PM Narendra Modi’s blue eyed boy Om Ma thur, inducted into the party Central Election Committee (CEC) has saddled up already while the party is also pressing into service Haryana Member of Parliament Kuldeep Bishnoi whose family holds considerable sway in three border districts. A person familiar with the developments said, “The BJP has learnt its lessons from Uttar Pradesh where the Sama jwadi Party exploited prevalent caste dynamics in western UP to notch up a decent tally in the last assembly polls. In Ra jasthan, Haryana, Himachal and Gujarat caste dynamics will be exploited in the forthcom ing polls in a big way.”
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren chairs a meeting of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) legislators, in Ranchi on Friday.
Hyderabad: A day after Telangana High Court’s order, state BJP chief Bandi Sanjay on Friday resumed his Praja San grama Yatra in Jangaon district even as the state government has filed an appeal in the court to stop the padyatra. A single-judge bench on Thursday suspended a police order directing the BJP to immediately stop the padyatra. The Telangana Rash tra Samithi (TRS) gov ernment has filed an appeal against the sin gle-judge bench’s order. The government argues that continuation of padyatra may result in breach of peace. It has sought immediate hear ing of the appeal.
Ranchi: The Election Commission will issue notification on the dis qualification of Hemant Soren as MLA, sources said. The poll body will initiate the disqualifica tion proceedings of He mant Soren as MLA on the basis of Jharkhand Governor’s order, sourc es said. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is facing the pos sibility of disqualifica tion as an MLA for alleg edly violating electoral norms by extending a mining lease to himself.
Ambala: In a shocking incident, six members of a family were found dead this morning in Balana vil lage in Haryana’s Ambala, said officials on Friday. The officials recovered a suicide note from the spot. The dead have been iden tified as Sangat Ram (65), his wife Mahindra Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh (34), and his wife Reena. Two daughters of Sukhwinder Singh -- Ashu (5) and Jas si (7) -- were also among those found dead.
“The new found man tra of caste and Hindutva politics will be the main stay of the political ma neuvering by the BJP that is aware that the caste factor of Jats and Yadavs cannot be ignored in Indian elections. In (western) UP late Ajit Singh’s son allied with the SP along with Bhupin der Singh Choudhary to the detriment of BJP that lost out some seats there. All elections hereon will see the caste factor being exploited to the hilt by the BJP,” the source said.
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Patna (PTI): The BJP has alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was a “fake”, who belonged to a family of “shepherds” but claimed to be a de scendant of Lord Krish na’sStateclan.BJP spokesper son and OBC Morcha national general secre tary Nikhil Anand came out with a stinging state ment against Tejashwi in response to a press meet held by the latter. Yadav had attacked “a union minister, who was dreaming of becoming the Chief Minister and planning a game (‘khe la’) in ThoughBihar”.Yadav had not named anybody, Nikhil Anand on Thurs day took the bait, saying “Nityanand Rai (MoS for Home) is a real Ya dav as he belongs to a family of cowherds and is, therefore, a descend ant of Lord Krishna. Tejashwi is ‘farji’ (fake) as he belongs to a com munity of shepherds”. According to sources, it has been widely specu lated that were the BJP to win power in Bihar, it might back Nityanand Rai as CM in a bid to win over the Yadav commu nity, the most populous and politically assertive caste group in the state, which has, by and large, remained steadfast in support to Lalu Prasad.
Telangana files appeal to stop BJP yatra
Pendency of cases huge challenge before us: CJI
“We have to admit the fact that the pendency is a huge challenge before us. I must admit that is sues of listing and post ing of matters is one of the areas on which I could not pay much at tention. I am sorry for that,” the CJI said, add ing, “We are busy in firefighting on all days”. Recently, senior advo cate and former presi dent of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Dushyant Dave said that the CJI should not have the power to as sign and list cases, and a fully automated system for allocation be put in place in the top court.
CJI NV Ramana Tejashwi Yadav Avideo of Sonali Phogat has surfaced, wherein she can be seen struggling to walk out of a Goa pub hours before her death. She can be seen holding on to a man, suspected to be Sudhir Sangwan, her aide and an accused in her murder case. Her other aide, Sukhwinder, is also believed to be present at the spot.
The BJP, the petitioner in the case, has sought Hemant Soren’s disqual ification for violating Section 9(A) of the Rep resentation of the Peo ple Act, 1951, which deals with disqualifica tion for government contracts.Theclause states that “a person shall be dis qualified if, and for so long as, there subsists a contract entered into by him in the course of his trade or business with the appropriate govern ment for the supply of goods to, or for the exe cution of any works un dertaken by, that gov ernment”.Theissue was re ferred to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais and by him to the EC, as Article 192 of the Con stitution states that on rulings regarding an MLA’s disqualification, the question shall be re ferred to the governor who in turn “shall ob tain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion”.
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New Delhi: Terming pendency of cases a “huge challenge”, Chief Justice of India NV Ra mana on Friday ex pressed regret for not being able to pay much attention to issues of listing and posting of matters for hearing in the Supreme Court. Ramana, who retired on Friday, said there is a need to deploy modern technology tools and ar tificial intelligence to find a “Evensolution.though we tried developing some modules, because of the compatibility and secu rity issues, we could not make much progress,” Justice Ramana, who was heading the cere monial bench, said. He said during the COVID-19 pandemic, the priority was running the courts and unlike com mercial establishments, “we cannot secure the technological tools from the market directly”.
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Panaji (PTI): Hary ana BJP leader Sonali Phogat was fed some “obnoxious chemical” through her drinks by her two aides during a party at a North Goa restaurant which ap parently caused her death, police said on Friday. The two ac cused, Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Sin gh, have been arrested and charged with murder.Themotive behind the murder of the 42-year-old could be ‘economic interest’, said a senior cop, add ing the duo was ar rested to avoid the pos sibility of destruction of evidence and influ encing witnesses. Sag wan and Singh were her associates and had arrived in Goa with her on August 22. Phogat, who first found fame on TikTok, a popular short-form video hosting service now banned in India, was brought dead to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa district on August 23 morning from her ho tel. Doctors had then said prima facie it ap pears she died of a heart attack. IG Omvir Bishnoi said both the accused have been arrested by the Anjuna police un der whose jurisdiction the crime took place. He said the CCTV foot age of the restaurant was examined by the investigating officer and it was found Sag wan was forcefully making Phogat drink the alleged liquid in a waterThebottle.incident took place at ‘Curlies’ res taurant at Anjuna in North Goa on the in tervening night of Au gust 22 and 23, Bishnoi said.
6 MEMBERS OF A FAMILY, INCLUDING 2 KIDS FOUND DEAD YOGI ADITYANATH’S OSD DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT
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New Delhi: India logged 10,256 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,89,176, while the active cases declined to 90,707, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today. The death count climbed to 5,27,556 with 68 fatalities which includes 29 deaths recon ciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.20 per cent of the total infections.
Bengaluru (PTI): Kar nataka BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa left for New Delhi on Friday, and will be meeting Prime Minister Naren dra Modi and party’s central leadership dur ing the visit. This is the first visit of the former Chief Minister after his recent induction into the BJP’s Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee.Heisalso likely to meet the top RSS leader ship during the visit. “I’m going to Delhi, I will be there today and tomorrow. Today even ing I will be meeting PM Narendra Modi. I will meet Amit Shah (Union Home Minister) and J P Nadda (BJP national President), Rajnath Sin gh (Union Defence Min ister) and other leaders today and tomorrow, and will return tomor row evening,” Yedi yurappaSpeakingsaid.to report ers, he said, “It is my duty to seek their sug gestions and guidance on how to function in the new responsibility given to me, so I’m go ing. If I get an opportu nity I will also meet Dat tatreya Hosabale, the Sarkaryawah (General Secretary) of RSS.”
—PTI AIR INDIA TO RESTORE SALARY TO PRE-COVID LEVELS
—PTI STORIES
BANK CREDIT UP BY 15.32%; DEPOSITS BY 8.84%: RBI DATA New Delhi: Bank credit grew by 15.32% to `124.305 lakh crore and deposits by 8.84% to ` 12,endedthelakh169.49croreinfortnightAugusttheRBI
India to grow at around 7.4% in FY23: FM Nirmala Mumbai (PTI): India will grow at around 7.4% in 2022-23 and continue at the same pace in the next year as well, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on SitharamanFriday.said there are risks on the external front and this is not the right time to throw caution to the wind, and also assured exporters of all the necessary support from the government as they face theSitharamanheadwinds. said global agencies like IMF and the World Bank have taken cognisance of the strengths of the Indian economy by saying that it will be among the fastest growing ones in the next two years. She said the “conservative” 7.2% growth estimate of the RBI is also in sync with the expectations of the global bodies and stressed that three or four institutions cannot be wrong on their expectations.“...Estimates have also shown based on the developments, that we are definitely at that range... 7.4 (%) and that level will continue even next year,” Sitharaman said. She quoted the projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and others for the growth figure. To a question of private capex, which is seen as trailing by some, Sitharaman said the substantially higher tax collections suggest to newer investments and manufacturing units set up by the industry.
New Delhi: Area sown to paddy declined by 5.99% to 367.55 lakh hectare so far in the ledinaskharifongoingseasonashortfallrainshastoless coverage in some states. Paddy was sown in 390.99 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, the data showed. Besides paddy, there was a 4.95% decline in total pulses area to 127.71 lakh ha till August 26.
New Delhi (PTI): Inflation trajectory continues to be "heavily contingent" upon the evolving geopolitical developments, international commodity prices and global financial sector developments, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra has said. The RBI on its part has front-loaded monetary policy response, with a cumulative 140 basis points increase in the benchmark rate so far with an aim to check high inflation which is ruling above its comfort zone of 6% for the past seven months.
—PTI Jaipur: The Central Board of Directors of RBI on Friday reviewed the current economic situation, global and domestic challenges including the overall impact of current global geopolitical crises. The 597th meeting of the Board was held at the RBI’s Regional Office here. The meeting was chaired by RBI Governor. The Board also discussed various areas of operations of the RBI, including the functioning of the local boards and activities of select central office departments.
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RUPEE RISES BY 8 PAISE TO 79.84 AGAINST US DOLLAR Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 8 paise to close at 79.84 against the US dollar on Friday. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.87 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day high of 79.81 and a low of 79.94 against the American currency during the session. It finally ended at 79.84 against the US dollar, up 8 paise from its previous close.
New Delhi (PTI): The CBDT will soon come out with a circular for various stakeholders, especially banks, to “clarify” the procedures on the applicability of new TDS provisions regarding benefits or prerequisites received in a business or profession.
"In the near-term, however, the inflation trajectory continues to be heavily contingent upon the evolving geopolitical developments, international commodity market dynamics and global financial market developments," Patra said. Patra said the war in Ukraine has altered the outlook PolicymemberernorbleconvincedcomingpreferAprilfromappears"Althoughdrastically.it(inflation)tobemoderatingitspeakof7.8%inthisyear,wewouldtoawaitmorein-databeforewearethatthisadura-trend,"theDeputyGov-said,whoisalsoaofRBI'sMonetaryCommittee. continues to be contingent on evolving geopolitics’
Mumbai (PTI): The OTT market is set to do an encore of what multiplexes did to the VCR/VCP/VCD segment in the early 2000s and is set to become a ` 12,000-crore industry by 2023, up from ` 2,590 crore in 2018, says a report. According to SBI Research, the over-the-top or OTT market is expected to reach ` 11,944 crore by 2023, up from ` 2,590 crore in 2018, logging in a compound annual growth of This36%.may lead to a repeat of the sudden death of the VCR/VCP/DVD industry that boomed in the 1980s, with the exponential rise of multiplexes since early 2000s across metro/urban areas, the report warns. OTT has already chipped away 7-9% of the entertainment industry share and revenue, and is consistently growing with over 40-odd players and offering original media content in all tryscribersarenomicGhosh,tryQuotinglanguages.variousindus-reports,SoumyaKantithegroupchiefeco-adviser,saidthereover45croreOTTsub-todayinthecoun-andthisisexpectedto reach 50 crore by end-2023. This strong growth is led by affordable high-speed mobile Internet, doubling of Internet users, increased adoption of digital payments and discounted price offered by global players such as Disney+Hotstar (14 crore), Amazon Prime Video (6 crore), Netflix (4 crore), Zee5 (3.7 crore) and Sonyliv (2.5 crore) offering plans at 70-90% cheaper than the US. The OTT space is also seeing number of local and regional players with players like Sonyliv Voot, Zee5, AltBalaji.Therise of OTT is expected to eat into cinemas’ profits as over 50% of the people use OTTs more than 5 hrs a month. What’s more, major studios have realized creating streaming series and movies is far more profitable than traditional filmmaking, especially if they build their own streaming platforms.
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data showed. In the fortnight ended August 13, 2021, bank advances stood at `107.79 lakh crore and deposits at `155.72 lakh crore, according to the RBI Scheduled Banks’ Statement of Position in India as on August 12. —PTI
—PTI ADANI GROUP LAUNCHES `31,000 CRORE OPEN OFFER FOR ACC, AMBUJA CEMENTS
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—PTI PADDY SOWING DOWN BY 5.99% SO FAR IN ONGOING SEASON
WHAT NIRMALA SITHARAMAN SAID Sitharaman said IMF and the World Bank have taken cognisance of the strengths of the Indian economy that it will be among the fastest growing ones in the next two years She said there are risks on the external front and this is not the right time to throw caution to the wind
OTT ON RISE IN INDIA The OTT market is expected to reach `11,944 crore by 2023, up from `2,590 crore in 2018 OTT has already chipped away 7-9% of the entertainment industry share and revenue There are over 45 crore OTT subscribers today in India MAX LIFE INSURANCE ENTERS PENSION FUND MGMT BUSINESS New Delhi: Max Life Insurance Company on Friday said it has ventured into the pension Commence-hasitsbusiness,managementfundassubsidiarysecured ment of Business certificate from PFRDA. Max Life Pension Fund Management Limited, a subsidiary of the life insurance firm, will manage the pension assets with investment choices under the National Pension Scheme.
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CBDT chairman New Delhi (PTI): The Income-Tax department is going into "new areas" of the economy to check tax evasion even as its investigation units are using analytics to sift through voluminous data on Indians holding assets abroad, CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta has said. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the administrative body for the tax department, undertakes search and seizure operations to check instances of tax evasion apart from performing its regular task of collecting revenue for the government under the direct taxes"Wecategory.arecovering a variety of sectors of the economy (while undertaking searches and raids). We are not limiting ourselves to real estate or developers only...Our action is spread across sections of economy right from healthcare to pharma to developers to industries, manufacturers, service providers etc. "We are touching new areas and various sectors of the economy which were never touched like asset reconstruction companies, gaming, betting etc.," Gupta said during an interaction.
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—PTI RBI BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS ECONOMIC 75,000TODELHIVERYSITUATIONPLANSHIREOVEREMPLOYEES
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CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta said the board, which frames policies for the Income-Tax department, will issue an official explainer on the subject, including the “pressing” issue of one-time settlement (OTS) being faced by the banks. “We will clarify the position that will be helpful to the stakeholders. We will be coming out with a clarificatory circular very soon,” he said during an interaction.
Sensex, Nifty post slim gains
New Delhi: Adani Group on Friday launched its `31,000-crore open offer to acquire 26% additional stake from the public shareholders of Swiss firm Holcim’s two Indian listed entities ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements. In May this year, the Adani Group had announced that it had clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Ltd’s businesses in India for $10.5 billion. In two separate regulatory filings, Ambuja Cements and ACC have submitted their letter of offers for the open offer, launched by the Adani family group’s Endeavour Trade and Investment.
New Delhi: Air India will restore salaries that were cut in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic from September 1, according to a communication. The loss-making airline, which was taken over by Tatas in January this year, has also decided to revise crew layover allowances and meal arrangements from Sept 1. In the communication to the employees, Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said the airline “will be restoring the salary reduction for all employees with effect from Sept 1, 2022”.
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Mumbai: Logistics firm Delhivery on Friday announced its plans to hire over 75,000 staff for seasonal jobs over the next one-and-a-half month and expand its parcel sortation capacity by 1.5 million shipments per day. Of these, over 10,000 people will be off-roll employees across Delhivery’s gateways, warehouses, and last-mile delivery, the company said. The hiring is aimed at meeting the expected higher volumes in both parcels and express part-truck load business during the festive season.
—PTI GAIL EMISSIONSNET-ZEROTARGETSCARBONBY2040
Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark indices managed to settle in the positive territory on Friday, with the Sensex climbing over 59 points, as fag-end volatility trimmed most of the day’s gains. A largely firm trend in global markets and foreign fund inflows propped up the bourses, traders said. The BSE Sensex climbed 59.15 points or 0.10% to settle at 58,833.87. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 36.45 points or 0.21% to end at From17,558.90.the Sensex pack, NTPC, Titan, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel and Mahindra & Mahindra were among the major winners. IndusInd Bank, HDFC, Asian Paints and Bharti Airtel were major laggards.
New Delhi: Punjab National Bank has put up for sale its NPA account Apollo Distilleries & ofoutstandingiesBrewer-withloannearly `44 crore due against the company. Inviting asset ARCs to put their bids for transferring the loan account of Apollo Distilleries & Breweries, the city-based lender said it will expedite the due diligence process & make available the docs.
"Britain holds a lot of potential for our services exports. The agreement will help in boosting services exports," Talati said. The Council chairman also said that the council is hopeful of achieving the $300 billion exports target for 2022-23. India-UK trade pact to help boost exports:servicesSEPC
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New Delhi: GAIL (India) Ltd is targeting net-zero carbon emission from its operations by 2040, ahead of targets by other state-owned firms. Net zero, or becoming carbon neutral, means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. India, the world’s fourth biggest emitter of CO2 after China, the US and the EU, has committed to cut its emissions to net zero by 2070. And GAIL’s target for 2040 is a step in aiding that.
‘CLARIFICATORY CIRCULAR ON NEW TDS PROVISIONS FOR BANKS SOON’ New Delhi (PTI): Implementation of the proposed India-UK free trade agreement will help to boost the country's services exports, particularly from legal, accounting and auditing sectors, Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) said on SEPCFriday.Chairman Sunil H Talati said that the British market holds huge potential for domestic services sectors like medical transcription, legal, accounting andUnderauditing.this agreement, both countries may significantly cut or eliminate customs duties on the maximum number of goods traded between them. Besides, norms would be relaxed to promote trade in services.
Comfort will not help you grow as a person – fighting for your belief will! —Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, channel for being voice of common people
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‘NOT VOTED AGAINST RUSSIA’ First India Bureau New Delhi: A day after splashing news headlines that said India had “voted against Russia for the first time” at the UN Security Council, India’s External Affairs Ministry denied that it had done anything of that“Mysort.understanding is that we have not voted against anybody. It was a proposal to allow him (Ukrainian President Zelenskyy) to speak virtually, and we allowed it. It was the third occasion he spoke virtually [at the UN], and we supported that. So, there is no question of us voting against Russia,” said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi when asked about the vote. India’s vote was considered unusual as it had gone “against” Russia’s for the first time.
DUSHYANT DAVE IN TEARS AT CJI RAMANA’S FAREWELL New Delhi (PTI): Senior advocate Dushyant Dave broke into tears while bidding adieu to outgoing CJI N V Ramana, saying betweenchecksmaintainedheandbalancesthejudiciary, executive and the parliament and did so “with a spine”. Dave described Ramana as a citizen’s judge, while Kapil Sibal said he will be remembered for “maintaining balance”.
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On August 5, the top court said: “The reason we have issued notice on the PIL is that the process of child adoption is very tedious in India. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has an annual capacity of 2,000 adoptions which has now increased to 4,000. There are three crore children who are orphans in this country. There is an urgent need for the process to be streamlined.”
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel addressing the event. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the conclave.
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday emphasised that the child adoption process in India needs to be streamlined as there are three-to-four years waiting period under the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to adopt a single child while there are “lakhs and lakhs of orphan children waiting to be Theadopted”.topcourt had earlier also termed the process as “very tedious” and said that there is an urgent need for the procedures to be “streamlined”.Abenchof Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna, and JB Pardiwala told Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, “There are a lot of young couples waiting to adopt the child but the process is so tedious that it takes three to four years to get a single child to be adopted through the CARA. Can you imagine a three to four years period to adopt a child in India? It should be made simpler. There are lakhs and lakhs of orphan children waiting to be Natarajadopted”.saidthat the government is seized of the issue and sought six weeks to come up with a reply to a plea filed by an NGO seeking to simplify the process of child adoption in the country.Thebench asked Nataraj to ask someone responsible from the Ministry of Child Development to hold a meeting and look into the suggestions of the NGO ‘The Temple of Healing’ and prepare a report.The bench posted the matter for further hearing in October.
Yogi tells BJP leaders power has raised their responsibility Meerut (PTI): UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday told BJP leaders being in power both in the state and at the Centre has enhanced their responsibility towards people and they have to work with full dedication.Thechief minister arrived here this morning and flagged off 76 new garbage collection vehicles of the Municipal Corporation. He later held a meeting of party office-bearers, ingaskedlems.himtentlytylistenedotherrepresentativespublicandleaders.Thechiefministertoallthepar-functionariesin-whoapprisedoftheirprob-TheCMalsoaboutthework-ofdifferentdepartments.Addressing the leader, the chief minister said their responsibility has increased as the BJP is power both in Lucknow and Delhi, and they have to work with full dedication for public welfare. The Industrial Development Minister of the state, and the minister in-charge of the district. Nand Gopal Nandi was also present.Earlier, the chief minister’s helicopter landed at about 11am at the Police Lines helipad where he was received by MP Rajendra Agrawal, Minister of State Somendra Tomar, MLAs and officials.
Only Dr Jagdeesh Chandra can set up such a big network, says Baghel in Bharat24 Correspondents’ Conclave Mahesh Sharma Raipur (Chhattisgarh): To popularise its punchline ‘Jahan Tak Bharat, Wahan Tak Bharat24’, Bharat24 began a series of Correspondents’ conclaves from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Friday. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was the chief guest on the occasion. Baghel praised the efforts of Bharat24 in stationing its correspondents in all the state assemblies and airing news of people even from far-off places of the provinces despite being a national news channel. The event was organized at Hotel Babylon Capital, Raipur to connect and meet 4,000 correspondents of the country.DrJagdeesh Chandra, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat 24, had claimed the channel to the largest channel in the counting during the launch event in Noida on August 15.
On April 11, the court agreed to hear the plea seeking to simplify the process for child adoption, saying only 4,000 adoptions take place annually.
‘Lakhs of children waiting to be adopted but process very tedious’
BJP ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY 24%
ONLY 4,000 ADOPTIONS A YEAR New Delhi (PTI): The national parties have collected more than Rs 15,077.97 crore from unknown sources between 2004-05 and 2020-21, an analysis by the poll rights body -- Association for Democratic Reforms, showed. The total income of national and regional parties from unknown sources for 2020-21 stands at Rs 690.67 crore. Of this, 47.06 per cent income came from electoralADRbonds. considered eight national parties and 27 regional parties for this analysis. The analysis conducted on the basis of the parties’ Income Tax Returns (ITR) and donations statements filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) found that between FY 2004-05 and 2020-21, the national parties have collected Rs 15,077.97 crore from unknown sources.“ForFY 2020-21, eight national political parties have declared Rs 426.74 crore income from unknown sources and 27 regional parties received Rs 263.928 crore income from unknown sources,” it said. During FY 2020-21, Congress declared Rs 178.782 crore as income from unknown sources which is 41.89 per cent of the total income of national parties from unknown sources (Rs 426.742 crore),” the analysis said. There were theKC-M,AITC,Thesepartiesportsditdiscrepanciesreportingintheau-andcontributionre-ofsevenpoliticalforFY2020-21.sevenpartiesareCPI,AAP,SAD,AIFBandAIUDF,ADRsaid.
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WAY TO GO ‘CM HAS DIRECTED CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS, ILLICIT LIQUOR’ Noida (PTI): CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed police departments of Meerut division, including Gautam Buddh Nagar, to crack down on illegal liquor and drugs, officials said. The CM also issued directions to ensure strict action against anti-social elements who use their “clout” to harass ordinary citizens, Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissioner Alok Singh said. Adityanath’s directions came during a meeting with top officials of Meerut zone to review law and order situation.
SUPREME COURT SLAMS ‘ YRS’ WAIT FOR CHILD ADOPTION
CM Yogi Adityanath with Union MoS for Road Transport & Highways Gen VK Singh in Hapur on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel lighting the lamp in the presence of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Prem Sahai Tekam, Ajay Kumar and Manoj Jagyasi at Hotel Babylon Capital, Raipur on Friday.
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Religions and cultures across the globe are rife with dragon lore. In fact, across the vast majority of religions, there is a mythic trope some scholars call Chaoskampf, a German word that translates as a struggle against chaos. This term, used by mythologists, refers to a pervasive motif involving a heroic character who slays a primordial chaos “monster,” often with serpentine or dragon like characteristics and a massive size that dwarfs humans.
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SYMBOLIC POWER A long-proposed theory is that there are natural explanations for dragons. That’s not to say the beasts of myth existed in real life but rather that fossils, living animals and geological features existing in the natural world inspired their Pulitzercreation.
The presence of the dragon in China, where it is called Long is also ancient and integral to various cultural, spiritual and social Dragonstraditions.aremembers of the Chinese zodiac, one of the sacred guardian creatures that make up the Four Benevolent Animals and provide justification for imperial dynasties. Different kinds of these aquatic, intelligent, semidivine beings form a hierarchy in ancient Chinese cosmology and appear in creation myths of various indigenous traditions. When Jesuit missionaries reintroduced Christianity in China in the 16th century, the dragon’s existence was not contested. Instead, they became associated with a more Westernized explanation – the Devil. Today, dragons are celebrated and revered in Buddhist, Taoist and Dragonsenlightenment.bolstraditionsConfucianismassym-ofstrengthandalsoappear in Anatolian religions, Sumerian myths, Germanic sagas, Shinto beliefs and in Abrahamic scriptures. The creature’s repeated and important presence across global religions and cultures raises an interesting question: Why did dragons appear at all?
DRAGONSETERNAL One enduring reason dragons continue to appear in our world could be because they represent the power of nature. Stories about people taming dragons can be seen as stories about the ability of humans to dominate forces that cannot always be controlled. To gain control over a dragon underscores the problematic idea that humans are superior to all other animals in nature. Dragons challenge the concept of human biological supremacy, raising questions about what it means if humans were forced to reposition ror and power of the dragon evoke mystery and suggest that not all phenomena are easily explained or understood. Scholars have also cited natural geologic processes as explanations for dragon lore – particularly when they are associated with natural disasters. Firebreathing dragons, for instance, might be an explanation for mysterious fires that observers attempted to rationalize as a dragon’s flame. Natural gas vents, methane produced from decaying matter and other sources of underground gas deposits can produce a blaze if accidentally lit. Before the mechanics of combustion were understood fully, such events were deemed indicators of a dragon’s presence, providing a cause for the seemingly implausible. he premiere of HBO’s prequel to “Game undoubtedlyDragon”“HouseThrones,”ofofthewill bring more attention to the ferocious dragon. Two-legged or four, firebreathing or shapeshifting, scaled or feathered, dragons fascinate people across the world with their legendary power. This shouldn’t be surprising.Longbefore “Harry Potter,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and other modern interpretations increased the dragon’s notoriety in the 21st century, artefacts from ancient civilizations indicated their importance in many religions across theAsworld.ascholar of monsters, I’ve found dragons to be a nearly universal symbol for many civilizations. Scientists have tried to come up with explanations for the myth of dragons, but their enduring existence is testimony to their narrative power and mystery.
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Prizewinning author and scientist Carl Sagan wrote a book on the subject, arguing that dragons evolved from a human need to merge science with myth, the rational with the irrational, as part of an evolutionary response to real predators. His thoughts are an expansion of proposed ideas beginning in the 19th century or earlier as newly discovered fossils were linked to representations of dragons across the Fullglobe.orpartial remains of numerous extinct species may explain the physical attributes of dragons. In 2020, two scholars, DorothyBelle Poli and Lisa Stoneman, even proposed that the fossilized remains of Lepidodendron, a plant with a scale like resemblance, may be behind the global presence of dragons.
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Malaika Arora Sonam Kapoor Ahuja K iara Advani and Kartik Aaryan are all set to reunite for SatyaPrem Ki Katha. The makers of the Kiara and Kartik starrer have announced the release date of the movie. It is slated to hit the theatres on June 29th, 2023. Announcing the release date, the official social media handle of Nadiadwala Grandson wrote: “Enter the world of a musical love story, #SatyapremKiKatha in theatres near you on 29th June 2023. #SajidNadiadwala #SatyapremKiKatha. @kartikaaryan @kiaraaliaadvani @sameervidwans @shareenmantri @arora. kishor @karandontsharma @namahpictures @wardakhannadiadwala” The first look of Satyaprem Ki Katha was unveiled by Kartik on Kiara’s birthday and wrote, “Happy Birthday Katha !! Tumhaara Satya Prem.#SatyapremKiKatha.
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R anbir and Alia are Ranbir,JustRoyBachchan,alsoMukerji.theirwhichfilm,much-anticipatedreleaseawaitingcurrentlytheoftheirBrahmastra,isdirectedbybestfriendAyanThefilmstarsAmitabhMouniandNargarjuna.awhileago,Aliaandwhoisallsetto become parents to their first child soon, were spotted in Mumbai on Friday as they stepped out to promote their upcoming film. In the photos, stepped out in a light pink silk sheer chiffon shirt and wore black trousers, highlighting her baby bump. Ranbir, on the other hand, joined her in a black sweatshirt and pants, which he rounded off with cool sunglasses. The two also posed for some adorable pictures as the paparazzi clicked them. HER BABY Adieu!Biding
alaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan come together to see off son Arhaan Khan adieu at the airport last night too she was spotted but not outside her gym, it was outside the Mumbai airport to bid her son Arhaan Khan Goodbye as he left for his studies. She was accompanied by her ex-husband and Arhaan’s father Arbaaz Khan as well. This was not the first time when the former couples came together to bid their son goodbye at the airport.
ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/delhi I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022 11 t is a phenomenal day for the Kapoors as Sonam Kapoor is finally back from the hospital. Now they were caught holding their baby as pooja was being done for the actress before she enters her house with the newest Kapoor member. In the video, we can see Anand Ahuja, who is dressed in a white tee holding their baby while Sonam Kapoor gets off the car. The couple is accompanied by a lot of their staff and security members.
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town where all hell breaks loose when a man’s cow goes missing, making it a political issue more than a domestic one. The film is presented by K Sera Sera in association with Reltic Pictures, produced by Aaliya Siddiqui, Balijinder Khanna, Seema Narula and Shivani Bhargav, and co-produced by Prashant Gupta, Komal D Seth, and Saleem Javed, A YS Entertainment film.
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CITY FIRST wayatra Journey of the soul was a kathak dance recital by Anupama Jha, multi-faceteda kathak exponent and disciple of world-renowned Kathak Maestro and Padmashree awardee Guru Dr Shovana Narayan performed at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre on SwayatraFriday.is the brainchild of Anupama as well as her revered GuruKathak -Karat,KamalpremeRanjanaAffairsInVijaywifefarerineminenttendeddancerorsgumtureswrittenfourthetrayingvanaAwardeePadmashreeMaestroDrSho-Narayan.Por-thejourneyofsoulthroughthephasesoflifeasinVedicscrip-throughthemar-ofKathakmir-andtheClassicalofKathakItself.TheRecitalwasat-andenjoyedbypersonalitiesthetownFilmMak-andartist-Muzaf-Ali-Designer/his-MeeraAli,DrChauthaiwale-ChargeofForeignDepartment,Narayan-Su-CourtLawyer,ModiofArtJayshreeAroraActress,SharonLow- en - Odissi Dancer, IshaAnupamaBhandari.
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CITY FIRST U daan on Colors TV was produced by Mahesh Bhatt and was originally planned as a film which was eventually shelved. The show became one of the longest-running television shows on Colors TV with over 1300 episodes. It featured artists like Meera Deosthale, Toral Rasputra, Sai Deodhar, Amit Dolawat, Ginni Virdi, Sunidhi Chauhan and Suhasini Mule etc. Now two actors of this series will be seen together in a song. Actor Gaurav Sarin and actress Amika will be seen in the song titled Shail Dhoka and sung by Indian Idol winner Salman Ali. It is directed by Vijay Varma and choreographed by Sanjeev Sharma. Commenting on the association, Amika said, “The song brought back memories of Udaan and made me nostalgic. The series was very special to me for several reasons - one being that I made my debut as an actor with Udaan. I have always admired Gaurav Sarin’s work. It will be interesting to see how Udaan fans will react to the song. I am looking forward to more projects like this with the Udaan ensemble.” The other two songs of Amika have been shot and are in the process of editing. “A song is a heartbreaking number and I have been getting many messages from people who have seen the song during editing. The song made his eyes moist. I hope the audience will give their support and endless love to the song.
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The official Twitter handle of the Police Families Welfare Society shared glimpses of the citizens getting themselves vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic to keep themselves healthy on Friday. The camp for vaccination was organised by the Police Families welfare Society at Wellness Centre Narela. (L-R) Padmashree Guru Shovana Narayan, Meera Ali, Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale and Muzaffar Ali Anil Shastri with Padmashree Guru Shovana Narayan Designer Meera and Muzaffar Ali Chef Davinder Kumar Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale
Release of book on collective farming by women under the Kudumbashree mission in Kerala and its implications for the rest of India
CITY FIRST T he book “From the Realm of Necessity to the Realm of Freedom – A Study of Women Farmers Under Kudumbashree Collective Farming in Kerala” was launched at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on Monday. The book has been authored by Dr Jaya Mehta and Vineet Tiwari from the Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS). Reputed academicians, activists and politicians spoke at the Co-publishedlaunch. by JAISS, Aakar Books and ActionAid Association the book is based on a detailed study of collective farming by women’s groups – a prominent programme of the Kudumbashree Mission. What unfolds in 300 and odd pages is a scholarly and, at the same time, deeply empathetic narrative. It places the story of the experiment in the context of its social history. It analyses the political economy which has enabled and shaped this unique experiment. It collates and analyses data.
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Jha said “I am very thankful to IHC and my Guru - Padmashri Shovana Narayan for giving me this opportunity to reach out and connect to people through the classical art dance form of Kathak. My entire purpose is to bring in the ethos and the sanctity of Kathak through this solo performance on Swayatra: Journey of Itsoul.”isnoteworthy to mention, that Anupama is a passionate devotee and performer of Kathak, whose performances have enthralled audiences in various parts of India and the Far East. She is imbued with an arresting stage presence. Her performances are marked with clarity of movements and scintillating pirouettes. HER S
