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On the night of July 3, 1999, Grenadier Yo gendra Singh Yadav, all of 19 years old, was given a crucial task along with the Ghatak Platoon of 18 Grena diers Regiment -- to cap ture the Tiger Hill. He displayed the most conspicuous courage under extreme adverse circumstances.
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SILENCE OF EVS IS BRINGING A NEW SILENT REVOLUTION IN INDIA: MODI PM Modi, on Sunday, said the increase in demand for electric vehicles in India suggests that it is the begin ning of a silent revolution. Modi was speaking at a programme organised at Mahatma Mandir convention centre in Gandhinagar of Gujarat to mark the 40 years of collaboration between Suzuki Motor Corporation and Maruti. Modi said in COP-26, India announced that by 2030 it will obtain 50 per cent of its electrical capacity from non-fossil sources,” he further added.
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ABOUT THE SMRITI VAN MEMORIAL S mriti Van memorial celebrates the courage shown by people during the devastating 2001 earthquake in the Kutch region of Gujarat which took the lives of 13,000 people. The grand structure is spread over 470 acres on Bhujiyo Hill. It informs about different kinds of disasters and future readiness for any type of disaster. It has a block to relive the experience of an earthquake with the help of a 5D simulator and another block for people to pay homage to lost souls.
Dubai: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya led an impressive performance from India as they bowled out Pakistan for 147 in their Asia Cup 2022 opener. Pakistan continued to lose wickets regularly as India pacers dominated them throughout innings. More on P5
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Varanasi (PTI): Two persons were arrested for duping people of Rs 300 crore on the pre text of doubling their money, Varanasi Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said on Sunday. Arunesh Sita used to dupe people by claim ing that he will double their money in four years, and had also floated a company, he said. On Saturday night, Sita was arrested by Varanasi Police from Lucknow, while anoth er member of his gang Balchand Chaurasia was arrested from Bal lia. Cases have been reg istered against the ac cused in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and other states in addition to those lodged by the Eco nomic Offences Wing of UP, Ganesh said. The gang bought land, hotels, restau rants and other prop erties with the Rs 300 crore.
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Nagpur DM R Vimla presents the tricolour to Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday. BY ANI
ASIA CUP IN DUBAI: INDIA BEAT PAK BY FIVE WICKETS
BJP TOP BRASS IN GUJARAT India will be a developed nation by 2047’
NOIDA TWIN TOWERS DEMOLISHED 9 years to 9 seconds
‘Atypical’ familial relationships deserve protection of law: SC Justice DY Chandrachud
Kutch branch canal of the Sardar Sarovar project z The new automatic milk processing & pack ing plant of Sarhad Dairy z Regional Science Centre at Bhuj z Dr Babasaheb Ambed kar Convention Centre at Gandhidham z Veer Bal Smarak at Anjar and Bhuj 2 substation at Nakhatrana
New Delhi: theservescounterpartastion‘’atypical”whileCourtships”,shipsunmarriedtherelationships“Familialmaytakeformofdomestic,partnerorqueerrelationtheSupremehasobserved,notingthatanmanifestaofafamilyunitisrealasitstraditionalanddeprotectionunderlaw.Thepredominantunderstandingoftheconceptofa“family”bothinthelawandinsocietyisthat‘’itconsistsofasingle,unchangingunitwithamotherandafather(whoremainconstantovertime)andtheirchildren.
Nagpur (PTI): A twoday state-level coordi nation meeting of the office-bearers of the organisations affiliated to the Rashtriya Sway amsevak Sangh (RSS) concluded here on Sun day. The meeting, held at Smruti Mandir in Reshimbag area of the city, had begun on Sat urday. The presidents, general secretaries, sec retaries and other top office-bearers of the state units of various organisations, includ ing Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, took part in the coordination meeting, sources said. Some prominent BJP leaders, including Dep uty CM Devendra Fad navis, cabinet ministers Chandrakant Patil and Sudhir Mungantiwar, attended the meeting.
PM Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of the various development projects in Kutch, Gujarat on Sunday. (R) Amit Shah felicitating the students at the 1st convocation ceremony of NFSU, in Gandhinagar on Sunday. BY ANI
SUBEDAR MAJOR YOGENDRA SINGH YADAV WON THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA AT THE AGE OF 19
New Delhi (PTI): A new book, ‘The Hero of Tiger Hill’, tells the in spiring story of Sube dar Major (Honorary Captain) Yogendra Sin gh Yadav, the youngest Param Vir Chakra awardee -- India’s high est gallantry award -- at the age of 19 for his ac tions in Kargil conflict.
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Moni Sharma New Delhi: The illegal Supertech Twin Towers in UP’s Noida were de molished on Sunday and fell like a pack of cards, bringing to close a nine-year-long legal battle. The nearly 100-metre-high towers. higher than Delhi’s iconic monument Qu tub Minar fell like a pack of cards within 9 seconds, courtesy 3,700 kg of ex plosives that was infused in the buildings. Over 5,000 residents of the nearby societies had evacuated their flats for the demo lition on Sunday. P2&P3 A combination of pictures shows Twin Tower before and after its demolition, in Noida on Sunday. PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
The Hero of Tiger Hill tells his story
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‘THE PROBLEMS OF KASHMIRI PEOPLE’ The book also claims to take a brief but insightful look into the problems of Kash miri people and how the Army is trying to tackle it, keeping people’s welfare in mind.
‘Will double your money’: `300 cr con busted, 2 held
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Prayagraj (ANI): The meeting of the guide board of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Kashi province, was held on Sunday here at Alopi Bagh. The unity of Hindu society was emphasised in this meeting and voice raised for a complete ban on conversion.
There were conspiracies to defame Gujarat & stop investment: PM Modi takes a jibe at Oppn First India Bureau Bhuj: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said there have been conspir acies to defame Gujarat and stop investments in his home state, but Gu jarat ignored them and charted a new path of progress. He was ad dressing people while inaugurating laying, foundation stone of de velopment works in Bhuj. Modi said India will be a developed na tion by 2047. “Smriti Van Memorial is at par with 9/11 memorial in US & Hiroshima Memo rial in Japan,” he said. After the 2001 Kutch earthquake, in the midst of the destruction, I had spoken about the redevelopment of Kutch and we worked hard for it. In that hour of challenge, we had proclaimed that we will turn disaster into an opportunity and we achieved it. Today, you are witnessing the results.—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates ‘Smriti Van Memorial’ for 2001 Bhuj earthquake victims, in Bhuj on Sunday.
“PRESERVE YOUR OWN LANGUAGE. IT IS MY REQUEST TO YOU...”: AMIT SHAH Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday urged students to preserve their mother tongue and said they should make it a point to use it for conversation at home. He also said that govt is now promoting education in engineering, technical and medical courses in local languages. Shah stressed this point while addressing students of NFSU at its convocation ceremony.
New Delhi: Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Sunday decided that the election for the Congress president post will be held on October 17, said sources. The counting of the votes will be done on October 19. CWC meeting took place virtually to discuss the final schedule for the elections. P5 Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani’s RIL, India’s biggest business conglomerate in terms of market valuation will hold its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday. The RIL boss will address shareholders through the VC and other audio-visual means.
“This assumption ig nores both, the many circumstances which may lead to a change in one’s familial struc ture, and the fact that many families do not conform to this expecta tion to begin with,” a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna said. The observations are significant as activists have been raising the is sue of recognising LGBT marriages and civil unions as well as allowing live-in couples to adopt after the apex court ordertion,withchildrener”thecaretakershomosexualitydecriminalisedin2018.“Theguardiansand(whooccupyrolesofthe“mothandthe“father”)ofmaychangeremarriage,adoporfostering,’’thesaid.
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BJP repeating govt in Guj, HP with FirstmajoritythumpingIndiaBureau New Delhi: BJP is repeating govts in Gujarat and HP with a thumping majority, as per an assessment of Bharat24, fastest growing Hindi news channel. In both states, govts will repeat on face of PM Narendra Modi and strategy of HM Amit Shah. Even on Sunday, a huge crowd reached events of Modi & Shah in Gujarat. In Guj, BJP is expected to get 109 seats, Cong 68, & remaining 5 may go to independents and other parties. This means there is no chance for AAP in Guj. However, commenting on these possible results in Guj, a political observer said, “Guj has a general perception of clean sweep of BJP with 130 to 135 seats.” Now, it will only be clear on counting day that which assessment proves to be correct. In HP, BJP is likely to get 45 seats, Cong 21 seats, Independents and other parties may get 3 seats. Assembly polls may be held in Nov-Dec. Himachal is home state of BJP nat’l prez JP Nadda & Union Minister Anurag Thakur. PM Modi himself was also in-charge of Himachal for a long time.
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PM inaugurates India’s 1st earthquake memorial; Launches and lays fndn for projects worth `5k cr
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Our overall loss is around `500 crore, taking into account the amount we have spent on land and constructionpaid12%yearstointerestforchargescost,paidapprovals,paidbanksoverandinterestback to buyers of these towers, among other costs.—RK Arora, Supertech Chairman Broadly, no damage to nearby housing societies. Only some bit of debris has come towards the road. We will get a better idea of the situation in some time. —Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, Noida Authority
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mindingIndia.iantlyturnedwhostoryPublishers,publishedautobiography,bySrishtiisthetrueofabravesoldierleftnostoneunandfoughtvalforthehonourof“Theideaofwritthebookcametomyoverthelastmany years when I was invit ed to some of the top col leges of India like IITDelhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIMAhmedabad and IIMIndore... I noticed that my simple but honest answers made a lot of impact and would go on to motivate these young students,” Subedar Ma jor (Honorary Captain) Yadav said. “I decided then to write a book capturing my journey. My motive for writing the book is to motivate youngsters of India and inculcate a sense of pat riotism,” he added.
CHEER, CLAP AS ‘TOWERS FALL LIKE A STACK OF MATCHBOXES’
Taller than the Qutub Minar (73 metres), the tallest structures ever to be demolished in India, the Superetch twin towers in Noida were blasted to rubble, within seconds, with a “controlled implosion” by a South African specialist firm on Sunday afternoon.
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New Delhi (PTI): A Border Security Force sub-inspector was alleg edly shot at by his friend in a car in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh area, police said on Sunday. The sub-inspector’s friend, who was in an “intoxicated” state has been arrested, they said. The victim -- Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Go pal Nagar in Najafgarh, was under treatment and was unfit for state ment, police said, add ing that the sub-inspec tor was posted in Jharkhand. The matter came to light on Satur day when an informa tion regarding a gunshot injury was received at Najafgarh police station from inSehwagpersonewer-in-lawtheHarshaerHospital,Venkateshwarapolicesaid.DeputyCommissionofPolice(Dwarka)MVardhansaidvictim&hisbrothAnkush,nephRaviandonemorenamedSandeepdrivingaroundacarinDwarka.
Complainant trans ferred Rs. 4,500 to al leged. Alleged conduct ed her telephonic inter view after which the complainant was fur ther asked to pay Rs. 15,000 as a part of salary account and was as sured that this amount will be refunded along with previous amount, but this time complain ant did not transfer the amount and realised that she has been cheat ed, police officials said.
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Police stop onlookers who gathered to witness the demolition in Noida on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI Riyaz and his family in Noida on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI n Over 3,700 kg of explosives were used to bring the two towers down, resulting in a sea of smoke and debris engulfing the area n
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The demolition of the structures leaves behind an estimated 35,000 cubic metres or 55,000 tonnes to 80,000 tonnes of debris n More than 5000 residents were evacuated before the demolition and it may take as much as 3 months to clear the debris
New Delhi (PTI): Real ty firm Supertech Ltd said it has incurred a loss of about Rs 500 crore, including con struction and interest costs, because of the demolition of its twin towers, the company’s Chairman R K Arora said on Sunday. The cost of the demo lition itself is estimated at about Rs 20 crore. “Our overall loss is around Rs 500 crore, tak ing into account the amount we have spent on land and construction cost, the charges paid to authorities for various approvals, interest paid to banks over the years and the 12 per cent inter est paid back to buyers of these two towers, among other costs,” Arora said. “We constructed these towers as per the plan ap proved by the Noida de velopment authority,” he added. Asked about the demolition cost, Arora said Supertech is paying Rs 17.5 crore to Edifice Engineering, which was tasked with safely pull ing down the structures, including the premium amount for a Rs 100-crore insurance cover. In addi tion, there are several other costs associated with the Edificedemolition.hadroped in South African experts Jet Demolitions for the project. On the other hand, homebuyers’ body FPCE President Abhay Upadhyay termed the demolition of the twin towers as a huge victory for flat owners and said it has demolished the “ego of builders and de velopment Courtthorities“wehanPresidentCREDAIRealtors’authorities”.apexbody(National)HarshVardPatodiasaidthatstandbytheauandSupremeinthisdecision”.
Akshat S New Delhi (PTI): 3 peo ple, including a woman, were held for allegedly cheating more than 100 people on the pretext of providing them ‘work from home’ jobs, police said on AccusedSunday.identified as Rahul Singh (27), Sand hya (21) and Rohit Ku mar Dubey (28), used to cheat job seekers for they found them an easy target. They used to commit crime so as to earn easy money to live a lavish lifestyle, they said. Police said they cheated people on the pretext of providing work from home’ jobs offering handsome sal ary through quiker.com posts. They demanded money from unem ployed people as part of registration and inter view fees and vanished afterwards, police said. The matter came to light after a complaint was received at Ashok Vihar, alleging that she had registered herself at Quiker.com for work from home’ job. As per police, on June 18, she received a call from one unknown number that her CV is selected for job for work from home’. She communicated with the alleged through What sapp who asked her to pay Rs. 2,500 as registra tion fee which she paid instantly. The next day, complainant received the call and alleged asked her to pay Rs. 4,500 before interview which would be refund ed with first salary and in case of non-selection, this amount will be re funded within 24 hours.
WATCHED FROM THE GROUND, TV AND TWITTER Noida (PTI): As Su pertech’s twin towers in Noida were reduced to rubble, Twitter also exploded with hilari ous memes and dark humour. While some users tweeted that the “Tower of Corrup tion” was grounded, a few others said the me dia’s ground coverage of the unprecedented event was “as if ISRO is sending Gaganyaan to moon”. Hundreds of cameras were placed at various vantage points in the nearby areas, including those brought by crew mem bers of a large number of media houses. The giant ball of smoke that was raised after the demolition left many people wit nessing it on the ground and on TV sets in awe, as the billowing smoke filled the sky line and the screen. On the ground, many people stood at a safe distance to “enjoy the sight of demoli tion” withe balloonsellers and street ven dors, selling food stuff, adding a layer of fes tivity to the environ ment with some even termed it as a “Su pertech Sunday”.
Fire brigade trucks on standby in Noida on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY PTI Media personnel assemble on a flyover to document the Photographersdemolition. click pictures from a building rooftop.
Vishu Adhana Noida: Riyaz and his wife have travelled 200 km from Agra in the heat to fulfil their fiveyear-old grandson’s wish of witnessing the ‘historic’ demolition of Supertech twin towers in Noida on Sunday. His grandson saw a video on Facebook about the demolition and had been pressing his family ever since to take him to watch the court-mandated demo lition. Riyaz was among many other people who travelled to Noida from far-flung areas to watch the demolition.
Akshay Mishra (18), a resident of Uttar Pradesh arrived in Noida without telling his family that he is going to watch the demolition. He travelled 4 hours in the bus and came directly to the spot. “My family is calling me constantly. I am not taking their calls. I wanted to see it in person. TV par kya maja,” Mishra said. He too was stopped by police a few hundred metres before the demolition zone. What a waste of time and resources! Wish the whole mess was properly!handled Prerna Good job done by the ones who saved stray dogs, who do not know anything about the demolition. Heenu Sharma Hope fectdidn’titafany one’s health and went according to the plan of the authorities.
New Delhi (PTI): Hun dreds gathered near a ground in Noida to wit ness the once-in-a-life time spectacle of demo lition of the 100-metrestall Supertech twin tow ers, and cheered and clapped as the sky scrapers came down. Ahead of the demoli tion, authorities had created an ‘exclusion zone’ in a radius of up to 500 metres around the twin towers where no human or animal was allowed except for the team of Indian and foreign blasters en gaged in the demoli tion. There was heavy police deployment in the area to stop people from entering the bar ricaded area. People from Noida and neigh bouring Delhi gathered near the Jaypee flyover ground to witness the marvel of ensurefind2:30cameengineering.modern-dayManyhoursbeforethepmimplosiontoaspotthatwouldagoodview.“It felt like structures of corruption were com ing down,” remarked Purshotam Mishra (42) as the Supertech twin towers disappeared into plumes of smoke and dust. “It was in credible. We waited 2 hours to witness this. It sends out a strong mes sage to strong people,” Mishra said. “The tow ers fell like a stack of matchboxes.AshishSuman, who came from Delhi’s Ut tam Nagar to witness the demolition, said, “It was worth it.”
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Cooking gas and power supply will resume shortly and residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village will be allowed to move back after 6.30 pm, Maheshwari said.
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A municipal worker sprays water in a neighbourhood to curb dust pollution on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI MANY ILLS Volunteers carry stary dogs to safety in Noida on Sunday.
Officials said that there appeared to be no damage to the buildings adjacent to the Supertech twin towers but said a more detailed audit is underway
Dr Yudhyavir Singh, Assistant Professor, Critical Care, AIIMS, said, “Particulate mat ter of size smaller than 2.5 microns will be a problem. This is likely to increase episodes of coughing, sneezing, asthmatic attacks, lung infection, nasal conges tion, breathing difficul ty. Viruses may also pig gyback the fine particles and increase infection rate, as it’s the flu sea son.”“People should take precaution and keep a buffer stock of medi cines. Use N-95 masks and eyeglasses till pol lutants dissipate. Wear full-sleeve clothes and avoid morning walks for a few days. Consult doc tors if problems wors en,” he said.
The demolition waste is largely within the site. Some debris spilled over to the road, while a little went towards the ATS Village wall also, she said. z “The plumes of dust, as seen by all of us, IASimmediately,”pressedsprinklerswateringmechanicalourimmediately.dissipatedAllanti-smogguns,sweepmachines,tankersandwereintoservicetheofficersaid.
ALL NORMAL BY 6.30 PM: NOIDA CEO z Adjoining build ings of Emerald Court and ATS Vil lage are expected to get safety clearance soon for residents to return home by 6.30 pm, Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari said. z “The blast has largely been successful. Teams of Edifice, CBRI (Central wariareleftoversiteinspectionmakingJetResearchBuildingInstitute),Demolitionsaphysicalofthetoseeifanyexplosivesthere,”Maheshtoldreporters.
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HIMANTA, KEJRIWAL CONTINUE TO TRADE BARBS Guwahati (PTI): In a fresh salvo at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that the AAP chief was “comparing the national capital with smaller cities” after fail ing to fulfil his promise of giving the place a London- or Paris-like makeover.
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New Delhi (PTI): Doc tors said that people liv ing nearby, especially those suffering from res piratory diseases, should take extra care and avoid the area for a few days if possible. They said that most dust particles are 5 mi crons or less and can remain suspended in the air for a few days in the absence of condi tions like strong winds andMassiverain. dust pollu tion can lead to itching in the eyes, nose and skin; coughing, sneez ing, breathing difficulty, lung infection, nasal congestion, asthmatic attacks and aggravate heart problems, they said.Dr Jugal Kishore, head of Community Medicine department at the Safdarjung Hospital, said, “The dust particles will remain suspended for quite some time in case of low wind speed. People suffering from respiratory problems -chronic obstructive pul monary disease, asthma and bronchitis -- should avoid the area, if possi ble.” “They should limit exposure to the affected area for at least 48 hours. Others living in and around the area should avoid exercises for a few days,” he said.
Pulverised concrete dust billows up in a massive cloud as the twin towers are razed to rubble on Sunday.
Ahmed Nouman New Delhi: Only onethird of schools under the Delhi government are teaching science subjects to students in classes 11 and 12, a reply to an RTI query has re vealed.TheAam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) that had in its 2015 Delhi Assembly election manifesto promised to build 500 new schools in the city has opened just 63 new schools between Febru ary 2015 and May 2022, according to the RTI. The Education Depart ment of the Delhi gov ernment gave the infor mation in response to an application filed un der the Right To Infor mation (RTI) Act on behalf of PTI. The RTI sought infor mation on the number of Delhi government schools teaching science and commerce su bjects in classes 11 and 12 as well as the number of new schools opened by the govt between Febru ary 2015 and May 2022 in the city. While the infor mation related to 326 schools was obtained through the RTI applica tion, the data of other schools was collected from the website of the Directorate of Educa tion. A total of 838 high er secondary schools have data available, out of which only 279 schools teach science subjects and 674 schools offer commerce subjects to students of classes 11 and 12. That is, about 66 per cent of the govern ment schools in the city do not teach science sub jects while about 19 pc do not teach commerce sub jects in the two classes.
“We are planning and working since August 8 to save these stray ani mals from the impacts of demolition. We also requested the authori ties concerned to make two or three false firing or dummy explosions first so that the birds do not get affected due to the blasts,” Mohapatra said.
Aparna Bose New Delhi: At least 40 stray dogs living in and around the Supertech twin towers in Noida have been shifted tem porarily to shelters run by NGOs ahead of the court-mandated implo sion of the buildings on Sunday.AnNGO also request ed authorities to con duct a dummy explosion or a false firing just be fore the twin towers are razed in order to save the birds in the area. Several NGOs, includ ing House of Stray Ani mals, Friendicoes, Soci ety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Happy Tails foundation have pitched in to accommodate the stray dogs temporarily. Founder of House of Stray Animals, Sanjay Mohapatra, who has been working to evacu ate the stray animals from the area around the twin tower said they have requested authori ties to carry out a dum my explosion in order to save the birds in the area from the blast.
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Kejriwal also took a dig at Sarma on Sunday, saying that if schools in the northeastern state were “not good”, then “we can together fix them”.
Nearby buildings covered to protect from the impact of dust and debris, on Sunday.
All nearby buildings safe, declare officials Aparna Bose & Vishu Adhana New Delhi: As a series of controlled explo sions reduced the 100-metre tall twin tow ers in Noida to a pile of rubble, residents heaved a sigh of relief after officials declared that there appeared to be no damage to the buildings adjacent to theShortlystructures.after the court-mandated demo lition of the buildings, officials declared that there appeared to be no damage to the buildings adjacent to the Su pertech twin towers but said a more detailed au dit is underway. Sarita, a resident of Emerald court, shifted to Delhi temporarily on Satur day night ahead of the demolition. “I moved to Delhi for the demolition and we will return on Sunday night. Prima fa cie, it appears that there’s no damage to our buildings. We have been told that the au thorities will check the area first and then, let us in,” Sarita said.
An NGO also requested authorities to conduct a dummy explosion or a false firing just before the twin towers are razed, in order to save birds
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Jagat Prakash @JPNaddaNadda On the auspicious occasion of the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, we recall the teachings & vision of a compassionate and inclusive society that the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji teaches us. My greetings to everyone & all our Sikh brothers and sisters on this special day.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK God promises to make something good out of the storms that bring devastation to your life. Bible he Aam Aadmi Party is not holding its punches against the BJP. At a special as sembly session called a few days back to prove his strength Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the BJP wants to topple his govern ment by buying out his AAP leg islators. He alleged that the BJP had set aside Rs 800 crore to buy his 40 MLAs, offering them Rs 20 crore each. Calling BJP a “serial killer” , Kejriwal cited the exam ples of Maharashtra and Goa where elected governments were brought down by the BJP and said that the same pattern was being followed in Delhi when CBI raided Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s premises.Kejriwal also put his national ambition on the table when he directly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that the raid on Sisodia was not part of the fight against corruption but was “to satisfy one man’s lust for power”. Can Arvind Kejriwal hide his own lust for power?
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Dharmendra@dpradhanbjpPradhan 2023 is going to be a very special year. The UNGA has endorsed India’s proposal to observe 2023 as International Year of Millets. Given the benefits of super foods like millets and being a large producer, it is our responsibility to make the Millet Year a resounding success.
The over 100 feet towers with 40 floors each were built in violation of building construction laws with the alleged connivance of some NOIDA officials. The gap between the two towers was only 16 metres
Real interest rates appear to be on a firm upward trend, because nominal interest rates will rise and inflation will fall. Together with decelerating global growth, that could mean that the recent decline in the real prices of oil, minerals, and agricultural products will persist
ambridge – Big movements in the prices of oil, minerals, and agricultural commodi ties have been among the most salient economic devel opments of the past couple of years. The sharp rise in com modity prices for much of this period was virtually im possible to miss. A barrel of Brent crude that sold for $20 in April 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pan demic, fetched a peak of $122 in March 2022, just after Rus sia invaded Ukraine. Oil was not the only com modity to experience a price surge. The price of copper doubled; wheat more than doubled; and global indices of commodity prices almost tri pled from April 2020 to March 2022. And these increases are in dollar terms; prices in eu ros, yen, won, or other curren cies rose even more. Less widely noted, however, is that the prices of many commodities fell this sum mer. The price of oil de creased by about 30% between early June and mid-August. The politically sensitive price of gasoline in the United States fell by 20% over the same period, from $5 per gal lon to $4 per gallon. The over all index fell 12%. Is this dip in commodity prices just temporary? Or is it a sign that prices have peaked and can be expected to decline further?Commodity prices are highly correlated. One reason is direct microeconomic link ages. When the price of oil rises, wheat producers’ costs increase (because harvesting equipment runs on diesel and fertilizer is made from natu ral gas), which puts upward pressure on grain prices. Moreover, as the US Feder al Reserve and other central banks tighten monetary poli cy, real interest rates are like ly to rise. This will probably push down commodity prices, and not just because high real interest rates make a reces sion more likely. The level of real interest rates affects com modity prices independently of GDP, both in theory and empirically.Thetheory of the relation ship between real interest rates and commodity prices is long-established. The sim plest intuition behind the re lationship is that the interest rate is a “cost of carrying” inventories. An increase in the interest rate reduces firms’ demand for holding in ventories and therefore low ers the commodity price. Three other mechanisms operate, in addition to inven tories. First, for an exhausti ble resource, a rise in the in terest rate increases the in centive to extract today and thus expand the available supply. Second, for “financial ized” commodities, an in crease in the interest rate en courages institutional inves tors to shift out of the com modities asset class and into Treasury bills. Lastly, for a commodity that is interna tionally traded, an increase in the domestic real interest rate causes a real appreciation of the domestic currency, which works to lower the domesticcurrency price of the com modity.Econometric analyses have demonstrated the statistical relationship between real in terest rates and commodity prices. These include simple correlations; regressions that control for other important determinants, such as GDP and inventories in a “carry trade” model; and high-fre quency event studies that are much less sensitive to the econometric problems of the regressions.Twoepisodes illustrate that the effect of real interest rates on commodity prices operates independently of the GDP effect. Neither the spike in dollar commodity prices in the first half of 2008 nor the decline in 2014-15 can be explained by fluctuations in economic activity. They can instead be interpreted as the result, respectively, of loose US monetary policy (quantitative easing) and a tightening of US monetary policy with the end of QE.
RAZING OF TOWERS, VICTORY OF BUYERS
The writer is Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University, previously served as a member of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is a research associate at the US National Bureau of Economic Research
Real interest rates appear to be on a firm upward trend, because nominal interest rates will rise, and inflation will fall. Together with decelerating global growth, that could mean that the recent decline in real prices of oil, minerals, and productsagriculturalwillpersist
umber nine proved to be a cursed digit for Supertech devel opers whose twin towers in Noida were razed in nine seconds on Sunday. The over 100 feet towers with 40 floors each were built in viola tion of building construction laws with the alleged conniv ance of some NOIDA officials. The gap between the two tow ers was only 16 metres. It took nine years for the Residents’ Welfare Associa tion (RWA) to win the legal battle against the developers after they filed a case in the Allahabad High Court in 2012. After the high court ordered demolition of the twin towers in 2014, the developer sought relief from the Supreme Court which upheld the dem olition order in 2021 and also ordered for buyers’ money to be refunded with interest. The demolition of the tall structures, India’s first, was a sight to watch. Carried out with complete technical effi ciency, it met all safety pa rameters. Even the dust clouds that arose from the site did not disturb the air quality level. Nor did the im plosion cause much collater al damage.
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At the root of the problem, however, was corruption along with the alleged com plicity of NOIDA officials. The connivance between offic ers and engineers of various development authorities has allowed scores of illegal con structions to come up in state after state. To avoid such oc currences in future, stricter monitoring of the staff at de velopment authorities is re quired and as punishment to them and the developers all illegal constructions should be demolished. Strict preven tive measures are needed as not all buyers can fight so dog gedly to save their hardearned money.
Why commodity prices are likely to fall further?
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Tezpur: A wild elephant from the Kaziranga Na tional Park wreaked havoc in Tezpur city of Assam’s Sonitpur district, damag ing scores of vehicles and other properties, officials said on Sunday. The elephant swam across the mighty Brahmaputra river and entered Tezpur city on Saturday night, they said. The officials said the tusker crossed the Brah maputra from the southern bank and entered Tezpur on the northern banks. Rewa: 5 inmates escaped from a juvenile home by breaking a window at the facility in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district on Sunday, police said. In the early hours of the day, five inmates who were brought here some days back broke the window of the kitchen and fled, police said.
Panaji (PTI): The Goa Police have arrested one more drug peddler in connection with the case of alleged murder of BJP leader Sonali Pho gat, an official said on Sunday. With this, five people have so far been arrested in the case. Phogat (43), a former Tik Tok star and con testant on the reality TV show “Big Boss”, was brought dead to a hospital August 23, a day after arrival in Goa. On Saturday night, the Anjuna police in North Goa arrested drug peddler Rama alias Ramadas Mandrekar for allegedly supplying drugs to another peddler Dattaprasad Gaonkar, who is already in custo dy in connection with the case, the official said.
6 killed as tanker hits into tractortrolley in Bareilly Bareilly (PTI): At least six people, including two children, were killed and 24 others injured when a tractor-trolley in which they were travel ling was hit by a tanker here on Sunday. The ac cident occurred at Kich ha-Khatima road near Sirsa outpost in the Ba hedi area. A tractortrolley carrying 35 peo ple was going to Uttam Nagar gurdwara from Uttrakhand.
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Naren dra Modi, while address ing the 92nd episode of his monthly programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sun day, urged the citizens to watch the serial ‘Swaraj’ and also suggested to students to compose a special programme at their shan,”dayIttheoinesunsungtrygenerationtoThisaanfreedomwhoaboutrisesaidTheinstitutions.PrimeMinisterthatthiswillgivetoanewawakeningthegreatheroestookpartinthestruggle.“IgotopportunitytogotopremiereofSwaraj.isagreatinitiativeacquainttheyoungerofthecounwiththeeffortsofheroesandherwhotookpartinfreedommovement.istelecasteverySunat9pmonDoordarPMModisaid.
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Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India has decided to become self-reliant in energy sector in the next 25 years. At a programme held to mark 40 years of Suzuki Motor Corporation in India, Modi also hailed the relationship between India and Japan.
Ranchi (ANI): Amid the political mayhem in Jharkhand, CM He mant Soren on Sunday called on state Congress in-charge Avinash Pan de to discuss the next course of action. The meeting between the two leaders took place at the state Guest House and lasted for an hour. Asked about the delay in Governor’s deci sion over the CM’s post, Soren said, “It is Gover nor Ramesh Bais who can answer this better.”
Chief Minis ter Manik Saha was also present in the meeting held at State Guest House, Agartala. Nadda who is on a two-day visit to Tripura arrived at Agartala on Sunday morning. He was recieved by Chief Minister Manik Saha and other BJP state leaders and party work ers at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.
Ranchi (ANI): Amid the political turmoil in Jharkhand, state minister and Congress leader Banna Gupta on Sunday dared the BJP-led Centre to impose Article 365 of the Constitution in the state. He said, “It is a preplanned conspiracy to destabilise the Jharkhand government. We want to know from the Governor that if the Election Commission has sent something, then it should be made public. ED has raided for months but nothing was found.”
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Agartala (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Na dda who is on a visit to Tripura chaired the state office bearers meeting in Agartala on Sunday.Tripura
Chennai: The ICG on Sunday held 10th National Maritime Search and Res cue Exercise SAREX-22 off Chennai coast. A total of 24 observers from 16 foreign nations took part in it. The theme of the 10th edition is ‘Capacity Building Towards Marine Passenger Safety.’
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Jharkhand crisis: CM Soren meets Cong incharge Pande Himachal Pradesh govt counters AAP: Offers 125 units of free electricity to 14 lakh voters
Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur said, “Both discussed about the state political situation and the cloud of uncertainty.”
Phogat case: One more drug peddler arrested
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PM GREETS PEOPLE ON 418 YEARS OF PARKASH PURAB OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB
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Shimla (ANI): Mount ing a strong counter-at tack on the Aam Aadmi Party’s election sop of free electricity the BJPled Himachal Pradesh govt has promised 125 units of free electricity per month to over 14 lakh voters of the State. CM Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over the function organized by the Himachal Pradesh State Electric ity Board Ltd. to launch the Scheme, ‘125 Units of Free Electricity’ to the consumers of the State held at the Paddal ground at Mandi on Sunday said, “The state government has taken many such welfare deci sions during the tenure of the present govern ment to ensure direct benefits to the common people.” The CM said that the state govern ment recently took a decision that 125 units of free power would be provided to the people of the State which has benefitted over 14 lakh electricity consumers of the State as they were now getting zero electricity bills.
Modi’s leadership, the central government is going to make changes in the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act, because nobody saw these laws from an Indi an perspective after in dependence, he said. “These laws need to be reframed from the per spective of independent India. Therefore, we have been consulting a lot of people to change the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act,” he said addressing the convoca tion as chief guest. Amit Shah being felicitated at the ceremony of the foundation stone of beautification work at Vadsar Pound in Vadsar, Gandhinagar, on Sunday. (Right): Amit Shah at the 1st convocation ceremony of NFSU, in Gandhinagar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI BJP National President JP Nadda, Tripura CM Manik Saha, State BJP President Rajib Bhattacharya and Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik listened to PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat, in Agartala on Sunday.
Yediyurappa again No. 1 BJP leader in Karnataka
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren chairs a meeting of the United Progressive Alliance legislators, in Ranchi. —FILE PHOTO
Bengaluru: As Karna taka goes to state elec tions next year, a series of meetings former Kar nataka CM BS Yedi yurappa held in Delhi with top BJP leaders, including PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and others this week, indicate sthat Yediyurappa has again become number 1 leader for BJP in the southern state. For Yediyurappa, this visit is about flexing muscle and emerging as numero uno within the party once again; post his resignation in July last year, he was increas ingly becoming irrele vant within the party.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sun day extended greetings on the occasion of the 418 years of Parkash Purab of Shri Guru Granth Sahib. He took to Twit ter to extend his greetings on the auspi cious occasion of the Parkash Purab.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi Today, on the auspicious occa sion of the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji my greet ings to everyone, particularly the Sikh com munity. The holy teachings of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji give strength to millions and make our society more just, inclusive and compassionate.
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Hardik Pandya took three crucial wickets in the middle overs while Bhuvneshwar Kumar snared four as India bowled out Pakistan for 147 in their opening Asia Cup match on Sunday. Pandya ended with figures of 3/25 in 4 overs while opener Mohammed Rizwan was the top-scorer for Pakistan with a sedate 43 off 42 balls. Earlier, India won the toss and elected to field.
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Gandhinagar: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Centre has set a target of taking the conviction rate high er than even developed countries and integrate the criminal justice sys tem with forensic sci ence isalityindependencestructuretryeachinvestigationprovideconvocation.Gandhinagar,UniversityalstudentsdressingsixishmentfencessoryinvestigationaimsTheinvestigation.governmenttomakeforensic“compulandlegal”forofattractingpunofmorethanyears,ShahsaidadthegraduatingoftheNationForensicSciences(NFSU),atitsfirstThegovernmentwillaforensicmobilefacilityindistrictofthecounandcreatealegaltoensurethatandpartioftheinvestigationmaintained,hesaid.“UnderPMNarendra
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Hardik Pandya celebrates after winning the Asia Cup match against Pakistan on Sunday. Watched the exciting match between India and Pakistan of Asia Cup being played in Dubai (UAE) today with RCA officials and encouraged Team India. Vaibhav Gehlot President, Raj Cricket Assn.
New Delhi: PM Modi urged people to make ef forts to remove malnutri tion stressing that social awareness was a crucial aspect of this fight. In his Mann Ki Baat broadcast, Modi said the ‘Amrit Dhara’ of ‘Amrit Mahot sav’ marking 75 years of India’s independence was flowing in all corners of the country in this month.
Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said his government was ready to hand over the probe into the death of Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat to the Central Bureau of Inves tigation (CBI), if necessary. WILL HAND OVER THE CASE TO CBI: GOA CM Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during match between India and Pakistan, in Dubai on Sunday. Indian fans cheer for team India during the Asia Cup 2022 Group A match between India and Pakistan, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday.
The State has set a target of harnessing 10,000 MW of addi tional power potential by the year 2030, of which upto 2000 MW would be solar.
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VAISNHO DEVI SHRINE TO GET SKYWALK FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT BY NOV Jammu: After introducing Radio Frequency Identity Cards (RFID) to keep a track on the movement of pilgrims, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has started work on the much needed ‘Skywalk’ which would help separate the incoming and outgoing pilgrims near the Bhawan area. The skywalk with a length of 200 metres and width of 2.5 metres is expected to be completed by November at a cost of over Rs 9.89 crore to allow smooth movement of inbound pilgrims, an official of the SMVDSB said. He said the facility, 20 feet above the track level, will help overcome the problem of multidirectional flow of yatra
On challenges, the CM said that they are an opportu nity to strive for better and make the most out of them.
As part of its tightrope walk on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, that is to be Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s biggest masscontact programme to date, the party has reached out to civil society groups, with the message that the march is bigger than about a person and party.
Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday urged people to join the “decisive fight” against illicit liquor and drugs trade and warned of strictest action against those trying to play with the future of our talented youth. Addressing the clos ing ceremony of the first foundation day of Mahayo gi Gorakhnath University in Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath said, “Our resolve is to make the state healthy and to end drug addiction, our youth must contribute to the state’s fight against the national crime for a bright and successful future.”
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New Delhi (ANI): While noting the dy namic leadership of UNGA President and Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid, Vice-Presi dent Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday praised his work in revitalizing the UN and added that his visit to India will fur ther bolster the mul ti-faceted ties with the“HisMaldives.dynamic lead ership of the 76th UNGA and his Presi dency priorities, in particular on revital izing the UN, have universal appeal. We are confident that his visit would further strengthen India’s close and multi-facet ed ties with the Mal dives,” said Dhankhar while welcoming For eign Minister of Mal dives Abdulla Sha hid. Foreign Secre tary Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on SecretarySunday,.Kwatra congratulated the UNGA President on his ‘Presidency of Hope’ and for his vi sionary leadership in the 76th session of the UNGA. Notably, in November, the UNGA president launched the Presi dent of the General Assembly’s (PGA) Harnessing Opportu nities for fortheYouthEmpowermentPromotingofFellowship-PGA’sFellowshipHOPE.
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J&K unit of Congress suf fered another jolt on Sun day as its senior leader and former minister Taj Mohiuddin quit from the party and joined Ghulam Nabi Azad led front. Today, I wrote to the Congress president and the general secretary and others that I am resigning from all the posts which I was hold ing, including the primary membership of Congress, Mohiuddin told reporters at a press conference.
Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Randeep Surjewala, Ashok Gehlot, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and others join CWC meeting virtually, in New Delhi on Sunday.
CWC meeting: Election for Cong prez to be held on October 17
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UN General Assembly and Foreign Minister of Maldives, HE Abdulla Shahid meets Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Dehradun (ANI): Utta rakhand Chief Minis ter Pushkar Singh Dha mi on Sunday con firmed a discussion with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in connection with the ir regularities reported in the Uttrakhand Subor dinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) paper leak case. “Since the Uttara khand Vidhan Sabha is a constitutional body, I will speak to the Speak er of Legislative Assem bly in regards to the re ported irregularities,” CM Dhami told ANI. He further added that the inquiry will be conduct ed into all the appoint ments made in Ut tarkhand Vidhan Sabha, irrespective of the ten ure.“All the appoint ments, in past or pre sent, wherever the dis crepancies have been reported should have unbiased inquiries,” he said mentioning that there should be a fair probe in the matter of the recruitments done thisHeway.has also assured the government’s coop eration for further de tails and investigation in the UKSSSC paper leak case n 2021. On August 23, Hakam Singh Rawat, the mas termind who was ar rested in connection with the UKSSSC ques tion paper leak was also accused of using the government resources for his personal use. Rawat was arrested earlier this month for al legedly taking money from candidates for pro viding solved question papers in the graduatelevel examination held on December 4 and 5 last year.It was alleged that Rawat, the Uttarkashi panchayat member had asked for a government helicopter to transport his ailing mother for her treatment. It has also been alleged that his mother was treated at government expense by the Disaster Manage ment Relief Fund.
Savarkar flew on a bulbul says textbookKannada Bengaluru: A fresh controversy has erupt ed in Kar nataka mentgovernthehistory”“rewritingchargesoverofbyBJP-ledasthe textbook revision committee has reportedly insert ed a section on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the revised high school curriculum in the state.“There was not even a keyhole in the cell where Savarkar was incarcerated. But, Bul bul birds used to visit the room, and Savarkar used to sit on their wings and fly out and visit the motherland every day,” a passage in the new textbook says. Savarkar’s role in the Indian freedom struggle has been a big ideological flashpoint between the —calorSwayamsevakRashtriyaSangh,RSS—theideologimentoroftheBJPandrivalCongress.
An illuminated Golden Temple on the eve of first Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, in Amritsar on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a fresh list of 780 components and subsystems which will only be procured from domestic industry after a ban on their import kicks in under a stag gered time-line of around six years. It is the third such “positive indigenisa tion” list comprising line replacement units, sub-systems and compo nents used for various military platforms, equipment and weapons, and the aim is to mini mise imports by the DP SUs. The ministry has set specific timelines for import ban of the items, spanning a period from Dec 2023 to Dec 2028.
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Islamabad: Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said August 28, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious catastrophe.”climateFlash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.
“Singh has approved the third positive indi genisation list of 780 strategically important Line Replacement digenisation2021broughtpositiveationmenttry,”fromwilllineComponents(LRUs)/Sub-systems/UnitswithatimebeyondwhichtheyonlybeprocuredthedomesticindusitsaidinastateonSunday.ThislistisincontinutothetwosimilarliststhatwereoutinDecemberandMarch2022.“Inofthese items will be taken up through different routes under ‘Make’ category,” the ministry said. The ‘Make’ category aims to achieve self-reli ance by involving great er participation of the indian industry in de fence ministryunderindustrygradesmajorofdesign“Projectsmanufacturing.involvinganddevelopmentequipment,systems,platformsorupthereofbythecanbetakenupthiscategory,”thesaid.
New Delhi (ANI): CWC on Sunday decided that the election for the Con gress president post will be held on Oct 17, said sources. The counting of the votes will be done on Oct 19. The CWC meet ing took place today to discuss the final sched ule for the election of the Congress prez. Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra & Former PM Dr Man mohan Singh joined the meeting virtually. This comes in the backdrop of the party’s senior leader Gulam Nabi Azad’s resignation on Friday. The sources had said that the elec tion for the post of presi dent has now become a challenge for Congress with the reluctance of Rahul Gandhi to contest the polls. According to sources, the Central Election Authority has made preparations to complete the election process on time. Sources said the pro cess seems to remain stuck since Rahul Gan dhi is not willing to con test the election for the post of Congress prez, although all the efforts to convince him are still going on. Meanwhile, Congress plans to em bark on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyaku mari on Sept 7 under the leadership of party lead er Rahul Gandhi and the 148-day march will cul minate in Kashmir.
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The Congress Working Committee on Sunday announced dates for the election for the party’s full-time president. Soon after, senior party leader Harish Rawat said that Rahul Gandhi will soon be the Congress president. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed PM Modi over his pitch for Khadi, alleging that his words and actions “never match”. Slam ming the PM, he said, “’Khadi for Nation’ but Chinese Polyester for National flag! As always, the words and actions of the PM never match.”
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Anand Sharma questions electoral rolls at CWC meet New Delhi (PTI): Dis sident Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday raised ques tions during the cru cial CWC meeting on the preparation of electoral rolls for the AICC president’s elec tion and asked wheth er due process under the party’s constitu tion was followed or not, sources said. Speaking at the CWC meeting before the par ty’s Central Election Authority sourceselectoralheldphysicalanyplaintshasSharmaCongressforlistedMadhusudanchairmanMistryoutthescheduletheelectionofthepresident,claimedhereceivedcomthatneithervirtualnoranymeetingwastofinalisetherolls,thesaid.
JOIN FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS:LIQUOR,CMYOGI New Delhi: Internet ser vices across 27 districts of Assam were suspended for over four hours on Sunday for the second time this month to prevent possible malpractices during written examination for recruitment in various state government departments. The author ities decided to go ahead with its decision to suspend internet services during exam hours, after the Gauhati High Court refused to stay it following a writ petition against the order.
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—PTI FPIs INVEST `49,250 CRORE IN AUGUST ON CORP EARNINGS New Delhi: As many as 386 infrastructure pro jects, each entailing an in vestment of `150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than `4.7 lakh crore, as per a report. Out of 1,505 projects, 386 reported cost overruns and as many as 661 projects were delayed. “Total origi nal cost of implementa tion of the 1505 projects was `21,21,793.23 cr and their anticipated comple tion cost is likely to be `25,92,537.79 cr, which reflects overall overruns of `4,70,744.56 cr.”
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New Delhi (PTI): India's diesel exports fell by 11% in July and overseas ship ment of petrol dropped by 4.5% after the government slapped a windfall profit tax on such sales, official dataDieselshowed.exports dropped to 2.18 million tonnes in July from 2.45 million tonnes a month back, data from the Oil Ministry's Pe troleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) showed. Similarly, petrol exports fell to 1.1 million tonnes from 1.16 million tonnes in June. India first imposed windfall profit taxes on July 1, joining a growing number of nations that taxes super normal profits of energy companies. Ex port duties of ` 6 per litre were levied on petrol and aviation turbine fuel and `13 a litre on diesel. The duties were partial ly adjusted in three rounds on July 20, August 2 and August 19, and have now been removed for petrol, with `7 per litre and `2 per litre remaining for diesel and ATF, respectively. In July, India exported 4.68 million tonnes of pe troleum products, 82% of which was petrol, diesel and ATF. ATF exports were marginally down to 583,000 tonnes in July from 591,000 tonnes in the previous month, the PPAC dataDieselshowed.exports in March touched the second highest level of 3.36 million tonnes, before tapering to 2.7 mil lion tonnes in the following month. They rose to 3.05 million tonnes in May and fell to 2.45 million tonnes in June. The highest ever amount of diesel was ex ported in April 2020 when 3.4 million tonnes of the fuel was shipped. Petrol ex ports peaked at 1.6 million tonnes in March.
Diesel exports dropped to 2.18 million tonnes in July from 2.45 million tonnes a month back, data from the Oil Ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) showed z Diesel exports in March touched the second highest level of 3.36 million tonnes, before tapering to 2.7 million tonnes in the following month z Petrol exports fell to 1.1 million tonnes from 1.16 million tonnes in June. It had peaked at 1.6 MT in March
Washington (PTI): India is embarked on a journey to restore itself to the top of the global leadership ta bles in terms of economy and prosperity, the head of an India-centric American business group has said, underlining that US com panies are geared up to be part of the country's ambi tious vision to become a $30 trillion economy. “I think it's clear that In dia is going to grow in eve ry decade of the 21st cen tury. It's gonna rise to be one of the biggest econo mies in the world, if not the biggest economy in the world," Atul Keshap, the president of the US India Business Council (USIBC) said. "I've heard Indian of ficials talk about India po tentially becoming a $30 trillion economy,” he said. A lot of American com panies and members of the USIBC understand and ap preciate that vision, Kes hap said.“India is em barked upon a journey to restore itself to the top of the global leadership tables in terms of economy and prosperity. India used to oc cupy as much as 25% of the global GDP. I think that po tential is there,” he said. Keshap said that Ameri can companies are excited and geared up to be part of India's ambitious journey. US in for India’s vision of $30 tn eco
New Delhi (PTI): Trading in the domestic stock mar ket would be influenced by trends in the global equi ties, macroeconomic data and foreign fund move ment in a holiday-short ened week, analysts said. Markets may face vola tile trends on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Je rome Powell’s speech at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole on “PowellFriday.sounded ultra hawkish in his brief speech at Jackson Hole. Markets will be concerned about the tight monetary conditions persisting longer than ex pected. The near-term im pact on equity markets will be negative,” V K Vijayaku mar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Finan cial Services, said. “The direction of global markets will be the domi nant factor for this week while on the domestic front, India’s GDP num ber and August auto sales numbers will be impor tant factors. Apart from this, the market will also have an eye on the move ment of crude oil prices, the dollar index, and the US bond yields,” Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd,Thesaid.Purchasing Manag ers’ Index (PMI) data for the manufacturing sector, scheduled to be an nounced on Thursday, would also influence trad ing, analysts said. “This week is a holidayshortened one and it marks the beginning of the new month also so, participants will be eyeing important data like auto sales num bers. Amid all, the perfor mance of the global indices especially the US would remain on the radar for cues,” Ajit Mishra, VP - Re search, Religare Broking Ltd,Thesaid.investment pattern of Foreign Institutional In vestors (FIIs) and the ru pee-dollar trends would also continue to drive mar kets. Last week, the Sensex tumbled 812.28 points or 1.36%, while the Nifty lost 199.55 points or 1.12%.
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States peg kharif rice procurement at last year's level of 506 LT New Delhi (PTI): The state governments have pegged the rice procurement target for the 2022 Kharif market ing season at around 506 lakh tonnes, the same as the last year's level, not withstanding the likely marginal drop in the out put, according to sources. However, the procure ment estimates would be firmed up by the Union Food Ministry next week after deliberations with the state government officials, the sources added. The government pro cures paddy and converts it into the rice at mills. The procurement of paddy grown in the Kharif season starts in October. The gov ernment has fixed the MSP of 'common' grade paddy at ` 2,040 per quintal and 'grade A' at 2,060 per quin tal for the 2022-23 market ing year.
‘JAN DHAN A BIG SUCCESS’ z The success of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is reflected in terms of opening of 46 crore bank accounts with deposit balance of `1.74 lakh crore with its expanded coverage to 67% rural or semi-urban areas as well as 56% of women Jan Dhan account holders.
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Panaji: Adani Group firm AdaniConneX is planning to build 1,000 megawatt data centres — almost double the present size of the total industry —over a period of 10 years, a senior company official said. AdaniConneX Senior Vice President and Head of Data Centre Business, Sanjay Bhutani said the the first seven data centres of the company will come up in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune. “We are building 1,000 megawatt data centres,” Bhutani said.
MFs FLOCK TO SILVER ETF SPACE WITH NEW SCHEMES New Delhi: After turning net buyers last month, foreign investors have be come aggressive shop pers of Indian equities and pumped in `49,250 crore so far in August on improvement in corporate earnings and macro fun damentals. This was way higher than a net invest ment of nearly `5,000 crore by FPIs in the entire July. According to data, FPIs pumped a net amount of `49,254 crore in Indian equities during August 1-26.
Diesel export falls 11% in July after levy of windfall profit tax
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New Delhi: Reliance Industries will on Monday broadcast its annual shareholder meeting simultaneously on a virtual reality platform as well as on five social media platforms as it takes another leap in digitally connecting people for its AGM.
MARKET FORECAST z Last week, the Sensex tumbled 812.28 points or 1.36 per cent, while the Nifty lost 199.55 points or 1.12 per cent z The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data for the manufacturing sector, scheduled to be announced on Thursday, would also influence trading business
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New Delhi: India’s flagship overseas firm ONGC Videsh Ltd has got the seventhextension to explore for oil and gas in blockVietnameseainthe contested waters of the South China Sea, officials said. OVL, the overseas arm of stateowned ONGC, has secured extension of the exploration phase upto June 15, 2023, they said. It has not found any commercially recoverable oil in the 16 years.
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New Delhi: The deadline for submission of bids for debtridden Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL) ends on Monday theinvestorsconcernsamidofovercompany’s most-valuable arm Reliance General Insurance Company. IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited acting in its capac ity as a debenture trustee on behalf of Credit Suisse, had invoked the pledge of Reliance Capital’s 100% shareholding in Reliance General.
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New Delhi: Mutual funds have launched a clutch of new fund offers in the sil ver ETF (exchange traded fund) category this year and collected `1,400 crore in assets after the introduction of the newlycreated investment asset class by market regulator Sebi in 2021. Further, fund houses including Kotak Asset Management Company have filed draft documents with the mar kets regulator to float sil ver ETF as well as silver ETF fund of funds for in vestors, information with the Securities and Ex change Board of India (Sebi) showed.
—PTI New Delhi: Seven of the top-10 valued firms suf fered a combined erosion of `1,54,477.38 crore in market valuation last week, with IT majors TCS and Infosys emerging as the biggest laggards. RIL, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) were the only gainers in the top-10 pack. The market valua tion of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) plunged `59,862.08 crore to `11,78,818.29 crore. The valuation of Infosys tanked `31,789.31 crore to `6,40,351.57 cr.
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FINANCE MINISTER SAYS New Delhi (PTI): Finan cial inclusion is a major step towards inclusive growth which ensures the overall economic develop ment of the marginalised sections of the society, Fi nance Min Nirmala Sithar aman said on Sunday. The success of the Prad han Mantri Jan Dhan Yo jana (PMJDY) since August 28, 2014 is reflected in terms of opening of over 46 crore bank accounts with deposit balance of `1.74 lakh crore with its expanded coverage to 67% rural or semi-urban areas as well as 56% of women Jan Dhan account holders, she said on the eighth anniversary of the flagship financial inclu sion"Continuationscheme. of PM JDY beyond 2018 saw a marked shift in approach to meet challenges and re quirements of the emerg ing FI (financial inclusion) landscape in the country. "There has been a shift in focus from 'every house hold' to 'every adult', with added emphasis on usage of accounts by enhancing Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) flows through these accounts, promoting digi tal payments through the use of RuPay cards, etc," an official statement quoted. The underlying pillars of PMJDY -- namely, bank ing the unbanked, securing the unsecured and funding the unfunded -- has made it possible to adopt multistakeholders' collaborative approach while leveraging technology for serving the unserved and underserved areas as well, she observed. She also said the JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mo bile) pipeline created through account holders' consent-based linking of bank accounts with Aad har and mobile numbers of the account holders, which is one of the important pil lars of the financial inclu sion ecosystem, has ena bled instant DBT under various government wel fare schemes to the eligible beneficiaries.
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Sharma, a food policy and agricul tural trade expert, said at COP27, countries like India need to stop their “obsession” with GDP. “Till the economy is not structured in a way to radically challenge the climate crisis, noth ing will change, and that is something that needs to be brought out in the discussions at COP27,” he said. The COP is the main deci sion-making body of the United Nations Frame work Convention on Cli mate Change.
The blueprint model of the new Parliament building. New Delhi (PTI): Streaming service Discovery+’s documen tary “India’s Space Od yssey” has won an award at the ContentA siaDirectedAwards. by Pria So miah, the documentary captures the “999:inland,monyAsiangrammebestbaggedinsix-decade-longnation’sjourneyspaceexploration.IttheawardforcurrentaffairsproforasinglemarketatacereinBangkok,ThaionFriday.TheothernomineesthecategorywereJenayahMusim Banjir”, “Dangals of Crime”, “Gaganyaan Bharat Ki Antariksh Udaan” and “Money MafiaNarratedS2”. by actor R Madhavan, “India’s Space Odyssey” fea tures different experts from ISRO (Indian Space Research Organi sation) as well as space historians, researchers and ISRO’s former chairman Dr G Mad havan Nair. The experts speak about their challenging yet wholesome journey working in India’s space programme and through the documen tary, they highlight the country’s most revolu tionising space develop ments like the ‘Chan draayan’ and ‘Man galyaan’ missions. The statedAsia’sedgeence,ContentAsia’segories,Awardsleasedcovery+Bros.Studiosproduceddocumentary,byMiditechforWarnerDiscovery/DisIndia,wasreinOctober2021.TheContentAsiaincluded23catandbringsexperidepthofknowlandintegrityintoAwardsspace,apressrelease.
Uzmi Athar New Delhi: India’s wheat production is projected to have de clined nearly three per cent to 106.84 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year. The decline is likely to have been caused by a heatwave that resulted in shriv elled grains in the northern states of Pun jab and governmentoftothatThereHaryana.werereportsIndiawasplanningimportwheatinviewtheshortagebutthedeniedit.Thisyear,IndiarecordeditswarmestMarchin122yearswithasevereheatwavescorchinglargeswathesofthecountryinthemonth.Theaveragetemperaturesobservedpan-IndiainAprilwas35.05degreesCelsius,whichwasthefourth-highestforthemonthin122years.AgricultureexpertsunderscoretheneedtoraisetheissueofclimatechangeimpactingIndia’sfoodsecurityattheCOP27whichisscheduledforNovember.TheysaythatCOP27canbeacriticalturningpoint.ShwetaSaini,aseniorconsultantattheIn Council for Re search on talkinganced.energiesfoodthecentricandtritionIndianegotiations.atgiescurity(ICRIER),EconomicInternationalRelationssaidfoodseandgreenenerhavetobebalancedtheseinternational“Forcountrieslikewherethemalnurateisveryhighitisanagriculture-country,wefeelcommitmentforsecurityandgreenhastobebalSo,whileIndiaisaboutbiofuel, the question we should be looking at is whether food can be used for fuel,” she said.
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Ahtesham Siddiqui Lucknow: 55 IAS offic ers including 5 from the UP cadre have been em panelled for the post of Joint Secretary at the Center. The officers are from the 2006 batch. From the UP cadre, Varanasi collector Kaushal Raj Sharma, ICDS Director Dr Sari ka Mohan, Commis sioner of Bareilly dis trict Selva Kumari J, special secretary Na tional Integration De partment Pranjal Ya dav, and secretary UPIC Abhishek Prakash have been empanelled. Sarika Mohan is cur rently on leave. They are all 2006-batch IAS offic ers. The most important name is Kaushal Raj Sharma, the Collector of Varanasi district, who has become a secre tary after getting pro motion but still has been continuing as the DM. Abhishek Prakash Pranjal Yadav z
New Delhi (ANI): The new entrant among do mestic airlines, Akasa Air said that it suffered a mega data breach in volving the personal details of its passengers on Thursday and shared it with the team of In dian Computer Emer gency Response Team (CERT-In), the airline informed on Sunday. “This is to inform you that a temporary technical configuration error related to our login and sign-up ser vice was reported on Thursday, August 25, 2022,” Akasa Air said. It informed CERT-IN that details of fliers such as name, gender, phone number, and email id wereTheleaked.airlines claimed to have self-reported the leak to CERT-In, and the agency is now likely to conduct a thorough investigation to delve into the depths of the incident.Besides notifying the CERT-in, Akasa Air also sent emails on Sat urday and Sunday to its passengers. It apolo gised to its passengers for the error with the data and assured them that it would not hap pen“Weagain.sincerely apolo gize to you for any in convenience caused as a result of this inci dent,” Akasa Air said in the mail.
Drop in wheat production in India ‘due to climate change’
New Delhi (PTI): For mer Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday embarked on a six-day tour to United Kingdom where he will address several public events organ ised by the Indian dias poraThethere.former vice pres ident is scheduled to ad dress a gathering at a function organised by the Telugu Association of London to commem orate the birth anniver sary of writer, scholar and linguist, Gidugu Venkata Rama Murthy Pantulu, on August 29, which is celebrated each year as ‘Telugu Language Day’, sources close to him said. On August 31, Naidu will lay the foundation stone of the state-of-theart Aum crematorium, the first for the Hindu community in the UK, at a function organised by Anoopam Mission, one of the branches of the inandbersserveAumeralmovementSwaminarayaninUK.Builtatacostofsevmillionpounds,crematoriumwilltheneedsofmemoftheHindu,JainSikhcommunitiestheUK.TheformervicepresidentisalsoscheduledtoaddressaneventorganisedbytheOverseasFriendsofBJP(OFBJP)onSeptember1andisslatedtoreturntoIndiaonSeptember3.
UP’s 5 IAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretaries at the Center
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New Delhi (PTI): The Chief Justice of India U U Lalit-headed bench will hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, a pe tition of activist Gau tam Navlakha and some important PILs on Mon day, his first working day in the Supreme Court as the CJI. Justice Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday, a nonworking day in the Su premeAccordingCourt. to the cause list uploaded in the apex court website, CJI Lalit will hold the bench in the court num ber one with Justice S Ravindra Bhat on Mon day. Kerala-based jour nalist Kappan, arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly be ing gang-raped, has ap proached the top court seeking bail in the case. A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had earlier this month rejected his bail application. Kappan was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. His plea, on being mentioned for an ur gent hearing, was di rected to be listed on August 26 by former Chief Justice N V Ra mana last week. Chief Justice Lalit, along with Justice Bhat, will also hear an appeal filed by human rights activist Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, against the Bom bay High Court order of April 26, rejecting his plea that he be placed under house custody in stead of being lodged in prison. The case against Navlakha and other ar rested accused pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017. Police had alleged that the event was funded by Maoists.Abench headed by Chief Justice Lalit is scheduled to hear a number of fresh PILs on various issues, in cluding a batch of pleas challenging the Karna taka High Court verdict which dismissed peti tions seeking permis sion to wear Hijab in side the classroom.
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“... it is one of its kind, so the finishes are very well thought out by the architects, pro curing that and doing all the finishing,” he added.The government has maintained that the winter session of Par liament will be held in the new building being built under the Naren dra Modi ambitiousgovernment’sCentralVista redevelopment project. Replying to a ques tion on how Tata Pro jects is coping with the challenge of high infla tionary pressure, Pai said there are definitely challenges which most of the industries are facing as they rely on a lot on curingstantlywhich“So,commodities.oneonethingwehavetoconlookatisprosmart.So,we have long-term con tracts on a lot of our bulk material purchas es we do,” Pai said. The other thing, he said, is that many of the contracts have price variation clauses. “So, that gives us protec tion. It might not really give us the full nature of the increase, but a good part of it gets mit igated by those claus es,” Vinnayak Pai said.
Main structure of new Parliament complete: Tata Projects CEO ‘ONE OF ITS KIND’ lll We are now at the stage where we are doing a lot of finishinginternalwork,saysVinayakPai,TataProjectsCEO
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STRANGE EFFECT New Delhi (PTI): The main structure of the new Parliament build ing has been completed and now the internal finishing work is going on, Tata Projects CEO and Managing Director Vinayak Pai said on Sunday.Tata Projects Ltd is constructing the new Parliament building which will have a grand constitution hall to showcase India’s demo cratic heritage, a lounge for members of Parlia ment, a library, multi ple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space. “The main structure (of the new Parliament building) has been com pleted. We are now at the stage where we are doing a lot of internal finishing work,” Pai told PTI in an interview.
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Varanasi (ANI): A 1991 plaintiff related to Var anasi’s Gyanvapi case received death threats and police registered a case on HariharSaturday.Pandey, aged 60, on August 24 re ceived death threats from an unknown inter national caller. After the call, he received some photos showing decapitation and soon those messages were de leted. Police say the number is linked to Pakistan.
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P riyanka Chopra is enjoying her weekend with her daughter Malti Marie. The global icon is quite active on her social media space and often shares bits and pieces from her personal lives. Priyanka has been treating her millions of fans and follow ers to glimpses of the little bundle of joy. Keeping up with this trajectory, a few mo ments back, Pri yanka took to the Instagram space yet again and shared a new vid eo featuring her daughter.
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ushmita Sen penned down a sweet note expressing her heart felt feelings on her daughter’s Alisah Sen’s 13th birthday. She also shared an emotional note, saying that she was a ‘better person’ as her mother. The Main Hoon Na ac tress has shared several candid pictures of her daughter Alisah Sen on the occasion. Su shmita wrote in the note for Alisah, “Happ pyyyyy 13th Birthday to the love of my life!!! ‘Alisah’ means Noble, protected by God and a gift of God…all of which she truly is!!! I continue to proudly witness, the purity of love and the power of di vinity in her eyes, in her beliefs, her em brace and most impor tantly, in her actions!!!
K atrina Kaif is the epitome of beauty in the Bollywood in dustry. In a recent glimpse of such a trademark, Katrina Kaif was seen ing while sharing her million-dollar smile leaving her fans to go gaga over it. Katrina Kaif, in her latest In stagram post, was seen donning her cas ual cream-coloured “Sunday vibes,” she wrote.Peculiarly, she at tached the song ‘Come With Me by Surfaces’ in her post. The lyrics of the song are ‘So baby come with me…’.
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LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Switching to healthy foods will be the key to remaining fit and active. A family issue may need to be doesupon,deliberatedsothatitnotdisturb domestic harmony. An out of town invitation will tempt some to undertake the journey. Spirituality may bring a special meaning to your life.
FROM BATHROOMS TO ROOMS
eauty and confidence spread on the run way with the tunes of western music in the grand finale of Mrs Rajasthan-2022 of Fusion Group organised at Arya En gineering College Auditorium, Jaipur on Sunday in which Jyoti Singh was de clared the winner in the auditions held in three rounds. Taruna Sharma bagged the title of the first standby, Shivani Saini as the second standby, Poonam Pradhan as third Runner Up and AnuPriya Doi as fourth Runners Up. The Chief Guest Pandit Suresh Mishra inaugu rated the pageant by lighting the lamp along with Pawan Goyal, Chairman of Hotel Safari Group, Arvind Agarwal, President of Arya Group of Colleges, Devanshu Jain, Director of Gulabi Rasai and Vasu Jain Director of Jain Photos. The programme started with an energetic Ganesh Vandana dance performance by AJ Dance Group. The momentous finale wit nessed three sequences namely (first) tradi tional round, (second) one-piece western round and (third) ball gown round, in which the top 15 finalists were dolled up in gorgeous one-piece, gowns and par ticipants presented unsurpassed talent and wooed the hearts of the jury by walking the ramp in majestic designer clothes and enviable hairstyles by eminent designers Monika Aadwani and Kritika Soin. During which, the crowning of the best 5 contestants was done in beautiful ball gowns. The contestants flaunted the mag ic of this exquisitely crafted Adorn Designer Gown on the ramp. A royal, classy and bold makeover by Geetu Sachdeva, beauty expert at Sparsh Salon, added a new dimension to the look of the top finalist. The jury panellists of this beauty pageant contest included Simran Sharma, Mithali Kaur, Mukesh Mishra, Pooja Agarwal, Arshad Hussain, Pankaj Ojha and Ajay Singh Meena. Everyone carefully ex amined the beauty, style and stage etiquette of each contestant. In the same episodes, the top finalists of the contest were given sub-titles in various categories. Pooja Nathawat bagged the title of Mrs Rajasthan-2022 Talented, Jyoti Patodia for Personality, Dr Preeti Jain for Confidence, Chan drakala for Sparkling Smile, Shivani Saini for Photogenic, Jyoti Singh for Ramp walk, Poonam Pradhan for Style Diva, Taruna Sharma for Best Hair, Neha Sharma for Iconic Eyes, Priyanka Gautam for Eternal Beau ty, Deepali Jain for Viewers Choice, Priyanka Agarwal for Rising Star, Rekha Johri Radiant for Skin and Anupriya Doi for Mrs Ra jasthan-2022 Vivash were given sub-titles. In the end, organisers Yogesh Mishra and Nimisha Mishra thanked all the visitors. The choreogra pher was Shah Rukh Khan and photographer Vasu Jain. The ceremo ny was hosted by Kumkum Choudhary.
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CROWN THAT WON’T LET YOU DOWN! B SHARMASANTOSHBY—PHOTOS
with (L-R) Gargi, Bhavlin Kaur, Suhani, Priyan, Sanjana, Himadri, Mansi, Simran, Mittali, Tarushee, Navita, Sapna, Riya, Asha, Khushi, Gaurvanvi, Kumkum, Shahrukh, Anupriya, Jyoti, Poorvi, Poonam, Taruna and Shivani
1st Runner up
Mrs Rajasthan 2022 winner Jyoti Singh, Taruna Sharma,
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Yogesh Nimisha Mishra
A stone’s throw from Connaught Place lies Janpath Market which is popular for its clothes, handi crafts, paintings, brassware, leather products, shoes, imita tion jewellery etc. The market boasts handicrafts from various parts of the country, including Tibet. Thus, it is also referred to as Tibetan Market. ON
One of the classiest and most expensive marketplaces in Del hi, Khan Market offers many exciting avenues to shoppers. From high-end brands to Ayur vedic shops, book shops, govern ment shops and cosmetic stores, the market has a lot to keep the shopper intrigued.
EMPOWERING THE YOUTH
CITY FIRST Ajob fair was or ganised by the Beauty and well ness sector skill council (B&WSSC ) which endeavours to provide market-relevant skills and knowledge to the youth and women of our nation in order to make them job-ready. After organising events in Delhi and NCR, a one-day job fair was also organised at National Skill Training Institute for Women, Mumbai. Companies with operations across multiple states and UTs of India participated in the job fair to hire passing-out stu dents.Speaking about the occasion Moni ca Bahl, CEO-Beauty and Wellness Sector Skill Council said, “there is ample scope for growth and a no ticeable demand for manpower in our in dustry.Aswe continue our journey to provide sup port to the trainees to explore career opportu nities, B&WSSC job fairs play a pivotal role in enabling the right candidates to meet the right employers and vice–versa. I also take this op portunity to thank all the industry partners for their continued sup port in all our place ment initiatives and for helping us empower our nation with skilled manpower.” concluded Monica Bahl.
CHANDNI CHOWK Chandni Chowk is a labyrinth of narrow alleyways that are crammed with small shops, ei ther selling delicious servings of snacks, sweets and savouries or offering budgeted deals on a host of products, including clothes. This medieval shopping site is stocked with almost eve rything under the sun, and you can get a fine selection of per fumes, jewellery, electronics, candles, lifestyle goods and idols of gods and goddesses.
Aashmeen Munjaal during the lamp lighting ceremony (L-R) Aashmeen Munjaal and Sonal Mansingh Gopal Agrawal, Sonal Mansingh, Aashmeen Munjaal and Devendra Kumar (L-R) Pankaj Jain, Indresh Kumar, Gopal Agrawal, Aashmeen Munjaal Indresh Kumar and Aashmeen Munjaal (L-R) Ali Mehndi, Indresh Kumar and Aashmeen Munjaal During the workshop
Aashmeen K. Munjaal recently launched the #ThankY ouIndia Campaign un der her Shukrana Grat itude Foundation, says, “It’s time to beautify ourselves not only ex ternally but also inter nally on the level of “Being” of a human being with the Science of Ontology by using very simple basic prac tices of Spiritual Meta physics involving Pow er of Gratitude and law of attraction.” The in tellectual discussion amongst the panellists including Dr Indresh Kumar, Senior Leader, RSS, and celebrities.ganizations,ofmats,egates,encememoratedTheversityIndia’sspokeandLandaboutsecondprogressiveenceenlightenedAashmeentheaudiwithapositiveapproachtoIndiabeingtheleadingcountrywithapowerfulphilosophy&culturalheritagegiventotheworld.ThesessionwashowIndiaisaofFreeReligionCulture.Panellistsindetailaboutcultureofdiandinclusion.eventwascominthepresofExpats,UNdelSelectDiplorepresentativesvarioussocialorandlocal
elhi has a great local market which is very vast and comprises vari ous types of food markets and different types of clothing brands and antique shops that influence many viewers’ shoe markets. So City First throws light on some of the famous lo cal markets of Delhi…
DELIGHT FOR SHOPPERS
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CONNAUGHT PLACE
The heartbeat of Delhi, Con naught Place is a heritage neigh bourhood that has been mod elled after the Georgian style of architecture. Lined with a host of eateries, high-end stores, par lours, theatres and bookstores, the market is the hub of most activities in Delhi. Spread in two concentric circles, Connaught Place holds a vintage character that is vividly contrasted by var ious cosmopolitan shops and ca fes that are crowned with blaring neon signs.
KHAN MARKET
The official Twitter handle of the Police Families Welfare Society shared glimpses of the session organised for mothers to discuss the problems that they face after giving birth, at the Police Families Welfare Society Wellness Center, Hauz Khas on Saturday. FOR
JANPATH MARKET
INDIA
LAJPAT NAGAR Lajpat Nagar market is a delight for shoppers. The main attraction is The main attraction are the mehendiwalas (people who apply henna) who have set up shop in the market. Making beautiful decorative patterns with henna, they are admired by one and all. You can also sample delicacies served at some of the oldest eater ies in the area. This vibrant mar ket is a haven for visitors, who can shop or window shop to their heart’s content. Boasting noodlethin lanes that are crammed with shops and makeshift stalls, the market offers budgeted buys for a variety of articles.
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CITY FIRST conference on INDIA: The land of Free Religion and Culture SEAForganisedwasby(South & East Asia Founda tion) on Sunday at Ju niper Hall, India Habi tat Center, OntologistDelhi.&Found er of Shukrana Foun dation Aashmeen Kaur Munjaal was a panel list and key speaker at a conference. The pan el discussion and key note speeches were fol lowed by an awards ceremony of the Inter national Harmony Awards.TheConference wit nessed two sessions, one was about Interna tional Perspective on the Religious Crisis in India and Religious Crisis in the World. Along with Aashmeen, the other estimated panellists who partici pated in the discussion were Padma Vibhush an Dr Sonal Mansingh (Member of Parlia ment, Rajya Sabha), Gopal Agrawal (Na tional Spokesperson, BJP), Arvind Gaur (Founder Director, Asmita Theater Group) and Dev endra Kumar (Founder & CEO, Ladli Foundation Trust).
A Advent of autumn CITY FIRST An art exhibition will be organ ised from Sep tember 1 to Sep tember 5 at India Habi tat Centre - Visual Art Gallery. Fourteen Art ists from India will come together to por tray their Jhaoftions,”coloursratewonderfulbeaconstembervalstryciallyisricherours,incrediblechangeskysummertimeautumnautumn.intersectionshibevibrance.autumn,rocatingexplosions,presentationextravagantofcreativewildlyreciptheadventoffestivitiesandTheshowwillcuratedbyMeenakJhaBanerjee.“OnesuchsublimeinnatureisThearrivalofisthatbeautifuloftheyearwhenisjustover,theisclear,theleavesfromgreentobrightcolmarigoldsgathertonesandtheairfullofmusic,espeinthisgreatcounofours,whereFestiarrivewithSepComingwhichforholidays,food,elabocostumes,andrichofcelebrasaidtheCuratortheshow,MeenakshiBanerjee.
