Thesaid.13.5 per cent growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal is below Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) forecast of 16.2 per cent. Rating agency ICRA had projected a growth of 13 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. After recording a 20.1 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2021-22, GDP growth had consistently fell during the entire Inquarter.thesecond quarter of 2021-22, it slid to 8.4 per cent, in the third quarter, it further fell to 5.4 per cent while in the fourth quarter of London, Sep 5 (IANS) UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was on Monday announced the victor of the contest for the Conservative Party leader, defeating former Chancelllor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak, and paving the way for her to become the next Prime Truss,Minister.who succeeds Boris Johnson, will be the third woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, all of from her Conservative Party. Announcing the results, 1922 Committee chief, Sir Graham Brady said Truss won 81,326 votes, or over 57 per cent, compared to Sunak’s 60,399 votes.
Modi also unveiled the new Naval Ensign, doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage.
New Delhi/Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s economic growth rose to 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal (2022-23), a huge jump from 4.1 per cent growth recorded in the final quarter of 2021-22. However, experts said that the GDP growth number was lower than what the market had expected earlier. This is the first double digit growth in GDP figures in a year, as the last double digit growth was 20.1 per cent recorded in first quarter of 2021-22.
“Real GDP or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant (2011-12) Prices in Q1 2022-23 is estimated to attain a level of Rs 36.85 lakh crore, as against Rs 32.46 lakh crore in Q1 2021-22, showing a growth of 13.5 per cent as compared to 20.1 per cent in Q1 2021-22,” a statement issued by National Statistical Office (NSO)
PM commissions India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
Albanese declared he has not wasted a day in office since leading the Labor Party to election victory, having taken action to raise Australia’s emissions reduction target and increase wages for low-paid workers. He identified Labor’s list of election promises including reviving the local manufacturing industry, cleaner and cheaper energy, cheaper childcare and better skills and training as next priorities.
“Government has a responsibility to plan for the future, to build for the long-term, to implement the reforms that arm people with every chance to fulfil their potential,” he told the National Press Club (NPC).
Kochi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited here. After the unveiling, the Prime Minister said India has now joined the select club of nations who have developed indigenous aircraft carriers.
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Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: “INS Vikrant is a floating airfield, a floating town... and the power generated in it can light up 5,000 houses, while the cables can run to Kashi from Kochi.”
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“Indian Naval flags carried a sign of slavery which has been replaced with a new one inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj... The new Naval Ensign draws inspiration from the seal of great Indian emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India on Wednesday reported 7,231 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against the previous day’s 5,439 count, Union Health Ministry said.Meanwhile, the active caseload has declined to 64,667 cases, accounting for 0.15 per cent of the total positive cases. As per the report, the Covidrelated deaths have increased to 5,27,874. The recovery of 10,828 patients took the cumulative tally to 4,38,35,852. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.67 per cent. Meanwhile, the Daily Positivity rate has marginally risen to 2.05 per cent, while the Weekly Positivity Rate stands at 2.55 per cent. Also in the same period, a total of 3,52,166 tests were conducted, increasing the overall tally to over 88.58 crore. As of this morning, the Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 212.39 crore, achieved via 2,12,39,816 sessions Over 4.03 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket. Canberra, Aug 29 (IANS) In his address marking 100 days since taking office, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday promised a “cultural change” to improve conditions for women in the workplace. Albanese flagged a shift to a “reform and renewal” agenda, reports Xinhua news agency.
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He said that the carrier’s deck is the size of two football fields and its an example of the government’s aim to make India self-reliant even in the defence Thesector.Prime Minister said that despite the security of the IndoPacific region is “our priority, but in the past it was ignored”.
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Continued from Page 1 the previous fiscal, it came down to 4.1 per cent. The RBI has projected the economy’s growth at 7.2 per cent for the current financial year. “The next few quarters will see slower growth as the base effect wanes. While the ongoing broad-basing of domestic economic activity is supportive, the key risks is slowing global growth, which would curb India’s exports and create uncertainty in private capex plans. These would put downward pressure on our GDP growth forecast of 7.3 per cent for the current fiscal,” said Dharmakirti Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL Ltd “First-quarter GDP growth came in lower than expected. High net imports and weaker government consumption expenditure kept overall growth soft,” Joshi added. According to Joshi, private consumption is improving, with urban demand getting support from contact-intensive services. Had it not been for high inflation and subdued rural demand due to negative real rural wage growth, private consumption would have grown faster.
Arora said that the GDP growth is largely a story of service sector rebound which also was visible in the private consumption.
“This is going to take more than legislative change, we need a culture change too,” he said. Albanese said there will still be challenges when the summit ends on Friday afternoon, including a trillion dollars of debt, families struggling with cost-of-living pressures, staff and skills needed for businesses big and small. “But for the first time in a long time, I believe we will be moving to agreement on how to solve these problems, rather than arguing over who is to blame for them,” he said.
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Evensequentially.asrecovery in domestic economic activity is yet to be broad-based, global drags in the form of still-elevated prices, shrinking corporate profitability, demand-curbing monetary policies and diminishing global growth prospects weigh on growth outlook, she added.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) VicePresident Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the people on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. “Warm greetings #GaneshChaturthiofto all. Celebrated with much enthusiasm, the festival represents India’s composite culture, transcending the boundaries of caste, creed, religion or region. Today, I pray to #LordGanesh for the good health, happiness and prosperity of all,” the Vice-President tweeted. Prime Minister Modi said: “Best wishes on Ganesh Chaturthi. May the blessings of Bhagwan Shri Ganesh always remain upon us.” Also wishing the people on rhe occasion of Samvatsari, he tweeted: “Michhami Dukkadam! Samvatsari emphasises on forgiveness. May there be no ill-feelings towards anyone. May the spirit of kindness and brotherhood always prevail.”
Canberra, Aug 21 (IANS) Australia's Prime Minister has flagged reforms in response to his predecessor's secret ministries scandal. Anthony Albanese on Sunday revealed he will on Monday receive advice from the Solicitor-General on any legal and constitutional problems surrounding former PM Scott Morrison swearing himself into several ministries, Xinhua news agency reported. It was revealed on Tuesday that Morrison had been appointed to five ministries including the health, home affairs and treasury portfolios secretly between March 2020 and May 2021.
According to Raghvendra Nath, Managing Director, Ladderup Wealth Management, higher interest rates can hit economic activities in the next few quarters which may slowdown the pace of India’s economic growth. “We can expect another rate hike of 25 to 50 basis points in the coming months. Thus, despite India remaining the world’s fastest growing economy, all eyes are place on global recession fears and rising borrowing costs,” Nath added.
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Albanese on Sunday said that "very clearly" there's a need for proper scrutiny of what occurred here. "There are separate questions about the functioning of our democracy, about conventions and whether any conventions have been overturned, and whether there's a need for any reforms required to ensure that something like this can never happen again," he told Sky News Morrison,Australia.whohasbeen urged by some members of the Opposition Liberal Party to resign from Parliament over the scandal, justified the appointments by saying it was necessary to guide Australia's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Albanese said on Sunday his government would establish a royal commission into Australia's coronavirus response as soon as was practical.
"Clearly, you'd need to look at the response of all governments," he said. "Primarily, it would be about the federal government, that's what we have responsibility for. But the interaction between the different levels of government of course was critical to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic." Also on Sunday, Australia reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 30 deaths as the country continues to battle against the wave of Omicron sub-variant infections in winter.
CAIT' National President B.C. Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said that according to an estimate, more than 20 crore Ganesh idols are purchased in the country every year, which generates an estimated business of more than Rs 300 crore. They said that since the last two years, the trend of installing eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesh in large quantities across the country is growing very fast. Earlier, large quantities of Ganesha idols made of plaster of paris, stone, marble and other items were imported from China due to cheap prices but due to the campaign of boycott of Chinese goods by CAIT in the last two years, the import of Chinese Ganesh idols stands nil and the local craftsmen, artisans and potters working in their houses across cities all over the country involving their family women make idols from clay and cow dung, which are easily immersed. Because of these idols, lakhs of people get business across the country.
Reacting to the GDP numbers, Nikhil Gupta, Chief Economist, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd said it was lower than the market consensus. Assuming no change in 2Q4Q projections, the GDP data suggests that the RBI’s FY23 growth forecast will be revised down to 6.7 per cent from 7.2 per cent earlier, Gupta said. “Overall, it confirms that growth recovery is not so strong in India. It ideally implies that monetary tightening should be not very aggressive. However, it appears that the terminal repo rate will be 5.75-6 per cent in this cycle with 1-2 more rate hikes, ending the cycle in Dec’22,” Gupta added.
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The festive season of this year has started with the 10-day grand celebrations of Ganesh festival across the country from today giving a high hope for the business community for big business this year. With this festival, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has once again re-continue its boycott of Chinese goods campaign.
There was a turnout of 82.6 per cent of the over 170,000 registered party voters, he added. In her brief address on the occasion, Truss thanked the party for “organising one of the longest job interviews in history”, as well as her supporters. She praised her rivals, particularly Sunak, saying that the campaign was “hard-fought” and showed “the depth and breadth of talent” in the party. Truss pledged to follow through on her promises to voters, saying the Tory party needs to show it can deliver over the next two years, and that she has a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the UK economy.
“However, manufacturing has remained a disappointing print, while utilities have remained resilient since the pandemic normalised,” she added. Going ahead, Arora said there may be secular downturn in the growth print as the base effect fades and the economy also slows
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Madhavi Arora, Lead Economist, Emkay Global Financial Services, said that the strong YoY growth partly also is led by favourable base effect, as 1QFY22 growth was severely impacted by the Covid Delta wave.
Ahead of the government’s twoday jobs summit, which starts on Thursday, Albanese said “after 30 years in which the gender gap has hardly budged”, he was hoping for serious improvement in economic equality for women.
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Springfield renews commitment to development on 30th birthday
Mr Sinnathamby and Mr Sharpless said Springfield City would not divert from its focus on its Knowledge Precinct, which has underpinned the city’s growth. “When we started planning for Springfield City, we had to look overseas because Australia had not had a master-planned city since Canberra’s construction began in 1913,” Mr Sinnathamby and Mr Sharpless said. ““We looked at 15 master-planned communities across the world (13 in the United States and two in the United Kingdom) But we soon came to understand that, in the other nations we scoured, there was nothing like our plans for Springfield, on so much land so close to an established CBD. “We decided that enhancing human and social capital had to be our goal. To do that, we have a city focused on education, health and innovation. These form our Knowledge Precinct.” Springfield City now has 12 schools with plans for 23. There are 19 kindergartens, a university campus and a TAFE college all within eight minutes’ drive of each other. “We have a hospital that is on track to become the largest in the country with complementary health services growing around it,” Mr Sinnathamby and Mr Sharpless said. “And we maintain a strong research approach to commercialise innovation in partnership with government and business, focusing on the physical-digital fusion between old and new.
“We want to build brainpower because education is the only currency that you can cash in anywhere in the world. And it’s the only currency that can’t be stolen from the owner.
“An army of people has made this all possible fuelled by the elements vital for any modern nation to reach its potential –belief and the determination to stop not until the goal is reached.” And that army was out in force at Event Cinema’s this week with Springfield City Group hosting 350 guests at and Event Cinema’s showcase last night.
The night was celebrating with the launch Springfield’s first film 30 Eyes over 30 Years which reflects the journey of Springfield through the eyes of our community.
Springfield City has renewed its commitment to education, health and innovation as it celebrates its 30th birthday with population growth that will place it alongside the likes of Darwin in the coming Lastyears.month marked 30 years since Springfield City Group took ownership of almost 3000 hectares of land on the doorstep of Brisbane. Springfield City Group Chairman Maha Sinnathamby and Deputy Chairman Bob Sharpless – who orchestrated the purchase of the land in 1992 – today celebrated the 30th milestone. “We’re celebrating 30 years but our commitment to this project has always been well into the future – there is a long way to go,” Mr Sinnathamby and Mr Sharpless said. “For now, we are grateful for those 53,000 people who have shared our vision and made Springfield their home. And we thank those who have partnered with us in the homes, businesses, shopping centres, roads, rail, schools, university, stadium and hospital that now surround us. “We will continue to grow as we head towards a population of 145,000 – almost level with Darwin’s current population.” Springfield City is a nationbuilding project of national significance – supported by seven prime ministers and six premiers during its lifespan – with more than $20 billion combined investment, growing at about $1 billion each year.
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Adani, who runs one of India’s top conglomerates, is now believed to be worth approximately $137 billion, the tracker shows. That’s after a surge this week placed him just behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose own fortunes are estimated at $251 billion and $153 billion, respectively, CNN reported. Like other billionaires around the world, Adani has seen his wealth skyrocket during the pandemic. The founder of the eponymous Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports and aerospace to solar energy and coal. His fortune has grown exponentially since the start of the global health crisis, as investors bet on his ability to grow his business in sectors that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has prioritized for development.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Gautam Adani was already Asias richest man and now he is also the world’s third richest person, overtaking LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault and becoming the first Asian person to take that spot, according to Bloomberg and its Billionaires index.
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Adani has also benefited from an uptick in coal usage, which has catapulted his ascent in recent months, according to Bloomberg. He overtook fellow Indian tycoon to become the region’s wealthiest person in February, CNN Hisreported.shotup the global wealth rankings comes as some members of the world’s 1 per cent give away more of their resources. In July, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced he would devote $20 billion to the endowment of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and reiterated his intention to move “off of the list of the world’s richest people”.\ Bill Gates is currently ranked the world’s fifth most affluent person, according to Bloomberg’s index, with a net worth of $117 billion, CNN reported.
Agra, Aug 31 (IANS) Another attempt to force change the name of the Taj Mahal to "Tejo Mahal" fell flat, after noisy scenes and frayed tempers in a special session of the Agra Municipal Corporation on Wednesday.
Senior BJP corporator Anurag Chaturvedi told IANS that the initiative was legally flawed and could not be pursued.
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Masked LeT terrorists in army uniform had raided the Nadimarg village on the night of March 23, 2003, where around 52 Kashmiri Pandits lived despite the migration of the majority of their community from the Valley in early 1990s.
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“We have always followed Ghulam Nabi Azad, he is our leader, it hardly matters to us whether he is with the Congress or some other political party,” a local politician, who had been associated with the Congress and is now backing Azad, said. Some former Congress leaders like Naresh Gupta, a former legislator from Bhaderwah, who has now resigned to join Azad says the region’s interests are served better under Azad.
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J&K HC orders reopening of 2003 Nadimarg Kashmiri Pandit massacre case
Seven suspects were indicted after investigation and the case was transferred to the Shopian sessions court, which rejected a revision petition seeking examination of material and witnesses during the pendency of the trial.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed his condolences to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on the passing away of her mother Paola Maino. In a tweet, he said: “Condolences to Sonia Gandhi Ji on the passing away of her mother, Mrs. Paola Maino. May her soul rest in peace. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the entire family.” Gandhi’s mother passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday. The funeral took place on Tuesday.
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s supporters are upbeat in his hometown Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, days after he resigned from the Congress and announced launch of his own party. Most supporters of Azad in Bhaderwah say they will always side with him and it does not matter whether he is representing the Congress or some other political party. “Azad saab has always worked for the people of Bhaderwah. Even when he was in Delhi, he never forgot the people of this area,” said a local businessman.
The property belongs to the ASI, therefore only the Union government could take a decision.
“The explanation given by Fernandez about having no knowledge of the criminal antecedents of Chandrashekhar is false and contrary to the evidences collected during the course of investigation,” the ED alleged in the chargesheet. During investigation, the ED found that Chandrashekhar met Fernandez through her make-up artiste Shaan Muthalik.
Azad’s supporters in Bhaderwah upbeat at new party decision
The dust particles could affect people’s health for the next three to four days. Therefore, specially children and the elderly people have been instructed to wear face masks. Thousands of people gathered to watch the Twin Towers collapse and some even stood above the apartment and captured the demolition on their mobile phones. Vipul Singh of Delhi University who specialises in environmental history, said: “After the collapse of the building, two types of dust will fly in the air. One of these will be coarse particles of dust which will fall on the ground immediately but the smaller dust particles will remain in the air for a long time since the wind is blowing. The small dust particles will remain within two to three kilometres for the next three to four days. If the wind speed increases, then the small dust particles will remain in the air for lesser tim.”
Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) In a bid to bring opposition leaders on one platform, Telanagana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday visited Patna and met his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and ministers warmly welcomed KCR, as the leader is popularly known, at the airport. An event to pay compensation to kin of martyrs of the Galwan Valley incident was held in Chief Minister’s Secretariat where both the Chief Ministers, along with several other leaders of the ruling parties, KCRparticipated.handed over cheques of Rs 10 lakh each for the Galwan Valley martyrs and Rs 5 lakh each to the 12 labourers who died recently in a fire tragedy in Hyderabad. “It was a big burden in my heart... to go to Patna, a land of martyrs and give respect to them for their supreme sacrifice. It is a great honour for me that I have come to Patna,” he said. During the event, Nitish Kumar, in particular, was aggressive against the BJP and Narendra Modi government. Tejashwi Yadav said: “We have to stay united and work for the people of the country. If we manage peace, prosperity and development will come automatically. Nowadays, the spread of poison in society is a biggest challenge for us. We have to work on it to wipe out poison from society.” Rao also met RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav before returning to Hyderabad in the evening.
“For the foregoing reasons, the application of prosecution is allowed and the order dated 21.12.2011 passed by this court is recalled. The registry is directed to post the revision petition for rehearing on 15.09.2022,” Justice Sanjay Dhar said in his order.
Chandrashekhar had reportedly claimed to be a senior official in the Ministry of Home Affairs, who was ‘connected’ to the family of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. He also claimed to be the owner of Sun TV.
Ahead of the elections, the parties are trying to raise the pitch.
“Twelve leaders of the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir were seeking to get an appointment with Rahul Gandhi for last three years but failed to do that,” Gupta said. Azad contested and won the Assembly elections from Bhaderwah with a record margin after becoming Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister in 2006. He, however, lost the parliamentary elections from Udhampur constituency, of which Bhaderwah is a part of to Jitendra Singh of the BJP in 2014.
Chandrashekhar had showered expensive gifts on Fernandez and her family members besides arranging charter flights for them. Her hotel expenses were also paid by Chandrashekhar.
Taj Mahal’s name change game falls flat in corporation session
The term of the Agra Municipal Corporation ends in November.
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Meanwhile, the Agra tourism industry has suggested to maintain the status quo. A new tourist season begins from September 27. "Therefore, efforts should be made to maintain peace and harmony," a tourism stakeholder said.
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The prosecution had said at that time in its application that witnesses had migrated out of the Valley and were reluctant to depose in the court out of fear.
The lower court had said that allowing a review was beyond its jurisdiction. Thereafter, the high court dismissed the revision petition on December 21, 2011. After this, a new application was filed in 2014.
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Outside the house, various Hindutva groups continued to shout slogans, as corporation officials tried hard to pacify the agitated members of the house.
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Following an application filed by the UT government, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered reopening of the Nadimarg massacre case in which 24 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by LeT terrorists in Pulwama district on March 23, 2003. The application filed by the UT government through prosecution had sought recall of an earlier order that dismissed a criminal revision petition a decade ago and effectively closed the case.
In the chargesheet, which has been accessed by IANS, the ED accused Fernandez of cooking up false stories to wriggle out of the ongoing investigation. She was also silent as to how the proceeds of crime reached her house, the ED said.
The high court has now ordered that the trial will reopen on September 15.
Many of the terrorists involved in the massacre were either killed or captured in subsequent years.
Noida, Aug 28 (IANS) Supertech’s Twin Towers located in Noida’s Sector 93-A were demolished on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. as the nearly 100-metre-tall structures, borne out of corruption, were razed to the ground in barely five seconds, officials said. As soon as the twin towers were demolished, a huge cloud of dust was seen all around the buildings.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the its second supplementary chargesheet filed against Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with the Rs 200 crore money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has claimed that the actress neither disclosed the complete truth nor the details of the gifts she received.
A corporator had moved a resolution demanding the name change, on the basis of claimed "historical evidence" that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu Buttemple.due to the din, and groups of corporators shouting slogans, the matter could not be taken up. Mayor Navin Jain adjourned the house indefinitely, after failing to bring the session to order. While the Hindutva group was adamant to move the resolution, the BSP and Congress corporators opposed the initiative, claiming that the High Court and the Supreme Court, had already dismissed the plea.
The terrorists had lined up 11 men, 11 women and two babies who were killed with a volley of automatic gunfire.
Goa Police in Haryana to probe Sonali Phogat’s murder Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) A Goa Police team on Wednesday arrived at the farmhouse of BJP leader Sonali Phogat, who died under mysterious circumstances, in Haryana’s Hisar to record statements of her family and to further investigate the case. “We have come here for the probe. We will visit places to record statements,” a Goa Police official told the media on reaching her Theresidence.statepolice have apprehended Shivam, who was attempting to steal DVR and a computer from Phogat’s “Wefarmhouse.arequestioning Shivam, who was in the Meerut-Ghaziabad area. He used to switch off his phone often. We have got a laptop and phone and questioning is underway,” police official Mandeep Chahal said.
The police personnel are living in the century old British Development Department Chawls complexes in Worli, Naigaon, and N.M. Joshi Marg.
The G-23 leaders are understood to be planning to contest the Presidential polls of the party which is slated on October 17.
What is the case After the Centre demonetized currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 on November 8, 2016, KVIC issued a circular on November 9, 2016, stating that the "old currency notes of the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 will not be accepted by any sales outlets and establishments with immediate effect." Later, it came to notice that certain demonetized notes were deposited in the account of Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan (KGB), New Delhi, on various dates. The matter was referred to the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of KVIC for investigation and action. The CBI was also informed accordingly and on the basis of this information, a joint surprise check was conducted by them on April 6, 2017. As per a source, after preliminary investigation, the CVO recommended the suspension and transfer of the four officials - AK Garg, Manager, Ajay Gupta, Sales In-charge, Sanjeev Kumar Malik, Salesman-III (Head Cashier), Pradeep Yadav, LDC (Head Cashier) on April 17, 2017. All these officials were suspended and were transferred to different places. The CVO, in its report, stated that during November 10, 2016 to December 31, 2016, a total amount of Rs 22,17,000 was deposited in the KGB bank account in Delhi in which 2140 notes were of Rs 500 denomination and 1147 notes were of Rs 1000 denomination.
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On August 27, the victim’s family met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh and sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into her death. Her daughter Yashodhara appealed to the public to respect the privacy of the aggrieved family and not to project her slain mother in a bad light. Khattar assured all possible help to the family and said that he had already spoken to the Goa Chief Minister about the incident.
Sources say Tharoor and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Chavan are likely candidates who could challenge the Gandhis’ candidate. With Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot emerging as front runner for the Congress President, being seen as choice of interim chief Sonia Gandhi, even as some want the return of Rahul Gandhi - with Gehlot too proposing his name, the G-23 was understood to have made up its mind to field a candidate if no Gandhi stood. However, it remained to be seen if it would do so as it seemed unlikely as Sonia Gandhi’s choice would be challenged.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had made the announcement in the legislature last week and the Housing Department issued the detailed orders to the effect here on Tuesday, said the officials.
Congress G-23 leaders Prithviraj Chavan, Anand Sharma and Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday met Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has resigned from the party and is going to hold his first public meeting in Jammu in September’s first week.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday and her funeral took place on Tuesday, party leaders said on Wednesday.
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The carrier is built at an overall cost of nearly Rs 20,000 crore. Its keel was laid in 2009.
PM commissions India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) In a Ganeshotsav windfall, the Maharashtra government has decided to give ownership of houses to police personnel for just Rs 15 lakh under the BDD Chawl redevelopment scheme, officials said here on Wednesday.
In August 2021, the then Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress led by Uddhav Thackeray had launched the much-delayed BDD Chawls redevelopment project. Labelled as the biggest cluster development project of its kind in Asia, it is estimated to cost around Rs 20,000 crore.
Sonia Gandhi is abroad for her medical check up, and is accompanied by both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. She was also supposed to visit her ailing mother. Rahul Gandhi is supposed to return early and address a Congress rally in the national capital on September 4.
He said further that AAP is using corrupt people to divert attention from their widespread misdeeds that includes massive corruption in education, liquor and PWD amounting to thousands of crores. The LG has taken a serious view of these blatantly false, defamatory and obviously diversionary allegations made by these AAP leaders and has decided to take legal action against them so that the AAP does not get away with its characteristic shoot and scoot, the source said.
After meeting the Chief Minister, an emotional Yashodhara appealed to the media not to portray her mother in bad taste. She demanded that those responsible for her mother’s death be brought to justice.
eight directions symbolising the Navy’s multi-directional reach,” he added. Designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, INS Vikrant has been built with state-of-theart automation features and is the largest ship ever built in the country’s maritime history.
The MVA had taken up razing the 207 century-old buildings where 32 swank towers with all modern facilities would come up to shift and house the 17,000-odd families living in the BDD Chawls.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena has decided to take strict legal action against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders who charged Saxena with corruption during his tenure as Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). According to LG office source, the action will be taken against AAP leaders - Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi, Durgesh Pathak and Jasmine Shah among others for defamatory and false allegations of corruption by them, attributed to his tenure as KVIC Chairman. These leaders of AAP have recently claimed that LG was involved in a scam during demonetization in 2016 and demanded a CBI inquiry. The source said that the CBI has already inquired into the case at the behest of KVIC itself and has filed the charge sheet as well.
Gandhi’s mother passes away in Italy Delhi LG to take legal action against AAP MLAs for allegations of corruption
The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) would incur losses since the homes would be given on permanent ownership basis to the police personnel.
The state government will foot 70 percent of the losses and the MHADA would bear the remainder for the scheme, described as a welfare measure and to ease the problems of housing for police personnel.
The commissioning ceremony was attended by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief of Navy R. Harikumar, chairman and managing director of CSL Madhu S. Nair, among others.
Earlier, victim’s brother Rinku Dhaka said the motive behind the murder could be property and Goamoney.Police have arrested five persons, including Phogat’s personal assistant, in connection with the murder.
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In a tweet, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said: “Smt. Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Mrs. Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday the 27th August, 2022. The funeral took place yesterday”.
Maha Ganeshotsav bonanza: Homes for cops in just Rs 15 lakh in BDD scheme
All the police personnel, working or retired, or the families and legal heirs of the deceased, residing in the BDD Chawls till January 1, 2011, shall be eligible to get 500 square feet houses on ownership basis, on the construction cost of Rs 15 lakh.
The people on the basis of whose statements these allegations are being manufactured against the LG are the two people who have prima facie been found to be engaged in corruption at KVIC after demonetization by CBI, the source said.
The indigenous carrier is named after its illustrious predecessor which had played a vital role in the 1971 war. According to reports, the 262-metre-long carrier has a full displacement of close to 45,000 tonnes and is powered by four gas turbines totaling 88 MW power and has a maximum speed of 28 knots.
The redevelopment project is being executed by Tatas, L&T and Shapoorji Pallonji groups with buildings rising to 40-storeys and 22-storeys, parking, at least 4 schools, gardens, playgrounds, mini-hospitals, welfare centres, shopping plazas, etc, to be ready in the next 3 to 8 years.
Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, who is likely to throw his hat into the ring, however said that: “Let’s wait for sometime.”
“The need for the Group to evaluate and respond quickly to a changing operating environment has never been more important as we focus on ensuring value for customers in an inflationary environment,” said Coles Group Chairman James Graham. Both companies attributed the inflationary levels to global supply chain pressures, rising transport costs, and local factors such as flooding which has spurred sharp price increases on impacted local produce. The supermarkets have implemented a “price freeze” on staples in a bid to keep customers Colesengaged.locked the prices of more than 1,100 everyday goods, and Woolworths on over 400 items.
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Canberra, Aug 22 (IANS) The Australian Border Force (ABF) said on Monday that the police have seized the largest ever shipment of fentanyl, preventing more than 5 million doses of the deadly opioid hitting the streets. The drugs were found hidden inside in an industrial wooden lathe sent from Canada that arrived in Melbourne in December 2021, dpa news agency quoted the ABF as saying in a statement. ABF officers inspected the container in February and detected nearly 60 kg of powdered substances hidden inside military-style ammunition boxes concealed within a three tonne lathe. Forensic officers identified 11.2 kg of pure fentanyl, equivalent to about 5.5 million potential lethal doses of 30 mg, and some 30 kg of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of A$27 million ($18 million). As little as 28 milligrams of the drug can be fatal, the ABF said. Australian authorities said they had only ever detected illicit fentanyl importations in minor amounts, all less than 30 grams. “This was a massive amount of Fentanyl,” ABF Commander Maritime and Enforcement South James Watson said. “Fentanyl is an extremely toxic substance to handle as well as being a lethal drug to use. There is a fentanyl epidemic in many parts of the world today, resulting in thousands of deaths of users every year,” Watson added.
Hundreds and hundreds of hospitality-related businesses rely on them.”
Qantas reported an underlying loss before tax of A$1.86 billion and a statutory loss before tax of A$1.19 billion for the full 2022 financial year, which in Australia ends on June 30, reports dpa news
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Qantas said that the third quarter of the financial year saw “the highest sustained levels of travel demand since the start of the pandemic” and that its flying levels “averaged at 33 per cent of pre-pandemic levels but finished at 68 per cent”.
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Describing the strike, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet was quoted by the national broadcaster the ABC as saying it was “absolutely disgraceful”.
Canberra, Aug 26 (IANS) Australian tourism operators have revealed the international market still need time to rebound about half a year after the country’s border reopened. It recently marked six months since Australia opened up to international visitors almost two years after the border was closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, reports Xinhua news agency. According to data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) earlier in August, there were 730,400 total international arrivals in June. Of those, 275,300 were travellers visiting Australia for short-term Byholidays.comparison there were 660,340 short-term overseas arrivals in Australia in June 2019. While an increase in Australians holidaying domestically has offset some fall in international visitors, the tourism industry is still waiting for international visitors and also facing staffing problems.
For instance, canned tomatoes ring up at a fraction of the cost of fresh ones -- A$2 per kig versus over A$15 per kg.
Canberra, Aug 25 (IANS) As Australians struggle with an ongoing multi-decade high inflation, the nation’s largest supermarkets have begun to notice shoppers moving towards cheaper goods. Alongside their end-of-year results released on Thursday, CEO of Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Woolworths, Brad Banducci, said consumers were beginning to shift their spending towards cheaper goods. “Inflation is beginning to impact all aspects of our customers’ shop and we are seeing a gradual change in customer shopping behaviour,” said Banducci. “We are seeing some customers trade down from beef into more affordable sources of protein and trade across from fresh vegetables into more affordable frozen and canned offerings.”
Sydney, Aug 31 (IANS) Thousands of frustrated commuters in Australia’s largest city of Sydney had to squeeze their way into overcrowded carriages on Wednesday due to a long-running dispute between train drivers and the New South Wales (NSW) government. The strike, triggered by the nation’s peak transport union, the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU), cutting the city’s train services by 75 per cent while some bus services were also halted adding to the commuting chaos, reports Xinhua news agency. The RTBU has been at loggerheads with the NSW government since late July over perceived safety issues of a new fleet of trains along with a pay rise demand.
Qantas, which had recently apologised for widespread issues with flight cancellations, delays and luggage mishandling, said it would focus on responding to “operational challenges” now the “existential crisis posed by the pandemic” is over. “We always knew travel demand would recover strongly but the speed and scale of that recovery has been exceptional,” Qantas Group head Alan Joyce said, while also addressing the airport chaos. “We saw a big improvement in baggage handling and cancellations in August, which we expect will return to preCovid standards next month. On time performance also improved significantly and should be close to our usual high standard in September.”
Aus tourism industry waiting for int’l market to rebound
Some experts told ABC there are a number of reasons for the difficulty of the industry, including the high cost and inconsistency of flights, delays in the processing of visas, the continued Covid restrictions and the slow return of cruise ships.
ABS labour force data found there are 51,900 jobs vacant in the accommodation and food services industries across the country in May, and with official unemployment rate at the lowest in decades, not enough local workers to fill them.
Australia police seize largest ever fentanyl shipment
“This ends today, I will not have our city grind to a halt, our people inconvenienced anymore,” Perrottet Meanwhile,said.commuters on Wednesday were warned beforehand to prepare for significant delays and cancellations and to make alternative travel arrangements where possible. Parents were also advised to make alternative arrangements for their children with school services also being affected. Despite Perrottet’s statement, the RTBU and the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (TWU) planned to hold another stop-work meeting on Wednesday afternoon to consider their next moves.
Since December the federal government has approved 102,800 Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visa applications but only 49,000 successful applicants have entered the country in the same
“The result is we’ve got a lot of businesses that are suffering.
Both the supermarkets ultimately posted growth in sales.
Prior to the pandemic the tourism industry was reliant on international backpackers on working holiday visas.
The company’s financial results noted that average prices in the three months to the end of June rose by 3.6 per cent, an indication that food prices are moving faster than the headline inflation rate of 6.1 per cent in the year to June as recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the highest level since the early 2000s. Woolworths’ biggest competitor, Coles, painted a similar picture in their end-of-year results.
The Australian carrier said its net debt fell from a high of more than A$6.4 billion to A$3.9 billion at the end of the financial year.
The report said that shoppers were shifting away from fresh fruits and vegetables, expensive cuts of meat and name-brand goods, and opting for frozen goods, cheaper sources of protein, and the supermarket’s cheaper own-brand products.
Australian Federal Police acting Commander Anthony Hall said it was known criminal syndicates worldwide were lacing illicit drugs with the synthetic opioid, creating a dangerous cocktail. “People who use illicit drugs can never be certain what they are ingesting and this seizure highlights the potentially lethal game of Russian roulette they play. We don’t want to see Australia joining other countries in that deadly game.”
Australian flag carrier Qantas on Thursday reported its third consecutive loss of more than A$1 billion ($690 million), which it attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, though it said its recovery was on track.
The RTBU said if trains still do not meet a minimum maintenance or cleanliness standard, they may continue to refuse to operate services.
“Thetime. major international factor that we’re dealing with is the lack of backpackers,” John Geappen, the owner-operator of a tourism business in Western Australia (WA), was quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Friday.
Australian shoppers shift to cheaper goods amid inflation
Qantas posts third major loss from Covid pandemic
Woolworths sales grew by 4.5 per cent in the 2021-22 financial year, and Coles posted an increase of 2 per cent.
“Theagency.difference between these two measures largely reflects the $686 million net gain on sale of surplus land, which helped reduce Covid-related debt,” the company said in a statement.
Eminent Indian sports journalist and author, Vijay Lokapally also shared his thoughts on this virtual forum as he talked about the progress made by India in the sports which almost every Indian loves, that is, cricket. Calling India’s gradual but steady rise to dominance in the game which was called as an essentially “English sports” as the precursor to India’s general progress, Lokapally also praised the robust sports infrastructure that the country has been successful in providing which seems to have been in tandem with India’s flourishing in all other sectors. That virtually every Indian now wants to play the game, itself speaks of the vitality of the sports. He also hailed the Indian premiere league as an invaluable asset which has not only helped the Board of Control for Cricket in India to generate the muchneeded revenue to strengthen sports infrastructure but also provided many talented players opportunity to showcase their talent and capitalize on it.
Australia. India has been and will continue to be a significant partner in Australia’s economic growth. The cultural and economic engagements with India have always received bipartisan support in Australia over the last decades. India is emerging as a strategic partner for Australia. Australian businesses at all levels now have an unrivalled opportunity to view India as a market to supply rather than just a consumption market.” Dr Rajiv Kumar, the former vice chairman of the NITI Aayog and the Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, was one of the keynote speakers at this virtual meet. Hailing the 21st century as the Indo-Pacific century, Dr Kumar highlighted the tremendous potential that lies in the evolving relationship between India and Australia as trade partners. He hammered home the message that the democracies of the world, especially in the IndoPacific need to come closer and create a synergy that would act as an impetus to ensure a dynamic environment which also takes into account several burning issues such as environmental sustainability. Among the challenges that India faces, according to him, is the objective to strengthen India’s resilience by the year 2047.
Triveni dialogue held to commemorate 75th anniversary of India’s Independence
The virtual seminar was a trinity (Triveni) initiative of the Australia India Business Council (AIBC), Institute for Australia India Engagement (IAIE) and Centre for India-Australia Studies (CIAS) at OP Jindal Global University. Shaun Star, Professor and Associate Dean; Director, CIAS gave the inaugural speech while Dr Ashutosh Misra, CEO IAIE and Chief Editor, India News welcomed all the panelists. Congratulating the Indian diaspora on reaching the milestone of 75 years of sovereignty replete with remarkable success stories, Dr Misra went on to refer to the commencement of the Amrit Kaal, which in Hindu mythology means an auspicious time for new initiatives, thereby echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lauding India’s role in the international forum as the guardian of global peace, he went to hammer home the message that India has been the recipient of resounding appreciation for its multidimensional role. He also applauded India’s humanitarian approach in extending a generous helping hand to economically vulnerable nations during the abysmal days of the Covid-19 pandemic and in this lived As part of the events to commemorate the 75th Indian Independence Day on 15th August 2022, a special virtual meet, Triveni dialogue was held recently. The online summit which featured an impressive line up of panelists recounted the glorious achievements of India as a sovereign nation and an emerging economic power along with the various avenues to fortify Australia-India ties in the near future. up to its maxim “Vasudev Kutumbakam” which means, “the world is one family”.
Another equally illustrious panelist was Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma who was commissioned in Gorkha Rifles in 1977, and had a career spanning forty years in the Army. He has had extensive operational experience in Jammu and Kashmir, North East and on the Western Borders. He had trained the Botswana Army for three years in Africa, and attended the National War College at Abuja, Nigeria. Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma attended the NDC at New Delhi. Tracing back India and Australia’s collaborative military efforts to the time when Indian soldiers fought along side their Australian counterparts in the Gallipoli battle during the First World War, the veteran military officer emphasized on India’s checkered military history which entailed staving off hostile insurgents both from Pakistan and China along its borders in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the North-East. He lauded the valour of the Indian armed forces which has till date fought many battles and never been the one taking the belligerent first step. He went on to assert the need to show more preparedness in terms of modern warfare in the light of rising belligerence by hostile elements, for which military reforms have been initiated. In this regard, he appreciated the efforts of the authorities concerned to reduce Indian armed forces’ dependence on the public sector as it moves towards privatization.
Anupam Sharma, an Australian film director, actor, film producer, and author of Indian origin was also invited to the webinar as one of the keynote speakers. Sharma has been widely acknowledged by Australian and Indian media as a producer who pioneered film links between India and Australia since 1997. Sharma was appointed as an Australia Day Ambassador and named one of the fifty most influential professionals in the Australian film industry. Sharma spoke about the way films have been used by the tourism sector and even education sector to promote ties between the two countries. He mentioned about QANTAS airlines being referred to in one of Amitabh Bachhan’s movies and how actor Feroze Khan had discovered Australia as a destination for Indian movies. Sharma also went on to talk about the potential that cinema has in building cultural affinity between the two nations.
Dr Misra passed the baton to Jim Varghese AM, National Chair, AIBC who has donned several other hats as a prominent public figure. Highlighting the importance of the Independence Day, Varghese stated that it is a time to reflect on the history of the largest democracy in the world and the sacrifices made by millions of people. He commented, “The most significant advantage of the growing Indian diaspora is the high skill level of men and women, which is driving their contribution to the economic growth of Australia in many fields such as education, health, manufacturing, finance, agriculture, start-ups, and Information and Communication “Intechnologies.”linewiththe above bilateral economic strategies, the increasing bondingeconomicmomentumconnectionpeople-to-peopleisprovidingfurthertotheculturalandrelationshipandbetweenIndiaand
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Ambassador of India to the Philippines, Palau and Micronesia Shambhu Kumaran also joined the virtual meet and shared his thoughts on three strategic areas in which India has witnessed fundamental transformation. These are essentially changes in the way in which India’s foreign policy is structured. The areas are namely, India’s role as a leading international power, India’s emerging technological and economic integration with the globe and strong emphasis on India’s civilizational aspect.
Minister for Children Leanne Linard MP said child protection was the responsibility of all Queenslanders and urged the community to work together to stop child abuse and neglect and keep kids safe.
Brisbane, Sept 6: Ten young Rockhampton women graduating from Project Booyah today were joined by Member for Rockhampton Barry O’Rourke, Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga and Queensland Police Service Inspector Michael Volk. Each of these young women were specifically chosen to take part in the 16-week early intervention and community inclusion program, run by the QPS. They are taught life skills and provided with mentors to ultimately improve their health, education, employment opportunities and connection to Mscommunity.Laugaand Mr O’Rourke, representing Minister for Police Mark Ryan, commended those who had successfully completed the course. Mrs Lauga said it was in 2015: “Alongside a couple of community members who are really passionate about early intervention programs, I fought really hard to have Project Booyah rolled out in Central “IQueensland”.congratulate all graduates from the program today,” she “Completingsaid. this program is a challenge and it shows real determination and courage to keep showing up and working with each other every day. “You should be proud of yourselves and each other and I encourage you all to keep working hard to achieve anything you want in Mrlife.”O’Rourke said the program was having a positive effect on the community and potentially even reducing crime and victimisation. “The Palaszczuk Government supports this program with $1.9 million per annum to continue this invaluable work and support for our young people,” he said. “Programs like these can have a positive impact by intervening in our young people’s paths and giving them the knowledge and skills to choose a path they want in Inspectorlife. Volk said the determination, courage and commitment the young men/ women have shown throughout the course has resulted in them successfully graduating. “Prior to this program, these women were considered at risk in the Rockhampton community. They may have disengaged from their schooling or community for a number of different reasons,” he “Duringsaid. the program, the participants in Rockhampton went on an industry tour, adventure caving, a working farm
“Listening to all Queenslanders is important to me. That’s why we will hold deputations for the community to discuss any issues they would like to raise directly with Ministers and me. “I’ll be meeting with mayors and other key stakeholders as will my Ministers.
Member for Cook Cynthia Lui said it was important for government to listen. “I wanted the Premier and Ministers to come here and listen directly to locals,” Ms Lui said. “It’s a beautiful part of the world but areas like health, housing and education are always areas that will need attention. “And we need the frontline workers to deliver those services.”
Brisbane, Sept 4: Protecting children is everyone’s business. That’s the message of this year’s Queensland Child Protection Week 2022 which is taking place from 4 to 10 September 2022.
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“Our Path to Treaty is about a truthful shared history,” the Premier said. “The land handback we’re expecting to make is an important part of that journey.”
“I invite Queenslanders to explore the Brisbane Festival 2022 and experience events like the annual Riverfire by Australian Retirement Trust, which will light up the skies this weekend, with free public transport. “And the popular Brisbane’s Art Boat returning for its second year and featuring artwork created by Brisbane-born visual artist Lindy Lee. “Our investment in experiences will continue with Creative Together, our 10-year creative strategy to embrace the opportunities of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. “It is only 10 short years until Brisbane 2032, when uniquely Queensland cultural events like Brisbane Festival will be showcased to global audiences on an international stage.” Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch said the Brisbane Festival will showcase 41 Queensland arts organisations over the 23 days of the festival, with amazing productions and performances from home-grown companies including Australasian Dance Company, Camerata, Little Red and The “Townsville’sFarm.Dancenorth will return to Brisbane to premiere a powerful fusion of dance, music and visual art in Wayfinder created in collaboration with artist Hiromi Tango,” Minister Enoch said. “The festival’s must-see First Nations works include opening night’s Jumoo Smoking Ceremony, as well as the premiere of Alethea Beetson’s Queen’s City, and the page-tostage adaptation of Anita Heiss’ book Tiddas in a co-production between La Boite Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts “QueenslandCentre. Theatre will present Othello in a trilingual production set in the Torres Strait during World War II, creating a unique and distinctive theatre Ministerexperience.”Enoch said the Palaszczuk Government provided annual operational funding to Brisbane Festival along with support in 2022 for community programs Dance Halls and Nightwalks with Teenagers which highlight the important role arts engagement can play in delivering social Tourismoutcomes.Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the Brisbane Festival was a significant contributor to the visitor economy and Queensland’s great “Aroundlifestyle. 80,000 visited the Queensland capital for the Brisbane Festival, making it a favourite event among the city’s tourism and hospitality operators” Mr Hinchliffe said. “The Brisbane Festival delivered up to $36 million to the visitor economy and supported local tourism operators, hotels, cafes, restaurants and accommodation providers.” Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival Louise Bezzina said it is with enormous pride that we offer the community this year’s Brisbane Festival program. “We are immensely proud to be producing 22 new works in 2022,” Ms Bezzina said. “The 1100+ artists featured, invite us to come together, and offer to keep our spirits buoyant and make us curious. “They are our shining light and I thank each of them for their bravery and commitment. “We encourage our audiences to embrace every moment of Brisbane Festival – experiment with something new, meet new people, converse with artists, and open your hearts and minds to new ideas,” she said.
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Local young women start their new paths after graduating from police program
“We all want our children, young people, families and communities to be safe and resilient. That’s what this government is striving to achieve, and Child Protection Week is an opportunity to honour this work.” For more information about Child Protection Week in Queensland, as well as information about Award winners, go to: https:// childprotectionweek.org.au/
visit and a high ropes course in between their mentoring. “Early intervention is at the heart of the Booyah program and it allows the young people who participate to improve their relations with police and other authorities and their connection to “Ourcommunity.youngpeople are our state’s future, and we all have a role to play to give them the tools, the connections and the experience to make good choices and to reengage with their community and their “Sometimeseducation.it’sjust about showing up for them, teaching them and providing them guidance and structure throughout the length of the program.
“Child Protection Week is an excellent opportunity to remind us that we are all responsible for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our community. It really does take a village to raise a child,” Ms Linard “Itsaid.is also a time to shine a spotlight on the incredible work of my department’s child safety officers, as well as our foster and kinship carers, non-government partners and organisations who work every day to keep children safe. “Thank you for being child safety champions and for supporting and advocating on behalf of vulnerable children and young people. “I was thrilled to recently announce the Queensland Government’s commitment to extend support for young people leaving care up to the age of 21.
Palaszczuk Cabinet to meet on Thursday Island
As part of the programme, the Premier is expected to visit Tagai State College and observe Youfor2032 training - the first time it’s been held in the Torres Strait, inspect the redevelopment of Thursday Island Hospital which with the primary health care centre is more than $50 million investment from her government and attend a significant land handback to the Gudang/ Yadhaykenu, Atambaya and Angkamithi people on the Cape.
Brisbane Festival 2022 opened this week with a showcase of Queensland artists and arts organisations, great performances, bold new works and a blaze of fireworks, celebrating our great Queensland lifestyle. The Premier said the Queensland Government supported Brisbane Festival to connect with communities, engage audiences and bring more visitors to cultural and hospitality venues. “Brisbane Festival also provides important employment for artists and arts workers, with more than 1,100 Queensland artists featured in this year’s festival, including more than 160 First Nations artists,” the Premier said. “This year the festival boasts more than 580 performances including 230 free presentations with 22 new works.
Project Booyah has dedicated police officers in 10 different locations around the state, working with young people every day. The Rockhampton District has been delivering programs to the local area since 2017.
Brisbane Festival gives a spectacular start to September
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Brisbane, Sept 5: The entire Palaszczuk Cabinet will visit the Torres Strait this week to engage with community members as part of a programme of events including a Community Cabinet meeting. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Cabinet would meet on Thursday Island tomorrow (Tuesday) but has tasked her Ministers to get out and about as much as possible across the region throughout the week including community deputations on “ThisMonday.isabout engaging directly with the Torres Strait community and listening to locals about the matters that matter to them,” the Premier said.
“We are so proud of every single graduate from the Project Booyah program and can’t wait to see what challenges they tackle next, where they take their new skills and the people they decide to become.”
The Labor Government is investing $10 million in the Victorian Land Systems Fund, which will be used to support local businesses to join Hanwha
Boxing fans flocked to Marvel Stadium when George Kambosos Jr took on Devin Haney for the undisputed lightweight world title, a sea of red turned out to see Manchester United at the MCG and AFL is back with droves of supporters cheering on their teams.
Melbourne, Aug 31: The Andrews Labor Government’s reforms to change the way sexual violence is dealt with in Victoria have passed Parliament, sending a clear message to Victorians that there’s no room for this inexcusable behaviour.
The Justice AmendmentLegislation(SexualOffences and Other Matters) Bill 2022 includes amendments that will adopt an affirmative consent model and provide better protections for victim-survivors of sexual offences, shifting the scrutiny from victim-survivors onto their Theperpetrators.modelwill make it clear that everyone has a responsibility to get consent before engaging in sexual activity. For their belief in consent to be reasonable, a person must have taken steps by saying or doing something to find out if the other person consents – simply, it must be a clear and enthusiastic go-ahead. This can include, but isn’t limited to verbally asking and getting a ”yes”, a physical gesture like a nod or reciprocating a move such as removing clothes. Even if a person meets this minimum requirement to take steps, their belief in consent must still be reasonable in all the circumstances – for example taking into consideration if the steps went far enough, or if there were cues such as pushing away the accused’s hand or facial reactions.
Melbourne’s renowned theatre district was one of only three places globally staging Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Hamilton all at once, delivering venues a steady stream of theatre Gabriellegoers.
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Established in 2020, DiviGas produces a hollow fibre polymeric membrane that can capture, store and reuse leaked hydrogen in energy industries. Billions of tonnes of hydrocarbons are released every year at energy plants, resulting in the loss of billions of tonnes of hydrogen and the emission of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide. The DiviGas membrane technology is a critical tool that can allow for the wasted gas to be reused and captured through hydrogen separation, avoiding the mass emission of carbon. The Melbourne HQ will employ engineers to produce the membrane hydrogen separation technology and conduct research and development on future models of membrane to support the growing hydrogen sector.
Chanel: Fashion Manifesto, The Picasso Century and Light: Works From Tate’s Collection have illuminated our cultural institutions, while new initiatives Art After Dark and RISING delivered even more reasons for Victorians to reignite their love affair with Melbourne’s CBD.
Melbourne, Aug 30: Thousands of Victorian households will soon be able to recycle more efficiently and divert tonnes of waste from landfill thanks to the Andrews Labor Government’s roll-out of the four-bin waste and recycling system. Minister for Environment and Climate Action Lily D’Ambrosio today delivered some of the first purple bins for glass collection which are currently being rolled out in Whittlesea, announcing grants to transition to four bins across the state.
A record number of visitors travelled to Bendigo Art Gallery to see Elvis: Direct from Graceland, while the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Foo Fighters in Geelong for ALWAYS LIVE, the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and White Night Shepparton bring world renowned talent and entertainment to our regional communities.
Melbourne, Aug 28: The Andrews Labor Government is backing Victoria’s healthcare system with free university and specialist training for thousands of nurses and midwives.In a $270 million boost to the health system, more than 17,000 nurses and midwives will be recruited and trained as part of a massive hiring and upskilling initiative – building an army of home-grown health workers to care for Victorians.
Melbourne, Aug 20: The Andrews Labor Government has boosted tourism across the state, delivering a blockbuster calendar of major events that have supported businesses and powered the state’s economic recovery. Record investment in major events has attracted more than 4.5 million attendees to events across sport, art, theatre, food and fashion – bringing Victoria to life and delivering a huge number of visitors to the state. The year started with an electric return of the Australian Open, followed by record crowds at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix which showcased Victoria to the world as the home for major events and sports in Australia.
Earlier this year it was announced that Hanwha is establishing a $170 million Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence at the Avalon Airport Industrial Precinct with support from the Andrews Labor Government, creating more than 300 local jobs in design, engineering and advanced Hanwhamanufacturing.willbuild its selfpropelled howitzers at the Avalon facility to deliver on the Commonwealth Government’s $1 billion LAND 8116 program after the company was announced as the program’s successful bidder late last year.
The Labor Government is introducing a separate glass service to all local government areas by 2027 and a food and garden organics collection by 2030. By separating glass, Victoria will be able to recycle more glass into new products and recycle more materials from the mixed recycling bin. As part of the Government’sLaborCircular Economy Household Education Fund, 15 councils will share in over $1 million to deliver local campaigns as they introduce new services, or to improve their existing four-stream household recycling services.
Fourth bins roll out to divert waste from landfill
Melbourne, Aug 26: Victoria continues to cement its reputation as Australia’s defence manufacturing capital, with Hanwha Defense Australia setting up its national headquarters in Melbourne. Minister for Industry Support and Recovery Ben Carroll today officially opened Hanwha Defense Australia’s new headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD. The headquarters will house up to 150 staff, including the company’s leadership team along with staff in finance, human resources, engineering and facilities.
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Currently, a four-stream system is provided by six local government areas, which include Moyne, Central Goldfields, Warrnambool, Hobson’s Bay, Surf Coast and Macedon Ranges shires, with Frankston adding the service by 2023. All councils and alpine resort management boards are eligible for funding under the $6.03 million Circular Economy Household Education Fund. The four-stream recycling system will help divert 80 per cent of all material away from landfill, including 20,000 tonnes of glass, as part of the Labor Government’s waste and recycling reforms that will create nearly 4,000 new jobs and boost Victoria’s economy by up to $6.7 billion by 2030.
The initiative, together with the $12 billion Pandemic Repair Plan brings the number of nurses and midwives being supported to more than 20,000, including funding 13,000 nursing and midwifery positions and scholarships, and funding the upskilling of 8,500 nurses. The package also includes: Scholarships for postgraduate nurses to complete studies in specialty areas such as intensive care, emergency, paediatrics and cancer care – worth an average of nurses12,000boostingcoveringtoscholarships$10,000-$11,000forenrollednursesbecomeregisterednurses,coursecostsandthenumberofregisteredscholarshipsto support training and employment of 100 new Nurse Practitioners in both acute and community Moresettings.than $20 million to provide more support to the growing numbers of graduates and postgraduates as they transition to working in our hospitals –ensuring they have access to the clinical educators, preceptors and study time they need.
More than 10,000 students will have the cost of their nursing or midwifery undergraduate studies paid for, while scholarships will be available for thousands more who complete postgraduate studies in areas of need including intensive care, cancer care, paediatrics and nurse practitioner specialities. All new domestic students enrolling in a professional-entry nursing or midwifery course in 2023 and 2024 will receive a scholarship of up to $16,500 to cover course costs. Students will receive $9,000 while they study and the remaining $7,500 if they work in Victorian public health services for two years. More midwives will join the workforce through an expanded postgraduate midwifery incentive program, which will provide scholarships to cover course costs and salary support for 150 existing nurses to continue working while they complete their specialist studies in midwifery.
From Singapore to Victoria, big move creates new jobs
announced today that DiviGas has established its prime development, manufacturing and corporate hub in Port Melbourne, creating up to 19 new jobs.
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Hanwha Defense opens new Australian HQ in Melbourne
Melbourne, Aug 25: A Singaporean startup that has developed world-leading technology to capture leaked hydrogen has moved its global headquarters to Melbourne in a major win for Victorian jobs and DevelopmentMinistermanufacturing.forEconomicTimPallas
Affirmative consent model now law in Victoria Defense Australia’s supply chain and create local jobs. Hanwha is also one of the final two bidders to deliver the Government’sCommonwealthmulti-billion LAND 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle program. Hanwha Corporation is South Korea’s largest defence company which also operates in the aerospace, fintech, mining and clean energy sectors. In January 2021, the Labor Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hanwha to formalise a long-term partnership to support the establishment of Hanwha’s defence operationsmanufacturinginthestate.
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Indian and Chinese armies have once again held talks on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). It is being told that this conversation has taken place at the Division Commander level. According to defence sources, an Indian Army and Chinese Army Division Commander level meeting was held on Wednesday to discuss routine matters related to maintaining peace along the Line of Actuality in the Ladakh Sourcessector. familiar with the matter said such meetings are held regularly after every three months at various levels to discuss the issues of maintaining peace and border management.
In an interview with CNN, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said he had visited Sindh and seen first-hand how the flooding had displaced entire villages and towns.
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New York, Sep 1 (IANS) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 9:45 p.m, the US Geological Survey said. The earthquake took place on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency Thereported.epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.5595 degrees south latitude and 175.5976 degrees east longitude.
The meeting comes at a time when it is being claimed that the Chinese PLA is continuing heavy construction activities along the LAC to further upgrade its military infrastructure and connectivity in the region. During the talks, the Indian and Chinese sides under the leadership of the division commanders discussed issues related to peace in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector and other areas. Earlier, India and China held talks in the Chushul sector in the wake of recent airspace violations by the Chinese Air Force, where India warned China against any misadventure.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India and France held consultations on the UN Security Council and multilateral issues in Paris, with both sides briefing each other about their priorities during the countries’ upcoming Presidencies of the UNSC in September and December, the Ministry of External Affairs here said on Wednesday.
India, China hold military level talks to discuss routine matters along LAC in Ladakh
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Striking new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistans record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh province into a 100 kmwide inland lake, media reports said. Swaths of the country are now underwater, after what United Nation officials have described as a “monsoon on steroids” brought the heaviest rainfall in living memory and flooding that has killed 1,162 people, and affected 33 million since mid-June, CNN reported.
In the centre of the picture, a large area of dark blue shows the Indus overflowing and flooding an area around 100 km wide, turning what were once agricultural fields into a giant inland lake, CNN It’sreported.ashocking transformation from the photo taken by the same satellite on the same date last year, which shows the river and its tributaries contained in what appear by comparison to be small, narrow bands, highlighting the extent of the damage in one of the country’s hardest-hit areas.
“There is barely any dry land that we can find. The scale of this tragedy... 33 million people, that’s more than the population of Sri Lanka or Australia,” he said.
This year’s monsoon is already the country’s wettest since records began in 1961, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, and the season still has one month to go.
The two sides on Tuesday also held discussions on initiatives around the High Level Week of the upcoming 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in September, according to the Ministry.
Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said on Sunday that parts of the country “resemble a small ocean” and that “by the time this is over, we could well have one-quarter or onethird of Pakistan under water”.
The UN report recommended that China immediately takes steps to release “all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their liberty” and suggested that some of Beijing’s actions could amount to the “commission of international crimes, including crimes against humanity”. In response, China,which saw the report in advance, again rejected the allegations of abuse and argued that the camps are a tool to fight terrorism, reports the BBC. Its delegation to the UN human rights council in Geneva rejected the findings of the report, which it said “smeared and slandered China” and interfered in the country’s internal affairs. “This so-called ‘assessment’ is a politicized document that ignores the facts, and fully exposes the intention of the US, Western countries and anti-China forces to use human rights as a political tool,” the delegation said in a lengthy statement. Xinjiang is China’s largest region, covering one-sixth of its total territory, with a population of 25.85 million. As it shares external borders with Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan, the region also provides important routes and access to Central Asian markets and beyond. There are about 12 million Uyghurs, mostly Muslim, living in Xinjiang.
The new images, taken on August 28 from NASA’s MODIS satellite sensor, show how a combination of heavy rain and an overflowing Indus River have inundated much of Sindh province in the South.
Record flooding in Pak turns part of Sindh into 100 km-wide inland lake
India, France hold consultations on UN Security Council
A new UN report has revealed that the Chinese government might have “committed crimes against humanity” in the Xinjiang region, home to the ethnic Uyghur Muslims. Released on Wednesday, the report which was commissioned by the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, said prisoners had been subjected to “patterns of ill-treatment” which included “incidents of sexual and genderbased violence”. Others, the report said, faced forced medical treatment and “discriminatory enforcement of family planning and birth control policies”, the BBC reported. Despite China’s repeated denials, investigators were quoted in the report as saying that they uncovered “credible evidence” of torture possibly amounting to “crimes against humanity”. They accused China of using vague national security laws to clamp down on the rights of minorities and establishing “systems of arbitrary detention”.
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Prakash Gupta, Joint Secretary (UN-Political), led the Indian delegation which also included officials from the Embassy of India in Paris. The French delegation was headed by Ambassador Fabien Penone, Director for International Organization, Human Rights and Francophonie Department of Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) of France, along with other senior officials. “ n keeping with India-France Strategic Partnership, both sides had an in-depth exchange of views on various thematic and country specific issues on the agenda of the UN Security “BothCouncil.sides agreed to strengthen their ongoing cooperation at the multilateral platform on issues of mutual interest, including on counter-terrorism, UN Peacekeeping and Reformed Multilateralism,” the Ministry said.
UN says China may have ‘committed crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang
While mostly dry weather is expected in the region in coming days, experts say the water will take days to recede.
In both Sindh and Balochistan provinces, rainfall has been 500 per cent above average, engulfing entire villages and farmland, razing buildings and wiping out crops, CNN reported.
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The figure was worse than those for both his immediate predecessors. Some 41 per cent of people thought Theresa May had done a bad job, the second highest total, while David Cameron’s 38 per cent was the third highest total. While Johnson may have had the highest number of people saying he had done a bad job, he also had the fourth-highest number telling Ipsos he had done well. Some 33 per cent of the 1,100 people surveyed by Ipsos said he had done a good job in office, behind Tony Blair on 36 per cent, and Margaret Thatcher on 43 per Johnson’scent.
political hero Winston Churchill came top out of the post-war Prime Ministers, with 62 per cent saying he had done a good job. Keiran Pedley, Director of political research at Ipsos, said: “Winston Churchill continues to top our list of Prime Ministers the public think did a good job in office, followed by Margaret Thatcher.” “Boris Johnson will be reasonably content with finishing fourth on that list but less happy about topping the list for having done a bad job.” The Prime Minister, who is currently on a farewell tour of the country before he leaves office on Tuesday, was also one of the few post-war Prime Ministers to have more people say he had done a bad job than a good one. His net rating in the Ipsos poll, which was carried out between August 19 and 22, was -16. David Cameron, on -8, and Theresa May, on -13, were the only others to have a negative net rating. Pedley added: “However, there is a certain degree of recency bias in who tops the bad job list, with Johnson making up a top three with Theresa May and David “TimeCameron.”willtell how Johnson’s legacy is judged, as we see by improved scores for Gordon Brown over time, negative perceptions today may soften in the Thefuture.”number of people telling Ipsos that Gordon Brown did a good job rose from 24 per cent in February 2021 to 31 per cent in August 2022 while the number saying he did a bad job fell from 37 to 31 per cent.
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London, Sep 1 (IANS) Nearly half of the public think Boris Johnson has done a bad job as Prime Minister, the worst rating of any post-war British leader, a new poll has found. Asked to rate the performance of British Prime Ministers since 1945, some 49 per cent of people told pollster Ipsos that Johnson had done a bad job during his time in Downing Street, dpa news agency reported.
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During a press conference, Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman said: "Pakistan is going through its 8th cycle of monsoon; normally the country has only three to four cycles of [monsoon] rain." She added that a "war room" has been established by the prime minister at NDMA, which would lead relief operations across the country and observed that the floods are "a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented proportions."
About the Authors: Ankit Singh, Akriti Sharma, Harini Madhusudan and Rashmi Ramesh are PhD Scholars in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies.
Avishka Ashok, Abigail Miriam Fernandes, Padmashree Anandhan, Rishma Banerjee, Sai Pranav, Joel Jacob and Anu Maria are Research Associates at NIAS.
China: People’s Liberation Army participates in Vostok-22 strategic exercise On 25 August, China’s People’s Liberation Army took part in the Vostok East 2022 strategic exercise in Russia. The Defence Ministry spokesperson Tan Kefei confirmed the Chinese troops’ participation and said that India, Belarus, Tajikistan and Mongolia had sent their troops for the exercise. On the Chinese participation in the exercise, Tan said: “The Chinese military’s participation in the exercise aims to deepen practical and friendly cooperation with the militaries of participating countries, enhance the level of strategic coordination and strengthen the ability to cope with various security threats.”
On 25 August, China’s State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang opposed US Senator Marsha Blackburn’s visit to Taiwan in an unofficial capacity. He said: “These acts have seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques.” He further warned the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan and said their efforts to collude with foreign anti-China forces are doomed to failure.
On 25 August, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, while congratulating President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the assumption of his presidency, said that the procurement of essential medical goods has already been taking place in Sri Lanka. He added that “Health Emergencies Program of the World Health Organization” will ensure the essential health needs of Sri Lanka. On 26 August, the World Food and Agriculture Organization agreed to provide urea fertilizer to low-income Sri Lankan families. Sri Lanka has been facing an acute fertilizer crisis since former President Rajapaksa announced a policy to introduce organic fertilizer.
On 22 August, the Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 arrived at the Hambantota Port. The ship had arrived at the port for replenishment. India had raised concerns regarding the ship following which Sri Lanka asked China to defer the arrival of the ship. However, on 16 August, the ship arrived at the Hambantota Port after the delay. The Yuan Wang-class are used for tracking and support of satellite and intercontinental ballistic missiles by the People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It is important to note that Yuanwang class is not a single class of identical design, but instead, a group of different designs grouped under the same series that share the one name.
The US: Twitter and Meta take down pro-US propaganda campaign targeting Russia, China and Iran
Charred remains of Russia’s tanks and armours were laid down as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the day and Ukraine’s war efforts. However, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had issued a warning against public events in the capital city in the fear of a Russian attack. Russian forces launched a rocket attack on a train station in Chaplyne in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, killing 22 civilians. Zelenskyy, in a somber address, said: “On 24 February, we were told: You have no chance. On 24 August, we say: Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!”
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ALSO IN NEWS China: Defence Ministry urges the US, UK and Australia to reconsider nuclear submarine cooperation On 25 August, China’s Defence Ministry Spokesperson Tan Kefei addressed a press conference and urged the US, the UK and Australia to reconsider their cooperation on nuclear submarines. Tan emphasized that the US would violate the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) if they transferred weapons-grade nuclear materials to non-nuclear weapons states. He said: “Nuclear submarine cooperation among these three countries poses severe nuclear proliferation risks, challenges the international framework for nuclear non-proliferation, escalates the arms race and undermines regional peace and stability.”
Malaysia: Najib Razak sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment On 23 August, Former premier Najib Razak failed in his final appeal against a graft conviction and was sentenced to 12 years for misappropriating millions of dollars from a company linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The Federal Court upheld Najib’s conviction on seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust involving SRC International, a company subsidiary of state fund 1MDB. He was taken to Kajang Prison, south of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Ukraine: US grants new USD 3 billion to Ukraine on 31st Independence Day
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What happened? On 25 August, the government declared a 'national emergency' amid the rain-induced floods terming it a humanitarian"climate-inductedcrisisofepic proportions." The floods have left 37 people dead, including 343 children, and at least 30 million without shelter. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Sindh reported the highest number of deaths as 306 people lost their lives due to floods and rain-related incidents from 14 June, while Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab recorded 234, 185 and 165 deaths, Additionally,respectively. the NDMA reported that Pakistan received 166.8mm of rain in August, as opposed to the average of 48mm, an increase of 241 per cent. Additionally, the abnormal increase in rainfall generated flash floods across the country, particularly in the southern part of Pakistan, leaving several parts inundated, with 23 districts of Sindh being declared "calamity-hit."
Ukraine: 22 killed in Russian attack as Ukraine celebrates 31st independence day On 24 August, Ukraine celebrated its 31st independence day.
Pakistan: Government declares ‘national emergency’ amid raininduced floods
On 25 August, Taliban’s spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid stated that the reported killing of the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri is an allegation and that the investigation has yet to be finalized. He said: “It is still at the level of allegation. The results have yet to be clarified. The body has not been found there because of the rockets that targeted the area—the area is destroyed and nothing is left of it.” Further, Mujahid criticized the US arguing that the drones flying in Afghan airspace belong to the US, adding that the Taliban considers this an aggression and the US should share these concerns.
Europe: Worst drought in the last 500 years
Second,disastrous.the lack of preparedness. The high toll in causalities highlights the lack of preparedness by the relevant authorities and the government. Given that these rain-induced floodings are not a new phenomenon in Pakistan, the authorities are yet to learn from the past and implement measures to curb the situation. Third, the follow-up on the emergency declaration. While Pakistan has taken steps to achieve SDG-13 earlier, the term climate change has not been included in the formal definition of an "emergency" under the National Climate Change Policy 2012 and the Pakistan Climate Change Act 2017. Unless this is implemented climate initiatives would not be successful.
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On 26 August, a new report from Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) revealed that hundreds of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts were engaged in manipulation and spam that promoted proWestern narratives were removed by Twitter and Meta. As part of multiple covert campaigns, the troll farms were using deceptive tactics to promote pro-Western narratives to social media users in the Middle East and Central Asia. According to Graphika and SIO, the troll farms had a rather limited impact, as most of their tweets had only a handful of likes or retweets. While 19% of the covert accounts had more than 1,000 followers, the most-followed accounts were overt accounts claiming to be connected to the US military.
Sri Lanka: WHO and FAO to provide essential supplies
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What does it mean? First, climate change is fuelling flooding in Pakistan. The monsoon-related flooding has become the worst type of climateinduced disaster in Pakistan. The recent incidents of flooding reveal that change in the weather cycle seems to have added to the frequency and severity of floods causing them to be more
On 24 August, to mark Ukraine’s independence day, US president Joe Biden announced a new aid package. USD 3 billion have been granted by the US government in security assistance, but it is expected to take several months to reach Kyiv. The new package will be funded from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) which has been appropriated by Congress to ease the Biden administration’s procurement of weapons from the industry. The Pentagon has said that this can include six additional surface-to-air missile systems known as NASAMS, 24 counter-artillery radars, Puma drones, and counter-drone systems known as VAMPIRE.
On 23 August, the European Commission reported on the Joint Research Center’s (JRC) august report on the drought condition in Europe. The updated report says that the current drought has covered 47 per cent of the EU under “warning” conditions and 17 per cent under “alert” where vegetation and crops are being significantly impacted. The severe precipitation deficit has affected almost all rivers across Europe, affecting hydropower generation, cooling systems of power plants, and river transport. Scientists at the JRC are of the opinion that the Drought can be the worst in Europe in at least 500 years.
Afghanistan: Reported killing of Zawahiri is an allegation, says Taliban
The aid from FAO will help the farmers as the Maha season is approaching. Sri Lanka: Chinese ship departs Hambantota
Canberra, Aug 18 (IANS) Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday showed the unemployment rate fell to 3.4 per cent last month as employment and hours worked both decreased at the same time. Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, said the unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage points between June and July to 3.4 per cent, with employment falling by 41,000 people and the number of unemployed people also decreasing by 20,000 during the same period, reports Xinhua news "Theagency.fall in unemployment in July reflects an increasingly tight labour market, including high job vacancies and ongoing labour shortages, resulting in the lowest unemployment rate since August 1974," Jarvis said in a statement. The July reference period coincided with the winter school holidays, worker absences associated with Covid-19 and other illnesses, and further flooding events in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state with Sydney as the capital city. In line with the fall in employment, and continued illness-related worker absences, hours worked also fell by 0.8 per cent in July. "In addition to people taking annual leave around the winter school holidays, there were also around 750,000 people working fewer hours than usual due to being sick in July 2022, around double the usual number we see during the middle of winter," Jarvis said. The statistics came when the wave of Omicron sub-variant infections continued in the current winter months in Australia. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020, Australia has reported a total of 9,851,002 Covid-19 cases and 13,021 deaths, with approximately 193,018 active cases, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
Most Indian banks offer worst customer experiences on their mobile apps: Report
More Indian banks now display a privacy policy but this content is verbose and not easy to consume for the masses.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Most Indian banks are falling behind customers' changing needs on their mobile apps, doing too little to help customers understand their spending and debts, create useful budgets, receive personalised insights, get proactive advice, track their financial health, and monitor their financial lives, a new report has revealed. Indian banks have a lowest average score in money management capabilities. In fact, no bank scored higher than 60 in this area of mobile banking, according to the latest Q3 2022 report by global research firm Forrester.
The invasion of Ukraine remains central to the larger macroeconomic picture. While Moody's believes it is unlikely the conflict will broaden beyond Ukraine's borders, such an event would mark a significant escalation. Further, the risk of further energy shocks remains high. As for monetary policy, it will be tricky for central banks to navigate to an equilibrium where inflation falls but economic activity does not slip into a deep recession.
There would no restrictions on government's capital expenditure, he said. The Finance Secretary also informed that the Government will stick to the current fiscal's borrowing target. The government plans to borrow Rs 11.6 lakh crore in 2022-23 to meet its expenditure requirements. Secretary, Economic Affairs Ajay Seth, who was also present on the occasion, said that the gross capital formation is highest in 10 years in this quarter. He said that July's GST collection is seen at Rs 1.4 lakh crore. Asked about cryptocurrency regulations, Seth said that the government expects global dialogue on cryptocurrency to intensify. He informed that the volume of e-way bills generation in August registered a year-on-year growth of 15 per cent at Rs 7.56 crore, indicating robust domestic economic activity. In the April-July period of the current financial year, fiscal deficit narrowed to 20.5 per cent of the budget estimates as compared to 21.3 per cent in the corresponding period of last year, he added.
Growth of eight core sectors down to 4.5% in July 2022 from 9.9% July 2021
Producer price inflation, which is a broad measure of supply-side inflation, appears to have peaked in several countries.
The Index of Core Industries (ICI) measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries viz. coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity. The production of coal, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, electricity and cement industries increased in July 2022 over the corresponding period of last year. The growth rate of ICI during April-July 2022-23 was 11.5 per cent (provisional) as compared to the corresponding period of last financial year, the government said. The eight core industries comprise 40.27 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India's economy is on course to achieve 7 per cent growth in 2022-23, Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan said on Wednesday.
The production of crude oil and natural gas declined by 3.8 per cent and 0.3 per cent in July 2022, as compared to the figures of July 2021. On the other hand, last month the production of petroleum refinery products went up by 6.2 per cent, fertilisers by 6.2 per cent, steel by 5.7 per cent, cement by 2.1 per cent and electricity generation by 2.2 per cent, over the figures logged during July 2021.
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According to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, coal production increased by 11.4 per cent in July 2022 over July 2021.
Australia’s unemployment rate falls despite 41,000 job losses in July
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"Many banks struggle to design rich apps well. A good mobile banking experience strikes the right balance between useful functionality and great user experience,a said the report.
"New functionality feels bolted on to older parts of the app and often has a completely different look and feel. The addition of a plethora of newer payment options makes the overall payment experience disjointed," said the Forrester report.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India's eight core sectors logged a growth of 4.5 per cent (provisional) last month (July) down from the growth rate of 9.9 per cent logged during July 2021, said the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
The government also revised the final growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for April 2022 to 9.5 per cent from its provisional level of 8.4 per cent.
"Global monetary and financial conditions will remain fairly restrictive through 2023," said Madhavi Bokil, Senior Vice President at Moody's. "Central banks will require decisive proof that high inflation no longer poses a threat to their policy objectives before letting up on their tight monetary stance. The challenging global economic environment of today will be resolved with a sharp and disinflationary slowdown in economic growth," Bokil added. For G-20 advanced economies, Moody's forecasts 2.1 per cent growth in 2022, and 1.1 per cent in For2023.G-20 emerging market
Addressing a press conference after the release of GDP data on Wednesday, which showed that first quarter growth in the current fiscal stood at 13.5 per cent, down from 20.1 per cent growth recorded in the corresponding period of last year, he said that India's GDP has crossed prepandemic levels. "India is on course to achieve 7 per cent growth in the current fiscal," Somanathan said.
The country's fiscal deficit is projected at 6.4 per cent of the GDP for this fiscal ending March 2023 as against 6.71 per cent for the previous year. Difference between total expenditure and revenue of the government is called fiscal deficit. At the same time, Somanathan added that there could be more spending on food and fertiliser subsidy during the current financial year.
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Global credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday reduced the 2022 real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for G-20 countries to 2.5 per cent from 3.1 per cent made in Moody'sMay. also cut the GDP growth forecast for the G-20 nations to 2.1 per cent from 2.9 per cent for the year 2023.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected GDP growth to be at 7.2 per cent for 2022-23. Somanathan also said that the government is on course to meet the fiscal deficit target for the current fiscal.
Importantly, inflation expectations remain anchored over the medium term. Labour markets remain tight in advanced economies, said Moody's.
China's low tolerance for Covid-19 outbreaks and weakness in its property sector pose risks to its growth outlook.
The user experience of Indian banking apps has improved significantly since 2020. Many have newer, cleaner interfaces that are easier to navigate and simplify payments by offering a combined search of registered payees irrespective of the payee's bank.
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countries, Moody's projects 3.3 per cent growth in 2022 and 3.8 per cent in 2023. According to Moody's, global trade in durable goods and commodity prices are set to soften. A pullback in goods demand is underway. Supply-chain problems are easing and global auto production is picking up, it said.
India assumes greater importance as several major world economies including American, Japanese, German, British and South Korean look to move out and diversify their businesses from China. India has jumped to 63rd rank in the World Bank’s Ease of Development 2020 report, and has also been ranked as the 9th largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment destinations in 2019 by the World Investment Report 2020 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The Construction industry in India consists of the Real estate as well as the Urban development segment. The Real estate segment covers residential, office, retail, hotels and leisure parks, among others. While Urban development segment broadly consists of sub-segments such as Water supply, Sanitation, Urban transport, Schools, and Healthcare. FDI in the construction development sector (townships, housing, built up infrastructure and construction development projects) and construction (infrastructure) activities stood at $27.97 bn and $26.20 bn, respectively, between April 2000 and March 2022.
> In FY21, infrastructure activities accounted for 13% share of the total FDI inflows of US$ 81.72 billion.
By Ishita Sirsikar and Srijata Deb, Strategic Investment Research Unit (SIRU) stories showcasing non-zerosum outcomes for businesses and Localsociety.businesses, often at odds with e-commerce behemoths over fees and commissions, have embraced this project with excitement. There are currently 200 sellers participating in the ONDC project, coming from a total of 15 cities. Interestingly, ONDC will keep referral commission caps at 3-5 per cent at a later time (for now, it's free), which represents a significant cost decrease compared to what companies currently spend to sell their products online. This is 7 to 10 times cheaper, in accordance with a Gofrugal estimate, than the typical online-selling commission rate of 23 per cent to 28 per cent on the cart value. Over the next five years, ONDC wants to produce 3 billion monthly orders, 15 billion neighbourhood businesses online, 900 million digital shoppers, and a gross merchandise value (GMV) of $ 48 billion. By late August or early September 2022, ONDC is anticipated to be accessible in more than 100 Indian towns and Opencities. networks like the internet are supported by open standards. A fundamental set of technological standards permits the linking of many kinds of systems. Effective open networks and standards competitivenessencourageandremove entry obstacles. A collection of open standards akin to India's Universal Payments Interface serve as the foundation of ONDC, which is fundamentally an open network. A platformcentric model, in which the buyer and seller must use the same platform or application to transact, is intended to be replaced by an open network that encourages cross-platform and cross-application interaction and commerce. All market participants can connect and share information using the open specifications and open network protocols provided by ONDC. However, the rollout of the aforementioned will not come without challenges. ONDC's significant feature remains its ability to connect buyers and sellers on a single platform. Only major firms appear to be entering the seller app ecosystem, even though a few buyer applications are beingContinuedregisteredonPage21
India – a country with over a billion population – with almost 60 per cent of them being regular internet users – is producing some of the world’s largest datasets in various sectors. According to a joint report by MMA India and GroupM India, the number of Indian internet users will expand from the current 622 million to 900 million by 2025. Same report suggests that India is likely to have 500 million online shoppers by 2030 (from 210 million in 2021) – generating huge data on consumers behaviour. Almost 600 million active social media users generate massive engagement and behavioural data. We are getting records of nearabout 38 billion UPI transactions per year – again generating enormous data which can be processed to understand say spending patterns. Be it any field, India is generating gigantic levels of data but now our focus should turn to our data processing capacity. Failing to harvest this power source will be a big miss for everyone. Data processing in India is one of the fastest growing segments and the sheer volume of data processing projects being outsourced to the country is astounding. India’s data analytics industry is projected to be valued at $ 118.7 billion by 2026 (IBEF). That still will not be the peak of what we can achieve. Here comes the opportunity for businesses to invest and bridge the gap. They will have to enable themselves to capitalize on data insights and analytics to make the best use of vast amount of data being generated. It will play a crucial role in turning of industry 4.0 generating employment for people and profits for businesses. Proper investments in scaling AI and machine learning systems will help in increasing data analytics capacity manifold. While working on increasing our technical capacity, we will also have to bring in programs for proper manpower upskilling with advanced technical skills. On the same note, proper awareness and transparency in data processing will be a must to keep data harnessing in ethical direction.
Open Network for Digital Commerce: Reinventing India’s E-commerce Landscape
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The global economic landscape is changing, and digital commerce has the potential to give companies a level playing field. It may open up new commercial prospects for many stakeholders, particularly for small companies.
Talking numbers, the global data analytics market is expected to exhibit remarkable growth with a CAGR of 30.08 per cent to make it to $ 77.64 billion within 2023according to a report by Market Research Future (MRFR).
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The current market structure needs to be changed in order for the general expansion of the digital commerce sector to occur with widespread participation from customers and sellers. At this point, we simply cannot transform it into a store of value if we want to rethink the mechanism to bring the players together with a focus on trust. Though the idea of a "platform of platforms" may seem quite logical, it may not solve the storage, universality, or trust issues. A paradigm shift from an operator-driven, monolithic platform-centric approach to a facilitator-driven, interoperable, decentralised network is required to solve a challenge of this Inmagnitude.thiscontext, the Indian government initiative, Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC) is a project that nonprofit think tanks developed. By putting tens of millions of ‘kiranas’ on an equal footing with online behemoths like Amazon, Google, and India's Flipkart. The program effectively creates an open order book for purchase requests that any store on the network can respond to. The project aims at redoing the digital world and make it more equitable and open to every participant. The goal of ONDC is to provide a digital commerce foundation that includes inventory management, logistics, dispute resolution, and other features. A nationwide rollout is scheduled following a successful launch in five Indian cities: Delhi, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Shillong, and Coimbatore. It further positions open commerce at the forefront and wishes to deliver success
By Shreyansh Kalhans, Invest India Data is the crude petroleum with huge monetary value but of insignificant utility in its raw form. But petroleum, when passed through a refinery, gives the gasoline which runs the world. Same way, data when analysed and refined into usable formats can do wonders. Companies like Google, Amazon etc. have made it large mainly by harnessing the potential of raw data and power of Analytics. Stepping up into cognitive analytics based on intelligent technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms and deep learning models, the future of data analytics is already here.
With great potential that data brings to the table, we should also be warned about consequences of it being misused. Data, if in wrong hands, can also be used to manipulate user behaviour, false advertising etc. At its worst, manipulated data can even lead to misleading public policies drafted by legislators based on recorded research and surveys. Government too, is currently working on improving the Data Protection Bill 2019. It is supposed to be a “comprehensive legal framework” to regulate the internet ecosystem, data processing systems, cybersecurity and harnessing non-personal data to unfold the hidden potential of huge data being generated. We will need to bring in vast awareness and education campaign to make users aware of their rights and duties in the online environment and enable them to control how much of the data generated by them is to be shared with various entities.
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As world economies restart their engines in a bid to regain lost ground due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India too shows signs of economic buoyancy and promise. India’s Make in India initiative holds a key to the global economic revival, something that should interest Australian government ministries, corporate sector, entrepreneurs, institutions seeking R&D collaborations and Australia Inc in general, among others.
> Cement production (weight: 5.37 %) increased by 19.4% in June 2022 over June 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 17.1 % during April to June 2022-23 over the corresponding period of previous year.
> Policy Support - In March 2021, the Parliament passed a bill to set up the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) to fund infrastructure projects in India.
The global expansion of digital commerce has been spurred by COVID-19. Digital commerce's percentage of total retail sales increased from 16 per cent in 2019 to 19 per cent in 2020, despite a fall in the mobility and travel services industry. This was due to an increase in business-toconsumer (B2C) sales, which was noticeable in online sales of food, household goods, and medical supplies. Additionally, COVID-19 led to a rise in business-tobusiness (B2B) digital trade.
“Data is the oil of 21st century and Analytics is the combustion engine.” Both of them aligned will lead India’s growth engine to PM Modi’s vision of India@100.
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However, he added, that if he ducks the summon this time as well, the agency top brass will consider some drastic action against him. Ghatak could not be contacted for his comment as his mobile phone was unreachable. from Page 20
The University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott, will travel to India this week to participate in the Australia India Leadership Dialogue and further strengthen the University’s engagement with the nation. On Saturday 3 September, Professor Scott will depart for a week-long trip across India to meet institutional and industry partners – a reflection of the country’s vital importance to the University and to higher education in Australia.
partnerships The trip will see the University strengthen existing research partnerships and announce new agreements with Indian partners.
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It is Professor Scott’s first visit to India as the University’s 27th Vice-Chancellor. He was appointed to the role in 2021. The trip includes the Australia India Leadership Dialogue on 6 September in New Delhi, where Professor Scott is one of 50 leaders invited from government, business, education, media and civil society in Australia and India to address the nations’ shared challenges and explore areas for cooperation, with an emphasis on emerging technology.
Currently more than 80 University researchers are working on joint projects across India in fields including health, environmental sciences, energy, sustainability, agriculture and entrepreneurship. These partnerships offer students and researchers the chance to work internationally and develop global networks, and bring together the brightest minds across borders to tackle global challenges such as climate change, water shortages and air Partnerspollution.include
Sydney Scholars India Equity InScholarshipNewDelhi on 5 September, Professor Scott will meet prospective candidates for the Sydney Scholars India Equity Scholarship, a collaboration with the Asha Society that supports postgraduate studies in Sydney for residents of Delhi’s slum
Professor Scott will speak at the event, which will also include representatives from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences.
“Our community includes more than 700 students from India, many of whom continued their studies remotely during the pandemic. We’ve been delighted to see so many returning to our campuses this year. Despite the disruptions of COVID-19, we’ve seen our number of commencing students from India increase in 2022 and we look forward to welcoming more of these talented future leaders.
“The University has deep and longstanding connections with Indian institutions and scholars.
Thecommunities.currentrecipient, Tushar Joshi, is in the second year of his Master of International Relations. He recently completed an internship with the Australia India Institute. In addition to the Sydney Scholars India Equity Scholarship, the University of Sydney offers a generous scholarship package for high-achieving students from ResearchIndia.
www.indianews.com.au on ONDC. Microsoft, Paytm, and PhonePe are the three buyer applications that have so far joined the network. There exists an emergent need to enlighten the small and medium sized local businesses and individual entrepreneurs of minor cities in the country regarding the project and urge them to subscribe to the same. There is also a lack of on-ground promotion that can ensure the onboarding of neighbourhood stores. Furthermore, companies need to build multilingual versions of these apps, given the vernacular diversity of the country.
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Therefore, if implemented efficiently and with relevant safeguard mechanisms in place, ONDC might profoundly alter the rules of e-commerce, usher in a time of open competition marked by less sway from vertically integrated platforms. All the stakeholders would ultimately profit from accelerated e-commerce adoption and the expansion of the global economic pie, including consumers, retailers, and even massive platforms.
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Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned West Bengal Law Minister, Malay Ghatak in connection with the coal smuggling scam in the state, to its New Delhi office on September 14 Trinamool Congress's national General Secretary Abhiskek Banerjee will have to be present at ED's Kolkata office on September 2 for questioning in the scam. His sister-in-law, Maneka Gambhir is supposed to be present at the agency's Kolkata office on September 5. ED sources said that this is not the first time that Ghatak has been summoned by them in connection with the coal smuggling scam. "This year, he had been summoned twice in the month of February. But he ducked that summons at the pretext of the Covid-19 situation. Now it is to be seen what he does this time," an ED official said.
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“At a time when international collaboration is more important than ever, our partnerships create opportunities for students and researchers from Australia and India, and foster innovations that benefit both nations.”
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“At the University of Sydney, we deeply value our relationship with India and recognise the nation’s vital importance to Australia’s higher education sector,” said Professor Scott.
Our researchers collaborate with colleagues in India on projects across health and medicine, environmental science, agriculture, engineering and business. There are opportunities to further expand these collaborations, working with Indian partners to address global challenges such as climate change and food security.
The roundtable will focus on the role of educational institutions in meeting future healthcare workforce needs and addressing the global burden of disease.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for a strong public health workforce and globally competent health professionals. On 8 September the University will co-host a roundtable with the Public Health Foundation of India to discuss the challenges and opportunities in providing outstanding medical and public-health education to clinicians, public-health and other health professionals.
The DFAT report estimates that the diaspora’s role in senior academic positions roles at lecturer level and above has increased from 1.75 per cent in 2016 to 1.92 per cent in 2020. Of the 721,000 Indians (2016 census) approximately 88% are of the working age and 61% are in full-time and 27% in a parttime employment making them the second highest tax-paying migrant community after the UK-born migrants, contributing over $12 billion to the Australian Aseconomy.of2021, numbering over 780,000 Indian migrants have overtaken Chinese and New Zealand born immigrants. Their numbers doubled between 19962006, and quadrupled between 2006-2020, and were Australia’s fastest growing large diaspora community in 2020. As per the ABS projections the Indian-born diaspora will reach 1.07 million by 2035 and 1.4 million by 2045.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has even established a Global Talent Officer for South Asia eying India as a source of global talent and business and expediting their migration.
The Rise of the Indian Diaspora in Downunder
According to 2016 ABS census Hindi (159,653 speakers) is the largest spoken language in the Indian households, followed by Punjabi (92,591 speakers), Malayalam (displacing Gujarati as the third most spoken Indian language), Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Kannada and Bengali. Of these Hindi speaking Indians, 135,443 are Fijian-Indians. As India rises as a Vishwa Guru, Indians assume their long due place in the Australian society.
By Mohan Kumar
While a rough translation of the word is no doubt 'self-reliant', it is nevertheless not the kind of self-reliance that India arguably believed and practiced in the early years of its Independence up until the seventies and eighties.
It is easy to state what it is not. It is certainly not authoritarian; it is certainly not inward-looking; and it is most certainly not stopping imports and making every product at home. It may be more prudent to think of 'Aatmanirbharta' as Self-Reliance In2.0.this framework of SelfReliance 2.0, the PM clarified that rather than being self-centred, India will open up even more to the world outside, guided by its motto: 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', or our Earth is just one family.
The above is not to suggest that everything is rosy. India faces monumental challenges with regard to eradication of poverty, job creation and investment in health/education/skills of its vast population. But the lessons are clear: India is sui generis and it is only an "Indian" model that will work for India and Indians.
A data-rich report prepared by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade entitled — “Australia’s Indian Diaspora: A National Asset: Mapping the Community’s Reach into the Australia-India Economic Relationship”— quite timely encapsulates the rise of the diaspora, especially when bilateral relations have hit a historic high. Australia’s rapidly transforming demography wherein one in four Australian has been born overseas, Indian diaspora is now turning heads. Calling the diaspora ‘aspirational’, the report shows that a comparatively younger diaspora is vital for meeting Australia’s skills shortage, technological development and exports.
Hence, the capital importance of Aatmanirbharta. After all, as we have seen above, 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' is not just good for India, but also for the world at large. (Dr Mohan Kumar is a former Indian Ambassador who is a fulltime academic now. The views expressed are personal)
It was in May 2020 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the clarion call for a Bharat that was 'Aatmanirbhar'. It is important to clarify what this meant and what it did not.
Citing the 2016 ABS Census the report observes, “The median age of Indian-born residents in Australia in 2016 was just 33 years, compared to 44 years for overseas-born migrants generally, with 87 per cent under the age of 50. Compared to the general population, there is a larger share among Indian-born people aged 25 to 39 as well as a larger percentage of children under the age of nine”. Largely concentrated (70%) in the states of Victoria and New South Wales, the diaspora has moved interstate into Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. In any developing suburb, an Indian family is a common sight. The DFAT report indicates that the cumulative effect of a generally highly educated youthful, linguistically diverse and growing community, plugged into networks of innovation, and well represented in business, across services and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors with a strong export potential. It is a key contributor to not only bilateral trade and investment but Australia’s international competitiveness.
To understand the significance of UPI, consider this: India accounted for the largest number of worldwide digital transactions in 2021 at a whopping 48 billion, a number that is nearly three times bigger than China's 18 billion, and is at least six times bigger than the transactions of the US, Canada, the UK, France and Germany combined. Voices in the US are saying that we must learn from India which is leapfrogging into the future. Again, Aatmanirbharta at work.
Modi went on to say that Aatmanirbharta will stand on five pillars: Economy, infrastructure, technology, demography and demand. The PM explained the raison d'etre of Aatmanirbharta by saying that this should prepare India for participation in global supply chains and that this is a battle India cannot afford to lose. There is little doubt that the global Covid-19 pandemic played a significant role in India's push for Self-Reliance 2.0. Take the simple example of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and N-95 masks. At the beginning of the pandemic, India was not making any N-95 masks. Today, India manufactures at least 200,000 N-95 masks a day, if not more. Even more impressive is India's own record of vaccinating its mammoth population. When Covid emerged in 2020, almost no one believed India could ever fully vaccinate its population and that such an exercise would take years. Yet, in July 2022, about 18 months after the first vaccination, India completed two billion doses of vaccines for its citizens.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2021 census 783,958 persons declared their ancestry as Indian constituting 3.1% of the Australian population. They constitute the second largest taxpayers and easily outnumber their Australian counterparts in stadiums during the Border-Gavaskar series.
The story of how this was achieved is worthy of a case study, which will cover vital issues such as public-private partnership, Centre-state cooperation and not to forget, building awareness among citizens and getting their participation willingly in this Indeed,exercise.the WHO and others have praised India and the best practices here will be emulated the world over. Proving that Self-Reliance 2.0 is not just for Indians, the country also exported a large number of vaccines and PPE kits to countries all over the Theworld.latest statistics from the MEA website talks of 240 million (approx) vaccines which have been delivered to 101 countries, including developed, developing and least-developed nations. The story of India being the pharmacy of the world is too well known to bear any repetition here. All of this is real Aatmanirbharta at Thework.Co-WIN platform that India used for administering vaccines to its mammoth population was remarkable. Co-WIN is essentially a cloud-based IT solution for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Covid vaccination in India. By July 2021, India decided to make this open platform available to all countries for their use. In the Co-WIN global conclave organised in July 2021, as many as 142 countries expressed interest in adopting it. Again, this is Aatmanirbharta at work.
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The war in Ukraine has had a profound impact not just in Europe, but more importantly for developing and least-developed countries. Specifically, the war has impacted food, energy and commodity prices adversely. Wheat shortage in particular is expected to affect Africa and the Middle-East quite significantly. At a time like this, it is comforting to know that India's position when it comes to food security for its huge population is satisfactory. This is yet another manifestation of Self-Reliance 2.0. Indeed, not only was India able to give away food-grains and lentils to 800 million of its citizens as part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, but also able to carry out modest exports of food-grains to low income countries that needed it. Again, Aatmanirbharta at work. Yet another amazing success story of Aatmanirbharta is the case of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) which is a government-backed centralised digital payment gateway that is widely popular in India.
According to the 2021 Orbisdatabaseof companyinformation collated by Bureau van Dijk,a Moody’s Analytics Company — people of Indian heritage are employed in at least 996 Australian organizations of which an estimated 2,840 (13%) as directors and managers (12.5% women), constituting 3% of the Australian population. The report says that 964 of these 2,840 could potentially drive bilateral business and trade engagements in health, tourism, ICT and resources, across companies with a gross $250 billion annual turnover. Surprisingly, in the flagship sector of education, and in agribusiness their role remains below par. But that may change rapidly as international education and student migration drive bilateral relationship. Indians were the largest source of skilled migrants in 2019-20 and second largest source of international students in 2019-20 to Australia.
On what basis? Well, the actors starring in the film and the maker behind it.
By Dmitry Kosyrev
The film industry’s captains of doom
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The film industry in Mumbai is in doldrums and guess who all have delivered it to its near doom? The industry's own people. The very people who are here to do business, make a living out of it. To live and let live has always been the adage followed in the trade, like in all other trades. Folks in the industry were always more considerate to those who incurred losses in some venture and did not disown them.
If recently, two major star films, 'Laal Singh Chaddha' and 'Raksha Bandhan', have flopped or rather emerged as unmitigated disasters at the box office, it is not because of any boycott or social media, or that they were bad. Even if a film is bad, one with such stars as Aamir and Akshay should at least open well! Both were met with a very, very poor response.
A lot of these companies, even while exiting, had spoiled the stars so much that with every successful film, they went on adding a few more crores in multiples of ten to their price tag till their films became unviable.
The problem with these corporate houses is that they know nothing about filmmaking and their involvement was limited to mainly financing films, the ones which had big stars. They cared for delivery and that could be done only by the ones who were close to the stars. So, a star's secretary would be sanctioned, say, Rs 100 crore to go and make three movies! It was just about who could rope in a certain star so that a film would attract crowds from the day it opened. They did not consider content. They backed projects, not content. There were many films supported by such corporate houses and, soon, their projects started showing up on their Somewherebottom-line.along the line, the intentions started showing. They were here to exploit. The greedy side surfaced. They started eating into the roots of the tree that bore fruits. Killing the golden goose, as the saying goes. You don't make money if you do not let others earn, too.
If 'Laal Singh Chaddha' was the Indian version of 'Forrest Gump', unnecessarily stretched, Akshay Kumar's 'Raksha Bandhan' borrowed the plot from producer Shabnam Kapoor's 1991 Mithun Chakraborty film, 'Pyar Ka Devta', where the hero promises his dying mother that he won't enter into wedlock till he sees his three sisters married off.
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Don't take your audience for granted, don't blame OTT. Blame yourself. If the fate of 'Laal Singh Chaddha' and 'Raksha Bandhan' don't open your eyes and minds, it is really a point of no return.
Things started changing as the prospect hunters entered the arena so as to give the industry a corporate work culture. What did they know about filmmaking? Nothing, nothing at all. They installed management graduates on top. Did they know filmmaking? They did not. Marketing consumer products is not the same as marketing films and creativity is not a part of any education. Amitabh Bachchan was the first to learn this the hard way. He launched the Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL), later renamed AB Corp, to professionally produce films, promote new talent as well as to organise other events related to entertainment. He did not have any experienced film industry person at the helm. The move led Bachchan almost to bankruptcy. Some more big-time corporate houses followed. The houses of Tata, Birla, Singhania and Biyani left as soon as they entered after their initial Theexperience.oneswho came in later included some foreign-funded companies, too. We had Sony, Fox Star, Columbia, Viacom, Warner, Walt Disney UTV and Reliance Big, for instance. Some have folded up; a couple of others deal with a select few filmmakers.
Everything in the film industry was hunky-dory. People made films. They staked everything they had. Hit or flop, they survived to make another film and the industry people stood by them. The financers, the toughest guys to deal with, also extended their support, for without them, a producer could never make another film. If a producer lost money in one film, the star concerned considered him in his next film and his regular distributor did not forsake him. If an exhibitor incurred loss on one film, the distributor made concessions in the next film. So far all was well and the film industry was thriving on its own. No support from any outside agencies, including the central and state governments, no industry status and no institutional finance. Yet, they were the first ones on call when the nation needed them.
Now, his fourth release, 'Raksha Bandhan', will help him with the dubious achievement of finally crossing the Rs 100-crore mark. Is that good news for those who back such actors blindly? Okay, they don't have a department to check content and vet it, but don't they have a costs and accounts department? (While on the subject of Akshay Kumar, a producer signed him for three films with a one-time lump sum payment. Following the latest disaster, the producer hurriedly offloaded one of the three films to an OTT platform this week!)
Not because the masses did not crave for cinema, but because they were kept out of this one form of entertainment that used to be available and affordable to them. The reason was unreasonable pricing. What happened to single-screen cinemas? Thanks to the shortsighted policies of various state governments, they stood no chance in hell to survive. Maybe the policymakers thought that multiplexes were going to be some kind of mint for the state governments! They were granted all sorts of concessions on land acquisition and entertainment tax exemptions, though the single screens never got any. What was the logic and where was the economic sense here? Besides, the multiplex being a novelty and a place to boast about, the audience preference moved to the new way of watching films. Sadly, it was a case of never returning for some and no cinema to watch a movie at for most. The single screens had no alternative but to close down. Some single-screen properties were gobbled up by the multiplex chains, while most others lie in ruins now, in such a state that nobody can imagine these were once throbbing hubs frequented by thousands each day.
Next, we got the multiplex culture. They took the cinemagoing experience from a mass medium of entertainment to the elite level. Their admission rates were restrictive and exorbitant, which kept the very audience that contributed towards the kind of success films enjoyed over the years. The days of silver and golden jubilees were gone.
Is selling a small carton of popcorn at Rs 450 a stroke of marketing genius? (Corn, by the way, is regarded as the poor man's food.) You expect only the affluent to come to your property to watch cinema, but that does not deter you from levying parking charges.
Marketing is a word bandied about in the film industry ever since the so-called corporate culture tried to force its way in. What exactly does it mean? What does a marketing guy do? Is he the one to decide how many screens to be granted to what film? Films have been released in cinemas from the day they were made. So, what is new? The new thing is that these marketing guys, even while knowing nothing about the film in question, decide on whether it should get 3,000 or 4000 screens, or far fewer than that number.
During the Covid-19 lockdown, cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi travelled across areas in the Hindi belt and recorded in pictures the state of these single screens. The book with tell-tale pictures should be out soon.
Take for example the instance of Akshay Kumar. His last three films together could not cross the Rs 100-crore mark.
Phrases such as 'mass film', 'mass appeal', 'film for the masses', 'loved by the masses' were forgotten because the masses could not afford to watch films anymore.
'The Kashmir Files' started off with just about 500-odd screens. It went on adding screens with success to reach 3,500 within the first nine days. Guess who is the greediest of them all? The actors. For a lot of undeserved money, they sell themselves. Which stars and even wannabe stars seriously think they are worth what they are demanding? A new actor who comes up with one decent boxoffice performer, starts talking in multiples of crores. Corporate finances worked well if a film was successful, so some actors decided to turn to film production. Why let someone else make money if my films are working? All stars, none excluded, took to film production. Make a film for brother, sister, brotherin-law, but why let an outsider earn. So what if he made films with you when you were not such a Then,hit? of course, there are brand endorsements. I don't know how the brands profit by paying crores to stars for promoting their underwear, cooking oil and colas, but I have seen a star endorsing a product in a very competitive market even though tickets for his films don't sell for Rs 100! Unlike in cricket, a film star never knows when to call it quits.
The poster and promotional video launch of the Multicultural Community Inclusion and Engagement Goodwill Cup between IAIE XI and QPS XI was held on 4th September at the Sip and Dine restaurant at Woolloongabba. In the event, players of the Goodwill Cup were presented with their caps and welcomed by the IAIE CEO Ashutosh Misra and IAIE XI coach Anu Perera. On the occasion the promotional video featuring messages from Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll, Senior Sergeant Wayne Clayton, Queensland Cricket CEO Terry Svenson, Shaun Star, Amol Wagholikar, Anu Perera and Ashutosh Misra. The event also marked the 4th foundational anniversary of the Institute for Australia India Engagement. A large number of community leaders and members attended the event who launched the poster amid the big fanfare. www.indianews.com.au
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Pune, Sep 4 (IANS) Suraj Lande’s sensational sky dive helped Odisha Juggernauts to clinch the title of the inaugural edition of Ultimate Kho Kho after beating Telugu Yoddhas by 46-45 in a thrilling final at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, here on AfterSunday.Telugu Yoddhas, managed to add 21 points in the third turn to take 41-27 lead, Sachin Bhargo provided two crucial points for his side and also kept Odisha Juggernauts at bay for 2.44 minutes. When he was dismissed, Telugu Yoddhas were in lead at 45-43 with just 1.24 minutes left in the match. However, Lande, who tested the defence of Telugu Yoddhas with his stay of 3.03 minutes in the third turn, had different plans for Odisha Juggernauts. With just 14 seconds remaining in the game, he captured Avdhut Patil with a superb sky dive that not only added three winning points for Odisha Juggernauts but also helped them win the title. Lande scored nine points in attack for the winning side while Rohan Shingade secured 11 points for Telugu Yoddhas. Earlier, popular Bollywood singer Mohit Chauhan sang the national anthem in style to kick-start the blockbuster final. The Lions Crew, which won bronze medal in the 2021 World Hip Hop Dance Championship, also exhibited dazzling performance celebrating the India’s first-ever franchisebased Kho-Kho league. Odisha Juggernauts chose to defend as Vishal showcased brilliant skills to put a challenge for the league’s best attacking side, Telugu Yoddhas. Coming into the first batch, he defended for four minutes and 23 seconds to score eight bonus points for Odisha Juggernauts and then skipper Dipesh More and Dilip Khandavi added two more points with their unbeaten stay of 2.37 Withminutes.aremarkable defensive display, Odisha Juggernauts held Telugu Yoddhas to 10-10 in the first Teluguturn.Yoddhas, the first team to reach 100 defensive points in Ultimate Kho Kho, responded well after switching positions as they not only restricted Odisha Juggernauts to 13 points but also added eight points with the help of Adarsh Mohite’s 4.12-minute defence. However, Odisha Juggernaut kept themselves ahead with a narrow 23-20 lead at the end of the nail-biting first Championinnings.
IANS has a look at the reasons which played a part in India losing their first match of Asia Cup 2022: India’s- middle overs wobble with bat A whirlwind 54-run opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, with Virat Kohli looking good, it was the perfect platform for India to double the score on a pitch and inch to getting 200, especially in Dubai which has got an overwhelming reputation to make life easier for chasing sides. But Kohli found little support from other end to accelerate in last five overs as India lost three big wickets in middle overs. Suryakumar Yadav (13) slog-swept straight to backward square leg off left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz. Rishabh Pant (14) reverseswept straight to backward point off leg-spinner Shadab Khan. Hardik Pandya punched a crossseam ball from Mohammad Hasnain straight to a forward diving short mid-wicket to depart for a two-ball duck. Though Kohli and Deepak Hooda (16 off 14 balls) got some big hits in the end, it was too little, too late for India with the middle order not coming to the party as Pakistan conceded just 88 runs in the last ten overs.
Australia’s ODI series vs Kiwis to kick-start minor tweaks in side for 2023 World Cup: McDonald Townsville (Queensland), Sep 4 (IANS) Australia men’s cricket team coach Andrew McDonald has indicated the three-match One-day International series against New Zealand at Cairns, beginning September 6, will be the beginning of the process of Leg-spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi had taken out Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam cheaply. But Nawaz, sent to bat at number four to counter them, hit six fours and two sixes in a quick 20-ball 42 to give Pakistan’s chase much-needed impetus. He began by cutting Chahal past short third man for four. He then clobbered Pandya over longon for a much-needed six and slog-swept Bishnoi for six over mid-wicket. Nawaz was brutal against pacers too, hammering Arshdeep Singh down the ground and slammed fours off Pandya through cover and over the keeper’s head. He capitalised on Chahal’s loose deliveries by placing fours through leg-side. But it was his game against spin which got the tide in favour of Pakistan, smacking 22 runs off nine balls at a whopping strike-rate of 244.44. Though Mohammad Rizwan’s anchor role and a knock of 71 was crucial in Pakistan’s win, Nawaz was the driving force of the fivewicket victory with his all-round show. Unsurprisingly, he was adjudged Player of the Match. Pakistan’s spinners outdo India’s leg-spin duo As Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave India a blazing start with 54 run-opening stand in five overs, Pakistan needed their spinners, Nawaz and Shadab, to stem the run flow. They exactly did that. Nawaz conceded just 25 in four overs, including the fifth over in the powerplay and took out a dangerous Suryakumar Yadav too. Shadab varied his line and length well to not conceded sixes in his spell of 2/31, including a superb five-run 16th over. He also took out Rishabh Pant and Deepak Hooda in his four overs to delay the Indian acceleration. In the innings, Pakistan’s pacers conceded 121 runs and picked three wickets, at an RPO of 10.88. In contrast, their spinners bowled eight overs between themselves for just 56 runs and picked three wickets, at an RPO of just seven. India’s spinners, Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal, conceded 69 runs overall in eight overs, picking just two wickets at an RPO of 8.62, with Hooda’s parttime off-spin not considered at all. Their pace counterparts gave away 111 runs, picking three wickets at an RPO of 9.65.
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Nawaz promotion throws India Sunday’soff-guardSuper Four match against Pakistan was an occasion where India looked clueless and were put in a what to do situation with Nawaz’s promotion to number four. After his tight spell of 1/25 in four overs with an economy rate of 6.25 apart from taking catches of Pandya and Hooda, Nawaz played a brilliant knock which left India rattled.
Dubai, Sep 5 (IANS) For the second time in seven days, an India-Pakistan match went down the wire in Asia Cup 2022. For the second time in the multi-nation event, the outcome of an IndiaPakistan match was decided in the final over. But this time, the result was in Pakistan’s favour, defeating India by five wickets with a ball to spare in a thrilling Super Four match at the Dubai International Stadium. If it was India, who had aced a chase of 148 in Group A match, it was Pakistan’s turn to chase down 182 in the Super Four match.
Though Australia clinched the series 2-1, it was the manner in which the hosts capitulated which stood out, with nine of their batters scoring in single digits. Opener David Warner, with his patient 96-ball 94, helped the hosts to 141 before they were bundled out in 31 overs. In reply, Zimbabwe notched up the required runs for the loss of seven wickets in 39 overs to record a memorable win.
Starc was also the quickest ever to 100 ODI wickets (after 52 matches) in 2016, though Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan had improved upon that mark in 2018, reaching the milestone in eight fewer Zimbabwegames.scored a historic three-wicket victory against the Aaron Finch-led Australia, with leg-spinner Burl grabbing five wickets for just 10 runs as he brought the hosts to their knees in the third and final One-day International on Saturday.
streamlining the side for the 50over World Cup in India next year. Australia recently won the ODI series against Zimbabwe at Townsville 2-1, but the visitors too had some big takeaways, managing to upset the hosts, with part-time spinner Ryan Burl taking five wickets in the final
Playing in his 102nd ODI here, Starc dismissed tail-ender Ryan Burl when the batter spooned a catch to Cameron Green at mid-off. Starc achieved the feat in two fewer matches than the former Pakistani cricketer (104), according to cricket.com.au.
Asia Cup 2022: Exploring the reasons behind India’s five-wicket loss to Pakistan in thrilling
Starc has reached a doublecentury of wicket in fewer matches than the likes of Brett Lee (112 ODIs), the late Shane Warne (125), Mitchell Johnson (129) and Glenn McGrath (133).
Odisha Juggernauts awarded with a whooping INR 1 crore prize money and also the coveted trophy while the secondplaced Telugu Yoddhas took home INR 50 Gujaratlakh.Giants bagged INR 30 lakh as prize money for their thirdplace finish.
Australia made just one change during the series win against Zimbabwe with Mitchell Marsh returning to Perth to nurse a minor ankle injury. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar replaced him after captain Aaron Finch indicated he wanted the batting line-up to run deep with allrounders Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Marsh all part of the winning unit.
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Townsville, Sep 3 (IANS) There was something to cheer for Australia amid the gloom of losing the third and final One-day International against Zimbabwe here on Saturday, with pace bowler Mitchell Starc claiming his 200th ODI wicket to break a 23-year-old record, and become the fastest ever to reach the Starc,milestone.32,has become the quickest-ever bowler to 200 ODI wickets, eclipsing the 23-year-old record set by Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq.
TheODI.three-wicket loss for Australia was a wakeup call and McDonald has insisted the ODI series against No.1 ranked New Zealand will kick-start a series of minor tweaks in the side in the run-up to the showpiece global event next year.
Canberra, August 25 (IANS) The Australian government is facing criticism for its decision to open up more than 46,000 squarekm of the ocean for oil and gas Madeleineexploration.King, the Minister for Resources, had recently announced that 10 areas spanning 46,758 square-km off the coasts of the Northern Territory (NT), Western Australia and Victoria have been approved for exploration, reports Xinhua news Theagency.decision has been criticized by climate-focused independent MPs who say it contradicts the Labor government's commitment to a stronger emissions reduction target. Earlier this month, Labor had passed a bill that would enshrine into law an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 through the lower house of Parliament.
On Thursday however, Senator David Pocock said the announcement "doesn't make Insense".order to pass the bill through the Senate, Labor requires Pocock's support.
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"You can't be serious about climate action and talking up how you're legislating 43 percent by 2030, and at the same time opening up 46,000 square km for offshore oil and gas exploration," he was quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on "WeThursday.can'tkeep going down this path, it's a kick in the guts for the millions of Australians who are living with the impacts of climate change already, that have had their homes flooded four times in a "Weyear.can't keep going down this road," he added.
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 (IANS) Stating that development and environment are both essential, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Tuesday that climate-friendly sustainable development is the need of the hour. Patnaik said this while virtually addressing an induction programme of 35 assistant environmental engineers and scientists, who joined the Odisha State Pollution Control Board. Patnaik said that environment and climate change is the single most important issue of the world in the current times. Describing the gravity of the issue, he said, "A few years ago, we were discussing the impact of global warming and pollution. Now, I believe, we are in the midst of climate change that has made life difficult for people all around the globe." This year, there are severe drought conditions in Europe and China, while Pakistan is facing massive flood situations never seen in several decades. In India, different states are witnessing droughts or floods because of uneven rains in the monsoon, he pointed out.
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"The campaign has an international reach, but a heavy focus on the Asia Pacific region, Australian governmental entities, and companies and countries operating in the South China Sea," said researchers. In particular, Proofpoint observed TA423/Red Ladon targeting entities directly involved with development projects in the South China Sea "closely around the time of tensions between China and other countries related to development projects of high strategic importance", such as the Kasawari Gas field developed by Malaysia, and an offshore wind farm in the Strait of Taiwan. Following the US Department of Justice indictment and public disclosure in July 2021, Proofpoint analysts have not observed a distinct disruption of operational tempo, specifically for phishing campaigns associated with TA423/ Red Ladon. Overall, the Chinese hacking group "continues pursuing its intelligence-gathering and espionage mission primarily targeting countries in the South China Sea, as well as further intrusions in Australia, Europe and the United States".
‘India committed to drive low carbon industry transitions through multi-pronged approach’
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said that there was an urgent need to mobilise resources to stimulate the economy in a manner that makes it more resilient and sustainable. Addressing the opening ceremony of the G20 Environmental & Climate ministerial meeting in Bali, the Minister said that the world is going through multiple crises, with rising energy bills, food insecurity, and a pandemic that continues to push back years of progress in sustainable development. He said that there is an urgent need to mobilise resources to stimulate the economy in a manner that makes it more resilient and sustainable. "But the current pace and scale of climate finance from developed countries is not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change. "India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to driving its low carbon industry transitions through a multi-pronged approach cutting across sectors. The low carbon growth strategy as enunciated in ‘Panchamrit’ is a reflection of our commitment to sustainable development,” he added. US Call us at 1300 859 066
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Beginning on April 12 and continuing through mid-June 2022, Proofpoint identified several waves of a phishing campaign by a Chinese hacking group that targeted offshore energy production in the South China TheSea. phishing campaign involved URLs delivered in phishing emails, which redirected victims to a malicious website posing as an Australian news media outlet.
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Government policy support coupled with competitivenessimprovingofrenewable energy will fuel Emerging Asia’s (EM Asia) long-term transition to a lower carbon energy mix, albeit at different speeds, said Moody’s Investors Service in a new report. However, key challenges remain for certain countries, including inconsistent policy implementation and high leverage to fund renewables’ capacity “Governmentexpansion. policies, such as priority in dispatch and mandatory renewable energy consumption targets, will further support the sector’s development in EM Asia. Still, the move away from coal will depend on how governments balance nearterm objectives such as energy affordability and security against long-term emission reduction goals,” Boris Kan, a Moody’s Vice President and Senior Credit Officer said. EM Asian countries’ plans to reach net-zero emissions depend on shifting the fuel mix from mainly thermal power toward clean and renewable Theenergy.International Energy Agency’s stated policy scenario predicts total installed nonhydropower renewable capacity in China, India and Southeast Asia will increase from about 700 gigawatts (GW) in 2020 to about 5,300GW in 2050. In EM Asian countries such as India and China, wind and solar power are the most competitive energy sources, mainly driven by a drop in wind turbine and solar module prices over the past 3-5 years despite recent price volatility. But difficulties remain for renewable energy companies, including (1) their noncompliance with renewable purchase obligations, (2) delays to renewable tariff payments by off-takers, (3) uncertainty of the renewable tariff regime, (4) higher leverage amid significant renewable expansion, although major companies will have access to lower-cost financing, and (5) electricity transmission constraints, Moody’s said.
Cyber-security researchers on Tuesday said they discovered a recent cyber espionage campaign targeting energy and manufacturing firms globally, including in the South China Sea, that was perpetrated by Chinese hackers. The targets of this cyber attack spanned Australia, Malaysia, and Europe, as well as entities that operate in the South China Sea, according to US-based cybersecurity firm Proofpoint and PwC Threat Intelligence. "TA423/Red Ladon is a Chinabased, espionage-motivated threat actor that has been active since 2013, targeting a variety of organisations in response to political events in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on the South China Sea," the company said in a blog post. China has always denied that its hacking groups target foreign manufacturers,includeTargetedcompanies.organisationsdefencecontractors,universities, government agencies, legal firms involved in diplomatic disputes, and foreign companies involved with Australasian policy or South China Sea operations.
Policy support, competitiveness to fuel growth of renewable energy in Emerging Asia: Moody’s
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Chinese hackers target energy firms in South China Sea, Asia-Pacific
TA423/Red Ladon also targeted Cambodia via websitesmasqueradingdomainsasnewsandattackedhighprofile government entities, including the National Election InCommission.March,Proofpoint observed phishing activity that targeted a European manufacturer of heavy equipment utilised in the installation of an offshore wind farm in the Strait of Taiwan.
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"Therefore, it's time to act and course correct ourselves. For us, development and environmenta both are essential. We require climate-friendly sustainable development," Patnaik said, adding that science and technology can help us in this tough Speakingsituation.onthe actions taken in the state, Patnaik said that Odisha is a front line state in the climate change action plan. The state has made a comprehensive policy to address issues of climate change, he Patnaikadded.further said that as engineers and scientists with their expertise in environmental issues, they have a pivotal role to play to ensure enforcement of pollution norms and suggest improvements in government's efforts. He expected the new recruits to rise to the occasion, take all possible actions for a clean and green Odisha.
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According to a report issued by the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) last month, GP clinics, hospitals and ambulance services in the state were struggling with staff shortages and being overwhelmed by demand. The public health system was juggling thousands of people needing care for flu and Covid-19, alongside the many thousands of people who needed emergency care for other reasons every day.
BHU claims breakthrough in gallbladder cancer treatment
The research team identified 27 somatic mutations that involved 14 critical genes. Of these, two genes namely p53 and KRAS were the most mutated and appeared to be driver mutations behind these cancers. He said that the bioinformatics analysis identified MAP kinase, PI3K-AKT, EGF/ EGFR and Focal Adhesion PI3KAKT-mTOR signalling pathways and cross-talk between these pathways. The study suggested that the complex crosstalk between the mTOR, MAPK and multiple interacting cells signalling cascades promotes gallbladder cancer progression, and hence, motor targeted treatment is an attractive option in the cure of gallbladder cancer. These targeting molecules are available and approved for different indications, however, they have never been used in gallbladder cancer.
Canberra, Aug 23 (IANS) The lingering impacts of Covid-19 pandemic in Australia were felt more severely by women in the country, a survey published on Tuesday said.
Sydney, Aug 29 (IANS) From Monday, pensioners and other concession card holders in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state will be able to access up to 10 free Covid rapid antigen tests "Although(RATs).we are heading out of winter, the risk of Covid-19 remains and we want to ensure RATs are easily accessible for Aus state to recruit health workers to cope with staff shortage
The survey conducted by researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) found that during the pandemic, women's employment, hours of work, domestic labour, mental health and well-being all took larger hits than their male counterparts, reports Xinhua news agency.
The best thing we can do is to support our hardworking staff and give them more support on the ground, that's why this package will train and hire more nurses than ever before," said Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews.
The findings came from a nationwide survey of 1,931 men and 1,691 women employed across a variety of industries including construction, mining, education, healthcare and the arts, and were conducted between November 2021 and March 2022. Of men surveyed, 84 per cent were in full time work compared with 72 per cent of women, meaning that women were much more likely to lose their jobs or income as health restrictions were Followingintroduced.thistrend, women were taking on more hours of domestic labour, house cleaning and child rearing, and foregoing new job opportunities or opportunities for professional development.
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"The effects of these job losses, reduced income and domestic labour burdens meant women suffered greatly from fatigue, stress, anxiety and depression," said Fitzsimmons.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Delhi on Tuesday reported 382 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against 214 the previous day, while there were five more deaths, said the health bulletin. Meanwhile, the Covid positivity rate of the city has come down to 2.85 per cent. The number of active cases stands at 2,226 out of which 1,627 patients are being treated in home isolation. With 410 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has gone to 19,70,547, while Delhi's total caseload is 19,99,240 and the death toll in the city has risen to 26,467. The number of Covid containment zones stands at 195.
"Governments also need to better incorporate hybrid working arrangements, provide equal access to parental leave entitlements and overhaul wage-setting mechanisms," said contributing author Miriam Yates.
Many hospitals have also been running at an unprecedented capacity level to clear the elective surgery backlog due to Covid-19 restrictions since the pandemic began. On Monday, Victoria reported 2,147 cases and four deaths from the virus. There were 343 hospitalizations and 22 in intensive care units.
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The findings of the study have been published in the prestigious scientific journal Molecular biology reports. According to Pandey, the driver mutations for gall bladder cancers have been identified for the first time. However, it is still unclear why the mutations occur mainly in these two genes in this geographical area. Heavy metal toxicity and typhoid carrier state have earlier been implicated in gallbladder carcinogenesis. He said this pathway and the cross talk have been identified for the first time in the world, and this opens the gate for use of new therapeutic drugs like evrolimus and temsirolimus in gallbladder cancer. Both of these drugs are mTOR inhibitors and interfere with the synthesis of proteins that regulate proliferation, growth and survival of tumour cells. They also reduce tumour growth by reducing angiogenesis (new blood vessel formation in tumour) by inhibiting VEGF (gene) and hence cut its food supply, thereby killing the cells. Pandey added that the research team has submitted a proposal for a clinical trial of mTOR inhibitors in gallbladder cancer, which if successful, will open a new doorway for treatment of gallbladder cancer which is considered incurable till now.
The researchers said that the findings give new evidence that the outcomes of the pandemic have not been split equally along the lines of gender. They made a series of recommendations to address the unequal impacts, including investment into early education and childcare, greater investment into social and mental health support, and addressing the role of gender stereotypes.
Melbourne, Aug 29 (IANS) Australia's state of Victoria is recruiting and training a massive number of healthcare workers to cope with staff shortage partly due to Covid-19. Under the initiative announced by the Victoria government, more than 17,000 nurses and midwives will be recruited and trained for the state's healthcare system, reports Xinhua news agency. More than 10,000 students will have the cost of their nursing or midwifery undergraduate studies paid for, while scholarships will be available for thousands more who complete postgraduate studies in areas of need including intensive care, cancer care, paediatrics and nurse practitioner specialties. All new domestic students enrolling in a professional-entry nursing or midwifery course in 2023 and 2024 will receive a scholarship of up to A$16,500 ($11,297) to cover course costs. Students will receive A$9,000 while they study and the remaining A$7,500if they work in Victoria's public health services for two years. More midwives will also join the workforce through an expanded postgraduate midwifery incentive programme, with scholarships and salary support.
"This builds upon our earlier commitment to pick up the Federal ConcessionalGovernment'sAccessProgram, which it dropped at the end of last month," said NSW Minister for Multiculturalism and Minister for Seniors Mark Coure.
pensioners and concession card holders," Victor Dominello, minister for customer service and digital government of the NSW government, said on Monday. Under the new programme, which will run until the end of October, those eligible mainly include such groups as pensioners, veterans and people with low income, reports Xinhua news agency.
A factsheet from the country's Department of Health showed that from January to July of this year, the Australian government launched a temporary RAT concessional access scheme, allowing concession card holders 20 free tests over the six-month period. By Monday morning, Australia has recorded 9,976,582 confirmed cases and 13,648 deaths, as the seven-day moving average of daily increase nears 12,000 cases per day.
A research team led by Manoj Pandey from the Department of Surgical Oncology at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has identified the somatic mutations responsible for developing gallbladder cancer. Gallbladder cancer is one of the most common kind of cancers reported in the Gangetic belt. The cancer is often diagnosed late and has a poor survival rate. The current five-year survival rate is 10-20 per cent. According to Pandey, the researchers at BHU have been working on gallbladder cancer for the past 25 years to find out the probable causes which continue to remain elusive.
It will help them continue working while having their specialist studies in midwifery.
"Every health system in the country is under enormous pressure due to the pandemic.
As a part of the research, the team carried out next generation sequencing of tumour DNA from gallbladder cancer in 33 patients. This was further subjected to bioinformatics analysis.
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"Women are also more likely to be casual, part-time or contract workers who were among the first to lose their jobs as businesses struggled in response to lockdown," said lead researcher Terry Fitzsimmons.
reports 382 fresh Covid cases, 5 deaths
A total of 13,382 new tests -8,258 RT-PCR and 5,124 Rapid Antigen - were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 3,99,32,743 while 30,305 vaccines were administered - 1,834 first doses, 4,768 second doses, and 23,703 precaution doses. The total number of cumulative beneficiaries vaccinated so far stands at 3,65,09,924, according to the health bulletin.
GOPIO Queensland celebrates Indian Independence Day
The biggest Garba night was held in Melbourne recently on 20th August. The event was a huge success due to the support offered by the Melbourne community.
Punjabi singer Mann performs in Canberra
The Indian Seniors Networking event was held on August 16 by Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Gold Coast to celebrate the 75th Indian Independence Day. Seniors joined the event to make new connections, learn about Cura's services and enjoy a delicious meal. CÜRA provides community support services across South East QLD and Northern NSW to make life better for seniors and people with disability.
Eminent Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann gave a live performance on 21 August in Canberra. The event which lasted for 3 hours was organised by Desi Rocks Events
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Garba night held in Melbourne
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Queensland chapter celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Indian Independence Day, falling on 15th August, with another successful annual event of India Day Fair.
Ekka event held in Queensland
The Ekka is Queensland's largest annual event, which welcomes an average of 400,000 visitors each August. The show welcomes 21,000 competition entries, 10,000 animals, and hours of free family entertainment, including a night program. The Ekka features a sideshow alley, showbag pavilion, and nightly fireworks displays.
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Queensland Muslims, a peak umbrella body for Muslim organisations in Queensland with key objectives of advocacy, social cohesion and community, was launched recently. It was a great opportunity to network with community leaders, government representatives, and multicultural organisations Chinrepresentatives.Tan,RaceDiscrimination
Umbrella body for Muslims launched in Queensland
The Ekka event was held on August 14, 2022 in Queensland.
Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission rightly said that organisations like these exist to build bridges and not walls.
Ekka is the annual agricultural show of Queensland, Australia. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show, and it is held at the Brisbane Showgrounds. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition, but it is more commonly known as the "Ekka", short for "exhibition"
GCQ organises volleyball tournament Gujarati Community of Queensland (GCQ) held a volleyball tournament on August 21 2022. The winners turned out to be Team Tiger J (Jay Patel and team) while Team Tiger S (Sandy Patel and team) was the runner up.
Indian celebs hoist Indian flag at IFFM
Indian flag hoisted in City of Ryde
As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, the City of Ryde recently hoisted the Indian tricolour to mark the 75th anniversary of the Indian Independence. Mayor Jordan Lane, Councillors and IndianAustralian community members joined the celebrations at the Kissing Point Park. Janmashtami celebrations in Perth
The Consul General of India in Perth recently attended the Shri Krishna Janmashtami Shobhayatra organized by Samskruthi Perth at Perth Hindu Temple, Western Australia.
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Making India proud on Australian soil, actor Abhishek Bachchan and former Indian captain Kapil Dev hoisted the Indian tricolour at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne(IFFM). The act marked the 75th Independence day.
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Nand Mahotsav organised in Western Australia
The Vaishnav Sangh of Western Australia organised a special event, Nand Mahotsav on August 20. The Consul General was present at this event. Community kids presented devotional songs through dance and musical instruments in a very professionally choreographed and impressive programme attended by devotees to the packed capacity of the auditorium. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner Cr Krista ADAMS Deputy Mayor Ph: 3403 7791 Cr Tracy DAVIS McDowall Ward Ph: 3403 7690 Cr Fiona HAMMOND Marchant Ward Ph: 3407 0707 Cr Sarah HUTTON Jamboree Ward Ph: 3407 7000 Cr David M C LACHLAN Hamilton Ward Ph: 3403 1095 Cr Vicki HOWARD Central Ward Ph: 3403 0254 Cr Angela OWEN Calamvale Ward Ph: 3131 7022 Cr Steven HUANG MacGregor Ward Ph: 3407 8500 Cr Fiona CUNNINGHAM Coorparoo Ward Ph: 3403 2101 Cr Kim MARX Runcorn Ward Ph: 3407 0566 Best wishes for
Greater Springfield celebrates 30th anniversary Springfield City Group is the master developer of Greater Springfield and has been instrumental to the master planned community’s outstanding success. It marked its 30th anniversary on August 23, 2022.
Workshop with FICQ members held in Calamvale
Angela Owen later posted on her official Facebook account, “A very productive afternoon with my local Council Grant workshop held in conjunction with FICQ member organisations and local community groups. A special thank you to everyone who supported this event (including our hardworking Council officers) and particularly to the FICQ Executive for working with me to make sure local groups have the knowledge and skills to seek grants to benefit more Brisbane residents.”
On 20 August, FICQ hosted a Grants Workshop and Meet & Greet event which was attended by Councillor for Calamvale ward Angela officersCommunityOwen.DevelopmentfromBrisbaneCity Council presented on several topics namely, Grant principles, summary of Council grant programs,online applications (i.e. smarty grants),tips and hints (including the importance of acquittals) and further resources.
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Kaiserhofstrasse 12, Frankfurt city center Chicago Roof An urban city garden with a view of the Frankfurt skyline that can be enjoyed for a wide variety of occasions and even as a retreat. Here, as a hotel guest and as a local, you are invited to gaze into the distance or to get creativewhether it’s a short break or a think tank, you can let your mind run free over the rooftops of the Gekkocity.
Check into this hotel, walking distance from the Golden Temple
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Malaysia Airlines announced the launch of MHPay, a new alternative payment method for consumers purchasing air tickets, ancillary products, and services through malaysiaairlines.com.
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MHPay is intended to supplement the airline's entire suite of digitalized payment methods, with the goal of improving the customer experience by providing greater access to all payment options via a single integration point.
Gaia Frankfurt GAIA is the ideal lounge & rooftop bar to impress with spectacular sunsets. Enjoy the Mediterranean cuisine and try wines and nice drinks. Take a seat and relax with the music and a 360-degree view of Frankfurt every evening.
Espire Hospitality Group announced the launch of a newly built hotel ‘Country Inn Hall of Heritage, Amritsar’, located within a walking distance of the stunning Golden Temple. This is the newest addition to the group’s emerging portfolio in TheIndia.44-room hotel is located in the popular Hall Bazaar within the all Gate premises, just 800 meters away from the worldrenowned sites Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh. The hotel features contemporary interiors, modern facilities, and a multicuisine restaurant for gourmet indulgence. Close proximity to the Airport, Railway Station, and key attractions such as Durgiana Mandir, Gobindgarh Fort, Partition Museum, and Hall Bazaar market, makes the hotel an ideal place to stay, and experience, and explore the vibrant city of Amritsar.
MHPay, developed in collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and powered by 2C2P, the full-suite payments platform, provides Malaysia Airlines customers with a seamless and secure method of making online payments.
Customers in India will be able to use MHPay through their preferred online bank in the first phase, benefiting from more convenient and secure digital payment solutions as it offers a real-time payment option that uses UPI rails with more than 90 percent of retailing banks in the respective market and supports account-to-account payments without the use of a credit or debit card at no service fee charge. Furthermore, MHPay provides a cost-effective payment alternative with a quick transaction time of less than a minute for end-to-end flow, depending on connectivity, and has proven to lower payment fraud cases to further enhance payment security, which is a high priority for airlines.
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As you move east from downtown, the skyline becomes more and more compact and offers a dreamlike setting for unforgettable sunsets. The roof terrace of the restaurant Oosten in the Ostend near the European Central Bank is a perfect place to enjoy with a cool drink in your hand. Mayfarthstrasse 4, Frankfurt East Harbour Restaurant Occhio d’Oro Frankfurt Located on the seventh floor of the listed Flemings Selection Hotel, the restaurant Occhio d’oro, which recently opened in spring 2022, offers a culinary Tuscan-Florentine experience and of course a spectacular view! Eschenheimer Tor 2, Frankfurt city center Restaurant Franziska Frankfurt The panorama restaurant “Franziska” – located in the ‘tower barrel’ of the new Henninger Turm, offers a 360-degree view of the surrounding area and the impressive skyline. The kitchen promises “Progressive German Vintage Cuisine”. Enjoy your meal! Hainer Weg 72, SachsenhausenFrankfurt
Commenting on the launch, Akhil Arora, Chief Operating Officer, Espire Hospitality Group said “We are pleased to announce our entry into one of the most revered pilgrimage centers of India – Amritsar. Both, religious and leisure tourism in Amritsar is booming and demand for hotels is higher than ever. With the central location of the hotel, warm hospitality, and best-in-class service, I am confident that it will become a preferred choice for the guests in no time.”
Frankfurt has one of Europe's most impressive skylines, and a host of rooftop bars to enjoy the view. From casual after-work beers to nightly vibrant rooftop pool parties to classy, elevated fine dining, here's a listing of the best rooftops bars and restaurants in Frankfurt: Citybeach Frankfurt Put your feet in the pool, a cocktail in your hand and look over the city’s rooftops and gaze at the skyline. Sounds like a good plan? Then visit Citybeach Frankfurt on the top of the Konstablerwache car park and test it 5,Carl-Theodor-Reiffenstein-Platzyourself.Frankfurtcitycenter
Azerbaijan Airliness (AZAL) has begun selling tickets from India to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. The first flight will depart from New Delhi on August 10, Flights2022.will be operated twice a week, from Baku on Tuesdays and Fridays, and from New Delhi on Wednesdays and Saturdays, according to the schedule, in collaboration with Zeal Global Group. Azerbaijan has emerged as a popular Silk Road tourist destination for visitors from around the world. Baku, Azerbaijan's stunning capital, is one of the best stops on a trip to Europe. This unique city has so much to offer travellers, from beaches and volcanoes to a cityscape where the ancient meets the new, with a beautiful 20 km (65,616 ft) long coastline. The ticket price includes free baggage allowance (up to 23 kg in economy class and up to 32 kg in business class), as well as a full range of cold and hot meals. Passengers who meet the specified conditions of carriage and are permitted to fly under the current epidemiological restrictions will be accepted on these Informationflights.on the rules of entry to Azerbaijan can be found in detail at the link: https://www. az),websitecanFlightazerbaijan.azal.az/en/information/covid-ticketsfortheseflightsbebookedontheofficialoftheAirline(www.azal.aswellasattheaircarrier's accredited agencies.
“We are delighted to partner with the Espire Hospitality Group and look forward to a rewarding journey. We are certain that the operational acumen, service standards, and heartfelt hospitality that Country Inn Hotels & Resorts brand is known for, will add great value to the guests. Amritsar is known for its rich history, culture, and traditions and the hotel’s inclusive offerings will allow the guests to experience the city with utmost comfort," added Harmeet Singh, Owner Partner, Hall of Heritage.
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Malaysia Airlines was the first airline in Southeast Asia to adopt IATAPay, and the alternative payment method has been successfully implemented.
Group Chief Marketing and Customers Experience of Malaysia Airlines, Lau Yin May said, "We are thrilled to launch MHPay as a testimony to our digitization initiatives while we continue innovating to fulfil evolving business and customer needs and respond to the rise of digitally savvy consumers. Customers will benefit from MHPay as it offers a fast and secure way to purchase real-time airline tickets online as well as through our mobile app, with no additional service fees.
The Rampura family of Bikaner has long supported the regional artistic scene. They established the Rampuria School of Fine Arts in addition to reviving the centuries-old Bikaneri art of Usta. A striking permanent exhibition of modern art and antiquities is also housed at the hotel.
Brij Gaj Kesri in Bikaner opens in October
Best price guarantee options that offer the assurance of booking at the best available rates: Let’s ask you this. What’s more important? The assurance of best-guaranteed rates or the doing away with a convenience fee for an overpriced holiday package? We bet that you will go for the first option. And that, we say, is the right choice. When looking for travel deals, do keep a watch on once-in-alifetime deals that guarantee the best price for every booking and the promise of a 2X refund in case of counter pricing on another travel platform.
Planning travel on these three days will do the trick too: A tip that we’d rather whisper to you, but here goes. You can save anywhere from 10 to 40 percent on your flight tickets if you travel on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday! Usually, people prefer to travel on Fridays or Mondays to get an extended weekend. Traveling in the middle of the week won’t get you an extended break, but it might help you save monies on your plane ticket. Also, choose to fly later in the day if you have the luxury to be flexible on dates. Red eyes (literally and figuratively) are a phenomenon for a reason!
Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) India, the tourism arm of the Republic of Korea under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, has announced the re-opening of South Korea to all Indian travellers. A host of recently announced significant initiatives by KTO India will enable more travellers from India to access South Korea’s luxury market, business leisure and learning Withexperiences.morethan 130 unique activities and experiences, the country offers something for everyone. While Jeju Island and Gyeongju are tourist favourites for their scenic beauty and traditional charms, metro cities such as Seoul, Busan and Incheon are ideal for business leisure trips. For luxury travellers, the organization is planning twin-city roadshows in the month of August with the participation of DMCs from Korea. The roadshows will offer a glimpse of the country’s rich culture, unique venues and culinary Consideringofferings.therising popularity of Hallyu or the Korean wave in India, Hallyu-themed filming locations and experience centres are also being developed. One such centre is the Extended Reality (XR) playground HiKR Ground in Seoul, South Korea which was recently inaugurated in July 2022. The reopening of borders will give fans of K-Pop and K-Drama a chance to explore the culture of the country they have grown to love. Young-Geul Choi, Director of Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) India, said, “We are elated to welcome travellers from India to South Korea again. In the past two years, we adopted a progressive approach toward reopening tourism. We are excited to share initiatives to facilitate travel for business, experience and learning. We have further elevated traveller experience with immersive experiential centres, re-imagined tourism offerings and look forward to hosting our Indian visitors.”
Some say travel is expensive but there are always ways to save a few bucks on travel. All it takes is a bit of determination and a quest to hunt for the right deals. How much will you save by hunting for travel deals - is something that we sure cannot guarantee. To save you from any stress later, Goibibo culls out simple yet effective ways to make your dream vacay easy on the pocket. First, start with a travel fund. Financial planning never hurt anyone!: Make time your biggest currency. Start planning ahead of time for your vacation and avoid taking loans to fund your holiday.
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The property is being renovated to perfectly align with Brij Hotels' brand ethos, which emphasises the best features of the location.
The world’s first NFT souvenirs for visitors In order to reward loyal clients, Waxpol Resorts worked with Beyond Imagination Technologies (BIT), a blockchain solutions business, to develop one-of-a-kind NFT keepsakes for visitors who stay at their boutique resort chain. These NFT mementos could very well be the upcoming big thing in the hotel industry. In an update to the loyalty programmes, hotel and resort companies like Waxpol can award their customers with nonfungible tokens. Such properties are able to give out these "tokens" as a token of appreciation for their customers' loyalty by keeping a record of their visitors on the blockchain. Akanksha Garg, Founder and Director of Waxpol Hotels & Resorts, commented, "We're continuously looking for new strategies to grow, attract, and retain guests." At a time when blockchain and NFTs are gaining traction within multiple industries, I believe that these NFT souvenirs can truly serve as a mark of gratitude to our customers for their continued patronage. Beyond Imagination is the appropriate partner for our objectives to enhance the consumer experience for the travel and tourism industry while maintaining our stance on sustainability." Speaking about the collaboration, Nikhil Goyal, Founder, Beyond Imagination Technologies, said, "As the application of blockchain technology expands and as the technology becomes more accessible, we at BIT are proud to associate with companies in diverse domains to offer new-age solutions and experiences.We are looking forward to working with Waxpol Hotels & Resorts to enhance their reward program and attract more customers to their locations."
Our new hotel Brij Gaj Kesri Bikaner is another magnificent gem in Rajasthan and we are delighted to announce that it will open its doors to guests from 1st of October. The property has been renovated by our team of experts. Its ultra-unique aesthetic has been retained along with design upgrades that seamlessly integrate the property and service to our brand’s purpose, which is to connect the traveller to the place he/she has travelled to. We look forward to welcoming travellers who desire a combination of old-world comforts in a luxurious contemporary setting and those who would like to explore & immerse themselves in the various dimensions of Bikaner with our trademark hospitality” - Udit Kumar, Co-founder of Brij Hotels
To make travel more accessible, KTO has launched the Let’s Go Korea Savings Plan in association with Shinhan Bank in India. It is a Recurring Deposit scheme to help potential travellers to South Korea save up for their trip, with special interest rates and added benefits. With a minimum deposit amount of INR 2,000 per month for a year, members can avail benefits with Utazzo Travel to book their trip to Korea. The investment will act as a regular recurring deposit in case a member is unable to travel to Korea after a year.
In addition to providing authentic local experiences throughout India, Brij Hotels is getting ready to open another outstanding hotel in Rajasthan. Beginning on October 1st, Brij Gaj Kesri in Bikaner, Rajasthan, will welcome visitors to enjoy the brand's gold standard hospitality.
South Korea reopens unrestricted travel for Indian tourists
Diligently stash away some money every week into a liquid fund. Saving on a weekly basis instead of a monthly one helps you break down the contribution to smaller accessible amounts that don’t pinch as much. 40%-50% deals on hotels are up for grabs, every day: Imagine this: Travel is on the cards, and you have your dream travel list ready, from the type of local cuisine that you are waiting to indulge in to your dreamy stay at a hotel overseeing the majestic hills of Himalayas. While you just cannot help but get excited about this travel – pops, the quintessential question, am I on a budget, or is this travel eating into my savings? To your surprise, there are platforms like Goibibo that offer daily steal deals that can make help make your hotel stays cheaper by 40%-50%.
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Brij Gaj Kesri, is a contemporary manor house on 16 acres, with 41 rooms and suites and is a testament to the Rampuria family's love of art and architecture. The hotel is a tasteful fusion of traditional Bikaneri architecture, local red stone, traditional jaali craftsmanship, and jharokha, all painstakingly saved from ruin and brought back to their former splendour. The hotel will be completely rebranded by the end of this October and features artwork that blends classic and contemporary amenities to give our guests a memorable stay. Largescale to intimate destination weddings, group meetings, and romantic dinners are all perfect occasions to use the property's expansively beautiful grounds, private sections that have been particularly designated, and different venues.
Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi, should be followed while styling what you wear. This is based on the acceptance of transience and imperfect. Streetwear could never be in perfect symmetry, which we should embrace. This is a comparatively very new trend in India but a highly popular one among the youth. It is all about roughness, simplicity, modesty, and appreciating the ingenious integrity of neutrality.
“Sahib had an incredible day with the Burberry team, who really looked after all the children they were shooting with. To see our son, who does look different from his peers, being given a chance by the iconic British brand was truly a milestone moment,” Harjot Kaur, the child model’s mother told Vogue India. Little Sahib’s mother, who manages his Instagram account, posted the photo of Sahib having a good time and tagged Burberry and South Coast Kidz Ltd.
Nike to strengthen bond between Motherhood and Sport
“Few brands have actually embraced the opportunity for creative reinterpretation and reinvention quite like Balenciaga. Their avant-garde and ingenious creations, bold use of the logo, and a consequent cult in the fashion industry have already created a strong footing throughout the world. It’s the most opportune time to introduce the brand to the country as the Indian luxury customer has matured and used fashion as a form of creative expression of their individuality” said Darshan Mehta, MD of Reliance Brands Limited. Balenciaga’s unprecedented interactions with the expanding digital realm, material developments, and today’s social responsibilities keep it at the forefront of modernity.
Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) has signed a strategic deal with the global luxury brand Balenciaga, to bring the best of global couture to the Indian market. With this longterm franchise agreement, RBL will be Balenciaga’s sole India partner to launch the brand in the country and this partnership will be RBL’s second with the parent group Kering, which houses Balenciaga. Founded by Spanishborn Cristóbal Balenciaga in 1917 and established in Paris in 1937, the original house of Balenciaga defined modern couture with its many innovations to form and technique. Since his appointment as artistic director in 2015, Demna continues to uphold the vision of Balenciaga through boundarypushing collections, which have expanded to include women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories, and objets d’art.
Oversized clothing means extra comfort and room to move around, it signifies more than that to us. It is a neutral style, it doesn’t matter what size your body is. It shatters the stigma of having a perfect physique to look good in what you wear. What awaits the youth is streetwear fashion. For a very long time, unisex clothing and footwear have been quite well-liked in the market. But because they were branded and expensive, they were frequently out of reach for the majority of people!" says Gagandeep Singh, founder of A Skating Monk, "Making oversized clothing also helps us be gender neutral and makes beautiful, good-looking clothing for everyone. As one needs apparel that is easy to maneuver in, perform tricks, and ride for longer periods of time. This further caught up and spread around the world as the streetwear we know and the streetwear culture that ASM is a part of." Gagandeep shares the right way to style oversized clothes: Contrast Clothing: There has to be a contrast in what you wear. So if you wear a very baggy upper, your lower should be towards the fitted end and vice versa. If you wear a very vibrant upper, your lower should be of a more muted color and vice versa. This will make the look more appealing and easygoing. It is perfect for an outing and gives you a sharp look.
"Being a mother isn’t a one size fits all role, and we applied that mindset with our inclusive design approach while creating the Nike (M) collection,” says Carmen Zolman, Nike VP of Innovation Apparel Design. “The more we listened to expecting mothers and postpartum mothers, the more we learned and reworked the capsule to fully support her relationship with sport and movement during such a transformative time in her life.”
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Oversized the right way Balenciaga to make its debut in the Indian market
Thejacket.campaign and photographs went live on Burberry's Instagram handle last evening.
Undoubtedly, one of the most significant life-altering bodily experiences is giving birth. Every mom's journey and recovery is unique, whether she is a biological mom, surrogate mom, adoptive mom, adoptive stepmom, or another type of mom. Motherhood's chronology frequently continues past nine months. In reality, managing motherhood from before conception through pregnancy and postpartum can take up to 10 years for many women who have more than one kid. It can be challenging for expectant and new mothers to find the support they require to find sport and continue to move around after giving birth, as motherhood also marks a new chapter in a woman's relationship with her body and with sport. The brand was created and tested for moms, by mothers, so that she may move anyway she pleased during the duration of her pregnancy.
Burberry’s features first Sikh child model in its campaign British luxury brand, Burberry, is winning people's hearts with its latest Autumn-Winter '22 collection for children by celebrating diversity in fashion. In a first for the brand Burberry has featured its first Sikh child model. Sahib Singh, is photographed dressed in a Burberry cardigan with a pair of sneakers and a matching black turban, known traditionally as a 'Patka.' The patka is worn by Sikh boys before they reach adolescence. Posing for the camera in the cardigan and shorts, Singh's back-toschool look is completed with a Thomas Burberry Bear puffer
Footwear: A free hand with shoes could be taken as even if your whole outfit is muted, your shoes alone can pick it up. We at ASM currently are into chunky technical shoes. This makes it a combination of aesthetics and performance. It’s also not a bad idea to occasionally tuck your lower in your shoes to make them more prominent. The perfect pair of sneakers will lift up the mood and tone of the outfit. A monochromatic look with vibrant footwear can spice up the entire game. People often hesitate from experimenting with their footwear but now the trends have changed with oversized clothing.
Nike (M), exemplifies the brand's inclusive design ethos, was developed by analysing data from more than 150,000 comparative scans of pregnant and non-pregnant women. Nearly 30 female athletes who were pregnant or postpartum provided extensive feedback on fit, feel, and functionality to designers throughout the design process.
Overshirts: Another piece that has caught the attention of many is overshirts. These can easily be worn with vests and individually paired with shoes as a dress too. GenZ is highly catching up with this fashion trend by pairing it with shorts or even overalls. These breezy dresses are easy to carry and perfect for summers as well as monsoons.Mothers are the best endurance athletes, among many other things. Nike (M), which was first introduced in 2020, has now been expanded to empower women worldwide throughout all phases of pregnancy and beyond.
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Antioxidants found in abundance in vitamin C aid to combat free radicals (these can trigger a number of diseases, including cancer). While anti-aging creams with retinol, hyaluronic acid, and peptides can be used at night, serums with same compounds can be used throughout the day. When purchasing a vitamin C serum, look for dark bottles. Because vitamin C degrades when exposed to light or air, dark glass bottles help keep the vitamin stable and effective.”
n the morning, cleanse your skin of all the products from the previous night. This first layer is also known as an active layer which is based on what your skin care actually needs such as (pigmentation, dehydration of skin, anti-aging). Based on the concerns apply active, treatment based products such as (Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin C, Niacinamide).
Parul Garg Beauty's entire line of products has been carefully crafted to complement Indian women's fearless lifestyles, diverse regional climates, and Indian skin tones. She founded the beauty company with the goal of providing high-performance, enduring, ultra-glam cosmetics products that also care for the skin. Liquid Lipsticks will be a part of the first collection, which will introduce more. The lipstick line was created with Indian brides and their skin tones in mind. This assortment would work well for the many brides who struggle to find the perfect lip colour for their wedding day. From this collection, there is a perfect fit for every bride.
Dr Akriti Gupta explained “Consuming vitamin C in any form beyond a certain age is really important, especially for your skin. Include a vitamin C serum with antioxidants in your morning regimen. Your skin will look more radiant and will be protected from free radicals and UV damage if you include vitamin C in your skin care regimen. This powerful antioxidant is frequently included in moisturisers, oils, serums, and face cleansers.
According to AnubhaVir Sharma, CEO & Co- Founder- Parul Garg Beauty, “The mission is not only to help women feel empowered with the right products, but also the know-how on how to achieve looks that are the signature style of Parul Garg. At Parul Garg Beauty, we use a combination of tutorials and social media content to help our customers discover the right products for them and guide them on how to best use make-up and create the looks they always wished for.”
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Sunscreen is a must: A vital component of regular skincare is sunscreen. It shields the skin from the sun's damaging UV radiation, which are to blame for the early ageing of the skin. Apply sunscreen that has a PA grade of at least +++ and at least SPF 30. Zinc oxide sunscreens may be useful in reducing skin damage from artificial light produced by electronic devices.
According to Parul, “On many occasions, I found women sharing their challenges of finding products that blend naturally into the Indian skin. I had countless encounters with brides and other women who struggled to find the right shades of lipstick or blush for them. When they do find the right products, women are constantly seeking tutorials on how to use these products flawlessly. That is how the brAND was born.”
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When we browse through any lifestyle magazine today, one noticeable change that we’ll observe is that skincare is finally getting its due. Earlier the conversations were all about make-up; we have finally progressed to understand that without good skin, make-up can do little. Hence, the Holy Grail we are chasing today is a skincare routine that’s a go-to for all skin types. Getting the basics right Ideally, we should tend to our skin at least twice every day—which is also known as the AM-PM skin routine.
A regime for flawless skin for all skin types
Following are some skincare recommendations for people over the age of 40: Exfoliation should be a part of your beauty routine: The scrub you use shouldn't be too abrasive and should be tailored to your skin type. Use a cream-based scrub on dry skin to both cleanse and moisturize the skin. Use a gel-based scrub on oily skin to reduce oil production and achieve spotless skin. Always wash with a mild, non-foaming product, and then moisturize well to seal in the moisture.
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Next step is applying a moisturiser on the basis of your skin-type. For Oily skin use a gel based moisturiser and for dry skin use a cream based moisturiser. The final steps include applying sunscreen with SPF 30 and above. For people who apply make-up, sunscreens with foundation are also available. In the evening, always start with cleansing your skin: You can use a cleanser that is soap free if you have sensitive or dry skin and a regular face wash if you have oily skin to wash your face. Apply your active ingredients such as Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin C, Niacinamide, or Retinol. The final step includes applying a moisturiser. This is the best time to exfoliate your skin. There are three key factors to remember here: A 60-seconds pause between each step helps in meticulous application and affords enough time for the skin to soak in the products. Try to stick to the steps as mentioned because there’s a science to it. The lighter products or ones that require deeper penetration are applied initially to be sealed in with the heavier products. As it is said, less is more, absorption of anything beyond the 3 layers is not possible. Personalising the routine As of now, we have been discussing skincare regime at its most basic; when your skin needs more help, you need to do more. Hence, if you’re in your early 30s, you could add some anti-aging ingredients to your regime such as Hyaluronic acid (HA) or ceramides. The former is a particularly strong contender and if you choose it in the form of a skin bio-remodelling treatment such as Profhilo, you’ll be looking at smooth, firm and youthful skin as a result. This is because this injectable form of pure HA aids your skin’s ability to generate elastin and collagen that’s critical to the elasticity of young skin. Profhilo is widely known to slow down the aging process. Skin boosters like this help immensely in retaining the moisture of the skin from within to give you a flawless appearance. The basic go-to skincare routine is as simple as ‘abc...’ but to customize it to your skin’s requirement takes some work. Always remember to keep your skin’s health central when you customize your regime.
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Beauty specialist Parul Garg and her sister, AnubhaVir Sharma, introduce their own range of cosmetics under the name "Parul Garg Beauty." The sisters, who have more than ten years of combined experience working establishedinternationally,thefirmwith the goal of offering cosmetics specifically designed for Indian skin tones. The brand's main goal is to deliver high-quality goods that are stylish, functional, inexpensive, and simple to use. All items are put through thorough testing by Parul Garg and her staff, who work tirelessly to uphold the brand's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
Skincare at any age is the vital part of our lives. As we age, the fat beneath our skin and surrounding our muscles begins to melt and alter, causing wrinkles and creases to appear on our skin. Dr. Akriti Gupta explains “Our skin's production of elastin, natural lipids, and collagen declines as we age. The result is skin that is drier and less supple. Inadequate skincare practices made while a person is young first become apparent in their late 30s or early 40s. Thus, age spots, fine lines, and wrinkles start to show up on the skin. A skincare routine that offers both curative and preventative measures will be optimal after age 40. This implies that it should take care of the issues at hand while also shielding the skin from additional harm.”
Increase fluid consumption: Eat a balanced diet and drink enough water. Consuming fresh produce gives your skin the critical antioxidants it needs. Skin that is properly hydrated appears healthy and glowing. Adding lemon and aloe vera juice to your water can help to maintain a natural glow. Under eye care: One of the earliest signs of ageing is the development of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. Here, the skin is delicate and requires care. Use an effective under-eye cream or gel that will hydrate your eyes and reduce wrinkles as you sleep. Follow a night care regime: Apply a night cream after using a gentle cleanser to wash your face. Your skin will be hydrated by the night cream, becoming softer and more radiant. Look for nighttime skincare products that contain retinol/retinoids to boost cellular regeneration, antioxidants to help your skin recover from environmental stresses, and hyaluronic acid to bind moisture to your skin. Avoid sugar: The skin may get glycated if you consume a lot of sugar. This indicates that the sugar can bind to proteins and cause fluid retention, which can cause wrinkles.
"It was like we were in the NFL playoffs and I'm coaching all the teams," he said. "Emotionally, that was a little odd." Notably, HBO shelved one concept after producing a pilot, which starred Naomi Watts and reportedly cost nearly $30 million.
Stephen King calls Donald Trump ‘horrible President’, ‘horrible person’New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) This is a frank portrayal of the extraordinary life of acclaimed dancer, actor and activist Mallika Sarabhai, very aptly titled 'In Free Fall: My Experiments With Living' (Speaking Tiger). She doesn't hold back in talking about her "thirty-year obsession with being thin"; her addictions like smoking and how she "hypnotized" her way out of it; her fascination with alternate therapies like Pranik healing, Ayurveda and colour therap;, and the beauty treatments she uses for "future-proofing" her body so that she can continue to dance and perform for years to come. She speaks with equal candour about her battles with grief and depression - when she lost her beloved father, the space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, in 1971; a painful break-up with a man she loved; and her ups and downs with her children, due, in part, to her own Therelationships.lossofher mother, dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, in 2016, left her bereft; yoga, dance, transcendental meditation and NVCCommunicationNon-Violent-were some of the ways that she coped. Laced with humour and an earthy wisdom, "In Free Fall" is all about coming to terms with yourself and your body and finding the lifestyle that works for you. And how to make mistakes, pick yourself up and carry on. Never preachy, this self-help memoir delivers an immensely useful message for anyone who wants good health - and happiness. "For years people have asked me, 'What is your routine? What do you do to still dance this way? How do you have so much energy?' and on and on. The lockdown left me alone on the Darpana (Academy of Performing Arts) campus (in Ahmedabad founded by her parents) and I felt I wanted to write this. It became a memoir because one's body and what you end up doing are so intertwined," said the dynamic ParliamentarianDiplomat-author-dancer-turned-author.Shahsi Tharoor has described the book as "an engaging narration of the life of one of India's most iconic artistes". Announcing the publication, Renuka Chatterjee, VP Publishing at Speaking Tiger, said: "This is a book that is honest, downto-earth, and inspirational. We are sure that many readers will come away from it feeling that they can change their lives if they want, and cope with just about anything! In the process, Mallika also gives us glimpses into her illustrious family that are both heartwarming and intriguing." As one of India's leading choreographers and dancers, Mallika Sarabhai has been codirector of the Darpana Academy for Performing Arts for nearly 40 years. She played the role of Draupadi in Peter Brook's "The Mahabharata", first in French and then English, performing in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Japan and Scotland. An activist for education, human rights and women's empowerment, her numerous stage productions have raised awareness, highlighted crucial issues and advocated change, developing her own contemporary dance vocabulary to create short and full-length works that have been presented throughout India and in over 50 countries across the world.
According to Variety, when asked about the rise of fascism in the U.S., King said: "There is a strong right wing, a political right wing in America, and they have a megaphone in some of the media. They're not fascists but they're hard right-wingers."
Los Angeles, Aug 22 (IANS) 'Game of Thrones' novelist George R.R. Martin has spoken about network HBO's franchise, which is adapted from his hit book series. He shared that he advocated for many more seasons for the series, giving the storytelling a larger canvas. Although 'Game of Thrones' was a superlative hit for HBO, becoming an Emmy darling and garnering a massive fanbase over the years, series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss elected to end the series after eight seasons. He spoke to The Wall Street Journal, reports Variety. "I was saying it needs to be 10 seasons at least and maybe 12, 13. I lost that one," he said.
Martin also spoke about the unconventional process for developing a spinoff of the main series 'House of The Dragon', in which five teams developing separate concepts visited Martin in Santa Fe to pitch their respective visions.
Los Angeles, Aug 15 (IANS) Legendary author Stephen King doesn't like former US President Donald Trump and he is very public about it, reports Variety.
Ultimately, Martin didn't have much say in the final stretch of 'Game of Thrones', as the events of the series stretched beyond the storyline established by books he has published so far. "I had no contribution to the later seasons except, you know, inventing the world, the story and all the characters," he said.
The author used words like "horrible President", "horrible person" and "sociopath" to describe the former U.S. President, whose administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date for the final withdrawal.
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"I believe I have more influence now (on 'House of the Dragona') than I did on the original show."
In an interview with the 'Sunday Times', where he was in conversation with 'Pointless' presenter Richard Osman, King said, quoted by Variety: "I happen to think that Trump was a horrible President and is a horrible person." "I think he actually engaged in criminal behaviour and, certainly, I felt that he was a sociopath who tried to overturn American democracy not out of any political wish of his own but because he could not admit that he had lost."
One of the most prolific authors on the planet, King has published 64 novels, beginning with 'Carrie' in 1974, which have sold more than 350 million copies, in a career spanning 50 years. His 65th, 'Fairy Tale' will be published in September.
Rushdie’s son says author off ventilator, retains ‘feisty sense of humour’ New York, Aug 14 (IANS) Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie remains in critical condition, but retains his feisty sense of humour, his son Zafar Rushdie said in a statement, reports 'Variety'. We are extremely relieved that yesterday he was taken off the ventilator and additional oxygen and he was able to say a few words," the statement said. "Though his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact. We are so grateful to all the audience members who bravely leapt to his defence and administered first aid along with the police and doctors who have cared for him and for the outpouring of love and support from around the world. "We ask for continued patience and privacy as the family comes together at his bedside to support and help him through this time," Zafar Rushdie's statement added, according to 'Variety'. Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by a 24-year-old man named Hadi Matar moments before he was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York on Friday morning (U.S. Eastern Time). On Friday evening, the author's agent, Andrew Wylie, had said in a statement to the 'New York Times': "The news is not good."
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"They're certainly climate change deniers, so that is a real problem."
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Martin apparently had reservations about the concept before it was shot, given that it was set in "an ancient era only briefly described" in his work.
Wylie added "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged."
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Kiara admits she’s ‘more than close friends’ with Sidharth Malhotra
Actor Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Pandaystarrer 'Liger' will mark the Bollywood debut of singer Lakshay Kapoor, who has lent his voice for the number 'Socha Na Tha' for the movie. The singer admits that getting to make his Bollywood debut with Dharma Productions is a dream come true. "I think nothing bigger and better than this can happen to a singer. People wait for years for this to happen and I feel lucky and blessed to have got the chance to have my voice featured in a massive project like Liger." He is also ecstatic to be crooning for Vijay Deverakonda. "I feel he is the next big thing. People want to see that newness and freshness. Coincidentally it's both our debuts in Bollywood. This is a new voice and new face for the industry,a he shared.
The actress smartly concealed the title of the project by keeping a pen over it, though one can see the words 'The' and 'Murder'.
'Socha Na Tha' is a happy romantic song with lyrics by Kunal Verma and music by Tanishk Bagchi, and Lakshay shares his experience of working with the composer. "Tanishk is like my elder brother. My first professional recording experience was with him and I feel he is a magician. Somehow dubbing for him was very comfortable. He knows how to get things done. Lakshay also has an interesting story to recall about his recording for 'Socha Na Tha' with Tanishk. "I landed in Mumbai and went directly for the recording. I didn't even had the song with me by then. I was already late so as soon as I reached the studio, Tanishk made me hear the song and I obviously fell in love with it. We recorded the song two lines at a time but it all happened very smoothly." The singer has now been signed by Dharma Cornerstone Agency and has already recorded multiple songs for many future projects.
Talking about the show, Kher said: "India has progressed immensely over the last 75 years, and our Prime Ministers have been crucial in making this possible."
The dance reality show is judged by Remo D'Souza, Bhagyashree Dassani, and Urmila Matondkar. It airs on Zee TV.
A year ago, in August 2021, Kareena had announced on Instagram that she was getting into production in collaboration with Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms.
Starting from the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, the show has been shot within the premises of the Prime Minister's Museum at the Teen Murti Bhavan to give it a more authentic look. The show airs on History TV18.
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The actress took to the story section of her Instagram and posted an image of a film's script with 'Shahid' helmer Hansal Mehta's name in the director's credit.
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Kareena had posted a picture of herself with Ekta Kapoor and Hansal Mehta, announcing that she would be donning the producer's hat 'soon'. In addition, Kareena also has Sujoy Ghosh's upcoming thriller and a film with her 'Veere Di Wedding' producer in the pipeline.
of his debut album 'Man Of The Moon' on Monday. The album consists of seven tracks like 'Signs', 'Fake Love', 'Tera Ki Khayal', 'Rona Rona', 'Fayaah Fayaah', 'Moon Rise' and 'Black Raat'. For his debut album, the 'Lahore' hitmaker has collaborated with Sanjoy, Amar Sandhu, Vee and Ikka Singh. Commenting on the occasion of the album release, Guru said in a statement: "'Man Of The Moon' is special because I have dedicated not only a year to this album but also a lot of hard work, research and I have given it my all." The music label of T-Series headed by Bhushan Kumar. Speaking of his collaboration with Bhushan, Guru further mentioned: "When Bhushanji and I discussed this album, the way the two of us reverberated off each other with concepts, compositions and ideas, it was decided then and there that this will surely be a hit." "This is my biggest project yet and we have catered to the global audience with 'Man Of The Moon'.
The Sujoy Ghosh directorial is based on the Japanese book, 'The Devotion of Suspect X', in which she will be sharing screen with 'Paatal Lok' actor Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma, who is fresh off the success of his streaming movie 'Darlings', in which he starred opposite Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah.
"As someone who has passionately followed the nation's political history, I believe this show to informative as well as interesting," he said.
Anupam Kher to narrate anecdotes, facts about Indian PMs Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has turned narrator for the show 'Lal Qile Se Goonj - Nehru Se Modi Tak', which showcases historical facts and anecdotes about Indian Prime Ministers from 1947 to 2022.
Ace comedian Bharti Singh talks about her wish for a baby girl after looking at 'DID Super Moms' contestant Varsha's performance on the Marathi song 'Apsara Aali' from 2010 movie 'Natarang'. The couple have been sharing adorable pictures of their baby boy Laksh on social media. Bharti became a mom on April 3 this Bhartiyear. says: "From the beginning, Harsh and I wanted a baby girl in our life, but God had His own plan and blessed us with a baby boy. While we are very, very happy to have him in our life, after watching this video clip, I imagined my son and myself in place of Varsha's and her son." Bharti and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa will be seen on the show hosting the special segment of 'Super Moms ki Adalat'. She says further: "I can picturise, that someday, when I come back from work after a very long and tiring day, he will take care of me and feed me a meal, just like how Varsha's son was taking care of her. I must also add that Varsha performed so well with her choreographer Vartika, that I couldn't take my eyes off her. It was beautiful."
The audio of all 7 tracks of the album have been released today and it's surely going to be a dhamaka!"
Considering the news is almost confirmed, Karan and Shahid say they would dance together to the song 'Dola re Dola' whenever the wedding happens and confirm their invitation.
The audience will also get to know about the decisions and policies of different Prime Ministers and the impact they had on the country through Kher's narration.
Guru Randhawa drops 7-track debut album ‘Man Of The Moon’
nfazed by the box-office failure of Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha', where she played his character's love interest, Kareena Kapoor has started work on her maiden production. She, however, has not revealed its name or other details.
Kareena dons producer’s hat, starts working on maiden film with Hansal Mehta
The new episode of the weekly show 'Koffee with Karan' Season 7 will be available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar, Thursday, August 25, at 12 midnight.
Bharti Singh: Haarsh and I have always wanted a baby girl in our life
Rumour mills have been abuzz with the hushhush alleged romance of 'Shershaah' lead acting pair - Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra but, Kiara who recently appeared on the Karan Joharhosted chat show 'Koffee With Karan', spilled the beans on the kind of equation that she shares with Sidharth.
Vijay’s ‘Liger’ song ‘Socha Na Tha’ marks singer Lakshay Kapoor’s Bollywood debut
In the eighth episode of Season 7 of his show, KJo, who is known for manifesting Bollywood love stories on the 'Koffee With Karan' couch, engaged in a chat with Kiara as she openly admitted that she and Sidharth are "more than close Kiara,friends".whomade her debut on the show appeared with her 'Kabir Singh' co-star Shahid Kapoor, for the eighth episode. During the show, Karan poked a question on marriage, Kiara took the conversation further, revealing that she believes in the institution of marriage. "I have seen beautiful marriages around me, and I see that happen in my life too. But I will not reveal when that is happening," she said.
Gripping ‘Cuttputlli’ trailer shows Akshay on a serial killer’s trail
Produced by Himanshu Kishan Mehra and Ali Abbas Zafar, 'Jogi' will premiere on Netflix on September 16, 2022.
Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh is very choosy when it comes to Hindi films. Hence, one can be assured about his next film 'Jogi' to be a good piece of work.
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will be seen in the upcoming psychological thriller ‘Cuttputlli’, which is slated to release digitally on September 2. Talking about thrillers, the actor says his movie ‘Khiladi’ established his identity in the movies. Akshay said: “I have always believed in re-inventing myself and disrupting what’s already done. ‘Khiladi’ was a special movie for me in more ways than one - a thriller that changed my life and established my identity in the Themovies.”actoradded that all these years he kept seeking a script in the thriller genre with an element of the unthinkable. “And ‘Cuttputlli’ came my way and totally thrilled me! It has been a delight to work with Pooja entertainment and Ranjit yet Riddledagain.” with secrets and an incredible journey of intercepting a serial killer’s psychology; the movie presents a mind-boggling whodunnit set produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh and Directed by Ranjit M. Tewari. Producer Jackky Bhagnani said: “We look forward to bringing this wonderfully crafted thriller to a large audience through this collaboration.” It will be released on Disney+ Hotstar. Gaurav Banerjee, Content Head, Disney+ Hotstar & HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star, said: “With Cuttputlli, we are bringing an exciting thriller headlined by one of India’s beloved actors, Akshay ProducerKumar.” Deepshikha Deshmukh shared: “It’s been an absolute pleasure working with Akshay Sir again. Cuttputlli - a unique nail biting psychological thriller will bring to the audiences a whole new avatar of the actor.”
speaking at a press conference called by the ‘Brahmastra’ team, Ranbir said, “I am so happy to share our vision of ‘Brahmastra’ with you. All of you are from a state that is so rich in culture, in music and performing arts. It is my privilege to be here.” Ranbir went on: “Brahmastra started for Ayan and me in 2013. We were doing a film called ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ and during one of the schedules in Manali, he came and told me that he had this idea of two friends (this was before ‘RRR’) one of whom had the power of fire and the other the power of water. Of course, the film didn’t turn out the way he thought at that time and it has turned out the way you guys are seeing it right now. “I have seen this boy Ayan Mukherji from the age of 29. He has become a young man now. He has spent 10 years of his life on this film. Everyday, he has been working and dreaming this vision. Just to be a little soldier in his battle to achieve his vision has been such an honour and such a privilege for all of us involved with ofRanbirTalkingBrahmastra.”abouthisco-actors,said,“Ihadthehonourworkingwithlegendssuch as Amitabh Bachchan sir and Nag(arjuna) sir in this film.” The actor went on to thank Rajamouli, who is presenting the film, saying: “Never in my wildest dreams have I thought that I would have a poster with S.S. Rajamouli’s name and my face on it. That is such a big privilege. Thank you so much for this.” Talking about Alia Bhatt, his wife and co-star in the film, Ranbir said she is one of the best actors he has ever worked with and he had the good fortune of finally marrying her. “Alia is somebody whom I met on this film. Our romance started on this film’s set but by the time the film got over, we are married and expecting a baby also. So, you can really understand how long this journey has been,” the actor said, adding, “It is really an emotional moment for all of us.”
Known for giving soulful hits such as 'O Sanam', 'Na Tum Jano Na Hum' and 'Gori Teri Aankhain' among many others, singer Lucky Ali feels he is "besura" (tone deaf) and that he just trusts the process and puts his heart into whatever he does.
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Diljit’s film ‘Jogi’ about friendship in testing times to release on OTT
The film is a gripping adaptation of the real-life case of Anatoly Yemelianovich Slivko, a serial killer from the days of the former Soviet Union.
Actor Ranbir Kapoor on Wednesday tried out a tasty south Indian meal along with ace director S.S. Rajamouli and Telugu superstar Nagarjuna.
The trio, who were in Chennai to promote Ayan Mukherji’s upcoming film ‘Brahmastra’, tried the delectable south Indian meal served to them on a plantain leaf in the traditional way. Ranbir, in particular, seemed to relish the Earlier,food.
Ranbir enjoys a meal off a banana leaf with Rajamouli, Nagarjuna
The film is headed to OTT for a release next month. Set in Delhi in 1984, 'Jogi' also stars Kumud Mishra, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Hiten Tejwani and Amyra Dastur. The film unravels the story of a resilient friendship and courage in times of adversity when the national capital city was plagued by riots after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. Talking about the film, Diljit said in a statement: "Playing the role of Jogi has been one of the most fulfilling experiences and I am excited for my digital debut on Netflix. The entire team has worked really hard to bring to life this beautiful story and I want to thank Ali and Himanshu for trusting me with this role."
Joined by Rakul Preet Singh, Sargun Mehta, Chandrachur Singh, Ranjit Tewari, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh, Akshay and the Disney+ Hotstar Head of Content and HSM Entertainment Network, Gaurav Banerjee, were seen at the trailer launch. The trailer was released in the most innovative way at an event where Akshay was seen performing, literally, as a ‘Cuttputli’ (puppet) hanging from various strings. This stunning act was choreographed by Shiamak Davar. Pooja Entertainment helms fresh and entertaining content that resonates with the audience and this real-life thriller has been brilliantly adapted for a panIndia audience. In this suspense thriller, Akshay will be seen as a man on a mission to hunt for a serial killer who is out somewhere in Kasauli.
The film has been directed and co-produced by Ali Abbas Zafar, who is known for blockbusters such as 'Sultan' and 'Tiger Zinda CommentingHai'. on the film heading straight to Netflix, Ali Abbas Zafar said: "Jogi' is a very special film to me and who better than Diljit to helm the role of 'Jogi'! It's about hope, brotherhood and courage in the times of adversity and is a story of how tough times very often unite different people."
During a conversation on ShareChat and Moj, Lucky, who is coming up with a new song 'Mohobbat Zindagi', talked about how he differs his creation from mainstream Bollywood music. He said, "Everything is in the seven notes of Sargam, but I am on a constant search and want to attain the eighth note, which is a note of silence, 'Moksh.' I want to reach there as an artist." He revealed how he doesn't consider himself melodious but just trusts his music. He added, "I feel I am a besura. I have not learned music, but I trust the process and put my heart into whatever I do. We don't do riyaaz as well; we just say a dua before our performance at every concert and leave the rest to God. We want people to enjoy our music." When asked if he felt his music is like wine, he expressed: "I don't like wine, but I feel my music is more like a pickle. It resembles our culture and always gets better with time." Lucky also revealed the fun parts of creating music videos. "I find the process of recording a song much more enjoyable than shooting for it. One can make as many mistakes as possible and correct them while recording since nobody is watching you. But in the case of shooting, the tight schedules and the need for cinematic perfection is something that brings a lot of pressure." Reminiscing about his early days, he mentioned how he ran a carpet cleaning business as he did not want to act in films. "My father wanted me to act, but the times had changed drastically. I enjoyed being among musicians way more; it has always been fun with them." He also explained how he spent a lot of time looking at legendary musicians to learn from them. He discussed how difficult it is to play somebody else's tune: "If you like a tune, it would be very difficult for you to recreate it with the same chords. Likewise, my music is very easy to sing, but very difficult to play."
Produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Jackky Bhagnani under the banner of Pooja Entertainment, the film will premiere directly on Disney+ Hotstar on September 2.
Akshay Kumar: ‘Khiladi’ changed my life, established my identity
Keeping up its tradition of backing content-driven films, Pooja Entertainment dropped the trailer of their suspense thriller ‘Cuttputlli’ on Friday. The trailer is loaded with powerpacked performances and a gripping storyline, with Akshay Kumar promising to deliver what could be his best film this year.
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