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HiIndia Newsdesk The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organizing coronavirus situation, we will convene five-party talks again. At this point, the committee on Tuesday did not rule out a last-minute cancellation of the coronavirus cases may rise or fall, so we will think about what we should do when Olympics, as more athletes tested positive for COVID-19 and major sponsors the situation arises.” ditched plans to attend Friday’s opening Covid-19 cases are rising in Tokyo and ceremony. Asked at a news conference if the Games, postponed last year because of the pandemic, will be held without the global sporting showpiece might still be cancelled, Toshiro Muto said he would spectators. Japan this month decided that keep an eye on infection numbers and participants would compete in empty liaise with other organizers if necessary. venues to minimize health risks. “We can’t predict what will happen with There have been 67 cases of COVID-19 the number of coronavirus cases. So we infections in Japan among those will continue discussions if there is a accredited for the Games since July 1, spike in cases,” said Muto. when many athletes and officials started arriving, organizers said on Tuesday. “We have agreed that based on the
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HiIndia• Newsdesk NATIONAL EDITION | Volume 13 Issue No. 628 JULY 23, 2021 | THE COMMUNITY FIRST | hiindia.com - News Update 24X7 Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have slammed the Indian tennis association (AITA) for denying the country “a very good shot at a medal” and for “misleading the players, the government, media and everyone else” by stating there is still a chance for Bopanna to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Bopanna said in a social media post on Monday that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) did not accept any entry request for him and Sumit Nagal, who qualified for the men’s singles event. He said this was in contradiction to AITA pairing him with Nagal for the men’s doubles competition by withdrawing Divij Sharan’s nomination. Bopanna and Sharan were not able to directly secure a place for the men’s doubles event at Tokyo Olympics. AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar, meanwhile, hit back at Bopanna’s allegations, saying qualification for the Olympics should not have been left at the mercy of withdrawals.
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“This is a report by the disrupters for the obstructers. Disrupters are global organisations which do not like India to progress. Obstructers are political players in India who do not want India to progress. People of India are very good at understanding this chronology and connection.”
Two Union ministers, Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor on Pegasus list The second part of the Pegasus Project reveals that the mobile phones of certain politicians, including Cabinet ministers and opposition leaders, and bureaucrats were allegedly spied upon. A media report said the second list of the global investigation includes names of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, poll strategist Prashant Kishor, former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, along with Union Ministers, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Patel.
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Politicians, political figures or individual linked to them 1. Rahul Gandhi: The Congress party leader who was presumed prime ministerial candidate for the past two general elections. 2. Alankar Sawai: A close aide of Rahul Gandhi. 3. Sachin Rao: Another aide of Rahul Gandhi who is a member of the Congress Working Committee. 4. Prashant Kishor: An election strategist who has worked for several political parties, including the BJP and the Congress. His phone was forensically analysed and showed signs of a successful hack. 5. Abhishek B aner j e e: A Tr inamo ol C ong ress MP who is the nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. 6. Ashwini Vaishnaw: A former IAS officer who was made a Union cabinet minister in the recent expansion. 7. Prahlad Singh Patel: Another c a bi n e t m i n i s t e r i n t h e Union government, his wife, secretaries, assistants, cook and gardener, etc. 8. Pravin Togadia: Former head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. 9. Pradeep Awasthi: Personal secretary to former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia. 10. Sanjay Kachroo: A corporate executive who was chosen by then human resource development minister Smriti Irani as her officer on special duty in 2014, but was never formally appointed.
The New Global Weapon for Silencing Journalists
Pegasus uses ‘zero-click attack’ spyware; how does this work? How does it works ? Pegasus, in the very basic form, can infect devices that are connected to the internet. Some updated versions, experts claim, can also infect phones even without the vicitm clicking on any links or messags
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Subramanian Swamy @Swamy39 Strong rumour that this evening IST, Washington Post & London Guardian are publishing a report exposing the hiring of an Israeli firm Pegasus, for tapping phones of Modi’s Cabinet Ministers, RSS leaders, SC judges, & journalists. If I get this confirmed I will publish the list.
Built and marketed by Israeli company NSO, Pegasus is a spyware that infects devices and spies on the victim by transferring data to a master server in an unauthorised manner. The company claims to seel it only to “vetted foreign govts worldwide.
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The Wire has confirmed the numbers of at least 40 journalists who were either targets or potential targets for surveillance. Forensic analysis was conducted on the phones of seven journalists, of which five showed traces of a successful infection by Pegasus. 1. M.K. Venu: A founding editor of The Wire. His phone was also forensically analysed and traces of Pegasus were found. 2. Sushant Singh: Former Indian Express journalist who writes on national security. After a forensic analysis of his phone, Amnesty arrived at the conclusion that it had been compromised. 3. Siddharth Varadarajan: A founding editor of The Wire, his phone was forensically analysed. The analysis showed that the phone was compromised by Pegasus. 4. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta: Former EPW editor, who no writes for Newsclick. His phone was compromised by Pegasus, forensic analysis revealed. 5. S.N.M. Abdi: Former Outlook journalist, whose phone was compromised according to forensic analysis. 6. Vijaita Singh: The Hindu journalist who covers the home ministry. Forensic analysis of her phone showed evidence of an attempted hack, but no evidence of a successful compromise. 7. Smita Sharma: Former TV18 anchor. Forensic analysis found evidence of an attempted hack but nothing to indicate that her phone was successfully infected. 8. Shishir Gupta: Executive editor at Hindustan Times 9. Rohini Singh: Freelance journalist who has written several exposes for The Wire about controversial business dealings of politicians or their family members. 10. Devirupa Mitra: The Wire‘s diplomatic editor. 11. Prashant Jha: Views editor of Hindustan Times, formerly the bureau chief. 12. Prem Shankar Jha: A veteran journalist who held editorial positions at Hindustan Times, the Times of India and several other newspapers. He is a regular contributor to The Wire. 13. Swati Chaturvedi: Freelance journalist who has contributed to The Wire. She wrote a book about the infamous BJP IT Cell. 14. Rahul Singh: Defence correspondent for Hindustan Times. 15. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi: A political reporter who formerly worked for Hindustan Times and covered the Congress party. 16. Ritika Chopra: A journalist for the Indian Express who covers the education and Election Commission beats. 17. Muzamil Jaleel: Another Indian Express journalist who covers Kashmir. 18. Sandeep Unnithan: India Today journalist who reports on defence and the Indian military. 19. Manoj Gupta: Editor of investigations and security affairs at TV18. 20. J. Gopikrishnan: An investigative reporter with The Pioneer, he broke the 2G telecom scam. 21. Saikat Datta: Formerly a national security reporter. 22. Ifthikar Gilani: Former DNA reporter who reports on Kashmir. 23. Manoranjan Gupta: Northeast-based editor in chief of Frontier TV. 24. Sanjay Shyam: A Bihar-based journalist. 25. Jaspal Singh Heran: An octogenarian who is the editor-in-chief of the Ludhianabased Punjabi daily Rozana Pehredar. 26. Roopesh Kumar Singh: A freelance based in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh. 27. Deepak Gidwani: former correspondent of DNA, Lucknow
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Around 300 phones belonging to Indian journalists, government officials, rights activists and a wide cross-section of businessmen are believed to have been targeted by Pegasus spyware made by Israeli company NSO which says it sells only to “vetted governments”. The Indian numbers targeted were revealed after a joint global-scale investigation conducted by Indian website The Wire, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde, Die Zeit and 12 other Arab, Mexican and European news organisations. The news organisations were given a leaked database of numbers by Parisbased media non-profit Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International. The global investigation examined 37 phones of which 10 were Indian to confirm that they had been targeted by spyware. Soon after the story broke simultaneously around the world, Indian journalist Swati Chaturvedi, whose phone is believed to have been tapped, tweeted: “Dear @PMOIndia why did your government put me on an intrusive surveillance list? For committing a crime of doing investigative journalism. Why was Pegasus software introduced on my phone? Pegasus is sold only to governments.” The government has denied any link with the spyware and said, “We have nothing to fear and the government has nothing to hide. We will reply to
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The New Global Weapon for Silencing Journalists New Delhi: NSO group cofounder Shalev Hulio has promised to probe any cases of human rights-abuses linked to the use of Pegasus, a pledge that came after a consortium of news organizations reported how customers of the Israel-based spyware maker had deployed the deadly spyware tool against journalists around the world. “Every allegation about misuse of the system is concerning me,” he told the newspaper. “It violates the trust that we give customers. We are investigating every allegation … and if we find that it is true, we will take strong action.” In its latest transparency report, NSO noted that it had terminated five clients since 2016 following investigations of alleged misuse, including one case last year in which Pegasus was misused to “target a protected” individual.
Days After Accusing CJI Gogoi of Sexual Harassment, Staffer Put on List of Potential Snoop Targets New Delhi: Three phone numbers belonging to the Supreme Court staffer who accused former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment in April 2019 were selected as potential targets for surveillance by an unidentified Indian agency that is a customer of the Israel-based-NSO Group, The Wire can confirm. any query. The news article proves nothing. In fact, previous attempts to link Pegasus with the government have failed,” the government said. The Wire said that the leaked database had numbers of over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders, serving government ministers, current and formers officials of security organisations and “scores of businesspersons”. The Wire itself was heavily targeted. Forensic analysis was carried out on 37 phones globally including 10 from India. Amongst the phones analysed were those belonging to The Wire Editor Siddharth Varadarajan and co-founder Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. “You feel violated. This is an incredible intrusion and journalists should not have to deal with this,” Varadarajan told The Guardian. The forensic analysis is essential to prove that the phones have been infected with Pegasus Spyware. For technical reasons it is easier to analyse if Pegasus software has been used in iPhones than in Android ones. The phone of another journalist, Sushant Singh, who had worked on an investigation into the Rafale deal, was also subjected to forensic analysis
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and appeared to have had spyware installed on it. Singh told The Wire: “It is a violation of privacy…..Secondly, it compromises a journalist’s ability to report on matters of grave national importance. Other Indian journalists whose names
appear on the list that dates back to 2016 include Shishir Gupta, executive editor of the Hindustan Times; former editorial page editor Prashant Jha; defence correspondent Rahul Singh and Aurangazeb Naqshbandi who covered the Congress. In addition to these names, other leading journalists who appear to have been under surveillance include
Muzamil Jaleel who writes on Kashmir, India Today defence writer Sandeep Unnithan and Vijaita Singh who writes on the Home Ministry for The Hindu. Singh’s phone contained traces of an attempted Pegasus infection, according to The Wire. One phone number on the Pegasus Projects database was earlier registered in the name of a sitting Supreme Court judge, The Wire said. However, it said the judge had given up the number at some point in the last few years. Most of the numbers on the Pegasus database came from 10 countries including India, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Mexico and Rwanda. Pegasus initially hit the headlines around the world in 2019 after it was reported that 1,400 phones had been targeted using the software. Whatsapp filed a suit against the NSO Group which created the software. Rumours had been circulating all Sunday that a major story was about to break and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy tweeted, “Strong rumour that this evening Washington Post & London Guardian are publishing a report exposing the hiring of an Israeli firm Pegasus, for tapping phones of Modi’s Cabinet Ministers, RSS leaders, SC judges & journalists.” At an international level, more chillingly, the former fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi was found to have been tapped. Two other Turkish officials inquiring into the Khashoggi murder were also tapped. Act and Information Technology Act lays out strict procedures that must be followed for lawful interception.
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“Fallacious”: Government On Report Of “Vastly Undercounted” Covid Deaths There have been some recent media reports alleging that India’s tally of excess deaths during the pandemic could be in millions, terming the official COVID-19 death count “vastly undercounted”, the ministry said in a statement. HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Refuting media reports from some recent studies, the US that alleged India’s COVID-19 death and European countries’ age-specific count was “vastly undercounted”, the infection fatality rates have been used government on Thursday said the to calculate excess deaths in India based reports assume that all excess mortality on the sero-positivity. figures are Covid deaths, which is not “The extrapolation of deaths has been based on facts and totally fallacious. done on an audacious assumption that Given the robust and statute-based the likelihood of any given infected death registration system in India, while person dying is the same across some cases could go undetected as per countries, dismissing the interplay the principles of infectious disease and between various direct and indirect its management, missing out on the factors such as race, ethnicity, genomic deaths is unlikely, the Union Health constitution of a population, previous Ministry said. exposure levels to other diseases and the There have been some recent media associated immunity developed in that reports alleging that India’s tally of population,” the statement said. excess deaths during the pandemic Furthermore, the sero-prevalence could be in millions, terming the studies are not only used to guide official COVID-19 death count “vastly strategy and measures to further prevent undercounted”, the ministry said in a the spread of infection to the vulnerable statement. population but are also used as another In these news reports, quoting findings basis to extrapolate deaths.
Tax department raids multiple premises of media group Dainik Bhaskar
Covid: Over 41k cases, 507 casualties HiIndia Newsdesk India saw a single day rise of 41,383 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,12,57,720, while the active cases registered an increase for the second consecutive day and were recorded at 4,09,394, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,18,987 with 507 fresh fatalities. The active cases comprise 1.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.35 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. An increase of 2,224 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 41.78 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The searches are being conducted across several locations in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. HiIndia Newsdesk The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids the channel office.” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the against the media group Dainik Bhaskar in multiple cities media house is “paying the price” for its coverage during over alleged tax evasion, officials said. the pandemic. “Through its reporting Dainik Bhaskar has The searches are being conducted across several locations exposed the Modi regime’s monumental mismanagement in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, and of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now paying the price. An Gujarat. No official statement has been issued by the Undeclared Emergency as Arun Shourie has said — this is Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) yet but tax officials a Modified Emergency,” he tweeted. confirmed that the searches are underway. Dainik Bhaskar Criticising the BJP, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot group had done a series of stories on the deaths in the termed the raids as an effort to “stifle the media.” “The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and bodies being income tax raids on the offices of Dainik Bhaskar newspaper dumped along the river Ganga. and Bharat Samachar news channel are efforts to stifle the Meanwhile, Bharat Samachar TV, another news channel, media. The Modi government can’t tolerate even slight said on its official Twitter handle that searches are being criticism of itself. This is the fascist mentality of the BJP conducted at the “house of its Editor-in-chief Brajesh Mishra, which doesn’t like to see the mirror of truth in a democracy,” state head Virendra Singh, houses of some employees and Gehlot tweeted in Hindi.
Indian American’s Gold Ferrari goes viral, India records more than leaves Anand Mahindra unimpressed 4,300 ‘black fungus’ deaths
HiIndia Newsdesk In a video currently going viral on Internet, an Indian American man can be seen showing off as he gets into his gold Ferrari. The bystanders nearby can be seen taking pictures. The viral clip does not specify where in the US the picture was taken but it does show how
some wealthy can go to bizarre lengths to show off their wealth. Recently, the clip caught the attention of Indian industrialist Anand Mahindra too and he decided to share the video. Although Mahindra remain unimpressed. He wrote, “I don’t know why this video is going viral, unless it is a lesson on how NOT to spend your money when you are wealthy. After this the video began getting even more attention and while some people shared other such crazy displays of wealth while others wondered if the car is pure gold or vinyl wrapping to give it a gold look.
HiIndia Newsdesk More than 4,300 people have died of the deadly “black fungus” in India in a growing epidemic that mainly affects Covid-19 patients. India has reported
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No state reported deaths due to lack of O2: BJP No deaths due to lack of oxygen have been “specifically reported”, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Pegasus Project: 14 World Leaders in Leaked Database
The phone numbers on the leaked database include those belonging to at least one king, three presidents and three PMs who are still in office. HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Telephone numbers linked to least 14 heads of states and governments, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are among the 50,000 numbers on a leaked database that includes some people whose phones were targeted for hacking by Pegasus spyware. NSO Group, which counts some 36 governments around the world as its customers, denies the database has anything to do with the company, its spyware or its clients. However, a forensic examination of a crosssection of phones by the Pegasus Project – an international media consortium comprising 17 news organisations, including The Wire – found traces of the deadly spyware on 37 phones on the leaked list.
Noting that Opposition-ruled states claimed in courts that there was no death due to shortage of oxygen during the second Covid-19 wave and made similar assertions in their response to the Centre, the BJP on Wednesday hit back at its rivals amid a row over the Modi government’s reply in Parliament on the matter. The government had told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second Covid-19 wave, drawing sharp criticism from opposition leaders. Deaths of patients in hospitals due to lack of the life-saving gas were reported from several states during the peak of the second wave in April-May as the demand for medical oxygen zoomed. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra noted that the central government’s reply was based on the figures provided by states and UTs as health is a state subject. No state sent any data about patients dying due to oxygen shortage, he asserted. He accused Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi of the Congress and Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party, of doing politics on the matter, and said the states where these parties are in power have claimed that no one died there due to lack of oxygen.
“Modi Ji, This Isn’t Personal”: Mamata Banerjee’s Attack On Pegasus Row “Three things make democracy -- media, judiciary and the Election Commission -- and Pegasus has captured all three,” said Mamata Banerjee
HiIndia Newsdesk Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee giant television screens. called for the opposition to unite against “Three things make democracy -- media, the BJP today, pointing to the “threat” judiciary and the Election Commission posed to democracy by what she called -- and Pegasus has captured all three,” said a “surveillance state” in the aftermath of Ms Banerjee, whose nephew and senior the Pegasus scandal. The Chief Minister, party leader Abhishek Banerjee was also a who was addressing the people online on potential target for surveillance, according Martyr’s Day -- a first since her landslide to the group of 17 media organisations victory in the state elections -- said she across the world that investigated the would go to Delhi on July 27 or 28 and leaked surveillance lists. will be available for an opposition meeting Calling the Israeli military grade spyware if one is held. A number of opposition “dangerous” and “ferocious”, Ms Banerjee leaders heard her address in Delhi and said she cannot talk to other opposition other cities where it was played live on leaders now as her phone is also tapped.
Two- third of Indians have UP Professor Jailed For Obscene virus antibodies, says Study Facebook Post About Union Minister Smriti Irani: Report HiIndia Newsdesk
HiIndia Newsdesk Two-thirds of India’s population, or over 900 million people, have antibodies to Covid-19, implying prior infections or possible protection, a nationwide survey has indicated, prompting some experts to predict that a third wave could be unlikely without fresh mutations in the virus. The survey has found that 67.6 per cent of a sample of 28,975 individuals aged six years or older from 70 districts across 21 states had antibodies against SARSCoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, implying possible protection, either from prior infections or vaccination.
Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh: A professor, who allegedly made derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on Facebook, was sent to jail after he surrendered in a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. Professor Shaharyar Ali surrendered to Additional Sessions Judge Anurag Kumar and filed an interim bail application on Tuesday. The judge however, cancelled the bail plea, after which the professor was sent to jail, reported news agency Press Trust of India. Firozabad Police had charged Shaharyar Ali, head of the History department at SRK College, in March for an alleged obscene Facebook post against the Women and Child Development Minister. The college had then served him with a suspension notice. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court refused to grant protection from arrest to Shaharyar Ali.
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“Congress On The Decline, But Still Concerned About Us”: PM’s Attack HiIndia Newsdesk
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Congress was unable to digest the BJP in power and had not come out of its coma even after its defeat in Assam, Bengal and Kerala, as he tackled opposition attacks on his government’s Covid handling at a party meeting. Addressing a weekly meeting of BJP MPs, PM Modi called the Congress’s conduct “irresponsible and unfortunate” and urged his party to take facts about the government’s work to the people, so that “the opposition’s lies didn’t fill the vacuum.” The Prime Minister “expressed concern” that the Congress’s “sense of entitlement” was preventing the party from doing their job as opposition, according to a leader who attended the meeting. “Congress still has sense of entitlement that it has ruled the country for 60 years and it is because of this that they haven’t been able to digest the fact that people have chosen us. As an opposition, they should take up issues of people’s welfare strongly which they aren’t doing,” the Prime Minister was quoted as saying. The Congress, he said, was deliberately creating a negative atmosphere in the country, when in reality there is no shortage of vaccines.
Congress seeks probe ‘Army’ of Young People Will Be Created to Control Population in Muslim Areas: Assam CM on Modi, ouster of Shah
HiIndia Newsdesk HiIndia Newsdesk The list of the potential Indian targets of New Delhi: Assam to supply contraceptives. We are also planning to a snooping operation that deploys Israeli c h i e f m i n i s t e r create a separate work force of ASHA (accredited spyware accessible only to government Himanta Biswa social health activists) workers who will be tasked agencies covers citizens in every sphere Sarma on Monday with creating awareness about birth control and that is expected to act as a check and told the state assembly also supply contraceptives,” he said, according to balance in a democracy, suggests that the government NDTV. “If population growth among Hindus in information revealed on Monday by a w a s p l a n n i n g a Assam was 10% from 2001 to 2011, it was 29% media collective that includes The Wire news portal and The “population army” among Muslims,” Sarma claimed. Washington Post and The Guardian newspapers. that would distribute “Owing to a smaller population, lifestyle of Hindus The Congress described the government’s alleged surveillance contraceptives and in Assam has become better, with spacious houses of critics and opponents through the Israeli spyware as spread awareness on and vehicles, and children becoming doctors and “treason” and an “inexcusable breach of national security”, population control in Muslim-dominated areas. engineers,” he continued. and demanded the immediate sacking of home minister “Around 1,000 youths from the char chapori Muslims account for 34.22% of Assam’s total Amit Shah and an independent investigation into the role (riverine sand bars) will be engaged to create population of 3.12 crore, according to the 2011 of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. awareness about population control measures and Census.
Raj Kundra Arrested In Porn Films Case
SC raps Kerala govt for easing Covid-19 curbs for Bakrid
Bid to malign India, aap chronology samajhiye, says Amit Shah HiIndia Newsdesk
HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband, businessman Raj Kundra has been arrested by the Mumbai police over a case involving pornographic films. The Mumbai Police said they arrested Mr Kundra on Monday “as he appears to be the key conspirator of this”. The police also said they have “sufficient evidence” against him, though they added that further investigations are in progress. The case -- involving creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps -- was registered with the Mumbai Crime Branch in February this year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah led the charge as the government Monday denounced reports that Pegasus spyware could have been used to snoop on journalists, politicians and activists, calling it an attempt “to malign Indian democracy and its well established institutions”. Both Shah and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw hinted that the reports were timed to coincide with the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Addressing Parliament amidst Opposition sloganeering, Vaishnaw said, “A highly sensational story was published by a web portal yesterday night. Many over-the-top allegations have been made around this story. The press reports have appeared a day before the Monsoon Session. This cannot be a coincidence.” Shah released a statement, where attacking the Opposition for disrupting Parliament and raising the issue of Pegasus, he said, “In what seemed like perfect cue, late last evening we saw a report which has been amplified by a few sections with only one aim — to do whatever is possible and humiliate India at the world stage, peddle the same old narratives about our nation and derail India’s development trajectory.”
Both Amit Shah and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw hinted that the Project Pegasus reports were timed to coincide with the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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HiIndia Newsdesk The Supreme Court Tuesday took the Kerala government to task for easing Covid-19 curbs in the state for the Bakrid festival, even in areas with a high test positivity rate (TPR). The bench headed by Justice R F Nariman said that pressure groups of any kind, religious or otherwise, cannot in any manner interfere with the right to life. The court directed the state government to follow its orders given in the Kanwar Yatra case. Earlier, Justice Nariman had directed the state of Uttar Pradesh to reconsider even allowing a symbolic physical Kanwar Yatra given the fear of a third Covid-19 wave after taking suo motu cognisance of a report on UP’s decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra during the pandemic.
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Mumbai: At least 30 die after heavy rain hits city
HiIndia Newsdesk Walls and shanties collapsed killing 30 people in the early hours of Sunday as Mumbai witnessed landslides triggered by heavy rain, disgorged by a cloud said to be twice as tall as Everest. Officials said over 250mm rain between midnight and 3am, touching 305mm by 7am, had crippled India’s financial capital and brought back memories of the cloudburst that caused 944mm rain in 24 hours on July 26, 2005. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said an “orange alert” had been issued for Mumbai and the Konkan coast for the next five days, with heavy rain expected on July 23 too. Winds might blow at 50-60km per hour. Eleven incidents of houses or walls collapsing in Mumbai had been reported in the past 24 hours, Reuters reported.
Congress Makes Sidhu State Party Chief
HiIndia Newsdesk Chandigarh: After days of intense drama that saw Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh writing an angry letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and warning her of a split in the party if Navjot Singh Sidhu is elevated to the post of Punjab Congress chief, the party on Sunday night finally formally announced Sidhu’s much-awaited elevation. In order to balance caste equations within the party, given that Punjab has sizeable population of Dalits, OBCs, Jat Sikhs and Hindus, the Congress also put in place four working presidents including the party’s Hindu leader Pawan Goyal, backward community MLA from Hoshiarpur’s Urmar constituency Sangat Singh Gilzian, Dalit MLA from Jandiala Sukhwinder Singh Danny and Jat Sikh MLA from Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra.
‘Ask sharpest questions but allow Govt to respond’: PM Modi
people’s trust and improve HiIndia Newsdesk the pace of development,” Marking the beginning PM Modi said ahead of the of the Parliament session. Monsoon Session, Prime “I hope every issue related Mi n i s te r Nare n d r a to the pandemic and our Modi Monday urged fight against it would be the opposition members discussed. I would like all to raise hard questions floor leaders to attend a but in a peaceful session at 4 pm tomorrow atmosphere without to have a presentation on creating pandemonium the pandemic situation. It so that the government can be discussed on the can respond to the floor of the House too,” questions raised by the he added. Addressing the leaders as well as people Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament media ahead of the session, on Covid situation. PM Modi urged everyone to “I would like to urge all the Houses but should also allow the Govt get vaccinated fast and follow the Covid MPs and all the parties to ask the most to respond, in a disciplined environment. protocols strictly difficult & sharpest questions in the This will boost the democracy, strengthen
‘Free Him By 5 PM’: Supreme Court Vaccinations Reduce Chance Of On Activist Held Over Facebook Post Covid Death In India To 0.4%: Study HiIndia Newsdesk
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the release of Leichombam Erendro, a Manipurbased political activist arrested for sedition in May over some Facebook posts. The 37-year-old was held under the stringent National Security Act for saying “cow dung and cow urine don’t work.” While Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought time and wanted the case to be adjourned till tomorrow, the judges ordered his immediate release. “We are of the view that the continued detention of the petitioner would amount to violation of right to life and personal liberty under Article 21. We direct him to be released today by 5 pm with a personal bond of ₹ 1,000,” a two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said. The order came on a plea by Mr Erendro’s father. The activist, along with journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem, were arrested for posting the comment over the death of Saikhom Tikendra Singh, the then state BJP President. Manipur BJP Vice-President Usham Deban and General Secretary P Premananda Meetei had filed a complaint against them saying their posts were offensive.
HiIndia Newsdesk Vaccines targeting Covid-19 are able to curb deaths and hospitalization in patients s u b s t a n t i a l l y, i n c l u d i n g those infected by the highlytransmissible delta variant that drove India’s devastating second wave and is now triggering curbs from Los Angeles to Melbourne. About 0.4% died among those who got infected after inoculation -- called breakthrough infections -- while nearly 10% needed hospitalization, according to a new study by researchers led by Indian Council of Medical Research’s Nivedita Gupta. The study, which analyzed genome sequencing data of 677 Covid patients, found 86% of the fully-vaccinated cases were due to the delta variant. The findings underscore the crucial role of shots in preventing extreme outcomes among Covid sufferers and allays doubts around vaccine efficacy especially with respect to the delta variant that has rapidly spread to at least 104 countries.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy concerned over Covid 19 rise amongst unvaccinated in US The Indian American physician urged people to get vaccinated and assured that the vaccinated are highly protected HiIndia Newsdesk If you are fully vaccinated in America, there is some assurance in knowing that the vaccinated population is highly protected against Covid-19. This statement came from America’s Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy. The physician however expressed deep concern over the significant increase in Covid -19 cases in the US. These cases remain especially amongst the unvaccinated population. Dr Murthy also urged people to get vaccinated and said that vaccines are highly effective against coronavirus. The doctor also informed that 99.5 percent of the deaths recorded from
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Covid 19 are among the unvaccinated population.Speaking to CNN in an interview, Dr Murthy also expressed concern over the Delta variant. He said, “What we are seeing in LA County is concerning. Unfortunately we are seeing rises particularly among the unvaccinated in many parts of the country now and especially given the Delta variant.” He added, “In areas where there are low numbers of vaccinated people or where cases are rising it is very reasonable for counties to take more mitigation measures, like the mask rules that you see coming out in Los Angeles.
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Indigenous counter-drone technology very soon: Shah
HiIndia Newsdesk The Defence Research and Development Organisation and other agencies are working on indigenous counter-drone technology, and it will be available soon, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday and added that all gaps in India’s border fencing will be covered by 2022. The comments came over two weeks after a drone was used to target the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Jammu with explosives on June 27. The explosives left two personnel injured. Drones have since been repeatedly spotted hovering over military installations in the region. “Smuggling of drugs, arms, and explosives through tunnels and drones
Union home minister Amit ShahShah said all gaps in India’s border fencing will be filled by 2022 to completely end the infiltration and other anti-national activities.
is a major challenge. Today, it is very important for us to deal with these
Govt to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield, Covaxin at revised rates
HiIndia Newsdesk The Centre has placed an order to procure challenges at the earliest. I am confident 66 crore more doses of Covishield and that we will soon increase our presence Covaxin to be supplied between August at the borders with Swadeshi (made-in- and December this year, at a revised price India) anti-drone technology,” Shah said of Rs 205 and Rs 215 per dose, respectively, at an investiture ceremony of the Border excluding taxes, official sources said. Security Force (BSF). They said 37.5 crore of Covishield doses The June 27 attack on the IAF station was from the Serum Institute of India and the first such instance of Pakistan-based 28.5 crore Covaxin doses from Bharat terrorists deploying unmanned aerial Biotech will be procured by December. vehicles to strike at vital installations “An order to procure 66 crore more doses in India. The National Investigation of COVID-19 vaccines–Covishield and Agency is investigating the case. There Covaxin–to be supplied between August have been several incidents of terrorists and December, at a revised price of Rs using drones in the border areas of 205 and Rs 215 per dose, respectively, Jammu and Kashmir to drop arms, excluding taxes, has been placed,” the ammunition, drugs, and money to fuel source said. The price of each dose of terrorism in the region. At least 300 Covishield amounts to Rs 215.25 and drones have been sighted along the Covaxin Rs 225.75, including taxes, it border there with Pakistan since 2019. said.
Sharad Pawar Meets PM Modi, “Seeking Guidance”: Navjot Sidhu Flags Amit Shah’s New Ministry Drops Hint But No Announcement Yet
concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues, sources in the NCP said. “Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment Apart from meeting PM Modi, Sharad with PM Modi, got one for this Pawar, 80, also wrote him a letter, morning. flagging concerns on the Ministry of Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Cooperation. Pawar, 80, also wrote him a letter today, flagging concerns on the Ministry of HiIndia Newsdesk Cooperation. He said cooperative New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party banking sector is a state subject. (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today met Citing Supreme Court judgments, he with Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that any attempt of interference at the latter’s residence. During the by the centre will be a breach of the meeting which lasted for about 50 Constitution. minutes, the veteran politician raised
South African says riots over Zuma jailing preplanned - Cyril Ramaphosa
HiIndia Newsdesk SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the violence that has rocked the country was pre-planned, describing it as an assault on democracy. Riots were sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. The death toll has risen to 212, up by almost 100 since Thursday, the government said. Police officers have been protecting deliveries of food to supermarkets after days of widespread looting led to shortages. An estimated $1bn (£720m) worth of stock was stolen in KwaZulu-Natal with at least 800 retail shops looted, a mayor in the province said.
HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has led a revolt against the Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in recent weeks, today said he had sought the “guidance” of many past Presidents of the party’s Punjab unit, besides that of incumbent Sunil Jakhar and others. He tweeted saying he had “conversations with wise men”. With the crisis in Punjab Congress
Harish Rawat, the Congress’s Punjab InCharge, had earlier denied making any announcement on Navjot Sidhu’s promotion as Punjab Congress chief. showing no signs of blowing out, the cricketer-turned-politician’s activities hinted at him preparing for a role that he is reportedly being primed for. However, there has been no official announcement yet on this front. Among the past Punjab Congress Presidents he has met since yesterday are Pratap Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dhullo in Delhi.
“Run To RSS, We Don’t Need You”: Rahul Gandhi’s Message To Dissidents HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Congress needs fearless leaders and those in the party who are afraid should be thrown out, in a pep talk to the party’s social media team that ended up as a scorching message to defectors and dissidents. “There are many people who are not afraid and they are outside the Congress. We should bring them in,” the Congress MP said animatedly, addressing party workers via video link. “And there are those in our party who are afraid. Throw them out. Chalo bhaiya jao. RSS ke taraf bhago. Nahin chahiye. (Please leave, run to RSS, We don’t want you). The party does not need you,” he said, referring to the BJP’s ideological mentor RSS. Mr Gandhi added: “We need fearless people. That is our ideology. That is my basic message.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s words were seen to aim at former close aides like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, who are now in the BJP.
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The Congress leader’s words were seen to aim at former close aides like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, who are now in the BJP. Mr Scindia, who delivered Madhya Pradesh to the BJP last year after ditching the Congress along with a large number of MLAs, recently joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Jitin Prasada, another member of Mr Gandhi’s close circle, quit in June and is likely to play a significant part in the BJP’s plans for Uttar Pradesh, where elections will take place next year. Mr Gandhi also appeared to direct some of his comments at dissenters in the Congress. Many of them are part of the so-called G-23 or group of 23 who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi complaining about a leadership drift following a series of poll defeats, and suggesting a full-time, visible leadership and collective decision-making.
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HiIndia Newsdesk Toronto,: A record number of 40,000 immigrant families will be allowed to sponsor their parents and grandparents to bring them to Canada in 2021. This means 30,000 additional applications will be accepted as against the annual intake of 10,000 under the Parents and Grandparents Programme (PGP), which is ai med at family reunification. Since IndoCanadians are one of the fastest growing communities in Canada, they will be the major beneficiaries of the programme. Applications can be submitted online over a two-week period, starting September 20. Using the random selection process, those whose applications are accepted would be allowed to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada. Since the sponsors have to show a certain minimum income requirement, the Canadian government has allowed them to include state benefits received during the Covid lockdown towards their income. This will ensure that applicants are not penalised for lost income during the pandemic. Unveiling the programme, Canadian Immigration Minister Marco E.L. Mendicino said, “The importance of family has never been clearer than during the pandemic. That is why we are delivering on our commitment to help more families reunite in Canada.
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Indian talent moving to Canada due to outdated H1B visa policy, US lawmakers told This is mainly because of the per-country quota on issuing employment-based green card or permanent residency, the experts say HiIndia Newsdesk Washington: The much sought-after Indian talent is now getting attracted towards Canada in large numbers, away from the United States because of its outdated H-1B visa policy, immigration and policy experts have told US lawmakers. This is mainly because of the per-country quota on issuing employment-based green card or permanent residency, the experts said on Tuesday, urging currently to an estimated 21,95,795 individuals by fiscal 2030, executive the Congress to act fast to prevent the director of National Foundation for Indian talent from moving to Canada American Policy Stuart Anderson said. from the United States. Without Congressional action, the total “We should let that number sink in: backlog for all three employment-based Within a decade, more than 2 million people will be waiting in line for years categories for Indians would increase or even decades for employmentfrom an estimated 9,15,497 individuals
US eases travel recommendations on India as Covid cases fall
HiIndia Newsdesk Washington: The US has lowered its travel advisory for India from the highest Level 4, meaning no travel, to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider it, amidst a drop in the number of Covid deaths and infections in the country. India recorded 30,093 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 125 days, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,11,74,322, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,14,482 with 374 daily fatalities, the lowest in 111 days, while the active cases have declined to 4,06,130, the lowest in 117 days. When
The US has lowered its travel advisory for India from the highest Level 4, meaning no travel, to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider it last month’s advisory was issued, India was struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported. Hospitals in many parts of the country were reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds. The US also eased travel recommendations on Pakistan from Level 4 to Level 3. The improvement of the travel advisories for India and Pakistan by the State Department on Monday comes in an acknowledgment of the improving Covid pandemic situation in the region.
It’s never too late: Vijaya Srivastava took her first swimming lesson at age 68. She’s now a daily swimmer HiIndia Newsdesk Vijaya Srivastava’s first 68 years were water. decidedly on land. She walked the What were the greatest challenges? Berkeley Hills in the San Francisco To be petrified. Nothing had ever Bay Area, spent time with her young happened to me that scared me. I just grandchildren, and volunteered in the knew that I could drown. For the longest library. None of this required immersion time I stayed at the shallow end, four in water, which suited her well, which feet. I prayed before each lesson. And was terrifying with water. The fear of not enough perseverance. My arms and drowning was a big issue. legs weren’t ready. After half an hour I Growing up in India, she never had access was so tired. to swimming pools. When she moved What would you say to people who feel to the United States, the idea of swiping stuck and want to change something? back and forth just didn’t occur to her. I liked that my neighbor swam with Then one day her doctor mentioned that me. We’d motivate each other. If I was regular rounds would improve her health. tired that day, she said, let’s just go for “I can’t swim,” admitted Ms. Srivastava, 20 minutes. Twenty minutes turns into now 72. She had never put her face under half an hour.
based green cards,” he submitted in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee-Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Testifying before the panel on ‘Oh, Canada! How Outdated US Immigration Policies Push Top Talent to Other Countries’, Anderson said highly skilled foreign nationals, including international students, are choosing Canada over America. “This has happened in response to how difficult it is to work in the United States in H-1B status or gain permanent residence, and the comparative ease of international students and foreign nationals working in temporary status and then acquiring permanent residence in Canada,” he said.
India’s US envoy Sandhu visits Dalip Singh Saund Post Office in California
HiIndia Newsdesk Washington: India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the Dalip Singh Saund Post Office, named after the first IndianAmerican lawmaker, during his recent visit to California. This is probably the first time that an Indian Ambassador has visited the post office named after Saund, who was elected to the House of Representatives thrice from 1956 to 1962. The post office was named after him after the then President George Bush signed a bill in this regard into law on July 21, 2005. During his visit to California last week, Sandhu interacted with the Indian- American community leaders. He also held meetings with top US lawmakers from the region, including Scott Peters, who serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Small Business; Darrell Issa, who is a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-proliferation, and Trade; and Mike Levin, member of the Hispanic and Progressive Caucus and House Committee on Natural Resources Committee on Veterans Affairs Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
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NEWS BREIF For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj
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China blasts dam to divert floods that killed at least 25 The dam operation was carried out late Tuesday night in the city of Luoyang as severe flooding overwhelmed the Henan provincial capital of Zhengzhou, trapping residents in the subway system and stranding them at schools, apartments and offices. rivers, washing away cars and rising into China’s military has people’s homes. blasted a dam to At l e a s t 1 0 t r a i n s release floodwaters carrying about 10,000 threatening one of the passengers were halted, country’s most heavily including three for populated provinces, as more than 40 hours, the death toll from the according to Caixin, a widespread flooding business news magazine. rose to at least 25. Sections of 26 highways The dam operation was were closed due to the carried out late Tuesday rain, the Transport night in the city of Ministry said on its Luoyang, just as severe social media account. flooding overwhelmed A blackout shut down the Henan provincial China’s military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its ventilators at the First most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding went capital of Zhengzhou, over Affiliated Hospital of 20. trapping residents in Zhengzhou University, showed subway passengers standing the subway system and stranding them forcing staff to use hand-pumped in chest-high muddy brown water as at schools, apartments and offices. airbags to help patients breathe, torrents raged in the tunnel outside. according to the city’s Communist Another seven people were reported missing, provincial officials said at Transport and work have been disrupted Party committee. It said more than 600 throughout the province, with rain a news conference. A video posted patients were being transferred to other on Twitter by news site The Paper turning streets into rapidly flowing hospitals. HiIndia Newsdesk
HiIndia Newsdesk Inspired by her late father’s career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam’s holiest sites, where they are helping secure the haj annual pilgrimage.Since April, dozens of female soldiers have become part of the security services that monitor pilgrims in Mecca and Medina, the birth places of Islam.Dressed in a military khaki uniform, with a hip-length jacket, loose trousers and a black beret over a veil covering her hair, Mona spends her shifts roaming in the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Pegasus: Princess Latifa and Princess Haya Olympics opening ceremony numbers ‘among leaks’ director sacked for Holocaust joke
image captionA photo of Kentaro Kobayashi is held up in 2019 by Tokyo 2020 organisers
HiIndia Newsdesk Phone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus. Princess Latifa is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and Princess Haya Bint al-Hussain is his former wife. Princess Haya meanwhile fled Dubai in 2019 saying she feared for her life. The UAE has denied both women’s allegations. Their numbers are apparently on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group. NSO has denied any wrongdoing. It says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists, and is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.
HiIndia Newsdesk The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes
about the Holocaust. Japan’s Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto said the video ridiculed “painful facts of history”. The dismissal is the latest in a string of scandals to hit the Games. It comes days after a composer quit the team creating the ceremony after it emerged he had bullied classmates with disabilities at school. In March, creative chief Hiroshi Sasaki quit after suggesting that plus-size comedian Naomi Watanabe could appear as an “Olympig”. He later apologised. And in February, Yoshiro Mori was forced to step down as the head of the organising committee after he made remarks about women that were criticised as “inappropriate”.
South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa
HiIndia Newsdesk A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer announced Wednesday. The Biovac Institute based in Cape Town will manufacture the vaccine for distribution across Africa, a move that should help address the continent’s desperate need for more vaccine doses amid a recent surge of cases. Biovac will receive large batch ingredients for the vaccine from Europe and will blend the components, put them in vials and package them for distribution. The production will begin in 2022 with a goal of reaching more than 100 million finished doses annually.
Israel’s National Security Council US and Germany reach deal on looking into Pegasus controversy controversial Russian gas pipeline
HiIndia Newsdesk Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to look into growing allegations that spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an Israeli source said on Wednesday, while adding that an export review was unlikely. The team is headed by Israel’s National Security Council, which answers to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and has broader areas of expertise than the Defence Ministry, which oversees exports of NSO Group’s Pegasus software, the source said. “This event is beyond the Defence Ministry purview,” the source said, referring to potential diplomatic blowback after prominent media reports this week of suspected abuses of Pegasus in France, Mexico, India, Morocco and Iraq.
HiIndia Newsdesk The US says it has reached a deal with Germany to prevent Russia from using its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as political leverage over Europe. The near-complete 1,230km (764 miles) pipeline under the Baltic Sea will double Russian gas exports to Germany. US official Victoria Nuland said it was “a bad pipeline”, but said the deal envisaged sanctions against Moscow if it tried to blackmail Ukraine. Ukraine says the Nord Stream 2 pipeline threatens its security. The country has been fighting Russian-backed separatists in the east since 2014. Russia also annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Kyiv fears a full-scale Russian invasion once Nord Stream 2 is fully operational. Ukraine also stands to lose about $3bn (£2.2bn) a year in gas transit fees.
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Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao to launch Dalita Bandhu scheme from bypoll-bound Huzurabad In addition to Rs 1,200 crore announced earlier for implementation of the scheme across the state, the CM said Rs 1500 to Rs 2000 crore will be spent for the pilot project in Huzurabad. HiIndia Newsdesk Te l a n g a n a C h i e f M i n i s t e r K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch his government’s new Dalit empowerment scheme, now christened Dalita Bandhu, on a pilot basis from the byelectionbound Huzurabad assembly constituency. As per the scheme, an eligible Dalit family will get assistance worth Rs 10 lakh. After a review meeting on Sunday, the chief minister’s office informed that a safety fund too will be created to help the beneficiaries in case of any emergency. In addition to Rs 1,200 crore announced earlier for implementation of the scheme across the state, the CM said Rs 1500 to
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Hyderabad receives 70% excess rainfall HiIndia Newsdesk
HiIndia Newsdesk In the last six months, M Eshwaraiah, a Home Guard Officer rescued more than 10 persons who attempted suicide by jumping into the Saroornagar Lake, an effort that could earn him a prestigious Police Medal right from the President of India, with Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat saying that he was planning to recommend Eshwaraiah’s name for the medal.
Rs 2000 crore will be spent for the pilot project in Huzurabad. The launch date of the scheme will be announced soon. To begin with, the status of Dalit families in the constituency will be taken up. Based on guidelines and modalities, beneficiaries will be scrutinised and selected from 20,929 Dalit families. The sanctioned amounts will be deposited in the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the officials to act as facilitators and coordinators. Based on the experiences from the pilot project, review and implementation of the scheme across the state will be taken up.
Hyderabad: Hyderabad enjoyed a cloudy and breezy Tuesday, as it hardly rained throughout the day after overnight rains on Monday. The maximum temperature of the city was 29 degrees Celsius, whereas the minimum temperature recorded on Monday was 22.1 degrees Celsius. A light shower of 3.8 mm was recorded at Manikonda, Gandipet. As per the forecast by the Telangana State Development Planning Society, the city will witness light to moderate thundershowers at isolated places during the next three days. The
maximum temperatures in the city were expected to be in the range of 29 degrees Celsius to 31 degrees Celsius, whereas the minimum temperatures could be between 21 degrees Celsius to 23 degrees Celsius. As of July 20, Hyderabad received 359.5 mm average rainfall during this monsoon season, whereas the normal rain expected till now was 210.9 mm. According to officials, Hyderabad recorded at least 70.5 per cent excess rainfall compared to the rainfall estimated for the period. As per data from IMD, so far in July, Hyderabad has recorded a rainfall of 285.2 mm, which is one of the highest in the last 10 years.
No murder politics in CM Yediyurappa invites all Telangana: Kamalakar party legislators for dinner HiIndia Newsdesk Karimnagar: BC Welfare Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Tuesday urged the State government to order a probe into BJP leader Eatala Rajender’s allegation that there was a conspiracy to eliminate him. The Minister appealed to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy and Karimnagar Police Commissioner VB Kamalasan Reddy to take immediate action since the allegations were aimed at ultimately blaming the State government. “Former naxals, who reportedly informed Rajender about the conspiracy, should be taken into custody immediately and details extracted from them,” Kamalakar said at a media conference here. He also wanted Rajender to reveal the names of former naxals as well as the Minister who allegedly hatched the conspiracy against him, to make the probe easy. “Since the BJP is in power at the Centre, the party’s State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar should also take initiatives to ensure that a probe is conducted either by CBI, NIA or any other central investigation agency,” he said. Stating that there were only political suicides in Telangana, he said the practice of murder politics and physical attacks does not exist in the State. “It is the responsibility of the State government to protect Rajender. I wish him a long life. I would much rather sacrifice my life to protect his life,” Kamalakar said,
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Amid speculations within a section of the ruling BJP circles that his exit as Karnataka Chief Minister was on the cards, B S Yediyurappa will host dinner for all the party legislators on July 25 to mark the completion of t wo ye ars of h i s government in office. According to official sources, the CM has invited legislators for dinner on Sunday (July 25th) at a city hotel. They said no legislature party meeting has been called till now. Earlier there were reports that the BJP legislature party meeting will be convened on July 26, on the occasion of completion of two years in office, during which some clarity was expected regarding the speculations about the leadership change. Meanwhile, Karnataka on Tuesday reported 1,464 new Covid-19 cases and 29 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 28,86,702 and the toll to 36,226. The day also saw 2,706 discharges, with recoveries outnumbering new cases. The state has so far reported 28,24,197 recoveries. Out of 1,464 new cases reported on Tuesday, 352 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 1,110 discharges and five deaths.
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In a nutshell Bank guard shoots at colleague, arrested HiIndia Newsdesk A security guard posted at the State Bank of India’s Gunfoundry branch in Hyderabad shot at an outsourcing staff of the bank on Wednesday afternoon. Sardar Khan (54), an ex-serviceman of the Indian Army, fired three rounds at Surender around 3.20 pm near the guard’s post. While Surender escaped two shots, he received a bullet injury on the side of his torso. He was shifted to a nearby private hospital and is out of danger, said police.
Cops rescue five child labourers
HiIndia Newsdesk Hyderabad: As part of Operation Muskan-VII drive in Rachakonda, five minor boys were rescued from child labour in Chaitanyapuri and Nacharam here on Tuesday. In the first incident, the LB Nagar She Team rescued two minor boys who were found engaged in child labour at a battery shop and fruit stall in Chaitanyapuri. Following a tip-off, the She Team along with Child Welfare Department officials reached the spot and found the minor boys in their early teens working in the battery shop and fruit stalls under hazardous and unhygienic conditions.
Case against singer Mangli
A delegation of BJP leaders on Tuesday met Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat and lodged a complaint against Telugu singer Mangli alleging the lyrics in her recently released Bonalu song ‘Chettu Kinda Kusunavamma’ were derogatory. In the complaint, they said some lyrics in the song about the deity were much derogatory and hurt their religious sentiments. No case has been booked yet with the complaint being verified.
Group booked for ‘sword dance’ The Bhavaninagar police booked a case against a group of persons who danced with swords during a wedding procession four days ago. One person Mohd Tajamul Hussain along with his friends danced with swords near Owaisi School in Nashemannagar during a marriage procession held on July 16. Police traced the location after a complaint.
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Shanmukhapriya and Mohd Danish BRUTALLY TROLLED again; netizens label them 'besura' It seems like there's no stopping the onslaught of negativity against Shanmukhapriya and Mohd Danish. After tonight's, 18th July, episode of Indian Idol 12, the two young singers were brutally trolled again online, with several netizens going as far as calling them “besura” while others questioned why they are still on the show at the expense of other talented contestants and some even created ridiculing memes on them. It looks like there's no respite for both Mohd Danish and Shanmukhapriya.
Elli Avram on working with Amitabh Bachchan in Goodbye: ‘Miracles do happen’ Actor Elli Avram on Saturday shared a photo of Bachchan’s popular song “Say Shava Shava” from herself with Amitabh Bachchan from the sets of the 2001 family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. the upcoming drama Goodbye. She expressed “Dear fan-fam, here’s what’s next! Remember the excitement as her longtime dream of starring script I was holding, but not sharing? Well it was alongside the megastar came true. A few weeks ago, ‘Goodbye’ with one and only amitabh bachchan. I Bachchan had mentioned in his blog that besides still remember how I used to dance on Shava Shava, Rashmika Mandanna and Pavail Gulati, Elli Avram back home in Sweden with my girlfriends, and also stars in the film. today, I’m getting to act with sir!!!! Omg. All I can In a note on Instagram alongside the photo, Elli also say is Miracles do happen, when you dare to Dream recalled how she and her friends used to dance to Big. Cant wait for next schedule to start soon!!!”
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humi Pednekar feels her teaming with Akshay Kumar gives out the vibe to fans that there is meaningful entertainment in store. Bhumi and Akshay have earlier worked in "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" and are currently working on the upcoming film 'Raksha Bandhan'. "The fact that we come from a film that really worked, was loved and had such an important social message that people have similar expectations from our current collaboration as well. But I feel Akshay sir and I have feel-good value and people know if we are coming then it will be something meaningful and yet entertaining," says Bhumi. "Akshay sir is someone I really admire and he is s omeone w ho has really worked his way up and there are aspects of his journey I admire -- like he dreamt big and achieved it, and so did I. I think the success story is something that also works for people and is inspirational for people," she adds. Bhumi a ls o has projects like "Badhaai Do" and "Mr Lele" lined up. She feels she became an actress at the right time. "I think I became an actor at a time when content started overpowering all other aspects of cinema. I realised that the language of cinema was changing and I feel very fortunate to be an active part of the change," she says.
Bhumi and Akshay have earlier worked in 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' and are currently working on the upcoming film 'Raksha Bandhan'
T-Series on rape allegat Bhushan Kumar: ‘It is co
Kapil confirms return with Krushna Abhishek, Bharti Singh, Kiku Sharda ‘I make comedy films for The Kapil Sharma Show fans have a lot to cheer for as Kapil took to people who have a child Instagram to confirm the return of his show soon. Sharing photos from what looks like the set of the revamped show, the comedian posed with inside them’ - Hungama 2 Krushna Abhishek, Bharti Singh, Kiku Sharda and Chandan Prabhakar. Archana Puran Singh is back as the judge of The Kapil Sharma Show. director Priyadarshan A source told that the team has shot for the promo of upcoming season
of The Kapil Sharma show today at Aamby Valley. “The set is under construction and it will take sometime for the series to go on floor. As of now, they have filmed the promos, which will also see the team welcome Sudesh Lehri on board. The show will mostly go on air by end of next month.”
Priyadarshan is currently awaiting the release of his latest Bollywood comedy, Hungama 2, set to premiere on Disney Plus Hotstar on July 23.
T B a h r c “f T a c a “ h t a o s O a N ( raping a woman on the false promise of providing The police said that the 30-year-old woman claim from September 2017 until last year.
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T- S e r i e s manag i ng d i re c tor Bhushan Kumar on Friday denied allegations of rape levelled against him by a woman. A statement released by T-Series termed the complaint filed against Bhushan as false and malicious.” T-Series said that the accusation was a ‘counter blast’ for the extortion complaint filed by the company against the woman in question. The present complaint filed by her is nothing but a counter blast to the complaint filed against her and her accomplice for the offence of extortion,” an excerpt of T-Series’ statement read. On Thursday, an FIR was registered against Bhushan Kumar at DN Nagar police station in Andheri (West), Mumbai, for allegedly her with a job at his company. med that she was sexually assaulted
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in porn apps case The Mumbai police crime branch will produce businessman Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale said, “We Raj Kundra before a local court on Tuesday for police custody. have arrested Raj Kundra in this case on 19/7/21 as he Kundra was arrested on Monday by the Mumbai police in appears to be the key conspirator of this. We have sufficient a case related to the alleged creation of pornographic pieces of evidence regarding this. The investigation is in films and publishing them through some apps. Kundra progress.” Nagrale said the arrest was in connection with is the husband of actor and businesswoman Shilpa the case registered with Crime Branch Mumbai in Feb 2021 Shetty. Kundra will be produced before the Metropolitan about making pornographic films and publishing them Magistrate Court for custody. Sources said that his through some mobile apps. interrogation could lead to more arrests.
Actress Sagrika Shona Suman claims Raj Kundra is the brain behind porn, racket; real owner of Hotshots App M UM BA I , Fe b 1 0 ( U N I / G M ) A Mumbai-based actress Sagrika Shona Suman has alleged that British celebrity businessman Raj Kundra is the real brain behind the porn racket. "For last one year Hotshots App is referred to as Raj Kundra's company by everyone in the industry. The money and paper trail may be difficult to find but it definitely exists," Suman said. She has alleged that she was approached several times by arrested accused Umesh Kamat who openly claimed that he worked for Kundra and that Kundra was the owner of Hotshots and Kenrin. Gehana Vasisth's spokesperson Flynn Remedios said he was not sure but had heard from reliable sources in the Mumbai police that Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband and celebrity
businessman Raj Kundra is allegedly the main owner or investor of the UK-based production house – Kenrin, which was buying pornographic clips and videos from several “contracted producers and directors” in India for online distribution and sale via various APPs owned or managed by them. "I dn't know about all this, please ask Mr Raj Kundra," Remedios said. According to media reports Kundra had earlier invested Rs 10 crore in Navi Mumbai-based IT firm Armsprime which developed mobile Apps for celebs like Sherlyn Chopra, Poonam Pandey, and hundreds others. It also ran it’s own APP Hotshots, which was allegedly known as “Raj Kundra’s company” by everyone in the industry, said model and actress Sagrika Shona Suman, adding
that hundreds of models in India were approached by Kenrin and its associates for t he p or n business. According to Suman, Hotshots was discontinued after things got too hot to handle for the owners and they decided to change their business model. Kamat was then made the boss and Kundra, exited the business at least on paper. As of today, there is no paper trail to link Kundra to the porn racket, but it is a known fact that a huge chunk of the business is indirectly managed by him through proxies like Umesh Kamat.
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Kriti Sanon is impressive in her fashion choices Styled by Sukriti Grover, the actor was seen in a number of looks, each of which were stunning Kriti Sanon-starrer Mimi is all set to drop and the actor has been busy promoting the film. Styled by Sukriti Grover, Sanon was seen in a number of looks, with each looking better than the previous. In one instance she was spotted in a beige colour ensemble from the label House Of CB and Aak:Ch. It consisted of a corset-styled top teamed with a matching pencil skirt. The look was further accessorised with dainty jewellery and completed with minimal make-up. she was spotted in an ensemble from Nasty Gal. It consisted of a deep-neck white top which was paired with a matching white-bottom pants. This was further teamed with a polka-dotted off-shoulder sheer jacket which did not really work. The red stilettos, however, worked
Try no dairy, no lentil, no gluten sprouted finger millet uttapam Ingredients: (makes 5 Uttapams)
¾ cup sprouted Ragi Flour ¼ cup flax meal (freshly roasted and ground flaxseeds) 1/3 cup vegan curd (I used peanut curd) 1 cup grated bottle gourd (you can use any seasonal veggies like carrot, pumpkin, beetroot, spinach, etc) 1 medium tomato chopped A handful of fresh mint leaves Pink salt to taste Any cold-pressed oil to season the pan/ tawa
Method:
In a deep bowl mix sprouted Ragi flour (preferably freshly ground), flax meal and peanut curd. Leave this mixture for 30 minutes till all the moisture from curd is soaked up. Now add veggies and salt. Mix it. On a well-seasoned and preheated cast iron tawa (griddle), spread this mixture with the help of a spoon. Refer to the video attached for consistency. Cook well from both sides. Serve with your favourite chutneys. I paired it with Raw Mango Pomegranate chutney and Tomato Garlic cooked sauce, part of the 6 weeks millets workshop. Serve hot and consume fresh.
Visiting Maldives again: Remember these Covid guidelines before planning a trip
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ne of the most favoured international destinations for tourists — especially in the pandemic, wherein travelling to foreign countries has slowed and almost stopped — Maldives reopened for visitors from India on July 15. It had previously suspended the entry of South Asian travellers, effective May 13, when the second wave was at its peak. Keep in mind, however, that tourists may be accommodated in guesthouses at local islands only after July 30, 2021. Now, after almost two months, the restrictions have been eased a bit, and tourists will be issued a visa on-arrival. Here are some important things to keep in mind: * In order to be able to visit the island country, you must be able to show a confirmation of your hotel reservation at the airport. * All tourists — including those who have received both the doses of their Covid vaccine — must produce a negative RT-PCR test report, with samples taken at least 48 hours and at most 72 hours, prior to departure. * In addition, you will also need to submit an online health declaration form on the Maldives
immigration portal 24 hours before your arrival. * Right now, Indian tourists are not allowed to visit Greater Male, because of its dense local population. * They can, however, split their stay between hotels. But, it is mandatory that the facilities meet government guidelines and have approvals from the Ministry of Tourism in Maldives. Additionally, tourists are required to inform the facilities about their plans to spend a few days at another resort. * While visitors are not required to quarantine on arrival, if they — or a person in their group — show Covid symptoms, they will have to take an RT-PCR test and quarantine at a resort or a transit facility until the reports arrive. The cost of the accommodation may have to be borne by them. * Those travelling to Maldives from India can be tourists, Maldives nationals, expatriates and their dependents holding a work permit. And those who travel from Maldives back to India must be Indian nationals, and those with OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cardholders holding Maldivian passports. This category also includes foreigners (including diplomats) who hold a valid visa issued by an Indian Mission under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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s a physician, keeping ahead of health and wellness trends means staying informed so you can understand what’s at stake and where the claims—which often go unchecked in the media—are supported by evidence. Here are four health and wellness trends coming down the pike in 2021.
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Top health and wellness trends for 2021
Boosting immunity
With new coronavirus variants cropping up, and a challenging vaccine rollout, it looks like the pandemic isn’t going anywhere soon, according to experts. That’s why many are embracing wellness strategies that claim to boost immunity—a trend that is expected to continue into 2021 and beyond. According to MarketResearch.com, the onset of COVID-19 stimulated demand for immune supplements, with more than 50% of consumers increasing their consumption levels last year. Herbal extracts, the fastest-growing ingredients in this area, are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12% through 2025. While supplements are widely used by Americans, and sales may indeed increase, it’s unlikely that vitamins and supplements will have much effect on our immune systems. According to an article in JAMA Internal Medicine, these products “often advertise health benefits, such as improved thinking, better heart health, and a stronger immune system…However, these claims have not been supported by evidence from medical research.” And although some supplements may have proven health benefits for certain conditions, others can be dangerous for otherwise healthy individuals and should be avoided.
Refusing boozing
While there aren’t many surefire ways to boost your immune system, there are many proven ways to bring it to its knees. Chief among them: drinking alcohol, according to Alcohol Research: Current Reviews. The early months of the pandemic brought a huge spike in alcohol consumption, with Nielsen reporting a 54% increase in national sales of alcohol for the week ending March 21, 2020, compared with the same week the year prior. The WHO quickly warned
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eople have an almost universal desire to not only live longer, but to have the years they add to their lives be healthy, vibrant, and fulfilling. A big part of making that happen is maintaining your physical fitness, particularly your strength. Muscle loss is a significant driver in decreasing life quality as you age. If you can’t pick heavy things off the floor, or get yourself off the floor, your ability to navigate life diminishes, and along with it, your sense of agency. Solution: keep on lifting heavy things and eating plenty of protein even as you get older.
1. Engage in Face-toFace Conversations: “interacting with others is about the most complex human activity we can do. It’s more complex than brain surgery, than being a rocket scientist, than solving Sudoku or crossword puzzles. Interacting in a meaningful way with real live people,
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deteriorating mental health during the pandemic. From January through September 2020, the number of people who took MHA’s anxiety screenings increased by 93% over the previous year, with the rate of people with moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety remaining higher than rates prior to the pandemic. In 2020, many people were granted extra time and perspective with which to examine their habits, relationships, careers, and overall life path. In 2021, those insights may fuel greater prioritization of mental well-being. Food and beverage companies will likely respond by marketing more products that contain stress-reducing and sleepimproving ingredients, like antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, healthy fats, and other bioactive compounds like probiotics. Of course, holistic mental health is about much more than diet, so expect many to cultivate an active lifestyle, healthy relationships, and fulfilling hobbies this year.
Eating local
This year, new innovations, products, and scientific—or, in some cases, unscientific—developments will change the way people eat and behave, for better or worse. Of course, that’s nothing new. Long before the days of snake oil peddling, we humans have fallen for, and occasionally benefited from, dubious health products and claims. that alcohol use during the pandemic may potentially exacerbate health concerns and risk-taking behaviors. And, there’s no question about it, people are drinking more alcohol in these times. The CDC, in newly updated guidance on COVID-19 and alcohol use, offers these takeaways: • Drinking alcohol does not protect you from COVID-19. • Drinking alcohol weakens your body’s ability to fight infections, increasing the risk of complications and making it harder to get better if you are sick. • Alcohol use can increase the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia, which are sometimes associated with COVID-19. Indeed, the research backs this up, according to the aforementioned article in Alcohol Research: Current
Reviews, citing studies showing that drinking increases susceptibility to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, alcoholic liver disease, and certain cancers, as well as causing slower and less complete recovery from infection. And if that’s not enough, alcohol causes a variety of other unsavory health risks.
Prioritizing mental health
For the few who made it through 2020 without encountering any mental health hurdles, good on you! For the rest of us, the year will be remembered as a devil’s brew of uncertainty, political upheaval, divisiveness, financial insecurity, isolation, and a climbing burden of disease and death. According to a 2020 report from Mental Health America (MHA), more people are facing
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Pandemic shutdowns shrank the world. Quickly, face-to-face meetings were limited to whoever lived in our households and the few local retailers we needed to keep food on our plates— like local grocery stores, restaurants, and farmers’ markets. According to Kantar’s COVID-19 barometer, which measures people’s feelings about the pandemic and the future, community bonds and localism continue to gain momentum, with 69% globally saying that they are supporting local shops and 52% reporting paying increased attention to product origins. The report noted that “these protectionist inclinations seem to be more about economic support of neighbors and staying safe by shopping close to home.” While supporting the local economy and reducing the environmental impact of food production, storage, and transportation are admirable goals, consuming local foods may also bode well for health—unless your “usual” is a cheeseburger from the joint down the street. This is especially true if those foods originate from the garden in your own backyard—the pandemic has apparently led to a boom in gardening with American seed companies scrambling to keep up. not necessarily over the phone or Skype, that’s demanding, and that keeps the brain active
2. Navigate Complex Physical Environments
Another way we can stay mentally sharp, while simultaneously staying physically agile, is to engage with varied, natural environments. Walking on uneven ground, crawling under a low rock hanging, and balancing on a log are surprisingly nuanced physical movements, that involve surprisingly nuanced mental processes. As you make your way over more demanding terrain, your brain sends signals to your body, making lightning-fast modifications to your physical position so you don’t fall on your face. At the same time, the physical movements you make send signals back to your brain. In Successful Aging, Levitin describes this two-way dynamic, which creates a virtuous loop of neural stimulation:
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Tokyo 2020 chief doesn’t rule out cancelling Olympic Games
Six female Gujarat players qualify for Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics
Covid-19 cases are rising in Tokyo and the Games, postponed last year because of the pandemic, will be held without spectators.
This is for the first time in 60 years that players from Gujarat have qualified for the Olympics, said the release. Six women athletes from Gujarat, who are part of the Indian contingents for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and also the Paralympic Games, will get a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each from the state government, it was announced on Wednesday. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision to give Rs 10 lakh each to these six sportswomen to boost their morale and motivate them ahead of the twin events, said a government release. The quadrennial international multi-sport event will be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8, while the Paralympic Games have been organised in the Japanese capital from August 24 to September 5.
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The large Olympic rings are displayed in the Odaiba section of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
HiIndia Newsdesk The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organizing coronavirus situation, we will convene committee on Tuesday did not rule five-party talks again. At this point, the out a last-minute cancellation of the coronavirus cases may rise or fall, so we Olympics, as more athletes tested positive will think about what we should do when for COVID-19 and major sponsors the situation arises.” ditched plans to attend Friday’s opening Covid-19 cases are rising in Tokyo and ceremony. Asked at a news conference if the Games, postponed last year because the global sporting showpiece might still of the pandemic, will be held without be cancelled, Toshiro Muto said he would spectators. Japan this month decided that keep an eye on infection numbers and participants would compete in empty liaise with other organizers if necessary. venues to minimize health risks. “We can’t predict what will happen with There have been 67 cases of COVID-19 the number of coronavirus cases. So we infections in Japan among those will continue discussions if there is a accredited for the Games since July 1, spike in cases,” said Muto. when many athletes and officials started “We have agreed that based on the arriving, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Bopanna, Sania Mirza slam Indian tennis body over lost medal chance
HiIndia Newsdesk Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have slammed the Indian tennis association (AITA) for denying the country “a very good shot at a medal” and for “misleading the players, the government, media and everyone else” by stating there is still a chance for Bopanna to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Bopanna said in a social media post on Monday that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) did not accept any entry request for him and Sumit Nagal, who qualified for the men’s singles event. He said this was in contradiction to AITA pairing him with Nagal for the men’s doubles competition by withdrawing Divij Sharan’s nomination. Bopanna and Sharan were not able to directly secure a place for the men’s doubles event at Tokyo Olympics. AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar, meanwhile, hit back at Bopanna’s allegations, saying qualification for the Olympics should not have been left at the mercy of withdrawals.
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Naomi Osaka becomes the first Black female athlete to appear on a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover
Naomi Osaka becomes the first Black female athlete to appear on a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover
Naomi Osaka just made history as the first Black female athlete to pose for a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover. Osaka, who will be representing Japan at the 2021 Olympics, was photographed by Yu Tsai for one of three covers for the magazine’s swimsuit issue. She posed in Norma Kamali swimwear and earrings from Beads by Cowrie. “I wouldn’t have thought that I would have been the first one,” Osaka said of being the first Black female athlete on a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover in a conversation with Tyra Banks. Banks was the first Black woman to star on the cover of the magazine alone. “I’m glad that this barrier is being broken,” Osaka told Banks. “I hope there are many, many more people to come, and I’m sure there will be,” she added. Osaka, 23, released her American citizenship in 2019 so she could compete for Japan in the 2021 Olympics.
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Satellite Media Tour Planned on July 15 With Youngest American Going to Space
Vaidehi Dongre from Michigan crowned Miss India USA HiIndia Newsdesk Washington,: Twenty-five-year-old Vaidehi Dongre from Michigan was crowned Miss India USA 2021 while Arshi Lalani from Georgia was declared the first runner-up at the beauty pageant held over the weekend. Dongre, 25, graduated from the University of Michigan, majoring in international studies. She works as a business development manager with a major corporation. “I want to leave a positive lasting impact on my community and focus on women’s financial independence and literacy,” Vaidehi said. She also won the ‘Miss Talented’ award for her flawless performance of Indian classical dance Kathak. Lalani, 20, dazzled everyone with her performance and confidence and was declared the first runner-up. She suffers from brain tumour.
Indian American Candidate Files Complaint Against Democratic Party
HiIndia Newsdesk SAN JOSE, CA – California state Assembly candidate Janani Ramachandran filed a formal complaint against the California Democratic Party July 6, alleging a conflict of interest in the party’s endorsement of Mia Bonta, the wife of California General Rob Bonta. Ramachandran and Bonta emerged as the top two vote-getters in a special election held on June 29 with a total of nine candidates. The two will face off in a special election on Aug. 31 to claim California’s 18th District Assembly seat, in Northern California’s East Bay, which covers San Leandro, the town of Alameda, and West Oakland.
HiIndia Newsdesk MEMPHIS, TN – Scheduling is underway to speak with Inspiration4 crew member Hayley Arceneaux on Thursday, July 15. This September, she will be the first pediatric cancer survivor and youngest American to go to space, all to raise awareness and support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. million by 2022 for research and treatment of childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Isaacman has committed $100 million to accelerate developments and save more children worldwide. Isaacman will occupy the mission seat that stands for Leadership. He donated two seats to St. Jude: The mission seat called Hope to Arceneaux and the Generosity seat to Christopher Sembroski, a 41-year-old aerospace industry employee at Lockheed Martin and United States Air Force veteran.
St. Jude cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux will be the Inspiration4 Hope Seat crew member.
The Prosperity seat will be occupied by Dr. Sian Proctor, a 51-year-old entrepreneur, educator, trained pilot, and active voice in the space exploration community. Arceneaux will serve as the crew’s medical officer. The 29-year-old is a physician assistant at St. Jude, where
she was treated for osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, at age 10. “I remember pretending to be angry as we arrived [at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital], but in reality, I was just so scared. At the time, cancer to me seemed like a death sentence because everyone I had known who had it passed away. As soon I entered the doors of St. Jude, however, everything changed. I felt hope, a sense of optimism that I could get through this,” Arceneaux recalled in a St. Jude Inspire blog post.In 1962, the same year an American orbited the Earth for the first time, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital committed to a different kind of uncharted territory: Finding cures. Saving children.® Nearly 60 years later, treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent.
Public Health Officials Announce 2,945 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease in Illinois Over the Past Week
HiIndia Newsdesk CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 2,945 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 53 additional CHICAGO, IL – We all know how we endured 2020 as the year, one that wreaked havoc worldwide due to the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic. While the vaccines were in clinical trials, the world waited with bated breath. Through different scientific platforms, multiple vaccines got approved all over and folks started getting vaccinated which eased some tensions a few months ago. The summer of 2021 has seen a setback especially because vaccine hesitancy has stymied some of our success. An average number of new cases of SARS-CoV-19 infections in Illinois have doubled in the first half of July 2021. About 186 million Americans have received at least one jab, but another potentially eligible 90 million Americans have not received it yet. One message that has been sent to folks living in the USA is that these vaccinations are not a punishment but an act of prevention. We all know that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Hospitalizations are also rising and patients are younger, sicker and mostly unvaccinated in the current uptick of cases. This is largely driven by the Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2. At the present time,the Delta variant is the dominant strain in the United States and is estimated to be 40%-80% more infectious than the Alpha variant. Experts in the field of infectious disease
deaths since reporting last Friday, July 2, 2021. More than 72% of Illinois adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 57% of Illinois adults are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,395,497 cases, including 23,297 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Since reporting on Friday, July 2, 2021, laboratories have reported 195,694 specimens for a total of 26,064,549. As of last night, 430 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 91 patients were in the ICU and 35 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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Experts in the field of infectious disease including Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have warned that one week average of coronavirus infections soared nearly 70 percent. This clearly is alarming news including Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, have warned that one week average of coronavirus infections soared nearly 70 percent. This clearly is alarming news. As a result of this sudden surge in cases, hospitalizations have also increased in the last week as well. Rochelle Walensky called this new wave as “ a pandemic of the unvaccinated”. As a means through this column in hiINDiA, I urge our readers who are unvaccinated to kindly get your vaccination jabs. Based on science and prior experiences with vaccines, it is clear that the sooner we get the unvaccinated folks vaccinated, the impact of this pandemic will continue to lessen and all of us can head towards some sense of long lasting normalcy. Kindly speak to your friends, relatives, neighbors either in person or through social media and spread the word on getting vaccinated. Yes, there are some genuine concerns raised about the potential side effects of vaccines. But, we all need to collectively look at the “big picture” which will clearly get brighter if we get our vaccinations. In life, we always tend to assess risks v benefits in the actions we take and in the case of this pandemic, there is no doubt that the benefits far outweigh the risks associated with vaccinations.
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Applicants for Change of Status to F-1 Student No Longer Need to Submit Subsequent Applications to ‘Bridge the Gap’ HiIndia Newsdesk WA S H I N G T O N , D C – U. S . Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced new policy guidance that eliminates the need for individuals who have applied for a change of status (COS) to F-1 student to apply to change or extend their nonimmigrant status while their initial F-1 COS application is pending. Under the previous policy, applicants needed to maintain status up to 30 days before the program start date listed on their Form I-20, Certificate for Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status, which required them to file extensions, or an initial COS and subsequent extensions ensuring that they would not have a “gap” in status.
To prevent a “gap” in status, USCIS will grant the change of status to F-1 effective
the day we approve an applicant’s Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change
Nonimmigrant Status. If we approve an application more than 30 days before the student’s program start date, the student must ensure they do not violate their F-1 status during that time. An example of a violation would be engaging in employment, including on-campus employment, more than 30 days before the program start date as listed on their Form I-20. The new policy will reduce workloads and costs for both the applicants and USCIS. USCIS is in the process of revising the Form I-539 instructions to reflect these changes. For more information, see the policy alert (PDF, 318.8 KB) and the Changing to a Nonimmigrant F or M Student Status page.
Gujarati Samaj Of Chicago Hindus Irked With Mondelēz Enjoyed Day-Long Picnic Over Beef in its Snacks HiIndia Newsdesk
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CHICAGO, IL – Hindus around the world are seeking an apology from Mondelēz International Inc., one of the world’s largest snacks companies” headquartered in Chicago, for non-disclosure of beef in some of its products. There is also a call for an immediate recall of all such items. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn that some of its snacks/chocolates, which they had been eating for years, might contain beef while beef was not explicitly mentioned under the ingredients listed on the packages/boxes. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that some of the products of the Mondelēz brands—Cadbury, Alpen Gold, Freia, Maynards Bassett’s, Milka, etc.—, but source of gelatin was not mentioned under the “Ingredients” on packages/boxes; which might be beef, pork, etc. Consumption of beef is highly conflicting to Hindu beliefs. Zed also urged Mondelēz CEO Dirk Van de Put to recall all food items containing gelatin were source of gelatin was not clearly mentioned. Mondelēz has operations in over 80 countries and its net revenues in 2020 were reportedly about $27 billion.
HiIndia Newsdesk CHICAGO, IL – On July 18th,2021 online registration visit our website More than 300 people attended a picnic gujaratisamajchicago.com for more organized by the Gujarati Samaj of information call Suryakant Patel (Event Chicago at the Ned Brown Preserve Coordinator)at 708-955-4966. (Busses Woods Grove # 24) in Elk Grove Village.The day-long event began with a welcome address by Dhitu Bhagwakar President of Gujarati Samaj of Chicago, after which attendees enjoyed wide range of traditional Gujarati snacks. Many also participated in games Volley such as women of color, domestic violence survivors and lowHiIndia Newsdesk Balls, Bingo. An Indian meal consisting DES PLAINES, IL – Community members looking to gain wage workers are strongly encouraged to apply. of Chhole Puri, Vegi Biryani, Mango valuable skills that can help them begin or advance their career Free information sessions are scheduled 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Ras, and Mohan Thal. Suryakant Patel (Event Co-Ordinator in web design can do so thanks to a partnership between July 21 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at YWCA Evanston/ and Advisory Board), gave information Oakton Community College and the YWCA Evanston/ North Shore, 1215 Church St., Evanston. Information seminars will also be available online. Register at bit.ly/ a b out M i x & M i n g l e n i g ht of North Shore. Free web design classes taught online by Oakton YWEBopen. Participants who complete this particular YWeb instructors start the week of Aug. 23. Networking & Relationship forming. Academy session will be on their way to a tech job or obtain During the 16-week program, participants will learn to create on August 7th, 2021 at Fairfield Inn more education. customized and interactive web pages using HTML, Javascript by Marriott, Schaumburg IL. provide and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The curriculum is based “The program prepares students for entry-level web design plate form for young Gujarati’s in the positions,” says Bob Sompolski, Oakton dean of Science, on Oakton’s Web Page Development courses, which are part USA to get to know each other and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and of the Computer Information Systems program. hopefully build a relationship in their life online registration click on the The computer courses are a segment of YWCA Evanston/ Health Careers. “We are also excited to provide connections for those graduates who wish to continue their education link below http://www.guichicago. North Shore’s YWeb Academy, part of the organization’s to pursue a CIS certificate or an associate degree in CIS at ongoing mission to eliminate racism and empower women. org/event/mix-mingle-2021/ $45 for Oakton. ” While YWeb Academy programs are open to the public, guests pre-registration by July 30, 2021, and after July 30th $ 55 will be. for individuals from underrepresented or vulnerable populations,
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MOTEL FOR SALE Excellent 15 Rooms Motel for SALE in CHICAGO SUBURBS. This is perfect for the new owners who wanted to learn to start small. Manager’s Apartment with 3 Bedroom house. ROOM REVENUE is 245K. Asking for $385000.00. Price is nonnegotiable. Serious buyers only.
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MOTEL FOR SALE 15 Rooms non-franchise Motel located at Altamont, IL Fully renovated. Manager living quarter with 2BD/ Kitchen, need to sale. Absentee owner. Key start, nothing to spent anything. Very good business Regular occupancies 6 weekly, 2-3 walk inns, almost 60%. Asking price $349,000.00. Serious inquiries only.
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