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Man arrested after explosive found in luggage at US airport

FBI agents have arrested a man who allegedly brought an explosive device to a Pennsylvania airport on Monday. Mark Muffley, 40, is accused of putting the device in his checked bag for a flight to Orlando, Florida. He fled the airport after his name was called over the loud speaker, agents say, and was arrested at home later that evening. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials say they spotted the device during a routine screening.

Officials say Mr Muffley checked in for Allegiant Air Flight 201 at Lehigh Valley International Airport, 65 miles (105km) north of Philadelphia, on Monday morning. About an hour later, TSA screeners discovered the suspicious item and called FBI specialists, including a bomb technician, to

examine the device.

In charging documents, FBI bomb technician Jared Witmier said a 3 inch (7.5cm) device hidden in the lining of the suspect’s rolling suitcase was found to contain fuses and explosive powder. There was a quick fuse, which appeared to be a part of the original manufacture of the compound, and a hobby fuse, which seemed to have been added postmanufacture, according to the criminal complaint. The “powder is suspected to be a mixture of flash powder and the dark granulars that are used in commercial grade fireworks”, the FBI court document says. “The black powder and flash powder are susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and posed a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers.”

Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause, US says

US authorities believe it is “very unlikely” that a mysterious illness dubbed “Havana Syndrome” is caused by a hostile foreign power.

Since 2016, US diplomats around the globe have reported feeling symptoms, fuelling suggestions that Russia, China or other countries could be behind it. While the US now discounts that theory, no other explanation has been given. The phenomenon gets its name from Cuba’s capital, where the first case was detected.

On Wednesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released an unclassified assessment reflecting the view of seven government agencies which reviewed more than 1,500 “anomalous health incidents” across over 90 countries.

The victims have included intelligence officers, military and State Department staff and high-level aides to government figures such as Vice President Kamala Harris. Of the seven participating

Whiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniels to halt building project

A Jack Daniels building project is to be halted after a neighbour argued she was facing a plague of whiskey fungus caused by escaping alcohol vapours.

Christi Long, of Lincoln County, Tennessee, claimed her property was coated in the fungus, which appears as a black crust on surfaces.

It is a growing issue for people in the area, her lawyer told BBC News.

The fungus, which consumes ethanol fumes, grows on surfaces near bakeries and distilleries around the world.

Mrs Long, who runs an events venue next to several Jack Daniels warehouses, including one under construction, says the invading fungus has required her to spend thousands on power washing.

She is suing the local county zoning office, arguing it did not properly approve permits for the warehouses.

Some infuriated locals are now calling for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, which is owned by Louisville-based company Brown-Forman, to install air filters to combat the problem.

Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, judge rules

Starbucks illegally fired six workers in New York state in a pushback against unions, a US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge has ruled. The judge says the firm committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labour law at its stores in cities of Buffalo and Rochester.

The coffee chain has been ordered to rehire the ex-workers and compensate others who were affected.

agencies, five agreed that “available intelligence consistently points against the involvement of US adversaries in causing the reported incidents” and that it is “very unlikely”.

US sells $619M F-16 jets and munitions to Taiwan

In response, Starbucks said its actions were lawful and in line with policies. “We believe the decision and the remedies ordered are inappropriate given the record in this matter and are considering all options to obtain further legal review,” Starbucks told the BBC.

2 Indians arrested for illegally crossing into US

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New York: (IANS) The US Border Patrol agents arrested five foreign nationals, including two Indians, during a smuggling attempt near Algonac in Michigan state.

Washington: The US has approved the sale to Taiwan of $619 million in munitions for F-16 fighter jets, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The package includes 100 AGM-88B High-Speed AntiRadiation Missiles (HARM), 200 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles(AMRAAM), and launchers and dummy missiles for training, the Pentagon said in a statement. The sale will boost Taiwan’s “capability to provide for the defense of its airspace, regional security, and interoperability with the United States,” it added. The announcement comes amid elevated tensions between the United States and China over Taiwan, as well as the downing last month of a balloon over US airspace that Washington says was a Chinese surveillance device.

Border Patrol dispatchers monitoring the Remote Video Surveillance System on February 20 observed a vessel on the St Clair River cross the international border near a known smuggling route and immediately contacted agents in the area.

The station agents responded to the area and immediately encountered five people in the vicinity of where the vessel was observed heading towards the shoreline, according to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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Greece: 36 killed, dozens injured in deadly train accident

living memory threw entire carriages off the tracks. The death toll was expected to rise further, a fire brigade official said. Sixty-six of those injured were hospitalised, six of whom in intensive care, the official said. The crash occurred as the passenger train emerged from a tunnel. Derailed carriages, badly damaged with broken windows and thick plumes of smoke, could be seen on the site. One passenger carriage stood on its side at almost 90 degrees from the rest of the wrecked train, with other derailed carriages tilting precariously.

Derailed carriages, badly damaged with broken windows and thick plumes of smoke, could be seen on the site

A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country’s deadliest rail crash in

Angry protests erupt after disaster

“There was panic ... the fire was immediate, as we were turning over we were being burned, fire was right and left,” said Stergios Minenis, a 28-year-old passenger who jumped to safety from the wreckage. A passenger who escaped from the fifth carriage told Skai TV: “Windows were being smashed and people were screaming ... One of the windows caved in from the impact of iron from the other train.”

China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices

On Monday, the White House gave government agencies 30 days to ensure that employees did not have the Chinese-owned app on federal devices. The order follows similar moves by the EU and Canada in recent weeks.

A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry accused the US of abusing state power to suppress foreign firms.

“We firmly oppose those wrong actions,” spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters during a news briefing on Tuesday.

“The US government should respect the principles of market economy and

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fair competition, stop suppressing the companies and provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies in the US.”

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China has accused the US of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the video app TikTok from governmentissued phones.

young people’s favourite app like that?” she added.

Western officials have become increasingly concerned about the popular video sharing app - which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance - in recent months.

Iran: Dozens of schoolgirls taken to hospital after new gas poisonings

Moscow:(IANS) Moscow has opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world.

The metro line was constructed from 2011 to 2022, reports Xinhua news agency. The first section of the BCL opened in 2018, and another 20-km section, which is the longest in the history of the capital’s metro, was launched in December 2021. The BCL has 31 stations, with 24 of those providing 47 interchanges to existing and future stations of the capital’s metro.

Ramesh Singh Arora as ambassador-atlarge for Kartarpur Corridor

Before driving into battle in their mud-spattered war machine, a T-64 tank, the three-man Ukrainian crew performs a ritual.The commander, Dmytro Hrebenok, recites the Lord’s Prayer. Then, the men walk around the tank, patting its chunky green armour.

“We say, ‘Please, don’t let us down in battle,’” said Sergeant Artyom Knignitsky, the mechanic. “‘Bring us in and bring us out.’”

Their respect for their tank is understandable. Perhaps no weapon symbolises the ferocious violence of war more than the main battle tank. Tanks have loomed over the conflict in Ukraine in recent months — militarily and diplomatically — as both sides prepared for offensives.

Almost 700 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.

“It became evident that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed down,” the deputy health minister said on Sunday. However, he later said that his remarks had been misunderstood. The prosecutor general announced last

week that he was opening a criminal investigation. However, he said that the available information only indicated “the possibility of criminal and premeditated acts”. Meanwhile, public frustration is continuing to grow.

The first poisoning took place on 30 November, when 18 students from the Nour Technical School in the religious city of Qom were taken to hospital. Since then, more than 10 girls’ schools have been targeted in the surrounding province.

Islamabad: (IANS) Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora as the ambassador-at-large for the Kartarpur Corridor.

According to a notification issued on Wednesday, Arora will work on the position in an honorary capacity, Samaa TV reported.

He is also the central general secretary for the PML-N’s Minorities Wing. Arora said Kartarpur Corridor is a pathway of peace whose state-of-the-art infrastructure.

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Indian American Muslim woman appointed as Associate Justice of California Third District Court of Appeal

Australia extradites Indian man over 2018 beach murder

Police in Australia are extraditing an Indian man over the murder of a woman who was found dead on a Queensland beach in 2018, authorities said, adding that he is expected to arrive in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Port Douglas, to walk her dog on October 21, 2018, but never came home. Her body was discovered by her father the next day, half-buried in sand dunes. The BBC report said that the 38-year-old accused will first have to appear in court in the state of Victoria, before being moved to Queensland where the crime took place.

He will then face a magistrate in Brisbane, probably later this week, before being remanded in custody.

Singh was arrested in Delhi in November last year, after the Queensland government put up a A$1 million ($672,000) reward for information.

In a historic first, Shama Hakim Mesiwala has been confirmed as the Associate Justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal. With this new feat, Mesiwala has become the first South Asian American woman and first Muslim American woman on any appellate court in the country. Born in Stanford and raised in Cupertino, Mesiwala has been a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge since 2017. She is also the first South Asian American appointed to judgeship in Sacramento County. she served in the Third District Court of Appeal from 2004 to 2017.

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Melbourne (IANS): Police in Australia are extraditing an Indian man over the murder of a woman who was found dead on a Queensland beach in 2018, authorities said, adding that he is expected to arrive in Melbourne on Wednesday. Rajwinder Singh, who is being flown from Delhi to Melbourne accompanied by detectives, is accused of killing Toyah Cordingley, reports the BBC.

According to detectives, Cordingley, 24, had gone to Wangetti Beach, between the popular tourist hotspots of Cairns and

Originally from Buttar Kalan in Punjab, Singh had been living in Innisfail at the time of the murder which is about two hours from the crime scene.

Australian police have alleged that the accused fled the country just hours after the murder and had been staying in Punjab since evading arrest.

At the time of Singh’s arrest, Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan said the development had been “a long time coming” and marked “the next stage of delivering justice for Toyah”.

Indian national shot dead in Australia after threatening cops

in west Sydney at 12.03 a.m. before arriving at Auburn police station about five minutes later, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

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Melbourne: (IANS) An Indian national, who had allegedly stabbed a cleaner and then threatened cops with a knife on Tuesday, has been fatally shot by the police in Australia.

Mohamed Rahmathullah Syed Ahmed, 32, from Tamil Nadu, attacked a 28-yearold cleaner at Auburn train station

Bobby Jindal voices support for Nikki Haley’s presidential bid, urges fair treatment by both liberals and conservatives.

Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has written an opinion piece in Newsweek expressing his support for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Jindal, who is also of Indian descent, argues that Haley’s gender and race should not be defining factors in her candidacy, and that she should be treated like any other candidate, judged on her experience, policies, and competence. Jindal also emphasizes Haley’s American identity, writing that she is simply and fully American, despite her Indian roots. He describes her as a champion of the American dream and limited government, and calls on both liberals and conservatives to support and criticize her fairly. Haley is the first Republican to announce her challenge against incumbent President Donald Trump. Jindal’s endorsement could boost her profile among conservative voters, especially those of Indian descent.

The two men were not known to each other, according to the police. At the police station, he tried to attack two policemen when a senior officer fired three shots, two of which hit Ahmed in the chest. After initial treatment by paramedics, Ahmed was rushed to Westmead Hospital, but was pronounced dead just after 1.30 a.m., the report said.

Ahmed was living in Auburn on a bridging visa, police said. NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith, addressing a press conference on Tuesday morning, said that the officers were left with no choice but to shoot the man.

Robbers target Indian dairy shop owner in NZ, steal cash

H-1B and other work visas like L-1 have dealt with the challenge of traveling out of the US to get their visa stamped even after the petition has been approved. This rule has historically caused a lot of hardships for work visa holders. But this may be changing as early as this summer. The US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Jackson said during a discussion in Silicon Valley with Indian American community leaders that the pilot project that had been announced by the US recently to stamp the non-immigrant work permit visas, including the H-1B, in the US, instead of applicants having to travel back to India for it would start in the summer of 2023.

Start direct international flights to US, Canada from Punjab: Minister

Wellington: (IANS) A dairy shop owner of Indian descent and his family were left traumatised after robbers stormed his shop in West Auckland to steal cigarettes and cash.

Uresh Patel from Kaurilands said he was at the back of the shop when burglars entered and attacked on Monday, ripping the till from the counter and stealing cigarettes.

“Three kids came in and one jumped over the counter. Two others came from the other side and grabbed the cash register,” Patel told The NZ Herald. “I heard my wife and daughter screaming. I rushed outside and tried to catch one of them but he attacked me and got away,” he said. According to the police, two of the culprits were found and arrested in Glen Eden “without further incident”, and another was held in the store by the public. “On top of that traumatising event, we had to deal with the police who came half an hour later, they interrogated us like we are criminals,” Manisha, Patel’s wife, told The NZ Herald. She rued that nothing has changed ever since 34 year-old Janak Patel was stabbed to death in December 2022 by robbers in Sandringham, Auckland, where he worked.

New Delhi: (IANS) Punjab NRIs Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday demanded to include both the Amritsar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali for direct flights to Canada and the US. He said the commencement of the direct flights would ensure great facility to a large number of travellers for both sides. Calling on Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia here, Dhaliwal apprised him that large number of Punjabis and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders had been living in Canada and the US since long, and that during the NRI sammelan organised by the Punjab government in December last, these NRIs sought commencement of these flights.

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Amit Shah To Flag Off ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ On March 3 In Karnataka

New Delhi: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will flag off two ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra’ and inaugurate various projects in his day-long visit to poll-bound Karnataka on March 3, top sources said on Tuesday.

Amit Shah’s visit to Karnataka is crucial as Assembly Elections to the 224 seats in the state are likely to be held in May this year.

In the run-up to Karnataka Election 2023, Bharatiya Janata Party will undertake a massive ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ in Karnataka. The campaign will kickstart on March 1, with party President JP Nadda flagging off the Yatra in Chamarajanagar. During a daylong visit to the poll-bound Karnataka

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Amit Shah’s visit to Karnataka is crucial as Assembly Elections to the 224 seats in the state are likely to be held in May this year.

on March 3, Mr Shah will flag off the first ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra’ from Anubhava Mantapa in the state’s Basavakalyan area in Bidar. He will later attend a public meeting in the afternoon at Ther Maidan in Bidar In the evening, the Home Minister will offer prayers at Chennakesava Mandir at Awathi, Devanahalli area in Bengaluru Rural.

Amit Shah will later flag off another ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra’ and a public meeting at Govt. College Ground in Devanahalli area in Bengaluru Rural. Mr Shah will further visit the safe city Command Centre in Bengaluru around 7 pm, and participate in the launch of the Bengaluru safe city project from the Town Hall in the city.

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TN Police fire on murder accused as he attacks cop

Hyderabad: The Indian Army held a press conference on Tuesday on changes to the recruitment procedure for Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)/ Other Ranks (ORs) / Aginveers.

Speaking to the media, Colonel Keats K Das, Director of Recruiting, Army Recruiting Office Secunderabad said that the recruitment will still comprise three stages, however, the Common Entrance Exam (CEE) will be conducted in the first phase. The CEE will be conducted online. Shortlisted candidates will be called to undergo physical fitness and physical measurement tests. Selected candidates will undergo medical tests based on Online CEE results and physical test marks at about the same time.

Candidates can log in to the Indian Army’s official website to register themselves. The online registration is open from February 16 to March 15. Registration can be done using Aadhar Card or a class 10th certificate.

“As part of continued automation, the Join Indian Army website has now been linked with Digilocker for greater transparency,” the senior Army officer told the media.

The Online CEE is being conducted at 176 locations across India. Hyderabad, Adilabad, Warangal, and Karimnagar are the four centres allotted for Telangana. The fee for online CEE is Rs 500 of which, the Indian Army will bear half of the cost. Hence candidates are required to pay Rs 250 along with associated bank charges if any, by using Internet Banking, UPI/BHIM or credit or debit cards.

Bengaluru: Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao, who is the Chairman of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Manifesto Committee, is likely to join the BJP ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka, sources close to him and the party said on Tuesday.

The former IPS officer today met state’s Revenue Minister R Ashoka and held discussions.

He is also said to have met Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai, a former IPS officer and party’s co-in-charge for Karnataka polls, and Union Minister

Pralhad Joshi, sources said, adding that he will be joining the party soon.

Mr Rao, who resigned from the IPS, had joined AAP in April last year, and was recently appointed as the party’s Manifesto Committee’s Chairman, and had emerged as one of the prominent faces of the party in the state. Mr Rao, who was even seen as AAP’s probable candidate from the Basavanagudi Assembly constituency, is said to have quit the party due to his reported not so good equations with certain leaders especially in the state unit and its recent organisational changes, sources added.

Telangana Student Dies By Suicide After Friend Leaks Her Personal Pics

Chennai,: (IANS) Police in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai opened fire on an accused in a murder case after he tried to attack a policeman early on Tuesday, an official said.

The accused, Vinod Kumar sustained a bullet injury on his right leg in the police firing.

A police official said that Vinod Kumar, who is a “history-sheeter” was the main accused in the murder of G. Balamurugan, 29, of Vallar in Madurai on February 22.

He was taken into custody and during interrogation, told the police that he had used a knife to stab Balamurugan and the knife was hidden at a certain spot. As a police team took him to this spot to recover the knife on early Tuesday, he retrieved the hidden knife and attacked a policeman with it. Police said that they had no option left but to open fire at the accused and hit him on his right leg. He was injured and admitted to Madurai Government Hospital.

BRS men hurl eggs, tomatoes on Congress leader during yatra

Hyderabad: Close on the heels of a woman medical student allegedly dying by suicide, an engineering student in Warangal ended her life by hanging after a male friend shared her personal photos with others, police said on Monday. The woman had a friendship with an undergraduate student who loved her, they said. However, she got acquainted with

another engineering student later. The woman and the undergraduate student developed differences and the latter allegedly shared some personal photos with her other friends. This upset the woman and she allegedly ended her life by hanging herself at a relative’s house Sunday evening, police said.The woman’s parents alleged that she took the extreme step due to the harassment by the two men and the latter were now in police custody. A first-year post-graduate medical student who allegedly attempted suicide at a state-run hospital in Warangal district on December 22 after being “harassed” by her senior in the same college, a male doctor, died at a staterun hospital in Hyderabad Sunday night.

Hyderabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Bhupalapally town of Telangana on Tuesday night after BRS supporters hurled eggs and tomatoes on state Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy when he was addressing a public meeting.

Revanth Reddy, who was addressing the meeting as part of his ongoing “Haath Se Haath Jodo Yatra”, continued his speech, blaming ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) for the attack. Later, supporters of both the parties pelted stones on each other. A policeman sustained head injuries in the clash.Trouble began when BRS supporters raised slogans against Revanth Reddy when he was addressing the public meeting.

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SANJ already a popular musician on TikTok and Instagram just released her debut album ‘Nightingale’

Naperville brought up Sanjana Nayak who goes by the name SANJ in music circles is just out with her new album. SANJ trained in Indian classical music for two decades and her music reflects it. She told her Hi India, about her music, “It is silky Indian vocals that tap into my two decades of classical music training, and sultry R&B flows inspired by songs that I grew up listening to. Over the past year, I’ve been posting music mashups of my favorite Bollywood songs on TikTok mixed with a variety of Western artists, while also performing in dozens of live shows and working on original music.”

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She also says that music has been a passion for her and adds, “This body of work is definitely a passion project, as I feel it is the culmination of all my training and creative work over the past several years. I believe it pushes the boundaries of traditional fusion music, but also highlights my creative ethos in a way I haven’t tapped into before.” She adds, “The album is an ode to my Desi R&B sound, including samples from Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, but also Hindi lyricism and Indian sounds that I crafted myself SANJ grew up training in Carnatic style of vocals since she was 4. She says, “I think growing up listening to soundtracks from Veer Zaara, Devdas, and more were my initial inspiration for truly enjoying music as both a listener and a musician. But on the other end, I also was inspired by the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Mary J Blige, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Trey Songz, and Coldplay when I was young as well.

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The album is an ode to my Desi R&B sound, including samples from Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, but also Hindi lyricism and Indian sounds that I crafted myself.

Talking about growing up in Chicago suburbs, SANJ says, “I was born in Jacksonville, FL, then lived in Richmond for 10 years, and finally moved to the suburbs of Chicago when I was in the 5th grade.

GROWING UP IN NAPERVILLE

I loved growing up in the Chicago suburbs. I was there from the 5th grade up till senior year of high school, but my parents still live there and I visit often. I went to Gregory Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School. I was regularly involved in musical activities in school - I was in Chamber Strings and took part in huge productions like The Variety Show at Neuqua Valley. Some of my other favorite things to do were go see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra live, hang out in Downtown Naperville (Features, BD’s Mongolian Grill and Front Street Cantina were my fav), study with friends at 95th Street Library, walk through Knoch Knolls park, and go to the Last Fling during the summer.

EARLY PROJECTS IN CHICAGO

I reference Chicago in my music OFTEN - it has such a nostalgic place in my heart and I always do my best to honor it. In my song Cloudmind, I reference Hubbard Street, as this was a street I used to go out with my friends on a ton during summers between college semesters.

My first and second music projects, “At Dusk” and “Poster Child” were both mostly written and recorded in Chicago, and specifically my bedroom in Naperville. I wrote these projects during Covid, when I came home for months at a time because of strict quarantine measures that were in place in LA (where I had lived at the time). I’ve truly felt my rawest and most in-tune self as a musician when I write at my house in Chicago, because it’s where I connect with the inner child in me that has resided there for so many years.

CHICAGO IN MY MUSIC

I reference Chicago in my music OFTEN - it has such a nostalgic place in my heart and I always do my best to honor it. In my song Cloudmind, I reference Hubbard Street, as this was a street I used to go out with my friends on a ton during summers between college semesters. I also reference Chicago in a song from my latest debut album, “Bindaas” - the lyric is “red-eye to Chicago cuz I think I might lose it”. Chicago has always been my safe-haven ever since becoming an adult and moving away - it’s my sanctuary to come back to whenever I feel like I need a reset.

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Ukraine war casts shadow over India’s ambitions G20

India has been positioning itself as a leading voice of developing countries known as the Global South in recent years. Now, as president of the G20, Delhi could not have a bigger stage on which to deliver. The world’s 19 wealthiest nations plus the European Union account for 85% of global economic output and two-thirds of its population. But as its foreign ministers meet in Delhi, any broader agreements that India hopes to deliver will largely depend on one key factor: the war in Ukraine.

When G20 leaders gathered last autumn in Bali, under Indonesia’s presidency, Russian missiles hit key Ukrainian infrastructure targets as world leaders sat down for dinner. The joint communique clearly showed differences, with India, China and Russia reportedly not agreeing to unequivocal criticism of the invasion.

Not much has changed since then: the war has continued with no sign of peace talks, the world remains as divided, if not more so, and many big economies are still in turmoil.

Given this backdrop, it wasn’t surprising when G20 finance ministers failed to agree on a closing statement after their meeting in Bangalore (Bengaluru) last week. Both Moscow and Beijing declined to accept parts of a closing statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”.

It was left to India to release a chair’s summary which noted “different assessments of the situation” in Ukraine within the group. The foreign ministers’ talks this Wednesday and Thursday are likely to face similar hurdles.

“India is taking its G20 presidency very seriously. So it’s going to pull out all the stops to try to make this a successful meeting. There will be a lot of symbolic flourishes. In terms of substance, the Ukraine issue will be looming over everything else,” says Michael Kugelman, deputy director at the Wilson Center

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India wants to focus on issues it sees as more urgent for the developing world. It has put climate change, the increasing burden of debt on developing nations, digital transformation, rising inflation and food and energy security on the agenda.

Many economies are still struggling to recover from the pandemic and rising prices due to the war have made things worse. Experts say Delhi will need deft diplomacy to somehow make the group look beyond Ukraine - but agreements on issues seen as “low hanging fruit” are thought to be achievable.

In that sense, Delhi will hope to use this week’s talks to hit the ground running ahead of a leaders’ summit in September.

“India will try to work out a compromise statement that doesn’t fully satisfy anybody, but that everybody can live with,” says Jitendra Nath Misra, a former Indian ambassador and now a professor at OP Jindal Global University. “But it’s not going to be easy, as countries on either side of the war have only hardened their stands in the past few months.”

India’s own position has come in for scrutiny and reproach too. It has refrained from directly criticising Russia, with which it has long-standing ties, while increasing imports of Russian oil. Delhi’s non-aligned approach initially did not please Western powers but an understanding seems to have evolved.

India may not have criticised Russia directly but it has talked about the importance of “the UN Charter, international law, and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states” in its past statements on Ukraine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit last autumn was viewed as indirect criticism of Russia. “Today’s era is not of war,” Mr Modi told the meeting in Uzbekistan in the presence of President Putin. Mr Kugelman thinks it’s unlikely India will come under pressure to harden its stand against Russia at the G20 talks. But he points to other differences in the group that could derail India’s ambitions.

India’s relations with China have been frosty due to tensions on their disputed border. The “spy balloon” controversy has further strained Beijing-Washington ties and the relationship between the West and Russia is “as bad as ever”, he says.

The atmosphere is going be tense when top diplomats from opposing sides meet in Delhi. So experts say Mr Modi and his foreign minister S Jaishankar will need to use all their personal relations and diplomatic skills if they are to avoid rivalries affecting outcomes at the talks. “Delhi prides itself on its ability to balance rival relationships but given the extent and the scale of the bitterness and geopolitical tensions within this group, it will have to work harder,” Mr Kugelman says. “But India has shown before that it’s capable of navigating a number of different geopolitical rivalries.”

Delhi will also be under pressure to deliver results domestically - it’s invested heavily in promoting a G20 summit taking place in the “mother of democracies” under Mr Modi’s leadership. He will want to show he has been able to make India’s position stronger in the world, especially in the run-up to campaigning for next year’s general elections.

“India is trying all the ways it can muster to have meetings all over the country to make people at home aware of the G20. That’s all very good, but it does not resolve the basic strategic dilemma that India faces right now on how to not let the war disrupt its ambitions,” says Mr Misra.

For Mr Kugelman, India sees itself as a bridge between the developed and the developing worlds, and wants to use its G20 presidency to play the “middle power”. “Now we have a leader who can put them back on the map as a world leader, and they’re trying to connect the G20 to that.”

But he says “the challenge is cut out” for India. “How does it separate the so-called radioactive issues from things where tangible agreements can be found?”

By Vikas Pandey BBC News, Delhi

Ambanis To Get Z+ Security Cover Across India, Abroad: Supreme Court

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The entire expenses and cost of providing the highest level Z+ security cover to respondent Mukesh Ambani within the territory of India or abroad shall be borne by them, the court said.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed to provide the highest Z+ security cover to Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and his family members throughout India and abroad. The entire expenses and cost of providing the highest level Z+ security cover to respondent Mukesh Ambani within the territory of India or abroad shall be borne by them, the court said. A bench of justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed these

US has deepened and strengthened its relationship with India: Official

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The United States has deepened and strengthened its relationship with India, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Bureau, Jessica Lewis, also said India is an incredibly important country in the region. “We have deepened and strengthened our relationship with India, the largest democracy in the world, an incredibly important country in the region, and we are continuing to do so,” Lewis told Defense Writers Group. “I think the way we see it is we offer India a choice when it comes to deepening and strengthening their security relationship with us. I feel very good about where that is going. Obviously, they have a long history of course, but I think we are making very good progress on that front,” Lewis said. Responding to a question, Lewis said that a year after the Ukrainian war, countries around the world are looking to diversify their weapons. “We are seeing countries coming to us and saying look, we may need to diversify in ways that they haven’t before, off Russian equipment. Mainly because they are seeing the failure of Russia and Soviet doctrine in the war, but also raising questions about the equipment that Russia is providing and Russia’s ability to keep providing that equipment,” she said.

directions on Monday.

The court said it found that the Security Cover provided to the respondent Mukesh Ambani and his family has been the subject matter of controversy

at different places and in different High Courts. The court issued directions that the highest Z+ security cover be provided to respondent Mukesh Ambani and his

family all across India and travelling abroad and the same is to be ensured by the State of Maharashtra and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The entire expenses and cost of providing the highest level Z+ security cover to respondent Mukesh Ambani within the territory of India or abroad shall be borne by them, the court said.

“Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are of the considered opinion that if there is a security threat, the security cover provided and that too at own expense of the respondents, cannot be restricted to a particular area or place of stay. Looking into the business activities of respondents nos. 2 to 6 (Mukesh Ambani and his family) within the country as also outside the country, the very purpose of providing security cover would stand frustrated, if the same is restricted to a particular place or area,” the court said.

Senior Counsel Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the respondent contends that the highest level of Z+ security cover was provided to the respondent, in view of continuous threat perception assessed by Mumbai Police and Ministry of Home Affairs and Central government.

Summer: India sees hottest February ever with more pain ahead

India is likely to face a blistering summer after recording its hottest February since 1901, its weather department has said. Average maximum temperature was 29.5C in February, the highest since India started keeping proper weather records. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also forecast “enhanced probability” of heatwaves between March and May. Prolonged heat could affect wheat production and push up power demand.

“Above normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of northeast India, east and central India and some parts of northwest India” from March to May, the IMD said in a statement on Tuesday.

The forecast comes days after the weather department issued and later withdrew its first heatwave alert for the year in parts of western India after conditions improved. Hot summers and heatwaves are common in India, especially in May and June.

But like last year, summer seems set to begin earlier this year - last March was India’s hottest since 1901.

Experts have also said that India is now experiencing more intense, frequent heatwaves that are longer in duration. Last year, India was forced to ban wheat exports after

unseasonably hot weather affected the crop, sending local prices soaring.

In February, the federal government set up a committee to monitor the impact of high temperatures on this year’s harvest. Reuters had cited an unnamed government official as saying at the time that “the current crop condition looks good”.

India is the world’s second biggest wheat producer.

The unusually high temperatures had also triggered a spike in power demand last year, leading to outages in many states. This year too, demand for electricity has already reached nearrecord levels in recent weeks, Bloomberg reported.

Many experts have also been raising concerns about the effect of extreme heat on poor people, who often have to work outside and less access to resources to help them stay cool.

“Heatwaves can have serious health consequences. If temperatures are high even at night, the body doesn’t get a chance to recuperate, increasing the possibility of illnesses and higher medical bills,” Dr Chandni Singh, an environmental scientist, told the BBC last year.

India saw a 55% rise in deaths due to extreme heat between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, according to a study published last year in the medical journal, The Lancet.

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Sakshi Tanwar: Out of my comfort zone

Sakshi Tanwar is known for her quiet and strong, yet fiercely independent roles in television and movies. So, it doesn’t come as a surprise to see the actor pack a punch in the web series Mai: A Mother’s Rage, which streamed on Netflix last year.

“I did it because it was different and challenging,” starts off Tanwar, who consciously chose the role that helped her explore her skill as an actor, beyond the scope of things she has previously done on television. “Mai was something I had never done before. It was totally out of my comfort zone. I have played so many central characters before Mai, but this was like a full-on roller coaster. [There was] action, underworld, scams, corruption, crime, anger, guilt, and everything dark that I had not explored earlier. And who wouldn’t want to play a hero who is thrashing baddies and settling scores with them?”

The actor believes that credit should be given where it’s due. Tanwar says that creator Atul Mongia and director Anshai Lal helped her to develop the layered role of Sheel Chaudhary. “I loved the role, but I wasn’t sure if I was suitable for it or [if I] could [even] do it. After the mock shoot, I was exhausted and apprehensive as I realised that it was going to be a demanding shoot. But they were happy and I was on board,” recollects the actor, adding that finding the balance between the good and bad was the best part of the script. “Sometimes, I would know what to do before the scene would start, but it was a struggle and I would find it somewhere while doing the scene. I can say it has been the toughest project till now.”

Tanwar believes that awards encourage artistes to do better.

“Since childhood we are all conditioned to work in a manner that gets us appreciation. So, when you get an award you do feel happy, but my biggest validation is when people tell me that they liked a particular performance. It feels like I got an invisible certificate for my good work.”

Sakshi Tanwar has been nominated in the Best Actor (Female): Series category for Mai: A Mother’s Rage.

South Films Might Be Their Taste But…” Comparing Doing Better Than Bollywood

In a recent chat with Indian Express, the ‘A Wednesday’ actor highlighted that in how the commercial films from the South are “imaginative” and “original.” As per his observation, the actor added how despite those films may be “crass in their taste,” their execution is “flawless.”

The actor lauded the filmmakers for their song picturisation from “corny films” starring Jeetendra and Sridevi for their original idea. Naseeruddin Shah added, “It wasn’t just a line of girls dancing not quite together and one central dancer. So, I really think South Indian films work harder and it is no mystery why their films are doing better than most of the Hindi cinema.” Further in the interview, the 72-year-old actor talked about OTT and called it the future of cinema and mentioned he has been predicting the “disappearance of movie halls” for a while now. Shah also predicted that in the coming decade movie theatres will completely vanish. Amid the ongoing debate around Hindi and the cinemas from the South, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah recently shared his views. The actor mentioned

his

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Ending on an action note

It is known that a week after the release of Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan resumed filming his next, Jawan. With the movie slated to arrive in cinemas on June 2, director Atlee and team are gearing up to wrap up the shoot latest by March-end. Incidentally, the final spell will be completed in Mumbai with a high-octane action sequence. Shah Rukh will film an extensive double-role chase sequence, designed by action choreographers Sunil Rodrigues and Anal Arasu, in real locations of the city. The stunts, we hear, will be different from the ones seen in Pathaan. Besides Nayanthara, Sanya Malhotra and Vijay Sethupathi, Jawan stars Deepika Padukone in a special role.

Nandamuris bereaved

Actor-politician Nandamuri Taraka Ratna, cousin of actor Junior NTR, passed away on Saturday night in Bengaluru’s Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital. He suffered a heart attack on January 27 during his politician-cousin Nara Lokesh’s Yuvagalam padyatra in Andhra Pradesh. After he collapsed suddenly, the actor was rushed to a hospital in Kuppam, but was moved to Bengaluru as his condition was critical.

Taraka Ratna would have celebrated his 40th birthday on February 22. His last rites will be performed today.

Karisma Kapoor has started shooting a new project under the banner of Maddock films. The film is titled ‘Murder Mubarak.’

Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Karisma shared the clapperboard from the movie set on her Instagram feed. The film is directed by ‘Cocktail’ fame Homi Adajania. She has not divulged much details about the movie.

Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora, Maheep Kapoor, Tamanna Bhatia congratulated Karisma for her new venture.

Karisma was last seen in the web series ‘Mentalhood’ (2020) alongside Sanjay Suri, Sandhya Mridul, Shilpa Shukla and Shruti Seth. Karisma’s upcoming series ‘Brown’ has been announced as a part of the notable Berlinale Series Market Selects.

Sharing the update, Karisma took to Instagram and wrote, “Brown goes to Berlin! Thrilled to know that Brown has been chosen as one of the 16 titles across five continents to screen at the Berlinale Series Market! Congratulations Team #BROWN.” Helmed by Abhinay Deo of ‘Delhi Belly’ fame, ‘Brown’ is based on Rita Brown, a suicidal alcoholic, and Arjun Sinha, a widower with survivor’s guilt. The protagonists need to deal with an unstoppable serial killer on the loose.

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what all factors aid in the success of commercial films from Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada cinema. The actor also lauded filmmakers from the South the originality and imagination that they put into their movies.

Shah is currently gearing up for the release of upcoming Zee5 series Taj: Divided By Blood. Ever since the show’s announcement, viewers are eagerly waiting to watch Shah play the role of Akbar alongside Dharmendra and other wellknown actors.

Last year, Hindi films failed to entertain the masses as much as the commercial films from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. Movies like RRR, KGF: Chapter and Kantara did extraordinarily well at the box office and received critical acclaim. Talking about the same, Naseeruddin Shah lauded the cinemas from the South for their originality.

Veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman has debunked all speculation claiming that her presence on social media is because she is all set to make a return to the silver screen.

Veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman has debunked all speculation claiming that her presence on social media is because she is all set to make a return to the silver screen. She said that she is not planning a comeback, but neither is she closing that door. Zeenat took to Instagram, where she also shared that since her debut at 16, she has experienced the perils of “being misquoted, taken out of context, censored, and gossiped about.”

The Satyam Shivam Sundaram actress wrote: “There’s been some speculation that my presence here is the precursor to my return to the silver screen. I am a notoriously private person, and I suppose this sudden sharing has set tongues wagging.”

“The truth is that I have been in the public eye since I was 16-years-old, and have experienced the perils of being misquoted, taken out of context, censored, and gossiped about. Now as a septuagenarian I am enjoying the opportunity to reflect on my life and career in my own words.”

Nothing

works in isolation; it’s always the package that works

Assessment of own successes

There’s no one line explanation to what works. Can you specifically point out what’s working with Pathaan?

On not letting what others say affect him and continuing his ideology?

“They said, oh, he’s the son of a fight master, he won’t make it; oh, he is very average-looking, he won’t last. And yet, Phool aur Kaante worked. What was it that did? The action, the music, the performances, or the storyline? One doesn’t know. But something clicked. Nothing works in isolation; it’s always the package that works.”

On the audiences forming a parasocial relationship with an actor based on factors other than physical appearance?

“It has no explanation. It’s a vibe. Without taking names, I’d say that there are some actors who are talented, good-looking, but when you see them on screen, they just irritate you, you know? It’s an instinctive reaction”

About fatherhood:

“I am still a very hands-on father. Like you saw, my son was constantly calling me. I’m fully aware of what’s happening in their school, which kid they’re fighting with, what they’ve had for breakfast and lunch, and what they’ll be having for dinner. I have to give them the time. Nysa has not yet made up her mind about what she wants to do. She’s still studying. Up till now she’s said she doesn’t want to be an actor. My son is too young to think about a career.”

Why not doing B’wood tracks now...

Lucky Ali

Ijust do my work the way I feel it. If I want to make a mistake in it but it is something that agrees with my vibe I would go ahead and do that and then deal with it later on. Many of our songs, if you have noticed, have a very Indian feel and all of a sudden we are doing grooves that are very broad.” “That’s the music part but what you say is very important to me. I don’t want to say something for the sake of saying it, it has to actually mean to me what I am trying to express. That’s why I don’t do Bollywood tracks and movies because I’m not speaking the truth in them.” Others try too hard to stay relevant, however, Lucky, whose real name is Maqsood Mahmood Ali, does not need to even try. “It’s Just God’s blessing. I haven’t done any great thing. My songs are simple. They are everybody’s music.” I don’t know what’s the truth but just be true to yourself and you have to live with what you say. It’s not like aaj aapne keh diya and then you don’t follow what you say then you become a hypocrite. So, you live by the work that you do. “I do the music, so I do the music as long as the music is there and when it’s not there, main bhi apna jhola band kar chala jaunga

It’s Just God’s blessing. I haven’t done any great thing. My songs are simple. They are everybody’s music.

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BAPS Mandir donates $25k for Türkiye earthquake relief

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a community dedicated to supporting those in need.

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ROBBINSVILLE, NJ- In response to the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey organized a special prayer assembly on February 25, 2023, for those affected by the humanitarian crisis. The community members at BAPS offered support for the people of Türkiye through prayer and a generous donation of $25,000 through its humanitarian relief arm, BAPS Charities, to the Embrace Relief Foundation.

As hundreds of thousands are fleeing the disaster zones and being displaced from their homes, Embrace Relief Foundation has been continuously responding to the essential needs of those affected. The donation will aid relief efforts in three key areas: food distribution, housing assistance, and emergency supply distribution. At the core of Embrace Relief’s mission is delivering sustainable solutions to achieve immediate and lasting improvements in situations of humanitarian emergency.

The CEO of Embrace Relief Foundation, Osman Dulgeroglu, expressed gratitude

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towards BAPS for organizing the event and for their generous donation. “I am truly overwhelmed by your generosity and cannot express how I feel about your unwavering support during this difficult time. Thank you for your support. It will bring hope and comfort to many who have lost everything.” Members from Turkish Cultural Center, New Jersey, and Central Jersey Community Center were also present to take part in the event.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a community dedicated to supporting those in need. Through various charitable programs, the organization strives to improve the lives of people around the world. In 2022, volunteers from the community were also involved in aiding in the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. To learn more about the charitable and spiritual programs and initiatives of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan in Robbinsville, please visit their website at www.baps.org/robbinsville.

REDMOND, WA- Soujanya

Ramamurthy, 30, wife of an Indian Microsoft employee’s wife who went missing from her home in Bell Marymoor Apartments in Redmond, Washington is now reported dead. Soujanya who went missing on February 25 was found dead. After a massive search, her body was found at Lake Sammamish in King County some eight miles east of Seattle. A search campaign was going online with friends and colleagues circulating her missing details on social media too. Her husband Mudambi S Srivatsa is a software engineer at Microsoft. The couple are from Mysore, India. A Go Fund Me has been launched to help carry the body to India for last rites.The police are still investigating the case.

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HARTFORD, CT- With a vision to ‘educate Americans” about the sport, the Cricket Hall of Fame (CHoF) has launched the American Cricket Education Council (ACEC).

CHoF Executive Director, Michael Chambers said, “Our Hall of Fame members and supporters will offer their time and expertise as key investments to promote and support cricket in the western part of the world.”

CHoF Board Director Jatin Patel in a statement said, “Our credentialing is to combine resources, expertise, and infrastructure to empower scholastic cricket to educators and faculty members at colleges / Universities with enhanced resources and professional development opportunities and strengthen the future of the cricket coached” / educators and institutional instructors.”

Patel added that members of the Apex Pnel work in a variety of settings and carry the vast experience with expertise in the U.S. education and sports system and in the field of cricket.

“CHoF will connect to its vast network

of legends and Cricket Hall of Fame inductees, including professionals in all these settings.” Patel emphasized He also pointed to rapid changes in the sport of cricket that demand instructors frequently update and enhance training skills to keep pace with their expanding role and increased responsibility with regards to legal requirements in the United States to meet sports culture.

The ACEC advocates for this rigorous education and training in various schools and colleges, he said.

Despite the first cricket game in the USA being played more than a century ago in 1845, the game has missed adequate and organic education programs with qualified and knowledgeable people to sustain the growth and development of the game here, the press release said.

The Cricket Hall of Fame is the right group that cares about cricket and forming ACEC is one important step to make a difference in educational institutions with proper course work to start or expand programs at the school and colleges, a press release said.

Representatives of the Sikh community in Charlotte, North Carolina, held a meeting with law enforcement officials to address the rise in unlawful acts of hate against their community. The meeting, held at the Gurdwara Khalsa Darbar in Charlotte, was the first of a series of planned outreach and educational events as part of the Justice Department’s “United Against Hate” (UAH) initiative. The program aims to protect communities, educate members on their rights and the relevant law, provide an avenue for reporting hate crimes and incidents of hate, and increase trust in the criminal justice system. The event featured a presentation by Assistant US Attorneys with experience in prosecuting hate

crimes and civil rights violations, as well as representatives from law enforcement agencies. A total of 1,005 hate crimes related to religion were reported in 2021 in the US, with Sikhs being the most targeted religious group. The “United Against Hate” initiative is a national program to fight the rise of hate crimes in the Western District of North Carolina and will focus on communities at risk of being targets of hate crimes.

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A total of 1,005 hate crimes related to religion were reported in 2021 in the US, with Sikhs being the most targeted religious group.

Philadelphia CBP seizes dangerous ketamine in Ottoman heading to Maryland

PHILADELPHIA, PA – One month after discovering ketamine concealed inside candles, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia discovered an additional ketamine load concealed inside an ottoman.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia intercepted ketamine on February 10, 2023, that was concealed inside an ottoman that was being shipped from Belgium to an address near Washington, D.C. While inspecting international express delivery parcels on February 10, CBP officers examined a box labeled as a storage ottoman because it felt heavier than an ottoman should. Officers probed structural pieces of the ottoman and discovered a white powdery substance that officers identified as ketamine hydrochloride by using a handheld elemental isotope analysis tool. The parcel was shipped from Brussels,

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Belgium and was destined to an address near Washington, D.C.

CBP officers kept the ottoman and ketamine intact and turned the parcel over to special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) who continue to investigate.

The ottoman pieces that concealed the ketamine weighed a combined 7.23 kilograms, or about 16 pounds. Ketamine hydrochloride is a Schedule III non-narcotic compound regulated

under the Controlled Substances Act. According to the DEA, ketamine, commonly known on the street as Special K, is used in both human and veterinary medicine to induce sedation, immobility, and relief from pain. It has recently been used by medical professionals for mental health and substance use disorders. Ketamine is abused for its ability to induce dissociative sensations and hallucinations, and has also been used

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to facilitate sexual assault. Typically, ketamine abuse occurs among teens and young adults at nightclubs and private parties. Overdoses can lead to nausea, irregular heart rate, muscle stiffening, unconsciousness, and respiratory failure leading to death.

“Transnational criminal organizations continue to employ a variety of tactics to smuggle illicit narcotics into the United States, but Customs and Border Protection officers are highly skilled at detecting their concealment methods,” said Joseph Martella, Area Port Director for CBP’s Area Port of Philadelphia.

“We want to assure the public that CBP remains committed to keeping our country and our communities safe from the scourge of dangerous drugs.”

CBP officers and agents seized an average of 2,895 pounds of dangerous drugs every day at our nation’s air, land and sea ports of entry. See what else CBP accomplished during “A Typical Day” in 2022.

SKOKIE, IL- An Illinois artist based in Skokie Syed Rehman has been heavily involved in charity work through his very active Instagram page. When the devastating earthquake struck in Turkey and Syria, he began thinking how he can help the people. Given his past charity and fund-raising efforts many people began getting in touch with him on Instagram about if he has launched a campaign. But it was a gentle nudge from his little daughter that set him on his mission.

One day after school, his daughter asked him if he was going to Turkey to help earthquake victims and Rehman took it as a sign from God. He got in touch with Human Concern International (HCI) a Canada based charity organization he works with and he soon flew to Turkey to be on ground and help the victims directly. Once there he saw big buildings collapsed on the ground and cars crushed on ground like paper. He along with the HCI team distributed help on the ground, cooked meals and distributed it to displaced families many of whom were Syrian refugees in Turkey. The situation remains urgent and Rehman is urging everyone to do whatever little they can do.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- A virtual wedding held at a virtual reality browser platform? Guess everything is possible in the 21st Century! Indian American couple, Sheel Mohnot and Amruta Godbole of San Francisco tied the knot on Decenteraland — a virtual reality platform. The couple won the Taco

Bell Metaverse Wedding Contest and were selected out of 300 applicants. The ceremony took place at the oceanfront location of the Pacifica restaurant. Wearing traditional Indian attire — the bride in lehenga and groom in sherwani the couple rode virtual elephants. Kal Penn who was the emcee and officiated the wedding had an avatar with red jacket and taco hat. The couple said their vows in front of a virtual ‘agni’ Taco Bell called the wedding as a real wedding with a real couple, a real officiant, in an unreal Taco Bell Metaverse venue.

The groom Sheel Mohnot is a venture capitalist and the bride Amruta Godbole is an attorney

Aussie-Indian man pleads guilty to unruly behaviour on Air Canada flight

Melbourne: 1 (IANS) An AustralianIndian man pleaded guilty to one count of behaving in an offensive and disorderly manner in an aircraft, and was fined AUS$750 by a local court this week. Hardik Patel, 46, from Rooty Hill in western Sydney, became aggressive and abusive onboard a 15-hour Air Canada flight from Vancouver due to heavy drinking, and was arrested upon his arrival at Sydney Airport earlier this month, the Daily Mail reported.The Air Canada crew found one litre bottle of Bacardi and a water bottle containing a liquid smelling strongly of alcohol with Patel.

Hindus Urge Swiss Burger Chain to Reconsider ‘Holy Cow’ Name

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RENO-NV- The global Hindu community has expressed its outrage at a Swiss-based restaurant chain, “Holy Cow! Gourmet Burger Co.”, which sells beef burgers and is named after the revered animal in Hinduism. The chain, which has 17 outlets across Switzerland, has been accused of trivializing and belittling one of the most deeply held articles of faith for Hindus worldwide.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who is the President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, has issued a statement from Nevada in the USA, saying that cows are considered sacred and venerated in Hinduism. Zed has called on the restaurant chain and its CEO Adrian Stadelmann to urgently reconsider its name, as it is seen as a

clear case of religious appropriation, sacrilege, and ridicule.

Zed has also urged the 32 Swiss partners of HCGBC, including “Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland” in Le Bouveret, and delivery partners, “Just Eat,” “Uber

Zed has called on the restaurant chain and its CEO Adrian Stadelmann to urgently reconsider its name, as it is seen as a clear case of religious appropriation, sacrilege, and ridicule.

Eats,” and “smood.ch,” to withdraw their strategic partnership if the company failed to reconsider its name. Zed argued that students at the Culinary Arts Academy should not be taught that insensitivity towards others is acceptable.

HCGBC, an award-winning Swiss fresh gourmet burger chain, was established in 2009 and sells 14 different beef burgers, including the “Elvis”. It refers to its grills as “sacred”.

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Get Ready Chicago For Vadilal International

Gujarati Film Festival (IGFF) Hosted By Hi India

CHICAGO, IL- For a long time, Indian films have always made an impact on international film festivals. While Bollywood and South Indian films continue to captivate the audience. Not many may know that the regional film industry is also flourishing and bringing out some great movies to watch. One such regional industry is the Gujarati Films, which are up and coming in a big way. Many regional Gujarati directors and story writers are coming up with works of such stellar quality that it definitely deserves a broader platform to showcase. It was this thought that led to the conceptualization of Vadilal International Film Festival (IGFF).

Founder of IGFF, Kaushal Acharya, on why he thought of this unique concept, says “Well, Gujaratis remain one of the biggest NRI communities in the US and even across the globe. I felt that even though a lot of good work is being done in Gujarati cinema, enough of it was not reaching the overseas markets and people needed to see how successful

The festival will see some of the biggest names in Gujarati film industry coming to Chicago. Renowned Gujarati actors, directors, writers and theatre personalities will be a part of this extravaganza.

their own regional films can be if given the right platform.”

This will be the fourth edition of the festival which made its debut in 2018 in NJ. The Chicago edition will be hosted

by the largest media and event company www.hiindia.com. The festival which will be held from June 23-25 is already being chalked out as one of the most anticipated events for a lot of desis in

America. The festival will see some of the biggest names in Gujarati film industry coming to Chicago. Renowned Gujarati actors, directors, writers and theatre personalities will be a part of this extravaganza. A high-octane redcarpet event, the first of its kind for any regional Indian cinema will be the highlight of the event in Chicago. For movie buffs it will be a time to get up close and personal with their favorite stars as Q&A sessions, master classes and film bazaar will bring together both filmmakers and film lovers in a close setting. Watch out for some of the most promising film screenings showcasing the gems of Gujarati cinema. It’s also a time for aspirants to get their talent noticed as master class and talent hunt for new Gujarati films would also be held.

A Grand Award Ceremony would fittingly close this years’ edition. There are lots of more exciting things in store. Stay tuned for more updates on the most exciting event in Chicago this summer!

Nikki Haley Starts Arduous Campaign In 2 Key States, Will Have Wall St Fundraiser

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A Rasmussen poll last week showed her beating President Joe Biden by 4 per cent in a head-to-head contest, with a support of 45 per cent to 41 per cent for him — an improvement from a Public Policy Polling survey the previous week showing her behind by 6 per cent. However, she will first have to get her party’s nomination, which seems a monumental task given the big lead of former President Donald Trump.

In the latest Fox News poll, she was tied for the third place with former Vice President Mike Pence at 7 per cent, while Trump polled 43 per cent and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is yet to announce his run, 28 per cent. Against these odds, as the first to take on Trump with her campaign launch on February 15, Haley began her long trek towards getting the party nomination with campaign stops in New Hampshire starting the next day and in Iowa the next week.

Iowa will be the first state to hold the intra-party election to choose its candidate and New Hampshire the second just under a year from now and a candidate’s showing in those states could determine the future.

The third will be her home state, South Carolina, which brought her national attention as the first woman to become its governor.

While campaigning with voters builds a base, perhaps more important is money in US politics: $6.6 billion was spent in the 2020 presidential election.

And so, Haley begins her high-profile fundraising at a Wall Street event with tickets ranging between $3,300 and $6,600, the maximum allowed by the

In the latest Fox News poll, she was tied for the third place with former Vice President Mike Pence at 7 per cent, while Trump polled 43 per cent and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is yet to announce his run, 28 per cent.

Federal Election Commission, that is hosted by three top finance executives in New York, CNBC reported.

The cable station identified the hosts as Gautam Chawla, a vice chair at Barclays; Joseph Konzelmann, a partner at private equity giant TPG, and Evan Baehr, who runs a venture capital firm.

From New Hampshire, Vikram Mansharamani, who had run for the Republican nomination for the Senate giving him insights into state politics,

told IANS: “Haley had a spectacular reception in New Hampshire. Wherever she went, there were overflowing crowds of people trying to spend time with her and to hear her message.

“In today’s highly polarised political environment, her unifying message should resonate.”

With his deep connections across his state, Mansharamani, who is a businessman, author and a former lecturer at Harvard, hosted an event “to help introduce her to a diverse group of New Hampshire voters that included leading activists, government and business leaders, philanthropists, and engaged citizens”.

Haley said at one of her stops in the state that if the party wanted to win, it should “start focusing on new generational leadership and the best way to do that is to put a ‘badass’ woman in the White House”, according to the Concord Monitor.

At another town hall meeting, she was

introduced by retired Army General Don Bolduc, who became the party’s Senate candidate last year and is considered a part of the party’s hard right.

Haley’s “compassion and her empathy and her complete dedication to public service, putting herself last and everybody else first, I think is what we need in this country and that is why I am supporting her”, he told the Monitor. In a campaign stop in Iowa, she gently took on Trump in whose cabinet she had served and who is the candidate to beat, calling him “my friend”.

“I think he was the right President at the right time”, she said, according to the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

“But we, as dire a situation as this is, as much as all the media and everybody wants to talk about the past, we need to leave the status quo in the past,” she added in an apparent reference to Trump’s obsessive belief that he was the real winner of the 2020 election.

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Ashfaq Syed for Naperville City Council. Why the Right Candidate Matters?

In politics and in community often it is the right choices that make all the difference. Choosing the right candidate without getting influenced with biases, prejudices or personal issues often leads to smarter, more effective changes.

Every election cycle, we are reminded that each vote counts and right participation matters. As the upcoming Naperville City Council elections draw close, once more Hi India maintains the highest integrity and chooses to endorse a candidate who is known for his impact, has a track-record of meaningful work and promises discipline towards the cause he is standing for.

Activist and popular community member Ashfaq Syed is running for the Naperville City Council. A Naperville resident, Syed has been involved in the city and its development for years now. Hi India believes, Syed with his background in community work and social engagements has created impact in the city and with the right platform he would be able to bring diversity and dedication and take the city of Naperville to further heights.

Syed, who is a current trustee on Naperville Public Library Board and is also a graduate of the Naperville Citizen Police Academy and the Naperville Citizen Fire Academy has been observing the needs of the city at the micro level.

Syed also believes that his election would reflect the rich cultural diversity of the city and as a board member for

Naperville Neighbors United and as a Diversity Advisory Board member for the National Herald he has got the right bearings for a candidate that can create a better communal environment for all.

Syed’s vision for a better neighborhood involves the young too and his

experience as a committee member for 360 Youth Services, a Civic Engagement Committee adds to his understanding on how to involve youth as well as attend to their needs if the community has to progress together.

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FTX Fraud: Indian-Origin Nishad Singh Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges

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San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) Indianorigin Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has finally pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was currently cooperating with the US prosecutors in the alleged billion-dollar scam at the crypto trading platform run by former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried who is also facing a trial.

Singh pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance laws. Bankman-Fried, along with Gary Wang, co-founder of FTX, and Caroline Ellison, the former head of FTX’s sister hedge fund Alameda Research, have all pleaded guilty in the ongoing case.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Singh for his role in a multi-year scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX.

According to the SEC’s complaint, Singh created software code that allowed FTX customer funds to be diverted to Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund owned by Bankman-Fried and Wang,

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According to the complaint, as FTX neared collapse, Singh withdrew approximately $6 million from FTX for personal use and expenditures, including the purchase of a multi-million dollar house and donations to charitable causes

despite false assurances by BankmanFried to investors that FTX was a safe crypto asset trading platform.

The complaint alleged that Singh knew or should have known that such

statements were false and misleading. “We allege that this was fraud, pure and simple: while on the one hand FTX touted its supposed effective risk mitigation measures to investors, on the other Singh and his co-defendants were stealing customer funds using software code Singh helped create,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

The complaint also alleged that Singh was an active participant in the scheme to deceive FTX’s investors.

Moreover, according to the complaint, as FTX neared collapse, Singh withdrew approximately $6 million from FTX for personal use and expenditures, including the purchase of a multimillion dollar house and donations to charitable causes.

In a parallel action, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) also announced charges against Singh. “Today’s guilty plea underscores once again that the crimes at FTX were vast in scope and consequence,” said Damian Williams, US attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Naperville deserves a candidate that has a larger vision for the city, the community and the residents and Hi India recognizes that choosing a candidate based solely on his work and ethics is the right way to go.

candidate should be the one who has a vision to make the community more seen and heard on a national level. In 2019, as a co-chair for the 2020 US Census Naperville Complete Count Committee, he worked with the chairman of Naperville Compete Count Committee, Mark Rice to create innovative strategies for a widespread outreach campaign. The hard work paid off and Naperville was recognized as Number 1 City in America for US Census Self Responses. As a publication, we understand the positive growth this recognition brings to any city in terms of receiving better federal and state funding as well as reducing the local tax burden on citizens.

Naperville deserves a candidate that has a larger vision for the city, the community and the residents and Hi India recognizes that choosing a candidate based solely on his work and ethics is the right way to go.

The Naperville City Council elections will be held on April 4, 2023

Visitors can continue applying for work permits inside Canada

Toronto,: (IANS) Foreign nationals who are in Canada as visitors and who receive a valid job offer will be able to apply for and receive a work permit without having to leave the country, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced.

The move, an extension of a Covid-era temporary public policy that was set to expire today, has now been extended by two years, until February 28, 2025. Visitors applying under this public policy who held a work permit within the last 12 months will also continue to be able to request interim work authorization to begin working for their new employer more quickly.

Prior to this temporary policy change, those applying to work in Canada would typically need to apply for their initial work permit before they came to Canada.

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What Bill Gates Gifted Ratan Tata When He Met Him

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates met Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata and Tata Sons Natarajan Chandrasekaran on Wednesday during the former’s visit to India. During the meeting, the business magnates talked at length about philanthropic initiatives. In an enriching discussion, Tata and Gates discussed strengthening their joint efforts and partnering for health, diagnostics, and nutrition. Gates Foundation took to Twitter to confirm the development. The tweet reads, “Our co-chair and founder Bill Gates had an enriching discussion with Ratan Tata and N Chandrasekaran, about their philanthropic initiatives. We look forward to strengthening our work together and partnering for health, diagnostics, and nutrition.”

PM Modi urges G20 foreign ministers to overcome differences

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged G20 foreign ministers to overcome their divisions and focus on the needs of the developing world.

Last week, G20 finance ministers failed to reach a consensus on a closing statement at their meeting in Bangalore (Bengaluru) city, in the first ministerial meeting in the run up to the summit later this year.

It was left to India to release a chair’s summary which noted “different assessments of the situation” in Ukraine within the group. The foreign ministers’ talks on Thursday are likely to face similar hurdles.

“We are meeting at a time of deep global divisions. We have a responsibility to those not in this room,” he told the ministers in Delhi. India wants to use its G20 presidency to raise issues of developing countries known as the Global South. But divisions within the group over the Ukraine war will test Indian diplomacy.

It was evident from Mr Modi’s speech on Thursday that India wanted to deliver agreements that could help the developing world and fuel its global ambitions.

“After years of progress, we are at risk today of moving back on the sustainable development goals. Many developing countries are struggling with unsustainable debts while trying to ensure food and energy security,” he said.

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the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph, in a unanimous verdict, held that this norm will continue to hold good till a law on the issue is made by Parliament.

BJP Retains Nagaland, Tripura, Hung Verdict In Meghalaya

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In a landmark verdict aimed at insulating the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners from the executive’s interference, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that their appointments will be done by the President on the advise of a committee comprising the prime minister, leader of opposition in

The apex court said if the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is not there, then leader of the single largest opposition party will be in the committee to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and elections commissioners.

The bench delivered its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of election commissioners and the Chief Election Commissioner.

Supreme Court forms panel on Adani row, seeks SEBI report in 2 months

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New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to set up an expert committee to examine issues arising out of US short-seller Hindenburg’s report on the Adani Group.

The committee, headed by retired judge Abhay Manohar Sapre, will include veteran bankers KV Kamath and OP Bhat, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, OP Bhat and retired Justice JP Devdhar.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said market regulator SEBI should complete its ongoing investigation in two months and file a status report.

The committee of experts will investigate the Adani row and suggest measures to strengthen the statutory framework.

The Supreme Court was hearing petitions asking for regulatory mechanisms to protect investors.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered setting up of a six- member committee headed by former apex court judge A M Sapre to look into various regulatory aspects for stock markets, including the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala said the panel will make an overall assessment of situation, suggest measures to make investors aware and strengthening of existing regulatory measures for stock markets.

The bench also directed the Centre, financial statutory bodies and the SEBI

The top court ordered setting up of a 6-member committee headed by exjudge AM Sapre to look into various regulatory aspects for stock markets

chairperson to render all cooperation to the panel which will have to submit its report within two months.

Former judges OP Bhat and JP Devdatt are also part of the probe committee. The court also named Nandan Nilekani, KV Kamath and Somasekharan Sundaresan as three other members of the committee.

While reserving its order, the top court on February 17 had refused to accept in a sealed cover the Centre’s suggestion on a proposed panel of experts. Adani Group stocks have taken a beating on the bourses after the Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, against the business conglomerate. The Adani Group has dismissed the charges as lies, saying it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.

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US Pulls In Officials From “Around The World” To Help With India Visa Ops

Consular officers from around the world have left their regular duties for this purpose, the US Consulate in Mumbai said in a tweet.

“All hands on deck to reduce visa wait times! Our incredible team of consular officers have temporarily left their regular duties around the world, from @StateDept in D.C. to the @ USConsulateNaha, to help out with visa operations in Mumbai. Together, we are #HereToServe,” it said.

Rahul Gandhi’s New Look Ahead Of Cambridge Lecture

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has trimmed his hair and beard for the first time since his Bharat Jodo Yatra, ahead of his lecture at Cambridge University.

The Congress leader landed in London on Tuesday for a week’s tour that includes the student-only lecture at the University of Cambridge, his alma mater.

Rahul Gandhi, a Visiting Fellow of the Cambridge Judge Business School (Cambridge JBS), will speak on the subject “Learning to Listen in the 21st Century”. The Congress leader last addressed the University of Cambridge at an event at Corpus Christi College entitled “India at 75” during a visit to the UK in May.

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New Delhi: The US has deployed temporary visa officers to help with the visa operations in Mumbai and reduce the wait time. Consular officers from around the world have left their regular duties for this purpose, the US Consulate in Mumbai said in a tweet.

The tweet featured a video of the four officers chosen from the US consular offices in Washington DC, Japan’s Okinawa, and Hong Kong. They have been tasked with reducing visa interview wait times, facilitating travel to the US, boosting India-US business opportunities, and supporting family reunification.

Currently, non-immigrant visa applicants from Mumbai need to wait for 694 days to just get an appointment, showed a US government website. For Delhi, the wait time is 614 days.

“I’m Not Their Target, You...”: Manish Sisodia’s Resignation Letter

Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resigned from their posts in the state cabinet on Tuesday.

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New Delhi: Sticking to his stand of calling the allegations against him “false”, AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday in his resignation letter said that it is unfortunate that despite working with honesty and truthfulness continuously for eight years, corruption charges are being levelled against him.

“It is unfortunate that despite working with honesty and truthfulness continuously for eight years, corruption charges are being levelled against me. I and my God know that all these allegations are false. These allegations are in fact nothing more than a conspiracy of cowardly and weak people

who are scared of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of truth. I am not their target, you [Kejriwal] are their target. Because today not only Delhi but the people of the whole country are seeing you as a leader who has a vision for the country and the ability to bring big changes in the lives of the people by implementing it,” Mr Sisodia said in his resignation letter to Arvind Kejriwal. “Today Arvind Kejriwal has become a name of hope in the eyes of crores of people across the country who are facing problems like economic crisis, poverty, unemployment, inflation and corruption,” the letter read further.

Bulldozers At Home Of Missing Suspect In Killing Of UP Murder Witness

The killing was planned by gangsterturned-politician and former Samajwadi Party leader Atiq Ahmed, according to the police.

Indian Americans Punit Renjen, Rajesh Subramaniam to be members of US President’s Export Council

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President Biden has announced his intention to appoint two Indian Americans to his powerful Export Council. The two members are Punit Renjen, the former CEO of Deloitte Consulting and Rajesh Subramaniam, who is the CEO and President-elect of FedEx. The President’s export council is the principal national advisory committee on international trade. The list was announced on Tuesday. The council advises the President on government policies and programmes that affect US trade performance; promotes export expansion; and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems.

Lucknow: Days after the sensational daylight killing of a murder witness in Uttar Pradesh, bulldozers showed up at the home of a close relative of gangster Atiq Ahmed, who is accused of plotting the killing.

On Friday, a witness to the 2005 killing of a politician, lawyer Umesh Pal, was killed in a shootout just outside his home in Prayagraj. His security guard was also killed in the shooting by five men.

Umesh Pal had witnessed the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal, who was a bitter rival of Atiq Ahmed. The police allege Atiq Ahmed, who is in a jail in Ahmedabad, sent five or six of his closest associates to kill the witness before he could record his statement before the police.

Atiq Ahmed, along with his son Asad Ahmed and wife and BSP leader Shaista Parveen, were named in the FIR on the killing. One of the accused was killed in an alleged encounter with the police on Monday. This morning, bulldozers arrived to demolish the home in Prayagraj of Zafar Ahmed, another close aide of Atiq Ahmed, who is also missing since the shootout. Reports suggest Atiq Ahmed’s wife and son were also in the bungalow.

New York, March 1 (IANS) Indianorigin professor Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems.

Balakrishnan is the Fujitsu Professor in the MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a principal investigator in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

“Hari’s unique contributions have shaped the course of research and discovery in multiple fields, saved lives, and enabled users to have better experiences with networkbased services,” Vint Cerf, chair of the Marconi Society and 1998 Marconi Fellow, said in an MIT News statement.

“His focus on scientific excellence that creates positive impact at scale, along with his humanitarian contributions, makes him a perfect choice for the Marconi Prize,” Cerf said. The Marconi Prize, widely considered to be the top honour within the field of communications technology, is given annually to “innovators who have made significant contributions to increasing digital inclusivity through the advancement of information and communications technology”. Balakrishnan’s research has focused on improving the reliability, performance, and efficiency of computer systems, with special emphasis on networking, mobile computing, and distributed systems.

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Adani brake on fresh capex plan

India’s role on global stage continues to grow: US

Deleted File, Officer’s Account - CBI’s Case vs Manish Sisodia: Sources

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) will not invest in any new projects where it has not made capex commitments as the company looks to ride out the current “market volatility’’.

It will continue to invest in ongoing or committed projects such as the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport, roads and data centres.

AEL will review its plans to build a proposed 2 million tonne coal-to-PVC plant in Mundra, Gujarat.

It will also not bid for new road projects including the hybrid annuity mode (HAM) or EPC projects to be put up for tender in this quarter, according to Jugeshinder Singh, group chief financial officer, at a post earnings call. Singh said AEL will fund existing capex programmes in core infrastructure projects that include green hydrogen, transport, logistics from the free cash flow available in these businesses.

Indian American to run for California State Assembly

During an interaction, a senior official also highlighted the steps being taken by the State Department in reducing the visa wait time in India

India’s role on the global stage continues to grow and the India-US ties are one of the consequential relationships, a senior State Department official has said. Speaking to community leaders and local ethic Indian media reporters during a trip to the Silicon Valley last week, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Nancy Izzo Jackson also said that India’s presidency of the G20 will help the country intensify its growth in every sphere.

India has taken over the Presidency of the G20 on December 1, last year.

“As we look at India’s Presidency of G-20,

we know that India’s role on the global stage continues to grow. And so does the US-India relationship,” Jackson said The interaction was organised by Ajay Jain Bhutoria, a member of President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, wherein a visiting team of senior State Department officials met eminent Indian American community members to brief them on the status of India-US ties, the importance of the Diaspora in this and address their questions. During the interaction, Jackson highlighted the role that India is playing at the international level especially in its capacity as president of G-20 nations and the steps being taken by the State Department in reducing the visa wait time in India. Among other senior officials who were part of the State Department team to the Silicon Valley were Karen Klimowski, USAID Deputy Mission Director for India, Jennifer Sudweeks, Division Chief for Outreach and Inquiries Bureau of Consular, Affairs office of Visa Services, Jenn Miller, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Outreach and Partnerships and Radhika Prabhu, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Women’s Economic Empowerment.

New Delhi: A digital device seized from Delhi excise department led the CBI to unearth the alleged role of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case, sources from the agency have said.

Mr Sisodia was arrested by the CBI last night following an eight-hour questioning session.He is to be presented in the court this afternoon. The senior AAP leader faces corruption allegations in bringing a now-scrapped liquor sale policy in the national capital. The party has denied the charges, alleging political vendetta by the BJPled central government. According to sources in the central agency, a digital device was seized during a search at the excise department on August 19. While examining it, the agency traced one of the excise policy draft documents to a system that wasn’t part of the excise department network, the sources said.

“Most CBI officers” were against arresting Manish Sisodia: Delhi CM Kejriwal

The CBI arrested Manish Sisodia a day ago in connection with alleged irregularities in a liquor policy, the most high-profile arrest in the case so far.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal on Monday said that he has learnt “most CBI officers” were against arresting his deputy Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy probe, and were forced to do so, without evidence, because of “political pressure”.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Mr Sisodia late on Sunday in connection with alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped liquor policy, the most highprofile arrest in the case so far.

He was arrested after eight hours of questioning in an ongoing investigation in “a case related to alleged irregularities in framing and

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Indian American community leader Darshana Patel has announced her bid to run for the California State Assembly District 76 in 2024. Her campaign has already earned endorsements from IndianAmerican Congressman Ro Khanna. Patel said, “I am running for State Assembly because I want to make sure that every person has the opportunity to succeed and thrive, and because I can use my experience as a scientist, elected school board member, and a civic leader to make a difference in their lives.”

California’s Assembly District 76 includes the cities of Escondido and San Marcos, portions of San Diego, and numerous unincorporated communities in San Diego County.

implementation of the excise policy”, the CBI said in a statement. Before going to the CBI, Mr Sisodia held a roadshow with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters and said he was being framed in a fake case because the BJP was scared of AAP’s strides. The country’s federal agencies, which report to the BJP government at the centre, have been probing suspected irregularities in the Delhi government’s liquor policy, after an official issued a report in July last year in which he suggested the policy benefited private liquor retailers by offering them discounts at the cost of the exchequer.

Indian techies work in Germany: Olaf Scholz

He offered no specifics on how many workers Germany hopes to attract from India.

Twitter Lays Off Dozens

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, wrapping up a two-day visit to India, urged the country’s IT specialists and other skilled workers to consider working in Germany.

Looking for ways to tackle labor shortages in Europe’s largest economy, Scholz said his coalition government was planning to reduce immigration hurdles and introduce a point-based system that would grant visas even to specialists who don’t yet have a firm job offer in hand.

He offered no specifics on how many workers Germany hopes to attract from India.

Twitter Inc. laid off more workers late Saturday in a fresh wave of cuts meant to curb costs at the social networking company now owned by Elon Musk. The layoffs hit employees on teams across the company, including engineering and product, according to people familiar with the situation. Some employees learned they were laid off via an email late Saturday, the people said, and others tweeted that they learned they were terminated when they could no longer log in to the internal system.

It’s unclear exactly how many employees were impacted, though sources believe it was dozens.

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Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins gold, makes Asian Games cut

Vijayanagar (Karnataka), : (IANS) Star shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor on Wednesday clinched gold on the opening day of the 2nd Indian Open Throws and Jumps Competition after breaking the meet record with a throw of 19.95 metres at the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), here.

With his stunning performance, Toor also qualified for a spot in the Asian Games by breaching the 19 metres mark, which is the qualifying standard for the Asian Games set by the AFI in men’s shot put. The silver medal was clinched by the new star on the circuit Karanveer Singh with a throw of 19.54 metres who also breached the qualification standard set by AFI to make the cut for the Asian Games.

India wins Women’s Snooker World Cup after beating England

Bumrah to undergo surgery in New Zealand

Jasprit Bumrah is set to undergo surgery on his troublesome back and will soon fly to New Zealand for the same procedure that helped extend the career of former New Zealand spearhead Shane Bond.

Bond is also the bowling coach of Mumbai Indians and could have played a role in the Indian fast bowler zeroing in on the surgeon in Christchurch. Bumrah’s most recent breakdown,

Odisha CM receives ‘Best State for Promotion of Sports’ award in Mumbai

Bangkok, Feb 28 (IANS) Team India

A defeated England A 4-3 (26-56, 2767(51), 61-41, 52-27, 11-68(34), 64-55, 39-78) to win the 2023 Women’s Snooker World Cup here at the HiEnd Snooker Club.

Represented by Amee Kamani and Anupama Ramachandran, both unranked on the tour, India A exhibited skill and determination as they overcame established players on the World Women’s Snooker Tour -- 12-time world champion Reanne Evans and current world number four Rebecca Kenna to lift the title on Monday.

which is being considered as the start of another stress fracture, has forced the medical team at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to face the fact that surgery on his troublesome vertebrae was probably the best option. The operation will mean Bumrah, who last played for India in a T20I against Australia on September 25 last year, will be out of action for close to six months but could be in the reckoning for the World Cup. A lot will depend on how he recovers and how the rehab process goes, people in the know told.

‘We are all students for life’: Sachin Tendulkar and his wife meet Bill Gates

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Anjali Tendulkar met with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, here on Tuesday.

Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar met with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, here on Tuesday.

Tendulkar took to twitter to share pictures of his meeting with Gates. In the pictures, Tendulkar and his wife Anjali can be seen posing for the camera

“We are all students for life. Today was a wonderful learning opportunity to gain perspectives on philanthropyincluding children’s education and healthcare, which the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation works on,” the former cricketer wrote in the caption of his post. “Sharing ideas is a powerful way to solve the world’s challenges. Thanks for your insights @BillGates,” he added. Sachin was part of a group that took part in a discussion with Gates on how philanthropic endeavors can inspire meaningful partnerships and have a lasting impact on the world. The meeting was organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which works on a variety of social and economic issues around the world. The 49-year old, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history, is also known for his philanthropic work in India, particularly in the areas of children’s education and healthcare through the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation.

I was crying... We didn’t have an Indian visa: Wasim Akram

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS)

Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram has recollected an emotional tale from 2009, involving his wife Huma Akram, who died in a hospital in Chennai in October, after reportedly developing heart and kidney complications.

Sharing an anecdote, Akram said he was flying to Singapore and his wife was unconscious when the flight halted at the Chennai airport for scheduled refuelling. He revealed how the officials

in Chennai helped him to take his wife to the hospital despite not having an Indian visa.

“I was flying to Singapore with my late wife and there was a stop in Chennai for refuelling. When landed, she was unconscious, I was crying and people recognised me at the airport. We didn’t have an Indian visa. We both had Pakistani passports,” Akram told Sportstar magazine during a discussion on his autobiography Sultan: A Memoir. “The people at the Chennai airport, the security forces, and the customs and immigration officials told me not to worry about the visa and take my wife to the hospital while they sort the visa out. That is something I will never forget, as a cricketer and as a human being,” he revealed.

Bhubaneswar: (IANS) Odisha

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday received the ‘Best State for the Promotion of Sports’ award at the Sportstar Aces 2023 held in Mumbai. The state won this prestigious award for the fourth time. The recognition comes as a result of the state’s unique sports model, which is built around the pillars of partnership for sporting excellence, competition, coaching, infrastructure and welfare schemes for meritorious athletes.

Thanking The Hindu group for honouring him, Patnaik dedicated the award to the people of Odisha. The Chief Minister also lauded the hard work and commitment of the athletes.

Bharat rises with Rohit’s trust

Wicketkeeper KS Bharat has said that the trust bestowed on him by captain Rohit Sharma has helped him in being successful with DRS calls during the ongoing series against Australia. He stated that Rohit asked him to back his instincts and express his thoughts clearly, without worrying about the result.

“Rohitbhai and myself had a word,” said Bharat. “He said, ‘you are the best judge, as you stay close to the batsman. So whatever you feel, just give your opinion. You, me and the bowler...the three of us will discuss, and we will take a call’.

Bharat faces a tough job of keeping against the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on bouncy and turning wickets.

“They are top-class spinners. It is not easy, but keeping in domestic cricket all these years has helped,” he said.

Bharat though will need to be careful against both, having given away byes in the first two Tests. “As a player, you always expect the opportunity to come to your door. For me, I have always prepared myself for any opportunity.

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Rahul Mishra’s Paris Couture Week Spring/Summer 2023 Collection

A perennial name in the Paris Haute Couture Week calendar, Rahul Mishra no longer needs an introduction—even on the international circuit. With celebrities like Ashley Park from Emily In Paris and stylist Law Roach (Zendaya’s fashion Godfather) gracing his front row and fashion watchdogs like Diet Prada boasting about his latest collection, Rahul has risen the ranks. With a vision to push the boundary each season, this time around, Rahul has crafted his own intergalactic universe with larger-than-life silhouettes, each piece fit for a museum. Combining his futuristic with grassroots craftsmanship, Rahul’s collection offers you the best of both worlds. In case you missed it, Let’s look at some of our favourite looks from his 2023 showcase at the Paris Haute Couture Week.

Sage Green Scales

With its roots in the Sanskrit proclamation “Aham Brahmasmi,” which means “I am the cosmos,” Rahul Mishra’s Cosmos is a conception of physical reality based on the deepest truth of who we are.

Gilded Wonder

This collection represents their most passionate attempt at surface development. It is achieved in two and three-dimensional hand embroidery and is complemented with elements made of hand-cast reclaimed brass that is gold plated and covered in Swarovski crystals.

Jewelled Jellyfish

Each item is individually hand-crafted in a different Indian village, creating an average of more than three thousand hours of work.

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3rd March to 9th March 2023

Aries

Ganesha says that the planned work of the people of Aries will be completed on time this week. Efforts and actions in the right direction will yield favorable results. At the beginning of the week, there will be chances of unexpected monetary gains. There will be an increase in business.

Taurus

Ganesha says that the people of Taurus need to spend this week looking at their pockets. Expenses will remain more than income. At the beginning of the week, there will be some concerns regarding the child side, but by the end of the week, you will be able to find some solution for it. Incomplete tasks will be done with the help of friends.

Gemini

Ganesha says that tthe people of the Gemini zodiac will have to try to find an opportunity in disaster. It means to say that if any challenge comes in the field of career, business, or, work, then you can write a new chapter of success by facing it firmly. This week you need to move ahead with your plans and goals with full dedication, you will definitely get the fruits of your work.

Cancer

Ganesha says that this week is very auspicious for Cancerians to make their dreams come true. If you try in the right direction, you will definitely get the achievement. There will be contact with an influential person and there will be opportunities for profit. People wandering in search of employment will get new employment opportunities.

Leo

Ganesha says that the people of the Leo zodiac need to pay a lot of attention to both their time and relationships this week. If you want your planned tasks to be completed, then instead of postponing them for tomorrow, try to do them ahead of time.

Virgo

Ganesha says that Virgo people need not panic about any challenge in life because if the good times

don’t last then the bad times won’t last long either. At the beginning of the week, the mind will be troubled by the doubt of any evil, but before the end of the week, all the clouds of doubt will be dispelled.

Libra

Ganesha says that the people of the Libra zodiac can get more success than expected in their careers and business. Those doing work or business-related abroad will be benefited. Buying and selling buildings etc. or investing money in any scheme in the past will bring big benefits.

Scorpio

Ganesha says that the natives of Scorpio may have to travel long or short distances in connection with careers or business at the beginning of the week. The journey will be pleasant and profitable. All wishes will be fulfilled. Students engaged in the preparation for the examination competition will get good news.

Sagittarius

Ganesha says that at the beginning of the week, the people of Sagittarius may have to travel long or short distances in connection with work. Take care of both your health and your belongings during the traveling. At the beginning of the week, the mind will be upset due to the loss of a dear thing.

Capricorn

Ganesha says that at the beginning of the week, the mind may remain upset because of something related to the younger sister or brother. The burden of additional responsibilities in the workplace may fall on your head.

Aquarius

Ganesha says says that the bubbles of happiness, dreams, and sorrow both burst in the same way. This week you will have to tie this thing in a knot. At the beginning of the week, without getting distracted by the obstacles or results in the work, you have to move towards your goal.

Pisces

Ganesha says that this week the people of Pisces have to persevere with this mantra till they achieve their goal, because there may be small or big obstacles in your work, but they will definitely be completed.

Travel is exciting in more ways than one, and what makes it even more fun-filling is food! Having said that, it does not mean that you go on an eating spree without thinking about the nutritional content of the food. As such, Lovneet Batra, a nutritionist, shared a few healthy snacks that you should carry while travelling. “One of the most important and fun parts of trips is snacking, But it is highly important to stick to healthy snacks, especially when you are travelling as it will also help you resist the temptation to buy something unhealthy,” she said in her Instagram post. If you are planning to travel anytime soon, carry these healthy snacks along and avoid eating unhealthy foods.

Amaranth Chikki:

If you crave sweets while travelling, choose healthier ones such as amaranth chikki. “They are high in protein and fibre, which stimulates hunger and

Ditch junk foods for these healthy snacks while travelling

decreases appetite and calorie intake,” wrote Lovneet.

Buttermilk:

The first choice of drink while travelling is either a cold drink or a packaged juice, which is not healthy at all. So what is the tastier and healthier alternative? As per Lovneet, it is suggested to make friends with buttermilk. “Move over sugary drinks and opt for buttermilk. Buttermilk makes a great drink while travelling. It is high in protein and calcium, and good for food digestion,” she wrote. Also, you can add spices like cumin to make it even better and tastier. “So, instead of taking in soda or sugary drinks, go for buttermilk,” she added.

Roasted Makhana:

Pop in some roasted makhanas as you enjoy your travel journey. “Roasted makhana make a classic snack for anyone looking for a quick bite on the road. Makhanas

can keep you fuller for longer; thanks to the presence of sufficient amounts of protein. Protein helps prevent you from overeating and cravings,” explained the nutritionist.

Fruits:

Another healthier and fuss-free snack is fruits. Fruits are the perfect companions while on a long journey. They are not only highly nutritious but also easily portable. “During road trips, munching on hydrating, high-fibre foods like fruit may keep your bowel movements regular and help prevent constipation caused by lack of activity,” wrote the expert.

Roasted chickpeas:

Roasted chickpeas also make for a great snacking option. “Chickpeas are highly nutritious, providing protein, fiber, magnesium, folate, and zinc,” explained Loveneet.

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia - what is it?

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a disease. It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes. As those areas shrink it can lead to changes in a person’s personality, behaviour and language. This is not quite the same as “dementia”, which is a general term that describes the symptoms of a large number of different brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

FTD is unusual as it largely affects people in mid-life, between the ages of 45 and 65 - most other forms are found in older ages. There are different types of FTD, but estimates suggest between 50,000 and 60,000 have some form of the disease in the US, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms include personality and behaviour changes and problems with language and mental focus.

Those can include inappropriate social behaviour, lack of judgement and being easily distracted, as well as motor problems such as muscle weakness and tremors. Because FTD affects people’s personalities and behaviours, the disorder can be misdiagnosed as a psychiatric issue, according to the Mayo Clinic.There is no cure or way to slow down the disease, although there are treatments for some of the symptoms. As the disease progresses, patients eventually need full-time care. On average, people live eight to 10 years after diagnosis, but some people live much longer.

How is it diagnosed?

There is no specific test, so a diagnosis is usually made after running tests and eliminating other conditions. If you are noticing subtle changes in behaviour or language, contact a healthcare provider for evaluation.

“One of the most important and fun parts of trips is snacking. But it is highly important to stick to healthy snacks as it will also help you resist the temptation to buy something unhealthy,” wrote Lovneet Batra, a nutritionist

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