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Short News Amid strained ties with BJP, Nitish Kumar to strategise at JD(U) meet Patna: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) president Nitish Kumar will attend his party office-bearers’ meet in Patna on Saturday before addressing its national executive meet on Sunday, amid a strain in his ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kumar is likely to articulate his party’s position on a host of issues ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls as there has been speculation about his next political move. There has been speculation that he is keen to revive his alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, a suggestion rejected by his party leaders but which has gained ground due to the JD(U)’s differences with the BJP.
Indian-origin financier jailed for raping 18-yr-old in London London: An Indian-origin finance consultant was sentenced to eight years in prison for raping an 18-year-old woman after a night out drinking with his colleagues. Sanjay Naker, a 28-year-old married man from north London, had denied three charges of rape, one count of attempted rape, one charge of assault by penetration, and a count of sexual assault at Inner London Crown Court. The jury found him guilty of all charges but cleared him of the charge of assault by penetration at the end of the trial on Thursday. Sentencing him, Judge Freya Newberry said: “If you formed a view that the woman wanted to have sex with you, you were very much mistaken. It was quite clear that you decided that you wanted to have sex with her and she had no recollection of what happened but you saw an opportunity. It was a mixture of your own desire and arrogance regardless of any intoxication on your part.
Juvenile board acquits siblings in Ranchi boy’s murder case Jharkhand : A Juvenile Justice Board in Ranchi on Friday acquitted a brother-sister duo who were students at Sapphire International School in Ranchi of the charges of murdering a Class VII student, Vinay Mahato. The incident had occurred on February 6, 2016. The parents of the siblings, too, are accused in the case and are facing trial in the civil court. A Juvenile Justice Board, headed by Principal Magistrate Rajiv Tripathi, acquitted the two for lack of evidence Counsel for prosecution Jaya Toppo said, “The Board has acquitted the two primarily for lack of evidence.” Tanushree Sarkar, counsel for the two minor children, said, “During the inquiry, the police could not produce any evidence. They had submitted proof of blood samples, but that did not match with that of the deceased.” Vinay Mahato, son of businessman Man Bahal Mahto, used to stay in the boy’s hostel of the high-end school in Tupdana police station area of Ranchi. He was found in an injured condition in the teachers’ quarters in the early hours of February 6, 2016. He was rushed to hospital, but was declared dead.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised Congress for questioning capabilities of the Army.
Congress is ‘bail gaadi’, stalwarts of party are out on bail: PM Modi
Jaipur: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the party is now being called a “bail gaadi” as several of its leaders are out on bail. “Several leaders who are called stalwarts of the Congress and former ministers are out on bail these days,” Modi said at a public rally in Jaipur, punning on the Hindi term for a bullock cart. He said people were well aware of the “intentions” of the Congress party and had started calling it a “bail gaadi”. Making an apparent reference to the surgical strike into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2016, he criticised the Congress for questioning the capabilities of the Army.
J&K: Teenage girl among 3 killed during clashes with security forces in Kulgam Srinagar: Three youth, including a teenage girl, were killed and five others wounded in security forces’ firing on protesters in Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Kulgam district on Saturday. The incident occurred amid rising tensions in the Valley ahead of the second death anniversary of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Wani, along with two other militants was killed by the Army in Kokernag area of Anantnag on July 8, 2016, sparking off widespread unrest in Kashmir Valley and Chenab valley. The unrest prevailed for about six months during which more than 80 people were killed. The witnesses and police sources said that the security forces arrived in Hawoora village of Kulgam’s Redwani area early Saturday to conduct searches following reports about the presence of separatist militants. However, they were confronted by surging crowds which allegedly hurled rocks at their vehicles amid chants of ‘we want freedom’. The security forces fired live ammunition to quell the mob, injuring, at least, eight people.
“It is unfortunate that political opponents also committed a sin by raising questions on the capabilities of the Army. This has
never happened before and the people will not forgive those who are doing this kind of politics,” he said. The Prime
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New agency to conduct JEE Main, NEET exams twice from 2019
New Delhi: In a good news for engineering and medical aspirants, the national level engineering and medical entrance examinations - JEE Main and NEET - will be held twice a year from 2019 in online mode. The announcement was made by Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in a press conference in New Delhi today. These competitive exams will be held on multiple dates, the minister added. While National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) will be conducted in February and May, Joint
Entrance Examination (JEE) exams will take place in January and April. Newly constituted examination conduction agency, National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct NEET, JEE, NET exams, the Union minister said. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is currently the nodal agency responsible for organising JEE Main and NEET examinations. According to Javadekar, students can appear for NEET twice a year and the best score will be considered for admissions.
Minister also said that his government had resolved the issue of one rank, one pension for defence personnel. Appreciating the work of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, PM Modi said that she had changed the work culture in the state. In this context, he took another dig at the opposition in the state, stating that, “There are some people who will never appreciate good work done, be it the Centre or Rajasthan Chief Minister Raje ji. Everyone must see the happiness of the beneficiaries here. There is a class that gets irritated with Prime Minister Modi’s name and his work.” “Never forget what the previous government left in Rajasthan,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi hits out at BJP over lynchings, links incidents to ‘politics of hatred’
New Delhi : Breaking his silence on the spate of mob lynchings across the country, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in a veiled dig at the BJP, said the incidents were a direct consequence of politics of hatred and communal polarisation, which was damaging the social fabric of the country. Calling the brutal lynchings ‘sickening’, Gandhi said, “The politics of hatred and
communal polarisation is irreparably damaging our social fabric. The brutal lynchings across India…are the direct consequence of that kind of politics.” The Congress chief’s reaction comes at a time when Union minister Jayant Sinha has come under severe criticism for felicitating eight men convicted for the lynching of cattle trader Alimuddin Ansari on June 29 last year.
Bihar: Teen raped by principal, teachers and 15 students for 7 months
Chhapra: A Class 9 girl from Bihar’s Chapra area on Friday alleged that she was gang-raped by her school principal and two teachers for the last seven months. The minor girl’s horror did not end there as 15 students from the same school also gang-raped her during this
period. The Bihar Police on Friday arrested six persons including the school principal and four students along with one teacher. “FIR has been registered against 19 persons out of which six were arrested and the search is on for the others,” a police official said. The 14-year-old
SC to begin fresh hearing on LGBTQ’s sexual rights on July 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will from July 10 begin hearing appeals against a Delhi High Court verdict in 2013 that decriminalised ‘any form of sex against the order of nature’ which included gay sex. A five judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice Dipak Misra will hear a batch of petitions for a declaration that Section 377 IPC as unconstitutional to the extent that it provides prosecution of adults for indulging in consensual gay sex. Justices Rohinton Nariman, AM Kanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra are the other judges on the Bench. A two judge bench in 2013 had ruled that Section 377 IPC which barred any form of sex against the “order of nature” as
illegal. It has passed the verdict while overturning a judgment of a three-judge bench of the Delhi High Court, which had earlier taken a contrary view and had decriminalised the IPC provision. Section 377 IPC says, “Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with man, woman or animal, shall be punished with (imprisonment for life), or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable for be fine.” Though a two-judge Bench of the apex court has upheld this provision, considering the importance of the issue, it has been referred for adjudication by a five judge Constitution bench.
victim, in her statement to the police, said that the entire incident of gangrape was filmed by one of the students who used it to blackmail her following which she was raped by other students. When she approached the school principal, Uday Singh, he along with three other
school teachers raped her. “The matter is still under investigation but we have arrested the school principal and a few others. Anything more on the issue can be said only after we complete our investigation,” Deputy SP Ajay Kumar Singh told reporters on Saturday.
Will Nirbhaya rapists be spared from hanging? SC to decide on Monday Rape of 23-yr-old medical student, who came to be known as Nirbhaya, triggered public outrage across the country. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will decided whether four men who brutally gangraped a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 will have their death sentences reduced to life imprisonment. The apex court will announce its verdict on the review petition filed by the convicts at 2 pm.The Supreme Court had on May 5, 2017 upheld the verdict of the Delhi High Court and the trial court sentencing the four men - Mukesh (29),
Pawan Kumar Gupta (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) to death for raping the woman, fatally wounding her and leaving her to die by the road. The accused had then appealed to the court to review their sentences, saying it was
“cold-blooded killing in the name of Justice”. The court agreed to hear their request in November, 2017. Also Read: Death penalty cold-blooded killing in name of justice: Nirbhaya rapists to SC A bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had heard the arguments of both the sides and reserved the order in May, 2018. The brutal gangrape and killing of the 23-year-old medical student on December 16, 2012, triggered publice outrage and shock across India.
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When there is too much Indian history to remember
One of the great challenges with Indian history is that there is just so much of it. Not only is there an abundance of material—millions of manuscripts, thousands of inscriptions, hundreds of buildings, dozens of tombs—but also an abundance of possible frameworks and approaches to interpret this material. Complicating all this further is the third dimension that is always germane to the study of anything Indian—the “local”. For the sake of argument, imagine that we’ve just discovered two documents in a library somewhere in New Delhi. Both are medieval documents that deal with, say, land revenue. Let us say that one document is from medieval Bengal and the other from medieval Tamil Nadu. They might seem very similar. But, in fact, they could well be drafted in two entirely different languages, using two entirely different systems of land assessment and prepared by two entirely different regimes functioning in two entirely different economic environments. One could be a Hindu kingdom in a state of drought. And the other could be a Muslim one in a state of war. So much so that a scholar’s ability to make complete sense of one of these documents is no guarantee of the person’s ability to make sense of the other. Indeed, and this might sound like a question in an MBA entrance exam, you will probably need at least four historians to make sense of these two findings. A historian each for medieval Bengal and medieval Tamil Nadu. A third historian who can take the work of the previous two and situate it within a broader medieval Indian canvas. And, finally, a fourth historian who will try and find out how these two documents landed up in the same archive in New Delhi. But what does this densely interconnected framework of ideas, perspectives, specializations and dependencies mean for public history in India? When faced with such an abundance of historical narratives, the general responses fall into two broad tendencies. Let me explain both with an example. The first tendency is to reduce all history into a master national historical narrative. This narrative includes, respectively, ancient India, a stream of incursions from the north-west, classical India, Muslim invasions, Mughals, Marathas and others, British and others, freedom struggle, independence, Partition, M.K. Gandhi, elections, Jawaharlal Nehru, Emergency, various wars, a compulsory chapter on dams, before petering out into brief looks at modern history. Setting aside the ‘Delhi-centredness’ of such a telling, there are at least two other problems with such a master narrative. First, it creates a sort of mongrel history that in seeking to create history for everybody ends up creating a history for nobody.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn flirt with their ladies in Malibu
washington : Oscarwinning duo Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio were in rare form as they co-hosted their annual Fourth of July beach bash in Malibu on Wednesday. The twicedivorced father-of-two Penn who turns 58 next month — put his bulging, sinewy biceps to use embracing a lovely auburn-haired mystery woman clad in a purple floral frock. Meanwhile, the
43-year-old Titanic alum looked absolutely besotted as he chatted with his much younger girlfriend Camila Morrone. At 21, the Death Wish starlet is 22 years younger than the LA-born perpetual bachelor, who never married. The duo — first pictured leaving her LA home on December 16 — are “old family friends” as Camila’s mother had dated Leo’s friend.
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Marathi cinema is bolder, high on content, says Akshay
Hollywood - Bollywood Sunny’s documentary trailer traces rollercoaster journey of Karenjit Kaur It traces her struggles as a teenager and how financial crisis in the family led her to become an adult movie star.
New Delhi : The Khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar, is always on the lookout for interesting stories. So when the Padman actor watched the Marathi film Chumbak, he couldn’t stop himself from presenting it. “I watched Chumbak and I was stumped. I was so proud, I wanted to present it,” he says. Chumbak is a journey of a 15-year-old teenager and a 45-year-old man played by Swanand Kirkire. The makers of the film will be introducing two new actors — Sahil Jadhav and Sangram Desai —with this film. But the actor maintains that he didn’t take up the film to make money. “I am not worried about money and that is not the reason why I took this film. I make money from my other films but this I am not doing for money. This is a film that shows you the light, this is very touching,” says Akshay. The actor who is a huge fan of Marathi cinema couldn’t stop gushing about the content generated. He says, “I love Marathi cinema and I feel their script and screenplay is much better than Hindi cinema.
New Delhi: In not even 24 hours, the trailer of ‘Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story Of Sunny Leone’ has garnered more than three million views on YouTube. At the time of filing the report, the trailer of the web series, which portrays her unconventional life choices, amassed 3.5 million views. The almost two-and-a-
half-minute trailer starts with Sunny, born as Karenjit Kaur Vohra to Indian immigrants in Canada, in the green-room, preparing for an interview, where she is introduced as the one actress who is equally loved and hated in India. It then gives a sneak peak to her struggles as a teenager, and how financial
crisis in the family led her to become an adult movie star. The trailer, released on Friday, has also garnered much attention on social media, with fans pouring wishes for the new venture. “@ SunnyLeone the documentary looks sharp. The world needs to know the sweet and humble lady you are didi.
Apart from Ranbir, the film also features Sanjay Dutt and Vaani Kapoor.
Shamshera is very aggressive character, says Ranbir mumbai : While Ranbir Kapoor is shooting for Brahmastra, Sanju continues to rule the box office and theatres, garnering rave reviews for the actor. But soon after this, Ranbir will move on to his next project Shamshera. After having worked in an intense drama like
Sanju, the Rockstar actor claims Shamshera to be an aggressive film. “It’s definitely a very aggressive, intense and angry character. It is set in the 1800s and it’s about a dacoit tribe who is fighting for their rights and independence,” says Ranbir. A highoctane masala film,
Here’s how Sanjay Dutt’s last five releases performed at the box office
Shamshera, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Yash Raj Films, will go on floors at the end of this year. Apart from Ranbir, the film also features Sanjay Dutt and Vaani Kapoor. It will be right after Sanju that fans will get to see Ranbir and Sanjay acting
together in one frame. “It is an exciting space and Sanjay is playing an antagonist. Also, it is a new collaboration for me with Karan Malhotra. I am really looking forward to starting this project,” says the Barfi actor. The film Shamshera is set to release on July 31, 2020.
This is good enough for Shahid as well as for the film as the makers do not want an anxious actor on the set.
Shahid Kapoor happy with Arjun Reddy Mumbai shoot
New Delhi : The ultimate bad boy of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt has a lot going on presently. From his recently released biopic Sanju to his upcoming movie called Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3, the actor’s star is on the rise. While his biopic is certainly smashing the box office figures with its invincible numbers, his own feature films have hardly met the same fate. Here is a look at the figures of Dutt’s last five movies. Sanjay Dutt was last seen in Omung Kumar’s Bhoomi. The movie featured Dutt as the father of Aditi Rao Hydari’s character. The film, based on the father-daughter relationship, was only able to mint Rs 10.63 crore at the box office. The Emraan Hashmi starrer saw Dutt in the role of a cop called Ashok Kale. The movie also featured Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi, Randeep Hooda and Kangana Ranaut in pivotal roles. It made a lifetime collection of Rs 19.47 crore. Shot both in Telugu and Hindi, the Apoorva Lakhia movie Zanjeer starred Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt in significant roles. Zanjeer managed to collect a small amount of Rs 15.19 crore at BO.
Mumbai : The Telugu original Arjun Reddy was shot in scenic locations of Italy, parts of Germany, and hill-stations like Dehradun, apart from Rishikesh and Hyderabad. But for the Hindi remake, starring Shahid Kapoor who essays the role of a medical student, originally played by Vijay Deverakonda, director Sandeep Vanga has set up the initial premises for the film in Mumbai. And the Udta Punjab actor is keen that the
Mumbai : Ever since Saif Ali Khan made it official that a script for the sequel of Go Goa Gone is ready, sister and actor Soha Ali Khan, who played a cameo in the first part, is keen to do an extended role in the sequel. The film not only stars Saif Ali Khan in the extended role of Boris but also has Soha’s husband Kunal Kemmu. Soha and Kunal have earlier worked together in Dhoondte Reh Jaoge and later in 99. Out of which, the latter was also directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK who directed Go Goa Gone. “One is not sure if there is a role long enough for Soha in the film which is a sequel to India’s first zombie comedy.
But, Soha is keen to do a comedy film now. Go Goa Gone, made at a tight budget, made Rs 26 crores at the box office five years ago and it is worthy of a sequel,” says a trade source. Go Goa Gone also starred comedian -actor Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, and Puja Gupta and was produced by Saif, Dinesh Vijan and Eros Entertainment. Now that Saif and Dinesh have parted ways at Illuminati Films, it will be interesting to see if the sequel gets them back together. Soha, in the meantime, is also producing the Ram Jethmalani biopic along with husband Kunal and Ronnie Screwvala, which is to be directed by Hansal Mehta.
film is first being shot in the city. “His wife, Mira, is expecting their second child. So rather than rushing back to her when she is delivering, Shahid is keen to get the Mumbai portions shot first as it makes it easy for him to be around his wife. The makers do not have any issue with that. This is good enough for Shahid as well as for the film as the makers do not want an anxious actor on the set,” inform our sources.
Taapsee Pannu makes a price hike Mumbai : She made her Bollywood debut with Chashme Baddoor and went on to deliver an exceptional performance in Pink. And since then, there has been no looking back for Taapsee Pannu. The actress is being paired with Amitabh Bachchan again for Badla and is also working with his son Abhishek Bachchan in Manmarziyan. Now, with a steady line up of hits and upcoming films, the actress has realised that it is a time for a price rise. “Actresses will only lower their price if the project really demands so. If it is a big-budgeted project, no star will reduce their price, but instead, will be hoping to be paid better than the asking rate. Even though her Dil Junglee did not do well, she has Mulk coming up after Soorma releases. Also, one has to look at her price down south. She commands a hefty price and is now asking the kind of money she deserves because of what she brings to the table,” explains a trade source. Taapsee also has a film coming up called Tadka, directed by Prakash Raj. However, the release has been delayed due to a dispute between the makers and the financers.
Soha Ali Khan keen to work in Go Goa Gone again
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Kevin Anderson keeps African Wimbledon hopes alive
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Alex Hales’ fifty spurs England to victory in second T20I, series level at 1-1
London : It used to be said Andy Murray required broad shoulders to carry British hopes at Wimbledon but spare a thought for Kevin Anderson — a lone standard bearer for a whole continent. The 32-yearold was one of only two players from the vast African continent to start in the men’s singles at the grasscourt Grand Slam this year — the other being Tunisian veteran Malek Jaziri who lost in the first round. In the women’s draw, Africa’s sole representative, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, won a round but Anderson, now based in the United States, has, as
usual, been flying solo since. He is doing a fine job too and on Monday he will face charismatic Frenchman Gael Monfils for a place in his first Wimbledon quarter-final at the 10th time of asking. At Flushing Meadows last September Anderson became the first African to reach a Grand Slam singles final since fellow South African Kevin Curran played Boris Becker at Wimbledon in 1985. He has carried that form into this year and in a 6-3 7-5 7-5 defeat of experienced German Philipp Kohlschreiber on Friday he looked capable of pushing deep into the second week.
Cardiff : Alex Hales smashed an unbeaten fifty to help England beat India by five wickets in the second T20I at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Thursday and level the series 1-1. After being thrashed in the first match at Old Trafford, it was a spirited performance by the Three Lions as they chased down a target of 149 in a thrilling last over finish. Earlier, India were put into bat first and on a track which was not a flat deck. Adil Rashid and David Willey’s fine bowling performance restricted the Indians to 148/5 in 20 overs. In reply, England rode on Alex Hales’ unbeaten 58 off 41 balls to secure their fifth win at Cardiff, most by a team in any venue in T20I. As a result, India’s run of seven successive wins
also comes to a grinding halt. England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and put India into bat first. However, the visitors failed to get off to a good start as England tied down both the openers and dismissed them early. With KL Rahul’s dismissal, India were tottering at 22/3. But Virat Kohli, who top scored with 48 struck a 50-run stand with Suresh Raina which put India on a respectable position. But India lost the momentum once Raina departed. It seemed like 120 would be a difficult task but late strikes by MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya ensured India secure a respectable total on the board. 22 runs came off the last over as India ended with 148/5. 148/5 is the second-lowest total made by India batting all 20 overs.
England did their homework on Kuldeep Yadav and reaped rewards, says Virat Kohli
Cardiff : England beat India by five wickets in the second T20I at Cardiff to level the series 1-1. Alex Hales emerged as the star for the home team as England chased down a target of 149 in a nailbiting finish. 12 runs were required off the last over as Hales smashed a six and a four to help his side romp home with two balls to spare. For team India, it was a bad day at the office as their batsmen and bowlers failed to click in unison which resulted in their first loss after seven successive games. Skipper Virat Kohli also highlighted the failure at the top of the order and complimented the opposition for tackling the wrist
spinners. Stating that England were the better team on the day, Kohli complemented Morgan and his men for doing their homework right. Speaking at the post-match presentation Kohli said, “When you lose 3 wickets in the first 6 overs for 30 runs it’s difficult to come back. I thought a partnership would get us to 145, and that would have been competitive. England made good use of the wicket which had some extra bounce. We were pushed back initally in the first six.” “Our powerplay was not good enough, and the score, in the end, reflects that. You do consider everything into account, like the pitch, etc.
Wimbledon 2018: Serena Williams on a roll as she roars into last 16 London : Seven-times champion Serena Williams moved ominously into the last 16 at Wimbledon when she recovered from a sluggish start to beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 7-6(1) on Friday. The American, seeded 25, looked sluggish initially and trailed 5-3 but the 36-year-old flicked the switch and reeled off six games in a row as Mladenovic wilted in the heat. To her credit Mladenovic recovered her poise and had a chance to break the Williams serve at 4-4 in
the second set. Williams slammed the door shut though and piled on the pressure when Mladenovic served at 5-6. Mladenovic saved one match point with a graceful forehand winner and forced a tiebreak but there was no stopping Williams as she steamed through it like an express train. She brought up another match point with a 12th ace and finished it off with her 13th. Williams has now won 17 consecutive matches at Wimbledon including the 2015 and 2016 titles.
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She missed last year’s tournament because she was pregnant with daughter Alexis Olympia. It proved to be seventh-time lucky for Karolina Pliskova as she avoided joining Wimbledon’s cull of seeds to reach the fourth round with a 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1 win over Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu on Friday. The Czech appeared to be in danger of becoming the ninth top10 seed to fall before the last 16 when Buzarnescu bagged the first set and kept Pliskova guessing in
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WhatsApp condemns the spread of Fake news on the platform, takes series of initiatives to curb this New Delhi : WhatsApp, the Facebook owned messaging application in India responded to the Indian government, in directive to take measures to check the spread of irresponsible and explosive messages on its platform which have led to unfortunate acts of violence and lynching in the country. In a letter dated July 3, 2018 to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), it highlighted several measures that it will be implementing to prevent the misuse of platform in the country by introducing relevant features on the application. “WhatsApp cares deeply about people’s safety and their ability to freely communicate. We don’t want our services used to spread harmful
misinformation and believe this is a challenge that companies and societies should address. For example, we recently made a number of updates to our group chats and will be stepping up efforts to help people spot false news and hoaxes,” said a WhatsApp Spokespersonin a statement. The WhatsApp letter to Government of India (MEITY)read: Thank you for your letter dated July 2. Like the Government of India, we’re horrified by these terrible acts of violence and wanted to respond quickly to the very important issues you have raised. We believe this is a challenge that requires government, civil society and technology companies to work together.
New York: Facebook stock closed at an all-time record high of USD 203.23. Investors are loving the social network more than ever that saw its stocks dipping earlier in 2018 when it was under an intense probe over data breach from the US and European governments, Fortune reported. While previous consensus estimates had Facebook revenue projections for 2020 at USD 87.5 billion, BTIG is now modeling USD 95.4 billion. The firm currently has Facebook with a buy rating and a price target of $275, Fortune adds.
After grabbing attention in 2012, Facebook has seen its stock rise more than 400 per cent. Facebook has already been grappling with privacy issues like the Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million users and another bug that changed 14 million users’ privacy setting defaults to public. This all-time record comes a day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was announced as the world’s thirdrichest person with a net worth of USD 81.6 billion, reported CNNMoney.
Uber India’s ‘Badhte Chalein’ introduces Virat’s XI to inspire millions of driver partners in India
New Delhi : Uber, the ridesharing app that is redefining urban mobility across the world, today unveiled the second leg of its recently launched India brand campaign – ‘Badhte Chalein’, featuring brand ambassador Virat Kohli. ‘Badhte Chalein’, has been envisioned around the brand’s new positioning that is intended to build Uber as an enabler of movement in order to
ignite opportunity for all to progress in life. The driver forward brand film, focusing on the driver partner community features Uber’s tenured driver partners from all walks of life. In India, there are over four hundred and fifty thousand people who choose to drive using the Uber app every day. These driver partners are central to Uber’s success across the country and Uber
India is committed to serving them and unlocking opportunities for them to progress
the second. But once the seventh seed survived the second set tiebreak, she raced through the decider to make it through to the second week for the first time in seven attempts. She will next take on Venus Williams’ conqueror Kiki Bertens for a place in the quarterfinals. Pliskova and world number one Simona Halep are the only top10 seeds still in the tournament. Since tennis turned professional in 1968, it is the worst showing at Wimbledon by the women’s seeds.
in life. The second innings of the newly launched campaign, Badhte Chalein,
reiterates the role that Uber plays in creating entrepreneurship opportunities i.e. a new way of working that leads to economic freedom, increasing productivity and financial inclusion for thousands of driver partners in India. With multiple ad-sets targeted at different groups--the existing driver partner community and potential driver partners--this leg of the campaign will feature Virat Kohli as a coach for
the Uber driver partner community, motivating them to maximize their potential and become star performers: • Existing driver partners who drive using the Uber platform. The community will be able to view the campaign on Uber’s extensive internal channels including, in-app messages and videos, digital landing pages, and Green Light Centres across the country.
Bengaluru: Global trade tensions and rising oil prices are expected to weaken India’s rupee over the next year, a Reuters poll has found, dragging the currency closer to the record low hit last week against the dollar. While economic growth has picked up and India has retained its spot as the fastest growing major economy this year, the rupee hit an all-time low of 69.09 per dollar last week and is the worstperforming currency in Asia this year. The rupee, already down more than 7 per cent this year, has been pressured by a selloff in emerging markets driven by the daily escalation in global trade tensions and on worries of a widening current account deficit from the rising price of oil, India’s biggest import item. In the poll of 45 strategists taken July 2-5, the rupee was forecast to weaken to 68.90 per dollar by June 2019, slightly down from Wednesday’s close of 68.69. Just last month, the rupee was expected to have strengthened in a
year’s time. “We are pretty bearish (on the rupee) at this moment, given all the circumstances combined. Not only high oil prices but also the trade war that has been taking off,” said Hugo Erken, senior economist at Rabobank. “So, although India has a large internal market, and I still think the Indian recovery will last, the external pressure is really building at the moment. This is not good for the Indian currency.” What has changed over the past month is that the prospect of a global trade war has increased and oil prices have risen sharply. US crude futures are up 13 per cent since June 1 and were trading near a 3-1/2-year high on Wednesday. “India is obviously one of those countries with higher exposure to commodities, especially oil imports, dragging the current account to a deeper stretch going forward and this is basically negative for INR,” said Prakash Sakpal, economist at ING, who has the most pessimistic 12-month call of 72.80.
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Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor & Jignesh Mevani booked over ‘raid’ at woman’s house Ahmedabad : Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani were booked by police on trespass and other charges after allegedly leading a “raid” at a house where they claimed that liquor was illegally stored, an official said on Saturday. Thakor, a Congress MLA, along with independent legislator Mevani and Patel, on Thursday “raided” the house of a woman, identified Kanchanben Makwana, with over a dozen supporters claiming they wanted to expose the alleged “liquor den” operating there. The house is located near the office of Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police. Makwana filed a complaint at the Gandhinagar Sector 21 police station. The complainant said the trio and their supporters entered her house when no male member was present there. “They even planted two pouches of country-made liquor there to prove her house was a liquor den,” Makwana was quoted as saying by inspector V N Yadav.
“Makwana, in her complaint, said she does not sell liquor and the two pouches recovered from her house were planted by the people who entered her home,” Yadav said. He said an FIR was lodged against Thakor, Mevani and Patel besides over a dozen others under various section of the Indian Penal Code including for housetrespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint (452), intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace (504), and intentionally giving false evidence (193 ). Yadav said no arrest has been made so far in the case.
Centre made party to bullet train land acquisition case in Gujarat High Court Ahmedabad : The Union government was on Friday added as a respondent to the petitions filed by four farmers in the Gujarat High Court, challenging the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi made the Union Rural Development Ministry a respondent, as demanded by the lawyer of the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL). The NHSRCL lawyer said the Centre should be made a party as the farmers’ main contention is that it is the Centre and not the state which can initiate land acquisition. Assistant Solicitor General of India Devang Vyas supported this view. On the direction of the high court, petitioners’ lawyer Anand Yagnik submitted a draft amendment adding the Centre as a respondent. Other respondents are the Gujarat government, NHSRCL, and the district collector. Petitioners, who are from Surat district, have contended that as the project extends to more than one states (Gujarat and Maharashtra), the “appropriate government” which can acquire the land under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act is the Union government. The matter will be further heard on July 10. Another contention of the petitioners is that the market value of the land was not revised by the special land acquisition officer, as required under Section 26 of the 2013 Act. The petitioners have also challenged the Gujarat Amendment Act, 2016 which tweaked the 2013 law.
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Idea: Patrols run under the sensitive area of Home Minister’s Rath Yatra
British PM Theresa May wins support from divided UK government on Brexit plan
Ahmedabad: With the paramilitary force of police forces for the 141th rathayatra of Lord Jagannath, peacefully concludes today, Home Minister Pradip Singh Jadeja patrols in a sensitive area on the path of Rath Yatra. Today the Home Minister reached Crimbrakt in the morning, where he got details of the Rath Yatra. Also discussed with police officers about
how organized security was planned. The Home Minister also reviewed the preparations for the peaceful completion of the Rath Yatra this time also . Pradip Singh visited the temple of Jagannath in the afternoon and observed the path of Rath Yatra. They reached the Daripur police station by convey. After that there was a walk up to Tambuschchi.
VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain also said the VHP is trying to create “social cohesion,” and demanded that the Union government expose the “conspiracy” behind the anti-Dalit violence.
VHP alleges ‘conspiracy’ to create disturbance; targets Congress
London : British Prime Minister Theresa May secured a cabinet agreement on Friday for her plans to leave the European Union, overcoming rifts among her ministers to win support for “a business-friendly” proposal aimed at spurring stalled Brexit talks. After an hours-long meeting at her Chequers country residence, May seemed to have persuaded the most vocal Brexit campaigners in the cabinet to back her plan to press for “a free trade area for goods” with the EU and maintain close trade ties. The agreed proposal – which also says Britain’s large services sector will not have the current levels of access to EU markets – will not come soon enough for Brussels, which has been pressing May to come up with a detailed vision for future ties. But the hard-won compromise may yet fall flat with EU negotiators. By also committing to ending free movement of people, the supremacy of the European court and “vast” payments to the bloc, May could be accused of “cherry-picking” the best bits of the EU by Brussels officials, who are determined to send a strong signal to other countries not to follow Britain out of the door.
Mexico extradites key lieutenant of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to US
Ahmedabad : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said on Saturday mob lynching incidents and a spurt in antiDalit violence were part of a “conspiracy” to create disturbance in the country. The Congress, Maoists, “jihadists” and “a section of Church” are conspiring to create disaffection in the country, VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain told reporters at Ahmedabad. “There is a conspiracy to create disturbance in the country,” he said, referring to a string of mob lynching incidents and a spurt in anti-Dalit violence, including the caste riot at Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district in January. “Those arrested in
the Bhima-Koregaon violence have said they wanted to create disturbance and a violent environment to destabilize the country. “I would blame the Congress, jihadists, Maoists and a section of Church for conspiring together. On social media, they presented a false interpretation of the Supreme Court order to incite violence,” he said. Jain was apparently referring to the apex court’s order diluting some provisions of the stringent Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. “A similar design can be seen behind a sudden spurt in incidents of mob lynching,” he said.
2 hours, eating 8-inch rains, Indian Railways Rewa-Rajkot Special Superfast In justSonangarh is full of fear Train Via Surat To Roll Out On July 17 Due to heavy rains in south • Western Railway’s train Rewa-Rajkot special train will leave Rewa at 6.30 pm to reach Rajkot in Gujarat at 10.50 pm the next day Gujarat, doswada dam was flooded on two banks
Surat : Indian Railways will roll out a special train starting Rewa in Madhya Pradesh on July 17. The Western Railway’s train will leave Rewa at 6.30 pm to reach Rajkot in Gujarat at 10.50 pm the next day (July 18). The train will have second class sleeper class coaches. The Rewa-Rajkot Superfast train will halt at various stations enroute. The stations include Satna, Mehar, Katni, Jabalpur, Narsingpur, Pipariya, Etarsi, Khandwa, Bhusawal, Jalgaon, Amalenar, Nandurbar, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Nadiyad, Ahmedabad, Viramgam, Surendarnagar and Vakaner. There will be just one trip of the train and it has been decided to roll it out in wake of the growing number of passengers who use this railway line. Also, Western Railway on Wednesday announced to introduce a new weekly Humsafar Express between
international
Gandhidham and Tirunelveli via Vasai Road. The inaugural run of Humsafar train started on July 5, and the regular run is slated begin from July 16, announced Western Railway recently. The Humsafar Express train offers all tier 3 AC coaches and a pantry car. To carry out maintenance work of tracks, signaling and overhead equipment, a jumbo block will be taken on up and down slow lines between Santacruz and Goregaon between 10.35 am and 3.35 pm on July 8 (Sunday). During the block period, all slow line trains will run on fast lines between Santacruz and Goregaon stations. All slow trains will take double halt at Vile Parle PF number 5/6 on the fast lines. There will be no halt at Ram Mandir station because of non-availability of platform, announced Western Railways.
Surat: For the residents of Sonagadh taluka waiting for the rain, heavy rain was flooded in low lying areas in eight hours due to heavy rain in just two hours on Saturday morning. After the rains in the early hours of 4 am to 6 am, the gradual emergence of normalcy became normal. However, due to the rains, the huts were swamped on the banks of the river. There has been reports of heavy rains in the talukas too. Some villages have been found to have died of animal breed like cows and buffaloes. South Gujarat is experiencing heavy rains. It is also accompanied by
heavy rains over the rivers. So, amandhola, Ambika river is going on two banks. One lakh cusecs of water is going on in the river, when the doors of the Madhuban dam, which are situated above the river Damanganga, are open. So one young man went to the natural hajj to save his heart. Due to the heavy rain in Dharampur Dang, the water level has become waterlogged. Due to heavy rains in Dharmarpur, the river became a river of madness in the village of Darnhamba in Dharampur. With natural rain in the river, the river was flooded with natural beauty.
Mexico City : Mexico on Friday extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the attorney general’s office said. Damaso Lopez, known as “The Graduate” because of his higher education studies, was a former security official in Sinaloa state who rose to become one of the leaders of the cartel, authorities say. He was arrested in Mexico City last year. Mexico’s acting attorney general, Alberto Elias Beltran, said Lopez was seen as an important witness in the case against Guzman, who was extradited to the United States in January 2017 to face drug trafficking and conspiracy charges. Guzman’s trial is expected to begin later this year. Lopez, 52, arrived in the United States on Friday and is scheduled to make an initial appearance on Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, the US Justice Department said in a statement. “He’s a key person as much for the United States government as for the Mexican government,” Beltran told a local radio program. “We can bring to a good conclusion the process the United States is carrying out against” Guzman.
Trump govt drops charges against all inauguration protesters
Washington : The US government is dropping charges against the last 39 people accused of participating in a violent protest on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Friday’s motion to dismiss charges seemingly ends an 18-month saga that started with the Justice Department attempting to convict more than 190 people. More than 200 people were arrested after the protest, during which several store windows were broken and a parked limo set ablaze. Two group trials ended in defeats for the US attorney’s office, which was hindered by the fact that most protesters wore similar black clothing and covered their faces. The first trial ended with acquittals for all six defendants. A second trial for four people in May ended in acquittals on most charges and a hung jury on the rest. Two group trials ended in defeats for the US attorney’s office, which was hindered by the fact that most protesters wore similar black clothing and covered their faces.
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