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Short News Kerala seeks Rs 4,700 Cr compensation from Centre for flood damage
New Delhi: The Kerala government on Thursday sought Rs 4,700 crore as compensation from the central government for the damage caused by the recent floods, termed as the worst in a century, officials said. At least 488 people have died in Kerala due to the rains and flood this monsoon, which hit 14 districts of the state. The Kerala government has sent a memorandum to the Home Ministry giving details about the loss of human life, properties, infrastructure and crops and sought about Rs 4,700 crore as compensation, a senior government official said. In case of any natural calamity beyond the coping capacity of a state, the state government submits a detailed memorandum indicating sector-wise details of damage and requirement of funds for relief operations of immediate nature.
Kanpur: ATS arrests Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist planning attack on Ganesh Chaturthi Kanpur: Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist from Kanpur on Thursday. The suspect named as Qamar Uj Zama was arrested on a tip-off from the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) O P Singh said that the arrested Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist had plans to launch an attack on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Singh said that Qamar Uj Zama was active from April 2018 when he had first posted his pictures on Facebook with AK 47. He was a native of Assam. “During questioning he told us that he had gone for training to Kashmir in April 2017. He is of Indian nationality and is a literate person,” the DGP added.
Panel to handle emergencies in West Bengal when Mamata Banerjee is away
Kolkata : The West Bengal government has formed a committee comprising group of ministers and senior administrative officials to deal with emergencies when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is away temporarily, an order issued by the government said. Banerjee is likely to visit Frankfurt and Milan from September 16 to 28, the order, issued Wednesday evening, said. The group of ministers, under the chairmanship of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, would include Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, Transport Minister Suvendhu Adhikary, PWD Minister Aroop Biswas besides six other ministers, the order said. The group of officers in the committee would be headed by the additional chief secretary of the irrigation, waterways and agriculture department Naveen Prakash, it said. The officers in the committee also include Home Secretary Atri Bhattacharyaa, state security advisor Surajit Kar Purakayasta, state DG Virendra, ADG (law and order) Anuj Sharma and city police commissioner Rajeev Kumar. The order said that during temporary absence of the chief minister, the group of ministers and the committee of officers would deal with any emergency in the state.
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Jaitley ‘lying’, Cong leader saw Mallya ‘talking discreetly’ to FM: Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi asked why Arun Jaitley didn’t inform CBI or ED when Vijay Mallya informed him about going to London.
Not Mallya, seems Gandhis owned Kingfisher Airlines in proxy: BJP
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Arun Jaitley over Vijay Mallya’s alleged claims that he met the Finance Minister with a settlement offer before leaving the country. Rahul asked why Jaitley didn’t inform any central probe agencies or police when Mallya informed him about going to London. “Finance Minister Arun Jaitley first claimed that he never met Vijay Mallya, but Mr. Mallya met him in the corridor and informed that he was going to London. Why didn’t the finance minister then inform CBI or ED?” the Congress president asked at a press conference in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi further claimed that his party leader P L Punia saw Jaitley and Mallya “talking discreetly” in the Central Hall of parliament on March 1, 2016.
New Delhi: The political battle between the BJP and opposition sparked minutes after fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday claimed that he met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with settlement offer before leaving the country.In an all-out attack against the Opposition, Congress, the ruling-BJP on Thursday alleged that it was the Congress and Gandhi family who were close to Vijay Mallya and that the previous UPA government had given a “sweet deal” to the beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines to keep it afloat. BJP said that the airline was perhaps owned by the Gandhi family and there are “18 pages worth of evidence” about their links. “Papers show that Kingfisher Airlines was not owned by Mallya but by the Gandhi parivaar,” BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said at a press conference. Attacking Rahul Gandhi, Patra showed a purported confessional statement of a hawala trader, alleged that the Congress chief had links with a shell company.
Swamy says order to downgrade Mallya notice came from finance ministry
It’s an “undeniable fact” that Vijay Mallya told Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament that he was leaving for London, Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said today. Another such fact, according to Swamy: That a lookout notice was “diluted on [October] 24, 2015 from ‘Block’ to ‘Report’ departure, enabling Mallya to depart with 54 checked luggage items”. Swamy said he learned from “sources” that the lookout notice was downgraded on the orders of “someone” in the Ministry of Finance.
Narendra Modi also said the wind is blowing in the BJP’s favour and that opportunist opposition parties are clutching each other’s hands to withstand its force.
Congress in ICU, using other opposition parties as support system to survive, says PM Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and using other parties as support system to survive, observing it is getting desperate to join hands with any party to forge a grand opposition alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Modi also said the wind is blowing in the BJP’s favour and that opportunist opposition parties are clutching each other’s hands to withstand its force. He exhorted party workers to follow the mantra of ‘Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot’ to ensure BJP’s victory in the next general elections. Addressing party workers of five Lok Sabha constituencies via the NaMo app, Modi said the BJP’s biggest strength is its workers. Their hard work has ensured the party’s historic success and progress in a short span of four years, he added. He attributed the party’s
success to its workers and their grip over their respective polling booths. ” ‘Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot’ (my polling booth, the strongest)…this is the only mantra and this is our strength,” Modi said in a video interaction. Replying to a question on opposition parties trying to stitch an alliance for the 2019 polls, Modi assured the party workers that the BJP will win again. “… the wind is blowing in favour of BJP, even stronger than 2014. That’s why opposition parties are clutching each other’s hands to save themselves from being blown away,” he said. Describing the proposed ‘Mahagathbandhan’(grand alliance) as an alliance of some opportunistic parties to hide their weakness, Modi said,”they are trying to stich an alliance of parties while we are trying to unite the hearts of the people.”
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Massive search operations had been going on in Jhajjar nullah and areas around it including Jhajjar Kotli and Kakriyal ever since three militants escaped on Wednesday morning after firing at a police party.
Day after they fired at police on Jammu-Srinagar highway, 3 JeM militants killed
Kakriyal : Three militants, who had attacked a police party Wednesday, were killed in an encounter near Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University at Kakriyal, opposite Jhajhar Kotli along Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday. Earlier, two of the three militants were gunned down by the security forces and the third one was trapped. Later in the evening, officials confirmed that the third terrorist was also killed in the encounter that lasted several hours. The area where the third militant was trapped, was cordoned off by the police and
CRPF officers. Twelve security officials were also injured in the encounter, PTI reported. Massive search operations had been going on in Jhajjar nullah and areas around it including Jhajjar Kotli and Kakriyal ever since the three militants escaped on Wednesday morning. The militants
had reached Jhajjar Kotli in a Srinagar-bound truck, but fled after firing along the JammuSrinagar highway. The truck driver identified as Riyaz Ahmed from Pulwama, and one Mohammad Iqbal, who was also on the truck, were arrested on Wednesday and their truck seized.
Ranjan Gogoi appointed next Chief Justice of India, to take charge on Oct 3
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Gogoi will assume office on October 3, 2018 after the retirement of the current Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra.CJI Dipak Misra retires a day before, but since October 2 is a holiday, October 1 will be his last working day. Justice Gogoi will be the Chief Justice till November 17, 2019. He will be administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath
Kovind. On September 4, CJI Misra sent a letter to the Union government recommending the name of the most senior judge, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, as his successor. Justice Ranjan Gogoi was among the four judges who, in January, criticised CJI Misra in an unprecedented press conference and accused him of misusing his role of assigning cases as the Supreme Court’s Master of the Roster. He is currently hearing the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) case. He was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2012.
‘ISI world’s best intel agency, our first line of defence’, says Pak PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has described the ISI as “our first line of defence” as he visited for the first time the headquarters of the powerful spy agency. Khan, along with senior Cabinet ministers, was briefed on Wednesday in detail on the various strategic intelligence and national security matters by the senior officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence, an official statement said. “The Prime Minister lauded contributions of the ISI towards national security, especially in the ongoing counterterrorism effort. The Prime Minister said that the ISI is our first line of defence and stands out as best intelligence agency of the world,” the statement issued by the InterServices Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military said. Khan, who was sworn-in as the 22nd prime
minister on August 18, has already visited the General Headquarters of Pakistan Army twice – first to get an indepth briefing on the internal security and geo-strategic situation and then to attend the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony on September 6. Khan has
been accused by his critics of being the security establishment’s man. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party has accused him of reaching the Prime Minister House through the support of the powerful security establishment.
Bought only 36 Rafale jets as back-end infra didn’t allow for more: Sitharaman
New Delhi : Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government chose to procure only 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France in 2015, instead of the 126 being negotiated by the previous government, as infrastructure and other technical requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF) do not allow for greater induction.“Every time you induct one squadron (standard fleet of 18 aircraft), there is a requirement for a lot of other paraphernalia to come in. Given a set of parameters, if you quickly want to induct, two is the ideal,” Sitharaman told news aganay. “Air Force Technical Details will tell you, that for any emergency-based induction, it is always two squadrons and not more than that. So that justifies why we settled for two. Because in ready,
flyway condition, that is all you can induct, otherwise you have to spend a lot more on creating other paraphernalia for bringing in,” she added, “at a time for us to procure, beyond two squadrons, infrastructure and other things would not have been possible, therefore we settled for two.” The Defence Minister defended her decision to state at her first press conference in the Ministry last year that she would give the price details of the Rafale deal. She said that she meant only the basic price of the French aircraft (Rs 670 crore) which had been mentioned in Parliament. “I have thought about it as I have been asked by a lot of people but I have not answered it, but I have thought over it several times,” Sitharaman said, “I asked the Defence Secretary to give the basic price…that was a conscious decision.
Saridon, 327 other combination drugs banned by govt to avoid health risk
New Delhi: The health ministry had banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) drugs for human use with immediate effect to stop their “illegal use”. The manufacture and sale of six other FDCs have been restricted. The ban follows the recommendation of the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) which said in a report that taking the 328 FDCs would be a health risk.
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The lesson not learnt after the financial crisis
The coming weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Lehman Brothers filing for the largest-ever bankruptcy in the US. Few economies were unaffected by the subsequent global financial crisis (GFC) and India was no exception. A quick review of India’s pre- and post-crisis experience would be instructive in order to focus on a key issue currently affecting the rupee. This issue appears to have escaped the collective wisdom of Indian policymakers. The GFC punctuated India’s bestever multi-year growth performance beginning in 2003. Economic growth broke away from the trend by jumping to 8.1% in 2003-04 (India’s fiscal year ends on 31 March), and averaged a stunning 9.2% annually between 2003-04 and 2007-08. It peaked at an unprecedented, and unsustainable, 10.2% in FY08. The unexpected jump in India’s growth was powered by a propitious mix of strong global growth, surge in global liquidity (thanks partly to dollar depreciation), and India’s favourable domestic factors. India wasn’t the only economy to post impressive growth in the years running up to the GFC. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculates that world gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged an unprecedented 5.1% annually in 2003-07, with all regions, including Sub-Saharan Africa, posting acceleration in growth. Essentially, the mother of all global liquidity cycles lifted all economies, despite a manifold increase in international crude oil prices.India’s impressive investment-led growth collapsed to 4.2% in 2008-09 as the full impact of the GFC was captured. Luckily, healthy fiscal and external balances offered room for a coordinated aggressive mix of fiscal and monetary response. This, along with improving global risk appetite following unconventional quantitative easing by key central banks, pushed up growth to 8.8% and 10.8% in FY10 and FY11, respectively. The rebound was unsustainable and growth plunged, to 6.7% in FY12. Delay in the timely and sufficient withdrawal of the expansionary fiscal-monetary mix that had cushioned the hit from the GFC contributed to sharply higher inflation and a related rush to hoard gold (best thought of as a form of capital flight). The current account deficit (CAD) blew out, to an unsustainable high of 4.8% of GDP in FY13, despite the deceleration in growth in FY12 and FY13. Policymakers ignored the glaring warning sign of unsustainably high CAD being financed substantially by volatile capital inflows. This set the stage for the rupee to visit the ICU during “taper tantrums” in 2013. The rupee recovered following the Reserve of India’s (RBI’s) cloyingly sweet lollipop to nonresident Indians (NRIs).
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The Red Sparrow star in an Halle Berry’s interview, in 2014, had said that, directorial “I’ll never get a Twitter. debut in talks
The actress talks about navigating her way through Hollywood, her personal transformation and her upcoming releases.
I’m not lost anymore: Frieda
Mumbai : Actress Frieda Pinto has never been one to play it safe. After making a dream debut in Danny Boyle’s 2008 hit Slumdog Millionaire, she’s done a number of major Hollywood films, becoming one of the only Indians to make her mark so quickly in that space. Most recently, she’s been a part of Love Sonia, a film about sex trafficking that’s set to hit silver screens across the country. Sitting down for a chat, Frieda reveals that despite breaking the western barrier, there was a time when she felt well and truly lost. “I was not lost because I wasn’t getting work. I was getting too much work. But I wasn’t satisfied personally. And that’s because I wasn’t choosing the work I was doing, I was just doing whatever was coming my way,”
she says. She then decided to take a break to re-evaluate her position a choice that not many actresses with a tonne of work coming their way would have the courage to make. “Ten years ago, I was not confident. I had so many questions in my head, and I was desperately looking for answers. But after my break, I came back with loads of confidence. Today, I’m sure I don’t feel lost anymore. I can accept my flaws and speak my mind. And I am the happiest I’ve been,” she adds. Talking about her experience working in the west, Frieda says that she’s been trying to change people’s incorrect notions about India, and Bollywood. “I keep telling them that our films are much more than musical-masala films. The sensibilities of Indian
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los angeles : Ace actress Halle Berry is all set to add the tag of ‘director’ to her long list of achievements, reports JustJared.com. Berry will be making her directorial debut in an upcoming film about mixed martial arts. The film, for the time being, has been titled Bruised. The actress will also produce and star in the film. She will be playing the character of a “disgraced MMA fighter who has to face one of the rising stars of the MMA world and deal with the return of her six-year-old son to the mother he deserves,” according to reports. The production is set to start in March.
Janhvi Kapoor is now the face of cosmetic major Nykaa. Mumbai : Even as Ishaan Khatter has locked in a deal for a soft drink brand, his Dhadak coactress is now the face of cosmetic major Nykaa. “I am honoured and excited to be associated with the brand because it is about make-up. Even the journey of the brand is very inspiring and they talk about real girls rather than picture perfect role models,” says Janhvi about why she chose the brand. Significantly, with her girl-next-door looks in
her debut film, Janhvi was able to carry off her role as a rich girl from a small town. “Janhvi has been approached by many brands. But choosing a simple brand used by the girl-nextdoor is a sign of things to come and the kind of films that she will be doing. No doubt she is doing a magnum opus like Takht and will be seen as a princess there, but it sends signals that she is open to play all kinds of characters,” says a source.
los angeles : Jennifer Lawrence made quite a revelation in a recent interview. The Academy Award winning actress, who has always maintained her abhorrence for social media, revealed that she does indeed have a social media account as someone else, reports EOnline.com. In her words, she watches and doesn’t speak. Explaining the voyeuristic behaviour, Lawrence said, “It’s because the Internet has scorned me so much that I feel like it’s that girl in high school that I’m like, ‘Oh, you want to talk about her? Yeah I’ll do that!’ Take my hoops off, I’m ready to go (sic).” The Red Sparrow star in an interview, in 2014, had said that, “I’ll never get a Twitter. If you ever see a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that says it’s me, it most certainly is not.”
Loveratri is a musical romantic drama set against the backdrop of Navratri festival. It is produced by Salman Khan Films and directed by debutante Abhiraj Minawala.
Salman Khan conceptualized entire Rangtaari song, reveals Loveratri actor Aayush Sharma Mumbai : Actor Aayush Sharma, who is making his Hindi film debut with Loveratri, says that his brother-in-law Salman Khan has conceptualized entire Rangtaari song of his debut film. Aayush Sharma was interacting with media at the Rangtaari song launch from Loveratri along with its singer Dev Negi on Wednesday here. Asked what tips Salman Khan gave him while preparing and shooting for the song, he said: “He gave me tips about bodybuilding
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Mumbai : Abhishek Bachchan, who makes a comeback after a twoyear-long hiatus with Manmarziyaan, has for the first time in his career planned the manner he wants his filmography to shape up. “I think I will be realising my maximum potential now. I want to now. I never thought about it before. Earlier, I was just very happy being in films. Now there’s a dedicated plan about what I want to do and how I want to do it,” Abhishek tells indianexpress. com in an interview. The fact that the actor chose Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan as his
Abhishek says the making of Manmarziyaan is one of the happiest things in his professional career.
comeback film and let go off his mentor JP Dutta’s Paltan (even though Abhishek has said he had personal reasons to leave the project) is proof enough of how the actor wants his second innings to look like. “At this point of my career, I wanted to do something that was going to make me uncomfortable. I wanted to do something that would challenge me. I knew Anurag would do both. It was instant. It happened really fast. In January, they approached me for the film, and in February I was shooting for it.
when I started preparing for the film. It’s a film produced by Salman Khan. If we don’t show body shots in the film then what’s the use of gaining a good physique? “We have made sure that his loyal audience sees some body shots in the film. He has conceptualised this entire song. I am happy with the initial response to Rangtaari song.” He said that for a long time, Salman used to feel that he can’t dance but when he watched the song.
Yami Gautam chops her locks for Uri
Mumbai : Yami Gautam, who is busy promoting her upcoming film Batti Gul Meter Chalu, is sporting a new look these days. She has had her hair cut short for Uri, in which she plays an intelligence officer. “In my head, I’ve always been Rapunzel and wanted to have the longest hair ever. The last time my hair was this short was when I
was seven-years-old,” Yami says, adding, “This look is for Uri. My director said that I would look sharper as an intelligence officer with short hair. He told me that my character wouldn’t invest time in vanity. So I took the plunge without thinking twice.” The actress says that it’s important to take such steps to support and justify your role.
Johar’s Kalank has put Alia’s plans to work with SLB on hold.
Karan steals Alia away from Sanjay Leela Bhansali Mumbai : Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is gearing up for his next directorial venture and it’s believed that he’s likely to work with his favourite actress, Deepika Padukone for the fourth time. Until recently, there was talk of Alia Bhatt forming a creative alliance with the filmmaker, but that seems to have fallen through. Though Alia and Bhansali were both keen on collaborating, Karan Johar whisked away the actress
first in a move typical of the Johar-Bhansali talent war.Karan decided to make his first epic costume drama a la Bhansali and he wanted Alia to be a part of it. Naturally, the actress, who’s had some of her biggest hits with Dharma Productions, couldn’t say no. “As much as Alia would love to be in one of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films — who wouldn’t want to work with the master creator? — her first priority is Karan Johar,
whom she considers a father figure. The minute Karan initiated Kalank, Alia abandoned all plans to work with Bhansali, at least for the time being,” a source says. This is the second time that things haven’t worked out for Alia and Bhansali. Many years ago, when Alia was just 11, she was offered the role of a child bride in Bhansali’s Hamari Jaan Ho Tum, but that project ended up being shelved. Perhaps third time’s the charm.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
PV Sindhu was beaten by China’s Gao Fangjie in the women’s singles second round, her first preliminary exit in almost a year.
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Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka defeated her idol Serena Williams in straight sets to clinch the US Open in one of the most controversial matches in history.
Naomi Osaka opens up on US Open final controversy and her celebrity crush at chat show
Japan Open: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy crash out; Srikanth sails into quarters
Tokyo : Fatigue caught up with India’s premier shuttler P V Sindhu as she was upstaged in straight games but Kidambi Srikanth entered quarterfinals of the USD 700,000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday. Sindhu was beaten by China’s Gao Fangjie in the women’s singles second round, her first preliminary exit in almost a year. The Indian went down fighting 18-21 19-21 in 55 minutes to the world no 14 Chinese. She had lost in the opening round at the Denmark Open last October. Former world no.1 Srikanth, however, didn’t break a sweat as he avenged his Asian Games loss to Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent with a clinical 21-15 21-
14 victory to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals. The seventh-seeded Indian, who won a silver at the Commonwealth Games, will face Korea’s Lee Dong Keun next. However, it was curtains for the other Indian in the men’s draw, HS Prannoy, as he went down to giant-killer Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. The world no.10 Indonesian defeated formidable Japanese Kento Momota and Olympic champion Chen Long at the Asian Games. Sindhu, who has endured a hectic BWF season reaching five finals including three majors at CWG, World Championship and Asian Games, seemed mentally drained as errors crept into her game.
Business Former Fortis promoter Shivinder to withdraw petition against brother Malvinder
New Delhi: Former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh on Thursday said he has applied to withdraw the petition filed in NCLT against elder brother Malvinder and ex-Religare chief Sunil Godhwani. Shivinder had alleged that collective and ongoing actions of his elder brother and Godhwani
led to a systemic undermining of the interests of companies and their shareholders. “I have applied to withdraw the petition before the NCLT, that is coming up for hearing,” Shivinder Mohan Singh told PTI. “There is a mediation process that has been kicked off and if it does not work I have the option of refiling it,” he added.
Cape Town : Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka on Thursday said that Serena Williams’ row with the umpire did not make her sad about winning her first Grand Slam title. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Yokohama, the 20-year-old said, “For me, I don’t feel sad because I wouldn’t
even know what I’m expected to feel. Because it was my first final and my first Grand Slam victory, overall I felt really happy and I know that I accomplished a lot.” Osaka, who became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam, also addressed the controversy at a chat show, “Ellen Show“, on
Wednesday. Speaking to the host Ellen Degeneres, Osaka talked about what Williams told her after she defeated her in straight sets to clinch the title, as the crowd continued to boo over the controversial decisions made by the referee. “She (Serena) said, like, she was proud of me and that I should know that the crowd wasn’t booing at me. So I was really happy that she said that,” Osaka said. “At the time, I did kind of think they were booing at me ’cause I couldn’t tell what was going on because it was just so loud in there, so it was a little bit stressful,” she further added. Degeneres, during the chat show, further went on to ask Osaka to reveal her “celebrity crush”. “You can make it happen now, you’re very famous now,” Ellen said.
Udhayveer Singh, all of 16, shone bright with an individual gold in the junior men’s 25m pistol event after spearheading India to the team gold in the World Shooting Championships in Changwon on Thursday. Singh shot a score of 587 (291 in precision and 296 in rapid) in the individual competition to grab the gold ahead of American Henry Leverett (584) and Korean Lee Jaekyoon (582). Compatriot Vijayveer Sidhu finished fourth with a score of 581, while Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu took the 20th spot with a score of 568. The trio’s combined score of 1736 fetched the team gold for India followed by China, which totalled 1730. The bronze medal went to Team Korea, which shot a score of 1721. In the senior competition,
Sheeraz Sheikh was the best-placed Indian at eighth after day one of the men’s skeet qualification with a score of 49. Angad Vir Singh was 69th after shooting 47, while Mairaj Ahmed (41) was further down at 79th. The Indian team, comprising the trio, was 16th in the overall standings with a score of 137. There were no medals for India in the 25m centre fire pistol event with Gurpreet Singh managing the 10th spot with a score of 581, followed by London Olympics silvermedallist Vijay Kumar. Kumar tallied 576 to end a disappointing 24th. A spot behind him was Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala, who shot the same score but had lesser inner-10s to his credit.
Still not thinking about retirement, says James Anderson
James Anderson, who finished as the leading wicket-taker in the Test series against England, says he is not thinking retirement at 35. London : England paceman James Anderson on Wednesday reiterated he is not thinking about retirement from international cricket. The 35-year old, who has played 143 Tests for England, surpassed Glenn McGrath in the fifth Test against India at Oval, to become the seamer with most wickets (564) in Test format. Speaking to reporters after the culmination of the five-Test series, Anderson said his focus has always remained on the next game.“I don’t really think about it – I play my best when I focus on what’s ahead of me; the next game, the next series – whatever it is,” the right-armer
was quoted as saying by ICC website. Anderson added he does not ponder over retirement as it
would not help him or the team. “I read something that Glenn McGrath said – he went into the
IOC plans giving 5-kg cylinders to distributors to counter strike in Assam
Guwahati: With LPG cylinder carriers on an indefinite strike in Assam, Indian Oil Corporation on Thursday said it is considering supplying 5 kg cylinders to distributors for sale at the gates of its bottling plants. The North East Packed LPG Transporter Association (NEPLTA) began an indefinite strike from September 9 with several demands regarding the latest tender floated by the PSU giant. NEPLTA operates around 3,000 trucks to transport LPG cylinders from IOC’s six plants at North Guwahati, Sarpara, Bongaigaon, Duliajan, Gopanari and Silchar to various distributors across Assam. “Due to the strike, stocks at distributor points have almost dried up.
We are trying to handle the situation so that common people are not affected. We are now considering to give the 5 kg free trade LPG units to distributors, who will sell them at the plant gates,” Indian Oil Corporation Chief General Manager (IndianOil-AOD) Uttiya Bhattacharyya told PTI here. Because of the strike, loading and supplying of
finished cylinders from the company’s six bottling plants in Assam has fully stopped during the last five days, he added. “Besides, we will make available these non-subsidised small cylinders at retail fuel stations. It will be slightly expensive, but our effort is that the kitchen should continue to run at homes,” Bhattacharyya said. When contacted,
Falling Rupee ‘music to exporters’: PHDCCI president-elect Rajeev Talwar
New Delhi: PHDCCI president-designate Rajeev Talwar on Thursday expressed hope the rupee will stablise with pick up in the economic growth though the depreciating currency is “music to exporters” at present. Talwar, who is the CEO of realty major DLF, would be assuming the post of president of industry body PHDCCI next month, replacing Anil Khaitan. “The falling rupee is music to the exporter and something to
Two more junior gold medals for India at shooting World Championships in Changwon
watch out for the importer. Global factors will impact the rupee and hopefully when the GDP growth picks up the rupee would stabilise,” said Talwar in an interview to PTI. He further said the good part is that India’s internal market is so large that “you can depend on that market for GDP growth push”. There is certainly going to be an impact of the depreciation of the rupee, global factors do play a part but India is somewhat insulated because of its
internal demand. The rupee has depreciated around 13 per cent to breach the historic low of 72 level this year so far due to a host of factors such as global trade worries and rebounding oil prices. On rising prices of petrol and diesel, Talwar said the big point is that the central government has a fixed percentage which they get from taxes. “... it is the states which have very high (taxes) and probably that is one of the main sources of their revenue. So perhaps in
the states they need to give relief to citizens of that very state,” he said. The presidentdesignate also supported demonetisation, saying it was aimed to check black money. “Now the tax revenue is going up, the number of taxpayers is going up. So I think overall it was a step towards the modernisation of the Indian economy. Both Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation were fairly in the interest of the country,” Talwar said.
NEPLTA President Niranjan Mahanta said the union will continue with its protest unless their demands are met. “There has been no concrete effort from the IOC to solve the issues. We have three simple demands -- shift the tender process from Kolkata to Guwahati, hike the rates by 50 per cent from the existing contract and there should not be any priority given to the distributors,” he added. Countering the arguments given by the association, a senior IOC official looking after LPG business in Assam said the rates offered in the new tender process are at par with the existing rates. “The period of contract has been increased to five years from three years at present.
2006 Ashes with no intention of retiring and then by the end of it, he thought his time was up. That could happen to me, who knows? I don’t like looking too far ahead. I don’t think it helps certainly me or the team,” he said. The right-armer admitted that England camp was worried whether the experienced bowlers will be able to survive the 5-Test match series without injury concerns. “We came into this five-Test series with question marks over whether the bowlers would get through. We’ve got two 30-plus bowlers – will they need resting and will they get injuries – and we’ve done it,” he said.
Petrol price touches Rs 81 mark, diesel crosses Rs 73 in Delhi
New Delhi: Petrol price on Thursday touched the Rs 81 per litre mark in Delhi while diesel rates crossed Rs 73 as the potent combination of a depreciating rupee and rising crude oil rates continued to push fuel prices higher. After a day’s lull, the upward march of fuel prices resumed Thursday with petrol price being hiked by 13 paise per litre and diesel by 11 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies. Petrol price in Delhi climbed to Rs 81 per litre while diesel inched up to an all-time high of Rs 73.08. Delhi has the cheapest fuel rates among all metros and most state capitals because of lower taxes. Mumbai has the highest sales tax or VAT. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol now costs Rs 88.39 and diesel is priced at Rs 77.58 per litre. Mumbai has the highest rate of VAT or sales tax in the country. According to oil companies, refinery gate price of petrol, without considering any central or state tax and dealer’s commission, is Rs 40.49 per litre. The same for diesel is Rs 44.32. Retail rates are arrived at after adding excise duty, which is charged by the Central government, commission paid to petrol pumps dealers and VAT, charged by the state governments. Dealer’s commission on petrol currently is Rs 3.34 per litre and that on diesel is Rs 2.52. While crude oil rates flirted with the USD 80 per barrel mark, the rupee has plunged against the dollar. The combination of the two makes imports costlier.
‘Crucial period’ for oil as Iran exports shrink: International Energy Agency Paris: Global oil output hit a record of 100 million barrels per day in August, but the market may tighten and prices rise as exports from Iran and Venezuela decline, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. “We are entering a very crucial period for the oil market,” the IEA said in its latest monthly report. “Things are tightening up.” The global record came as output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries rose to a ninemonth high of over 32 million barrels per day (mb/d). The cartel had agreed in Vienna in June to push up production in order to put a cap on soaring prices. In recent months, prices have wavered comfortably between the USD 70 and USD 80 per barrel on the Brent crude
futures contract. According to the IEA, a rebound in Libyan production, nearrecord Iraqi output and higher supply from Nigeria and OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia have so far managed to offset the impact of shrinking production from crisis-hit Venezuela and Iran. But with the crisis in Venezuela showing no sign of abating, and with new US sanctions on Iran’s oil industry set to come into force on November 4, other producers may have to ramp up production even further if they want to limit the impact on the market. “It remains to be seen if other producers decide to increase their production. The price range for Brent of USD 70USD 80/bbl in place since April could be tested,” the IEA said.
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Kunal Trivedi, a businessman, had allegedly left a three-page suicide note in which he blamed ‘dark forces’ for becoming an alcoholic, and eventually the deaths. He also said had his mother understood him, things would’ve been different.
Gujarat family of 3 found dead, man blames ‘dark forces’ in suicide note Ahmedabad : Kunal Trivedi, a businessman, had allegedly left a three-page suicide note in which he blamed ‘dark forces’ for becoming an alcoholic, and eventually the deaths. He also said had his mother understood him, things would’ve been different. A 45-year-old businessman found dead in his home in a posh Ahmedabad neighbourhood on Wednesday left a three-page suicide note blaming “dark forces” for his death and that of his wife and teenage daughter, police said. Kunal Trivedi was found hanging from the ceiling while his wife Kavita (45) and daughter Shreen (16) were found lying on the floor in one of the bedrooms, said Naroda police inspector and investigating officer HB Vaghela. Trivedi’s mother Jayshreeben, 75, was also found unconscious in the
house when police broke open the door of their flat Avni Sky apartment on Wednesday morning after being alerted by the family’s relatives. The relatives, police say, got suspicious when their repeated calls to the Trivedis went unanswered. Investigators are trying to determine if Trivedi killed his wife and daughter before hanging himself or if the deaths are the result of a suicide pact. “The bodies have
been sent for post-mortem. And we are also waiting for the forensic science laboratory reports to reach any conclusion,” Vaghela said. Trivedi’s mother, who was admitted in a hospital, is in critical condition. The three-page suicide note was written in Hindi and addressed to Jayshreeben in which Trivedi blames “dark forces” for the tragedy, Vaghela said. “Everyone
called me alcoholic ... I never drank out of my will … the dark forces took advantage of my weakness ... but mother you did not understand me … If you would have understood on the very first day then my life would have been different today … word suicide was never found in my dictionary … many a times I told you about dark forces … but you did not believe me,” Trivedi had written in the note, according to police. Trivedi also said the family wasn’t in any debt or facing any financial issues in the note, Vaghela said, adding that there was no mention of a tantric. A case of accidental deaths has been registered. According to police, Trivedi earlier worked with private sector insurance companies, but recently started his own cosmetic products business.
Gujarat’s financial As Hardik Patel’s ‘Fast Forward’ services centre GIFT Strategy Ends in Embarrassment, City makes global cut BJP Adds a Pinch of Salt
international Japan’s foreign minister says country to accept more foreign workers
Hanoi : Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline, foreign minister Taro Kono said Friday. Kono said in a World Economic Forum meeting in Hanoi that Japan gains “value added” by accepting foreigners, especially since its aging population and low birth rate mean the country is shrinking by a half-million people a year. “We cannot sustain our society like that,” he said in response to a question during a panel discussion. “We are opening up our country. We are opening up our labour market to foreign countries. We are now trying to come up with a new work permit policy so I think everyone shall be welcome in Japan if they are willing to assimilate into Japanese society.” Japan has traditionally resisted accepting migrant workers, at times easing such restrictions but then re-imposing them during economic downturns. Many Japanese are uncomfortable with outsiders who might not speak their language or conform to expectations for how to behave.
More than 18 million new cases of cancer expected this year: UN
The BJP government did not send a single emissary to Hardik Patel during the period of his indefinite fast to deal with his three demands: farm loan waiver, quotas for Patidars, and release of PAAS convener.
Ahmedabad: India’s international financial services centre at the Gujarat International Finance Tech City (GIFT City) made its global mark by being named among the top three emerging business hubs in the world. Gujarat-based GIFT City, near Ahmedabad, is featured as one of the significant emerging international financial service centres (IFSCs) in the latest edition of ‘Global Financial Centres Index 24 (GFCI)’, released in London this week. GIFT
is ranked third in the list of the GFCI report, which has highlighted 15 centres that are likely to become more significant in the next few years. “It is a great achievement for GIFT IFSC to join the GFCI so early in its development as a financial centre and is very encouraging that so many respondents see GIFT as becoming more significant in the future,” said Mark Yeandle, Director of Z/Yen Partners and the author of the Global Financial Centres Index series.
Ahmedabad: Reflecting back on his 19day indefinite fast, which he called off on Wednesday in the face of deteriorating health, Patidar leader Hardik Patel vowed to continue his fight, but added that he needed to be “alive” to do so. “This is not a defeat of Hardik Patel or victory of the government. The fight for rights of farmers and downtrodden will continue. I will be able to fight only if I am alive,” said Patel. An independent assessment of Hardik’s decision to end his fast, however, can yield only one result – the fast did not yield the desired result. The BJP government did not send a single emissary to Hardik Patel during
DG to Gujarat HC: Had withdrawn consent to mechanised sailing vessels to ferry livestock
Rajkot : After livestock exporters moved the Gujarat High Court challenging orders of Directorate General of Shipping and Kutch district magistrate, which have stalled exports of livestock from Tuna port, the DG, Shipping, submitted to the HC that it had withdrawn permission granted to mechanised sailing vessels to ferry livestock as “two views were expressed and it was decided to err on the side of caution.” The DG, Shipping’s affidavit has only confounded the situation as it clearly mentions that there was no blanket ban on carrying livestock by sea, on any vessel registered under it, except those banned from faring in
monsoon. The affidavit filed by assistant director general of shipping, Sandeep Awasthi, does not specify the “two views” and who had expressed them but further states that decision of the DG, shipping was not directed at Livestock Exporters Association (LEA). “The decision of DG, Shipping has nothing to do with the cargo and is not directed towards Live Stock Association (sic). In fact, all vessels registered under D.G.Shipping (except sailing vessels which have been banned to sail in the monsoon period) are still allowed to carry live stock (sic) as their cargo,” it states. On Tuesday, the matter came up for hearing and was adjourned to Friday.
the period of his ‘indefinite’ fast to deal with his three demands: farm loan waiver, quotas for Patidars, and release of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener. The PAAS further angered Patidar community leaders who attempted to mediate on Hardik’s behalf with the government, by calling them BJP agents. This shows the government’s intent that it can no longer be arm-twisted into accepting demands. The state government appeared relieved by Hardik Patel’s decision to end his fast as it will not have to worry about outbreak of violence.
Ahmedabad: Units shut, but plastic bags back to choking city
Ahmedabad: Despite desperate efforts by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to ban plastic bags in the city following United Nation’s ‘Beat the Plastic’ mission, the environmental hazard is back to haunt the city. Interestingly, this is happening despite the civic body sealing all units manufacturing plastic bags that were
below 50 microns. “There was a time when the AMC was very strict about not using a particular kind of plastic bags. Of the total collected garbage, 50 per cent are plastic bags,” said Shaikh. So, if we have access to plastic bags, which also makes our customers happy, then why not keep them?
United Nations: More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected this year and it is estimated that 9.6 million people will die from various forms of the disease in 2018, the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said. According to IARC, a specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organisation, the disease is a growing global health threat. One in five men and one in six women worldwide develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in eight men and one in 11 women die from it, IARC’s Global Cancer Observatory said on Wednesday in its first report since 2012. “These new figures highlight that much remains to be done to address the alarming rise in the cancer burden globally and that prevention has a key role to play,” IARC Director Christopher Wild said. “Efficient prevention and early detection policies must be implemented urgently to complement treatments in order to control this devastating disease across the world,” Wild added.
Senator Cory Booker releases new confidential records about Kavanaugh
Washington : Senator Cory Booker on Wednesday night released a new batch of committee confidential documents about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh even after a conservative judicial group referred his earlier disclosures to the Senate Ethics Committee. The 28 new documents from Kavanaugh’s time in the White House counsel’s office during the George W. Bush administration show his involvement in judicial nominations, including for some of the more controversial judges of the era. Booker’s Republican colleagues and outside groups are criticizing the New Jersey Democrat for releasing the documents, which the Judiciary Committee is holding back on a confidential basis that makes them accessible only to senators. Last week, he released some documents that were later made public by the committee, but also others that weren’t. Wednesday’s disclosure brings the total to 75. Booker said the documents about Kavanaugh’s work “raise more serious and concerning questions” about his honesty during his testimony before the committee when he suggested he was not substantially involved in the nominations. At the same time, the conservative group Judicial Watch delivered a letter Wednesday to the Senate Ethics Committee seeking an investigation. It says Booker violated Senate rules against disclosing confidential documents and could face Senate expulsion. Booker “explicitly invited his expulsion from the Senate in his egregious violation of the rules and contempt for the rule of law and the Constitution,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. At issue has been the unprecedented process the Senate Judiciary Committee used for gathering documents on Kavanaugh, an appellate court judge who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy on the court.
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