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Tirupati: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy surprises by meeting a farmer TIRUPATI: Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy continues his 60th day of Praja Sankalpa Yatra at Ramachandrapuram mandal under Chandragiri constituency in Chittoor district on Friday. Mr Reddy took a detour from his Padayatra and gave a surprise visit to a farmer Chandrababu who was sowing seeds in his paddy field near N.R. Kamma Palle village. He met Chandrababu who owns two acres of land and cultivates paddy. He explained the Opposition leader that he had invested nearly Rs 48,000 on his two acre land but the earning from the yield would be much lesser than the amount he invested as the govt is not providing minimum support price.
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Breaking prejudice, US based IIT grad married gay lover in Maharashtra Yavatmal (Maharashtra): A US-based Indian engineer married his gay lover in a traditional ceremony at Yavatmal in Maharashtra on December 30. Recently, the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider and examine its 2013 order of criminalisation of homosexuality. With the blessings of their families and friends, Yavatmal native Hrishi Mohankumar Sathawane (40) married Vinh, from Vietnam at a hotel a few distance away from the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP).Hrishi, who pursued B-Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, presently lives in California and has a US Green Card. According to Hrishi’s social media profile, his parents were against his homosexual affiliation, but he soon succeeded in convincing them. According to Hrishi’s social media profile, his parents were against his homosexual affiliation, but he soon succeeded in convincing them.
Sherin Mathews’ father indicted on murder charge, may face death penalty New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Friday strongly opposed the Centre’s decision to allow 100 per cent FDI under automatic route for single brand retail and foreign investment up to 49 per cent in Air India, saying these decisions are not in “interest of the country”. The Union Cabinet meeting, held Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in single brand retail and construction development under the automatic route. It also permitted foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent under the approval route in the debtridden, loss making national carrier. Expressing strong resentment on the government’s decisions of easing FDI investments, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) co-convener Ashwani Mahajan said, the organisation, “firmly believes that easing the norms for FDI in SBRT would go against the best interest of the country.”
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Mumbai : Helicopter with ONGC employees on board crashes, debris found; search on for missing persons
The helicopter lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) 30 nautical miles off Mumbai. The helicopter took off from Juhu at 10:20 am and was scheduled to land at North Field of ONGC at 10:58 am but did not reach there. Mumbai: A helicopter with seven people on board, including Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
employees, has lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) 30 nautical miles off Mumbai. The
helicopter took off from Juhu at 10:20 am and was scheduled to land at North Field of ONGC at
JudgesvsCJI:Govtshouldn’tinterfere, CJI should resolve, say former CJIs Expressing “shock” over the unprecedented press conference Friday by the four most senior judges of the Supreme Court, former Chief Justices of India said the government should not “interfere” in the matter, and that the CJI should “resolve the crisis with statesmanship”. Saying he was “pained” by the developments, former Chief Justice R M Lodha questioned how
Saying he was “pained” by the developments, former Chief Justice R M Lodha questioned how such an issue could have remained pending for two months.
such an issue could have remained pending for two months.“I am disturbed by today’s development. What happened today is unfortunate and painful for a person who presided over an institution like the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the letter (made public) reveals that certain grievances were raised by the most senior four judges about two months ago.
10:58 am but did not reach there. No contact could be established after 10:30 am.
Smoke from Pongal bonfire disrupts flight services in Chennai Chennai: Flight services in and out of Chennai suffered on Saturday following a thick cover of smoke due to ‘Bhogi’ festival celebrations, airport officials said.Between 4-8 am, both the incoming and the outgoing air traffic suffered. As many as 18 arriving flights were diverted to Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports. They flew in from various destinations such as Kuwait, Sharjah and Delhi. No flights took off during this period, resulting in delays and scores of passengers waiting at the airport. A report on NDTV quoted a senior officer at the airport saying, “The visibility has dipped to 50 metres and since 3:30 am we have no flight activity. We hope there would be interested in an hour once breeze sets in clearing the air.”
Rahul ‘politicising internal matters’ of SC: BJP slams Cong chief Rahul said the points raised by 4 SC judges were important and are needed to be looked into carefully. gns, New Delhi: Opposition parties on Friday demanded a “thorough probe” into issues flagged by four Supreme Court judges over its functioning, prompting a strong reaction from the ruling BJP that accused its rivals of “politicising internal matters” of the judiciary. Terming the concern voiced by the judges as
Aircel-Maxis case: ED raids Karti Chidambaram’s premises in Chennai, Delhi gns, New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the AircelMaxis case.Official sources said the raids are being conducted in Delhi and Chennai since early Saturday morning.The central probe agency, on December 1, 2017, had conducted similar searches on the premises of a relative of Karti and others in this case. The ED case pertains to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2006 by the then finance minister P Chidambaram.The
agency had said it is investigating the circumstances of the said FIPB approval granted by the then finance minister (P Chidambaram)”.The ED also alleged that Karti has “disposed” of a property in Gurgaon, which he had allegedly rented out to a multinational company “to whom foreign direct investment (FDI) approval had been granted in 2013”.
“extremely important”, Congress president Rahul Gandhi also called for a probe into the mysterious death of judge BH Loya, who died in 2014 when he was hearing the sensational Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case in which BJP chief Amit Shah was an accused but later discharged. The four SC judges, including J Chelameshwar, second in
seniority to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, had earlier in the day raised questions about the functioning of the apex court, saying things there were “not in order”. They had accused Misra of “selectively” allocating cases to benches among other things, which they claimed, adversely affected the judiciary and
Passports to tranform, may turn orange, might no longer be address proof New Delhi: Passports may no longer serve as a valid proof of address as the ExternalAffairs Ministry has decided not to print the last page of the travel document with the address of the holder.The last page of the passport includes the father or legal guardian’s name, the names of the holder’s mother, spouse and their address.“As the last page of the passport would not be printed now, the passport holders with ECR (Emigration Check Required) status would be issued a passport with orange passport jacket and those with non-ECR status would continue to get a blue passport,” an MEA statement read.The recommendations of a threemember panel, comprising officials from the ministry of external affairs and the ministry of women and child development, were accepted and it was decided that the last page of the passport and other travel documents issued under the Passports Act, 1967 and Passport Rules, 1980 “would no longer be printed”, it said.
25-yr-old Google engineer molests 52-yrold woman in Delhi hotel, held
gns, New Delhi: A California-based Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who works with Google as a software engineer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 52-year old American woman in a room at Taj Diplomatic Enclave hotel on Monday. The woman, who had come to Delhi for a business project, said the accused spiked her drink and tried to grope her while she was semi-conscious. A case of molestation has been filed in Chanakyapuri police station and the man has been arrested.The woman had arrived in India on January 6. She told the police that she met the 25-year-old accused in the hotel’s pool area on January 8, when he offered her a drink back at his room and she accepted.Once in the room, which was on the 8th floor of the hotel, the accused mixed something in her drink, which made her
dizzy. He then tried to grab her but she pushed him away and left the room.The very next day, the woman shifted to another hotel in Gurgaon. On January 10, she returned to the enclave and registered a complaint with the police, after which she also recorded a statement with the magistrate. In her statement, she said she did not want to file a complaint immediately but after she narrated the incident to a friend, she changed her mind. “A case under sections of outraging the modesty or a woman and molestation was registered and a police team arrested the man from his room,” said B K Singh, additional Commissioner of Police, New Delhi. A spokesperson on behalf of Taj Diplomatic Enclave said they have been providing all possible support to the police.
threatened democracy. “I think the points that have been raised by the four judges are extremely important. They have mentioned there is a threat to democracy. It needs to be looked into carefully. They also made a point about judge Loya’s case. I think that is also something that needs to be investigated properly.
Along with Karti, P Chidambaram’s house in Delhi also under ED scanner
gns, New Delhi/Chennai: Along with the raids at Chennai and Delhi premises of Karti Chidambaram, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday also raided senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram’s house in Delhi. Commenting on the ED raid the Congress leader said, “They (ED officials) searched and found nothing but since they had to justify themselves they took papers of a statement made by the government in the Parliament, few years back. The ED has no jurisdiction to investigate under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).” P Chidambaram further added: “There is no FIR concerning a scheduled crime by CBI or any agency. I anticipated they’ll search premises in Chennai again but in a comedy of errors they came to Jor Bagh (in Delhi) and officers told me that they thought Karti is an occupant of this house but he is not. Talking about the ED raids, Karti’s lawyer said nothing was found and nothing was seized from Delhi and Chennai homes of Karti Also read: Aircel-Maxis case: ED raids Karti Chidambaram’s premises in Chennai, Delhi “The ED conducted a raid today. Nothing was found, nothing was seized. The raid concluded at 10:45 am,” Karti’s lawyer Arun Natrajan told media in Chennai.
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Against traditions & norms
zoom in A ll the three wings of governance in India the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary suffer from a general disbelief of their being neutral and honest. People have only a limited scope of remedy for injustices, and many of them are absolutely helpless, a truth that has been spilled over as the four senior most Supreme Court judges, next to the Chief Justice of India, accepted before the press. They went to the extent to allege ‘assigning of cases to benches of preference’ breaching court rules. It is for the first time in India we have the ‘real head’ of the executive, and the ‘actual head’ of the judiciary alleged of doing whatever they like to do against all ‘traditions and norms’. Gyan Pathak Senior journalist Pertinent questions Can the allegations of the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court against the Chief Justice of India be labeled simply as their ‘grievances’ or ‘dissatisfaction’? Were they interested in some particular cases to be decided by themselves in their own liking but prevented by the Chief Justice of India by assigning the cases to some other courts? Had the Chief Justice any other motive in assigning those cases to the courts of his own preferences? There are many such questions which need to be answered to restore the confidence of the people in the judicial system, in the backdrop of the widespread feeling among general public that one can get a case heard by some ‘favourable’ or ‘adverse’ judge, to get a desirable judgement or a miscarriage of justice. Can our judges do nothing? For an impartial justice, the tradition and jurisprudence deny power to a CJ to send cases to the courts of his own ‘preference’ so that he cannot become a gatekeeper of justice as an interested party in favour or against anyone. That is why there is a system in place, according to which a case is sent to a judge which minimises the risk of injustice. The present Chief Justice of India has clearly violated the norms of the well-established system, the reason is best known to him. Can our judges do nothing if certain rules or norms are violated, by the supreme custodian of the rules and laws? If we believe the ‘helplessness’ expressed by the four senior-most judges, nothing can be done within the judicial system against such violation. This anomaly should be redressed because to ‘violate a rule or norm’ is not the call of the CJ, and therefore it must not be considered his privilege; rather it should be remedied within the system. Judges’ Day Out It is for the first time in India we have the ‘real head’ of the executive and the ‘actual head’ of the judiciary allegedly doing what they like to do against all ‘traditions and norms’ Finding justice within the system Expressing helplessness and going to the press in the name of saving democracy cannot be accepted. Our honourable judges are absolutely right in challenging the authority of the head of the judiciary, which they should have done by proceeding against ‘violation of rules’, which is the privilege of none.
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Ellen DeGeneres’ father dies at 92
Ellen DeGeneres’ father, Elliot DeGeneres, has passed away. The 59-year-old television talk show host revealed during an emotional segment of The Ellen Degeneres Show on Thursday that her father has died at the age of 92, reports EOnline.com. During the latest show, Ellen honoured her late father in a moving tribute. “In addition to what’s going on in Montecito, I lost my dad this week. He was 92 years old. He had a good, long life,” she said. “It wasn’t unexpected. I was able to say goodbye. When I was a kid, my dad took us on one vacation to Warner Bros Studios. He loved this business. He loved that I was in it. When he died, I saw this rainbow over the stage they named for me,” she added. She also posted a few old photos of her with her father on Instagram.
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Can even kill for Arjun Kapoor, have undying love for him: Parineeti Chopra The actress talks about reuniting with her first hero and favourite co-star in back-to-back films after five years. Mumbai: It’s often that said that firsts are always special. And for actors, their first film or first co-star, usually hold a special place in their hearts.Parineeti Chopra, who made her fullfledged debut with ‘Ishaqzaade’ after a bit role in ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’, also has similar feelings for her first hero and favourite co-star Arjun Kapoor. The pair is reuniting again after ‘Ishaqzaade’ after more than five years, and will now be working in back-to-back films, ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ and ‘Namastey Canada’.About the reunion, Parineeti told in an interview to DNA, “Arjun is lucky. He gets to work with me in two back-to-back films again.”She added, “My relationship with Arjun is such that I can kick him and tell him, ‘Just shut up and behave yourself’. He can do the same with me as well. That’s because we share a very special bond.”About how their friendship blossomed, Parineeti revealed, “Both of us bonded at a very vulnerable time in our lives. His mom was ill when ‘Ishaqzaade’ was coming out, and I wasn’t even an actor by then because ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’ had not released when we were shooting that film.“If anybody says anything negative about him, I’m there in the front row, fighting for him and defending him. I can even kill for him. I can’t hear anyone saying anything bad about Arjun because I have this undying love for Arjun,” she shared.While ‘Namastey Canada’ will be a romantic film, not much is known about ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ except that Arjun plays a cop and Parineeti a corporate executive.
Britney Spears engaged to Sam Ashgari? Singer Britney Spears sparked engagement rumours after being spotted sporting a big rock on her ring finger during a recent trip to Hawaii, where she was accompanied by her boyfriend Sam Ashgari. According to reports on DailyMail.co.uk, the 36-year-old singer was spotted taking a stroll with her 23-yearold boyfriend on the Hawaiian beach. The good-looking duo certainly seemed to be very much in love as they walked hand-in-hand with their toes digging in the sand. Meanwhile, the singer has reportedly secured a brand new deal in the Nevada glam spot just after completing a four-year residency at Planet Hollywood.
Rob Lowe slams Bella Thorne Rob Lowe has a message for Bella Thorne, who was upset as she couldn’t make it to her boyfriend’s concert because of the road closures caused by California’s deadly mudslides. According to reports on People. com, the Code Black star shared a screenshot of Bella’s tweet which read, “F— u 101 to santa barbra. I’m missing my boyfriends first date on his tour:((( (sic).” To this Lowe responded, “This attitude is why people hate celebrities/Hollywood. Bella, I’m sorry you were inconvenienced.
Salman Khan brings Isabelle and Sooraj Pancholi together
SRK, Gauri throw grand bash for friend at Mannat, who’s who of Bollywood attend Mumbai: You would’ve definitely got stuck around the area around Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow Mannat on Friday as luxury cars kept coming in and going out throughout late last night.The superstar and Gauri Khan hosted a bash for her close friend Kaajal Anand’s 50th birthday at their abode, and the couple didn’t leave any stone unturned with more stars coming in than perhaps even an awards night.Be it Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, who arrived colour-coordinated in gold, Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ex-couples Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan or even Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar, Rani Mukerji among others came all decked up for the bash and were snapped by the cameras outside.
Katrina Kaif’s kid sister Isabelle Kaif, who has been accompanying her star-sister to various dos in Bollywood these days, is raring to go in the industry. Word is that she’s set to be launched opposite Sooraj Pancholi, who has himself been struggling to make a mark after his disastrous debut in Hero. It’s no coincidence then that Sooraj, a Salman Khan protégé, will be taking another go at stardom with another Salman protégé, Isabelle. The project will introduce the junior Kaif to Hindi audiences, and will have Salman’s blessings, even though he won’t officially be producing the flick. Bhushan Kumar of T-Series will be producing the movie. A source close to the development says, “Salman has been concerned about the lack of progress in both Isabelle and Sooraj’s careers. Both the stars, mentored by Salman, have been waiting in the fringes for years. Now, when after years of persuasion by Bhushan, Salman is finally working with T-Series in Bharat, he also decided to promote Isabelle.” Bharat is a venture between Bhushan and Salman’s brotherin-law, Atul Agnihotri. Apparently, Salman ‘suggested’ that Bhushan relaunch Sooraj and Isbaelle in a film together. “And we all know what Salman’s ‘suggestion’ means,” says a source. “No producer would say no to Salman. Bhushan readily agreed to produce the project, which will be directed by Remo D’Souza’s assistant Stanley D’Costa.” Remo, meanwhile, is directing Salman in Race 3.
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Team India star Hardik Pandya and actor Elli AvrRam dating rumours gain attention
gns, Mumbai: While cricket is considered as a religion in India, Bollywood is an integral part of people’s life. Cinema and cricket are the two glamorous professions in the country, where people go crazy behind stars. When people from these two professions come together, they grab all the attention of the media and the masses. The pair becomes the talk of the town as everyone waits for gossips on such love affairs.There have quite a few affairs from past and present that went onto hog the limelight. The From the likes of Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Sangeeta Bijlani to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila
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Tagore, from Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech to Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge.Last year saw Team India skipper Virat Kohli tying knot with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and now the latest name to grab attention is star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Big Boss 7 contestant and actress Elli AvrRam. The news about the rumored affair started spreading ever since pictures of the two went viral as the actress attended Hardik’s brother Krunal Pandya’s reception. Elli AvrRam was joined by Hardik at the stage was seen having a deep conversation with newly married couple Krunal and Pankhuri Sharma.
Parthiv last played against England and scored 195 runs in three Test matches, when Saha was injured.
Premier League transfer: Manchester clubs tightlipped over move for Alexis Sanchez
gns, London: Arsene Wenger admitted today that Alexis Sanchez’s future is up in the air as Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola stayed tight-lipped over potential moves for the forward during the January transfer window.Guardiola’s bid to buy Sanchez collapsed at the end of the summer transfer window and City were favourites to land him this time around but the club are apparently unwilling to meet Arsenal’s reported 35 million ($48 million, 39 million euros) asking price.Mourinho’s United are understood to have thrown their hat into the ring, bidding around 25 million to trump City’s 20 million offer as they seek to bolster their forward options and deny their bitter rivals.When asked if United were
interested in signing the 29- yearold Chilean international, who is out of contract at the end of the season, Wenger said “nothing is really concrete at the moment”.Questioned as to whether there was any truth in the rumour, the Arsenal manager was coy. “You conclude that,” he said. “You could say that at the moment... it’s not that I don’t want to inform you, I don’t want to give you wrong information and at the moment I must say nothing is decided one way or the other.”Wenger admitted a bidding war could help Arsenal but said that was not the current situation. In later press conferences on Friday, neither Guardiola nor Mourinho gave much away over a potential move for the Arsenal man.
Stan Wawrinka clears doubts over Australian Open 2018 participation gns, Melbourne: Relieved former winner Stan Wawrinka confirmed Saturday he will play the Australian Open, saying his knee is holding up well but he was still feeling pain.The three-time Grand Slam champion hasn’t played since Wimbledon in July after surgery and pulled out of an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi late last month, casting doubt on whether he would be ready.He admitted it had been a race against time, but said he was confident enough to take the court next week against
first-round opponent Ricardas Berankis.“For me, I think the fact that I’m here and I’m going to play the first one, it’s a big victory,” he said after a week of intense practice in Melbourne against Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and others. “It’s the best that I could have dreamed when I had the surgery -- to be here sitting in front of you and to say, ‘Okay, I’m going to play the first match’. “That’s something really good from my side, especially from the knee.”
South Africa vs India: Parthiv Patel, KL Rahul set to play 2nd Test in Centurion gns, New Delhi: The Indian team management is all set to drop wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and opener Shikhar Dhawan from the playing XI for the second Test against South Africa but chances of Ajinkya Rahane’s comeback look highly unlikely.It is learnt that the conditions in Centurion may not aid swing bowling and Ishant Sharma could be considered in place of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, despite his six-wicket match haul and a gritty 25 in the first Test. However, the Ishant-Bhuvneshwar swap is still not confirmed even though the other two changes are
more or less certain. Pint-sized Gujarat wicketkeeperbatsman Parthiv Patel, who is universally acknowledged as a far more accomplished batsman than Saha, is set to get a look-in along with Karnataka opener KL Rahul. Dhawan’s susceptible technique in bouncy and seaming conditions has been under the scanner and Rahul, who had hit his maiden Test hundred in Australia, is considered to be more well equipped technically. Parthiv last played against England and scored 195 runs in three Test matches, when Saha was injured.
From Virat Kohli to Steve Smith, most modern-day greats have learnt the ropes in the biennial event.
SA vs Ind: Centurion pitch will test us to play our best, says Kohli gns, Centurion: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis was surprised to see brown grass on the pitch that will be used for the second Test against India, starting at SuperSport Park on Saturday.But there were no surprises for Indian captain Virat Kohli. “It looks a really lively pitch,” Kohli said at his pre-Test press conference on Friday. “We expected it and we wanted it to be that way. Both teams are into the contest and will have to play some good cricket.”Kohli made it clear he would welcome another no-holds-barred battle in conditions as tough as they were in Cape Town,
Tata’s impact design 2.0 to debut at Auto Expo 2018 Tata introduced its Impact Design language in April 2016 with the launch of its bread and butter model, the Tiago. Since then, the carmaker has launched several other cars based on the Impact Design philosophy such as the Hexa, Tigor and the Nexon. Now, the homegrown carmaker has announced that it is all set to showcase the second version of its design language, the Impact 2.0, at the Auto Expo 2018. Some of you may have observed that many car manufacturers design their vehicles with a common design philosophy so that they can be easily distinguished by the masses.
where South Africa won the first Test by 72 runs. “We were pretty happy with the wicket and the way it played in Cape Town, it gave us many opportunities to stay in the game,” said Kohli. “This pitch will again test us to play our best cricket and that is something we are looking forward to.” Du Plessis said he expected pace and bounce but admitted he was not sure how the pitch would play. “It looks browner than I thought it would be,” he said. “What I got from the groundsman was that it was burnt
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Commerce Secretary urges policy framework to address export financing woes gns, New Delhi: In lieu of the inefficiency of India’s current institutional framework in recognising risks of overseas markets, Commerce Secretary Rita A Teaotia highlighted a “pressing need” to devise policy framework needed to address issues of finance to exports.“We need to actually gear up not just the regulatory frameworks to address the precise needs of export finance and institutions serving export markets but also look at the costs of being able to serve smaller organisations using technology, using better tools in order to bring down the costs of actually extending credit to MSME sector,” she said while inaugurating an ASSOCHAM conference on ‘Role of trade finance for inclusive growth,’ in Mumbai. Taking cognisance of the challenges for the SME sector, particularly exporters, Rita said the availability of finance and export finance is constrained and hampers the competitiveness of India’s exports.
New Delhi: India’s largest telecom operator Airtel on Friday teamed up with Amazon India to offer one year of Amazon Prime membership with its Infinity postpaid plan.Airtel Postpaid customers - both new and existing - who have an Infinity plan of Rs 499 or more will be able to avail one year Amazon Prime membership of Rs 999 value and unlimited access to Amazon Prime Video as part of their plan benefits, a statement said. This would not come at any extra cost.“Prime membership benefits include unlimited free fast delivery on eligible items from India’s largest online selection of products, early and exclusive access to deals and discounts on Amazon.in, and unlimited access to Amazon Prime Video.
from the heat. Last week was very hot.” Although Centurion is Du Plessis’ home ground, he said the pitch looked unusual. “There is a thick layer of brown grass so it’s not something we’re used to seeing. For us at the moment it’s unknown.” Du Plessis said he expected India to mount a strong challenge. “India at times were really good at Newlands. There were so many ups and downs for both teams. India were in the game for 90 percent of the time.
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Factory output growth hits 17-month high of 8.4 pc in November gns, New Delhi: Industrial production growth zoomed to a 17-month high of 8.4 per cent in November 2017 on the back of robust performance of manufacturing and capital goods sectors.The factory output, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 5.1 per cent in November 2016, as per data released on Friday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The previous high was recorded at 8.9 per cent in June, 2016. Meanwhile, the IIP growth for October 2017 has been revised downwards to 2 per cent from the provisional estimates of 2.2 released last month.Manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63 per cent of the IIP, recorded an impressive growth of 10.2 per cent in November as compared to 4 per cent a year ago. The industry group ‘Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products’ has shown the
highest positive growth of 39.5 per cent, followed by 29.1 per cent in computer, electronic and optical products and 22.6 per cent in ‘manufacture of other transport equipment’.Capital goods output, which is a barometer of investment, grew by 9.4 per cent in November as against 5.3 per cent a year ago. Consumer non-durables, which are mainly fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), showed an output growth of 23.1 per cent as against 3.3 per cent in November 2016. However, the mining sector production growth slowed to 1.1 per cent from 8.1 per cent a year ago. Electricity generation growth too slowed to 3.9 per cent in November from 9.5 per cent in the corresponding month a year ago. Production growth of consumer durables, mainly white goods like TVs, refrigerators and washing machines, also slowed to 2.5 per cent from 6.8 per cent.
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‘Western parts most accident-prone’
gns, AHMEDABAD: It can just be the vicinity to one of the busiest roads — SG Road — or comparatively higher number of vehicles round the clock, but out of the five top spots for road traffic accidents (RTA) identified by analytics of EMRI 108 ambulance services, four are located in western city parts. Maninagar is the only locality in the east making to the list.In the year 2016, all five areas were located in the west, said EMRI officials. The silver lining is that the overall number of accidents has taken a dip across all segments. The only rise was reported in the RTAs with multiple victims.According to city traffic police, city roads reported 1,292 cases of accidents in 2017, a drop of about 44% compared to 1,861 cases in 2016. Fatal accidents saw a decrease
of 8.77% from 310 to 285. The EMRI data further corroborates that even amid the mayhem and traffic snarls, the reported cases of RTAs has seen a dip in the city.Untitled-4“Most calls for 108 by citizens, ever since its inception a decade ago, are from RTAs. A very high chunk consists of two-wheeler drivers who sustain head and body injuries. With emphasis on initiatives such as wearing helmets, the number might have been affected but a detailed study is required to assess the impact of adherence to traffic rules on the injuries reported in RTAs,” said an EMRI official.Officials said that areas such as Bodakdev, Gota and IIM crossroads see high concentration of young riders due to presence of educational institutes and technology-based ventures.
CISF to investigate how cow got near SVPI runway We are in talks with the civic body which will keep their vehicles deployed near the airport to catch stray animals, especially cows,” said an official.
gns, AHMEDABAD: A day after a cow strayed near the runway at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport, the incident has raised questions about the “four-tier security” at the city airport. To find out whether there were flaws in the security system of the international airport, the Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) will conduct an inquiry into how the cow got so near the runway.Sources in the Airport Authority of India (AAI) said that the CISF probe will try to find out how the cow had got into the high-security and sensitive runway area.“Prime facie, it seems a security lapse due to human error. The CISF
IG himself is monitoring the inquiry,” an official said. Incidentally, the CISF jawan, who was posted at the gate, has been transferred. The AAI has already sought a report on the incident from the city airport authorities but as it was an incident of security lapse, the CISF, which looks after security of the airport, will probe the
international Democrats want to grill Ivanka Trump
Adam Schiff said Thursday that Republicans have declined to invite many witnesses that would be valuable to the probe including Ivanka Trump gns, Washington: The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says he wanted to interview the president’s daughter as part of the panel’s Russia investigation, along with other witnesses who Republicans aren’t inviting. Rep. Adam Schiff said Thursday that Republicans have declined to invite many witnesses that would be valuable to the probe, including Ivanka Trump and several people who
he says have additional information about a June 2016 meeting between Russians and the Trump campaign. “There are witnesses who have knowledge of the Trump Tower meeting and what it was about
prior to the meeting that have not been brought before our committee,” Schiff told reporters. At the Trump Tower meeting, several Trump campaign officials met with Russian operatives under the impression.
Trump sends invite of State of Union address to slain Indian techie’s wife
gns, Washington: Sunayana Dumala, the wife of murderd Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, has been invited to attend US President Donald Trump’s maiden State of the Union address, a media report has said.Dumala’s husband, Kuchibhotla, was shot dead in a hate crime by an American navy veteran at a bar in Olathe city last year.Dumala, 32, fell out of status because her permission to reside in the US was tied to Kuchibhotla through marriage but she managed to regain her residency status.She has been invited by Congressman Kevin Yoder to
attend Trump’s State of the Union address, an annual message presented by the US president to a joint session of the Congress.
The State of the Union address will be held on January 30. “She is a very powerful symbol of who the system is failing,” Yoder was quoted as saying in the report.
incident.Sources further said that the airport authorities may also take the help of the civic body (Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) to control the other menace - that of dogs straying near the runway.“Not only stray cows but stray dogs are also a big concern. Now and then, they are found to have entered right up to the operational area.
Gujarat’s youngest engineer is 16 years old gns, AHMEDABAD: The teenager seated among youths five years his senior caught the eyes of all guests at the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) convocation at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Nirbhay Thacker, who got a BE (electrical) degree in October last year, is Gujarat’s youngest engineering graduate.His accelerated education began in class 8, as he finished class 8 to class 10 in six months and class 9 to 12 in the next three months, under the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) system run by Cambridge International Examinations.After his father, an engineer, and his mother, a doctor, represented his case as a special one to GTU, the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) and All-India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) approved his admission to SAL College of Engineering.At the sidelines of the convocation, Nirbhay was upbeat about his plans. “My shortterm goal is to get 10 BTech degrees in the next three to four years,” Nirbhay said. “I have also got an offer for a PhD from an IIT besides funding. My long-term goal is to set up a research centre in India for the defence sector.” He explained that his aim behind earning multiple degrees is developing multidisciplinary approach in engineering. Nirbhay said, “For example, making a fighter jet requires knowledge of aeronautical, mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering among other skills.” He further said that India needs such a facility as India doesn’t lack technical knowledge but the bridge between that knowledge and application.
World outrage over Trump’s ‘sh**hole’ comment, UN terms him ‘racist’ gns, Washington/Namibia: US President Donald Trump tweeted a denial Friday after he was quoted as describing African and other states as “shithole countries,” amid an international furor over the remarks.Trump, who reportedly made the comment during a meeting with legislators Thursday on immigration reform, drew charges of racism.“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, people briefed on the meeting told The Washington Post. The New York Times later reported the same comment, citing unnamed people with direct knowledge of the meeting. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Trump tweeted early Friday. The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big
setback for DACA! — Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018 The reference was to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields from deportation nearly 800,000 immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Thursday’s meeting was to discuss a compromise under which DACA would be preserved but a visa lottery and a policy allowing legal immigrants to bring family
members into the country would be ended. “I want a merit based system of immigration and people who will help take our country to the next level,” Trump said in another tweet. ....countries which are doing badly. I want a merit based system of immigration and people who will help take our country to the next level. I want safety and security for our people. I want to stop the massive inflow of drugs. I want to fund our military, not do a Dem defund....
Donald Trump sparks UK political row after cancelling London trip gns, London: British foreign secretary Boris Johnson warned Friday that UK-US relations were at risk after US President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to London amid warnings of mass protests. Trump said he was abandoning next month’s trip to open the new US embassy because he did not like the location and cost of the building.But Johnson suggested the decision was prompted by the strong public and political opposition to Trump in Britain, warning that critics “seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk”. Prime Minister Theresa May offered Trump a state visit to Britain one year ago, when she became the first foreign leader to visit the White House after his inauguration.
Donald Trump resists immigrants of ‘shithole African nations’ gns, Washington: In bluntly vulgar language, President Donald Trump questioned on Thursday why the US would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa rather than places like Norway, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal, according to people briefed on the extraordinary Oval Office conversation.Trump’s contemptuous description of an entire continent startled lawmakers in the meeting and immediately revived charges that the President is racist. The White House did not deny his remark, but issued a statement saying Trump supports immigration policies that welcome “those who can contribute to our society.”Trump’s comments came as two senators presented details of a bipartisan compromise that would extend protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants — and also strengthen border protections, as Trump has insisted.The lawmakers had hoped Trump would back their accord, an agreement among six senators
evenly split among Republicans and Democrats, ending a months-long, bitter dispute over protecting the “Dreamers.” But the White House later rejected it, plunging the issue back into uncertainty just eight days before a deadline that threatens a government shutdown.Dick Durbin of Illinois, the senate’s No. 2 Democrat, explained that as part of that deal, a lottery for visas that has benefited people from Africa and other nations would be ended, the sources said, though there could be another way for them to apply. Durbin said people would be allowed to stay in the U.S. who fled here after disasters hit their homes in places including El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti. The president suggested that instead, the U.S. should allow more entrants from countries like Norway. Trump met this week with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Late on Thursday, Trump was pushing for “a Great Wall” and criticising Democrats’ stance on immigration, highlighting the difficulties for negotiations.
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