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Short News Air India pilots threaten to stop operations on flying allowance dues
Mumbai : A section of Air India pilots have threatened to stop operations if their flying allowance dues are not paid immediately. Alleging that while the salaries and perks of other employees are paid in full albeit with a delay, the same for the pilots and cabin crew are “ignored”, despite the fact that flying allowances of these two licenced categories of employees form a major chunk of their salaries. “We would like to inform you if the flying allowance is not paid immediately, we may not be available for flying duties,” the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said in a communication to Air India’s director of finance on Friday.
India clocked 10.08 pc growth under Manmohan Singh’s tenure, data shows New Delhi : Indian economy clocked a 10.08 per cent growth rate in 2006-07 under the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the highest since liberalisation of the economy in 1991, according to an official data. The highest ever growth rate since Independence was recorded at 10.2 per cent in 1988-89 when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister. The back series data on GDP has been prepared by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics, constituted by the National Statistical Commission. The report has been released on the website of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).
People who value peace in Pakistan admire Vajpayee: Pakistan acting Law Minister New Delhi : Pakistan’s acting Minister of Law and Justice Syed Ali Zafar, who is in India to attend the last rites of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, hailed him as a man of peace and a called him a visionary leader. Zafar said he came to India to share the grief with the people of India. “I have come here as a representative of people of Pakistan to share your grief. Vajpayee Sahab was a man of peace and gave visionary leadership to India,” he was quoted as saying by ANI. He further added, “People who value peace in Pakistan admire him. We hope that as in grief we will share your happy moments too in the future. The issues which we have between our countries which includes the issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be resolved through dialogue and peacefully.”
Centre to Supreme Court: ‘Decision taken to reduce Mullaperiyar water level’ New Delhi : The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that a meeting of the crisis management committees dealing with Kerala floods has decided to reduce the water level in Mullaperiyar dam so as to contain the additional inflow due to rainfall. Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha conveyed this to a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and D Y Chandrachud, which was dealing with a petition related to the floods which has displaced thousands and left several dead. On Thursday, the court had called for an urgent meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC).
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
poet-politician, cremated as nation pays teary-eyed tribute
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Thousands mourned over the loss as one of BJP’s tallest leaders was laid to rest with full state honours today. The government has announced seven days of state mourning, and the national flag will be flown at half-mast for seven days across the country.
UP govt identifies 40 rivers, tributaries to immerse ashes
New Delhi : “There is hardly any dry eye here,” the Doordarshan anchor said during the live coverage of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s funeral ceremony at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi on Friday. Thousands mourned over the loss as one of BJP’s tallest leaders was laid to rest with full state honours. The mortal remains of the departed leader were consigned to flames amid bugle sounds and Vedic mantras as Namita Kaul Bhattacharya, Vajpayee’s adopted daughter, lit the funeral pyre. She was accompanied by her granddaughter and other members of the family as cries of “Atal Bihari Amar Rahe” reverberated in the
air. atal bihari vajpayee funeral, atal bihari vajpayee passes away, atal bihari vajpayee live updates, vajpayee last rites, vajpayee funeral ceremony, smriti sthal, rashtriya smriti sthal, atal bihari vajpayee life Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai offers his final respects during the cremation ceremony of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)The poetpolitician, who breathed his last on Thursday, left his admirers and critics in tears as he had earned respect as a ‘gentle giant’ who was always soft-spoken. Vajpayee’s last journey witnessed a sea of people, including top politicians and common folk who
followed the cortege. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah walked with the funeral procession as many struggled to catch the last glimpse of the leader. The mortal remains were taken from BJP headquarters to Smriti Sthal in the afternoon. The distance between BJP headquarters and Smriti Sthal is about 4 kilometers. Mourners jostled and some even climbed trees on the way to capture the moment on their phones. People from across the country, who gathered outside the BJP headquarters, bore testimony to the fact that Vajpayee was loved by all for his empathetic nature and ability to combine accommodative politics with graciousness.
Vajpayee and his father were classmates in Kanpur!
In 1945, when a 21-yearold Atal Bihari Vajpayee enrolled in a Kanpur college to study law, he had a classmate who was already retired after serving 30 years as a teacher. He was none other than his father. Pandit Krishna Biharilal Vajpayee was above 50 when he became Vajpayee’s classmate at DAV college Kanpur. After Vajpayee became prime minister, his alma mater published a writeup by him in the college magazine in 2002-03.
The Uttar Pradesh government Friday identified 40 rivers and their tributaries spread across 75 districts for the immersion of the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died on Thursday. The government said that separate events marking the immersion of ashes will be organised in each of these district so that people from all these areas get an opportunity “to be part of Atal’s last journey”. “He (Atal) had a major contribution to the state, so the government has decided to give opportunity to people in every district to be part of his last journey. As per the initial programme, an event would be held in each of the 75 districts before his ashes are immersed in the rivers flowing through it,” said Chief Secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey.
Atal ji will live on in hearts and minds of every India: Modi
Paying his last respects to Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was an extraordinary personality who will live on in the hearts and minds of every Indian. Modi said that no words can ever do justice to Vajpayee’s “rich contribution to the making of our country”. “People came from all parts of India, from all sections of society pay tributes to an extraordinary personality who made an extraordinary contribution to the nation. India salutes you Atal Ji!,” Modi tweeted today as the former prime minister’s mortal remains were consigned to flames here. Earlier in a blog, Modi said India had found a leader in Vajpayee who was gifted in spirit, heart and mind.
Kerala Floods: Following Chengannur MLA Saji Cherian’s remarks, reports have emerged that the Navy has sent 10 boats to Chengannur. However, the information couldn’t be verified at the time of filing this report.
324 dead as Kerala battles worst flood in 100 yrs, over 2 lakh in relief camps
Thiruvananthapuram: Savage monsoon continues to wreak havoc on Kerala claiming 324 lives over the last nine days, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. Over 2 lakh people have been rendered homeless as Kerala faces its worst flood in 100 years. Meanwhile, the Defence Ministry has provided 1300 life jackets, 571 lifebuoys, 1000 raincoats, 1300 gumboots, 1200 readyto-eat meal, 1500 food packets, 25 motorised boats and 9 non-motorised boats for rescue and relief operations. Southern Railway today despatched three special trains carrying water to as drinking water supply has been hit in some parts. Over one lakh water bottles would also be
sent through other trains bound for the state, a railways release said. A special train with seven-open wagons (BRN) containing tanks full
of drinking water started from Erode Junction at 4pm today, it said. The train, bound for Thiruvanathapuram, will run through Dindigul, Madurai and
Tirunelveli. Similarly, a sevenwagon train carrying 2.8 lakh litres of water and a 15-wagon special also commenced its journey to the state, it said.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday announced Rs 25 crore immediate financial assistance to Kerala which is badly affected by heavy rain. He directed chief secretary S.K. Joshi to ensure that the financial
aid reaches Kerala government immediately. The Chief Minister has also instructed the officials concerned to supply water purifiers worth Rs 2.5 crore to Kerala. He said it was the responsibility of the people of Telangana to help
the residents of Kerala who are suffering due to floods. Mr Rao also appealed to industrialists, IT firms and other big business houses to help Kerala. He said of the donations are sent to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, he would make arrangements
to sent them to Kerala. The Chief Minister expressed his sympathy for the people of Kerala who are suffering because of the natural calamity which claimed several lives and destroyed property worth crores of rupees.
K Chandrashekar Rao announces Rs 25 crore for rain-hit Kerala
Imran Khan defeats Shahbaz to become Pakistan’s new PM, to take oath tomorrow
Islamabad : Cricketer-turnedpolitician Imran Khan Friday defeated Shahbaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s next prime minister after the grand opposition alliance fell apart over the PML-N chief’s nomination for the top post. The election in the 15th National Assembly became just a formality after the Pakistan Peoples Party-led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with 54 seats abstained from voting. Khan, who is the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), received 176 votes while his only rival and the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) chief Sharif got 96 votes. Imran Khan will take the oath tomorrow. A total of 172 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament are needed to form a government. His supporters celebrated across the country when Speaker Asad Qaiser announced result. In his first speech to lawmakers as premier, Khan dismissed allegations of election fraud and vowed to enforce “ruthless accountability” to combat corruption. Khan is a former Oxford graduate and formed his party in 1996 in the eastern city of Lahore, vowing to forge a corruption-free “new Pakistan” with justice for all without discrimination.
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We still don’t know whether Uber is a real business In March, Uber will turn 10 years old. On paper, it’s one of the world’s most highly valued companies. Uber has become a verb for rides on demand, changed the transportation habits of millions and pushed changes in city planning around the world. But after a decade of operation and perhaps a year or so away from its initial public offering, an essential unanswered question remains: Is Uber viable? Put aside questions about whether Uber is overvalued, evil or whatever other clouds exist. I’m talking about simple dollars and cents. Uber Technologies Inc. has burned through more than $1 billion in cash in the last year, by design, and continues to fund itself with the huge capital pools available for young superstar companies since about 2010. If all that cash from SoftBank, Saudi Arabian oil wealth, conventional tech investment funds—or even cash from future public stockholders —unexpectedly dries up, does Uber’s business model work? I don’t know, and almost no one else does either. There are always questions about whether relatively young companies will have staying power, but because Uber has never had to finance itself solely with the cash generated by its businesses, questions about the company’s basic viability are even more urgent. I’ve written before that Uber has sensibly tailored its business strategy to the financial realities of the last eight or so years of financial markets. Never before has so much money been thrown at promising young technology companies, and for good reason. People with money are desperate to make more money, and private technology companies have been an appealing way to turn $1 into $10 or $100. If Uber had started just a few years earlier, it might have been confined to its original business of dispatching luxury cars. Instead, Uber has taken in more than $15 billion from stock sales and borrowings, and that cash has let Uber dream big. It offers semi-professional drivers at the tap of a smartphone screen in dozens of global cities, has branched into transportation by bicycles and has visions of robot-driven cars and flying taxis. It’s investing in food delivery, matching supply and demand for freight and more. Uber’s cash has let it become this ambitious, but it’s never been forced to live in a world where it has to operate solely with the cash it generates. The company’s free cash flow— or cash generated by its operations minus costs for capital projects— was negative $1.3 billion in the last 12 months, according to Bloomberg News and other media reports on the company’s selfreported, cherry-picked financial figures. For the sake of comparison to a recent but dramatically different era in technology, Facebook had positive free cash flow for three full years when it filed to go public in 2012.
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Don’t want to limit myself to only women-oriented films, says Kajol
After her last outing “Dilwale”, Kajol is excited about “Helicopter Eela”, in which she plays the role of a single mother.
Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ team have finally released their first song.
Batti Gul Meter Chalu song Gold Tamba has Sholay and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai connect
Mumbai: Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ team have finally released their first song ‘Gold Tamba’.The lyrics sound like “When you getting Gold, why go for tamba?” which is topped by Shahid Kapoor’s funny
Mumbai: Womenoriented films are gaining momentum in Bollywood but Kajol says it would be restrictive as an actor to limit herself to just one genre.“There are lots of films coming your way that are being written with a female central character in mind. It also has to do with whether you want to do that kind of film or not. I don’t want to do only that kind of film. I want to do everything,” she told PTI in an interview. “There is very little good content being written. I think it is the fact that there are not many good scripts that are coming to you.
But generally there is not much good writing happening per se,” she added.After her last outing “Dilwale” in 2015, Kajol is excited about her forthcoming release “Helicopter Eela”, in which she plays the role of a single mother.The Pradeep Sarkar directed film addresses the issue of parenting and generation gap but Kajol says the film also talks about “who we are as women”. Being a mother, Kajol said, there were times when she missed out things individually as she was busy fulfilling her responsibility as a parent.
How Jacqueline Fernandez lost Bharat to Katrina Kaif
Mumbai: We’ve all heard tales of the cold war between Jacqueline Fernandez and Katrina Kaif. Now we hear that Jacqueline was vying for the role in Bharat that eventually went to Katrina.A close friend of the actress spills the beans, saying, “The minute Jacqueline
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heard about Priyanka Chopra’s exit from Bharat, she sprung into action. She sent Salman and director Ali Abbas Zafar feelers through mutual friends, and when that didn’t work, she directly approached Salman and offered to step into PC’s shoes.” What happened to her
generous offer? “Nothing,” says the source, adding, “I think Salman ignored Jacqueline’s offer. It was too soon after the unexpected debacle that was Race 3. I think he needed a break from that pairing. Besides, Katrina was his first choice for the film anyway.
expressions.But what especially caught our attention is the reference to ‘Sholay’. There is a place where Shahid’s character mouths, “When you getting Gabbar, why go for Samba?” which actually makes us LOL because it is so on point!And that
Katrina Kaif heads to Malta to kickstart Salman Khan starrer Bharat
Mumbai: Katrina Kaif begins her journey of Bharat as she headed to Bharat today to kickstart the shoot of the Salman Khan starrer film.While the film went on floors earlier last month, Katrina Kaif begins her first schedule now.The actress posted an Instagram story announcing her departure for Malta. Katrina’s Instagram photo story. Katrina’s Instagram photo story. Bharat recently wrapped the first schedule of the film which included action sequences and daredevil stunts with fire for both Salman Khan and Disha Patani.The first schedule included a grand circus sequence wherein Salman Khan was seen doing a bike stunt amidst a ring if fire, while Disha Patani plays a trapeze artist.The team also shot for a song choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.
After Capoeira, Sushant Singh Rajput now trains for Ironman Triathlon
Mumbai: Sushant Singh Rajput seems to be in experimental mode! After taking up directing, he is living his dreams.One such dream happened to be an expert in Capoeira, a form of Brazilian martial arts combining elements of dance, selfdefence, acrobatics and music.He had previously undergone training with Tony Jaa, a Buddhist monk, who is a very well known martial artist, actor,
Despite the gap in their box office collections, the difference in footfalls boils down to just about five per cent.“It is quite historical,” says trade analyst Atul Mohan, adding, “This clearly proves that if the content is good, there will be people to watch the film. The figures show that the films have not eaten into each other’s box office figures. Both of them have their own audiences, and the overlap is not much. I think, in the future too, multiple films should release together on holidays. As long as they have good content, they have nothing to worry about.
Will Karisma Kapoor call Salman Khan to get “Mental”?
action choreographer, stuntman, and director. And the actor’s latest obsession is to participate in the Ironman triathlon, a one of its kind series that involves 2.4 miles swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon of 26.22 miles organised by the World Triathlon Corporation. This by far is considered the most gruelling one-day sporting event since all the hurdles mentioned above are to be completed at a go without any breaks.
Akshay Kumar, John Abraham both strike gold
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar and John Abraham’s clash at the box office this Independence Day has had an unexpected outcome — both their films, Gold and Satyameva Jayate, have done well and effectively busted the myth that two big films can’t share a release date.While Gold has landed Akshay Kumar the biggest opening day of his career, with collections of over Rs 25 crore, Satyameva Jayate has done the same for John Abraham, with collections of around Rs 20 crore.Gold is doing particularly well at multiplexes, and Satyameva Jayate finds its audiences in B and C centres.
isn’t the only movie reference. The song has a scene where Shraddha extends her hand for friendship and right before Shahid accepts it, she uses it to comb her hair.This scene is so iconic since it reminds us of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s chemistry in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Mumbai: We recently heard that actress Karisma Kapoor was on the verge of making a comeback with a web series titled Mental Hood produced by Ekta Kapoor. But it seems that may no longer be possible.The title “Mental”, along with certain permutations and combinations of the word have already been registered by Salman Khan’s production house SKF, and so “Mental Hood” is currently not available for Ekta to use. Mental was the original title of Salman’s film Jai Ho. “Ekta just has to just pick up the phone and ask Salman for the title, but she is not sure if he will agree to give it away. But Karisma has a great rapport with the actor. She has worked with him in many films, and her sister Kareena is one of his closest friends. It’s not a big deal and Salman is known to be a generous person,” a trade source says. Karisma is following in the footsteps of her brother-in-law Saif Ali Khan, whose web series Sacred Games has won him much acclaim. She knows that the digital platform is huge right now. All that remains to be seen is if she makes that phone call to Salman.
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Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed fires warning to Kohli’s India before Asia Cup 2018
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Lahore: Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has said that his side would look to utilise their experience of playing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against India in the upcoming Asia Cup cricket tournament.The 31-year-old further acknowledged that Virat Kohli-led Indian side are a relatively strong team as far as overall experience is concerned.“Our team has relatively more experience of playing under UAE conditions and therefore we will try to take advantage of this experience in our Asia Cup match against India,” Dawn.com quoted Ahmed, as saying.“On the other hand, Virat Kohli-XI is a stronger
outfit as far as overall experience is concerned,” he added.Shedding light on their preparation for the tournament, the wicketkeeperbatsman said that their prime focus is on maintaining the physical fitness and to make that sure they would be participating in a training camp.“Currently, our primary focus is on the players’ physical fitness and in this regard, a training camp [for the Asia Cup] is also being held from Sept 3,” he said.India and Pakistan will face each other on Sep. 19 in the Asia Cup which is slated to be held from Sep. 15 to Sep. 28 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Mumbai: True to its reputation, Indian tennis has created yet another stir at the start of a multisport quadrennial event. Back in June, Leander Paes’ inclusion in the 2018 Asian Games team after a 12-year gap was well hyped. Yet two days before the opening ceremony, at a time when most in the tennis squad had already gathered at Palembang, the 45-yearold unexpectedly pulled out of the competition. The reason Paes has given for his decision is that his AITA nominated partner, Sumit Nagal, is not a doubles specialist. The veteran, a winner of 18 Grand Slam doubles titles, asserted to have been in contact with the AITA expressing his wish to be paired up with a doubles specialist player. “Despite my repeated requests,
from so many weeks in advance, it is sad that we have not been able to put a doubles specialist in the team for a credible second doubles pairing for the Asian Games,” Paes said in a statement. The AITA’s selection committee named the country’s top three available singles players (the highest ranked player Yuki Bhambri, 97, was excluded from the list) and top three doubles players to make up the six-player men’s contingent. Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan were the other two doubles specialists along with Paes.“As of today, Rohan and Divij are the two higher ranked players and in better form which is why they’ve been paired,” explains AITA general secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee.
Mumbai: Opening in shorter formats proved to be a boon for Rohit Sharma, who said that he will not mind taking a shot at it in Test matches too, if the team management ever considers that as an option in near future.The 31-year-old has scored 1479 runs at shade under 40 per innings in 25 Tests with three hundreds and nine half centuries but is currently out of favour as far as longest format is concerned.With the trio of KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay struggling, Rohit was posed a question if he would like to open the innings in Test matches too.“Look, I have never
been offered (to open the innings in Tests) yet but I am open to anything as in whatever the team management wants. I never thought I will be an opener in ODIs when I started playing or when I was playing for India. But it happened along the way, so I (want to) keep my options open. No option is shut for me, so if the opportunity comes, I will take it,” Rohit told mediapersons at a promotional event.While his technique in testing conditions outside the Indian sub-continent has time and again come under scanner, the stylish batsman is still hopeful of a Test recall.
England vs India: Ben Stokes decision hangs in balance as hosts eye series win Nottingham: England head into the third Test against India at Trent Bridge on Saturday a commanding 2-0 up having overpowered the tourists by an innings and 159 runs at Lord’s only last week but in a dilemma over Ben Stokes.Stokes has long been England’s premier all-rounder and just hours after his acquittal on a charge of affray at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday, he was added to a 13-man squad for Trent Bridge.It would be extraordinary, if in keeping with much of the England and Wales
Cricket Board’s handling of the saga since Stokes’s initial arrest nearly 11 months ago, were they now to leave him out of the final XI.After all, it was only earlier this month that Stokes took four wickets as England completed a 31-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston, before a clash of dates with his trial saw him omitted at Lord’s.Chris Woakes, his replacement at Lord’s, scored a maiden Test century and took key wickets at ‘the home of cricket’ so is unlikely to be dropped.Woakes, like
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MSMEs export hit more by GST issues than note ban: report Mumbai: MSME exports were hit more by issues related to GST implementation than demonetisation, according to a report released Friday. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), considered a powerful engine of the country’s economic growth, are contributing around 40 per cent of the overall shipments from India. “...MSME exports were affected more adversely by issues relating to GST implementation than demonetisation due to delay in refund of upfront GST and input tax credit affecting cash-driven working capital requirements,” said Mint Street Memo published by the RBI. The report noted that the credit growth in the MSME sector had started decelerating even before demonetisation, and declined further during the demonetisation phase. “In contrast, GST implementation does not seem to have had any significant impact on credit. Overall,
MSME credit and especially micro credit to MSMEs, including loans by banks and NBFCs, shows a healthy rate of growth in recent quarters,” it said with the disclaimer that the views and opinions do not necessarily represent the views of the RBI. During the quarter AprilJune 2018, bank credit to MSMEs increased on average by 8.5 per cent (y-o-y), mirroring the level of growth during April-June 2015, with credit to micro and small enterprises growing at an even healthier rate. The growth in credit to MSMEs has recovered since the lows of late 2017 to reach the mid-2015 level, it said. The report said among various items of MSMEs exports, gems and jewellery, carpets, textile, leather, handlooms and handicrafts items are highly labour intensive and depend heavily on cash for working capital requirements and payment towards contractual labourers.
Stokes a pace-bowling all-rounder, has a superb record in England where in 13 Tests he averages 54 with the bat and 22 with the ball.Jos Buttler may not have done much with the bat in the first two Tests but he but starred in England’s preceding series draw with Pakistan.And for all that Trent Bridge favours seamers, England will be wary of dropping leg-spinner Adil Rashid and going in with an all pace attack.It is six years since they last played a home Test without a frontline slow bowler.
Stokes was added to a 13-man squad for Trent Bridge just hours after his acquittal on a charge of affray at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.
Set to Transform Higher Education, Indian School HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY GEARS-UP FOR A CHILEAN CHALLENGE of Hospitality Celebrates Its Grand Opening Ahmedabad : Indian School of Hospitality,one of the country’s most unique educational institutions was inaugurated today by Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog. Mr Frits van Paasschen, Former CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Author of Amazon Bestseller ‘The Disruptors’ Feast’ was the guest of honour along with Mr. Michel RochatCEO - Ecolehôtelière de Lausanne. The mission of ISHis to bring in a new-age educational philosophy and reimagine higher education for the upcoming generation of talent. The Indian School of Hospitality bases its unique approach to higher education on a balance of understanding the current needs of the global hospitality industry with those of today’s millennial student. With a faculty comprising of hospitality industry experts and culinary veterans, the curriculum is tailor-made to prepare students to anticipate change and disruption within the global landscape – and become the disruptors of tomorrow themselves. Through a campus that combines technology with high end design, students of ISH study in an environment that helps brings more joy into academic
discovery, while providing them with spaces to put their hands-on skills to the test through an in-house fine dining restaurant, coffee shop, reception area and more. In addition to this, ISH ensures a strong academic connect with the industry, with a unique
Industry Mentorship Programme for its students, alongside regular guest lectures from internationally renowned experts. Across the entire ISH philosophy, Founder & CEO, Dilip, former Managing Director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, South Asia, makes sure to emphasise the key driving force behind his idea: “The prime basis of ISH is to inspire entrepreneurship and to give today’s incredible talent the toolkit to change the industry into one that’s brighter than we’ve ever seen before. Every aspect of ISH promotes critical
Airlines not charging exorbitant fares: DGCA to Delhi High Court
New Delhi: Civil aviation regulator, DGCA, on Friday told the Delhi High Court that airlines in the country are not charging fares that are unlawful, discriminatory or exorbitant and the ticket prices change according to market forces. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also told a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao that under the Aircraft Act it was not empowered to make “financial regulations” with regard to air fares. The regulator took the stand in an affidavit filed in response to a PIL seeking capping of air fares charged by airlines in the country. The plea by
consumer rights activist Bejon K Misra has alleged that the authorities, including DGCA, were acting
as “silent spectators” to the “arbitrary” fixing of fares by the airlines. Denying the allegation, DGCA said in its affidavit that “change in air fares was dynamic”. “Fare increase with increase in demand for seats on any given flight and as a flight’s available seat inventory diminishes, lower bucket fares consequently may no longer be available. “It is denied that air fares charged by the airlines are unlawful and discriminatory and that the respondents (DGCA and the Centre) have shirked their responsibility,” the aviation regulator said while urging the court to dismiss the plea.
AT THE ‘ATACAMA RALLY’
Ahmedabad : After anexcitingstart to the season with the AfriquiaMerzouga Rally in April this year,Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motorsport division of the world’s largest twowheeler manufacturer, Hero MotoCorp, is all set for its next expedition at theAtacama Rally 2018. The Atacama Rally, to be held in Chile’s Atacama region from August 1218will be the Team’s second international rally of the year. Marking its first appearance at the Atacama Rally, Hero MotoSports Team Rally will enter the field with two riders - Joaquim Rodrigues
and Oriol Mena. While Joaquim Rodrigues- or ‘JRod’ as he is popularly known -will make a muchanticipated comeback to rally racing following an unfortunate crash at the Dakar rally in January 2018, his co-rider Oriol Mena, will aim to build on his impressive streak after finishing in top 15 at the AfriquiaMerzouga Rally 2018 and top 10 at the Dakar 2018. Spread over 1200 kms and five special stages, the 2018 edition of the Atacama Rally will present thecompetitors with a uniquely challenging and thrilling experiencewith a combination of mountain.
Tata Motors Celebrates the 50,000th Nexon Rollout at the Ranjangaon Facility
Bengaluru : In the image – (L-R) Mr. Mohan Savarkar, Vice President, Product Line Head, Passenger V e h i c l e Business Unit, Tata Motors and Mr. Rajesh Khatri - VP Operations, Passenger V e h i c l e Business Unit, Tata Motors celebrating the 50,000 th Nexon rollout at the Ranjangaon facility. Equipped with Level NEX Design, Performance and Technology, the Tata NEXON is one of the most loved and appreciated compact SUVs and ranks amongst
the top 3 in its segment. Launched in September 2017, it is the most award-winning Compact
SUV of the country and has recently set a new benchmark for safety in India with a 4-star adult safety score (13.56/17.00) - the highest amongst all the models tested across the Indian market by the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP).
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www.sunvillasamachar.com As per the weather forecast, central Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch areas are expected to receive heavy rainfall till Sunday.
PM Narendra Modi’s Two killed as August 23 visit to rain returns Gujarat ‘uncertain’ to Gujarat
Gandhinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the state on August 23 has entered a limbo yet again following the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. With the union government declaring a state mourning period of seven days, the date of the visit has become uncertain. Earlier, the daylong visit of the PM was scheduled for July 20 which was postponed to August 23 following heavy rains in Saurashtra and South Gujarat. The PM is scheduled to take part in public functions at Junagadh, Valsad and Gandhinagar during his visit. Valsad Collector C R Kharsan said, “The state mourning is till August 22 and the visit is scheduled for August 23. So far, I have not received any message
for cancellation or postponement of the visit. So currently, we are working for the event as per plans.” In Valsad, the PM is scheduled to dedicate around 2 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana at a function. At the same venue, Modi is also scheduled to take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for an irrigation project for the South Gujarat region. “After Vajpayee ji’s death, uncertainty is prevailing over the visit. We are eagerly awaiting a message from the higher ups about the visit so we can plan accordingly. However, there is no clarity on it so far,” sources in the party said. “So far, we have not got any intimation from the Centre about the visit,” an official in the state government said.
Kids denied admission by ‘minority schools’ to be admitted to govt schools Vadodara : With nine ‘minority schools’ in Vadodara denying admissions to students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act quota, citing their plea in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court ruling, the District Education Officer (DEO) in Vadodara on Thursday said that the affected students will be admitted to government run English-medium schools. On August 13, the Gujarat High Court had ruled against the minority schools’ refusal to admit about 298 students under the RTE act. Following this, the DEO had directed the nine schools in question to admit the students by August 16. However, the schools challenged the HC ruling in Supreme Court and refused admissions. Parents of the affected 298
students approached the DEO office on Thursday, demanding a final and feasible solution for the admission of their children. After consultations between the parents, DEO and authorities from minority schools, who refused to budge, the education officials decided to temporarily admit the students to government run English medium schools till a final Supreme Court decision. Of the 298 students, parents of 50 children have agreed to admissions in schools
which they had listed as their second choices. “Our prime concern now is to facilitate the admission of these students at the earliest. The students have already missed 25 per cent of classes. At present, all schools under the RTE have full occupancy but we had reserved a few seats which the parents are willing to take. For others we have decided to admit them in Government English Medium schools,” said in-charge District Education Officer, Dr MN Patel.
Ahmedabad : Two people died in rains that lashed the state on Friday after nearly 25 days of sporadic rainfall. Ahmedabad received the seasons’s first record rainfall of 102 mm till Friday afternoon. The season’s total rainfall so far is reported to be 303 mm. Four districts of central Gujarat — Kheda, Panchmahal, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar — recorded the highest rainfall of above 100 mm. Kapadvanj in Kheda district received a record 150 mm rainfall, Godhra in Panchmahal received 124 mm, Sanand in Ahmedabad district received 110 mm, Ahmedabad city 102 mm and Gandhinagar’s Kalol recorded 105 mm rainfall. In Chhota Udepur, two deaths were reported in separate incidents of house collapse. In the first incident, a 52-year old farmer, Shankar Rathwa, and his one-year-old-calf died when their kuccha house came crashing down due to heavy rain in Bunjar village of Kawant. In another incident, a five-year-old girl died when her house collapsed in Moti Sadhli village of Ranpur taluka. As per the weather forecast, central Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch areas are expected to receive heavy rainfall till Sunday. Of the seven dams in Dahod
district, Umariya Dam in Dhanpur taluka was overflowing by 0.40 metres till Friday afternoon. Six villages around Dhanpur were alerted. “Rainfall has stopped and we are expecting the water level in the dam to decline. But we are on alert keeping in view the forecast of heavy rain in the coming days,” said Dahod District Collector Vijay Kharadi. Among the six zones in Ahmedabad, the East, West, New West and Central zone received the highest rainfall — all above 100 mm (see box). Vejalpur in New West zone, Chandkheda in West zone and Chakudiya area in the East zone received 137.50 mm, 127 and 122.50 mm rainfall, respectively. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in central Gujarat, Suarashtra and Kutch till Sunday. “The depression developed on Thursday over south Chhattisgarh and adjoining Didarbha moved west northwestwards and weakened into a wellmarked low pressure area over southwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Gujarat and Maharashtra on Friday morning,” the weather forecast stated.
international Boeing skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel
Manila: A plane from China skidded off a runway at Manila’s airport while landing in a downpour near midnight then got stuck in a muddy field with one engine and wheel ripped off before its 157 passengers and eight crew scrambled out through an emergency slide, officials said Friday.Only a few passengers sustained bruises but all those aboard Xiamen Air Flight 8667 were safe and were taken to an airport terminal, where they were given blankets and food before being taken to a hotel, airport general manager Ed Monreal told a news conference.The Boeing 737 from China’s coastal city of Xiamen appeared to have “bounced” in a hard landing then veered off the runway shortly after and rolled toward a rain-soaked grassy area with its lights off, officials said.“We think that when (it) landed, the plane swerved to the left and veered off the runway,” said Monreal, who expressed relief that a disaster had been avoided. Investigators retrieved the plane’s flight recorder and will get the cockpit voice recorder to determine the cause of the acident, he said.
Google not close to launching search engine app in China: CEO Sundar Pichai
San Francisco: Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a company wide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen by Reuters, as employees of the Alphabet Inc unit called for more transparency and oversight of the project.Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told staff that though development is in an early stage, providing more services in the world’s most populous country fits with Google’s global mission.Hoping to gain approval from the Chinese government to provide a mobile search service, the company plans to block some websites and search terms, Reuters reported this month, citing unnamed sources.Whether the company could or would launch search in China “is all very unclear,” Pichai said, according to the transcript.
China actively expanding bomber training for US strikes: Pentagon
Ahmedabad: Over 70 flights Nitin Sandesara will delayed due to rains; bus, rail be a 66th criminal who will be sworn in services unaffected
AHMEDABAD : The heavy downpour witnessed in Ahmedabad today threw the schedule of flights out of gear. A total of 77 flights, both of departure and arrival, were delayed due to bad weather conditions at Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport in both
sectors - domestic and international. Meanwhile, bus routes and the railways continued to be operational in and around the city. Airport authorities on Friday morning warned potential passengers to check their flight status before leaving for the airport to avoid inconvenience.
Speaking to Mirror, Manoj Gangal, Director of Ahmedabad Airport said, “Passengers are advised to check their flight status before coming to the airport because the weather is delaying flights. Passengers can make sure their flight is on time before reaching the airport in order to avoid inconvenience.”
Vadodara: It is not officially confirmed that Nitin Sanders has been detained in Dubai on Wednesday after the Director of the Le Ling Group and the country’s fivethousand million scandal that has been detained by the Indian government’s leading investigative organizations, but if it is true, then Nitin Sandesara India’s 20th culprit will be brought to India from UAE. A total of 65 criminals from India are from India Esamam the government has brought success. The Government of India has extradition treaty with 48 different countries. On the website of
the Foreign Ministry, on the website of the Government of India from 2002 to March 2012, a report has been submitted to the fugitives who fled abroad who were brought to India under the extradition treaty. So far, 65 fugitive accused from other countries have been evacuated under the extradition treaty by the Government of India. Out of which, 19 defendants have been evacuated from UAE. Nithin Sandesara has been declared as a non-performing asset by taking loans from various banks of 5 thousand crores.
Washington: A new space report by the Pentagon has revealed that Beijing is indefatigably developing long-range bombers and “likely training for strikes” against Washington, DC and its allies in the near future.The report, which was published on Thursday, also highlighted that China is making effort to increase its global influence by investing heavily in its defence sector. The report revealed that the country has already spent a whopping amount of 190 billion dollars last year.“Over the last three years, the PLA has rapidly expanded its overwater bomber operating areas, gaining experience in critical maritime regions and likely training for strikes against US and allied targets,” the report said, using an acronym for China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as quoted by CNN. The report further stated that China is also building long-range bombers having nuclear capability, saying the Chinese air force “has been re-assigned a nuclear mission.”“The deployment and integration of nuclear-capable bombers would, for the first time, provide China with a nuclear ‘triad’ of delivery systems dispersed across land, sea, and air,” the report added.The dossier also revealed that Xi Jinping-led government in China has already built its first overseas base in Djibouti and that it “will seek to establish additional military bases in countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic interests, such as Pakistan, and in which there is a precedent for hosting foreign militaries”According to CNN, the Pentagon report further said that it is unclear what message Xi Jinping-led government is trying to convey by sending aircrafts “beyond a demonstration of improved capabilities.
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