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Short News Bed of banned notes: Rs 100 cr old currency seized from Kanpur Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday seized demonetised currency notes estimated to be worth Rs 100 crore in Kanpur. However, the counting is on to ascertain the exact amount of money. The cash was in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, which were demonetised by the government in November 2016. The raid was conducted in Kanpur’s Seesamau pocket. “We received information of the presence of demonetised currency worth crores at a person’s residential premises in Kanpur. A raid was conducted by teams of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Income Tax (I-T) department officials. A final amount has not been ascertained as search and counting is underway. We are interrogating the people involved,” AK Meena, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) said. The police refused to disclose details about the accused involved. An interrogation is underway by the I-T department officials.
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PM Modi in Gujarat : Narenda Modi and his Israeli counterpart Netanyahu dedicated International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology to the nation.
Govt making efforts to build innovation-driven new India: PM
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Aadhaar will kill civil rights ofcitizens, says petition in Supreme Court
New Delhi: The verdict was given by a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court. The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, and consisting four other judges Justices AM Khanwilkar, Adarsh Kumar Sikri, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, were hearing the petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar contending that it violates an individual’s fundamental right to privacy. Senior Supreme Court lawyer, Shyam Divan, appearing for petitioners, told the five-judge Constitution bench that Aadhaar may cause death of citizens’ civil rights. “A people’s Constitution is being sought to be converted into a State’s Constitution,” Divan told the apex court. In August, 2017, a nine-judge bench of SC had held that Right to Privacy was a Fundamental Right under the Constitution. Several petitioners challenging the validity of Aadhaar had also claimed it violated privacy rights. The issue regarding the validity of Aadhaar and possible leakage of data has surfaced time and again since the inception of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) number. Besides, a recent report in The Tribune had exposed the fact that the Aadhaar database could be essentially bought on the internet only for Rs 500. UIDAI then filed an FIR against Tribune reporter Rachna Khaira for her report that unknown agents had provided her access to Aadhaar’s demographic database for Rs 500.
Medical college graft case: Former Odisha HC judge moves court for probe into leakage of tapes
New Delhi : Former Orissa High Court judge I M Quddusi, who is on bail after his arrest last year in connection with a medical college graft case, today moved a city court seeking a probe into the leakage of transcripts of telephone conversation between him and two other accused persons in the media. Taking note, Special Judge Manoj Jain sought response from the CBI by January 22 on the plea which alleged that the document was confidential and was not even supplied to the accused but given to people outside the probe agency. The application, filed on Quddusi’s behalf by advocate Vijay Aggarwal, said this gave rise to “grave suspicion and apprehension of interference of third parties into the investigation of the present matter”. Some major dailies had given out details of the purported transcript of the alleged conversation between three persons including Quddusi, claiming that their phones were tapped by the CBI. The reports had spoken of conversations between Quddusi, a middleman and B P Yadav, owner of UP-based medical college, Prasad Education Trust. Quddusi’s plea said that “monitoring of the investigation is essential to find out as to whether the alleged conversations and PE report has been leaked by someone within the CBI or they have been stolen.
gns, Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that his government is making efforts to create systems that are innovationfriendly to build an innovation-driven new India. Modi was speaking after he and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated a centre for entrepreneurship and technology in Deo
Dholera village near Ahmedabad to the nation. Called the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), a public-private partnership (PPP) venture has been set up to nurture entrepreneurs by providing them funds, space, mentors and other facilities. “When I went to Israel last year, I made up my mind that this foundation should
have more strong relations with Israel. Since then, I was waiting for my friend Benjamin Netanyahu to come to India. He is here and now we are inaugurating this foundation,” Modi said. “We are working towards making entire system in our country innovation-friendly, so that ideas are formed from intent, innovations are formed from ideas and
Haryana rapes: “Such incidents are unfortunate. We’ll take strict action and tie up all loose ends. We have made changes in the police administration and transferred a few officers,” Khattar said.
Nirmala Sitharaman, in pilot’s G-suit, undertakes sortie in Sukhoi 30MKI
Jodhpur: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday took off in the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) frontline combat jet Sukhoi 30MKI from the air base in Jodhpur. The country’s first woman defence minister sat in the rear seat behind the pilot and was wearing the pilot’s G-suit.Sitharaman wore a flight overall and a G-Suit, which ensures comfort when the jet takes tight turns. She also wore a helmet with an oxygen mask. Sitharaman became the second Indian woman leader to go on a sortie on a Sukhoi 30 fighter jet.Former President Pratibha Patil and former President Abdul Kalam had also flown on the fighter.The sortie is likely to last for 30 minutes, defence sources said. “She is reviewing the operational preparedness and combat capabilities,” the sources said. As the first woman defence minister, Sitharaman has spent a lot of time travelling to Army, Air Force and Navy bases to understand their operations. A few days ago, she was onboard the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian sea to witness the operations of the MiG-29 fighter off the deck of the ship and other Naval exercises. The Sukoi-30 MKI is a nuclear-capable aircraft which can penetrate deep into enemy territory. The twin-jet fighter was developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force.
Incidents unfortunate but don’t politicise it, CM tells Opposition gns, New Delhi : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday urged the opposition parties not to politicise the recent rape cases in the state. Condemning the rise in number of crimes against women, Khattar said, “Such incidents are unfortunate. We’ll take strict action and tie up all loose ends. We have made changes in the police administration and transferred a few officers,” reported news agency .Khattar’s remarks came in the wake of increasing number of rapes being reported from Haryana. A 15-year old Dalit girl from Kurukshetra was allegedly gangraped and murdered with her body mutilated and injuries all over, including her face, neck, lips and chest. In another incident, an 11-year-old Dalit girl was gangraped and murdered in Panipat district. This comes close on the heels of another incident
in which a 45-year-old labourer was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and inserting a wooden stick inside her near Pinjore.
new India is formed from innovations,” the Prime Minister said. The Israeli prime minister said he was delighted to be there. “The world knows about iPads and iPods, there is one more i that the world needs to know about, that is iCreate.” Netanyahu ended his speech with “Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! Jai Israel! Thank you Prime Minister Modi”.
India to be $5 trillion economy in 8-9 years: Suresh Prabhu
New Delhi : Commerce and Industries Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said India is expected to become a USD 5 trillion economy in the next 8-9 years with the manufacturing sector contributing 20 per cent to that. “India is going to be USD 5 trillion economy in 8-9 years. USD 1 trillion will come from manufacturing. Therefore we are preparing a detailed plan what will be going in that manufacturing,” Prabhu said at an event organised by internet firms body IAMAI. He said that experts who are involved into manufacturing are preparing the roadmap and including all sectors where manufacturing can be promoted. The minister said if manufacturing alone is digitised it will create huge opportunity for technology firms. “60 per cent of the USD 5 trillion will come from services. This includes various services which are not being even thought of at present. Like home care services have tremendous scope,” he said. The minister said that USD 3 trillion may be under statement as per the plan being worked out and there are empirical evidences to back it. Prabhu said as commerce and industries minister, he is working on a strategy for international trade which will contribute USD 2 trillion to the economy where contribution can come from both manufacturing and services. International trade should become a driving factor for the growth of GDP, he said. “India is not only bridging digital divide but also helping people scale up their income,” Prabhu said.
Sensex hits 35,000 for first time, Nifty at all-time high at 10,760 gns, Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex hit the 35,000 level for the first time in late afternoon trade on Wednesday as buying gathered momentum on easing fiscal deficit worries. The 30-share index crossed the 35,000-mark by jumping 231.73 points or 0.66 per cent to 35,002.78, breaching its previous intra-day record of 34,963.69 hit on January 15. It took 17 sessions for the
index to reach the 35,000 mark from 34,000 level reached on December 26. Strong gains in banking, IT, FMCG and capital goods stocks helped the index top new milestone. Sentiments got a boost after the government today lowered the additional borrowing requirement for the current fiscal to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 50,000 crore estimated earlier, brokers said.
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New law to make customer king
C onsumers in India receive a raw deal, whether at the hands of sellers of goods and service providers, or advertisers, rather brand ambassadors, and even the so-called consumer protection agencies. So we have celebrities appearing on TV channels promoting everything from super glues to diamonds, least caring about the quality and propriety of what they are asking their fans to buy. Even infants are not spared from peddling stuff, with all discretion thrown to wind. Cut-throat competition has aided the exploitation of consumers through unfair and objectionable practices, with no effective mechanism in place for the redressal of grievances. Miss-selling is rampant in all spheres of life education, health, housing, banking, finance, and even politics is not excluded. The new consumer protection bill 2018, which has been presented in parliament, seeks to make a difference to all of this. The proposed new law will replace the archaic Consumer Protection Act of 1986, which has hitherto been taking care of whatever existed in this country by way of consumer protection. It is no rocket science to understand the change in the psyche of Indian consumer in the last 40 years, which a law framed in the 1980s can hardly be expected to handle. For, the preferences, expectations and behaviour of the Indian consumers, like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, have changed beyond recognition. And with globalisation shrinking the size of the world that we live in, the awareness and frustrations of the Indian consumer have also become boundless. Under the proposed new law, any manufacturer or service provider causing a false or misleading advertisement to be made, which is prejudicial to the interest of the consumers, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term extending to two years and with the fine going up to 10 lakh rupees. Repeat offences may lead to doubling of the jail term and a fine of up to Rs50 lakh. The law also seeks to reign in the tendency of manufacturers and marketing companies to engage celebrities to push their products, by holding those involved in misleading advertisements accountable for their act. A most salutary feature of the new law is that it provides for simplification of consumer disputes adjudication process for faster disposal of grievances. An aggrieved consumer will be able to file complaints from the comfort of home through e-filing, with hearings conducted through video conferencing. The bill also provides for product liability action, which means that a complaint filed by a person before a consumer court for claiming compensation for the harm caused on account of a defective product or service will be sustainable. The new law, therefore, brings a paradigm shift in the relations between the buyer and the seller, with the customer, as they say, virtually becoming king.
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bollywood special
R Madhavan opens up about Vikram Vedha’s Hindi remake
Is Bipasha Basu pregnant? The actress drops major hints
R Madhavan is making his digital debut with Amazon Prime Video India’s original web series Breathe. The 3 Idiots actor, who made his debut as a producer with sports drama Saala Kahadoos, is now all set to produce yet another film, a biopic. There have been talks that Maddy’s film Vikram Vedha will have a Hindi remake and there were a few reports suggesting that Shah Rukh Khan might play the leading role. But these reports were later rubbished. At the trailer launch of Breathe, when the actor was asked about Vikram Vedha’s Hindi remake, Madhavan confirmed that it will be made this year, but he also said that it is too early to comment on who would play the main role. On who would play the lead role, the actor said, “Some actor who will give us a great date and an enormous market.
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover have often been spotted together, and one such time was when Bips and Karan visited a spa recently. Bipasha was dressed in an unusually loose outfit and some onlookers even saw a baby bump on her, as per a report on Pinkvilla. She later covered her supposed bump with her purse when she sat in the car. Was the actress actually trying to hide her pregnancy? Bipasha dropped in a major hint about her pregnancy on her 39th birthday. She had said, “He (Karan Singh Grover) has also given me a special gift which will arrive in a few days (laughs). But that I can’t tell you.” Karan added, “And everyone is waiting.”Bipasha had also revealed earlier that she wants to wait for two years when asked about family planning. Co-incidentally it will be 2 years since Bipasha and Karan tied the knot. In an interview to a leading daily, Bipasha had earlier revealed, “We love babies. But both of us need more alone time together — because once the baby arrives, it’s always only baby time. That’s the way we both think.” She also shared, “My mom is very keen to have a granddaughter soon.”
Kim Kardashian West announced Tuesday on her app under the headline “We’re so in Love” that their third baby was born early Monday and weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces
Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West welcome baby girl
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Before Bollywood debut, Ananya Panday turns heads by making debut on Vanity Fair cover
Dakota and Chris Martin take a romantic walk
Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are going public about their relationship. TMZ.com reported that the new couple strolled on the beach over the weekend, packed on some PDA and hung out with the legendary saxophonist Kenny G. Chris and Dakota have been dating for a few months, but tried to keep their romance private earlier. But in Malibu, the Fifty Shades of Grey actress and the Coldplay lead singer looked inseparable. They had some unexpected company on the beach when Kenny G. popped up, who seemed to be having a good time with the couple.
Bollywood’s next generation are putting their best foot forward and prepping up for their respective debuts. We already know about Sara Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor’s projects but another star in making who has been grabbing headlines is Bollywood actor Chunky Panday’s daughter Ananya Panday whose official debut announcement is still to be made. However, it seems the next-gen star has made an impression internationally as well. If you are wondering what are we talking about then, let us tell you that Ananya appeared in Vanity Fair magazine’s cover page in which she shares the space with tomorrow superstars from different industries. She shares the space with Hollywood actor Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava Phillippe.
Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West announced the birth of their third child on Tuesday, a girl born to a surrogate. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl,” Kardashian said in a message on her app. The couple thanked the unidentified surrogate “who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give.” They said the baby was born on Monday but they did not announce a name. Kardashian, 37, and West are already parents to North, 4, and Saint, 2. The Keeping Up with the Kadashians reality and social media star has said she decided to use a surrogate after doctors warned of serious health risks if she became pregnant again.
Selena Gomez’s mother advised her not to work with Woody Allen Selena Gomez’s mother Mandy Teefey has finally opened up about the musician’s controversial decision to work with Woody Allen, who has been accused of sexual misconduct. The Same old Love hitmaker’s mom Mandy said she tried to convince her daughter it would not be good to work with the filmmaker on A Rainy Day in New York but it fell “on deaf ears”. Writing a comment on Instagram, Mandy noted, “No one can make Selena do anything she doesn’t want to. I had a long talk with her about not working with him and it didn’t click. There is no fall person here.
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Sports Special
Australian Open: The 20-year-old Swiss, Belinda Bencic, saved three match points on her serve before netting a backhand to give No. 124th-ranked Luksika Kumkhum a spot in the third round.
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Venus Williams’ conquerer Belinda Bencic loses to Thai qualifier
Afghanistan aim to be ‘competitive’ ahead of Test debut against India
New Delhi: The cricketing world knows Afghanistan by their exploits in limited-overs internationals and the performances of the likes of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi in various Twenty20 leagues around the world, but as the newest full ICC member prepares for its first five-day examination, the board’s top officials are confident that the team can hold its own against the top Test side in the world. Afghanistan and Ireland gained Test status in June last year. While the Irish will make their debut in the longest format of the game against Pakistan at Malahide in May, the Afghans will do so against India in Bengaluru from June 14-18. And the top officials of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) believe they have enough talent coming through the ranks to become a competitive member of the international Test family before long.
gns, New Delhi: Two days after her upset win over Venus Williams, Belinda Bencic is out of the Australian Open. Bencic was on a high after beating 2017 finalist Williams on the center court in the first round, but started flatly on Hisense Arena on Wednesday and lost 6-1, 6-3 to powerful hitting Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum. The 20-year-old Swiss, who combined with Roger Federer to win the Hopman Cup in the lead-up to the season’s first major, saved three match points on her serve before netting a backhand to give No. 124th-ranked Kumkhum a spot in the third round for the first time.
“I tried to reset and focus on the next match,” Bencic said. “I think it was also a very tough second round, for me the toughest I could get. I played her a couple of times and it’s just very difficult for me to play her. “I’m pretty positive. … I made it here to the main draw, beat Venus. It was much better than I ever imagined, so there is no reason for me to be negative now.” Fifteen-year-old qualifier Marta Kostyuk and No. 4-seeded Elina Svitolina were among three Ukrainian women who had matches starting simultaneously on Day 3 – and all progressed to the third round.
Lungi Ngidi’s sensational debut led South Africa to a memorable 135-run victory in the second Test at Centurion Park on Thursday.
Lungi Ngidi’s 6/39 crushes India, gives South Africa unassailable 2-0 series lead gns, New Delhi: Lungi Ngidi’s sensational debut led South Africa to a memorable 135-run victory in the second Test at Centurion Park on Thursday. 21-year-old Ngidi’s figures of 6/39 in the second innings, which was also the sixth best for South Africa on debut, left the Indian batsmen gasping for breath as they succumbed for a paltry 151 in the fourth innings to help South Africa clinch the Freedom Series, courtesy of an unassailable 2-0 lead. With this India’s run of nine series win also came to a grinding halt and they have now lost their first series under the leadership of Kohli.
On the final day of the second Test, India began proceedings with the score on 35/3, needing another 252 to win. With skipper Virat Kohli already back in the hut on day 4, it was always going to be an uphill task for the Indian side on Day 5. However, to the dismay of Indian fans, disaster struck early as Cheteshwar Pujara was run-out for 19 leaving India tottering at 49/4. Pujara also became the first Indian to be dismissed run-out in both innings of a Test. From thereon it was a matter of time as wickets fell like nine pins. Only Rohit Sharma provided a futile resistance with a well-made 47.
153 means nothing right now… we lost the match, series: Virat New Delhi: Twice in the series, India were chasing a target and had their chance to register a win. Twice in the series, the batting unit let the team down and they staged a meek surrender. Set a 287run target in the second Test in Centurion, India failed to put up a fight and were bundled out for just 151. Apart from Rohit Sharma, who top scored with 47, all batsmen struggled. At
the post-match presser, Virat Kohli said the team should have capitalised in the first innings where South Africa lost wickets in quick succession. “Yeah (the wicket gave us our best chance). We thought the wicket was really flat. Quite surprising. I told the guys the wicket looks different to what it looked before toss. I thought it was our chance to put some runs on the board.
Ben Stokes elligible for England selection gns, New Delhi: The England and Wales Cricket Board released a statement stating that all-rounder Ben Stokes is now elligible for selection to the England team. “Following a full Board discussion, in which all considerations were taken into account, the ECB Board has agreed that Ben Stokes should now be considered for England selection,” the ECB said in a statement. “Given the CPS decision to charge him and two others with affray, confirmation of his intention to contest the charge and the
“INDIA GROWTH STORY – MARKETS, THEN & NOW!” on 19th January 2018, Hotel Grand Hyatt, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. ASSOCHAM, India’s Apex Chamber of Commerce is organizing its first BFSI Summit on the theme “INDIA GROWTH STORY – MARKETS, THEN & NOW!” with an objective to obtain compendium of articles on Investment Avenues in financial Space and get insights from the key decision makers from across the industry, in a fast growing BFSI Sector. The Summit will be inaugurated by Shri. Saurabh Patel, Hon’ble Minister of Energy, Government of Gujarat alongwith Ms. Bhagyesh Soneji, Chairperson – ASSOCHAM Gujarat Council and will mark the presence of eminent speakers from Government.
ZERODHA’S CLIENT BASE GROWS OVER TO 6 LAKHS
Govt to auction 55 blocks for oil, gas exploration tomorrow gns, New Delhi: India will tomorrow put on auction 55 exploration blocks in the first bid round in eight years that will offer a record area for prospecting of oil and gas, the head of country’s upstream regulator said. This will be the first auction under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) that allows companies to carve out blocks of their choice with a view to bringing about 2.8 million square kilometres of unexplored area in the country under exploration. Atanu Chakraborty, Director General of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) said the HELP brought in open acreage licensing policy that allowed companies to put in an expression of interest (EoI) for prospecting of oil and gas in any area that is presently not under any production or exploration licence. The blocks or areas that receive EoIs are put up for auction with the originator or the firm that originally selected the area getting a 5-mark advantage. “The EoI opened in July last year and we got EoIs for 57 blocks by the end of the deadline on November 15.
Ahmedabad: Zerodha, India’s leading technology-driven brokerage firm, today announced its overallgrowth numbers for this financial year. Zerodha currently has a user base of over 6 lakhs across India, as compared to the last financial year. Zerodha has grown tremendously in the past one year, adding clients at a rate of 204% (FY 1718). Speaking more on the development, Nithin Kamath, Founder & CEO, Zerodha, said, “The year 2017 was quite a year for us as a business. We became the largest retail broker in India by turnover on all the exchanges and segments, biggest in India by monthly new client additions and largest standalone direct mutual fund platform in Coin.
potential length of time to trial, the Board agreed that it would not be fair, reasonable or proportionate for Ben Stokes to remain unavailable for a further indeterminate period,” said the board. Stokes has been away from the England team since being detained by a police for alleged assault in September 2017. The ECB had immediatly announced that Stokes would inelligible for selection to the England team until investigation into the matter comes to a conclusion.
business
IIFL GOLD LOAN CELEBRATES KITE FESTIVAL IN 108 LOCATIONS WITH 10000 CUSTOMERS
IIFL Gold Loan, one of India’s largest gold loan provider celebrated Kite Festival on the auspicious occasion of Uttarayan with over 10,000 customers across 108 locations in Gujarat, making it the biggest such festival organised by a private institution. Commenting on the IIFL initiative Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat Mr Vijay Rupani said, “I would like to congratulate IIFL Gold Loans for organizing the Kite Festival across 108 locations of Gujarat reaching to the common man. I also appreciate their efforts in providing lending solutions to small entrepreneurs for scaling up their businesses and achieve greater heights.” IIFL Gold Loan a top gold loan provider in Gujarat with 162 branches in 117 locations across the length and breadth of the state. IIFL Gold Loan is a part of IIFL Group, one of India’s largest financial conglomerates with presence across India reaching over 40 lac customers. “We honour the contribution of farmers and small entrepreneurs in bringing about economic growth in the state of Gujarat and would continue to support them in realising their dreams of economic prosperity as a partner,” said Saurabh Kumar, Head of Gold Loans at IIFL. IIFL Gold Loan has a loan book in excess of Rs 3,000 crores and operates through over 1,000 branches across India.
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“I also have the same feeling as (VHP leader) Pravin Togadia. The fascist forces are capable of killing anyone. There is a threat to my life as well. The BJP and RSS can kill me, and as per my sources, they definitely want to eliminate me,” Mevani said
There’s threat to my life, BJP, RSS can kill me: Jignesh Mevani gns, Ahmedabad : Dalit leader and Independent MLA from Vadgam Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday said that there is a threat to his life. His remarks came after some Dalit groups demanded Y category security for him. “I also have the same feeling as (VHP leader) Pravin Togadia. The fascist forces are capable of killing anyone. There is a threat to my life as well. The BJP and RSS can kill me, and as
per my sources, they definitely want to eliminate me,” Mevani told The Indian Express over the phone from Chennai. The Y category security entails cover of 11 security personnel, including eight commandos.Earlier in the day, Dalit groups submitted memorandums to Collectors in various districts of Gujarat, demanding Y category security for Mevani. They also demanded withdrawal of cases against
Mevani and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar, who is currently lodged in a jail in Uttar Pradesh and has been charged under the National Security Act. According to members of Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM), a total of 30 memorandums were submitted across the state — in Mehsana, Jamnagar, Kutch, Kheda, Vadnagar, Radhanpur, Unjha, Bhavnagar and Botad among others.
VARIOUS PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY PNB UNDER CSR ACTIVITY
Ahmedabad: Punjab national Bank Circle Office Ahmedabad has conducted different programs under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on 12.01.2018. One of the Activity was Distribution of blankets and food items to Ambawadi Street School run by Kamal Bhai. Other activity was Distribution of Clothes and food items to Divyangs at Apang Manav Mandal Ahmedabad under our PNB Prerna Program.The above programs was presided by our worthy Circle Head Ms Vibha Aren, Deputy Circle head Mr. A.K Vyas and Mr. H.K. Pulani with other senior officers. On this occasion circle head Ms Vibha Aren said that Punjab National Bank is always conducting this type of CSR Activities which supports Economically Weaker Section and Divyang People.
international
No case against 26/11 attacks mastermind ‘Sahab’ Hafiz Saeed: Pak PM Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that there is no case registered against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Islamabad and without it, action cannot be initiated against anyone. “There is no case against Hafiz Saeed sahab in Pakistan,” said Abbasi in an interview to a Pakistan TV channel. He added, “Action is taken when there is a case registered [against someone].” Earlier in November last year, Abbasi had claimed that India has provided “no evidence” against Saeed on the basis of which he can be prosecuted. “The court, a three-judge bench, has released him (Saeed) saying there are no charges against him, the country has a law you know,” he said. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief is also looking to contest the 2018 general
elections in Pakistan and has, thereby, formed a party by the name of Milli Muslim League (MML). Pakistan has recently prohibited Saeed’s JuD and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) from collecting donations. Saeed was released from house arrest after a Pakistani court cited lack of evidence against him in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case. India has, time and again, protested against Pakistan for harbouring Saeed, who is wanted for plotting the Mumbai attacks.
Another Chinese city admits ‘fake’ economic data
Man arrested for unnatural sex with three cows
gns, VADODARA: The Varnama police arrested a ‘mentally challenged’ man from Por late on Monday night for allegedly having unnatural sex with three cows owned by a milkman. The incident happened sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. One of the cows was found dead by the complainant Lalji Rabari on Monday morning. A complaint was registered at Varnama police station against Rathodiya for having unnatural sex, committing mischief by killing and injuring the cattle, outraging religious feeling and under Animal Cruelty Act. Police
said that when Rabari came to the cow shed on Monday morning, he found legs of three cows were tied with rope and one was lying dead.
When Rabari probed further, he suspected that somebody might have had unnatural sex with bovines. He suspected Rathodiya, who worked for him as a labourer as he had indulged in a similar act
with a calf two years back. Rabari picked him up from his house and handed him over to police. When cops asked Rathodiya if he had committed the act, he admitted to the crime. An investigating officer said that Rathodiya told them that his brother and two other persons were also there with him. However, on investigating they found that Rathodiya was only misleading them and giving dismissive answers. ”When we talked to the villagers, they told us that Rathodiya has psychological problems and he even blabbers when he is alone,” said the official.
US merit-based immigration: Admit people with ‘talent, English skills’ gns, Washington: The Trump administration wants to admit immigrants who have skills, talent and can speak English, a top official has said, giving insight into the proposed meritbased system that may benefit individuals from countries like India. President Donald Trump has been pushing for the meritbased immigration system to reduce overall immigration to the US. A merit-based immigration system, the Trump administration feels would admit the best and the brightest around the world while making it harder for people to come to the country illegally. The president also wants to scrap diversity lottery visa and chain migration to reform the current system. “..And so, our position, is that a system that prioritise individuals based on their individual skills and merit will certainly produce better results than the system we have now,” the senior administration official said on condition of anonymity. “We want to bring
in individuals, wherever they may be from, who love this country, who love its people, who have skills, who have talent, who have -- who speak English, who are committed to supporting our values and our very way of life,” said the official. Such individuals could be from any part of the world given that they fulfil the requirements, the official said. If such a policy is developed and implemented, it could benefit individuals from countries like India, the majority of whom meet the criterion. The Trump administration wants to reform the immigration
system to serve the US’ national interest, the official said. The official said some of the existing programmes for immigrants ignored such requirements which are important for individuals to succeed in the US. “So, what we have with the Diversity Lottery Program or through chain migration is that in these cases there are identified examples of individuals who were not selected to come to the US based on their love of this country, skills, merit, and individual attributes that will lead them to their success,” the official said.
What’s next for Catalonia and would-be leader Carles Puigdemont?
Madrid : Catalonia’s new parliament meets for the first time on Wednesday, a step towards choosing a president for Spain’s wealthiest region, a daunting challenge when the top candidate has fled abroad and other potentials are in jail. Here is a look at what lies ahead for Catalonia, a region which has been ruled by Madrid for the past three months after it held an illegal independence referendum: Carles Puigdemont, the 55-year old ex-Catalonia chief sacked by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for his role in organising the Oct. 1 independence referendum, is the separatists’ candidate to rule Catalonia. In theory, that should have been easy: the Dec. 21 regional election called by Rajoy in a bid to weaken the independence drive backfired and gave nationalists an absolute majority.
Australia offers cash for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas gns, Beijing : A northern industrial city in China said its 2017 fiscal revenue was significantly less than it had earlier estimated partly due to “fake” additions, making a revision just days after reports of similar incidents fueled scepticism over official data. Baotou in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region revised its estimated fiscal revenue in 2017 lower by nearly 50 percent in an annual work report, a copy of which was published on the Baotou government’s website on Jan. 13. The Baotou city government said in
the report that the revision was due to factors including “fake additions”. It did not say how the additions came about or who was responsible. Days earlier, the governments of Inner Mongolia and Tianjin, a large port city in northern China, said their fiscal and economic numbers for 2016 had been overstated. “We have been trying to change our mindset and change the course of our development model,” the Baotou government said while pledging to tame government borrowings in part by halting debtburdened public projects.
gns, Sydney: Australia is calling on the world’s top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world’s largest living structure. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed reef is reeling from significant coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) site is also under pressure from farming runoff, development and predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, with experts warning it could be
suffering irreparable damage. On Tuesday, the Australian government announced a Aus$2 million (US$1.6 million) funding pot available to people with bright ideas on how to save the reef. “The scale of the problem is big and big thinking
is needed, but it’s important to remember that solutions can come from anywhere,” said environment minister Josh Frydenberg. He said the money would be available to the world’s “greatest scientific minds,
industry and business leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs”. “Solutions could focus on anything from reducing the exposure of corals to physical stressors, to boosting coral regeneration rates by cultivating reefbuilding coral larvae that attract other important marine species,” Mr Frydenberg added. Up to Aus$2,50,000 is available for an initial feasibility stage, where researchers can test the technical and commercial viability of their proposals for up to six months.
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