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Short News Cyclone Phethai leaves Hyderabad shivering
Hyderabad: Hyderabad and various parts of the state experienced unpleasantly cold weather on Monday with a sudden fall in temperature. The sky was overcast with a slight drizzle and the influence of Cyclone Phethai saw the mercury plunge. Citizens were wrapped in sweaters as it was the coldest day so far in the city. It was a feat in itself to reach schools and workplaces as cold winds and a thick fog cloaked the city. The day temperature fell to 20.8ºC and the minimum temperature was recorded at 18ºC. The night temperature is expected to fall to 15ºC while there will be an increase in the day temperature over the week. According to the IMD, the lowest temperature of 13ºC was recorded at Medak.
Conviction of Sajjan Kumar a ‘jolt’ for Congress: Prakash Javadekar Lucknow: Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said the conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was a “jolt” for the party and demanded action against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath for his alleged involvement in the riots. The Delhi High Court sentenced Sajjan Kumar for conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. “The 1984 anti-Sikh riots was a one-sided massacre...the Delhi High Court convicting Sajjan Kumar in this case is a severe jolt for the Congress,” Javadekar told reporters in Lucknow. He said the Congress need not give clarifications on this, instead should take action against its another senior leader Kamal Nath, the newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, who was also allegedly involved in the riots. The riots, in which thousands of Sikhs were killed, broke out after the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
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Cong leader sentenced for role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar gets jail for ‘remainder of life’ New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Monday convicted and sentenced to life term for “remainder of his natural life” in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court which said the riots were a “crime against humanity” perpetrated by those who enjoyed “political patronage”. The court said though it was “undeniable” that it took over three decades to punish the accused in the case, it was important to assure the victims that despite the challenges faced by the court, “truth will prevail and justice will be done”. The case relates to killing of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar Part-I area in
Palam Colony in South West Delhi on November 1-2, 1984 and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part II. The court directed the 73-year-old Kumar and other five convicts to surrender by December 31, 2018 and not to leave the
city of Delhi. Six accused, including Sajjan Kumar, who was a Member of Parliament at that time, were sent for trial in 2010 and three years later, the lower court had convicted five of the accused but acquitted the Congress
leader of all the charges. Meanwhile, Sajjan Kumar intends to move an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court verdict. Deciding the appeals against acquittal of Sajjan Kumar, a bench of justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel convicted the Congress leader for offences of criminal conspiracy and abetment in commission of crimes of murder, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of communal harmony and defiling and destruction of a Gurdwara.
You overruled SC verdict on SC/ST Act: Six dead, 147 rescued Chidambaram reminds Jaitley for after fire breaks out at objecting JPC probe into Rafale Mumbai govt hospital
Mumbai : Referring to the Centre’s recent amendments to the SC/ST Act, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday rubbished Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s claims that a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) cannot be launched into the Rafale deal. Reminding the BJP leader of how the government and the Parliament had overruled the top court’s verdict in the case pertaining to the SC/ST Act, the Congress leader posted
on Twitter, “FM asks ‘Is a Committee of Politicians fit to review issues decided by SC?’. When Government/ Parliament amended the Atrocities Prevention Act to overrule the judgment of the SC, was it not a review by politicians of a judgment of the SC?”. Chidambaram also said several aspects of the Rafale deal were not decided by the top court. “Who will examine those issues? Or will they go unexamined?” he asked.
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Kerala: Four transgender persons get police approval to offer prayers at Sabarimala temple
Kochi : Four members of a group of transwomen, who were denied permission Sunday by the Kerala police to climb the hill at Sabarimala, got the green signal today. They are scheduled to offer prayers at the temple on Tuesday with police protection. The transgenders – Anannyah, Trupthi, Avantika and Ranjumol – were sent back by the police at Erumely, a major halting point for Ayyappa pilgrims, citing law and order problems on Sunday. The transwomen alleged that the police asked them to come wearing male clothes and insulted their identity. The police nod to the transwomen came after both the family of thanthri (priest) as well as the Pandalam royal palace agreed there were no restrictions on the entry of transpersons. Senior police officers also checked with the High Courtappointed panel of experts deputed to look after the affairs of the Sabarimala shrine during the ongoing annual pilgrimage season. Police officers had indicated that while the September 28 ruling of the Supreme Court had lifted restrictions on the entry of women of all ages, it did not specify any curbs on transpersons.
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A host of leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony of Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel. New Delhi: After victory in the recently concluded assembly elections, the Congress will take the reigns from the BJP in the three Hindi heartland states today. Following lengthy discussions and deliberations, the Rahul Gandhi-led party had named the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh who will take oath today. A host of leaders attended the swearingin ceremony of Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel. Congress President Rahul Gandhi attended all the three oathtaking ceremonies. However, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh
Yadav and Mayawati, three of the country’s top opposition leaders, gave the event a miss. Here are developments to this big story: Ashok Gehlot was sworn in as Rajasthan Chief Minister in the morning in Jaipur. Sachin Pilot took oath as Deputy Chief Minister. Kamal Nath took oath in the afternoon in Bhopal while Bhupesh Baghel took charge in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur around 6 in the evening. The venue of swearing-in ceremony of Bhupesh Baghel was changed to Juneja Indoor Stadium from Science College ground as various parts of the state were witnessing incessant rains.
Mumbai : Six persons, including a five-month-old baby, were killed and several were critically injured after a major fire broke out in governmentrun Employee State Insurance (ESCI) hospital at the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) premises in Mumbai’s Andheri East on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Mayor V Mahadeshwar said, “We are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. MIDC is responsible for the fire audits, whether they have carried out the audits or not will be investigated.” According to the Disaster Management cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the fire broke out on the fourth floor of the fivestoreyed hospital building around 4 pm. Around 147 people were rescued and shifted to Cooper Hospital (Andheri West), P. Thakrey Hospital (Trauma), Jogeshwari (East), Holi Spirit Hospital and Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri (East). Firefighters managed to douse the blaze by 7.30 pm. “A total of nine patients have been shifted. They were feeling suffocated but are stable now. We are expecting more patients,” Dr Harbans Bava, superintendent at Jogeshwari trauma hospital, said.
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Ashok Gehlot swears in as Rajasthan Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot deputy CM
Jaipur: Veteran politician and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot today took oath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot, who was also eyeing for the Chief Ministerial post, took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur. Congress President Rahul Gandhi attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister of Rajasthan. Fomrer prime minister Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda were also present at the swearing-in ceremony. Karnataka
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, LJD leader Sharad Yadav, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, DMK leader M K Stalin, JMM leader Hemant Soren, JVM leader Babulal Marandi were among others who were present at the ceremony. BJP leader and former chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje was also present at Gehlot’s swearing-in ceremony. On December 11, the Congress emerged as the single largest party by winning 99 out of 199 seats in Rajasthan.
Congress’ Kamal Nath sworn in as Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to Kamal Nath. Bhopal: Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal on Monday. Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to Kamal Nath. The governor had on Friday invited 72-yearold Kamal Nath to form the new government in the state. The Congress on Thursday named Kamal Nath, the ninetime Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara, to head the state Congress Legislature Party, after hours of hectic parleys held by party chief Rahul Gandhi with senior party leaders. Kamal Nath, who has
held several portfolios in the Union cabinet, was appointed the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president on April 26 and was at the forefront in steering the party to a win in the November 28 Assembly polls. The results were declared on December 11. The Congress, which won 114 seats, has secured support of 121 MLAs, including SP (1) and BSP (2) legislators and four independents, to cross the majority mark of 116 seats in the 230-member Assembly. The BJP, which ruled the state for 15 years, got 109 seats in the elections.
Proposed law supersedes ordinance issued in Sept.
New Bill to make Triple Talaq a penal offence New Delhi: A fresh Bill to make the practice of Triple Talaq among Muslims a penal offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday to replace an ordinance issued in September. Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 would supercede an earlier Bill passed in the Lok Sabha and pending in the
Rajya Sabha. An earlier Bill was approved by the Lower House. But amid opposition by some parties in the Upper House, the government had cleared some amendments, including introduction of a provision of bail, to make it more palatable. But as
the Bill continued to face resistance in the Rajya Sabha, the government issued an ordinance in September, incorporating amendments. An ordinance has a life of six months. But from the day a session begins, the ordinance has to be replaced by a Bill which should be passed by Parliament within 42 days (six weeks), else it lapses. The government is at liberty to repromulgate the ordinance if the Bill fails to get through Parliament.
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The rise of anti-tech activism and white-collar protest Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai was grilled last week by members of the US Congress. Many highlights from the video-taped hearings have been doing the rounds across platforms such as WhatsApp, Google’s own YouTube, and on the online mouthpieces of many news organizations. My view is that the Google CEO, in three equal parts, gave a technology tutorial to elderly lawmakers, a plausible explanation as to why searches for Google’s images on the word ‘idiot’ unfortunately throw up images of President Donald Trump, and deftly side-stepped questions about Google’s plans to enter the Chinese search-engine market. He achieved this last by conceding that over a hundred engineers had been working on “Project Dragonfly”, Google’s research effort into a search engine that would comply with China’s censorship requirements, while maintaining that the tech giant had no ‘current’ plans to enter the Chinese search market. Should these plans change, he said, he expected that his company would enter into wide consultations, including with US lawmakers, before it made a final decision. We will have to wait for the Congressional report to see what, if anything, comes out of the hearings. That said, it is becoming extremely clear that executives from Big Tech companies are coming under increasing fire from at least three different groups in addition to governments. The first is with the stock markets. Like Google, governmental discomfiture with Facebook has been on show publicly. To add to this, more recent news is out that Facebook has had yet another breach where users’ photographs have been shared without their knowledge. Facebook’s shares have fallen in recent months. On 14 December, they were trading around $144, down from $217 on 25 July. Across town, Apple Inc. has stopped disclosing unit sales for its iPhone products. In the meantime, its suppliers have forecast weakening demand for their components that are used in Apple’s iPhones —thereby creating jitters among investors, and a steep fall in Apple’s stock price. On 14 December, Apple was trading at $165, down from $232 on 3 October. Big Tech firms’ troubles don’t stop with lawmakers and stock market investors. They are now coming under fire from human rights groups who are united in their viewpoint, and are working together to limit the activities of Big Tech. Bloomberg reported last week that more than 60 human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, demanded Google end an effort to launch a censored search engine in China, saying the move could make the company “complicit in human rights violations”.
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Winning award motivates me to work harder: Radhika Madan
Mumbai : Actress Radhika Madan, who has bagged the Most Promising Newcomer award, says she feels motivated to work harder to entertain people through her work. Radhika won the trophy at Star Screen Awards here on Sunday for her debut act in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha. “I didn’t expect it. It just happened. It motivates me to work even harder to entertain more and more people, and give my 200 per cent. I gave my heart and soul to Pataakha,” Radhika told IANS. “It
didn’t do commercially well, but to be acknowledged for that… it speaks a lot,” added the actress about the film on two warring sisters. The Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actress has also acted in Vasan Bala’s film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, which is expected to release next year. “I never picked those films. I feel that when I plan stuff, it doesn’t work for me, but when universe plans it for me, it works the best,” said the actress, who has done TV shows as well.
Ali Zafar hopes Manto will release in Pakistan
Lahore : Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar hopes Indian filmmaker Nandita Das’ Manto is released in Pakistan as he feels the new generation will get a chance to know about the Urdu writer Saadat Haasan Manto on a deeper level. Nandita had expressed her disappointment after learning that Manto did not get clearance for release in Pakistan. She tweeted, “Disappointed that Manto will not be seen in theatres in Pakistan. I was keen as he belongs to both countries equally.” However, Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry
Alok Shaw make his television debut with COLORS’ upcoming show Kesari Nandan Mumbai : COLORS’ is all set to launch another heart-warming and inspirational tale with its upcoming show - Kesari Nandan. The show revolves around a family based in Rajasthan and the journey of a young girl, Kesari (ChahatTewani) dreaming of becoming a wrestler, just like her father. The protagonist Hanumant Singh played by Manav Gohil is a wrestling laurel who has won many accolades and also owns the famous Guru Hanuman Akhada. His one and only dream is to see his son take forward his glorious legacy and win an Olympic gold medal for the country. Joining this stellar cast will be the young lad and Dance Deewane winner Alok Shaw. He
Kaju ki Barfi for ‘Bareilly ki Barfi’ actor Kriti Sanon! Mumbai: Being one of the fittest actresses in the industry, actress Kriti Sanon works hard to maintain her well-toned body and desired curves. The Delhi girl is a typical chaat lover and misses no chance of binging on her favourite delicacies. While the actress was recently shooting for the film Luka Chuppi alongside Kartik Aaryan in Gwalior, she did not miss on the specialties of the city like Ras Malai, Tikki Chaat, and Kachori. The actress does not mind hitting the gym one extra day but would not give up on her favourite food. Kriti sometimes cheats on her
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diet and enjoys her favourite food. A source says, “While the actress savours a varied cuisine, Kriti has a particular liking for the dessert Kaju Barfi. The Bareilly Ki Barfi actress often enjoys Kaju Barfi to satiate her 3 am cravings”. Kriti is an absolute foodie and she makes sure that she takes out some time
from her busy shooting schedule and try different cuisine wherever her shooting schedule is held. After the major success of Bareilly ki Barfi that released last year, Kriti has bagged multiple projects that have four releases next year Arjun Patiala, Panipat, Housefull 4. Kriti Sanon is done shooting with three films, Arjun Patiala, Luka Chuppi and Housefull 4. Kriti is currently shooting her next film Panipat which is a period drama and she’ll be playing the role of a Maratha queen Parvati Bai who’s cast opposite to Arjun Kapoor.
will be seen playing the role of Hanumant Singh’s elder son, Jagat. When asked about his television debut, Alok Shaw said, “I am so happy that this opportunity came my way soon after Dance Deewane. I will be playing the role of Kesari’s elder brother, Jagat who has been trained in wrestling under his father’s guidance. Jagat shares a close bond with Kesar and shares all his dreams and aspirations with her. This is a very different experience for me and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Recently, we went to Jaisalmer to shoot for a promo and it was an experience I’ll never forget. The cast of the show are quite warm and all of us have a lot of fun on the sets.”
Shah Rukh Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub share a heartwarming friendship in ‘Zero’ Mumbai: Aanand L Rai’s upcoming directorial venture ‘Zero’ presents the affable chemistry between two friends Bauua and Guddu essayed by Shah Rukh Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub respectively. While the onscreen chemistry between the two actors have been pleasing the audience ever since the teaser and songs of the film have been released, it is a lesser known fact that Shah Rukh Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub share a warm bond in real life as well. Zeeshan Ayyub who hails from Meerut helped Shah Rukh Khan to adopt the mannerism and accent of wthe character which is based in Meerut. The young actor would interact with the Superstar in the accent helping him to grasp it sooner. Shah Rukh Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub have earlier portrayed friends in last year’s Raees winning hearts with their heartening bond.
Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, will be seen reuniting with Kareena Kapoor Khan for the upcoming film Good News which releases in July 2019. Diljit had made his Bollywood debut opposite Kareena in 2016 film Udta Punjab.
has extended help, while an online petition by writers and artistes has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift a ban on its screening. On his part, Ali, who has worked in Indian films too, tweeted in support of the movie. “Saw Manto on Netflix in Pak. Thoroughly impressed by the nuanced direction by @nanditadas and brilliant depiction by @Nawazuddin_S. This generation must get know #Manto on a deeper level and own its literary heritage and heroes. I hope it releases here @fawadchaudhry,” Ali wrote.
Hollywood buzz Jennifer Lopez’s to launch her skincare line
los angeles : Jennifer Lopez’s fans will now be able to get their hands on the secret behind her flawless complexion, as the 49-year-old actress, singer and businesswoman announced her plans on taking things one step further with the launch of her own skincare line coming in late 2019, reports DailyMail.co.uk. The Second Act star revealed the exciting news during a speaking engagement in N.Y.C. to The Wing’s head of culture and diversity Yari Blanco, who asked her the question about how she keeps her skin looking so beautiful. “I will be coming out with a skincare line. I’ve been working on it for a long time because I don’t want to put anything out,” Lopez said at the event, as reported by Refinery29.com, adding, “It’s going to be something that works. That’s what you can count on when my name is on something.” When asked about her skin regimen, she said, “I get that question a lot, especially as I get older.
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Diljit Dosanjh on Kareena Kapoor: I am still in awe of her
Mumbai: Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, who is reuniting with Kareena Kapoor Khan for the upcoming film Good News, after starring with her in his maiden Bollywood outing Udta Punjab, says he is in awe of the actor whom he considers an “amazing” human being. “Kareena ma’am is an amazing human being. This is my second time working with her. My debut film in Bollywood was with her and I am still in awe of her. “She has no air about herself. She comes on sets, works like a thorough professional and is cordial with everyone. There is a certain warmth to her which is truly worthy of appreciation,” Diljit told IANS. Also featuring actors Akshay
Kumar and Kiara Advani, Good News is a laugh riot family drama in which Akshay and Kareena play a married couple that is trying for a baby. Diljit and Kiara essay the role of a Punjabi married couple trying for a baby as well. Being helmed by Raj Mehta, the film is slated to release on July 19, 2019. Diljit had one Bollywood release this year – the biopic of hockey player Sandeep Singh, titled Soorma. He would also be seen in Arjun Patiala, also starring Kriti Sanon and Varun Sharma. The Punjabi sensation, who made a smooth transition from regional to Hindi cinema, was also seen in Punjabi film Sajjan Singh Rangroot this year.
los angeles : Travis Scott may have just added more fuel to the fire in the ongoing feud between Kanye West and Drake. The 26-year-old Antidote rapper posted a picture of himself positioned behind a white Nike sock, reports JustJared. com. It seems the image may be in reference to lyrics, sung by Drake, favoring Nike over Adidas found in one of Scott’s latest tracks Sicko Mode. However, seems like Kylie Jenner wants everyone to know that all is good between Travis and Kanye. After Kanye called out the rapper, the 21-year-old makeup mogul tweeted, “He’s not being petty. this is a sweatshirt design (the sock is apart of the design).
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Sheldon Cottrell’s career best 4/28 was complemented by opener Shai Hope’s third fastest T20 fifty as the West Indies beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first game of a three-match series.
I feel there should have been a spinner, says Mohammed Shami
The hosts have pushed the Indian side on backfoot and the seamer believes that it was due to the lack of a balanced bowling attack, India find themselves in this position.
los angeles : Seamer Mohammed Shami, who scalped six Australian wickets in the second innings of the Perth Test, has emphasised on the fact that India should have fielded a full-time spinner on a lush green wicket as Australian tweaker Nathan Lyon was successful in troubling the Indian batsmen. The Aussie spinner has already picked seven wickets so far in the second Test. Speaking at a press conference, Shami said: “The team management makes these decisions. We can’t do anything about it. We had one spinner who didn’t bowl badly. (But) If you ask
me, I feel there should have been a spinner, but these things depend on your management.” After wrapping up the Australian innings for 243, India were reduced to 112/5 while chasing 287 on the fourth day. The hosts have pushed the Indian side on backfoot and the seamer believes that it was due to the lack of a balanced bowling attack, India find themselves in this position. “After such a long time we have an Indian pace attack where all the bowlers are fast and are bowling good lines and lengths. Four years ago we weren’t even this experienced.
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West Indies beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in first T20I
Mumbai: Fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell’s career best 4-28 was complemented by opener Shai Hope’s third fastest T20 fifty as the West Indies beat Bangladesh by eight wickets Monday in the first game of a three-match series. Cottrell used the short balls to precision to help his side dismiss Bangladesh for 129 in 19 overs before Hope led the charge with a 23-ball 55, his maiden T20 fifty. “Our plan in this game was to just bowl aggressive in whatever we do, whether bowling Yorkers, length ball, short ball. Just to bowl aggressive, and it paid off,” Cottrell said. “We would like to take this momentum into the next two games and finish our tour here. That has been the talk in the camp, just to win some games and get better mood
going.” Hope brought up his fifty off only 16 deliveries to place him just behind India’s Yuvraj Singh (12 balls) and New Zealand’s Colin Munro (14 balls) in terms of fastest T20 fifty. Hope, the man in form who struck two straight unbeaten centuries in ODIs,
helped the side pile up 91 runs in the first six overs, the highest runs in T20 International’s first powerplay. Together with Evin Lewis (18), Hope gave the side a rapid start by amassing 51 runs in 3.2 overs. His innings was laced with three fours and six sixes.
2019,” said the agency, days after Patel resigned as Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) amid talk of a face-off with the government over autonomy and independence of the central bank. At this time, it sees no material change in the central bank’s level of independence, especially with regards to its adoption and implementation of prudent policy. “The RBI has traditionally shown greater independence than many regional peers, and a robust institutional culture.
second Test in Perth. He was, however, expected to replace Murali Vijay or KL Rahul in the next two Test matches but the BCCI on Monday confirmed that the young India batsman will not be playing the remaining two matches of the fourmatch Test series after failing to recover on time. Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal, who got his maiden call-up during the West Indies tour, has been called up by BCCI in Shaw’s place.
You cannot seriously like Virat Kohli as a bloke: Tim Paine to Murali Vijay los angeles : Tensions flared up on the fourth day of the second Test between India and Australia as the two captains Virat Kohli and Tim Paine had a verbal exchange towards the beginning of the day. Later, Paine was heard telling Murali Vijay that he ‘can’t seriously like Kohli as a bloke’. As India chased 287 on a testing surface, Paine was caught telling Vijay, “Murali, I know he’s your captain but you can’t seriously like him as a bloke.” The video of the incident went viral on social media on Monday
DoT expects to complete due process for 5G spectrum auction by Aug
New Delhi: The government expects to complete processes for 5G spectrum auction by August and the services will be rolled out by 2020, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Monday. “Trai has given a preliminary set of recommendations, which the working committee at the Department of Telecommunications is looking at. Task force has also given broader set of (spectrum) bands on
which we have to work. Everybody has said that since ecosystem is not ready, 5G will be ready after july-August next year,” Sundararajan told reporters on the sidelines of a workshop with states and Union territories. Amid a raging financial crisis in the industry, India’s largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea has urged the telecom department not to hold spectrum auction till 2020 on the grounds
that fresh need for quality radio waves will arise only once the 5G ecosystem is ready. “We expect to complete due procedure by then (JulyAugust 2019). I cannot say whether it (spectrum auction) will happen by then, but we will be ready post-second half of 2020. When we say 2020, it doesn’t mean the whole country will have 5G but it will start. Field trials are going on,” Sundararajan said.
Air India have just five more A-320 aircraft to join us out of the 27 ordered on lease about three years back.
ICPA seeks long-term fleet expansion plan for Air India
Mumbai: Air India’s narrow-body pilots union ICPA has blamed capacity deficiency vis--vis competitors for its plunging domestic market share while seeking a long-term plan for aircraft fleet expansion at the carrier. In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu last week, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) also lamented that while other domestic carriers have placed huge aircraft order with both Airbus and Boeing, Air India will be inducting only five planes in its fleet going forward.
Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw has been ruled out of the remaining Test matches between India andAustralia and Mayank Agarwal has been named as his replacement. The selectors have also added allrounder Hardik Pandya to India’s squad for the third and fourth Test to be played in Melbourne and Sydney respectively. Shaw suffered a left ankle injury while attempting a catch in India’s practice match against Cricket Australia XI beforer the
Tensions flared up on the fourth day of the second Test as Tim Paine was heard telling Murali Vijay that he ‘can’t seriously like Kohli as a bloke’.
Govt’s intense pressure on RBI could undermine India’s long-term financial stability
Singapore: Indian government’s “sustained and intense” pressure on the RBI could “undermine” the hardfought improvements in the banking system over the past few years as well as the long-term financial stability in the country, S&P Global Ratings warned on Monday. In particular, S&P Global Ratings views as credit negative the circumstances leading to the recent resignation of RBI Governor Urjit Patel. “We await any changes to banking system regulation at the next RBI board meeting in January
India vs Australia: Prithvi Shaw ruled out; Mayank Agarwal, Hardik Pandya added to squad
“We have remained quite stagnant in the domestic market. We still continue to operate 350-odd daily flights on domestic routes from about 300 flights
10 years ago...The load factor across all Air India flights is very high, but market share is slipping for want of additional capacity,” the ICPA said. On the contrary, budget carrier IndiGo has scaled up its operations to over 1,000 flights per day in over 10-year period, it pointed out in the December 10 letter to Prabhu. According to ICPA, Air India’s market share dropped from 19.8 per cent in January 2014 to just 11.8 per cent in September this year, which incidentally is the lowest market share ever for the carrier.
as the conversation was picked up by the stump microphone when Vijay was batting in the second innings. Earlier in the day, Kohli and Paine were caught on the stump mic having a verbal exchange when the latter was batting. It all happened when Australia were gaining control over proceedings and Paine reminded Kohli of how the Indian captain had lost his cool on day three. Tim Paine to Virat Kohli: “You’re the one that lost it yesterday, now you’re trying to be cool today.”
Google Maps to show auto-rickshaw routes, estimated fares for Delhi commuters
New Delhi: Commuters in the national capital can now view “auto-rickshaw” routes as well as fares on Google Maps app, tech giant Google Monday said. “Starting today, commuters in Delhi will be able to see a new public transport mode in Google Maps -- autorickshaws. By selecting this mode of transport, commuters will be able to view suggested routes for the ride as well as the estimated auto-rickshaw fares,” Google said in a statement. The new feature will reflect fares based on the official fare model shared by the Delhi Traffic Police, it said. This feature will be available in the Google Maps app on the Android devices. The idea is to incorporate one of most commonly used modes of public transport in Google Maps and share transparent information about the price of journey, Google Maps Product Manager Vishal Dutta
said. “Currently, for an unfamiliar journey, commuters often overpay and don’t have an idea about the distance or best route,” he added. Dutta said the feature will also help the users plan their journey better.
“...so they could look at the expected cost of the auto-rickshaw ride and decide whether they want to take it all the way, or perhaps take a different mode of transport instead -- like a bus or the metro,” he explained. Google Maps provides globally over a billion kilometres worth of transit results every day and has schedules for over three million public transit stops worldwide, the statement said.
Gold slides on muted demand, weak global cues
New Delhi: Gold prices fell by Rs 190 to Rs 32,000 per 10 gram at the bullion market on Monday, owing to slackened demand from local jewellers amid a weak trend overseas. On the other hand, silver prices remained steady at Rs 38,400 per kg in restricted activity. Traders said tepid demand from local jewellers and retailers at domestic spot markets due to end of wedding season and a weak trend overseas, mainly weighed on the precious metal prices. Globally, gold fell 0.07 per cent to USD 1,238.20 an ounce, while silver
traded a shade higher at USD 14.64 an ounce in Singapore. In the national
capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity dropped by Rs 190 each to Rs 32,000 and Rs 31,850 per 10 gram, respectively. It had lost Rs 30 on Saturday. Sovereign gold, however remained steady at Rs 25,000 per piece of 8 gram.
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The Gujarat government’s estimates suggest that a total of Rs. 2,902 crore would be needed to carry out various relief works in the drought-affected regions.
Gujarat Seeks Rs. 1,725 Crore From Centre For Drought Relief Work AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government has sought a financial assistance of Rs. 1,725 crore from the Centre to carry out relief works in the wake of drought in parts of the state. The demand was put forward before a central team that visited Gujarat to assess the water scarcity situation that has arisen due to scanty rainfall this monsoon, said senior administrative officer Pankaj Kumar. He said the nine-member central team, comprising officials from various ministries, had visited Kutch, Morbi, Banaskantha, Patan and Surendranagar districts of Gujarat during the three-day tour. The team on Monday held a meeting with Chief Secretary JN Singh and other key officials of the Gujarat government at Gandhinagar upon the completion of their
assessment tour. Mr Kumar told reporters that the Gujarat government’s estimates suggest that a total of Rs. 2,902 crore would be needed to carry out various relief works in the drought-affected regions. “We have so far declared 3,367 villages of 51 taluka in the state as drought affected,” Mr Kumar told reporters in
Gandhinagar after the meeting. “Our estimates suggests that we would need Rs. 2,902 crore in total to carry out various relief works in affected regions. Looking at the funds available with us under the SDRF (State Disaster Relief Fund) and norms governing it, we would need additional Rs. 1,725 crore,” said Mr Kumar. “This
fund will be utilised in paying input subsidies to farmers, providing drinking water to people, for opening cattle camps, providing assistance to cattle shelters and to distribute fodder in affected regions,” Mr Kumar said. He said the state government is “confident” of getting central assistance soon. He said the team had given a “positive response” on the demand of central assistance of Rs. 1,725 crore put forward by the Gujarat government. Gujarat has received just 73.87 per cent of the average rainfall this monsoon. Kutch received just 26.51 per cent of average rainfall, while north Gujarat got 42.93 per cent, central Gujarat 66.83 per cent, Saurashtra 72.20 per cent and south Gujarat got the highest of 94.79 per cent, according to Met department figures.
Police seized the amount from a car during a routine checking of vehicles in Surat.
Rahul Gandhi should resign as Congress chief, says CM Vijay Rupani
Bhubaneswar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Monday demanded that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi resign from his post, alleging that he “mislead the nation” on the Rafale deal.Addressing a press conference here, Rupani said Gandhi made the issue concerning national security a tool to grind the Narendra Modi government. The chief minister was speaking as part of the BJP’s move to hold press conferences in 70 cities across the country to attack the opposition party against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Rafale jet deal last week. “Even if all thieves come together
and call the chowkidar a thief, the people will not accept it,” Rupani told reporters here, referring to Gandhi’s barb against the prime minister. Rupani said only “those who are afraid of the ‘chowkidar’ make repeated noise about thieves. But, the people know the truth”. “The Supreme Court judgement
is a slap on the face of the Congress and those misleading the nation. Now, Gandhi should quit as the president of the Congress for misleading the nation,” Rupani said. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas challenging the deal between India and France for procurement
of 36 Rafale jets, saying there was no occasion to “really doubt the decision making the process” warranting setting aside of the contract. The Congress has repeatedly criticised the deal for the 36 Rafale jets, alleging that the government was procuring each aircraft at a cost of over Rs 1,670 crore as against Rs 526 crore finalised by the UPA government. The government has, however, denied any irregularity in the deal. Rupani also came down heavily on Gandhi for raising questions over the deal even after the apex court held that there were no irregularities in it.
Russian 2016 influence operation targeted African-Americans: Report
New York : The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans, used an array of tactics to try to suppress turnout among Democratic voters and unleashed a blizzard of posts on Instagram that rivaled or exceeded its Facebook operations, according to a report produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee. The report adds new details to the portrait that has emerged over the last two years of the energy and imagination of the Russian effort to sway American opinion and divide the country, which the authors said continues to this day. “Active and ongoing interference operations remain on several platforms,” says the report, produced by New Knowledge, a cybersecurity company based in Austin, Texas, along with researchers at Columbia University and Canfield Research LLC. One continuing Russian campaign, for instance, seeks to influence opinion on
Syria by promoting Bashar Assad, the Syrian president and a Russian ally in the brutal conflict there. The New Knowledge report, which was obtained by The New York Times in advance of its scheduled release Monday, is one of two commissioned by the Senate committee on a bipartisan basis. They are based largely on data about the Russian operations provided to the Senate by Facebook, Twitter and the other companies whose platforms were used. The second report was written by the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford University along with Graphika, a company that specializes in analyzing social media. The Washington Post first reported on the Oxford report Sunday. The Russian influence campaign in 2016 was run by a St. Petersburg company called the Internet Research Agency, owned by a businessman, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, who is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Man Arrested With Demonetised Notes Worth Over Rs. 3 Crore In Gujarat
SURAT: Surat police have arrested a man for allegedly carrying demonetized currency worth Rs. 3.80 crore on Sunday. During a routine checking of vehicles, the amount in denominations of defunct Rs. 500 and 1,000 notes were seized from a car, inspector RM Sarode said. The man carrying cash told police that he had collected it from a person in Vadodara. “He hasn’t yet disclosed how he was going to utilisethe scrapped notes,” police said. Police seized the amount from a car during a routine checking of vehicles in Surat.
international Israeli PM’s son gets temporary ban on Facebook for anti-Muslim posts
Jerusalem : Facebook blocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair for 24 hours after he wrote a post criticizing the social media platform as “thought police” and sharing previously banned content. Yair Netanyahu blasted the website on Sunday for removing an earlier post in which he called for “avenging the deaths” of two Israeli soldiers killed last week by Palestinian gunmen and calling for the expulsion of Palestinians. He shared a screenshot of the earlier post in violation of Facebook’s
community rules. Facebook deleted a post by Netanyahu last week in which he said he would “prefer” if “All the Muslims leave the land of Israel.” Facebook had no immediate comment. Netanyahu’s son has drawn media criticism for crude social media posts and a life of excess at public expense. Yair Netanyahu blasted the website on Sunday for emoving an earlier post in which he called for “avenging the deaths” of two Israeli soldiers killed last week by Palestinian gunmen and calling for the expulsion of Palestinians.
Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman, ex-bankers in 1MDB probe
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia on Monday filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two of the US bank’s former employees in connection with an investigation into suspected corruption and money laundering at state fund 1MDB. Advertising Malaysia will seek jail terms as well as billions in fines from Goldman Sachs and four other individuals who allegedly diverted about $2.7 billion from 1Malaysia Development Bhd
(1MDB), Attorney General Tommy Thomas said in a statement. This is the first time Goldman Sachs has faced criminal charges in the 1MDB scandal. The bank has consistently denied wrongdoing.A Goldman Sachs spokesman said in a statement, the charges were “misdirected” and the bank would vigorously defend against them. The bank continued to cooperate with all authorities in their investigations, he said.
Trump’s muddies case of Green Beret accused of killing suspected bomb maker
Washington : The long and winding case of Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn had all the elements of a story that would seize President Donald Trump’s attention. A Green Beret charged by the Army in the killing of a man linked to the Taliban. Thorny questions about America’s long-standing entanglement in Afghanistan. And a Fox News program that lauded the officer as a war hero. And so, on Sunday, Trump
announced on Twitter that he would examine the case of Golsteyn, using, verbatim, language aired just minutes before by his favorite program, “Fox & Friends.” “At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a ‘U.S. Military hero,’ Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder,” Trump wrote. “He could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a Terrorist bomb maker while overseas.” With
that tweet, Trump made another extraordinary intervention into the U.S. judicial system. A president who just last week threatened to stop a Justice Department effort to extradite a Chinese tech executive and who spends most days vilifying the special counsel had now stepped into a complicated legal and ethical case that goes to the heart of the fraught politics of the military’s rules of engagement.
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