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Short News Congress not to name chief ministerial candidate for Telangana polls
Hyderabad: The Congress would not name the chief ministerial candidate in poll-bound Telangana, where it would fight the Assembly elections jointly with the TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samithi, a key party leader said on Wednesday. The AICC incharge of Telangana, R C Khuntia maintained that the usual practice in the Congress was not to name the party’s chief ministerial candidate before any assembly election. “TPCC (Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee) president, Uttam Kumar Reddy will lead the campaign but the chief ministerial candidate will be finalised after the election,” Khuntia told news agency PTI. “It will be decided after the election results come out, with the views of MLAs, in consultation with our president Rahul Gandhi”, he said.
‘In PM Modi’s regime, dictatorship has become a vocation’, says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Declaring that “dictatorship has become a vocation” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said people in Chhattisgarh will remember the attack on his party’s workers in Bilaspur as an act of “political persecution”. Taking to Twitter, a day after police beat up protesting Congress workers in the Chhattisgarh town leaving several injured, the Congress president trained his guns on the BJP-led Raman Singh government in the state and also tagged a video of the incident. “In Narendra Modi’s regime, dictatorship has become a vocation.
Modi government treating triple talaq issue like a ‘political football’: Congress New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday accused the Modi government of treating the issue of instant triple talaq “more as a political football than a matter of justice to Muslim women”. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the government has not acceded to the Congress request for making a provision for attaching the property of those not providing compensation to the affected women and children after giving them divorce. He said instant triple talaq was “an illegal, unconstitutional and inhuman practice” that was quashed by the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court quashed the practice, it has become a law.
Triple talaq ordinance huge step towards women empowerment: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP Monday described the government’s decision to bring an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence as a huge step towards “empowering women”. Taking a dig at the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said Kapil Sibal, a leader of the opposition party, defended this practice in the Supreme Court. For all these years, the Congress politicised the triple talaq issue for vote bank politics. The Congress should be ashamed of itself, Patra said at a press conference at the party office here. The BJP thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing the ordinance. It is a huge feat and huge step towards empowering women, Patra said.
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Triple talaq bill was deferred to next session of Parliament after RS failed to reach an agreement over amended bill.
Cabinet approves ordinance making triple talaq punishable offence New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved an ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence after the Narendra Modi-led NDA government failed to pass it through both the houses of Parliament. During the Monsoon session, triple talaq bill was deferred to the next session after the parties in the Rajya Sabha failed to reach an agreement over the
amended bill. The Lok Sabha cleared the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, in December but it has been stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the BJPled NDA is in minority. The bill criminalises the Islamic practice of divorcing by
uttering the word “talaq” thrice in any form – spoken, in writing, or over electronic communication. The bill presented in the Rajya Sabha included three changes. The first amendment cleared by the Centre allows only a woman, or a close relative, to file a police case against her husband for instant triple talaq by uttering the word “talaq” (divorce) thrice.
Cong whose ultimate leader is woman didn’t pass triple talaq: Ravi Shankar
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday attacked the Congress-led Opposition for not letting triple talaq bill passed during the Monsoon session of the Parliament. Attacking the Congress and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “It’s my serious charge with full sense of responsibility that a distinguished woman leader is ultimate leader of the Congress party, yet such a barbaric inhuman triple talaq was not allowed to be ended by a Parliamentary law because of ambiguity and vacillation of the Congress party for pure vote bank politics.”“I appeal to Sonia Gandhi to rise above vote bank politics. I would also request the same from Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee,” the minister added.
Brutal and ‘unprecedented’ incident that took place on Tuesday has prompted security forces to issue ‘high alert’ across IB and LoC.
Congress delegation handed memorandum to CAG and said it expects truth to prevail after report on Rafale deal is made public.
Pak troops slit BSF jawan’s throat; Prepare report on ‘irregularities’ in high alert sounded along border Rafale deal: Congress demands CAG Jammu/New Delhi: Pakistani troops have slit the throat of a BSF jawan along the international border (IB) near Jammu, an incident that may further escalate the tension between the two countries. The brutal and “unprecedented” incident that took place in the Ramgarh sector on Tuesday has prompted the security forces to issue a “high alert” across the entire IB and the Line of Control (LoC) even as the Border Security Force has lodged a strong complaint with its counterparts -- the Pakistan Rangers. Official sources said the body of Head Constable Narender Kumar also bore three bullet wounds and it could only be retrieved from a spot ahead of the Indo-Pak fence after over six hours as the Pakistani side “did not respond” to the calls to maintain the sanctity of the frontier and ensure that the BSF search parties were not fired upon.
The Pakistan Rangers, the sources said, was asked to take part in a joint patrolling to trace the missing jawan, but they only came up to a point and cited waterlogging issues in the area that prevented them from undertaking a coordinated action. The BSF then waited for the sun to set and launched a “risky operation” to bring the jawan’s body back to the post. Officials in the security establishment said the incident of brutality with the jawan.
Asia Cup 2018: Score after 29 overs, India 162-2: Rayudu 31(46), Karthik 31(37); Shoaib Malik 2-0-19-0
After Hong Kong hiccup, India outclass Pakistan by 8 wickets
Dubai: Just a day after surviving a scare against minnows Hong Kong, India cruised to a thumping 8-wicket victory against arch-rivals Pakistan in their second Asia Cup 2018 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Sarfraz Ahmed’s men could only muster up a total of 162 on board as the Indian bowling attack wreaked havoc. The Men in Blue made light work of the chase with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan providing a fiery start. Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf removed the attacking openers but it proved to be a little too late as Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik steered India
to victory. Rohit Sharma and co now face Bangladesh in their next encounter on Friday. CAUGHT! Ashraf bowls it short and wide and Dhawan pounces in a snap. Cuts it towards point but Babar Azam times his jump to perfection as India lose their second wicket. BOWLED! Introduction of spin and Shadab Khan gets the big fish, Rohit Sharma. The India captain fails to pick up the googly which goes right through the gates and crashes into the stumps. HALF CENTURY! Rohit Sharma brings up his fifty with India firing on all cylinders. Has timed the ball well and his ability to counter the short delivery has been impressive.
New Delhi: A delegation of senior Congress leaders on Wednesday met the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the Rafale fighter jet deal and asked the auditor to prepare a report on alleged irregularities in it. The Congress delegation handed a memorandum to the CAG and said it expects the truth to prevail after the report on the Rafale deal is made public.“We have given a detailed memorandum along with enclosures on the irregularities and acts of omission and commission by the Government in the fighter jet deal. We expect the CAG will prepare a report soon and present it before Parliament,” senior Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters after meeting the CAG. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
added that all evidence and facts relating to the Rafale deal have been submitted to the CAG. “We explained to the CAG how Hindustan Aeronautics Limited was removed from the deal to benefit a private player. We hope the CAG will give its report soon. The CAG has assured us that they are already examining all aspects of the deal,” he said. “We expect that when the report on the deal comes out in public domain, the real scam will come out and the truth shall prevail,” he told reporters. The Congress has stepped up heat on the government over the Rafale deal and is seeking to make it a major poll issue ahead of assembly elections to some key states later this year and the general elections in 2019.
Crime to take law into own hands: Mohan Bhagwat on cow vigilantism
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Wedneday pitched for a policy to maintain demographic balance in the country, saying it should cover all sections of the society, beginning with those having more children but “limited” means for their upbringing. Bhagwat presented Sangh’s views on a number of contentious issue while answering wide-ranging written questions on the last day of the RSS’ three-day conclave, including on matters like intercaste marriages, education policy, crimes against women, cow vigilantism. Bhagwat also strongly backed existing quota for different communities, but said there should not be any politics on the issue. He claimed there is an increasing
acceptance of Hindutva, his organisation’s founding ideology, in the world but anger existed against it in India due to various wrong practices which have crept in over the years. The Sangh is working to remove them, he added. To a question
Triple talaq ordinance unconstitutional, against Muslim women: Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: Minutes after the Union Cabinet approved ordinance making triple talaq punishable, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi called the move “unconstitutional”. “This Ordinance is unconstitutional. The ordinance is against the Constitution’s right to equality as it is being made only for Muslims. All India Muslim Personal Law Board and women organisations should challenge this ordinance in the Supreme Court,” said the Hyderabad MP. “This ordinance will not provide justice to the Muslim women. In Islam, marriage is a civil contract and bringing penal provisions in it is wrong,” Owaisi added. Triple talaq is the Islamic practice of divorcing
by uttering the word “talaq” thrice in any form – spoken, in writing, or over electronic communication. “Cabinet has today approved an ordinance on Triple Talaq. The core component of this Ordinance is that an offence will be cognisable only when the FIR is filed by the victim wife or her close relations by blood or marriage,” Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed on Wednesday during a press briefing. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Owaisi said: “I demand from PM that this national requires a law for those married women, who are 24 lakh in number, their husbands in their election affidavit say they are married but the wife is not living with them.
about changing demographic balance in parts of India and the ‘declining’ Hindu population, the RSS chief said the matter of demographic balance is considered significant world over and it should be maintained here also.
Pak court orders release of Nawaz Sharif, daughter; suspends jail term
Islamabad: In a major relief to the Sharif family, a top Pakistani court suspended on Wednesday the jail sentences of former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in a corruption case and ordered their release from a high-security prison. A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court heard the petitions filed by former Sharif, 68, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar challenging their conviction related to the purchase of luxury flats in London. Justice Athar Minallah read the judgment and suspended the sentences handed to them by the accountability court judge Mohammad Bashir on July 6. Sharif, 68, Maryam, 44, and Safdar, 54, were sentenced to 11 years, eight years and one year, respectively, in prison in the Avenfield properties case.
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Make in India won’t fix the real problems
The Narendra Modi government’s flagship “Make in India” programme is not the first attempt to goose Indian manufacturing. It will not be the last, no matter who wins the 2019 elections. Scrying the entrails of past policy pushes is helpful. It throws up some constant truths. Import substitution hasn’t worked and is unlikely to do so. Industrial policies can introduce significant distortions. Policy decisions made in New Delhi often don’t survive the journey to manufacturing plants. A new working paper by Rajesh Raj S.N., Kunal Sen and Sabyasachi Kar, Unmaking “Make in India”: Weak governance, good deals and their economic impact, provides interesting insights into that last point. Since its inception in 2003, the World Bank’s Doing Business report has been perhaps the most popular yardstick by which to measure the state-business relationship. Much was made of India’s jumping 30 ranks to 100th position in last year’s report. It is a laudable achievement as far as it goes, speaking to the Modi government’s attempts to clear up regulatory cholesterol and put new, effective systems in place. In 2015, however, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Lant Pritchett had a subversive take on the impact of such policy action in their paper, How business is done in the developing world: deals versus rules. Looking at firm-level data from the World Bank’s enterprise surveys (ES)—as opposed to the Doing Business reports which survey lawyers, consultants, bureaucrats and so on—they found a vast gulf between de jure regulatory frameworks and de facto realities. Corruption and deal-making between the state and businesses meant that across the nations studied, a handful of companies could obtain clearances and permissions far faster than the law suggested, while other companies took far longer than prescribed. Raj, Sen and Kar mine this perspective further, looking at 2013-14 ES data across Indian states. In line with Hallward-Driemeier and Pritchett, they find a substantial difference between the de jure number of days required for a business to get an operating license or construction permit, and the de facto reality. So far, as expected. In fact, in the majority of states, the mean and median de facto values are lower—sometimes substantially so—than the regulations suggest. Does this mean that governance mechanisms are particularly efficient in these states? Not quite. They find a wide variance in firms’ withinstate experiences. For instance, in Bihar, “the 10th percentile set of firms reports obtaining an operating license in one day, while 90th percentile set of firms reports obtaining a license in 90 days.” This makes it clear that a company’s regulatory experience is a product of its deal-making ability, not of a neutral governance mechanism.
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Freddy Daruwala play lead role in Gujarati Film Suryansh
Ahmedabad : Commando 2, Holiday and Race 3 fluent in Gujarati actor Freddy Daruwala is exploring regional cinema. He is currently working on three regional films — Punjabi, Telugu and Gujarati. Making his debut in the Gujarati film industry as the lead character, Dabbo in ‘Rachna No Dabbo,’ Freddy Daruwala has Playing lead roll in Gujarati Film ‘Suryansh’. He play a brave police officers role in this film. Karan is an honest and valiant cop on a mission to fight against criminals and to reduce the crime rate in the city. The film is about his
mentor Vikram Rana, who is Police suspect and also the kingpin of city’s crime cartel, which Karan is not aware, Karan investigates a series of odd occurrences in the city including a murder. The deeper he digs into the clues, the more complex it gets. Everyone he trusts seems to be involved and the investigation has no results. On his quest to the truth he is joined by press reporter Aditi and Sub-Inspector Jahangir Khan. Thus, begins a thrilling roller coaster ride of action, drama, emotions, mystery and at the end it is impossible to predict.
Richa Chadha has been riding success wave since her role as Madhuri in Love Sonia has been praised and loved.
Love Sonia inspires a man to donate a sum of 8 lakhs to Richa Chadha’s cause
New Delhi : Richa Chadha has been riding the success wave since her role as Madhuri in Love Sonia has been receiving praise and love. The actress who plays a sex worker has been receiving love from fans and critics alike about her role in the Tabrez Noorani directorial venture that delves into the heart breaking life of the global flesh trade. Ever since audiences have gotten a chance to watch Love Sonia in theatres across India,
Inside Priyanka Chopra’s ranch life in Oklahoma
New Delhi : Priyanka Chopra is making the most of her holiday in Oklahoma. The actor is with Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Covert, Michael Park, Cavanaugh James and others, leading a ranch life. Priyanka has been giving fans a sneak peek into her holiday, and it will surely leave you jealous. Not just these photos, even a video of Priyanka and Nick is going viral. The video is from Nick’s birthday celebration in California on September 16. Nick who was celebrating his birthday in a stadium performed for the audience. Post the performance, Priyanka and Joe joined him on stage. In the video, later we see Priyanka and Nick sharing their first public kiss on stage as the entire stadium cheered them on.
Richa has been receiving emails and letters in person and on social media from NGO workers who work with victims of trafficking, a few victims themselves, men and women who had no idea this even happened have all been reaching out and thanking Richa on her role. But one such message that caught Richa’s eye and captured her heart was from a friend who worked in the development sector with women who have been
rescued and rehabilitated. The lady said that her organization had been waiting on a big donor to donate money he had promised he would but after almost 8 months of promising, he sent a cheque to their office a day after Love Sonia’s release. When checked,her friend said, “He had seen Love Sonia and immediately realized the work we were doing.” Richa said, “This is reason we do what we do as actors.
Nicole Kidman gets candid about sexuality
Los Angeles : Nicole Kidman, recently opened up her long successful career, her ‘strong sexuality’, and her relationship with musician Keith Urban, in a recent interview, according to ETOnline.com. She spoke about how her decisions are mostly dominated by her heart, and to identify this she plays a game with husband Keith Urban, where they ask each other an artist’s name and try to figure if he/she lead with their heart, mind or sexuality. Speaking about herself, Kidman said, “But I’m probably dominated by (my heart),” she continues, “If you don’t come from a feeling place, you just end up with an enormous amount of technique. I have this (mind), but that can be overruled. It fluctuates too. I have a strong sexuality. It’s a huge part of who I am and my existence.” She spoke about how her decisions are mostly dominated by her heart, and to identify this she plays a game with husband Keith Urban.
Sunny Leone will be next seen in the second season of her web-series, Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leone.
Making small choices will change the status of women in our country: Sunny Leone
New Delhi : Actor Sunny Leone aka Karenjit Kaur, who fought several hardships throughout her career, believes women should stand up for their rights. “Women should speak up for themselves. They should say whatever they feel and do whatever they want to do. “Every girl should pursue their passion and follow their dreams. And these small choices will strengthen our women and will make them more confident,” the Jism 2 actor told media, who was present at Madame Tussauds here on Tuesday to unveil her wax statue. Sunny also said that to bring
Salman Khan’s next production venture Loveratri is LoveYatri now
New Delhi : Salman Khan’s production venture Loveratri has been renamed to LoveYatri. The development has come in response to the controversy over the film’s title. The title of the Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain starrer was a play on the word Navratri which is celebrated by Hindus for nine days. Tweeting about the change in the title of the film, Salman wrote, “This is not a spelling mistake… #loveyatri #lovetakesover…” Along with the tweet,
Salman Khan’s production venture Loveratri has been renamed to LoveYatri. The development has come in response to the controversy over the film’s title. the actor also shared a new poster featuring brother-in-law Aayush and debutante Warina. A source close to
the development said, “Taking into consideration the concerns from the Censor Board and
sensitivity of Karni Sena towards the title of the film, the makers decided to release the film as LoveYatri. Producer Salman Khan decided to opt for a change in title considering the safety and best interest of his audience.” Set in Gujarat, the film also stars Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor and will hit screens on October 5, 2018. Earlier, while defending the previous title of his home production, Salman said, “It is a beautiful title. There is nothing more beautiful than love, so it is called Loveratri.
a change in the society, people first should change themselves. “In homes, women must feel free to express what they want to say. If they don’t want to wash dishes, they can confidently ask husbands to wash the dishes. Making small choices will change the status of women in our country and I believe it should happen in homes first. On the work front, the actor will be seen in the upcoming season of her biopic Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leone. She would make her debut in Tollywood with Veeramahadevi.
Remo D’Souza: Story-wise I agree there were glitches in Race 3
Mumbai : Race 3 director Remo D’Souza has admitted that there were some “glitches” in the script. He believes their decision to not show the leading man in a grey role, which was the case in the previous films, may have gone against them. “When Shiraz Ahmed wrote the script it had the grey role. Race franchise is about grey characters but we can’t show Salman in grey character and
other things were also happening. Because of all that. It just went little..,” Remo said. The film may have been panned by the critics but it did good business at the box office, said Remo. “If it was a disaster then it wouldn’t have done Rs 180 crore business and Rs 300 crore worldwide. I am still trying to come to terms to it and concentrating on my next film,” he added.
Sanya Malhotra recalls her tough times in her initial days in showbiz, and adds that she is happy with the way her career is progressing.
I couldn’t even afford apples: Sanya Malhotra
Mumbai : When Sanya Malhotra made her debut in Aamir Khan’s Dangal, things changed for her overnight. Now, she’s preparing for the release of her second film, director Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha, and the trailer of next venture — Badhaai Ho with Ayushmann Khurrana — has just come out. The actress says that she’s happy with where her career is headed, and the fact that her struggles are a thing of the past. “My dream of acting, which I’ve held dear since childhood, is
finally being fulfilled, and I’m happy about that. At this point of time, I’m having loads of fun,” Sanya says. She reveals that there was a time when fruits were a luxury she could not indulge in. “When I first came to Mumbai, my parents supported me a lot. But I wanted to be independent and I didn’t want to keep asking them for money. So I would try to manage with whatever little money I was making. I’ve always eaten simple food — so that was not a problem. Nor am I the kind of person
who has midnight cravings. But I love fruits and dry fruits — and honestly, I couldn’t even afford apples. Dry fruits were out of the question,” she says. And though those days are behind her, the actress says that she still receives a tonne of support from her family. “I remember, when dad would come to meet me in those days, he would bring me boxes of dry fruits and I would relish them. My dad supports me to this day; I wouldn’t have made it here without my parents’ support,” she says.
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Rishabh Pant struggled to master the late movement in England from behind the stumps.
Rishabh Pant relives baptism by fire in England
New Delhi : What does Rishabh Pant dread the most about keeping to fast bowlers in England? No, it’s not the delivery that deviates in the air after it leaves the bowler’s hand, nor is it the one that seams off the track. But it’s those that veer off their path at the last moment, well after it has crossed the batsman. The red Dukes ball has gained notoriety for performing strange tricks under cloudy English skies. This summer, not just batsmen, but even Pant has been left bamboozled by the extravagant, but late movement. Pant, just 20, and making his Test debut, did his bit to counter this anomaly. He altered his stance to cut down the angle, and also to sight the trajectory of the moving ball better. But it did not help matters. His second Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton was probably
the classic example when things went spiraling out of control. Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shammi were bending their backs and getting ample purchase from the pitch on the opening day. There were atleast seven instances during England’s first innings when the ball bent, climbed and swerved, most of which were out of Pant’s outstretched arms. “Obviously, you do get frustrated. I tried my best, and conceding those byes (32 in the first innings of the Southampton Test) was not my fault. But if someone who has not watched the match, would only look at the scorecard. Only those who saw the match would know that some of those were out of my reach,” he said after the practice session at the Feroz Shah Kotla, ahead of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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Lionel Messi pierced a hole in the stubborn PSC Eindhoven with an exquisitely struck free kick in the first half, then produced two ruthless finishes from inside the area later on.
Lionel Messi starts to deliver on Barcelona Champions League promise
Barcelona : Lionel Messi’s first act as Barcelona captain was to pledge to bring the Champions League back to the Nou Camp and in Tuesday’s Group B opener against PSV Eindhoven he showed he meant business, scoring a hat-trick in a rampant 4-0 win. “Messi does extraordinary things and makes them look routine,” Barca coach Ernesto Valverde said. “When he stops playing it will be difficult to find someone like him. It’s a relief to have him on your team and a nightmare to have him against you. The Argentine pierced a hole in the stubborn Dutch champions with an exquisitely struck free kick in the first half, then produced two ruthless finishes from inside the area late on to complete a record eighth treble in Europe’s top competition. “Today he scored three goals but his first strike opened the game up. It was a magisterial free
kick,” Valverde added. “We have to pinch ourselves to remind us that we are living through a unique era.” Even PSV coach Mark van Bommel lauded the five-times world player of the year, saying: “For me he is the best player in the world. It’s strange to me that he does not win the Ballon d’Or every single year.” Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen added: “Messi always
delivers. There’s no player that does that quite like him. He’s always ready and he’s always decisive. But we have 10 other players who also contributed to the victory.” Messi has lifted the Champions League four times with Barca since making his debut in 2004, although the Catalans have underachieved in the competition since last winning it in 2015.
the flood. The floods have impacted around 70 per cent of Kerala, the company said. “ The human suffering and devastation of such an unprecedented magnitude brought by the devastating floods throughout Kerala calls for a huge relief & rehabilitation efforts. JSPL & JPL joined hands together to rebuild Kerala,” Sanjay Sagar, MD, Jindal Power Limited, an arm of JSPL, said in the statement. JSPL & JPL joined hands together to re-build Kerala,” Sanjay Sagar, MD, Jindal Power Limited, an arm of JSPL, said.
Joe Root has given his backing for seamer Stuart Broad to be included in the test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka amid speculation that the new-ball bowler could be dropped. Sydney : England captain Joe Root has given his backing for seamer Stuart Broad to be included in the test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka amid speculation that the new-ball bowler could be dropped. Broad took 23 wickets in seven home tests against Pakistan and India this year but British media reported that national selectors were considering leaving the 32-year-old out of the side for three tests in Sri Lanka starting in November. Conditions are likely to ensure that England travel with three frontline spinners but Root has backed Broad, the country’s second most successful test bowler, to play a pivotal role on the South Asian pitches. “I think Stuart’s
experience will be vital in Sri Lanka,” Root told the Daily Telegraph. “He has had a lot of experience in the subcontinent and had a lot of success with teams out there, so I think it is very important that you utilise that and have experience in those testing conditions to help mould the side around it.” Root said team mate Moeen Ali has the full support of the team after the all-rounder said he was called “Osama” by an Australian player during an Ashes test in 2015. Moeen, who is a Muslim, made the allegation in his forthcoming autobiography, saying the apparent reference to Islamist militant Osama bin Laden came during his Ashes debut in Cardiff.
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negative for Indian banks: Moody’s
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday said rising liquidity issues in ILFS, which has recently defaulted on repayment of Rs 100 crore, are credit negative for Indian banks. The debts incurred by ILFS in the form of bank loans accounted for around 0.5-0.7 per cent of overall banking system loans as on March 31, 2018. “Rising liquidity issues in ILFS are credit negative for Indian banks... We do not expect the exposure of any rated bank to exceed 2 per cent of its loan book,” Moody’s said in a note on the impact of liquidity issues at the infrastructure company on Indian banks and debt markets. Infrastructure
Leasing & Finance Services (ILFS) defaulted on a repayment of Rs 100 crore to the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on September 10, 2018. This followed a series of defaults starting August 28, 2018, when ILFS Financial Services, one of ILFS’ subsidiaries, delayed repayment of some of its commercial paper
obligations. ILFS Financial Services has since been barred from accessing the commercial paper market until February 2019, Moody’s said. “One particular asset challenge for banks in a potential ILFS default comes from the company’s complex corporate structure, which could result in high variation of ultimate losses across banks
Fingers crossed over next wave of bank mergers
Mumbai: The government has announced yet another round of bank mergers to create mega banks. In the first round, State Bank of India absorbed its five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank. State-run insurer LIC is in the process of acquiring IDBI Bank. The three-way Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank merger was announced on Monday. Investors, sectoral experts and bankers are all now speculating the next wave in bank mergers. Analysts and bankers FC spoke to said the government would wait till elections are over
batsmen, like I took advice from Azhar Bhai, there are so many Indian legends and they should learn from them and even if they don’t say themselves, the players should go themselves. The learning should not stop. I went to Rahul Dravid in 2004 Champions Trophy in Birmingham and I asked for 5 minutes but Dravid himself came to me and I was a junior player. I asked him a few questions and I took them ahead and it changed my cricket,” he said. “The tips and advice I got from Dravid at the early stages of my career helped me develop into a top batsman who was comfortable at the number three. Dravid was a top-class professional and one of the greats of the modern era and I learned from him.”
Stuart Broad gets Joe Root’s backing for Sri Lanka test tour
Business Rising liquidity issues in ILFS credit
New Delhi: Steel maker Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) Wednesday said it has given over Rs 2 crore to Kerala government to help flood-affected victims. “An amount of Rs 2 crore was credited into the Chief Minister Distress Relief Fund to help the flood affected people of Kerala to aid relief and rehabilitation programme,” JSPL said in a statement. It was one of the worst floods Kerala has seen in nearly a century. In estimation, the floods have displaced more than 8,00,000 people and more than 400 lives were lost during
New Delhi: While India vs Pakistan is fiercely contested affairs, the camaraderie between the Indian and Pakistani cricketers off the field is equally harmonious. In a recent chat former Pakistan middle-order batsman, Younis Khan revealed how players from both the teams spoke to each other during the yesteryears. Speaking to India Today, was of the opinion that one should not hesitate in taking guidance from the former players or more so from the opposition players. He gave an example of how Dravid’s advice worked wonders for him in his career. He had asked Dravid for his five minutes during the 2004 Champions Trophy and when he changed his technique accordingly it worked for him. “For
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ILFS Financial Services has since been barred from accessing the commercial paper market until February 2019.
JSPL contributes Rs 2 crore towards Kerala relief fund
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and delve on the learning from this merger before announcing the next round of consolidation. According to analysts, with balance sheet size being the key determinant, only a few strong banks are left with — Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of India. Weak banks outnumber them. Barring Dena Bank and IDBI Bank, currently there are nine banks still placed under the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework of the RBI. They are UCO Bank, Central Bank of India, United Bank of India and others and will need a saviour. Of
the mid-sized entities, Indian Bank stands out in terms of its superior fundamentals. Syndicate Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank have also performed better on a relative scale. Analysts said it wouldn’t be a surprise to see banks like Canara Bank and State Bank of India being asked to take responsibility of distressed banks. Karthik Srinivasan, head financial sector ratings at Icra, said, “We have only a few strong banks while the weak banks under PCA are nine. My own guess is that the government may want to see how this merger
pans out before continuing on the consolidation path.” After the announcement of BoBDena-Vijaya merger, investors, lenders under PCA framework attracted huge buying in the stock market, while share of strong ones declined. Shares of Bank of Baroda tumbled 16 per cent, while Dena Bank surged up to 20 per cent. Vijaya Bank also plunged 5.69 per cent. “While one awaits clarity on the share swap ratio, the stronger entities would stand to lose owing to the burden of NPAs and the decline in capital adequacy ratios.
depending on where the banks’ specific exposures lie,” it said. The US-based rating agency said ILFS has a complicated structure, with the holding company at the top owning stakes in its financial services arm as well as in multiple subsidiary companies that operate its infrastructure assets. For instance, ILFS Transportation Network, which is the entity holding the group’s transportation assets, was involved in 37 projects at the end of March 2018. These projects include a mix of operating assets, and those still under construction. Most of these projects are housed under separate subsidiaries.
New Delhi: Vistara is offering a discount on flight tickets under its ‘Fly With The Best’sale which will end on Wednesday midnight. Vistara 24-hour flash sale under ‘Fly With The Best’ is offering discount of up to 75 per cent on selected routes. It is applicable on travel between September 27, 2018 and April 10, 2019. The sale fare are available in all the three classes, the airline said. The sale fare starts at Rs 999 for economy class bookings, Rs 2,199 for ptrmium economy, and Rs 5,499 for business class, inclusive of taxes and fees,
the airline added.“The sale fares are available in all three classes at discounts of up to 75 per cent relative to nonsale fares, starting at Rs 999 for economy class, Rs 2,199 for premium economy and Rs 5,499 for business class, inclusive of taxes and fees,” Mint reported the airline as saying. The discounted fares are available for both economy lite and economy standard fares, the airline website mentioned. The 24-hour sale from Vistara comes amid high competition in the country’s civil aviation market.
Rs 225 cr subsidy to milk farmers pending for want of bank a/c details Mumbai: The delay in submission of bank account details of dairy farmers in Maharashtra has led to subsidy worth Rs 225 crore getting stuck at the government level, an official has said. The Maharashtra government had taken a decision some months back to provide a subsidy of Rs 5 per for every litre of milk to the co-operative and private producers to convert it into milk powder. These cooperative societies have already submitted their applications to seek subsidy from the government, but they have been asked to prove that the milk purchased by them is of cow and supplied by dairy farmers only. To provide the subsidy in a transparent manner, the authorities have also asked
for bank account details of dairy farmers so that the amount can be transferred directly to them, the official from the dairy development department said. Once the bank accounts are verified by the authorities, the subsidy amount would be released, he said. The subsidy rate of Rs 5 per litre of milk is applicable from August 1. Everyday there is an excess milk production of about 10 lakh litres. This goes for milk powder production and entails a daily subsidy of Rs 50 lakh, the official said. The average monthly dues of milk cooperatives for powder production are Rs 150 crore, and so far dues worth Rs 225 crore have accumulated, he said. “The idea is to bring complete transparency into this system.
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Gujarat Assembly passes bill to increase salaries of MLAs by 64% The new salaries will come into effect retrospectively from December 2017.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the salaries of MLAs by 64% and those of ministers, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition by 54%, reported PTI. Salaries for MLAs will rise from Rs 70,727 to Rs 1.16 lakh a month. Ministers, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition will earn Rs 1.32 lakh a month now, against Rs 86,000 earlier. The daily allowance of the MLAs was hiked to Rs 1,000 from Rs 200 and the monthly postal allowance of the Leader of
the Opposition was increased to Rs 10,000 from Rs 1,000. The new salaries will come into effect retrospectively from December 2017, ANI reported. The Salaries and
Allowances of Members, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Ministers and Leader of Opposition Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018,
was passed unanimously after being introduced in the House by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Pradipsinh Jadeja. Salaries of MLAs in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly had not been revised since 2005, he said. Jadeja said that monthly salaries of lawmakers in states such as Uttarakhand, Telangana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra are Rs 2.91 lakh, Rs 2.50 lakh, Rs 2.25 lakh and Rs 2.13 lakh respectively, while in Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Odisha, their salaries are over Rs 1 lakh.
Ahmedabad Farmers in Gujarat whose lands will be acquired for the MumbaiAhmedabad Bullet train have written to the Japan government, alleging violation of the guidelines of
the Japanese agency which is funding the project.The letter sent by the farmers asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is providing a soft loan for the Rs 1.10 lakh
crore project, to withhold disbursal of funds to the Indian government until the agency’s guidelines are complied with, said a lawyer.Advocate Anand Yagnik, who represents five petitioners who have
challenged land acquisition for the project before the Gujarat High Court, said the petitioners and 1,000 other affected farmers, led by the Gujarat Khedut Samaj, have written to the Japan government.
Over 1,000 Gujarat Farmers Write to Japan Govt, Ask it to Withhold Bullet Train Funds
Vadodara’s ‘bravest’crocodile rescuer dies at 43 Vadodara : Vadodara lost one of its bravest crocodile rescuer, Rakesh Vadhwana, who died of heart attack on Monday. He was 43. “He was a man of actual expertise. Apart from being an excellent rescuer of crocodiles, snakes and even leopards, he was an amazing demonstrator and trainer. He knew his work thoroughly,” said Aradhana Sahu, Conservator of Forest, Vadodara. “At multiple occasions, I had invited him to train and conduct workshops for our teams there and he always obliged. Many rescuers today are a product of his training,” said Sahu who knew Vadhwana from the days when she was posted in Aravalli and Sabarkantha. In a census conducted in 2015 by the Forest Department, it was found that Vishwamitri river, which flows through Vadodara, had 260 crocodiles, a sharp
increase from 206 in the 2011 census. With numbers of the reptiles multiplying rapidly, many crocodiles tend to enter nearby residential areas from the river during monsoon, thereby seeking the help of crocodile rescuers. Forest Department officials claimed that Vadodara has many wildlife lovers who carry out minor rescue operations, but with Vadhwana’s death, the city now has only four efficient crocodile rescuers who can dare to carry out major operations with adequate expertise. Vadhwana had been actively involved in rescuing crocodiles. According to his friends, one of his last major rescue operation was in the month of July, when he had helped rescue four crocodiles in 24 hours — among them an 11-foot long crocodile that was spotted opposite a hotel in the city.
The title of Salman Khan’s Loveratri was recently changed to Loveyatri. Now, a Hindu outfit has told the Gujarat High Court that the new title is unacceptable.
Ahmedabad : A day after Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s upcoming film’s title was changed from Loveratri to Loveyatri, a Hindu outfit told the Gujarat High Court Wednesday that the new title was unacceptable to it. The city-based Sanatan Foundation had last week moved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking change of the title and some content of the film, or its ban for “hurting sentiments of Hindus”. The outfit told the court Wednesday that the new film title was not acceptable as it still sounds similar to Hindu festival ‘Navratri’. The petitioner’s lawyer B B Agrawal submitted in the court that the film’s tagline – a journey of love – as shown in its posters and promotions could be converted into “Love Ki Yatra”. Salman Khan, the film’s producer, had Tuesday announced on microblogging site Twitter that the movie’s title had been changed to Loveyatri, from Loveratri. During a hearing on the admission of the PIL Wednesday, the respondent producer’s lawyer told the court that the litigation was
“immature” as the movie was yet to get a certification from the censor board. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi directed the lawyer representing the film’s producer to seek instructions regarding the content of the movie, and asked how its promos were released without certification from the censor board. Justice Reddy also said that if needed the bench will watch the film. The movie marks the debut of Salman Khan’s brother-in- law Aayush Sharma and actor Warina Hussain and is set against the backdrop of Navratri. Directed by debutant Abhiraj Minawala, the film is slated for release on October 5.
A Roadshow by Tanzania Tourist Board gives travelers a glimpse of the tourist attractions, flora & fauna and its wealth of heritage
earner in Tanzania. The total contribution of Travel and Tourism to GDP is 17.2% and is forecasted to rise by 6.6% in 2025. In 2017, tourism contribution to direct and indirect employment measured over one lakh jobs. This is expected to rise by 2.7% in 2025” said Devota Mdachi,
international North Korea agrees to shut down missile sites permanently in presence of foreign experts
Seoul : North Korea has agreed to “permanently” abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and is willing to close its main nuclear complex if the United States takes reciprocal action, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint news conference following their summit talks in Pyongyang, Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said they agreed to turn the Korean peninsula into a “land of peace without nuclear weapons and nuclear threats.” Kim said he will visit Seoul in the near future, in what would be the first-ever visit to the South’s capital by a North Korean leader. Moon was seeking to engineer a proposal that combines a framework for the North’s denuclearisation and a joint declaration ending the 1950-53 Korean War. Kim pledged to work towards the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula” during his first encounter with Moon, and at his summit with Trump in June.
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Loveyatri is unacceptable, says Hindu outfit
ANZANIA WELCOMES AVID TRAVELLERS TO EXPLORE ITS UNMATCHED CULTURAL TREASURES: TANZANIA TOURISM BOARD
Ahmedabad : Tanzania was named “the best safari country in Africa in 2014 and 2015.” This put Tanzania on the world map as one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in Africa. Tanzania Tourist Board, with a vision to establish Tanzania as the most favorite travel destination globally, hosted a roadshow in Ahmedabad today to showcase the unmatched cultural richness of the land. Tanzania Tourist Board, a government organization is committed to boost travel and tourism in the sovereign state of eastern Africa.“Tourism is the number one foreign currency
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Tanzania Tourist Board. As a tourist destination, Tanzania is endowed with some of Africa’s world class tourism assets that encompass natural, cultural, historical and archaeological sites, which are in high demand by international tourism markets. The state of Tanzania is home to more than 20% of the
African continent’s large mammals. Tanzania has 16 National Parks, 31 Game Reserves, 44 Game Controlled Areas, 4 Ramsar Sites and 33 Wildlife Management Areas. It also tops the list as the best place for game viewing experiences in Africa. “Tanzania offers a complete package of adventure, exploration and relaxation to the tourists. This has significantly increased the number of travelers each year. From seven lakh travelers in 2007 it crossed 13 lakhs in 2017. We expect this number to reach over 2 million tourists by 2020” said Devota Mdachi, Tanzania Tourist Board.
Gujarat: Congress’ no-trust motion admitted but no discussion held Ahmedabad : A noconfidence motion submitted by the Congress against the BJP government in Gujarat was admitted on Wednesday, though it could not be taken up for discussion with the monsoon session ending. Congress’s chief whip Shailesh Parmar tabled the motion and Speaker Rajendra Trivedi admitted it since it had the support of more than 17 MLAs, as required by the rules. However, this was preceded by heated exchanges between the Opposition and the ruling party MLAs. As per the Assembly rules, the Speaker has to take up a no-confidence motion for discussion after three days, but as the two-day session ended Wednesday, the present motion will not be discussed.
Brazil : Experts with UNESCO say it could take years to restore Brazil’s National Museum and the vast collections that were ravaged by a fire on September 2. Jose Luiz Pedersoli, who works for International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, said Tuesday that based on the experience of other countries it could take up to 10 years to restore just part of the collections. Pedersoli is part of a group of specialists working with the United Nations’ cultural agency that visited the remains of the museum. Group director Cristina Menegazzi said its members are studying how best to rescue the objects that survived the fire. “I think that the expectation for the work of rescuing, digging … we are talking about months or even years. In addition to that, we are talking about years related to cleaning, conservation, documentation and stabilization,” Pedersoli said. “With the example of Germany when the Municipal Archive building (in Cologne) collapsed, our colleagues from Germany told us that 10 years after the event what they recovered” that was in a condition suitable for public display was just 20 per cent of the collection.
“I want my pictures to live forever” Says, ApekshaAgarwal a 26 year Old Indian Photographer Based in Los Angeles
Los Angeles : She had a passion that she always wanted to pursue in India. Initially it was her fear that has kept her away from telling parents that she wanted to pursue a career in Photography. It is when she got a boost to it when she told the same to her parents. Today, ApekshaAgarwal is a modern-day Kathaakaar. She likes telling her stories through the power of Lens. Yes, she is an acclaimed photographer based in Los Angeles. Rather than words and music, she tells her stories through form and color, light and shadow. As a fashion and beauty photographer she has photographed talents ranging from models to musicians to who’s and who of the Hollywood. “The driving force behind my passion for what I do lies in the ability to capture as much as I can in a single photo, and I want my picture to live forever” she says. Like storytellers throughout history, at only 26 years of age, she has taken a journey which spans several continents and both sides of the globe. Born in Meerut, most of her childhood was spent in Delhi surrounded by a family of role models. Agarwal’s family excels in both arts and business, and her parents supported her in exploring science, commerce and the arts. “My love of photography was born when, as a child, I watched my father shoot portraits of our family and friends,” she explains.
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