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Short News Flight delayed by 3 hrs, Vistara passenger insisted on smoking on board; offloaded
New Delhi: A Vistara airlines flight was delayed by three hours after a passenger engaged in an argument with on-board crew as he wished to smoke on the plane. The UK-707 flight from Amritsar to Kolkata flight was scheduled to have a halt in Delhi, which is where the incident was reported prior to take off. The said passenger asked the flight attendant to permit him to smoke, citing that the flight is long. On being denied, the passenger engaged in an argument, following which he was issued a warning letter by the pilot and was later offloaded at Delhi airport, as per the airline spokesperson. In a statement about the incident, the airline regretted the delay and asserted that they do not accept unruly behaviour of any kind.
Sajjan Kumar moves SC against conviction in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
New Delhi: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Senior advocate H S Phoolka, who is representing the victims of the riots cases, said he has been conveyed by the the apex court registry that Kumar has filed an appeal against the high court’s judgement. He said the victims had already filed a caveat to pre-empt any ex parte hearing in favour of Kumar. Kumar was convicted and sentenced to life for the remainder of his life by the high court on December 17 in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Raj Nagar area. 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 a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar part II during that period.
After metro phase cleared, Manoj Tiwari to donate Rs 1.1 lakh to AAP
New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, who had offered to donate Rs 1.1 lakh to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) provided its government passed Delhi Metro Phase IV project, expressed his commitment Friday to fulfil the promise. Manoj Tiwari said he will donate the money to family members of two women workers of AAP, Santosh Koli and Soni Mishra, whose deaths were questioned by the BJP which levelled allegations against AAP leaders. In a tweet, Manoj Tiwari said he was true to his promise and challenged AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to call an all-party meeting on his “failure” to control pollution in Delhi, saying he will donate same amount again. With approval of Delhi Metro phase IV by the AAP government, the party tweeted from its official handle “Hope Manoj Tiwari will not term it as a Jumla and fulfil his promise of donation (to the party).”
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Cordon and search operation began in the area following specific intelligence input about presence of terrorists.
Aide of Kashmir’s wanted terrorist among 6 killed in Pulwama encounter
Srinagar: Six terrorists were gunned down by security forces during an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An aide of Zakir Musa, one of Kashmir’s most wanted terrorist, was also killed in the encounter. According to reports, the slain terrorists belonged to Zakir Musa’s terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind - a cell of Al-Qaeda operating in the Kashmir valley. Arms and ammunition
were recovered from the terrorists. The encounter was launched in Arampora village in Awantipora area of the south Kashmir district on Saturday morning. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area following specific intelligence input about the presence of terrorists there. As the forces were conducting searches, militants fired upon them, triggering the encounter, a police official said.
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GST Council cuts rates on 23 items; movie tickets, TVs to become cheaper
New Delhi: In a Christmas bonanza to the common man, the GST Council Saturday reduced tax rates on 23 goods and services, including movie tickets, TV and monitor screens and power banks, and exempted frozen and preserved vegetables from the levy. The reduced rates are likely to come into effect from January 1, 2019, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters after the 31st meeting of
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council here. Of the 23 goods and services on which rates have been slashed, tax rate on seven items in the 28 per cent slab has been brought down. With this, only 28 goods are left in the highest 28 per cent tax bracket. The goods on which GST has been lowered to 18 per cent from 28 per cent at present include pulleys, transmission shafts and cranks, gear boxes, retreated or
used tyres, power banks of lithium ion batteries, digital cameras, video camera recorders and video game consoles. The 28 per cent slab is now restricted to only luxury and sin goods apart from auto-parts and cement - the tax rate on which could not be cut due to high revenue implication. “Rate rationalisation is an ongoing process. When the original rates were fixed, India had the most irrational taxation rates. Most of these items were charged, along with cascading effect, at 31 per cent. So we had only transiently put them at 28 per cent, because if we had immediately brought it down then the revenue impact would have been there and therefore the social expenditure of central and state governments would have suffered. So therefore we followed a more realistic pragmatic and a prudent policy that as the revenues move up and affordability increases we gradually bring it down.
Singhvi argued that Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty did not study reports submitted in sealed envelope before passing its order.
BJP to move Supreme Court for permission to hold rath yatra in West Bengal
New Delhi: The BJP has decided to move a vacation bench of the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta high court order that stayed permission for its rath yatra in West Bengal, reported news agency ANI. On Friday, a division bench of the Calcutta high court stayed order by its single-judge bench a day before granting
conditional approval to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rath yatra, disrupting its plans to flag off the first rally from the temple town of Tarapith in Birbhum district on Saturday. Abhishek Singhvi, Congress MP and senior advocate, argued that the single-judge bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty did not
In a set of recent tweets, Imran Khan said that ‘Kashmiris must be allowed to decide their future’.
study intelligence reports submitted in a sealed envelope before passing its order. On Friday, the division bench observed that the single-judge bench has to go through the reports to pronounce an objective order. “The division bench has not disallowed the yatra. Our legal battle will continue. So will our agitation
and programmes in different districts,” BJP state president Dilip Ghosh had said. “There is distinct apprehension of communal disharmony being triggered in Bengal over the yatra. That’s why the government is fighting it out in the courts,” said Sudip Bandyopadhyay, leader of Trinamool Congress.
Separately, MLA Alka Lamba told repoter, ‘I am not resigning.’
Neither any resignation has been sought from Pak PM Imran Khan called UN Chief, Lamba nor is anyone resigning: Sisodia raised Kashmir issue: official United Nations/New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan telephoned UN chief Antonio Guterres and raised the issue of Kashmir, a UN spokesman has said. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary General, did not give further details about the conversation between Khan and Guterres. When asked by PTI to comment on India’s strong retort to Khan that Pakistan should mind its own business and that Kashmir is an integral part of India, Dujarric said, “Our position on Kashmir has been reiterated. There is an observer group as mandated by the Security Council.” He was referring to the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). Dujarric added that the Pakistani
Prime Minister wanted to speak to the Secretary-General. “It’s only normal that the Secretary-General speak to Heads of Governments and Heads of State and, as I said, I can
confirm that the call took place and that the (Pakistan) Prime Minister raised the issue of Kashmir,” Dujarric said. In a set of recent tweets, Khan said that “Kashmiris must be allowed to decide their future”. He also tweeted that Pakistan would raise the issue of India’s alleged human rights violations at the United Nations.
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia Saturday rejected party MLA Alka Lamba’s claim that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had “demanded” her resignation for not supporting a resolution in the assembly on revoking late PM Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna. “Neither any resignation has been sought (from Lamba) and nor is anyone resigning,” Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, told reporters at a press conference here. Separately, Lamba told PTI, “I am not resigning.” The Delhi Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which it was demanded that the Bharat Ratna awarded to Gandhi be withdrawn, but the AAP swiftly distanced itself from the reference to the Congress
Naseeruddin event at Ajmer Lit Fest cancelled after protests by right wingers
Ajmer: The organisers of the Ajmer Literature Festival on Friday called off an event, set to be addressed by Naseeruddin Shah, after protests by right-wing groups over the actor’s recent remarks on mob violence. The veteran actor found himself at the centre of a major controversy over his remarks in reference to the killing of a policeman in Bulandshahr earlier this month. He said the death of a cow was being given importance over killing of a policeman.
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The 68-year-old actor was supposed to deliver the keynote address of the fifth edition of the three-day literature festival in Ajmer. Before the event, many rightwing activists protested outside the venue. One of the protesters also hurled black ink on the poster of Shah. Raas Bihari Gaur, coordinator of the festival, said, “Shah was scheduled to inaugurate the festival but he did not come because of the protest by some locals over his comments.”
leader. The matter became a major crisis within the AAP with Lamba alleging on Friday that she was “put under pressure” to support the resolution, which she resisted and boycotted. She claimed she spoke to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Kejriwal who, she said, asked her to resign as MLA. “I am ready to do so,” she had said. Sisodia told reporters, “The aim of the original resolution, moved by MLA Jarnail Singh, was only to help
the victims of 1984 riots get justice. No resolution mentioning late PM Rajiv Gandhi was passed in the Assembly as being reported in the media.” He clarified that the lines about Gandhi were not part of the original resolution placed before the House. It was a handwritten amendment proposed by a member and it cannot be passed in such a manner, he added. Asked if the party will take any action against Bharti, Sisodia said it will talk to him on the matter.
Kamal Haasan to contest 2019 LS polls, may ally with ‘like-minded’ parties
Chennai: Actor Kamal Haasan, who has made a political plunge this February with the launch of his party Makkal Needhi Maiam, on Saturday announced that his party will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “I will definitely contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha
elections. A committee would soon start choosing candidates,” Haasan said. Asked if he would go alone or ally with other political parties for the general elections, Haasan, 64 said his party is open to align with likeminded parties and the focus of the campaign
would be on the development of Tamil Nadu. Haasan further said that it would be too early to say if his party would lead the alliance. Kamal Haasan also said that he would not collaborate with any party that “tries to change Tamil Nadu’s DNA”.
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The political economy of the persistent agrarian crisis
The victory of Congress party in the recent assembly elections of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan has brought the agrarian crisis in rural areas to the centre of political debate. While there are several factors in election victories, the severity of the agrarian unrest was surely a major factor. While there is consensus that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been indifferent to the agrarian crisis and in some ways even contributed to it, there are no easy solutions to the crisis. Even the victorious Congress party has also gone back to the same old formula of loan waivers and the promise to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of crops to win back the trust of the farming community. Both prescriptions are old and have been tried by every party, including the BJP in the state elections of Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere. But can loan waivers and MSP increases reduce the severity of the agrarian crisis let alone provide a long-term solution? The answer is a clear no. Not only are these inadequate and do not address the real issues but also create disincentives which are detrimental to the long run prospects of agrarian revival. Apart from being iniquitous benefiting only the institutional borrowers and surplus farmers, both of these are large drains on the financial resources of both states and the centre with the negative fallout of a decline in investment in agriculture. This has been the case at the central level with agricultural investments declining in real terms during the tenure of this government and also in most states that implemented loan waivers. But they also detract attention from the core issues that plague Indian agriculture. The debt trap is only a symptom of a larger crisis of declining farm incomes driven by a large decline in crop output prices even though input prices have risen. This has happened in food crops but also in nonfood crops. The movement of terms of trade against agriculture in the last four years has only worsened in recent years. So much so that the aggregate food inflation from the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is negative for the last five months. It is important to note that the WPI data underestimates the severity of price decline since what matters to farmers are farm harvest prices that are even lower than wholesale prices. The real question is why agricultural prices are declining when there is no such trend visible in international markets. Arguments suggesting that price decline is due to surplus production are not just simplistic but are also naïve in a country where starvation deaths and malnutrition continue to make headlines.
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Bajirao Mastani finds a new fan in Elon Musk
Zero box office collection Day 1:
Shah Rukh Khan film earns Rs 20.14 crore
New Delhi : Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2015 hit Bajirao Mastani starring Bollywood’s much-loved couple, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh has a new fan in Elon Musk. The billionaire tech entrepreneur has recently tweeted about the magnum opus. His tweet has got many likes and retweets and streaming platform Eros Now has replied on the tweet informing him about the movie being available on their platform for digital viewing. On Friday,
Musk shared the link of Bajirao Mastani song “Deewani Mastani” and also a GIF of Ranveer’s hit number “Malhari” on his official Twitter handle. He wrote, “Bajirao Mastani”. Musk did not give any context for his tweet and left many puzzled. The song “Deewani Mastani” picturised on Deepika won a national award for choreography. Choreographer Remo D’Souza won his career’s first National Award for this song.
New Delhi : This week’s solo Bollywood release Zero has opened at the box office with a total collection of Rs 20.14 crore on day 1. The romantic drama, featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif, opened to mixed reviews. While for SRK fans, the actor’s charm was the highlight of the Aanand L Rai directorial, for others, the film was a tedious watch. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the first day box office collection. He tweeted, “#Zero has underperformed on Day 1, despite extensive release [4380 screens]
Mumbai : Actor Sunny Deol says people in Bollywood don’t make comedy films like Bhaiaji Superhit anymore. “The decision to take up the movie was based on my instinct. I have acted in comedy movies previously, but this was quite an experience. I truly feel that the role I play in Bhaiaji Superhit is almost on the lines of the roles I used to play in the 1990s – where men are vendetta-driven and love to stomp feet, flex biceps, uproot water pumps and roar like lions,” Sunny said in a statement. Set in Varanasi, Bhaiaji Superhit
She further brags smilingly, “Link ups… ho bhi nahi sakta hai. kyuki mein kissi ladke ko sharma kar ‘jee batayiye’ nahi bolungi.” [Link ups cannot happen with me, because I am not the kind of a girl who can be pretentious. Also I shall never talk to any boy in a coy manner, say demurely, never). So the next question, what would she look for in a guy. Sara says, “I have yet not prepared any list as to what qualities in a boy will appeal to me.” But one thing is, “I would still prefer a boy with a little bit of a humour.
+ #Christmas vacations… Sat and Sun biz extremely crucial… Fri 20.14 cr. India biz.” The film’s performance is better than Shah Rukh’s last release Jab Harry Met Sejal which earned Rs 15.25 crore on the day of its release. However, being a Shah Rukh Khan starrer, trade analysts predicted a good opening collection for Zero. Girish Johar, while predicting the day one box office collection of the film, said, “Being a non-holiday Friday, the film is expected to earn something between Rs 25-27 crore.
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Bollywood doesn’t make comedies anymore: Sunny Deol
Ellie Goulding flashes 100 year old ring in London
revolves around ‘bhaiaji’ who wants to be an actor in Hindi cinema. It also features Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade and Ameesha Patel. The film will premiere on Zee Cinema on December 25. “Bollywood doesn’t make such movies anymore and hence it becomes really important for today’s millennials to watch movies like this,” he added. Sunny is known for his performance in iconic films like Border, Gadar – Ek Prem Katha, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Ghayal.
I like men with moustache, says Sara Ali Khan
New Delhi : In an industry which is notorious for real hook-ups, imaginary hook-ups and fake hook-ups to promote a film, Sara Ali Khan has been immune to any link-ups although she is one film old and her next (Simmba) is almost here. Though being single does not give many actresses a free pass from gossip. In Sara’s case, it seems to have worked. She says emphatically, “Yes! That is right I have not dated any man, therefore you have not been able to read news of my link ups at all. I am single at the moment.”
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Did a film with Amitabh Bachchan when I was seven: Fatima Sana Shaikh New Delhi : Actress Fatima Sana Sheikh, better known as the Dangal girl was last seen in Thugs of Hindostan along side Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Amitabh Bachchan. But the actress recalls that before TOH she did one more film with Big B which never saw the light of the day. Fatima worked as a child artist in the film Zamanat that featured Amitabh Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor. Fatima says, “ I was a child artist in Zamanat and I told this to Mr Bachchan but he doesn’t remember. He has done so many films.” “So I did this film with Mr Bachchan where he was plays a blind man. I must have been seven or six. I don’t have too many memories about that film but it never released,” she added.
The Legend of Maula Jatt trailer: Fawad Khan is making his big screen return in Pakistan. He was last seen playing a lead in Khuda Kay Liye (2007). The Bilal Lashari directorial also stars Mahira Khan, Humaima Malick and Hamza Ali Abbasi.
los angeles : Ellie Goulding flashed her 100-year-old engagement ring while performing at Streets Of London charity gig for the fifth consecutive year. She recently revealed her engagement ring is a century old. She was performing at The SSE Arena in Wembley on Thursday night. The singer, 31, looked casually chic as she performed in metallic red trousers, which she paired with a white slogan T-shirt which had the words “I Feel Love” written across the front. Ellie completed her look with a pair of statement white trainers, and she kept her accessories to a minimum with an array of rings. The Starry Eyed hitmaker is raising money for homeless people.
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The Legend of Maula Jatt trailer: Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan reunite in this intense drama New Delhi : What stands out in the first trailer of Pakistani film The Legend of Maula Jatt is Fawad Khan’s new beefedup avatar. The trailer of the film, being touted as Pakistan’s most expensive project, was released today. The Legend of Maula Jatt has been in the making a long time now and boasts of the most stellar cast seen on the Pakistani big screen till date. Apart from Fawad, it also features Mahira Khan, Humaima Malick and Hamza Ali Abbasi. The Bilal Lashari directorial is a stylized update to the 1979 action film Maula Jatt, which traces the journey of a local hero who takes on a brutal gang leader. The trailer of the film primarily revolves around Fawad’s character, giving glimpses of how he became the hero of his village. The actor known for his typical
boy-next-door image has put on a lot of weight and is donning an intense look, complete with long tresses and a chiseled body. We also see flashes of Hamza Ali who plays the main antagonist. Hints of Fawad’s chemistry with Humaima and Mahira are also the high points of the trailer, though fans are more thrilled to have Fawad back with his Humsafar co-star Mahira in this film. Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap also wished the team, while tweeting the film’s trailer. He wrote, “Maula Jatt is back and this time its @_fawadakhan_ https://youtu.be/ sBWdUf7wfaE #TheLegendofMaulaJatt #MaulaJatt”. While Fawad has done films like Khoobsurat and Kapoor And Sons in Bollywood, Mahira was a part of Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees.
los angeles : Jennifer Lopez and her daughter Emme are in a new music video from the diva’s new album Limitless. After much anticipation, Jennifer Lopez kicked off her Thursday by releasing the official music video for Limitless, according to Eonline.com. The track, which is featured in the upcoming movie Second Act, has a theme that women can do anything they put their minds to. And yes, nobody should ever give up on their dreams no matter how much time has passed. Loyal fans can easily spot Jennifer’s daughter Emme who channels mom’s epic dance moves and fashionable outfits. “She was so amazing and I was so proud. I forgot that I was directing my first video, it was all about her. It was all about her,” Jennifer previously shared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Former Australia captain Steve Smith returned to his childhood club and played Bangladesh, West with a motley bunch during his darkest days post ball-tampering episode. Indies fined for slow over rate
India tour of Australia: Going back Post ball-tampering ban, to roots, Steve Smith found solace Cameron Bancroft almost gave up cricket
Cameron Bancroft is set to play the Big Bash League (BBL) once his ban ends. He has already been training with Perth Scorchers. Sydney : Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft said he is now a vastly different person compared to the one which was caught ball-tampering at Newlands, Cape Town and revealed he considered walking away from cricket to become a yoga teacher. Bancroft revealed it all in an open letter to himself. The opener received a nine-month ban from the international and domestic game for his role in the scandal in South Africa that rocked cricket, in which he used sandpaper to try to alter the condition of the ball. Then captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner received stricter punishment – both were suspended for a year. Bancroft’s ban
ends December end while Smith, Warner will be available for selection after March end. A day after Steve Smith broke his silence and spoke with the media since the controversial moment, Bancroft, too, reemerged into public life with a week left into the ban. He did so in the form of an open letter to his former self published in The Western Australian. In it, Bancroft describes the major influence Australia head coach Justin Langer has had on him, along with West Australian mentor Adam Voges. He said a crucial moment was Voges asking him to justify why he should be on a preseason trip to Brisbane for the Western Warriors Sheffield Shield team.
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Flipkart Year End Carnival sale from December 23: Top discounts on TVs, Air Purifiers
New Delhi : Flipkart has announced that it will be hosting its nineday ‘Year End Carnival’ sale starting December 23. The sale will end on December 31. During the sale, the company will be offering up to 70 per cent off on TVs, consumer electronics and large appliances. The company has also said that during the sale they will be listing a number of ‘Christmas Rush deals’ between 12am and 2am every day. During the sale, Flipkart will be offering its customers zero per cent no cost EMI schemes for up to
12 months, extended warranty starting at Rs 399 and exchange offers of up to Rs 22,000. The company will also be listing various ‘grab now or gone’ deals on the portal with up to 80 per cent off. Customers purchasing items with the help of SBI Debit Cards will get an additional 10 per cent instant discount. Flipkart has listed a few products that will be made available during the sale including the Xiaomi Mi 43-inch Smart TV 4A, which will be available with a Rs 1,000 discount for Rs 21,999.
Sydney : In the first press conference since the tearful confession immediately after the sandpaper-gate scandal, Steve Smith’s eyes didn’t well up, his voice didn’t quaver, though he was awash with repentance and guilt. Addressing the media at the SCG, he admitted of ignoring something ghastly happening against spirit of the game right in front of his eyes. “I don’t want to know about it and I walked away. That was my chance where I could have stopped something from happening,” he says. From a leadership perspective that was a failure, a serious let-up, as grave an offence as partaking in it. “Something happened out on the field and I had the opportunity to stop it at that
point rather than say I don’t want to know anything about it, that was my failure and I’ve taken responsibility for that,” he says. For several months, he was in a “dark space”, though he says he has recovered. “I’m going okay now. Initially
after South Africa I was going through a bit, in a pretty dark space and had some tough days but they are few and far between now. Still have my moments, ups and downs, but I’m going okay and heading in the right direction,” he says.
dhaka : Bangladesh and the West Indies were fined on Friday for slow over rates in their second Twenty20. Bangladesh was one over short while West Indies fell two overs short on Thursday. Captain Shakib Al Hasan was fined 20 percent of his match fee and West Indies counterpart Carlos Brathwaite was fined 40 percent. The rest of the Bangladesh squad
was fined 10 percent and the West Indies players 20 percent. Both captains pleaded guilty to the offences and accepted the sanctions, so there was no need for formal hearings. Bangladesh won the high-scoring game by 36 runs on Thursday to l evel t he t hr eem at ch ser i es 1-1. The series-deciding third match is on Saturday.
Liverpool extended its unbeaten start to the league season to 18 games and ensured it cannot be toppled by Manchester City before Christmas.
Liverpool top Premier League table for Christmas after beating Wolves 2-0 Sydney : Liverpool will be top of the English Premier League at Christmas after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 thanks to goals by Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk on Friday. Salah became the league leading scorer on 11 when he produced a deft flicked finish to turn in a driven cross by Fabinho in the 18th minute at rain-hit Molineux. Salah also provided the cross that was guided in left-footed from close range by Van Dijk, capping a brilliant overall display by the Dutch center back at both ends
of the field. Liverpool extended its unbeaten start to the league season to 18 games and ensured it cannot be toppled by Manchester City before Christmas. Second-placed City, the defending champion, trails Liverpool by four points ahead of its home game against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Eight of the last nine champions in the Premier League were top at Christmas. “It was perfect football,” Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said of the performance, “especially on a night like tonight when it was difficult to play proper football.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 starts getting A bet in options mart MIUI 10 update in India: Report predicts 7per cent infy fall
New Delhi: Xiaomi has started rolling out the MIUI 10 update for its Redmi Note 3. Some Redmi Note 3 users have taken to the Mi Forums to reveal that they have received the MIUI 10 update on their devices. The MIUI 10.1.1.0.MHOMIFI over-the-air (OTA) update is based on
Google’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. The update comes with a number of improvements paired with Android’s July 2018 security patch and has a size of 261MB. According to the changelog, MIUI 10.1 Global stable ROM adds the July 2018 Android
security patch along with camera, settings, updater and recorder improvements. Camera optimisations include new XXXL text sizes, fixes for previews and photos matching and a fix for gridlines not showing properly in the fullscreen mode. The settings panel has been redesigned and been sorted into a card layout similar to all other smartphones running the MIUI 10 skin. A new updater shortcut widget has been added to the home screen making it much easier for users to find and use. Lastly, the company has also fixed a bug causing the recording status while pausing a recording to not be updated in the notification shade.
De Beers shocked the diamond industry in September by selling gem-quality man-made stones for just $800 a carat.
Diamonds to get more affordable London: Since De Beers abandoned its decades-old policy of refusing to sell labgrown diamonds as jewellery, the price gap between man-made stones and natural gems has widened — and the difference is set to get even bigger. When De Beers shocked the industry with its U-turn in May, a one carat synthetic diamond cost about $4,200 while an equivalent mined gem sold for $6,000. But since September, De Beers, has been selling man-made stones for just $800 a carat. De Beers says it wants to create a clear distinction between lab-grown diamonds and natural gems. The hope is this will reinforce the mystique of stones formed in the earth’s crust so consumers keep buying
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them for major events such as engagements. By contrast, its synthetic diamonds grown in Britain at its Element Six labs and sold through jewellery subsidiary Lightbox are marketed as sparkly, pink, blue or white fashion accessories that are neither as rare nor precious as real gems. The risk for the
130-year-old De Beers, which coined the marketing tag “A Diamond is Forever” in 1947, is that its branding of lab-grown gems could und-ermine natural diamonds. But so far, De Beers’ strategy has been working. According to analyst Paul Zimnisky, the average discount of a one carat generic labgrown diamond to a natural diamond had widened to 42 per cent by mid-November from 29 per cent in January. At the same time, production costs to make high-tech diamonds in a laboratory have plummeted to as little as $300 a carat from about $4,000 over the past decade, according to consultants Bain & Company and two former De Beers’ employees.
Hyderabad: Two trades in the options market have bet that Infosys will fall as much as seven per cent by February 2019, a US-based US news agency said. According to a report in Bloomberg, two trades in Infosys have wagered a notional amount of $29 million on Infosys. They expect Infosys stock price would fall after it announces its results for the third quarter. Quoting Bloomberg’s Block Trade Monitor, the news agency said: “The first one on buying a February put option — a right to sell at an
agreed price—on Infosys at Rs 620 apiece or seven percent below the December 20 close. And the other one selling a January call option—right to buy at a predecided price — at Rs 750 or seven percent above the last close.” “While it’s not possible to identify the trader, such bets are executed to hedge against a decline and it seems that the trader(s) financed this protection by selling the higher strike calls,” the agency said. On Friday, Infosys stock fell over 3.16 per cent to end at Rs 645.75 apiece.
Centre to reopen IL&FS accounts
Mumbai: The corporate affairs ministry on Thursday moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking to reopen the books of IL&FS Group and its subsidiaries for the past five years under Section 130 of the Companies Act, to ascertain financial mismanagement. This is the first time that the government has invoked the powers under Section 130 of the new Companies Act of 2013 to reopen ledgers of a company. The government wants
to check the balance-sheets of crippled group and the two listed
subsidiaries — ITNL and IL&FS Financial Services for the past years and the move comes after the Serious Fraud Investigation Office has found shocking details of corruption, personal enrichment and other opaque deals.
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Addressing the annual DGP, IGP conference at Kevadiya in Gujarat, prime minister urged the police force to continue working for the unity and the integrity of India.
Caste fault lines being exploited by divisive elements: PM Narendra Modi cautions police force
Ahmedabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday cautioned the security establishment about “divisive elements” exploiting the caste fault lines for short term gains and pitched for isolating them at the grass-roots level. He also urged police force to be vigilant in countering the “dark forces of radicalisation, and to engender trust among all communities across the nation”, a statement from his office said. Addressing the annual DGP, IGP conference at Kevadiya in Gujarat, the prime minister noted that “caste fault lines are being exploited by divisive elements for short term gains”. He urged police force to continue working for the unity and the integrity of India. “Let us strengthen forces that promote unity and isolate divisive forces at the grass-roots level,”
the statement said quoting Modi. He praised police force for their success in countering terrorism, and limiting it to a small geographic area of the country. He said the people of the country are, in particular, proud of police force in Jammu and Kashmir for their role in countering terrorists and successfully
engaging them. Addressing the valedictory event, Modi said police personnel work hard in adverse circumstances. Yet, he added, they often do not receive the recognition they deserve. He called upon senior officers to work towards greater recognition of police personnel who work for the benefit of the people.
He said that social media can be used effectively for this purpose. The prime minister emphasised on the need for capacity-building in police force on the subject of cyber security. Modi also presented the President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service to Intelligence Bureau officers. He congratulated and appreciated the medal winning officers of IB for their dedication and commitment to service. The prime minister released a commemorative postage stamp on the National Police Memorial. He said the memorial should become a source of inspiration for all. He launched the portal of the Cyber Coordination Centre. This is envisaged as an umbrella platform that will help law enforcement agencies coordinate their efforts to solve all cyber crimes and incidents.
Other students, all in the age group of 10-16 years, were rescued from the wreckage of the bus by police and local authorities.
5 students die after bus falls in deep gorge in Gujarat Ahmedabad : It is being reported that five school students died in an accident when their bus fell into a gorge in Gujarat. According to an ANI report, the bus carrying more than 50 students fell into the deep gorge on Mahal-Bardipada route in Dang district earlier today (December 22) where five students died. Other students, all in the age group of 10-16 years, were rescued from the wreckage of the bus by police and local authorities. The mishap took place this evening on Mahal-Bardipada road near Ahwa town, according to a news agancy report. The bus was coming from Shabri Dham, a religious and tourist spot in the district, said Superintendent of Police of Dang, Shweta Shrimali.
“We have rescued others who were stuck in the bus after it fell into the gorge,” she said. Some of the injured students were shifted to Ahwa civil hospital while others were taken to Surat civil hospital after being rescued
Medical Emergency Forces Emirates Plane To Land In Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: A mid-air medical emergency on board an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai to Myanmar’s Yangon forced the aircraft to divert to the city airport in Ahmedabad today. The aircraft contacted the Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) this afternoon after a five-year-old British national on board the flight developed medical complications, the airport authorities said in the statement. “Ahmedabad ATC immediately approved the diversion and initiated priority landing procedures. At that time, the aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet”, the statement said. Upon landing, the child was taken to a private hospital near the airport in an Airports Authority of India ambulance. He is still undergoing treatment at the hospital, officials said, adding that the flight departed for Yangon around 3pm. The aircraft contacted the Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control this afternoon after a five-year-old British national on board the flight developed medical complications.
by local authorities and police. All the students are residents of Amroli area in Surat. They had gone for a picnic to Dang which was sponsored by their tuition class in Surat, according to a parent of one of the students.
Maya Kodnani attends BJP event, her first public appearance since acquittal
Ahmedabad : Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani attended a BJP event in Gandhinagar Saturday, her first public appearance since her acquittal in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case in April this year. Kodnani was seen sharing the dais with Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani and other women leaders of the ruling party on the second day of the twoday BJP women wing’s national convention at Trimandir at Adalaj in Gandhinagar. Others who were present on the dais Saturday were BJP Mahila Morcha national president Vijaya Rahatkar and MP Saroj Pandey. Thousands of women workers of BJP from across the country participated in the convention.
international Nepal: 23 killed, 14 others injured in bus accident
Kathmandu : A bus carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip veered off a mountainous road and lunged into a ravine in Nepal, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others. The fatal crash occurred on Friday when the bus was returning from Kapurkot in Salyan district. According to the District Police Office, Dang, there were 37 persons —34 students, two teachers and a diver, on the ill-fated bus, which drove off the road and fell some 700 metres down near Ramri village, about 400 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu. Fourteen
persons, including five women, were injured in the incident. The students and instructors from Krishna Sen Ichhuk Polytechnic Institute had been visiting a farm for their botany project, The Kathmandu Post reported. Poor road infrastructure and reckless driving are the leading causes of accidents in Nepal. According to the District Police Office, Dang, there were 37 persons —34 students, two teachers and a diver, on the ill-fated bus, which drove off the road and fell some 700 metres down near Ramri village, about 400 kilometres west of capital Kathmandu.
Geneva : UN rights experts called on British authorities on Friday to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without fear of arrest or extradition. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reiterated its finding published in February 2016 that Assange had been de facto unlawfully held without charge in the embassy, where he has now been holed up for more than six years. He initially took asylum to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question
him as part of a sexual assault investigation. That investigation was dropped. Assange, whose website published thousands of classified US government documents, denied the Sweden allegations, saying the charge was a ploy that would eventually take him to the United States where prosecutors are preparing to pursue a criminal case against him. Britain says Assange will be arrested for skipping bail if he leaves the embassy, but that any sentence would not exceed six months, if convicted.
UN tells UK: Allow Julian Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely
21 Women Arrested for Consuming US govt shuts down, 8 lakh staff forced Liquor at Kitty Party in Gujarat
to work without pay this Christmas
Surat (Gujarat): As many as 21 women were arrested for allegedly consuming liquor at a party organised at a hotel here in Gujarat, the police said on Saturday. Police raided the hotel located in Piplod locality of the city late on Friday night after receiving a tip-off about an ongoing liquor party, an Umra police station official said. The women were part of a kitty party, he said, adding that the police have recovered four empty bottles of IMFL. The women were taken to civil hospital for blood test after the rai They were booked under provisions
of Prohibition Law. The women were produced in court on Saturday and were released on bail. In a separate case, six women and eight men were arrested from an apartment in Athwa Lines in Surat for allegedly consuming liquor, police said. Under the Gujarat Prohibition Law, manufacture, storage, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is a punishable offence.Police raided the hotel located in Piplod locality of the city late on Friday night after receiving a tip-off about an ongoing liquor party, an Umra police station official said.
Washington: The US government began a Christmastime shutdown early Saturday, after Congress adjourned without passing a federal spending bill or addressing President Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a border wall. Operations for several key agencies ceased at 12:01 am Saturday (5:01 GMT), despite last-ditch talks that continued on Capitol Hill between White House officials and congressional leaders in both parties. Trump has dug in on his demand for USD 5 billion for construction of a wall
on the US border with Mexico. Democrats are staunchly opposed, and the absence of an elusive deal means federal funds for dozens of agencies will lapse when the clock strikes twelve. It remained unclear how long the shutdown will last, but Trump expressed hope late Friday night that it “will not last long,” after earlier saying he was ready for just that. The optics are bad, as 800,000 federal employees will be either furloughed or forced to work without pay in the runup to the Christmas holiday. But the prospect of a large
portion of government workers going without paychecks was not enough to spur lawmakers or the president to action. The House of Representatives adjourned just before 7:00 pm (2300 GMT) Friday, with no moves taken to avert a shutdown, and the Senate closed up shop an hour later. Both are due back in session at noon Saturday. About three-quarters of the government, including the military and the Department of Health and Human Services, is fully funded until the end of September 2019, leaving 25 per cent unfunded as of Saturday.
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