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Army, IAF, NDRF, SDF moved to Banaskantha for rescue and relief, over 7000 shifted to safer places
Floods in parts of north Gujarat, state on high alert SS News | Ahmedabad
Torrential rains pounded parts of north Gujarat today, with overflowing reservoirs and rivers causing floods in Banaskantha and Patan districts, prompting the government to put the state on high alert. Army, IAF
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NEWS BRIEF Upset with taunts, man kills mother’s male friend Agency | New Delhi A 21-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly killing his mother’s male friend as he was “upset” with people’s taunts, police said today. A juvenile has also been apprehended in connection with the case. On July 22, the police were informed about a foul smell emanating from a house in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura, a senior police official said. Pipeline bursts in east Delhi, water crisis likely Agency | New Delhi
A stretch of Vikas Marg abutting Laxmi Nagar metro station was flooded today due to a pipeline burst, causing hardship to locals and severe traffic congestion in the busy market area. The incident was reported around 9 am, a PWD official said. Delhi Jal Board (DJB), in a statement, said it was repairing the leakage, which would affect water supply in east Delhi till tomorrow morning.
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hi districts received rains, causing floods and leaving several people marooned. Rupani said rescue teams are ensuring that all people living in the low-lying areas are safely relocated. “Banaskantha and Patan districts are hugely affected due to heavy rains in north Gujarat and Rajasthan. Dantiwada and Sipu dams are overflowing and due to the release of water from the dams,
people living in low-lying areas have been shifted to safer places,” he said. So far, 1,526 people in Banaskantha, about 500 in Patan, and over 200 in Kalol in Gandhinagar have been shifted. The administration is making arrangements for the distribution of food packets for affected people, the chief minister said. “As many as 462 people have been rescued in the affect-
25 killed in suicide blast near Punjab chief minister office
Agency | New Delhi
At least 25 people were killed and 39 others were injured in a suicide blast near Lahore’s Arfa Karim IT Tower on Monday. Among those killed, at least eight have been identified as policemen belonging to the anti-riot
police division. “Police and Lahore Development Authority officials were busy in removing encroachments outside the Arfa Karim Tower, located near the CM’s Model Town residence, when a powerful blast took place,” Rescue 1122 Deeba Shahnaz said.
ed areas and the state has been put on high alert due to the heavy rains,” Rupani said. The government has also decided to postpone the Narmada Mahotsav and also deferred till August 6 the Heritage Festival to be held in Ahmedabad. According to the chief minister, in order to carry out the rescue and relief operations, more teams of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) have been pressed into service. Three helicopters of the Air Force have been kept ready in Deesa town in Banaskantha.
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Military was today called out to help in relief and rescue operations in some districts of Gujarat and Rajasthan after copious rains caused floods, leaving thousands of people marooned, officials said. A woman and her daughter were killed when the jeep they were travelling in was washed away by strong currents over a bridge across a canal in Kherwada police station limits in Udaipur in Rajasthan where downpour has resulted in inundation in Jalore, Pali and Sirohi dis-
tricts. Army and Air Force contingents have been rushed in to assist in relief and rescue operations. Four MI-17V5 helicopters were conducting sorties from bases in Jamnagar, Jodhpur and Phalodi. Incessant rain has thrown normal life out of gear in several areas in the three districts of otherwise parched Rajasthan, hitting road and rail transport. Two trains were terminated in Jodhpur Railway Division following waterlogging on Bhiladi-Samdari section. Torrential rains pounding
north Gujarat have caused flood in Banaskantha and Patan districts, prompting authorities to declare a state-wide “high alert” and call out Army, Air Force and NDRF teams for assistance. About 2,200 people have been shifted to safer places and 460 maroon people rescued, officials said. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who reviewed the situation with top officials, said the problem has been compounded by heavy rains in neighbouring Rajasthan which led to surge in water levels of rivers and dams in Gujarat. Video footages showed even large vehicles like trucks stuck in flood water which entered several homes in the two districts.
ter Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of country’s second largest city, Mosul, from ISIS. Sushma Swaraj is expected to brief the Parliament today at around 5 pm on the issue. Last week, she met the relatives of the missing Indians
and said they might be imprisoned in Badush region of northwest Mosul. However, a media report on Saturday claimed that the prison was reduced to a rubble during the fighting between the Iraqi coalition forces and Islamic State.
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ing ruckus at Well is non-disciplinary in itself but tearing up paper and throwing it on Speaker 4 times was worse,” she added The members threw pieces of paper and disrupted proceedings during the zero hour. The Speaker suspended them and adjourned the Lok Sabha till 2:30. In 2015 also, the Lok Sabha speaker had suspended 25 Congress MPs for five days for “persistently, willfully obstructing” the House”.
39 missing Indians: Iraqi foreign minister says not 100% sure whether they are alive or not
Agency | New Delhi
The office of Punjab chief minister, Shehbaz Sharif, is reportedly located within the vicinity of the blast radius. “No words can express the grief which grips my heart right now. Blast destroyed many families, but terrorists can never destroy our resolve.
After a meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr Ibrahim Al-Eshaiker Al-Jafari told reporters that his government has no substantial evidence whether the 39 Indians who went missing in Mosul were killed or are still alive. “Not sure 100 per cent whether they are alive or
not. We are doing our best,” Al-Jafari said. Al-Jaafari, who is on a visit to India from July 24 to July 28, met with Swaraj at Jawaharlal Nehru for a discussion on bilateral relations between the two nations. His visit came just two weeks after Iraq Prime Minis-
the dam breach news was a rumour. But the chaos brought back tragic memories of the 1979 disaster,” said Raju Gami, a clerk in Morbi head post office. However, district administration soon responded by getting electronic media and social media platforms to quell the rumours. The authorities also sent vehicles mounted with public announcement
system around Morbi to tell people that news of Machhu-II dam breach was a rumour only. “It was purely a rumour. The dam had inflow of merely 5,050 cusec which was easily manageable opening four gates of the dam to release equal about of water. We got help from electronic media to dispel the rumour. We also sent vehicles with public announcement systems to pacify people. There was panic for a while but it got over within half-an-hour or so,” Morbi district collector Ishwar Patel said. Machhu-II
dam is located around 12 km upstream of Morbi town, the district headquarters of Morbi. The town and dozens of other villages were devastated after the dam was washed away following torrential rain in year 1979. Maliya town was flooded as Machhu river swelled following very heavy rain in upstream Chotila taluka of Surendranagar district and Wankaner taluka of Morbi district. Meanwhile, situation improved in Maliya on Monday as water level of Machhu river receded.
Dam breach rumour leads to chaos in Morbi even as flood situation eases SS News | Rajkot
Panic struck Morbi and Maliya towns and people ran for shelter after rumours flew fast that Machhu-II dam had developed a breach even as normalcy started returning to flood-hit Morbi, Surendranagar and Rajkot districts in Saurashtra region on Monday. Rumours started circulating on social media at around noon warning Machhu-II dam had developed a breach and that downstream Morbi and Maliya towns may be flooded. As the rumour mills started, shops
closed down in Morbi and Maliya towns and people started running helter-skelter in search of safer places in the two towns. “At around 1 pm, somebody shouted in a shrill voice that Machhu dam had been washed away. In no time, customers rushed out of our office. Minutes later, Morbi municipality sent public announcement systems saying
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Parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan face flood fury
Torrential rains pounded parts of north Gujarat today, with overflowing reservoirs and rivers causing floods in Banaskantha and Patan districts, prompting the government to put the state on high alert and NDRF teams have been called in for rescue and relief operations. About 2,200 people have been shifted to safer places and over 460 others rescued. In Banaskantha district, the highest recorded rainfall (342 mm) was in Dantiwada, followed by Palanpur (255 mm), Amrigadh (246 mm) and Dhanera (216 mm). Chief Minister Vijay Rupani conducted review meetings of the situation. He said the large inflow of water into rivers and dams in the two districts due to heavy rains in neighbouring Rajasthan made the situation worse. Rajasthan’s Jalore, Pali and Siro-
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Six Congress MPs suspended for throwing papers in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday suspended Six Congress MPs Gaurav Gogoi, Sushmita Dèv, Ranjeet Ranjan, Adhir Ranjan, K Suresh and K Ragavan for five days for throwing papers in the Lower House of Parliament. “Sad with what happened. Question Hour should never be disrupted. Had told Kharge Ji, I will allow him to speak after Question Hour,” Sumitra Mahajan said “Creat-
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Reliance Jio phone brings a true Bharat phone...! Reliance JioPhone: Does it have Qualcomm 205 SoC or a Spreadtrum one?
Reliance JioPhone was launched last week, and this is a feature phone unlike any other, thanks to the 4G VoLTE connectivity, ability to run Jio apps including JioTV, JioMusic as well. But there’s some confusion on which processor is powering the JioPhone. On July 21, Qualcomm India had tweeted saying, “Glad to partner with @reliancejio on the new #JioPhone, powered by our #205 mobile platform.” The indication was that the Reliance JioPhone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 processor. But interestingly another player, Spreadtrum Communications has also tweeted about how they are partnering with JioPhone. Though the RJio impact on incumbent telcos was always going to be very big with its free voice and Dhan Dhana Dhan data packs at as low as Rs 5 per GB—at the time, existing telcos were selling data at Rs 250 per GB and were forced to slash it— it was always targeting a limited market, of people who could afford Rs 3,500+ for a smart-phone and who could shell out Rs 300+ every 28 days (even though the Dhan Dhana Dhan offer increased the pack-validity by another 28 days, the money had to be paid upfront). Just around 200 million subscribers, going by an exhaustive Kotak Institutional Equities analysis, spend over Rs 280 per month on their phone calls—we are assuming those who pay Rs 280 would upgrade to Rs 309 to avail the unlimited voice and cheap data. In a sense, then, with 100 million subscribers, RJio had more or less saturated that market. It is this that, going by what its chairman Mukesh Ambani said at the RIL AGM on Friday, that RJio has sought to change. For one, the RJio team worked with chipset companies like Qualcomm to come up with feature phones which can offer reasonable browsing and viewing facilities, and at a low cost. When Ambani said the phone was effectively free, he wasn’t exaggerating. Under the plan, users will pay Rs 1,500 for the phone but the money is to be refunded to them once they turn in the phone after three years—effectively, then, the cost of the phone becomes the interest cost of around Rs 400 or so. If RJio ties up with banks or finance firms, as it undoubtedly will, the upfront Rs 1,500 will probably get financed with the consumer paying Rs 500 or thereabouts as interest and other charges.
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Hollywood-Bollywood Did Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif film Jagga Jasoos fail because of the delays in its making? Agency | New Delhi
After Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Basu’s first collaboration, Barfi!, hit the bull’s eye commercially and critically, people had sky-high expectations from their next Bollywood outing, Jagga Jasoos. However, the film was reportedly made on a staggering budget of Rs 110 crore and it failed to earn even Rs 50 crore in its first week. Its for-
tunes are only dwindling further. Rishi Kapoor lashed out at the director for the failure of Jagga Jasoos, calling him “irresponsible” and blaming his delays for the film’s poor collection. “He’s such an irresponsible director that he doesn’t complete his films. It was supposed to release three times in the past two years, but it kept getting delayed,” he
said. The actor added, “A kids’ film also has to release at the right time, like during the school vacations. At that time too, Anurag Basu wasn’t ready. There’s economics and maths involved. Everything is not just about creativity.” But is it just Jagga Jasoos’s numerous delays that are to be blamed for the film getting no love from the audience? We take a look at the oth-
er reasons that could have been responsible for Jagga Jasoos not performing well at the box office. While Bollywood films are known for their songand-dance sequences, an out-and-out musical is rare. In that way, Jagga Jasoos is a very experimental film, and Anurag Basu has himself admitted in interviews that they were taking a huge risk by taking the road less travelled.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi: Sonam Kapoor holidays After Sonu’s tweet, azaan in in NY with rumored my area has got louder
beau and a lot of shoes
Agency | New Delhi
Sonu Nigam’s tweets on early morning azaan had escalated into social media war in April this year. And now, singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi is being mocked after posting a series of tweets on Sunday, calling azaan at 5 am “not civilised”. Not one to back down, the singer has said that she is ready to meet people to thrash out this issue, if necessary. She also tells us, “Just because somebody is threatening you or they don’t like what you’re saying, it doesn’t mean you stop saying what you think is right. I feel [that] after Sonu’s tweet, the azaan in my area has become
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louder. It’s almost like retaliation.” On Sunday, Suchitra wrote: “Came home at 4.45am 2 most aggressive / ear shattering call of azaan. Nothing more lowlife & dumb than such extreme imposed religiosity.” Reaction to this has spanned the entire gamut of threats to sexism.
Suchitra’s tweets got comments that read: “Don’t invite troubles ma’am...Sonu Nigam ji had to quit Twitter because of same observation.” “Ma’am itne acche baal hai aapke, kyu mundwana hai aapko?”, “How dare a woman come home at 4.45 am. Why do good girls come home so late?”
Sonam Kapoor and her rumoured beau Anand Ahuja are vacationing in New York and their pictures together will give you an acute case of wanderlust. And a craving to get a new pair of sneakers, or maybe 10. Because, their photos have a lot of shoes and we love all of them. Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor is said to be dating Delhi-based fashion entrepreneur, Anand Ahuja. Though they are yet to officially announce their relationship, they keep sharing adorable pictures on Instagram. Ahuja has now shared some
cute pictures of Sonam from New York. And the shoes they are wearing... Sonam’s recent posts on Instagram, where she spoke about her ”sweet-
heart” in a poetic manner became the talk of the town but what caught everyone’s attention was how Anand reacted to it in a rather loving way.
Bareilly Ki Barfi Song Sweety Tera Tollywood drug scandal: Kajal Aggarwal’s manager arrested Rhea Kapoor to style sister Drama: Kriti Sanon, Ayushmann Agency | Bengaluru Sonam and Kareena’s Veere As per the latest deKhurrana, Rajkummar Rao velopment in the Di Wedding ongoing drug case, Machaye Hungama Editor
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With names like Sonam Kapoor , Kareena Kapoor Khan and Rhea Kapoor (the hand behind Sonam Kapoor’s iconic looks) audiences and fashion aficionados can expect nothing short of sartorial magic with ‘Veere Di Wedding.’ The film is a fun ride that explores the spirit of the modern Indian woman and it goes without
saying that fashion plays a huge part in the film. While Rhea has styled for Sonam Kapoor in the past ,it is for the very first time that she will officially be styling for a movie. Known for her progressive and unique sartorial sense and her extremely successful clothing brand, it was a natural call for Rhea to take charge of the styling for this film.
The first Bareilly Ki Barfi song Sweety Tera Drama is here and is making a considerable amount of hungama. We have been introduced to the Bareilly Ki Barfi characters already with the trailer releasing earlier this month. Kriti Sanon features as the protagonist, the tom-boyish Bitti and Ayushmann Khurrana plays the scheming Chirag Dubey, who is secretly in love with Bitti. Rajkummar Rao joins the cast as Pritam Bidrohi, a naive character who has been appointed as Chirag’s wingman but to no use. The song
Sweety Tera Drama places the three lead characters in a setting of festivity but it appears that Bitti, Chirag and Pritam have a trick or two up their sleeve. The colourful and loud setting of Sweety Tera Drama will remind you of the title track of Band Bajaa Baaraat, which featured wedding celebrations. In Sweety Tera Drama, Pritam and Chirag appears to be cele-
brating the 50th anniversary of Bitti’s parents. Composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Sweety Tera Drama is our new favourite. Meanwhile, this is how the Bareilly Ki Barfi trailer was unveiled on social media. “Presenting the yummiest trailer of our Bareilly Ki Barfi,” tweeted Rajkumar while Ayushmann had written: “Muh meetha kijiye”.
Ronny, the manager of actor Kajal Aggarwal was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Excise department on Monday in Hyderabad. According to media reports, Ronny was in possession of a large quantity of marijuana, which has now been seized from his residence. The officials suspect he may have had links with the drug peddlers, who have been arrested in a recent drug bust in Hyderabad earlier this month. His arrest comes on the day actor Navdeep was questioned by the SIT officials.
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CM visits Disa to give guidelines on relief and rescue operation SS News | Gandhinagar
In the wake of heavy rainfalls in North Gujarat for the coming three days, Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Rupani reached Disa to enquire and obtain details about the situation in Banaskantha after a high level review meeting. Mr. Rupani obtained all the basic details including the rescue work of the people stuck in the Sipu and Dantiwada water reservoir from Health Minister, Mr. Shankarbhai Chaudhary and district administration by conducting a meeting in Disa in the presence of the Revenue Minsiter, Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and
Principal Secretary of Revenue Department, Mr. Pankaj Kumar. The CM clearly mentioned that the entire focus of the administration is on the rescue and relief operations in the state to ensure that there is no threat to the life of any person due to the floods arising out of heavy rainfall. He also added that Ministers Shankerbhai Choudhry, Dilipkumar Thakor and Keshaji Chauhan are being of immense help to the local administration for rescuing the affected people. Mr.Rupani instructed to give top priority to the work related to the rescue and relief of people.
THE CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO STARE IN THE FACE SS News | Ahmedabad
For India’s cotton farmers, farm labour constituted approximately 40 56 percent of their cost of cultivation – sowing 6 percent; weeding 17 percent, picking 26 percent & fertilizer application – 6 percent and hybrid seeds’ cost 12-14 percent of the total cost of cultivation.Timely Agriculture Labour Availability & Rising Costs - Cotton is the single largest employer farm operation in our country. Cotton farming is a labor-intensive; needed from sowing to weeding to picking/harvesting; and labour accounts for approx. 40-55 per cent of a cot-
ton farmer’s total input costs. Cotton farmers face a growing challenge of arranging agriculture labour when most required especially for picking (±25%), timely weeding (13-20% of season’s labour), and other labour operations (including land preparation, sowing, spraying, manure and fertilizer application at ~10-12%). Furthermore, a combination of rural migration and other employment opportunities is contributing to rising rural labour costs (up approx. 65 per cent in the last two years alone in the nine cotton-growing States).
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ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 in numbers: From Mithali Raj’s records to Anya Shrubsole’s magical spell
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Australia and England were the overwhelming favourites at the start of the ICC Women’s World Cup but the performances of India and South Africa forced many people to think that both semi-finals and final can be exciting if there’s not much gap in terms of quality. All three matches went down to the wire and teams who showed composure in pressure situations, ended up winning. India were three down for 191 in the World Cup final, chasing 229 runs and both the batswomen at the crease were set. You can expect a team to win the match in this situation 99 out of 100 times but this was the World Cup final. England showed their experience of play-
Older and wiser - Ashwin plots more success from Galle pedestal Gambhir says India will be too good for Sri Lanka in the tour, beginning with the first Test from July 26 Agency | Mumbai
ing in big matches over the years and once Punam Raut fell, India kept losing wickets under pressure. “They were batting brilliantly, credit to them, they’ve had a great tournament. But we knew that if we stayed on till the end and brought the rate up over 5 or 6, we would be in the game,” England captain Heather Knight said after the match. England have now won all the editions Women’s World Cup which they have hosted – 1973, 1993 and 2017, and this
was their fourth title overall. Tammy Beaumont won the Player of the Series award while Anya Shrubsole won the Player of the Match award in the final played at Lord’s. Here is a comprehensive statistical analysis of ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: England were the only team to score 300-plus runs more than once in ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. They have added ten 300-plus scores in Women’s ODIs so far, which is also a record.
Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan vows to get better after tough first season Agency | Mumbai
Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan backs himself to improve in his second season at the club, saying his struggle to impress manager Jose Mourinho has made him mentally stronger. Mkhitaryan, who arrived at Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund at the start of last season, had to wait until September to make his first Premier League start against Manchester City, only to be subbed at halftime. The Armenian improved in the second-half of the season and finished
Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s form and fitness have been under scrutiny for quite some time now. No matter what the critics have to say about Dhoni, he still boasts of brilliant reflexes. He is still an agile wicket-keeper and has been living up to the pressure of expectations every time he
penny dropped on the Indian team. Ashwin showed that he was capable of taking his game to the next level. And what a next level that turned out to be. In 24 matches, including the Galle Test, Ashwin has racked up wickets by the truckloads. 151 wickets in 24 Tests, compared to 98 in the previous 25. The contrasts were telling, even if Ashwin played a majority of the Tests during the
second half of his career so far at home, or in helpful conditions. Nearly two years to that date, the offspinner has, by his own admission, become a better cricketer and has sights set on only getting better as time and the Indian team travel. “For starters, I’m a lot more calmer from what I was then,” said Ashwin, speaking to the media after India’s practice session in Galle on Monday (July 24).
my best moment and this is the best cricket we have played. Now, it’s like we lost enough, now we just want to keep winning,” Harmanpreet said. She smashed a career-best 171 off 115 balls in second semi-final, an innings that was termed as the best-ever played by an Indian woman in the limited-overs cricket. The 28-year-old from Moga in Punjab said she was ex-
tremely proud of her team’s performance during the tournament. “Which city you are from doesn’t matter, what matters is what your thinking is. A dream has come true, a dream to play good cricket. Proud that we have made our country’s flag fly high,” she said. She is also aware of the impact the Women in Blue had with their showing on the entire country.
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After Taking World Cup By Storm, Harmanpreet Kaur’s Message To India Agency | Mumbai
the season strongly, scoring in the 2-0 Europa League final victory over Ajax Amsterdam. “For sure I will be a better player for this experience,” Mkhitaryan told reporters. “Last year with my difficulties they helped me a lot. I could stay more strong in my mind, like mentally,” “It shows that you are strong enough to win them over or not. I think I have done
everything to work hard, to show everyone I can play and that I can do my best for the team.” Mkhitaryan said United have set higher targets ahead of the upcoming season after finishing with League Cup and Europa League title in Mourinho’s first season at Old Trafford. “The manager in general is saying that we need to do more,” the 28-year-old added.
walks out in the middle. In a recent interaction at the launch of the second edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League, Dhoni stressed on the important of fitness and also enjoying life as an athlete. ”Fitness is a major part of any sport today whether it is skill-oriented or endurance-oriented. If you have right kind of food and supplement it with training,
you can get much more out of yourself, both in physical and mental aspects,” Dhoni said. “The way a cricketer leads his life is completely different from what their friends or siblings do or even sportspersons in other disciplines lead their life. Enjoying life is important, but as an athlete you need to know what things you can’t do that your brother or sister can,” he added. “These days, players get educated about what they need to do. Most of the players learn from the seniors and there will be physios to assist you.”
MS Dhoni shares his success mantra; stresses on being calm under pressure
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It was the point where R Ashwin’s career took a turn for the better. He had racked up the wickets and scored important runs for the team, but he was far from the asset that he is today for the Indian team. Before the famous Galle Test in 2015, Ashwin’s career was at the crossroads. He was still India’s lead spinner, lead bowler even, if the conditions were to his favour, but that effect was slowly fading away. India had a new Test captain in Virat Kohli, and in his first Test, in Adelaide, Ashwin had been dropped from the XI. He came back soon enough, but it was in Galle that the
Star India batter Harmanpreet Kaur said the players could not hold back their tears after losing to England in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 at Lord’s on Sunday. Speaking exclusively to said. she described the scene inside the team’s dressing room, saying, “We were all crying after the match. Even those assisting our team were crying. We all contributed with some speeches and messages. Our support staff said nobody will cry when we reach the hotel. We then celebrated by eating dinner together. I’m really proud of my team, because this has been
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“3.7 billion Passengers flew safe to their destinations world over in 2016” “Aerial connectivity increased with the establishment of more than 700 new routes globally” “India witnessed the highest growth of 23.3 per cent in domestic air travel demand world-
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Rujuta Diwekar launches her new book PREGNANCY NOTES: BEFORE, DURING & AFTER in Surat
Taimur. Taimur’s doting aunt, Rujuta had earlier set out to write a book for kids on nutrition and the knowledge of his arrival resulted in some change of plans. With Kareena as her muse, Rujuta set out to pen down a comprehensive book on pregnancy
that would serve as the go-to text for any woman ‘before,’ ‘after’ or ‘during’ her pregnancy. The leading nutrition and exercise science expert in the country, in her latest book, shares comprehensive knowledge of eating right to make the complete pregnancy process a smooth one. The book covers a whole gamut of issues right from weight gain, diabetes, postpartum depression and unhealthy eating practices amongst others. Popular for un-complicating the process of eating.
and 90% of their threeyear average area sown in the season, respectively. According to data released by the state government, sowing is complete on around 70.69% of the three-year average area sown, which is 85.76 lakh hectares (ha). By June 18,
60.62 lakh ha has been sown. Last year, 46.02 lakh ha had been sown by the same date. Officials said that with good rains relatively early this year, the area currently sown is 14.6 lakh ha more than last year. Interestingly, cotton has gained ground this year. The fibre crop has already been sown on 24.47 lakh hectares, which is more than the total area sown with it in 2016.
SS News | Surat
Celebrated nutritionist and author, Rujuta Diwekar releases her highly-awaited book – ‘Pregnancy Notes: Before, during and after’ in Surat today. The event took place in Crossword, Platinum Plaza. The book was earlier unveiled in Mumbai on 15 July in the presence of new-mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has been a true inspiration behind Rujuta’s book. However, the author admitted that the real reason for her newly launched book is Kareena Kapoor Khan’s new-born,
Gujarat: 31% more land sown than at same time last year
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With Gujarat having already received about 41% of its average annual rainfall, sowing this year has been completed on 31% more acreage than at the same point last year. The area sown with groundnut and cotton are at 107%
Somnath: Devotees carry “Palkhi” of Lord Somnath on first Monday of Shravan at Somnath Temple in Somnath on Monday.
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IAF evacuates newborn twins, pregnant woman from flood-hit Rajkot village Agency | New Delhi
In a successful mission in the flood-hit region of Rajkot in Gujarat, the Indian Air Force (IAF) safely evacuated a woman and her new-born twins along with another pregnant woman late on Sunday. The district is flooded owing to excessive rains in the region for the past few days. which quoted a press release from Defence spokesperson Abhishek Matiman, that the information about the critical condition of two women who were in labour was received by the IAF around 4.30 pm on Sunday, instantly, a Chetak helicopter was scrambled from the Jamnagar air base on an evacuation mission. While one woman gave
birth to twins before the helicopter arrived, she was airlifted first, followed by another pregnant woman who was bleeding. The release went on to add: “By 1715 hrs, the Chetak was already overhead looking for a safe patch to land. The mother, with her newborn twins and an attendant, were instantaneously put into the aircraft and flown out to safety….The aircraft landed at Jasdan helipad where they were handed over to the medical team already waiting.” Heavy rains due to southwest monsoon have worsened the situation in Gujarat with some of the districts like Amreli, Kandla, Valsad being heavily flooded. Ten rescue teams of National Disas-
What the Gujarat High Court’s order on Essar Steel-RBI tussle means
The Gujarat High Court has made its observations on several intriguing issues concerning the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, while dealing with the ongoing court battle between Essar India Ltd and the Reserve Bank of India on the latter’s decision to initiate insolvency proceedings against the steel major as part of its plans to tackle the bad loans issue of Indian banks. The writ petition filed by Essar had challenged the RBI’s decision to direct banks to initiate proceedings against
the steel major and 11 other companies. The central bank had also released a press statement on 13 June 2017, where it had detailed the decision of the consortium of lenders led by State Bank of India to initiate proceedings under Section 9 of the Act following its failure to implement the debt-restructuring package approved by the Essar board of directors. It was also apparent that the court was upset with the contents of the press release and saw it as interference by the executive over the judiciary.
role of the opposition. The party is fully engaged in trying to save its leaders in the affairs of corruption and bypassing the issues of the public. Shri Vyas said besieging center
and state government on the issue of inflation, corruption and education that there is no opportunities for the issue of farmers’, the backward castes and women in this period of ‘Jumlabajee’. Shri Vyas said that the central and state government is working to mislead all the communities in the name of cow and religion. Because of this, the killing of the minority and the Dalits and other sections of the society have become sickening situation.
Agency | New Delhi
ter Response Force (NDRF) have been pre-positioned at various flood-prone
areas in the state. So far, the Gujarat relief department confirmed 61 rain-relat-
ed deaths in the state. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Chotila and Maliya on Sunday. Rupani also held a meeting with the administration, asking official to help out people. Heavy rains are expected till July 29.
rain-related deaths in the state. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Chotila and Maliya on Sunday. Rupani held a meeting with officials and asked the administration to help people as heavy
rains are expected till July 29. “NDRF, IAF and state rescue teams have so far rescued 214 people, stranded at different places,” Rupani said. the Indian Air Force on Monday safely evacuated a woman, her new-born twins and another pregnant woman from Nana Matra village in Vinchia tehsil of Rajkot said. officials on Sunday said
Heavy rainfall continues to lash Gujarat, 10 NDRF rescue teams pre-positioned Agency | New Delhi
A flood-like situation is prevalent in several parts of Gujarat as heavy rains lashes the state since Friday night. Ten rescue teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been pre-positioned at various flood prone areas in the state. So far, the Gujarat relief department confirmed 61
Gujarat Chief Minister reviews flood situation in Dhanera-Banaskantha; in touch with PMO SS News | Gandhinagar
In the wake of heavy rainfall warning in the north Gujarat region for next three days, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today directed the districts administrations to accord top priority to ensure not a single person drowns in the floods, to rescue people stranded in floodwater and to shift those living in the low-lying areas to safer places. Reviewing the flood sit-
uation due to heavy rainfall in Dhanera-Banaskantha region, Mr. Rupani also directed restoring road connectivity and power, next surveying loss to agricultural activity. He is in constant touch with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Over 1,50,00 cusec of water is reaching the Dantiwada dam and 1,16,000 cusec reaching Sipu dam. Over 1,800 people living downstream areas
evacuated, 200 more people are being shifted from Gandhinagar-Kalol-Mansa areas. One column of Armed Forces has been rushed from Dhrangadhra to Banaskantha and three Air Force helicopters have reached Deesa. One platoon of SRDF and 12 NRDF teams comprising 36 boats reached Dhanra, Deesa, Palanpur. Ministers Shankerbhai Choudhry, Dilipkumar Thakor.
Indian Oceanic Party will give a better political Alternative SS News | Ahmedabad
While speaking at the press conference in Ahmedabad, the National President of the Indian Ocean Party said here that in the role of the ruling BJP and the Opposition in the state, the Congress has completely failed. The BJP is ruling the centre and the Gujarat State with the help of all promises but now the BJP is on other track. Raising serious questions on the role of Congress, Shri Vyas said that the Congress party
has failed to fulfill the responsibility of a responsible opposition and the BJP is getting direct benefit from it. Shri Vyas reminded the last 60 years of the Congress and
said that Congress did not give anything except the country’s embarrassing stories from the Emergency. Because of which the Congress party has not been able to play the
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