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Market opens with Sensex surging 264.5 points to 58,755.43; Nifty advances 80.85 points to 17,477.75
UK govt’s decision to not recognise Covishield is discriminatory policy: India
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The UK government has decided to consider people vaccinated in India, Africa, South America, and several other countries as unvaccinated, and make them go through a 10day quarantine. Agency News:New Delhi Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said that the UK government’s decision to not consider people having received Covishield jabs to be vaccinated is discriminatory, with the policy affecting Indians travelling to the country.“The nonrecognition of Covishield
is a discriminating policy and impacts our citizens travelling to the UK. The External Affairs Minister has raised the issue strongly with the new UK foreign secretary. I am told that certain assurances have been given that this issue will be resolved,” Shringla was quoted as saying The UK government has decided to consider people vaccinated in India, Africa, South America, and several other countries as unvaccinated, and make them go through a 10-day quarantine. Under the new rules, people from India flying to the UK have to undergo a 10-day quarantine, during which they will have to get tested for Covid-19.On Monday, senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh had slammed the UK government’s move.
US Vice-Prez Kamala Harris to meet PM Narendra Modi on September 23
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Apple hits record pre-orders in India with iPhone 13 The newly-launched Apple iPhone 13 series for which preorders were thrown open in India on September 17 have received a similar record response like last year from fans across the country, reliable retail trade sources said on Tuesday. According to industry experts, Apple is set to see a similar run rate for its iPhone 13 series like iPhone 12 last year in the festive quarter. “We have seen the share of the new iPhone within overall Apple sales during the launch quarter increasing YoY and this year it will be the same driven by iPhone 13.
Zoho CEO’s Close Encounter With 12Foot King Cobra In Tamil Nadu Village Encountering a snake can be a terrifying experience for anyone, and the mere mention of a king cobra can make chills run down the spine. But don’t we all know how much Twitter is fascinated by such reptile encounters? That’s exactly why a post by business magnate Sridhar Vembu is going viral. He tweeted two pictures of — hold your breath — a 12-foot king cobra that visited him recently. In one of the photos, we can see Mr Vembu, the CEO and founder of Zoho Corporation, and a group of forest rangers holding the snake.He captioned it, “A rare 12 feet long King Cobra paid us a visit”. He added, “Our awesome local forest rangers arrived.
Deliberating law to curb ‘involuntary religious conversions’: Karnataka minister Agency News:New Delhi
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This comes in the wake of BJP legislator Goolihatti D Shekar saying there has been “heightened activity” around conversions. “In Chitradurga (district) and my constituency (Hosadurga) around 15,000-20,000 people have already been converted,” he said
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Agency News: Washington US Vice-President Kamala Harris will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on September 23, a day ahead of the maiden bilateral meet between him and President Joe Biden and the Quad Summit at the White House, officials have said. Biden will host Modi for their first in-person bilateral meeting at the White House on September 24. Later on that day, Biden will host the firstever in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit at the White House with Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “The Vice President will meet with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India,” a White House official tThis will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis. Harris is the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the vicepresident of the United States. During this week, when world leaders will gather in New York to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Harris.
The Karnataka government on Tuesday said it is deliberating on introducing a law and taking other measures to check “involuntary religious conversions” after a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator raised the issue in
the state assembly and claimed his mother has been converted after she was “brainwashed”. Goolihatti D Shekar, the legislator, said there has been “heightened activity” around conversions. “In Chitradurga (district) and my constituency (Hosadurga) around 15,00020,000 people have already
“Culprit Won’t Be Spared”: Yogi Adityanath On Seer’s Death; 1 Arrested The police have filed an FIR against Anand Giri, who was Narendra Giris protege and closest aide until they fell out in May. Agency News:New Delhi A day after Narendra Giri, the head of a top religious body - Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, his closest disciple has been arrested.The police have filed an FIR (First Information Report) against Anand Giri, who was Narendra Giri’s protege and closest aide until they fell out in May. Caught by the police in Uttarakhand last
been converted,” he said.Shekar said his mother was taken to a church and asked not to apply vermillion on her forehead, remove all photos of Hindu gods and puja items from the house. He claimed his mother was also asked to listen only to “Christian songs” and has even changed her ringtone, which has become an embarrassment within the family. “Dalits, backward classes, and even Muslims are converted,” he said.Shekar said those who resist are slapped with false cases of atrocities and even rape among other charges. He added that if some want to convert, it is their wish but that they should leave all the benefits of the faith or group they were entitled
to and include themselves in the one they are joining Other legislators supported the proposal for a law against conversations, which they said was disturbing the peace of society.Assembly speaker Visweswara Heggade Kageri said he had spoken about the issue in detail between 1999 and 2001 during the SM Krishna-
led Congress government in the state. “There are many other states which have this law, and it would be useful if we too bring in something,” said Kageri. Devanand Fulsasingh Chavan, a Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) legislator, alleged Christian missionaries were targeting the vulnerable Banjara community in his constituency.
Paediatric Covaxin: Bharat Biotech completes phase 2/3 trials
evening, he has been accused of harassing the seer.Anand Giri was allegedly expelled by the seer over allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement. There was an apparent patch-up a few days later, with a video showing Anand Giri seeking forgiveness at the feet of his mentor, but the police suspect it was short-lived. The two other disciples detained for questioning are Sandeep Tiwari and Aadya Tiwari, who stayed with Narendra Giri.According to the police, Narendra Giri’s students found his body.
Agency News: New Delhi Bharat Biotech has completed the Phase 2/3 trials of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin for use in children under 18 years of age and is expected to submit the data
by next week to the DCGI, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech International Ltd, Krishna Ella said on Tuesday here. Speaking to reporters, he said Covaxin production would touch 55 million doses in October as against 35 million in September. He also said the Phase 2 trials of the firm’s intranasal vaccine against COVID-19 is expected to be over by next month. “Paediatric Covaxin just completed phase 2/3 trials. The data analysis is going on. We will be submitting the data ( to the regulator) by next week. The number of subjects ( volunteers) is touching 1000,” Ella said. Intranasal immunization can create an immune response in the nose, which is the point of entry for the virus thereby protecting against the disease,
Covaxin production will touch 55 million doses in October as against 35 million in September, according to Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech International Ltd, Krishna Ella.
infection, and transmission also, he noted. According to Ella, the intranasal vaccine trials are conducted on three cohorts in which one group is administered Covaxin as the first dose and intranasal as the second. Similarly intranasal-intranasal for the second group and IntranasalCovaxin for the third cohort, 28 days apart.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Equating Nato With Quad Is Highly Mischievous
By equating the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) with the four-nation Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), China is probably justifying its massive militaryeconomic expansion in the south and central Asian region. China knows very well QUAD can’t be likened to NATO. The two are totally different diplomatic and strategic concepts. One is a formal military treaty and the other is merely a security dialogue. NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. As many as 30 countries are NATO members. NATO is purely a military organisation. Its structures comprise all military actors and formations that are involved in and used to implement political decisions that have military implications. The NATO Command Structure is composed of Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation, headed respectively by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation (SACT). These forces are available for NATO operations in accordance with predetermined readiness criteria and with rules of deployment and transfer of authority to NATO command that can vary from country to country. Three years ago, the status of QUAD was best explained by India’s the then minister of state for external affairs, General (Retd) V K Singh, in Parliament in response to a set of questions from a Rajya Sabha member, Pratap Singh Bajwa. Singh explained that the “government engages with various countries through bilateral, multilateral and plurilateral platforms onissues that advance our interests and promote our viewpoint. India has undertakenconsultations with Australia, Japan and the United States of America on regional and globalissues of common interest.”Further he added that “these consultations have focused on cooperation in areas such asconnectivity, sustainable development, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation and maritime andcyber security, with a view to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in an increasingly inter-connected Indo-Pacific region that the four countries share with each other and with other partners.” Joint military exercises between or among QUAD members are of little significance since these countries hold similar exercises with other countries as well. For instance, the routine India-Russia joint military exercises are a several-decade-old practice. More recently, the India-China joint military initiative, called ‘Hand in Hand’ exercise, takes place between the armies of the two countries. QUAD is not even remotely comparable to the latest Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) nuclear- vitalised partnership programme which US President Joe Biden announced last week. Interestingly, the AUKUS pact, which included some half-a-dozen US nuclear submarine sale to Australia, has so upset France, a prominent NATO member, that it has promptly recalled its ambassadors from Washington DC and Canberra. The reason behind France’s anger is, however, totally commercial. Australia had earlier wanted to buy French submarines. The AUKUS pact has extremely upset China for an altogether different reason.China considers it a major security threat in the region from the US. Incidentally, Chinaalready holds a vicelike grip on Australian economy through investment and migration ofpeople. Australia is getting increasingly worried about it. Lately, Beijing has sought to join the11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership(CPTPP), formerly called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that includes Australia.Thus, it is quite mischievous on China’s part to underline an imaginary similarity of purposebetween NATO and QUAD. It may be used as an alibi by China in support of its aggressivemilitary and economic expansion in Asia and other parts of the world. But, does China reallyneed an alibi? Probably, not. In fact, Asia’s fast emerging superpower has maintained aconfrontationist attitude to push its strategic global agenda in the face of criticism from theUS, EU and more defensive Japan, India and Australia. China’s Belt and Road Initiative, amassive infrastructure pipeline, stretching through Asia and Europe, is seen by many as adisturbing expansion of Chinese power that could force participating countries to ultimatelysurrender to the communist power under heavy debt burden. In fact, China’s colossal - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara infrastructure investments.
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Taliban announce remaining cabinet members, no woman included Agency News:Kabul The Taliban on Tuesday announced a list of deputy ministers and once again did not name any woman, despite an international warning that the group will be judged by their actions and that its recognition would be linked to the treatment of women and minorities in Afghanistan. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid present
‘Jobs for youth, skill university’: AAP’s 7 employment guarantees in Goa Agency News: New Delhi Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday made seven guarantees about increasing employment in the state of Goa, which will witness assembly elections next year. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal, who is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said, “The youth in Goa is extremely disturbed. They don’t have employment. Despite being educated, they are unemployed. Many youths from poor families don’t have work either. The Covid-19 pandemic led to the loss of employment and many families have been affected. ” Kejriwal pointed out that due to unemployment, a majority of Goa’s youth is leaving the state and it is important to create job opportunities. The first guarantee which he gave was that Goa’s youth will have right over state government jobs.
that list of new names at a press conference in the Afghan capital of Kabul. Mujahid defended the expansion of the cabinet, saying it included members of ethnic minorities, such as Hazaras. He also said that women might be added later. The Taliban announced an interim setup to govern Afghanistan on September 7 and said it will be led by a founding member, Mohammad Hassan Akhund as they
IED recovery case: NIA conducts searches at 7 locations in Jammu and Kashmir The IED, weighing around five-six kilograms, was recovered by Jammu Police from a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who was tasked with using it at a crowded place. Agency News: New Delhi The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at seven locations in connection with the recovery of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Jammu on June 27, The searches were carried out in Anantnag, Baramulla, Srinagar, Doda
The Taliban announced an interim setup to govern Afghanistan on September 7 and said it will be led by a founding member, Mohammad Hassan Akhund as they returned to power after two decades. returned to power after two decades. They also named several leaders.
Engaged with India on Covid-19 vaccine certification: UK Agency News: New Delhi
and Kishtwar, ANI report further said.It quoted officials to say that the raids were conducted based on interrogation of some arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. The NIA took over the investigation in the case on July 19, which came to light after an attack on Indian Air Force (IAF) base on June 27, in which two personnel were injured. The attack was carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists with the help of drones, which dropped the payload.Drones have been repeatedly spotted in the region since the attack.The IED, weighing around fivesix kilograms, was recovered.
The UK on Monday said it is engaging with India to explore how it could expand the recognition of the COVID-19 vaccine certification issued by Indian authorities amid criticism of the new British travel rules.The comments by a spokesperson in the British High Commission here came amid concerns in India over the latest Covid-related travel restrictions announced by the United Kingdom. According to new rules, Indian travellers who have received both doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) will be considered unvaccinated and will have to undergo selfisolation for 10 days.Asked about the concerns in India over the new rules that will come into effect.
Collegium recommends appointment of 8 high court Chief Justices, transfer of 5 The Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, which met on September 16, recommended elevation of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal as CJ of Allahabad HC and Madhya Pradesh HC judge Justice Prakash Shrivastava as CJ of Calcutta. Agency News: New Delhi The Supreme Court Tuesday released resolutions of its Collegium regarding appointment of Chief Justices for 8 High Courts, transfer of 5 High Court Chief Justices and 17 High Court judges. As per the resolutions, the
Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, which met on September 16, recommended elevation of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal as CJ of Allahabad HC and Madhya Pradesh HC judge Justice Prakash Shrivastava as CJ of Calcutta. Acting Chief
Justice of Chattisgarh HC Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra has been recommended as the new CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC while Justice Rituraj Awasthi, who is now with the Allahabad HC, has been recommended
as Karnataka HC CJ.The Collegium also zeroed in on Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of Karnataka HC for the office of Telengana HC CJ, and Justice Ranjit V More of Bombay HC as Meghalaya HC CJ. Justice Aravind Kumar of Karnataka HC has been recommended as Gujarat HC CJ while Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh HC R V Malimath has been recommended as Madhya Pradesh CJ. The 5 Chief Justices recommended for tranfer are Justice Arup Kumar Goswami from Andhra Pradesh.
‘Britain should get their act Porn Content Case: Raj together’: Shashi Tharoor Kundra released from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail on new travel rules Shashi Tharoor accused the UK government of “double standards” and said he had pulled out of a debate at Cambridge university and from launch events for the UK edition of his book as he had no time to “sit in quarantine for 10 days”. Agency News: New Delhi
Jacqueline Fernandez, recently seen in Bhoot Police, looks stunning in a floral lehenga she is a pretty sight in the printed floral outfit.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has slammed the British government for its new travel rules that would make 10-day institutional quarantine mandatory for Indians inoculated with both doses of Covishield vaccine, OxfordAstraZeneca jab manufactured in India.Urging the British to get “their act together”, Tharoor said the country cannot have it both ways. The Serum Institute of India (SII) is manufacturing the vaccines developed by Oxford University and pharma
giant AstraZeneca.“Either you (UK) ask Serum Institute of India (SII) to make those vaccines and ship it to Britain or you say you don’t accept the vaccines. You can’t have it both ways,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP said. Tharoor also accused the UK government of “double standards” and said he had pulled out a debate at Cambridge university and from launch events for the UK edition of his book as he had no time to “sit in quarantine for 10 days”. “Double standards applied by the UK are impossible to understand. I personally don’t have time to go to a country and sit in quarantine for 10 days. So I’ve cancelled my trip.
Agency News: New Delhi Actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra was on Tuesday released from jail after nearly two months of his arrest for allegedly producing and distributing pornographic content.Notably, a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mumbai granted bail to Raj Kundra and the IT head of one of his firms, Ryan Thorpe, on Monday.The businessman was released from the Arthur Road jail after 11.30 am, according to jail officials. He was behind bars since his arrest on July 19.After Kundra was granted bail, Shilpa Shetty had shared a quote by Chinese-
American modernist architect Roger Lee. “Rainbows exist to prove that beautiful things can happen after a bad storm,” she wrote, without specifying. Kundra had on Saturday requested bail arguing that he was being made a “scapegoat” and that there was no evidence in the charge sheet that he was actively involved in creating porn content.Last week, the Mumbai Police had filed a 1,400-page charge sheet in court listing charges against the businessman, who has been married to Shilpa Shetty since 2009.Raj Kundra’s arguments in court The counsel for Raj Kundra, Prashant Patil, contended.
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After Amit Shah’s visit, Madhya Pradesh CM holds series of meeting
Agency News: New Delhi Days after visiting home minister Amit Shah praised Rakesh Singh, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and a Member of Parliament, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has set about projecting himself
as a tough taskmaster by holding several meetings focused on governance, reminding officers that the state should be a model of good governance. Shah was in Jabalpur on September 18 for Balidan Diwas in the honour of Gond tribal king Shankar Shah and his son Kunwar Raghunath Shah who were prosecuted by the British for participating in the 1857 mutiny. A day after the event, Chouhan met governor Mangubhai Patel, which the Congress leaders said.
India reports 26,115 COVID-19 cases, 252 deaths in a day Agency News: New Delhi The health ministry on Tuesday informed that 26,115 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India in the past 24 hours. The addition of the fresh cases has taken the COVID-19 case tally past 3.35 crore. The ministry also informed that over 81.85 crore COVID-19 jabs have been administered so far. Of it, over 96.46 lakh people were vaccinated on September 20. India has already surpassed Brazil in terms of cases. It is now the
second-worst hit nation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the US. Over 4.45 lakh deaths due to COVID-19 Also, 252 COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the ministry during this period. The addition of the fresh fatalities has taken India’s death toll due to the deadly virus to 4,45,385. Previously, the death toll had touched 4,529-mark on May 19. Over 3.27 crore patients recovered Of the over 3.35 crore coronavirus cases reported so far, over 3.09 lakh are active cases of the virus.
Helicopter crashes in J&K’s Udhampur district, three injured Agency News: Jammu
A helicopter crashed or crashlanded in the Shiv Ghar Dhar area of Udhampur district on Tuesday. A senior police officer said initial reports suggested it was an Army chopper. A search team has been rushed to the area Three personnel suffered injuries due to the crash with one of their condition stated to be serious. They were being taken to the hospital. It was the locals who launched the rescue operation and evacuated the injured men from a deep gorge.
The officer said the chopper either crashed or crash-landed on a hill. “Search parties have been rushed to the area, but it will take around one and a half hour to reach there by foot. Dense fog in the area is making it difficult for the searchers to pin point exact location,” he added. DIG, Udhampur Reasi Range Suleman Choudhary, said.
Sharad Pawar backstabbed Congress, can’t be Shivsainik’s guru: Anant Geete Agency News: New Delhi Amid repeated reports of rumblings within the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), a senior leader of the Shiv Sena has hit out at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar calling him a backstabber who cannot be a “guru” for his party’s functionaries. Anant Geete, a former Union minister, further said the MVA government, comprising the Sena, NCP and Congress, was just an adjustment. According to a report by PTI, Geete said Pawar had “backstabbed” the Congress to form his party and cannot be
a “guru” for Shivsainiks, a place reserved for the late Balasaheb Thackeray. Pawar is considered the architect of the Sena-led MVA government which came to power in 2019 after the Sena parted ways with its decadesold partner BJP over power-sharing issues. Addressing a rally in his home turf Raigad on Monday, Geete said, “Sharad Pawar cannot ever be our leader as this government (MVA) is merely an adjustment. Let people use as many accolades for Pawar but our ‘guru’ is only (late) Balasaheb Thackeray. As long as this government is functioning.
India at SCO exercise in Russia with China, Pak Agency News: New Delhi Soon after the Army’s participation in the Zapad Exercise in Russia, a contingent of the Army and the Air Force is now participating in the SCO Exercise Peaceful Mission 2021 at Russia’s Orenburg. While China and Pakistan were present as observers in the Zapad exercise, in which a dozen countries participated, the two nations are participating in the SCO exercise along with all member states of the
organisation. The Defence Ministry said on Monday that the sixth edition SCO Exercise Peaceful Mission: 2021 hosted by Russia started at Orenburg Region of South West Russia, with the aim “to foster close relations between SCO Member States and to enhance abilities of the military leaders to command multinational military contingents”. There are eight SCO member states, including China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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After Covid, isolation for Pakistan
Agency News: New Delhi England’s scheduled tour of Pakistan in mid-October for two T20Is – men and women double-headers – has been cancelled, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday. This came in the wake of New Zealand’s cancellation of the Pakistan tour last week over a security threat.Once New Zealand had cancelled their tour on the day of the first ODI at Rawalpindi, England’s withdrawal became a formality, although the ECB had spoken about discussing the matter last weekend. Both countries used the same security agency.
Virat’s decision to quit captaincy didn’t impact RCB’s performance against KKR: Hesson
September 21 marks a special date for actor Bipasha Basu who completed two decades in the Indian film industry today.Taking to Instagram, Bipasha took a stroll down memory lane and recalled working in her first film ‘Ajnabee’.“This is the first day when the audiences welcomed me into their hearts, 20 years back ... my first film ,#ajnabee released on 21st September 2001. It doesn’t feel like so much time has passed, as the love that I get from my fans, well wishers, the film fraternity and the media is still so strong.
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD ‘Ratti bhar fark nahi padta’: Diljit Dosanjh says he doesn’t ‘give a damn’ about getting work in Bollywood
RCB were handed a nine-wicket loss by KKR, a day after skipper Kohli announced he will step down as captain of the IPL team at the end of the ongoing season. Agency News: New Delhi Virat Kohli’s decision to quit Royal Challengers Bangalore captaincy after the ongoing season had no impact on the team’s performance against Kolkata Knight Riders, asserted head coach Mike Hesson.RCB were handed a nine-wicket loss by by KKR, a day after skipper Kohli announced he will step down as captain of the IPL team at the end of the ongoing season.
Hesson believes it was important to make the announcement as early as possible.“No, I (don’t) think so. It was actually important to get any form of distraction out of the way early. So, we sort of talked about making that announcement as soon as possible really, so all the players were aware of it,” Hesson said at the postmatch press conference.“But it really hasn’t had any impact on today’s performance. We
weren’t certainly sharp as we needed to be with the bat, we didn’t adapt to conditions, we lost wickets in clubs, everything we can’t do as a batting group.“But I’m still confident of this group, we will turn around pretty quickly,added Hesson. Kohli’s RCB announcement
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had come two days after he decided to quit national T20 captaincy following next month’s World Cup.KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy ran through the RCB batting line up as he returned with 3/13.“I think it is very tough to start against Chakravarthy.
Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, who has worked in films in Shahid Kapoor’s Udta Punjab’ and Akshay Kumar’s ‘Good Newwz’, recently took a sly dig at a Bollywood superstar while talking about his experience in Bollywood. In a recent interview, Diljit revealed that he said yes to Ali Abbas Zafar’s upcoming film ‘Detective Sherdil’ without reading the script. When told that no one in Bollywood usually gets on board without knowing their part or reading the script of the film, Diljit told Film Campanion, “I give a damn about getting work in Bollywood.” The ‘Lover’ singer said that he doesn’t want to work in Bollywood and has no desire of becoming a Bollywood superstar. He said that he loves making music and no one can tell him if it will work or not.Dosanjh then spoke about Punjabi artists who make their own music and said that no one can stop him from making music. “Jab tak bhagwaan chahega, music banega.
‘The mystery will remain’: Irfan Pathan exOlympic gold medalist plains why Chakravarthy can be a ‘huge X-facMadison Wilson hospital- tor’ for team India in T20 WC ized for Covid Agency News: New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi Olympic gold medal swimmer Madison Wilson of Australia has been hospitalized for treatment of Covid-19.Wilson, who is fully vaccinated, was forced to withdraw from the International Swim League competition in Naples, Italy because of the diagnosis.Wilson wrote on her Instagram account that she was “moved into hospital for further care and observation.”She said a full recovery is expected. “I’m
taking some time to rest and I’m sure I’ll be ready to bounce back in no time,” Wilson said in a post Sunday, which included a picture from her hospital bed as well as a video.
Varun Chakravarthy on Monday night justified his selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins next month in the UAE and Oman. Bowling against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the mystery spinner registered the magical figures of 3 for 13, after dismissing the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga and Sachin Baby. As a result, Virat Kohli & Co were bowled out for a paltry 92 and in reply, KKR won the game by 9 wickets following a comprehensive run chase. Chakravarthy’s triple-strike crumbled RCB’s middle order.
His exemplary bowling show left several experts of the game impressed and former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan was one of them. Speaking on Start Sports network, Pathan was of the opinion that Chakravarthy could be a surprise element in Team India’s bowling attack.
“He can be a huge X-factor. You have not played him in international cricket, you have definitely played him in the IPL but the dynamics are slightly different in the IPL. When you play him in the World Cup after playing him in the IPL, it will still be different.
Market opens with Sensex surging 264.5 points to 58,755.43; Nifty advances 80.85 points to 17,477.75
‘Hope Shehnaaz Gill gets back to normal life, Sidharth Shukla must be wishing the same’: Pavitra Punia
The 30-share Sensex was trading 264.5 points or 0.45 per cent higher at 58,755.43. Similarly, Nifty advanced 80.85 points or 0.46 per cent to 17,477.75 in initial deals.a Agency News: Mumbai Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index majors Infosys, HUL and TCS amid sustained foreign fund inflow.The 30-share Sensex was trading 264.5 points or 0.45 per cent higher at 58,755.43. Similarly, Nifty advanced 80.85 points or 0.46 per cent to 17,477.75 in initial deals. HCL Tech was the
top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by HUL, Infosys, Asian Paints, Tata Steel and ITC. On the other hand, Maruti, Nestle India, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Auto were among the laggards. In the previous session, the 30-share index ended 524.96 points or 0.89 per cent lower at 58,490.93, and Nifty tumbled 188.25 points or 1.07 per cent to close at 17,396.90.Foreign institutional investors (FIIs)
were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth ₹92.54 crore on Monday, as per provisional exchange data. Domestic equities look to be soft as cascading impact of Evergrande defaults may turn investors risk averse in the near to medium term,” said Binod Modi Head-Strategy at Reliance Securities.However, considering increasing possibility of earnings downgrade in the US markets following sharp rise
Agency News: Mumbai in coronavirus daily caseload and continued reform measures undertaken by the Indian government appear to have revived FIIs’ interest in the domestic market, he noted.
On the global front, equities witnessed heavy selling pressure on Monday as growing fears of China’s second largest real estate giant Evergrande’s possible.
Tata Motors to hike commercial vehicle Income Tax Department detects multi-crore tax evasion prices by around 2% from October 1 after raids on WB group
Agency News: New Delhi Tata Motors on Tuesday said it will increase prices of its commercial vehicle range by around 2 per cent with effect from October 1, in order to offset the impact of rising input costs.The effective price hike, in the range of 2 per cent, will be implemented based on the model and the variant of the vehicle, the auto major said in a statement. The continued rise in the cost of commodities, such as steel and precious metals, necessitates the company to pass on a part of it through increase in price of the products, it stated.Tata Motors is the country’’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles which includes trucks, buses and light commercial vehicles.The company noted that it has strived to minimise the increase in the price by absorbing a certain portion of
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the cost at various levels of manufacturing.In the last one year, there has been a gradual increase in the prices of various essential commodities like steel and precious metals. It has led to increased input costs for the automakers.Earlier this month, the country’’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) had increased prices of its entire product range, except Celerio, by up to 1.9 per cent.The company had noted that it has
taken the decision to hike prices due to an increase in various input costs.It was MSI’s third price hike this year.In the twowheeler space, Hero MotoCorp has raised prices three times already this year.The company has made an upward revision in the ex-showroom prices of its motorcycles and scooters by Rs 3,000 with effect from September 20.The two-wheeler major had earlier increased prices of its motorcycles.
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The CBDT on Tuesday claimed that the Income Tax Department has seized “incriminating evidence” that shows alleged financial irregularities of Rs 700 crore after it raided a West Bengal-based steel products manufacturing group.The raids were carried out last week on September 17 at a total of 25 premises, including the residences of the promoters and the offices and factories of the company in Kolkata, Durgapur, Asansol and Purulia, it said. The CBDT on Tuesday claimed that the Income Tax Department has seized “incriminating evidence” that shows alleged financial irregularities of Rs 700 crore after it raided
a West Bengal-based steel products manufacturing group.The raids were carried out last week on September 17 at a total of 25 premises, including the residences of the promoters and the offices and factories of the company in Kolkata, Durgapur, Asansol and Purulia, it said.Evidences gathered, it claimed, pertain to generation of “unaccounted income” by the group by way of unaccounted cash sales, unaccounted cash expenditure.
Bigg Boss 14 contestant Pavitra Punia said she prays Shehnaaz Gill returns to her normal life soon, as that’s what even her late friend and actor Sidharth Shukla would’ve wishes for. Pavitra responded to queries around Shehnaaz’s current state of mind post the demise of her rumoured beau Sidharth earlier this month.“It is still very difficult to accept that we lost Sidharth. I spoke to Shehnaaz and I think she needs to be left in peace. To ask her if she is alright, well, we all know she isn’t in a good state of mind right now and I don’t think she can reply to anyone. On being asked whether she’s aware about the viral throwback videos of ‘SidNaaz’ which fans have been uploading on social media to remember their favourite couple, Pavitra added, “I’m not aware about the video her fans have uploaded online but I’m sure it must be something to motivate her and give her strength.”Sidharth and Shehnaaz struck a deep bond during their stint in Bigg Boss 13. While Sidharth emerged its winner, Shehnaaz finished third. The two continued to remain close friends. Though Shehnaaz was also honest about her fondness.
‘Rohanpreet and I haven’t thought about having a baby’: Neha Kakkar finally puts pregnancy rumours to rest Agency News: Mumbai Amid rumours that she is expecting her first child with husband Rohanpreet Singh, singer Neha Kakkar recently said that they have not yet thought about starting a family.Neha put the rumours about her pregnancy to rest during her recent appearance on ‘Dance Deewane 3’.During the episode, Neha lauded contestant Gunjan for her act and said, “Rohu aur maine abhi socha nahi hai baby ka but agar kabhi baby kare toh hum chahenge ki Gunjan jaisi ho (Rohanpreet and I have not thought about having a baby yet but if we have one, we would want her to be just like Gunjan).”Last year, Neha and Rohanpreet s p a r k e d pregnancy rumours after she shared a picture of them
together, in which she was seen cradling what appeared to be a baby bump. However, it was soon revealed to be a still from their music video, ‘Khyaal Rakhya Kar’. The lovebirds tied the knot in October 2020 with a wedding ceremony in Delhi and reception in Chandigarh. Neha and Rohanpreet are quite active on Instagram and they often upload funny, adorable videos. They also openly express their love for each other on social mediaThe coupe first met while shooting for the music video of ‘Nehu Da Vyah’ in August 2020 and fell head over heels in love with each other.Professionally, they’ve collaborated on two songs ‘Khayaal Rakhya Kar’ and ‘Nehu Da Vyaah’.
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Bharuch MLA Dushyant Patel named Protem Speaker of Gujarat
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Dushyant Patel succeeds Nima Acharya who had held the charge after Rajendra Trivedi’s resignation Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar BJP’s Bharuch MLA Dushyant Patel had been named as the Protem Speaker of Gujarat.Dushyant Patel succeeds Nima Acharya who had been handling the charge since Rajendra Trivedi’s resignation last week.Acharya had resigned from the post
on Monday.The election for the post of Speaker is likely to be held during the next Assembly session scheduled on September 27-28.Rajendra Trivedi had stepped down from his post on September 16. Hours later, he was inducted into the new government of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel as a Cabinet
Ahmedabad airport ramps up rapid Covid-19 testing facility Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Pooja Hegde looks like a dream in the tiered orange-coloured saree
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DRI seizes nearly 3,000 kg heroin worth Rs 9,000 crore from Mundra port Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized nearly 3,000 kg of heroin, approximately worth a whopping Rs 9,000 crore in the international market, said sources. The agency had seized two containers of heroin last week. However, it was only when the second container was opened that they realized the actual worth of the consignment. As per case details, the containers had reached Adani port and had been intercepted by Gandhidham DRI officials.Earlier it was believed that the worth of the drugs was around Rs 2,000 crore. However, after looking at the content of the second container, they believe that the worth of the entire consignment of 2,988.22 kg of heroin, would be nearly Rs 9,000 crore in the international market, according to DRI officials.
Liquor heist on highway as car meets with accident A liquor heist was witnessed on Jetpur-Porbandar highway after a sedan car carrying around 15 boxes met with an accident with a truck. Police said that after the unidentified car driver rammed his vehicle into the truck near Mota Gundala village in Jetpur taluka, he fled from the spot. But the locals and passersby went on a rampage and grabbed liquor bottles stocked in the car. By the time the cops reached the accident site, only 22 bottles were left. Police suspect that there were 180 liquor bottles packed in 15 boxes. After seizing the sedan car and the leftover bottles.
Nesting & breeding: Sparrows take to ‘new houses’ While artificial houses for sparrows — that have become a rare sight in most parts of the city — are distributed andinstalled regularly, for the first-time details have been gathered about the bird using and even breeding in them. The hatchlingsin many cases have grown into birds and occupied other houses.The effort of distributing the houses for sparrows was started by Star India last year. The organization encourages people tojoin the initiative and also provides them with houses, feeders, bags of feed for sparrows.
Authorities at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad have ramped up its rapid Covid-19 testing facility.The decision was taken after Indian travellers to Dubai were required tonot just carry a negative Covid RT-PCR test report but also a rapid PCRtest report, within six hours of departure. As the frequency of passengerstravelling to Dubai increased, the number of machines installed were also increased to 100. A rapid PCR test is basically
an RT-LAMP test which has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as an RTPCR equivalent for rapid Covid-19 testing. “When the rule was imposed, the airport had barely 30 machines installed by two private diagnostics laboratories to conduct the RT-LAMP test. However, of late, the number of flights as well as passenger movement to Dubai from SVPI airport has increased. Therefore, to meet growing requirement for tests, more machines are installed,” said a source at the city airport Sources confirmed that in August.
925 mosquitobreeding sites found in drive Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In a drive carried out by Ahmedabad district administrationon Monday for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases, the teamsfound 925 mosquito breeding sites which were destroyed. About 1,600persons with suspected symptoms were tested for malaria, but none tested positive.The 772 teams carried out the inspection in 466 villages.
minister. He was given the portfolio of Revenue, Disaster Management, Law and Judiciary, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs. After his resignation, Acharya, sitting MLA from Anjar, was made Protem Speaker of Gujarat Assembly. However, she resigned, leaving the post vacant from September 20.
Yogi Adityanath should have used ‘pitaji’, not ‘abba jaan’: Owaisi The AIMIM had forayed into Gujarat politics with local body polls earlier this year. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Criticising Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his “abba jaan” remark, All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) supremo and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, said that not a single Muslim in UP has received a house under Prime Minister Gramin Awas Yojana in the past five years. During his visit to Ahmedabad on Monday, Owaisi said that the UP CM should have stuck to
the term “pitaji” instead. The AIMIM chief also announced that his party would contest the 2022 Assembly elections in Gujarat “with all strength”. Speaking at a press conference, Owaisi, in reply to UP CM’s remark that Owaisi was in UP for polarisation politics, said, “If he believes that it is polarisation politics then why did he use the term abba jaan and why not pitaji. This is called dog-whistle politics that Yogi is indulging in.” Claiming that the UP CM had given false data to claim good governance
when the state has 33 lakh unemployed youth registered on the state portal, Owaisi said, “The rate of unemployment in UP is 10 per cent. When bodies were flowing in the Ganga, when people were unable to afford wood for the cremation of their loved ones.
India was largely left Gm Upheld The Tenets Of Rashtra alone to tackle Covid-19: Pratham…Sarvada Pratham, Antyodaya & Samajik Samarsatha Gautam Adani Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Emphasising that India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic can be a “lesson” to mitigate Black Swan events in the future, industrialist Gautam Adani on Monday said India was “largely left alone” to tackle the virus.“India had nothing to do with the virus, but sustained some of the most drastic consequences and criticism on the global stage. There was not a single major international voice of understanding,” the Adani Group chairman said. This happened even as India had the “gravitas not to criticise any country as they fought their own battles to control the virus”, he added. “The fact that we have fought back should
in itself be a lesson to all of us that there can be no better defence than Atmanirbharta to mitigate future Black Swan events. We should never find ourselves in such a position ever again,” he said, while receiving the Ramkrishna Bajaj Memorial Global Award for outstanding contribution to industry, commerce and infrastructure development. Pointing out that India would be the market that every country would try to tap into for the next two decades, Adani said, “In this euphoria, let us never forget that we were largely left alone to fight the pandemic.”Talking about the criticism levelled against India, Adani said it cannot be at the cost of national dignity. “It (the criticism) cannot be at the cost of destroying.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Shri Alok Kansal – General Manager of Western Railway attended the interaction organized & hosted by Umargam Industrial Association at Umargam, Gujarat on 19th September, 2021. On this occasion, GM Shri Kansal interacted with Shri K. C. Patel - Hon’ble MP of Valsad, Shri Raman Bhai Patkar – Hon’ble MLA of Umargam and representatives of traders & industries associations. GM also inspected the Churchgate – Virar section with respect to safety parameters and reviewed the progress of Virar – Dahanu quadrupling work being undertaken by MRVC as well as the status of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor including land acquisition process, etc. According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway, Shri Alok Kansal - General Manager of
Heavy rains lash Ahmedabad on Monday night; highest in Bopal, Odhav Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The city witnessed heavy rainfall, accompanied by lightning and thunder, late on Monday night. Ahmedabad received an average rainfall of 1 inch in last 24 hours. Weather in the district is likely to remain rainy, with light to moderate rain over the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted.According to figures released by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Bopal and Odhav areas in the city received the maximum, 2.5 inch, rain.Other areas that received rain include Vejalpur, Makarba, Satellite, SG
over the entire state, while isolated places in Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahals, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Kheda, Gandhinagar, Anand and Chhota Udepur are likely to get heavy rain over next two days.
Press Release India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF’21) Discusses Blockchain as a trusted platform Ajay Data, Chairman, Pre-IIGF welcomed guests, speakers, and spoke about the importance of Internet Governance & pre-IIGF and also about the theme of IIGF to the students, professors, industrialists, and speakers. Dr. Souradyuti Paul, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology,
Bhilai, decoded the concept of blockchain while elucidating its importance with relevant examples, especially in the business sector Blockchain is a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network. It makes the asset decentralized, allowing transparent and full-time access to the public.
Tata Motors to increase prices of its commercial vehicles from 1 st October 2021 Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, will increase the price of itcommercial vehicle range in effect from 1 st October 2021. The effective price hike, in the range of 2%, will be implementedbasis the model and the variant of the vehicle. The continued rise in the cost of commodities, such as steel and precious metals, necessitates the company to pass on apart of it through increase in price of the
products. The company has further strived to minimise the increase in the priceby absorbing a certain portion of the cost at various levels of manufacturing. Further, Tata Motors continues the efforts todeliver the lowest total cost of ownership for its customers and fleet owners. Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM; BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 35 billionorganization.
Kyun Rishton Mein Katti Batti actor Sapna Thakur isunrecognisable in this new look! Zee TV&s Kyun Rishton Mein Katti Batti has kept its audience entertained through its interesting storyline revolving around the innocent world of two adorable kids (Rishiand Roli), who have teamed up to rekindle the love between their parents andcomplete their ‘happy family.’ Together, they have vowed to be the glue, that
will fillthe cracks that have developed between their parents - Shubra (Neha Marda) andKuldeep (Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi). While some high voltage drama awaits theaudiences in the upcoming episodes, recently the antagonist of the show - Kuldeepsgirlfriend, Samaira aka Sapna Thakur, surprised the audience as she appeared.
The scene is not very long, but the effort that has gone into it has been immense.
Western Railway addressed the meeting convened by the Umargam Industrial Association & Umargam Passenger Association. While
addressing the gathering, GM upheld the three tenets of philosophy driving the Indian Railways, viz. Rashtra Pratham.
Dholera SIR close to ‘critical milestone’: Officials
Zee TV&s latest fiction show, Meet, has made a place for itself in the audience’s heartssince its premiere. The show presents the story of Meet Hooda (essayed by AshiSingh), who mirrors several women across the nation that are fighting societal norms ofgender roles regarding work and responsibilities. While the show has already made animpression on the Indian
household with its exceptional storyline, the female lead - Ashi Singh has also been working hard to grab everybody’s attention and inspire them.However, she recently stunned one and all when she took up a Sardar look for aparticular sequence. In fact, she had to go through a major makeover for the avatar.While every other actor shuffles through different shades of a character, Ashi Singh seems to be fortunate.
Pipavav Port of Bhavnagar Division is now the 1st Indian Port connected with High Rise OHE In order to attract investors to the project, the Gujarat government is offering land at a 50 per cent discount for the first few entrants. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Highway, Bodakdev, Thaltej, Ghatlodia, Chandlodia, Chandkheda, Gota, Bapunagar, Saraspur, Maninagar, Vastral, etc.The city has received 24.21 inch rainfall so far. According to IMD, light to moderate rainfall is expected
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The Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat, located around 100 km from Ahmedabad, is close to a “critical milestone”, officials said on Monday. Conceptualised in 2006, work on developing an “activation area”, spread over 22.5 sq km in DSIR, is 90 per
cent complete and is ready to be populated by industries, state government officials said.“Dholera SIR will soon cross a critical milestone. Roughly about 90 per cent on the work on activation area has been completed and now it is ready for the industries to step in,” Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority (DSIRDA) chief executive officer Hareet Shukla told The Indian Express. Officials said over Rs 3,000 crore has been spent in developing the trunk infrastructure at this SIR that lies strategically between Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar.In order to attract investors to the project, the Gujarat government is offering land at a 50 per cent discount.
Bhavnagar Division on date 21/09/2021, set up a milestone by running 1st Electric Train from Pipavav Port which is also the1st Indian Port connected with High rise OHE. In addition, Bhavnagar division added a new customer i.e. Pipavav Rail Corporation Ltd, as Container operator. The first rake is loaded from Pipavav Port siding to Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur). By running of this train, now Pipavav port is directly connected with DFC with AC Traction of High Rise OHE. This connectivity is beneficiated in various aspects such as
elimination of undue detention on account of Traction change, acceleration will be quicker, direct connectivity through AC Traction between Pipavav Port and DFC and other major destinations, fuel cost will be reduced, provide energy efficient and ecofriendly transportation. Further it will also help in increasing the average speed of freight trains and will result into seamless train operations. This connectivity starts a new era for Bhavnagar Division as well as Indian Railway for smooth and quick transportation from Ports.
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