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100% pass CBSE Class 12 exams in Ahmedabad With a school average of 88.41 per cent, all 369 students from DPS Bopal cleared Class 12.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad As the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 results declared Friday, city schools secured a 100 per cent result where girls emerged toppers in majority schools. With a school average of 88.41 per cent, all 369 students from DPS Bopal cleared Class 12. Among these, 21 secured above 95 per cent and 155 above 90 per cent. While three students secured 100 marks in mathematics, computer science and Fine Arts, Khushi Bothra secured the highest in science stream with 98.4 per cent, Vedika Khanna in arts stream with 96.6 per cent and Diya
Kedia from commerce stream with 95.4 per cent, all girls.A decline was noticed in the number of perfect 100 scores due to the new moderation policy brought in by CBSE as compared to the 47 students securing 100 marks in the last academic year.The average of science stream was 88.94 per cent, commerce 86.65 and arts 89.78 per cent.Principal of DPS Bopal Surender Sachdeva said, “Two of our students lost their father during pandemic. There good results have been encouraging and worked as a balm in these painful times. There were three Covid positive cases and few quarantine cases due to parents’ hospitalisation.
But students fought this pandemic emotionally as well as academically. Also, since we had given alternative dates for the exams so there were no concerns in their exam
Significant decline in triple talaq cases after law against it came into effect: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Agency News: New Delhi
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Indian Oil-Petronas Joint Venture Plans To Retail Auto Fuels And Natural Gas In India IndianOil Petronas Pvt Ltd, the joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) and Malaysia’s stateowned Petronas reportedly plans to enter into retailing of transportation fuels as well as natural gas in India. According to a report from ETAuto, Indian Oil is planning to introduce a new fuel and gas retail venture in collaboration with Petronas. Addressing a press conference on the company’s June quarter results, Chairman S M Vaidya said Indian Oil Petronas Pvt Ltd (IPPL) will set up petrol pumps and enter into retailing of transportation fuels as well as natural gas.
“Will Break Your Bones”: Trinamool MLA Threatens Party Legislator, Gets Showcause Notice Infighting in the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district came to the fore on Friday when an MLA of the party allegedly threatened to “break the bones” of another TMC legislator. In a video shown on TV channels, the TMC MLA from Bharatpur, Humayun Kabir, a long-time politician from the district who had been with the Congress in the past, was seen issuing the threat at a party programme.“Rejinagar MLA Rabiul Alam Chowdhury has become too proud, arrogant. I will teach you a lesson if you dare to cross my path. I will break your bones,” Mr Kabir thundered at the meeting amid applause by a section of his supporters.Reacting to Mr Kabir’s comments, TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said the Bharatpur MLA has been showcased.
There has been a significant decline in triple talaq cases after the law against the practice came into effect and Muslim women across the country have overwhelmingly welcomed the legislation, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday.His remarks came on the eve of ‘Muslim Women’s Rights Day’ that is observed across the country on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the law against the social evil.Prime Minister Narendra
Modi-led government enacted the law on August 1, 2019 that has made the practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offense.There is a significant decline in triple talaq cases after the law came
Covid-19 vaccination drive: Delhi crosses 10 million doses mark, says Kejriwal Agency News: New Delhi Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that 10 million (1 crore) people have received a shot of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine. This comes days after Maharashtra crossed the milestone, becoming the first such state in the country. The difference between Maharashtra and Delhi, however, is that the former administered both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 10 million of its population, whereas Arvind Kejriwal announced at a press conference today that 74
lakh people of the national capital have received one vaccine jab.“The 1 crore jabs were given to around 74 lakh people. Out of these, 26 lakh have been administered both the doses, while the rest have been given one shot of the vaccine,” the Delhi chief minister said.“Delhi has a population of around 2 crore, and 1.5 crore are above the age of 18 and eligible for vaccination. So, out of 1.5 crore, 74 lakh have been administered at least one shot. This means, 50 per cent of the national capital’s population has received at least one vaccine shot,” Kejriwal added.
into effect, Naqvi was quoted as saying in a statement. Muslim women across the country have overwhelmingly welcomed this law, he said. Different organisations across the country will observe August 1 as ‘Muslim Women Rights Day’. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and Naqvi will attend a programme in New Delhi to observe ‘Muslim Women Rights Day’ on Sunday.
schedules.”On the evaluation this year, Sachdeva added, “Evaluation has been very objective considering not only continuous evaluation of this academic year but the result
of three years from Class 10, 11 and 12 were considered to give them the benefit of all three years. Few students who did not take Class 11 exams seriously not expecting these to be considered in Class 12 might have lost some marks. But overall it came as an advantage to all. The high average is an indication of benefit of their Class 10 results contribution.”Another school in Ahmedabad, DAV International School Makarba too had a 100 per cent result where 57 students appeared in science and commerce stream. While 16 students secured above 90 per cent, highest percentage in science stream
‘Muslim Women Rights Day’ on August 1 to commemorate 2 years of triple talaq law
Agency News: New Delhi The ministry of minority affairs announced on Saturday that “Muslim Women Rights Day” will be observed across the country on August 1. It will celebrate the second anniversary of the enactment
of the law against triple talaq. The practice of granting instant divorce was classified as a criminal offence through a law enforced by the government on August 1, 2019. Though the Centre faced issues in clearing the bill through the Rajya Sabha.
According to the Union health ministry, more than 31.4 million unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, union territories and private hospitals to be administered.
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that the Centre has disbursed ₹1827.8 crore to states and Union territories (UTs) to fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). He said this is 15 per cent of the ‘Emergency Covid Response Package’ sanctioned by the central government.“ ₹1,827.80 crore (15 per cent of
the total amount of ‘Emergency Covid Response Package’) fixed by the Central Government to fight against Covid-19 has been sent to the states and UTs,” the Union health minister said on Twitter.According to the Union health ministry, more than 31.4 million unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, union territories and private hospitals to be administered.The ministry said
in Science stream with 95.8 per cent, Nakshi Bhavsar with 96.2 per cent topped in commerce stream,” said school principal Nivedita Ganguli.Udgam School.
Tokyo Olympics : Heartbreak for PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu-Ying wins to move into finals PV Sindhu Vs Tai Tzu-Ying Highlights: India’s PV Sindhu, seeded sixth, lost Badminton Women’s Singles Semifinal 1821,12-21 in 40 minutes to second seed Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei. Agency News: Tokyo
Over ₹1,800 crore sent to states, UTs to fight Covid-19: Mandaviya Agency News: New Delhi
was 95.8 per cent and commerce 96.2 per cent. While the overall qualified performance indicator (QPI) of the school is 85.12, science is 86.34 and commerce 83.67. Pankhudi Shukla topped
It was heartbreak for PV Sindhu as she was beaten by Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-Ying in straight sets in the semi finals. Sindhu lost the match by 21-18 & 2112 as Tzu-Ying completely dominated her with variations in serve and backhand. This is Sindhu’s 14th loss to the Taiwanese second seed in 19 meetings, having also lost to her in the last three face-offs.India still hopes to grab another medal and add to the silver won by weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Day 1. Sindhu will still have a chance to go for the bronze medal. Sindhu seeded sixth, faces eighth-seed He Bingjiao in the third-place medal match at 5 pm on Sunday. India did not begin the weekend on a great note. Boxer Amit Panghal bowed
out in his round of 16 bout against Colombia’s Yurberjen Martinez. Archer Atanu Das also went down in men’s individual pre-quarters. On a brighter note, discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur made it to the finals after finishing second in qualifying. Meanwhile, India defeated South Africa 4-3 in women’s hockey to keep their Olympic knockout hopes alive. In shooting, Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant failed to make the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final after finishing 15th and 33rd, respectively, in qualification. Indian sailing pair of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar continued to languish at 17th overall after the penultimate race in the men’s skiff 49er event at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Ganapathy and Thakkar finished 16th, ninth and 14th in the three races.
that over 487.8 million vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline. Of this, the total consumption including wastage is 45,82,60,052 doses.
Rescue operations resume in cloudburst-hit Kishtwar
The IAF rescued 74 of its personnel, who were stranded in different parts of Kishtwar, as well as five critically injured patients, The search operation was interrupted by heavy rains late Thursday night and resumed around noon on Friday at Honzar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir
Family members of the victims mourn the loss of their loved ones after flash floods occur due to a cloudburst
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Pegasus’ Legendary Thunderbolt Strikes Modi Govt
Pegasus, the winged horse, is supposed to carry thunderbolts as per Greek mythology. It seems one of these bolts has struck the Modi government, which is in a real predicament over the use of the Israeli spyware to snoop on people in India. Whether such use was authorised or unauthorised remains a moot point right now.What is of more immediate concern is whether the Modi government bought the spywareusing taxpayers’ money to spy on people themselves. Whatever be the answer, the rulingparty and the government are in a hopeless situation. If they admit having bought themalware, they are doomed. Now, if they deny having made the purchase, they are more doomed because it amounts to admitting that the government has no control over the goings-on within its own domain.The third option of avoiding both answers, which is what the Modi government is trying to do,though with little success, means the suspicion strengthens with every hour of delay in clarifying its role. For, in leaving things in ambiguity, the government has wittingly or unwittingly dropped enough hints of its complicity.New IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who according to the government is the right person tospeak about the issue, asserts there has been no ‘unauthorised’ use of Pegasus software in India. In the same breath, he cites the NSO, the Israeli owners of the spyware, to claim thatsuch services are openly available to anyone, anywhere, and anytime, and are commonlyused by governmental agencies as well as by private companies worldwide. It is also beyonddispute that the data has nothing to do with surveillance or with NSO, so there can be nofactual basis to suggest that a use of the data somehow equates to surveillance.Vaishnaw, at the same time, has not denied the existence of a well-established procedurethrough which lawful interception of electronic communication is carried out for the purposeof national security. As long as the definition of national security has been made highlyelastic by the Modi government, which has repeatedly attracted the ire of the courts,Vaishnaw’s assurance carries little credibility, especially when reports have suggested thathe was himself the victim of spying, along with two other members of Modi’s cabinet as wellas functionaries of the PMO. This raises the question as to what kind of national securitythreat had warranted such surveillance. Or was it to keep a watch on potential Brutus-es. Vaishnaw’s predecessor Ravi Shankar Prasad has raised the spectre of Indian democracybeing targeted to be singled out for the use of Pegasus for surveillance. It was in 2019 whenhe was the IT minister that the Pegasus controversy first broke out. Prasad had sought tobrush aside the allegation by insisting there was no ‘unauthorised’ interception. His claimabout India being targeted when more than 45 nations were using the spyware in a wayconfirmed that India was indeed among those nations. He has blamed ‘some people’ as being behind the current controversy and sees mischief inthe timing, which is just before the monsoon session of parliament. And among the somepeople, he has Rahul Gandhi in mind, as the latter’s name allegedly figured in the list ofvictims. He has thus found a hand to blame the controversy on.Indians are used to hearing the role of ‘foreign hand’ in whatever bad things were happeningin the country. It was a favourite of Indira Gandhi as she used to see ‘foreign hands’ ineverything, which was liberally used by other political parties of her time as well, particularlythe left, with its imperialist angle. Over time blaming foreign hands has gone out of fashion.But for Indira Gandhi, apart from having come handy in defending her government’s failures,the hand was always propitious. It was the ‘hand’ that brought her back from politicalwilderness during the Janata Party rule to become prime minister yet again. The new handsymbol of her party, replacing the ‘cow and calf’, which happened to be distinctly unlucky forher and the party, was inspired by the deity at a remotetemple in Palakkad in Kerala, whereshe had gone to seek the blessings. The deity at the temple is goddess Parvati, butrepresented by her two hands. It - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara is believed that the imagery.
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Rajya Sabha Lost 40 Of 50 Working Hours In First 2 Monsoon Session Weeks The Rajya Sabha spent only 1.24 hours on legislative business, passing four Bills with seven members intervening. Agency News: New Delhi The Rajya Sabha’s monsoon session productivity fell, thanks to disruptions, from 32.2 per cent in the first week to 13.7 per cent in the second. Its overall figure for this period stood at 21.6 per cent, according to the House Secretariat’s records. For the first time, the Secretariat is issuing daily Bulletins, recording the business of the
Teen loses Rs 40,000 in online game, dies by suicide
Agency News: Bhopal Reportedly depressed after repeatedly losing money in an online game and being scolded by his mother, a 13-yearold boy died by suicide in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. According to police, the boy had lost the money in a game called Free Fire.As per available information, the boy had been using money from his mother’s bank account to play the game. In the suicide note believed to have been written by him, which the police have found, the boy apologized to his parents for spending Rs 40,000 from his mother’s account to play Free Fire, an online game. Chhatarpur police said that the boy was depressed as he had been losing money continuously. Police added that his father has a pathology lab, while his mother works in the pathology department at a hospital. On Friday, she had received a bank notification about a transaction of Rs 1,500. She called up the boy and scolded him for spending.
House that could not be taken up. In the first two weeks, 130 Zero Hour submissions and 87 Special Mentions failed to be taken up, though they were admitted by the Chairman. It is through these that members raise issues of public importance. Of the 50 total working hours available, 39.52 were lost to disruptions. The House, however, sat for 1.12 hours beyond the scheduled time,
but for which the productivity would have been even lower. During the nine sittings of the Rajya Sabha these first two weeks, it could have only 1.38 hours of Question Hour. This segment is primarily meant to ensure accountability of the executive to Parliament. It spent 1.24 hours on legislative business, passing
four Bills with seven members intervening. The Bills passed were The Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021; The Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill, 2021; The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and The Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Orissa HC rejects govt affidavit on Covid deaths citing discrepancies The HC bench said the chief district medical officer of Nayagarh district had submitted that 117 Covid deaths had taken place in just 2 months which was much higher than the state government’s statistics. Agency News: New Delhi Unimpressed by the Odisha government’s affidavit on Covid deaths during the first and second wave, the Orissa high court has asked for a comprehensive and up to date account before the next hearing on September 7.The HC said the state government’s figures on Covid deaths had discrepancies and rejected its affidavit made up
of just three paragraphs and called for a detailed affidavit. The Odisha government on July 15 submitted an affidavit saying 4,925 persons had died due to Covid-19 in the state with the most 849 deaths taking place in Khurda district, followed by Sundargarh (427), Ganjam (400), Cuttack (311) and Nayagarh (132). It also claimed that a total 949,929 positive Covid-19 cases were registered in the state by July
15 and the maximum 167,913 were reported from Khurda, followed by 82,826 in Cuttack, 60,132 in Sundargarh, 41,825 in Puri and 41, 442 in Angul. The HC bench said the chief district medical officer of Nayagarh district had submitted that 117 Covid deaths had taken place in just 2 months of May and June this year, which was much higher than the state government’s statistics.
Vice Admiral SN Ghormade takes charge as new Vice Chief of Indian Navy Admiral SN Ghormade has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Indian Navy that included commanding guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra. Agency News: New Delhi Admiral Ghormade has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Indian Navy that included commanding guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra, submarine rescue vessel INS
Nireekshak and minesweeper INS Alleppey. He succeeded Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar who retired after 39 years of service. The Flag Officer was holding the tri-service appointment of deputy chief (operations and training) at the headquarters of the Integrated
Defence Staff prior to taking over as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Ghormade is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Naval Staff College at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island, and the Naval.
‘Negative perception a challenge, work to change image’: PM to IPS probationers Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his “Nation first, always first” mantra to the IPS trainees and said that they should always prioritise India’s interests, no matter how local their issues might normally be. Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers they are on a 25-year “special mission” to make policing in the country socially responsible so that an accountable framework is laid by the time India celebrates 100 years of Independence in 2047.Highlighting that there is a “negative connotation” associated with the police force in India, Prime Minister Modi said that officials should work hard to improve the image. “This perception
changed temporarily when the Covid-19 crisis first arrived,” the Prime Minister said while virtually interacting with the IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. “But things are back to where they were once again,” he said. As an example, Prime Minister Modi pointed out to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and said that much trust is associated with the personnel involved in rescue and relief operations. The police should strive to improve its public image, too, he said, especially since the country is currently going through one of the most significant phases in its history.
NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY – First Sunday in August
On the first Sunday in August, National Friendship Day encourages people across the country and world to connect with friends. Make a new friend or reconnect with an old one. Friendships come in many forms, and we begin developing them when we’re very young. Throughout our lives, friendships and their meanings evolve. Our classmates and neighborhood pals explored the world with us. Together we shared experiences and made plans for the future. Eventually, paths diverge and new friends find a place in our social experience. Our world expands and our culture changes. With each new friend, we expand our view of the world. Their
experiences contribute to new meaning in our lives. Through friendships, we grow and broaden our horizons. Eventually, the world becomes smaller and more connected. Get in contact with your buddies for a chat or visit.Accept an invitation to meet new people. You might make lifelong friendships you didn’t know could exist.Share a memory with old friends to spark a fun conversation.Tell your friends how much you appreciate them.Challenge your circle of friends to share an experience they think none of your other friends have had. You’ll discover new things about your friends and find out just how unique each of them is.
Red Fort violence: Punjab House panel wants free legal aid, compensation for booked farmers Agency News: New Delhi
Avika Gor is the SASSIEST bride in new photoshoot,wears contrasting plain black high heels with her lehenga.
SIX MONTHS after Delhi and Haryana Police booked farmers in the aftermath of the Red Fort violence on the Republic Day, a Vidhan Sabha committee set up by the Punjab government to look into the matter has reached a conclusion that the “protesting farmers were falsely implicated, tortured, and needed free legal aid, compensation.” After meeting 70 farmers from across the state, the committee led by MLA Kuldip Singh Vaid, has said that the “government will provide free legal aid to
This move comes at a juncture when a fresh round of tussle has broken out between the Delhi government and L-G Anil Baijal over the Red Fort violence cases. the farmers as many of them cannot afford it and also compensation for the torture they have undergone at the hands of Delhi and Haryana Police”. This move comes at a juncture when a fresh round of
tussle has broken out between the Delhi government and L-G Anil Baijal over the Red Fort violence cases. The L-G had recently rejected a panel of lawyers constituted by the
Delhi government to appear in these cases, a move that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal termed as an insult to the people of Delhi. Meanwhile, Vaid, while speaking “We
met 10-odd farmers today and by now have met about 70 farmers. We have come to a conclusion that these people were rounded up when they were headed to Tikri border to participate in tractor rally, and arrested. Someone was supplying milk to the agitating farmers and the other was supplying ration. They told us that the police asked them if they were headed to Tikri border and when they responded affirmative they were picked up. They were tortured badly with sticks. Their stories are very moving. They have gone through a lot.”
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Vandana becomes first Indian woman to score Olympic hat-trick in hockey Vandana scored in the first, second and fourth quarters of India’s last match in Pool A of the Tokyo Olympics to etch her names on the history books and become the first Indian woman to score an Olympic hat-trick.
This meant the Indian shooting team’s disastrous outing at the Games continued
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Agency News: Tokyo Vandana Katariya became the first Indian woman hockey player to score an Olympic hat-trick as India beat South Africa by 4-3 at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday to keep their quarterfinal hopes alive. Vandana scored in the first, second and fourth quarters of India’s last match in Pool A of the Tokyo Olympics to etch her names in the history books.
India started aggressively, making a circle penetration early on in the match and earning a Penalty Corner in the opening minutes of the match, however, the Indian team couldn’t find a way to get on board. Moments later, Navneet Kaur made a brilliant run from the right and passed the ball to Vandana Katariya (4’), who tapped the ball into the goal and helped India take a 1-0 lead.India kept putting pressure on the South Africans and kept creating.
No finals for Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant in women’s rifle 3P shooting
Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Tejaswini Sawant failed to make the finals of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, settling for the 15th and 33rd position respectively, at the Olympics here on Saturday.This meant the Indian shooting team’s disastrous outing at the Games continued with none of its participants except for Saurabh Chaudhary qualifying for the finals, having entered Tokyo on the back of some
stunning performances and soaring expectations. World Championship silver-medallist Moudgil finished with 1167 and 54 inner 10s, while the veteran Sawant scored 1154 over the three series of standing kneeling and prone at the Asaka Shooting Range. Moudgil, who was inside the top-8 for a while, raised hopes before the final series after a good set of 40 shots, but she could not sustain that. She had a good outing in kneeling and prone but gave it away in the standing, shooting 382.
Kiara Advani’s rumoured boyfriend Sidharth Malhotra has shared a behind-the-scenes picture from the sets of Shershaah to wish her on her birthday. The actor turned 29 on July 31.In the picture, shared on Instagram Stories, Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani were seen in the get-up of their characters from the war film. The couple had their attention on the camera and appeared to be observing a shot they just delivered. While Kiara dressed in a baby pink salwar suit, Sidharth wore a blue checked shirt.
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Ek Duaa review: A touching tale, but execution mars the narrative of Esha Deol’s short film The problem with the film primarily lies in the inability of the actors to look their part and that it fails to offer any fresh perspective on the issue it addresses Agency News: Mumbai Over the course of three films — Seasons Greetings, Rickshawala and now Ek Duaa — director Ram Kamal Mukherjee has shown a penchant for picking up socially relevant subjects often addressing the issue of the marginalised: The freedom of sexual choice,
‘We don’t Dressel sets world record in 100m become cebutterfly, Ledecky wins second gold lebrities overAgency News: Tokyo has dominated her entire second victory of the Games careerDressel already held in the 800-meter freestyle, Caeleb Dressel of the the world record in the 100 clocking in at 8 minutes, night after United States won his third fly (49.5 seconds in 2019) 12:57 seconds, ahead of gold medal of the Tokyo and the Olympic record Ariarne Titmus of Australia one reality Games, setting a world record (49.71 Friday), and he came and Simona Quadarella of in the 100-meter butterfly to the final as the favorite. Italy. It was Ledecky’s third Caeleb Dressel led right from the start and held with a time of 49.45 seconds, His finish was the first world Olympic gold medal in the off Hungary’s Kristof Milak to touch in 49.45 show’: Priand Katie Ledecky concluded record in a men’s swimming 800 free, after wins in London seconds, breaking the mark of 49.50 that he her Olympics with another individual event at the Tokyo in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in yank Sharhad set at the 2019 World Championships. gold medal in an event she Games.Ledecky earned her 2016. Microsoft in advanced Amid rising student de- ‘Epic is right’: ma opens Musk slams up about his talks to buy stake in Oyo: mand, Air India to double Elon Apple’s app store journey Reports fees Oyo raised a term loan B (TLB) funding of $660 million from global institutional investors and it will use the capital to pay off debt and for other business investments. Agency News: Mumbai Microsoft is in advanced talks to pick up a stake in hotel chain Oyo at a valuation of about $9 billion (around ₹67,000 crore), reports have said. Reuters reported that the deal could be announced in the coming weeks ahead of an initial public offering (IPO) planned by Oyo. Ritesh Agarwal, Oyo’s founder and chief executive officer, said earlier this month that his company would consider a
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potential public offering without giving a timeline.TechCrunch was the first to report about the deal between Microsoft and Oyo and said on Thursday that the proposed deal may involve Oyo shifting to use Microsoft’s cloud services.Oyo raised a term loan B (TLB) funding of $660 million (nearly ₹4,920 crore) from global institutional investors and it will use the capital to pay off debt and for other business investments. Oyo said in a statement that the offer was oversubscribed by 1.7 times and the company received commitments of close to $1 billion.
Agency News: New Delhi Air India is increasing the frequency of its flights to the US by over two times to 21 flights a week from August 7, compared to less than 10 weekly flights operated in July, as demand from students travelling to US universities for the commencement of fall semester surges, an Air India official said. The doubled frequency, however, is still half the 40 flights a week that Air India operated prior to the US government order in
May banning travellers from India due to rising Covid-19 cases here. Travel restrictions imposed by the United States, in addition to a curb on Indian travellers to the UAE, had led to a situation where students travelling to the US found themselves with significantly fewer travel options and inflated ticket prices. India and China are the top two countries from where student visas are issued for the US. In a tweet, the flag carrier said: “Air India will operate additional flights between New Delhi.
Tesla chief executive and billionaire Elon Musk supported the move of a gaming company challenging the removal of its application by Apple from its app store. Musk slammed the tech giant’s app store fees, calling them a “global tax on the internet”.“Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right,” Musk said in a tweet.The issue came to focus after Epic Games, the maker of ‘Fortnite’, alleged that the iPhone maker has abused its dominance in the market for mobile apps. It even filed a lawsuit against Apple last year. Epic broke Apple’s rules when it introduced its own in-app payment system in ‘Fortnite’ to circumvent Apple’s commissions. The tech giant subsequently removed the game from its app store.
5 changes coming into effect from August 1, will impact salary, EMI payments Agency News: New Delhi The month of August will bring several changes to banking rules, which will impact the day-to-day operations performed by account holders. While those paying the equated monthly installments (EMIs) and receiving salaries will benefit, these changes could pinch account holders who use ATM cards frequently.The changes coming into force from
Sunday are a result of changes in rules introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
and regular updates introduced by banks.Here is a look at some of these changes that will take
effect from August 1:NACH to be available on all days: The National Automated Clearing House (NACH) is a bulk payment system used by banks to transfer salaries and pensions, dividends and interest etc. It is facilitates payments pertaining to electricity, gas, telephone, water, periodic instalments towards loans, investments in mutual funds and insurance premium. The NACH has been developed by the National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and is available only on bank working days. In June, the RBI announced that the bulk payment system will be available on all days starting August 1. This, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, is being done to leverage the 24x7 availability of real-time gross settlement (RTGS). NACH is also used as a mode of direct benefit transfer (DBT) to a large number of beneficiaries
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The news of Neha entering the show has been confirmed by the streaming portal Voot.
the choice or lack of it that a young man has when it comes to breaking free of his family profession, and in Ek Duaa, the deplorable practice of female foeticide and gender discrimination. Though the intention is commendable, the problem arises when the preaching overtakes the storytelling. In Seasons Greetings, he managed a fine
Agency News: Mumbai Priyank Sharma became a household name after his stint in the 11th season of the reality show, Bigg Boss. But this wasn’t his first tryst with reality show — he had participated in other popularity ones like Roadies
balance between the two, aided by two strong leads. Rickshawala made its point well enough though the execution faltered, with one message too many. Ek Duaa, unfortunately, leaves a lot to be desired and the twist in the tale, though making a statement strongly enough, is undone by what has gone before. Rising and Splitsvilla 10. But it was Bigg Boss that opened up a lot of avenues for him, and he went on to do the popular web series, Puncch Beat. Now, with the season two bringing rave reviews his way, Priyank sits for a chat about his life on and off screen. How would you describe your character’s growth in the second season of Puncch Beat?In season two, you will witness the mysterious side of Rahat [Priyank’s character], because he is going through the teenage-to-adult transition. Like every individual in his/ her 20s, Rahat too is trying to find himself and make sense of the world around him. As the show progresses, his relationship.
‘Asalaam-e-ishqum’ singer Neha Bhasin first confirmed ‘Bigg Boss OTT’ contestant Agency News: Mumbai Singer Neha Bhasin has been named as the first confirmed contestant of the new season of the controversial reality show ‘Bigg Boss OTT’. The news of Neha entering the show has been confirmed by the streaming portal Voot. Names of the other celebrities who will be seen in the show are still under wraps.Neha is known for lending her voice for popular Bollywood numbers such as “Swag se swagat”, “Asalaame-ishqum”, “Heeriye” and “Jag ghoomeya”, among many others.‘Bigg Boss OTT’ marks the 15th season of the reality show ‘Bigg Boss’. Filmmaker Karan Johar has been roped in to host the digital version, which premieres on August 8 on Voot. Karan will anchor the drama for the six-week run of ‘Bigg Boss OTT’. After the completion of the digital exclusive, the show will move into Colors with the launch of Season 15 of ‘Bigg Boss’, hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan.Meanwhile, Salman Khan on the occasion of Eid treated fans with the promo of Bigg Boss OTT. The actor said that he finds it great that this season the show will have a digitalfirst with six weeks ahead of its television run. “It’s great that this season of Bigg Boss will have a digital first with ‘Bigg Boss OTT’, six weeks ahead of television. The platform will see unparalleled interactivity where the audience.
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Gujarat’s Famous Tarnetar Fair Cancelled This Year Due To COVID-19 Gujarat’s Tarnetar fair at the Trinetreshwar Mahadev temple in Tarnetar village is held annually for three days in August-September. Agency News: Surendranagar
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Gujarat confidential: Law and Laughter Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Taking a friendly dig at lengthy rejoinders filed by lawyers at the Gujarat HC before beginning the hearing of a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GCTOC) Act, Chief Justice Vikram Nath Wednesday remarked that the court is 100 per cent convinced that the organised crime Act should be there “at least for lawyers” in the high court, for “terrorising judges” with lengthy written submissions, running in thousands of pages. “If this is not organised crime, what is?…you are trying to terrorise the judges by filing volumes after volumes (of written submissions), so therefore this Act’s validity is now going to be held (at the HC for lawyers)… Mr (Kamal) Trivedi (advocate general) will agree with us that organised crime and terrorism in High Court must continue,” Chief Justice Nath continued in jest, bringing forth laughs from lawyers appearing in the case.
Gujarat’s Tarnetar fair, which attracts a large number of tourists from across India and abroad, will not be held for the second year in a row this year due to the coronavirus situation, a senior official said on Saturday.The annual fair
at the Trinetreshwar Mahadev temple in Tarnetar village is held annually for three days in August-September.“But it has been cancelled this year as well due to the prevailing pandemic situation and the Gujarat government’s latest COVID-19 notification that prohibits gathering of more than 400 people in a public
Agency News: Rajkot Two Barodians caught hold of a fraud tantrik, Babulal Gor, who allegedly duped people in the name of conducting rituals in Vadodara in 1999. Praveen Koradia and Dhiru Mistry hoped that Gor’s indictment will serve as a lesson for other cheats. But their wait for justicehas turned 22 years and counting as the trial for the case is yet to begin!Reason? Police are yet to ‘trace’ out Gor and produce the accused beforethe court. On Friday, 70-year-old Koradia and 82-year-old Mistry were summoned bythe court for the second time in connection with the case. “In 2019, we got the summons for the first time, 20 years after thecomplaint was filed! We got to learn in the court that cops haven’t beenable to trace Gor, who stays in Ahmedabad, as yet. The judge had then directed Ahmedabad police commissioner to produce the accused before the
court,” Mistry said. “We again appeared in the court on Friday but the accused wasn’t present. The judge again directed the Ahmedabad police totrace Gor and produce him in the court in the next hearing in September this year,” Mistry, a national award-winning documentary film-maker and social activist, said. “Since 1999, I changed my residence thrice after I filed a complaint against Gor at the J P Road police station. The copsmanaged to trace me and serve summons, but ironically they have been unsuccessful in tracking down Gor in all these years! Ihope they are able to produce him before the court in the next hearing,” Koradia, who had trapped and caught hold of the accused, said “In 1999, an advertisement in a local newspaper drew my attention. Gor had given an advertisement promising to solve people’s problems. He was staying in a hotel in Vadodara and so I approached him as a customer.
Recently, Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat had also announced that they will organise protests in Ahmedabad and other cities from August 1 to August 9 The Gujarat Congress announced a nine-day protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party from August 1 to August 9, which coincides with the state government’s recent decision to organize celebrations for five years of governance. Recently, Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat had also announced that they will organise protests in Ahmedabad and other cities from August 1 to August 9 as a form of protest against the decision of state government to hold celebrations for the completion of five years of BJP government in Gujarat.On Friday, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Chavda addressed a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan in Ahmedabad stating that his party intends to “show mirror” to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani through the protests, as state government
programme,” Surendranagar district collector A K Aurangabadkar said.The state notification allows all temples to remain open for prayers and other rituals, but devotees will
have to follow the COVID-19 norms, he said.“It has also been decided that Tarnetar fair will not be allowed to be held this year due to the coronavirus situation.
But devotees can visit the temple to offer prayers,” he said, adding that the fair was cancelled last year as well due to the pandemic.Devotees and tourists turn up in large numbers to take part in the fair, which has been described as a “celebration of ethnic Gujarat’s folk-dance, music, costumes and the arts, centered around young tribal men and women seeking marriage partners” as described by the state tourism department on its official website. In its latest notification issued on Friday, the state government has allowed all religious, social, educational, cultural and political functions to
Rs 7 crore fake bill scam: Gujarat Fraud tantrik evades prosecution for 22 years govt official suspended, inquiry on
As Gujarat govt set to celebrate its 5 yrs: Congress to hold nine-day protest against state govt
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has announced celebrations from August 1 to August 9.“To listen to the sentiments, ony, and angst of the public, to address their needs and to expose the shortcomings of this government in the past 25 years, Gujarat Congress will be organizing a nine-day protest to show mirror to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who is going to celebrate five years of his governancem” said Chavda.On the first day we will hold ‘save education campaign’, the second day we will organise ‘insensitive government, save health welfare’ protest campaign, third day will be devoted to ‘right to food’ program, fourth to ‘women safety’, fifth to ‘save farmers and farming campaign’, sixth to ‘remove unemployment campaign’, seventh to ‘find Vikaas campaign’, eight to ‘Jan Adhikar’ campaign and ninth to ‘Social Revolution’ campaign… We will be following Covid protocols and organize these
programs in all 33 districts,” he added..
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, on Friday, ordered immediate suspension of an account officer under Ahmedabad District Panchayat in connection with a fake bill scam worth Rs 7 crore, and an inquiry into the entire episode. Patel announced the action in an official message which he also posted on social media. The officer has been identified as Hardik Prajapati. The alleged scam is related to the education sector in Ahmedabad district. Ahmedabad District Development Officer (DDO) Anil Dhameliya said that a Deputy Account Officer has already been suspended in the episode and three separate FIRs have been registered
against him. Two taluka primary education officers have also been suspended in this connection. According to Dhameliya, the alleged scam runs into close to Rs 8 crore in which the concerned officials are accused of making duplicate bills of teachers’ earned leaves
number of daily infection cases has dropped significantly in Gujarat, the government has said that it was alert in view of the possible third wave of the pandemic.
Nearly 150 Take Part In Gujarat Religious Procession; Case Against 3: Cops The procession was taken out in Patdi town of Gujarat on Friday afternoon, a police officer said Agency News: Surendranagar Around 150 people participated in a religious procession in Surendranagar district of Gujarat in violation of the coronavirus norms, following which police have registered an offence against two organisers of the event and a disc jockey (DJ) operator, an official said on Saturday.The procession was taken out in Patdi town of the district on Friday afternoon, he said.“A religious programme was organised in the town, where around 150 devotees gathered. Later, they also took part in a procession, during which they danced to the music being played by the DJ. The participants flouted social distancing norms and only a few persons were seen wearing face-masks as required under the government’s
COVID-19 guidelines,” the Patdi police station official said.Surendranagar district magistrate has already issued a notification under section 144 of the CrPC as well as the provisions of the National Disaster Management Act and Gujarat Police Act, prohibiting assembly of more than four persons at one place. But these persons flouted it by organising such a large religious event, he said. We registered an FIR against three persons - the organisers of the event as well as the DJ operator - under IPC sections 269 (negligent act likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), and also sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act on Friday evening,” the official said.
5,000 people, mainly women, bullied, stalked and harassed on social media in pandemic year: Ahmedabad Police Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
In the past one year of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, around 5,000 people, an overwhelming majority of them young women, were bullied, sexually harassed and stalked on social media, as per data revealed by the police.According to officials of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, which pivots the ‘Cyber Aashvast project’, from January 2020 to July 2021, as many as 4,985 complaints were made by victims using various social media platforms to the Anti Cyber Bullying Unit of Gujarat Police. The complaints ranged from stalking, bullying, sexually
According to officials of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, which pivots the ‘Cyber Aashvast project’, from January 2020 to July 2021, as many as 4,985 complaints were made by victims using various social media platforms to the Anti Cyber Bullying Unit of Gujarat Police. harassment to impersonation, using morphed pictures and lewd activities made against the victims, a majority of them women.Speaking to The Indian Express, Amit Vasava, deputy commissioner of police, Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, said, “Among the near about 5,000 complaints that we received at the anti cyber bullying unit, barring
Zee Comedy Show hosts a stressbuster evening for Indian Medical Personnel Agency News: Mumbai
Even as the pandemic continues to cast its shadow of stress, Zee TV makes an attemptto lighten up the country collective mood by offering its viewers an escape from all thestress via the route of rib-tickling comedy through its upcoming reality show. Inassociation with Optimystix Entertainment, Zee TV is all set to introduce Zee ComedyShow, a show that hopes to make every Indian family unwind on their couch as some oftop comedians will make
at the time of retirement. At the same time, those named culprits in the episode are accused of crediting government’s grants, related to admissions of 25% students in schools under Right to Education Act, in some third parties’ accounts instead of the schools concerned. Between 2015 and 2021, total 53 such transactions came to the notice of the district authorities. We have registered three FIRs against the Deputy Account Officer in three talukas (with charges like fraud, breach of trust etc.) and Prajapati has been suspended (today) because this has happened in his section and one person has done it in three different talukas. His further inquiry will begin by the government,” Dhameliya added.
be organised with no more than 400 participants on an open ground, and with half its capacity in an enclosed area with the numbers not exceeding 400. Although the
them LOL their stress away. In the very first episode, Zee Comedy Show decided to deliver a much-needed dose oflaughter to the ones who need it the most - the frontliners who have been courageouslyprotecting us all from the flare of the COVID – 19 virus on a daily
basis, our healthcareworkers. Giving them a chance to de-stress and laugh out loud, the show hosted astressbuster evening for several doctors, nurses and ward boys by inviting them towatch the filming of its first episode LIVE.With eleven comedians of the show - Ali Asgar, Sugandha Mishra Bhosale, Dr. SanketBhosale, Gaurav Dubey, Ballraaj, Siddharth Sagar, Divyansh Dwivedi, TejasswiPrakash, Chitrashi Rawat, Aditya Narayan and Punit J. Pathak performing somehilarious acts.
a few cases, the victims were young girls and women. The complainants were not just from Ahmedabad but all across Gujarat. A lot of complaints pertained to stalking or indecent comments made on social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.”“The anti cyber bullying unit worked two ways in such complaints, first
of all in case of impersonation or fake account on social media, the particular account was deleted, and then the concerned police station was informed to take criminal action against the accused. Many times, the offence committed did not fall under the purview of the Information Technology Amendment Act to be
Agency News: Sri Ganganagar
Farmers gathered during the BJP’s sit-in over the law and order, and water for irrigation
counted as a criminal act. In those cases also, we took satisfactory action by either disabling/deleting the account of bullies and then proper counselling of the victims.”Among the near about 5,000 victims, a few of them included young students of a private university who were sexually harassed by an unknown man who infiltrated into their online Zoom class and committed lewd activities. More than a year later, police cracked the case and traced the main accused to have fled to Canada while his accomplice, a student of the private university, who knew the victim students, was arrested.
Farmers Manhandle BJP Leader In Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar Some farmers allegedly manhandled a BJP leader and tore his clothes in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district on Friday, an incident condemned and dubbed as unfortunate by the party. The incident took place at Ganga Singh Chowk in Sri Ganganagar where some farmers gathered during the BJP’s sit-in over the law and order, and water for irrigation. Farmers manhandled and tore clothes of BJP’s Scheduled Castes Morcha chief Kailash Meghwal after the United
Kisan Morcha protesting the Centre’s farm laws announced to oppose the party’s programme. Police and other farmer leaders came to the rescue of Mr Meghwal. Police had to use mild force to disperse the farmers. A video
of the incident also surfaced on social media Deputy Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Rajendra Rathore, later tweeted, “The law and order situation in the state is extremely worrying. The BJP’s programme in Sri Ganganagar was predetermined. Police remained a mute spectator during the attack on Dalit leader Kailash Meghwal. It is a failure of police administration.” BJP’s state president Satish Poonia issued a statement, terming the incident as “unfortunate and condemnable”. Violence has no place in democracy, he said.