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News Brief “Gay sex ban: Sec. 377” NCB gets regular Chief after an year Agency | New Delhi
Senior IPS officer R R Bhatnagar has been appointed as the new Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), almost after an year the post got vacant and no regular chief was posted by the government for the central agency. A latest order issued by the Union Home Ministry, after getting approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the 1983-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer will take over as the full-time Chief of the NCB.
Agency | New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the petition filed by an NGO seeking to reverse the court’s judgment on Section 377, which makes gay sex a criminal offence. The apex court referred the matter to a fivejudge Constitution bench and assured that curative
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petitions for de-criminalising homosexuality would be listed at an early date. Kapil Sibal, arguing against Section 377, told the court that banning gay sex bound present and future generations to indignity and stigma. Christian church body and Muslim Personal Law Board have opposed the petitions
against Section 377. The petition was heard by a bench of three senior-most judges – Chief Justice T.S.
Thakur, Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar. The bench said that the larger bench
Gujarat govt announces new policy for incentives to Gujarati films
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Actor John Abraham, known for his action-packed films like “Force”, “Shootout At Wadala” and “Madras Cafe”, feels romantic films are not his cup of tea. “All my comedy and action films have been superhits. The only films that have not worked for me are romantic. Romance has to have edge like in “Jism”, that kind of romance works,” John said.
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Gujarat government today announced a new policy to give incentives to Gujarati film industry. As per the new policy announced by state government spokesperson and minister Shri Nitin Patel, films will be divided into A,B,C and D four categories and incentives will be given as per the category of film. 81100 points will secure ‘A’ category, 61-80 will secure ‘B’ grade, 51-60 ‘C’, 4150 ‘D’ while films that are given below 41 points will
• 81 or more points A grade Rs 50 lakh or 75% of production cost whichever less • 61-80 points B grade Rs 25 lakh or 75% of production cost whichever less • 51-60 points C grade Rs 10 lakh or 75% of production cost whichever less • 41-50 points D grade Rs 5 lakh or 75% of production cost whichever less • Children film and women empowerment related film will get additional 25% financial assistance.
not find place in any category. Until now fix amount of Rs 5 lakh was given as subsidy to Gujarati films without any scrutiny for its quality and success, but now onward ‘A’ category film will get Rs 50 lakh assistance while ‘B’ category film will get Rs
25 lakh assistance. The lowest amount of assistance will be Rs 5 lakh in ‘D’ category. Assistance will be either 75% of production cost or grade wise amount fixed by the government, whichever lower. Film will be examined by Film Screening Commit-
Zika virus: Centre issues guidelines; warns against travel to affected areas Agency | New Delhi
tee which will have 10 members. Average points will be given from total 80 points allocated to 13 departments of a film. 20 points will be given from number of tickets sold by multiplex and theaters in Gujarat. 20 points will be given as per the report by distributor of film.
would be constituted in the future. The bench was told there were eight curative petitions seeking re-examination of the order on the review petition and the December 11, 2013 judgement by which the Delhi High Court verdict de-criminalising section 377 (unnatural sexual offences) of the IPC was
set aside. The bench was also informed that the churches of northern India and All India Muslim Personal Law Board were against decriminalising homosexuality. At the outset, senior counsel Kapil Sibal, arguing for decriminalising section 377 of IPC, submitted that huge constitutional issues are involved
in the matter. A battery of senior lawyers appeared in the case. He submitted the issue concerns the “most private and the most precious” part of life that is right to sexuality within the four corners of your domain which has been held as unconstitutional. “By this judgement, you have bound the present and future generations to dignity and stigma,” he submitted. Further, he said that human sexuality should not be stigmatised. Hearing his brief arguments, the bench said such an important issue needs to go to a Constitution Bench of five judges.
of all time, in terms of art, designers, creativity, opportunities, sharing of information and excellence. Formerly called as the Manchester of India, Ahmedabad has left a permanent imprint for its quality of cotton, not only on ruling Britishers, but actually upon whole word. Historically Ahmedabad was one of
the largest dominant cotton cloth manufacturer and supplier around the globe. Statistics show that during the period of 20thcentury Ahmedabad comprised around 33 functioning cotton mills, manufacturing tons of fabric each day. The amount was so huge that it got compared with England’s Manchester city.
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For the first time in history, Ahmedabad will experience a one of its kind, eccentric event naming ADAA (Ahmedabad Dress Material and Apparel Association) trade fair, which will be considered as Gujarat’s largestunstitchedSpring Summer Collection till date. The gathering will be organized by “Surat Dreams” a dignified and renowned name in exhibition industry with 14 successful exhibitions in their belt. The event will be performed at GMDCpavilion on 15th and 16th February, 2016. It will be the biggest event
IPL 2016: Team Rajkot named ‘Gujarat Lions’, Suresh Raina appointed skipper
A day after WHO deDhoni – during the unAgency | New Delhi clared emergency over Cold conditions veiling and was fulsome the “explosive” spread The Rajkot team, one of in praise of India’s ODI prevail in Punjab, of the mosquito-borne the two new sides introskipper. “I played with the Zika virus, the Centre on duced to the Indian PreHaryana greatest captain of CSK Tuesday issued detailed mier League (IPL) late Agency | Chandigarh and came out as a better guidelines for combating last year, christened itself Cold conditions per- the disease, including a player,” he said. Chennai as the Gujarat Lions, and sisted at most places travel advisory that asks was the most successful named experienced midin Punjab and Haryana pregnant women to ei- mosquito and suspected he has asked for steps to dle-order batsman Suresh team in the IPL with two today, with severe chill ther defer or cancel their to cause serious birth de- be taken to prevent entry Raina as its skipper. The titles and four runner-up once again sweeping travel to the affected ar- fects, has affected coun- and transmission in India team also named veteran positions. They also won Amritsar at 2.6 degrees eas. The health ministry tries in the Americas. In of the virus. The health Australian batsman Brad the inter-club world T20 Celsius. Ludhiana resi- said that all internation- its guidelines, the min- ministry said the overall Hodge as the coach. The ground. “The team name the Chennai Super Kings competition – the Chamdents also experienced al airports and ports will istry said that while the situation would be moni- names of the team and its was chosen after a poll on since the beginning of the pion League T20 twice, a cold night at 5 de- display signage with in- disease has not been re- tored by a ‘joint monitor- logo, skipper and coach social media where Gu- cash-rich league in 2008, and Dhoni and Raina regrees Celsius, which formation on the disease. ported in India, the mos- ing group’ under Director were announced in the jarat Lions was the most was excited about his new mained integral parts of was three notches be- Travellers will be asked quito which transmits General of Health Ser- Capital on Tuesday where voted name,” said Bansal. innings as a skipper of a the side throughout its low normal limits while to report to customs if Zika virus, namely Ae- vices (DGHS) while the Raina and team owner “Our home ground will new team. “I urge every- golden period. The team Patiala braved the chill they are returning from des aegypti, also trans- Indian Council of Med- Keshav Bansal were also be Rajkot. We are in talks one to support Gujarat was suspended for two at a low of 6.4 degrees affected countries and mits dengue virus, which ical Research (ICMR) present. Bansal said the with Gujarat government Lions, the first IPL team years after its co-owner Celsius. Chandigarh re- suffering from febrile is widely prevalent in the would identify the re- team’s name was chosen and may come up with an from the region.” He, Gurunath Meiyappan’s corded a low of 6.2 de- illness, it added. Zika vi- country. Union Health search priorities and take through an online poll and academy there,” he add- however, didn’t forget his involvement in betRajokot will be its home ed. Raina, who played for skipper at Chennai – MS ting-fixing. rus, which is carried by Minister JP Nadda said appropriate action. grees Celsius. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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SC has an opportunity to rectify its ruling on Section 377
The Supreme Court has an opportunity this week to kickstart the process of serious judicial engagement with discrimination, as it hears the curative petition against its judgment in Koushal vs Naz, which recriminalised homosexuality. It’s imperative that the court affirm the Delhi High Court’s 2009 finding that Section 377 is unconstitutional. It must recognise the criticisms its under-reasoned and constitutionally unsound ruling in Koushal has attracted from academics, activists, jurists and politicians. But that outcome will not be enough. Following the Delhi HC, the SC must recognise what’s at stake is not merely “gay rights” but our constitutional values of liberty, equality, dignity, pluralism and inclusiveness. The court must emphasise the continuity between various guises of discrimination and resolve to develop our jurisprudence to tackle all of them. As guardian of the Constitution, the SC must not fail this time. Even if the court accomplishes all of this, politicians will still need to do their bit. India remains among the few countries with a constitutional commitment to a liberal democracy that nevertheless lacks comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation. The Bhopal Declaration of 2002, seeking to chart a new course for Dalits, welcomed “winds of change the world over” towards inclusion and diversity and against discrimination. A conversation on the need and shape of an anti-discrimination law began after the Sachar Committee recommended it in 2006. While the UPA government did briefly consider setting up an equal opportunity commission (EOC), the idea was quietly buried after the poorly drafted EOC bill attracted criticism. Anti-discrimination law remains a key demand of groups representing women, gays, lesbians, transgendered persons, and persons living with disability. The debate on an anti-discrimination law has been going on for over a decade. In an effort to move the debate from broader policy to nuts-and-bolts, the Centre for Policy Research hosted a discussion on a civil society draft equality bill in December 2015. The bill, currently under consideration of the Delhi government, seeks to create a civil (rather than criminal) liability for discrimination on grounds such as caste, sex, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion and so on. It protects everyone from discrimination symmetrically: Dalits as well as Brahmins, Hindus as well as Muslims, men as well as women (while recognising that groups that usually face discrimination will be its main beneficiaries). It outlaws discrimination not only by public bodies, but also by private employers, landlords, service providers and traders.
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Kabali: When Rajinikanth got stuck at Chennai airport without his passport
Agency | Chennai Superstar Rajinikanth, who was to fly to Malaysia for his upcoming film Kabali’s shoot, apparently reached at the Chennai international airport without his passport on Monday (Feburary 1) morning. Chennai airport witnessed a huge crowd as the superstar had an unexpected glitch. One of the fans of Rajini took to Twitter to share the picture of the superstar at the Chennai airport. “The whole incident was like a nail biting climax of a Rajinikanth movie as the
actor realized that he had forgotten his passport and requested help from his assistant, who fetched it for him in the nick of time”, said a source close to the actor. In the meantime, the Kabali actor interacted with the media and thanked the Indian government for honouring him with Padma Vibhushan. “I thank PM Narendra Modi and the government for the Padma Vibhushan”, said the 65-year old. He also revealed that Kabali’s shoot is almost in its completion phase.
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QUOTE “Minister WCD clarifies that there is no Cabinet proposal for tracking the sex of a foetus and that compulsory determination of foetal sex is an idea given by OF THE some stakeholders,” - There is no formal proposal for prenatal sex determination and the idea is at the discussion stage, DAY Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday clarified Priyanka Chopra at Oscars 2016: Bollywood cannot stop gushing over the ‘Desi Girl’ Agency | Mumbai
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the second batch of presenters for Oscars 2016 and India erupted in a cheer because ‘Desi Girl’ Priyanka Chopra was included as one of the presenters. The Academy has been under fire over the lack of diversity in the nominations for the second year in the row. Including more actors of different ethnicity is one way of making amends to the situation. The move has worked out well in favour of Priyanka Chopra. The Hollywood breakout star from India, represents one of the prominent com-
Pak denied me visa because I am a Kashmiri Pandit: Anupam Kher Agency | New Delhi
munities in the United States of America. Priyanka’s FBI drama Quantico has been topping rating charts since the premiere and has been renewed for another season by ABC. She won the People’s Choice Awards for Popular Actress in Drama for her portrayal of Alex Parrish in Quantico. Recently, the actress presented the
award for Best Supporting Actor to Idris Elba at the SAG Awards. She’s been working the award circuit and the Oscars is the best place to be! Meanwhile, Bollywood is proud of their export and has not stopped congratulating Priyanka for representing India on one of the biggest entertainment platforms in the world.
Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has reportedly denied a visa to actor Anupam Kher to attend Karachi Literature Festival, which is to be held on February 5. Kher claimed that he has been singled out of the 18 delegates who applied for the visa. “I am very sad and disappointed that out of 18 participants, 17 were given visa and I was denied,” Kher said. He later tweeted asking if his visa was cancelled because he has spoken about the tolerance debate in India or because he’s a Kashmiri Pandit. He added: “It may be clarified that the Pa-
kistan high commission never received Mr Kher’s visa application. So the question of issuing or denying him visa does not arise.” According to reports, Pakistani officials rejected the visa citing security reasons. Kher, who has just been honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Indian government, was to participate in at
least two sessions and his name figured prominently in the festival schedule. Confirming that he has not been issued a visa, Kher said that he was very saddened by the development as he was looking forward to participate in the festival and use the platform to dispel misunderstandings in the minds of people there.
and Juhi Chalwa, is unrecognisable in the pics that he has been sharing on Twitter. Earlier, Rishi Kapoor shared a picture of him getting his make-up done. We were easily able to recognise him until then, but to our surprise we saw an entirely different and an aged man in his next
posts. Rishi Kapoor, who has always experimented with his looks, has never disappointed his fans. For instance his Rauf Lala look was something that fans appreciated the most. But the actor seems to have gone to extreme to experiment with his looks this time. Sharing his first look from Karan Johar’s ‘Kapoor & Sons’, he wrote, “Kapoor & Sons. First look of mine in the film. Kapoor & Sons features Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Fawad Khan and the star cast of Sanam Re includes Yami Gautam, Pulkit Samrat and Urvashi Rautela.
non-film family with no connections in filmdom. Like the B-Town star, who had started off his career in Fauji, Harshvardhan too had started off his career on TV playing in the army show ‘Left Right Left’. But that’s not all. Harshavardhan has even done theatre from Barry John who is Shah Rukh’s acting guru. And just like SRK, the South actor too is debuting here in a romantic role. Point out these similarities to the newbie and he says that
they are co-incidences but feels honoured that people point it out to him. “Yes, I do get to hear it every time someone goes through my work. What can I say? I hope I can be as successful as him someday,” says the star, who will be making his Bollywood debut opposite Pakistan beauty Mawra Hocane. Incidentally, SRK too has been paired with another Pakistani beauty Myra in ‘Raees’. Well too much of a co-incidence wouldn’t you say?
Social media helps people in clarifying Rishi Kapoor goes unrecognised in their stands: Kangana Ranaut ‘Kapoor & Sons’, see his first look here Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut says that she is inactive on social media because of “nasty trolls and frustration” from different people, but she feels that one of its advantages is that people can use the medium to clarify their stands and dispel rumours. “I am inactive so I don’t miss it (social media) but what I definitely see…. Certainly one of the good things about such mediums is that you can actually clarify your stand when you are sort of facing rumours and misunderstood. “The bad things is that you are susceptible to all kinds of nasty trolls and frustrated people who are just out
to show their frustration regardless of whosoever it is and you get subjected to that sort of hatred which is inhuman,” Kangana said to a query why she stays away from social media and what are the pros and and cons of being there as an actress. She also added that she wants to stay away from negative things in life and this is the reason why she is not active
on social media platforms. Recently Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan’s tweet made headlines when he indirectly pointed out at the actress on the micro blogging site. “Ther r more chances of me having had an affair with d Pope and any of d (Im sure wonderful) women d media hs ben naming. Thanks but no thanks,” he had posted.
Agency | New Delhi Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has gone through extensive make-over for his upcoming films ‘Kapoor & Sons’ and ‘Sanam Re’. The jolly actor, who has romanced many beautiful actresses like Neetu Singh, Madhuri Dixit, Jaya Prada
I hope I get as successful as Shah LGBTs were prevalent in ancient Rukh Khan: Harshvardhan Rane India: Raveena Tandon Agency | New Delhi
Advocating equal rights for all, Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon on Monday said lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgenders (LGBTs) were prevalent in ancient India and added that she there is no need for a debate on criminalising or decriminalising the community. “If you go through the Indian history, LGBTs have always been prevalent. So where has it come from that they have to be criminalised or decriminalised. I don’t know where that started in the first place,” said Raveena at the launch of the Health magazine cover featuring her. “For me they are human beings. It’s their freedom of choice, what they want to do and where they want to be,” she added. The Supreme Court is set to announce its verdict
Agency | Chennai on Tuesday regarding the controversial section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises consensual sexual acts of the LGBTs. The Delhi high court had offered hope for the community by decriminalising the section 377 in 2009 -- a verdict which was discarded by the Supreme Court in 2013. “I have a different take on it. I have lots of friends who are gay and are happily gay, proudly gay and not hiding it.
I don’t know how it has gone into this zone (legal aspects) at all because ultimately everyone’s a human being,” she said. The LGBT community has been battling since the 2013 Supreme Court verdict to get it reversed with numerous activists, NGOs and individuals working for it. A batch of eight curative petitions filed by individuals and organisations are set to be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
South star Harshvardhan Rane who has several blockbusters to his credit down South, is among the newest entrants in Bollywood making his debut in Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru’s ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’. But in spite of doing films in the South, the actor seems to share several uncanny similarities with Bollywood’s superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Like SRK, Harshvardhan is also a complete outsider and comes from a
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Agency | New Delhi Finance Ministry today said Reserve bank’s monetary policy is broadly in line with market expectations and the government will unveil fiscal consolidation roadmap in the Budget 2016-17. “We will have to wait and watch the trajectory of inflation going forward. But the RBI policy is broadly in line with market expectations,” Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said here. RBI today left the key policy rate unchanged but indicated at accommodative stance saying with “inflation moving closer to the target” there would be more room for rate cut to support growth. The repo or shortterm lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 5.75 per cent. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan also said if the Budget makes enough structural reforms to boost growth, the central bank could chip in with cheaper money to boost growth.
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Agency | New Delhi Canon has just announced the EOS-1D X Mark II which will be available in India from April at price of Rs. 4,55,995 for just the body. The camera is designed for professionals and will succeed the EOS1D X. The flagship features a new 20.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and is powered by Canon’s Dual DIGIC 6 image processor. The expanded ISO range has now been extended to 409,600, which is a whole one stop higher than the previous model. The camera also gets a new metering sensor and EOS iTR autofocus with 61 selectable points. The mirror in the camera gets a new drive mechanism which enables 14fps burst mode with AF tracking and 16fps in Live View.
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Lionel Messi to skip Rio Olympics Agency | Buenos Aires
Lionel Messi will skip the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in six months because his coach Gerardo Martino says he needs some rest. Martino on Monday spoke on Argentina radio station La Red and said Messi will play in the Centennial Copa America tournament in the United States, but not the Olympics in Brazil. “Messi will not go to the Olympic Games,” said Martino, who said it was “too much” for the Barcelona star to play in both events and also World Cup qualifiers. The Centennial
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Copa America begins June 3, and the Olympics open two months later on Aug. 5. “We have the Copa America, the Olympic Games, and World Cup qualifiers in September, October and November,” Martino said.
He also mentioned Barcelona’s heavy schedule in various tournaments, adding to the wear-andtear on the Argentine. Messi is 28 and could have been picked to the Olympic team as one of three over-23 age players.
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It is difficult to expect that selectors would ring in changes when an Indian cricket team wins a series 3-0 on Australian soil which is precisely the reason why Pawan Negi is “pleasantly surprised” after knowing about his selection for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. “I will not say that I am shocked as I have been performing well in the limited-overs format. But it would be wrong to say that I am not surprised as I did not expect to get a chance in a squad which has won a T20 series 3-0. Now that I am in the team, I would like to make full use of the opportunity if es scoring 1449 runs at I happen to get a game,” an average of 38.93. He the diminutive left-arm has four centuries and nine fifties in those many matches. Incidentally the allegations hit the social media just before Nepal’s Agency | Vishakhapatnam third match in the tourney against India which they Patna Pirates stunned lost by seven wickets, former champions Jaicourtesy India’s wicket- pur Pink Panthers 29keeper-batsman Rishabh 28 with a decisive last Pant’s 24-ball 78. Both raid in their very first the teams however have appearance in the Seaqualified for quarters. son 3 of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League at Vishakhapatnam on Monday. It was debutant Sunil’s day as he blocked Jaipur’s best player of the day, Jasvir who with his marathon raids had garnered a whopping 11 points. At the halfway stage the winners had a 14-12 advantage after trailing 5-8 at one stage. In the overall context it
Nepal U-19 captain Raju Rijal accused of age discrepancy by Mumbai Ranji player Agency | Mumbai
The ongoing ICC U-19 got mired with controversy when a Mumbai cricketer accused Nepal captain Raju Rijal of being overage. According to Mumbai Ranji player Kaustub Pawar, Rijal is at least 24 or 35 years old. Pawar posted on Facebook that Rijal had played for played for Mumbai U-15 side under the name Raju Sharma. “We played together in under 15 for Mumbai and now he is captain of Nepal under 19 team and we others are 2425 age respectively. In Mumbai Raju Sharma, in Nepal Raju Rijal. SaveCricket Shame, ICCUnd e r 1 9 Wo r l d C u p B a n -
gladesh2016,” Pawar’s wrote on Facebook. The Nepal skipper decided to play down the issue. ”I don’t have any idea about this. I am not in social media. So I can not comment on this,” Rijal was quoted as saying by Cricwizz. com. According to Rijal’s official records, he was born on September 26, 1996 at Dhangadi in Nepal. Kaustub has played 27 First-Class match-
tional players around, it gave self belief that I can play for India. “Not to forget the kind of support that Mahendra Singh Dhoni provided. He once told me that at this level, the main criteria would be ability to do well consistently,” said the 23-yearold, who lives in Delhi’s Sadiq Nagar area.
was a fine outing for the winners. Though their new captain, Manpreet Singh, a former Asian Games gold medalist failed to make an impact, the other three acquisitions, Rohit Kumar, Sunil Jaglan and Pradeep Narwal displayed good form to help their team win. The winners were
slow off the blocks. Jaipur on the other hand lost Sonu Narwal early and the whole burden of the attack was shouldered by Jasvir after his flop show against Mumbai for most part of the match. On Monday he improved his performance which kept his team in the fray only to falter in the end.
ters had been in fine fettle right from the start. Rohit Sharma scored 441 runs at 110.25 in five ODIs, Virat Kohli made 381 at 76.20 and Shikhar Dhawan, too, chipped in with 287 runs at 57.40. But India lost the 50-over series 4-1 because they failed to defend totals of 309, 308 and 295, and imploded from 277/1 to lose in Canberra. In the fifth ODI in Sydney, India started to turn the corner. Manish Pandey’s match-winning
104 not out had been the x-factor but Jasprit Bumrah was the real positive. Fast-tracked into international cricket, the young Gujarat seamer made a serious impression with 2/40 in 10 overs. To be fair, he was the difference between the two sides in that game. Bumrah’s inclusion has proved to be a real shot in the arm. Mohammed Shami’s hamstring injury ahead of the first match of the tour was a big blow.
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spin bowling all-rounder said today. Ask him about what has been the turning point of his career, he replied: “It has to be my performance in the 2014 Champions League T20 final against Kolkata Knight Riders where I got five wickets. A Man of the match award in a match with all interna-
Ind vs Aus: Jasprit Bumrah helped India regain control Agency | Kolkata
Agency | Sydney Agency | Mumbai At the Google/Alphabet earnings call yesterday, Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai announced that their Gmail service is their latest product to exceed one billion users. This accolade follows six of their other products: Android, Chrome, Maps, Search, Youtube and the Google Play Store, each of which currently have a billion plus users each. Gmail quickly rose to fame when it was launched in 2004 with its unconventional large mailbox offering, teamed with fast and effective searching. Despite the service being invite-only, the service saw very quick adoption, in large part due to its clean interface and mail-first design. Since then the company has been working towards re-inventing the emailing experience to keep in tune with changing times--their Inbox app available on Android and iOS delivers new ways to put key email-centric information up front and center within a user’s mobile experience. This doesn’t detract from the fact that Google has had its fair share of lemons--Google Wave, Buzz and Plus are some of their launches that failed to see significant user adoption.
Flamboyant Indian batsman Virat Kohli has finally let out the source of his much-talked-about aggressive streak, saying that a part of it, is inherited from his family while the rest can be blamed on the tough system he fought through to break into the international scene. “I think it has got to do with the family, my father was a Leo, he could fight. He always believed in himself. I think it comes a bit from the family plus growing up in the Delhi system,” Kohli told Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell in a video blog for Cricket Australia. “It wasn’t easy, you always had to fight
to go up the system and that makes you mentally tough. You stop worrying about things around you and focus on what you want,” he added. Kohli, who was the star of the recent limited-overs series against Australia winning the Player of the series award in the T20s, said he always dreamt of being a premium wicket for bowlers. “When I came to the international level, I wanted to be the player which the opposition wanted out. I never wanted to be just another player in the XI. I always wanted to be somebody who the opposition wanted to get out first,” he said. Kohli also spoke about how Sachin Tendulkar helped him
become a better cricketer. “I started playing cricket because of him and I was inspired to do the things that he did playing for the country,” the 27-year-old said. “He really helped me with little things that I could improve on in my game. If he saw something he would come up to me himself and tell me, which is quite rare. You don’t have people of his stature come up and talk to youngsters like that,” he added. Kohli also felt the IPL has brought international rivals closer. “If I didn’t know (Mitchell Starc) Starcy I would have never known what a sweet guy he is,” Kohli said of his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate.
Post-match at the SCG, MS Dhoni downplayed the T20 whitewash. He was the first Indian captain to achieve the feat Down Under. But typical to his style, ‘Captain Cool’ kept his emotions in check. Deep inside, Dhoni must have been very pleased with the way his team played in three T20 internationals against Australia. Yes, the hosts were not fullstrength – Mitchell Starc of all people was sorely missed. Still, hammering Australia in their lair was a huge achievement. The success has set the tone for the World T20 that India would be hosting in March-April. Dhoni credited the win to a settled bowling unit – a rarity in Indian cricket. The bat-
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Govt apologises for failing to install Gujarat based SUMUL set to CCTV cameras in all police stations start its diary operations in Goa police stations have been sanctioned newly and the CCTV cameras will be installed there also shortly. Advocate Parul Joshi who is appearing for the petitioner said that the government has given an assurance that CCTV cameras will be installed within a month following which the court has posted the matter for further hearing on March 1.
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The Gujarat Government tendered an unconditional apology before Gujarat High Court Monday for non-compliance of its earlier order to install CCTV cameras in all police stations of Gujarat. ADGP V K Mall affirmed an affidavit in this regard before Gujarat High Court. The issue pertains to a public interest litigation filed in 2012 by one Prakash Kapadia seeking a direction to Gujarat State police authorities to have installed CCTV cameras in all the police stations. The petitioner had cited an alleged instance of custodial torture of a man inside the headquarters of Ahmedabad City Detection of Crime
Branch. Acting on the PIL, a division bench of HC had in 2014 ordered the state police authorities to install CCTV cameras in all the police stations. When the directions were not complied with by the state government, the petitioner has moved a contempt of court peti-
tion before the HC. In his affidavit, along with tendering unconditional apology before the court, ADGP Mall has also stated that there are total 610 police stations in Gujarat and work order to install CCTV cameras in 561 police stations has already been given. Remaining
First tower of World Trade Center at GIFT City likely to be ready by 2018 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The raft foundations for the first tower of World Trade Center, expected to be completed by 2018, in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) near capital Gandhinagar in now ready. Viridian RED, the real estate development arm of Viridian Group, which is setting up Gujarat’s first WTC and developing an iconic building as its seat has caste the massive concrete structure. Raft foundation is a thick concrete slab reinforced with steel which covers the entire contact area of the structure like a thick floor. The raft
work at the foundation site is expected to be completed in next few months. Mr. Prashant Tripathi, spokesperson of Viridian Group today said, “GIFT City which is emerging as India’s global financial hub is the ideal location for WTC’s entry into Gujarat. Construction work has begun at full swing on ground after getting all the required permis-
sions and our first tower is going to be ready for occupants in next 24 months’ time. For this foundation, we have erected 1,100 tons of steel and casted more than 5,000 cubic meters of concrete.” WTC Gift City has been allocated 1 million square feet space. The company will invest around Rs. 600 crore over the next couple of years.
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Design Conclave at Ahmedabad to inspire the Creative Minds Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Design in India is still considered as an unconventional field of education and raises a lot of question marks among the parents/students regarding the opportunities Design has to offer as a Career. This is because Indian education system doesn’t provide any platform to nurture the creativity of the students. The system is stereotyped where the laid down, age-old higher education options been promoted for students whether they belong to Science/ Arts/Commerce streams; irrespective of the fact whether they are still relevant to the current scenario. To integrate Design Education among the creative minds, DSKIC and Skyblue Institute of Design have come together
Correspondent | Panaji
Gujarat-based Surat District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union (SUMUL) on Tuesday announced its ambitious plans for the state of Goa, where it has received licence to provide dairy services to farmers including veterinary treatment to animals at reasonable be encouraged to form cost. “The farmers will self-help groups who will be provided with all the facilities by the dairy,” SUMUL’s Managing Director Jayesh Desai told reporters on Tuesday. The self-help groups will collect milk from member farmers. SUMUL will provide them facilities like fat testing machine, computer, bulk chilling unit, compressor and generator, all free of cost, he said. “The ownership of these equipments will be day deferred hearing on Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad with SUMUL,” Desai Patel quota agitation lead- Hardik’s bail plea in a se- said. Goa government reer Hardik Patel and his dition case to 9 February, aide were on Tuesday as the investigating officer granted bail by a Surat from the city crime branch court in connection with an could not file reply against FIR lodged against them the plea. Additional Ses- Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad for blocking a National sions Judge NG Dave Gujarat Minister BhuHighway passing through set the date for bail plea pendrasinh Chudasama Kamrej area of the district. hearing on February 9, aftoday said that the state The Kamrej Police had on ter he was informed that government has planned 18 October arrested sev- the investigating officer to implement the Nationeral members of Hardik’s has gone to the Supreme al Food Security Act by Patidar Anamat Andolan Court in connection with April. The reaction from Samiti (PAAS) for block- the same case, and needChudasama, Minister for ing the highway, soon af- ed more time to file his Food, Civil Supplies and ter the 22-year-old Patel reply against the bail plea. Consumer Affairs, came quota agitation spearhead Hardik and five his aides after the Supreme Court was arrested in Rajkot are facing charges under today slammed the Guahead of an India-Austra- IPC section 124(A) (sejarat government as well lia match. The police lat- dition), 121 (A) (conspiras some other states for er added Hardik’s name acy to wage war against not implementing the Nain the FIR after his aide government) and 120 (b) tional Food Security Act. told them that they were (criminal conspiracy) in “Under this Act, we have acting after receiving in- the case filed against them to first prepare the list structions from him over in Ahmedabad city. In a of all the eligible housephone. They were booked charge sheet filed on 18 holds. Then, we need to under section 188 of the January, the Ahmedabad publish this list at all the IPC. The court of Judicial crime branch police had cities and villages to inMagistrate First Class JD termed the quota agitation vite objections from citiSolanki on Tuesday grant- spearheaded by Patel as a zens and make necessary ed permanent bail to Har- “pre planned conspiracy” corrections,” he said. “Till dik and his aide Alpesh that was hatched to put now, we have already Kathiria against a bond of pressure on the state govprepared the list of benRs 7,500 each. In a parallel ernment to accept their eficiaries. Our panchayat development, a sessions “unconstitutional demand department has started court in Ahmedabad to- of quota.” the process of inviting
NH blocking case: Hardik Patel, aide granted bail by Surat court
cently allowed entry of SUMUL in the state making it the second dairy after Goa Milk Producers Union commonly known as Goa Dairy. SUMUL would be providing veterinary treatment to animals at a reasonable cost, Desai said. “Once in a week our veterinary doctor will visit the villages for treatment of animals. We will charge Rs 40 per animal while medicines would be provided free of cost. The charges of doctor s visit would be deducted from the proceeds of milk
and no cash will have to be given to the doctor,” he said. The SUMUL will also provide balance cattle feed for the animals at reasonable rates, and the money would be deducted from the proceeds of the milk purchased from the farmer. Desai said the dairy had already started marketing its milk under the brand name “AMUL” in Goa from September 2013 onwards. “At the time of launching (marketing service in Goa), we had given commitment to the state government that we would procure milk from Goa only,” he said. “SUMUL would like to give good animal husbandry practices, transparent milk procurement system, quality milk production, quality cattle feed at reasonable price. As a result of this, we can improve the socio-economic condition of the farmers,” he added.
objections by organising gram-sabhas at various places. Our government has planned to implement this Act by April this year,” the minister said. He also claimed that the Gujarat government has been granted extension by the Centre in the past for implementing the Act. “In the past, we have sought more time from Centre to implement this Act here, and the Centre has granted us the extension at that time,” Chudasama added. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur today during the hearing of case in the Supreme Court while slam-
ming the Gujarat government had said, “What is Parliament doing? Is Gujarat not a part of India? The Act says it extends to whole of India and Gujarat is not implementing it. Tomorrow somebody can say that it is not going to implement the CrPC, IPC and the Evidence Act.” A few days back, the Gujarat High Court had also issued notice to state government on the same matter while hearing a public interest litigation demanding payment of food security allowance to around 3.82 crore eligible beneficiaries in the state.
on project will be expedited from March,” added Bhadani. He further said, “Some of the interested companies have already visited Ahmedabad and few more will be coming
soon. These firms would like to do due diligence before investing here. Besides bringing in investment, this park will also provide employment on a large scale.”
Gujarat planning to implement Food Security Act by April: Chudasama
Chinese firms to Make in Gujarat from 2017 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
to organize the Design Conclave at Ahmedabad on 31st January, 2016 at H.T.Parekh, Auditorium, Ahmedabad Management Association. The program registrations would begin by 2.00 PM. “The idea of DSK Design Conclave is to break the shackles of this rigid thought process. On one hand the Conclave aims at comforting the students with the kind of vast opportunities Design has to offer and on the other hand it aims at confirming the parents about the stability and sustainability of
a career in Design. In the process, we also want to establish how Design is a perfect amalgamation of Art (form) and Science (Function) and you don’t need to belong to any particular stream of education to be a successful designer. It’s the Passion and Motivation of an individual which are the two most important Catalysts that will guide you through out,” shared Mr. Abhijeet Rashinkar (DSK International Campus) & Mr. Shailesh Pithadia of (Skyblue Institute of Design).
The first Chinese Industrial Park will be functional by the end of 2017 near Ahmedabad. The country head of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) in India, Kamlesh Bhadani, said that it will not be a textile park but a general industrial park with focus on textiles. “The infrastructure for the park will be ready by 2017-end and some of the companies will begin setting up their units by the same time,” Bhadani said. A group of senior officials of CASME
and China Development Bank, including Bhadani and vice-managing director of China Development Bank Xiao Ming Zhen, had met the state chief minister last month. Zhen had said that work on the $1 billion industrial park will begin soon. The ground breaking of the project is likely to be held in the next few months. “We are looking at two land pockets — one in Sanand and other on Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway. It is going to be a general park and its developer will be CASME. Once the Chinese New
Year celebrations are over, we will be conducting road shows and other campaigns to create awareness about this industrial park among the Chinese firms. The work
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