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Govt’s warning ahead of festive season: Get fully vaccinated if you must attend mass gatherings The ministry informed that 39 districts in the country had reported over 10 per cent weekly positivity rate in the week ending August 31, and 38 districts saw a positivity rate between 5 and 10 per cent.
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Agency News: New Delhi Ahead of the festive season, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said mass gatherings should be discouraged and full vaccination against Covid-19 should be a prerequisite if attending is essential. Stating that the second wave of coronavirus infections was not yet over, despite the declining positivity rate, the Centre urged people to celebrate festivals at home. “Follow Covid-appropriate
behaviour and embrace vaccination,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said while addressing a press briefing. The ministry informed that 39 districts in the country had reported over 10 per cent weekly positivity rate in the week ending August 31, and 38 districts saw a positivity rate between 5 and 10 per cent. The Centre’s warning comes on a day India recorded 47,092 new Covid-19 cases, its highest number of daily cases in over two months. Kerala currently
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Google Developing Own Processor for Chrome OS Laptops and Tablets: Report Google is reportedly developing its own CPUs for future Chromebooks and also tablets running Chrome OS. The tech giant may roll out the new central processors sometime in 2023. This comes after Google confirmed that it will be using to its own SoC called Tensor for its Pixel lineup starting this year with the Pixel 6 series. The company now looks to continue with the same strategy for its other hardware products. And upcoming Chrome OS devices can be expected to pack Google’s in-house SoCs. A Nikkei Asia report citing sources.
New Punjab Governor visits memorial, Golden Temple NEWLYAPPOINTED Governor of Punjab Banwarilal Purohit paid obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) welcomed the Governor and honoured him with siropas and a miniature of Sri Darbar Sahib. “I came to Sri Harmandir Sahib for the first time to pay obeisance and also listened to the divine hymns. I am very relieved to be here and my heartfelt wish to visit Darbar Sahib has been fulfilled,” Purohit said. Later, the Governor paid homage at Jallianwala Bagh. He didn’t make any comment on the controversy over renovation of the Bagh. He later proceeded to pay obeisance at the Durgiana Temple.
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for its anti-COVID shots called Corbevax on children between 5 and 18 years of age with certain conditions, sourcesThe trial will be conducted in ten locations.The permission has been given to Biological E after the recommendation from the Subject Expert Committee. Meanwhile, Zydus Cadila’s
needle-free COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D has already received emergency use authorisation (EUA) to inoculate children in the age group of 1218. It is expected to be administered from the first week of October. The trials of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for phases 2 & 3 for children are on, and its result is expected in September It is to be noted that the government has made an advance payment of ₹ 1,500 crore to Biological E for 30 crore vaccines.
Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passes away Chandan Mitra was nominated to the Rajya Sabha for a second term in 2010. His tenure ended in 2016. He was a close aide of party veteran L K Advani, but was sidelined by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah leadership. Agency News: New Delhi Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away late last night in Delhi, confirmed his son Kushan Mitra. He was 65. Mitra was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from August 2003 to 2009. In June 2010, BJP got him elected to the upper house from Madhya Pradesh. His term ended in 2016. He was a close aide of party veteran L K Advani, but was sidelined by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah leadership In July 2018, Mitra,
is the only state with more than 1 lakh active Covid-19 cases, while four states have 10,000 to 1 lakh active cases — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Rest of the states/UTs have less than 10,000 active cases, the health secretary
said. Regarding the status of vaccination in the country, he stated that 16 per cent of India’s adult population have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Whereas, 54 per cent have been administered at least the first dose. In Sikkim, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, and Himachal Pradesh, 100 per cent of the adult population have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the health ministry informed About 300 cases of Delta plus variant of SARS-CoV-2 detected in India so far, it added.
West Bengal govt appoints 10 IPS officers to assist SIT probe on post-poll violence Agency News: Kolkata The West Bengal government has appointed ten IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday. The officers have been deployed for north, west and south zones of the state as well as for the Kolkata Police areas, he said. “The services of the IPS officers are hereby spared, in addition to their normal duties, to assist the SIT constituted by the Hon’ble High Court at Calcutta (sic),” an order issued by the state
Not aware of nature of next govt in Afghanistan, evacuation priority: MEA Agency News:New Delhi India was not aware of any details or nature of the government that could be formed in Afghanistan by the Taliban, the government said on Thursday. Addressing a briefing of the Ministry of External Affairs, spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the evacuation operation that has remained halted since the past few days would resume one the Kabul airport became operational. “Currently Kabul airport is not operational.
The health ministry on Thursday informed that 47,092 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India in the past 24 hours. The addition of the fresh cases has taken the COVID-19 case tally past 3.28 crore. It is the biggest surge in infections in the last two months. The ministry also informed that over 66.30 crore COVID-19 jabs have been administered so far. Of it, over 81.09 lakh people were vaccinated on September
Cheating case against Raj Kundra: Delhi court seeks ATR on businessman’s FIR
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the evacuation operation that has remained halted since the past few days would resume one the Kabul airport became operational. We will resume our operation to evacuate people from Kabul as soon the airport service will resume,” he said, adding India’s current priority was the safety of Indian people in Kabul. The airport, the scene of a frenzied evacuation which ended with the withdrawal of US troops on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its infrastructure
degraded or destroyed. Earlier in the day, it was reported Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport as soon as possible, and urging the hardline Islamists to allow Afghans to leave. India established its first formal contact with the Taliban on Tuesday. Indian ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met the head of Taliban’s political
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office, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, in Doha at the Indian mission Talks were reportedly held on the safety of Indians.
India reports 47,092 COVID-19 cases, 509 deaths in a day Agency News: New Delhi
home department stated. A fivejudge bench of the Calcutta High Court had on August 19 ordered the constitution of the SIT comprising IPS officers Soumen Mitra, Suman Bala Sahoo and Ranbir Kumar to look into the incidents of postpoll violence.
1. It is the highest number of jabs administered in a single day India has already surpassed Brazil in terms of cases. It is now the second-worst hit nation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the US. Over 4.39 lakh deaths due to COVID-19 Also, 509 COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the ministry during this period. The addition of the fresh fatalities has taken India’s death toll due to the deadly virus to 4,39,529. Previously, the death toll had touched 4,529-mark on May
19. Of the over 3.28 crore coronavirus cases reported so far, over 3.89 lakh are active cases of the virus. It is 1.19 per cent of the total caseload. Over 3.20 crore cases have recovered from the viral infection so far Thus, the country’s recovery rate stands at 97.48 per cent. The recovery rate had marginally dipped for the first time on August 27, 2020, because of the surge in active cases. It again dropped marginally on September 7, 10 and 11, and on November 25, 26 and 27 due to
a surge in cases. It also dipped on February 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and is dipping throughout the month of March, April and May.
A court in Delhi has asked for an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the police in a case filed against businessman Raj Kundra, his actress wife Shilpa Shetty and others for alleged fraud to the tune of Rs 41 lakh. The matter has been posted for further hearing on November 9 this year. The complaint of cheating had been filed by Artec builders LLP through its partner Vishal Goel. It accused Kundra and others of criminal conspiracy of cheating and defrauding him by convincing him to invest in their company, Viaan Industries. The accused allegedly told him that the company was engaged.
‘Your dominance over Afghan soil doesn’t mean stability’: Resistance leader Amrullah Saleh to Taliban Editor and Managing Director of The Pioneer, resigned from the BJP and joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC). Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to condole Mitra’s demise. “Shri Chandan Mitra Ji will be remembered for his intellect and insights. He distinguished himself in the world of media as well as politics. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti,” the prime minister tweeted. Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav also expressed his condolences: “Very sorry to hear about the demise of former MP and senior journalist.
The former vice president of Afghanistan also slammed the Taliban leaders who are claiming to form a more moderate government this time in comparison to their previous regime.
Agency News: New Delhi Self-proclaimed acting president of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh on Thursday said that the resistance brewing against the Taliban in the northeastern province of Panjshir will defend the rights of all Afghan citizens. “This resistance is based in Panjshir, not for Panjshir and for Panjshir. Today, this valley hosts all the country and is a hope for all the Afghan people who are escaping from oppression, revenge, prejudice, slipping on people’s property and your dark thinking, The former vice president of Afghanistan also slammed the Taliban leaders who are claiming to form a more moderate government this time in comparison to their previous regime. “If the nation trusts you a bit, then why are people
lining up on the borders of the country,” said Saleh, adding, “Have you asked yourself why? Dominating the structure in the last years has not meant stability, and your modern dominance over the soil does not mean stability. “Stability and sustainability is a consistent system with components that your group is far from,” he also said, as per the Saleh, along with Ahmad Massoud, the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, another leader of the resistance, are presently in Panjshir valley and trying to mount a challenge to the Taliban.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Illusion Of Growth And RevivActor Sidharth Shukla has died of a heart al May Create Complacency
The economic data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) for the first quarter from April to June for the financial year 2021-22 shows that economic recovery is gathering momentum, but the Modi government must avoid creating illusion of growth and revival on the basis of a misleading comparison that the GDP of the country has grown by a record20.1 per cent, for it may create a dangerous level of complacency and lead to wrongdecisions by the stakeholders which may ultimately harm them as well as the country.The comparison has been made with the same period last year 202021 when the countrywas under general lockdown. In April and May, all the economic activities in the countrywere shut down except the emergency services and activities. Unlocking of the economyhad begun from June 1 in phased manner, and only few of the economic activities wereallowed to be opened in the month of June. Not only the production but also the supply chainhad suffered unprecedented disruption, and the market was yet not fully opened. Comparingwith the economic performance under such a background of low base of growth last yearduring the first quarter has obviously given a rosy picture of economic revival and growth inthe first quarter of the current financial year which rose 20.1 per cent.The comparison is misleading on another account too. The country was undergoing thedisastrous second wave of the pandemic. It was more disastrous for lives of the people butless disastrous for the economy, because the lockdown was not pan-India, but localized,though almost all the states has put severe restrictions on movement of the people. Economic activities were allowed to continue with limited restrictions on logistics, and themarkets. Supply and production chain was not disrupted to the level of the last year. Ithelped the economic wheel to move, albeit slowly.However, it resulted into only 1.6 per cent improvement in growth compared to the growthrecorded in January-March 2021, the last quarter of the financial year 2020-21. Such a minorimprovement was not a big deal compared to the figure 20.1 per cent of growth whencompared with the low base of the last year for the corresponding quarter that had suffered arecord contraction of 24.4 per cent. The actual growth for the first quarter was even lowerthan the Reserve Bank of India’s forecast of 21.4 per cent made in June 2021.When we compare the present growth figure with the pre-pandemic year’s 2019-20’s firstquarter, we come to know that our growth is still lower by about 10 per cent, even though the growth rate in the first quarter of 2019-20 was only 5.4 per cent compared to the growth rateof 2018-19. In absolute terms, the GDP at 2011-12 constant prices in first quarter of 2019-20was Rs 35.7 lakh crore, in the same period in 2020-21 was 27 lakh crore, and in the firstquarter this year is 32.4 lakh crore, ie less by 3.3 lakh crore from the first quarter of 2019-20. It goes without saying that we need to interpret the data more carefully, and project it in sucha way that we should neither create illusion, nor douse the hopes of the people andnegatively impact their morale for economic revival and growth prospects though they arestill uncertain according to almost all the economic analysts especially because of the threatof impending third wave of the pandemic.In fact, the data shows a rebound in manufacturing and construction, but only if we compareit with the lower base of the last year. Agriculture is an exception which recorded robust growth as it was in the last year, which remained resilient throughout the last year, and with good rainfall this year, the trend is most likely to continue, irrespective of the threat of thepandemic. We must keep in mind that our economy is still to recover the ground that wehave lost after the pandemic struck the country last year.The date for April-June 2021-22 can at best be taken as indicators of recovery and growth,though according to estimates of all national and international institutions, India can return tothe pre-pandemic level of growth only in the financial year 2022-23. We have miles to gobefore that happens, since several sectors of the economy, particularly in the crucial servicesector, are lagging behind and are yet to recover fully. The Chief Economic Advisor of the Modi government, Krishnamurthy - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Subramanian, has highlighted.
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‘Clean chit’ report: CBI detains Anil Deshmukh’s lawyer, arrests own SI
Agency News: New Delhi The CBI Wednesday detained the lawyer of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, questioned the NCP leader’s son-in-law and arrested a Sub-Inspector of the agency in connection with the alleged leak of an official report on its investigation into allegations of policemen being coerced by Deshmukh to collect bribes on his behalf. Later, the CBI said in a
statement that it has registered a case against Daga, SubInspector Abhishek Tiwari and unknown others on allegations, including “illegal gratification”. “During the investigation of said (Deshmukh) case, CBI has today arrested the Sub Inspector. The said advocate is being questioned. Searches were conducted at Allahabad and Delhi,” the CBI spokesperson said. The CBI investigation against Deshmukh began after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh alleged that the then Minister was forcing policemen to collect bribes on his behalf from bars and restaurants in Mumbai According to the leaked document, which is the purported Preliminary Enquiry (PE) report signed by Investigating Officer DySP RS Gunjiyal, no cognizable offence was made out against Deshmukh. The CBI has not denied the veracity of the document, the contents of which were tweeted by Congress.
attack at the age of 40, Mumbai’s Cooper hospital has said. He was best known for winning Bigg Boss 13, and for his roles on TV. Agency News: Mumbai
Popular television and film actor Sidharth Shukla, best known for his role in the longrunning TV show Balika Vadhu and as the winner of Bigg Boss 13, died on Thursday, said an official at the Cooper Hospital in Mumbai. He was 40 years old. Sidharth Shukla
suffered a massive heart attack in the morning, it is learnt, and was taken to hospital at around 11 am. He is survived by his mother and two sisters. “He was brought dead to the hospital some time ago,” the senior Cooper Hospital official told PTI. “Initial report indicates that he died of a heart attack. We, however, won’t be
able to confirm the cause of his death until we complete the post mortem,” a senior doctor from the forensic department of the hospital Actor Manoj Bajpayee took to Twitter to pay tribute. He wrote, “OMG!!! This is So Shocking!!! Words will fail to describe the shock and sense of loss of his near and dear ones !!! May he
rest in peace !!! No yaar !!!!” His Bigg Boss co-contestant Himanshi Khurana tweeted, “Om Shanti.” She added in another tweet, “Oh my God. It’s hard to believe. RIP Sidharth Shukla.” Comedian
PM Modi releases special Rs 125 coin on ISKCON founder’s 125th birth anniversary Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commonly known as the ‘Hare Krishna movement’. Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday released a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada via video conferencing. Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commonly known as the ‘Hare Krishna movement’. ISKCON has translated the Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta and
In Himachal’s feat of hitting 100% target of first vaccine dose, a health worker’s remarkable role Posted at the District Hospital, Una, this 52-yearold health worker has been working against many odds -- procedural as well as personal. Agency News: New Delhi WHEN PRIME Minister Narendra Modi virtually addresses frontline workers of Himachal Pradesh — the first state in the country to achieve the 100 per cent target of administering the first dose of vaccine for 18 years and above — on September 6, Karmo Devi’s effort will stand out. Posted at the District Hospital, Una, this 52-year-old health worker has been working against many odds — procedural as well as personal. And at the end of the day, she has achieved a remarkable feat: of the 35,182 doses administered at the hospital, she alone is
responsible for 21,881 doses. Dr Nikhil Sharma, medical officer of health, who is in charge of the vaccination drive in the district, says: “When vaccination started in January, my staff members were scared of the virus. But Karmo Devi willingly came forward, and that solved my problem. In fact, many problems: initially, the CoWin portal was not behaving as it should and the people were getting restless. She was soft and sweet with the people. She managed them well. To overcome the portal hiccups, she would jot down details of the beneficiaries manually and enter them in the computer after the vaccination session. Even the government guidelines on manual recording of beneficiary details came late.”
other Vedic literature in 89 languages, playing a stellar role in the dissemination of Vedic literature across the world, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had earlier said. The founder has
also established over a hundred temples and wrote several books Releasing the coin, PM Modi said, “Today we are celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada.
Punjab enters last month of monsoon with rain deficit, Haryana in surplus
and actor Sunil Grover tweeted, “Shocked and sad to know about Sidharth Shukla. Gone too soon. Prayers. Rest in peace.” Actor Nimrat Kaur wrote, “Heartfelt condolences to the loved.
Ek Hi Sikke Ke Do Pehlu! – Akansha Sharma as Sakina Mirza Agency News: Mumbai With their impeccable comic timing and fun bickering, the Mishras and the Mirzas in TV’s Aur Bhai Kya Chal Raha Hai? are sure to tickle your funny bones and leave you in splits. Celebrating every facet, flavour, character, and essence of the Lucknowi culture in its dialect, location, characterisation, and visualisation, &TV’s Aur Bhai Kya Chal Raha Hai? has won the hearts of viewers from all across. One character that is creating ripples is that of Sakina Mirza, essayed by Akansha Sharma. Sakina is sweet and feisty and knows how to find her way around things. Her precision and approach are always on point.
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Amid mystery fever in UP, Mumbai reports surge in dengue cases Agency News: New Delhi In August, Mumbai reported 132 cases of dengue and many of them had to be hospitalised, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in its report on monsoon-related diseases. This comes at a time when the country is combating with Covid pandemic and any outbreak of any disease
is triggering fear. In Uttar Pradesh, a mystery fever has killed 41, including 32 children, following which the Indian Council of Medical Research is investigating the mystery disease. The BMC data also revealed that the number of malaria cases too has gone up in August from July, marginally “As the number of dengue cases rises from August to September during monsoon.
Yoga Day For Ministers As New Wellness App Launched Agency News: New Delhi The Union Ayush Ministry today launched the ‘Y-Break’ app for working professionals. The app is aimed at helping people at work destress, refresh and refocus through simple yoga asanas that can be done in just five minutes. The app was launched by Union Minister of Ayush,
Sarbananda Sonowal. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, known for setting up steep fitness goals, was among those who were present at the event. Sharing a video, Mr Rijiju asked citizens to not take their health for granted. He tweeted, “Never take health lightly. Everyone must remain fit and healthy, especially those who are working.
No Reason To Oppose National Monetisation Pipeline, Says Omar Abdullah Agency News: Jalandhar As monsoon enters its last month this year, Punjab is heading for below normal rainfall with 68 per cent districts of the state being under deficit rain. Haryana, meanwhile, presents a much better picture with 63 per cent districts in the state recording surplus rain. In Punjab and Haryana, June to September period is considered as the monsoon period. Around 490 mm and 440 mm rain is considered to be the normal monsoon rain in Punjab and Haryana, respectively,
during these four months. As per data sourced from the Indian Meteorological Department, Chandigarh Office, Punjab has received 294.6 mm rainfall from June to August 31 (cumulative rain) against the required normal rainfall of 386.6 mm during this period, which is 92 mm (24 per cent) below normal till date. In August, when the state required 160 mm rainfall in this particular month alone, only 70 mm rain was recorded which is 90 mm less than the required normal. Rainfall was almost normal in first two months — June and July — of the monsoons.
Foreign Secretary To Discuss Afghanistan, Quad With US Officials In Washington Agency News: Washington
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Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Washington on Wednesday to hold meetings with senior officials from President Joe Biden’s administration. Mr Shringla is among the few foreign officials to be in town and the highest Indian official to meet top officials of the Biden administration after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought the curtains down on the 20-yearold war. “We will update you with any meetings, any updates to the schedule, and we’ll provide those as we’re able,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters when asked.
Agency News:Mumbai Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he saw no reason to oppose the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) and hoped that the bidding process will be transparent Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman has announced a ₹ 6 lakh crore scheme that will look to unlock the value of infrastructure assets across sectors ranging from power to road and railways. The asset monetisation plan will not involve the selling of land, and it is about monetising brownfield assets, the minister has said.
Four Run Over By Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express In Jharkhand
Agency News: Jharkhand Four people, including three women, crossing a railway track in Jharkhand’s Chakradharpur on Wednesday were crushed to death by the
Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express, the police said. The four were returning home from a bank when the incident took place in the afternoon, Officer-in-Charge of Chakradharpur Police Station Praveen Kumar said. PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com They were identified with the help of their Aadhaar cards, he said, adding, the bodies were severely mutilated by the accident.
Google Celebrates Polish Inventor Rudolf Stefan Weigl’s 138th Birthday With A Doodle Agency News: New Delhi Google today celebrated the 138th birthday of Polish inventor, doctor, and immunologist Rudolf Weigl with a doodle. He had produced the first-ever effective vaccine against one of the oldest and most infectious diseases -
epidemic typhus. The search engine’s doodle shows the Polish inventor holding a test tube in his gloved hands and drawings of lice on the wall on one side and a human body on the other. The illustrator has spelled out Google with a microscope, beakers on bunsen burners, and test tubes.
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Stephens overpowers Gauff at US Open; Osaka’s foe withdraws
Agency News: New Delhi Three years ago, a reporter asked Sloane Stephens to point out a younger tennis player most fans might not have heard of yet, someone she thought could become a household name some day. Stephens paused to ponder, but not for long, before responding: Coco Gauff, then 14. Stephens had first met Gauff several years earlier and clearly knew what she was talking about. The world would quickly discover Gauff, too. The pair of friends met in an official match for the first time Wednesday night at the U.S Open.
‘If anyone thinks this Indian team is going to back off, they have another thing coming’: Ravi Shastri ahead of 4th Test Agency News: New Delhi
India will be heading into the Oval Test on the back of a crushing innings defeat at Headingly, but Ravi Shastri has a clear-cut message to his boys – Remember the good, forget the bad – and that is what the India head coach will be expecting from the team when they face England in the fourth Test starting Thursday. “It’s very easy, you just go back to Lord’s. Just think Lord’s, forget the last one. As simple as that. I know it’s easier said than done but we should remember your good
moments as well. Such things happen in the game,” Shastri told ‘Times Now Navbharat’ while promoting his new book ‘Stargazing’. Weighing on the defeat at Headingly, Shastri admitted that getting bowled out for 78 in the first innings forced India to play catch up for the rest of the game and even though the team showed fight in the second innings, the damage inflicted in the first proved too much for the side to overcome “England was in the driver’s seat and we snatched victory. In the last Test match, they bowled brilliantly. They caught us on the hop on the
Shooter Rahul Jakhar ends 5th in mixed 25m pistol at Paralympics The 35-year-old Jakhar was eliminated at the end of the seventh series in the finals after qualifying second with a score of 576, which included 284 in precision and 292 in the rapid stage. Agency News: New Delhi Indian shooter Rahul Jakhar signed off 5th in the P3 mixed 25m pistol SH1 event of the Paralympics here on Thursday. The 35-year-old Jakhar was eliminated at the end of the seventh series in the finals after qualifying second with a score of 576, which included 284 in precision and 292 in the rapid stage. It is by far his best international performance. Athletes in SH1 pistol competitions have an
impairment affecting one arm and/or the legs, resulting from amputations or spinal cord injuries. The other Indian in fray, Akash, could not qualify for the finals after ending 20th in the qualifications with a score of 551 (278 in precision and 273 in rapid). The mixed event features both male and female shooters with the top eight qualifying for the finals. China’s Xing Huang claimed the gold medal with a Paralympic record score of 27 in the finals. He also holds the world record
very first day of the Test match, they put us on the back foot,” Shastri stated. Even though we showed glimpses of a fight in the second innings, I think that first, you know, early dismissal
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 150 points in early trade on Thursday, tracking gains in index majors TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries amid a positive trend in global markets and sustained foreign fund inflows. The 30-share index was trading 152.30 points or 0.27 per cent up at 57,490.51. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty advanced
Mahindra expects September car production to drop by 25% on chip shortage Agency News: New Delhi Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd said on Thursday it expects a 20%-25% drop in September vehicle production due to semiconductor shortages, following supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic. Globally carmakers have been hit by chip shortages and have warned of further pain due to stiff competition from the consumer electronics industry for semiconductor deliveries. Mahindra said its revenue and profit will be impacted in line with the fall in production volumes, while its tractor, truck.
snapped its seven-day recordsetting spree, settling 55.95 points or 0.33 per cent lower at 17,076.25. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth ₹666.66 crore on Wednesday, as per provisional exchange data. Both Wall Street and Dalal Street have been oneway streets for quite long now, with only minor dips. And, the exuberant retail investors have
India’s Aruna Tanwar lost to fourth-seeded Espinoza Carranza of Peru in the women’s taekwondo K4449kg quarterfinals of the Paralympics but remained in the hunt for a medal by making the repechage round. Aruna, seeded 12th, was no match for her Peruvian opponent as she lost the one-sided bout 84-21. K44 classification is for athletes who have undergone unilateral arm amputation (or equivalent loss of function), or loss of toes which impacts the ability to lift the heel properly. Aruna
will take on Azerbaijan’s 10th seed Royala Fataliyeva in the repechage quarters later this evening. All losing quarterfinalists from the main draw make the repechage where a player has to win three bouts to clinch the bronze medal Espinoza didn’t allow the Indian to settle down at all completely dominating the contest by pocketing the three rounds 26-2, 30-10, 28-9 respectively. However, Aruna still has a chance to feature in the repechage round if Espinoza enters the final of the event later on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Aruna stunned fifth seed Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia 29-9.
been buying on every dips, said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. “This ‘ buy on dips’ strategy has been rewarding retail investors and, therefore, they can be expected to continue with that strategy
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until there is a sharp correction and negative signals in the market. “The scepticism of ‘smart money’ is evident in the ‘off and on’ response of FIIs who have again turned buyers for three days in a row after turning sellers.
12 entities express interest in Yes Bank’s ARC proposal Agency News: New Delhi
This sequential decline has left some economists concerned. Acknowledging the healthy collections, Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA, said, “The dip in the GST collections has belied the healthy improvement in the GST e-way bills to a daily average of 2.1 million in July 2021 from 1.8 million in June 2021, which was reflective
Neha Dhupia Shares Sweetest Photos From Her Surprise Baby Showera fun-filled affair.
You probably know him from Dabangg 3 as Chulbul Pandey’s enemy. Or the evil man from Puli. You may remember as the guy who played a cameo in director SS Rajampouli’s global hit Baahubali: The Beginning. But, there is more to Sudeep than a few negative roles and cameo he has done in nonKannada films. He commands a huge fan following that makes him a formidable force at the box office in Karnataka. Sudeep has been the captain of Karnataka Bulldozers, a team in the celebrity cricket league. He has been the face of Bigg Boss Kannada since its inception eight years ago. He has a slew of box office hits.
Sidharth Shukla always stood up for rumoured girlfriend Shehnaaz Gill Sidharth Shukla and Shehnaaz Gill were fondly called ‘Sidnaaz’ by their fans, and Sidharth always stood by her side. Agency News: Mumbai Sidharth Shukla died on Thursday at the age of 40. He suffered a heart attack in the morning, it is learnt. He was brought dead to the Cooper Hospital in Mumbai, Sidharth Shukla’s last reality show was Bigg Boss 13, where he met Shehnaaz Gill, whom he was rumoured to be dating. However, they have never confirmed their relationship. Sidharth
and Shehnaaz have a huge fan following and were known as ‘Sidnaaz’. However, there have been several instances when Sidharth Shukla had to defend Shehnaaz Gill after she came under fire from trolls. Last month, Sidharth had supported Shehnaaz after a fan club wrote on Twitter that she encourages people to write unfriendly things
about Sidharth, according to a leading daily. Responding to the tweet, Sidharth had said, “Please you don’t need to shame her … it’s not her fault it’s some ppl from that FD …she herself has asked them to stop all this like I have … let’s just be civil and make this place better … so that we can enjoy and learn from each other … makes sense.”
Bigg Boss OTT wild card Nia Sharma criticises age-shaming on show, has a message for Raqesh Bapat, Divya Agarwal
Rs 1.12 lakh crore GST mop-up in August, but lower than July In what indicates that the pick-up in economic activity has been sustained after a series of localised lockdowns during the Covid-19 second wave, gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in August (for sales in July) crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark. The August collections at Rs 1,12,020 crore were 29.6 per cent higher than in August 2020. In the last 11 months, GST collections have consistently remained over Rs 1 lakh crore, except in June (for sales in May). The second wave was also the most brutal in April-May. The GST revenue in August is, however, 3.76 per cent lower than the Rs 1.16 lakh crore mop-up in July.
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Dr Reddy’s was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by Titan, UltraTech Cement, HUL, L&T and Tata Steel. 46.85 points or 0.27 per cent to 17,123.10 in the opening session. Dr Reddy’s was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by Titan, UltraTech Cement, HUL, L&T and Tata Steel. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Auto, HCL Tech, Maruti and PowerGrid were among the laggards. In the previous session, the BSE index ended 214.18 points or 0.37 per cent lower at 57,338.21, and Nifty
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Sensex rises over 150 points in early trade; Nifty jumps 47 points to 17,123 Agency News: New Delhi
Netflix has announced a multi-year partnership with Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment, the banner behind a slew of popular films including Dil Chahta Hai, Rock On, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Lakshya, Toofaan and the Don franchise. Excel Entertainment will produce a variety of stories under its series banner Excel Media & Entertainment for Netflix members in over 190 countries, beginning with two projects tentatively titled Dabba Cartel and Queen of the Hill. Dabba Cartel tells the story of five housewives who run a high stakes secret cartel.
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score of 36 that he shot in 2018 in this event. Poland’s Szymon Sowinski claimed the silver with a 21, while Ukraine’s Oleksii Denysiuk notched up the bronze after finishing at 20 in the finals. India have so far claimed two medals in shooting. The first was an unprecedented gold by Avani Lekhara in the women’s 10m air rifle SH1 competition. Singhraj Adana later picked up a bronze in the men’s 10m air pistol.
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of the lifting of restrictions especially across the southern states.” The Finance Ministry maintained that GST revenues were likely to remain robust in the coming months too. Pointing out that collections topped Rs 1 lakh crore both in July and August, it said the economy was recovering at a fast pace.
Yes Bank Ltd has received expressions of interest from a dozen investors for setting up an asset reconstruction company with the private sector lender as the minority partner, two people aware of the development said. Some of the private equity firms who have shown interest include Brookfield Asset Management, Ares SSG, Oaktree Capital Management, JC Flower, Vardhe Capital, CarVal Investors, Avenue Asia Group, Bain Capital’s India Resurgent Fund, Apollo Global.
Agency News: New Delhi Television star Nia Sharma on Wednesday joined Bigg Boss OTT as a wildcard contestant. Soon enough, she made a few strong statements on the show. These included heaping praise on Divya Agarwal to motivating Raqesh Bapat and calling out age-shaming, which was earlier criticised by host Karan Johar. Divya Agarwal is the only contestant in the house, who doesn’t have any connection. Her former connection, Zeeshan Khan, was eliminated from the Voot show on the grounds of physical violence. As Bigg Boss OTT theme is “stay connected”, Divya Agarwal has not been able to participate in tasks or nomination activities. But her game and performance on the show caught Nia Sharma’s eye as she told other contestants that she would love to pair up with Divya. Nia said Divya’s “game skills are very strong.” Nia even mentioned to Divya’s nemesis Pratik Sehajpal that she was playing a dignified game. Nia was praise for Neha Bhasin too, Pratik’s current connection. Besides, Nia spoke to Raqesh Bapat at length about his passive appearance on the show. She motivated him to perform better and put forth his opinions. Nia also asked musician Millind Gaba to buck up. Another interesting observation that the Naagin star made was that people needed to stop commenting on others’ age. Criticising such jibes that are often made on the show.
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Rajnath Singh reaches Gujarat for BJP executive meeting Rajnath Singh will also attend meeting on preparations of Defence Expo-2022 which will be held in Gandhinagar next March Agency News: Vadodara Defence Minister Rajnath Singh landed at Vadodara airport in Gujarat on Thursday morning. He will be addressing the inaugural session of the state BJP executive meeting. He visited the Statue of Unity along with other BJP ministers. The
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Book by prisons and correctional administration throws light on history of jails, life of inmates An inmate should be kept in jail for as long as it’s needed for the safety of society and their own correction. Beyond that, they should not be kept in jail even for a second,” said Mahatma Gandhi. Weaving a fascinating account of the history of jails in Gujarat that were initially built as a tool of oppression by the British Raj to its post-Independence evolution as a correctional facility for inmate the Gujarat government’s Prisons and Correctional Administration has come up with a book — “Jail- History and Present”. It was authored under the leadership of Dr KLN Rao, ADGP and Director General of Prisons and Correctional.
Textile factory in Surat carries out vaccine drive for migrants after charging fee, says AAP The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the health department alleging that a textile factory in Surat carried out a Covid-19 vaccination drive for migrant workers after charging Rs 100 from each of them. The district health department has ordered a probe into the incident. According to Jagdish Katheriya, Leader of Opposition in Kamrej Taluka Panchayat, he received an information that migrant labourers working in different factories in Pipodara GIDC have to pay Rs 100 to get the vaccination from a centre in a closed textile factory.
Elected representatives can allocate more grant to residential societies In a move to help elected representatives spend more on public welfare ahead of state Assembly elections, the Gujarat government has doubled the percentage of grants that an MLA, municipal corporator or a municipality member can allocate to residential societies for works that entail public participation. Under the ‘Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shehri Vikas Yojana’ (SJMSVY), residents of a private residential society, housing board or apartment have to contribute 20 per cent of the cost of public works like water pipeline connections.
BJP state executive meeting will be held in Kevadia on Thursday, following a press conference in the evening. “Tomorrow, I shall be visiting Kevadia, Gujarat. Shall address the inaugural session of the Gujarat State BJP Executive meeting. Also, I shall be attending the meeting on preparations for Defence
Expo-2022, scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar,” Rajnath
ABVP Gujarat starts membership campign in state, aims at target of six lakh this year Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Aiming an ambitious target of six lakh, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Wednesday announced its membership campaign across 2,700 campuses in Gujarat in two phases. The online campaign for the year 2021-22 will begin this month, adding up to the one crore student members across the country. The existing members will also go to the campuses that have resumed classes. The student organisation
The online campaign for the year 2021-22 will begin this month, adding up to the one crore student members across the country. got 52,000 members in 2020 and 1.03 lakh in 2019 The membership campaign will be in two phases — the first phase from September 4 to 8 will cover the Saurashtra region, while the s Himalaysinh Zala, ABVP Gujarat state secretary, said, “ABVP Gujarat aims to
make six lakh student members for this academic year. We have also launched the student locker facility for members on the ABVP website. Members can save their marksheets and other documents in the digital locker that can be accessed anytime anywhere.”
Singh tweeted on Wednesday. The Defence Expo-2022 will
be held from March 11-13 next year. Earlier, it used to be held in Delhi, but after 2014, it was decided to keep changing the venue. Thus, it was held in Goa in 2016, in Chennai in 2018 and in Lucknow in 2020. The Defence Minister also visited the Statue of Unity at Kevadia “Visited the ‘Statue of Unity’ at Kevadia in Gujarat and paid my heartfelt tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,” he tweeted. He was accompanied by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, Deputy CM Nitin Patel and other ministers.
Amul may acquire private land for proposed plant at Rajkot Agency News: Mehsana The proposed plant of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) in Rajkot is facing troubles because of want of land. The dairy giant has rejected a piece of 100acre land that was identified by Rajkot collectorate near Anandpar because of its high price. GCMMF has demanded another piece of land.The federation’s total budget for the proposed plant is around Rs 500 crore. Sources said that the 100acre land offered by the
Rajkot collectorate in revenue survey numbers of Anandpar, Navagam and Sokhda villages on Ahmedabad highway costs around Rs 2.75 crore per acre. Amul has sought 100-acre land to install a milk processing plant with capacity of 30 lakh litre per day (LLPD). The plant and machinery cost is expected to cross Rs 300 crore so we need land at cheaper rate. We have asked the government to identify land on Bhavnagar road. If we do not find the government rate affordable, we will acquire private land.
Cyclones, price hike, Covid: Gujarat’s boat-building industry sees the worst slump in decades Manufacturers say, 250-300 boats were built per year in Mangrol till 2015-16, but it was 50 last year Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad ISMILE KOTAL and other workers frantically cut pieces of fiberglass to paste on the plywood-sheet walls rising above the deck of an under-construction fishing trawler at Mahadev Enterprise, one of the 72 boat building yards in the coastal Mangrol town in Gujarat’s Junagadh district. The sultry weather doesn’t bother them as they are racing
against time to complete the last six boats of the season.Save Mahadev and a dozen odd yards, the rest of the boat yards are deserted, the half-built boats encroached by tall weeds, telling the tale of an industry that is seeing its worst slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic and frequent cyclones.Manufacturers say,
Press Release Tata Motors drives in the All New Tigor EV Sedan with Ziptron technology
Agency News: Mumbai Following the recent grand unveil, Tata Motors is all set to excite the electric vehicle market with the launch of the Tigor EV. Starting today, the Tigor EV deliveries will commence for the personal segment. Following the footstep of its ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) sibling, the Tigor EV has also been lauded byGNCAP with a 4 star rating for adult (12.00 points out of 17.00) and child (37.24 points out of 49.00) occupantprotection. Set to scale new heights in the dynamic world of electric mobility, the Tigor EV features Tata Motors’proprietary high voltage EV architecture, Ziptron, and is built on the three strong pillars of Technology, Comfort, andSafety.
Price chart (Ex-showroom – One nation, one price):Tigor EV XE 11.99 LakhsTigor EV XM 12.49 LakhsTigor EV XZ+ 12.99 Lakhs; (Dual Tone option - 13.14Lakhs) According to Mr. Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors – “EVs are fastgaining popularity on the back of rising comfort of customers, as the barriers to adoption are being overcome and dueto growing preference for environmentally friendly solutions. This has been spearheaded by our very own Nexon EV,which today is the most popular EV in the Indian market. The increasing support from the central and the stateGovernment, providing subsidies and a conducive environment for EVs to grow, inspires us to expand our EV offerings.
250-300 boats were built per year in Mangrol till 2015-16, but it was 50 last year.In the nearby Sahyog Boat Building Yard, teams of workers specialised in creating fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) structures, installing engines, colourcoating, etc., work on three under-construction fishing boats.
Hussain Pathan, one of the partnerowners of the yard, is busy inspecting them and updating Joaquim Rodrigues, one of his clients from Goa, on phone. Boats made here are in great demand in the coastal states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa.Dhabi Agencies on Bandar Road, belonging to Hussain Kadu (59), was abandoned for a year as the boat builder and his four sons shifted focus to coconut cultivation.
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India’s one of the Biggest Singing Talent Hunt ‘Radio City Super Singer’ returns with the 13th Season
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India’s leading radio network, Radio City announces the 13th season of its flagship property, Radio City Super Singer, a singing talent hunt that has over a decade entertained millions of Indians. The show will provide one of the biggest podiums to aspiring singers across 39 cities, with auditions kick starting from 25th August to 12th September. Returning with a bang, with the tagline ‘Ab lagega singing ka naya dose’, the legacy of the superhit property continues, with an audition process through IVRS, social media platforms and the Radio City microsite. The finale of Radio City Super Singer 13 is slated to happen on air on 24th September. Sensational singer Kailash Kher is all set to return as a judge for the second consecutive season, and mentor yet another set of budding singing talent in the country, preparing them for stardom through the show. The audition process is set to shortlist 5 talented candidates from the Hindi, Tamil, Telegu and Kannada speaking regions respectively this year, to make way for a super grand finale where the final winner will be selected by Kailash Kher and through public voting.
NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime Collaborates with WhiteHat Jr to Launch an Instructor-Led oneon-one AI Foundation Course Agency News: Mumbai FutureSkills Prime, the digital skilling initiative by NASSCOM and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has collaborated with leading EdTech firm WhiteHat Jr to launch an instructor-led oneon-one Foundation course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) aligned to Competency Standards developed by SSC NASSCOM in collaboration with Industry and approved by Government of India. The course, developed by the WhiteHat Jr curriculum team, will be delivered live online by highly-trained teachers to undergraduates as well as executives. WhiteHat Jr, in just over two years, has emerged as a leading name teaching live one-on-one online classes to children ages 6 to 18 years. This will be the first time that WhiteHat Jr will reach out to the 18+ undergraduate and executives. “We are leveraging our expertise to upskill the youth of India, working closely with the industry. AI is a key skill, one that can potentially disrupt the global workforce in the future.
4 Killing relationships by using mobile phones! How to play the game online Underage son killed father over reprimand Agency News: Surat Among the nine youths, cases are coming up where mobile has become a mobile addiction. A sensational murder case has come up in Hazira area of Surat, in which a minor son killed his father (Teenage son killed father) while reprimanding his son for playing a mobile game. After killing his father, Sagir lied that his father had died after falling into the bathroom. However, in the post mortem report, the minor’s charge was leaked. In this case, the police have registered a case of murder and arrested the minor son of the killer. A serious incident of murder has come up in Hazira area of Surat. In which the minor son strangled his father to death. The murder was caused by a mobile only. Initially there was an attempt to cover up the murder in an accident but during the police investigation the true fact has come to light. The 40-year-old Arjun Sarkar was pronounced dead at a new civil hospital
on Tuesday night. The young man told his 17-year-old son and family that he was injured when he fell in Bathsham six days ago. The new Civil Hospital reported the matter to Ichchapur police. Police found the case suspicious. So that the officer from above was informed. Which was later renamed Inspector N. a. A convoy including Desai rushed to the spot. A forensic autopsy revealed that the case was not an accident but a homicide. The 40-year-old man was strangled to death. However, the cause of the young man’s murder was even more shocking.
Probe after ‘grenade’ blast kills man, two-yr-old daughter in Aravalli One person has been detained in the case where the dead man is also an accused. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Multiple police teams have been formed to probe a blast that killed a man and his two-yearold daughter in Godkulla village of Aravalli district on August 28 after it was found that the source was a grenade. One person has been detained in the case where the dead man is also an accused. Police said the incident took place in the house of Ramesh Faneja, 30, in Godkulla village under Shamlaji town of Aravalli, where an explosion due to unknown reasons killed him on the spot, while his wife and two daughters were critically injured. A day later, Faneja’s two-year-old daughter
also succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Aravalli. Postmortem report of Faneja’s body and forensic analysis of the blast indicated that the explosion was caused by a hand grenade, police said. Days after the blast, police found pictures on Faneja’s social media accounts of him holding a hand grenade and an automatic assault rifle On Tuesday, police lodged an FIR against Faneja, who worked as a labourer in an aluminum factory in Vadodara, and his accomplice Vinod, based on the evidence of pictures on social media, forensic report and statement by his wife. Sanjay Kharat, superintendent of police, Aravalli, said, “After the panchnama and postmortem report, our forensic expert in their primary analysis said that the explosion was due to grenade blast. The detailed report from FSL is awaited.”
Rajasthan: Wedding feast leaves 130 ill with food poisoning in Churu Four weddings of a family were solemnized in Sardarshahar in Churu district of Rajasthan on Wednesday Later in the evening, many guests started reporting of discomfort Agency News: Jaipur Four marriages in a family were solemnized on the same day. So, it was a big occasion. Unfortunately, it went terribly wrong for many of the guests. At least 130 people reported unwell after eating the food served at the wedding feast in Churu district of Rajasthan on Wednesday night. According to available details, four daughters of a family were to get married on Wednesday. The wedding processions, one each from Ladnun, Jodhpur and two from Bidasar, had
come to Sardarshahar The weddings were solemnized on Wednesday afternoon, after which the guests were served food. Later in the evening, many guests started reporting of discomfort. Several of them had to be taken to the government hospital in Sardarshahar with complaints of vomiting and diarrhoea. “Some people came to hospital last night with complaint of vomiting after attending a wedding in Shobhasar village. Around 90 people were discharged after treatment,” said Sardarshahar SDM The chief medical officer of Churu was reported as saying that the reason for the food poisoning could be consumption of stale food as guests who had come for Bidasar had no complaints. Thus, it was believed that those who fell ill might have eaten leftovers of the afternoon food in the evening by when it might have got contaminated.