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US-bound Air India flight returns back to Delhi due to death of passenger on board Agency News:New Delhi An Air India flight bound for the US returned back to Delhi after flying for more than 3 hours, due to the death of a passenger on board. The flight was headed to Newark. “Air India DelhiNewark (US) flight returned
“Happily Cohabiting”: Court Grants Bail To Accused In Child Abuse Case The judge said she had admitted that she eloped with the accused on her own, married him and has since been “peacefully living” with their 2 children Agency News:New Delhi
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Over 93% dip in Prudent Trust’s funds for Congress in FY 2020-21, BJP’s share rose by 2% While the contribution of Prudent Electoral Trust to political parties declined by over 9 per cent as it donated Rs 245.7 crore this financial year, compared to Rs 271 crore in the 2019-20 financial year, its share for the Congress party dipped by more than 93 per cent, dropping from Rs 31 crore last year to just 2 crore this fiscal, an analysis of its contribution submitted to the Election Commission shows. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too saw a decline in donation by more than 84 per cent as its share fell from Rs 11.2 crore last year to just 1.7 crore this year. The share of Prudent Trust – the richest electoral trust and one of the BJP’s biggest funders since 2013-14 – for the saffron party rose marginally by 2 per cent at Rs 209 crore.
Body Of UP Girl, Missing For 2 Days, Found In Trunk In Neighbour’s Home The body of a six-year-old girl who went missing on Thursday evening from her home in western Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur town was found stuffed inside a trunk in a neighbour’s house this morning. Hapur Police SP Sarvesh Kumar Mishra told reporters the body had been sent for a post-mortem. Asked if this was also a rape case, he said this could only be confirmed based on the autopsy results. “Yesterday we received reports of a missing girl. Today we were informed that some unpleasant smells were coming from a neighbour’s home. A team was sent but found that the front door was locked. We broke the lock and entered the building with a field unit,” Mr Mishra said. “On entering and searching the building.
to Delhi after more than three hours of flight, due to a medical emergency on board,” an Air India official A team of airport doctors arrived on the plane and after a thorough check of the passenger declared him dead. The passenger was US national and was travelling with his wife.
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man, accused under the law that protects children from sexual abuse, saying it is prima facie satisfied that the woman -- a minor at the time of complaint -- was happily cohabiting with him and raising a family together. Taking cognizance of the woman’s statement, Justice Subramonium Prasad said she had admitted that
she eloped with the accused on her own, married him and has since been “peacefully living” with their two children. The man had been accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act The judge was of the opinion that keeping the accused in custody will drive the woman and the children to starvation and thus directed that the accused be released on bail on a personal bond of ₹ 5,000 and two sureties of the like amount“It will not be in the interest of the children to keep the petitioner in custody. There is no danger of the petitioner.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah Dies At 88
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Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of the unified State of Andhra Pradesh, Konijeti Rosaiah, 88, passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday after a brief illness.
Mr Rosaiah was shifted to a private hospital early morning after he was unwell, where doctors declared him as brought dead. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed his grief over the demise of the former CM.
Omicron not fatal but third wave possible: India’s top health expert
More information is needed to ascertain the characteristics of Omicron, said Dr Vikas Bhatia, Executive Director, AIIMS Bibinagar. Agency News:New Delhi Omicron variant is not fatal but India should not rule out the possibility of a third COVID-19 wave amid the emerging scenario, said Dr Vikas Bhatia, Executive Director, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar on Saturday. While talking about the new coronavirus variant, Dr Bhatia said that more information is needed to ascertain the exact threat of the virus but it so far seems non-fatal. About a potential third wave of COVID,
75 trains cancelled due to Cyclone Jawad
Further, 38 trains scheduled to depart on Dec 5 and one on Dec 6 have also been cancelled as a precautionary measure. Agency News:New Delhi Indian Railways on December 4 cancelled as many as 75 trains for two days in the wake of Cyclone Jawad. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast in afternoon. Among the trains that were
cancelled as precautionary measure on Saturday, 38 were scheduled to to depart on Saturday, December 4 and 38 were slated for departure on Sunday, December 5. Most of the cancelled trains were expected to depart from Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Howrah (West Bengal) and Puri (Odisha). The development comes after East Cost Railways on Thursday announced the cancellation of 95 trains for the safety of the passengers in anticipation of cyclonic winds and disruption to normal operations. Some passengers trains were diverter on Friday.
Bhatia noted that India should be prepared to fight a possible “third wave” which may be caused by the emerging Omicron variant keeping in mind its high transmissibility but possibly low fatality.“It is very difficult to predict because, and even at this point of time when more than 30 countries have reported one or more cases, we are still waiting for some more information. So, in this phase, we should be preparing ourselves that a third wave may come but at the same time, it may be good news in case we find that this particular virus Omicron is not very fatal. So far, no death has been reported from any part of the world,” Dr Bhatia The health expert further added that the Omicron symptoms have been reported to be mild in most cases but one needs to be careful because its transmission rate
is reportedly higher. “It might be a mild disease. It is possibly being observed in some countries such as South Africa that the gap between the infection and the manifestation of the disease is a little longer. And when it is longer than the Delta virus, it is likely to be transmitting and infecting more and more people. Now in case, the transmission rate is high, but its killing power is low, then it can transmit and generate immunity among the people,” Dr Bhatia also opined that the vaccination will surely
play a role and reduce the fatality level in people even if the Omicron variant turns out to be a concern.“Decline in the oxygen levels and the case fatality rates, they are our main concern. If those concern us more, we should not be bothering too much about the transmission of the disease. Because the vaccination programme is also going on,” he said.The health expert also added that ‘Hybrid Immunity’ will help India combat any further outbreak of the virus as it is very high in India.
Jamnagar man found infected with Omicron variant; CM chairs high level meeting Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Gujarat reported its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant on Saturday. The new variant was detected in a 72-year-old man in Jamnagar city following his return from Zimbabwe, the state health department said. The sample of the elderly man was sent for genome
The sample of the elderly man was sent for genome sequencing, after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. sequencing after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, it said. “A person is found omicron positive in Jamnagar. We’ve isolated him & are monitoring him. A micro containment zone has been made where he is living. In the area, we will do the tracing, testing of people,” said Manoj Aggarwal, ACS, Health & Family Welfare Dept, Gujarat. Following
the detection, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed the readiness of the state health system in a high-level meeting. Gujarat’s Commissioner of Health Jai Prakash Shivhare confirmed that the man was found infected with the Omicron strain. The Omicron strain has been marked as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed the preparations being undertaken to tackle the impending cyclone, ‘Jawad’, in the Bay of Bengal region and directed all agencies involved to ensure no life is lost and property damage is minimum.
Celebration of 100 years of PAC scheduled for December 4-5: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The celebration of 100 years of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled on December 4-5, PAC Chairperson and Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Friday Briefing about the celebration, Chowdhury said, The celebration of 100 years of PAC is scheduled on December 4-5. 52 nations, including Pakistan, were invited to the celebrations of 100 years of PAC.
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We Need Firefighters In Parliament And Outside
“Democracies may die at the hands not of generals but of elected leaders—presidents or prime ministers — who subvert the very process that brought them to power. Some of these leaders dismantle democracy quickly, as Hitler did in the wake of the 1933 Reichstag fire in Germany. More often, though, democracies erode slowly, in barely visible steps”, wrote Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. This aptly describes the situation that prevails in India today. As per the prime architect of the Indian Constitution Dr Ambedkar, Parliament is the supreme institution. It is a platform to discuss, debate, and enact legislations in the best interest of people and nation. Parliament has several instruments to ensure good governance and make the government and executive accountable to Parliament and thereby to the people of the country. Ever since the BJP-RSS combine captured power, it is subverting the Constitution and democracy. Parliament is increasingly becoming redundant. The very recent examples show how the ruling dispensation is undermining all constitutional democratic practices. In the wake of the three Farm Bills, the farmers of the country rose up in opposition and held sustained agitation against the laws for past one year. These laws were introduced and institutionalised without any discussion in Parliament and ironically so, the repeal of these laws too was without any debate or discussion in the Parliament. Any opposition and challenge to the government and its myopic and dangerous vision is met with criminalisation and repression by invoking laws such as the UAPA, which in itself is an anomaly to democracy. Within the parliamentary democratic set up, Parliament, which is the medium for collective policy making, is witnessing a reign of vengeance, the latest being the suspension of 12 opposition MPs belonging to various parties. It is imperative to draw lessons from what had happened in Germany under Hitler’s fascist regime. The analogy of the Reichstag fire may seem a bit overstretched to compare with what is happening in democratic India today. However, the premise remains the same —the undermining of democracy and democratic institutions by leaders who were elected by the people. The RSS-BJP’s steps towards authoritarianism are gradual but nevertheless, very visible. We can briefly survey Hitler’s death knell to the Weimar Republic in the aftermath of the Reichstag fire as a yardstick to better appreciate the cracks appearing on our own democracy. Adolf Hitler, a demoralised arsonist after his failed coup d’état attempt at the Beer Hall Putsch, Munich in 1923, started focusing his energies into coming to power through legal electoral means. He came to head the Nazi Party and worked on increasing its membership through fiery speeches and rhetoric. By 1928, the group’s membership exceeded 100,000. Hitler continuously blamed the ‘November Criminals’ in his rhetoric for the woes of Germany. He kept digging the past to justify arson and extra-legal methods of his SS forces. The politicians who signed the Treaty of Versailles were regularly vilified by Hitler as he centered his agenda on revising the past instead of fixing the future. The growth of the Nazi party was considerable in this period but they could only get 2.6 percent of the vote in the 1928 election. The Great Depression of the late20s and early 30s came as a boon to Hitler. The economies of US and Europe were in shambles with skyrocketing unemployment and deprivation. In Germany alone, the number of unemployed swelled to six million, which was around 30 percent of the population. Downward spiralling of the economy, unemployment, destitution and uncertainty about the future, all common in a capitalist economy, became the fertile ground for Hitler to recruit more and more people as his millenarian rhetoric and aggressive stance became more and more pronounced. Hitler’s influence rose but even after aligning with other right-leaning factions, they could muster only about 33 percent of the vote, still short of a majority. Uncertain political scenario allowed Hitler to reach the Chancellorship. It should be recalled here that he entered office through constitutional means as President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him chancellor under the Weimar Constitution on January 30, 1933. Merely four weeks in office, the incident that consolidated Hitler’s position and allowed him to crush all opposition took place and that was the Reichstag Fire. - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara On the night of February.
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PM Modi Praises Exemplary Contributions, Courage Of Indian Navy Agency News:New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his greetings on the occasion of Navy Day and said Indian Navy personnel have always been at the forefront of mitigating crisis situations like natural disasters. Sharing a snippet of one of his old episodes of ‘’Mann Ki Baat’’ radio programme where he talked about the Navy day, PM Modi tweeted, “Greetings on Navy Day. We are proud of the exemplary contributions of the Indian navy. Our navy is widely respected for its professionalism and outstanding courage. Our navy personnel have always been at the forefront of mitigating crisis situations like natural disasters.” Greetings on Navy Day. We are proud of the exemplary contributions of the Indian navy. Our navy is widely respected for its professionalism.
Tamil Nadu Omicron Cases: “One week’s time has been given to people to get at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine,” said Madurai District Collector Aneesh Sekhar Agency News:New Delhi
Ananya Panday cuts a statusque figure in the floral embellished lehenga.
Coordinate, but don’t step on states’ toes: Amit Shah to IPS probationers
The statement comes at a time the Centre has been accused of usurping policing rights of states by increasing the BSF’s jurisdiction in certain states such as West Bengal and Punjab. Agency News:New Delhi The police need to coordinate at the national level to fight serious crime but without interfering with the rights of states, Home Minister Amit Shah said Friday. “There is a need for coordination at
Agency News:New Delhi Beaches in Odisha’s Puri are likely to bear the brunt of strong waves and heavy rain as Cyclone Jawad is expected to hit the coastal areas today. Droves of people in Puri began evacuating the beach areas ahead of the storm, carrying their makeshift shops and belongings to safety. In a video tweeted this morning, several locals were seen taking their makeshift shops away
from the beach as the advancing storm brought strong winds The Odisha Police could also be seen expediting the process of evacuating citizens from dangerous locations in the city. “The safety of the people is our topmost priority. Everyone present at the Puri beach has been asked to vacate the area. Shelter homes have been established in Puri; all are requested to follow government guidelines on CycloneJawad,” Puri Superintendent of Police Kanwar Vishal Singh A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is heading towards coast and heavy rain is expected in parts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Cyclone Jawad is predicted to move along the coast and touch the shores of Puri around noon on Sunday, the Indian Meteorological Department has said. “It is likely to weaken gradually.
the national level without interfering with the rights of the States and respecting the spirit of the Constitution to prevent crimes such as smuggling of fake currency, arms smuggling, and narcotics,” he told a group of IPS probationers in Delhi, according to a Home Ministry statement. The statement comes at a time the Centre has been accused by the Opposition of usurping policing rights of states by increasing the BSF’s jurisdiction in certain states such as West Bengal and Punjab. Recently, BSF DG Pankaj Singh said this was done to stop infiltration as demographic changes have been witnessed in border districts. Both West Bengal and Punjab Assemblies have passed resolutions against the Centre’s move extending the BSF’s jurisdiction to up to 50 km in the state.
The guidelines come after a patient in Karnataka infected by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was found to have left India despite testing positive.
From phone calls five times a day to physical visits, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has released a set of rules to ensure proper monitoring of travellers coming in from ‘at risk’ countries and under home quarantine amid the Omicron threat. The Mumbai
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said he might be open to joining an alternate political front to be led by the Trinamool Congress boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mr Yadav - busy building a platform to challenge the BJP in the 2022 UP Assembly election - said the ruling party would be “wiped out” in Uttar Pradesh like they were by Ms Banerjee in the Bengal polls. “I welcome her. The way she wiped out the BJP in Bengal... the people of Uttar Pradesh will
Civic body will also write to the housing societies to ensure that quarantine norms are being followed by such passengers. In case a traveller is found breaking the rules, he/she would be booked under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and Epidemic Act, 1897. The municipal corporation issued the detailed guidelines on December 3 to keep track of
the health of these travellers.The guidelines come after a patient in Karnataka infected by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was found to have left India despite
testing positive. Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said the new guidelines aim to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant in Mumbai.
India Reports 8,603 New Covid Infections, Active Cases Remain Below 1 Lakh The active cases have declined to 99,974, comprising 0.29 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.35 per cent, the health ministry said.
Akhilesh Yadav Gives “Welcome” To Mamata Banerjee, “0 Seats” To Congress
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of people have been vaccinated with the first dose and 32.8 per cent have been vaccinated with the second dose. There are 3 lakh people who have not been vaccinated after the second deadline,” he said. Karnataka, where the two Omicron cases were detected, had on Friday announced similar restrictions. The state has made the twodose vaccination mandatory for entry into public places like malls, theatres and cinema halls.
‘Five calls a day, physical visits’: Mumbai issues new home quarantine rules amid Omicron threat Agency News:New Delhi
People Run With Makeshift Shops In Odisha’s Puri As Cyclone Nears Cyclone Jawad: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is heading towards coast and heavy rain is expected in parts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
In the wake of two cases of Omicron detected in India, Tamil Nadu’s Madurai today announced that unvaccinated people would not be allowed to enter malls, shopping complexes and other public places from next week. The district administration has said that people are being given one week’s time to at least get one dose of the Covid vaccine, before the restrictions come
into effect. “One week’s time has been given to people to get at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, failing which those unvaccinated people to be not allowed to enter public places like hotels, shopping malls amd other commercial establishments,” Madurai Collector Aneesh Sekhar Nearly 3 lakh people in Madurai have not received a single dose of the Covid vaccine, the district collector said. “In Madurai district, 71.6 per cent
wipe out the BJP,” Mr Yadav told reporters in Jhansi, where he was holding a yatra “We will speak about it when the time is right,” he told the reporter who asked him that question. The former UP Chief Minister also wrote off the Congress. “The public will refuse them... and they will get 0 seats in the upcoming election,” he said, hitting back at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her jibes. On Thursday, at a rally in western UP’s Moradabad, Ms Gandhi Vadra questioned Mr Yadav’s absence from Lakhimpur during protests after four farmers were crushed to death under a jeep .
Agency News:New Delhi With 8,603 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally
“Deep Loss”: Andhra Governor, Others On Ex-Chief Minister’s Death Agency News:Amaravati Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu and a host of others on Saturday expressed profound grief over the demise of Konijeti Rosaiah, who served as the CM of the then united AP. “I pray for rest to his soul and offer my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members,” the Governor said in a message. Konijeti Rosaiah became Chief Minister of erstwhile united AP on September 3, 2009, following the death of incumbent Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. He served as Chief Minister till November 25, 2010, and became Tamil Nadu Governor in August 2011. The Chief Minister said he was deeply pained by news of Rosaiah’s death. “In his long political career, Rosaiah rendered yeoman services as a legislator, minister, parliamentarian, Chief Minister and Governor. His death is a deep loss to the two Telugu states.
of cases rose to 3,46,24,360, but active cases declined to 99,974, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday The number of deaths,
however, climbed to 4,70,530 with 415 fatalities reported on Saturday, the data released at 8 am showed. The daily rise in infections has been below 50,000 for 160 consecutive days now. The active cases have declined to 99,974, comprising 0.29 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.35 per cent, the health ministry said. A net decrease of two cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry.
“Those In Skull Caps...”: Yogi Adityanath’s Deputy On UP Law And Order
Agency News: New Delhi Days after he was accused of polarising voters over his tweet that appeared to be a call for a “temple in Mathura”, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday in a controversial speech said poor law and order situation in the state earlier was due to people in “skull caps who threatened traders”, among others.Skull caps are usually associated
with the attire of Muslim men.“Before 2017, how many lungi-clad goons used to roam here? Who in skull caps used to threaten the traders while carrying guns? Who used to encroach upon your land and threaten you to not go to Police? Remember all this,” Mr Maurya said at a meeting of traders in Prayagraj, which was earlier known as Allahabad. The BJP leader’s comments came as he accused the Samajwadi Party of shielding criminals.
SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Kangana Ranaut visits Mathura a day after farmers surrounded her in Punjab, calls it a ‘beautiful day’ Actor Kangana Ranaut shared a series of picture of herself as she geared up to visit Shri Krishna Janam Bhumi, Mathura. Agency News: Mumbai Actor Kangana Ranaut shared a series of pictures on Instagram and told her fans that she is visiting Shri Krishna Janam Bhumi, Mathura on Saturday. In the pictures, Kangana can be seen wearing dark green anarkali and pearl jewellery. She captioned the post, “Beautiful day driving from Delhi to Mathura. For Krishna Janambhumi darshan. What a fortunate day.” She also
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Kriti Sanon opens up about her backup career option: ‘Had my GMAT score’
Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain’s wedding card is oozing with royalty
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shared pictures on her Instagram Stories and wrote, “All set for my most favourite Krishna Darshan in Vrindavan. Can’t believe it’s my first time there. ” The photos come a day after Kangana took to Instagram stories to share videos of her car being surrounded by several protesters in Punjab who were chanting ‘murdabad (down with)’. “As I entered Punjab, a mob has attacked my car… They are saying they are farmers,” she wrote on the video.
Mrunal Thakur proud of journalists
On Friday, actor Kriti Sanon opened up about what was her backup career option when she entered Bollywood in 2014. She also talked about how she was unsure about her acting career. Kriti said her parents were worried about her career in Bollywood. “There was a point when there was. A career in films is not considered a very secure career. It’s not a 9-to-5 job. If your films work, you work, if they don’t, you might not get work. My parents, like any other middle-class parents, were sceptical about my career. So they said first you have to complete your engineering degree. Which I am glad I did because mentally I was at peace. I wasn’t desperate to get something. I was passionate. When you don’t have something to fall back on in life, you end up taking wrong decisions,” said Kriti at Agenda Aaj Tak 2021. Kriti also revealed how she was a studious kid and a ‘frontbencher’ but had to sit at the back because she was tall. She said that she comes from an academic environment as her mother is a Delhi University professor and her father is a chartered accountant. She added, “They said you go and follow your dreams so that you don’t have any regrets later, but you must appear for your GMAT entrance exams. That score is valid for 5 years. So you basically have 5 years to try, and you can come back if it doesn’t work out.” Kriti made her big-screen debut in 2014 with the Telugu film Nenokkadine. She later appeared in Sabbir Khan’s Heropanti, for which she bagged Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She was last seen in the Netflix film Mimi. She has several films in the lineup such as Adipurush, Bachchan Pandey, Bhediya, Ganapath, and Hum Do Hamaare Do.
Agency News: New Delhi Television actor Shraddha Arya on Friday night took to her social media platforms to give a glimpse of Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain’s wedding card. Shraddha shared some videos through her Instagram stories, giving a sneak peek into Ankita and Vicky’s royal wedding invites. Shradha, wrote, “And now is my favourite girl’s turn. Congratulations @ lokhandeankita @jainvick.” ankita lokhande- vicky jain wedding card Ankita Lokhande and Vikcy Jain wedding card. (Photo: Shraddha Arya/
Instagram) Shraddha, a new bride, tied the knot with naval officer Rahul Nagal on November 16. Mumbai-based photographers have been sharing videos of Ankita and Vicky personally visiting several friends from the industry to invite them for their big day. A couple of days ago, the couple was spotted exiting Ekta Kapoor’s bungalow in Juhu after inviting her and her family for their wedding. The wedding date inside the card reads December 2021 and the venue says Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. On Friday, Ankita shared a bunch of photos with Vicky on Instagram.
Sara Ali Khan rushes to find her lost phone at Ranveer Singh’s ’83 special screening
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Mrunal Thakur began her acting career on the small screen with shows like Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan and Kumkum Bhagya. Her Bollywood debut was opposite Hrithik Roshan in Super 30, and since then, there has been no looking back. After acting in films like Love Sonia, Batla House, and Dhamaka, Mrunal is looking forward to her upcoming film Jersey. Not many people know this, but her act in Super 30 helped her bag the role in the Shahid Kapoor-starrer Jersey. It was rather early in my career that I understood that one does not think of how much time or how many scenes one has in a film, but it is about how well you are performing whatever you have been assigned to do. So when the story of Jersey was narrated to me, and I saw the Telugu film, I wanted to do it. That is when the director said that he thought I was the actress for the part after he saw me in Super 30.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan, who was present at her ‘Simmba’ co-star Ranveer Singh’s upcoming film ’83 special screening, rushed back inside to find her lost phone In a video surfaced online, Sara, who had already left the venue, came back and ran inside to find her phone. The stressed-out actress later comes outside and can be heard saying, “Arre mera phone ghum gaya (I lost my phone). After looking at the paparazzi continuing to take her pictures, the ‘Kedarnath’ actress says, Yaar, aapko photos khinchne hain, mera phone ghum gaya hai (I lost my phone and you have to click photos).” It was later reported that the actress did manage to find her phone. Meanwhile on work front, Sara will next be seen in Aanand L Rai’s ‘Atrangi Re’. The actor, who stars opposite Dhanush and Akshay Kumar in the twisted and complex love triangle, said she has tried to get into the psyche of her character Rinku rather than judging her. “My favourite thing about this character is that she is saying verbally strong, assertive and confident things but in her soul is a very young child like innocence,” Sara told PTI in an interview. The 26-year-old actor said it is seldom that an artiste gets the opportunity to play a strong-yet-innocent character. “It is not very often that you come across something like this.
SPORTS - BUSINESS First ever WBC India title at stake as Akashdeep Singh takes on Sabari J
Lionel Messi worthy of seventh Ballon d’Or victory, says Xavi Paris St Germain forward Messi beat Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea’s Jorginho to lift the prestigious award.
Agency News: Mumbai In a major leap for the Indian professional boxing circuit, Akashdeep Singh and Sabari J will fight it out for the maiden World Boxing Council (WBC) India welterweight title on Sunday. The Patiala-born Akashdeep is the more experienced of the duo having competed in nine bouts, while the Chennai-born Sabari comes into the contest after having fought five times in the circuit so far.The fight night named ‘Hell’s Bay’ will also feature a WBC Asia
Silver title contest in addition to four other contests in different weight divisions at the Gachibowli Stadium and is sanctioned by the Indian Boxing Council. The 27-year-old Akashdeep has a record of eight wins and one loss in the past three years. His 24-Yearold opponent has four wins and one loss in his previous fights. Sabari made his professional boxing debut in January last year, just two months prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns. His only loss came against Karthik Sathish in the lightweight division in his debut fight.
Agency News: Barcelona Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said former teammate Lionel Messi deserved his Ballon d’Or win, describing the Argentine’s record-extending seventh victory as “total justice.” Paris St Germain forward Messi, 34, beat Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea’s Jorginho to lift the prestigious award after winning the Copa America for the first
time with Argentina in July. “I think it’s football justice. He is the best footballer in the world, and the best of all time. And he deserves this seventh award. No doubt about it,” Xavi sai “We may think that maybe Lewandowski also deserved it, or other players, but this is the same debate every year… The moment they open the envelope and they say Messi won it, then it’s fair.” Barcelona, seventh in LaLiga with 23 points, host fifthplaced Real Betis on Saturday.
India vs New Zealand: Virat Kohli was simply not out, says Shane Warne Virat Kohli was adjudged LBW by the on-field umpire on the fourth ball of his innings though the bat and pad appeared very close to the ball.
Agency News: Mumbai The TV umpire could not find conclusive evidence to overturn
the LBW decision against Virat Kohli on day one of the second Test against New Zealand but spin great Shane Warne feels the Indian
skipper was “simply not out” Kohli was adjudged LBW by the on-field umpire on the fourth ball of his innings though the bat and pad appeared very close to the ball. “This is simply – not out !!!!! We often discuss technology & its use/ accuracy. The main problem@is the interpretation of the technology. Here’s a perfect example of the ball clearly hitting the edge of the bat first,” Warne tweeted.
Sensex tanks 764.83 pts to end at 57,696.46 in closing bell; Nifty down by 204.95 pts Losses were dominated by indexheavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and Kotak Bank, as India reported its first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Agency News: New Delhi Agency News: Barcelona Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Equity which benchmark is expected Sensex plunged to launch765 its initial points public on Friday, offer dragged (IPO), has by losses asked inpolicyholders index-heavyweights to update their Reliance Permanent Industries, Account HDFC Number twins (PAN). andThe Kotak insurance Bank, after major India has made reported it clear its that firstit won’t case ofbethe ableOmicron to participate variantin of the the IPO coronavirus. subscription The Centre without onupdating Thursday thesaid PANtwo details. cases As ofper Omicron the proposed have plan, been up to 10 per cent of the LIC IPO issue size would be reserved for policyholders. The IPO is expected to be open for subscription in fourth quarter of the current financial year LIC has been running advertisements.
detected in Karnataka. Both the patients are men, aged 66 and 46 years, with mild symptoms. Severe symptoms have not been noted, an official said. The 30-share BSE index ended 764.83 points or 1.31 per cent lower at 57,696.46. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty tanked 204.95 points or 1.18 per cent to 17,196.70. PowerGrid was the top loser in the Sensex
pack, shedding over 4 per cent, followed by Reliance Industries, Asian Paints, Kotak Bank, Tech Mahindra and Bharti Airtel. On the other hand, L&T, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel and UltraTech
Cement were among the gainers. According to Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, Capitalvia Global Research, traders are concerned with the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant.
Bitcoin plunges over 20% in another sign of global market nerves
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Ether, the second-largest token, fell as much as 17.4% before trimming the retreat to about 10%. The overall crypto sector has shed around a fifth of its value, sliding to $2.2 trillion, according to tracker CoinGecko.
Agency News: New Delhi Bitcoin plunged along with other cryptocurrencies on Saturday, another indication of the risk aversion sweeping across financial markets. The largest digital token fell as low as $42,296 before paring some of the tumbles. It was trading at about $47,600 as of 1:50
p.m. in Singapore on Saturday, a drop of about 11%. Ether, the second-largest token, fell as much as 17.4% before trimming the retreat to about 10%. The overall crypto sector has shed around a fifth of its value, sliding to $2.2 trillion, according to tracker CoinGecko. The swings in cryptocurrencies come amid a volatile period for financial markets. Spiking inflation is forcing central banks to tighten monetary policy, threatening to reduce the liquidity tailwind that lifted a wide range of assets. The omicron variant of the coronavirus has also led to risk aversion over concerns about what it might mean for global economic reopening.
Agency News: New Delhi Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said technology does not respect physical borders and there is a need for global action in developing regulations for technology-driven payment systems including cryptocurrencies. Speaking virtually at the InFinity Forum — organised by the International Financial Services Centres Authority, in partnership with GIFT City and Bloomberg — she said, “Even as we are thinking at a national level, there should simultaneously be a global mechanism through which we are constantly monitoring.
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UK-returnee tests positive for Covid, sample sent for genome sequencing
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A 30-year-old NRI woman, who landed at Ahmedabad International Airport from London on Friday night, has tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 11 nations, including the United Kingdom, have been categorised as ‘atrisk’ countries by the Central government. As per UK’s Health Security Agency, 104 cases of the Omicron variant have been recorded in
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RS flags online gaming issue, Chair asks govt to take note Asserting that online gaming has become a “big menace”, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday asked Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, to consult with the Law Ministry to take note. His direction came after senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi raised the issue during Zero Hour. Modi said that “online gaming has become a big problem for the youngsters in this country” as “crores of youngsters” have become addicted to it.
Govt, Opp spar over suspension of MPs — at Gandhi statue, in House The government and the Opposition on Friday continued to spar over the suspension of 12 Opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha. Over the last three days, the suspended MPs had been holding protests at the Gandhi statue in the Parliament premises. On Friday, some members of the ruling BJP, carrying placards with photographs of scenes of disruption in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, went to the Opposition protest site. The BJP and Opposition MPs resorted to slogan shouting but the situation did not go out of control. In the House, RJD Member Manoj Kumar Jha raised the issue of what he called “gate crashing” by the BJP MPs.
Pakistan to allow Afghan trucks to transport wheat Two months after India sent a request to Pakistan for sending aid to Afghanistan via the land route, Islamabad told New Delhi on Friday that it will allow “Afghan trucks” for transportation of wheat and life-saving medicines The decision was conveyed by Pakistan’s Foreign ministry to Indian diplomats in Islamabad. A statement by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said, “With a view to further facilitate Pakistan’s decision to allow transportation of 50,000 MT of wheat and life saving medicines from India to Afghanistan via Wagah border on an exceptional basis for humanitarian purposes, it has been decided to also allow the use of Afghan trucks for transportation from Wagah border to Torkham.” It said that this “demonstrates the commitment and seriousness of the Government.
As many as 11 nations, including the United Kingdom, have been categorised as ‘at-risk’ countries by the Central government. England. Ahmedabad chief district health officer Satish Parmar said that of the 222 passengers on the flight, the 30-year-old woman, who holds a US passport, was the only one to test positive for the virus. The sample has been sent to Gujarat Biotechnology
Research Centre (GBRC) for genome sequencing to ascertain the specific strain. “The woman had tested positive some 10-12 days ago at UK and had tested negative on December 1. Upon arrival at Ahmedabad, she tested positive again,” Parmar added.
The fully vaccinated woman is asymptomatic, Parmar said, while adding that she has been
isolated and admitted at a private hospital in Karamsad in Anand.
Registration certificate of potato variety under Pepsico India revoked
Youth Parliament of India from CM to preside over inaugural ceremony
Potato plant variety FL-2027 (commercial name FC-5) was registered by PIH in India and the registration granted in February 2016, was valid until January 2031 under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001.
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Statutory body of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority under the aegis of Union Ministry of Agriculture Friday revoked the registration of a potato variety by Pepsico India
Holdings (PIH), which had slapped suits against several farmers in Gujarat for illegally growing, producing and selling the variety “without permission of PIH”. The civil and infringement suits by PIH against farmers from north Gujarat in 2018 and 2019 had sought damages between
2 firms begin construction of units at Dholera SIR “The foundation of two industries have already been laid. The chief minister has seen this. The planning is now being implemented on ground,” said Hareet Shukla, CEO of Dholera SIR. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Two of the five firms which have been allotted land in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) — ReNew Power and Chiripal Group — have started constructing their units, said state government officials as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited the project site on Friday and reviewed the progress Speaking at an event held at
Administration and Business Centre for Dholera (ABCD) building, where local BJP leaders and former education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama were present, Chief Minister Patel said, “The expanse or Dholera SIR is bigger than a developed country like Singapore.” He said Dholera was country’s first greenfield smart city to get a IGBC rating. “The foundation of two industries have already been laid. The chief minister has seen this. The planning is now being implemented on ground,” said Hareet Shukla, CEO of Dholera SIR.
Tata Motors delivers 60 Ultra Urban 9/9 electric buses to Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited
20 lakh to Rs 1.05 crore per farmer. Following uproar from the farming community, supported by farmers’ rights activists, the state government was compelled to step in, assuring the farmers of the
Vapi Municipality election results, Thumping majority shows strength of workers: Paatil Paatil, who was in Nadiad for the BJP Snehmilan, emphasised the creation of page committees that would help the party connect with the voters of the state, ahead of the Assembly polls slated for next year. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Days after the BJP won the Vapi Municipality polls in Valsad, despite losing four seats to the Congress party, Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil Friday said the BJP’s win was with a “thumping majority” as “Arvind Kejriwal suffered the highest loss of deposit along with the Congress”. He was referring to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Strengthening its commitment towards promoting sustainable mobility, Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, delivered 60 best-in-class electric buses to Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL). The Tata Ultra Urban 9/9 AC buses were flagged off todayat the Sabarmati River Front Event Centre, Ahmedabad
by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri BhupendraPatel andShri KiritkumarParmar, Hon’ble Mayor of Ahmedabad, in the presence of dignitaries from the Gujarat State Government, AJL and Tata Motors. The 24-seater zero-emission buses have been supplied under the FAME II initiative by means of a Gross Cost Contract (GCC) with AJL andwill run on Ahmedabad’s Bus Rapid Transit System.
which had contested the election for the first time, and lost. Paatil, who was in Nadiad for the BJP Snehmilan, emphasised the creation of page committees that would help the party connect with the voters of the state, ahead of the Assembly polls slated for next year. He stressed the state unit of the party, under his leadership, had “closed doors to outsiders”. Flanked by Union Minister of State and Kheda MP Devusinh
Chauhan, Gujarat Cabinet Minister Arjunsinh Chauhan and party leader Gordhan Zadafia, Paatil was speaking at a gathering of party workers from Kheda. Enlisting the party’s victories in Gujarat since Paatil took over as president of the state executive in July 2020, he said.
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‘MyFirstXP’ launches in Ahmedabad MyFirstXP’ is India’s most advanced AI-ML led job guarantee program that will help individuals looking for internships or jobs secure a spot. Put together by Zolo, the category leader, and the largest co-living and student housing brand in India, MyFirstXP has already seen a lot of positive responses from Ahmedabad as soon as it went
live today. The idea stemmed from the Zolo community where the leadership team and all the resident’s helped individuals who lost their jobs during the pandemic to find another one. The biggest learning the team garnered was that the last mile preparation for the job interview and rolespecific knowledge makes a huge impact on the prospect of getting a job.
Political parties come together for a good for India’ front-of-pack label regulation Sub-optimal or poor nutrition is escalating diet related non communicable diseases (DR-NCDs) in India, putting at risk millions of children. A country with the greatest number of malnourished children in the world, India is home to around 15 million obese children and 45 million who are stunted. At a public dialogue in Varanasi, senior members of major political
parties came together to sound a clarion call for India to adopt front-of-pack labels (FOPL), an important and timely policy fix to address the country’s double burden of malnutrition (DBM).
Milind Soman rides 250 kms on Lifelong Online Cycle from Mumbai to Surat as part of the Green Ride Initiative Actor and fitness enthusiast Milind Soman has been motivating people to fight their lazy selves through the “Fight Lazy” campaign with leading consumer durables firm, Lifelong Online. Taking a step further, the 55-year old recently undertook his new fitness mission – a 250 kms ride on Lifelong Online cycle from Mumbai to Delhi as part of the “Green Ride - Ek Pehal Swachh Hawa ki Aur” initiative to raise awareness and
encourage the people of India to do their bit towards cleaner air. Milind will be riding the Lifelong Bike and driving an Electric vehicle through Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & Haryana, and finally culminating his ride at New Delhi on Dec 13/14th. Milind who kicked off the ride from BKC, Mumbai on 2nd December has reached Surat today after completing 250 kms. During his ride, he met environmentalists, rural students, and planted.
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World Soil Day 2021: History, significance and theme; all you need to know An international day to celebrate soil was recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences
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state’s support, at the time of the lawsuits. While the suits against at least nine farmers in Aravalli and Sabarkantha were eventually withdrawn by PIH, an application seeking revocation.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state BJP president CR Paatil will preside over the inaugural ceremony of the the third edition of the Youth Parliament of India to be organised by Karnavati University at Uvarsad in Gandhinagar at its campus on December 4 and 5. Along with the CM and state BJP chief, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal; Gujarat Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Pradip Parmar, Gujarat Minister of State for Cooperation Jagdish Panchal and BJP General secretary Ratnakar will preside over the function.
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World Soil Day (WSD) is observed annually on December 5 as an opportunity to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. An international day to celebrate soil was recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in 2002. World Soil Day became an international day after the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) recommended it in 2002. Under the leadership of Thailand and within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership, FAO supported the formal establishment of World Soil Day. The FAO Conference unanimously endorsed World Soil Day in June 2013. It even requested its official adoption at the 68th United Nations General Assembly. As a result, in December 2013, the UN General Assembly responded by designating December 5, 2014, as the first official World Soil Day. The day also corresponds with the official birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who had officially sanctioned the event. In 2016, this day was officially recognised in memory and with respect for the monarch after he died in October 2016 working as the head of state for seven years. Significance Controlling soil pollution is critical as micro-organisms working continuously for preserving our ecosystem perish and bad soil management affects life below the ground. Soil is home to more than 25% the planet’s plant life and 95% of our food comes from the soil. Quality and quantity of fruits, vegetables and food grains also depends on the health of the soil. Quality of soil helps fight climate change and global warming. What you can do to observe this day You can avoid single-use plastics, which when discarded can be harmful to the soil. By choosing eco-friendly, gardening, cleaning and personal care products, you can take care of the soil around you. Dispose of hazardous waste like batteries responsibly. Composting your food waste, gives nutrients to the soil.
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