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Stranded on flyover for 15-20 minutes, PM Modi cancels rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur PM Modi In Punjab: Visuals showed the convoy stranded on the flyover with Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel ring-fencing the PM’s car.
Agency News: New Delhi The passing convoys of political leaders are known to result in traffic jams where commuters could remain stuck for several minutes to a few hours. However, in a twist of events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stranded on a flyover
for around 15-20 minutes en route Firozepur in Punjab where he was to address a rally on Wednesday. The route had been blocked by protesters, reportedly farmers. Following the incident, the PM cancelled his rally. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said, “Around 30 km away from National Martyrs
Memorial in Hussainwala, when the PM’s convoy reached a flyover, it was found that the road was blocked by some protestors. The PM was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes. This was a major lapse in the security of PM.” He was to inaugurate developmental projects in the state at the event. The MHA lashed out at the
state government for failing to make necessary arrangements for logistics and security and deploying additional security to secure movement by road. It has sought a detailed report from the Punjab government on the
“security lapse”. BJP president JP Nadda accused the Congress-led Punjab government of disrupting the rally. “But we will not let such cheap mentality hinder progress of Punjab and will continue the effort for the development of
Do Not Give Painkillers “There Was No Security Lapse, To Teens After Covaxin PM Was Safe”: Punjab Chief Shot, Says Vaccine-Maker Sonam Kapoor is an orange bliss in a gorgeous satin shirt-pant suit.
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Bulli Bai App: 3 Arrests Include 2 Students And 1 Teen Girl An 18-year-old girl and two young students have been arrested over the “Bulli Bai” app that shared pictures of Muslim women, including well-known faces, for an online “auction”. A 21-year-old from Uttarakhand is the latest to be arrested, a day after Class 12 student Shweta Singh was caught in the case involving hate directed at Muslims.Mayank Rawal was caught in the early hours of Wednesday. A second year engineering student from Bengaluru, Vishal Kumar Jha, was arrested earlier.“Three people have been arrested for the ‘Bulli Bai’ app and Twitter handle. We are looking for more people involved,” Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale told reportersThe youngest of them, Shweta Singh, was allegedly the brain behind the app. The teenager, also from Uttarakhand, controlled ‘Bulli Bai’ and three more apps, investigations reveal. She did it for money.
Veteran advertising and theatre doyen Burjor Patel passes away at 91 Veteran advertising and theatre personality Burjor Patel, passed away here on Tuesday, his family announced.He was 91 and the end came mainly due to old age.Patel was the husband of the late theatre actress Ruby Patel and father of well-known TV actress Shernaz Patel, son mediaperson Marzban, and another daughter Feeroza.In his long career spanning over six decades in the Gujarati theatre and ad world, Birhor had worked with The Statesman of Kolkata and the Khaleej Times of Dubai. Leading people from both the industries in India and the UAE have condoled the passing of Patel.
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Last month, the DCGI had granted emergency use authorisation to indigenouslydeveloped Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for children above 12 years with certain conditions. Agency News: New Delhi Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said no painkillers or paracetamol are recommended after being vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. Stating that it has received feedback that certain immunisation centres are recommending taking three paracetamol 500mg tablets along with Covaxin for children, the company clarified that such a step was not required. “No paracetamol or painkillers are recommended after being
Punjab,” he tweeted. “We had requested drivers of buses and vehicles ferrying BJP workers to take an alternative route but one of their groups turned on us. Some of our men got injured in the clash,” he claimed.
India records first death due to Omicron variant of Covid-19 Agency News: New Delhi India on Wednesday recorded the first death linked to the Omicron variant of Covid-19 after the samples of a man in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant.Confirming the development, Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary of Health Ministry, said: “Technically it is Omicron related death (on the Rajasthan case). He was an elderly person. The person is reported to have comorbidities, like diabetes among others.”The 73-yearold man, who was found infected with Omicron in genome sequencing and who had tested negative for the infection twice, died in a Udaipur hospital.
Ahmedabad: AMTS, BRTS buses to operate at 50% capacity from Today
In an escalating political clash in election season, the BJP has accused Punjab’s ruling Congress of trying to harm the Prime Minister. Agency News: New Delhi
vaccinated with Covaxin,” Bharat Biotech said in a tweet. Paracetamol was recommended along with certain other COVID-19 vaccines and is not recommended for Covaxin, it asserted.“Through our clinical trials spanning 30,000 individuals, approximately 10-20 per cent individuals report side effects. Most of these are mild, resolve within 1-2 days, and do not require medication. Medication is only recommended only after you consult a physician,” the company said.
For nearly 20 minutes, on a foggy and grey day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained stuck on this flyover, an half an hour drive from his destination, an election meeting at Ferozepur in Western Punjab. Within close proximity of him were a group of protestors; in photos shared later by the Centre, the PM can be seen masked inside his car, his security surrounding the Toyota Fortuner. The Centre has accused the Congress government of Punjab of ignoring the most basic security requirements for the PM, including the back-up needed when he travels by road. The PM’s party hurtled a series of graver accusations; Union Minister Smriti Irani said: “The
Congress’ murder conspiracy failed”; Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress is “on the path to insanity” and repeated the allegation of a deliberate plot to harm the PM, describing the security breach as a “Congress-made happening.” Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi expressed his “regrets” but also said that there was no security lapse. “There was no security lapse of any kind and there was no situation of any attack,” said Mr Channi. The protestors were demanding from the government to fulfil their pending demands,
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including bringing a law to guarantee the minimum support price for crops. The farm laws were cancelled by the PM in NOvember last year after a farmers’ movement against the new rules stretched over a year; unflagging farmers refused to abandon protest camps in states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, which votes soon.
Public transport buses in the city will operate at 50 per cent capacity from Thursday. The revised guidelines were issued on Wednesday in wake of the sudden rise in number of Covid-19 cases in the city. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced that buses of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) as well as Bus Rapid Transit System
(BRTS) will run at half their seating capacity. Passengers will have to wear masks at all time. The vaccination certificate of those above 18 will be checked. Those who have not taken the vaccine or whose second dose is due will not be allowed to board the bus. The city has been accounting for almost half of the daily Covid cases in the state on an average. On Wednesday, the state recorded 3,350 cases, of which 1,637 were in Ahmedabad city.
India’s Omicron tally at 2,135; active Covid-19 cases cross 2 lakh India recorded a single-day spike of 58,097 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, ending 9 am, Wednesday Agency News: New Delhi India’s Omicron tally on Wednesday stood at 2,135, of which 828 have recovered. Meanwhile, the active caseload of coronavirus infections crossed the 2-lakh mark Maharashtra continued to top the Omicron count in the country with 653
cases, of which 259 have been discharged. This was followed by Delhi (464), Kerala (185), Rajasthan (174), Gujarat (154) and Tamil Nadu (121). However, of the total cases of the new variant recorded in these states, Tamil Nadu saw 108 recoveries, followed by Gujarat (96) and Rajasthan (88). Meanwhile,
India recorded a single-day spike of 58,097 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, ending 9 am, Wednesday. The country also saw 534 fatalities and 15,389 recoveries. With this, the active caseload reached 2,14,004. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.18 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.60 per cent.
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Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav And Rahul Gandhi Are In The Race
Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, has discovered he is ‘Hindu’ and has told it tothe world, too, especially the electorate of Uttar Pradesh, which is going to polls and the Yogimay or may not continue to rule Uttar Pradesh if he fails to woo the Hindu vote. So, quiteaware of the pits and falls, he revealed the secret and asked the congregation to “Garv SeKaho Hum Hindu Hain.”The revelation came in, of all the places, Amethi, the erstwhile parliamentary constituency ofWayanad MP Rahul Gandhi. The Yogi’s bold overture was to the electorate of UttarPradesh, where voters have been giving the Yogi—Modi and Amit Shah—mixed signals, themost telling of which is that the BJP will bite the dust if the Hindus desert it, which is whatsome of the mixed signals are about.In fact—come to think of it—the signals are such that the Yogi has been losing hair over it,and Modi and Shah, presumably, sleep. But when the Yogi’s overture began to play, it led torivals revving up in outrage. “This is majoritarianism,” said a Congress spokesperson, angrythat the opera’s conductor was playing to the gallery!That being said, the Congress is not the bull in the BJP’s china shop. That distinction goes toAkhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party. The Samajwadi Party spokesperson at the Yogi’shearing was not mincing words. He singled out Yogi’s intolerance to Muslim and Christian;Jain and Buddhist—the Sikh, and even the atheist; who, too, has developed a dislike for thesaffron-clad Yogi.The Samajwadi should have worn his red cap, but he did not. Instead, he’s sporting saffron.He was upset that Yogi’s revelation about him being “Hindu” amounted to much more thanAkhilesh Yadav’s revelation that Lord Krishna of Mathura appeared every night in hisdreams to remind him that he will be the one to bring “Ram Rajya” to Uttar Pradesh.Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav, both of them, should thank Rahul Gandhi for turningthem diehard Hindu. Even before the Yogi said “Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain’, RahulGandhi had said that he was ‘Hindu’ and everyone in the Bharatiya Janata Party—most of allPrime Minister Narendra Modi—were ‘Hindutva-vadi’, meaning non-Hindu! Rahul Gandhiwas in Amethi just days before the Yogi landed there to galvanize the Hindutva. While there,Rahul gave those in the saffron party a quick lesson on the difference between ‘Hindu’ and‘Hindutva’— a sort of ready-reckoner with examples to boot, and reboot!For example, if Ram is ‘Hindu’, Ravana is ‘Hindutva.’ And if Krishna is ‘Hindu’, evil uncleKanz was ‘Hindutva’. Not difficult to remember! And it appears the quickest to learn wereYogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav. So, while Yogi Adityanath suddenly remembered he is“Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain”, Akhilesh Yadav started getting dreams in which Krishnaappeared.and told him straight to his face that he’ll be the harbinger of “Ram Rajya” in Uttar Pradesh. Suddenly, everybody wants to be the Hindu mascot, even the saffron-clad, shaven pateerstwhile mahant of a Hindu religious establishment. And, if Narendra Modi proclaims hisHindutva from Kashi Vishwanath in Kashi, Amit Shah lands up in Ayodhya to talk of ‘BhavyaRam Mandir’. Not to be left out, Akhilesh Yadav, gaining traction from wooing Parshuramand Lord Krishna, starts talking of Ram Rajya!In his election speech in Amethi, Yogi Adityanath railed against Rahul Gandhi, called him an“accidental Hindu” and mocked him for not knowing how to sit before a Hindu god. The Yogicalled Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Hindu’ roots into question and generally let it settle among theHindutva congregation that Rahul Gandhi is not the expert on Hindu and Hindutva.The Yogi called Rahul Gandhi an “election tourist”. But while saying that he should not havefailed to notice that Rahul Gandhi has single handedly turned these elections in UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand into a referendum on “Hindu and Hindutva”— that for the first timein nearly eight years, the BJP is feeling the heat and that because an “election tourist”pointed to Modi and Yogi and Shah the difference between “Hindu and Hindutva.”At the end of the day, though, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should be more worried thatLord Krishna appears in Akhilesh Yadav’s dreams. Yogi and Modi and Shah should knowthat dreams in Hinduism carry a lot of significance and symbolism even if people are talkingof the nightmares - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara wrongly or rightly attributed.
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“Not In Good Taste”: In Amazon Case, Enforcement Directorate Rebuked Agency News: Mumbai The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reprimanded the Enforcement Directorate for insisting that a top Amazon executive - a resident of Mumbai and the mother of a two-yearold child - be physically present to answer a summons issued as part of its probe into the Amazon-Future Group deal.The court told the agency it could not demand Hina Doon travel to Delhi, despite being unable to arrange a temporary guardian, and potentially risk herself and the child being infected with Covid.“It is not in good taste. This is not the manner in which an officer should respond...” the High Court told the agency after Amazon’s counsel brought the letter to the court’s notice.“We are not defending it. We too share (the court’s) concern, and we will convey.
The suspension of air traffic has resulted in hundreds of tourists getting stranded in the Valley. Officials in the tourism department said Agency News: New Delhi
Kriti Sanon looks gorgeous as she leaves her tresses open while she poses in front of a restaurant.
Agency News: New Delhi According to new guidelines, patients under home isolation will stand discharged and end isolation after at least 7 days have passed from testing positive and no fever for 3 successive days. There is no need for re-testing after the home isolation period is over, it added.According to the guidelines, the patient should be clinically assigned as mild/ asymptomatic case by the treating Medical Officer.
Air traffic between Kashmir and the rest of the country remained affected for the second consecutive day on Wednesday due to inclement weather as intermittent snowfall was reported from most parts of the valley over the past 24 hours. Srinagar Airport said on Twitter that eight flights were cancelled “Poor visibility due to light snow prevails at our airport.
Congress Cancels All UP Rallies, Yogi Adityanath Cancels Noida Event UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cancelled Thursday’s rally in Noida because the district has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state Agency News: Lucknow The Congress on Wednesday cancelled all political rallies and programmes in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh after shocking scenes yesterday from an event in Bareilly district, in which hundreds of women and teen girls were seen without masks and there was nearly a stampede. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cancelled
Centre issues revised guidelines for home isolation According to the guidelines, the patient should be clinically assigned as mild/ asymptomatic case by the treating Medical Officer.
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Further a designated control room contact number at the district /sub district level shall be provided to the family to get suitable guidance for undertaking testing, clinical management related guidance, assignment of a hospital bed, if warranted.“Such cases should have the requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation and for quarantining the family contacts. A caregiver (ideally someone who has completed his COVID-19 vaccination schedule) should be available to provide care on 24 x7 basis.”“Elderly patients aged more than 60 years and those with co-morbid conditions such as Hypertension, Diabetes, Heart disease, Chronic lung/liver/ kidney disease, Cerebrovascular disease etc shall only be allowed home isolation after proper evaluation.
Following flights have been canceled till now:- Indigo 137 to Delhi, Indigo 6738 to Jammu, Indigo 2015 to Delhi, Indigo 2364 to Delhi, GoFirst 358 to Delhi, GoFirst 193 to Delhi, GoFirst 267 to Delhi and Vistara 611 to Jammu,” a tweet from Srinagar Airport said An official of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) told news agency PTI that flight operations have not been possible at Srinagar airport due to bad weather.He further said the resumption of air traffic would depend on the weather conditions.The suspension of air traffic has resulted in hundreds of tourists getting stranded in the Valley.Officials in the tourism department said that a good number of tourists had arrived in Kashmir for celebrating New Year and were planning to return home now.It has been snowing in most places of the valley intermittently.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that repeated poll defeats have led Congress to ‘insanity’. Agency News: New Delhi After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cavalcade had to stop due to protesters in Punjab Wednesday, the BJP came down heavily on the Congress, seeking answers from the state government over the incident. The Prime Minister had to skip his rally in Ferozpur, where he was expected to lay the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth Rs 42, 750 crore. Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that repeated poll defeats have led Congress to “insanity.” He tweeted: “Today’s Congressmade happening in Punjab is a trailer of how this party thinks and functions. Repeated rejections by the people have taken them to the path of insanity. The topmost echelons of the Congress owe
an apology to the people of India for what they have done.” Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Union minister Smriti Irani said, “The questions the nation asks the Congress are: Why did the Prime Minister’s security detail give a false clearance of the route he had to take? Why did the administration not respond when it was breached? Why did the Congress leadership erupt with joy when the Prime Minister had his security breached?” Irani was referring to a tweet by Congress youth wing leader BV Srinivas, saying: “Modi ji, How’s the Josh?” Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has denied any security lapse, saying the PM’s plan to travel by road was made at the last minute. The Congress has alleged that the Prime Minister.
Gautam Adani’s Big Contract With India’s Top Electricity Generator (NTPC): Report Adani, India’s largest trader of imported thermal coal, will deliver 1 million tons to state-run NTPC Ltd., which in October issued its first tender for coal imports in more than two years, the people said
a government function in Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Thursday because it has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state It is unclear if the ruling BJP plans to follow the Congress’ lead in scrapping all political events and rallies - which draw crowds of thousands that make it difficult to maintain Covid safety protocols - as concern spreads over a third wave of infections led by the more transmissible Omicron strain. In scary visuals from Tuesday, hundreds of women
and teen girls were seen without masks at a marathon organised by the Congress as part of its ‘ladki hun, lad sakti hun’ election campaign. The crowd filled an entire road and, as they started, a few women in the front tripped and fell down, leading to a brief scare as hundreds pushed to get past those in the front. The situation almost led to a stampede; fortunately, no one was injured. Congress leader and former Bareilly mayor Supriya Aron, who organised the event, played.
Agency News: New Delhi Gautam Adani’s Big Contract With India’s Top Electricity Generator (NTPC): Report Adani, NTPC and DVC didn’t respond to requests seeking comment. Adani Enterprises Ltd. has won a contract to supply overseas coal to country’s top electricity generator as the nation aims to avoid a repeat of last year’s energy crisis, according to people familiar with the matter. Adani, country’s largest trader of imported thermal coal, will deliver 1 million tons to
state-run NTPC Ltd., which in October issued its first tender for coal imports in more than two years, the people said, requesting anonymity as the details are still private Kolkata-based Damodar Valley Corp. Ltd., also stateowned, is examining a proposal from Adani for the supply of the same volume to its power plants, the people said. Adani, NTPC and DVC didn’t respond to requests seeking comment. Domestic power producers are under pressure to bolster coal stockpiles after supply disruptions and rising demand left the country grappling
with shortages in the second half of 2021, leading to outages in some provinces and curbs on energy-hungry industries. The decision to purchase coal from overseas comes despite the government’s commitment to reduce reliance on fuel imports. Coal accounts for about 70% of country’s electricity generation, and consumption is forecast to rise in the next few years.
J&K: 3 JeM terrorists, including Paki- Facebook Pages, Tel- ‘Anything can happen if BJP destani national, killed during encounter egram Channel Alleg- sires’: Shiv Sena minister suggests edly Targetting Hindu with security forces in Pulwama Bihar formula for Maharashtra Women Surface Agency News:New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday. According to the details, the gunfight was reported from Chandgam area of Pulwama. Commenting on the encounter, IGP Kashmir said one of the slain terrorists is a Pakistani national. “One of them is a Pakistani national. Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 2 M-4 carbines & 1 AK series rifle recovered,” the IGP Kashmir said. An encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out in
the Chandgam area of Pulwama district earlier today.“Encounter has started at Chandgam area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow,” tweeted Kashmir Zone Police on Wednesday. Later, the police confirmed the killing of terrorists in the operation. On Tuesday, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Okay village of Kulgam district which turned into an encounter, a police official said.
After ‘Bulli Bai’, Facebook pages and a Telegram channel allegedly targetting Hindu women have now surfaced. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday assured action against them and said that the channel has been taken down. In reply to a complaint on Twitter regarding the Telegram Channel, Mr Vaishnaw said, “Channel blocked. Government of India coordinating with police authorities of states for action.”Several abusive pages and groups on Facebook have also surfaced, complaints against whom had been tweeted by a Twitter user, to which Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that had he has directed the concerned authorities to inform Meta and to get them taken down.“Have directed Government.
The BJP had given the post of the Bihar chief minister to Nitish Kumar despite emerging as the single largest party in the 2020 assembly elections. Agency News: New Delhi Only Nitin Gadkari can bridge the differences between Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar said on Tuesday, hinting at the Bihar formula for sharing power in the state. Sattar, a minister of state in the Maharashtra government, made the remarks after a meeting with Gadkari, during
which he discussed highway projects in the Marathwada region. “If the BJP leadership in Delhi desires, anything can happen. After all, it allowed junior alliance partner (JDU) to take the lead in Bihar,” Sattar said. The BJP gave the post of the Bihar chief minister to Nitish Kumar despite emerging as the single largest party in the 2020 assembly elections. “If Gadkari decides to build the bridge between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, he can approach Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and request him. Only Uddhav saheb can take a decision on an alliance.
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Glenn Maxwell tests Poland beats Argentina positive for COVID-19 to secure semifinal spot Agency News: New Delhi Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Wednesday became the latest cricketer from the Big Bash League to test positive for COVID-19. Maxwell, who is the captain of Melbourne Stars in the BBL, became the 13th player from the franchise to test positive for the virus.Maxwell’s positive test was confirmed on Wednesday morning through a rapid antigen test which he had taken following
his side’s Melbourne derby against Renegades on Monday, cricket.com.au reported.He also underwent a PCR test and is currently awaiting its result. Meanwhile, the spurt in COVID-19 cases in the BBL continues with the Renegades becoming the fifth club to report a positive case.Three other BBL clubs have reported positive COVID-19 cases, forcing Brisbane Heat to withdraw from their match against the Sydney Sixers on Tuesday. The BBL organisers are desperately.
at ATP Cup
Agency News: New Delhi Hubert Hurkacz beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to secure Poland’s victory over Argentina on Wednesday and a spot in the ATP Cup semifinals. Poland finished the round-robin stage 3-0 in Group D, with wins over Georgia, Greece and in the top-of-the-table match against Argentina.Kamil Majchrzak rallied twice from serve breaks in the second set before beating Federico Delbonis 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the opening singles match and No. 9-ranked Hurzacz clinched the
semifinal spot with his win over of Schwartzman in the second singles encounter. Poland won the doubles to complete a sweep.“I’m so happy for our team. We’re in the semis, so super proud of that achievement,” Hurkacz said.“We have great team spirit. We support each other. I think the atmosphere that we bring helps us play better.” Poland will next meet either Spain or 2020 champion Serbia for a spot in the final. Chile’s 2-1 win over Norway meant Serbia needed to sweep Spain later Wednesday to move into top spot in Group A and advance to the semifinals.
Ex-SA captain, India WK debate Pant’s controversial catch of Van Der Dussen
Sensex opens 77 points higher at nearly 60,000; Nifty maintains 17,800 level Financial services provider Bajaj Finance rose more than 2% and was the top gainer on the Nifty 50 index. Agency News:New Delhi Indian shares were unchanged early on Wednesday, with gains in financials offsetting losses in technology stocks, while a fresh round of COVID-19-
The dismissal of Rassie van der Dussen had been a point of contention during Day 2 of the second Test between South Africa and India in Johannesburg. The batter had been adjudged caught behind off the bowling of Shardul Thakur with on-field umpire Marais Erasmus raising his finger almost instantly. The Proteas batter did not ask for a review. However, replays cast doubts on whether the ball had carried to India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant or not The wicket also marked
the end of the first session and the South Africans had a brief chat with umpires during lunch but the decision eventually stayed. In a perplexing series of replays that followed the lunch break in the second session, it seemed the ball had fallen marginally short of Rishabh Pant’s gloves while he lunged forward for the catch. The replays triggered debate over the catch in the commentary box and on social media, and former cricketer Shaun Pollock and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik also debated over the incident. Pollock said that the bulkiness of the
gloves may sometimes not allow the wicketkeepers to realise if that the catch is clean, to which Karthik agreed. There was one where Rassie van der Dussen reviewed and it seemed to bounce short. There was another catch which was quite contentious and there was bit of discussion in the lunch
break, South African camp went to ask if it had carried. It is funny enough that for wicketkeepers in particular with the gloves they’ve got and often for fielders, when you take the ball coming forward, you think you’d be able to see it and whether it has or hasn’t carried but it’s not that easy,.
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‘I would cry myself to sleep’: Prabhas and Pooja Raveena Tandon recalls being Hegde’s ‘Radhe Shyam’ release postponed due to growing ‘linked’ with her brother Agency News: Mumbai Omicron cases Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon who ruled the big screen in the 90s with her charismatic charm, recalled that her rapport with co-stars resulted in her being linked with them.Not just that, her own brother was not spared from making the headlines either.In an interview with Film Companion, Raveena said that she would cry herself to sleep dreading the maligning she encountered in gossip columns every month.The ‘Mohra’ actress said, “I remember many, many sleepless nights that I would cry myself to sleep and I would dread every month, another yellow, gossipy tabloid completely ripping me, my credibility, my reputation, my parents i n t o shreds and I would wonder, ‘What is it all about?’.”“They linked me with my own brother and Stardust wrote about that as well. ‘There is a handsome, fair boy who comes to drop Raveena Tandon, we have discovered R a v e e n a Ta n d o n ’ s boyfriend’. We have lived through that. Who would clarify and how much would you? You were at the mercy of those journalists and editors. Even if you would say ‘hell.
The film was scheduled to release on January 14.
States paying through the nose for debt as cost soars past 7.16% Agency News:New Delhi
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The hardening of the rates at the first auction of the quarter comes in the wake of the expected large supply of debt from the states, as indicated for Q4 at 3.2 lakh crore, up by 10,000 crore.
existing pandemic situation, wrote, “Times are tough, hearts are weak, minds in mayhem. Whatever life may throw at us - Our hopes are always High. Stay safe, stay high On Tuesday, director Radha Krishna Kumar, who took to Twitter to express his feelings regarding the existing pandemic situation, wrote, “Times are tough, hearts are weak, minds in mayhem. Whatever life may throw at us - Our hopes are always High. Stay safe, stay high - Team #radheshyam.”
The cost of debt-funds for the states has touched the highest level so far this fiscal with the weighted average cutoff crossing the 7.16 percentage points at the latest auctions, up 11 bps over the past week, reflecting the hardening yields even for the government securities.The hardening of the rates at the first auction of the quarter comes in the wake of the expected large supply of debt from the states, as indicated for Q4 at ₹3.2 lakh crore, up by ₹10,000 crore.Nine states on Tuesday raised ₹18,900 crore at the latest auction of state development loans. The auction was just 2 per cent lower than the
indicated amount for this week, which is among the highest drawdowns so far this fiscal year, Aditi Nayar, the chief economist at the rating agency Icra said in a note.Even though the weighted average tenor remained unchanged at 12 years in line with the last auction, the weighted average cut-off rose sharply by 11 bps to 7.16 per cent from 7.05 per cent, reflecting a large supply for the quarter On the other hand, the weighted average cut-off for the 10-year loans hardened by 10 bps to 7.13 per cent today from 7.03 per cent last Tuesday, Nayar said. Meanwhile, the benchmark 10-year G-secs (G-sec; 6:10 GS 2031) yield rose by 4 bps to 6.52 per cent from the last auction.
Passenger vehicle retail sales in India witnessed an 11 per cent year-on-year decline in December as semiconductor shortage continued to impact the segment, automobile dealers’ body FADA said on Wednesday. The passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales last month fell 10.91 per cent to 2,44,639 units from 2,74,605 units in December 2020.“The month of December is usually seen as a high sales month where OEMs continue to offer best discounts to clear the inventory due to change of the year. It was, however, not the case this time around as retail sales continued.
Bigg Boss 15: Devoleena Bhattacharjee wets herself during 15-hour long task Devoleena Bhattacharjee, who is a wild card entry on Bigg Boss 15, wetted herself but refused to let go of the pole during a task. She, however, lost when she fell down at the end
Agency News: Mumbai In the wake of rising Covid cases in the country, the makers of Prabhas’ ‘Radhe Shyam’ have decided to postpone its release. The film, which also stars Pooja Hegde was scheduled to release on January 14.The makers released an official statement which read, “We have been trying our best for the past few days but considering the growing cases of omicron variant it looks like we will have to wait for our labour of love to get to the big screens. ‘Radhe Shyam’ is a story about love vs destiny and we are sure that your love will help us rise over these tough times together. Will see you in the cinemas soon!!!”On Tuesday, director Radha Krishna Kumar, who took to Twitter to express his feelings regarding the
17,810.65, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex gained 0.05% to 59,885.44 points.Financial services provider Bajaj Finance
Passenger vehicle retail sales dip 11% in December amid semiconductor woes
Rishabh Pant’s catch to dismiss Rassie van der Dussen on Day 2 of the Johannesburg Test ignited controversy. Agency News:New Delhi
related curbs across the nation kept investors cautious.By 0346 GMT (9:16am IST), the NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.03% at
rose more than 2% and was the top gainer on the Nifty 50 index.Nifty’s bank index extended gains to a fifth session, boosted by a near 6% jump in AU Small Finance Bank after a strong quarterly update.Top IT firms HCL Technologies and Infosys fell over 1% each and capped gains on the benchmark index early on Wednesday.Meanwhile, authorities in India’s top cities of New Delhi and Bengaluru put in place weekend curfews as COVID-19 cases continued to spike.
Agency News: Mumbai Bigg Boss 15 contestants Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Rashami Desai, considered regulars on the reality show, made a statement with their performance in the latest episode. Such was their determination that they kept standing for more than 15 hours with Devoleena even peeing her pants during a task. The two were expected to hold a pole during a task in order to
make it to the finale and managed to sail through for several hours. At the end, Devoleena fell down when Nishant Bhat splashed water on her feet with a lot of intensity. As Devoleena and Rashami stood holding the pole throughout the night, other contestants threw water, powder, oil, masala and detergent at them to bring them down. Pratik Sehajpal was helping Devoleena during the task. She asked him to splash water on her as she wanted to pee and went on to relieve herself in her pants. The viewers looked impressed with their performance and praised the two on Twitter. A fan said, “This has to be one of the hardest tasks Bigg Boss has ever given. And as it can be seen from the images, it starts in the daytime and lasts until the evening. In the same position for hours. An excellent performance #DevoleenaBhattacharjee.
Sonu Nigam reveals he and his family have tested positive for COVID-19 Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam, on Tuesday, announced on social media that he has tested positive for COVID-19, along with his wife, son
and sister-in-law.The popular singer took to his Instagram handle and shared a vlog in which he divulged the news. He captioned the post as, “#SonuLiveD | Vlog 141. I tested Covid +. Happy New Year 2022 to the extended
family! #covid_19 #newyear #2022 #vlog.”In the video, Sonu revealed that he is currently in Dubai with his family and that he was supposed to go to Bhubaneshwar for a show’s shoot which he won’t be doing now as he is
in quarantine.He also said that even after testing several times his COVID tests were positive but his symptoms are mild and he doesn’t feel ill.“We have to be careful, not scared as this time it’s spreading a bit faster. I feel bad for theatre
people, I feel bad for movie makers as all ours works have been affected in the past 2 years,” said Sonu.Earlier, actors like Prem Chopra, Delnaaz Irani, John Abraham and wife Priya Runchal, and producer Ekta Kapoor.
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IIFL Finance offers gold loan at lowest rate of 0.54% per month IIFL Finance, one of India’s leading non-banking financial companies (NBFC) has launched gold loan products with interest rates starting from 0.54%, which is one of the lowest interest rate offered by a gold loan NBFC. The scheme is available in more than 2200 branches of IIFL Finance. IIFL Gold Loan offers longer tenure which extends up to 24 months, allowing customers
to manage cash flow better. In addition, it offers flexible interest repayment - monthly, bimonthly, quarterly and halfyearly options - to customers based on their requirements A customer can walk into IIFL Finance branch and receive the loan within 30 minutes. The company offers 5 days of grace period for interest repayments, which is a novelty in this segment.
Mugdha Chapekar aces the Sardar look for Kumkum Bhagya’s upcoming dramatic twist
Deepika Padukone looks ravishing as she walks the red carpet .
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Sikkim: Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 hits Ravangla An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted Sikkim’s Ravangla in the early hours on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed. According to NCS, the tremors of the earthquake had a depth of five kilometres and occurred at around 3:01 am at 12 kilometres north of Ravangla. Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 05-01-2022, 03:01:59 IST, Lat: 27.42 & Long: 88.39, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 12km N of Ravangla, Sikkim,” NCS tweeted
HC’s language is English, speak only English: CJ A contemnor appearing as partyin-person before the Gujarat High Court on Monday drew the ire of a division bench after he refused to speak in English and addressing the court in Gujarati.The division bench was hearing a 2014 contempt petition against vernacular newspaper “Samna Brashtachar Ka” and its editor Vishal Chandrakant Vyas. Appearing before the division bench on Monday after execution of bail from a lower court at a personal bond of Rs 5,000, Vyas informed that he will address the court in Gujarati, despite immediate refusal of the same by Chief Justice (CJ) Aravind Kumar.
Gujarat Confidential: Ayurveda Way Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated Dr Subhash Ayurveda and General Hospital set up by Dr Subhash Academy run by former minister and sitting BJP MLA Jawahar Chavda, in Junagadh on Monday. The 100bed hospital is a precursor to an Ayurvedic college Chavda is planning to open from academic year 2022-’23. His application seeking approval for the same has been cleared by the Gujarat Board of Ayurvedic & Unani Systems of Medicine. Chavda is one of the MLAs who quit the Congress in 2019 and was given a ministerial berth by the BJP Vadodara-based women’s NGO, Samvitti, has entered the India Book of Records for maximum literary posts by an NGO. The Foundation, established on January 5, 2017, with the aim of empowering women through literature, initiated a project of sharing quotes, verses, poems, and prose passages.
Zee TV’s popular fiction show, Kumkum Bhagya has been an audience favouritecourtesy of its intriguing plot and the authentic portrayal of relatable characters like Abhi(Shabbir Ahluwalia), Pragya (Sriti Jha), Rhea (Pooja Banerjee), Aaliya (Reyhna Pandit),Ranbir (Krishna Kaul) and Prachi (Mugdha Chapekar). While the show has beenkeeping its viewers at the edge of their seats through some
dramatic twists and turns,the recent one-month leap brought about an all-new chapter. Post the leap, we saw howPrachi and Ranbir have separated and how Pallavi got Ranbir married to Rhea. WithPrachi trying to win back the love of her life, a lot of drama is set to follow. In fact, shewill be seen getting into the disguise of a Sardar to get her hands on the divorce papersand take them away from Rhea. In the recent episodes.
Madhuri Sanjeev roped in to play the negative character in Iss Mod Se Jaate Hain Zee TV’s recently launched show - Iss Mod Se Jaate Hain has been in the buzz sinceits launch. Following the story of two UPSC aspirants – Paragi Parashar (AkshitaMudgal) and Sanjay Pathak (Hitesh Bharadwaj), the show attempts to make viewersreconsider their approach towards women achieving more than their male
counterparts.While the show’s concepts and the lead jodi’s performance have impressed one and all,looks like new twists and turns in the storyline are surely going to spice up things prettysoon. In fact, a new character is all set to be introduced and looks like she is here to turn the tale on its head. The upcoming track of Iss Mod Se Jaate Hai will see the entry.
Adityanath Cancels Noida Event The ship, named Tazuddin Baba-2, was buried in the Iranian sea. The ship was valued at Rs 6 crore and had a capacity of 1000 tonnes. About 10 sailors were aboard the ship. All the sailors aboard the ship were rescued. Agency News:Dwarka Dwarka’s Salaya ship sinks due to bad weather. The ship, named Tazuddin Baba-2, was buried in the Iranian sea. The ship was valued at Rs 6 crore and had a capacity of 1000
tonnes. About 10 sailors were aboard the ship. All the sailors aboard the ship were rescued. The incident took place on December 24, 2021. The ship named Tajuddin Baba-2 left Mundra with sugar. The ship belonged to a trader named
Paatil: CM will address demands on temple power connections
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will address the demands of grant and subsidy for panjrapols (cattle pounds) and gaushalas along with converting electricity connections of all temples in the state from commercial to residential category, said Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil on Tuesday. The BJP chief was addressing a gathering of over a thousand seers, political leaders and people from across the state at the “Divya Kashi,
Bhavya Kashi” ceremony that was conducted at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to “bless” Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The seers just gave me a representation to be communicated to the Chief Minister that the government should give as much as possible grant and subsidy for panjrapols and gaushalas and also fix an amount per cow or animal. They also demanded that electricity bills of temples be converted from commercial to residential category.
Hasan Kasam Bhokal, a resident of Salaya village in Dwarka. The ship had a capacity of 1000 tons. The value of which was Rs 6 crore. On December 25, the ship was loaded with sugar and set sail for Iran. That’s when the incident happened
on NEFT/RTGS transactions. Please see the charts: State Bank of India is the largest commercial bank in terms of assets, deposits, branches, customers, and employees. It is also the largest mortgage lender in the country which has so far fulfilled the home buying dreams of 30 lakh Indian families. The home loan portfolio of the bank has crossed the milestone of Rs. 5 lakh crore. As on September 30, 2021, the bank has a deposit base of over Rs. 38 lakh crore with CASA ratio of 46.24% and advances of more than Rs. 27 lakh crore. SBI commands.
Bank Of Baroda Ropes In Cricket Sensation Shafali Verma As Brand Endorser
Bank of Baroda today announced signing of Indian Cricketer Shafali Verma as its brand endorser. In a welcome result of her consistent outstanding performance in the Women’s cricket for India, the Bank has signed contract with the ace Cricketer. Commenting of the association, Shri Sanjiv Chadha, MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda said, “Bank of Baroda has a history of associating with ace athletes and sportspersons as its brand endorsers and being a crucial part of their journey.
The Bank continuously supports the youth of the country through its various banking and nonbanking initiatives and this announcement reflects the Bank’s ethos of adding value to its customer experience by choosing youth-icons like Shafali to inspire them. Shafali’s personality resonates grit, determination and dependability which reflects the Bank’s brand ideologies.” On this occasion, Cricketer Shafali Verma said, “I am humbled and proud of being associated.
So that 11 sailors got out safely in the morning. All employees were rescued by the lifeboat. The ship then sank in the sea.
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Govt giving land to Arcelor Mittal man held for Nippon Steel at throwaway prices: ‘murder’ of neighbour Former Cong president The Congress leader alleged that instead of charging the company Rs 16,520 per square meter, a rate recommended by the District Level Valuation Committee headed by the district collector, the government was charging Rs 1000 per square meter Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Former president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Arjun Modhvadia Tuesday alleged that the BJP government
in the state was providing land at “throw away prices” to Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel for expanding its steel manufacturing unit at Hazira near Surat, thus providing a Rs 9,800-crore benefit to the company.The Congress leader alleged that instead of charging the company Rs 16,520 per square meter, a rate recommended by the District Level Valuation Committee headed by the district collector, the government was charging Rs 1000 per square meter. The state government wants to unlawfully set aside recommendations of the committee and allow Rs 1,000 per square meter instead of Rs 16,520,” the release said. Of the total 224 hectares of land that the company is planning to acquire, fresh appilications for 152.8 hecatares have been made to the government through two different applications, Modhvadia said.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Police arrested a 34-yearold man Monday for allegedly killing his neighbour over a monetary dispute in Narol of Ahmedabad. The accused, identified as Shashikant alias Satish Rathod, was arrested on Tuesday over murder charges. According to police, Raj Kumar Yadav (42), a resident of Umang Flats society near Sunrise Hotel in Narol , was found in an injured state outside his society on Sunday around 9:30 pm. After Yadav was admitted to the civil hospital doctors declared him dead during treatment on Monday. Yadav, a daily wager, is survived by his wife Rashmi and two sons.”My husband had left our house around 8 pm on Sunday to buy groceries, but he did not return . Next day, police arrived at our residence to inform me that my husband was found unconscious and injured.
2 prominent schools in Ahmedabad suspend offline teaching amid Covid surge
SBI enhances the limit on IMPS transactions from Rs. 2 lac upto Rs. 5 lac with nil charges on transactions through Digital Channels In an aim to encourage customers to adopt digital banking, SBI has not levied any Service Charges on IMPS transactions upto Rs. 5 lacs, done through Internet banking/Mobile Banking including YONO. In case of Branch Channels, there has been no change in the service charges for IMPS done through the Branch Channel in the existing slabs. However, a new slab for ₹ 2,00,000 to ₹ 5,00,000 has been added and the proposed service charges for this slab is ₹ 20 + GST w.e.f 01.02.2022. The service charges on IMPS are in line with the Service Charges
early Tuesday morning. The weather in Iran’s seas worsened on Tuesday morning. Bad weather caused the ship to sail.
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The range of small and big mountains around the river and the reservoir of milk at the Triveni confluence of this nature, as if by nature, is endowed with sixteen arts.
L&T Heavy Engineering Awarded (Significant) contracts in Q3FY22 The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro has won significant contracts for its various business segments in Q3 of FY22.The Modification, Revamp and Upgrade (MRU) Business of L&T Heavy Engineering has been awarded an important contract by a key hydrocarbon sector customer in the Middle East. It covers Detailed Engineering, Supply of critical equipment & components, leading into multi-disciplinary site work involving multiple staggered shutdowns during which the revamp work would be carried oThe MRU Business has also been awarded a project for revamp of FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) System for another important Hydrocarbon sector customer in the Middle East. These wins strengthen L&T
Heavy Engineering’s position as a key player in the global MRU market.In the domestic market, the MRU business has been awarded the project for RFCC (Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking) revamp as part of the expansion of the Barauni Refinery (BR9) by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL). The RFCC units are being commissioned and operated to convert hydrotreated and straight-run residue to maximize yield of propylene, which will be used to produce Polypropylene in the downstream petrochemical unit.The project mainly includes capacity augmentation of existing RFCC Unit and conversion of this existing unit into INDMAX FCC unit, to maximize propylene yield. The expansion.
The sudden and steep rise in daily number of Covid-19 cases in Ahmedabad has raised concerns over continuation of offline classes. Two prominent schools in the city, Udgam School for Children and Zebar School for Children have announced suspension of offline teaching for now Teaching will be completely online until the situation normalises, the schools have saidIn recent days, a number of positive cases have been reported from several schools across the state.A
Axis Mutual Fund launches ‘Axis Nifty Next 50 Index Fund’ Axis Mutual Fund, one of the leading asset management companies in India announced the launch of Axis Nifty Next 50 Index Fund (An Open Ended Index Fund tracking the NIFTY NEXT 50 Index), today. The NFO will be open for subscription on January 7, 2022 and close on January 21, 2022. The new fund will be managed by Jinesh Gopani, Head-Equity. The minimum application amount is INR 5,000 and investors can invest in multiples of INR 1, thereafter. The new fund will allow investors to participate in the growth story of companies that come after the top 50. The Nifty Next 50 index is designed to measure the
performance of 50 companies from the constituents of Nifty 100 Index after excluding the constituents of Nifty 50 Index (essentially 51-100), spread across 13 distinct industries. Based on free-float market capitalisation, the Nifty Next 50 index is structured in a manner to leverage the potential of the companies that will form the next generation of market leaders. In the wake of recent circumstances, several companies have remodelled themselves.
few cases have been reported from Udgam and Zebar as well.In a note to parents, the management of Zebar school wrote, “In the light of the resurge of COVID 19 cases, the school has decided to shut down physical classes for all sections. Online classes shall continue as per the timetable from 5th Jan 2022.”It added that the ongoing vaccination drive for grades 9 to 12 would continue as per schedule.Ahmedabad city recorded 1,290 cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, which was more than double the previous day’s count.
Now on the stands - The Luxury Collection’s 2021 year ending issue The Luxury Collection, India’s most preferred luxury lifestyle magazine, withmultinational readership, has just released the final issue of its Volume 7.In this year-ending issue, The Luxury Collection features exclusive interviews with musical maestro BenBöhmer and acclaimed jewelry designer Revathi Kant, exclusive gifting ideas for the season of giving, tipsand insights into the fashion trends for 2022, exotic vacation destinations, the latest in luxury motorcarsand much more.Going forward, a key objective for 2022 is to make the magazine available digitally, given the changedparadigm due to the pandemic, as well as exploring co-branding initiatives with luxury brands and coverstories based on readers’ interests.Ms. Uzma Irfan, Founder.
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