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India to send aquanauts 500 meters under sea this year in Samudrayaan Agency News: Nagpur
India will send three explorers to a depth of 500 metres under the sea in an indigenously built vessel, Samudrayaan, this year, an official said. Engineers at the National Institute of Ocean Technology in Chennai have already designed the steel sphere that will house the aquanauts for their journey, he said. However, the plan to send the Samudrayaan to 6,000 metres deep into the sea could be delayed due to difficulty in procuring the titanium sphere capable of withstanding pressure at those depths, the official, requesting anonymity, told on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress underway here. He said a steel sphere can withstand pressure up to a depth of 500 metres, but will crumple as it cruises deeper.
Ram Temple in Ayodhya Jains Call Off Protest After will be inaugurated on Centre ‘Recognises Sanctity Of Jan 1, 2024: Amit Shah Sammed Shikharji Shrine’ Agency News: New Delhi
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Members of the Jain community, who had been protesting across the country, have called off their agitation after their demands were accepted on Thursday. The community had been protesting against their prime religious shrine Sammed Shikharji in Jharkhand having been listed as a tourist destination. Head of Jain shrine Rasiklal Shah said he has met Union Cabinet Minister for Environment Bhupendra Yadav and the issues have been resolved. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren wrote a letter to Union Cabinet Minister Bhupendra Yadav regarding maintaining the sanctity of ‘Sammed Shikharji Teerth Kshetra’ and taking appropriate decisions pertaining to the site. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change has issued office of memorandum to Jharkhand government saying that Sammed Shikharji Parvat Kshetra is the world’s most sacred and revered
The community had been protesting against their prime religious shrine Sammed Shikharji in Jharkhand having been listed as a tourist destination. Teerth Sthan of Jain dharma and that the Government recognizes its sanctity and significance for the Jain community as well as the nation at large and reiterates its commitment towards maintaining the same. It is to be noted that the Sammed Shikharji, atop Parasnath
15 Companies of CRPF Deployed in Rajouri, Poonch to Secure Minority Areas Agency News: New Delhi
Fifteen companies of CRPF comprising 1,500 personnel have been deployed in Jammu and Kashmir’s twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to secure minority areas in the region, officials said. The development comes in the aftermath of twin terror attacks in Rajouri’s Dangri
village on Sunday evening and Monday in which six people of a minority community including two children were killed and 11 others were injured. The incidents, occurring barely 14 hours apart, triggered protests across the district. One company of CRPF has been deployed in the Dhangri village, officials said.
Akshay Kumar Meets Yogi Adityanath, Says Bollywood ‘Waiting for Opening of UP Film City’ Agency News: Mumbai Akshay Kumar met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Mumbai on Wednesday. During a half-an-hour-long meeting, the two discussed the upcoming film city in UP. As per a statement from the CM’s office, Akshay expressed his enthusiasm and said that the Hindi film industry is waiting for the opening of the film city, as it will ‘provide a new option to the cinema world’. “Many big production
houses, producers, directors and actors are waiting for the U.P. Film City. The development of a worldclass film and infotainment city in U.P. will provide a new option.
Hill in Girdih district, is considered the biggest pilgrimage site by both the Digambar and Svetambar sects of the Jains. Every year, thousands of Jains undertake the 27 km long trek of climbing the hills to see the houses of salvation shrines of 20 Tirthankaras.
Bengal Govt to Serve Chicken, Fruits in Mid-day Meals for Four Months
Agency News: New Delhi Ahead of the panchayat elections due this year, the West Bengal government has decided to introduce chicken and seasonal fruits in mid-day meals for a four-month period from January. In addition to the existing midday meal menu of rice, potato, soybean, and eggs, chicken and seasonal fruits will be served weekly once for additional nutrition under PM POSHAN, according to a notification. An amount of Rs 371 crore has been sanctioned for the extra nutrition scheme. A school department official, who confirmed that the extra nutrition scheme was being rolled out, added that as yet no decision has been taken on whether it would be continued after April.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be ready by January 1 next year. Addressing a public rally here in poll-bound Tripura, Shah said that the Congress and CPI(M) had put the Ram Mandir issue in the jurisdiction of the court for long, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for it after the Supreme Court’s order. “Rahul baba, listen from Sabroom, that a mammoth Ram Mandir will be ready on January 1, 2024,” he said attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. At Sabroom in South Tripura district, Shah flagged off a BJP rath yatra, the
second one during the day after Dharmanagar in North Tripura district, aimed at highlighting the state government’s achievements ahead of the assembly elections due early this year. The country is safe at the hands of Modi, the union minister said. “Ten days after the Pulwama incident in Kashmir, Indian soldiers went inside Pakistan and carried out a successful operation under Modi’s leadership,” he said.
HC Asks Delhi Police to Place Chargesheet Filed Against Alt News Co-founder Mohd Zubair on Record Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi High Court asked the city police on Thursday to place on record the chargesheet filed in a case against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for allegedly threatening and torturing a minor on social media.The counsel for the Delhi Police informed the court that the probe agency has found no criminality against Zubair and his name has not been included in the chargesheet.”Before proceeding further, let a copy of the chargesheet be filed before the next date of hearing,” Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said. The court also asked police to give a copy of the
chargesheet to Additional Solicitor General K M Natraj, who is representing complainant National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the matter. The law officer said he would take further instructions, after which the court listed the matter for further hearing on March 2. On the basis of a complaint from the NCPCR, the Delhi Police lodged an FIR against Zubair on August 9, 2020 under the provisions of the Information Technology Act for allegedly threatening and torturing a girl on Twitter. The NCPCR complaint referred to a photo of the girl and her father shared by Zubair on Twitter during an online spat with her father.
PM Modi to Flag off Ganga SC stays High Court order for Vilas Cruise on January 13 removal of encroachments from Varanasi: Official from Railway land in Haldwani Agency News: New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order for removal of encroachments from 29 acres of land claimed by the railways in Haldwani, calling it a “human issue” and saying 50,000 people cannot be uprooted overnight. Amid protests by residents who insist they have title to the land, a bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka said a workable solution needs to be found. According to the railways, there are 4,365 encroachers on the land.
Nearly 50,000 people, a majority of them Muslims, belonging to over 4,000 families reside on the disputed land. The apex court issued notices to the railways and the state government seeking their responses to a batch of pleas challenging the high court order for removal of encroachments.
Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off ’Ganga Vilas Cruise’ on January 13 and preparations for the programme have started, district authorities said on Thursday. ”Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world’s longest cruise tour from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh on January 13,” the Information and Public Relations Department of Uttar Pradesh said in a tweet in Hindi. The department said that the cruise after leaving Varanasi will pass through Ghazipur, Buxar and
Patna before reaching Kolkata. The cruise will stay in Bangladesh rivers for a fortnight and thereafter will return to India via Guwahati and reach Dibrugarh, the department said. Though the administration is yet to receive any formal programme of Modi from the Prime Minister’s Office, the district administration has already started the preparations. Varanasi Divisional Commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma and District Magistrate S Rajalingam have given necessary instructions in this regard to the officials of Culture department, Tourism department and Inland Waterways Transport.
No Shraddha Walkar or Tunisha Microsoft Chairman and CEO Sharma Case Ever Again: VHP’s Satya Nadella meets PM Modi Pumpwell on ‘Love Jihad’ Helpline Agency News: New Delhi Agency News: Karnataka “Let not another innocent life like Tunisha Sharma or Shraddha Walker be snuffed out due to love jihad!” These were the words of Karnataka’s Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Dakshina Prantha joint secretary Sharan Pumpwell, explaining why the outfit decided to launch a helpline against ‘love jihad’. This ‘love jihad helpline’ has been launched in Mangaluru and is tasked with assisting girls who may have “fallen prey to love” and are now victims of forceful religious conversions. According to
Pumpwell, the main objective is to provide counselling, and legal and medical assistance to girls who have become “victims of love jihad”. Quoting the example of Deepthi Marla from Kodagu who was forcibly converted in 2022 and later charged by the NIA for allegedly running a terrorist network.
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, who is on a fourday visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and pledged the company’s support in helping the country realise the Digital India vision. The Microsoft top honcho described his meeting with the PM as “insightful”, and lauded the government’s deep focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth driven by digital transformation. “It’s inspiring to see the government’s deep focus on sustainable and inclusive
economic growth led by digital transformation and we’re looking forward to helping India realize the Digital India vision and be a light for the world,” Nadella tweeted on Thursday. Nadella, currently on day three of a multicity tour of the country, has been on marathon meetings with customers, startups, developers, educators and students, as well as top government leaders.
BSNL to start 5G services in 2024: Union Telecom Minister Agency News: New Delhi The government-owned BSNL will launch 5G services in 2024, according to Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. A consortium led by TCS and C-DOT has been chosen by BSNL to roll out its 4G network, which will be upgraded to 5G in around a year after the order is placed under the deal. “BSNL will start 5G services in 2024,” Vaishnaw said. He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch 5G services of Jio and Airtel in Odisha. Vaishnaw along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan launched the services. “Entire Odisha will be covered by 5G services in 2 years. Today, 5G services have been launched in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack,” the telecom minister said. Prior to January 26, he promised to introduce 5G services throughout the state.
HC puts stay on proceedings against Hans Raj Hans, Sirsa in defamation case by Sisodia Agency News: New Delhi
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Minister Manish Sisodia. Sisodia had filed a defamation complaint against six people, including Hans, a member of Parliament and Sirsa, an MLA, for allegedly levelling corruption charges against him. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued a notice and sought Sisodia.
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By now, I assume you have all read the story about the horrific incident on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. And that you are as shocked as I was when I read about it. But in case you missed it, here is what happened. A woman passenger in her 70s was sitting in an aisle seat in business class. When the lights were off, a fellow passenger walked up to her seat, unzipped his pants and urinated on her. After he had finished urinating, the man just stood there in front of the woman, his genitals exposed. He only moved away when another passenger intervened. The horrified woman informed the cabin crew. She says that her clothes, shoes and bag were completely soaked in urine. Naturally, she was traumatised. According to her, the crew gave her pyjamas and disposable slippers after she had cleaned herself in the tiny airplane toilet. The crew also disinfected her seat and put sheets on top of it. Understandably, she refused to go back to it. The crew then offered a narrow crew seat where she sat for most of the remainder of the flight. As far as she could tell, nothing happened to the male passenger. He disembarked as normal at Delhi airport and went off on his merry way.In fact, she says, nothing was done to assuage her trauma till she wrote to N Chandrasekaran, the Chairman of the Tata group which now runs the airline. After that, Air India set up a committee to look into the issue and said later that it was working with the police and regulatory authorities.The woman passenger’s primary grievance seems to be against the cabin crew. She says they did not do enough to help her. I have not heard the crew’s version but if the passenger’s story is accurate, then their behaviour was disgraceful. She says that though they had empty seats in First Class, nobody bothered to find her a seat in the cabin, which surely is the least they could have done. And, judging by her story, the crew made no attempt to initiate any action against the passenger when - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara the flight landed in Delhi.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the Vande Bharat Express was pelted with stones in neighbouring Bihar, and not her state. She said legal action will be taken against those media outlets that spread ”fake news” that the incident took place in West Bengal, bringing a bad name to the state. ”Vande Bharat was pelted with stones in Bihar and not in West Bengal. We will take legal action against those media outlets that telecast fake news that the incident took place in West Bengal and brought a bad name to our state,” Banerjee told before leaving Sagar Island. ”Vande Bharat is nothing special. It is just an old train refurbished
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Himachal House Heats Up on First Day of Winter Session, BJP Walks Out over Sukhu Govt’s ‘Undo’ Push Agency News: New Delhi The controversy over the decision of newly elected Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu to denotify 900 new offices and institutions by his predecessor Jai Ram Thakur resonated in the state assembly on the first day of the winter session in Dharamsala with the opposition staging protest and walking out on the very first day. BJP legislators led by leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur walked out demanding that the government should review its decision to denotify the offices
and institutions opened up by the previous government since April last year. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu declined to review the decision. He said that the previous BJP government had taken the decision without providing staff and infrastructure. With the impasse continuing, the members of opposition walked out of the house raising slogans against the government.
with a new engine,” Banerjee, a former Railway minister herself, said. She concluded her two-day visit to the island to oversee the preparations for the Gangasagar Mela that begins on January 8. The Vande Bharat Express was on Tuesday pelted with stones for the second consecutive day. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30. Railway authorities on Thursday claimed they have identified those who threw stones at the train. Eastern Railways CPRO Ekalabya Chakraborty told that after scanning video footage, it was found that Monday’s stone-pelting incident on Vande Bharat Express took place in Malda district and Tuesday’s happened in Kishanganj district of Bihar, and efforts are underway to nab the perpetrators.
Agency News: New Delhi
The CPI(M) on Thursday hit out at the Centre, saying India’s abstention from a UN resolution on the Israel-Palestine issue singalled that it was siding ”with oppressors” of the Palestinian people. On December 31, India abstained from a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that asked the International Court of Justice to render its opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territories. The resolution was passed with 87 countries supporting and 26 opposing it. India and 52 other countries abstained. ”for this resolution, India has signalled that it is resiling from its longheld position of firm support to the Palestinian cause and for a two-state solution,” the
Agency News: Noida
In a tragic incident, a student of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University on Thursday allegedly died by suicide by jumping off hostel building in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur. Chanakya Nanda Reddy (19) jumped off Ellora hostel building at JNTU campus and died on the spot, police said, adding that his body has been shifted to Government General Hospital for autopsy. Hailing from Udayagiri in Nellore district, Nanda Reddy was a second year Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) student. According to
his classmates, he was a bright student who scored 9.8 GPA in the first year. According to Nanda Reddy’s classmates, he seemed happy on Wednesday night. They were shocked to learn in the morning that he ended his life. He had sent parting message ‘Bye’ to his friends before taking the extreme step. The reasons for the student’s suicide are not known. The JNTU authorities have informed his family. Police registered a case and took up an investigation. This is the second such incident at JNTU in eight days. A fourth-year engineering student at JNTU Hyderabad had jumped to death from classroom building in the campus.
Food delivery executive killed in suspected hitand-run case in Noida Agency News: Noida A 24-year-old food delivery executive was killed after his motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle and allegedly dragged for about 500 metres here in a suspected hit and run case, police said on Thursday. An FIR has been lodged and the matter is being probed, they said, adding that claims that the body of the worker was dragged by the car could not be established so far. The incident comes days after a 20-year-old woman was killed after her twowheeler was hit by a car, which dragged her for 12 kilometres in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala. Around 10 days back, another 27-yearold food delivery executive was killed by a car near Noida around midnight. Kaushal Yadav worked
Aday after CPI(M) leader Saji Cheriyan was sworn in as Minister, a Kerala court on Thursday rejected a plea to defer its final decision on a police report which gives a clean chit to him in a case against him for his alleged remarks against the Constitution. The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Thiruvalla here rejected the application by Baiju Noel M, a lawyer, who wanted a decision on the police report to be deferred as he had moved the Kerala High Court seeking a CBI probe into the issue. The advocate confirmed that the Magisterial Court declined his plea. It was on his complaint
that the court had ordered the police to file a case in the matter. Noel, in his application, had contended that the police did not conduct a fair, proper, and impartial investigation into the case. Cheriyan was administered the oath of office on Wednesday by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the Raj Bhavan where MLAs of the Congress-led UDF opposition were absent in protest against the re-instatement of the CPI(M) leader in the Cabinet. Both the Congress and BJP had held protests in the State against the reinstatement. Khan initially created a flutter when he raised some concerns regarding the CPI(M) leader’s reinstatement, saying “it was not a normal case”, but he later approved the government’s recommendation.
Agency News: New Delhi Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Thursday nominated BJP councillor Satya Sharma as the presiding officer for the first House meeting on June 6 to elect the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Reacting to the appointment, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of being hellbent on destroying all democratic traditions and institutions. The first municipal House after the high-
Reacting to the appointment, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of being hellbent on destroying all democratic traditions and institutions stakes civic polls on December 4 is scheduled to take place on Friday during which all newly elected councillors will take oath and the mayor and the deputy mayor will be elected. ”The Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi under section 77 of the Act is further pleased to nominate Satya Sharma, Councillor, Ward No.226 to preside over the meeting for the election of the Mayor. ”
Media Notices My T-shirt, But CPI(M) Hits Out at Centre for Congress Forms 3-member India Not Voting in UN on Is- Committee to Evaluate Gujarat Ignores Poor Farmers, Labourers in Torn Clothes, Says Rahul Gandhi rael-Palestine Issue Resolution Assembly Poll Results Agency News: New Delhi The resolution was passed with 87 countries supporting and 26 opposing it. India and 52 other countries abstained.
CPI(M) said in the latest edition of its mouthpiece ’People’s Democracy’. The editorial further highlighted the conditions in which the Palestinian people had ”undergone displacement and colonial occupation for well over seven decades”. ”India, from the time of our Independence struggle, has been in full sympathy and solidarity with the Palestinian people. But now, the blinkered Hindutva view of the BJP rulers is leading India to side with the oppressors of these valiant people,” it said.
Andhra Pradesh: Second 2 killed as container rams into student suicide recorded bike from behind, two injured at JNTU within 8 days Agency News: Amaravati
Agency News: Pathanamthitta
A container hit four people travelling on one bike on the Greater Noida Expressway, which resulted in two deaths. The other two were injured. The injured have been admitted to Sharda hospital for treatment. Additional DCP Ashutosh Dwiwedi said the four victims were returning to their rented house in Baraula, when the container coming from Lucknow hit their bike from behind. Due to the impact, two victims
identified as Bhavna and Shobhit died on the spot, and the bike was flung far away. Their bodies have been sent for post mortem. Bhavna’s brother Kaushalendra and Sonu suffered injuries in the accident. The police has arrested the driver, identified as Arun Pratap, who initially fled after the incident. The incident took place on the intervening night of January 4-5 at around 1.30 a.m., when dense fog was recorded in the area. According to sources, the victims worked at the Chaify restaurant in Greater Noida.
Another mid-air ‘peeing’ incident: Drunk man on Paris-Delhi AI flight ‘urinated’ on woman’s blanket Agency News: New Delhi Ten days after the shocking November 26 incident on a New York-Delhi Air India flight, another episode of a “drunk” male passenger allegedly “urinating” on a blanket of a female passenger was reported on the Paris-Delhi sector but penal action was not pressed after the passenger gave a written apology, officials said on Thursday. This incident happened on December 6 on Air India flight 142 and the pilot
of the aircraft reported the matter to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport about it, following which the male passenger was apprehended. It was not known which class the passengers were travelling. The flight landed around 9:40 AM at Delhi and the airport security was informed that the male passenger was “under the influence of alcohol and he was not following the instructions of the cabin crew and he later peed on a blanket.
Agency News: New Delhi
The Congress on Wednesday set up a three-member factfinding committee to evaluate the party’s performance in the recently concluded Gujarat assembly elections and suggest corrective measures. The committee will be chaired by former Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut, who also heads the party’s SC department. The panel has been asked to submit its report to the party within two weeks. The other members of the committee are Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, an official communication from the party said. The party has set up several such panels in the past to assess the party’s poll debacle
in several states but none of the reports have been discussed within the party forums, Congress leaders maintained. The formation of the committee comes in the wake of the Congress’ worstever performance in the Gujarat assembly polls where it won only 17 seats out of total 182 assembly constituencies. “The Congress president has constituted a factfinding committee to evaluate the results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Gujarat and suggest measures to be taken, with immediate effect,” it said. “The committee will submit a report to Hon’ble Congress president within two weeks,” All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal said in the communication.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the purpose of the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is to remove fear from the people’s minds and highlight issues like price rise and unemployment. Amid raging talks about his wearing T-shirt in the winter during the yatra, Gandhi said the media is highlighting his attire but “taking no notice of the poor farmers and laborers walking along with him in torn clothes”. Addressing a ‘nukkad sabha’ at Baraut on the BaghpatShamli border during the yatra, Gandhi said despite covering a distance of more than 3,000 km on foot in 110 days, he is neither feeling tired nor sizzling in the cold in T-shirt. Taking potshots
at the media, he said, “I call them ‘mitra’ (friend) but they are not performing the duty of a friend as they do not raise the real issues out of fear of their bosses.” “Since the media is not highlighting the issues of people, we thought of raising matters relating to demonetization, wrong GST, price rise, unemployment in the Parliament, but there the mike was switched off. So we thought let’s walk from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, listen to the people,” the former Congress chief said.
Bihar Shocker! 30 stray dogs SHOT Delhi city feels bitterly cold in the morning with the temperature DEAD in Begusarai within 2 days dropping below 3 degrees Celsius after government order Agency News: New Delhi City on Thursday woke up to a cold and foggy day with the minimum temperature recorded at 2.8 degree Celsius at Lodi Road and at 3 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung. Visibility also fell to a low of 25 metres at Palam and was recorded at 50 meters at Safdarjung, the city’s base station, the India Meterolological Department said. At Safdarjung the visibility was recorded at 50 metres at 5:30 am this morning. The Regional Meterological Department, Delhi of the IMD said that there will be “dense to very dense fog” at many places.
“Cold day to severe cold day conditions at a few places and cold day conditions at isolated places in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh,” the India Meteorological Department said. “Visibilities reported at 0530 hrs IST of today, (in m): Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu 25 Punjab: Bhatinda 0; Amritsar, Patiala 25 Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi: Ambala and Chandigarh, Palam 25 each; Safadarjung 50 Uttarakhand: Dehradun 200 Northwest Rajasthan: Ganganagar and Churu 25,” IMD said. Delhi’s AQI is also forecast to remain likely in the ‘very poor’ category till January 13.
Section 144 in Shamli greets Bharat Jodo Yatra Agency News: Lucknow
Hours before the Bharat Jodo Yatra walked into Shamli district of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening, the administration imposed prohibitory orders there without citing a reason. Jasjeet Kaur, the district magistrate, told the media in the afternoon that prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC had been imposed in Shamli. Section 144 prevents any gathering of more than four persons. After a night halt at Ailum village
in Shamli, the Yatra is scheduled to resume on Thursday morning. On Wednesday, the second day of the Yatra in the state, over 1,000 members of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, Bharatiya Kisan Union and the Bhim Army walked with Rahul.
Agency News: Patna In a shocking incident, nearly 30 dogs were shot dead by a team of hunters in Bihar’s Begusarai district after a government order was issued to curb the alleged issue of man-eating dogs. A total of 16 dogs were killed on Tuesday and another 14 were killed on Wednesday. a team formed by the district administration and Forest and Environment Department arrived Patna to shoot the untamed stray dogs. The dogs were allegedly believed to be killing people in the vilages. Shakti Kumar, a hunter from Forest and Environment Department along with his team
members reached Bahiyar of Bachwada, Kadarabad, Arba, Bhikhamchak, and Rani Panchayats and killed the stray dogs. At least 10 people were attacked by the maneating dogs in the area in 2022. Hence, the government looked into the matter and issued an order to get them killed. An octogenarian woman, who takes care of around 300 stray dogs, on Monday alleged that Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) workers razed her jhuggi.
Former corporator demands increase in salaries of Asha worker Agency News: Navi Mumbai
Ravindra Bhagat, former corporator of Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), has demanded to absorb Asha workers in the corporation and provide them a salary of up to Rs 20,000 per month. Bhagat met the municipal commissioner Ganesh Deshmukh and handed over a letter regarding his demand. Bhagat said that in the last five years, Asha workers have provided excellent medical services and that their monthly salary should be increased. “In the last two years,
they worked relentlessly and I have raised for their increase in monthly compensation during the general body,” said Bhagat. He added that during the COVID pandemic, they were available without caring for their own health and lives. “There were positive discussions in the general body. But there was no positive development so far,” said.
Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari, 12 Others Odisha Board Class 10 Matric Wadala woman assaults teenager over children playing in society Charged In Ambulance Fraud Case Exam From March 10 park; victim sustains ear injury Agency News: Barabanki
with Swiggy and was on his way to deliver an order on the intervening night of January 1 and 2 when the incident took place near Sector 14 flyover under Phase 1 police station area, police said. The police said the claim that the worker was dragged by the car could not be established so far through investigation and scanning of available CCTV.
Police have filed a charge sheet against 13 people, including former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari, in a case of alleged fraud in the registration of an ambulance used to ferry him to a Punjab court in 2021. Inspector Pankaj Kumar Singh, the investigating officer of the case, said on Thursday that the charge sheet was filed in the court of
Special Additional Sessions Judge Amit Singh on Wednesday evening. The next hearing of the matter will be held on January 19. During his jail time in Punjab, Mr Ansari was on March 31, 2021, taken to the Mohali court from Ropar jail in an ambulance having its number registered in Barabanki. A case was registered on April 2 that year in Barabanki after finding that the documents used for registration.
Agency News: Cuttack
The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, which conducts the Class 10 examinations for Odia medium students, has decided to hold this year’s matriculation examinations between March 10 and March 17. Over six lakh students will appear in the matriculation examination this year in regular, ex-regular, madhyama
(Sanskrit) and Open School Certificate streams. Under the new pattern, the BSE is now conducting a total of six assessments for Class 10 students in a year, which includes four formative assessments (FAs) and two summative assessments (SAs). While the students have already appeared FA-1, FA-2 and SA-1, they are now appearing FA-3 and will appear FA-4 in the month of February,
Agency News: Mumbai
In a shocking incident reported on Thursday, a woman beat a boy over an alleged dispute while he was playing with his friends in a residential society. The incident took place in Wadala’s Bhakti Park area and a video of it surfaced on the internet. In the video posted by Suhas Birhade on Twitter, one
can see that the woman is yelling at the teenager with other children standing around. Later she slapped the boy multiple times while he stood still. The woman is allegedly a teacher and she assaulted the boy over a dispute within kids while playing in the society complex, The boy’s ear is said to be injured after the incident and is currently undergoing medical treatment.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS ICC rankings: Ishan Kishan jumps 10 places to 23rd, Hooda re-enters top 100 Agency News : New Delhi India opener Ishan Kishan jumped 10 places to 23rd position while Deepak Hooda re-entered the top-100 in the latest ICC rankings for T20I batters issued on Thursday. Both moved upwards in the chart after their impressive performances in the first T20 International against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Tuesday, which India won by two runs. Hooda moved up 40 places to 97th after his unbeaten 41 off 23 balls while Kishan was rewarded for his brisk 37-run knock at the top of the order. The swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav continued to hold the top spot for batters despite a rare failure in Mumbai. India’s new T20I captain Hardik Pandya, up nine places to 76th among bowlers, is the other to move up the rankings. As far as Sri Lanka are concerned, Wanindu Hasaranga was once
again a strong contributor against India with figures of 1/22 with the ball helping the right-armer move further clear as the topranked T20I bowler. Hasaranga also scored a quick-fire 21 with the bat and that saw the 25-yearold jump two spots to fifth on the latest list for all-rounders. In the Test rankings for batters, Marnus Labuschagne remains at the head of proceedings with a healthy lead despite his failure in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa.
Shakib Al Hassan laments BPL cites Bollywood movie Nayak, as he offers to clean up administrative mess Agency News : New Delhi Two days before the start of the new season, Shakib Al Hasan laid into the Bangladesh Premier League, going so far as to say the tournament may very well be inferior to the Dhaka Premier League, the country’s domestic one-day competition. On being asked what changes he would bring if he was made head of the BPL, Shakib highlighted the problems the league is facing, especially this year. The all rounder said he would have ensured a timely
players’ draft and a schedule where it wouldn’t clash with other T20 leagues. “If they made me the BPL CEO, it would take me one or two months to correct everything,” Shakib said.
AUS vs RSA: Steven Smith goes past Don Bradman, smashing his 30th Test ton, joins an elite list of players to do so Agency News : New Delhi Steven Smith went past legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman after notching up his 30th Test century on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Smith went past Bradman’s 29 Test hundred with a majestic pull shot off Anrich Nortje to the boundary ropes to claim a hometown hundred off 190 balls. He was out two balls later on 104 when he innocuously chipped back a catch to Keshav Maharaj for the left-arm spinner’s first wicket of the series. Smith also overtook Michael Clarke to become Australia’s fourthhighest Test run-getter with 8,647 behind Ricky Ponting,
Allan Border and Steve Waugh. Only Ponting (41) and Waugh (32) have scored more Test centuries for Australia than Smith, who is second only to the immortal Bradman (99.94) with a current Test average of 60.89 in his 92nd Test match. Both Smith and Usman Khawaja piled up the runs making a hapless Proteas pace attack looking short of ideas. Khwaja went past the 150 mark and was closing into a double hundred, batting on 186. Before lunch, Khawaja danced a celebratory jig after hitting Kagiso Rabada for two through deep square to bring up another hundred at his most productive ground, where he averaged 98 before this Test.
Rishabh Pant’s air ambulance lands in Mumbai’s Kalina airport, shifted to Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Agency News : Mumbai
India cricketer Rishabh Pant landed in Mumbai on Wednesday evening and was immediately shifted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute from the Kalina Airport. Pant arrived in the city from Dehradun in an air ambulance. He was undergoing treatment at the Max Hospital after his horrific crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway early Saturday morning. Pant was on his way to his hometown Roorkee from New Delhi and was driving his Mercedes car when he met with an accident and his car caught fire after landing on the other side of the road. Pant will be under the direct supervision of Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala in Mumbai. The decision to shift Pant to Mumbai
Rishabh Pant was undergoing treatment at the Max Hospital after his horrific crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway early Saturday morning. for better treatment was taken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), with board secretary Jay Shah also involved in the critical decision making. “Rishabh will undergo surgery and subsequent procedures for ligament tears and will continue to be monitored by the BCCI Medical Team throughout his recovery and rehabilitation,” a BCCI statement said.
Total vehicle retail sales Amazon to lay off 18,000 jump 15 per cent to 2.11 employees crore units in 2022 Agency News : New Delhi
Agency News : New Delhi Retail sales of overall vehicles in India grew by 15.28 per cent to 2,11,20,441 units in 2022 led by record sales of passenger vehicles and tractors, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Thursday. In 2021, total retail sales of vehicles in India were at 1,83,21,760 units, FADA said in a statement. Two-wheelers retail sales stood at 1,53,88,062 units last year, a growth of 13.37 per cent from 2021 when sales stood at 1,35,73,682 units.Passenger vehicles (PV) retail sales were at 34,31,497 units in 2022, as against 29,49,182 units in 2021, up 16.35 per cent, it added. FADA President Manish Raj Singhania said, “For
CY2022, while total vehicle retails grew by 15 per cent year-on-year and 17 per cent compared to CY20 it failed to surpass CY19 retails, and registered a fall of 10 per cent.” He further said, “The PV category during this period continued to gain new grounds by clocking 34.31 lakh retails during the full year. This is by far, the highest retails which PV has done till date.” Singhania, however, lamented that the twowheeler segment once again failed to impress as retail sales during December 2022 continued.
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We Founder Circle (WFC), a Mumbai-based early-stage startup investment platform, has closed its second year with 71 investment rounds in 53 unique start-ups and has emerged as the largest angel network in India in 2022. The platform has become one of the fastest-growing angel network communities and has already facilitated funds worth over Rs 100 crore across 53 start-ups with 71 deals. WFC has invested in 104 deals in more than 80 unique startups within two years of operations. It has also given seven partial exits to its investors in the second year.
Over 6,700 investors from over 400 cities and more than 40 countries have participated in over 100 deals with over $20 million investments, it said in a statement. Neeraj Tyagi, co-founder and CEO of We Founder Circle, “We have been building a tech-enabled global investment and networking platform for startup and investors ecosystem. This year, we have not only topped the list of the most active angel investment network, but also we have launched our startup marketplace to our community. We are now offering the same tech to other networks as SAAS product. We have also launched two funds — a domestic fund and a crossborder fund.”
Hansal Mehta to begin principal shooting of web series on Mahatma Gandhi with Pratik Gandhi in 2023
Kartik Aaryan Breaks Silence on Pyaar Ka Punchnama 3, Says ‘I’m Waiting for Luv Ranjan…’
Agency News : Mumbai Actor Kartik Aaryan marked his big screen debut with filmmaker Luv Ranjan’s romantic comedy Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011), which shot him to instant recognition as ‘the monologue guy’. Even eleven-and-a-half years after its release, the film is remembered for its entertaining
and quirky plotline and the camaraderie shared by its male protagonists. So, it comes as no surprise that despite his impressive line-up of films, Kartik’s fans remain the most intrigued about the third instalment in the Pyaar Ka Punchnama franchise. fans of the film couldn’t hold their excitement. In an exclusive interaction with Kartik, however, reveals that there’s no update on Pyaar Ka Punchnama 3 as of now as both Luv and him have a lot on their plates at the moment. “He’s busy with the post-production work of his next film. So, there’s no update on a collaboration right now. He has to take a call but I’m always ready for him to call me for a film. He launched me and he has a special place in my heart. I’m waiting for him to offer me a film,” the 32-year-old actor stated.
after Walmart. The cuts, rolling since November last year, are considered the biggest in the company since it launched in 1994. As many strong economies flirted with recession and battled unusually high inflation in 2022, several tech companies struggled to sustain their businesses. That contrasts a surge in revenues they achieved during the pandemic. The social media giant Meta, which runs Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, announced in November last year that it was laying off 13% of its workforce.
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BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD 2022 has been quite an eventful year for filmmaker Hansal Mehta as he has dedicated his time in churning out well refined stories. After Scam 1992, Mehta revealed he has been at his creative best lately. As we walk into 2023, the director shares his year in a nutshell. Mehta says, “All the hard work, all the passion, all the sleepless nights and all our stories will be there for the world to see in the coming year. I approach each New Year with gratitude, hope, joy and nervousness in equal measure.” Adding more on his work he says, “I have more exciting stories to tell - particularly the show on Mahatma Gandhi which is going to be a big series and will commence principal photography in 2023. The preparation is going strong in all directions.” With a busy two years back-to-back.
Giant retailer Amazon announced on Wednesday it was cutting 18,000 jobs, as part of a previously announced layoff wave. The company’s Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note that annual planning “has been more difficult given the uncertain economy and that we’ve hired rapidly over the last several years.” The 18,000 layoffs include both the recent ones and the ones previously announced in November. They will mostly impact the company’s e-commerce services such as Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, as well as the human resources organizations. Amazon has over 1.5 million employees, making it the second largest private employer in the US,
The rupee appreciated 9 paise to 82.73 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, supported by easing crude oil prices and a firm trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said sustained foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiments and restricted the appreciation bias. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 82.75 against the dollar, then gained ground to touch 82.73, registering a rise of 9 paise over its previous close. On Wednesday, the rupee recovered from its all-time low level and settled at 82.82 against the dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the
Northern Railway schools Sonu Sood for travelling on train’s footboard: ‘Such videos can give wrong message’ Agency News : Mumbai
Actor Sonu Sood shared a video of himself travelling on the footboard of a train’s coach on Twitter, which caught attention of Indian Railways, and thus, slamming the actor for not promoting such stunts.
greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.04 per cent to 104.21. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.99 per cent to USD 78.61 per barrel. Despite the greenback’s weakness elsewhere, the rupee did not strengthen on dollar persistent bids throughout the session. The local unit has been extremely range bound of late, IFA Global Research Academy said in a research note. ”We expect the rupee to trade in a 82.60-82.90 range with sideways price action,” it added. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 162.86 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 60,820.31. The broader NSE Nifty rose 60.20 points or 0.33 per cent to 18,103.15.
Actor Sonu Sood won many hearts with his philanthropy work during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. However, recently he received a lot of flak on social media due to one of his videos. In December 2022, Sonu posted a clip on Twitter in which he is seen sitting at the door of a moving train. As the train moves, Sonu holds on to the handle beside him and seems to be enjoying the breeze on the moving train. The internet was not impressed at all and called out Sonu for being careless. “Being a role model for many across the country, you should NOT post or encourage such videos! If your enthusiastic fans start making videos sitting at the open entrance of a running train, it will put their lives in serious danger,” a social media user
Pathaan: Shah Rukh Khan unveils Deepika Padukone’s fearless avatar on actress’ 37th birthday
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan unveiled a new still of Deepika Padukone from their upcoming film ‘Pathaan’ to mark the actress’ 37th birthday on Thursday. SRK took to his social media handle to share a new picture of Deepika from the film, in which she can be seen in a fierce action avatar. In the poster, Deepika can be seen flaunting her toned body in combat pants and a tank top. She can be seen with unruly hair, gun in a hand, bloodied gashes on her face, and a fearless expression. ”To my dearest @deepikapadukone - how you have evolved to own the screen in every avatar possible! Always proud and always wishing for you to scale new heights… happy birthday… lots of love...” SRK tweeted along with the still. Directed by Siddharth Anand, ‘Pathaan’ marks SRK and Deepika’s collaboration on screen for the fourth time, after ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Chennai Express’ and ‘Happy New Year’. The film is touted to be a high-octane spy actioner and it also stars John Abraham as the main antagonist opposite SRK. Viewers are set to witness SRK and Deepika in a never-seen-before avatar in the film as they will pack some mighty punches and go all guns blazing in ‘Pathaan’. The trailer of ‘Pathaan’ is set to release on January 10 and the film will hit the silver screens on January 25.
‘Pathaan’ is set to release in theatres on January 25
wrote. “This is dangerous Sonu,” another one wrote. Even the official handle of Mumbai Railway Police commented and said, “@SonuSood travelling on the footboard may be a source of ‘Entertainment’ in movies, not real life! Let’s follow all safety guidelines and ensure a ‘Happy New Year’ for all.” As the video went viral and received many negative comments, Northern Railway, on Wednesday, too reacted. In a tweet, the Northern Railway wrote, “You are an inspiration for the entire country and its people. Sitting at the door of a train is dangerous, such videos can give a wrong signal to your supporters. Kindly refrain from doing so, please have a safe journey.” Meanwhile, on the work front, Sonu will be seen in ‘Fateh’, which will be out in theatres in the coming months.
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MX Studios collaborates with Dubai Economy & Tourism, to bring an adventure-filled mini-series ‘A Spin Around Dubai’
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India’s leading OTT platform, MX Player is recognized for catering to its audiences’ diverse needs with engaging content across genres and formats. With a view towards building a wholesome entertainment ecosystem, MX Studios announces its association with Dubai Economy & Tourism for an adventure-packed three episodic mini-series ‘A Spin Around Dubai’. Starring siblings Jamie and Jesse Lever, the series will stream exclusively on MX Player starting today. Popular comedy duo and siblings, Jamie and Jesse Lever who are known for their whimsical content share a passion for adventure during family holidays. On the hunt for their next destination, they choose Dubai, a city that offers timeless experiences and adventures. Only, this journey has a twist as they
Samsung Launches Galaxy F04 with up to 8GB RAM with RAM Plus for Fast Performance Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics company, announced the launch of Galaxy F04 today. The latest addition to the popular Galaxy F series offers a stylish design along with uninterrupted performance to meet the needs of tech-savvy millennials and aspirational Gen Z consumers. “We are excited to introduce Galaxy F04, which provides a powerful smartphone experience with segment-leading features, including 8GB memory
This festive season gets merrier as DCB Bank offers a special offer of up to 20 paise off per Rupee to transfer funds before 15th January 2023. Resident Indians can use DCB Remit online service to send money via net banking to the designated countries from any bank account in India. Any citizen can seamlessly transfer funds to any person who may have travelled abroad for business or leisure. DCB Remit makes money transfers quicker,
with RAM Plus, a long-lasting 5000mAh battery, two times OS upgrades and Face Unlock along with a stylish glossy design for Gen Z consumers. Galaxy F04 has been designed for consumers looking for fast performance at an affordable price,” said Rahul Pahwa, Director - Mobile Business, Samsung India.
secure, transparent and costefficient too. For remittances of 2,000 to 5,000 in foreign currency, a DCB Remit user can use Code: CHRTEN and get 10 paise off. For remitting 5,000 to 8,000 in foreign currency, use Code: CHRFIF and get 15 paise off & for remittance above 8,000 in foreign currency, use Code: CHRTWE and get 20 paise off. Funds can be transferred in six currencies – USD, AUD, GBP, SGD, CAD and EURO. This offer is valid on multiple transactions booked within the time period.
Star of Year 2023! Brace Yourselves To See Rajkummar Rao In These Power Packed Projects! Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Powerhouse performer Rajkummar Rao is ruling B-Town with his brilliant performances back to back. Stree fame Rajkummar is a moldable and dedicated actor in the industry. From ‘Kai po che’ to ‘Monica, O My Darling’ actor have come a long way. 2023 is Rajkummar’s year with these back to back releases. Rajkummar will be seen in Bheed alongside Bhumi Pednekar and Dia Mirza. This film is to be directed by Anubhav Sinha. After their brilliant performance in Badhaai Do, the audience are
elated to see them once again. Actor will star in biopic on Industrialist Srikanth Bolla. Rao once again is collaborating with TSeries. The movie will be directed by Tushar Hiranandani and will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar and Nidhi Parmar.
Gujarat Titans to Celebrate Uttarayan With fans in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Gujarat Titans, the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 champions, will celebrate the festival of Uttarayan with a range of activities in Ahmedabad. Uttarayan is an iconic festive occasion and the Gujarat Titans will mark it by joining the fans in celebration. As a part of the celebration, Gujarat Titans will celebrate the festival across locations in Ahmedabad starting from January 7 culminating in an iconic finish on January 14. On
head to Dubai with no itinerary and just a spinning wheel in hand that decides where they head to in the city. The series explores nine exciting locations and quirky activities that the siblings undertake with their own comical twists. From witnessing a desert sunrise in a hot air balloon to a fountain show with a magnificent view of the Burj Khalifa, or experiencing the edge walk on the 53rd floor of the Sky Views Observatory, to meeting master chef Vineet Bhatia who matches the duo’s vibe, Jamie and Jesse will take the audiences through some of Dubai’s finest locations whilst being their hilarious selves.
Neo QLED, MICRO LED and Samsung OLED lineups provide premium experiences and broader viewing options Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Samsung Electronics today unveiled its new Neo QLED, MICRO LED and Samsung OLED lineups alongside lifestyle products and accessories ahead of CES® 2023. This year’s lineup features advanced, innovative products with a focus on enhanced connectivity and personalized consumer experiences. Samsung’s wide portfolio of offerings helps users build their own tailored
January 7 and 8, Gujarat Titans will host the celebrations at the Alpha One Mall, Urban Chowk – Ring Road and Urban Chowk – Rajpath Club. These celebrations will kickstart at Alpha One Mall at 12 pm on both days, whereas it will start at 5pm at the two Urban Chowks. Fans can attend these events and participate in various activities organised by the Gujarat Titans – with opportunities to win exciting merchandise. The festivities will continue in Ahmedabad from January 12 to 14.
experiences with the devices they use every day, with more intuitive technology than ever before. This year, Samsung takes one step further in its ever-evolving journey to simplify consumers’ everyday lives with seamless multi-device integration across its entire ecosystem through its smart home platform SmartThings. “In 2023, we are pushing boundaries of innovation to offer consumers more than just premium picture quality, but a holistic, premium device experience tailored to what they need and want out of their connected home,” said Cheolgi Kim, EVP of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. “With SmartThings, our advanced technology is seamless and intuitive, making life more sustainable, accessible and enjoyable everyday.”
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Asia’s one of the largest royal motoring event, 21 Gun Salute Concours d’Elegance 2023 was ostentatiously flagged off with vintage cars singing choir of patriotism at the iconic Lukshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara. 75 vintage one-off car models cruised to the Statue of Unity commemorating the 75 glorious years of India’s Independence. This Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav historic drive is the most luxurious royal drive paying magnificent tribute to the tricolour. Living up to the hype and expectations the opulent event had built so far, spectators roared with joy cheering as they feasted their eyes on the stellar cars leaving for their destination. The 75 vintage beauties wheeled from Lukshmi Vilas Palace in the morning of 5th
Fello raises $4 million to ZEE bags ‘Gold’ at the bring Gamified savings for prestigious Brandon Hall the Indian zillennials Technology Awards’22 Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
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LOCAL NEWS Samsung Advances New Era 75 vintage Cars drive to the Statue of Unity to mark the of Screens With Its New Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav 2023 Neo QLED
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Fello, India’s first gamified savings platform, designed for the Gen-Zs and young millennials of India, has raised $4 million in their latest funding round led by USbased Courtside Ventures, with participation from, Entrepreneur First, Ycombinator, Kube Venture and Upsparks. Angel investors, Kunal Shah, Founder of Cred, Lalit Keshre, Co-founder of Groww, Charlie Songhurst, Dafeng and Alan Rutledge participated in this round. Previously, in November 2021, the company had raised $1 million in its seed round. Fello will use the funding to develop unique gamified financial products, hire top talent across functions, and expand its user base to the many millions in the tier-1 and tier-2 cities of India. Founded in 2021 by YCombinator W22 graduates, Manish Maryada and Shourya
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Lala, Fello has built a revolutionary product at the intersection of gaming and finance. The company aims to make finance fun and rewarding, thereby helping India’s youth build better financial health. The gamified savings platform incentivizes users through gaming to save and grow their money with returns higher than their traditional savings accounts. The company aims to on-board 5 million customers by the end of 2023 and enable the underbanked population of India through an innovative suite of products that gamify investing. Commenting on the fundraise, Manish Maryada, Co-founder and CEO.
InCred Financial Services Limited announces Public Issue of up to ₹ 350 crore of Secured, Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs)
ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), India’s largest content and entertainment powerhouse, has bagged ‘Gold’ award under ‘Best Advance in Emerging Learning Technology’ at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Technology Awards 2022. The company’s digital learning platform ‘Digicademy’ has been adjudged as one of the best technology-based learning initiatives globally, by the Brandon Hall Group. The prestigious awards forum has been recognizing the best organizations across the globe that have successfully deployed people practices and programs. Coupling the research studies with the best practice from the awards, Brandon Hall Group enjoys a legacy of over 28 years, delivering world-class research and advisory. In line with
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance signs Suryakumar Yadav to launch a new digital-first campaign Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad InCred Financial Services Limited, (erstwhile known as KKR India Financial Services Limited) (the “Company”), a non-deposit taking systemically important Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), today announced the public issue of Secured, Redeemable NonConvertible Debentures (NCDs) of the face value ₹ 1,000 each, amounting to ₹ 175 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to ₹175 crore (“Base Issue”) aggregating to a total of ₹ 350 crore (“Issue”). The Issue opens
on Monday, January 9, 2023 and is scheduled to close on Friday, January 27, 2023. The NCDs proposed under the Issue have been rated CRISIL A+/Stable by CRISIL Ratings Limited. The Lead Manager to the Issue is JM Financial Limited. Mr. Bhupinder Singh, Whole Time Director and Chief Executive Officer, of InCred Financial Services Limited said, “We have firmly established ourselves as a diversified lending NBFC with a business model rooted in cutting edge tech and analytics and a laser sharp focus on risk metrics reflected in the strength of our asset quality.
Samsung Shares Vision to Bring Calm to the Connected Device Experienceat CES® 2023 Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today shared its vision for a calmer connected worldthrough cuttingedge technologies that enhance the lives of users by providing smarter and more intuitive experiences. Speaking at a press conference at CES® 2023, Samsung and its key partners came together to outline details about how they plan to build a better-connected world while contributing to a more sustainable future. Jong-Hee (JH) Han, Vice Chairman, CEO and Head of the DX Division at Samsung Electronics opened the company’s presence
at CES by highlightingSamsung’s strategy to deliver on the promise of the connected experience across the key touchpointsin our lives – in our homes, cars, and at work –while also working to build a more sustainable future.The strategy outlined during the press conference focuses onthe company’s aim of bringing calm to our connected world so that devices.
the company’s long-term ZEE 4.0 vision, the organization has been institutionalizing a strategic redesign and restructuring to develop as well as encourage a learner-centric approach. Following a pioneering approach, ZEE Entertainment has been consistently driving a culture of ‘Continuous Learning’, through the implementation of its iconic ‘Academy of Excellence’ model. Comprising of successful initiatives such as Compliance Academy, Digicademy and Lead-YourShip Academy, the ‘Academy of Excellence’ model is taking forward major strides in capability.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on Thursday announced an association with the world’s top T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav, to launch a new digitalfirst campaign - “360° Financial Protection with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance”. The campaign’s central message is how ICICI Prudential Life Insurance offers a comprehensive suite of protection products providing all-round life cover that offers 360 degree financial protection in any critical situation, together with trust, dependability and consistency.
Since his international debut, Suryakumar Yadav has quickly risen to emerge as one of the most consistent and dependable batters in the white ball format. The multidimensional batter is popularly known as “Mr. 360 degree” for his wide array of shots covering every inch of the field. His 360 degree playing style and his traits of dependability and consistency have a seamless fit with the values of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance which customers depend on. The Company also provides a 360 degree financial protection against any unfortunate event, critical illnesses, and accidents.
McDonald’s India brings the iconic ‘Chicken Big Mac®’ to India Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
After its global success, the iconic Chicken Big Mac® now debuts in the country. McDonald’s India West and South – owned and operated by Westlife Foodworld Ltd has launched the muchawaited Chicken Big Mac® burger. The brand has roped in the iconic, swashbuckling opening batsman and former Indian Captain Virender Sehwag for this grand launch. The new campaign brings to life the thought – “Chicken Big Mac® ke saamne har Big Name bhool jaaoge!” and how legends like Virender Sehwag also pale in comparison and appear insignificant in front of the Globally iconic Chicken Big Mac®. The new 25 seconds TVC depicts several hilarious instances of people forgetting Sehwag’s name thanks to the big name that Chicken Big Mac® is. Even worse,
January which was flagged off by Dr. Shamsher Singh. Commissioner of Police, Vadodara in presence of HH Maharaja Samarjitsinh Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda & the man behind the drive & show Mr. Madan Mohan, Chairman & Trustee of the 21 Gun Salute Heritage & Cultural Trust. Dr. Shamsher Singh. Commissioner of Police, Vadodara said “The vintage car drive and the three-day vintage car concours show is a major opportunity for Vadodara city to promote its tourism sector and also know about these vintage cars and the legacy they carry.
Godrej Properties sells over 1 million square feet of area in a new launch at its project Godrej Garden City in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL), , one of Indias leading real estate developers, today, announced that it has sold over 1 million square feet of area at the launch of a new phase, Celeste, in its township, Godrej Garden City, Ahmedabad. The company has sold 870 homes with a booking value of approximately INR 435 crore since Celeste was launched in October 2022. Covering ~2.3 hectares, Celeste includes 8 towers and offers homes and retail outlets of various configurations. As part of the integrated offering, this phase comes with a wide range of state-of-the-art amenities covering social, health, and leisure requirements across age groups, facilitating a holistic and enhanced lifestyle for its residents. Gaurav Pandey, MD & CEO, Godrej Properties.
IndusInd Bank announces new partnership with Qatar Airways and British Airways to introduce a Multi-Branded Credit Card with Two Leading International Airlines Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In a first-of-its-kind initiative, IndusInd Bank, British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club today announced their partnership to introduce the unique multi-branded credit card, with two leading international airlines, powered by Visa. The multi-branded credit card is slated to be launched and made available to consumers in the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024. Through this proposition, members will soon be able to collect Avios, the rewards currency for British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club, by signing up and choosing their preferred loyalty programme. This credit card will be available in the Infinite variant of Visa, and will offer best-in-class rewards and benefits to elevate the international
The first joint Qatar Airways and British Airways co-branded credit card with IndusInd Bank in India brings benefits such as meet-and-greet service, tier fast-track and concierge service travel experience of customers. Stacked with multiple attractive benefits suiting the requirements of frequent travellers, at the time of application this credit card will give customers the flexibility to choose their preferred airline loyalty programme and select their preferred travel destination to collect maximum Avios and enjoy a host of other benefits.
Kumar Sanu praised Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs contestants Dnyaneshwari by saying – “Humein Inhe Pranaam Karna Padega” Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is the longest-running singing reality show format that has been ruling the hearts of audiences for almost 3 decades. After introducing the world to talented powerhouses like Shreya Ghoshal, Shekhar Ravijani, Kunal Ganjawala, Sugandha Mishra, Kamal Khan, Raja Hasan, and Vaishali Mhade who have carved a name for themselves in the industry, Zee TV is giving some exceptional young singing prodigies a chance to shine on the grandest stage once again with the 9th season of Sa Re
Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs. This season viewers are getting to watch a fresh panel of judges including Shankar Mahadevan, Anu Malik, and Neeti Mohan guide the young singing sensation with Bharti Singh.
Doosri Maa actor Mohit Sharma: Riding a bicycle is a therapy for me Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
the names they ‘recall’ are quite strange and bizarre, and certainly not ‘Sehwag’. From being confused to annoyed and to finally giving up, Sehwag goes through a range of emotions - making the TVC unintentionally funny and a memorable watch for the viewers. Arvind R.P., Senior Director Marketing and Communications at McDonald’s India said, “We are excited to launch the Chicken Big Mac® in India, yet another menu innovation and a limited time offering for our customers.
Cycling, for many, is the preferred form of cardio workout that offers a wealth of benefits. Radio jockey turned actor Mohit Sharma, who essays the role of Manoj in &TV show Doosri Maa, who is also a professional cyclist, loves cycling and always takes time out from his busy schedule to pedal and finds it therapeutic. Talking about his love for cycling Mohit Sharma, essaying Manoj in Doosri Maa says “During my school days, I used to enjoy cycling with my friends. We all had a great time roaming the streets. However, as time passed, we all started riding bikes and driving cars. However, after the lockdown, I decided to relive my childhood memories by purchasing a bicycle. It was one of
the wisest decisions I ever made. At that time, I got time to ride my cycle and explore the empty streets of Jaipur, old temples, monuments, and enjoys all the infrastructure in my neighbourhood. I would have missed these beautiful sights sitting in my car. I used to search water bodies and natural areas on Google Maps near me and reach there on my cycle. It helped me discover many things which I never knew before.
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