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2 dead, over 40 feared buried under debris in Kinnaur landslide
A police official said that a state roadway bus and several vehicles were buried in the landslide that occurred over on a larger stretch on the highway near Nigulsari, 61 km from Reckong Peo, the district headquarters of Kinnaur.
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Agency News: Shimla A major landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Wednesday has claimed the lives of five persons, while twelve injured have been taken to the hospital. Over 30 people are feared buried under the debris. Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur, Abid Hussain Sadiq told PTI that several vehicles,
including a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus carrying over 40 passengers, are buried under the debris. The bus was on its way from Reckong Peo in Kinnaur to Shimla, he said. Two persons were killed and more than 40 people are feared buried under the debris caused due to a major landslide on National Highway 5 in Himachal
Police use lathis, water cannon on Youth Congress workers marching to gherao CM’s house
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After Tripura Protest, Case Against Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee, Others Tripura Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Dola Sen and other party leaders for misbehaving with Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) and sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Khowai and preventing them from discharging their duty. Apart from Mr Banerjee, the case has also been registered against West Bengal minister Bratya Basu and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh. The FIR states that following the arrest of 14 Trinamool leaders and workers on Sunday morning, a group of party workers led by minister Bratya Basu and MP Dola Sen reached the Khowai police station. Soon, Abhishek Banerjee also reached the station.
GAT B, BAT 2021 Admit Card Released, Exam On August 14 Graduate Aptitude TestBiotechnology (GAT-B) Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) -2021 exams are on August 14. Admit cards for the examination were released by the National Testing Agency(NTA) on August 8. The admit cards are available in online mode. Students who registered themselves for the GAT-B, BAT 2021 examination can download their admit card through the official website- dbt. nta.ac.in.Students need their registration number and date of birth to download the admit cards. It is important to note that the admit card will be required in the examination hall. Along with the admit card, Students will also be required to carry an identity verification document like aadhar card or pan card. Go to the official website- dbt.nta. ac.in On the homepage, click on the “Download GAT-B & BET2021” link.
Agency News: Bhopal Police Wednesday resorted to lathicharge and used water cannons to disperse thousands of Youth Congress workers marching towards Shymala Hills in Bhopal on Wednesday to gherao the Chief Minister’s residence. The workers were
protesting against inflation and unemployment and in support of OBC reservation. While many workers suffered injuries, National Youth Congress president Srinivas BV, state president Vikrant Bhuria and MLA Jaivardhan Singh along with hundreds of party workers were bundled into police vans and detained.
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Pradesh’s remote Kinnaur district on Wednesday (August 11). Several vehicles, including a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus carrying over 40 passengers, are buried under the debris. A police official told PTI that a state roadway bus and several vehicles were buried in the landslide that occurred over on a larger stretch on the highway near Nigulsari, 61 km from Reckong Peo, the district headquarters of Kinnaur.Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke to Himachal CM Jairam
Thakur over the incident. “PM @narendramodi spoke to Himachal Pradesh CM @ jairamthakurbjp regarding the situation in the wake of the landslide in Kinnaur. PM assured all possible support in the ongoing rescue operations,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also dialled Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur and took stock of the situation arising due to a landslide. Shah spoke to the CM Thakur to inquire about the landslide in the state, an official
from the ministry said. He assured him of all possible help from the central government to deal with the situation. The Home Minister also directed the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to provide all assistance to the Himachal Pradesh government in rescue and relief operations. CM Thakur told the assembly that a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus and several other vehicles were buried under the debris. He said the driver and the conductor were rescued with injuries and were not in a position to tell the exact number of the passengers who were on the bus. Kinnar deputy commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq said heavy machinery was being mobilised but would take time to reach the spot.
UP floods: PM Modi takes stock of situation in flood-hit Varanasi Continuous heavy rains over Uttar Pradesh have triggered a floodlike situation as water levels of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers have crossed the danger mark at several places.
Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to the local administration of Varanasi to take stock of the flood situation in his constituency. He also assured
the administration of all possible help support from the Centre, Continuous heavy rains over Uttar Pradesh have triggered a flood-like situation as water levels of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers have crossed the danger mark at several places. The administration in Prayagraj, where these two rivers meet at the
Sangam, announced a high alert and started evacuating families affected by floods. Thousands of houses built in the low-lying areas of several districts in Uttar Pradesh are submerged in floodwater, forcing people to move to safer places. Some of them shifted to the upper floors of their houses.
Kinnaur landslide live news updates: The Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local rescue teams have been called in for the rescue work, the Kinnaur deputy commissioner said.
Study On Mixing Covaxin, Covishield Gets Drug Regulator Approval The study and its clinical trials will be conducted by Vellore’s Christian Medical College. Agency News: New Delhi A study on mixing Covishield and Covaxin, the two main vaccines used in India’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, has been given the go-ahead by the Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI).This study and its clinical trials will be conducted by Vellore’s Christian Medical College.“Permission has been granted for a research study by CMC Vellore (Tamil Nadu) on mixing of vaccines doses,” Dr VK Paul, NITI Aayog Member (Health), said during a press briefing on Tuesday.A Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had recommended conducting the study on July 29.This study will be different from the one by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which
said mixing the two Covid vaccines elicited better safety and immunogenicity results. The mixing of doses had raised considerable anxiety.The study conducted on individuals in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India received Covishield as the first dose followed by inadvertent administration of Covaxin as the second dose at an interval of six weeks.A total of 18 participants were in the heterologous group. However, two participants were unwilling and were excluded. Among them, 11 were male, and seven were female with a median age of 62 years. The ICMR said the study suggested immunization with a combination of an adenovirus.
ISRO to launch Earth observation satellite to help monitor natural disasters, weather events DBSE will start with 30 affiliated schools. Twenty Schools of Specialised Excellence (SoSE) will be launched under the board by August 15, the Delhi government had said. Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi Government on August 11 signed an agreement with the International Baccalaureate (IB) board. IB will be associated with the upcoming Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE), Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said Delhi Government signs an MoU with International Baccalaureate (IB) Board. IB will be associated with the upcoming Delhi Board of
School Education. Now Delhi’s Education Revolution will reach newer heights with DBSE and IB collaboration,” Mr Kejriwal tweeted.DBSE will start with 30 affiliated schools. Twenty Schools of Specialised Excellence (SoSE) will be launched under the board by August 15, the Delhi government had said.All Schools of Specialised Excellence will teach IB curriculum, according to a report.SoSEs under the Delhi Board of School Education will cater to students of Classes 9 to 12 who have special aptitude and interest in specific domains of study including Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Humanities, Performing and Visual Arts, and High-end 21st Century Skills, according to the National Capital government.Of the 20 SoSEs in the first phase, eight schools will specialise in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) 5 schools each will specialise in Humanities.
The EOS-03 is a state-of-theart agile Earth observation satellite, which can provide near real time imaging of large areas at frequent intervals, according to the ISRO website. Agency News: New Delhi The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-03) on Thursday, August 12, which will help monitor natural disasters and weather events like cloud bursts or thunderstorms. The satellite will be launched through the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) from the Second
Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota at 5:45 am, subject to weather conditions. The official Twitter account of ISRO shared an image of the GSLV-F10 at the Sriharikota spaceport on Wednesday morning, stating that the countdown for the mission had begun. The EOS-03 is a state-ofthe-art agile Earth observation satellite, which can provide near real-time imaging of large areas at frequent intervals, according to the ISRO website. It can
help monitor natural disasters and other events. It can also obtain “spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, water bodies as well as for disaster warning, cyclone monitoring, cloud burst or thunderstorm monitoring”.The satellite has a mission life of 10 years. The GSLV-F10 is a 51.7-metre high vehicle, which will launch the satellite to the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The EOS will then reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system.
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Govt’s Pegasus Denial Amounts To Confirmaton Of Complicity
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s plea to the Supreme Court hearing the Pegasus snoopingcase amounts to virtually admitting that the government has things to hide. The Modigovernment’s approach in this highly sensitive issue has been suspect right from the beginning and every new development is an indirect acknowledgment that it is not above blame. If it was ready to come clean, it had several occasions to do so, which would have averted the logjam in parliament that is costing the nation dearly. Prime Minister Modi keeps lamenting about the loss of legislative time, but is doing precious little to clear the air so that normalcy can be restored. The government strategy is to somehow obstruct the Supreme Court proceedings, especially as it got a foretaste of the court’s stand on the first day that the truth has to come out. The brazen attempt to buy time so that it can first avoid the embarrassment in parliament over further adverse remarks by the court has betrayed the government’s complicity. It was shocking that when the entire nation was waiting to hear the government’s response to the Pegasus petitions when the court took up the case, it even failed to send its law officers.This meant that the court had to grant the government time to come back prepared. More diversionary tactics was on show in parliament, when a specific question was asked in the Rajya Sabha by CPI-M member Dr N Sivadasan whether the government has carried out any transaction with Israel’s NSO Group Technologies and ‘if so, the details thereof’. The answer was as much mischievous as it was misleading: the defence ministry has not entered into any transaction with the NSO Group. The defence ministry may not be involved, but that is only a small part of the government, although an important part. There is neither denial nor confirmation whether any other agency of the government, including the most likely home ministry or the IT ministry, was involved. The home ministry under Amit Shah is not known to set store by its commitment towards the protection of individual liberties. Similarly, the IT ministry, particularly under Ravi Shankar Prasad, has shown little respect for privacy and freedom of expression, both of which are technically the primary concern of the ministry. The government has somehow managed to see the monsoon session come to a close, without a discussion on the vexed issue, but it is doubtful if it can be described as an honourable conclusion. The needle of suspicion remains pointed to wherever it was ever since the news of the abuse broke out.The next course of the government action in the Supreme Court is also predictable. The next anchor in the government’s defence is most likely to be the invocation of national security.The Modi government had used this route effectively to stonewall further disclosures about the Rafale deal when the Supreme Court was dealing with a clutch of petitions on the controversial deal, particularly the aspects of the fighter aircraft’s final price and the out ofthe way accommodation of Reliance group interests.When the court overruled the government’s opposition and insisted on specific details, the government invoked confidentiality in the name of national security and submitted theinformation in a sealed envelope. The contents of the envelope have not come out yet, but the announcement of a new probeinto the alleged corruption and favouritism in the fighter deal with India has reopened theissue in France and the French national financial prosecutor’s office is already looking intopossible wrongdoings. The new French investigations have provided a shot in the arm of theopposition campaign against Modi’s Rafale deal, particularly Rahul Gandhi’s relentlessattack against the prime minister for reworking the terms to favour his friends.The resurfacing of the Rafale scandal is yet another manifestation of the fact that it will betruth that triumphs ultimately, an aphorism that we keep invoking at all official functions inand out of context. But there is nothing yet that negates the true import of the ultimate symbol of hope.And just as it is happening to the Rafale deal, the misdeeds in the use of Pegasus to snoopon political rivals, journalists and those who may hold a contrarian opinion cannot be hidden by the - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara labyrinths of secrecy.
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India logs 38,353 new Covid-19 cases; active infections lowest in 140 days
Taliban advance: Embassy in Kabul tells Indian citizens to return home immediately
The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands 97.45 per cent, the health ministry said. Agency News: New Delhi India saw a single day rise of 38,353 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,36,511, while the active cases have declined to 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll
BEST bus crushes senior citizen to death in Bhandup Agency News: New Delhi A 70-year-old pedestrian died as he came between the right front tyre of a BEST bus and electric meter cabin on the side of the road after the bus driver lost control and crashed the bus into the cabin in Bhandup on Wednesday morning. According to traffic police, the incident took place near Ashok Kedar Chowk in Bhandup (West) around 7.15am when the victim, Pundalik Bhagat, was out for morning walk. Police said at the time of the accident, the BEST bus on 605 route was going from Vikhroli.
has climbed to 4,29,179 with 497 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands 97.45 per cent, the ministry said. A decrease of 2,157 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. India’s
Agency News: Kabul Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed
80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
“Undid A Mistake Of The Past, Retrospective Tax”: PM Modi Agency News: New Delhi
The government’s move to end retrospective tax signified the undoing of a mistake in made in the past, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today at the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry or CII. The government last week ended taxes raised for the indirect transfer of Indian assets before May 2012 if companies withdrew pending litigation and gave an undertaking that no damages claims would be filed.“We undid a mistake of the past by removing retrospective tax. It will increase trust between the government and the industry,” PM Modi said at the CII meeting held online. “The feedback and appreciation
from industry in this regard has been great to see.” In 2012, the United Progressive Alliance government controversially changed tax laws retrospectively. International companies which had acquired assets of Indian companies before then were told they had to pay huge amounts. This led to a fierce legal fight between the government and the companies.In what was seen as a swipe at past government, PM Modi said the National Democratic Alliance has taken “bold decisions” on reforms and did not let even the pandemic slow it down.“Talk on the need for reforms in the country has been going on for ages, but no one took any decision. We did. We make and carry out reforms not out of compulsion but out of conviction.
Indian nationals in Afghanistan have been advised to return in view of the escalating violence in the country. Indian firms have been asked to withdraw their employees immediately as security concerns mount amid the advance of Taliban insurgents. There are reports that the Afghanistan government may collapse under Taliban pressure soon. The Indian embassy in Kabul has issued a security advisory for its nationals in the distressed region. “As violence in many parts of Afghanistan has escalated, commercial air travel
services to many provinces and cities are getting discontinued. All Indian nationals visiting, staying and working in Afghanistan are strongly advised to keep themselves updated on the availability of commercial flights from various parts of Afghanistan and make immediate travel arrangements to return to India before commercial air services are discontinued…,” the security advisory issued on Tuesday said. All Indian nationals have been advised to get themselves registered with the Embassy of India website. The first evacuation flight from Afghanistan arrived in India on Wednesday.
Mayookha’s friend’s rape case: Kerala HC dismisses anticipatory bail plea of accused Agency News: Kochi The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of the man accused of raping the friend of Olympian Mayookha Johny and taking the victim’s nude photographs to blackmail her and said if required, he will have to surrender before the police “Bail dismissed. You will have to surrender,” Justice Shircy V said. The accused had contended that the rape complaint was filed five years after the alleged incident occurred — in July 2016 — and claimed it was a blowback of differences between two factions of the Emperor
The police had earlier told the court that the probe was only recently handed over to the Crime Branch on July 5 on the orders of the State Police Chief. Emmanuel Church. The prosecution, on August 2, had vehemently opposed the plea of the accused on the ground that his custodial interrogation was required and his phone
was also to be recovered. The accused – C C Jhonson – had also claimed that he and the victim were part of this church and the rape complaint was filed after he left the church. Johny had held a press conference in June, levelling
serious allegations against the Kerala police and a former official of the state women’s commission in connection with the investigation into the case of rape of her friend in 2016. Johny had alleged that her friend was raped by Johnson.
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Schools in Uttar Pradesh Stringent punishment for har‘More electric vehicles than may reopen for classes 6-8 assing women for rejecting Chhattisgarh funding tribal love proposal: Kerala CM conventional ones by 2050’: from September 1 places of worship to prevent Nitin Gadkari conversions: Minister Agency News: Thiruvananthapuram
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By 2050, there will likely be more electric vehicles than conventional ones in India, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday, expecting advances in technology and gains from the government’s efforts to build up a domestic renewable automotive industry to begin paying off.Gadkari was speaking at the HT Auto EV Conclave, where he outlined the government’s incentives and urged industry stakeholders to help make India “the world’s largest EV manufacturing and supplying hub”.“Both battery electric vehicle and fuelcell vehicle technologies are complimentary to each other and are all set to overtake fossilrun automotive by 2050,” said the minister, before adding: “Indigenous battery tech, localisation of components and huge domestic demand would make EVs the most affordable means of transport in coming
Agency News:New Delhi years”. Gadkari said batteries were the most important component of an electric vehicle and constituted at least 50% of the upfront cost, and added this was an area where his ministry was encouraging innovation. “I am pursuing research for its (lithium-ion battery) substitute such as zinc-ion, aluminium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. Low cost raw materials can be made available from scrapping of old vehicles,” he said. “Metals like aluminium, iron and lithium can also be extracted.” The government last year rolled out a production.
With schools across Uttar Pradesh set to reopen for classes 9-12 from next week, the Yogi Adityanath-led state government is now likely to allow reopening of schools for lower standards as well. According to Hindustan Times’ sister publication Adityanath has directed officials to begin admission procedure for classes 6-8 in schools under the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Council. Classes can resume from September 1 after analysing the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Uttar Pradesh,” the chief minister was quoted as saying
in a review meeting of Team9, a government panel leading the state’s fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The panel is headed jointly by state health minister Suresh Khanna and medical education minister Jai Pratap Singh. Earlier, the state government had given permission for secondary schools to resume offline teaching for classes 9-12 from August 16. For this, CM Adityanath issued instructions to vaccinate all students aged 18 and above by organising vaccination camps on school/ university/college premises. Schools had reopened earlier this year but the resumption turned out to be brief.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday warned of stringent action against those indulging in atrocities on women for rejecting love proposals.He said the police would keep a tab on such people, who have the history of harassing and stalking women, and continue monitoring them to ensure that they were not planning anything extreme against them for rejecting the proposal. The Chief Minister’s statement in the state Assembly assumes significance in the wake of a series of brutal murders of young women by spurned lovers or whose love proposals were rejected by them, reported in the state in recent times. The latest among them was the death of a 24-year-old dental college student, who was shot dead by a man who was her social media friend once, in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district. He had shot the woman dead using a pistol before killing himself after barging into the house, where she was staying, in broad daylight on July 30. Bringing the incident to the
notice of the House, Thrikkakara legislator P T Thomas (Congress) wanted the intelligence wing of the state police to be more vigilant to ensure the safety of girls and women in the society. Vijayan assured the House that the police would not take any soft stand towards those who harass women in the name of love. “Police are already taking stringent measures to ensure severe punishment to those who harass women for refusing love proposals,” he said. The CM also wanted the investigators to take into account the psychological aspect of those attempting to trap women via cyber platforms.
Agency News: New Delhi Chhattisgarh industry minister Kawasi Lakma said on Wednesday that the government has been funding tribal communities to develop and maintain their places of worship, known as Devgudis, to ensure they are not lured into religious conversion. Lakma, a senior Congress leader from Bastar region with a large tribal population, also claimed that no tribal had converted to Christianity during the past 2.5 years of Congress rule in the state. Lakhma was responding in the state assembly to a question by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, who claimed that religious
conversions were taking place in Bastar. “During the 15 years of BJP-rule, 30 churches were constructed (in Sukma district) but not a single one came up in the last two years. To ensure that conversions do not take place and people do not visit churches, the state government has been providing ₹5 lakh (each) to ‘Devgudis’ and ₹10 lakh to ‘Ghotuls’ in Bastar… We want our temples and Devgudis to be in good shape .In the last two years, no religious conversion has taken place,” Lakhma said. For the last one year, administration in districts of Bastar region have been funding beautification and maintenance of Devgudis.
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Medvedev advances in Toronto; Andreescu wins in Montreal Agency News: New Delhi
Daniil Medvedev advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open on Tuesday, defeating Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that was briefly suspended by rain.Medvedev, ranked No. 2, lost to Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Toronto event in 2019, the last year it was played. Nadal withdrew from the tournament on Tuesday with a foot injury.On the women’s side in Montreal, defending champion Bianca Andreescu, the No. 2 seed, beat qualifier Harriet Dart 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in a match that lasted just over two hours.
Agency News: New Delhi World number four Rafael Nadal on Tuesday said he had withdrawn from the Masters 1000 hardcourt event underway in Toronto due to persistent pain in his injured left foot. The injury kept the
Agency News: New Delhi Amit Rohidas clutched his knee and grimaced when the ball thudded into his guard as Belgium threatened with wave after wave of penalty corners during the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics. Rohidas remembers the painful blow vividly. But he’s suffered worse on a hockey field. The reason India’s first rusher took time to get back on his feet was to give the team breathing space in the midst of a flurry of penalty corners. “After the game, I spoke to my mother. She sounded worried for the first time. She watches all my games and knows the risk I take being the first rusher. Even if I get hit, I never show the opponents that I am hurt. That day I made it seem worse than it was because we needed a few seconds to regroup. My mother asked me if I was hurt. I told her ‘Don’t worry, nothing has happened to your son,’” Rohidas, 28, say Rohidas’ brief for over a dozen years, starting with the Under-18 Asia Cup in Myanmar in 2009.
20-time Grand Slam champion out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics this year and played a role in his shock thirdround exit at the Washington Open last week.“I have had this issue for a couple of months, as people know,” said Nadal, a five-time winner of the event which was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Of course, it is not a happy situation after all the success that I had here in Canada, not being able to play this year after missing a year.”He said the decision was a tough one but added that the most important thing was getting better so he could go back to appreciating. The job of a first rusher is fraught with danger, but Amit Rohidas is happy to take the blows as India won a hockey medal after 41 years
Amitabh Bachchan completes 21 years on Kaun Banega Crorepati
Agency News: New Delhi Three Asian badminton tournaments were cancelled Wednesday due to coronavirusrelated disruptions, officials said, in the latest overhaul of the sport’s calendar. They include the Korea Open, due to take place in late August and September, and the Macau Open in November, governing body the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said. The Korea Masters has now also been axed, after earlier being postponed from dates in June. “The ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and complications left local organisers no choice but to cancel the tournaments,” the BWF said in a statement. The
Amitabh Bachchan marked 21 years of his journey with Kaun Banega Crorepati by sharing a picture collage of stills from the show pandemic threw the badminton calendar into chaos in 2020, but international competitions had been getting back on their feet. However new outbreaks driven by the highly contagious Delta variant in Asia, coupled with slow vaccine rollouts, are continuing to cause problems in the region
Vinesh Phogat banned for staying & training away from Indian team, apparel breach of contract Agency News: New Delhi The Wrestling Federation of India has imposed a temporary ban on Vinesh Phogat, levelling three ‘charges’ on the 53-kg freestyle grappler, giving her till the end of this week to respond with her defence.“The first charge is that she refused to stay with the Indian team (during the Tokyo Olympics). The second charge was that she refused to train with the Indian team,” WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh told The Indian Express. “Another charge against her is that the Indian Olympic Association singlet, which is approved, was not worn by her.
She instead wore her sponsor Nike’s singlet. She was not supposed to wear that.” When asked if this was the first time the federation has had an issue with Vinesh, Singh conceded that earlier transgressions were overlooked due to the stature of the athlete.
The 30-share index was trading 149.24 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 54,703.90, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 46.95 points or 0.29 per cent to 16,327.05. Tech Mahindra, Dr Reddy’s, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards. In the previous session, Sensex closed 151.81 points or 0.28 per cent higher at its lifetime peak of 54,554.66, while Nifty advanced 21.85 points or 0.13 per cent to 16,280.10. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they
offloaded shares worth Rs 178.51 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional exchange data. Domestic equities look to be modestly good as of now, said Binod Modi Head-Strategy at Reliance Securities. Given the sharp improvement in key economic indicators like GST collection, auto sales volume despite supply disruption and
other high frequency indicators like e-way bills in July indicate sustainable rebound in corporate earnings in subsequent quarters. This should aid the market to sustain premium valuations, he
Viability of telecom sector: Govt likely to push for floor price Officials in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said a floor price, which may even be set informally, will act like a support mechanism akin to the FRP (fair and remunerative price) for the sugarcane industry. Agency News: New Delhi TO ENSURE sectoral viability, the government is likely to push for a floor price for services provided by telecom companies and also consider other options such as interest free moratorium on spectrum payments and encashment of bank guarantees. Officials in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said a floor price, which may even be set informally, will
act like a support mechanism akin to the FRP (fair and remunerative price) for the sugarcane industry. “The floor price could be hiked by up to Rs 30 per user,” the official said. The DoT and the Finance Ministry are said to be in agreement on the floor price proposal, but they will need to bring the telecom regulator on board. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has so far not entertained the idea of a floor
price for telecom services. Officials said the proposal to allow moratorium on spectrum payments and encashment of guarantees are, however, being opposed within sections of the government. Spectrum usage charges for telecom companies are significant — in 2020-21, the DoT received Rs 5,205 crore and an additional Rs 2,500 crore following the Supreme Court judgement on Adjusted Gross Revenues. Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone India (Vi) provide bank guarantees of about Rs 6,000 crore a year to the DoT. The DoT has, in discussions with the Finance Ministry and other departments, proposed that loss-making Vi be allowed to convert its debt to equity, senior government officials said. Banks are said to be on board with the plan, they said.
Agency News: Mumbai Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday shared a picture collage as he completed 21 years on the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He has returned with
season 13 of the show. Taking to Instagram, he dropped a post that got love from his son Abhishek Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda. In the picture, Amitabh Bachchan wore a suit as he sat on his seat on the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati. He captioned the post, “… back .. on that chair from 2000 .. that’s 21 years .. a lifetime .. !! .... and gratitude to all that came along .... this look ..@priyapatilstudio.” Reacting to his post, Abhishek Bachchan
Shamita Shetty says Bigg Boss OTT co-contestant Nishant Bhat ‘crossed the line’ with her once, ‘did wrong’
Sensex rises over 100 points in early trade, Nifty above 16,300 mark Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 100 points in early trade on Wednesday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and Axis Bank, amid a largely positive trend in global markets. The 30-share index was trading 149.24 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 54,703.90, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 46.95 points or 0.29 per cent to 16,327.05. Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by NTPC, SBI, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and PowerGrid. On the other hand,
Actor Disha Patani is all praise for her rumoured beau and actor Tiger Shroff, who has released reprised version of the patriotic song Vande Mataram on Tuesday. The actors who have shared screen space in the film - Baaghi 2, and the romantic song Befikra, have been rumoured to be in a relationship for a while now, but both the stars have remained tight-lipped about their romance. However, the two keep on pushing social media into a frenzy with their comments exchange on their Instagram posts. One of her recent Instagram Stories of Disha did the same on Tuesday as she sweetly praised Tiger.
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noted. US equities ended mostly higher on Tuesday after the Senate passed a USD 1 trillion infrastructure bill. However, he said the spread of the delta variant.
18 i-banks are in the fray for mega LIC IPO mandate Agency News: New Delhi Eighteen investment banks are competing to manage the initial public offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corp. of India, which is set to be the biggest share sale in the country, three people aware of the selection process said. The last date to submit bids was Friday. Domestic banks that have bid for the IPO include Kotak Mahindra Capital, Axis Capital, ICICI Securities, JM Financial, DAM Capital, Edelweiss, HDFC Bank, Yes Securities, SBI Capital and IIFL, while foreign investment banks in the running include Citi, Bank of America, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, Nomura and CLSA, the people cited above said on condition of anonymity.
Shilpa Shetty’s sister Shamita Shetty revealed on Bigg Boss OTT that her cocontestant Nishant Bhat once ‘crossed the line’ with her. Agency News: Mumbai Shamita Shetty, who is a participant on Bigg Boss OTT while her family witnesses a particularly difficult phase on the outside, has said that her co-contestant, choreographer Nishant Bhat, once ‘crossed the line’ with her.She made the revelation to co-contestant Divya Agarwal, and said that after the incident, she chose to maintain her distance from Nishant. Shamita Shetty didn’t give exact details of what had actually happened between them. She said on the show, as quoted by a leading daily, “I don’t want to mention what incident it was but he once crossed the line with me and I didn’t like it. I told him sternly
that he did wrong and he didn’t speak to me after that. I just thought I should keep a distance from him because I don’t want to be reminded of that. At the stage also when I saw him I just reacted that I know him.” Shamita, the sister of actor Shilpa Shetty, admitted to having second thoughts about joining Bigg Boss OTT at a time when her family is under the scanner. Shilpa’s husband Raj Kundra is embroiled in a pornography scandal. At the Bigg Boss OTT premiere, Shamita said, “Waqt achcha ho, bura ho, jab hum saans lena nahi chhodte toh hum kaam kyun chhode? And honestly, Bigg Boss ka offer mujhe bohot time pehle aaya tha aur maine commitment kar di thi uss waqt (Whether in good times or bad times, when we don’t stop breathing, so why should we stop working? And honestly, I committed to Bigg Boss long ago.
dropped a raising hands emoji and Navya Naveli Nanda posted a red heart emoji. Fans also lauded the veteran actor with comments such as ‘a living legend you are sir’, ‘best wishes sirji for KBC13. You rock’ and ‘awesome sir’. Amitabh Bachchan has been giving fans update on his show through his blog. Last week he wrote, “The rehearse for the season of KBC begun and the tech now being put in place , which shall begin its recordings in a few , for the broadcast in fewer .. restrictions of the virus will be in place .
Kareena Kapoor reveals Taimur was an ‘abrupt Caesarean’, she had ‘literally no milk for 14 days’
Agency News: Mumbai Kareena Kapoor has, as promised, written candidly about her two pregnancies in her recently released selfhelp book, Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Pregnancy Bible. After speaking to Karan Johar at the book launch event about how different her two pregnancies were, she wrote about them in more detail in the book. Kareena Kapoor was quoted as having written, “Taimur was an abrupt Caesarean. I literally had no milk for over 14 days. I was completely dry.” She added, “My mom and my nurse would be hovering by my side, pressing at my boobs and wondering why ‘it’ wasn’t happening.” However, it was different during Jeh’s birth. She wrote, according to Pinkvilla, “(During Jeh’s birth), I had much better flow and did manage to nurse him. I’ll admit it breastfeeding him (and doing it exclusively for a few weeks) felt like an achievement!”Kareena and her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan, welcomed their second son, Jehangir, earlier this year. They also have a four-yearold boy.
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Dry spell continues: Gujarat CM orders re- Vadodara: SRP personnel accused of rape remanded in judilease of water from dams to save crops cial custody The release said that the CM has taken the “sensitive” decision in the interest of farmers to save their standing crops owing to stretching dry spell in monsoon. Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar
As lull in the monsoon rain is getting stretched with every passing day, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Tuesday decided to immediately release water from dams or reservoirs for irrigation purpose to save standing crops in the state, said an official release. The CM has ordered the release of the water while reserving the water stock for drinking purpose in dams or reservoirs for the period up to September, the release added. The release said that the CM has taken the “sensitive” decision in the interest of farmers to save their standing crops owing to stretching dry spell in monsoon. “While reserving the water stock for drinking purpose in dams/ reservoirs for the period upto September 30, the CM has given instructions to water resources department to release remaining water with immediate effect
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to save standing crop of farmers,” it said. As per the release, five lakh hectare land of the state government will be benefitted by this decision. It added that out of the 141 dams of Suarashtra, the water for irrigation purpose will be given from 88 dams catering to 60,000 hectare land. In North Gujarat, water will be given from Dharoi dam covering 15,000 hectare land. In Central Gujarat, Mahi river’s command area will be provided 6,000 cusec water from Kadana reservoir. Also, water will
be provided to irrigate 2.10 lakh hectare land from 11 reservoirs including Panam. In South Gujarat, 1.10 lakh hectare land will get water for irrigation from six reservoirs of the region. Owing to the stretched dry spell in the state during peak monsoon season, a number of farmers are worried even as dams and groundwater resources have not been replenished to irrigate their crops. The storage capacity of dams in Gujarat is also less than the corresponding figure of last year. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel too has earlier this month expressed concern over the lull in rain during the monsoon season and less water level in Sardar Sarovar or Narmada dam which is the main source of water for Gujarat. In July, the CM had decided to provide electricity to agriculturists for two additional hours while making it available to them for 10 hours instead of eight hours.
Gujarat doctors protest: Redressal panel, nearby postings if protest withdrawn, says Nitin Patel
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Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, has been recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for creating the ‘Largest motorcycle logo’ with country’s most popular and iconic motorcycle Splendor+. The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ record of the ‘Largest motorcycle logo’ was unveiled on the completion of 10 glorious years of Hero MotoCorp’s solo journey on August 9, 2021. To achieve this world record, 1845 Hero Splendor+ motorcycles were uniformly placed to form the Hero logo.
Nigerian national held After threatening resident for Rs 52 lakh fraud doctors on strike with coercive An Odhav-based trader got reeled in by an offer that wastoo good to be true. A Nigeria-based company offered $200 for 10ml of‘Urazi Herbal Oil’, citing its medicinal properties. The callers told the traderthat it is difficult to get the oil, and if he could source it from India, they would pay him handsomely. There was only one catch, the trader would have to get the oil checked for quality. The money would be paid only if it matched the required standard. “It was a con from the start, with buyers and inspectors from thesame gang. The trader got lured by the astronomical amount offered for500.
NRI donates 1kg gold to Ambaji temple An NRI settled in USA and a native of Balisna village in Patan district donated one kilogram of gold worth Rs 48 lakhto the Ambaji temple trust on Tuesday.The gold biscuits were handed over to Banaskantha district collector Anand Patel, who is ex-officio chairman of AarasuriAmbaji Mata Devasthan Trust (SAAMDT), that manages the Ambaji temple. According to an official, till date 61-feet of goldplating on the temple has been completed. Besides 140 kg gold, 15,711 kg copper has also been used for the plating. People from far-flung places come to the temple of goddess Amba singing bhajans
A story of revenge and power - Meet the Angre Family of CARTEL They say the criminal empire never sleeps and just as well, we have a new crime family in town you don’t want to mess with! Mirroring the audience’s fascination with gangsters and their turf wars, MX Player and ALT Balaji recently dropped the trailer of their crime drama Cartel and introduced us to the powerful #Angres. With this show, MX Player announces its subscription VOD service and audiences can watch Cartel first on MX GOLD with plans starting at less than Rs1/per day. Cartel is the story of the first family of the business, who define power and rule Mumbai, and is led by Rani Maai. The fate of this family’s rule lies upon the shoulders of her three sons - Major Bhau (Tanuj Virwani), Abhay.
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actions, in what appears the first sign of a conditional thaw from the Gujarat government, Deputy chief Minister Nitin Patel on Tuesday assured that if the protest is withdrawn unconditionally, committees will be formed to address the issues and grievances of those genuinely aggrieved. Resident doctors, however, said they will continue their strike on Wednesday, which will mark the eighth day of protest.While over 2,000 resident doctors, along with medical interns and other junior doctors and those pursuing their post-graduation
degree across six government medical colleges in Gujarat have joined the strike, demanding that one day of duty be considered as two days of bond mandated rural tenure, Patel on Tuesday contended that many have “falsely and misguidedly” joined in the protest. Patel, who also holds the health portfolio, reportedly
held nearly a three-and-halfhour long meeting with health department officials, including additional chief secretary Manoj Aggarwal and health commissioner Jai Prakash Shivharre, along with deans and administrators of the six government medical colleges where the resident doctors are protesting.
way ticket cost about Rs 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh. Today, it has increased to Rs 2.5 lakh toRs 3 lakh along with quarantine and testing facilities in other countries. With Doha extending quarantine period from three to 10days, the only other route feasible is through Mexico,” said parent of a city-based youth whose first semester starts fromSeptember 7. “Due to high rush, prices are hiked everywhere. We are told that the chartered flights from Maldives is the onlyoption
we have despite the obvious risks involved.”How does the route work? Sameer Yadav, a city-based immigration consultant, said that the agents from across the country tryto pool in resources and book a flight where up to 150 students can go directly to Toronto. “The students get RT-PCR done atMaldives, stay for two days, and then take the flight. We are not sure when the direct flights would resume, so many parents and students are taking every chance,” he said.
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Agency News: Vadodara A local court in Vadodara remanded a State Reserve Police (SRP) Force personnel, arrested under charges of alleged rape, in judicial custody, following his arrest by the Vadodara city police on Monday. Vadodara police, which nabbed the accused personnel from Navsari, following a complaint by a woman that he had raped her on multiple occasions, had sought a seven days remand for the accused, which was turned down. The SRP personnel, who was posted in Jamnagar until his arrest, hails from
Vadodara police, which nabbed the accused personnel from Navsari, following a complaint by a woman that he had raped her on multiple occasions, had sought a seven days remand for the accused, which was turned down. Surat. His mother and sister are co-accused in the case, with the complainant alleging that the two women helped him abduct, confine and rape her on multiple occasions. The complainant has alleged that the accused had proposed marriage to her but she turned down his proposal as she was married to another man and
had children from her marriage but he insisted that she must divorce her husband and marry the accused. The woman has also claimed that the accused visited her home in Vadodara a number of times and raped her. She has also alleged that the accused forcibly took her to a hotel as well as to his house in Surat and raped her.
2 kids ran over in Porbandar, car-bus collision kills three children in Kutch Police said the incident took place at around 8:30 am when the victims --Arti Gohel (14) and her cousin brother Meet (4) -- were on their way to a community hall to attend an educational event in Degam village. Agency News: Rajkot TWO CHILDREN were killed after they were allegedly ran over by a speeding car at Degam village of Porbandar district on Jamnagar-Porbandar highway on Monday. The incident comes a day after three children were killed after the car in which they were travelling collided with a bus of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) in Kutch on Sunday. Police said the incident took place at around 8:30 am when the victims –
Arti Gohel (14) and her cousin brother Meet (4) — were on their way to a community hall to attend an educational event in Degam village. Police said that while they were walking on the side of the road, a speeding car hit them from behind, killing them on the spot. Police said, Khushali (5), another girl from the family was injured and was rushed to a hospital where she was given primary treatment. Based on a complaint filed by Mehul Jagatiya, uncle of the victims, Bagavadar police in Porbandar
district booked the unidentified driver of the car under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting murder), 279 (rash driving on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by rash or negligible act endangering human life) and under the Motor Vehicles Act. “The driver of the car sped away after running over the three children. However, later in the day, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Porbandar nabbed him from Porbandar town. He is claiming.
27 petrol pumps found selling Students forced to take cirfuel without VAT registrations cuitous routes to Canada Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
On Tuesday, the Canadian government announcement on Twitter read, ‘we’re extending the #NOTAM (notice to airmen) restricting all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from #India until #COVID19.’ The irate parents went into tizzy immediately – the move effectively increased the hurdles, time and money toreach Canada manifold in one swipe.“When we started inquiries last month, a one-
‘Won’t contest cooperative society polls without court nod’: Former Gujarat minister gives undertaking Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to former state home minister and former chairman of Amul Vipul Chaudhary by directing the Gandhinagar district registrar of Cooperative Societies to not proceed further on a showcause notice issued under the provisions of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act that sought reasons on why Chaudhary should not be disqualified from contesting any cooperative polls or holding office for the next six years. Furing the course of hearing, Chaudhary through his legal counsels gave an undertaking that he shall not contest any
Furing the course of hearing, former minister Amul Vipul Chaudhary through his legal counsels gave an undertaking that he shall not contest any elections and will neither seek nor accept any nominations to any cooperative societies, without the express permission of the court. elections and will neither seek nor accept any nominations to any cooperative societies, without the express permission of the court.By way of an order of September last year by the Gandhinagar district registrar of cooperative societies, Chaudhary was removed as the member of the Administrative Committee of Charada Dudh Utpadak Sahakari Mandli.
Subsequently in September 22, 2020, the district registrar issued a showcause notice to Chaudhary as to why he should not be disqualified from contesting election or to hold any office in any cooperative society, as per the provisions of Section 76B (2) of the Act, 1961Chaudhary was elected the chairman of the Mehsana District Co operative Milk Producers.
The department conducted searches on 104 petrol pumps in more than 11 districts of the state. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In searches conducted across petrol pumps in Gujarat, the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) found 27 petrol pumps selling an estimated Rs 400 crore worth of fuel without mandatory VAT (Value Added Tax) registrations. The department conducted searches on 104 petrol pumps in more than 11 districts of the state on Monday. The highest number of petrol pumps searched
were in Rajkot (15), followed by Jamnagar (9) and Vadodara (9). Out of these, a total of 27 petrol pumps were found
to be operating without VAT registrations. These include petrol pumps in Surat, Valsad, Bhuj, Porbandar, Godhra
and Patan. Kesari Nandan Petroleum at Palsana in Surat had sold the maximum fuel worth Rs 62 crore without VAT registrations. Marutisai Petroleum at Atak Pardi in Valsad and Vinayak Petroleum in Bhuj were also found selling fuel without registrations worth Rs 54 crore and Rs 21 crore respectively. Apart from the petrol pumps found selling fuel without VAT registrations, the department also found that pump dealers had not paid Rs 64 crore due as taxes.
PM Modi to virtually witness MoU for first vehicle scrapping facility in Bhavnagar Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a dedicated vehicle scrapping facility in Bhavnagar is expected to be signed at a formal event on August 13, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain virtually present, sources in the state government said. The event, scheduled to be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, will see Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari, in attendance along with other officials from MoRTH, New Delhi. The event will see Government of India’s vehicle scrapping policy
The event, scheduled to be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, will see Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari, in attendance along with other officials from MoRTH, New Delhi. being presented before 200300 automobile dealers and investors who have been invited from across the country. The first vehicle scrapping facility in
Gujarat is expected to be set up in Bhavnagar near Alang where ship-breaking and recycling activities are carried out and the necessary ecosystem including induction furnaces and steel-rerolling mills are already present, an official from the ports and
transport department of the state government said. An investors’ handbook will also be unveiled during the event in Gujarat. The event assumes importance as India plans a mandatory fitness testing of vehicles, for those that are 15-20 years old.