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‘For some, priority is to cut ribbons’: PM’s dig at SP over Saryu canal project Targeting previous governments, PM Modi said: “I have seen the working of previous governments. In this long time, what has struck me most and hurt me most is the misuse of the country’s resources, money and time. Agency News:Lucknow
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Nothing Can Stop Pandits From Returning To Valley: Farooq Abdullah Nothing can stop the displaced Kashmiri Pandits from returning to their native land and the conspirators of their “ethnic cleansing” will never get Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday.He, however, said that the time was not right for their return because of the hatred between two communities in the valley that is “deliberately created” over the years by the “vested interests” for political gains (Kashmiri) Muslims did not drive you out from your homes those behind it were thinking Kashmir will be theirs by this ethnic cleansing. I repeat from this stage... even if the sky and the earth meet, Jammu and Kashmir will never be theirs,” the former chief minister said in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
3 UK Returnees Test Positive For COVID-19 At Goa Airport, Isolated Three passengers, including a British national of Goan-origin, who arrived at the international airport in Goa on a flight from the United Kingdom on early Friday, tested positive for COVID-19, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said. Mr Rane said the three passengers have been shifted to an isolation facility in South Goa, while all other travellers on the flight who tested negative will be kept in strict home quarantine for eight days before undergoing another test at the end of it. The Health Minister tweeted, “This is with reference to flight AI 146 that arrived from the UK today morning. 237 travellers tested on arrival. 3 patients (passengers) have been tested positive.” The UK is among a group of countries placed in ‘at-risk’ category by the central government in view of the recent detection of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Inaugurating the Saryu Canal National Project in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said “a person” — a reference to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav — had been taking credit for “cutting ribbons” for projects, but asserted that it was the BJP government which placed priority on completing them. Yadav has said on multiple occasions that Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have been inaugurating projects undertaken during his government’s rule in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Speaking at the inauguration programme on Saturday, Modi said “When
I left Delhi today, I was waiting for someone to come and say that Modiji, I had cut the ribbon for this project. He will say he started the project. Some people have a habit of saying this. It is possible that he cut the ribbon in his childhood. Some people’s primary goal is to cut ribbons, while ours is to complete projects on time.” Targeting previous governments, he said: “I have seen the working of previous governments. In this long time, what has struck me most and hurt me most is the misuse of the country’s resources, money and time. They think ‘it is the government’s money, so why should I bother’? This thinking is the biggest hurdle in the development of the country. This thinking is the reason for delay in the Saryu Canal project. Around 50 years ago, work on this project began. Now, 50 years later, the work has been completed… Every citizen of this country should
understand that when this project was started, the cost of building it was Rs 100 crore. Today, it has been built with Rs 10,000 crore. Whose money was it? Yours or not? It was your hardwork’s money. Those who didn’t do it have wronged you. Will you punish them?” The Prime Minister claimed that in five years, more work was done on the Saryu Canal project than in 50 years. Yadav tweeted on Saturday: “The UP BJP government took five years to complete the remaining work of ‘Saryu National Project’, three-fourths of which was done at the time of SP government. A new era of SP will come in 2022, and the state will flourish again with development.” The PM also paid tribute to the people who died in the helicopter crash on December 8. “The first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat ji’s passing is a difficult thing for all nation-loving people.
Farmers celebrate homecoming with Bhangra, laddoos, garlands after victory of protests Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places on the DelhiKarnal-Ambala and DelhiHisar national highways along with other state highways enroute were welcoming and honouring the peasants. Agency News:Chandigarh Farmers from Punjab and Haryana were accorded a rousing welcome with sweets and
garlands at several points on their return journey on Saturday for the “victory” of their protests after the suspension of the agitation against the repealed farm laws.Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala and DelhiHisar national highways along with other state highways enroute
India sends medical supplies to Kabul children’s hospital Agency News:New Delhi For the first time since Kabul fell to the Taliban, India has sent emergency life-saving medicines to Afghanistan by a flight. This is the first direct flight between New Delhi and Kabul since August 15, with 1.6 metric tonnes of medical aid sent to an Afghan children’s hospital in Kabul. This comes even as India and Pakistan are still working out the modalities
for sending 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by road through Pakistan.The Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday, “In view of the challenging humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
President Ram Nath Kovind reviews IMA passing out parade in Dehradun President Kovind congratulated the Gentleman Cadets on the successful completion of their training at IMA. Agency News:New Delhi President Ram Nath Kovind reviewed the Indian Military Academy (IMA) passing out parade at Chetwode Building Drill Square in Uttarakhand`s Dehradun on Saturday (December 11, 2021). The IMA passing out parade was also attended by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Governor Gurmit
Singh. According to the IMA`s statement, makes “another landmark milestone” as a total of 387 Gentleman Cadets of 149 Regular Course and 132 Technical Graduate Course, including 68 Gentleman Cadets from 10 friendly foreign countries successfully passed out from the portals of Indian Military Academy, overcoming all challenges of COVID-19. ”The Gentleman
Cadets displayed inspiring enthusiasm and zeal, and put up an excellent show, marching with perfection to Military tunes of `Col Bogey`, `Sare Jahan Se Achha` and `Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja` with pride
and elan reflecting in each step. They knew that their parents and loved ones were witnessing each step with great pride and affection including those watching the live coverage on all media platforms across the
were welcoming and honouring the peasants coming in tractor trolleys with garlands, ‘laddoos’, ‘barfi’ and other sweets. Villagers and others who supported the farmers’ agitation carrying farmer bodies’ flags showered petals on peasants as they assembled on the roadside of the highways to welcome them.Farmer leader
Balbir Singh Rajewal was given a warm welcome at the Shambhu border upon his return and he congratulated the farmers for their victory.“I congratulate all the Punjabis and the countrymen. A big battle has been won... Also thanks to those who supported it (agitation),” said Rajewal while talking to reporters.
Amit Shah Lied, Say Protesters In Massive Rally Over Nagaland Deaths Nagaland Civilian Killings: 14 civilians and a soldier were killed in Nagaland’s Mon district over the weekend, after a botched counter-insurgency op triggered a clash with furious villagers Agency News:Kohima Seven days ago, in Nagaland’s Mon district, a botched Army op led to the death of six civilians. Seven more died in retaliatory clashes between security personnel and locals, in which one soldier was also killed. In massive protests
in Mon furious residents have demanded an apology from Home Minister Amit Shah for his “false” and “fabricated” statement on the incident in Parliament this week. Protesters burned an effigy of the Home Minister to underline the extent of their anger - both against Mr Shah and his allegedly incorrect statement, and against the central government over the continued imposition of AFSPA, or the Special Forces Act, that, they fear, will be invoked to shield the guilty.The protesters - who included residents from the village of Oting, the home of 12 of the 14 killed - were led by an apex body of tribes called the Konyak Union, and have demanded an immediate apology from Amit Shah and the withdrawal of his statement from the Parliament’s records.“We are asking for justice... we don’t need sympathy. Twisting of truth is unfortunate.
globe,” the IMA said. I’m glad to see 387 Gentleman Cadets who’d shortly embark on their journey of valour & wisdom. India’s proud to have Gentlemen Cadets of friendly foreign nations of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turmekinistan &Vietnam.
Only 2 states, two HCs are for all-India judicial service: Union Law Ministry From creating chaos and instability in administration of justice to tribes, issues with local language to the erosion of the federal structure of the Constitution — a majority of states and high courts across the country cited reasons to disagree with the Centre’s proposal to establish the All India Judicial Services, the government told Parliament Friday. According to data provided by the Union Ministry for Law and Justice, only two state governments, Haryana and Mizoram, and two high courts, Tripura High Court and Sikkim High Court, are in favour.
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India’s Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Is Not Sustainable
The pandemic alas is not yet over, but there are no economic disruptions in the current fiscal year in the form of lockdowns or workers’ absence. The economy’s performance therefore can no longer be attributed to the prevalence of the pandemic; whatever it is, it is caused by economic factors.Government spokesmen are busy claiming that the economy is displaying a robust recovery, and that the current fiscal year will post a doubledigit growth rate. But a double-digit growth rate in the current year means nothing; since the previous fiscal year had witnessed a sharp absolute drop in GDP, in fact one of the sharpest among all countries of the world because of the government’s imposing a lock-down more stringent than anywhere else, a drop amounting to a staggering 24 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2020, a bounce back from such a trough is naturally to be expected; there is nothing to crow about it. The real question is how the current fiscal year’s performance compares with that of the prepandemic fiscal year, i.e., with 2019-20.And on doing so, we find that the first quarter’s GDP this year was well below that of the first quarter of 2019-20.The second quarter’s GDP is about the same as the GDP of the second quarter of 2019-20 (in fact it is just marginally higher by 0.3 per cent). In other words, given the 7.3 per cent drop in GDP last year compared to the previous year, even a double-digit growth rate of 10 per cent, which is higher than what government agencies like the State Bank of India are projecting for the current year (which is 9.5 per cent), will just about put the current year’s GDP 1.97 per cent above what it was in2019-20; this is hardly indicative of a positive trend in the economy.What is crucial however is that even this recovery is not sustainable. This is clear from the fact that even in the second quarter, consumption is less than in the corresponding quarter of 2019-20 by 3.5 per cent. What has contributed to the phenomenon of GDP as a whole in the second quarter of 2021-22 recovering to around the same level as in the second quarter of 2019-20, is a recovery not in consumption but in investment. This is possibly because investment that was already in the pipeline and was a result of decisions taken in the past, was being completed. But this only means that in the current year, while there will be additions to productive capacity (because of current investment), there will be around the same level of output (GDP) as in 2019-20, which entails a fall in capacity utilisation; because of this, investment in the coming year will come down, and so would GDP.The recovery in short is obviously unsustainable. It can be sustained only if consumption picks up, but otherwise it will get aborted. The reason can be elaborated as follows. Ignoring net exports for simplicity since they are a relatively minor factor, GDP in any economy equals private consumption plus private investment plus government expenditure, and since private investment responds only to the growth in the size of the market, of which the growth in GDP is an indicator, for a sustained recovery there must be an increase in private consumption or in government expenditure. Typically, among those official spokespersons who see this point, the common opinion is that infrastructure investment by the government will take care of the problem.But the government can scarcely undertake much infrastructure investment when it is handing over infrastructure to the private sector either through sale at throwaway prices (privatisation) or through “monetisation” via long leases. In fact the Modi government has just come out with a policy of handing over large chunks of public-fundscreated infrastructure facilities to private individuals.Besides, infrastructure investment typically involves land acquisition which is bound to bring forth social resistance; and also, such investment requires a degree of cooperation between the centre and the state governments, which the Narendra Modi dispensation has rendered almost impossible. Hence, infrastructure investment will not work as an effective means for stimulating a recovery in the economy.That leaves two other options. One is if the government directly stimulates private consumption by making transfer payments to households. This has been demanded by economists, political parties and civil society organisations for quite some time, to relieve the distress caused by the pandemic and the lockdown that - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara was announced in response
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Rakesh Sinha: ‘We need to make an effort to bring Indian manuscripts back’
‘My nation demands answers’: Surjewala shoots 5 observations to govt on Covid Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala tagged a Hindi news article, which said the rate of vaccination in India dropped by 8.5 per cent since the cases of the Omicron variant surfaced, as he tweeted his points Agency News:New Delhi Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Saturday targeted the Centre over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and made five observations, including those about the Omicron variant of the virus Surjewala tagged a Hindi news article, which said the rate of vaccination in India dropped by 8.5 per cent since the cases of the Omicron variant surfaced, as he tweeted his points. “The rate of vaccination is slowing down and not everyone will be able to get the vaccine by December,” Surjewala posted. The Congress leader also accused the Centre
of not coming up with a policy for booster doses and a vaccination policy for people below the age of 18. “There has been no genome sequencing for the Omicron variant,” the Congress general secretary said and ended his tweet by saying, “my nation demands answers,” for all his observations. Surjewala’s attack on the Centre comes a day after Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that as many as 86 per cent of the vaccine-eligible population in the country has been given the first dose, adding the Centre wishes that full vaccination is achieved at the earliest.
The Cabinet also decided to provide government jobs to the next of kin of two persons, Indreswar Bora and Parismita Das, who died in the Majuli boat mishap on September 8, Hazarika said. Agency News:New Delhi The Assam Cabinet on Friday decided to amend laws to increase representation of women in municipal bodies by providing them with reservation for 10 years so that they can take part in the decision-making process
more effectively. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, decided to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1969 for the purpose, Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika said while briefing the media after
the meeting. The Cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal for establishing the Assam Agroforestry Development
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Daughters, grandson of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife, Madhulika, pay their last respects at their home in New Delhi
India on Saturday sent its first tranche of humanitarian aid, including 1.6 metric tonnes of lifesaving medicines, to Afghanistan since its takeover by the Taliban in August The medical supplies reached Kabul from Delhi on a return flight that had brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans from the war-torn nation a day ago. Farid Mamundzay, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India, said the aid was a “gift from people of India”. The first consignment of medical aid from India arrived in Kabul this morning. 1.6 metric tonne of life-saving medicines will help many families in this difficult time.“Gift from people of India”: Farid Mamundzay, Afghanistan’s
Ambassador to The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the consignments will be handed over to representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kabul. In a statement, the MEA said, “In view of the challenging humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Government of India has dispatched humanitarian assistance consisting of medical supplies on the return flight These medicines will be handed over to the representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kabul and will be administered at the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul,” it added. India has already announced that it will send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan. India and Pakistan are now finalising.
The minimum temperature settled below freezing point across Kashmir Valley on Friday, IMD said. Agency News: New Delhi
All states and Union territories have spent only 25.13% of funds allotted under the Centre’s flagship Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme between 2015-15 and 2019-20, a parliamentary committee report revealed on Friday. The panel on Empowerment of Women, chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Dr. Heena V Gavit, also noted that out of a total of ₹446.72 crore released during
Board for incentivising farmers to take up the planting of trees in their land and this will serve as a platform to establish a partnership among farmers, industry, and other stakeholders. The Cabinet also decided to provide government jobs to the next of kin of two persons, Indreswar Bora and Parismita Das, who died in the Majuli boat mishap on September 8, Hazarika said. It was also decided that the Assam Jail Service Rules, 1986 would be amended to change the minimum educational qualification for the post of female warden.
India sends life-saving medicines to Afghanistan in aid
Gulmarg shivers at -6°C; Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: States used only 25% of funds mercury drops across Kashmir, Himachal allocated, shows report
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Nusrat Jahan is a style icon and looks pretty in anything she wears
Assam Cabinet decides to increase tenure of seats reserved for women in municipal bodies
Agency News:New Delhi BJP member Rakesh Sinha in Rajya Sabha raised the need to bring back to the country Indian manuscripts languishing in foreign universities and libraries. He spoke to The Indian Express:In 2003, the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) was set up under the Vajpayee regime to unearth and preserve the multitude of manuscripts in the country.. Despite this, a very large number of manuscripts remained scattered not only across the country, but across the world. We need to make an effort to bring these manuscripts back to the country, or at least document and study them and incorporate this knowledge in our education as well as everyday life… The retrieval of the manuscripts can help with India’s soft power.
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the period 2016- 2019, “a whopping 78.91% was spent only on media advocacy”. The panel recommended that “it is time to focus on other verticals by making ample financial provisions to help achieve measurable outcomes related to education and health envisaged under the scheme”. Addressing reporters here, Gavit acknowledged that the low spending by states did not “an up to the mark performance of the scheme.” We have recommended that the ministry of women.
Gulmarg in north Kashmir on Friday recorded minimum temperature of minus 6 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the Valley, with weather office predicting snowfall next week even as mercury continued to dip across north-west Himalayas. The chilly weather in Himalayas also brought temperatures down in plains, with Churu in Rajasthan — known for mercury hitting as high as 50 degrees Celsius during summer — recording minimum temperature of 4.3°C on Friday, the lowest among plains in India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin. The minimum
temperature settled below freezing point across Kashmir Valley on Friday, IMD said. Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 5.9°C, a fall of 1°C from the previous day. Srinagar also witnessed a drop of 0.5 degree C to settle at minus 2.6°C on Thursday night, officials said. The mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of -3.8°C. Qazigund, the gateway town to the Valley, recorded -2.4°C, while Kokernag saw a low of -1.4°C. In the Union.
Assam police recover heritage watch owned by footballer Diego Maradona, 1 arrested Agency News:New Delhi A heritage Hublot watch owned by legendary footballer Diego Maradona has been recovered by Assam Police in coordination with Dubai, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday. One person has been arrested in this connection. “In an act of international cooperation, Assam police has coordinated with Dubai Police HQs through Indian federal LEA to recover a heritage Hublot watch belonging to legendary footballer Late Diego Maradona and arrested one Wazid Hussein. Follow-up lawful action is being taken,” tweeted Biswa. According to the Director-General of Police Assam, the limited edition watch signed by Maradona was stolen by one Wazid Hussain who had fled the state with it. “As informed through Central Agency by Dubai Police, one Wazid Hussain had stolen a limited edition Maradona signed Hublot watch and fled to Assam. Today morning at 4:00 AM we arrested Wazid.
Extended Range Pinaka Rocket successfully tested at Pokhran range
Agency News: New Delhi The Extended Range Pinaka (Pinaka-ER) Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at Pokhran Range on Friday. The system has been designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Armament Research and Development Establishment laboratory and Pune-based High Energy Materials Research Laboratory. The Extended Range Pinaka is an upgraded version of the earlier Pinaka rockets that have
been in service with the Indian Army since a decade. The system has been designed in the light of emerging requirements with advanced technologies enhancing the range. In June, the DRDO had successfully test-fired enhanced range versions of indigenously developed Pinaka rockets and 122mm Caliber rockets from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. At the time, 25 enhanced Pinaka rockets were launched in quick succession against targets at different ranges.
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Family behind rise of India’s new U-19 captain Yash Dhull The junior India skipper was asked by eager parents of budding cricketers for quick tips. A self-conscious Yash spoke about staying grounded, working hard, and not letting success get to one’s head Agency News:New Delhi Yash Dhull had his first brush with fame hours after being named captain of the India Under-19 squad for the Asia Cup on Friday. The top-order batsman and off-spinner was the centre of attraction when he got to the Bal
Bhavan International School’s academy ground in Dwarka. The 100-odd budding cricketers and their coaches took a small break from their practice session and gathered around a table on which a round cake shaped like a cricket field was kept to be cut by the now-famous student. Yash, 19,
England captain Joe Root defended his decision to bat first in the opening Ashes Test against Australia and stood by the selections in their bowling unit despite going down to a heavy nine-wicket defeat at the Gabba on Saturday. Root won the toss on Wednesday and elected to bat in overcast conditions on a greentinged track, but that decision backfired immediately with Rory Burns out first ball before England were skittled for 147. “I think batting first was the right decision,” Root said, pointing out his Australia counterpart Pat Cummins had expressed a similar intention at the toss. “We just didn’t quite play well enough in
Agency News:New Delhi obliged selfie-seekers and posed for group photographs. A coach told the trainees about Yash being
a dedicated student of the game and the ideal role model The junior India.
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that first innings. We get some sort of a score on the board, see how wicket starts to behave today, and we’re looking at very different contexts.” With seasoned paceman James Anderson not risked as he managed a calf issue, England had surprisingly opted to pick left-arm spinner Jack Leach ahead of veteran seamer Stuart Broad but that decision.
Finance Ministry nod to Rs 22.9K crore for stuck housing projects The SWAMIH fund has already completed more than 1,500 housing units in the past six months, the ministry said on its Twitter handle.
Ashes: Joe Root defends PV Sindhu eyes title detoss decision, bowling fence at BWF World choices after Gabba defeat Championships Agency News:New Delhi
India’s industrial output rises 3.2% in October, Govt data shows
India’s two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to bring her best to the fore on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Sunday. Sindhu has been in impressive form as she claimed her second silver medal at the season-ending World Tour Finals after three successive semifinals finishes at French open, Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad will now look to cap the season with a successful defence of her maiden World championship title, which she had claimed two years ago in Basel, Switzerland.
Shaktikanta Das will start his extended three-year tenure as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor from Friday. The decision for this extension was taken by the appointments committee of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the reappointment of Shaktikanta Das as Reserve Bank of India Governor for three years beyond 10.12.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” according to an official statement on October 29. During his ongoing role as the central bank’s governor.
‘PV sales dip 19% in November as chip shortage hits festive demand’ Agency News: New Delhi
The tournament has lost a lot of sheen with the withdrawals of the entire Indonesian contingent and other elite players such as two-time winner Kento Momota. The women’s singles field also has been left depleted after the withdrawal of three-time champion Carolina Marin and 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara.
Auto sales continued to face headwinds due to global semiconductor shortage with the wholesale despatches during November, a festive month, being one of the worst. As per data released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), sales in November were lowest in seven years for passenger vehicles (PVs), lowest in eleven years for two-
Agency News:New Delhi A government-sponsored alternate investment fund (AIF), set up to extend lastmile funding to complete stuck housing projects, has sanctioned as much as Rs 22,972 crore for
20-digit LEI must for cross-border transactions soon: RBI Agency News: New Delhi
wheelers (2Ws) and lowest in 19 years for three-wheelers (3Ws). The industry’s hope of making up for the lost ground during the festive season was dashed, SIAM said. Wholesale despatches across categories last month declined 32 per cent.
243 projects, the Finance Ministry said Friday. This will enable completion of 1,41,045 houses across the country.The fund, set up under the Special Window for Affordable and Mid Income Housing (SWAMIH), has accorded final approval to investments of Rs 9,743 crore in 99 projects, while preliminary nod was granted to 144 projects involving investments of Rs 13,229 crore. The SWAMIH fund has already completed more than 1,500 housing units in the past six months, the ministry said on its Twitter handle.
Starting October next year, companies will have to quote the legal entity identifier (LEI) number so as to undertaking crossborder transactions of Rs 50 crore or more, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. The LEI is a 20-digit number used to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions globally to
improve the quality and accuracy of financial data systems. The identifier has been introduced by the central bank in a phased manner for participants in the over-thecounter (OTC) derivative, non-derivative markets, large corporate borrowers and large value transactions in centralised payment systems. In order to further harness the benefits of LEI, it has been decided that AD Category I banks.
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Aranyak review: Raveena Tandon is at the front and Bigg Boss 15: Rakhi centre of this inconsistent Sawant blushes as husband Netflix series
Ritesh kisses her, contestants cheer for them
Agency News:Mumbai Rakhi Sawant and her husband Ritesh kissed on the ongoing
reality show, Bigg Boss 15, and she could not stop blushing. Rakhi and Ritesh entered the show, hosted by Salman Khan, as
wild card entries. It was the first time that Rakhi introduced her husband to the public Soon after she was given the responsibility of running the house, Rakhi Sawant woke everyone in the morning and asked them to start working. She playfully hit Karan Kundrra with a broom, asking him to prepare some tea, while he slept in his bed. A few moments later, she complained that she felt that her internal organs were all displaced as she had been yelling since morning. Abhijit Bichukale and Rajiv Adatia then asked her to shut up. Soon, Ritesh walked up to her and held her in his arms, saying, “Chal tujhe swimming pool me nahlau (Come let me give you a bath in the swimming pool).” As they came close, Rakhi and Ritesh started gazing into each other’s eyes. The contestants sitting
Agency News:Mumbai There is something to be said about leading ladies of yore coming back to reclaim their space, in this current scenario of the relative freedom provided by streaming platforms. Playing a hard-nosed small-town cop, Raveena Tandon is at the front and centre of Aranyak, an eightpart series set in a fictional town in Himachal Pradesh, which channels a favourite hilly terrain there cheered for them, and said, “Kiss, kiss, kiss.” Ritesh and Rakhi then kissed each other as everyone clapped. Nishant Bhat, Rajiv Adatia, Abhijit Bichukale, and Kara Kundrra teased her as Raskhi blushed and Devoleena Bhattacharjee also clapped for her. Earlier this week, Rakhi Sawant and Ritesh.
Katrina Kaif-Vicky Kaushal share dreamy photos from Haldi ceremony: ‘Shukr. Sabr. Khushi’ Agency News:Mumbai
Newlyweds Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif have shared new photos from their Haldi ceremony. The couple had an intimate but lavish wedding in Rajasthan on December 9. In the photos shared by Vicky and Katrina, the two lovebirds look delighted as they sit beside each other during the haldi ceremony. Vicky’s father Sham Kaushal and brother Sunny Kaushal look elated in the clicks. The
couple posted the pictures with an identical caption that read, “Shukr. Sabr. Khushi. As soon as they shared the photos, their fans and friends showered them with a lot of love and appreciation. Actor Amruta Khanvilkar, who shared the screen with Vicky in Uri: The Surgical Strike, commented on his post, “Ohooooooo matlab pyaar dher saara pyaarrrrr.” Sanya Malhotra wrote, “Uff ”. Many fans of the actors left heart emojis on the pictures.
Raveena Tandon is unafraid of appearing uncouth and crude, and is able to toughen up and soften when the occasion demands. myth: a creature which is half human, half animal. Giving her able company is fellow cop played by Parambrata Chatterjee, who matches her step for step. Urban legend. Superstition. Lunar cycles. Predatory creatures, human and animals. A nar-leopard is about, and is busy targetting innocent young women. The last time this had happened in Sironah, it was 19 years back. A series of women were found raped and murdered,
and the perpetrator was never found. Now the killer is back. Is it a human pretending to be an animal? Who is responsible for the rape and killing of a French
teenager, found hanging from a tall tree in the forests abutting the town? Is it local politician Jagdamba’s (Megna Malik) son, already serving a sentence.
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui box office day 1 collection: Ayushmann Khurrana, Vaani Kapoor’s film opens at ₹3.75 cr Agency News:New Delhi Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor, opened in theatres on Friday amid positive reviews. The film reportedly collected around ₹3.75 crore on its first day. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is a romantic comedy that has Ayushmann in a never seen before avatar of a body builder and Vaani as a trans woman. It is directed by Abhishek Kapoor of Kedarnath fame. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the figures on Twitter. He wrote, “#ChandigarhKareAashiqui targeted at metro multiplexes - records better numbers in
#Delhi, #NCR, #Chandigarh on Day 1… Other metros ordinary/low… Mass circuits dull… Should catch speed at remaining metros for healthy opening weekend total… Fri ₹3.75 cr. #India biz.” “Abhishek shows immense maturity, sensitivity and restraint while dealing with the story of a trans woman, and showing it onscreen in a respectful manner. Something that our society has still not accepted, the film tries to break away from those stereotypes but not by relying on cliches. There’s an out-ofthe-box thought with a romantic story that has layers of passion, deceit, denial, dilemma and acceptance.
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When the daughter, Janki, becomes the daughter-in-law in her own maike Surendra Pal who plays Gyanendra in the show says, “The new track in MDMA right now in this father believes that when Janki was his daughter, he loves her lot & very protective about her. He believes that girls are the avatar of Goddess Laxmi & the house where girls are born are the
very lucky for people living in it. Despite the fact that her status has changed and Janki is now the daughter in law instead of daughter but today also, he doesn’t believe that his emotions for her have changed. He still loves her daughter very much. Some of female viewers who meet.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’s Ananya is left speechless as Zeenat Aman asks her to block a front-row.
Tamannaah Bhatia looks sexy in a holographic midi dress.
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Vadodara farmer bets on Australian almonds A farmer from Vemar village in Karjan taluka has raised hopes among his ilk after his tryst with almond farming seems to be progressing satisfactorily on the projected trajectory. Horticulture farmer Paresh Patel decided to try his hand with the dry fruit with not a dozen or 100, but 700 saplings in his farm last year. Patel is fond of gathering information on various crops from the internet. While surfing, one day he hit upon an Australian variety of almonds that can grow in hot climate and even in temperatures of around 45 degrees. He pounced upon the opportunity and decided to try his hand at almond farming I have a friend who has a nursery in Gandhinagar and I shared the idea with him. He identified a nursery in Andhra Pradesh.
Three senior citizens die of Covid Three people succumbed to Covid-19 infection in 24hours ending Friday.In Rajkot, a 75 year old man, a resident of Morbi Road area, died inRajkot’s private hospital. He was fully vaccinated but had co-morbidconditions including diabetes. He had developed symptoms on November20 and tested positive on November 22.A 78-year-old man in Valsad also succumbed to the infection. Officials saidhe was suffering from hypertension, diabetes and had even undergoneangioplasty in the past. A family in his neighbourhood had returned fromMumbai a couple of weeks ago and they had tested positive. It issuspected that he contracted the infection from them.
Four die as two cars collide in Dwarka Four persons including three members of a family, died while achild was injured after two cars collided on Dwarka-Khambhaliya highwayon Friday late evening. According to police, the accident took place near Charkala, about 30 kmfrom temple town Dwarka. The deceased were returning after visiting thetemple.Ronak Rajput, his wife Puja and his mother Madhu travelling in one of thecars died on the spot. It is believed that the family was from Ahmedabad. However, police are contacting their family members to ascertain thefacts. Bhumi Chaudhary, travelling in another car died soon after the collision. Her son, 12-year-old Rudra.
Zee TV recently returned with its most iconic, longestrunning singing reality show that has stayed relevant to music lovers across the country Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2021. The show started off with a bang and the talented contestants of this season have already managed to impress the audience. However, viewers
are in for a special treat this Saturday as legendary actress Zeenat Aman will appear as a special guest on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. While each contestant will impress the veteran actress, Ananya and Deepayan will set the stage ablaze with their power-packed performances. Their acts were loved by one and all, especially.
This Christmas, surprise your loved ones with thoughtfully-curated gifts that will uplift their festive spirits It is that wonderful time of the year when we light up our homes with fairy lights and welcome the Christmas Cheer that is enough to lift even the melancholic moods. It is that season of warmth and joy when we gather with our loved
ones to decorate the Christmas tree whilst listening to Christmas carols with a cup of Hot Chocolate. This feeling further becomes exhilarating when our secret santa leaves a gift under the tree for us! This Christmas, go beyond the traditional.
RateGain Travel Technologies IPO receives strong investor interest The IPO of RateGain Travel Technologies Limited received massive response as the issue got oversubscribed by 17.41 times when it closed for subscription on 09th December. The issue received great response from the HNI category which got oversubscribed 42.04 times and the retail portion getting oversubscription of 8.08 times. The QIB portion got oversubscribed by 8.42 times with the employee subscription seeing an overwhelming response from eligible Indian employees subscribing the
issue 1.37 times. Earlier, during the anchor book, RateGain raised Rs. 598.83 crore from 34 marquee investors at the upper price band of Rs. 425 per equity share. Most importantly, around 40% of the anchor book is subscribed by domestic fund houses which supplements the strong business model and the confidence of investors. Some of the marquee names were GIC from Singapore, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, SBI life Insurance, Nomura, Nippon mutual fund, Pinebridge, Axis Mutual Fund, Birla Mutual Fund.
Bounce Accelerates Its Promise To Enable Battery Swapping Infrastructure For A Million+ Scooters In India Partners With Nobroker Bounce, has announced a new partnership with India’s first realty start-up Unicorn - NoBroker.com. With this partnership, Bounce gets access to over 1 lakh Nobroker. com locations across India. This smart solution will be largely available across residential welfare societies (apartments, standalone buildings, gated societies etc.); making it extremely convenient for consumers to access the nearest swapping station on their Bounce App. This comes at the back of last week’s communiqué, where the company had announced a series of partnerships with brands such as Park+, Readyassist, Kitchens@, HelloWorld and Goodbox
to set up over 4,400 battery swapping stations across India. The swapping stations would work on similar principles to a fuel station. Here, Bounce battery swapping stations will have charged and ready-to-go batteries that customers can easily swap, with their nearempty batteries, in a minute. With this infrastructure in place, customers wouldn’t have to wait for the scooter to charge, be anxious about the range or remember to charge it. Through such prominent partnerships, Bounce aims to set up battery swapping stations within one kilometre of wherever its customers are and also build a robust swapping infrastructure.
prison for ‘eloping’ with minor, raping her In a 91-page order delivered on December 2, the special POCSO court delved in detail into the question of law as the defence argued that the victim was four months shy of being an adult when she decided to ‘elope’ with the accused in August 2017. Agency News: Vadodara The special court for Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) in Anand sentenced a 29-yearold man to 10 years in rigorous imprisonment for abducting a minor with the promise of marriage and raping her on multiple occasions. The court
held that the victim’s deposition that she was in a relationship with the accused and the defence’s argument that she was only four months shy of being an adult when the case was registered at Anand Town Police Station could not be considered as there was no dispute regarding her birth certificate that indicated that she was under 18 years of
age when the crime had occurred. In a 91-page order delivered on December 2, the special POCSO court delved in detail into the question of law as the defence argued that the victim was four months shy of being an adult when she decided to ‘elope’ with the accused in August 2017. According to the FIR filed at the Anand Town police station on
August 19, 2017, the victim had left for her college on August 14, 2017, but did not return home as the accused — then aged 25 — had lured her to ‘elope’ with
him for marriage. Together, the accused and victim stayed over at homes of acquaintances and friends across Anand, where the accused raped.
Khokhra slum quarters: HC dismisses resi- Two new Omicron cases in dents’ plea, clears path for redevelopment Gujarat: NRI’s wife, brother-in-law test positive
The petitioners also submitted that the redevelopment process by Nila Infrastructure under AMC was being carried out without following the due procedure of law. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat High Court gave the green light to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to proceed with the redevelopment of slum quarters at Khokhra as it dismissed a petition filed by 44
Lack of clarity on mandis failed farm laws: Montek Singh Ahluwalia Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The real problem with the recently repealed farm laws was that the government could not successfully douse the farmers’ doubts regarding mandis and the intentions of the corporate sector, said former deputy chairman Planning Commission of India Montek Singh Ahluwalia. “The real problem is on mandis. Suddenly, there were many suspicions doubts about the corporate sector, which is (synonymous to) cronyism nowadays. If India was to be a major economy, let us assume and let it be clear, it is going to have large Indian corporatism. If you are going to say the presence of a large Indian corporate means (it is) a sign of cronyism.
residents opposing the project. The petitioners had submitted that they are maintaining their houses on their own and therefore, do not require any redevelopment by AMC. They also argued that procedural infractions were caused by AMC in not observing and adhering
to the requirement as envisaged in the Redevelopment of Public Housing Scheme Guidelines, 2016. The petitioners also submitted that the redevelopment process by Nila Infrastructure under AMC was being carried out without following the due procedure of law.
Disaster mitigation institute director to be on World Humanitarian Forum board Bhatt’s recent global report on adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change has attracted international attention from foundations and UN bodies engaged in humanitarian crisis worldwide.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Director of All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, Mihir R Bhatt is invited to be on the Board of World Humanitarian Forum (WHF). Bhatt who heads Ahmedabad-based All India
Disaster Mitigation Institute that has worked in over 59 cities and 89 districts in India and over nine countries in the Asia Pacific, is currently working on accountability to affected population, cascading risks, and co-location of hazards in desert, delta, metro city, and high altitude communities. “It is my honour to receive this invitation and I will take India’s humanitarian work at global level and bring new ideas and technology from global experience to India”, Bhatt said. Bhatt’s recent global report on adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change has attracted international attention from foundations and UN bodies engaged in humanitarian crisis worldwide. World Humanitarian Forum is the largest and inclusive non-partisan forum in humanitarian aid and international development guiding the actions and thinking around humanitarian crisis.
The district is showing early signs of an emerging hotspot with rapid growth in the number of cases this week. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad ALMOST A week after an NRI who arrived in Jamnagar tested positive for the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, his wife and brother-in-law have also tested positive for the same mutant. The duo are, however, asymptomatic, officials of the Jamnagar Municipal
Lack of clarity on mandis failed farm laws: Montek Singh Ahluwalia Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Around 10,000 government doctors in Gujarat have decided to go on an indefinite strike from December 13 in protest of a withdrawn government resolution earlier this year, which had addressed several issues plaguing government doctors
Delegation from Kutch to participate in Vibrant Gujarat Summit: Diplomat The foreign diplomat also expressed interest in cooperating with the state government in sectors like cold storage, solar energy, water management and waste management. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Marten van den Berg, the Ambassador of Netherlands in India met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Friday and said a high-level delegation will be participating in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit on January 10-12, 2022. The foreign diplomat also expressed interest in cooperating with the state
government in sectors like cold storage, solar energy, water management and waste management. The Netherlands Ambassador also discussed about technologies that makes cultivation possible in saline land. During the discussion, officials from Netherlands told the CM that Dutch companies are already present in Gujarat in sectors like energy, food processing, chemical, Logistics and banking
services. At least four Dutch companies are participating in the ongoing 10th Agri Asia 2021 exhibition in Gandhinagar. Ambassador Marten is currently leading
Corporation (JMC) said Friday. With this, the number of Omicron cases has gone up to three in the state. Gujarat also reported three deaths on a single day, a significant rise from that seen last week when three deaths were reported in a span of seven days. Meanwhile, Gujarat reported 63 positive cases Friday, including 11 from Jamnagar. The district is showing early signs of an emerging hotspot with rapid growth in the number of cases this week. Since December 7, Jamnagar has added a total of 31 cases, and currently, has 40 active cases. Gujarat had last reported as many deaths on a single day in June-end. Deaths included one each reported from Valsad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
a agri-trade delegation to the exhibition where Dutch companies from horticulture, floriculture, dairy and processing industries are participating.
including that of promotion, nonpractising allowance and pension, among other issues. Doctors of government hospitals, government medical colleges, Gujarat Medical Education Research Society doctors and dental teachers of government medical colleges are due to participate in the strike, withdrawing from all duties except for Covid-19 duty and emergency duty, for the first two days of strike, that is on December 13 and 14. Dr Hitendra Desai, affiliated to Gujarat Medical Teachers’ Association said, “If our demands are still not met after the first two days, we will withdraw from emergency as well as Covid-19 duties.” A government resolution was issued dated May 16 this year by the state government’s health department, under former chief minister Vijay Rupani’s leadership, addressing demands dating back to as long ago as 2012, pertaining to pension benefits, direct recruitment for ad-hoc appointments, payment of non-practising allowance and salary increments. However, according to Dr Desai, the GR was not implemented and on November 22, the health department issued a second GR, withdrawing the earlier May GR. “We made representations and on December 4 we took out a rally in six municipal corporation cities of Gujarat demanding that the May GR be brought back… On December 6, we also submitted a memorandum to the health department.
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