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Agency | Mumbai Stocks got back into shape today as the Sensex recovered 102 points to 31,198 in early session -- chiefly buoyed by a cooling inflation -- amid mixed Asian cues. Buying picked up on positive economic data after retail inflation fell to a record low of 2.18 per cent in May, from 2.99 per cent in April. The 30-share barometer rebounded by 101.82 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 31,197.52. The gauge had lost 166.36 points in the previous session. Sectoral indices such as healthcare, realty, capital goods, power and consumer durables looked good. Sun Pharma, Lupin, GAIL, L&T, Axis Bank and Bajaj Auto, among others supported the upmove, which rose by up to 2.34 per cent. The NSE index Nifty bounced 30.10 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 9,646.50.
GDP slips but BJP is only engaged in marketing: Congress Agency | Bhopal
The Congress today slammed the BJP, saying the country is lagging behind in every sector with GDP slipping to 6.1 per cent, while the prime minister-led government was engaged in ‘jumlebazi’ (rhetoric) and ‘marketing’. “At 7.6 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in FY16, India was the fastest growing economy. It has now lost this tag with GDP reduced to 6.1 per cent and China took away it,” All India Congress Committee spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi told reporters here. Chaturvedi was in city to expose the claims of the BJP government on completion of its three years in power at the Centre. India’s GDP growth rate slowed down to 6.1 in the fourth quarter of 2016-17. “The Index of Industrial Production was growing at 5.3 per cent in February 2016, which has dropped to 1.9 per cent in March 2017.
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Vijay Mallya gets bail till December 4, f e i r B s w e N Sensex recovers partially, moves up 102 pts on inflation cheer
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Last week, Mallya was welcomed with chants of “chor, chor” by Indian cricket fans as he arrived to watch the India vs South Africa Champions Trophy match at The Oval cricket ground in London. Agency | New Delhi Denying all allegations against him, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Tuesday claimed that he has “enough evidence” to plead his case as he appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court for his extradition case hearing. Talking to media outside the court before court hearing, Mallya, who is wanted in India on loan defaults to several banks, said, “I have nothing to say as the court proceedings are on and I deny all allegations that have been made and I will continue to deny them.” The court granted him bail till December 4 and fixed July
6 as the next date for the hearing. Asked what he expected would happen in the court, the chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines said: “I have no expectations and you can hear what the court says.” Mallya also said he had “enough evidence” to fight the case, but parried a question whether he fears that a trial in India would be unfair to him. Last week, Mallya was greeted with chants of “chor, chor” by Indian cricket fans as he arrived to watch the India vs South Africa Champions Trophy match at The Oval cricket ground in London. Talking about the incident, Mallya said,
The new note will have some minor changes like inclusion of the inset letter ‘A’ instead of the letter ‘E’ in the former notes, as per the media reports. Agency | New Delhi
“I was not called a thief that day by crowd at Oval ground. Two drunk people were shouting but several others came and wished me well.” Earlier, he had caused a stir by his attendance of the India vs Pakistan match in Birmingham after which he had declared on Twitter that he would be attending all
India matches in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. Mallya, who is wanted in India for Kingfisher Airlines’ default on loans worth nearly Rs 9,000 crores, has been in the UK since March 2016 and was arrested by Scotland Yard on an extradition warrant on April 18.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon release new Rs 500 currency notes. The central bank assured that the old currency notes will continue to be functional along with the new ones. The new note will have some minor changes like inclusion of the inset letter ‘A’ instead of the letter ‘E’ in the former notes,
as per the media reports. Alongwith that, the signature of RBI governor Urjit Patel and the year of printing as “2017” will be on the reverse side of the note. Other than these, the new currency notes will resemble the Mahatma Gandhi (new series) Rs 500 banknote series, confirmed RBI. The Mahtma Gandhi (new series) Rs 500 banknotes were introduced following the
government’s decision to demonetise old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes in November 2016. The central bank then had introduced the new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 curreny notes. The RBI, last week, said that more than 83 percent of the currency had been remonetised already, although no official data is available to confirm the figures.
that the southwest monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of the Central Arabian sea, the Konkan region, north interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, some areas of the north Arabian sea and the Gujarat region as well as some other areas in central Maharashtra and some parts of Marathwada. It added that it has advanced into the entire Telangana, some more areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh, most parts of west central
parts of the country and the northern part of the Bay of Bengal. It has also advanced to the remaining parts of Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya, some parts of north coastal Odisha and the gangetic West Bengal and most parts of sub-Himalayan west Bengal and Sikkim. The report for the next 48 hours forecast said that rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places over Konkan-Goa, central Maharashtra, Marathwada.
Monsoon drizzles continue, J-K: At least nine CRPF personnel injured maximum temp down to 30°C after militants hurl grenade in Tral
Agency | Jammu
At least nine CRPF personnel were injured, out of which three are critical after militants hurled a grenade at a CRPF camp in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, according to the news agency ANI. A police official was quoted, “The camp was housed by troops of the 180th battalion of CRPF at Ladiyar village of Tral, 35 kilometers from Srinagar”, as saying by the . He further said, “The grenade
exploded inside the camp, causing splinter injuries to three jawans. They were taken to a hospital and the area around the camp was cordoned off to nab the unidentified militants.” This was the second grenade attack in Tral within
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two days and third such incident in the valley since Sunday. In a similar incident on Monday, at least two CRPF personnel were injured after militants fired UBGL grenade at a camp in the same region. A police official had said that
militants had fired the grenade from an underbarrel grenade launcher (UBGL) on the camp of the CRPF’s 180 battalion located at the main town in Tral area, adding that the explosion caused minor injuries to two CRPF personnel. A police official said, “The grenade exploded inside the camp, causing splinter injuries to three jawans. They were taken to a hospital and the area around the camp was cordoned off to nab the unidentified militants.”
terms, it’s the equivalent of committing social suicide. There’s nothing, for example, even on the PM’s trip to the US to meet Donald Trump on June 26, even though the White House has announced it. As for the farmer’s agitation that has swept Madhya Pradesh in the last week and in which five farmers have been killed – not a single word. Maharashtra chief
minister Devendra Fadnavis’ decision to spend more than Rs 30,000 crores on waiving farmer loans? Nothing from the PM, either on @narendramodi or on @PMOIndia. So when Twitter wanted to know when the PM had demonstrated compassion towards the toiling farmer, some of its constituents had to search Google. “I hope the Centre provides the assistance that the farmers of MP require and supports the MP government in providing timely relief,” the PM had tweeted. Ah, there you are. Except the tweet was more than three years old, from March 4, 2014, before he became prime minister of India.
Narendra Modi wants to know: Are you more optimistic today? Agency | New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been back from Astana, Kazakhstan since June 9, but his Twitter feed since has been largely devoted to the forthcoming International Yoga Day on June 21, with videos beautifully explaining the various ‘asanas’. The latest tweet is also devoted to @SriSri, the godman Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to whom he seems devoted – and vice-versa, naturally – on the power of yoga. “Yoga is the way to realize the ultimate truth referred to in Vedanta and universal energy field in Quantum physics,” says the introduction to Ravi Shankar’s piece. That particular tweet has already
been “liked” 6200 times and retweeted 2400 times. But if you sense a certain dissonance – strife would be too strong a word – in the PM’s timeline, you wouldn’t be far off the mark. Since he returned from Astana, where he met Chinese president Xi Jinping and a variety of Central Asian leaders, the PM’s social media team has been extraordinarily quiet. In Twitter
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Monday morning and the evening brought citizens the much-needed respite as the city witnessed light drizzle with the sky overcast throughout the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, has issued a warning of heavy rain over the isolated places in central Maharashtra over the next 48 hours. With the monsoon’s arrival, the city temperature has gone down to 30 degrees celsius, a notch below normal. A met department report stated that the minimum temperature was 23 degrees celsius on Monday. It also said that the city has received around 8mm of rainfall since June 1. The IMD, Mumbai in its report on Monday added
Farmers may commit suicide due to personal reasons as well, says Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Agency | Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Tuesday said four farmers have committed suicide over the last one year due to debt burden. “Picchle 1 saal mein (till March), MP mein krishi karz ke kaaran kul 4 kisaanon ne aatma hatya ki hai (Over the last one year, four farmers have committed suicide due to debt),” Singh was quoted as said. The minister added that the farmers may have committed suicide due to personal reasons as well. “Aat-
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ma hatya ke niji kaaran bhi ho sakte hain, paarivaarik vivaad bhi ho sakta hai, anya kaaran bhi ho sakte hain,” he told. His comments came at a time when a debt-ridden farmer in Sehore, the home district of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance. The suicide comes
days after CM Chouhan announced a slew of measures to end farmer woes in the state, which is currently embroiled in an agrarian unrest over loan waiver and other demands. Six people lost their lives when the police fired during a protest in Mandsaur, the epicentre of the farmer agitation. The chief minister had announced a fast with the aim of bringing peace in the region. The chief minister however called off the fast Sunday claiming normalcy in the area.
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2 / Dt. 14-06-2017, Wednesday Editors’ Picks wednesday, 14 June, 2017
Why do so few girls opt for science and engineering in India? The Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE – Advanced) results are out and coaching institutes have been proudly advertising their ‘successful’ candidates. All most all advertisements have rows of photographs of bright young boys smiling at the camera. But where are the girls? This gender imbalance is not surprising because when it comes to STEM subjects --- science, technology, engineering, and mathematics --- it’s very much a boys’ club. The situation is so dire that earlier this month, a meeting of the joint admission board of IITs recommended an increase of 600 seats – a hike of 14% -- in the number of seats allotted to women, taking the quota to 1,440 seats. The committee also recommended awarding merit scholarships regardless of parental income to female students. Currently, women make up just 8% of the student strength at the 23 IITs across the country. The IITs are among India’s best institutes and regularly rank high in global surveys but are plagued by a paltry number of women students, seen as Indian’s society’s belief that men are more suited for technical jobs. The other reason could be the preference for a “trouble-free” career. While even developed countries have fewer female scientists, the crisis is different in India, says a report. In India, women do take up science for degrees, but few of them go on to pursue careers in this discipline. The reason hasn’t been performance, though. Because of the default role of a woman as a homemaker and society’s perception that only women are responsible for rearing children, marriage and not career is perceived to be the primary goal of a woman—no matter which profession she is in. “If you are away from research in science, particularly experimental work, even for six months, your work gets left behind and you become irrelevant soon. If you choose to have both a career and a family, you do lose out because there is initially an age limit for projects which is 35 years and later, it is 55 years. So, at both ends, you end up losing,” wrote former chief scientist and head of the biophysics laboratory at the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, Aruna Dhathathreyan in Lilavati’s Daughters. In a recent interview with HT, Melinda Gates spoke about how women are losing out by not taking up STEM subjects. ““Computer science offers the best jobs in the economy. The technology sector is connected to all industry, it offers great pay and the best opportunities, and girls are losing points by not studying STEM subjects,” she said. Getting girls hooked to science is a must. “One way could be through computer games, which are an entry point for boys. When I was growing up, they were gender neutral, but with the shooting and fighting games getting popular, girls lost interest,” added Gates. Then there is the question of role models. If India wants more women doing science, the barriers ---- travel and safety limitations, centrality of career progression around male working patterns, inflexible work hours and negative stereotyping ---- have to be removed.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor Salman Khan lends support to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation open defecation free campaign Agency | Mumbai
Superstar Salman Khan has extended his support to the open defecation free campaign of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the city. The actor visited a slum near Goregaon’s Film City yesterday to spread awareness about hygiene and sanitation,accompanied by municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta and few BMC senior officials. “This is just the beginning. We have rebuilt toilets in more than 3,000 houses and gave them water connections... We are taking care of it. We will try to get permissions to build toilets in
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“So you have militants on one side and security forces on the other. How long will we stay in this atmosphere. We have to put an end to it. We wish that peace is restored there and we carry out our daily work without any problem,” - Stressing that generations have been destroyed due to unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday exhorted students in the state to choose laptops and books to help end the cycle of violence...
Are Farhan-Shraddha reuniting on the big screen again? Agency | Mumbai
The rumoured affair between Farhan Akhtar and Shraddha Kapoor became the talk of the town and the several conjectures attached to their relationship status started raising many eyebrows. From Shraddha’s father Shakti Kapoor’s unhappiness about the alleged relationship to them tying the knot by this year, rumours just didn’t seem to die down, despite their clarifications about their unromantic bond. The two actors were seen sharing a screen space in ‘Rock On 2’, and their on screen camaraderie made
the tabloids write about their alleged real-life romance. However, ever since their last release tanked at the box-office, they haven’t signed up a movie together. Now, as per industry grapevine, Shraddha and Farhan might reunite on the big screen yet again. The reports of this collaboration broke out, because Mohit Suri who considers his ‘Aashiqui 2’ actress as his lucky charm, recently announced a movie with Farhan Akhtar in the lead. Since, Shraddha and Mohit often spend quality time with each other and Shraddha even pays constant visits to Mohit’s house, there could be a possible on screen reunion of the ‘Rock On 2’ actors. The movie with boxing as the backdrop is about a father-son relationship with Farhan playing dual roles. A close source revealed to a leading daily, “ Shraddha has been bonding with the filmmaker and even shared a picture in which she can be seen spending time with Mohit’s daughter and his pet dogs. Mohit and Shraddha have consecutively given three hits — Aashiqui 2, Ek Villain and Half Girlfriend, So, chances are she will be part of the Farhan-starrer, too. “
Bollywood actresses who got trolled for their outfit choices Agency | Mumbai
Huge social media following comes with the additional burden of vitriolic remarks from rank strangers on the internet and our Bollywood actresses are no exception to this. Many actresses received flak for their outfit choices and we bring to you a list of B-town beauties who were subjected to much hate for their sartorial decisions. Never the one to keep it low with her statements, fashion or verbal, Sonam Kapoor became the target of some trolling for a bold outfit earlier this year. But not only did Sonam shut the trolls, but she also got a round of applause from her industry counterparts who also face the same kind of bullying. Priyanka Chopra recently met with Prime
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Minister Narendra Modi in a beautiful dress. Soon after, Priyanka posted pictures of her meeting in Berlin and called it a “lovely coincidence.” Trolls had a field day slut-shaming Priyanka by posting comments on her outfit and the way she sat across the PM, slamming her for dressing “inappropriately” and “not covering her legs” and not mannered enough to “sit properly in
front of elders”. Deepika Padukone, who recently sported some bold garments for her photoshoot as the cover girl of a fashion magazine, was called ‘cheap’, ‘vulgar’, ‘disgusting’ and more for donning the outfits. She was advised by trolls to wear ‘traditional Indian wear’ as it would ‘suit her more’ and not insult the Indian culture by showing off her skin in ‘short clothes’.
Newton poster: Rajkummar Rao is on the run with an EVM machine
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao’s next is titled Newton and the poster of the film was unveiled Tuesday afternoon. Said to be a black comedy, Newton is directed by Amit V Masurkar (of Sulemani Keeda fame) and produced by Manish Mundra. The first poster features Rajkummar Rao on the run with the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) and has the caption “Seedha Aadmi Ulti Duniya!”. It is the story of Newton Kumar, who is a rookie government clerk sent on election duty in a Naxal-affected town
inside the forests of Chhattisgarh. Faced with the apathy of security forces on one hand and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by the Naxalites on the other, Newton tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the odds stacked against him, all with a dollop of humour. Newton got a standing ovation at its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and also won the CICAE Art Cinema Award in the Forum segment. Newton also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, Raghuvir Yadav and Sanjay Mishra. The movie will be releasing on August 18.
Anushka Sharma’s Pari: It Takes More Than A Spooky Pic To Scare Twitter Agency | Mumbai
The first look of Anushka Sharma from her new film Pari is the stuff of nightmares but Twitter is made of sterner stuff than we are. Instead of being chilled to the bone by the haunting image, Twitter (which is dead inside anyway) is churning out jokes. Irreverent social media wags are equating the arresting first look of Anushka to Monday, arranged marriage setups and more. The 29-year-old actress’ previous film Phillauri, in which she played a ghost, was also invoked. Good thing Anushka Sharma has a sense of humour. Pari, which begins filming now, co-stars Bengali actor Parambrata Chatterjee and will be produced by Anushka. Here’s a sample of the irreverence
online. Almost nothing is known of Pari but it appears to belong to the horror genre - or perhaps revenge? Anushka Sharma has explored both in her previous two productions, NH10 and Phillauri respectively - though the ‘horror’ in Phillauri belongs strictly in single quoted, being heavily diluted with satire. Pari will be Anushka’s first movie with Parambrata, whose
Hindi film credits include Kahaani. Newcomer Prosit Roy will direct Pari. Pari will be Anushka’s second work-inprogress - she’s also going to be filming Aanand L Rai’s project in which Shah Rukh Khan plays a dwarf. SRK and Anushka also have a film coming up in two months - Jab Harry Met Sejal is directed by Imtiaz Ali and only recently revealed it’s title.
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar’s 2.0 nets Rs 80 crore for This is how Kindergarten class to ‘Wonder Woman’ theatrical rights; pre-release business at Rs 200 crore reacted Agency | Mumbai Agency | Mumbai
When Rajinikanth’s highthe houses if they have ly-anticipated Kabali was space for it,” Salman on the verge of releasing said. Mehta said he is in 2016, there were reports happy that the ‘Dabangg’ about the spectacular pre-restar has come forward to lease business it had already urge people to use toilets. done. With the sales of var”People listen to him and ious rights and brand deals, take it seriously. TheCo- Kabali mustered up around poration is ready to do its Rs 225 crore even before it best. I appeal to everyone reached the theatres. And touse toilets,” he added. while there are conflicting Presently, Salman is busy reports about how much promoting his next film money it made in total at the ‘Tubelight’. Kabir Khan box office, the figures settled directed film is set to re- somewhere around the Rs 450-490 crore mark. Natulease this Eid.
crore, 2.0 was reported to be among India’s most expensive films, costing around Rs 400 crore to make. However, with Lyca Productions (2.0’s producers) striking a record deal with the Zee group for the satellite rights to the film — estimated to be Rs 110 crore — the film was already on track to recover some of its investment. It now emerges that the Hindi theatrical rally, there is a lot of specula- be able to achieve. Before rights of 2.0 have been sold tion over what Rajinikanth’s the Mohanlal-starrer Ran- for Rs 80 crore, bringing the next film — 2.0, the sequel damoozham (aka The Ma- film’s pre-release business to to the super-successful En- habharata) was announced, Kabali levels, a whole year thiran/Robot (2010) — will with a budget of Rs 1,000 before its release.
‘Wonder Woman’ is not just getting a positive response at the box-office, but is affecting young children positively as well. Patty Jenkins, director of ‘Wonder Woman,’ took to Twitter and shared a note sent by her producer which showed how a group of kindergarten students reacted to the superhero film within a week of its release. One girl would only listen to people who addressed her as Wonder Woman, while another asked her teacher if she should ditch
the school uniform for ‘Wonder Woman’ armour because “she wanted to be ready if she needed to save the world. The teacher laughed and said it was okay, and the next day the girl came dressed as Wonder Woman and not a single kid batted an eye.”
3 / Dt. 14-06-2017, Wednesday SBI Card launches PRIME: A unique credit card for the neo-premium consumer
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SBI Card, one of India’s leading credit card issuers, today launched ‘SBI Card PRIME’, a premium credit card targeted at the growing segment of urban, young affluent consumers. SBI Card PRIME is designed to complement the lifestyles of these evolving, neo affluent consumers, clubbing exclusive lifestyle privileges with enhanced value on their daily spends. The premium consumer in India is changing. With rising disposable income, urban professionals are aspiring for a superior lifestyle at an early stage in their
lives. There is a perceptible shift in the premium consumer segment, with more consumers in this segment now falling into the 25-35 age group. Over 50% of SBI Card`s premium customers today are in this age bracket. Moreover, this shift has been driven by urban consumers. This neo-premium customer the urban, young affluent consumer - has a different set of expectations than the mature affluent consumer. These consumers are positive about the current economic situation and confident that their incomes will continue to rise.
Sony MIX brings together leading voices of the country to create renditions of channel Idents Agency | Mumbai Sony MIX, a Hindi music and entertainment channel from Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN)recently unveiled seven renditions of their channel’s signature ident, with some of the country’s most popular singers and musicians. Theserenditions are an expression of what the channel stands for and seamlessly ties back to its tagline – ‘Dekho, Suno, Gungunao’. The music idents for Sony MIX have been created by renowned musicians like Sonu Nigam,Javed Ali, Jonita Gandhi, Nandini Shankar, Rakesh Chaurasia, Rhythm Shaw andPurbayan Chatterjee. These
idents are a reflection of the channel’s refreshed lookthat was launched earlier this month,marking the completion of its six glorious years in India. Neeraj Vyas, Senior EVP & Business Head – Max Cluster & Sony Mix, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN): “Being leaders in the music and entertainment industry, we are proud to create these unique channel idents. The singers and musicians have done utmost justice to the idents by lending their voices to it.
Piramal’s Consumer Products Division Launches New Variants Of Heritage Brand Lacto Calamine Agency | Mumbai
Piramal Enterprises’ Consumer Products Division today announced the launch of two new product variants of its heritage brand, Lacto Calamine – Lacto Calamine Oil Balance Face Wash and Face Scrub. The new variants launch marks over 45 years since the original Lacto Calamine was launched. A trusted skincare product in households across the country, Lacto Calamine has combined consumer research along with philosophy of uniting science to create a unique formula that provides up to eight hours of oil free skin. The new variants are clay-based Kaolin with three-way action, which
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Virat Kohli Regains Top SPORTS ROUNDUP Spot In ICC ODI Rankings Agency | New Delhi
In the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen released on Tuesday, India skipper Virat Kohli has regained the top spot after the last round of the on-going ICC Champions Trophy 2017 league-stage games. Kohli, who had entered the tournament with just 22 points behind AB de Villiers of South Africa, regained the top spot after his brilliant unbeaten knocks of 81 and 76 against Pakistan and South Africa, respectively. Prior to this, Kohli had enjoyed just four days at the top in January 2017. Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan continued his love-affair with the Champions Trophy as he returned to the top 10 by scoring 68 against Pakistan, 125 against Sri Lanka and 78 against South Africa. He is now the leading run-scorer of the tournament. Dhawan’s rise means his team-
mates Rohit Sharma and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have slipped one place each to 13th and 14th, respectively, while Yuvraj Singh has gained six places to be at 88th spot. Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has led the charge of India’s bowlers by vaulting 13 places to share 23rd spot with Afghanistan’s Hamza Hotak. Umesh Yadav has gained two places to be at 41st position, while Jasprit Bumrah is at 43rd after climbing up three spots. However, Indian spinners have slipped
in the latest rankings with Ravichandran Ashwin dropping two places to 20th and Ravindra Jadeja falling three places to 29th. Australia’s pace ace Josh Hazlewood has achieved the number-one position in the bowlers’ rankings for the first time in his career. Amongst the England batsmen, Joe Root has moved up one place to fourth and Ben Stokes has rocketed nine places to a career-high 20th place, while in bowlers’ list, Liam Plunkett has jumped seven places to a career-best ninth spot, Adil Rashid has shot up nine places to 11th spot There has been no change in the top five of the all-rounders’ list, which is headed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan. Stokes has gained one spot and is now sixth, while Jadeja has broken into the top 10 in eighth position after rising three places.
Spanish prosecutor files tax fraud lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo Agency | Madrid
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo faces a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Spain’s prosecutor’s office in Madrid for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax authorities of 14.7 million euros ($16.48 million) between 2011 and 2014. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the Real Madrid forward had knowingly used a business structure created in 2010 to allegedly hide his image rights income in Spain. This involved a “voluntary” failure to comply with his tax obligations in Spain, the statement from the office’s economic crimes section said. The four counts of tax fraud were based on a report from Spain’s tax agency, it said. Real Madrid declined to comment and calls to the agency representing Ronaldo, Gestifute, went unanswered. Ronaldo, who led Real Madrid to their 12th European Cup earlier this
Saina beats Ratchanok to enter second round of Indonesia Open Agency | Jakarta
Three-time champion Saina Nehwal edged out Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in a thrilling opening round to make a rousing start to her campaign at the Indonesia Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Tuesday. Saina, who has slipped out of the World top-10 for the first time in seven years, rallied her way to a 17-21 21-18 2112 win over the eighth seeded Thai player, who is a former world champion. Saina, who had a 7-5 head-to-head record against Ratchanok, will face another Thai player Nitchaon Jindapol in the next round and is likely to clash with World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quarters. Saina made a good start to the match, leading 10-4 at one stage
but she blew the advantage after the break as Ratchanok clawed back at 14-14 and then marched ahead to earn the bragging rights. In the second game, Saina opened up a 12-7 lead and despite the Thai player levelling scores at 16-16, the Indian surged ahead to bounce back. In the decider, Saina dished
out a dominating game as she lead right from the start 8-2 and didn’t give any chance to Ratchanok to make a comeback. In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a 12-21 9-21 loss to Indonesian combo of Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini to crash out of the tournament.
India captain Virat Kohli is not just popular onfield, but also off it. After bagging INR 110 crore Puma deal, the Indian skipper is set to renew bat sponsorship for 8 years with MRF for a whopping INR 100 crores. However, Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment CEO Bunty Sajdeh has not revealed the amount but confirmed that the player has signed a contract to extend the deal. The tyre manufacturing company has earlier been associated with players like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Steve Waugh. Presently, the contract lies with Kohli and South Africa’s
AB de Villiers. Kohli has been very specific with the brands that he endorses. Virat Kohli strikes gold with Puma amidst IPL 2017 auction Last week, Kohli denied extending his contract with PepsiCo saying that he will endorse products that he consumes or relates to. Speaking to Economic Times on Kohli renewing the contract with MRF, Sajdeh said, “We have re-
newed the bat sponsorship deal with MRF for eight years. MRF was keen on having Kohli for a long term. Today, brands are seeing value in securing long-term deals. We also want to show loyalty and commitment to them.” He added, “and Kohli has got a great rapport with MRF and the money is phenomenal.” While speaking about not renewing the contract with PepsiCo, Kohli told CNN-IBN, “When I started my fitness turnaround, it was more of a lifestyle thing initially. If something goes away from that, I would not want to be a part of that or be promoting that.”
Cricket’ when all seemed lost. And remember in 2002, chasing 320 plus total was a departure from the set norm of what were considered impossible in 50-over cricket back then. And that was the Yuvraj,
who scored a classic 139 at Sydney against an attack comprising of Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel. But then there was also the ‘Yuvraj 2.0’, which could never crack the Test code. Some attribute it to a lack of temperament while others say that his best years coincided with Ganguly’s second coming in Test cricket and only one could have played at that No. 5 slot. And Ganguly, at that point, was a better Test player. He showed, occasionally, flashes of brilliance but whenev-
er the white ball would change to red SG, Kookaburra or Dukes, there was nothing princely about Yuvraj’s batting. The self doubts crept in while facing the spinners, especially off-break bowlers like Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan, who got the ball to turn away from the left-handers. There were a couple of Test centuries against Pakistan, but never could he cement his place. Winning the tournament helped it gain impetus and those sixes sown the seeds of an alternate brand of cricket.
Virat Kohli renews contract with MRF tyres for whopping 100 crores: Reports
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month, is the latest in a long line of soccer players in Spain - among them Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Neymar - who have been caught up in cases over tax or transfers. Between 2005 and 2010, foreign players in Spain were protected under the so-called “Beckham
law” allowing them to curb their taxes. But as the financial crisis bit deeper, that exemption was lifted, paving the way for the cases. The prosecutor’s office alleges that Ronaldo had defrauded the tax authorities of 3.2 million euros in 2013 and 8.5 million euros in 2014.
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He was a storehouse of talent at the onset, a rare blend of grace and power, but for the better part of his 17-year-career, Yuvraj Singh has been an enigma as well as a paradox in Indian cricket. Standing on the cusp of his 300th One-day International, it still remains a difficult task to describe Yuvraj in a nutshell. He is only the fifth Indian cricketer - after Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid - to achieve the rare milestone. The 40
Test matches that he has played will not be able to tell the story of a cricketer, who, inarguably, will rank among India’s greatest ever match-winners in limited overs cricket. And that list isn’t too big. Kapil Dev, Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the names that immediately come to mind when one talks about match winners in the shorter versions. And that’s the paradox. At times, it seemed as if there were two Yuvrajs residing in one single player. On one hand, there was a ‘Yuvraj 1.0’, who, as
an 18- year- old, was not intimidated by Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie at their peak in his first ODI innings. That was the Yuvraj, who won India a Natwest Trophy final at the ‘Home of
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Woes pour in with rains in city SS News | Surat
All districts of south Gujarat received heavy to moderate rainfall on Saturday. The city witnessed waterlogging in the first heavy spell of rains that lashed several parts of Surat and Valsad with water entering the basement and ground floor shops at many places. Heavy spell of rains caused waterlogging even in posh areas of the city. Heavy rains started at around 3am in the city. A portion of Gaurav Path near Parle Point was submerged and this created problems for residents of nearby localities. Roads around Sai Darshan Society in Udhna and LP Sacani crossroads remained waterlogged for
some time. Heera Panna Market on Ring Road also got submerged which led to textile bales floating in the water. Waterlogging was reported in some other areas of the city too but for shorter duration. The situation improved as the day progressed. Surat city received 122mm rainfall while Umarpada taluka in Surat district got around 105mm since Friday night. Kamrej recorded 73mm and Olpad 76mm rainfall in the past 24 hours. Tapi district recorded 55mm rainfall during the period.
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PB Acharya Shocked at ‘Devil’ Prefix to Jesus in Gujarat Hindi Textbook Agency | Nagaland
Governor of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh P B Acharya has expressed shock and dismay over reports that in the class IX Hindi language textbook published by the Gujarat Board, the word ‘haivaan’ (devil) was used before Jesus Christ. In a letter addressed to the Governor of Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli on Monday, Governor Acharya said “such mendacious action by irresponsible employees not only hurt the sentiments, but also jeopardise communal harmony.” Acharya, through the letter, also called for stern action and punishment against those responsible, stated a Raj Bhavan release. The Governor also spoke to his counterpart in Gujarat about the seriousness of the
20 kg smuggled gold seized from port in Hazira, 2 held SS News | Surat
matter, the release said. Raj Bhavan officials said Kohli has expressed regret and assured Acharya of taking up the matter urgently with the Gujarat State Education minister and initiate action against the persons concerned. In a blunder, a class IX Hindi language textbook published by the Gujarat Board has used the word ‘haivaan’ (devil) before Jesus Christ, instead of the
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday late night seized 20 kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 5.77 crore from an embroidery machine container imported at Hazira port. Two directors of a UAE-based were firm — Naresh Savalia and Ramesh Patel — were arrested on charges of smuggling. The embroidery machines were imported from China and the gold bars were concealed in one of the machines. Official
intended word ‘bhagwan’ (God) in a passage in one of its chapters, which has triggered protests from the Christian community. Left embarrassed, officials of the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB), the publisher of the textbook, have rectified the blunder in the online version of the book available on their web- SS News | Gandhinagar site and removed the contro- Gujarat Chief Minister versial word. Mr. Vijay Rupani today felicitated 14 youths getting training in Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) for their success in UPSC exams here at Chief Minister’s Office, Gandhinagar. He distributed cheques each of Rs. 51000 to men and Rs. 61000 to women as encouragement assistance and also distributed cerin a ponytail. Prajapati, a tificates among them. tea stall owner and Hon- State Government has ey’s father, said the classs taken a new initiative teacher took the case to a to give encouragement trustee, identified as Vin- assistant to the youths, niben, after which Honey he added. State Governwas taken near the prin- ment under this initiacipal’s office. She did not tive gives Rs. 1,01,000 listen to her explanation to men and Rs. 1,21,000 for the ponytail and insist- to women candidates ed that she be punished for flouting the rules, he said. Honey was made to perform sit-ups for one period or approximately one hour. The incident was captured on CCTV, said sources. “It was already a trauma that she was humiliated in front of other students. However, when she came back home at about 12.30pm, she was crying in pain and could not stand properly due to the swelling in her legs.” said Prajapati.
sources said that on basis of specific intelligence, the officers identified and detained one container imported by M/s Ambaji Prints at Adani Hazira port containing embroidery machines from China. The said container arrived via UAE. On detailed examination by the DRI officers, around 20 kg of pure
gold in form of bar form was found concealed deep in body frame of one machine. The smuggled gold, valued at Rs 5.77 crore has been seized under provisions of Customs Act, 1962. The DRI searched one premises and two persons identified as Naresh Savalia and Rameshbhai along with the importer Paresh Patel were apprehended for questioning.Naresh Savalia and Ramesh Patel confessed to being the actual conspirators in the said modus operandi.
getting success from preliminary to main exams and final selection. Total 164 youth of SPIPA have been succeeded in U.P.S.C examinations during year 1992 to year 2017. 176 Youths received training in SPIPA for U.P.S.C exams 201617 out of which 32 candidates have been qualified for interview. And 14 candidates from Gujarat have been selected in final examinations. Mr. Rupani briefed them to carry all together to-
wards success with the ability to carry responsibility. He encouraged the youth candidates saying that you have succeeded amongst crores of competitors from the nation. On the occasion, Principal Secretary to CM Ms. S. Aparna, Director General of SPIPA Mr. Dhanajay Dwivedi, Joint Director of SPIPA Mr. Keyur Sampat, Ms. Shabana Kureshi and family members of the succeeding candidates were remained present.
CM felicitates 14 successful youth in UPSC exams from SPIPA
4 Gujarat boys in all-India Top 100 Girl made to do 200 sitSS News | Ahmedabad ups for unbraided hair At least four boys from Gujarat have figured in the Top 100 All India Rankings (AIR) of the Joint Entrance Exam, Advanced. The results were declared on Sunday. Around 10,000 students from Gujarat had taken the JEE-Advanced of whom 1,000 cracked the exam, qualifying for admission in the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, and other engineering institutes across the country. Yatish Agarwal from Surat got 325 out of 366 and Piyush Tibrewal from Ahmedabad got 315 out of 366. Satvik Mashkaria and Vedant Raval from Ahmedabad scored 314 and 307 respectively. Agrawal got the All India Rank of 12; Tibrewal got the 37th rank; Mashkaria got the 42nd rank; and Raval got the 82nd rank. IIT-Madras, the exam-supervising centre, released all India ranks and category-wise rank details on the official website on Sun-
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day morning. The exam is conducted every year by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Citybased coaching institutes said that students from Gujarat performed much better than they had done last year. They said that some bright students suffered because of the mistakes of exam authorities. Rakesh Bothra, a citybased private tutor, said that this year there were mistakes in questions for which grace marks were given to all students. “The IITs gave 18 grace marks for five questions which were deemed as wrong,” Bothra said. “But there were three such questions. Students had to spend time solving wrong questions.
But even the students who did not solve them got grace marks.” Mom teaches maths, son cracks JEE Ahmedabad: A mother teaches life’s lessons to her children but the lessons in the case of Ayush Maniar, a Bopal resident, were somewhat advanced. His mother, Kavita Maniar, taught him one of the most complicated subjects — mathematics. Ayush cracked JEE-Advanced securing 278 out of 366 marks.Kavita, who has an MSc degree in electronics and is a tutor based in the Bopal area of the city, said: “I taught him maths from class one to 10 because of which his concepts of the subject were clear,” she said.
had already left its bitter mark upon the city’s populace with the high spread of dengue and 447 chikungunya cases. Even as a new set of vector control activity is being undertaken ahead of monsoons, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) found that between May 25 and June 8, there were 26,293 homes that had mosquito breeding sites. Many of these breeding sites could have been curbed if the engineering department had managed to arrest drainage,
water leaks in time and ensured clearing of stormwater catch pits. A simple correlation between the places that reported the highest number of chikungunya and dengue cases in 2016 and the number of mosquito breeding sites found by AMC in the last few days can reveal more vulnerable areas. But for that, the surveys need to be efficient and effective. The survey by AMC, however, shows that Maktampura, which had the highest number of dengue cases in 2016, also figured among those with the least mosquito breeding sites, raising questions about the diligence with which the survey had been carried out.
Reign of mosquitos in the rain SS News | Ahmedabad
The city has had its first showers with the dread of Zika virus casting a shadow on the raindrops, and the Aedes aegypti mosquito inching back to haunt the city. Ahmedabad is gearing up for the massive ‘Yoga Anushthan’ on June 21 where more than 5.5 lakh people will converge to create a world record on International Yoga Day. “A few more showers before June 15 will make the environment extremely conducive for the Aedes aegypti mosquito,” said a senior state health official. “With large numbers of people converging on the city, spread of viral diseases may increase,” he said. In 2016, Aedes aegypti
A 10-year old girl was forced to do 200 sit-ups in one hour, at an English-medium school in Maninagar on Monday. The incident sent a shockwave among parents and they protested at the school and demanded action against those responsible. The district education officer (DEO) has ordered an inquiry into the incident. The girl’s father filed an FIR with Maninagar police, accusing the school’s trustee of using corporal punishment, late on Monday night. According to education department officials, Honey Prajapati, 10, a resident of CTM, is in class V at Lalita Green Lawns School near Jawahar Chowk in Maninagar. For the past few days, she had a swelling on her head due to which she could not comb her hair properly while going to school on Monday. The school has rule mandating two braids but she had tied her hair
Successful implementation of Vahan 4.0 software at R.T.O. across Gujarat
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The Vahan 4.0 software designed by the Union Government has been successfully implemented in 32 Regional Transport Offices out of 36 across the state. 2.50 lakh vehicles have been registered through which revenue worth Rs. 450 crores has been generated as a part of Vahan 4.0 software. More than 650 R.T.O offices functioning at various districts across the nation shall work under this software. This software will enable an applicant to know all the details about registration and each and
every process online. Furthermore, the software shall be useful in banks, insurance companies, automobile companies and various government offices as well. This software shall prevent the malpractices such as duplicate or fake vehicle registrations. In short, the implementation of Vahan 4.0 software will be proven as vital support to E-RTO or Smart RTO. Commissionerate of Transport, Gandhinagar has published a press-release and said that the auction of vehicle numbers shall be made online in nearer future.
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