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PM Says August 14 Will Be Observed As “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”
PM Modi said partition and the violence that followed it was a tragic part of history. Displacement of millions, killing and rapes during the partition are still vivid and observing this day is a recognition of their sacrifices. Agency News: New Delhi Underscoring that pain of Partition can never be forgotten, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, a day before India’s celebrates its 75th Independence Day. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on August 14.“Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day,” tweeted PM Modi. The Prime Minister stressed that the day will serve as a reminder
to keep the social divisions at bay and strengthen the spirit of oneness.“May the #Partition Horrors Remembrance Day keep reminding us of the need to remove the poison of social divisions, disharmony and further strengthen the spirit of oneness, social harmony and human empowerment,” the PM said in his second tweet. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has welcomed PM Modi’s decision to observe August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.“The wound of the partition of the country and the grief of losing loved ones cannot be described in words. I am sure that Partition Horrors Remembrance Day will strengthen peace, love and unity by eliminating the illwill of discrimination and malice from society,” he said in a tweet
Jaish module planning to disrupt I-Day celebrations busted in Jammu, 4 arrested Nora Fatehi looks sensuous in the embellished dress.
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Toll from Himachal landslide goes up to 19 The toll from the landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur, which buried at least five vehicles on a road on Wednesday, rose to 19 with the recovery of two more bodies from the rubble on Saturday, said deputy commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq. Sadiq said the bodies are scattered around 50100 feet radius of the bus that was among the vehicles buried under the landslide. He added rescue operations are being repeatedly hampered due to shooting stones. Teams from Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Disaster Response Force, the Army, and Police were involved in the operation.
Kerala Reports 19,451 Fresh COVID-19 Cases; Positivity Rate At 13.97% Kerala logged 19,451 new positive cases and 105 COVID19-related deaths on Saturday taking the tally to 36,51,089 and the death count to 18,499. State Health Minister Veena George said the state has tested 1,39,223 samples in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 13.97 per cent. Till now, 2,93,34,981 samples have been tested.Among the districts, Malappuram reported the highest number of positive cases today--3,038, followed by Thrissur with 2,475 and Kozhikode 2,440.Out of those who were found infected today, 93 reached the state from outside, while 18,410 contracted the disease through their contact. The source of infection of 853 is yet to be traced and 95 health workers are also among the infected,” the minister said in a release. Meanwhile, 19,104 persons recuperated from the disease on Saturday.
4 arrested Jaish terrorists were planning collection of arms dropped by drones and supplying them to active terrorists of Jaish-e- Mohammed in Kashmir valley and planting a vehicle-based IED in Jammu before August 15. Agency News: Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have foiled a plot to disrupt the 75th Independence Day celebrations and launch several terror attacks with the arrest of four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists from Jammu city on Saturday. “They were planning to disrupt I-Day celebrations
by planting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)-laden vehicle in Jammu before August 15,” said additional director general of police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh. “Four Jaish terrorists and their associates have been arrested by Jammu police... They were planning collection of arms dropped by drones and supplying them to active terrorists of Jaish-eMohammed in Kashmir valley; planting a vehicle-based IED in Jammu before August 15 and conducting a reconnaissance of important targets in other parts of the country,” the police officer added. The four Jaish terrorists have been identified as Muntazir Manzoor alias Saifulla, son of Manzoor Ahmed Bhat of Prichoo in Pulwama, Ijahar Khan alias Sonu Khan, son of Intejar Khan of Mirdan Mohalla Kandala Shamli in Uttar Pradesh, Touseef Ahmed Shah aka, Showket aka Adnan, son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah of Jeff in Shopian district and Jahangir Ahmed Bhat, son of Musthaq Ahmed Bhat of Bandzoo in Pulwama district.
in Hindi. In a notification, the Home Ministry said the people of India, while celebrating “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, will salute those sons and daughters of the country who had to sacrifice their lives during
the partition of India. Pakistan was carved out as a Muslim country after the division of India by the British colonial rule in 1947, and millions of people were displaced and many lakhs of them lost their lives as large scale rioting broke out. Noakhali in West Bengal and Bihar witnessed large-scale violence.
No infrastructure could withstand the crisis of 2nd wave of Covid: President Agency News: New Delhi In his address to the nation on the eve of India’s 75th Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind said when the country is still battling with the coronavirus pandemic and urged everyone to get vaccinated. Expressing grief over the loss of lives during the second wave of the pandemic, the President said it pains him, but the solace is that more lives were saved than lost thanks to the relentless efforts of the healthcare staff and the government. “When India got freedom 75 years ago, many sceptical people thought democracy won’t survive in India. little did they know that
24 hrs before Independence Day, school bombed near Assam-Mizoram border Security personnel check arrangements ahead of the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort
Catholic priest sets out on solo bike tour to spread message of green goals Father Prasant Palakkappillil has been a noted environmentalist in Kerala and has spearheaded numerous programmes and activities on conservation. Agency News: Thiruvananthapuram “I would be happy if I can convert one individual to be a zero-waste person. If even one person is able to proudly say they are zerowaste, that would be a great thing.”With this idea in mind, Father Prasant Palakkappillil, a Catholic priest and former principal of the Sacred Heart College in Thevara in Kochi, Kerala, is off on a solo bike trip across India. He plans to travel through the country, meet
people and communities and exchange ideas about solving waste management problems through sustainable goals. “It has been a long pending dream of mine to go around and explore. Being a development worker, I’m combining things that are very close to my heart on this journey like sustainable development goals for waste management. I’ll be trying to meet different people to explore the green initiatives they have undertaken. My focus is to see how waste is being managed. I think that’s one practical point on which everybody can work together so the planet and resources are cleaner and not polluted,” The priest, who belongs to the order of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
India has remained the nurturing ground for democracy since time immemorial and continues to remain so,” the President said marking the beginning of the celebration of the 75th Independence Day. This year’s Independence day is significant as India is beginning the celebration of the 75 years of its freedom, the President said paying homage.
‘New India’ to ‘Make for World’: PM Modi’s 7 previous Independence Day speeches Agency News: New Delhi
The border dispute between Assam and Mizoram had resulted in an exchange of fire between the policemen from both sides on July 26, causing death of six Assam policemen and one resident Agency News: New Delhi A day before the 75th Independence Day, fresh tension erupted along Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi district of Assam after a primary school was bombed by unknown miscreants at Kachurthal area on Friday night, police said. Parts of the lower primary school known as Sahebmara
LP School has been damaged in the second such instance in this area after Muliwala Lower Primary School was bombed in February this year by unknown miscreants. Sahebmara LP School, located within two kilometres of the Assam-Mizoram Border, demarcated by Survey of India map, was attacked by grenades while it was closed due to the second wave of Covid-19 outbreak. Hailakandi’s superintendent of police (SP) Gaurav Upadhyay said the latest incident happened at around 11:30 pm on Friday but no person was injured. “The bombing was done by miscreants from Mizoram side between 11 to 11:30 pm. The area comes under Ghutghuti police outpost and we have raised the security immediately after the incident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in his eighth Independence Day speech on Sunday. Over the years, he has used the occasion to announce major initiatives such as Swachh India, Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan and the abolition of the Planning Commission. Late last month, the Prime Minister invited inputs for his Independence Day speech on social media. “Your thoughts will reverberate from the ramparts of the Red Fort. What are your inputs for PM @narendramodi’s speech on 15th August? Share them on @mygovindia,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted. During his maiden speech at Red Fort in 2014 on the occasion of India’s 68th Independence Day, PM Modi departed from tradition and spoke extempore on his vision of India.
Taliban set hard conditions for peace talks with Afghan govt Agency News: New Delhi With global pressure mounting on Islamabad to push the marauding Taliban to the peace table, Rawalpindi has suggested a meeting between Afghan government leadership apart from President Ashraf Ghani and the Quetta Shura leaders in Pakistan to negotiate a power sharing settlement largely in favour of Sunni Pashtun Islamists. The earlier attempt brokered by Pakistani deep state to hold a meeting between President Ashraf Ghani and Taliban leaders, Mullah Yaqoob and Sirajuddin Haqqani, between July 17-19 failed as the Islamist
The Sunni Islamist group wants all Taliban prisoners to be set freed, wants to be delisted as terrorist group by UN and wants all the power positions in so called reconciliation government. leaders have no desire to talk to the current head of Afghan government. The July initiative was the brainchild of US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and UK Army Chief Nick Carter and the meetings with Taliban leadership were to take under the garb of a state visit of Ashraf Ghani to Pakistan. While Taliban’s ideological leader Haibatullah Akhunzada is based in Karachi,
both Yaqoob and Haqqani are handling military operations of the Sunni group from Quetta and Helmand. With Taliban not willing to negotiate with President Ashraf Ghani, name of Prince Mirwais Khan, son of former King Zahir and Chairman of National Committee for Preservation of Afghan Cultural Heritage, is being floated around as a possible interlocutor for the Afghan government.
Prince Mirwais is a scholar with western education and lives in Afghanistan. As of now no dates or names of interlocuter on behalf of the Afghan government have been decided. Although Taliban under pressure from
ISI are willing to negotiate with Afghan government interlocutor in Pakistan, the conditions for peace forwarded by the Sunni group to Kabul are very steep. According to diplomats based in Kabul, Taliban.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Balance Between Responsibility And Accommodation Needed
Parliament can change its rules to give MPs more teeth in questioning the government and empower its committees to become critical stakeholders in the law-making process. This will increase the stake that MPs have in the effective functioning of the institution, anddisincentivise them from disrupting it. But this alone will not stop parliamentary disruptions.The normalisation of disruption and the steamrolling of legislation in the monsoon sessionare warning signs that parliamentary functioning needs an urgent overhaul. If this patterncontinues, the new parliament building will be a modern and spacious venue for adysfunctional institution.Political disagreement on discussing issues such as the alleged Pegasus phone hacking andfarm laws led to the washout of the session. There was only one exception. The ruling partyand the Opposition reached a rare consensus on a constitutional amendment bill, which clarifies that states can maintain their list of socially and educationally backward classes. Butthe debate on the amendment was an aberration in the larger story of how parliamentpassed laws during the session.The two Houses went through the motions while passing 15 other laws. Amid continuingdisruptions, Lok Sabha, on an average, took less than 10 minutes to pass a law, and RajyaSabha passed each law in less than half an hour. The passage of these laws was more inform than in substance. In Lok Sabha, there were 13 bills in which no Member of Parliament (MP) spoke other than the minister in charge of the bill. The political debate in the two Houses on a law is often in addition to a careful examination of the government’s legislative proposal by a parliamentary committee. And this aspect oflegislative scrutiny continued to weaken in the monsoon session. The government introduced 11 bills in the session and pushed them through parliament without scrutiny by standing committees. Only 12% of the government’s legal proposals have been sent to committees for scrutiny in the current Lok Sabha. This number was 27% in the 16th (2014- 19), 71% in the 15th (2009-14) and 60% in the 14th (2004- 09) Lok Sabha. Amid the slogan shouting and the raising of placards, the government accomplished almost all of its legislative agenda. The one significant piece of law that it did not bring before parliament was an amendment to delicense electricity distribution. The government also brought in a law to end retrospective taxation and another one to increase private sector participation in public sector insurance companies. A casualty of parliamentary disruption was the ability of the Opposition to hold the government accountable for its functioning. With Question Hour barely operational, ministers neither had to orally answer questions nor face pointed follow-ups on the work done by their ministries. MPs were able to get written answers from the government on various issues, including the handling of the Covid-19 situation, the vaccination drive, and deaths due to the pandemic. While Rajya Sabha was able to deliberate on the pandemic, in the Lok Sabha, no such discussion could occur due to disruptions. Finally, this is the fourth consecutive session that has been cut short. The pandemic led to the curtailment of two sessions in 2020. This year, political parties agreed to end the budget session 11 days ahead of schedule to campaign in state elections. The monsoon session is yet another reminder that the institution needs to rethink how it deals with disruptions. It does not have any effective mechanism to reign in political parties for the conduct of their MPs. And since MPs disrupt parliament on the instruction of their political parties, disciplining them hasn’t worked. The socialist leader and former minister, Madhu Dandavate, once remarked that a sense of accommodation by the treasury benches and a sense of responsibility by the Opposition benches is the balance essential for the smooth running of parliament. And this balance can only be achieved by both sides working together to uphold the - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara dignity of parliament.
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Goa Chief Minister’s Stern Warning As Locals Stop Navy From Unfurling National Flag Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said it was “unfortunate and shameful” that some people on the island were objecting to the hoisting of the flag, and added that his government would not tolerate such “anti-India” acts. Agency News: Panaji The navy has said that it has had to cancel its plan to unfurl the national flag on Sao Jacinto island in South Goa on the Independence Day after local residents objected to it, following which Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant requested naval authorities to go ahead with the flag hoisting programme as scheduled and
gave a stern warning to the islanders that any “anti-India activities” would be dealt with an “iron fist”. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said it was “unfortunate and shameful” that some people on the island were objecting to the hoisting of the flag, and added that his government would not tolerate such “anti-India” acts. As a part of the nationwide ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ programme to commemorate 75 years of Independence, the Ministry of Defence has planned unfurling of the national flag on islands across the nation between August 13 and 15, officials said. A spokesperson of the navy’s INS Hansa base in Goa said on Friday that a team from Goa Naval Area visited islands of Goa including Sao Jacinto island as part of this pan-India initiative. “However, the plan at Sao Jacinto island had to be cancelled as the same was objected to by the residents,” the navy spokesperson said.
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75th Independence Day 2021: Not just India, these countries also mark ‘national day’ on August 15
Independence Day is one of the most significant days in modern India. It is important to observe the day to acknowledge the struggle freedom-fighters went through to gain our country’s freedom. It is because of that long struggle that India became a sovereign and democratic nation.
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August 15 holds immense importance for every Indian since it is on this day in 1947 that the country attained its rightful independence from the United Kingdom, ending nearly two centuries of colonial rule. However, India is not the only country that marks Independence Day on August 15; there are nations around the world where people also mark August 15 on their calendars as a national day. The countries, in addition to India, which mark a national day on August 15 are – Bahrain, North Korea, South Korea, and Liechtenstein.Here’s all you need to know about the significance that August 15 holds for these countries:Bahrain, which also experienced British colonial rule, declared its independence on August 15, 1971, more than two decades after India attained its own freedom. The independence in Bahrain followed a United Nations survey of the Bahraini population, subsequent to which the British announced a withdrawal of troops east of Suez in the early 1960s. Independence Day in Bahrain was marked by the signing of a treaty between the nation and the United Kingdom. However, the country does not celebrate its Independence Day on this date. Instead, it celebrates December 16 as National Day to mark the ascension o f the late ruler Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne. Both North Korea and South Korea celebrate August 15 annually as the National Liberation Day of Korea, since it is on this day at the end of World War II that 35 years of Japanese occupation and colonial rule over Korea came to an end with the help of allied forces who fought in the warIn South Korea, the day is known as ‘Gwangbokjeol’ (meaning, “the day the light returned”), while in North Korea it is known as ‘Chogukhaebangŭi nal’ (meaning, “Liberation of the Fatherland Day).Liechtenstein, a German-speaking microstate situated in the European highlands of the Alps between Austria and Switzerland, marks August 15 as National Day. The day was chosen since it was already a bank holiday; the Assumption of Mary is celebrated o n August 15. Secondly, the ruling prince at the time, Prince Franz Josef I I , was born on August 16. Therefore, Liechtenstein’s national holiday was created by combining the Feast of the Assumption and the Prince’s birthday.
India is not the only country that celebrates Independence Day on August 15, there are other nations that also mark the date as a ‘national day’.
Twitter restores Rahul Gandhi’s account, a week after locking it Twitter accounts of other Congress leaders who shared the same pictures have also been restored, said Rohan Gupta, the chairman of Congress’ social media department. Agency News: New Delhi Twitter on Saturday said it has restored access to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s account, a week after the social media platform temporarily locked it. According to Twitter, the account was locked after the Congress leader ‘violated’ its rules by posting pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi. However, even though the account has
been restored, the tweet in question was withheld in India, Twitter said. “As explained in our country withheld policy, it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in accordance with valid legal provisions under the Indian law(s),” a company spokesperson explained, adding that the withholding actions are limited to the specific jurisdiction of the country where the content is determined to be unlawful but remains available elsewhere. Twitter accounts of other Congress leaders, who shared the same photographs.
ED arrests CA in Shakti Bhog bank fraud PMLA case Raman Bhuraria was arrested on Friday for his “assistance and complicity” in the alleged fraud. Later in the day, he was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here that sent him to ED custody till August 20. Agency News: New Delhi The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a chartered accountant in Delhi in connection with a money laundering probe against Shakti Bhog Foods Ltd in an alleged Rs 3,269 crore bank fraud case, the agency said on Saturday.Raman Bhuraria was arrested on Friday for his
“assistance and complicity” in the alleged fraud. Later in the day, he was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here that sent him to ED custody till August 20.“This arrest was in continuation of rejection of his (Bhuraria’s) anticipatory bail by the Hon’ble special court and searches conducted by the department on various locations pertaining to the arrestee,” the ED said in a statement. “During the search action, various incriminating documents and digital evidences have been recovered,” it claimed. The ED’s money laundering case against Shakti Bhog Foods Limited was filed after studying a CBI FIR that charged the company and others for criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct.“The allegations against the accused (Bhuraria) include his active assistance and involvement in the bank fraud by way of round tripping.
Delta Plus advances in Maharashtra: 5 deaths, 66 cases so far Of the five deaths from the Delta Plus coronavirus variant reported in Maharashtra, two are from the Ratnagiri district while one each has been recorded from Mumbai, Beed, and Raigad, respectively. Agency News: Mumbai Maharashtra health department has said five people have died from the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus and as many as 66 cases have been detected in the state so far. The department said on Friday that a revision in the state’s Covid-19 infection tally was made after a fresh case of the Delta Plus variant was detected from the Thane district a day before. Of the five deaths from the Delta Plus variant reported
in Maharashtra, two are from the Ratnagiri district while one each has been recorded from Mumbai, Beed, and Raigad. Of the 66 patients down with the Delta Plus variant of the virus, seven were aged under 18, the PTI news agency reported. An 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri was the first person in the state to succumb to the Delta Plus variant, followed by a 63-year-old fully-vaccinated woman from Mumbai.Although the Mumbai woman had taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, she tested positive for the coronavirus. A resident of the suburban Ghatkopar area, she died on July 27 in the ICU of a hospital. Authorities detected the Delta Plus variant in her case on August 11, over an entire fortnight.
Maharashtra Governor Meets Amit Shah Hours After High Court Ruling On Him Bombay High Court, while hearing a plea seeking direction to the Governor to decide on MLC nominations, had said that the Governor has a “constitutional obligation” to either accept or reject “within reasonable time” the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as MLCs. Agency News: Patna
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, hours after the Bombay High Court ruled that the Maharashtra Governor was duty-bound to decide on the Member of Legislative Council or MLC nominations within “reasonable
time”.The Raj Bhavan, however, termed the meeting that took place on Friday evening as a “courtesy call”.The delay by Mr Koshyari in taking a decision on the proposal sent by the Maharashtra cabinet to nominate 12 persons as Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) from his quota has become a major bone of contention between him and the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) government of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress in the state.The Bombay High Court, while hearing a petition filed by a Nashik resident seeking a direction to the Governor to decide on the nominations, had said on Friday that the Governor has a “constitutional obligation” to either accept or reject “within reasonable time”
the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as MLCs.Eight months had passed since the state cabinet sent the list of persons for nomination to the Upper House to Governor Koshyari and this was “reasonable time”, a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni had said.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS David Lloyd explains why Rishabh Pant reminds him of Adam Gilchrist Watching Rishabh Pant’s knock against England in the second Test at Lord’s on Friday, former English cricketer David Lloyd feels the youngster is most effective when playing his shots. Agency News: New Delhi Rishabh Pant is only 23 years old but his comparisons with former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist continue to die down. Pant and Gilchrist have often been spoken of in the same sentence given how strikingly similar the India keeper’s batting is to the Australia legend. Pant likes to go after the bowlers irrespective of the situation, which is something Gilchrist mastered.
And watching his knock against England in the second Test at Lord’s on Friday, former English cricketer David Lloyd feels the youngster is most effective when playing his shots. With India losing overnight batsmen KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane in the first two overs of Day 2, Pant launched a counter attack on Ollie Robinson and James Anderson, hitting five boundaries en route to an entertaining 37 off 58 balls. A fearless Pant often stepped out
to both England quicks and gave the ball a whack to add a useful 49-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja. ”England had taken two early wickets when Rishabh Pant came to the crease. DK asked me: ‘As a former coach would you tell him to rein it in?’ No, I wouldn’t. It’s his role to take the attack to the opposition whatever the situation. He reminds me of Adam Gilchrist. There’s no dropping anchor. Wrest the initiative back. And
Lovlina Borgohain: Olympics ki journey abhi adhuri hai Tokyo Games saw a brilliant debut of the 23-year-old boxer, who clinched a bronze at the world arena. But, Lovlina Borgohain says her target is to win gold medal, which she hopes to achieve at Paris Games 2024. Agency News: New Delhi Her childlike smile tries hard to hide her defeat at fulfilling her ‘golden’ dreams during her maiden attempt at the Olympics. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain won a medal of bronze and hearts of billions, but confesses that she’s still “disappointed”. “Mera sapna gold ka tha. Abhi
mujhe gold nahi bronze mila, toh abhi meri Olympics ki journey adhuri hai. (I dreamt of winning gold, but I got a bronze medal. So my Olympics journey remains incomplete),” says the Arjuna awardee, adding, “Till the time I don’t win a gold, I’ll keep fighting!”The 23-year-old from Assam gave it all in the ring to win India’s third medal
quickly,” Lloyd wrote for Daily Mail. Pant has been producing these cameos a lot frequently. In the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand, Pant played a similar kind of knock in India’s second
innings, scoring 41 off 88 balls. He perished trying to play a big shot, after which he received flak form several former cricketers, but while he has received criticism, there are also those, who like Lloyd.
Rahane and Pujara are repeating the same mistake, they will be disappointed: VVS Former India batsman VVS Laxman said two of India’s most experienced Test batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are making the same mistake time and again. Laxman’s comments came after both Pujara and Rahane failed in the first innings of the second Test match against England at Lord’s.Despite a 126-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma (83) and KL Rahul, with the latter scoring a magnificent 129, India failed to put up a score in excess of 400 mainly due to the lack of
Macro data helps Sensex zoom past 55,000 mark Rallying for the second straight session, the 30-share Sensex jumped 593.31 points or 1.08% to its new all-time high of 55,437.29. It touched an intra-day record of 55,487.79.
Noted screenwriter-lyricist Javed Akhtar says filmmakers today use songs in movies as a source of revenue and not as a narrative tool. Akhtar, who has penned lyrics for some of Hindi cinema’s biggest soundtracks, right from “Silsila” (1981) to “Gully Boy” (2019), said fast-paced storytelling in films has directly impacted the tradition of songs. “The tempo of films has increased, the tempo of life has increased, so the tempo of the music has increased... A word can only be appreciated.
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in boxing at the Tokyo Games. “It was very difficult, but I knew that going to the Olympics will not come easily,” she says talking about her journey, and adds, “I’m happy in spite of all the challenges I faced, I could win a medal for my country, and make my India proud.
runs from their middle-order comprising Pujara, Kohli and Rahane. Kohli, for his part, scored 42 and put up another century stand with Rahul but it’s Pujara and Rahane’s form that has been a real cause of worry for India.Pujara was out to James Anderson on Day 1 after scoring just 9 runs. Rahane was dismissed on the first delivery of Day 2 for only 1. A mixture of technical issues and eagerness to score. We saw even in the first innings at Nottingham, the way he was restless till the time was there on the crease, eventually he was run out. Even today we saw very very tentative footwork.
Adi Godrej to step down as Godrej Industries chairman Agency News: New Delhi
or 1.01% to its fresh closing peak of 16,529.10. It surged to a record of 16,543.60 during the day. TCS was the top performer among the Sensex components, spurting 3.22%, followed by L&T, Bharti Airtel, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. On the other hand, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, Dr Reddy’s, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Tech Mahindra were among the laggards, skidding up to 1.28%. During the week, the Sensex rallied 1,159.57 points or 2.13%, while the Nifty soared 290.90 points or 1.79%.
Adi Godrej has decided to step down as chairman and from the board of directors of Godrej Industries Ltd (GIL), the flagship of the Godrej group. Nadir Godrej, who is currently managing director (MD) of GIL and brother of Adi Godrej, will take over as chairman and MD of the firm, GIL said in a filing. Adi Godrej will continue to serve as chairman of Godrej group and chairman emeritus of GIL. “I look forward to Nadir and our team achieving our exciting aspirations,” he said. GIL on Friday reported a 101 per cent growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 139 crore for Q1FY22 as against a net profit of Rs 69 crore in the year-ago quarter.
Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC),” the RBI said. On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs 5 lakh from DICGC.Meanwhile, the RBI said it has penalised three cooperative banks for
deficiencies in regulatory compliance. A penalty of Rs 25 lakh each has been imposed on Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Bhopal, and the Greater Bombay Cooperative Bank Ltd, Mumbai. The RBI has also imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Jalna.
In the latest episode of Bigg Boss OTT, singer Neha Bhasin asked co-contestant Pratik Sehajpal to talk to her with respect and also apologise to her. Talking to her other co-contestants, Neha said that she wouldn’t take ‘sadak chhap attitude from anyone’. According to a leading daily, Neha requested Nishant Malkani to drop fights during meals and eat peacefully to which Shamita Shetty agreed. However, Pratik interrupted and told her that she cannot tell it to Nishant alone and had to speak to everyone.
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The BSE Sensex vaulted above the 55,000-mark for the first time on Friday as investors
Tesla’s market capitalization and financial growth to hit a series of rising targets.
Agency News: New Delhi Tesla says Elon Musk’s 2020 compensation was nil Tesla Inc said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s total compensation for 2020 was nil, compared to $23,760 in 2019.The electric-car maker
also said in a regulatory filing that finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn’s total compensation was $46.6 million, versus the $21.2 million he got in 2019. The pay package of Musk, who is also a major shareholder and CEO of rocket maker SpaceX, requires Tesla’s market capitalization and financial growth to hit a series of rising targets.As of April, Musk had qualified for Tesla options in his 2018 pay package that are now worth over $30 billion. Tesla added “Technoking of Tesla” to Musk’s list of official titles in a regulatory filing in March that also named Kirkhorn “Master of Coin”. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Musk will be also subject of a biography by Walter Isaacson, the US.
the 30-share Sensex jumped 593.31 points or 1.08% to its new all-time high of 55,437.29. It touched an intra-day record of 55,487.79. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty breached the 16,500 level, advancing 164.70 points
Agency News: New Delhi The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the licence of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank, Panvel in Maharashtra as the bank doesn’t have “adequate capital and earning prospects”.The bank ceased to carry on banking business with effect from the close of business on Friday. “As per the data submitted by the bank, 95 per cent of the depositors will receive full amounts of their deposits from Deposit
To this, Neha questioned as to why he jumped into the conversation at all.Neha said, “You talk to me with respect. Why are you coming on me verbally? I won’t keep shut. You apologise to me.” She also told Divya Agarwal, Karan Nath and others, “My
career is going great. I won’t take sadak chhap attitude from anyone.” Later, Pratik apologised to Neha saying, “I just said what I felt. I have no intention to target you or fight with you. I am genuinely sorry and I have come to apologise to you genuinely.
‘Biggest stars of the country are combination of apparent insiders and outsiders’: Shriyam Bhagnani The newbie, who is the cousin of actor-turnedproducer Jackky Bhagnani, has had a self-made journey despite belonging to a film family. Agency News: Mumbai Actress Shriyam Bhagnani, who plays Tanya Mehta in renowned filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor’s latest web series ‘City of Dreams’ Season 2, has previously worked in ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ (2018), ‘Sunny Se Rubaroo’ (2019) and Tiger Shroff’s ‘Baaghi 2’. After training under Barry John Acting Studio, Shriyam took up jobs related to production, editing and also worked as an assisting director to learn
Sara’s ‘first cell phone’ revealed by Saba, fans Tesla says Elon Musk’s ‘No adequate capital’: Karnala Nasay ‘she 2020 compensation was nil gari Sahakari Bank licence cancelled looks The pay package of The bank ceased to Musk, who is also a carry on banking like Inmajor shareholder business with effect and CEO of from the close of rocket maker aaya’ business on Friday. SpaceX, requires remained in risk-on mode amid favourable macroeconomic data and growth optimism. Index heavyweights TCS, RIL, Infosys and HDFC twins saw robust buying, while pharma stocks slipped. Rallying for the second straight session,
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more about the craft The newbie, who is the cousin of actor-turned-producer Jackky Bhagnani, has had a self-made journey despite belonging to a film family. In a conversation with The Free Press Journal, Shriyam Bhagnani talks about her latest web series, her experience working with director Nagesh Kukunoor, the insider v/s outsider debate nd more. Talking about what made her say yes to the web series, Shriyam says, “Honestly, the first thing that instantly made me want to
play Tanya was Nagesh sir. I had watched a lot of his work already and he was one of the directors I really wanted to work with. I didn’t even know what Tanya’s character was going to be like, since we got just one scene for the audition. But. I knew I wanted to give my best to be able to play her so that I could work with Nagesh sir.” “And when I finally read the script after being shortlisted, there were literally no reasons left for me to not want to do it,” she adds.
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embroidered flowers and her hair tied back. She held a shoe in her right hand as she posed for the camera. Saba captioned the photo, “Sara...’my first cell phone!’ Knock knock...? Who’s there ..? Hellooooo..media? Come back in 20 years ..I’m going to be famous! Mahsha’Allah. Photograph courtesy @ saraalikhan95” Reacting to the post, fans showered her with love with comments like “She has always been an entertainer I think,”, “So lovely.. indeed she is born to be famous,” and, “That chappal was so lucky lol.”A few of them also compared her to Saba’s sister, actor Soha Ali Khan’s daughter, Inaaya Naumi Kemmu. Fans wrote, “She looks like Inaaya,” and, “Inni looks just like Sara…” Saba often shares pictures of Sara on her Instagram account. Last month, when she shared pictures of Sara and called her ‘my heart’, a fan claimed that she loved her niece more than her nephews Ibrahim Ali Khan,
Saba Ali Khan, the sister of actor Saif Ali Khan, on Saturday gave a glimpse of her niece, actor Sara Ali Khan, as a child. Taking to Instagram, she joked that Sara appeared to be holding her ‘first cell phone’. In the throwback picture, Sara Ali Khan wore a blue dress wit
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Woman arrested for ‘killing’ 3-year-old son in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Police on Friday arrested a young woman and her male accomplice in Shaher Kotda area of old city Ahmedabad for allegedly killing her threeyear old-son by feeding him “embalming powder” used as preservative to prevent bodies from decaying in mortuaries. Feeding fluid form of embalming powder can result in severe damage to body parts of a human.According to police, Jyoti Parmar, a resident of Ratilalni Chaali near Naroda road in Ahmedabad and native of Palanpur in Banaskantha, was arrested along with her friend and accomplice Bhupendra alias Bharat Parmar, a resident of Palanpur in Banaskantha. Jyoti is a home maker married to Ajay Parmar, an employee at a bangles’ shop in Ahmedabad and the duo had a three year old son Yuvi.Meanwhile, Bharat
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Five fake doctors arrested from Dahe The Dahej Marine police on Friday arrested five persons for practising as doctors without having requisite medical qualification. Continuing with its action against the fake doctor, cops acting on a tip-off received by Bharuch SP Rajendrasinh Chudasama conducted searches at the clinics from where these quacks were operating. The accused were identified as Madhu Mangal Jaidev Biswas, Bishvjit Trinath Bishwas, Liten Nimachand Mandal (all hailing from West Bengal), Rajiv Shivcharan Prasad Sing and Sanju Gomti Mishra, both native of Bihar. After police raided the clinics, all the five accused failed to produce their medical degrees.
Sarpanch, her husband and two aides held for taking bribe Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested the husband of a woman sarpanch from Bhuj taluka in Kutch district for accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from an employee of a mines and mineral company to allow permission for industrial construction near the mines. According to ACB officials, Kukma village sarpanch Kankuben Marwada and her husband Amrut Marwada demanded Rs 5 lakh from a company that owns mines in Kukma village for granting permission for carrying out construction near the mines. The firm had already paid Rs 1 lakh in bribe but the sarpanch and her husband were demanding Rs 4 lakh more.
Rajkot screens children across district Rajkot district administration started the screening of children in 11 talukas of the district in anticipation of the third wave of Covid-19. The administration has started the exercise to identify vulnerable children. Health officials from district panchayat have surveyed children in the age group 0-5 in the first phase. They screened 1.43 lakh children out of which 3,695 were identified as vulnerable owing to a birth defect, iron deficiency, malnutrition, and delayed development. A list of high-risk children has also been prepared. The screening of children in age group 5-10 years will begin in the next 10 days.
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According to police, Jyoti Parmar, a resident of Ratilalni Chaali near Naroda road in Ahmedabad and native of Palanpur in Banaskantha, was arrested along with her friend and accomplice Bhupendra alias Bharat Parmar, a resident of Palanpur in Banaskantha. worked as an outsourced staff in the mortuary and post mortem department of the civil hospital in Palanpur.According to the police, on August 6, Jyoti took her son Yuvi out of the house,
claiming to have taken him to civil hospital in Asarwa for treatment of fever. However around 4 pm, when Jyoti returned with Yuvi at their residence, the child was found unconscious by Jyoti’s in-laws who then shifted him to Sharda Hospital in the city. The same night, Yuvi succumbed and by August Police on Friday arrested a young woman and her male accomplice in Shaher Kotda area of old city Ahmedabad for allegedly killing her three-year old-son by feeding him “embalming powder” used as preservative to prevent bodies from decaying in mortuaries. Feeding fluid form of embalming powder can result in severe damage to body parts of a human. According to police, Jyoti Parmar, a resident of Ratilalni Chaali near Naroda road in Ahmedabad and native of Palanpur in Banaskantha, was arrested along with her friend and accomplice Bhupendra.
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6 Gujarat cops to get medals for ‘excellence in investigation’ According to police, IPS Nitesh Pandey was awarded for his efficient role as a complainant on behalf of the police and subsequent investigation, evidence collection and arrest under the sections of Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCTOC) Act against 13 accused persons belonging to land shark Jayesh Patel syndicate in Jamnagar. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad As many as six police officers in Gujarat featured in the list of awardees announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday for ‘excellence in investigation 2021′. The MHA on Thursday announced a list of 152 police personnel from different states’ police and agencies such as CBI, NIA and NCB, who will receive the
‘excellence in investigation’ medal for 2021.According to police, IPS Nitesh Pandey was awarded for his efficient role as a complainant on behalf of the police and subsequent investigation, evidence collection and arrest under the sections of Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCTOC) Act against 13 accused persons belonging to land shark Jayesh Patel syndicate in Jamnagar. Later
Patel was also detained from UK. IPS officer Vidhi Chaudhary and PI Mangu Tadvi have been awarded for their work in arresting under five days a man accused of raping four-yearold girl child in Surat city in December last year and filing chargesheet against him. Police Inspector Mahendra Saluke has been awarded
for his investigation of a road accident death in Umra of Surat which ultimately resulted in arrest of accused for murder. Police Inspector AY Baloch has been awarded for his work in arrest of accused in kidnapping of two young men and return of Rs 1 crore ransom amount which was given by victims’ family in Surendranagar.
Man booked for giv- Camel gets trapped in trench Sarpanch, her husband and two aides held for ing wife triple talaq dug in Banni grassland taking bribe Police said the woman called 100 number around 11 am Thursday after her husband allegedly assaulted her and gave her triple talaq. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A man in Ahmedabad has been booked under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act after he allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife. According to police, an FIR was lodged at Vejalpur police station against Aabid Hussain (28), a resident of Fatehwadi in Ahmedabad, for allegedly divorcing his 26-year-old wife Rubina Saiyyad under the outlawed Islamic practise. Police said the woman called 100 number
around 11 am Thursday after her husband allegedly assaulted her and gave her triple talaq. “I am married to Aabid for the past four years. I have my own catering business. My husband was unemployed, so sometime back, I bought him an auto rickshaw with my own income for him to start earning. However, when I demanded money from him to pay for household expenses, he told me that he has nothing and assaulted me. On August 12, Aabid was unwell and I had got him some medicines. When I returned home, Aabid assaulted me in front of my sister, sister-in-law and a woman friend and told me talaq three times,” said the woman in her complaint. The accused man and his parents were booked under the IPC sections 323 for assault, 498a for cruelty to wife and sections of the Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) act.
87 days of anxiety, prayers after Covid hits IVF mother
They opted for InVitro Fertilization (IVF) at Akanksha Institute in Anand and a baby girl was born in 2018. But some time later they felt the need to have siblings for her, considering their advancing age. Agency News: Vadodara Few months after Amandeep Kaur Khosa and her husband Amarpal Singh lost their 23-year-old son, their only child, in a road accident in September 2017, the couple from Haryana yearned to be parents again.They opted for In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) at Akanksha Institute in Anand
and a baby girl was born in 2018. But some time later they felt the need to have siblings for her, considering their advancing age. They then opted for the second round of IVF at the same facility for twins in November last year. But with Amandeep, 48, contracting Covid-19 during the 26th week of her pregnancy, the couple’s journey to welcome their newborns turned into a turbulent ride of 87 days, with the twins hospitalised with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS)-C until August 11. “Losing my 23-year-old son, who was in the final year of LL.B., was the toughest phase of my life. For a few months, I tried meditation, yoga, spiritual lectures but nothing could drive away the emptiness and pain that I felt about losing my only child,” said Amandeep.“I would keep telling God to return what he had taken away from me.
The incident comes three days after maldharis (cattleherders) of Sharada village submitted a memorandum to police demanding compensation for the death of a buffalo after allegedly falling in the same trench in July. Agency News: Rajkot A camel was reportedly trapped inside a trench dug to fence a grass plot developed by the state forest department
near Sharada village in Banni grassland in Kutch on Friday, even as the forest department maintained that it did not have any official information about the incident. The incident comes three days after maldharis (cattleherders) of Sharada village submitted a memorandum to police demanding compensation for the death of a buffalo after allegedly falling in the same trench in July.“This morning, maldharis spotted a camel trapped in the trench dug around the grass plot located between
Sharada and Hodko villages. The villagers arranged water for the camel and tried to help it out of the trench. However, the animal seemed to have sustained injuries and was unable to stand up. Therefore, it could not be rescued immediately,” Fakirmamd Punra, a resident of Sharada and vice-president of Banni Breeders Association (BBA), an organisation of maldharis of Banni grassland, said. A purported video of the incident showed the camel stretching its neck out the trench and trying to get up to no avail. “This is the same trench in which a buffalo of Sadham Bhsriya of Sharada was trapped on July 9. Another buffalo, belonging to Sharif Vasant Jat of our village, also died after getting trapped in the same trench on August 9,” Punra said.
Amrut Marwada demanded Rs 5 lakh from a company that owns mines in Kukma village for granting permission for carrying out construction near the mines. Agency News: Rajkot Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested the husband of a woman sarpanch from Bhuj taluka in Kutch district for accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from an employee of a mines and mineral company to
‘Forging list of PMAY housing draw beneficiaries’: Two accused VMC employees sent to three-day police remand Agency News: Vadodara A local court in Vadodara on Friday remanded in threeday in police custody two employees of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) arrested for allegedly forging the list of beneficiaries of a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) housing draw.The two accused, Executive Engineer of the Affordable Housing cell of the VMC Pramod Vasava and Management Information System (MIS) expert Nishit Pithwa, were arrested on Thursday, for allegedly forging the list of beneficiaries during
An FIR filed by City Engineer Shailesh Mistry on Thursday had alleged that the two employees manipulated the original list of the draw to “insert names” of those who were not chosen as beneficiaries during the official draw. an event conducted on August 7 as part of the nine-day celebratory events to mark the five years of state government. The VMC, Friday, also suspended Vasava even as the inner circles within the civic body are rife with speculations on whom the accused will name in the scam.An FIR filed
by City Engineer Shailesh Mistry on Thursday had alleged that the two employees manipulated the original list of the draw to “insert names” of those who were not chosen as beneficiaries during the official draw. Mistry has stated in his complaint that the civic body received complaints
from beneficiaries that the list uploaded on the website of the VMC did not match with the list that was displayed on the public screen at the event, where the beneficiaries were allotted homes. “To probe into the complaint, we summoned the copy of the printout taken at the venue — one of which was with the deputy engineer and another, which was with Pithwa and had been certified by the Executive Engineer (Vasava). The discrepancy was clearly visible in both copies,” Mistry had said. Vasava was suspended from the VMC on Friday.
allow permission for industrial construction near the mines. According to ACB officials, Kukma village sarpanch Kankuben Marwada and her husband Amrut Marwada demanded Rs 5 lakh from a company that owns mines in Kukma village for granting permission for carrying out construction near the mines. The firm had already paid Rs 1 lakh in bribe but the sarpanch and her husband were demanding Rs 4 lakh more. The firm’s management approached ACB and lodged a complaint against the couple. “We laid a trap on Thursday evening in which the sarpanch was asked to collect Rs 4 lakh from the firm’s office in Bhuj. Amrut Marwada and his two aides — Ravji Bochiya and Ritesh Bochiya — came there and we caught them accepting Rs 4 lakh bribe.
Six shops near police station burgled during night curfew Agency News: Vadodara The city’s police’s claims of intense patrolling sounded hollow as burglars broke into six shops located few hundredsmetres away from Raopura police station on Thursday night.The police have got footage of CCTVs installed in some of the shops. The burglars left the cops red-faced as they committedthe crime during the night curfew when the police are supposed.
Surat vendor arrested in anti-conversion case Agency News: Surat In the first case registered in the city under Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, the police arrested a 51-year-old man onFriday for allegedly marrying a 22-year-old woman after changing his identity.Accused Mohammad Akhtar Sheikh had developed friendship with the woman posing as Mukesh Mahavir Gupta and the duogot married in 2018. The couple has a oneyear-old son and recently the woman, who sells snacks in a handcart on Ring Road,saw her husband’s Aadhaar card details in his phone where his real name was mentioned as Sheikh, a vegetable vendor. She approached the Dindoli police station and lodged a complaint against her husband
accusing him of love jihad. Theaccused has been booked under provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act as well as various sections of Indian PenalCode including subjecting the woman to cruelty by husband, voluntarily causing hurt, intentionally insult, criminal intimidation, marrying again, criminal breach of trust and cheating In her complaint, the woman alleged that the accused met her in January 2018 to change the mobile SIM card when she was working as telecaller with a mobile service provider. The accused introduced himself as Mukesh. The complainant then asked him to help her get a few more clients for mobile number portability, after which Sheikh brought a few of his friends to port their numbers too.
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Groundnut farmers’ hopes sink as rains play truant in Saurashtra Agency News: Rajkot Delayed and deficient rainfall has raised serious concern for the groundnut farmers in Saurashtra region as many of them are staring at
crop failure if the monsoon doesn’t revive in the next four to five days. Saurashtra is the largest producer of groundnut in the country with a harvest of nearly 32 lakh to 35 lakh tonnes. This
particular period is extremely crucial as it is that time when the crop requires more water. According to farmers, roots of plants penetrate deeper into the soil and therefore the water requirement is high.