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Gujarat logs 90 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad

A total of 90 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, as per a press release shared by the Gujarat Information Department on Wednesday. There has been a substantial rise in the number of Covid 19 cases detected in the state again as on Monday there were 45 new covid 19 cases. On Tuesday, there were 58 cases and today the cases have increased to 90.The maximum number of cases, i.e 49 new cases have been recorded in Ahmedabad followed by 10 cases in Mehsana, eight in Rajkot and six in Surat.As per the release, a total of 1154 people have been vaccinated on Wednesday in the state which brought the total vaccinated people to 12,80,91,744 in the state.The recovery rate in the state is 99.11 per cent.Earlier on Saturday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan

Parliament highlights: LS, RS adjourned for the day as uproar over Rahul Gandhi’s London remark continues

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Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet again to continue discussion. While Finance Bill is government’s top priority, the opposition intends to bring up issues such as allegations against the Adani group and use of central agencies towards the BJP’s political adversaries. Parliament reconvened to discuss Union Budget 2023 after both houses, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, adjourned for the day on Tuesday due to protests and outrage from both sides. While the ruling parties pressed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to retract

French Embassy visa fraud mastermind fled from India: CBI

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Alanna Panday looks gorgeous in a green floral embellished lehenga.

Sensex falls 344 points, Nifty slides below 17,000 mark in 5th day of losses wrote a letter to the States and Union Territories.Bhushan flagged that the gradual rise in COVID-19 test positivity rates in some States is a concerning issue that needs to be promptly addressed.“Despite the low number of new cases, equally low number of hospitalisations and

Benchmark BSE Sensex trimmed all its early gains to close down by 344 points at a five-month low on Wednesday due to heavy selling in banking, financial and telecom stocks as lingering concerns over banks’ health and high inflation dented sentiments. Besides, persistent foreign capital drain from the domestic market and the sliding rupee kept the pressure on equities, traders said.

ISRO readies OneWeb satellites for March 26 launch

Agency News: New Delhi

ISRO is all set to launch 36 low earth orbit satellites for UKbased OneWeb later this month that will complete its first-generation constellation for providing internet through space across the world.“Exciting news from India as we confirm the encapsulation of our 36 satellites ahead of OneWebLaunch18; our final launch which will complete our Gen 1 constellation,” OneWeb said on Twitter. “Target date is March 26th Go OneWeb,” Massimiliano Ladovaz, Chief Technology Officer of OneWeb, tweeted.The private satellite communications company has India’s Bharti Enterprises as a major investor and shareholder. The 36 satellites of OneWeb reached India on February 16 from the satellite manufacturing unit in Florida for integration with the Launch Vehicle Mark III. significant advances made in terms of COVID-19 vaccination coverage, there is still a need to remain vigilant and focus on the five-fold strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour,” Bhushan said in his letter.

In October last year, the ISRO successfully launched the first batch of 36 satellites by OneWeb from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, marking the entry of LVM-3 into the global commercial launch service market.NewSpace India, a central public sector enterprise under the department of space, had earlier signed two launch service contracts.

G-20 meet: Police impose ban on flying drones,unmanned aerial vehicles in Amritsar

Agency News: New Delhi comments he made in London, the opposition demanded a JPC (joint parliamentary committee) probe into the Adani issue. The second half of the Union Budget 2023 began on Monday, after the first half was plagued by numerous delays due to a variety of issues, with the AdaniHidenburg controversy dominating the headlines.

Police on Wednesday imposed a ban on flying drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in Amritsar city from March 14 to 21 in view of the ongoing G-20 meet there. The ban also includes venues of G-20 Education Working Group meetings, and the places where delegates are staying as well as routes taken by them, a state government statement said.

”The Amritsar Commissionerate Police banned flying drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in the entire Commissionerate area from March 14 to March 21,” it said. Amritsar’s police commissioner Naunihal Singh said the meeting venues, places where the delegation will stay and the routes taken by them have been declared red zones and flying of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles have been prohibited to strengthen the security and to prevent any untoward incident from airborne entities. Several G20 events are being held in Amritsar, in which delegates from many foreign nations are also taking part.

Ahead of the G20 meet at Amritsar, the Punjab Police had conducted a special cordon and search operation in the state under which raids were conducted at locations and hideouts related to foreign-based gangsters.

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi Issues

Threat To Salman Khan From Jail, Says ‘Apologise or Face Consequences’

Agency News: New Delhi

Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has once again hit headlines after he threatened Bollywood actor Salman Khan with ‘consequences’ if he does not issue an apology to the Bishnoi community for his involvement in the Blackbust case. Bishnoi, in his latest interview from the prison, said Salman humiliated his community by allegedly killing a blackbuck. “There is anger in our society for Salman Khan. He humiliated my society. A case was filed against him but he did not apologise. If he does not tender an apology, be ready to face the consequences. I will not depend on anyone else,” he told. The jailed gangster mentioned in the interview that “he will break his ego sooner or later”. He stated in the interview, “There is anger in my mind for him since childhood. Will break his ego sooner or later. He should come to our deity’s temple and apologise. If our society forgives, then I will not say anything.” The latest threat from Lawrence to Salman Khan comes almost a year after the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against an unknown person for sending a ‘threat letter’ to the Bollywood superstar and his father-lyricist Salim Khan.

Lashkar Terrorist Associate Arrested Along With Ammunition In Baramulla

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Jammu Kashmir Police claimed to have arrested a terrorist associate of the Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit along with ammunition in the Baramulla district of North Kashmir. In a handout police spokesman said, joint forces of Baramulla Police, Army 29 RR, and 2 Bn SSB during Naka checking at Singhpora Pattan noticed a person wearing Pheran (Gown) coming from Matipora side on seeing the Naka party he tried to flee from the spot, but the alert party chased him and was apprehended tactfully.During his personal search, 71 live rounds of AK-47 were recovered, and he was taken into custody immediately, he said. During questioning, he revealed his name as Ali Mohammad Bhat R/O Bonichakal Arampora Pattan and was working as a terror Associate with the banned terror organization LeT outfit, he said. The case under sections of Arms and ULA (P) Act stands registered in Police station.

A former employee of the French Embassy here who allegedly perpetrated a massive fraud by issuing visas to hundreds of people, including his parents, on the basis of fake documents without the knowledge and approval of sanctioning authority has escaped from India, officials said.The CBI had booked Shubham Shokeen and another former employee Aarti Mandal in the case on the basis of a complaint from the French Embassy. It was alleged that Shokeen issued visas on the basis of forged documents after accepting illegal gratification of Rs 50,000 per application without the knowledge and approval of the head of the visa department of the embassy from January 1, 2022 to May 6, 2022.Shokeen dealt with 324 files relating to requests to issue visa during the period, the CBI has alleged.The CBI was on the trail of Shokeen after the registration of the case but it found that he had escaped the country before the FIR was lodged by the agency last December.During the searches, the CBI seized the passports of Shokeen’s parents -- no. U6107931 belonging to his father Samunder Singh and U1489667 belonging to his mother Anita Shokeen -- on which ‘ETATS SCHENGEN’ visa stickers bearing numbers 601039921 and 601039919 respectively were pasted.The Schengen visa allows a person to travel across 27 countries in Europe seamlessly.

Bengal jobs scam: Mamata Banerjee urges HC to rethink sacking people

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that while “mistakes” in the recruitment process should be corrected, no one should be fired because they have families to support. Banerjee’s remark came as the Calcutta High Court dismissed the services of thousands of people who were illegally appointed as teaching and non-teaching staff at state-sponsored and stateaided schools across West Bengal through recruitment fraud. “If I have made any mistake, you can slap me and I will not mind. I have not wronged anyone, knowingly.

After I came to power, I have not taken away the jobs of CPI(M) cadres, but why are you doing this? You don’t have the ability to give a job, but you are snatching away people’s livelihoods,” she said, apparently targetting CPI(M) MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, a lawyer who was fighting many of such cases in the court.

‘Atal ji became PM for sake of secularism’: Uddhav attacks BJP over Advani snub

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Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday launched an offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its claims that he abandoned Hindutva to form a coalition government in the state with Congress and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party. Uddhav Thackeray said Shiv Sena supported BJP’s Rath Yatra when it was opposed by almost all political parties. He said Lal Krishna

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Advani was the face of BJP but Atal Bihari Vajpayee became India’s prime minister because the coalition parties opposed the former’s name.“When BJP started Rath yatra, we supported them. They had only two MPs. Advani was their face.

Karnataka Congress Gears up for Rahul Gandhi’s Mega Rally on March 20

Agency News: New Delhi

To counter the blitzkrieg election campaign of the ruling BJP, the Congress is planning a mega rally on March 20 in Karnataka, which will be attended by Rahul Gandhi. The Congress is making an all out preparation for the programme. Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the state for the first time after the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The mega rally is being organised at Belagavi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken part in a 10.7 km roadshow in Belagavi and evoked a good response from the people.The Belagavi district has the biggest landscape and 18 MLAs get elected from here.

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Competition Among BJP Ticket Aspirants Natural for a Winning Party, Says Karnataka CM Bommai

Agency News: Belgaum

Amid reports that the BJP’s many ticket aspirants in various constituencies for the upcoming Assembly election are in stiff competition with each other, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said it was natural that this would happen in a party that is confident of winning, and that the party and its leadership is capable of managing the situation.He also hit out at the Congress’ poll guarantees, saying that the opposition party will not come to power to implement them, and that the schemes it promised are non-implementable.“There will be competition in a party that will win, so there is competition naturally,” Bommai said in response to a question.Speaking to reporters here, he said the

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SVB fall shows it’s not just about credit risk, It’s also about the silent role of interest rate California’s Silicon Valley Bank was shut down by regulators in the United States last Friday, followed by New York-based Signature Bank on Sunday. Several Indian startups with accounts at SVB may also be impacted by this sudden closure. Bank runs or panic withdrawals and the resulting contagion effects have once again raised questions about banking regulation around the world. When SVB announced last Wednesday that it needed $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet, most of its depositors were caught by surprise. Panic ensued, and depositors withdrew funds worth $42 billion in a day, making a bad situation worse and leading to its shutdown. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said depositors would have access to only the insured deposits by Monday morning.Many startups in India with deposits in SVB had difficulties accessing funds, especially those with deposits that are more than the insured amount. Losing access to their deposits would damage the ability of these firms to make downstream payments. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in India, is meeting with startups to assess the impact. Late Sunday evening, the Federal Reserve System announced it would help banks meet the needs of their depositors. The UK arm of SVB has already been sold to HSBC. What seemed like the bank failure of a relatively small institution has turned into an event with global ramifications.The SVB bank run is unusual for three reasons. First, it did not get into trouble because of a deteriorating loan portfolio. SVB clients were largely venture-capitalists who made deposits but did not need loans. SVB, therefore, invested these funds in US government bonds. When the Fed increased interest rates, the price of bonds fell, causing a liquidity crisis. The bank’s financial position was thus a result of poor management of its interest-rate risk and not its credit risk. Second, since the client base consisted mostly of venturecapitalists, their demand for funds to SVB.

Telangana CM KCR to Address Public Meeting in Maharashtra on Mar 26

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Ruling BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will address a public meeting at Kandar Loha in Maharashtra on March 26 where several local leaders, especially from NCP, are expected to join the party.Former MLA and NCP leader Shankaranna Dhonge, another ex-MLA Nagnath Ghisewad and several other leaders met Rao in Hyderabad on Tuesday and reportedly expressed their willingness to join the BRS.They discussed the policies of BRS and its plans for the future with Rao, a BRS release said late on Tuesday night.Rao, also known as KCR, addressed a public meeting at Nanded in Maharashtra in February. It was the first meeting of BRS outside Telangana.

Pieces of woman’s body found inside tank, daughter held for murder

Agency News: Mumbai

A 55-year-old woman was murdered and her body chopped into pieces which were found dumped in the cupboard and water tank in her house in Mumbai, following which police arrested her 23-year-old daughter, an official said on Wednesday.

While some parts of the highlydecomposed body were found wrapped in a plastic bag kept inside the cupboard of her tenement in Lalbaug area, other parts were found dumped in a water tank, the official said. He said the daughter of the woman was found sitting inside the room when police knocked on her door on Tuesday night.The official said a relative of the woman had gone to the house of the deceased but found the door locked from the inside. The relative grew suspicious due to the foul smell and informed the police. Police are awaiting a postmortem report and investigating the crime, the official said, adding a case of murder was registered.

BJP and its leadership is capable of managing the situation. “To whomever the high command gives the ticket, everyone will support and ensure that the party wins with an absolute majority,” he added. The ruling BJP has set a target of winning at least 150 seats in the 224 member Assembly, which will go to polls by May.According to some party sources, the stiff competition among aspirants may cause a bit of worry for the BJP in several of the constituencies, with the possibility of rebels emerging in a few places.

Islamophobia Day: Kerala CM Calls for Fight Against Hatred, Bigotry

Agency News: Trivandrum

On the occasion of International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called for a united fight against the darkness of hatred and bigotry. The United Nations General Assembly had adopted a resolution sponsored by 60 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which designated March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.In a tweet on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said: “The UN’s International Day to Combat #Islamophobia is a solid call to action, reminding us of the disturbing rise of intolerance against Muslims and hate crimes worldwide.” “We must unite and ignite a flame of compassion and

Scuffle Erupts Between Oppn MLAs, Security Staff in Kerala Assembly Over Protest Outside Speaker’s Office Leader of Opposition in the Assembly VD Satheesan said four MLAs -- Rema, AKM Ashraf, TV Ibrahim, and Saneesh Kumar -have sustained injuries during the scuffle with security guards

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Atense situation prevailed for a while in the Kerala Assembly complex on Wednesday as a section of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) MLAs took out a march to the office of Speaker AN Shamseer and staged a protest accusing him of being biased in the House.As the Opposition MLAs staged a sit-in outside the Speaker’s

BJP MLA Binoy Bhusan Das Takes Oath as Tripura Assembly’s Pro-tem Speaker

Binoy Bhusan office, the Watch and Ward staff lifted them and tried to remove them from the premises. The MLAs lay on the ground and refused to leave the building.Leader of Opposition in the Assembly VD Satheesan said four MLAs — Rema, AKM Ashraf, TV Ibrahim, and Saneesh Kumar — have sustained injuries during the scuffle with security guards. “The CM is not ready to answer any questions. Therefore, we boycotted the Assembly and were holding a protest outside the office of the Speaker but our MLAs including women were attacked by ruling party MLAs and staff.

Cong chief DK Shivakumar calls DGP Sood ‘nalayak’, demands his arrest

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Das, the MLA of Panisagar assembly constituency, was sworn in by Governor Satyadeo Narain

Arya in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha and his cabinet colleagues

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Senior BJP legislator Binoy Bhusan Das on Wednesday took oath as the pro-tem speaker of the Tripura Assembly at Raj Bhavan in Agartala. Das, the MLA of Panisagar assembly constituency, was sworn in by

Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha and his cabinet colleagues.Legislators of the 60-member assembly of the northeastern state will take oath on Thursday and Friday, Das said, adding that he will conduct the House till new Speaker and deputy Speaker are elected.The next assembly session is scheduled to begin on March 24. During the brief session, vote on account will be placed before the House as the budget for 2023-24 could not be prepared due to the assembly elections. Notably, seventy-year-old BJP leader Manik Saha had on March 8 taken oath as the Tripura chief minister for the second time.

Drunk TTE misbehaves with female passenger at Krishnarajapuram station

Agency News: Bengaluru empathy to illuminate the darkness of hatred and bigotry,” Vijayan said. The document stresses that terrorism and violent extremism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilisation, or ethnic group.It calls for a global dialogue on the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace, based on respect for human rights and the diversity of religions and beliefs.

Delhi Govt Extends Old Excise Policy for 6 Months

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DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka President of the Congress party, called for the arrest of the state’s Director General of Police (DGP), Praveen Sood, on Wednesday. Shivakumar alleged that the DGP had been protecting the incumbent BJP government while targeting leaders affiliated with his own party (INC) through legal proceedings. Shivakumar, who is set to lead the Congress party along with Siddaramaiah in the lead up to upcoming assembly elections, said: “This DGP is nalayak. Immediately, there should be a case against him. And he should be arrested. The election commission should remove him.”“He has finished three years in service. How many days do you want to keep and worship him? He has been filing cases only against Congress. He has registered more than 25 cases against us,” the senior Congress leader said.Shivakumar hinted at possibility of the DGP facing an arrest if Congress returns to power in the southern state, with the upcoming elections for the 224-member Karnataka assembly.

Suicide by married males: Plea in Supreme Court seeks National Commission for Men

A video has surfaced on the internet from the Krishnarajapuram station near Bengaluru where a female passenger alleged that a ticket checker pulled her, misbehvaed with her while she was leaving from the station demanding her to show her ticket.In the video surfaced on Twitter, the woman can be seen shouting at the station in distress while the TTE asks her to show her ticket. Fellow passengers can be seen confronting the TTE after they found out that the female passenger was alleged touched inappropriately by him.The TTE on the other side can be seen replying arrogantly while demanding her to leave the station as soon as she shows him the ticket. He also mentioned that it is his job to check tickets of the passengers and he is just doing the same.Soon after the female passenger showed him her ticket, she broke into tears saying that she was harassed by the railway employee. The mob around them can be seen catching hold of the TTE who tried to fled away from the scene.One of the passengers can be seen saying that the TTE was drunk. As soon as they found out that he was drunk, they asked the female passenger to call the cops. At the end another TTE can be seen at the scene trying to calm the situation.

As per the old excise policy, there will be 5 dry days during these 6 months.

Bhopal

gas tragedy extra cash onus on government, says Supreme Court

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The government is responsible for making good the shortfall in compensation for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the Supreme Court asserted on Tuesday and dismissed the Centre’s curative plea to increase the amount.The Centre had sought compensation of Rs 7,413 crore, up from the original settlement amount of Rs 750 crore, from Union Carbide’s successor companies. A curative petition is the last remedy available to a litigant before the top court after exhausting options such as an appeal or a writ petition followed by a review petition. In the Bhopal case, no review petition was filed and the apex court made an exception by allowing the Centre to submit a curative petition.A five-judge bench ruled that it was the responsibility of the government to make good the deficiency in the compensation and termed as “gross negligence”

The Centre had sought compensation of Rs 7,413 crore, up from the original settlement amount of Rs 750 crore, from Union Carbide’s successor companies the failure to take out insurance policies on behalf of the surviving victims.One of the world’s worst industrial disasters, the Bhopal gas leak of 1984 had claimed 5,295 lives and caused injuries and ailments to over5.3 lakh people.“The responsibility was placed on the Union of India, being a welfare state, to make up for the deficiency and to take out relevant insurance policies.

Surprisingly, we are informed that no such insurance policy was being taken out.

The Delhi government has extended the ‘Old Excise policy’ for six months and has asked officials to prepare a new excise policy soon. Going by the old policy, there will be 5 dry days during these 6 months.After the whole controversy around the new excise policy, in connection with which former Delhi deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia is currently jailed, Delhi had reverted to the old excise regime, with the opening of government-run liquor vends in the city and exit of private players from retail business. The return of the old excise policy also meant that discounts offered by private players on liquor brands among others discontinued for Delhi. Sisodia was arrested last month after nearly eight hours of questioning on various aspects of the excise policy for 2021-

22, which the probe agency says suffered from irregularities both in its formulation and implementation, allegedly intended to benefit people with links to the AAP. He was later sent to judicial custody till March 20.The CBI had found that profit margins of liquor wholesalers were increased from five per cent to 12 per cent in the new excise policy on the insistence of the ‘South Lobby‘, a coterie of politicians and liquor businessmen who allegedly swung the policy in their favour. It is alleged that a group of ministers was of the view to cap profit margins to five per cent which was also the crux of the draft policy.

NIA conducts raids at 8 locations over CPI (Maoist) attack on former BJP MLA

Agency News: New Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has carried out searches at the houses of eight accused in West Singhbhum district in a case related to the Naxal attack on former BJP MLA Gurucharan Nayak in Jharkhand last year that had left two policemen dead, an official said on Wednesday.In July last year, the NIA was entrusted with the investigation of the attack which occurred at Jhilrua School playground in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on January 4. The armed cadre of CPI(Maoist) had also looted weapons of the slain personnel. ”All the eight suspects whose premises were searched on Tuesday are active members of the Maoist support network. They assisted Action Team Members of CPI (Maoist) and provided logistic support to the armed cadres of

During the searches, documents related to the illegal Kolhan State, digital devices and various other incriminating documents have been recovered and seized

CPI (Maoist) in mounting the attack on the former MLA,” an NIA spokesperson said.During the searches, the official said several posters of CPI (Maoist), documents related to illegal Kolhan State, digital devices and various other incriminating documents have been recovered and seized.On January 1, the NIA had filed a supplementary chargesheet against 14 accused in the case.

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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking guidelines to deal with suicide by married males subjected to domestic violence and a ‘National Commission for Men’.

The plea filed by advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari cited the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data published in 2021 on accidental deaths in India which claimed 1,64,033 people died by suicide across the country that year. Out of these, 81,063 people who ended their lives were married men, while 28,680 were married women, the petition said.“Around 33.2 per cent men ended their lives because of family problems and 4.8 per cent due to marriage related issues in the year 2021. In this year total 1,18,979 men have committed suicides which are about and total 45,026 women have committed suicides which are about 27 per cent,” the plea said while referring to data provided by the NCRB.The petition has also sought direction to the National Human Rights Commission to deal with the issue of suicide by married men and accept the complaints of men suffering domestic violence.“Issue direction to the respondent no.1 to issue proper guidelines through the Ministry of Home Affairs to the police authority/ Station House Officer of every Police Station.

Yogi govt to organise recital of Ramcharitmanas in every district, allocates fund

5 suffocate to death at brick kiln, 1 hospitalised; probe ordered Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased

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Five workers died of asphyxiation and another took ill after inhaling smoke at a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district, officials said on Wednesday.The district collector has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident that took place at Gadhphuljhar village under Basna police station limits, they said. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the deaths and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased.As per preliminary investigation, six workers set an assembled pile of dried mud bricks for heating on Tuesday night and slept atop it, said Kumari Chandrakar, station house officer (SHO) of Basna police station. When other workers reached the spot this morning and found them unconscious, they alerted the police, she said. The six workers were shifted to a local hospital where five of them were declared dead, she said.The sixth person was later referred to capital Raipur for treatment, she said.“According to doctors, the five died due to suffocation but the exact cause of the death will be known after their post-mortem”, she said.

Telangana Raj Bhavan seeks report on TSPSC paper leak issue

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The Yogi Government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to organize recitals of Ramcharitmanas during this Ram Navami in each district.During Navratri, the state government will also organise recitals of Durga Saptashi in every district along with cultural programmes engaging women and girls. The state government has allocated a fund of Rs one lakh to each district for this purpose. The opposition parties in UP have reacted sharply

During Navratri, the state government will also organise recitals of Durga Saptashi in every district along with cultural programmes engaging women and girls over this decision of Yogi Govt and demanded that the same should be done during the festivals of other religions. The Principal Secretary, Culture of UP, Mukesh Meshram has issued directives to all the District Magistrates and Commissioners asking them to organise recitals of Ramcharaitmanas on the occasion of Ram Navami and Durga Saptashi during the Navratri period beginning next week.

Taking serious note of the alleged leak of question papers of recruitment tests by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC), Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s office has sought a detailed report from the constitutional body over the issue by Thursday night.The case of question paper leak regarding the Assistant Engineer (Civil) exam conducted by the Commission was on Tuesday transferred to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad Police for further investigation. The Raj Bhavan, under the instructions of the Governor, has written a letter to TSPSC secretary.

In the letter, it favoured a thorough inquiry into the issue and sought a report within 48 hours on the alleged leak and the corrective measures proposed to be taken to avoid recurrence of such incidents in order to protect the future of genuine candidates apart from initiating stringent action against the culprits, a Raj Bhavan press communique said on Tuesday night.TSPSC chairman Janardhan Reddy said a decision on whether or not to conduct AE examination would be taken on Wednesday after considering relevant issues, including legal measures.Nine people, including an Assistant Section Officer in TSPSC, two candidates and a police constable, were arrested on Monday over their alleged involvement in the data breach, for stealing and leaking of TSPSC’s Assistant Engineer (Civil) examination question paper. The exam was held on March 5.The TSPSC Chairman said the Assistant Section Officer has been suspended from service.

Fifa approves 2026 World Cup format with record 104 matches

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The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the traditional 64 games due to the expanded format with 48 teams taking part, Fifa said on Tuesday. The 2026 edition, which will be cohosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the first edition of the quadrennial tournament where 48 teams are taking part.

“The Fifa Council unanimously approved the proposed amendment to the Fifa World Cup 2026 competition format from 16 groups of three to 12 groups of four with the top two and eight best thirdplaced teams progressing to a round of 32,” Fifa said.The tournament has had 32 teams since the 1998 edition, with eight groups of four and the finalists playing seven

Legend Dick Fosbury changed an event forever: Michael Johnson

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Vedanta pays back $100 million to Standard Chartered Bank games each. But teams reaching the summit clash in 2026 will now play eight matches in total.The original plan for the 2026 edition had a total of 80 matches but the decision to increase the number of games to 104 was approved by Fifa’scouncil at a meeting on Tuesday. A second-half goal by Salernitana forward Boulaye Dia cancelled out Olivier Giroud’sopening header as champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 home draw in Serie

A on Monday, making it their third winless outing in a row in all competitions. Milan are fourth in the standings on 48 points.

T20 series: Bangladesh beat England to complete clean sweep

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England crashed to a 3-0 series defeat against Bangladesh in their T20 series as a half-century by Litton Das and some tight bowling helped the hosts secure a 16-run victory in the final match in Mirpur on Tuesday.Chasing 159 to win thanks to a 57-ball 73 by Das and an unbeaten 47 by Najmul Hossain Shanto, England lost Phil Salt for a first-ball duck in debutant Tanvir Islam’s opening over before Dawid Malan (53) and Jos Buttler (40) steadied the ship. Malan then top- edged one to Das behind the wickets to become Mustafizur Rahman’s 100th victim in the 14th over before Buttler was run out next ball attempting a risky single as the hosts heaped pressure on England.Moeen Ali and Ben Duckett also perished attempting big shots against Taskin Ahmed and the visitors never recovered.

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his ‘Fosbury Flop’, has passed away. He was 76.Fosbury died on Sunday after a recurrence with lymphoma, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared their heights by running parallel to the bar, then using a straddle kick to leap over before landing with their faces pointed downward. At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Fosbury took off at an angle, leaped backward, bent himself into a “J” shape to catapult his 6-foot-4 frame over the bar, then crashed headfirst into the landing pit.It was a convention-defying move, and with the world watching, Fosbury cleared 2.24m to win the gold and set an Olympic record. By the next Olympics, 28 of the 40 jumpers were using Fosbury’s technique. The Montreal Games in 1976 marked the last Olympics in which a high jumper won using a technique other than the Fosbury Flop.“The word legend is probably used too often,” sprint great Michael Johnson tweeted.“Dick Fosbury was a true LEGEND! He changed an entire event forever with a technique that looked crazy at the time but the result made it the standard.”Over time.

David Warner in Australia’s WTC final plans against India

Steve Smith will captain Australia in three-match ODI series beginning on Friday

Deals Decline 60% to $1.8 Billion in February; M&As See Significant Downtrend In Volume

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Vedanta Ltd on Wednesday said that it has repaid USD 100 million to Standard Chartered Bank through release of encumbrance on March 10.Vedanta Resources Ltd has earlier said it has enough means to meet debt repayment liabilities in the coming quarters as it looked to assuage investor concerns around its financial position. Vedanta Resources is the majority owner of Mumbai-listed mining and oil & gas company Vedanta Ltd.“The earlier disclosure was made pursuant to facility agreement dated 8 September 2022 entered into between Twin Star Holding Limited (as borrower), Vedanta Resources Limited and Welter Trading Limited, and Standard Chartered

Bank (Singapore) Limited... for the purposes of availing a facility of an aggregate amount of USD 100,000,000.“However, the said facility has been repaid and the encumbrance has been released,”

Vedanta said in a filing to BSE.

Vedanta Resources had said it has pre-paid all of its debt that was due for repayment till March 2023, deleveraging by USD 2 billion in the past 11 months.Further, it said the company is confident of meeting its liquidity requirements for the quarter ending June 2023.

Nothing to do with crypto: New York regulator on Signature Bank’s closure

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Agency News : New Delhi

The deepening funding winter that the startups face and the near dry-up of IPOs singed the deal street as the total value of deals plunged 60 per cent to $1.8 billion in February, according to a report by Grant Thornton.The industry saw just 89 deals worth $1.8 billion in February, which is 60 per cent lower than the year ago period in value terms and down by 54 per cent year-on-year in volume as investors continued to tread cautiously amid macroeconomic uncertainties, according to Grant Thornton.This is the second-lowest deal volume and the lowest value since 2014. Of the total deals, M&As saw significant downtrend both in terms of volume which fell 48 per cent to

24 deals, and by 47 per cent in value clocking at $755 million compared to February 2022.The IPO segment was the worst with just one issue of $8 million, compared to three issues raising $1 billion a year ago. While M&As were dominated by cross-border deals, particularly outbound transactions on the back of one big-ticket transaction of $578 million, volume continued to be dominated by domestic consolidations accounting for 67 per cent of transactions. The pharma, healthcare and biotech, and IT and ITeS sectors led the deal activities with 17 per cent and 13 per cent of the volume, respectively, followed by the automotive sector thanks to the Autosystemtechnik’s acquisition by Motherson International for $578 million.

HPCL enters agreement to manufacture, market Chevron’s lubricants

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David Warner is still in Australia’s plans for the World Test Championship final against India in June after the batsman recovered from concussion and an elbow injury, coach Andrew McDonald said.Warner flew back to Australia from India last month after suffering injuries in the second Test of the four-match series. Apart from a defiant 200 against South Africa in December, the 36-year-old has struggled in recent Tests and there has been speculation in Australian media that he might retire after the WTC final, which starts on June 7 at The Oval. “I think you work through that conversation, and how each player finishes is always different,” McDonald said of Warner.“Some want to go out in a certain way, and others are OK with potentially being dropped out of sides.“But at the moment, Dave’s fully in our plans for the WTC final, he’s coming back for the one-day series, he’s recovered from his injury, so we’ll see Dave back in Australian colours on March 17 and we’ll go from there.”

New York’s financial regulator said its decision to close Signature Bank had “nothing to do with crypto,” citing what it called “a significant crisis of confidence in the bank’s leadership” that occurred over the weekend after regulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank. The comments from a New York State Department of Financial Services spokesperson were in contrast with those made by Signature Bank board member and former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, one of the pioneers of the landmark Dodd-Frank Act, which was enacted after the 2008 financial crisis to better insulate the banking system from shocks.

”I think part of what happened was that regulators wanted to send a very strong anti-crypto message,” Frank told on Monday.“We became the poster boy because there was no insolvency based on the fundamentals.”But NYDFS denied Frank’s claims in a statement on Tuesday, saying that its decision to close Signature Bank on Sunday and appoint the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.