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India successfully test-fired MBBS seats increased by 87%, PG by 105% during nuclear-capable Agni-5 NDA rule: Mandaviya ballistic missile Agency News: New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi India on Thursday successfully carried out the night trials of the Agni-5 nuclear-capable ballistic missile, according to sources from the defense establishment. The missile has the capability of hitting targets beyond the range of 5000 km and is crucial for India’s self-defense systems. The defense sources also informed to validate new technologies and equipment on the missile, which were intended to make the missile lighter. The trial was aimed at enhancing the range of the Agni-5 missile if required. The nigh-trials came a few days after Chinese soldiers indulged in a brawl with Indian soldiers at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh. Several soldiers from both sides are injured, but none of the armies reported any deaths. Last year, China raised concerns regarding India’s launch of an Agni-5 intercontinental
The test was carried out to validate new technologies and equipment on the missile which is now lighter than before. ballistic missile citing a resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 1172. The resolution was issued after India’s 1998 nuclear tests. Agni-5 is an ingeniously built advanced surface-to-surface ballistic missile developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development
Programme (IGMDP). It is a fireand-forget missile, which cannot be stopped without an interceptor missile. The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) is the brain-child of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who aimed at making the country self-sufficient in the field of missile technology.
The number of MBBS seats has increased by 87 per cent and that of PG by 105 per cent in the last eight years, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday. While interacting with reporters outside Parliament, Mandaviya emphasised that since 2014, several steps have been taken to ease access to quality education in the country for the younger generation. He underlined the impact of several initiatives taken under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime and said, change can be seen happening at every nook and corner of the country. With this momentum and coordination among stakeholders, a holistic ecosystem of education will be created in the country. Highlighting the change in the medical education sector, Mandaviya said, “While India had a limited number of 387 medical colleges in 2014, the system was riddled with far too many problems.” “There is a paradigm shift from input-based to outcomebased approaches and reforms
under the Modi government. Consequentially, we now have 648 medical colleges in 2022 with a whopping 96 pc increase in the number of Government Medical Colleges (GMC) alone and a 42 pc increase in the private sector, since 2014,” he said. “At present, out of 648 medical colleges in the country, 355 are government and 293 are private,” Mandaviya added. The minister said, “MBBS seats have also seen a massive 87 per cent increase from 51,348 in 2014 to 96,077 in 2022. Similarly, PG seats have observed an increase of 105 per cent with 31,185 seats in 2014 to 63,842 in 2022.” He said with a vision to create 10,000 MBBS seats in government medical colleges, 58 colleges across 16 states have been approved with an increase of 3,877 MBBS seats.
Indian Navy chief holds dis- SC notice to cussions with Lanka Prez to Centre on EC boost bilateral military ties voter ‘profiling’ AIIMS, New Delhi declared Akshay Kumar seen at the screening of Avatar: The Way of Water.
Shiv Sena row: HC reserves order on Uddhav Thackeray’s appeal against decision freezing party name, symbol Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on an appeal by former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray challenging a single judge’s decision dismissing his plea against an Election Commission interim order freezing the Shiv Sena name and election symbol. Thackeray claimed that the single judge’s November 15 order, by which it had also directed the EC to expedite the proceedings, is “erroneous” and liable to be set aside. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after hearing arguments of counsels for both the parties, said, “We will pass appropriate orders.”
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Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar has held discussions with senior political and defence leadership of Sri Lanka, including President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on furthering defence cooperation between the two nations. Kumar, who arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day visit, called on President Wickremesinghe on Wednesday. “Discussions focused on furthering defence cooperation between India and Sri Lanka towards strengthening bilateral ties. Sri Lanka’s role in steering Colombo Security Conclave towards ensuring peace and security in the region was acknowledged,” the Indian High Commission here tweeted. He also called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. “Discussed the importance of strong defence ties between and means to further strengthen existing linkages between Armed Forces of the two countries,” the mission tweeted. Kumar also met Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, State Minister of
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and others on a plea claiming that the Election Commission of India has indulged in voter profiling through its decision to link voter identity cards, Aadhaarand the State Residential Data Hub (SRDH). A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha said the petition had raised important legal questions and sought responses from the Centre, EC and the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Petitioner Srinivas Kodali, a resident of Hyderabad and a graduate of IIT Madras, had moved the Supreme Court, challenging an Andhra Pradesh High Court order that had dismissed his plea.“The ECI has effectively created a surveillance architecture given that the Aadhaardatabase and SRDH contain sensitive information on voters, including religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income and medical history, which is now linked to voter information,” the petition filed.
Defence of Sri Lanka. “The CNS (Chief of Naval Staff) conveyed #India’s commitment towards strengthening bilateral defence cooperation, including opportunities for greater defence industry collaboration,” Indian Navy tweeted on Thursday. He also met with Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. “Fruitful discussions on #maritimesecurity matters of common interest and prospects for further enhancing cooperation in the maritime domain,” the Indian Navy tweeted. High Commissioner Gopal Baglay along with the Navy chief hosted a reception onboard the INS Sahayadri. Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and ministers, including Nimal Siripala Silva.
‘tobacco-free zone’, smoking on hospital premises punishable offence Agency News: New Delhi The AIIMS, New Delhi has been declared as a “tobacco-free zone” and action will be taken against the doctors, permanent or contractual employees and security staff found smoking or chewing tobacco on the hospital premises. According to an office memorandum (OM) issued by AIIMS Director Dr M Srinivas, if any contractual employee or security staff is found smoking cigarettes or bidis or chewing any tobacco product on the hospital premises, he shall be summary terminated from the service. Also, if any permanent employee or doctor is found smoking or chewing a tobacco product on the hospital premises, a memorandum will be issued and disciplinary action taken against him, according to the OM. Besides, smoking and spitting tobacco on the premises of
the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be a punishable offence for the patients, attendants and visitors with a fine of Rs 200. All the heads of departments have been requested to ask the staff working under them to strictly follow the guidelines. The security personnel have also been instructed not to allow the patients, attendants, visitors and staff members to use tobacco in any form on the hospital premises, according to the OM issued on Wednesday. The OM said the use of tobacco is a prominent risk factor for leading causes of death and a number of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
Elections ‘Big Budget Affair’, Simultaneous Polls Will Save Money: Govt Agency News: New Delhi Elections have become a ”big budget affair” and holding simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies would result in huge saving to the exchequer, the government said on Thursday. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the need for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies has been felt as polls have become ”big budget affair and expensive”. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, he said the Law Commission in its report on Reforms in Electoral Laws had suggested simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies for the sake of stability in governance. ”Simultaneous elections would result in huge saving to the public exchequer, avoidance of replication of effort on part of administrative and law and order machinery in
holding repeated elections and bring considerable savings to political parties and candidates in their election campaigns,” Rijiju said. Simultaneous polls would also curb the adverse effect due to prolonged enforcement of Model Code of Conduct due to asynchronous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, he said. Elections to Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies were held simultaneously in 1951-52, 1957, 1962 and 1967. However, due to the premature dissolution of some legislative assemblies in 1968 and 1969, the cycle got disrupted.
Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over Opposition ruckus Agency News: New Delhi Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted on Thursday as opposition members created uproar after the chair disallowed adjournment notices on several issues including on alleged misuse of probe agencies by the government. The House witnessed two back-to-back adjournments of 15 minutes each. Soon after laying of papers, opposition members sought clarifications on why their adjournment notices were not taken up and demanded discussions on various issues. This led to uproar following which Deputy Chairman Harivansh adjourned the proceedings for 15 minutes first and then again for another 15 minutes when the House met. While opposition members created uproar over not being allowed discussion on issues raised by them, BJP members
were also on their feet raising the issue of the Bihar hooch tragedy. Seven opposition members had given adjournment notices under Rule 267 for discussing various issues of importance, which were not allowed by the chair. As the deputy chairman urged members to allow the Zero Hour to function, members raised strong objections leading to disruption of the proceedings. The opposition has been demanding a discussion on the Indo-China conflict, besides other issues like the alleged misuse of probe agencies, interference of the government in appointment in higher judiciary, concerns of farmers and other issues.
India abstains on UN Economic and Social Council resolution to oust Iran from commission on status of women Agency News: New Delhi India has abstained in the UN Economic and Social Council on a draft resolution to oust Iran from the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment. The Economic and Social Council adopted on Wednesday the draft resolution, introduced by the US, on the removal of Iran from the membership of the Commission on the Status of Women for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term, citing its oppression of women
and girls in the Islamic Republic. The resolution was adopted by a recorded vote of 29 in favour to eight against - Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia, Zimbabwe and 16 abstentions, including by Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Mexico, and Thailand. Through the draft ‘Removal of the Islamic Republic of Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term’, the Economic and Social Council expressed serious concern over the actions of the Government of Iran since September 2022.
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batches of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Dental College and Hospital was held at Siri Fort Auditorium today, it stated.
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Gujarat: Former State Minister First Meeting of Newly ‘Improving Body Strength May Help Handle Spurious Liquor’: Bihar Shankar Chaudhary Set to Elected MCD Councillors Minister after Hooch Tragedy SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Indira Gandhi began it, now Modi, Kejriwal Become Next Assembly Speaker to Take Place on Jan 6 Agency News: Patna Editorial
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Do you want to know where your tax money goes? Well, earlier this week, the Narendra Modi government told the Lok Sabha that ever since it came to power, Bharatiya Janata Party had spent Rs 6,491.56 crore on advertising. Of this, Rs 3,260.79 crore went on ads in the electronic media and Rs 3,230.77 crore. It is not my intention to target the BJP alone for this expenditure: taken on a per capita basis, many non-BJP state governments have also been spending huge amounts on ads. Nor is this the first government at the Centre to spend hundreds of crores on advertising. Besides, taken on a year-by-year basis, the Centre has been reducing its expenses in recent years. State governments, however, continue to charge ahead. Everyone in Delhi knows that for many years, Arvind Kejriwal was the city’s biggest TV star. Even when there were legal complications about his paid-for stardom, the great man continued to make TV appearances, some of which only featured his back: so recognisable had his body become to the city’s TV viewers that perhaps some were actually glad to see the back of him. An RTI response earlier this year revealed that the Delhi government spent Rs 488.97 crore on advertising in the financial year 2021-22. Of this, a staggering Rs 125 crore was spent in a single month. Obviously, they like the idea of spending public money on promoting themselves. I mention the Centre and Delhi examples because I live in the capital and see the expenditure first-hand. But the same is true of nearly every other state. Hundreds of crores of public money are spent on banal hoardings carrying the chief minister’s face, and taxpayers’ funds are used to purchase full-page ads in newspapers. Often, there is no public purpose to these ads. A Congress-ruled state government will spend crores on ads in other states on Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary. When J. Jayalalithaa was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, she plastered her face on nearly every hoarding and newspaper. To be fair, some of - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara this does serve a public purpose.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Thursday declared Shankar Chaudhary and Jethabhai Bharwad as its candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively, of the newly-formed 15th state legislative Assembly. An official notification issued by the Assembly secretariat said the new Assembly will meet for the first time for a day on December 20, and election for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be held in the first half, while other businesses will be taken up in the second half. Another notification said that all the newly-elected MLAs will be administered the oath of office in the Assembly on December 19 by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel. In the just-concluded Assembly elections, the BJP retained power by winning 156 out of the total 182 seats, while the Congress bagged only 17 seats. The remaining seats went to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), independents and the Samajwadi Party (SP). Considering the numbers, both
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Bihar: SIT constituted to probe into hooch case, whip cracked on errant officials We have also conducted intensive raids across the district in the last 48 hours and nabbed 126 hooch traders, says district headquarters Agency News: New Delhi A special investigation team has been set up to crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, where 26 people have died and at least 12 others have taken ill since Tuesday night, officials said. During a press conference in Chhapra, the district headquarters, Saran DM Rajesh Meena on Thursday said that action has been taken against officials concerned. “We have also conducted intensive raids across the district in the last 48 hours
and nabbed 126 hooch traders. More than 4,000 litres of illicit liquor have also been seized,” he said. Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar, who was also present at the press conference, declined to divulge whether the arrested persons included those directly involved in the latest hooch case, saying that “the matter is still under investigation and disclosing much at this stage could hamper the probe”. “Some blame lies on officials concerned too and hence SHO of Mashrak police station and the local chowkidar have been suspended with immediate effect”, he added. They also said that transfer of the Sub Divisional Police Officer of Marhaura has been recommended to authorities along with a request that departmental proceedings be initiated against him. “For speedy investigation, an SIT consisting of 31 police officials, headed by an additional SP and including three deputy SPs, has also been set up”, the district magistrate said.
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Chaudhary and Bharwad are all set to win the respective posts in case an election takes place. Speakers are generally elected unopposed. Chaudhary, who represents the Tharad seat in Banaskantha district, had served as a minister in the governments led by Anandiben Patel and Vijay Rupani between 2014 and 2017. Chaudhary had lost Assembly elections in 2017 from Vav seat. Bharwad, a six-time MLA from Shehra Assembly seat of Panchmahal district, had served as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly for a year between 2021 and 2022 in the 14th Assembly. While Bharwad is the chairman of Panchmahal Dairy, Chaudhary heads Banas Dairy.
All 5 Newly-elected Gujarat AAP MLAs Meet Arvind Kejriwal
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad All five newly-elected AAP MLAs from Gujarat called on the party’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence here on Wednesday.Party MLA Bhupat Bhayani, who had initially hinted that he may go with the BJP to “resolve several key issues” of his constituency but later set aside all speculations, saying he was not unhappy with the AAP, was also present during the meeting. Bhayani was accompanied by Chaitarbhai Vasava, Hemantbhai Hardasbhai, Sudhir Baghani and Makwana Naranbhai. The Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat unit president Gopal Italia, state general secretary Manoj Sorathia and Isudan Gadhvi, the party’s chief ministerial face, and other leaders accompanied the newly elected legislators to Kejriwal’s residence. “It was
The Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat unit president Gopal Italia, state general secretary Manoj Sorathia and Isudan Gadhvi, the party’s chief ministerial face, and other leaders accompanied the newly elected legislators a courtesy call with the AAP’s national convenor,” Italia told. AAP sources said Kejriwal held a meeting with his party’s Gujarat unit leaders, including the five MLAs, and discussed the strategy to further expand the party’s base in the BJP-ruled state. “Met with the newly elected AAP MLAs from Gujarat.
Minor Found Dead in UP’s Bhadohi, Police Suspect Rape ‘Lack of attention from parAgency News: Bhadohi soaked naked body was recovered on Thursday some distance from ents’: Student slits throat, ends The naked body of a missing her house in an area under Chauri eight-year-old girl bearing injury Police station,” he said. The body life in Bengaluru college marks on her private parts was found has injury marks on the private in a village here on Thursday, with police suspecting she was raped. The girl went missing from a wedding in her neighborhood on Wednesday evening, Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said, “Her blood-
parts. Prima facie, it appears to be case of rape before murder, the SP said. A case has been registered and an investigation has been initiated, he said, the body has been sent for post-mortem.
Odisha Man Takes Partner to Gujarat, Stabs Her 49 Times As He Didn’t Want to Marry Her; Arrested Agency News: Surat Jagannath Goda, a man from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar allegedly killed his partner by stabbing her multiple times, as he didn’t want to marry her. According to reports, his partner named Kunidar Seemadas had been persuading him to get married to her, but he was not willing. In a bid to kill her, Jagannath took her to Surat with him and deceitfully took her to the crime spot saying they would roam around the city. He then stabbed her 49 times until she was dead, an India Today report said. According to police, Jagannath threw the woman’s body into an abandoned field before returning to Bhubaneswar. The body was
Jagannath took her to Surat with him and deceitfully took her to the crime spot saying they would roam around the city recovered by Surat Police, which then started an investigation into the matter. Police got their first major lead from the t-shirt of the victim, and later managed to arrest the accused, based on evidence found through CCTV cameras, and inquiries made around bus stands and railway station in the city. Jagannath was arrested under section 302.
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In a shocking incident, an engineering student from Kerala, studying at a College in Anekal town of Bengaluru committed suicide by slitting his throat. The incident came to light on Thursday. The deceased is identified as 19-year-old Nitin, a student of AMC Engineering College in Bannerghatta locality of Bengaluru. Nitin hailed from Koyalandi village near Padini Zaria region in Kozhikode district of Kerala, police said.
His parents reside in Dubai and he was admitted to the college by his brother. The police are suspecting the reason for suicide to be lack of attention from parents. According to police, Nitin had joined the college on December 1 and took up CES course for the first year. Nitin slit his throat with a knife himself in the toilet room of the college. Bannerghatta police who have taken up an investigation stated that Nitin was in a depressed mood from being away from his parents.
WBSSC recruitment: Now CBI to focus on forged age, qualification angle Agency News: Kolkata
A new dimension in the multicrore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal cropped up at the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday as several candidates were reported to have secured employment in the Class 9 and 10 teachers in different state-run school either by forging their age-related documents or their
secondary and high-examination certificates in 2016. Surprised at the new development, a singlejudge bench of Justice Biswajit Basu ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe this new angle of irregularities. “I would have ordered the scrapping of the entire panel. But since there are many eligible candidates in the panel.
The first meeting of the newly-elected MCD councillors will take place on January 6, next year, sources said on Thursday. On December 7, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250. “Delhi LG, VK Saxena, in the exercise of powers vested in him vide Section 73 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, has approved the proposal to convene the first meeting of the MCD on Friday, January 6, 2023,” a source said. The proposal to convene the first meeting of the civic body was moved by the Commissioner (MCD) on December 12, to the Urban Development Department,
requesting LG’s approval. “Thereafter, the file approved by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also Minister (Urban Development) and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was received in Raj Niwas on December 14 and the LG accorded his approval on the same day itself,” the source added. As per sub-Section (1) of Section 35 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act, “The Corporation shall at its first meeting in each year, elect one of its members to the Chairperson to be known as the Mayor and another Member to be the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation.” As per Section 77 of the said act, the presiding officer at the meeting for the election of the Mayor shall be a councillor who is not a candidate for such election and shall be nominated by the LG.
Amid the political slugfest sparked after the most recent Bihar hooch tragedy where at least 40 people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, the state’s Industry Minister made a baffling statement on Wednesday. Bihar Industry Minister Sameer Mahaseth claimed that improving body strength might help to “tolerate” spurious liquor. “Best if you give up drinking. Poison, and not liquor, coming here,” he said. “If we build strength via sports, we might be able to tolerate it but people will have to build that strength,” he said. “Give it up. It’s prohibited and being wrongly pushed here.” “…Best if you give up drinking. Poison,&not liquor, coming here. If we build strength via sports,we might tolerate it but people will have to build that strength. Give it up!It’s prohibited&being wrongly pushed here..,” says Bihar Min SK Mahaseth on Chapra hooch
tragedy. The minister was speaking at a state-level sports event in Hajipur on Wednesday and emphasised on the importance of sports in building strength. Even as the death toll continued to rise in the dry state on Wednesday and Thursday, the Bihar legislative assembly saw stormy sessions with the Nitish Kumar government and the opposition parties exchanging barbs. As opposition leaders questioned the government’s ban on Thursday, CM Nitish Kumar shot back, saying that people were dying even where there was no ban. The Nitish Kumar government banned consumption and sale of alcohol in 2016. The state has seen several hooch tragedies since then.
Congress Calls KCR ‘South Indian Hitler’, Protests in Telangana And Delhi after Asansol Stampede: West Bengal Raids on Hyderabad War Room Govt Moves HC Over Protection Agency News: New Delhi
Telangana Congress workers have taken to the streets after a sweep by cyber police at the party’s social media war room. Authorities raided the office of Congress’s chief poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu on the night of December 13 after they received five FIRs against the party for allegedly running derogatory content against chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. The police also arrested three employees of the team whose whereabouts are still unknown, said sources. Calling KCR “South Indian Hitler”, Congress leaders launched a two-pronged protest. While party workers protested against the highhandedness of the police in all mandals of Telangana, the party’s state unit chief Revanth Reddy and MP Uttam Kumar Reddy took the fight to New Delhi. They said that they would lay siege to the
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newly inaugurated Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) office in the national capital. Revanth addressed a press meet with Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera at the party headquarters in Delhi. At the same time, Congress MP Manickam Tagore also raised the issue in the ongoing session of the Lok Sabha. “The House should give priority to discuss the atrocious attitude of Telangana Police who have arrested 5 people entering vehemently into the Telangana Congress war room in Hyderabad yesterday. The arrest was done on the basis of a FB post against CM Telangana without a search warrant or without any notice under 41A CRPC,” Tagore said in the motion notice.
Mumbai: BMC changes name of Byculla zoo by adding ‘botanical’ word Agency News: Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has changed the name of ‘Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo’ located at Byculla in the city by adding the word ‘vanaspati’ or ‘botanical’ to it, civic officials said on Thursday. Municipal Commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal on December 12 passed a resolution to change the name of the 160-year-old zoo to ‘Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Vanaspati Udyan va Pranisangrahalaya’. The word ‘vanaspati’, which means botanical, has been inserted before ‘udyan’ or garden in the earlier name. The garden, which is spread over 5,200 square metres, houses more than 6,611 trees of over 291 species that comprises 80 per cent of the city’s flora. There are 82 animals of 13 mammal species, 194 birds of 16 species
and 28 reptiles of seven species, the officials said. Last month, the garden, which is also popularly known as “Ranichi Baug” celebrated its 160th anniversary. According to officials, it was earlier known as Victoria Gardens, but was first renamed as ‘Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan’ in 1969 and as ‘Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan va Pranisangrahalaya’ in 1980. The garden/zoo is one of the famous tourist spots in the city. Lakhs of tourists, especially children, visit the zoo that is rich in flora and fauna. Humboldt Penguins and tigers are one of the main tourist attractions inside the zoo.
File FIR on complaints about pothole accidents: Karnataka HC Agency News: Bangalore The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Home Department to register FIR on complaints regarding accidents due to potholes. The HC said when such complaints are received where accidents due to potholes have resulted in injuries or death, the police should not hide behind technicalities and immediately register FIRs. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi was hearing a public interest litigation about the alleged failure of the civic authorities in filling up potholes on Bangalore’s roads. The HC also directed the petitioner to include the Home Department as a respondent in the
case. The HC said citizens who have met with accidents due to potholes can file a complaint in the police station and the police concerned will investigate the matter.The HC reiterated its earlier order directing the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to survey the potholefilling exercise carried out by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Bangalore and file a report within eight weeks. The BBMP was directed to provide NHAI with all the relevant documents.
Agency News: Kolkata The West Bengal government on Thursday verbally moved the chief justice’s bench at the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission to file a petition challenging a single bench order that directed the state police not to register any FIR against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari without permission of the court. The move came after the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea of the state government to lodge an FIR against Adhikari in connection with the stampede at a blanket distribution programme in Paschim Bardhaman district’s Asansol on Wednesday. The division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava allowed the state’s verbal prayer seeking leave to file an appeal against a single bench order of December 8 which gave the leader of opposition protection from the
The move came after the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea of the state government to lodge an FIR against Adhikari in connection with the stampede at a blanket distribution programme in Asansol filing of further FIRs against him without permission of the high court. Adhikari’s lawyer had told the court of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha that 26 FIRs were filed against him and that it was an orchestrated bid to prevent him from performing any function as a people’s representative at the instance of the ruling dispensation in the state. Directing the state police not to register any more FIRs against the petitioner without the high court’s permission, Justice Mantha had stayed all the FIRs referred to in the petition by Adhikari.
Windowpane of new NagpurBilaspur Vande Bharat train damaged after stones hurled
Agency News: Raipur A windowpane of the newly-inaugurated NagpurBilaspur Vande Bharat Express train suffered damage after an unidentified person hurled a stone at it in Chhattisgarh, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place between Durg and Bhilai Nagar railway stations under the Raipur division of
the South East Central Railway (SECR) on Wednesday evening when this semi-high-speed train was heading to Bilaspur in the state, he said. “Somebody hurled a stone at the train from outside, which caused damage to a window of the E1 coach last evening. But nobody was injured in the incident,” the official said. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) was informed about it and a probe was initiated, he added. The Vande Bharat Express train between Nagpur in Maharashtra and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, the sixth such service in the country, was flagged-off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Students’ suspension row: Karnataka college to hold another meeting today Agency News: Bangalore
The management of a PreUniversity College in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada that had suspended 18 students following an altercation over an interfaith relationship between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy, has decided to hold another meeting after the affected students requested to be allowed to attend classes. The management of Vittal PU
College in Bantwal town near Mangaluru had suspended 18 students, both boys and, girls belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities for creating a scene in the campus. The Principal of the college, A.S. Adarsha told the media on Thursday that the act of suspension of students till examinations was taken as a temporary step to avoid creating a vicious atmosphere in the campus.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS Sania Mirza Enjoys FIFA World Cup Semi-Fi- India’s first innings folds for 404 nal; Pens Loving Note to Her ‘Pillars in Life’ on day 2 against Bangladesh Amid Shoaib Malik Divorce Rumour Agency News : Chattogram Agency News : Mumbai
Sania Mirza has been grabbing headlines for her rumoured divorce with husband Shoaib Malik. While the tennis star has maintained her silence on the matter, Shoaib recently addressed the rumour by calling it “a personal matter”. Amid all the speculations, Sania is having a blast in Qatar, where she attended FIFA World Cup semifinal matches along with her sister Anam Mirza and actors Shanaya Kapoor and Ananya Panday. Sania took to her Instagram account to share a series of photos from her Qatar getaway. Sharing the photos, Sania wrote, “What an amazing atmosphere and experience! Short and very sweet trip to Doha for the FIFA World Cup.” In another post,
Sania penned a heartwarming post for her parents, Imran Mirza and Nasima Mirza, on the occasion of their wedding anniversary. She shared an adorable family picture and wrote: “Happy Anniversary to our pillars in life. May you have many more Mumma and Baba.” Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza have been making the headlines for their alleged separation. The former Pakistani cricketer recently responded to the reports about their rumoured divorce.
Arjun Tendulkar scores 120 on debut Agency News : New Delhi
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun emulated his illustrious father when he hit a century on Ranji Trophy debut against Rajasthan on Wednesday in Porvorim. Playing for Goa, Arjun, 23, reached his century off 177 deliveries in his first-class debut, the second day of the fourday match. Sachin had scored his maiden first-class century on debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in 1988, against Gujarat, as a 15-yearold. Arjun, a fast-bowling allrounder, was dimissed for 120. The left-hander slammed 16 fours and two sixes. Unbeaten on 4 overnight, Arjun walked in with the score on 201 for 5 and stitched together a 221-run partnership with Suyash Prabhudessai, who hit 212 off 416 balls. At stumps, Goa were 493 for
8 in 163.2 overs. Arjun had moved to Goa from Mumbai at the start of the season in search of more game time. He had earlier featured in just two T20s for Mumbai. Karandeep Kochhar, riding on the confidence of having recently sealed his Asian Tour card for next year,got off to a flying start with a six-under 66 to lead on Day 1 of the inaugural SSP ChawrasiaInvitational meet at the RCGC. Abhinav Lohan shot a 67 to occupy the second place,
India were all out for 404 in their first innings on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh, here on Thursday. Ravichandran Ashwin (58) completed his fifty, while Kuldeep Yadav also contributed a valuable 40 to help India go past the 400run mark after starting the day at 278 for six. Chesteshwar Pujara (90) and Shreyas Iyer (86) were the top-scorer for India. Spin duo of Taijul Islam (4/133) and
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Mehidy Hasan Miraz (4/112) did most of the damage, while pacers Ebadot Hossain (1/70) and Khaled Ahmed (1/43) also chipped in with one wicket each. India took lunch break at 348-7.
Andrew Flintoff ‘lucky’ to survive crash Agency News : New Delhi
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has been airlifted to a hospital after suffering a horror car crash in Surrey while filming an episode for Show. The 45-yearold was filming for ‘Top Gear’ in icy conditions at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey on Tuesday when the accident happened. “Freddie (Flintoff) was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning — with crew medics attending the scene immediately,” the said in a statement. “He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course.” According to The Sun, Flintoff’s injuries are not “life-threatening” and he was “driving on the track as normal” and was not going at a high speed. “All the usual health and safety measures were in place for filming too,” a source was quoted as saying by The Sun. “Freddie was taken to hospital by air ambulance shortly afterwards. Filming has been postponed for now.” Flintoff’s son said the 45-year-old was “lucky to
GST Council Meeting: Will Edible Oil Imports Jump Tax Rates On Various Items 34% to 15.29 Lakh Tonnes Be Revised This Week? in November
be alive” following the crash. “I’m not too sure what happened but he is lucky to be alive,” his 16-year-old son Corey told Daily Mail. “It was a pretty nasty crash. It is shocking. We are all shocked but just hope he’s going to be OK.” It is the second crash Flintoff has been involved in while filming the programme which he has presented since 2016. In 2019, he was heard shouting “I can’t stop” as he shot off the runway into the grass travelling at 124mph. He had lost control of a motorised trike, the Time Bandit, against cohosts Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness. Speaking afterwards, he said: I go to great lengths to make sure I do well in Top Gear drag races but on this occasion I went a few lengths too far!
The 48th GST Council meeting is scheduled to take place on December 17 (Saturday), which may be its last meeting before the Union Budget 2023. Among the issues that are likely to be discussed are the decriminalisation of offences, the setting up of an Appellate Tribunal and the fitment committee’s pending recommendations. Apart from this, the Council may also discuss certain tax rate changes. In the previous 47th meeting in June 2022, the GST Council had decided to accept the group of ministers’ interim reports on the correction of duty inversion and exemption. Pre-packaged and prelabelled retail packs, including curd, lassi and butter milk, were also brought under GST. On the upcoming meet, experts said that as this meeting may be the last meeting prior to Union Budget 2023, the Council may also
discuss certain tax rate changes and system reforms for ease of compliance. The topic of GST rate rationalisation is also likely to be picked up in the discussions. The Council, which is headed by the Union finance minister and comprises representatives of all states and UTs, is going to conduct its 48th meeting this week (December 17) via videoconferencing. Ankur Gupta, practice leader at SW India, said, “On the rate front, we might not see much due to inflationary pressure except for health services where rates could go down from 18 per cent to 12 per cent.” Gupta added that this would be the last Council meeting for the year and few important outcomes are expected out of this meeting. He added that there should be some update based on reports of GoMs rate and valuation on casino and online games along with capacitybased levy on certain tobacco products.
WhatsApp Pay India Head Vinay Choletti Quits Agency News : New Delhi WhatsApp Pay India Vinay Choletti has resigned just after four months he was elevated to the position, according to his details on a professional social media platform. Choletti’s resignation is the fourth high-profile exit in about one and half months from Meta in India after its country head Ajit Mohan stepped down in November. After Mohan, WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta India Public Policy Head Rajiv Aggarwal also resigned from the company last month.
Choletti shared an update on exiting WhatsApp on Linkedin. “Today was my last day at WhatsApp Pay and as I sign off, I can proudly say that watching the scale and the influence of WhatsApp in India has been a humbling experience,” said.
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD CONFIRMED! Shah Rukh Khan to Besharam Rang Controversy: Prakash Raj supports Deepika Padukone, says ‘it’s okay promote Pathaan at FIFA World when saffron-clad swamiji rapes minors’ Cup finale amid controversy Agency News : Mumbai Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is currently making headlines ahead of the release of his much-awaited film Pathaan. Recently, the makers also released the first track ‘Besharam Rang’ which gives a glimpse of Shah Rukh and Deepika Padukone’s sizzling chemistry. Shah Rukh took to his official social media accounts to announce that he will attend the finale of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar to promote Pathaan. “Field par Messi aur Mbappe… studio mein @WayneRooney aur main… #Pathaan! 18 Dec
ki shaam hogi shaandaar! Dekhiye #FIFAWorldCup Final mere saath, LIVE on @ officialjiocinema & @sports18. official,” he tweeted. It was earlier reported that Deepika Padukone will unveil the FIFA trophy in Qatar during the final match of football’s biggest tournament. On Wednesday, SRK’s fan page made one of the FIFA commentary videos
viral in which SRK can be seen virtually talking about the match and the stadium. Taking to Twitter, the fan page wrote, “Shah Rukh Khan to promote Pathaan at #FIFAWorldCup # F I FAWo r l d C u p Q a t a r 2 0 2 2 #FIFAWorldCup2022 final! #Pathaan #ShahRukhKhan #SRK #BesharamRang #ArgentinaVsCroatia #Messi” Meanwhile, a lot of Bollywood celebrities including Ananya Panday, Karisma Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Dino Morea and others attended the FIFA matches. Pathaan, starring SRK, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham will be released on January 25, 2023.
Rajinikanth offers prayers at Tirumala temple with daughter Aishwarya days after 72nd birthday Superstar Rajinikanth offered prayers at Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala in Tirupati on Thursday. Accompanied by his daughter Aishwarya, the actor participated in suprabhata seva. Guided by the priests, they performed different rituals. Later, they were offered Veda Ashirvachanam at Ranganayakula Mandapam. Earlier, officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the hill shrine, welcomed Rajnikatnth and Aishwarya on their arrival at the main gate of the temple. The father-daughter duo had arrived in the temple town on Wednesday and after the night halt, had an early morning darshan. Rajinikanth visited the temple three days after he turned 72. Visuals of his visit to the temple along with the daughter went viral on social media. The superstar visited Pedda dargah at Kadapa later in the day. He, along with his daughter, also offered prayers at Ameen Peer dargah, popularly also known as Pedda dargah. On the work front, Rajinikanth is currently shooting for Nelson Dilipkumar’s ‘Jailer’. The film is likely to hit the screen in the first half of 2023. He is also playing a cameo role in his daughter, Aishwarya’s upcoming film, Lal Salaam.Rajinikanth, who was last seen in Annaatthe (2021), recently signed a two-film deal with Lyca Productions. His next film is likely to be titled Cibi Chakravathy or Desingh Periyasamy.
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Actor Prakash Raj has come out in support of Deepika Padukone over Pathaan’s Besharam Rang song controversy. A day after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra slammed Deepika’s outfits in the song and also the use of the colour ‘saffron’, Prakash called him ‘colour blind’. He also said the outrage was disgusting. Reacting to news article on the MP Minister’s statement, the Singham actor tweeted, “Disgusting … How long should we tolerate these ..Colour Blind #AndhBhakts .. #justasking.” Reacting to protestors burning Shah Rukh Khan’s effigy in Indore
and demanding a ban on Pathaan, Prakash tweeted, “#Besharam BIGOTS.. So it’s okay when Saffron clad men garland rapists... give hate speech, broker MLAs, a Saffron clad swamiji rapes Minors, But not a DRESS in a film ?? #justasking.” On Wednesday, the MP Minister called Deepika’s outfits objectionable and had warned the makers to “correct them” or they will be forced to mull whether to stall the film’s release in the state. “The costumes
that actor Deepika Padukone, who supports Tuke Tukde gang, is wearing in the song are highly objectionable, the song has been filmed with wrong intent. The costumes and scenes should be corrected otherwise whether the film should be allowed release in Madhya Pradesh,” he had said. Soon after the song released on Monday, #BoycottPathaan began trending on Twitter as many raised concerns over the ‘vulgar visuals’ and displeasure over the saffron bikini that the actress is seen donning in the video. Several BJP workers, RSS supporters and few expressed their displeasure on the microblogging site and mocked the scenes from the song.
Agency News : New Delhi India’s edible oil imports rose 34 per cent in November to 15.29 lakh tonne on sharp jump in import of crude palm and refined palm oils, according to industry body SEA. The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) on Wednesday released the data of imports of total vegetable oils comprising edible oil and non-edible oil for November, the first month of 2022-23 oil marketing year. As per the data, imports of vegetable oils rose 32 per cent in November 2022 to 15,45,540 tonne from 11,73,747 tonne in the same month last year. Out of total vegetable oil imports, SEA said shipments of edible oils increased to 15,28,760 tonne in November
this year from 11,38,823 tonne in the same month of 2021. Import of non-edible oils fell 52 per cent in November 2022 to 16,780 tonne from 34,924 tonne in the year-ago period. Further, in edible oils category, SEA said imports of crude palm oil (CPO) were highest in a single month. However, shipments of crude soyabean oil declined to 2,29,373 tonne last month from 4,74,160 tonne in November 2021. SEA expressed concern over excessive import of RBD palmolein as it is hitting the domestic refiners.
Hiring freeze at PSU general insurers Agency News : New Delhi
Public sector general insurance companies have clamped down on appointments in the past four financial years amid rising losses and a falling market share. Data revealed by the central government in the Rajya Sabha shows two public sector insurance companies — National Insurance and Oriental Insurance — have made no fresh appointments in the last four years, while United India Insurance hired just 20 in this period. By contrast, stock market-listed New India Assurance recruited 1,197, while LIC appointed 11,066 in four years. Insurance sector employees feel the
lack of clarity is hurting the public sector insurance companies. The central government in the 2018-19 budget had announced the merger of three public sector general insurance companies — National Insurance, Oriental and United India — and subsequently list it on the stock exchanges. That plan, which had the backing of the unions, was put on the back burner and a new plan was announced to privatise one general insurance company in the Union budget of 2021-22. “It is utter nonsense that today we are fighting amongst ourselves as well as with the private insurance companies for the same line of business,” said Shrikant Misra, general secretary.
Kannada Actress Abhinaya Gets 2-Year Jail Sentence In Dowry Harassment Case Agency News : Mumbai The Karnataka High Court announced a two-year jail sentence to veteran Kannada actress Abhinaya in connection to a dowry harassment case. This action has been taken regarding a complaint filed by Abhinaya’s sister-in-law Lakshmidevi. She had filed a dowry harassment case in Chandra layout police station in the year 2002. In the complaint, it was mentioned that Lakshmidevi’s family had given Rs 80,000 cash and 250 grams of gold ornaments as dowry when she got married to the actress’ brother Srinivas in 1998. Lakshmidevi was harassed for a further dowry of Rs 1 lakh. She narrated her ordeal in a conversation with News 18 Kannada Digital. Lakshmidevi told the portal that she stayed in her in-laws’ house for only one year, as she was subjected to incessant levels of harassment by them. She recalled that even though her family had
given her a hefty dowry, she was pressured to bring more money. When she denied complying with their demands, she alleged that Abhinaya had threatened to murder her. Lakshmidevi was sent back to her maternal home. She couldn’t hold back her tears while describing the gruesome circumstances and expressed happiness over the court’s decision. But the journey to send her in-laws behind bars was not at all easy for Lakshmi. She was forced to withdraw the case by Abhinaya and her husband’s relatives. Despite enduring this torture and bullying by them, Lakshmi remained undeterred. She was determined to win this case.
Rani Mukerji to inaugurate 28th Kolkata International Film Festival Agency News : Mumbai
Visuals of Rajinikanth’s visit to the temple along with his daughter went viral on social media
Rani Mukerji will make a trip to Kolkata to inaugurate the Kolkata International Film Festival with the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. In its 28th edition, the festival has invited Rani as a distinguished guest for her illustrious career over the last 25 years and her immeasurable contribution to the Indian film industry. She will be felicitated at its inaugural ceremony where dignitaries from world cinema, Indian cinema and West Bengal will be present. Rani said, “A
visit to Kolkata is always special to me as it brings back childhood memories and reminds me of my love for cinema that grew in my heart from an early age. Kolkata International Film Festival has celebrated the legacy of filmmakers.
LOCAL NEWS SUNVILLA SAMACHAR 16.12.2022, Friday Photo Ideal Multiplex Launches Vipul Shah & Mozez Singh’s Construction costs up 28% since ‘Human’ enters IMDB’s top pre-pandemic levels; however AMR Planet Mall inbox
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2022 Most Searched Asians on Google: Katrina Kaif tops among Indian actors
Ideal Multiplex launched AMR Planet, a state-of-art mall and multiplex in Secunderabad. The AMR Planet Mall was inaugurated by Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna, an eminent film personality and a super star of Telugu Cinema.The AMR Planet mall is situated in Moulali and is spread over 220,000 Sq ft with over 40 retail stores. The Mall also has a food court spread over 18,000 Sq ft with 14 brands catering multiple cuisines. It also has a capacity to park 450 cars for the convenience of the customers. The AMR Planet Mall is the first state-of-art mall and multiplex situated in Secunderabad. A world-class mall, with state-ofart facilities, it is positioned as the “local hangout destination.” Catering to the requirements of the elderly, the young and kids, the mall promises to infuse a superior quality of entertainment in Secunderabad. The AMR Planet Mall will offer brands like Lifestyle, Style Union, Health & Glow, Bodyshop, Monte Carlo, Lee Cooper, US POLO, John Players, Zivame, Miniso, Ethnicity, MOCHI, CROCS and
Vision Express. The food court will have a delectable menu from KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Burger King, Haldirams, Cream Stone, Beijing Bites, Coca Cola, House of Dosa, Café Cream, Wrap it Frankie and Squeeze. Speaking at the inauguration of AMR Planet Mall, Rakesh Kumar, Director, Ideal Multiplex said, “The Ideal Group is well diversified with interests in Industrial Explosive for coal fields and mining sector, Textiles, Transportation, Plastics, Real Estate, commercial and office spaces, Agriculture and Horticulture, Power, Hospitality. This is Ideal Group’s first foray into retail entertainment, and we are hoping to provide world-class entertainment and experiences to the communities of Secunderabad. The Mall has been designed keeping in mind the entertainment quotient and is poised to become the hangout destination for the entire family which they can call their own”
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Wardwizard Foods & Beverages Ltd, a Bombay Stock Exchange listed company, today introduced its wide range of QuikShef RTE products and Snack Buddy spices & condiments at Khadhya Khurak 2022. As the title sponsor of the event, the company brought its renowned expertise to the premier food and beverage event in Gujarat. With a stall space booked for the occasion, Wardwizard Foods & Beverages Ltd, will be showcasing multiple products from its range of Ready-To-Eat meals and condiments. With over years of experience in the food and beverage industry, Wardwizard Foods & Beverages Ltd, is committed to bringing the best quality products to the market. Khadhya Khurak 2022
Grand finale of 25th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship 2022 from 17-18 December in Coimbatore JK Tyre Novice Cup sees the top five tally toppers with only an eight-point gap Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The 25 th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship 2022 is heading for the final round in the familiar turf of Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore this weekend. After an invigorating Round 3 with LGB Formula 4 races at the Hyderabad Street Circuit, the stakes are high as the silver jubilee edition goes down to the wire with over a hundred seasoned and rookie racers heating up the battles across LGB Formula 4, JK Tyre Novice Cup, JK Tyre presents Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup, and JK Tyre Endurance League Cup powered by United CRA. The LGB Formula 4 this year has been full of surprises and
close finishes. A neck-and-neck battle has been brewing among Ahura Racing’s Viswas Vijayaraj, Dark Don Racing’s Arya Singh, Ashwin Datta, Tijil Rao, Sandeep Kumar, and MSport’s Raghul Rangasamy, among others, from the start of the championship in September. Ahura Racing’s Amir Sayed, and MSport’s Vishnu Prasad sitting out of the Round 3 due to their participation in the Indian Racing League, has surely given some edge to the other racers. Yet the championship category has been such that with just one wrong move or error, the whole tally changes. With such close a chance, and only 19 points separating the top four in the provisional tally after Round 3, a fierce face-off awaits the seasoned campaigners.
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This is Mozez Singh’s moment. Along with receiving 7 Filmfare Nominations, 3 of which are for Mozez and his collaborators for Co Directing , screenplay and story, Human has now been rated as one of the 10 best shows of 2022, in India, from across all languages and based on actual page views from 200 million users that are very comprehensively scrutinised . Mozez shared his joy on Instagram when this much loved and brilliant masterpiece won the IMDb’s most popular web series 2022 award. He posted “#HUMAN #Top10 #MostPopularWebSeries2022 ThankyouForThisHonor! @ imdb_in” The writer director said, “This is a prestigious moment for the entire Human team. Everyone worked very hard and very passionately on this project and winning the IMDB award is such
As of November 2022, cost of construction has increased 28% higher than pre-pandemic (November 2021) levels but continues to be stable, compared to March 2022. The costs of key construction materials have jumped 32% in a span of three years, affecting margins and operational schedule of construction companies. The government’s efforts such as reducing exports and cutting import duties have kept raw material costs in check over the last few months. As of March 2022, construction costs rose 10-12% YoY, owing to a 20% increase in key material costs. Key construction materials such as Cement, Steel, Aluminium, Copper saw a significant increase, along with fuel and labour costs due to geopolitical issues, inflation etc. This created a challenge
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Wardwizard Food & Beverages Ltd introduces its wide range of QuikShef and Snack Buddy Products at Khadhya Khurak 2022
Actor and entrepreneur Katrina Kaif has just been named as the Most Searched Asian Worldwide in 2022 by Google. Kaif features on the fourth spot on the list; and has the distinction of topping among Indian actors making it to the list this year. Known as Bollywood’s number one actress, Kaif made a significant expansion of her personal brand, with the launch of her guilt free (every product is infused with natural ingredients that cares for the skin) makeup range and India’s first celebrity beauty brand, Kay Beauty. Her endeavour with Kay Beauty was to ensure inclusivity in skin tone, skin type, gender, age and sexual orientation. Inclusivity is a key pillar for all product development, as the brand continues to deliver to over 1600 cities. She was recognised as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Vogue India for pioneering work in the conscious makeup space in India. Her upcoming films are Jee Le Zaara and Merry Christmas.
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is the ultimate event for the food and beverage industry in Gujarat. Starting today, the four-day event will bring together top industry professionals, leading brands, and renowned chefs to showcase the most innovative products and services in the food and beverage industry.
KFIN Technologies Limited initial Public offer to Open on December 19, 2022 Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad KFin Technologies Limited proposes to open on Monday, December 19, 2022, its initial public offering through offer for sale of equity shares with face value of ₹ 10 each . The Offer for Sale comprises of Equity Shares for an amount aggregating up to ₹ 15,000 million by General Atlantic Singapore Fund PTE. Ltd.. The Offer will close on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The Price Band of the Offer has been fixed at ₹ 347 to ₹ 366 per Equity Share. Bids can be made for a minimum of 40 Equity Shares and in multiples of 40 Equity Shares thereafter. This is an Offer in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended (“SCRR”), read with Regulation 31 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Regulations, 2018, as amended. The Offer is being made through the
m.Stock onboarded over 1 lakh paid accounts within 8 months of launch, one of the fastest among online retail broking platforms Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Mirae Asset, a renowned international financial services group, today announced crossing 1 lakh paid retail accounts on m.Stock, its online retail stock broking platform. Launched in April 2022, m.Stock offers access to multiple trading and investment products under one roof paired with a zero-brokerage and no-commission model. Commenting on the milestone, Arun Chaudhry, Director & Chief Business Officer, Mirae Asset Capital Markets (India) Pvt. Ltd said, “We at m.Stock, are absolutely thrilled to witness this stellar growth numbers in
a beautiful validation for all of us associated with the series. I will forever be grateful to Vipul Shah for giving me the gift that is Human . He believed in me and was the the most wonderful Collaborator and producer “ Currently Mozez is in the midst of directing a music based feature film for one of the major OTT platforms, but he wanted to take a moment to express his gratitude and joy for all the love and recognition that Human is receiving. He concluded by saying , “Human is the gift that keeps on giving “.
such a short period of time. From the very beginning, we have been laser-focused on creating products that adds value to our customers’ lives. With the help of our parent group, Mirae Asset’s global expertise and guidance, we have managed to cross 1 lakh paid customers and it’s absolutely wonderful to share this with everyone.” m.Stock has grown their customer base by 60% in November 2022 over the previous month, and has 73% active customers on their platform. This is all despite the industry seeing a sustained decline in the active investor count since June 2022 due to uncertainty around the economic environment.
Book Building Process in terms of Regulation 6(2) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein not less than 75% of the Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers , provided that our Company and the Promoter Selling Shareholder in consultation with the Book Running Lead Managers, may allocate up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis, out of which one-third shall be reserved for domestic Mutual Funds only, subject to valid Bids being received from domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation Price.
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Delhivery, the Largest Logistics Provider in India goes live on ONDC Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Delhivery, the largest fullyintegrated logistics services provider in India is now live on ONDC (Open Network For Digital Commerce), the company announced today. After successfully integrating with sellers, the company is ready to begin intercity express parcel movement through ONDC. With this move, the sellers can leverage the company& extensive network of 18000+ pin codes in India. Commenting on the move, Kapil Bharati, Chief Technology Officer, Delhivery, said, Were excited to collaborate with ONDC and help businesses cater to their evolving digitized customers across the country. T Koshy, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, ONDC, said With ONDC, we aim to empower small businesses and rural entrepreneurs by giving them access to customers across the country.
myTVS raises further Rs. 203 cr from Lingotto Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
for developers who were facing high debt and liquidity concerns. However, by November 2022, overall costs of key construction materials ( Steel, Cement, Aluminium and Copper) declined by 8%, as compared to March 2022. Aluminium registered highest decline of 55%, followed by Steel at 6% decline. However, Cement and Copper costs increased by 9% and 3% respectively along with labour costs. This, coupled with decreased fuel costs have kept overall construction costs stable since March 2022. “Costs of key construction materials are likely to remain volatile for next few months due to uncertainties created by geo-political issues, persistent lockdowns in China and a probable global recession. Prices of key construction materials will hinge on multiple factors including global economic situation, inflation rates and supply constraints.
4 vivo aims to bring back the joy in relationships with its fourth edition of #SwitchOff Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad For anything and everything ranging from work to information exchange to entertainment, etc., smartphones have become an integral part of our daily lives. However, with this growing significance, excessive smartphone usage is adversely impacting relationships including that of spouses. Deliberating on this thought, vivo, the innovative global smartphone brand, today introduced the fourth edition of the #SwitchOff campaign with a thought-provoking video that illustrates how couples are missing out on being fully present in each other’s lives. The campaign is based on the finding from vivo - Cyber Media Research’s (CMR) study “Impact of Smartphones on Human Relationships 2022,” which highlights that 88% of married Indians believe that excessive smartphone use is weakening/ hurting their marriage.
Tata Play Classic TV celebrates its oneyear anniversary by bringing back India’s first Hindi drama serial - Hum Log
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Tata Play Classic TV is commemorating its one-year anniversary today and as a mark of gratitude to its subscribers, the service is giving 50% discount until 20th of December. To avail the offer, subscribers need to give a missed call on 08066982252 and pay only INR 1 per day. Extending the
celebrations further, Tata Play Classic TV will also bring back India’s first ever drama series ‘Hum Log’ for the subscribers to enjoy and relive. Starring talented actors like Sushma Seth, Seema Pahwa, Manoj Pahwa, among others, Hum Log was the first drama series to be aired on Indian television that hooked the viewers and started the trend of appointment viewing.
Vertex and Encirc sign major low carbon hydrogen supply agreement to deliver Net Zero glass Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
myTVS, a leading Indian player in the independent automobile aftermarket business announced its Series C fundraising of Rs. 690 cr as a combination of Rs. 487 cr from Castrol India Limited (Castrol) and Rs. 203 cr from an Exor fund managed by Lingotto. Lingotto is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exor NV, one of Europe’s leading holding companies. In November 2022, myTVS announced a fundraising of Rs. 487 cr from Castrol India Limited, to explore business and technology collaborations. The funds will be used to scale up its online-to-offline (O2O) business model, expand its network, invest in technology to enhance its services and spares platform, and expand the country’s
automotive aftermarket ecosystem via ‘myTVS’, for two and fourwheeler customers. Additionally, the funds will be utilised for debt repayment including acquisition financing, brand building and international growth. Mr. G. Srinivasa Raghavan, Managing Director, myTVS, said, “The additional investment by Exor reiterates myTVS’ successful business model and its leadership position in the growing Indian automotive aftermarket segment. Our end-to-end digital platform is the single largest network in the aftermarket ecosystem that aims to bring structure to the fragmented automotive service sector, and also seeks to empower the livelihood entrepreneurs with technology.”
Vertex Hydrogen is delighted to announce the signing of a ‘Heads of Terms’ offtake agreement for 300+ megawatts of low carbon hydrogen with Encirc. Encirc, part of the Vidrala Group, is a leading container glass manufacturer responsible for approximately a third of the containers made for the UK and Republic of Ireland markets - around 3 billion each year. Encirc has announced its plan to build a new ultra-low carbon furnace on its Cheshire site. The furnace will be fuelled by an energy mix of green electricity and low carbon hydrogen. The hydrogen will be supplied by Vertex Hydrogen, as part of the HyNet low carbon industrial cluster. The furnace will be
Kinara Capital, a fast-growing fintech driving MSME financial inclusion, today announced the launch of additional 15 new branches, that brings the company’s total field presence to 125 branches serving MSMEs in 100+ cities across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and UT Puducherry. The new branches will expand the company’s customer service in Tier 2 urban areas. Kinara Capital aims to support 2,00,000 MSMEs
on-boarded 800 employees this year, thereby increasing the workforce by 45% and plans to hire 2,000 by FY25. Serving the MSME sector for over a decade, Kinara Capital is wholly dedicated to simplifying access to credit for small business entrepreneurs. With 90% of Kinara’s customers new to business credit, doorstep customer service in vernacular languages is a critical step towards educating many small business entrepreneurs on how business loans work and helping them with the application process.
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operational by 2027, and Encirc is aiming to be the first in the world to produce net zero glass bottles at scale by 2030. Joe Seifert, CEO of Vertex Hydrogen said: “Glass bottles are an everyday and highly recyclable product we all use. We are delighted to be powering our neighbours Encirc who, along with Diageo, are leading the charge in decarbonising the drinks industry.” Adrian Curry, Managing Director of Encirc said: “This partnership with Vertex Hydrogen will help us to change the face of glass as we aim to produce Net Zero bottles by 2030. Glass is an incredible material and sustainable in so many ways. It has been around since 3500 BC, and by using hydrogen to decarbonise it, we believe it will be the packaging choice for centuries to come.”
Land Rover introduces unique Kinara Capital Adds 15 New Branches; Vidyamandir Classes releases travel experiences, Defender Reaches 125 Branches Across 100+ Cities dates of its biggest incentive test Journeys, in India in India to Serve MSME Sector of the year – VINit in the next 3 years. The company Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Jaguar Land Rover India has introduced specially curated and unique travel experiences, Defender Journeys, in India. This is a self-drive, multi-day, adventure program, in Defender vehicles, that will include many aspirational and sought-after itineraries across India. Each Defender Journey will include luxury stays and hospitality, lifestyle experiences, cultural immersion and drive across some of the most iconic routes in India with off-road trails, that offer a complete Defender
driving experience. There will be 5 Defenders deployed in each Journey, thus offering just 5 drive slots, to provide a highly exclusive and personalised experience. The first Defender Journey known as Konkan Experience is scheduled from 16th January 2023. Rohit Suri, President and Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover India.
In pursuit of rewarding good students across the world towards academic growth and endorsing them with incentives, Vidyamandir Classes (VMC), the Apex Institute of the Country and an Epicenter for the preparation of JEE NEET, Boards, INSPIRE-KVPY, NTSE & Olympiads, has announced the dates to conduct its International Incentive Test, which will be held on 18th, 24th 25th December 2022. “Building a solid foundation of scientific and technical knowledge
and thus to prepare competent and motivated engineers and doctors is the primary motto of Vidyamandir Classes. VMC International Incentive Test (VIN IT) is targeted to provide an early start advantage to students so that they get more time to adapt to the quantum leap in the level of difficulty with ease. The emphasis on our courses will enable students to imbibe the fundamental concepts.
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