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Mehul Choksi booked for destruction of evidence in CBI’s fresh charge sheet Agency News: New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 10 filed a fresh charge sheet against diamantaire Mehul Choksi and 21 others in Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam in which the fugitive has been charged with destruction of evidence for the first time.The agency’s charge sheet claims Choksi, in connivance with officials of PNB, got 165 Letters of Undertaking (LOUs) and 58 FLCs (Foreign Letters of Credit) issued fraudulently in 2017 causing loss of ₹6,097 crore ($952 million) to the bank and then indulged in a cover-up.The supplementary charge sheet charges Choksi under sections 201 (destruction of evidence), and cheating, criminal conspiracy and prevention of corruption act.
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The programme, which will start at 111 training centres spread over 26 states, aims to train over 1 lakh Covid frontline workers across the country as announced by the Government of India earlier. Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a “Customized Crash Course Programme for Covid 19 Frontline Workers” on June 18. The Government of India had earlier announced that it would train over 1 lakh Covid frontline workers.The programme, which will start at 111 training centres spread over 26 states, aims to train over 1 lakh Covid frontline
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Exposure To Common Cold Virus May Protect From COVID-19: Study Exposure to the virus that causes common cold can provide protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind COVID-19, according to a study. The research, published on Tuesday in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, found that rhinovirus, the common respiratory virus, jumpstarts the activity of interferon-stimulated genes. These genes trigger earlyresponse molecules in the immune system which can stop reproduction of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, within airway tissues infected with the cold, the researchers said.
Veteran actor Chandrashekhar passes away at 97 in Mumbai Wednesday began on a sad note for the Indian film fraternity as the senior actor Chandrashekhar passed away in Mumbai at the age of 97. Best known for playing the lead in Cha Cha Cha and Arya Sumant in TV series, Ramayan, the senior actor left for his heavenly abode at 7 am on Wednesday morning as reported by Etimes. His son, Ashok confirmed the news to the daily and shared that he passed away in his sleep without any health issues. Talking to Etimes, his son informed, “He was in the hospital for a day, last Thursday. We brought him back home and had kept all facilities including oxygen at our disposal if the need would arise. He was okay last night.
Agency News: Guwahati Assam government will “try to replicate” the success stories of the Gujarat model in the power sector along with its state-of-the-art technological interventions to turn three power companies in the state to profitable ventures, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.A delegation of the Assam Power department, led by Power Minister Bimal Bora will soon visit the western state to understand its best practices, the Chief Minister said while holding a virtual meeting with the Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Bhai Patel and senior officials of the Urja Vikas Nigam Limited on Tuesday night. Mr Patel, giving a brief overview of the power sector of his state and the initiatives taken by the Urja Vikas Nigam Limited since Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister, said these measures have led to a turnaround for qualitative development in
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workers across the country as announced by the Government of India earlier.The training will be imparted to Covid warriors in six customised job roles namely Home Care Support, Basic Care Support, Advanced Care Support, Emergency Care Support, Sample Collection Support, and Medical Equipment Support.The Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers has been designed as a special project under the Central Component of Pradhan
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0, with a total financial outlay of Rs. 276 crore. The programme has been initiated as a part of the Centre’s plan to create skilled non-medical healthcare workers to fill the present and future needs of manpower in the health sector. Meanwhile, India registered 62,224 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall positive cases tally in the country to 2,96,33,105, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday
morning. The top five states which registered the maximum coronavirus cases are Kerala with 12,246 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 11,805 cases, Maharashtra with 7,652 cases, Andhra Pradesh with 5,741 cases and Karnataka with 5,041 cases. As many as 68.28 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases are reported from these five states, with Kerala alone responsible for 19.68 per cent of the new cases.
AstraZeneca vs Delta variant of Covid-19: Two doses found crucial A new scientific analysis has found that two doses of Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing hospitalisation due to the Delta variant
Gujarat’s power sector.He requested Mr Sarma to send a delegation to witness the innovative and progressive steps taken for the development of the energy sector in his state. Mr Sarma said that in spite of the steps taken so far, the three power companies- Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGCL) and Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited (AEGCL) - have not been able.
No Discrimination Over Allocating Drugs To Treat Black Fungus: Centre To High Court Black Fungus Cases Maharashtra: The Bombay High Court directed both the Union and the Maharashtra governments to file their respective affidavits on the submissions made during the hearing. It will hear the plea further on June 25. Agency News: New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi New findings from the UK show that vaccines are effective against Delta variant, a major contributor to the second wave of Covid-19 in India, and which has replaced the Alpha variant as the dominant strain in the UK.A new scientific analysis, published by Public Health England, has found that two doses of Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing hospitalisation due to B.1.617.2, now known as the Delta variant. Importantly, it showed no deaths among those vaccinated. The analysis gives effectiveness
US President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ‘Villa la Grange’ in Geneva.
data of two vaccines. PfizerBioNTech’s mRNA vaccine was found 96% effective in preventing hospitalisation after two doses. The OxfordAstraZeneca vaccine was found 92% effective after two doses. The Indian version of this vaccine, Covishield from Serum Institute, is among the vaccines being administered in the country. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London and Guys, and St Thomas’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, linked all symptomatic Covid-19
cases between April 12 and June 4 to the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS) which records all admission via emergency departments in England. The analysis included 14,019 cases of the Delta variant – 166 of whom were hospitalised. The analysis showed that the vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing hospitalisation with Delta was similar to that seen with Alpha — (94%) after the first dose and 96% after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine; and 71% after the first dose and 92% after the second dose.
was attacked by six people -Hindus and Muslims – who were upset over amulets he had sold them, according to the police. The attackers had accused the man of selling fake talismans. The police FIR charges Twitter, several journalists and Congress leaders for inciting “communal sentiments” with posts sharing
the man’s allegations. Tweets were shared with a clear motive to “provoke communal sentiments”, says the FIR, and adds that the “misleading” posts were re-tweeted by thousands. The police also say they had shared a press release on the night of June 14 on Twitter giving details and refuting the communal angle but despite the clarification, the tweets were not deleted and Twitter did not act to have the tweets removed. Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a series of posts on Twitter as well as its Indian rival Koo, gave a detailed explanation of the move against Twitter. He said Twitter was given “multiple opportunities to comply” but it deliberately chose non-compliance.
The Union government today informed the Bombay High Court that antifungal drugs for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus had been allocated to states on a need-based system and there was no discrimination against any state, including Maharashtra. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh told the court that the Centre had been supplying anti-fungal drugs
to Maharashtra on a regular basis. While Amphotericin B, the drug used for treating Mucormycosis, was in short supply, the Union government had been trying its best to meet the demands raised by all state governments, he said. “Nobody can dispute we are allocating as per drug availability in the country and the demands raised by states,” ASG Singh said. “We (Union of India) are leaving no stone unturned to see that the drug is available in adequate quantity. A task force is constituted, the SC is also monitoring. We have granted license to six pharma companies to import the latest and most effective variant of Amphotericin B from a United States-based company,” he said. Mr Singh was responding to a previous query raised by the High Court on whether the Centre’s allocation of anti-Mucormycosis drugs to Maharashtra and other states was based on a system of “equitable distribution”. The court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) on the management of resources.
Twitter Loses Legal Shield, Charged With “Provoking Communal Sentiments” Agency News: New Delhi Twitter has lost its legal protection in India from prosecution over users’ posts because of its failure to comply with new digital rules, government sources said today as a case was filed in Uttar Pradesh against the social media giant over tweets that the police say attempted to incite communal trouble. Twitter has not yet complied with all the provisions of the rules that came into force on May 25, sources in the Ministry of Electronics and IT said. “Due to their noncompliance their protection as an intermediary is gone. Twitter can face liability for violating any Indian law just as any publisher is,”
Twitter has not yet complied with all the provisions of the rules that came into force on May 25, sources in the Ministry of Electronics and IT said. the sources said. Twitter has refused to comment on it.The first case in which Twitter can face charges for third party content was filed last night in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, in connection with an alleged assault on an elderly Muslim man on June 5. Twitter has been accused in a First Information Report (FIR) of
not removing “misleading” content linked to the incident. The man, Sufi Abdul Samad, had alleged that his beard was cut off and he was forced to chant “Vande Matram” and “Jai Shri Ram” by a group that assaulted him. The UP police say he had lied and that it was not a communal incident as implied in tweets; the man
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Chirag Paswan May Be Getting Ready To Start A New Political Innings Revolt has much wider connotation and it has got an ideological implication. Actually the five Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) members of parliament severing their relationship with the party and later replacing Chirag Paswan as the party president by Pashupati Paras the younger brother of Ram Vilas Paswan, is more like a family opera. Chirag being the heir of Ram Vilas and enjoying the trust of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, managed to have his grip on the party. But the brothers of Ram Vilas nursed insolence personally towards him and his leadership. Even the rank and file and the junior level leaders nurtured the view that Dalits and especially the Musahars would not identify themselves with him and accept him as their leader. After Ram Vilas’s death Chirag distanced himself from Nitish Kumar but continued to show his compete loyalty and obeisance to Modi but this did not help his party to win more than one seat in the assembly elections. The Dalits and extremely backwards had shifted their loyalty and support. Paras has been quite close to Nitish and once he was also inducted in the cabinet. In fact the love and hate relationship between Nitish and Ram Vilas had been a major factor in both the leaders not coming closer to each other. After the death of Ram Vilas, these five MPs would come out of the wings of Chirag, assert their independent stature and join hands with Nitish has been an open secret. There were two reasons; first, Modi would not encouragethis nature of defection and also the state BJP leadership has been quite hostile to theseMPs.How far this incident will succeed in creating a churning in state politics is not yet clear, butone thing is certain that this would enhance the bargaining power of Nitish. The fact of thematter is Nitish has lost his administrative credibility in the eyes of the RSS and BJPleadership. The recent revolt against him by Jitan Ram Majhi and Nishad has weakened hisposition. Both these leaders have beenin touch with the RJD chief Lalu Prasad. But the mostsad commentary is Nitish is finding it hard to initiate the operation to salvage the situation. Inthe existing situation the task to protect the government has been undertaken by the BJP.Some close aides of Nitish try to project the shift of the loyalty of the five LJP MPs as a signto his having a firm grip on the administration. But the fact is otherwise. He intends to send amessage to Modi that he is still the undisputed leader of backwards and Dalits. But thispostulate is being rejected by the senior BJP leaders. They argue that since the five MPscould not assert their authority by remainings a separate group, they may join the JD(U). Atleast their voice will be recognised as the members of the JD(U).This split in the LJP has completely eroded the façade of its being the party of Dalits. Noneof the five MPs could claim to have their own independent support base. They were not more than parasites. They completely relied on the weatherman art of Ram Vilas Paswan. Though he used to claim himself as the dalit leader his political tradition was different fromthe Ambedkar’s philosophy that has become the defining idiom of Dalit politics in recenttimes.He managed to acquire a political recognition by supporting the political line of VishwanathPratap Singh on Mandal. He had come to realise than any political line espousing the causeof Dalits only would not succeed in the Indian context. That was the reason that whileclaiming to be a dalit leader, he shared the platform with leaders like Lalu Yadav, SharadYadav and others and practiced the politics of social justice. As social welfare minister in theVP Singh government, he was responsible for the implementation of the MandalCommission report. But unfortunately the Singh government did not provide muchopportunity for him to grow. Mandal limited his growth in national politics. Paswan eventuallyleft the Janata Dal and formed the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in 2000, which, however, failedto expand beyond his Dusadh caste.It is a paradox that Paras had joined hands with Nitish, who for weakening the political gripof Ram Vilas on the Dalits had split the Dalits into two groups; Dalits and mahadalits. Though it is something else that this split did not bail out Nitish and the mahadalits stillcontinue to lurch. It is worth mentioning that he never had a good relation with BSP chief Mayawati who has been unwilling to accept him as the dalit leader. The dislike for one another was quite perceptible. While Ram Vilas claimed that he was thedalit leader and Narendra Modi was the leader of the backwards, he would asset “Youcannot compare Narendra Modi to Nitish Kumar. One is on the top and the other is at thebottom. He (Kumar) is - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara trying to show off.
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Defame Amarinder Singh: Prashant Kishor’s impersonators incite Punjab leaders, case registered Agency News: New Delhi The Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a criminal case against unknown persons for impersonating Prashant Kishor to incite some political leaders against chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh. For the last few days, these calls were being made to leaders asking them to make statements against the Punjab CM, to criticise his leadership. The caller also assured the leaders that he would take up the case with the Congress High Command if they act accordingly. All these calls were made in the name of Prashant Kishor, the principal advisor to the chief minister.A criminal case under sections 416, 419, 420, 109, 120-B of the IPC and section 66-D of the IT Act 2000 has been
registered at PS Division no. 6, Commissionerate of Police, Ludhiana against the unknown callers, The development comes amid troubles mounting up in the Congress leadership in Punjab owing to the disagreement between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu. A three-member Congress panel was set up to end the factionalism in the Punjab Congress, which submitted its report to Sonia Gandhi. The panel, led by senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Harish Rawat, JP Aggarwal, reportedly pitched for the accommodation of Sidu in the leadership. There were speculations that Prashant Kishor will play a decisive role in ticket distribution, which the chief ministers dismissed and clarified that Prashant’s role is advisory, not executive.
Arun Singh, the BJP’s Karnataka in-charge, will meet with party leaders ahead of the state unit’s core committee meeting. Agency News: Karnataka Facing a growing pile of complaints against its Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the BJP has sent a top leader to Bengaluru for talks with party leaders.Arun Singh, the BJP’s Karnataka incharge, will meet with party leaders ahead of the state unit’s core committee meeting. The UP-style “review meetings” have been set up at a time Mr Yediyurappa faces criticism and attacks from his own party colleagues.Some BJP MLAs have been openly critical of the Chief Minister.Among them is Mr Yediyurappa’s one-time close aide KS Eshwarappa. The Rural Development Minister, who is from Shivamogga district like Mr
Amyra Dastur keeps it pristine in the white dress.
Delhi Police arrest judo coach in Sagar Dhankar murder case Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a judo coach, identified as Subash, in connection with the murder of national wrestler Sagar Dhankar at national capital’s Chhatrasal Stadium last month. This is the eleventh arrest made in this case, the prime accused in which is wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar. Subash was arrested by the Delhi Police’s crime branch from the national capital, a senior official said. The case pertains to the death of Dhankar after being allegedly
assaulted by Kumar and his associates on the intervening night of May 4 and 5. The 23-year-old’s friends, Sonu and Amit Kumar, sustained injuries in the alleged assault.v Sushil Kumar, who fled from Delhi after the incident, was arrested on May 23 from the city’s outer Mundka area along with co-accused Ajay Kumar. He was sent to sixday police custody by a court, which was later extended by four more days. On June 2, the Olympian was sent to judicial custody for nine days, with the court rejecting the Delhi Police’s plea for three more days of custodial interrogation.
‘Calf Serum’ Used But Not Present In Covaxin: Government’s ‘Fact-Check’ The ministry clarified that the newborn calf serum is used only for the preparation and growth of vero cells, adding that this technique has been used for decades in Polio, Rabies, and Influenza vaccines. Agency News: New Delhi The government today said that Covaxin does not contain newborn calf serum as the serum is not an ingredient of the final vaccine product. “There have been some social media posts regarding composition of the Covaxin vaccine where it has been suggested that Covaxin vaccine contains the newborn calf serum. Facts have been twisted and misrepresented in these posts,” the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry clarified that the newborn calf serum is used only for the preparation and growth of vero cells, adding that this technique has been used for decades in Polio, Rabies, and Influenza vaccines. “Different kinds of bovine and other animal serum
Adani shares slip for third straight day Agency News: Mumbai
Yediyurappa, had even written to the Governor Vajubhai Vala alleging interference in his portfolios by the Chief Minister. The five-page letter accused Mr Yediyurappa of authoritarianism and serious lapses.“He (Arun Singh) is a national leader. He will listen to everybody and take a decision. Whatever decision the national leader takes the workers are discipline soldiers of the party,”“In the last assembly election we didn’t get a full majority. We won 104 seats. The Congress had formed the government. That confusion continues till now. Later 17 MLAs of Janata Dal Secular, Congress joined the government and it happened,” the minister added. Mr Yediyurappa.
The shares of Adani Group companies fell for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. Three of the six companies of the group hit the lower circuit, dropping by their daily limit. The shares of Adani Total Gas, Adani Power and Adani Transmission dropped 5 per cent each. Adani Green Energy dropped 3.9 per cent, while shares of Adani Enterprises fell 3 per cent and those of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone dropped 1.9 per cent. Two days back, the shares of the group’s companies had plummeted after reports of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) freezing the accounts of three Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). The stocks of all the six listed companies had fallen by up to 25 per cent after the reports. The drop came just days after Gautam Adani became the second richest Asian, replacing Chinese Zhong Shanshan.
Delhi govt to train community nursing assistants to tackle next wave of Covid Those who are 18 years and above and have graduated from Class 12 will be eligible to apply and online applications will open from Thursday (June 17) Agency News: New Delhi To prepare for a potential third wave of Covid-19, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Delhi government will build a force of 5,000 “community nursing assistants” in the national Capital.Those who are 18 years and above and have graduated
from Class 12 will be eligible to apply and online applications will open from Thursday (June 17). The selected assistants will be trained by IP University and their role will be to assist doctors and nurses when requisitioned for their service during the next wave of Covid-19. They will be trained in paramedics, life care, home care, first aid, administering
injections including vaccines and sample collection, setting up oxygen concentrators and cylinders, checking basic vitals of patients and other patient care activities.“The advent of the third wave of Covid-19 has already begun in the United Kingdom. Preparations for the potential wave are on in full swing in the Delhi government. In the
first and second waves in the country, we noticed that the huge surge in Covid-19 cases led to a severe shortage of medical and paramedical staff. Keeping that in mind, the Delhi government has made an ambitious plan to recruit and train 5,000 health assistants, who are technically called community nursing assistants,” said Kejriwal during a digital press briefing on Wednesday. He said recruitment will be on firstcome-first-serve basis. “These 5,000 nursing assistants will be given 2 weeks’ training each in batches of 500. Indraprastha University will impart the training in Delhi government’s nine major hospitals. These trained recruits will assist doctors and nurses, but they will not have the power to take any decision in patient treatment or anything related,” Kejriwal said.
Terrorism, Radicalisation “Gravest Threats” Facing World: Rajnath Singh Referring to the threat of terror networks, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for strong action against those encouraging, supporting and financing terrorism and providing shelter to terrorists, remarks seen as directed at Pakistan. Agency News: New Delhi
are standard enrichment ingredient used globally for vero cell growth. Vero cells are used to establish cell lives which help in production of vaccines,” it added. The ministry further explained that the vero cells, after the growth, are washed with water and chemicals, also technically known as buffer, several times to make it free from the newborn calf serum. “Thereafter, these vero cells are infected with corona virus for viral growth,’ it said.“The vero cells are completely destroyed in the process of viral growth. Thereafter this grown virus is also killed (inactivated) and purified. This killed virus is then used to make the final vaccine, and in the final vaccine formulation no calf serum is used. Hence, the final vaccine (COVAXIN) does not contain newborn calf serum at all and the calf serum is not an ingredient of the final vaccine product,” the ministry said.
Terrorism and radicalisation are the “gravest threats” to peace and security in the world and a collective approach is required to combat the challenges, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today.In a virtual address at the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ MeetingPlus (ADMM-Plus), Mr
Singh also highlighted India’s concerns over maritime security challenges while noting that developments in the South China Sea attracted attention in the region and beyond, an oblique reference to China’s aggressive behaviour in the critical waterways.The Defence Minister called for ensuring a free, open and inclusive order in the Indo-Pacific based
on respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, peaceful resolution of disputes through dialogue and adherence to international rules and laws.Delving into the coronavirus crisis, Rajnath Singh said India is just emerging from a second wave of the infection that pushed the country’s medical response to the “limit” and called for a
concerted global approach like making available patent-free vaccines, unhindered supply chains and ensuring greater medical capacities to defeat the pandemic.Referring to the threat of terror networks.
Mithun Chakraborty Questioned By Kolkata Police Over Election Speech Agency News: New Delhi Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was questioned by the police in Bengal today in a controversy over one of his speeches during the Bengal election campaign.The 71-year-old actor, who was among the BJP’s star campaigners in the April-May election, was questioned virtually by the Kolkata Police in connection with a case filed against him
over a speech he made on March 7 after joining the party. A First Information Report (FIR) alleges that the speech played a role in inciting post-
poll violence in Bengal after the May 2 verdict that gave Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress a landslide victory. Mithun Chakraborty had gone
to the Calcutta High Court to get the FIR cancelled. The court had then directed an investigation officer to question the actor virtually.The actor has pleaded that he had only recited film dialogues in his speech and these were not meant to be literal. The police case involves a line from his 2006 film “MLA Fatakeshto”: “Marbo ekhaney...lash porbay shoshaney (‘i will thrash you here. Your body will be found at the crematorium.”
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‘Need to be fair to him’: Tendulkar weighs in on Ollie Robinson issue Robinson led England’s attack with 4-75 in the first innings at Lord’s and followed up with 3-26 in the second while in between making a useful 42 with the bat. Agency News: Mumbai Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar said Tuesday England should allow Ollie Robinson to start playing again, after the fast bowler apologised following his suspension for historic racist and sexist tweets.Robinson, 27, was suspended from the England team after the posts resurfaced earlier this month when he made his Test debut against New Zealand. He impressed with both bat and ball in the drawn game,
but was then barred from international duty pending the outcome of an investigation by the England and Wales Cricket board.“We need to understand that he did that many, many years ago and he is sorry about it,” Tendulkar told AFP.They left him out in the second Test in spite of doing well and he realises what he had done... he apologised and also said that this won’t happen again,” he said. We need to be fair to him and at some stage he should start playing,” he added. Robinson led England’s attack
with 4-75 in the first innings at Lord’s and followed up with 3-26 in the second while in between making a useful 42 with the bat.But he found himself making an apology after stumps on day one of the opening Test for tweets that included comments suggesting Muslim people were linked to terrorism and derogatory
remarks about women and people of Asian heritage.He took a short break and skipped two opening games last week for his county side Sussex to be with his family.Sussex have said Robinson “is a very different man from the one that wrote those tweets”, and Tendulkar said he could not agree more.
Copa America registers another 11 positive Covid-19 tests Agency News: Brasilia The number of Covid-19 cases recorded among people involved in the Copa America rose to 52 on Tuesday, an increase of 11 on two days previously, Brazil’s Health Ministry said. Two of the new cases were players or officials embedded with the competing teams, the ministry said. It did not reveal any more details or say which of the 10 competing South America nations were affected. In total 33 players or officials from Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia have tested positive since Sunday, the day the soccer tournament kicked off in four Brazilian cities. Another 19 were employees working at hotels in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro where the delegations are staying.
‘He can get as many as 3 hundreds in this five-Test series’: Sunil Gavaskar makes huge prediction about India batsman India’s batsmen will be in for a stiff challenge but Sunil Gavaskar has backed one of their premier players to have a rollicking series in England. Agency News: Mumbai India’s batsmen will be in for a stiff challenge when they take on England in a fiveTest series starting in August. India, who will have almost a six-week gap after the World Test Championship final, have in the past, been let down by their batting, which has been
one of the reasons behind their series defeats in England in the last three tours – 2011, 2014 and 2018. And although, the last time around, Virat Kohli stood out with almost 600 runs, along with some support from Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, it wasn’t enough India to prevent a 1-4 loss. With India packing a solid batting
order this time around, great things would be expected from them, especially since this will be the third tour of the country for a lot of the senior members
of the team. One of them is Rohit Sharma, who has turned a new leaf since his promotion as opener in Test cricket, and he has been backed by none
other than the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to have a series to remember this summer. In his case, it’s always the first twothree overs. Those are the overs where his front foot is not quite getting to the pitch of the ball. But a couple of overs down the road, once his front foot starts reaching the pitch of the ball, then he is very good,” Gavaskar said on The Cricket Analyst podcast. Even in Australia, he didn’t score too many runs but the time he had to play their fast bowlers was amazing. These guys were bowling at 90 miles an hour but he actually.
Sensex and Nifty decline ahead of US Fed policy outcome The 30-share BSE index was trading 90.5 points or 0.17 per cent lower at 52,682.55 in initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 23.55 points or 0.15 per cent to 15,845.70. Agency News: Mumbai Equity benchmark Sensex fell over 90 points in early trade on Wednesday, tracking tepid global cues ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy outcome.The 30-share BSE index was trading 90.5 points or 0.17 per cent lower
at 52,682.55 in initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 23.55 points or 0.15 per cent to 15,845.70. PowerGrid was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 1 per cent, followed by Dr Reddy’s, Titan, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries and Axis Bank.
Coca-Cola responds after Cristiano Ronaldo gesture wipes off $4 billion from its market value Agency News: New Delhi Coca-Cola has said that “everyone is entitled to their drink preferences” after football star Cristiano Ronaldo removed two of the company’s soft drink bottles from his press conference. The incident happened during Ronaldo’s press conference on Monday.At the pre-match press conference for UEFA Euro 2020, the Portuguese star wasn’t pleased with the fact that two CocaCola bottles were kept in front of him. So, he moved the bottles out of the camera view during and encouraged people to drink water instead. This gesture took $4 billion from Coca-Cola’s market value and its shares dropped 1.6 per cent.Later, in a statement, a Coca-Cola
On the other hand, ONGC, M&M, Bajaj Finserv, Hindustan Unilever, TCS and Infosys were among the gainers. In the previous session, the BSE Sensex quoted higher by 221.52
points or 0.42 per cent at a new peak of 52,773.05. Likewise, the broader NSE Nifty rose 57.40 points or 0.36 per cent to settle at a fresh high of 15,869.25. Elsewhere in Asia, bourses
in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading on a negative note in midsession deals, while Seoul was trading with gains. US equities finished lower in the previous session ahead of the outcome of the Fed policy meeting on Wednesday. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) emerged as net buyers in the capital market as they bought shares worth Rs 633.69 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional exchange data. International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.95 per cent higher at USD 74.69 per barrel.
BPCL divestment path: Cabinet to take up 100% FDI plan for PSU refiners The move, initially proposed by the Petroleum Ministry, will be placed before the Cabinet by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Agency News: New Delhi
spokesperson said, “Players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences.” The spokesperson added that people have different “tastes and needs”.Coca-Cola is one of the official sponsors of Euro 2020.On Tuesday, France midfielder Paul Pogba removed a bottle of Heineken beer that had been placed in front of him at a Euro 2020 news conference.
The Union Cabinet is set to take up a proposal to permit 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in state-owned oil refiners to clear the regulatory path for the privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), according to government officials.The move, initially proposed by the Petroleum Ministry, will be placed before the Cabinet by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
(DPIIT). The divestment of the Centre’s 53 per cent stake in BPCL is a key part of the former’s disinvestment target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for FY22.“If you are asking foreign players to bid, then it is natural to permit 100 per cent FDI,” said a government official. Once cleared, the proposal will no longer require a successful foreign bidder for BPCL to seek approval from the government. There are currently three players vying for BPCL, including Anil Aggarwal’s Vedanta group,
and private equity firms Apollo Global, and I Squared Capital’s arm Think Gas. Current FDI regulations only permit 49 per cent FDI in public sector petroleum refiners. The official noted that while current regulations permit 100 per cent FDI in private sector refining, a clarification would be required since BPCL is also a retailer.
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Actress Zareen Khan, who faced bodyshaming after the release of her debut film, the Salman Khan-starrer “Veer” in 2010, claims she was actually told to put on weight for the role by “experienced people” who gave her “instructions”.Talking about whether the industry judges an actor on the basis of look, Zareen told IANS: “It definitely does. I wouldn’t say all of it, but a major section of the industry does. In the beginning it was really difficult because of the comparison, my weight was almost a national issue.
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD ‘Sharam nai aati’: Nia Sharma trolled for wearing ‘vulgar’ outfit
Nia opted for a checkered dress with strap sleeves and a plunging neckline, aided by a front slit at the bottom.
Agency News: Mumbai Popular television actress Nia Sharma, who stood in solidarity with rape accused Pearl V Puri, expressed her happiness as the actor was granted bail.On Tuesday, Vasai Court Sessions Judge Aditi Kadam granted bail of Rs 25,000 to TV actor Pearl Puri, who was arrested recently on charges of alleged molestation and rape of a 5-year-old girl.Nia, who stepped out in the city was asked to comment by the paparazzi on the issue. She opted for a checkered dress with strap sleeves and a plunging neckline, aided by a front slit at the bottom. She said, “We are all with him. I just want to say that whatever is happening, it’s all for justice and for the right thing. I am standing by the right thing. It’s a great thing that he has gotten bail today and we are all very happy for him.
Vidya Balan-starrer Sherni’s new song celebrates stories of strength and resilience Agency News: Mumbai Ahead of the release of Vidya Balan-starrer, Sherni, Amazon Prime Video released a foot-tapping song, which is sung by Akasa and Raftaar. The song will feature an interesting mix of personalities like Mira Erda (F4 racer and driving coach), Natasha Noel (body positivity influencer and yoga trainer), Eshna Kutty (a social media influencer and hula-hoop dancer) and Trinetra Haldar (one of the first transgender doctors in Karnataka), Jayshree Mane (a front line warrior
at B.Y.L Nair Hospital), Riddhi Arya (A student who
delivers food to frontline warriors), Anita Devi (Security Guard), Seema Duggal (Teacher), Archana Jadav (House Help) along with Vidya Balan. It salutes and applauds the courage of these Shernis, who have stood their ground, beaten the odds and have carved their niche by not conforming to the traditional. Penned by Raghav, Main Sherni is composed by Utkarsh Dhotekar. The song will go live on all music platforms: Amazon Prime Music, Spotify, Gaana, Saavn, Wynk etc.
‘Not every man can handle this’: Ankita Lokhande thanks ‘best boyfriend’ Vicky Jain Agency News: Mumbai
Actress Ankita Lokhande penned an open letter professing love for her boyfriend Vicky Jain on Tuesday evening. The appreciation post comes just a day after Ankita wrote a sentimental tribute to ex-boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on the occasion of his first death anniversary on June 14. On Tuesday, Ankita wrote on Instagram: “Dear Vikki, you were there for me when times were tough. You were always the first person to ask me how I was doing, if I needed help in anything, or if I wanted to get away so that I could clear my head. You were always so worried about me, and I always told you that I was fine because I was knowing that I had you with me. I want to thank you for being the best boyfriend in the world.” ”I don’t need to tell you what I need, but you always know what it is somehow. Thank you for always treating me like a princess, for making time for me no matter how busy you get, for making the effort to bond with my family, and for hanging out with me and my friends. These little things mean a lot. These are what endear you to me,” she added. “We have been through so much together. I cannot believe it sometimes. I love you because you stayed by my side, and you promised that everything will be okay.
“We have been through so much together. I cannot believe it sometimes. I love you because you stayed by my side.”
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10 killed in car-truck collision in Gujarat’s Anand district The accident took place on a state highway connecting Tarapur in Anand district to Vataman in Ahmedabad district, a Tarapur police station official said. Agency News: Anand
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Nine people lost their lives in one more accident (Gujarat accidents) in the state. Nine people (09 people died in an accident between a car and a truck) have lost their lives in an accident between a truck and an eco car at Indranaj village near Tarapur in Anand district. Including two children. It was initially reported that 10 people had been killed. However, police have confirmed the deaths of
19-yr-old covers tribal villages busting Covid, vaccine myths Binal, who has been attending online university classes due to the lockdown says her teachers have been supportive of her campaign and MSU has also lauded her efforts. Agency News: Vadodara Every morning since October last year, Binal Rathwa, 19, and her father Rasik, a primary school teacher in Chhota Udepur district embark on his two-wheeler, covering a cluster of the tribal villages with a mission: create
awareness about Covid-19 among the tribal population. Earlier, the father-daughter duo attempted to create awareness about Covid-19 among the tribals who continued to call the virus a “spirit” that had possessed mankind, and for the last four months, the focus has shifted to encouraging vaccinations among the largely illiterate population. Binal, a second-year science student at MS University of Vadodara, along with her father, has covered over 80 villages in her tribal home district of Chhota Udepur in a span of four months since the beginning of the vaccination drive, speaking to the members of the Rathwa tribe about science, virus, vaccinations.
nine people. All the deceased were riding in Eeco car. The police are conducting further investigation into the matter. It is learned that the family in the car was going to Surat from Bhavnagar. The nine people in the car included five men, two women and two children. The family of the deceased is said to be from Bhavnagar. According to the information received, a truck coming from the opposite side near Indranaj village near Tarapur hit an eco car. The accident was so
serious that nine people died on the spot. The incident took place at a distance of about six kilometers from Tarapur intersection. It is learned that the truck was going from
Complaints have been registered against seven people in the eastern part of the city (Ahmeabad). A 38-year-old man living at Mansa was looking for a suitable character. Then an acquaintance of his father made contact with a woman. The woman had arranged the marriage of an advocate with a young woman named Sonal who lived near Dastan Circle. Later, the people, including the young woman, escapped, asking her to turn around and take her to Mataji’s
The young woman he was married to had also married two people earlier statement. At the time of the marriage, the young man had given Rs 2.5 lakh to a woman who identified him as the sister-in-law of a young woman named Sonal. But later when his wife did not return (wife escaped and fraud), he found out that his wife had cheated by
marrying two people before. A 38-year-old man from Mansa in Gandhinagar lives with his family and works for Sony in a jewelers’ shop and runs the family’s Gujarat. His family was looking for a bride in the society for this man’s marriage. But when he could not find a
Palace houses the Railway University, where the Railway Staff College was functioning since 1952. Phase 1 of NRTI is planned in a new campus, metres away from the palace as a multi-storey building, and Phase 2 is planned at Waghodia in Vadodara. In September 2020, Vadodara Lok Sabha MP Ranjan Bhatt had appealed on the floor of the Parliament to the Ministry of Railways that the NRTI building should be constructed in any other place that is owned by the Railways, and not on the heritage property.The construction was opposed by Vadodara-based Heritage Trust and seven
of its members via the PIL moved in September 2020. The HC granted a stay on the construction in December that is now vacated.In the verdict by the bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ashutosh Shastri, it was noted that although the new building was initially proposed at a distance of 56 feet from the Pratap Vilas Palace, it was shifted to a distance of 321 feet, that is, 265 feet further away.“This would leave the front area also known as Raja Baug completely untouched and the distance of 321 feet would not in any manner cause any obstruction.
Preservation of property, ecology taken care of ’: HC dismisses PIL Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the court’s direction to restrain the Railways from constructing a four-storey National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) and other offices within the premises of the 106-year-old Pratap Vilas Palace in Vadodara.In its verdict, a division bench of the high court held that the primary reliefs of preservation of the heritage property and the ecology, is already being taken care of by the government and rail authorities. Pratap Vilas
Morbi to Surat. The victim’s eco car was traveling from Tarapur to Vataman. All the occupants of the car were killed in the accident. The collision was so violent that
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been reported from Surat, 50 cases have been reported from Vadodara, and eleven cases have been reported from the state capital Gandhinagar. This apart, 25 cases were reported from Rajkot, Bhavnagar reported one case, Mehsana reported three cases,
At the age of 38, the young man barely found his place, his wife turned out to be a robber bride Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Remdesivir distributed by Surat BJP was from 2 distributors: MLA Sanghvi’s affidavit in HC The Gujarat government in a preliminary investigation report has given a clean chit to the incident, stating that prima facie no law appears to have been violated. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
the Echo car crashed into half the truck. The scenes at the scene of the accident are really scary. The occupants of the Echo car died in the car after the truck collided.
Gujarat reports 352 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths Gujarat has reported 352 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The addition of the fresh cases has taken Gujarat’s total tally past 8.21 lakh.10,007 COVID-19 related deaths in GujaratUnfortunately, four deaths were reported in the state in the past 24 hours. The fresh fatalities have taken Gujarat’s COVID-19 related death toll to 10,007. While two deaths were reported from Ahmedabad, Surat reported one death. One death has been reported from Junagarh.49 fresh cases in Ahmedabad, 71 in SuratOf the 352 fresh cases reported on Tuesday, 49 cases have been reported from Ahmedabad, 71 cases have
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bride for him, his father approached an acquaintance, Mukeshbhai. As Mukeshbhai lived in Ambaji, he gave him Lakshmiben Sindhi’s number and said that this sister would get acquainted and marry a girl. So they approached Lakshmiben Sindhi a month and a half ago. “Sonal Panchal is from a poor family and has a cultured daughter,” Lakshmi Ben told the young man’s father. The young man was called along with his family at Naroda Dastan Circle to contact him. Lakshmiben and a man named Vijay came with him.
and eight cases were reported from Jamnagar. Meanwhile, Junagarh has reported 13 fresh cases of the virus, whereas the tribal district of Panchamahals has reported six fresh cases. Dahod has reported no cases, Amreli 10 cases, and Kheda 12 cases. Similarly, Bharuch
has reported 10 cases, Valsad has reported eight cases, Anand five cases, and Patan reported one case. With the addition of the fresh cases, the total COVID-19 case tally in Ahmedabad has increased to 2.37 lakh The total tally has reached 1.43 lakh in Surat, 78,076 in Vadodara, and 20,437 in Gandhinagar. According to the health department, there are over 8,884 active cases of the virus in Gujarat. Of this, 219 patients are critical and have been put on ventilator support. So far, 8.02 lakh patients have been discharged in the state after being treated for the viral infection. In fact, 1,006 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours.
Surat BJP MLA Harsh Sanghavi has filed an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court stating that the Remdesivir injections it distributed as an initiative by the party’s state chief CR Paatil in April this year were sourced through two distributors who supplied the stock to a medical store each in Surat and Navsari.Meanwhile, the Gujarat government in a preliminary investigation report has given a clean chit to the incident, stating that prima facie no law appears to have been violated.The affidavit filed on Monday stated that of the total 2,506 injections that the BJP got,
two corporate entities — Anupam Rasayan, a chemical manufacturing firm with units in Surat and Bharuch, and Shott Amusement, a family entertainment centres chain with presence in Ahmedabad and Surat, paid for 1,500 injections by bank transfers, while the rest 1,006, sourced from Kiran Hospital were paid for by “certain volunteers/ social workers” in cash. The affidavit was filed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Congress MLA and leader of opposition of Gujarat Assembly, Paresh Dhanani, seeking the court’s intervention against the “illegal and unauthorised distribution of Remdesivir injection” from the BJP’s office in Surat in April. Another affidavit filed by Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration.
Helping hands reach Covid-battered students Agency News: Surat
As the tide of pandemic devastation ebbs, stories of desperationand uncertainty surfaces among the ravaged families where Covid-19killed the only earning members leaving the rest, especially schoolgoingchildren, faced with an uncertain future.However, a few Good Samaritans including businessmen, promoters ofschools and social workers have come forward to contribute their might tosupport such hapless fledglings find
their wings by sponsoring theireducational fees. Lions Club of Rander Adajan offered help of Rs 5,000 toeach family who lost any of the parents of a child while Rs 10,000 wasgiven to all those children who lost both parents.“The financial aid was distributed with support of Lions Club of Coppel,Texas in the US. By doing this we just want to send a message that weshould not be defeated and continue to move ahead by supporting each other,” said Rajesh Nakrani, a leader of SaurashtraPatel Seva Samaj.
Priest befriends family, abducts Agency News: Meghraj ‘Love guru’ of Raiwada village temple of Meghraj taluka in Aravalli district gave the temple a dubious distinction afterthe priest kidnapped a college girl with help of two of his friends.A divorcee, 35-year-old Kashin Purohit, was entrusted with the maintenance as well puja activities at the temple. But, he soonbecame infatuated with a girl from the village and paved his way stealthily into her household by befriending her brother. Purohit then started visiting the family regularly, often staying back for meals
and performing “satsang” at their residence,impressing the family highly.The girl’s parents too developed deep respect for the priest. Meanwhile, the smitten priest had also gifted the girl
asmartphone two months ago without her family’s knowledge and the duo would talk over the phone daily. Purohit then hatched a plan to kidnap the girl along with his friends Sadhidharaj
Patel of Sisodara village and Ravi Bharvad ofSakariya village. The trio went in an Innova car on June 14 and kidnapped the girl during the wee hours, said cops. The familywas devastated by the news but finally approached the Meghraj police to register a complaint of kidnapping against the templepriest and his aides.Police have registered case of kidnapping and are on the lookout to nab the three culprits who are absconding along with thegirl, a BA second year student, said MD Panchal, sub-inspector at Meghraj police station
had made it mandatory for persons in the category of super spreaders to either get vaccinated or procure a negative RTPCR report not older than 10 days if they wanted to carry out business in rural parts of
Ahmedabad. While no such rule has been laid down by the city civic body, it has now initiated on-the-spot vaccination. According to sources, AMC may make a similar rule once it has adequate stock of vaccine.
AMC, city police launch on-the-spot vaccination drive for ‘super spreaders’ Those in the category of ‘super spreaders’ need not register online for vaccination in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and officials of the police department launched an on-the-spot vaccination drive for potential super spreaders of Covid-19 in the city from Wednesday. Also, those who fall in this category will not require online registration for vaccination.An AMC officer,
on condition of anonymity, said, “Milk vendors, hawkers, grocers, owner of snack stalls, food delivery boys, rickshaw and cab drivers, employees of shopping malls, shopping complexes and restaurants as well as self-employed artisans are included in the category of super spreaders. AMC has been planning for their vaccination. One plan is to set up dedicated vaccination centres
for such individuals who work in isolation. Besides, on-thespot vaccination programme is being arranged for big markets, shopping malls and other such places with the help of police.”The officer added, “The drive will be intensified in coming two-three days. If needed, the police commissioner will issue a notification in this regard.” Recently, the Ahmedabad district Collector
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