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News Brief US dollar ends cheaper against rupee Agency | Mumbai
The US dollar ended cheaper against the rupee at 66.73/74 per dollar and the pound sterling finished lower at Rs 100.21/23 per pound at the close of the Inter-bank Foreign Exchange market today. Following are the Inter-bank Forex and RBI rates: (In Rs Per Unit) Unit Interbank RBI Reference US Dollar 66.73/74 US Dollar Rs. 66.8468 Pound Sterling 100.21/23 Euro Rs. 73.1571 Euro 72.87/89 Japanese Yen(100) 54.
FIR lodged against former Tripura MLA Agency | Agartala
An FIR has been lodged against former CPI(M) MLA, Manoranjan Acharya, for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl, official sources said today. The FIR has been lodged against the former legislator under section 354 (outrage of modesty) of the IPC and Section 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 at Birganj police station of Gomati district, a senior police officer said. A minor girl was allegedly sexually abused by the ex-MLA in a party office at Amarpur on November 27 last.
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WiFi access at 100 railway stations Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces huge campus in Hyderabad. It will deploy WiFi at 100 railway station in partnership with Railtel Agency | New Delhi Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered a keynote speech at Google India event in New Delhi. Pichai announced WiFi access at 100 railway stations in India and plans to hire more engineers for its campus in Hyderabad. Google CEO also extends support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India campaign. According to Wall Street Journal, Google is the world’s largest digital-advertising company posted $3.98
billion in net income for the quarter ended in September, up from $2.74 billion a year earlier.Google doesn’t break out revenue or users by country, but for the past two years has made an average of roughly 45% of its sales in the U.S., 10% in the U.K. and 45% in the rest of the world, according to quarterly earnings reports. You may be able to watch high definition videos seamlessly while catching a train at the railway station by next year. Internet search gi-
ant Google announced on Wednesday free WiFi being set up across 400 railway stations will be “highly reliable and hispeed” with speeds higher than what an average internet user gets. The network is being set up by Google in partnership with the Railways’ telecom wing, RailTel and Mumbai Central will be the first station to get the facility. “The free Wi-Fi will work on the back of fiber already deployed by RailTel and will provide station wide access in- stead of closing it down Marian Croak, vice presto a particular point,” ident, access strategy
No new diesel vehicles of over 2000cc in Delhi till March 31: SC Agency | New Delhi
The Supreme Court banned, on Wednesday, the registration of new diesel-guzzling luxury cars and SUVs with an engine capacity of over 2000 cc until March 31, unveiling a raft of measures in a bid to clean up the Capital’s filthy air. The decision effectively stops the sale of popular vehicles such as Toyota’s Innova, Mahindra & Mahindra’s Scorpio, the Tata Safari and Sumo, and Mitsubishi Pajero during the ban period, but existing diesel cars can continue to ply. It also hurts luxury car-makers across the board as most of their best-sellers are diesel-driven. For instance, the smallest diesel
and emerging markets, The company also hinted there would be no paywalls for the WiFi -- the usual practice for free web networks in airports around the country. “The first hour will be free and then we will limit the speeds so as to give fair access to other passengers,” Gulzar Azad, head of access programs in India. Marion also clarified that Google will continue improving back-end infrastructure like adding more access points as the traffic on stations increase. Although Goo-
gle has not revealed the names of the stations that will follow Mumbai central, it said it was targeting the busiest stations from each of the sixteen zones in the country. “We are looking at finishing 100 stations by the end of this year with incremental progress every quarter,” Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said during his keynote address. The announcement of Indian Railways collaboration came in just after Chennai-born Pichai was named the CEO of Google.
currently. Similarly, on unbranded or normal diesel, total excise duty after including special excise duty will be Rs 11.83 per
litre as compared to Rs 10.66 now. Basic excise duty on branded petrol has been raised from Rs 8.24 per litre to Rs 8.54 a litre and the same on branded diesel from Rs 7.02 to Rs 8.19 per litre. This is the second increase in excise duty in less than six weeks. The government had on November 7 raised excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and on diesel by 30 paise a litre.
Govt hikes excise duty on petrol, diesel to mop up Rs 2,500 crore Agency | New Delhi
engine for segment leader Mercedes is 2,143cc. Existing diesel cars can continue to ply. The apex court, however, said it would consider a plea for new registrations when Euro-4 diesel engines with improved emission standards are introduced in April next year. It added that buyers of diesel vehicles should pay en-
vironment compensation charge while getting their cars registered. Delhi has 8.5 million vehicles — up 97% from 2000 — and adds 1,400 new cars to its streets every day, contributing to a hazardous blanket of smog that intensifies during the winter months, triggering a slew of respiratory and life-threatening diseases.
The government on Wednesday increased excise duty on petrol by Rs 0.30 per litre and by Rs 1.17 a litre on diesel to make use of slump in oil prices to garner an additional Rs 2,500 crore. Basic excise duty on unbranded petrol has been increased from Rs 7.06 per litre to Rs 7.36 and the same on unbranded diesel from Rs 4.66 to Rs 5.83 per litre. Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the increase in duty will yield an additional Rs 2,500 crore in revenue during the remainder of the 2015-16 fiscal which ends on March 31, 2016.
After including additional and special excise duty, the total levy on unbranded petrol will be Rs 19.36 per litre as against Rs 19.06
Maharashtra govt to set guidelines for dance bars Agency | New Delhi
Dance Bars in Mumbai and across Maharashtra The Centre has accorded are set to reopen with the the status of ‘severe nafinal hurdle, the guideture’ to the recent rains lines on their operation Agency | New Delhi echoed in Parliament, and flood disaster in being approved by the where actor-politician Tamil Nadu in which 354 Three years to the day a state government. The Hema Malini said the “jupeople lost their lives and young medical student guidelines will ensure, venile” should be given over one lakh huts dam- was gang-raped and torhowever, that much of the same punishment as aged, Rajya Sabha was tured on a moving bus what the city’s dance the other four convicts. informed today. “As per in Delhi, an incident that bars were known for will “The juvenile did more the information received shook India to the core, her no longer be permitted. to restart dance bars that have come to see the perfrom the state governharm than the others. He mother revealed her name Among the nearly 25 had been shut down at formance. The dancers’ ment, based on their prehas a devilish mind. He guidelines to be followed the behest of the state clothes also must not be liminary assessment, 354 to the world, saying: “My will not be corrected in daughter was Jyoti Singh before bar owners get po- government The guide- obscene,” an officer said. humans and 4,383 cattle rehabilitation. He should have been lost and 1.17 and I am not ashamed to home. “I am not ashamed her as Jyoti Singh,” Asha be punished so that ev- lice permissions to oper- lines also state that there The bar owners should lakh huts have been re- name her.” At a tribute for of taking my daughter’s Devi said to big applause eryone fears the law of ate are conditions such as must be a 3-foot high self certify and go to the ported damaged due to their daughter, who died name. Whoever has suf- at a public meeting in the the country,” Ms Malini, a disallowing any shower- fence around the stage police after which the pofloods during Novem- 13 days after the incident fered should not hide their heart of Delhi. Speaking BJP parliamentarian, said ing of currency notes on where the women per- lice will decide whether ber-December 2015. Ri- on December 16, 2012, name. It is the offenders on the “juvenile”, who is in the Lok Sabha. The bar dancers, a compulso- form. No visitors will be they are eligible for a lijiju added during a ca- Asha Devi and Badrinath who should be ashamed expected to be released on Centre on Monday asked ry CCTV cover for every allowed into the fenced cense. Till Tuesday there lamity of ‘severe nature’ also made a passionate and hide their name. I December 19, she said: the High Court to extend dance bar with the feed area. At any point, only were at least 90 applicaadditional assistance is appeal against the release want to tell everyone that “On her third anniversa- the observation home stay available at the police four women can dance tions pending with DCP also considered from the of the youngest of the my daughter’s name was ry, the culprit is being set of the convict, saying it control room, etc. The on stage. “There will be – Headquarters – I, the National Disaster Re- six rapists, who is about Jyoti Singh. From today, free. Where is the justice needs clarity on his reha- Supreme Court had ear- a 5 feet gap between the licensing authority for sponse Fund. to walk out of a reform everyone should know is in that?” Their appeal bilitation plan. lier given the go ahead stage and people who dance bars in Mumbai. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053 Agency | New Delhi
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Why diesel cars are banned, and why diesel is so bad for us The Supreme Court’s ban on the registration of new diesel vehicles just on Wednesday morning has already set off a massive debate on two fronts: just how bad diesel is, and why should vehicles take the blame for the impact of diesel on Delhi’s air quality? First the facts. Delhi had guzzled 11.32 lakh tonnes of diesel in 2013-14 alone, 39.6 per cent more than the 8.11 lakh tonnes it consumed just four years ago. Policy experts and scientists, including the SC appointed EPCA have repeatedly pointed out that the spike in the use of diesel from 2007-08 actually mitigated the gains made in Delhi’s air quality when it converted public transport to CNG. In the late 1990s, diesel-fuelled vehicles constituted only four per cent of the total car sales in Delhi, the EPCA recorded in a 2007 report, adding that the number had reached 24 per cent in 2006. Today, diesel cars account for almost half of total sales in Delhi and NCR. The reason for this was the sharply diminishing gap between the cost of CNG and diesel. In June 2010, the cost of a litre of diesel was Rs 40.10, and CNG Rs 27.50 per kg. Today, diesel costs Rs 48.26 a litre and CNG Rs 37.55 per kg. The EPCA told the SC in a report last year, “In 2002-03, CNG was cheaper than diesel by about 46.71 per cent. Between 2004 and 2009 the difference widened further to more than 50 per cent as diesel prices increased… In December 2013, the price differential (had) plummeted to 7.35 per cent,” the report said. “High CNG costs hurt public transport and undermine (the) clean fuel program,” it added. In 2007, former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit wrote to the Centre, seeking approval for proposed ban on the registration of diesel cars in the capital and requested separate emission norms for vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR), including the satellite cities of Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. Here she said the increase in diesel cars was depleting the gains of CNG. In March 2008, the request was turned down, the government couldn’t impose a ban on vehicles plying on a certain type of fuel was the argument. That was the same year when particulate matter 10, the bigger particles in Delhi witnessed a sharp spike from 161 µg/m3 in 2007, drying up the gains of the CNG move. That said, the spike in diesel car sales has been accompanied by the mushrooming of mobile towers and malls, all of which use generator set, which run on diesel. A 2013 pollution inventory prepared by Dr Sarath Guttikunda found that diesel combustion from generators contributed 6 per cent of PM2.5 and 10 per cent of PM10 levels in Delhi and satellite towns.
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not ashamed of taking my daughter’s name. Whoever has suffered should not hide QUOTE “Itheiramname. It is the offenders who should be ashamed and hide their name. I want to tell OF THE everyone that my daughter’s name was Jyoti Singh. From today, everyone should know her as Jyoti Singh,” - Three years to the day a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, an incident that shook India to the core, her mother revealed her name to the world... DAY
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3 trailer: Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani turn porn stars Agency | Mumbai
In a land ruled by the holier than thou sanskari Censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani, it’s blasphemous to even kiss as James Bond may have realised by now. But producer Ekta Kapoor certainly doesn’t give two hoots about the moral norms imposed by the censor board. Her latest offering ‘Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3’, co-starring her brother Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani and Mandana Karimi is all set to transcend all bold boundaries in Bollywood with the male actors playing porn stars, mouthing dialogues laced with sex-
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ual innuendos and double entendre. The newly released trailer shows Tusshar and Aftab showing their affinity towards their ever awake manhood and buxom beauties like Claudia Ciesla and Bigg Boss fame Gizele Thakral parading in bikinis and gesturing suggestively. A lot of famous Bollywood movie scenes
have been spoofed with a touch of adult comedy to it. While Tusshar spoofs Salman Khan’s character from Kick (Kabhi Devil Aapke Neeche, Kabhi Aap Devil Ke Neeche… Too much fun), Gizelle is seen mimicking Vidya Balan’s character from The Dirty Picture ( Shor Mat Karo…varna khada kar doongi).
Salman Khan to get a bride from Deepika Padukone on 50th birthday Agency | New Delhi
What do you get a Bollywood superstar who has everything? Salman Khan is soon going to turn 50 and his friends and well wishers must be pondering over the question. However, it is Bajirao Mastani star Deepika Padukone who has come up with the right answer. While interacting with media recently, she was asked what would she like to gift Salman and Deepika had her answer ready, “I would like to gift him a bride.” The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star’s legal cases were reportedly the reason behind him not getting married. Now that the 2002 hit-and-run
Saala Khadoos trailer: Madhavan’s boxer fights politics in sports
For all Rajkumar Hirani fans who loved 3 Idiots more than PK or Munnabhai, here’s some good news -- the first trailer of his next production, Saala Khadoos is as touching and as hard hitting as the Aamir Khan-starrer. And as revealed by the 2.4-minute long trailer, R Madhavan is an unexplored actor who is capable of much more than what we have seen him doing till now. Saala Khadoos is the story of Madhavan , a boxing coach who has been banished from the national institute on charges of sexual harassment. Madhavan is sent to Chennai where he finds Ritika Singh, a poor 17-year-old girl who has
the passion and skills of a boxer that Madhavan had been looking for. The film traces the coach’s journey as he prepares the young girl to create
a place for herself in the world of boxing. Directed by debutante director Sudha Kongara Prasad, Saala Khadoos will release on January 28.
been involved in flood relief work. As per Suhasini’s suggestion, he donated Rs 1 Crore to the Bhoomika Trust who has been working on food preparation and distribution in Chennai right from the day the disaster
struck i.e. December 3. Director Jayendra who is the Managing Trustee of Bhoomika Trust, received the cheque. The actor had also tweeted about the Chennai floods when the tragedy struck.
to do playback for Shah Rukh. The voice will match because I mimic him pretty well, so I can sing like him. It will be quite credible,” Ayushmann. The ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ actor is currently riding high on the success of his latest song
‘Yahin Hoon Main’ and with many Bollywood actors like Hrithik Roshan, Sonam Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi featuring in singles, Ayushmann believes the trend will boost up independent music. “More than anything else, it gives a boost to singers, to music. Because, of course in other singles there are actors who are acting, lip syncing, but with me, I am singing...,” he said. “I think they are launching Sonakshi (Sinha) as well, which is amazing. So I guess it is a big boost for independent music if not anything else,” Ayushmann said.
After Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar donates Rs 1 crore for Chennai flood relief Agency | Mumbai
case has gone in his favour, there is speculation that we may see him tie the knot soon. Salman and Deepika are probably among the biggest stars in Bollywood right now and both have had a super 2015. While Salman’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo are both blockbusters, Deepika has tasted success with Piku and Tamasha, and is awaiting the
release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani opposite Ranveer Singh. Is there any chance we will see both of them together in the future? Buzz says we may see them together in Sultan. “I don’t like talking about films I am approached for unless I have given it a thought of doing. So no, I am not a part of Sultan at all,” was Deepika’s diplomatic reply.
X-Men villain says ‘was called Krishna’, Hindu leader wants line dropped
After the huge disaster caused by rains in Chennai recently, many celebrities have been extending help to those in need. While Shah Rukh Khan donated Rs 1 crore to the Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund, it is now the turn of actor Akshay Kumar to pitch in. Akshay has joined the list of contributors by giving Rs 1 crore towards the flood relief activities in Chennai. After seeing the shocking visuals of rain-affected Chennai, Akshay reportedly wanted to help the people and called director Priyadarshan asking how he could donate. Director Priyadarshan then asked him to contact Suhasini Maniratnam, who has
Ayushmann Khurrana wants to playback for Shah Rukh Khan
Agency | Mumbai Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan, who is shooting in Kolkata for his upcoming film TE3N, recently filmed a sequence at a graveyard in the city. He shared pictures on his blog and wrote: “Just amazing that these monuments can and do take the urgency of the matter away from one and pass it on to the next generation. But work is always a joy, especially when you have such stories and scripts that evolve over time.” Big B also shared pictures
from the location. Big B will be seen along with Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the Ribhu Dasgupta-directed movie. He was also photographed sharing a joke with his TE3N co-star. In one photograph, the 73-yearold can be seen standing by a wheel-chair with an intense look on his face. He wrote: “WAZIR revisited.” In another image, he can be seen paying tribute to “those departed”. Produced by Sujoy Ghosh, TE3N is slated to release in 2016.
Agency | New Delhi A Hindu leader based in the United States said on Tuesday a comparison between the villain in the latest X-Men movie and Lord Krishna offended the religion and its followers. The official trailer of the movie ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ shows the villain, Apocalypse – played by Oscar Isaac -- saying: “I have been called many
things over many lifetimes -- Ra, Krishna, Yahweh.” Hindu leader Rajan Zed issued a statement on the reference in the movie: “Such trivialisation of Lord Krishna, who is highly revered in Hinduism, is quite inappropriate and disturbing to the devotees.” “Hindus are upset over comparison of blue-colored villain Apocalypse with their deity Lord Krishna in the recently released
official trailer of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’… Lord Krishna was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines, not for pushing movies for the mercantile greed of filmmakers,” the statement added. Zed also asked director Bryan Singer to delete all references to Lord Krishna from the trailer and the final movie, unless those were true to the scriptures.
Agency | New Delhi Ayushmann, 31, who has sung many popular tracks like ‘Paani Da Rang’ and ‘Saadi Galli Aaja’, feels his voice will match with that of the ‘Chennai Express’ actor, as he imitates him well. “I don’t know, I would probably love
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Agency | Nairobi Trade ministers of as many as 47 countries, including India, China and several African nations, on Tuesday asked the WTO members to “redouble” efforts to conclude pending issues of the long-stalled Doha Round. On the first day of the WTO ministerial meeting here, the 47 nations in a joint statement said they recognise that a comprehensive conclusion of the Doha Developmental Agenda (DDA) with economically meaningful and balanced outcomes will provide impetus to global trade liberalisation and facilitation. It would also correct the development deficit in the rules resulting from the previous rounds of multilateral trade negotiations and improve the trading prospects of developing Members, and enhance the primary role of the WTO in global trade governance, the joint statement said. “We need to redouble our efforts to enable us to proceed towards the full, successful and multilateral conclusion of the negotiations ... of the Doha Ministerial Declaration in fulfilment of the commitments we took at Doha,” it said.
Facebook’s new feature to help locate reputable businesses
Agency | Houston Social network giant Facebook has quietly launched a new desktop-only feature on its site which allows users to find highest-rated local businesses based on customer reviews, entering in direct competition with companies like Yelp and Angie’s List.Facebook Professional Services feature enables users to make searches for categories ranging from Arts and Entertainment down to finding plumbers, dentists, pharmacies, photographers, beauty salons, pizza places and so on. Though Facebook has not officially made any declarations, the new feature was first noted last Wednesday by Sreedev Sharma, an Indian Social Media Manager at Acodez IT Solutions, a leading web design and development company in India.
Mahindra S101 (KUV100) teased ahead of revealing on December 18
Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata will be looking to come back from a three goal deficit when they face Chennaiyin FC in the second leg of the Indian Super League (ISL) semi-finals in their way to the finals on Wednesday. Though the job at hand is tough, it is not beyond Atletico’s reach. ATK coach Habas and his men would like to believe that they can pull it off, but then in the first leg match at Pune, Chennaiyin had beaten ATK 3-0. The hosts need to score at least thrice and not concede and hope they come out on top in the penalty shootout. But it is easier said than done. Chennai-
Even as a two-year rental, Dhoni makes the new Pune IPL franchise a winner off the field Agency | Mumbai
yin would leave no stone unturned to ensure they safely reach the final on December 20. On Saturday, Chennai decimated the white and red brigade at Pune, where the former had to play their home leg because of the flood situation in their city. What came as a surprise was that Atletico, who were having it easy finding the back of the net in the last few outings, could not
do so that day. However, former India cricket captain and ATK co-owner Sourav Ganguly is still hopeful of a turnaround. “Yes, I am hopeful. Let’s see if we can get a 3-0 result here and then get to the shootout. We have beaten Chennaiyin previously and I don’t see why we cannot do it again. But in the first leg they played better,” Ganguly told reporters here on Monday.
ing,” Modi tweeted soon after the motion was withdrawn. However, a BCCI official said Modi’s return as president will change nothing on the ground as the RCA will continue to remain suspended as long as Modi is attached to the association. The official further added that the board doesn’t envisage any role for the former IPL commissioner in the days to come. In 2013 Modi
was expelled from the BCCI and banned for life on charges of indiscipline and misconduct. “Cricket had stopped in the districts and players were suffering because of that. Plus, we couldn’t get the required numbers. These guys (the Modi faction) are used to litigation so they would have stretched it forever. So we decided to withdraw our motion in the interest of cricket.”
Lalit Modi is back at RCA helm, but BCCI’s doors will remain shut Agency | Jaipur
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi will continue to remain president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) after BJP leader Amin Pathan withdrew his no-confidence motion against Modi on Tuesday. Nine months after he ‘ousted’ Modi by way of a no-confidence motion, RCA vice-president Pathan withdrew the motion before retired Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra “in the interest of cricket in Rajasthan”. Justice Mishra is expected to announce the formal withdrawal of the motion on Wednesday 11 am. “I once again look forward to making #RCA the best and most forward think-
Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni feature in Shane Warne’s greatest Indian Test XI Agency | Melbourne
Agency | New Delhi Mahindra & Mahindra on Wednesday teased the first image of its upcoming mini SUV, code-named S101, ahead of an official event scheduled to take place on December 18 during which the homegrown automaker is expected to reveal more information on the product. Though the vehicle’s official name will also be revealed at the event, it is speculated to be called Mahindra KUV100 as the company had patented this name earlier this year for one of its upcoming products. Though the company calls the S101 a ‘compact SUV’, it looks more like a tall-boy hatchback with crossover-ish elements such as plastic cladding around the body. Other elements that will give it a rugged look include roof rails and high ground clearance. Set to take on the likes of Maruti WagonR, Maruti Celerio and the upcoming Tata Zica, the Mahindra S101’s entry-level variant is likely to be priced below Rs 4 lakh. The S101 could be offered with two engine options – a 1.2-litre 3-cylinder petrol and a 1.5-litre, 3-cylinder diesel. While the petrol engine is all-new, the diesel is the same that does duty on the TUV300.
The iconic Sachin Tendulkar was an expected pick for the No.4 slot while Sourav Ganguly was preferred in the leadership position in Australian spin legend Shane Warne’s greatest Indian Test XI. Warne, who has been naming his preferred XIs from different countries on his facebook page, turned his attention to India in the latest post. The criteria for selection was that Warne must have competed against the selected players. Not surprisingly, cricket’s highest run-scorer Tendulkar was Warne’s choice for the No.4 spot in his side. The opening slots went to Virender Sehwag and Navjot Singh Sidhu followed by the ever-dependable Rahul Dravid at No.3. Tendulkar, who scored a whopping 15,921 runs with 51 hundreds in 200 Tests, was hardly a surprise. But Warne said he was left in a dilemma on whether to go for VVS
If you swapped the five players the new Pune Indian Premier League franchise bought at the auction on Tuesday with the five the new Rajkot franchise bought, it is likely neither franchise would be too upset. Both teams picked big names and big talents while spending their entire kitty of Rs 39 crores. But when it comes to the bottom line, the Pune franchise, which was bought by the Sanjiv Goenka group, was the clear winner for one reason - MS Dhoni. India’s limited-overs captain brings with him not only his leadership skills and his devastating ability as a finisher, but also an unrivalled brand value. “Compared to all the other players [in the auction], Dhoni is easily worth at least two times the value of anyone
else,” Melroy D’Souza, the COO of Professional Management Group told Firstpost. “Commercially, he is the biggest name in the entire draw and he will attract many more sponsors and help raise more sponsorships than the other players.” This is especially important for the new, albeit temporary, franchises, because unlike the six original franchises they will be competing against, they will get no
share of the IPL’s central revenue, worth roughly Rs 70 crore a year. Instead, thanks to the reverse bidding process, Pune will pay the BCCI Rs 16 crore a year while Rajkot (bought by Intex), will pay Rs 10 crore. Factor in the Rs 66 crore salary cap plus the expenses (travel, staff salaries etc.) that come with running a team and you are looking at an outlay of roughly Rs 100 crore per year.
the trip was postponed. The 39-year-old will work now with the Australia side during their three warm-up matches against South Africa prior to their arrival in India for the March 8- April 3 tournament. Former Australia batsman Mike Hussey will also work with the side for two weeks of
the tournament, bringing to bear his experience of playing on the subcontinent in the India Premier League competition. “Sriram’s focus will be on getting the players as prepared as possible for what they will face in India,” Cricket Australia’s Pat Howard said in a news release.
tinued throughout. At the fag end of the game, with a 0-3 disadvantange and the tie slipping out of their hands, the Delhi players lost their balance. Adil Nabi got into an argument with the fourth official, and was promptly sent off. Trailing by a first-leg goal, Zico made as many as five changes to the side, giving starts
to Indian players Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Desai and Bikramjit. They justified the decision with inspired performance. With top-scorer Reinaldo missing due to injury, the onus was on the youngsters to come good. Desai made the crucial assist to send Rafael Coelo through for the team’s second goal in the 23rd minute.
Australia recruit Sriram, Hussey for World Twenty20 preparation Agency | Sydney
Cricket Australia announced on Wednesday that the national cricket team have recruited former India player Sridharan Sriram to help their team prepare for the conditions that they are likely to face in the upcoming World Twenty20 in India which will start early next year. Sriram, an all-rounder who played eight ODIs for India between 2000 and 2004, worked with Australia A on their tour of India earlier this year and was slated to travel with the test side to Bangladesh in October before
ISL: FC Goa turn it around to reach final after defeating Delhi Agency | Margao
Laxman or Mohammad Azharuddin for the No.6 position. “This was the hardest team to select as I played against a few legends at the end of their careers like Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Ravi Shastri, Manoj Prabhakar as well as current players like Zaheer Khan too,” Warne wrote on his Facebook page. “The Indian side I’ve selected is a very strong one & would be tough to play against. The hardest position to select for me was the number 6 spot between my great friend VVS or Azharuddin.” The maverick bowl-
er said it was this confusion which prompted him to name a 12-strong squad for India. “Hence I named 12 and would choose the 12th man on the day!,” he said. Also making the cut in Warne’s squad were legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev and current limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni has not played international cricket against Warne but made the cut owing to the IPL faceoffs between the two. Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath formed the bowling attack of Warne’s line-up.
The second leg of any football tie involves a lot of pressure. In Tuesday’s clash between FC Goa and Delhi Dynamos in Goa, the challenge was for mentor Zico to keep apprentice Roberto Carlos in check. After a few heated words and 90 minutes of football, the former came out on top as his side scored thrice on the night to win the two-leg semifinals 3-1 on aggregate. Tempers flew early in the game, with Zico and Carlos exchanging a few heated words not long after they had shook hands. The fraught nature of the contest con-
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CM Anandiben Patel inaugurates Mehsana village Govindpura first concrete work on Statue of Unity ‘smokeless’ village in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel inaugurated the work of concrete foundation raft of the Statue of Unity to mark the 65th death anniversary of Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Tuesday. Taking a moment to thank Narendra Modi-led NDA government for clearing the state government’s request for installation of 30 sluice gates on Narmada Dam to raise its height to 138.68 meters, Anandiben said that Sardar Patel would be “proud” that the BJP has fulfilled his dream of constructing the Narmada Dam for the benefit of farmers. Anandiben offered her tributes to Sardar Patel at the venue, bailey bridge constructed for the purpose of transporting construction materials. She said that the extension of the height of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam will benefit farmers
The contract for the project was handed over to L&T in October 2014. Its estimated cost is about Rs 2,980 crore.
diben also said that the work of installation of 30 sluice gates over the Narmada dam would also be complete by next year, raising the height of the dam from 121.92 meters to 138.68 meters. She credited the prudence of the Modi-led NDA government for clearing the state government’s eightyear-old plea. “The work of the installation of the gates is on. Once complete, it will ensure that water will be supplied
and overthrow the government illegally. I was only opposing the reservation policy of the Gujarat government,” Hardik’s lawyer Kapil Sibal told the court. Sibal was arguing before a bench of Justice J S Khehar and Justice Rohinton F Nariman against an order of the Gujarat High Court in connection with
an FIR lodged on October 21 against Hardik for allegedly inciting Patel youths to resort to violence in order to destabilise the state government. The court had agreed to drop certain charges but said that charges of sedition and attempt to wage a war against the state will stick. There is another sedition case lodged against Hardik for allegedly inciting a fellow activist “to kill policemen instead of committing suicide”. The Patidar leader is currently in jail.
Union minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar today said that the central government would set up the first ‘medical devices park’ in Gujarat. Addressing a meeting after laying the foundation stone of the new campus of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER Ahmedabad) in Palaj to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crores, Mr. Kumar, in presence of his deputy Hansraj Ahir and Gujarat Chief Minis-
ter Anandiben Patel said the union government would set up a Medical Devices Park in Gujarat. ‘It would be first such park in the country and would be of world class’, he said. The minister claimed that a pharma park would also be established in Gujarat, the leading state in pharmaceutical sector.
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Mr. Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman – India and Director, HSBC Asia-Pacific and Mr. Keiya Iida, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan.
Gujarat state Fertilisers Company Ltd (GSFC) today launched ‘Sardar Janmitra Kitchen Garden’ Yojna (scheme) here to promote the concept of Kitchen Garden, GSFC chairman and Managing Director Sudeep Kumar Nanda said. “Health consciousness has motivated the urban population to grow fresh and healthy vegetables at their doorsteps and in this direction the concept of ‘Kitchen Garden’ is taking good momentum today,” Nanda said. Kitchen Garden is a concept of growing organic vegetables at ones own terrace of home or apartments. On the occasion, kitchen garden kits comprising a bag with mixture, nutrient
er, vegetable seeds, technical information were also distributed to people. Nanda said those who are interested in developing Kitchen Garden at their homes can be helped by GSFC. Under the scheme, so far nearly 1000 members of an industry association in neighbouring Bharuch have demanded the kitchen garden kit. Demonstrations were also held explaining the benefits of kitchen and terrace gardens. Nanda said one of the objectives of the scheme is to keep the urban people fit and healthy by engaging them in activity of gardening and one can have the satisfaction of consuming homegrown chemical-free vegetables.
Agency | New Delhi
“Hitachi SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 2015” in New Delhi Agency | New Delhi
Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.(Hitachi India), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) recently organized the Hitachi SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 2015 in New Delhi. The two-day forum sought to bring together esteemed participants to deliberate upon how Social Innovation can propel India’s growth by driving the country’s social infrastructure with specific focus on Smart Cities, Water, Railway and Healthcare. Hitachi recently signed 2 railway contracts with Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL) for signalling and telecommunications systems traversing India’s biggest industrial cluster
After Vyachakurahalli village in Karnataka was declared the country’s first “smokeless village” a couple of weeks ago, a tiny hamlet called Govindpura has become the first “smokeless village” of Gujarat, a state where over 63 lakh homes still use age-old sources of fuel like crop residue, firewood and cow-dung cakes, as fuel used for cooking. On Tuesday, the panchayat development officer of Govindpura village, Waghji Desai, gave a letter certifying the conversion of all households to LPG to the officials of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), which is the only supplier of LPG cylinders to this village. Nestled between tomato farms in Kadi taluka of Mehsana district, the hamlet in north Gujarat, consisting of 143 households, got the “smokeless” tag after all the residents shifted to LPG from traditional sources of fuel, like fire-
even on the “borders of Pakistan”. The CM added, “I have inaugurated the foundation raft concrete work of the Statue of Sardar Patel, which was envisioned by Narendrabhai (Modi), as the world’s tallest statue. This work will now go on uninterrupted for six days to complete the concreting of the raft. We are positive that the entire statue will be completed within the next two years or so.” Anan-
Made some stupid statements, but did not intend to overthrow elected Gujarat govt: Hardik Patel to SC Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday admitted before the Supreme Court that some of the controversial statements he made during the quota stir for Patels were “stupid” but he never intended to overthrow the elected government of Gujarat through violence. “There were certain statements which, in my opinion, were ought not to have been made. They were stupid statements. Some unfortunate incidents did take place, but it was never my intention to try
right until the border of Pakistan. Currently, we have already ensured that Kutch receives water. This dam, commissioned in 1961, had been Sardar Patel’s dream and he will be proud that the BJP has made his dream come true. We petitioned the UPA government for eight years since 2006, but it took Narendrabhai only 17 days to clear the file when he assumed office of the Prime Minister,” Anandiben said.
Correspondent | Govindpura
between Delhi and Mumbai. Hitachi SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM is a reaffirmation of the company’s commitment to India. The forum witnessed enthusiastic participation of eminent guests from government, bureaucracy and private sector including Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways, Shri Babul Supriyo, Minister of State,
wood and kerosene that they used in their kitchens. “Apart from conserving the firewood that we used to light our ‘chulhas’ everyday, we will also be saving over 300 litres of kerosene that was consumed every month in this village,” said Mansukh Patel, the village sarpanch, as he stood outside the panchayat office, handing over ration cards
– with fresh seal of “LPG connection” stamped over them — to womenfolk. “This stamp ensures that they will no longer receive kerosene through their ration cards. This includes the 68 households who do not own land and work as farm labourers,” Patel added. The village has a population of over 600 and a literacy rate of 91 percent – higher than the
state average. “This is the first village in entire Gujarat to turn smokeless. We had a hard time convincing the villagers to give up firewood which is freely available, but has a negative effect on the health of the womenfolk. After this success, we will be working on five more villages in the initial phase,” said Utkarsha Telang, assistant manager, IOC.
ering various education programmes started by states, including Gujarat’s Gunotsav programme as we feel that it is important to evaluate schools and teachers,” confirmed TSR Subramanian, the chairperson of NEP committee. The committee was on a two-day visit to Gujarat to start the final round of NEP consultations clubbed under the Western group, including states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra. The committee members after meeting Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at Gandhinagar on Monday morning held the day-long consultations in Ahmedabad. While on the second day, the committee visited
Chharodi government primary school, one of the smart schools recently initiated under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the private public partnership (PPP) initiative Mahatma Gandhi International School, Ahmedabad and one of the classes run by Gyan Shala, an NGO, in slum area of Ramapir nu tekra, behind Sabarmati Ashram. Before leaving for Delhi on Tuesday afternoon, the team also visited Sabarmati Ashram. This time, the education policy will have a roadmap, which was missing in the previous policies, said Subramanian. He added that the committee is expected to come up with the draft by the end of January.
NEP panel plans to replicate Gunotsav in other states
First Medical Devices Park of India in Gujarat
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for framing the New Education Policy (NEP) is considering to replicate various education schemes like school evaluation programme, Gunotsav started by Gujarat in 2009. “Apart from various issues covering pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher education, the committee is also consid-
GSFC launches Kitchen Garden scheme Gujarat HC directs state, GPCB to Correspondent | Vadodara supplements, bio-fertilis-
file affidavits on vehicular pollution Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to file affidavits on a PIL seeking court’s direction for taking measures to improve the ambient air quality of Ahmedabad and the state at large. The petitioner has argued that steps have to be taken to improve the air quality “considering the use of diesel commercial vehicles — both private and government — including BRTS buses in the city.” The petition has been filed by 69-year-old Devjibhai Dhamecha,
who is the president of Jogad (Rann) Eco Foundation, a public trust based in Dhrangadhra, Surendranagar district, through his lawyer Amit Panchal. The petitioner has sought court’s intervention to direct the state government to ensure all commercial vehicles, including diesel-run public transport vehicles, plying on any fuel are compliant with emission norms and are operated on CNG. Panchal said that the division bench of High Court, led by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Jayant Patel, directed state government and the GPCB, the pollution regulatory author-
ity, to file affidavits. He said that the petition will be heard together with two petitions seeking review of 2012 order of the court. In 2012, two PILs, somewhat similar, were disposed of by a common order. One of the PILs filed by Dhamecha was related to the allocation of natural gas to Gujarat as Administered Price Mechanism rate of City Gas Distribution, the rate on which natural gas is being supplied to metro cities, like Delhi and Mumbai. It was filed with the interest of improving and preserving the environment and the ecology and for the benefit of the residents of the state.
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