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‘Dereliction of duty’: After Gujarat monitoring cell raids gambling den, 18 cops suspended
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Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar The Gujarat Board declared the class 12 or GSEB HSC result 2021 today. Even though the link is not activated about an hour after the results, official data shows that all the students who had registered for the exams have now cleared it. This is the first time that the board has achieved a 100% pass percentage. It has been
revolving around 71% for the past two years. Schools can download their scores from gseb.org. A total of over 8 lakh students including 1.4 lakh science and 7 lakh general stream students will be checking their results today. Students can also go to their respective schools to get their marksheets. In a first, the result is being declared without holding any exam. Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
‘It’s flashing red’: Former UK health secretary warns govt may have to reimpose lockdown
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Days After Gurgaon Man’s Suicide, Wife, Daughter Consume Poison A 46-year-old woman and her 24-year-old daughter allegedly died by suicide after consuming poison at their home in one of the posh societies in Gurgaon.This comes barely two weeks after the woman’s husband, Harish Shetty, a tax consultant, allegedly died by suicide at a hotel on July 6.His wife Veena Shetty was working in the sales department of a private company and their daughter Yashika Shetty was pursuing an MBA degree. Police are investigating the motive behind the suicides. The family moved into the Gurugram society in January 2021. Ashok Verma, manager of the Society said, “Hari Shetty had come to live in this society with his family in January
US Hands Over First 2 Of 24 MH-60R Maritime Helicopters To Indian Navy The Indian Navy has received two MH-60R multirole helicopters from the US, in a boost to its combat capabilities.Officials said the Navy received the choppers from the US Navy in a ceremony held at a naval air station in San Diego on Friday. “The ceremony marked the formal transfer of these helicopters from US Navy to Indian Navy, which were accepted by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to the US,” a spokesperson of the Indian Navy said. MH-60R helicopters manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation is an all-weather helicopter designed to support multiple missions with state of the art avionics and sensors.India is procuring.
More than 1,200 scientists have backed a letter published in The Lancet earlier this month, calling the UK’s decision to remove almost all restrictions as “dangerous and unethical.” Agency News: New Delhi As Britain prepares to remove virtually all restrictions from Monday, a former UK health secretary has warned that the government may have to reimpose lockdown if the current trend of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases continues. Jeremy Hunt, chairman of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that hospitalisations related to coronavirus are doubling every two weeks and about 10,000 Covid-19 patients could end up in hospital by the end of August, twice the number than last year.“The warning light on the NHS dashboard is not
flashing amber, it is flashing red,” he said. “It is a very serious situation.”On Friday, the UK reported more than 51,000 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in six months. The worrying third Covid wave, mainly driven by the Delta variant, has prompted scientists and experts around the world to warn the government against removing all restrictions. More than 1,200 scientists have backed a letter published in The Lancet earlier this month, calling the decision “dangerous and unethical.”Meanwhile, the UK government has shown no sign of backtracking from its decision, even though it has toned down on branding July 19 as the “Freedom Day.” Hunt predicted that the country is “almost certainly” going to witness a record daily peak by September. The current daily record of new Covid cases was reported in early January with nearly 68,000 cases.
Board (GSHSEB) HSC result is calculated based on their final scores obtained by students in their class 10 boards, class 11 exams as well as internals of class 12. The class 10 marks will have 50 per cent weightage while the class 12 and 11 combined have 50 per cent Of the 1.7 lakh candidates who registered for the science exam, as many as 3245 got an A1 grade, last year the number was about 400. This is a huge leap in the number of A1 grade holders. Most of whom are from Gujarati medium. The Gujarat Board has declared the
HSC or class 12 result. As per reports all the students have been promoted and will now be eligible for admission to colleges. This is the first time that 100% pass percentage is received by the board. About 30 minutes later, the GSEB is yet to declare its result. Students who are planning to get results from
Shah said that before the Modi government came to power, India lacked a national security policy, which now aims at paying the enemy back in the same coin. Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said all gaps on India’s border fences will be covered by 2022 to ensure comprehensive security. He said before the Narendra Modi government came to power, India lacked a national security policy, which now aims at paying the enemy back in the same coin.“Nobody wants to leave gaps in the fences. But if on a 200-km long fence you leave a gap of 1.5 km, the entire stretch of the fence becomes useless. We have worked on filling these gaps by removing roadblocks at
Reports said the Afghan envoy’s daughter was kidnapped from Blue Area, a commercial district in the heart of Islamabad. Agency News: New Delhi
All gaps on India’s border fences will be covered by 2022: Amit Shah
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Abducted, tortured and released later in Islamabad: Afghanistan envoy’s daughter’s horror tale
the administrative level and even spoken to neighbouring countries. Surmounting all difficulties, I assure you that before 2022, there will be no gaps left in our fencing,” Shah said. Shah was delivering the Rustamji Memorial Lecture at the Investiture Ceremony organised by the BSF at Vigyan Bhawan. Shah said even before he came into politics, he always thought about border security.“I always wondered whether this government had any national security policy. Until Narendra Modi became PM, we did not have an independent national security policy.
school need to follow mandatory guidelines including wearing masks, physical distancing etc. The board has already asked the schools to provide the result and score card to the candidates. For the result, schools will have to use their index number and password. The GSEB board exam was to be held from July 1 to 16. This year 5.43 lakh students of general stream (arts and commerce) had registered for the class 12 GSEB exam.
In a shocking development, Silsela Alikhil daughter of Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil was kidnapped in Islamabad on Friday. According to details by Afghanistan’s authorities, Silsela was abducted for several hours and severely tortured by unknown individuals while she was coming back home.In a strongly worded statement, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep regret and strongly condemned the act. The Afghan foreign ministry expressed deep concern over
the safety and security of diplomats, their families, and staff members of the Afghan political and consular missions in Pakistan.Currently, Silsela is under medical care at Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, Islamabad and as per hospital report she has swelling in various parts of her body. Afghan foreign ministry has called on Pakistani government to take immediate and necessary actions to ensure full security of the Afghan Embassy and Consulates as well as the immunity of the country’s diplomats and their families in accordance.
Sidhu meets Punjab Congress chief seeks his guidance HT on Saturday reported Singh wrote to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday expressing displeasure at the party’s handling of infighting. Agency News: New Delhi Former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday met Sunil Jakhar, the head of ruling Congress in Punjab, to seek his “guidance”. The meeting came amid reports that Sidhu could succeed Jakhar as the Punjab Congress president to resolve infighting in the party’s state unit.The 45-minute meeting took place at Jakhar’s residence in Panchkula. “He (Jakhar) is an elder brother and a guiding force,” Sidhu told reporters. Jakhar called Sidhu a very capable person who does not
need any guidance. “We are all together.”The meeting came on the day Congress’s Punjab incharge Harish Rawat arrived in Chandigarh to meet chief minister Amarinder Singh, who has opposed Sidhu’s elevation. HT on Saturday reported Singh wrote to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday expressing displeasure at the party’s handling of infighting. The letter
referred to resentment brewing in the state unit. It cautioned his rival Sidhu’s appointed as the Punjab Congress chief could split the party.Singh’s letter was delivered to Gandhi before she met Sidhu on Friday. It came after two days of meetings and speculation about rapprochement between the rival factions in the Punjab Congress.
Centre To Buy 66 Crore More Doses Of Covishield, Covaxin At Revised Rates: Report COVID-19 Vaccine India: More than 41.69 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, the health ministry said Agency News: New Delhi The Centre has placed an order to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield and Covaxin to be supplied between August and December this year, at a revised price of ₹ 205 and ₹ 215 per dose, respectively, excluding taxes, official sources said.They said 37.5 crore of Covishield doses from the Serum Institute of India and 28.5 crore Covaxin doses from Bharat Biotech will be procured by December.“An order to procure 66 crore more doses of COVID-19 vaccines-Covishield and Covaxin--to be
supplied between August and December, at a revised price of ₹ 205 and ₹ 215 per dose, respectively, excluding taxes, has been placed,” the source told news agency Press Trust of India.The price of each dose of Covishield amounts to ₹ 215.25 and Covaxin ₹ 225.75, including taxes, it said.The Union health ministry which was procuring both the vaccines at ₹ 150 per dose, had indicated that the prices would be revised after the new COVID-19 vaccine procurement policy came into effect from June 21. Under the new policy, the ministry will procure 75 per cent of
the vaccines being produced by the drug manufacturers in the country.While the Centre has asked both the vaccine manufacturing firms to scale up their production, the manufacturers had indicated that getting ₹ 150 for each dose while making investments to ramp up the production was not viable for them, sources told Press Trust of India.The Union government had earlier allowed states and private hospitals to procure 50 per cent of the vaccines following demands for decentralisation of the process.However, after several states complained of
problems including of funding, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the revision of the vaccine guidelines on June 8.Domestic vaccine manufacturers are given the option to provide 25 per cent of their monthly production of vaccines to private hospitals. According to the revised guidelines which came into effect from June 21, vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states/UTs based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination, and all above the age of 18 will be eligible
for the free jabs.Any wastage of vaccine will affect the allocation negatively. The states and UTs would aggregate the demand of private hospitals keeping in view equitable distribution between large and small private hospitals and regional balance.“Based on this aggregated demand, the Government of India.
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Opposition Parties Have To Show United Mojo Against Bjp In Monsoon Session
The 18-day monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 19 has given the anti-BJP opposition parties a big opportunity to take on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for its gross failure in protecting the lives and livelihoods of the millions of people who have been hit by the impact of the pandemic continuing in India since March 2020. The last seventeen months have witnessed not only huge job losses of the workers but also the erosion of democracy and rising trends of authoritarianism. The Indian nation was never in such a situation where, the people are charged with sedition for just expressing dissent. The opposition parties including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, NCP, DMK and others including the Left parties have to work on a common agenda to voice the grievances of the suffering millions and this include both economic and political issues. As regards economic issues, the major one is the high rise of prices, especially the prices of essential commodities which have crippled the living standards of not only poor and unorganized workers, but also the lower middle class .There is no policy to control the price rise at a time when the incomes of the people in general have dipped as a result of the lockdown in the era of pandemic. But the core demand on which the opposition parties have to focus in this session is the guaranteed minimum income for the poor in both rural and urban areas and this is the only way to sustain the livelihood of the people who have been badly hit by the pandemic. This income transfer to the poor is of crucial importance for the economic revival at the moment since this will help in generating more consumption and consequent demand. All top Indian economists including two Nobel laureates Dr. Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee have been recommending this minimum basic income scheme since the slow down started in the economy but the Narendra Modi government instead depended on credit based growth which has failed to have any positive impact. Then the immediate issue on which the opposition has to give big focus in the coming session is the withdrawal of three farm laws against which the farmers organisations have been agitating since November 26 last year. This is an issue which has big political import for the opposition taking into account the coming state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab which have been most affected by the agitation. The farmers organisations have shown their determination and grit and they have stuck to the dharna near the Delhi border for nearly eight months. The farmers organisations will be holding demonstrations before the Parliament during the monsoon session. They have also planned to launch the Modi Gaddi Chhodo movement on August 9 in the pattern of Quit India call given by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942. The opposition has to totally identify with the farmers demands and that should get full reflection in the discussions in Parliament during the session At the political level, the most disturbing phenomenon is the increasing authoritarianism of the Modi government and total disregard to the constitutional norms in respect of centre- state relations. The centre and its agency the NIA have been foisting sedition charges on the dissenters and this is being followed by the BJP led state governments also. The Supreme Court, at long last has decided to go into the constitutional validity of the archaic sedition law and the Chief Justice made some important observations this week indicating that this law of British period has to be reviewed. But the Haryana government, without caring for the observations of the Supreme Court, charged many agitating farmers under sedition law. Any dissenter can be charged under the sedition law, as per the present ruling regime. Similarly, the UAPA is being used at random and in most cases, the arrested people are kept in prisons without trial for long years. The Centre is using its agencies to harass the non-BJP state governments like West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi disregarding the constitutional norms. The Delhi Government is just now facing the wrath of the Centre for its refusal to approve the list of lawyers sent by Delhi police. These recommended lawyers are the same - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara people who are prosecutors.
Social Media Platforms Are ‘Killing People’ With COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: US President Joe Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Facebook was not doing enough to stop the spread of false information. Agency News: New Delhi US President Joe Biden on Friday criticised social media platforms like Facebook for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines, as his administration has blamed them for stalling US vaccine rates.Biden was asked by reporters at the White House on Friday afternoon what his message is to social media platforms on coronavirus misinformation. “They’re killing people,” Biden said when asked by reporters what his message was to social media platforms
Agency News: Kochi like Facebook on the spread of false and misleading claims about the virus and the safety of vaccines that prevent it. I mean they really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and that’s -they’re killing people,” Biden said on the south lawn of the White House.Biden’s comments on Friday afternoon echoed those of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, who warned earlier in the day.
Fr. Swamy’s death will ‘remain a stain’ on India’s human rights record: UN expert India has rejected international criticism over the handling of Swamy’s case.
Agency News: New Delhi A UN human rights expert has said that she is devastated to hear about the demise of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy in custody, saying there is “no reason” for a human rights defender to be denied his rights and that his death will forever “remain a stain” on India’s human rights record.Swamy, 84, who was arrested last year under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died at a Mumbai hospital on July 5.In a statement issued on Thursday, UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor
said Father Swamy’s case should remind all states that human rights defenders and all those detained without sufficient legal basis, should be released.Lawlor said the death in custody of Catholic priest Swamy, “a renowned human rights and social justice advocate for over four decades, will forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record.” “There is no excuse, ever, for a human rights defender to be smeared as a terrorist, and no reason they should ever die the way Father Swamy died, accused and detained, and denied his rights,” she saidIndia has rejected international criticism over the handling of Swamy’s case. The Ministry of External Affairs has said the concerned.
Agency News: New Delhi Like last year, Delhi University is likely to give the sports and extracurricular activities (ECA) trials a miss this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and admissions under the category will be on the basis of certificates submitted by aspirants, said a varsity official aware of the matter. The decision was taken at an admissions committee meeting held on Thursday, the official said. “It is unlikely that the sports and ECA trials will be held this year. Since the pandemic is still ongoing, the university has decided to
The Sabarimala temple opened its doors for pilgrims at 5 am on Saturday, but has imposed various restrictions to ensure that Covid-19 norms are followed by devotees. The temple has reopened for five days from July 17 to July 21, and pilgrims wishing to
visit will be allowed to enter the shrine only if they show a Covid-19 vaccination certificate of both doses, or a negative RTPCR report issued within 48 hours. Moreover, only 5,000 people will be allowed to enter the temple daily. Devotees have to book their slots online. Kerala government officials have stressed people must
follow Covid-19 safety norms at the hill shrine. Officials have been instructed to ask people to wear masks and maintain social distancing norms as the temple is set to see devotees flocking to worship Lord Ayyappa. Kerala has been among the worst hit by the second wave of the
India reports 38,079 cases of Covid-19, 560 deaths in 24 hours Agency News: New Delhi The country reported 38,079 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, the health department said on Saturday morning. As many as 560 patients lost their lives to the infection.The death toll has now reached 4.13 lakh. The active case load has declined to 4.24 lakh, and accounts for 1.36 per cent of the total cases reported so far. The weekly positivity rate stands at 2.1 per cent, while the daily positivity rate is 1.91 per cent, staying below 3 per cent for 26 straight days.Over 39.96 lakh doses of vaccine were administered in 24 hours. So far,39.96 crore vaccine doses have been administered
in the country. Over 18 crore were given in 26 days of the Centre’s mega vaccination drive which was launched last month.Also, 44.2 crore tests have been conducted till now. Kerala, which has been reporting the maximum number of Covid-19 cases in the country, has continued with its weekend lockdown.
Filmmaker, designer and artist Gautam Benegal dies at 55 On July 16, Benegal—a filmmaker, writer, cartoonist and artist—died at home of a cardiac arrest. He was 55. Agency News: New Delhi About a decade ago, Gautam Benegal showed a set of 24 paintings at a coffee shop in Worli Village in Mumbai. His series was dedicated to the city’s vanishing Irani cafes, their affordable kheema-pao, their eccentric owners and customers, and their convivial air. The same Benegal, capable of eliciting such warmth, was also one of most acerbic commentators of India’s politics.On July 16, Benegal—a
DU may skip ECA, sports trials this year too due to pandemic adopt last year’s method this year as well. Aspirants may be allowed to submit certificates of the past four years, of which three will be considered for their admission. The marking pattern and categories for sports and ECA will remain the same,” a university official present at the meeting said, requesting anonymity. The recommendations will now go to the university academic council’s standing committee for a final approval. The university is also expected to make several admissionsrelated announcements on Saturday, said officials.In DU colleges, 5% supernumerary seats are reserved under these two categories collectively in each course. Before the pandemic broke out in March last year, colleges submitted to the admissions branch a list of sports and activities for which they need students to form teams. This was followed by trials in both categories. Students were admitted.
Sabarimala reopens for five days; 5,000 people allowed to visit shrine daily Devotees who wish to visit the temple will be allowed entry only if they show a Covid-19 vaccination certificate of both doses or a negative RT-PCR report issued within 48 hours.
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filmmaker, writer, cartoonist and artist—died at home of a cardiac arrest. He was 55.He was born in Kolkata in 1965. He began a life in illustrations and art at a young age. When he was 14, he illustrated a book of poems called ‘Gabbus Gabba’ by Arun De. After the book was published, he took a copy of it to 1/1 Bishop Lefroy Road, where Satyajit Ray lived. Ray welcomed him inside, even though Benegal hadn’t made an appointment, went through the book and asked him if he would like to illustrate for ‘Sandesh’, his children’s magazine and a Bengali cult favourite. Benegal later trained in animation and made several animation films. In 2010, he made a one-hour animation film titled ‘The Prince and the Crown of Stone’ which won two Rajat Kamal National Awards.
On Friday, while interacting with chief ministers of different states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for proactive measures to prevent the possibility of the third wave. He advised them to make all possible arrangements to protect children from getting infected.
Covid-19 pandemic, and has been registering above 10,000 cases everyday for the last one week. It is the top contributor to the country’s daily case tally. However, the state government has eased lockdown curbs on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in view of Bakri Eid.
Sharad Pawar meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar met at the former’s residence in New Delhi on Saturday.“Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders.The meeting comes amid speculations that Pawar will be the Opposition’s candidate for the President’s post, election for which is due in 2022. Pawar, however, has dismissed such reports, with his party saying that the result for someone contesting against the candidate of a party.
In Delhi Heavy Rainfall Likely Tomorrow: Weather Department The weather department has predicted partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers later in the day, while the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 37 degrees Celsius. Agency News: New Delhi People in Delhi woke up to a clear morning today with the minimum temperature settling at 28.2 degrees Celsius, a degree above the season’s normal. The India Meteorological Department or IMD has, however, predicted heavy
rainfall at isolated places in the national capital tomorrow.“The minimum temperature recorded at the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official reading of the city, was 28.2 degrees Celsius, and the relative humidity at 8:30 am was recorded at 75 per cent,” it said. The weather department has predicted partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers later in the day, while the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 37 degrees Celsius. Delhi had received the first rain of the monsoon season on Tuesday, 16 days after the usual date of June 27.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com On Friday, the minimum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, while the maximum settled at 37.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s normal.
Sedition case: Farmers begin to march towards Sirsa, plan to gherao SP office Over 10,000 policemen have been deployed in Sirsa and barricading done to prevent the farmers from reaching the Sirsa SP’s office, district police’s headquarters, and the ministers’ residences. Agency News: Chandigarh
Rahul Vaidya and Disha Parmar clicked for the first time as husband and wife by the media. Fashion designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla designed Rahul Vaidya and Disha Parmar’s wedding outfit.
Hundreds of farmers started marching towards Sirsa on Saturday after several unions gave a call to gherao the district police chief’s office over sedition and attempt to murder cases against 100 farmers for July 13 protest at that turned violent.Police also apprehend tension outside the residences of deputy chief minister
Dushyant Chautala and state power minister Ranjit Singh Chautala in Sirsa.Over 10,000 policemen have been deployed in Sirsa and barricading done to prevent the farmers from reaching the Sirsa SP’s office, district police’s headquarters, and the ministers’ residences. Sirsa district police chief Dr Arpit Jain said, “We have made adequate deployment. Over 10,000 personnel from across all districts of Haryana, Rapid
Action Force and paramilitary forces have been deployed along with 30 checkpoints so that nobody disrupts law and order and attempts to break the law.”He added, “We are always ready to hold talks with the farmers. We had held
a meeting with them [farmers] on Friday too but there can be only legal solutions to legal cases, otherwise, there is no purpose of holding any talks.” On Wednesday, police had registered an FIR against nearly 100 farmers.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: First case of Covid-19 confirmed in Games Village Agency News: Tokyo Despite the best of efforts and the most stringent rules in place by the government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the promise that the Games Village would be the safest place in Tokyo, it reported its first confirmed case of Covid-19.The person, an official connected to the Games, had initially tested negative at the airport, but was found to be positive in a screening test at the Village.Tokyo
Australia stun US women 70-67 in pre-Olympic exhibition
2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has assured that the team will take
every possible step to ensure any outbreak.So far, 44 persons related
with the Olympics have tested positive for the infection. The opening ceremony of Olympics 2020 is less than a week away. Many Japanese have objected to the country hosting the Olympics amid the pandemic situation, claiming that it could be a super-spreader event. However, the IOC and the organizers have continued to defend their decision to go ahead with the Games, insisting that adequate measures will be taken to ensure that the Games are safe and secure.
Sindhu has improved on her defence, worked on motion skills for Olympics: Park
Park, who was roped in for India’s men’s singles players in 2019, Agency News: New Delhi has been training Breanna Stewart and her Sindhu following the U.S. Olympic teammates aren’t departure of fellow panicking, even though they’ve Korean coach Kim Ji lost consecutive games for the Hyun after the Basel first time in a decade. Two days World Championship after losing to a team of WNBA All-Stars, the Americans fell two years ago. to Australia 70-67 on Friday in a pre-Olympic exhibition game. “There’s a standard and the standard is winning and we haven’t gotten to that point yet,” said Stewart, who scored 17 points for the U.S. “It’s frustrating, it’s part of the game and part of the process. When we get to Tokyo and get to the Olympics that’s when it’s really, really crunch time. We’re continuing.
Agency News: New Delhi A weak defence was the reason behind P V Sindhu’s slip in performance early in the year and the COVIDinduced break has helped her address the flaw and also work on her motion skills ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, said India’s foreign coach Park Tae-sang. The 42-year-old,
Reliance Retail picks up 66.9% stake in JD Just Dial founder VSS Mani will continue to lead the business-tobusiness (B2B) search engine as its managing director and chief executive officer. Agency News: Mumbai Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) will acquire 66.95% in Just Dial Ltd for ₹3,497 crore, giving the retail arm of India’s most valuable company access to a database of millions of merchants and other users. Reliance Retail will be classified as a promoter of Just Dial post this deal, it said on Friday. Just Dial founder V.S.S. Mani will continue to lead the business-to-business (B2B) search engine as its managing director and chief executive officer. The transaction will
help RRVL leverage Just Dial’s existing database of 30.4 million listings and its existing consumer traffic of 129.1 million quarterly unique users (as of 31 March). According to the agreement, Just Dial will allot 21.2 million preferential equity shares (equivalent to 25.33% post preferential share capital) at ₹1,022.25 per share to RRVL. The RIL subsidiary will also acquire 13.1 million equity shares from Just Dial’s founder Mani (equivalent to 15.62% post preferential share capital) at a price per share of ₹1,020.
Netflix Inc.’s foray into gaming is raising more eyebrows than excitement among analysts. Though there’s long been speculation that Netflix might move into video games, Wednesday’s news that it had hired an executive to lead the effort -and would start adding titles to its streaming platform in the next year -- came as a surprise to many. The Los
Gatos, California-based company doesn’t have the infrastructure or the expertise to create or support top-tier games, analysts said. And that capability won’t be easy to build. “They don’t have a game catalog -- they haven’t cultivated a base of gamers in their audience,” said Lewis Ward, research director for gaming at IDC. “And they don’t have an internal studio or infrastructure to handle a service.” Netflix shares
Agency News: New Delhi UEFA compensated Dublin and Bilbao on Friday for dropping them as European Championship hosts by awarding each city a future Europa League final. Dublin will host the 2024 final and Bilbao the 2025 climax. The Basque region city will also stage the Women’s Champions League final in 2024. UEFA said its executive committee made the decisions as part of a settlement agreement ‘recognizing.
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‘We have eaten salt and roti’: Comedian Bharti Singh on facing extreme poverty
Bharti, who lost her father at the age of two, revealed that her mother cooked at other’s homes sewed fabrics for a living.
Agency News: Mumbai Comedian Bharti Singh, who rose to fame by literally making everyone life, recently revealed that her life before fame went in extreme poverty. Bharti, who lost her father at the age of two, revealed that her mother cooked at other’s homes sewed fabrics for a living. “I have lived in that noise for 21 years. I don’t want to ever go back there. I don’t have very big dreams but I keep praying to God that I am able to sustain what I have. We have eaten salt and roti but now we have dal, sabzi and roti. I just hope my family always has at least dal to eat. I will never want to face the situation or have my family go through that,” she told Maniesh Paul during his podcast.
‘Dhoni said take whatever you need don’t call me again. I said bring a grip too’
was the national coach with the Korean team from 2013 to 2018, told “When Olympic was postponed, I thought it was an opportunity to work on her motion skills, and net training. All top players like Akane Yamaguchi, Tai Tzu Ying all know that Sindhu has got a strong attack, so they wait for her powerful smash.
Former India cricketers Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni have shared a great camaraderie during their playing days. Raina was a key part of the Dhoni-led Indian team that won the 2011 ODI World Cup. The two players have also played for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League for many years, and in fact, both Raina and Dhoni announced their international retirement on the same day - August 15 last year. But there was a time when Raina and Dhoni had to play for opposing teams in the IPL. Raina was named the captain of Gujarat Lions (GL) while Dhoni was picked by Rising Pune Supergiant.
Cybercriminals held in Noida for siphoning off Rs 12 lakh from Mumbai jeweller Police found that while the fraud had been committed from outside the country, the two Noida-based men had assisted the accused.
Agency News: Mumbai Mumbai Police from the MIDC police station arrested two cybercriminals from Noida after a jeweller complained of losing Rs 12.15 lakh in a SIM-swap fraud. The arrested were identified as Pradeep Sharma and Tejveer Singh who managed to pull off the crime by getting control
of the SIM cards of a few employees of the jewellery company using malware. During the probe, police found that while the fraud had been committed from outside the country, the two Noida-based men had assisted the accused. Based on this, the police team went to Noida and stayed there for over a week before detaining the accused.
Wide-ranging reforms make India an attractive investment destination: Nirmala Sitharaman Agency News: Mumbai India is committed to long term relationship with investors from the US and the two partners have set a target of achieving $500 billion trade, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday while addressing prominent foreign investors such as General Electric, Baxter Healthcare USA, Brambles, Marsh & McLennan Companies, and PepsiCo.According to a
Netflix’s plan to jump into video games puzzles Wall Street Agency News: Mumbai
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Actor Kangana Ranaut, who has been shooting in Budapest for her upcoming film Dhaakad, recently took a break for a day and headed to a theatre to watch Scarlett Johansson starrer Black Widow.Elated about her movie date after 2 years, Kangana took to her Instagram handle and shared a fun boomerang video on her stories, in which she could be seen holding two tubs of popcorn while heading to watch the film. With the post, she wrote, “Popcorn Days are back.”In the video, Kangana Ranaut was clad in a white dress with her hair tied behind.
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who was roped in for India’s men’s singles players in 2019, has been training Sindhu following the departure of fellow Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun after the Basel World Championship two years ago. “Sindhu’s defence is weak compared to her attack. So I have been focussing on her defence training before the Olympics,” Park, who
initially jumped on the news, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But by Thursday afternoon, they had sunk as much as 1.8% in New York trading. By experimenting with games, Netflix hopes to give customers one more reason to sign up for its service -- and to hang on instead of leaving. It’s expected to start slow with the effort, helping minimize risk. The company has yet to settle on its gamedevelopment.
note by the external affairs ministry, the two sides targeted to increase bilateral
trade in goods and services to $500 billion during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in September 2014 Addressing the India Chamber of Commerce USA’s Summit on Global Financial & Investment Leadership in October last year, commerce minister Piyush Goyal recalled that the bilateral trade between US and India grew from $126 billion dollars in 2017 to $145 dollars in 2019. “The target we have set.
PNB Housing-Carlyle deal: Sebi to probe board role, disclosure lapses Agency News: New Delhi The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is planning to probe the role of the board of directors of PNB Housing Finance in the Carlyle stake deal. According to sources, the market regulator has conveyed its intention to probe the role of board of directors and the company irrespective of the verdict
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of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on the Sebi action against PNB Housing. Punjab National Bank MD & CEO S S Mallikarjuna Rao is the Chairman of the PNB Housing board. The regulator, in its submissions to SAT on Friday, also made it clear that irrespective of whether the deal goes through or not, the board approval in itself will have legal.
‘I don’t want to discuss my personal life,’ Agency News: Mumbai Vikrant Massey is back to work even though the pandemic is far from over. And it’s a crime thriller, Love Hostel, that progresses at a breathless pace. As Vikrant sits down for a breather, we fire the first salvo…Excerpts:Love Hostel… That’s an intriguing title for a film revolving around a young couple being hunted down by a ruthless mercenary. What can we expect?Well, first and foremost it’s a love story set in the hinterlands. It’s written and directed by Shanker Raman who had
earlier made Gurgaon, my first film with him, Bobby [Deol] sir and Sanya [Malhotra]. You can expect a lot of love, action, drama and thrills.What’s been the reaction to your last outing, Haseen Dillruba, and your character Rishabh Saxena aka Rishu?Surreal! The film was trending all over the world… In Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, and of course, India. Aisa lag raha hai ki yeh ho nahin raha hai, par ho raha hai (It feels like this can’t be happening, yet it is). Rishu and Rani are ordinary people caught in an extraordinary situation and how they respond to it.
As an actor, Vikrant plans to continue moving from one end of the spectrum to another as he experiments with investigative dramas, crime thrillers and romcoms
‘I was refraining to accept the role’: Karisma Kapoor almost rejected ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ because of Madhuri Dixit Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor who will be seen in an upcoming weekend episode of “Indian Idol season 12”, which airs on Sony Entertainment Television shared some nostalgic bits of her career.Karisma, who won a National Award for the 1997 film “Dil To Pagal Hai” revealed that she initially rejected the role because it starred Madhuri Dixit. She said, “Many actors had rejected the part saying how can one dance alongside Madhuri Dixit ji! Initially, I too was refraining to accept t h e role and said this isn’t
happening. Then finally, Yash ji and Adi (Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra) narrated the story to me. My mother also told me that I must take up the challenge. She also said that since you are a big fan of Madhuri Dixit, you must do it. You work hard and you will shine.”“I must say that Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri ji were so supportive in delivering great performances and making it happen,” she added.Besides that, Karisma also shared that Suniel Shetty, Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan.
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As many as 18 police personnel including a police inspector attached with Dariyapur police station in old city Ahmedabad were suspended on Thursday for alleged dereliction of duty, days after the state monitoring cell had raided a gambling den in the area and arrested over 180 persons.As per norms set by the Gujarat Director General of Police, if the state monitoring cell, which reports directly
Enjoy thrill of jungle safari in the heart of Vadodara city Agency News: Vadodara
Garvi Gurjari launches on Amazon.in Agency News: Bengalore Ahead of Prime Day, Amazon.in today announced the launch of Garvi Gurjari Emporiumon its marketplace. Through this launch, Amazon.in aims to empower the growth of over 10,000 artisans andweavers associated with Gujarat State Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd., (GSHHDC), anundertaking of the Government of Gujarat. This initiative is driven by the intent to encourage digital inclusion andempower the artisan and weaver community, provide economic opportunities for them, and provide local entrepreneurship as well as job creation.
Road safety meet concerned over overspeeding Agency News: Rajkot In a meeting held on Friday on road safety measures, road safety commissioner Lalit Padaliya suggested showcasingshort films in accident-prone pockets on how to be safe. He further suggested the police to regulate traffic at diversion pointsas these points turn into sites for major accidents. According to a survey by Rajkot police, 24 percent critical accidents take.
Those yearning to see a roaring lion and experience the thrill of a wild safari won’t have to travel far from the city. Just walk into the Sayajibaug zoo which is all set to offer a close view of wild animals and exotic birds. The zoo spread over 45 acres in Sayajibaug is undergoing a major revampvadodara jungle story“We are preparing to offer one of the most thrilling experiences to Barodians right in the middle of the city. The lion and tiger couple has already been released in the open enclosures so that the visitors can watch them from up close,” said Pratyush Patankar,” Sayajibaug zoo curator. People can walk through the road and watch the big cats including leopards on either side. “Plans are afoot to have a White Bengal.
According to police, the main accused, Govind Patel, the owner of Manpasand Gymkhana, had organised the racket, inviting customers to gamble with cards and chips. to him, conducts a raid regarding illicit liquor, drugs or gambling, in any area of Gujarat with substantial seizure, then disciplinary action is taken against the concerned area police
station staff.On July 5 night, a team of state monitoring cell had raided Manpasand Gymkhana and seven other buildings in its vicinity in Dariyapur area for running a gambling racket. A total
of 180 persons were caught in the raid and police also seized Rs 10.99 lakh in cash, 15 four-wheelers, 15 twowheelers and 145 cellphones from the spot.According to police, the main accused, Govind Patel, the owner of Manpasand Gymkhana, had organised the racket, inviting customers to gamble with cards and chips. Even In 2017, a similar raid was conducted at the Manpasand gymkhana and 63 persons were arrested for gambling, police said.
Centre’s annual integrated rating: 4 power discoms of Gujarat get A+ rating The ratings were unveiled by Minister of Power and Renewable Energy R K Singh on July 16, 2021.
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Four power distribution companies of GUVNL’s — Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (UGVCL), Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (MGVCL), Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (DGVCL) and Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (PGVCL) — secured first four positions with highest rating of A+ in
the Ninth Annual Integrated Rating conducted by Union Ministry of Power, stated an official release. The ratings were unveiled by Minister of Power and Renewable Energy R K Singh on July 16, 2021. The ratings are conducted for evaluating performance of state power distribution utilities based on a range of parameters viz. AT&C losses, cost Efficiency, Financial Performance, Sustainability, Regulatory, Reforms, and Government
Support. Managing director of the Rajkot-headquartered PGVCL Dhimantkumar Vyas told media persons,“ Only five out of 41 power discoms of 21 states were awarded that ratings for the year 2019-20 and PGVCL was fourth among the five. The other three discoms of Gujarat occupied the top three positions in the rating while the discom of Haryana was the only one from outside the state to be in this elite list.”
Congress will present alternate governance model: Manish Tewari Tewari was addressing the media at Rajiv Gandhi bhawan in Paldi of Ahmedabad on Friday wherein he announced a nationwide ‘Jan Andolan’ by Congress against rising fuel prices and dwindling economy of the country. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Ahead of 2022 state Assembly elections, Indian National Congress (INC) national spokesperson Manish Tewari said in Ahmedabad on Friday said that the party will try its best to unite and present an “alternate model of governance and vision to the people of Gujarat”. Tewari was addressing the media at Rajiv Gandhi bhawan in Paldi of Ahmedabad on Friday wherein he
announced a nationwide ‘Jan Andolan’ by Congress against rising fuel prices and dwindling economy of the country. Reacting to the questions on current leadership crisis in Gujarat Congress, Tewari said, “The questions (regarding GPCC crisis) are above my pay grade to answer and the decision (of new appointments) will be taken by the Congress president. The Congress party will try its best in the next coming 18 months to present an alternate model and a
“He kept showing me the fear of dying. I will show him what he was going to die.” Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
constantly being searched by the fire department team and swimmers. Superintendent of Fire Department Chhatrapal Singh Zala and his team have launched a special boat in the canal and are searching for the girl. But no one was found till morning. According to the information received in this
regard, Sonalben’s marriage took place 14 years ago at PI P.S. Gadhvi’s son was married to Dharmendradan. They also have a son and a daughter. His in-laws, on the other hand, had been living in the pier for the past three months because they were harassing him. Sonalben’s husband repeatedly
from July 20 From July 20, swimming pools and water parks across the state can function with 60% capacity by following COVID related protocols, a statement released by the information department of the state government on Friday night said. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The state government has continued the ongoing night curfew in eight metropolitan cities of a Gujarat till July 31 and meanwhile, has allowed water parks and swimming pools to open with 60 per cent capacity from July 20.According to a statement released by the
information department of the state government on Friday night, “as per a decision taken by the core committee headed by the chief minister, it has been decided to continue the ongoing night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar till July 31. From July 20, swimming pools and water parks across the state can function with 60% capacity by following COVID related protocols. ““The owners, managers and
staff at swimming pools and water parks must get their first dose of vaccination by July 31 or else they will not be allowed to operate them. Regarding bus transportation, public and private transport Non AC buses can function with 100% capacity however passengers won’t be allowed to stand and travel in these buses. AC Buses will be allowed to function with 75% capacity. All drivers and conductors will have to compulsory get their first dose of vaccination,” the statement said.
Six-month-old crushed to death by tractor outside Leela hotel Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A six-month-old girl was crushed to death by a tractor near Leela Gandhinagar Hotel’s parking lot in sector 14 of Gandhinagar on Thursday. According to police, the accident occurred around Thursday afternoon around 1 pm when the tractor mowed down the girl identified as Priyanshi Sangada, a native of Dahod, outside the hotel. According to police, Priyanshi was playing near the wall of the hotel’s parking spot,
According to police, the accident occurred around Thursday afternoon around 1 pm when the tractor mowed down the girl identified as Priyanshi Sangada, a native of Dahod, outside the hotel. when her parents were employed in the ongoing construction work.Speaking to the victim’s father, Chirag Sangada (20) said, “My wife, my brother and I had gone to work in the hotel area for levelling the ground with soil. The tractor driver was bringing soil for levelling the ground and he
was wearing earphones. I tried shouting at him that there is a child playing around the area where he was driving the tractor but he didn’t listen. The tractor mowed down my child and I took her to civil hospital in Gandhinagar where she was declared brought dead,” said Sangada.
The woman struggled to find the bank’s customer care number on Google, losing Rs 1.28 lakh Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
vision of governance to the people of Gujarat.” The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) is currently facing a leadership crisis after the demise of Rajeev Satav, the AICC incharge of Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, due to post-Covid complications. The GPCC working president leader Hardik Patel has recently
‘I’m going to die, I’ll die in such a way that I won’t even meet you’: Ahmedabad ASI’s daughter
Sonal Gadhvi, daughter of Girishdan Gadhvi, ASI of Sabarmati Police Station, Ahmedabad, went missing on Thursday afternoon after writing an audio and letter of ‘I am going to die’. He had been living at his father’s house for the past three months. The last location of Sonalben was found at Surendranagar Narmada canal. So the canal near Dudhrej is
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threatened to kill her and told her to return home. It is believed that Sonalben is fed up with the harassment of her husband and in-laws. Sonalben went missing after writing a letter before leaving home on Thursday. In which he said, “He used to show me the fear of dying again and again. I will show him what he was going to die. I am going to die.” He also sent an audio message to his father at 1.53pm on Thursday In which he said, ‘He used to show me the fear of dying, I will show him what he was going to die. I will die in a way that you may not find. ‘ However, Sonalben’s phone has been switched off after this message.
expressed his displeasure about the manner in which he is being treated in the party. After the poor performance of Gujarat Congress in the recently held local body polls, GPCC president Amit Chavda and Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani have submitted their resignations taking moral responsibility of the defeat.
A woman working as a nurse in a hospital in the city has become a victim of online cheating. The woman wanted a six-month statement from her bank account, so she called Google to find a customer care number. The person in front asked for details saying he was speaking from customer care, transferred money to Google Pay and later took Rs 1.28 lakh one by one. After the woman filed an application in Vastrapur, the police have now
registered a case and launched an investigation A 6-year-old woman living in Thaltej area of the city lives in a rented house. The building has been allotted by the hospital to the woman who works as a nursing staff in the hospital. The woman’s husband works as a junior officer in a bank. The woman had lodged an application at the Vastrapur police station. The police have investigated the application and registered a complaint. This woman has an account in sbi bank. Since he wanted a bank statement for the last six months, he said
he would get the statement a few days later due to the epidemic of corona checking in the bank. When the woman was present at home in May, she took the bank customer care’s online number as she needed a bank statement and called and talked to her. Then the person talking on the phone cut off the phone saying that there was no sound. The woman later received a call from a number saying that she was speaking from SBI Bank’s customer care. The woman later downloaded an application called Anidesk.
Hon’ble Chief Minister Of Gujarat Flags Off Cards Made By Ncc Cadets Of Gujarat Directorate For Armed Forces Personnel Deployed In Kargil Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan between May and July 1999, in the Kargil district of Kashmir and along the Line of Control. During the War, the Indian Army evicted Pakistani intruders and succeeded in capturing Tiger Hill and other posts, as part of Operation Vijay. The 22nd anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas is going to be held on 26 July 2021, with a wreath laying ceremony at the Kargil War Memorial, Dras, followed by various other commemorative and solemn
functions. To commemorate the commencement of this solemn occasion, officers, staff and cadets of Gujarat NCC Directorate attended a function at the Hon’ble CM’s Residence, Gandhinagar on 17 July 2021, wherein the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani flagged off about 30000
handmade cards made by NCC cadets of Gujarat for all the soldiers, who lost their lives in the Kargil War. This is part of the Phase 5 of the #EkMaiSauKeLiye Campaign, which was formally launched by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat on 03 July 2021, aptly titled, “Kargil Ke
Veeron Ko Gujarat Ka Aabhaar”, keeping in sync with the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil War. In this phase, from 04 July to 15 July 2021, the NCC cadets of Gujarat have made about 30000 handmade cards and also posted a large number of messages on the social media, highlighting the sacrifices and valour of our Armed Forces and reiterated their commitment to work for the well being of their fellow countrymen. These cards are also a medium for these young cadets to honour the memory of the martyrs and the Armed Forces personnel who are guarding the national borders.