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BWF World Championships: HS Prannoy pulls off a heist, reaches quarters
WHO approves emergency use listing for Serum Institute’s Covovax Covid-19 jab
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first foreign head of government to receive Bhutan’s highest civilian award.
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Man Dead, Family Members Injured In Fire At Their Rented Gurugram Room A 60-year-old tea stall vendor was charred to death while his wife and three sons sustained serious burn injuries after a fire broke out in their rented room in Gurugram, police said on Friday. Fire officials said they are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire on Thursday night but suspect it could be a case of short circuit. Suresh Babu, the man killed in the fire, and his family, were natives of Bihar and were living in a rented room in Kanhai village. Police said all five were sleeping when the fire broke out. The neighbours rushed to their room and doused the fire, besides shifting Babu’s wife and sons to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
Madhya Pradesh Boy, 15, Injured As Phone Explodes During Online Class A 15-year-old boy was injured after his mobile phone exploded when he was attending his school classes online in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday. The incident occurred in Chandkuiya village, some 35 km off the district headquarters, on Thursday afternoon, they said. The boy, Ramprakash Bhadauria, a student of Class 8, was attending the school classes online when the mobile phone suddenly exploded. He suffered injuries to his jaw, Nagod police station inspector R P Mishra told PTI over phone. He was alone at his home when the incident took place as his parents and other family members had gone out for work. But the blast created such a loud sound that the boy’s neighbours rushed to his place to see what happened, the police official said. He was then rushed to the Satna district hospital from where he was referred to Jabalpur for advanced treatment, he added.
PM Modi ‘deeply touched’ as Bhutan confers its highest civilian award on him
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday it has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covovax, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine developed by India’s Serum Institute (SII) in partnership with the US-based Novavax. “Covovax was assessed under the WHO EUL procedure based on the review of data on quality, safety
and efficacy, a risk management plan, programmatic sustainability, and manufacturing site inspections carried out by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCG). The Technical Advisory Group for Emergency Use Listing, has determined that the vaccine meets WHO standards for protection against Covid-19, that the benefit of the vaccine far outweighs any risks, and that it can be used gloally,” the global health body noted in a statement. Reacting to the announcement, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Pune-based SII tweeted, “This is yet another milestone in our fight against Covid-19, Covovax is now WHO approved for emergency use, showing excellent safety and efficacy. Thank you all for a great collaboration.” Covovax is the third India-related jab to be approved by the WHO, Covishield and Covaxin being the previous two.
Ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India: France
Agency News: New Delhi France is ready to provide additional Rafale fighter jets to India if and when a request is put forward for the same, said French defence minister Florence Parly on Friday, ahead of the all-important 3rd Annual Defence Dialogue with her Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh. “We are open and ready to provide any other Rafale jets if that is India’s decision,” the French minister, who is visiting the
country to strengthen IndoFrench strategic and defence ties, was quoted as saying by the “We are ready to answer any additional needs or requests that could be made by India. We know that an aircraft carrier will soon be delivered. Aircraft are needed.” Parly was engaging in a discussion organised by the Ananta Aspen Centre entitled “How does France cooperate with India to defend a rules-based IndoPacific region?” The session was moderated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed gratitude towards the King of Bhutan for conferring on him Bhutan’s highest civilian honour, the Order of the Druk Gyalpo. He also thanked his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering for his words, saying he was “deeply touched” by the warm gesture on the occasion of the National Day of Bhutan. “I have been privileged to receive the utmost love and affection from our Bhutanese brother and sisters, and take this occasion to convey my greetings to all
of them on the auspicious occasion of the National Day of Bhutan,” the prime minister said in a series of tweets. Admiring Bhutan for its “unique model of sustainable development and the deeply spiritual way of life”, Prime Minister Modi said India will always cherish the country as one of its “closest friends and neighbours” and continue to support its development journey “in every possible way”. “I admire Bhutan for its unique model of sustainable development and the deeply spiritual way of life. Successive Druk Gyalpos - Their Majesties the Kings - have given a unique identity to the Kingdom.
“Indefensible”: Priyanka Gandhi Condemns Congress MLA’s “Enjoy Rape” Remark Soon after Union Minister Smriti Irani took a jab at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar’s outrageous “enjoy rape” remark in the Karnataka assembly, the Congress leader has tweeted saying she “wholeheartedly condemns” the statement. “I wholeheartedly condemn the statement made earlier today by Sri. K.R. Ramesh Kumar. It is inexplicable how anyone can ever utter such words, they are indefensible. Rape is a heinous crime. Full stop.,” she
We rejected it and completed the project through the MSRDC at a cost of ₹ 1,600 crore,” Nitin Gadkari said. Agency News: New Delhi
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said in a tweet. Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani had strongly criticised Mr Kumar’s remark and called it “shameful”. She had also made a veiled attack at Congress General Secretary Ms Vadra, referring to her women’s outreach program ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. “Congress should first suspend their leader before talking about women empowerment and raising slogans like “Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon” in Uttar Pradesh,” she had said. Ms Irani had raised the issue in the parliament as well.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today told investors not to worry about returns on investments in infrastructure projects or them getting stalled. The minister for road transport and highways was speaking at the “National Conference on Investment Opportunities in Highway, Transport, and Logistics” in Mumbai. conference in Mumbai reminds me of my time as state minister in 1995, when I rejected a tender by Reliance for the MumbaiPune express highway. Dhirubhai (Ambani) was there at that time, and he was very upset with me.
My chief minister was also upset and so was Balasaheb Thackeray. They asked me why did you do it? I said we will raise money from the public for that project and other projects like Bandra-Worli Sea link; everyone was laughing at me,” Mr Gadkari told the gathering. “Manohar Joshi (then chief minister of Maharashtra) told me to do what I was saying I could do. We set up the MSRDC (Maharashtra State Roads Development Corporation). At that time, I was the founder chairman. We went to the chambers of commerce to make presentations with laptop computers and get people to invest.
‘Typical yellow journalism’: SC declines to grant relief to journalist He deserves more,” said Chief Justice NV Ramana, heading a threejudge bench, adding “this kind of journalism, we do not agree...We need to protect lawyers too.” Agency News: New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday declined to grant any relief to a journalist convicted and sentenced for publishing
defamatory material against a lawyer stating that it was a case of “typical yellow journalism.” “It (order) is very liberal. It’s only one month…He deserves more,” said Chief Justice NV Ramana, heading a three-judge bench, adding “this kind of journalism, we do not agree…We need to protect lawyers too.” “You use this kind of language and claim to be a journalist..This is typical yellow journalism,” added Justice Surya Kant. The bench, also comprising Justice Hima
Kohli, was hearing an appeal challenging the Karnataka High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant, Editor, Printer and Publisher of Kannada weekly newspaper ‘Tunga Varthe’. The HC however reduced his sentence to one month simple imprisonment and fine of Rs 50,000. The bench rejected the argument of the appellant’s counsel that his actions would fall within the exception to Section 501 as the publication was made in good faith.
President Kovind inaugurates Dhaka’s historic Kali Mandir destroyed by Pak Army in 1971 . The President and First Lady Savita Kovind offered prayers at the renovated temple.
“Targetted Since I’m Muslim”: Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is a foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by the tribunal court in March A furious High Court this week pulled up a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Darrang district for its shocking flip-flop in this case; in August 2016 the tribunal said Hasina Bhanu was, in fact, an Indian citizen. Fast-forward to March 2020 and the same tribunal ruled Mrs Bhanu as a ‘foreigner’. Last night Mrs Bhanu was back home - Shyampur village.
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Bangladesh Academics Mobilised Public Opinion In West With Indian Help
The India-Pakistan war in 1971 over the liberation of Bangladesh ended on December 16 of that year with the surrender of the Pakistani forces in Dhaka. That was exactly fifty years ago, Many stories have been written about the role of the army generals, diplomats and top bureaucrats in helping the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in successfully concluding the war and achieving the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.But few people know that it was the initiative of a few leading Bengali economists of the country, then living in Delhi that the first real contacts with the liberation forces of Bangladesh, was established within one week of the beginning of crackdown on Awami League leaders by the Pakistani rulers. Prominent among them were Dr. Ashok Mitra and Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. Mitra was then the chief economic adviser to the Government of India having closeness with the all powerful secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Mr. P N Haksar, while Dr. Sen was professor at the Delhi School of Economics. Dr. Arjun Sengupta also rendered all assistance at that time.Dr. Mitra has mentioned some of the developments in his memoir ‘A Prattler’s Tale’ but their contribution was much more than what was mentioned by him. Dr. Mitra was born in Dhaka and he was always nostalgic about the eastern part of Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. He had friends in the academic world of Dhaka and he was getting information after the Pakistani crackdown on March 24 night making him anxious about the future of his friends in the universities of the eastern part, especially in Dhaka. He was passionate to do something and he was constantly in touch with P N Haksar.Then suddenly, on April 2 forenoon, he got a call from Dr. Amartya Sen in his CEA office asking him to immediately come to his own residence at Lodhi Estate since some important guests were waiting for him. Dr. Mitra rushed to his house and found to his big surprise his two economists friends from Dhaka Dr. Anisur Rahaman and Dr. Rehman Sobhan who were the leading economists in their country.These two economists briefed both Dr. Mitra and Sen on what happened on March 24 night and thereafter - the murder of the students and teachers in the Dhaka University campus and continuing atrocities on the people in general and the intellectuals in particular. Both of them fled together and after lot of difficulties reached Delhi to apprise the academic community in India and seek the help. They went from the Delhi airport to Amartya’s residence at DU and Amartya brought them to Lodhi Estate since Dr Mitra, with his high position and closeness to Haksar, will be most helpful on this issue.Dr. Mitra had some idea about the atrocities through newspapers, especially BBC but he got the first hand account from his friends. Both Mitra and Sen sat with their friends and discussed the issue in details what could be done to propagate the cause of Bangladeshi fighters against Pak atrocities. The situation was fluid. So Dr. Mitra talked to P N Haksar and that very evening, the first meeting took place at Haksar’s residence and preliminary discussions were held. The two Dhaka economists not only briefed Haksar about the ground situation, they also acted as the facilitator for establishing links with the Awami League leadership.For the next few days, Lodhi estate residence of Dr. Mitra was the centre of activities for helping Bangladesh liberation war. Both Anisur and Sobhan stayed in that house for quite some days with Hindu names. They were contacting their sources abroad and mobilising academic community. Many more academic people from Dhaka arrived in Delhi to take shelter and they were put at Lodhi Estate house, with more security guards and intelligence people provided by the Government of India.Meanwhile Tajuddin Ahmed the Prime Minister of the provisional government arrived in Delhii and for the first time, a draft road map was discussed between Tajuddin and the Indian officials headed by Haksar. The main issue was how to help the Bangladesh liberation fighters without directly getting involved in any confrontation with the Pak troops. That was the beginning of a well laid out strategy which was updated and finetuned by the PMO in consultations with the other wings of the Government taking into account the changes in the ground situation.The Dhaka economists finally left abroad with passports organised by the Indian governments and they took the task of campaigning for the cause of liberation - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara of Bangladesh in different.
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Congress MLA’s Outrageous “Enjoy Rape” Remark Embarrasses Party In Delhi
Indo-Pacific must be free from coercion, says French Defence Minister Parly
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu today shared application forms for the selection of candidates for polls in the state early next year, flagging one “historic” step Mr Sidhu, appointed chairman of the party’s Punjab Election Committee this week, said the party has decided not to take application fees from candidates. “Application forms will be accepted for selecting Congress candidates
Smriti Irani chides Congress over Karnataka MLA’s ‘enjoy rape’ remark
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The French Minister will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and other senior officials through the day. Agency News:New Delhi Both India and France promote multilateralism and defence of a rules-based international order, and it is important to ensure that
the Indo-Pacific region must be free from coercion by any player. France’s Minister for Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Friday morning during her day-long India visit. Parly said that both nations “want to preserve the Indo-Pacific as an open and inclusive area” and added that “it must be free from any coercion and based on compliance to international law”. The French Minister will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and other senior officials through the day. Parly and Rajnath will hold the third Annual Defence Dialogue between India and France in the afternoon. The agenda includes military-to-military cooperation, defence industrial.
The Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday said that the remarks of Karnataka Congress leader on rape should be condemned and she
demanded that the political party concerned should first bring the person to justice. Irani’s remarks in the Lok Sabha amid Opposition protests during the Question Hour came a day after Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar said in the Karnataka
Assembly that “when rape is inevitable lie down and enjoy”. Opposition members, including from the Congress, have been protesting in the Lok Sabha demanding the removal of Union minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur
Kheri violence that happened in Uttar Pradesh in October. On Friday, when Irani was responding to supplementaries.
‘There could have been some wrong decisions but…’: Amit Shah at FICCI meet Union home minister Amit Shah asserted that several policy decisions made by the government during the Covid-19 pandemic will leave a longlasting positive impact on India’s growth and development.
Agency News:New Delhi Some decisions of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government might have been wrong but no question can be raised on its intent, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Shah said no charges of corruption have been levelled against the government in the past seven years and even critics would agree that India has witnessed a lot of changes since the BJP came to power in 2014. ”Ho sakta hai faisla galat ho, lekin niyat galat
nahi thi (there could have been some wrong decisions but our intent was never wrong),” the minister said. “Even critics would agree that the country has seen a lot of changes in the last seven years. No allegation of corruption has surfaced against our government,” he added. Shah asserted that several policy decisions made by the government during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic will leave a long-lasting positive impact on India’s growth and development. He also said that India is likely to become the “fastest-growing economy in the world.” “I won’t be surprised if our economic growth accelerates to doubledigit,” he said.
“Sack Minister” Protest In Parliament Grows Over UP Farmers’ Killing The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day over a decision taken by government and opposition leaders to resolve the deadlock. Agency News:New Delhi
Priyanka Chopra looks sext in the lace bodysuit with a matching coat
“For First Time...”: Navjot Sidhu On Congress Move For Punjab Polls
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‘First denounce, bring him to justice’
Irani’s remarks in LS amid Opposition protests during the Question Hour came a day after Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar said in the K’taka Assembly that “when rape is inevitable lie down and enjoy”.
Agency News:New Delhi A Karnataka Congress leader’s egregious “enjoy rape” comments have triggered outrage all the way to Delhi. Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar, who has apologised in the assembly and on Twitter, has embarrassed his party, which faced criticism in and outside parliament. Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani raised it in parliament when she was interrupted by opposition protests over central minister Ajay Mishra, whose son is accused of running over farmers. When protesting MPs blocked her view with placards while she was speaking, Smriti Irani hit out at the Congress. “If you truly believe in the cause of women, first stand here and denounce that legislator who said that if you are raped, as a woman.
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with immediate effect till 20th December ... It is historic that for the first time that no application fees will be taken from the applicants,” Mr Sidhu said in a Koo post. On Thursday, after meeting with state’s election committee, Mr Sidhu had said that the party’s screening committee will hold meetings starting Friday and candidates will be given tickets based on merit. “Congress is a secular party in which discussions and debates are properly conducted. It has been decided.
Demands for Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s sacking led to multiple disruptions in parliament for the third straight day today.Opposition MPs held up placards in both houses, forcing adjournments.
Rape remark: Congress calls it ‘unacceptable’; BJP, NCW slam Karnataka MLA BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi on Twitter asked, “Do Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi agree with this shameless comment? Will they demand his resignation?” Agency News:New Delhi The Congress on Friday ‘disapproved’ of the “exchange of highly objectionable and insensitive banter” between senior leader K R Ramesh Kumar and Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri. During the ongoing session on Thursday, Kumar had told Kageri, “There’s a saying… when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. That’s exactly the position into which
you are.” Kageri laughed in response. Taking to Twitter, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala stated, “Speaker as custodian and senior legislators are expected to be role models & should desist from such unacceptable behaviour.” He added, “Congress Party disapproves the exchange of highly objectionable and insensitive banter between Karnataka Assembly Speaker and Sr. Congress MLA in the House.” Sharing a clip of the exchange, National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma said.
In the Lok Sabha, MPs gathered in the centre of the house, holding placards and shouting slogans.The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day, soon after it began the day’s business, following a meeting between the government and opposition leaders.Adjourning the house
Hackers for hire spied on 50K people in 100 countries, says Meta Platforms Agency News:New Delhi Meta Platforms Inc said Thursday that its platforms had been used by seven surveillancefor-hire companies based out of China, Israel, India and North Macedonia to spy on or track as many as 50,000 people in 100 countries. The internal investigation — which started earlier this year — zeroed in on seven different entities from these four countries, which includes BellTrox, a hacker for hire based out of India.While Meta did not provide details of how many people were targeted from which country, most were journalists, dissidents, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition members, human rights activists, lawyers, doctors, and even clergy, it said.It said, “BellTroX operated fake accounts to impersonate a politician and pose as journalists and environmental activists in an attempt to social-engineer its targets to solicit information including their email addresses, likely for phishing attacks.
till Monday, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said parties had decided to find a solution and “maintain peace
and smooth functioning during House proceedings”.A deadlock over 12 MPs suspended from the Rajya Sabha has also blocked.
Covid-19: India records 7,447 new cases, 391 deaths in 24 hours Agency News: New Delhi The country recorded 7,447 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection in last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday morning. As many as 391 patients succumbed to the infection during this period The daily positivity rate is 0.59 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is 0.63 per cent.The death toll is over 4.76 lakh, accounting for 1.73 per cent of the cases reported till now.The active caseload of Covid-19 in the country is 86,415, which is 0.25 per cent of the total cases.98.38% recoveryA total of 7,886 patients recovered from the infection in last 24 hours. taking the overall recovery to 3,41,62,765. This is 98.36 per cent of the total cases recorded so far.So far, more than 66.15 crore
samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the country. Of these, 12.59 lakh were carried out on Thursday.70.46 lakh vaccinatedOver 70.46 lakh doses of Covid vaccine were administered in the country in last 24 hours. Till now, more than 1.35 billion (135.99 crore) doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive. With fresh cases of Omicron surfacing, the tally so far in the country has already crossed 80. With Omicron cases surging globally, India has offered.
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BWF World Championships: HS Prannoy pulls off a heist, reaches quarters HS Prannoy now joins PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen in the quarterfinals of BWF World Championships. Agency News:New Delhi HS Prannoy on late Thursday pulled off a heist to make it to the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships 2021. He now joins PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen in the Round of eight of the season-ending tournament taking place in Huelva, Spain.
Prannoy rallied to beat Rasmus Gemke 16-21, 21-8, 22-20 in an epic battle. After an hour and 16 minutes, the Indian shuttler took off his shirt and screamed in celebraton as he beat Gemke for the first time in three attempts. The most admirable aspect of Prannoy’s win is he is thinking for himself out on the court, can strategise on his feet and doesn’t
India’s Hansini Mathan Rajan beats Tokyo Olympics’ youngest athlete to win ITTF title
need spoon-feeding from coach. One of the most cerebral players around the world, an original. Plus has negotiated a pretty tough draw in the lower bracket.
Earlier, Prannoy registered a straight-game win over Daren Liew of Malaysia to reach the pre-quarterfinals, beating his Malaysian opponent 21-7 2117 in a men’s singles secondround match that lasted 42 minutes. Before that, in Round 1, Prannoy accounted for No. 8 Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong, winning 13-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a stunning come-frombehind win in 71 minutes. The Indian shuttler was best known for ousting Lin Dan from his last World Championship in 2019 But reaching.
Premier League: Covid-hit Liverpool bounce back to beat Newcastle 3-1
Playing in the U-12 category, the reigning cadet national champion outplayed Zaza 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 in the final. Agency News:New Delhi India’s Hansini Mathan Rajan defeated Syria’s Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, to win the girls singles event at the 2021 ITTF Hopes and Challenge table tennis tournament in Amman.Playing in the U-12 category, the reigning cadet national champion outplayed
Fin sector players hold virtual meet with FM Nirmala Sitharaman Sustained credit flow to critical sectors of the economy, structured development of the corporate bond market and need for parity between banks and shadow lenders in certain tax provisions, too, featured in the consultation meeting.
Zaza 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 in the final played on December 14 Parth Prabhakar was India’s entry in the boys singles event which was won by Iran’s Komeil Niknejad Divshali. Hansini, who has stayed back in Amman for the camp organised by the Asian Table Tennis Union, said the final was her toughest match of the competition. “I knew my opponent.
Agency News:New Delhi Liverpool’s Trent AlexanderArnold scored with a spectacular strike as they overcame the loss of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests and conceding an early goal to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday. Liverpool move onto 40 points from 17 games, one behind leaders Manchester City who beat Leeds United 7-0
on Tuesday. With Virgil Van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones ruled out for the hosts, Jonjo Shelvey struck the opener for Newcastle against the run of play in the seventh minute, with a swerving, dipping drive past unsighted keeper Allison Becker at Anfield. The lead lasted 14 minutes before Diogo Jota fired home the rebound after Martin Dubravka saved his initial header to level, with Newcastle’s players complaining.
Ranveer Singh’s ‘83’ trailer lights up Burj Khalifa
Agency News:Mumbai Equity benchmark Sensex slumped over 300 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and Kotak Bank amid a negative trend in global markets and persistent foreign fund outflow.The 30-share index declined 319.82 points or 0.55 per cent to 57,581.32 in the opening
was how Deepika kept staring adorably at her husband during the screening. Not to miss was the couple’s fashion game that they totally aced. Ranveer chose a glitzy golden ensemble inclusive of a metallic gold high neck tee paired with scintillating yellow trousers. On the other hand, Deepika looked her fashion best in a red dress paired with the same colour stockings and pumps. She also tied her hair in a red coloured ruffle headband. On Wednesday, the film received a standing ovation from the audience at its world premiere at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah. Ranveer and Deepika, along with Kabir and his wife Mini made a grand appearance at the Jeddah Film Festival. Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Harrdy Sandhu, Addinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa, R Badree, and Pankaj Tripathi are also a part of the film Interestingly, Deepika will be seen playing Romi, Kapil Dev’s wife in ‘83’, which will hit the big screen on December 24 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
trade. Similarly, the Nifty fell 91 points or 0.53 per cent to 17,157.40.Titan was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 3 per cent, followed by M&M, HUL, Maruti, Asian Paints and IndusInd Bank.On the other hand, Infosys, TCS, HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra were among the gainers.In the previous session, the 30-share equity benchmark advanced 113.11 points or 0.20
per cent to settle at 57,901.14, and Nifty rose 27 points or 0.16 per cent to 17,248.40. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, as they sold shares worth ₹1,468.71 crore on Thursday, according to stock exchange data. There are three major headwinds to the market now - the fast spreading Omicron variant, relentless selling by FIIs and
hawkish central banks, said VK Vijayakumar, Chief investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Katrina Kaif makes halwa, first sweet dish after wedding with Vicky Kaushal; proudly says ‘maine banaya’ On Friday, actor Katrina Kaif posted a picture of the first sweet dish prepared by her after her wedding. Katrina and Vicky Kaushal tied the knot on December 9 in Rajasthan.
Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain make first appearance as wife and husband after marriage
After wowing the audience at the world premiere of their film at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, team ‘83’ reached Dubai’s Burj Khalifa to promote their film in the most unique way possible. Helmed by director Kabir Khan, ‘83’ revolves around India’s historical 1983 Cricket World Cup win. The movie features Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, captain of the World Cup-winning team. A video has been going rounds on social media in which team ‘83’ including Ranveer, Deepika Padukone, Kabir, his wife Mini Mathur, and more could be seen enjoying a gala time while watching Ranveer as Kapil Dev on Burj Khalifa What else caught fans’ attention
Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has increased benchmark lending rate or base rate by 0.1 per cent, a move that may be followed by other lenders. With the increase the revised base rate is 7.55 per cent, as per the information posted on SBI’s website. The new rate is effective from December 15, 2021, it said. The decision is not going to affect those who have taken loan since January 2019 but those before that.
Sensex tumbles over 300 points in early trade; Nifty slips below 17,200
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday held virtual preBudget consultations with representatives of the financial sector and capital markets,
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The 30-share index declined 319.82 points or 0.55 per cent to 57,581.32 in the opening trade. Similarly, the Nifty fell 91 points or 0.53 per cent to 17,157.40.
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Helmed by director Kabir Khan, ‘83’ revolves around India’s historical 1983 Cricket World Cup win
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who submitted a raft of proposals, including the need for flexibility while regulating non-banking financial companies. Sustained credit flow to critical sectors of the economy, structured development of the corporate bond market and need for parity between banks and shadow lenders in certain tax provisions, too, featured in the consultation meeting. Earlier in the day, the Finance Minister met industry bodies and experts on infrastructure and climate change. On Friday, she will hold consultations with representatives of the services and trade sector.
SBI hikes base rate by 0.1%
Posting a photo of a bowl filled with sooji ka halwa (sweet semolina pudding), Katrina wrote, “Maine banaya (I cooked this).” She added, “Chaunka chardhana,” hinting at a post-wedding ritual. A few hours after the couple tied the knot on December 9, they took to their respective Instagram accounts
and shared several pictures. They captioned the posts with identical notes, “Only love and gratitude in our hearts for everything that brought us to this moment. Seeking all your love and blessings as we begin this new journey together.” Vicky’s cousin, Dr Upasana Vohra recently revealed that Katrina spoke ‘only Punjabi’ during the wedding. Taking to Instagram
For Ayushmann Khurrana, script writers and directors are the real ‘changemakers’ of Bollywood Generic is boring for Ayushmann Khurrana, the sought-after star who believes in delivering meaningful movies with an intent to bring a positive change in the society, gets candid and talks about how cinema is evolving, his debut movie, and what’s next for him in the pipeline Agency News:Mumbai As we interview Ayushmann Khurrana via Zoom after the good response to the release of his film Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (CKA) we cannot stop but admire the number of trophies including the prestigious national award for the film Andhadhun. In an exclusive chat with the Free Press Journal, the man of the moment, Ayushmann Khurrana talks about being a changemaker, ‘his kind’ of cinema, his achievements and his next with Anubhav Sinha, Anek. Usually, you are the one with a problem in the kind of films you do, you had to be on the other side in CKA.My character was on the reactive side. Even in films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Badhaai Ho, I was on the reactive side. I had done something different. And now in CKA, I am reactive. I had done something different by transforming physically into an alpha for the first time. That was a good story to tell and a good conversation starter.Your conversations with the trans community on social media also had everyone in a trance.I think the biggest validation has been from the community as the film has a message against transphobia. I got a good response from people like Ghazal Dhaliwal and Shruti Sitara, Miss Transglobal 2021 and there was a reviewer too who said good things. It showed that we have come a long way from Maharani to Maanvi. It is a giant first step towards this conversation. I can see a lot of interviews from leaders of the trans community online and in print and it has become because of this film and is reaching out to the mainstream.The trans community is awesome and human. It is important to accept trans women as women. They are women who have always felt like women and they have a women’s body and now they are complete women. I think there is a social responsibility for cinema. Cricket and cinema are the two biggest entities in our country and by default setting people watch them and become opinion leaders and thus people take cinema seriously.
Stories, Upasana and her husband Arunendra Kumar answered some questions asked by social media users. In the video, a user asked Upasana, “How’s the family of Katrina ma’am?” She replied,
“Her family is very good. All were amazing.” A person also asked, “Did Katrina Kaif speak Punjabi at the wedding?” She replied, “Yes. Throughout the wedding, she is only speaking Punjabi.
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Palak Muchhal recreates Lata Mangeshkar’s 80s hit for Aggar Tum Na Hote Zee TV recently launched a romantic drama - Aggar Tum Na Hote, that encapsulatesthe love story of Niyati Mishra (essayed by Simaran Kaur), who is a young, hardworking nurse, and Abhimanyu Pandey (essayed by Himanshu Soni), who is acharming, rich yet seemingly normal young man dealing with
mentalinstability. Showcasing the extent to which a nurse goes to treat her patient, Aggar TumNa Hote has managed to inspire viewers to love beyond boundaries. While the showseems to have already won the viewers’ hearts, it’s the soulful title track of Aggar TumNa Hote sung by Palak Muchhal that has grabbed.
“Draping a Kashta saree is not easy at all,” reveals Kashibai Bajirao Ballal’s actress Hetal Yadav
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60 pc women workers in informal sector lost livelihood More than 60 per cent of women workers in informal sector lost their livelihood and there was a 65 per cent reduction in their income during the Covid-19 pandemic, revealed a research study by Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation along with SEWA Bharat. The study titled ‘Building Resilience and Strengthening our Solidarity’ focusses on the effect of the second wave of the pandemic on 15 women’s collective social enterprises in six states across five sectors — agriculture, handicrafts, services, manufacturing and finance.
PIL on Sabarmati pollution, HC proposes shifting factories outside Ahmedabad city limits Following a hearing last week in the suo motu public interest litigation on the pollution of the Sabarmati river, the Gujarat High Court issued several directions, including directing the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) to “disclose the availability of vacant lands” outside the city and a proposal to the state government to offer incentives for existing industrial units functioning within the limits of Ahmedabad city to relocate to such lands. The court, in an order dated December 10 and made public Thursday, also implored the state government to work “on a war-footing basis” to identify a location.
After an overwhelming response to the journeys of Jodha Akbar and Jhansi ki Rani, Zee TV recently introduced viewers to the biggest historical magnum opus of 2021 as it presents the untold story of one of the most iconic women of the Maratha empire - Kashibai Bajirao Ballal. The show went on air recently and has already won
the audience hearts. While each character has caught their attention, Hetal Yadav’s portrayal of Bhawani Bai has been admired by many. While the actress has been shooting round the clock for the show, we also hear that she is also leaving no stone unturned to get all the nuances of her character right. In fact, Hetal even believes that the look.
Dixcy and Enamor complete merger to create Modenik Lifestyle Advent International, a global private equity firm, today announced the completion of the merger of its portfolio companies Dixcy Textiles Pvt. Ltd and Gokaldas Intimatewear Pvt. Ltd, the parent company of brand Enamor, to create one of India’s leading apparel and innerwear manufacturers. The new merged entity will take the name of Modenik Lifestyle Pvt Ltd. and will be headquartered in Bengaluru.
“The merger of two well established brands, Dixcy and Enamor is a historic moment for us. This is much more than creating a larger business. It’s about realizing our Vision of ‘Being the most preferred company for comfortable & fashionable essential clothing’, said Mr. Sunil Sethi, Executive Chairman of Modenik Lifestyle Pvt Ltd. “The merger creates a broad and complementary product portfolio.
Parineeti Chopra joins Karan Johar and Mithun Chakraborty on the judges’ panel of COLORS’ ‘Hunarbaaz - Desh Ki Shaan’
Talent exists all around us, but it takes a special eye to recognise them. COLORS’ invigorating new venture ‘Hunarbaaz - Desh Ki Shaan’ is all set to become the epitome of finding the best talent from the farthest corners and diverse cultures of India by giving them
a platform to stun everyone with their hunar. Joining Bollywood stalwarts Karan Johar and Mithun Chakraborty, the multit a l e n t e d Parineeti Chopra is all set to judge this talent-based show. This ace actor is known for her resilience and has an inspiring journey. She has all the qualities to make a befitting judge of the prodigal talents emerging from all over the country on the show.
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3 Omicron Patients In Gujarat Recover From COVID-19, Discharged: Report “All the three Omicron patients have recovered from the infection. Their latest COVID-19 tests gave negative results, following which the trio was given discharge from the hospital,” Agency News:Jamnagar A Zimbabwe-based NRI man, his wife and brother-inlaw, who were found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Jamnagar city of Gujarat earlier this month, have now tested negative for the infection and were discharged from a hospital in Jamnagar, officials said
today. They were the first three patients of Omicron variant in Gujarat, which later reported two more such cases - one in Surat and another in Mehsana. “All the three Omicron patients have recovered from the infection. Their latest COVID-19 tests gave negative results, following which the trio was given discharge from the hospital. The Omicron
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A division bench of the Gujarat High Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of a report published in on students of a government primary school gathering at the courtyard of a mid-day meal cook for their offline classes after their school building collapsed last year and lashed out at the state education minister for his “rash” and “shameful” reply on the incident. In the report titled ‘No school building, students sitting in open; minister says usual during winters’, The Indian Express highlighted that the students of the government
primary school at Vaghalwada in the tribal district of Chhota Udepur were forced to sit in the courtyard of the mid-day meal cook’s house after the school building collapsed in the monsoon of 2020. However, what irked the two-judge bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and N R Mehta more is Education Minister Jitu
of skill development that supports inclusive growth to ensure better outcomes and institutional strengthening, to empower India’s youth with the industry-relevant skills and employment opportunities The project is equally funded by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) under the Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) programme.
Vaghani’s justification. Speaking on the sidelines of an event for the virtual address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ‘natural farming’ in Vadodara, Vaghani had said, “Many times, during winters, children are made to sit in the open in schools… When I was a student, even I used to sit in the open and study. There is no need to take it otherwise. This issue is on my mind The court noted, “We expect a high constitutional functionary like a minister of a cabinet rank to exercise some restraint while making such rash statements in public. We take a serious note of this entire episode.
Joint executive of 7 BJP morchas held in Ahmedabad State BJP president CR Paatil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel guided the executive.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A joint executive of seven morchas of the Gujarat BJP – youth, women, farmers, OBC, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and minorities – was held at Pandit Deendayal Auditorium in Ahmedabad Thursday. State party president CR Paatil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel guided the
executive. Paatil asked the workers not to get content by the completed works, but to start new programmes and connect with people. “After 2014, owing to the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for youths, a lot of opportunities have arisen in
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usual during winters
In an endeavor to bridge the gap between skilling and employment, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Generation India Foundation (GIF) today announced the launch of Project AMBER (Accelerated Mission for BetterEmployment and Retention) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The initiative aims to develop and implement a scalable, and sustainable model
ward is now empty,” Dr Saugata Chatterjee, nodal officer for COVID-19 at the government-run GG Hospital in Jamnagar city told news agency PTI. On December 4, genome sequencing had established that the 72-yearold NRI man, who arrived in Gujarat from Zimbabwe, one of the ‘at-risk’ countries,
Gujarat HC takes suo motu cognisance of collapsed school building report, slams minister’s ‘rash, shameful’ reply
No school building, students sitting in open; minister says Replying to a question on students of a government primary school in the tribal district of Chhota Udepur attending classes in the courtyard of a house after the school building collapsed last year, Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani Thursday said that “children are made to sit in the open” during winters and there was “no need to take it otherwise”. The minister was fielding a question over the delay in reconstruction of the school building of Vagalwada in Chhota Udepur district, which had collapsed in the monsoon of 2020 due to its dilapidated condition. The students of various classes, who belong to the remote.
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Emkay Global Financial Services has released a report analysing real estate project launch data across Tier 1 cities over the last two years (as of Oct ’21). The full report also enlist 4 stock recommendations in the real estate sector by Emkay Research.Following are the key highlights:Pan-India launches in units (annualized) are running flat YoY and 22% below 2019 levels. Three key stand out markets are NCR, Mumbai and Hyderabad registering 15%- 20% increase in launches (annualized) over
2019. Top markets within the Tier 1 cities that lagged vs. 2019 levels are Kolkata (-74%), Navi Mumbai (-42%), Bengaluru (-31%), Chennai (-24%) and Thane (-24%).The share of listed developers is inching higher to 10% on a pan-India basis in CY21; up 200bps YoY. Bangalore, Noida and Mumbai witnessed notable increase with the share of listed developers rising to 34%, 34% and 9% respectively. On the other hand, Gurugram witnessed a decline in overall share of listed players declining.
the country and because of that youths are returning from foreign countries,” Paatil stated. Senior party leaders like cabinet minister Pradip Parmar and General Secretary (Organisation) Ratnkar were also present in the joint executive.
had contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It was the first case of the new strain in Gujarat. The elderly man had taken both the doses of a Chinese vaccine in Zimbabwe. When his RT-PCR test came positive, authorities kept him in an isolation ward and sent his samples for genome sequencing.
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, has been voted the Best Hotel Group for the second consecutive year in India by Travel + Leisure India Best Awards 2021. In the same survey, The Leela Palace New Delhi has also been voted as the Best L\ The 10 th Anniversary Edition of Travel + Leisure India’s Best Awards 2021 honours authenticity in the luxury tourism, travel and the hospitality fraternity. Readers determine their choice through a voting process and truly celebrate sought-after destinations, hotels, airlines, airports, cruises and icons. Speaking on this achievement, Mr. Anuraag Bhatnagar, Chief Operating Officer,The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts said, “We at The Leela keep our guests.
Minorities Rights Day: Know Why India Is A Country Of Unity In Diversity
The day is observed in India, every year on December 18, to safeguard the Constitutionallyguaranteed rights of religious minorities in the country. India is a country of unity in diversity. The Constitution of India gives equal rights to all citizens of the country irrespective of their linguistic, ethnic, cultural, and religious background. The National Minorities Rights Day is observed in India, every year on December 18, to safeguard the Constitutionally-guaranteed rights of religious minorities in the country. In 1992, the United Nations adopted the Statement on the Individual’s Rights belonging to religious, linguistic or ethnic minorities and the same year the National Commission for Minorities was
Iss Mod Se Jaate Hain talks about the sad reality of the Indian society where girls who dare to dream Zee TV is back with a story that will make audiences reconsider their approach towards women achieving more than their male counterparts. Such is the conundrum of Paragi Parashar, the female protagonist of Zee TV’s next fiction offering, Iss Mod Se Jaate Hain, who along with her love interest Sanjay Pathak, is preparing for her UPSC exam. While both are extremely motivated towards their joint goal of becoming IAS officers, the show captures the dynamics between the two families after Paragi clears her exam with flying colors and Sanjay doesn’t! The show premiered on 6th December and impressed one and all with its unique storyline. The characters of Paragi and Sanjay have also connected with the
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audience. However, it is Sanjay who has managed to grab a lot of eyeballs. The character is played by popular television actor and RJ Hitesh Bharadwaj, who has impressed one and all in several shows over the past decade. With his latest show starting off so well, the actor talks about his character, how he relates with it and his bond with co-star Akshita Mudgal. Tell us something.
set up by the Government of India. The Ministry of Minority Affairs was established in January 26, 2006. It was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. On National Minorities Rights Day let us take a look at some of the rights and freedom guaranteed by the Constitution to the minorities in the country.National Minorities Rights Day 2020: 5 key points of constitutional provisions for minorities“Prohibition of discrimination against citizens on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth”“Citizens’ right to ‘equality of opportunity’ in employment and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth”“People’s freedom of conscience and right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion - subject to public order, morality and other Fundamental Rights”“Right of all religious and linguistic minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice”“Freedom of minoritymanaged educational institutions from discrimination in the matter of receiving aid from the State”In India, five religious communities.
Introducing Samsung’s New Galaxy Tab A8: More Screen, More Power and More Performance Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the release of its new Galaxy Tab A8,the most streamlined and powerful Tab A Series device yet. The Galaxy Tab A8 packs impressivescreen,power and performance into aslim andlightweight design that’s ready for learning, entertaining, connecting and more. It’sacaptivating portableexperience that matches users’ everyday lifestyles andbudgets and seamlessly syncs with other Galaxy devices.“In a world where remote working and learning has become the norm, tablets have become anindispensable device for so many,”said Matthew Leem, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing Group,MX (Mobile eXperience) Business at Samsung Electronics.
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