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Mallikarjun Kharge is new Congress President, will be first non-Gandhi to hold post in over 2 decades It is a great honour, huge responsibility to be president of Congress, I wish Mallikarjun Kharge all success in that task: Shashi Tharoor and the Kerala MP had got 1,072 votes, Of the total 9,915 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates that formed the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot, over 9,500 cast their ballot at PCC offices and the AICC headquarters on Monday In a statement, Tharoor said the final verdict has been in favour of Kharge. He also conveyed his congratulations to Kharge for his victory. “The decision of the party delegates is final and I accept it humbly. It is a privilege to be a member of a party that allows its workers to choose their president,” Tharoor said, ”Our new president
is a party colleague and senior who brings ample leadership and experience to the table. Under his guidance, I am confident that we can all collectively take the party to new heights,” Tharoor said. Tharoor said the party owes an “irredeemable debt” to outgoing president Sonia Gandhi, for her quarter-century of leadership of the party and for being the anchor during our most crucial moments. “Her decision to authorise this election process, which has given us new pathways to the future, is undoubtedly a fitting testament to her sagacity and vision for our party.
UP CM Announces Rs 5 Lakh Ex-gratia to Families of Migrant Workers Killed in J&K
Putin Declares Martial Law In Ukraine Regions Annexed By Russia
Agency News : New Delhi Veteran party leader Mallikarjun Kharge was elected president of the Congress Party on Wednesday, the first non-Gandhi to head the party in two decades, after counting of votes in a nationwide election held two days earlier. Kharge, who defeated Shashi Tharoor in the election, is the sixth president in the party’s 137-year-old history. Karti Chidambaram, a counting agent for Tharoor, declared after the counting process was over that Kharge had won the polls with 7,897 votes
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IED Detected, Defused in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara Agency News : Srinagar Security forces on Wednesday detected an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A joint team of Army and police detected the IED planted by terrorists along the road at Udipora in Handwara area of the district, the officials said. They said the IED was destroyed by the bomb disposal squad without causing any damage. ”Based on the disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police and security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists and SFs at Nowgam, Shopian.
A local “hybrid terrorist” of the proscribed Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) and another suspect were arrested for the attack in Shopian district Agency News : Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the two migrant workers from Kannauj, killed in Tuesday’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. A local
“hybrid terrorist” of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and another suspect were arrested for the attack in Shopian district, police said. A government spokesperson said Adityanath had directed officials to provide an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family members of the deceased workers, identified as Manish and Ramsagar of Danna Purva village in Thatia police station limits. Kannauj District Magistrate Shubhrant Kumar Shukla said on Tuesday that the victims had gone to Kashmir two months ago and worked as daily wagers. They were sleeping in a tin shed with other migrant workers when the terrorists attacked. Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh said their bodies would be brought to Lucknow by plane after post mortem and taken to their village by road.
Agency News : Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday introduced martial law in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed. “I signed a decree to introduce martial law in these four subjects of the Russian Federation,” President Putin said during a televised National Security Council meeting. The Kremlin then published a decree saying martial law will be introduced from early Thursday. Vladimir Putin’s announcement came as Ukrainian forces advanced in territory held by Moscow for months. “The Kyiv regime refused to recognise the will of the people, rejects any proposals for negotiation, gunfire continues, civilians are dying,” the 70-year-old.
Delhi HC to hear pleas chal- Lumpy Skin Disease: Bombay lenging Centre’s Agnipath HC Asks Maha Govt Response Scheme on November 18 on Plea Seeking Policy Agency News : New Delhi
The Delhi High Court Wednesday listed for hearing on November 18 several pleas challenging the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted two weeks’ time to the petitioners to respond to the Centre’s stand on the matter. In a “consolidated” reply filed in response to several petitions against the Agnipath scheme as well as those concerning the recruitment processes for the armed forces under certain previous advertisements, the Central government has there is no legal infirmity in the scheme. The government submitted the Agnipath scheme was introduced in exercise of its sovereign function to make national security and defence more “robust, “impenetrable” and “abreast with changing military requirement”. “Reply has been filed by the Union of India. Petitioner prays for time to file rejoinder. Petitioners are granted 2 weeks’ time,” said the court.
The Agnipath scheme, unveiled on June 14, lays out rules for the recruitment of youths in the armed forces. According to these rules, those between 17-and-a-half and 21 years are eligible to apply and they would be inducted for a four-year tenure, and 25 per cent of them will be granted regular service subsequently. After the scheme was unveiled, protests erupted in several states against the scheme. Later, the government extended the upper age limit to 23 years for recruitment in 2022. On Wednesday, the counsel for one of the parties informed the court that there are two categories of cases concerning the Agnipath scheme -- one that assails the scheme while the others pertain to recruitment in the armed forces under certain earlier advertisements -- and they should be heard separately.
Agency News : Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Wednesday noted that lumpy skin disease is widespread among the cattle and sought the Maharashtra government’s response to a plea for framing a policy or standard operating procedure. A division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and R N Laddha asked the government to file its affidavit and posted the matter for hearing on November 17. “It is a widespread disease spreading across the state. You will have to come up with a policy. We
know it will take some time,” the bench said. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Raju Shetti, founder of Swambhiman Shetkari Sanghatana, stating that the lumpy skin disease was on the rise but the state government was doing nothing except issuing circulars on the issue.The plea said the government ought to take steps as provided under the provisions of the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act. As per the PIL, farmers are already facing hardships due to heavy rainfall and now with their livestock facing the threat of lumpy skin disease, they would require economic support from the government. “The government has to carry out mass vaccination of cattle to control the spread of the lumpy skin disease,” the petition said Maharashtra Animal Husbandry Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had earlier this month said the immediate action by the government and rapid vaccination kept the number of cattle that died of the lumpy skin disease to just 2,100. Officials had said that a massive vaccination drive was underway against the viral infection..
St. Stephen’s Removes Contentious Prospectus From Website Diwali 2022: Shoppers are seen buying festive diyas, kandils, toys After Supreme Court Order which accorded 100 per cent and crackers after two years weightage to the CUET and no
Agency News : New Delhi St Stephen’s College on Wednesday removed from its website a contentious prospectus which was at the centre of a discord between the college and its governing Delhi University, hours after the Supreme Court rejected the college’s petition against the university’s admission process. The prospectus, which was on the website since May, for admission to the college’s undergraduate courses for 2022-23 mentioned 85 per cent weightage to the Common University Entrance Test Admissions (CUET) and 15 per cent. This was against the Delhi University’s criteria
interview. The matter went to the court. The Delhi High Court ordered St. Stephen’s to follow the admission policy prescribed by the Delhi University, and The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to stay that ruling. Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the St Stephen’s College petition against the admission process, the college removed the contentious prospectus from its website. College principal John Varghese did not respond to calls and text messages. When it was still up, the prospectus stated, “St Stephen’s College will adopt the CUET as the eligibility criteria with 85 per cent weightage for CUET and the college’s interview for shortlisted candidates with a weightage of 15 per cent.” The Delhi University opposed the prospectus and said that the college will have to follow the rules laid down by the government for admission.
Delhi Woman Kidnapped, Gang-Raped in Ghaziabad for 2 Days, Found With Iron Rod Inserted in Pvt Part Agency News : New Delhi
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The plea sought compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh for every cow or buffalo that dies of the lumpy skin disease
In a horrific case, a 38-yearold Delhi woman was brutally gang-raped and found “wrapped in a jute bag, with her hands and legs tied and an iron rod inserted in her private part”, a case that Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief said reminded her of the Nirbhaya incident. According to the panel, the woman — a resident of Nand Nagri — was waiting for an auto-rickshaw in Ghaziabad to attend her brother’s birthday celebration on October 16 when four men kidnapped her in an SUV. They, along with another man, allegedly gang-raped and tortured her for two days, it said. The woman is being treated at a hospital in Delhi, but is in a “very critical condition”, it said. A notice has been issued to the Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police seeking an action taken report and a copy of the FIR along with details of arrests made. “The
Commission was informed that the survivor lives in Nand Nagri in Delhi and had gone to Ghaziabad to participate in her brother’s birthday celebration on October 16, when she was returning at night, while waiting for an auto, four persons kidnapped her in a Scorpio car. They took her to an unknown location, where one more person was present,” the notice stated. “They brutally gang raped her and continued to rape and torture her for two days. They even inserted an iron rod inside her private parts. Thereafter, they hid her in a jute bag, tied up her arms and legs and threw her out on a road. The woman was found in a very serious condition in a pool of blood, with the iron rod still inside her. The woman is presently admitted in a hospital in Delhi in a very critical condition,” the notice further read. DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, “The incident is very horrific and disturbing. It reminds me of the Nirbhaya case.
In some areas shopkeepers say crowd is less this year whereas some expect it to happier season for all.
Agency News : Mumbai Diwali shopping this year is different from previous years. While some said that the business was good after a break of two years, others said that the crowd was less and even less the purchasing power with which they had come. However, they made the most of it to ensure good results, as some kept the shops open even on Sundays. Varsha Dongre, resident of Matunga, made her way through the crowded Suthar Chawl market street. She managed to buy “distinct” diyas among the many
new arrivals she had come to check out this Diwali season. “These were different than the ones we normally see. They are being carried by elephants. When I spotted them, I thought diyas would look better if they were held over something,” said Dongre, as she explained the grandness they exhibited because of being carried by elephants. She was among the many shopping in the crowded Crawford MarketKalbadevi-Mohammed Ali Road belt for Diwali shopping that gave her a lot more “variety at a good price”. ”The crowd is 30 percent less as compared to the pre-Covid years. Inflation has also played a dampener. Where a person would buy three to four pieces, only two are being bought,” said Tinath Agarwal, of A to Z Home Furnishings at Crawford Market. The decrease in purchasing power was attributed to the loss of savings, a job, and a shift in thinking pattern.”Among the pieces that are selling more are the Rajasthani prints,” said Arun Kobal, store room incharge of A to Z. ”The crowd postCOVID is good. We have kept shops open even on Sundays. All kinds of clothes from all over the country are there this time,” said Pradeep Dave, secretary of Mangaldas Cloth Merchant Association.
Pakistan Out of FATF Grey List; Black Spot on Fight Against Terror, Says India Agency News : New Delhi
In what can be termed as a “travesty of the fight against terror”, Pakistan has freed itself from the shackles of the world anti-moneylaundering body, a development which has led to anger in New Delhi. The country sought removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Grey List, claiming it has “complied with 11 conditions”, including prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, according to a top diplomatic source. Pakistan has been on the list since June 2018. October 14 that Pakistan is expected to submit a response to the FATF’s objections regarding the non-sustainable implementation
of the 11 conditions of the AsiaPacific Group. “Pakistan’s alleged compliance is only an eye-wash,” a senior Indian official had told. India, which has been the target of terrorism originating in Pakistan, is dismayed that countries which profess to be friendly to New Delhi are willy-nilly sending Islamabad the signal that they countenance illicit activities that fund terror. Being put on the Grey List means the country cannot control money-laundering and terrorfinancing operations and is put under increased monitoring by FATF, an inter-governmental body. The country can face difficulty in getting loans from multilateral organisations like International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
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Reckless political rhetoric based on a poor understanding of the way markets work has a bad way of backfiring on those who first hurled the thunderbolts. The Narendra Modi government has been fumbling for answers to explain the slump in the exchange value of the rupee this year after it slid past 82 against the US dollar. The answer is pretty obvious: a number of factors have coalesced to send the global economy and the markets into a tailspin. Surging inflation, rising interest rates worldwide and the imminent risk that the global economy could tumble into recession next year have sent investors scurrying to safe haven assets in the United States of America. Inevitably, the dollar has hardened against all currencies, including the rupee. But logical explanations have been swept away as a torrent of memes and old videos have surfaced in social media playing out the fulminations of Mr Modi and his cohorts against the Manmohan Singh government when the rupee was hammered in 2013. Those ill-advised, half-baked comments from the past have started to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, came up with a disingenuous response when she claimed that the rupee had not weakened; it was the dollar that had hardened against all currencies. Supporters of Mr Modi’s government sprang to her defence with a convoluted quibble over how other currencies notably the Japanese yen and the pound sterling — have fared worse than the rupee. For instance, the dollar has appreciated 22 per cent against the yen since the start of this year. In contrast, the rupee has fallen by around 6.8 per cent against the dollar. However, this argument loses sight of the fact that the Reserve Bank of India dipped into its foreign exchange reserves and sold a net $43.2 billion worth of dollars since the start of 2022 to defend the rupee. The monetary policymakers, who are already battling the problem of runaway inflation which crested at 7.41 per cent in September, will now have to find ways to tackle the risk of imported inflation. In one sense, the entire debate over the rupee’s depreciation turns puerile when a false sense of national pride is attached to the currency’s value. The potshots against Mr Modi’s regime now hark back to the outrageous comments that the BJP leaders made - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara almost a decade ago.
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Centre Issues Final Notification for Delimitation of Delhi Wards, Paving Way for Municipal Elections According to the gazette notification citing a statement dated September 10, the Centre has ‘fixed the total number of seats as 250 in the Corporation out of which 42 seats have been reserved for members of Scheduled Castes’ Agency News : New Delhi The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued the gazette notification for redrawing of municipal wards in Delhi, paving the way for civic polls in the national capital. According to the gazette notification citing a statement dated September 10, the government has “fixed the total number of seats as 250 in the Corporation out of which 42 seats
have been reserved for members of Scheduled Castes.” According to Section 3 and Section 5 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, which was amended this year provide for the determination of number of seats of Councillors as also the number of seats reserved for members of Scheduled Castes in the Corporation by the Central Government, it said. “Delimitation Committee has completed its exercise with regard to preparation of the draft Delimitation order and submitted its report to the Central Government on August 12, 2022,” the notice read. The notification came a day after the delimitation committee submitted its report to the Centre. Municipal elections in the city are due since April this year. The polls were put on hold before Delhi State Election Commissioner S K Srivastava was to announce the schedule on March 8 due to the Centre’s plan to reunify the three civic bodies. The BJP, which was ruling the three municipal corporations in Delhi for over a decade before their reunification, the AAP, and the Congress have already started preparation for the MCD polls.
Mahmood spent a considerable amount of time working for LeT fundraiser organisation FIF and may have carried out recruitment and radicalisation of Muslim youth in south Asian nations Agency News : New Delhi
China on Wednesday put hold on a proposal put forth by India and the United States at the United Nations to list Pakistan-based Lashkar-eTaiba terrorist Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist. This is the fourth time in the past months the Beijing has held bids to designate terrorists based in Pakistan under the UNSC sanctions regime. Mahmood has been identified as a long-time
senior member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group. He has been a member of the group since 2007. The US government’s Treasury Department under the Obama administration identified Mahmood as a LeT publications wing member in 2013. The Treasury Department’s press release pointed out in 2016 that Mahmood claimed that LeT’s primary concern should be attacking India and America. He also worked closely with Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed to create bases and sympathizers in India by sending funds in the garb of religious or charity work, which would be later utilised for anti-India and terror activities. He is a close associate of Sajid Mir, the terror mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and whose designation was also blocked by China at the UNSC in September. Mahmood worked for the so-called humanitarian wing of LeT, the Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), which raises funds for terrorism under the garb of raising funds for humanitarian causes.
Bursting of firecrackers on Diwali in Delhi will attract jail term up to six months and a fine of Rs 200, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. Production, storage and sale of firecrackers in the capital will be punishable with a fine of up to Rs 5,000 and three years jail under Section 9B of the Explosives Act, the minister told a press conference here. In September, the city government re-imposed a complete ban on the production, sale and use of all types of firecrackers till January 1, including on Diwali, a practice it has been following for the last two years. Rai said a public awareness campaign — Diye Jalao Patakhe Nahi (light diyas, not firecrackers) — will be launched on October 21. The Delhi government will
light 51,000 diyas at the Central Park in Connaught Place on Friday. “The purchase and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi will be punishable with a fine of Rs 200 and six months in jail under the Indian Penal Code,” the minister said. Rai said 408 teams have been set up to implement the ban. The Delhi Police has set up 210 teams under assistant commissioners of police, while the Revenue Department has constituted 165 teams and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee 33. The minister said 188 cases of violations have been detected and 2,917 kg firecrackers seized till October 16. The air quality in Delhi and neighbouring areas start worsening in October due to unfavourable meteorological factors such as low temperatures and wind speed, which do not allow dispersion of pollutants.
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chair in the Assembly. They raised slogans denouncing the ruling DMK. The party’s women cadres turned up for the agitation wearing black sarees. The police however detained Palaniswami, who is AIADMK’s interim general secretary, along with his party members for staging a fast agitation without police permission. As a result, hundreds of agitating members were shifted to the Rajarathnam stadium, here, before being released. Speaking to reporters at the stadium, Palaniswami alleged “murder of democracy” and accused Chief Minister M K Stalin of attempting to ‘demolish’ the AIADMK through Panneerselvam.
AAP MLA Raaj Kumar Anand May Replace Rajendra BJP MP Announces Plans Pal Gautam as Social Welfare Minister to Build Auditorium in Rajendra Pal Mulayam Singh’s Memory Gautam resigned he proposed auditorium will come up on the premises of the District Civil Court, Ballia
Agency News : Ballia BJP MP Virendra Singh Mast has announced plans to build an auditorium in memory of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and sanctioned Rs 25 lakh from his local area development funds. The proposed auditorium will come up on the premises of the District Civil Court, Ballia. On Tuesday, Mast wrote to District Magistrate Soumya Agarwal, recommending
Rs 25 lakh from his MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund to set up the auditorium. In his letter, the BJP MP from Ballia said the Samajwadi Party founder had a rich and unique personality and was widely appreciated as a humble, down-to-earth leader. “He was sensitive towards the problems of the common people. He diligently served the common people and dedicated his life to popularising the ideals of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia. He made his own identity in national politics,” Mast said in the letter.
from the post earlier this month after his involvement in a “conversion” event was highlighted by BJP leaders Agency News : New Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raaj Kumar Anand may take charge as new social welfare minister of Delhi, replacing Rajendra Pal Gautam who resigned from the post earlier this month after his involvement in a “conversion” event was highlighted by BJP leaders. Sources said that Delhi CM and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is likely to send Patel Nagar MLA Raj Kumar
Anand’s name to Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Vinai Kumar Saxena. Gautam, who was in charge of the social welfare portfolio in the Arvind Kejriwal government, resigned from his post on October 9 amid a controversy over his presence at the religious conversion programme where Hindu deities were renounced by hundreds of people. Gautam said that he resigned as minister as he did not want the Aam Aadmi Party to be in trouble because of him. The BJP had alleged that antiHindu statements were made at the event, where thousands of people converted to Buddhism.
J&K BJP President, Former Deputy CM Visit Slain Kashmiri Woman Displays IndomiPandit’s House in Jammu
Agency News : Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina along with his party colleague and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Tuesday visited the house of slain Kashmiri
pandit Puran Krishan Bhat here to express their condolences with the family, a party spokesman said. Bhat was shot dead by terrorists outside his ancestral house in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday. Raina and Gupta visited the house of the slain Bhat at Muthi on the outskirts of Jammu and expressed their condolences with the bereaved family, the spokesman said. He said Raina assured support to the victim’s family and also said that justice will be done with them.
6 Months Jail for Bursting Firecrackers on Diwali: Del- ‘It’s a good sign’ says Mayawati as controversial SP MLA hi Environment Minister Imran Masood joins BSP Agency News : New Delhi
The Opposition AIADMK presented a picture of contrast on Wednesday with former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam attending the Assembly session while the leader of opposition K Palaniswami staged a protest here, demanding that the Speaker de-recognise the former as deputy floor leader of the party. The principal opposition had boycotted the last day of the three-day Assembly session today to seek the Assembly Speaker to accept the party’s R B Udayakumar as the new deputy floor leader, replacing Panneerselvam, who has been removed from the party. Clad in black shirts and white dhotis, the AIADMK members gathered in large numbers at the historic Valluvar Kottam here to stage a fast agitation demanding that Udayakumar be allotted Panneerselvam’s
Agency News : Lucknow After his hot and cold relationship with the Samajwadi party, MLA Imran Masood has announced his entry into the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). BSP chief Mayawati has confirmed his joining through a tweet and told it as a good sign. Masood sparked outrage during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when he threatened to kill Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s then-candidate and PM face. Masood was held by the police for his comments. After the infamous publicity from his statement, Masood lost in Saharanpur in 2014 and in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He was known as an influential Muslim leader from western Uttar Pradesh. The report states that Masood,
As Mallikarjun Kharge won the Congress president poll, his electoral rival Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the “democratic contest” has galvanised vibrancy at all levels and has prompted a healthy and constructive discussion on change, which will serve the party in good stead in the future. Tharoor also claimed that the Congress’ revival has begun. In a statement, Tharoor said the Nehru-Gandhi family has held, and will always hold, a special place in the hearts of Congress party members. “It is my hope and belief that the family will remain the foundational pillar of the Congress, our moral conscience and ultimate guiding spirit. In particular, the spectacular success of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra is a testament to the family’s enduring appeal to the masses,” said the MP from Kerala
who got 1,072 votes against Kharge’s 7,897. He said that in a true celebration of inner-party democracy, over 9,500 delegates of the Congress cast their vote in the elections for the post of party president. “Today, the final verdict has been in favour of Mallikarjun Kharge ji. I would like to convey my warm congratulations to him for his victory. The decision of the party delegates is final and I accept it humbly,” Tharoor said. It is a privilege to be a member of a party that allows its workers to choose their president, he said. Tharoor also thanked delegates who have come together to participate in these elections.
Exit of 5 MLAs Jolt for Tripura BJP Ahead of Assembly Polls: CPI(M)’s Manik Sarkar Agency News : Agartala
CPI(M) politburo member Manik Sarkar has claimed that the BJP has failed to keep leaders in the parties that had toppled the Left Front government in the state in 2018 as five MLAs of the ruling coalition have quit to join other outfits. The situation has now changed in the northeastern state and three BJP lawmakers have quit and joined different parties, while two Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLAs have joined Tipra Motha, Sarkar said at a state-level programme of the SFI in Agartala. BJP MLAs Sudip Roybarman and Ashis Saha joined the Congress, while Burbu Mohan Tripura of the saffron party, and IPFT’s Dhananjoy Tripura and Brishaketu Debbarma are now with the Tipra Motha. The leader of the opposition in the Tripura Assembly said the defectors of the NDA are publicly saying that they were disheartened and deeply unhappy with the style of functioning by the saffron party.
“This is a big jolt for the ruling party ahead of the election, the former chief minister said on Tuesday. The Assembly poll in Tripura is due in February next year. All the anti-Left parties had come together to defeat the Left Front government in Tripura before the 2018 Assembly elections. That resulted in the BJP, whose vote share was less than five per cent before 2018, securing a 42 per cent vote share of the Congress and its ally INPT. “The Left Front lost seven to eight per cent vote which took the vote share of BJP and its ally IPFT to around 52 per cent and the saffron party won the election, he said. Criticising the BJP, he said the chief minister had to be changed only 10 months before the Assembly election.
Punjab Man Dies by Suicide, table Courage, Flies From Day After Burning 5 Family America to Unite With Lov- Members to Death er in Murshidabad Agency News : Murshidabad
In a love story inspired by Bollywood cinema, a young woman came to Raninagar in Murshidabad from distant America to unite with her lover. Farhana Akhtar, a US resident, developed a romantic relationship with a young man named Musafir Hossain from the Katlamari area of Raninagar police station of Murshidabad. Musafir Hossain used to make TikTok videos. Seeing that, the young woman fell in love with him. Both of them
connected through social media. After that, for three years their relationship continued. In the end, the young woman came straight from America to her lover’s house in Katlamari of Raninagar. At first, the family members did not want to accept the relationship. The young woman said that the family members finally accepted her indomitable courage and willpower. Musafir Hossain said, “She came to me with huge faith and left her family in the US. I will try my best to honor this trust.”
Agency News : Chandigarh A 30-year-old Ludhiana man allegedly killed himself by hanging, a day after burning his wife, two step children and her parents to death, police said on Wednesday. Kuldeep Singh ended his life by hanging from a tree at his Khurshedpur village near Sidhwan Bet in Ludhiana, a police official said. Singh had allegedly burnt to death his wife Paramjit Kaur her two children from her previous marriage — daughter Arshdeep (8) and son Anmol (5) — her father Surjan Singh and mother Jogindero late Monday night in Jalandhar
district, police had said. He was upset over Paramjit Kaur’s refusal to return home from her parents’ place. Kaur and her minor children had been living with her parents in Punjab’s Jalandhar district for the past five-six months. Singh wanted her to return to his house in Ludhiana’s Khurshedpur village but she refused as he used to allegedly thrash her and the kids. On the night of the incident, Singh and his two accomplices doused all the five with petrol when they were sleeping and set them on fire. Police said one of the two accomplices has been arrested.
On Camera, Ghaziabad Gym AIIMS Bhubaneswar Doctor Trainer Dies Of Heart Attack Arrested for Cheating, ImpregWhile Sitting On Chair nating Woman on Pretext of before joining BSP, had made a condition of allowing one of his aides to contest in next mayoral polls. However, the BSP has denied accepting his condition, and a final call was to be taken by party chief Mayawati. Mayawati said, “The joining of Mr. Masood and others in BSP after the Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-election and now before the local body elections is a good sign for the politics of UP in the sense that the Muslim society is also sure that from the hateful and cruel politics of the BJP. Not SP but BSP is necessary for liberation.”
Agency News : Ghaziabad A shocking video has surfaced on social media that shows a man collapsing while sitting on a chair after suffering a heart attack. The incident took place in Ghaziabad at 7pm on Sunday and was captured by CCTV installed in the building. The man, identified as Adil, was a gym trainer and was 33 years old. His aides rushed Adil to the hospital nearby but he died on the way. He owned a gym in Shalimar Garden area of Ghaziabad and used to exercise daily. Adil’s family said
he was complaining of fever for past few days but did not stop going to the gym. Adil has four children and his family is in shock after the incident. He recently moved to real estate business and opened an office in Shalimar Garden where the incident took place. Adil was sitting in his office where he suffered the heart attack. This comes weeks after a 35-year-old man playing garba during the Navratri festival in Mumbai suffered a heart attack and died. The jewellery designer started throwing up while playing garba in a residential building in Virar area.
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Agency News : Bhubaneswar Adoctor working at the All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar has been arrested on charges of cheating her by promising marriage. Jaideep Das Gupta, a doctor in the cardiology department of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, was arrested after the complainant said that Gupta had been in a relationship with her for two years and engaged in sexual intercourse with the
promise of marriage. Gupta came to be known to the complainant when took her father to AIIMS on December 17, 2020. At the time, Gupta had asked for her mobile number. Although the woman initially refused to give her number, the accused said that he would not let her take her father home from there, after which she was forced to share her number. The woman then lodged a complaint at the Mahila police station. Based on the complaint.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS ICC nomination ball in Sourav Ganguly’s court
Agency News : New Delhi Sourav Ganguly’s chances of filing his nomination for the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s chair appeared remote on Tuesday after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to put the ball in his court. This will only further queer the pitch for Sourav though he has time till Thursday to complete the process. “Whoever is qualified is free to file nomination… Any individual who has the backing of other members can contest. There is no problem,” vice-president Rajeev Shukla said during an impromptu media interaction. As per the ICC’s constitution, any present or former director who has attended at least one board meeting is eligible to run for the chair.
ICC directors are each allowed to nominate one candidate. Nominees with the support of two or more directors are eligible to contest an election. The winner will be decided by a simple majority in which 16 members will get to vote in the 17-strong board.The annual general meeting of the BCCI also left the task of choosing its representative to the ICC to its office-bearers. Secretary Jay Shah remains the frontrunner to attend ICC meetings. There is already speculation that Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure Souravcan contest the ICC polls had prompted the BCCI to take a neutral view. If Sourav decides to file his nomination, he will have to first request incumbent GregBarclay to stay away from the contest. The former captain will want to secure his smooth passage before taking the plunge. New Zealand’s Barclay has already made public his intention of continuing for a second term.
India, Saudi Arabia to vie for 2027 Asian Cup rights Agency News : New Delhi India and Saudi Arabia will compete for the hosting rights of the 2027 Asian Cup as three other nations have withdrawn their bids, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Monday. If India wins the bid, it will be the first time the country will host the continental showpiece event.
Saudi Arabia have won the continental title three times but never hosted the tournament. Iran withdrew their bid a few days back, while Uzbekistan had pulled out of the race in December 2020. Since Qatar, the third interested nation, were confirmed as the host association for next year’s AFC Asian Cup, they withdrew the bid for the 2027 edition.
Ind vs Pak: Rain likely to play spoilsport during T20 World Cup clash at iconic MCG Agency News : New Delhi The India-Pakistan clash in the T20 World Cup is among the most awaited sporting events of the year. The two arch-rivals clashing against each other at a stadium as iconic as the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the marquee event, it really does not get much better than this. Both India and Pakistan are part of Group 2 in the Super 12 stage alongside South Africa, and Bangladesh while two teams will join them from the qualifiers. However, there is a huge rain threat looming on the game on Sunday. The Bureau
of Meteorology is forecasting a 90 per cent chance of a shower in Melbourne on the match day, between 10 to 25mm. “Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning,” it states. Unfortunately, there are no reserve days during the group stages, but there are for the semifinals and final. The last time the two nations clashed in 2021 T20 World Cup, Indian fans were left shocked and stunned after Pakistan ended Men in Blue’s near-three-decade domination over them at the world stage, humiliating their arch-rivals by 10 wickets in the Super 12 tie.
Ten Hag keeps Manchester United players ‘on their toes’ Agency News : London Manchester United defender Luke Shaw said manager Erik ten Hag has no qualms about dropping out-ofform players. Cristiano Ronaldo, United’s top scorer last season with 24 goals, and captain Harry Maguire have both been dropped for extended spells in the current campaign. “The good thing with this manager is that if you’re not playing well then you won’t play,” he told the National in an interview published on Monday. “He’s keeping everyone on their toes. He makes sure that everyone is 100 per cent every day.” United host third-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday Juergen Klopp and Pep Guardiola’s angry touchline
rants during Sunday’s stormy clash between Liverpool and Manchester City has put the behaviour of managers in the spotlight. Klopp apologised after the game and he received some backing from fellow managers. West Ham’s David Moyes said he hopes the German would be on the touchline on Wednesday. Everton manager Frank Lampard said that 99.9 per cent of the time managers conduct themselves properly but that key decisions going against his team could “throw you”.
Ban on blending of Rupee gains 6 paise to Darjeeling tea with 82.34 against US dollar Nepal variety lifted Agency News : New Delhi
Agency News : New Delhi The Centre will allow the blending of imported tea with Indian varieties protected by geographical indications (GI) tags, diluting a previous order which prohibited the practice for any blend. The Tea Board of India issued a notification on Tuesday which will let sellers mix Darjeeling tea with any other varieties, especially Nepal tea in their packs — as long as the end product does not claim to be an exclusive item covered by the GI label. The prohibition, which was set in motion with an order on November 11, 2021, had impacted the bottom rung of the Darjeeling tea industry in terms of quality. The gardens were dependent on domestic buyers such as Tata Consumers Products Ltd, which
would pick up the tea that could not be otherwise exported such as the globally renowned first and the second flush. Following last year’s order, TCPL had largely refrained from buying Darjeeling tea this season, leading to a dip in auction prices. The situation led to several representations from the producers as well as buyers such as TCPL to the Union ministry of commerce and the Tea Board. “We have lifted the hindrance to domestic procurement of Darjeeling tea without diluting the spirit of the last order. The Tea Board will take stern action if any seller is found to be mixing imported tea and claiming it to be GI tea,” a source in the Tea Board said. Nepal teas, which carry qualities akin to Darjeeling because of similarities in terrain, have been making steady inroads as they are cheaper than Darjeeling. There have been representations before the Tea Board in the past to check the rampant blending of Nepalese tea, which local producers claim, often fail to pass Indian food and safety standards.
Agency News : New Delhi Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank has hiked interest rates on fixed deposits below Rs 2 crore, effective October 19, according to the bank’s
official website. Fixed deposits with a maturity tenure of 15-30 days will now get 2.75 per cent interest, compared with 2.65 per cent earlier. The bank has also increased FD interest rate on tenure of 121-179 days from 3.75
10 Years of SOTY: Manish Malho- Ponniyin Selvan-1 surpasses tra on Alia, Sidharth And Varun’s Brahmastra to become third highFashion, Equation With Karan Johar est grossing Indian film in 2022
Agency News : Mumbai Filmmaker Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year (SOTY) completes ten years of its release today. The coming-of-age film became the talk of the town for
its good-looking cast - Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan – who made heads turn with their chic and statement costumes. Fashion designer Manish Malhotra styled the trio and set a precedent for millennial college fashion. the designer opens up on styling the new-age actors, his equation with Karan and his favourite looks from the film. He also looks back at the rumours of Sidharth being related to him due to their surnames. Time flies so fast, it has been a decade since SOTY was released. The film has my heart. I cherish every
moment I spent with Karan, Alia, Sidharth, Varun and the entire team. Karan wanted the costumes to be young, stunning, striking and of course, ‘Dharmatic’. I got so many opportunities to experiment with the costumes since the characters were so diverse. Alia as Shanaya is affluent and pampers herself with branded clothes and bags. So, there were a lot of fashion statements that I had to create for her scenes. Her looks had the latest collections of brands like Manolo, Jimmy Choo, Prada, Stella McCartney, Dior bags and Hermes Birkin. On the contrary, Varun plays an aspiring musician, hence quirky prints like Mickey Mouse T-shirts and the like are his statement. Sidharth is dressed a bit more serious, so his looks had to be relatively mellow but still above the cut as I had to portray him as this mysterious, appealing geek.
‘Ponniyin Selvan-1’ has also defeated Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vikram’ in the revenue race. Agency News : Mumbai Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus has shattered several records at the box office to become the third highest grossing film of 2022. With a total collection of Rs 455 crore worldwide, the film has surpassed the overall collection of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s ‘Brahmastra’. Not just ‘Brahmastra’, but it has also defeated Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vikram’ in the revenue race. According to trade reports, ‘Brahmastra’ has
Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 1,000 Employees Across Multiple Divisions Agency News : New Delhi
Tech giant Microsoft has laid off nearly 1,000 employees across multiple divisions of the company, media reports said. According to Axios, the move is yet another example of large tech companies cutting jobs after earlier moving to slow or freeze hiring as the broader economy cools. The tech giant declined to say how many jobs had been cut, but a source
said the layoffs numbered under 1,000, as per the report. “Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis, and make structural adjustments accordingly. We will continue to invest in our business and hire in key growth areas in the year ahead,” Microsoft was quoted as saying in a statement. The cuts occurred across a variety of levels, teams, and parts of the world.
per cent to 4 per cent. The Kotak Mahindra Bank FD interest rate hike comes at a time when the RBI has been raising the key repo rate in order to control inflation. The bank has earlier also raised its interest rates on both loans and
deposits. India’s retail inflation accelerated to 7.41 per cent in September, compared with 7 per cent in the previous month. September registered the fivemonth high level amid a surge in food prices.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Hikes FD Interest Rate By Up To 25 Basis Points
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD In an exclusive conversation with Manish Malhotra opens up on styling the new-age actors, his equation with Karan and his favourite looks from ‘Student of the Year’.
The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 82.34 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday as a firm trend in domestic equities strengthened investor sentiment. However, persistent foreign capital outflows capped the gains of the local unit, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened strong at 82.32 against the dollar, then lost some ground to quote at 82.34, a gain of 6 paise over its previous close. In the previous session on
earned a lifetime revenue of Rs 431 crore worldwide while ‘Vikram’ minted Rs 443 crore. However, PS-1’s steep climb to the top of the table is meeting two roadblocks -- SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ with Rs 1,112 crore and Yash’s ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ topping the charts
with Rs 1,207 crore. Released on September 30, 2022, PS-1 has been going strong in theatres even after 18 days, with cinegoers flooding the cinemas to watch the visual spectacle. ‘Ponniyin Selvan-1’ stars Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. Based on author Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 Tamil novel of the same name, the film tells the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman, one of the most powerful kings in the south who went on to become the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I in the 10th century. The film has been jointly produced by Lyca Productions and Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies.
Manish Chaudhari Shares How Aarya Helped in Landing the Anagonist’s Role in Nagarjuna’s The Ghost
Agency News : Mumbai Actor Manish Chaudhari has proved his mettle in many films and web shows. He started his journey in Bollywood with Milind Soman starrer 2003 film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula. The actor went on to be part of films and shows like Rocket Singh: Salesman of The Year, Bombay Velvet, Mohejo Daro, Satyamev Jayate, Batla House and Netflix’s Bombay Begums, Hotstar’s Shoorveer, and many more in his long career span. Manish is also known for his role as a
Nikhita Gandhi: There’s a DefiAlia Bhatt clocks 10 years in Bollywood, promises to ‘be bet- nite Disparity Between Men and ter, dream deeper’ Women in The Music Industry It’s a happy day for mommy-to-be Alia Bhatt as she completed 10 years in the Indian film industry. Celebrating the special moment, Alia took to Instagram and expressed her gratitude. 10 years today ...and I am so so grateful .. Every Single Day!!!.. I promise to be better - dream deeper - work harder !!!!! thank you for the magic love love and only love,” she wrote, adding her sunkissed picture, In the picture, Alia is seen smiling as she soaks up the sun. As soon as Alia dropped the post, netizens chimed in the comment section to congratulate her. The Best there is,” Kareena Kapoor Khan wrote. Alia made her debut in 2012 with ‘Student of the Year’, which also marks foray of Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra in cinema. The 29-year-old has undoubtedly evolved as an actress. After ‘Student of the Year’, she has proved her mettle again and again with films like Highway, Raazi, Dear Zindagi, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Kapoor and Sons and Darlings and has mixed it up with commercial choices like Brahmastra.
Tuesday, the rupee slipped 10 paise to end at 82.40 against the dollar The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.06 per cent to 112.06. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.59 per cent to USD 90.56 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 258.72 points or 0.44 per cent higher at 59,219.32. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 69.30 points or 0.40 per cent to 17,556.25.
Nikhita Gandhi recently released her latest single, Maharani. The singer, who has given her voice to songs like Ghar from Jab Harry Met Sejal and Kedarnath’s Qaafirana, calls Maharani a celebration of womanhood. In fact, being a half Bengali, she deliberately chose to release the single during ‘Matri Pakkha’ or Navratri as we know it. In an exclusive conversation with Showsha, Nikhita opened up about why she came up with something like Maharani and whether male and female singers have the same status in the music industry. Talking about Maharani, Nikhita revealed, “Maharani came from within. I didn’t want Maharani to be a boastful song and to have like ‘a look at me, I’m a queen’ kind of vibe. I wanted it to represent just normal women. We’re all queens, we don’t have to be a certain way to be a queen. The roles we play in our liveswhether it’s a mother, a sister, working, or not working, we have roles to play, and most of the times we don’t get our due because there’s a lot of weight that we carry. We should embrace who we are and what we represent and know that we are all queens. That’s why we did not have models in the video, just regular women.” Nikhita has also composed a few songs, and when asked about whether she prefers playback to composing, she answered, “It’s definitely less stressful to do playback because you’re just singing in it. Releasing your own music is so much work and so much is your shoulders. You have to be so involved, which is fun, but can be stressful. If you enjoy the process, the excitement and the ousness, then it’s all right.” Maharani has also been written by Shankar Tucker and Vidya Vox apart from Nikhita herself.
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cigar-smoking gangster named Shekhawat in the Sushmita Sen-starring show Aarya. The 53-year-old actor recently starred in Nagarjuna starrer actionthriller film The Ghost, Manish shared that he landed his role in The Ghost because of Aarya. He also talked about the experience of sharing the screen space with Telugu superstar Nagarjuna and confessed to being a huge fan of him. Manish said, “It was very wonderful. Praveen Sattaru, the director of The Ghost had seen my work in Aarya and was very keen that I work in his movie. And the other fantastic thing is that it has got Nag Sir in it. I have also been a huge fan of Nag Sir ever since I saw Ram Gopal Verma’s Shiva when I was in college in 1990.” He revealed that Aarya hads a major role in him getting his part in the movie. The Sushmita Sen-led series was released in 7 different languages.
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Prestige Estates registers quarterly sales of ₹35,110 mn and Collections of ₹26,029 mn during Q2 FY23.
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad India’s leading real estate developer, Prestige Estates, has announced its updat on operational performance for the quarter ending 30 th September, 2022. During Q2 FY23, the Group has registered sales of ₹35,110 mn and collections of ₹26,029 mn (up by 68% yoy). The sales during this period is attributed to 4.55 mn sft volume with an average realization of ₹7711/sft. The first half of the year H1 FY23, the Group registered sales of ₹65,231 mn (up by 129% yoy) and collections of ₹47,493 mn (up by 85% yoy). The sales during this period is attributed to 8.18 mn sft volume with an average realization of ₹7976/sft. During the quarter Q2 FY23, five projects were launched spanning 7.39 mn sft, viz The Prestige City Meridian Park- Phase-III and Prestige Park Drive- Phase-III in Bengaluru, Prestige Orchards in Hyderabad, Prestige Liberty Towers and The Prestige City Mulund- Bellanza Phase-II in Mumbai. Three projects
totalling 2.58 mn sft - Prestige Park Drive – Phase I&II, Prestige Minsk Square and Forum Falcon City in Bengaluru were completed during the quarter. During the first half of the year H1 FY23 the new launches totalled 17.06 mn sft and completions 3.35 mn sft, respectively. achieved numbers as per our plans. It is exciting to see great success of The Prestige City Projects in Bengaluru and Mumbai, which have received tremendous response. We have great momentum going and spirits are high within the team, to achieve our next level of growth. We are excited to see new launches from various geographies, which will be contributing to sales in the quarters to come.” Expressing his views on the performance, Mr. Venkat K Narayana, Chief Executive Officer, Prestige Group remarked, “Happy to report yet another strong quarter, we achieved sales of ₹35,110 mn (66% yoy) in Q2 FY23 and ₹65,231 mn in H1 FY23 (129% yoy) and well on our way to surpass last year’s performance.
Shalby Hospitals Q2FY23 PAT jumps 31 % Y-O-Y to Rs 21.8 Cr Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
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Bank of India slashes home loan interest rates to 8.30%
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Bank of India’s Star Home Loan now comes with a best-inclass competitive interest rate starting at 8.30% per annum with most affordable EMI beginning at Rs.755 per lakh. Customers can also transfer their existing home loans from other banks or financial institutions to Bank of India. The Home Loan applicant can also avail of an overdraft facility wherein individuals enjoy three benefits, viz., low-interest rate commitment, easy liquidity and tax benefit. This offer can be availed to purchase a plot or build a house, buy an old or a new flat and renovate or repair an existing flat/house. Bank of India’s Star Home Loan provides a repayment period of up to 30 years. It also offers diverse EMI options for different periods during the loan tenure to accommodate a customer’s repayment capacity. No prepayment or part-payment charges are levied and borrowers receive a tax break on repaid interest and instalments. The interest is calculated daily to permit a lower interest amount. Bank of India also offers to top-up and furniture loans. The offer is supported by an easy and timely approval process available across Bank of India’s strong branch presence.
Shalby Limited, India’s leading multi-specialty hospital, has announced its financial results for the quarter ending on September 30, 2022. Mr. Shanay Shah, President said: “I am happy to report that hospital revenue continued to grow by 13.5% (excluding covid and vaccination impact) Y-o-Y with robust EBITDA margin of 24% in Q2 FY23. During the quarter, a total of 6,806 elective surgeries were performed, grew by 10% y-o-y.
In-patients counts of 12,606 in Q2 FY23 saw a jump of 19% y-o-y. Occupied beds increased to 600 up by 16% in Q2 FY23 as compared to 517 in Q2 FY22. ARPOB an ALOS were recorded at Rs.33,439 and 3.90 respectively in Q2 FY23 vis-à-vis Rs 33,977 and 4.02 in the same quarter of the previous year. Our core specialty such as Arthroplasty, Oncology, Cardiac Science, Orthopedic, Critical care & General Medicine, and Neurology contributed 83% to the revenues respectively in Q2 FY23.
Sustained Growth Momentum Results for the second quarter and six months ended September 30, 2022
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Polycab India Limited today announced its consolidated results for the second quarter and six months ended September 30, 2022. Commenting on the performance, Mr. Inder T. Jaisinghani, Chairman and Managing Director, Polycab India Limited, said: “We continued with our strong business performance in Q2, posting highest ever 2 nd quarter revenue in the history of the
Company. Combined with the stand-out performance of Q1, our top-line for first half of the year grew by 25% YoY. Margin expansion was supported by strong growth in exports and judicious price revisions. We are also progressing well on our long-term strategic agenda of focusing on sustainable value creation across B2B and B2C businesses through Project LEAP. Strong domestic economy with structural reforms focused on infrastructure development augurs well for most of our product categories. We remain committed to achieving ₹ 200 Bn sales by FY 2026 and make Polycab a future ready organization” Polycab India Limited (PIL) is India’s largest manufacturer of Wires and Cables and one of the fastest growing FMEG companies with a consolidated turnover of INR 122+ billion in FY22.
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Pan India rental demand LTMMSL – India’s Missile Exincreased 29% YoY, supply perts at Defexpo 2022 declined 12.6% YoY Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Magicbricks Rental Index for Q3, 2022 reveals that the aggregate demand (searches) increased 29% YoY, while the cumulative availability (listings) declined 9.8% YoY. The report further observed that pan India, average rents increased 5.2% QoQ while aggregate demand (3.9%) and cumulative availability (9.8%) QoQ reduced across the 13 Indian cities mapped. Elaborating on the trends, Sudhir Pai, CEO, Magicbricks shared, “The Indian rental housing market recovered steadily during the first quarter of 2022, which was complemented
by growth in the second quarter fueled by the gradual reopening of offices and educational institutions, and workforce returning to these cities. Hence in Q3, the rental demand declined marginally and available inventory reduced, thus stabilizing the rental housing market relative to the peak quarter of Q2’ 2022. With the effects of pandemic now waning, we can expect this normal cycle to persist henceforth.” The report concludes that the availability of rental units are being affected by delay in delivery of under construction units and most available units are being bought as residences not investments.
Syska Personal Care announces the launch of UT1100 Uniblade Beard Trimmer Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Syska Personal Care Appliances, leading name in the personal care grooming segment has announced the launch of the Syska UT1100 Uniblade Beard Trimmer. The new trimmer is designed to provide an all-in-one solution to the trimming, Shaving and Styling demands of men while addressing their aspiration to stay well-groomed. Syska is focused on building its personal care range in an effort to offer consumers quality products at competitive prices. With the festive season quickly approaching, men have started preparing for the look that is ideal for every occasion. Every occasion calls for a styling companion that makes switching up appearance hassle-free, be it a Diwali party at the office or Bhai Dooj festivities at home. Keeping this in mind, Syska is expanding its portfolio to cater to
the evolving demands of consumers and the burgeoning male grooming market by introducing cuttingedge products. The Syska UT1100 Uniblade Beard Trimmer is launched to help men sport a new look every day of this festive season. Featuring a ergonomic design, the trimmer has a flexible, auto-adapt head making it look more premium and providing a comfortable experience while using it. Commenting on the introduction of the Syska UT1100 Uniblade Beard Trimmer, Mr. Gurumukh Uttamchandani, Executive Director, Syska Group said, With the festive season getting close, men can now achieve a salon-like finish from the comfort of their home. Whether they want a full beard for a casual look, a styled beard for a party look, or stubble for a professional look- the new Syska UT1100 Uniblade Beard Trimmer makes all this and more possible.
Brookfield India Real Estate Trust receives a 5-star rating from GRESB Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Committed to build a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable space, Brookfield India Real Estate Trust (BIRET) has been awarded a 5-star rating for its environmental, social, and governance performance from GRESB*. The company received an overall score of 90%, for operational buildings 21% higher than the global average. For the recently developed buildings, GRESB awarded BIRET with a 96% score. Brookfield India Real Estate Trust’s holistic ESG program drives value across both its physical and social initiatives, reflecting a pledge to positively impact its surrounding environments by creating safe, sustainable, and vibrant communities across the lifecycle of real estate from design to operation. Brookfiel India Real Estate Trust was also recognized as sector
leader for sustainable office development in Asia by GRESB. To operationalize the net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, Brookfield India Real Estate Trust has rolled out a comprehensive ESG strategy across 13 initiatives. “We are pleased to receive a five-star rating from GRESB in our first year of participation. We take this achievement as an outcome of our commitment to sustainable business practices aligned to our global ESG framework. Across our properties in India, we are deploying the very best of technologies to achieve our goal of being net zero by 2050. Every member of our team is cognizant of the role they play in our path to achieving ESG excellence and contribute to creating consistent value for all our stakeholders.” said Alok Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer, Brookprop Management Services Private Limited.
L& T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd (LTMMSL) is a company set up with a vision - to be the “lead Indian Private Missile Developer &Manufacturer and Missile System Integrator” by delivering the best in class Indian-made missiles for the Indian Armed Forces through participation in ‘Buy (Indian – IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories of defence procurement. The company has two exciting focuses during DEFEXPO 2022: showcasing the in-service contemporary missile technologies that are available for the Indian Armed Forces, and secondly contributing to Atmanirbhar Bharat with our Indian industrial footprint and partnerships. LTMMSL has an Integration Facility at Coimbatore for missile systems and missile launchers. Today, LTMMSL is producing MICA Missile sections and Missile launchers and exporting them from Coimbatore and some of which are in turn supplied for
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Renowned Nuclear Physicist Dr Anil Kakodkar will be speaking at the Manipal Institute
of Technology, Manipal on the topic “Relevance of nuclear energy in achieving net zero CO2 emission”. His talk. which will take place on 20th October 2022, has been arranged by MIT Manipal in association with AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). Dr Kakodkar is AICTE Distinguished Chair Professor, Chancellor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission and Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.
Aerospace announced its Indian aero-engine supply chain has grown to 13 companies plus GE’s Pune multi-modal manufacturing facility. Indian companies are becoming globally competitive for a growing body of high- value, complex aero-engine manufacturing work. Marquee Indian companies including Tata Advanced Systems, Mahindra Aerostructure and Godrej have set up GE aero-engine component production lines. These components are exported from India to GE’s engine manufacturing facilities. Hindustan Aeronautics
Vikrant. These growing capabilities coincided with GE Aerospace’s increase in local sourcing spend, which has grown 20 times in the last five years. GE Aerospace and its Indian partners are in the process of establishing the aero- engine manufacturing infrastructure India needs to achieve its self-reliance goals “Indian companies have a keen willingness to partner with GE Aerospace and to join the aeroengine marketplace. They have demonstrated the ability to master the complex manufacturing and special processes.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In India, Diwali is one of the most awaited festivals of the year. Twinkling lights at every window, glowing homes, delicious sweets, and beautiful rangolis outside every door – what’s not to love about this festival? Usually lasting for five days, Diwali
the Indian Air Force’s Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft. LTMMSL is already making key contributions for the MICA missile. We plan to offer MICA missiles to Indian armed forces. MICA is the only missile in the world featuring two interoperable seekers to cover the spectrum from close-in dogfight to long beyond visual range (BVR). Its ability to fly out to BVR in passive mode before the seeker locks on in the final stages of the end game has earned it the nickname “silent killer” as the target has little time to react or to deploy effective countermeasures. LTMMSL is offering Sea Ceptor, the latest generation of naval air defence system, for the Indian Navy’s Vertical Launched ShortRange Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) requirement. Sea Ceptor is a highly advanced airdefence weapon system that is able to provide the highest level of protection from air and missile attack for Indian navy battleships. LTMMSL has offered Exocet MM40 for the Indian Navy’s medium range anti-ship missile
Tech Mahindra to Hire 3000 IT Professionals in the next 5 years, in Gujarat Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s Digital India mission & efforts to institutionalize the vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat to Atmanirbhar Bharat’, has envisaged the creation of a conducive business ecosystem by formulating a robust policy framework and introducing enhanced incentive components, the Government of Gujarat has launched the Gujarat IT/ITeS Policy (2022-27). Under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, the Gujarat IT/ ITeS Policy has accelerated digital innovation in the State and is now geared up to empower small and medium businesses to unlock the value of digitization and contribute incremental value to the State’s economy.Furthermore, Hon’ble Minister for DST, Shri Jitubhai Vaghani’s constant focus on job creation and skill development gave rise to unique and enabling incentives such as the Employment Generation Incentive (EGI).
Bring Home The Festive Cheer With Tanishq’s Offers This Dhanteras
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Tanishq, India’s largest jewellery retail brand from the house of Tata announces an exciting offer to bring in the festive season with happiness and cheer. Customers can now avail up to
Uber teams up with Adani Airports to deliver seamless experience to travelers Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Uber and Adani Airports Holding Limited (AAHL) announced their partnership today to deliver a seamless ride experience to travelers with a range of passenger focussed initiatives. These include booking trips from conveniently located designated Uber Pick Up zones with signages at India’s key airports located in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, and Jaipur. The partnership strives to create a seamless experience for both passengers and drivers on the Uber platform as airtravel gathers steam postCovid. As part of this, Uber launched cashless operations at Terminal 1 and 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai in the summer of 2022 becoming the first ridesharing company to offer the convenience of cashless operations to driver partners at this airport.
Renowned Nuclear Physicist GE Aerospace’s Indian supply Light Up Your Diwali CeleDr. Anil Kakodkar to speak at chain grows to 13 companies brations This Year with These established an assembly line Healthy and Delicious Recipes Manipal Institute of Technol- Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad hasfor GE’s LM2500 marine engine that power India’s newest first As it prepares to participate in signifies the triumph of light over ogy, Manipal India’s DefExpo this week, GE indigenous aircraft carrier, the darkness and also symbolizes new He will be providing his insights on “Relevance of nuclear energy in achieving net zero CO2 emission”
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beginnings. Every year, Diwali sees friends and family coming together to celebrate, and the aroma of scrumptious food begins to waft out of every kitchen. This Diwali, California walnuts recommends a few yummy dishes that you can cook for your loved ones this year, with a touch of added nutrition, thanks to the presence of walnuts. Filled with nutrients that support the heart, brain, and gut walnuts are a very healthy food choice. They also bring in an element of festive cheer to all kinds of dishes.
20%* off on making charges of Gold & on Diamond jewellery value. Celebrate the festive season with Tanishq and bring home prosperity & happiness with these offers. Offer for a limited time period only. For more details on offers, please contact the Tanishq store nearest to you or visit www. tanishq.co.in. Festivities are meant to be celebrated with vigour and grandeur. Soak in the festive fervour with Tanishq’s exclusive festive collection ‘Alekhya’. Reminisce the beauty of ageold, rich Indian art forms as the magnificent ‘Alekhya’ collection
takes its inspiration from the most notable Miniature and Pichwai paintings. The stunning festive collection reimagines royal splendour, and showcases the inspiration from Indian paintings which have been designed into stunning contemporary jewellery pieces. This year’s, Tanishq’s festive collection is a one-of-a-kind that exude intricate craftsmanship and vivid hues, much like the ancient art form. Alekhya is a seamless blend of intricacy, heritage and traditional designs with modern sensibilities by giving new life to craftsmanship.
This Dhanteras, indulge in the festive fervour with precious jewellery from Amazon Fashion Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Dhanteras, the festival of prosperity and wealth, will be celebrated this year on October 23. Dhan means wealth, and Teras means the 13th day. This day, also known as Dhanatrayodashi, marks the beginning of the five-day Diwali festival. People buy brass, silver, and gold items on this day because it is thought to be a symbol of wealth and prosperity and bring good luck. Exquisite earrings, diamond bracelets, gold coins, and more, Amazon Fashion offers a range of authentic jewellery items for you to make this Dhanteras
memorable. Buying something as valuable as gold is an investment in itself, so make sure to check for the hallmark, including the BIS stamp, hallmarking year and jeweller’s identity mark. To know the purity of the gold that you are purchasing, check If it is 24 karat or 22 karat 22 parts gold, 2 parts additional metals. Choose from trustworthy brands such as Senco Golds, Joyalukkas, PC Jewellers, Malabar Gold and Diamonds, Mia by Tanishq, Giva, PC Chandra, Candere by Kalyan Jewellers, Mellora among others, to mark the auspicious occasion and ring in Diwali this year.
Actors share happiness to make Diwali extra special!
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Diwali brings renewed hope and happiness. It symbolises the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. TV actors Aayudh Bhanushali (Krishna, Doosri Maa), Yogesh Tripathi (Daroga Happu Singh, Happu Ki Ultan Paltan), and Shubhangi Atre (Angoori Bhabi, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai) share their Diwali plans with excitement to make the festival extra special. Aayudh Bhanushali, who essays Krishna in &TV show Doosri Maa, says, “Diwali is my favourite time of the year. Apart from getting new clothes and gifts, I feel excited about eating the variety of farsans and sweets made
by Dadi (grandmother). She makes traditional delicacies like Besan ka ladoo, God pappadi, churma ladoo, chakli, chivda, and namakpara as snacks. Our day on Diwali starts with a beautiful Rangoli made by my mother and aunts at the entrance of our house to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, followed by a Laxmi pujan in the evening and bursting crackers with my cousins. My family do not allow me to burn noisy crackers, so we stick to fuljhadi and anaar. This Diwali will be extra special as I will also celebrate the festival it with my Doosri Maa family in Jaipur. I ve heard a lot about the Pink Citys Diwali celebrations. There are some popular places that are decorated amazingly for the occasion, like Jal Mahal, Johri Bazar, and Nahargarh Fort, etc., and I am very much excited to visit these places. My grandparents always tell me that your Diwali is incomplete if you dont help people in need and make their Diwali special.
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