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Banerjee on Wednesday issued a clarion call to all opposition parties of the country to form a united front to fight against BJP and to “save democracy” in India Agency News: Kolkata The Pegasus controversy doesn’t seem to end anytime soon as the opposition continues to target the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief
“Entire Responsibility Is Of Government”: Akhilesh Yadav On Oxygen Deaths Agency News: New Delhi
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Priyanka Gandhi Slams Centre Over ‘No Oxygen Deaths’ Statement Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Centre over its statement that there were no deaths due to lack of oxygen during the Covid second wave, alleging that the fatalities happened because the government increased oxygen exports in the pandemic year and did not arrange tankers to transport it. The Centre on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were “specifically reported” by states and union territories during the second COVID-19 wave that hit the country. Hitting out at the government, Priyanka Gandhi said, “”No death due to lack of oxygen’’: Central Government. The deaths happened because -- in the pandemic year, the government increased oxygen exports by about 700 per cent.” 16 Killed In Central China Flood; Situation “Extremely Severe” At least 16 people have died after torrential rains caused landslides and flooded a city in central China, with shocking images showing passengers struggling against chest-high water inside a train carriage. As river embankments were breached in record downpours across Henan province, President Xi Jinping described the situation as “extremely severe” with flood control measures entering a “critical stage”, state media reported Wednesday. Around 200,000 city residents were evacuated, local government officials said, as soldiers led rescue efforts in Zhengzhou -- a city of over 10 million people -- where days of rain have inundated the streets and subway. The rainfall in the region was the heaviest since recordkeeping began 60 years ago, with Zhengzhou seeing the equivalent of a year’s average rainfall in just three days.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today joined the ranks of opposition parties slamming the government over its statement on oxygen in parliament yesterday. The statement -- that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were reported by states and Union Territories during the second COVID-19 wave -- has generated huge political backlash that echoed in parliament.“When people were desperate for oxygen, the BJP government could do nothing,” Akhilesh Yadav said in the evening.“The people who died struggling for the oxygen, the entire responsibility is of the government. The government saying there was no oxygen shortage, this is the biggest lie of the BJP,” said the former Chief Minster of Uttar Pradesh, whose successor, the BJP’s Yogi Adityanatha had also denied any oxygen shortage in his state. But later, mass graves on the banks.
Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she cannot talk to Sharad Pawar or any other opposition leaders as her phone is being tapped.Addressing a rally, she accused the central government of trying to make the country a ‘surveillance nation’.Banerjee requested the Supreme Court to take cognizance of the alleged espionage scandal targeting politicians, activists, journalists etc using Pegasus spyware. She told the opposition parties that everyone will have to come together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections I know that my phone is being tapped. All opposition leaders know that
their phones are being tapped. I cannot talk to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar or other opposition leaders or chief ministers because the Center is spying on us. But by spying on us, they will not be able to survive in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” she said. Accusing the Modi government of failing to handle the second wave of Covid, Mamta said that the BJP will have to be defeated at any cost. She thanked the leaders of Congress, NCP, Samajwadi Party (SP), Shiv Sena and many other parties for digitally joining her rally from Delhi. Significantly, on this day in 1993 in Kolkata, 13 people were killed in police firing
on Youth Congress workers who had gathered in a rally against the then Left Front government. Banerjee was in Congress at that
Collective leadership, no CM candidate in Karnataka: Congress’ DK Shivakumar Agency News: New Delhi Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar said on Monday his party will not project any chief ministerial face for the next Assembly election in the state and there was no rift within the grand old party. Stating that there
BJP leader Sadananda Gowda says ‘no chance’ for leadership change in Karnataka “I don’t think there is any truth in the ongoing discussion about the leadership change,” Sadananda Gowda said. Agency News: New Delhi Former Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday denied any leadership change in Karnataka saying the BJP’s central leadership is pleased with how the Covid-19 pandemic was handled by the BS Yediyurappa government. Gowda’s remarks came after similar
time. In the memory of those 13 workers, Trinamool Congress celebrates Shaheed Diwas every year on this day.
will be a collective leadership, Shivakumar said he only had political differences with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal- Secular (JD-S). Shivakumar’s statement came a day after Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, both of whom are in Delhi.
(Friday) and BJP president JP Nadda the next day. He then denied allegations about his resignation and said that the meeting was only to discuss issues related to the state. He also said that he would visit Delhi again to meet with the leaders in the first week of August. Gowda, a former Karnataka chief minister himself, further said that there were no reasons to remove Yediyurappa.
Nearly 60 Congress MLAs turn up at Sidhu’s Amritsar home Sidhu and Amarinder Singh has been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases. Agency News: New Delhi In what is seen as a show of strength, nearly 60 Congress MLAs gathered at the residence of new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu here on Wednesday, amid a suspense over a possible truce between him and CM Amarinder Singh. The Congress has 80 MLAs in the state Assembly.Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases. The chief minister was
also averse to his appointment as the state Congress chief. After Sidhu’s elevation, the CM had said that he won’t meet him until the cricketerturned-politician apologises for his “derogatory” tweets against him. Among the ministers who reached here were Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria besides outgoing state unit chief Sunil Jakhar. The MLAs joined by Sidhu boarded luxury buses and went to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, where a large number of Congress supporters gathered.
“No Need To Panic”: AIIMS Chief Says Human-To-Human Bird Flu Transmission Rare AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria’s remark came after a 12-year-old boy from Haryana, who was infected with the bird flu virus, recently died at AIIMS Delhi. Agency News: New Delhi
denials by Yediyurappa and the party’s state unit.“I don’t think there is any truth in the ongoing discussion about the leadership change because these are the decisions which are taken by our central level leaders keeping in view the political situation in the states,” he told reporters in Bengaluru, according to news agency PTI. Yediyurappa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on July 16
Deepika Padukone on going public with depression diagnosis: ‘Initially, I felt we were being hush-hush about it’
As the country reported the first confirmed case of human death due to avian influenza, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus is very rare and there is no need to panic.However, there is a need to do contact tracing and also take samples and look for any poultry deaths in the area from where the child who died due to the virus was residing, the AIIMS
director told PTI.A 12-yearold boy from Haryana, who was infected with the H5N1 virus, recently died at AIIMS Delhi. The National Institute of Virology, Pune had confirmed the infection, Dr Guelria said. “The transmission of the virus
from birds to humans is rare and sustained human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus has not yet been established and therefore there is no need to panic. “But then people working closely with poultry must take precautionary measures and maintain proper personal hygiene,” Dr Guleria said. Dr Neeraj Nischal, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at AIIMS, said avian influenza or bird flu is predominately a zoonosis, and there is no evidence of sustained humanto-human transmission so far. “Although few isolated family clusters have been reported, transmission.
Weather Office Predicts Heavy Rainfall In Mumbai, Issues “Red Alert” Mumbai rain alert: An IMD official said there’ll be widespread rains over Konkan and central Maharashtra as well, and Marathwada region is also expected to receive showers till Thursday. Agency News: Mumbai The Regional Meteorological Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a “red alert” for Mumbai, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in the country’s financial capital on Wednesday. Earlier, the MeT office had sounded an “orange alert”, but it is now been changed to “red alert” for Wednesday
because of the “favourable synoptic conditions”, Dr Jayant Sarkar, head of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Mumbai said. Heavy rains had battered the metropolis on Sunday and Monday as well. “There are two favourable synoptic situations for heavy to very heavy rains in Mumbai today and in the next few days. The offshore trough, spread from south Gujarat coast to Karnataka is expected
to increase the intensity of showers,” Mr Sarkar said. The second factor is the “shear zone” (referring to wind patterns) developed over Mumbai and the neighbouring region, he said. Mr Sarkar said there will be widespread rainfall over Konkan and central Maharashtra as well. The Marathwada region is also expected to receive widespread showers till Thursday and the rain intensity is likely to reduce
subsequently, he said There is an off-shore trough running between Maharashtra and Karnataka, which generally carries moisture-laden westerly winds from the Arabian Sea to land, another official from the MeT office said. In addition to it, there
is an east-west “shear zone cutting across Maharashtra” and it has been adding to the prevailing favourable monsoon conditions, he said. “These two synoptic systems are leading to very heavy rain over Konkan, Goa and central Maharashtra.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Pegasus Expose Shows Full Complicity Of Modi Govt In Surveillance The Pegasus expose has brought a very significant political issue in the public domain for painstaking discourse that if all the democratic institutions had not been crushed and allowed to perform their democratic roles in the defined constitutional manner and the bureaucracy had not been inactivated, should Narendra Modi had won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. After three years of the 2019 election this issue has been shaken out of the Himalayan caves by the expose of the report prepared by Pegasus, at the directives of the Israel’s secret agency, NSO. An insight into the expose makes it explicit that every institution was made to compromise and crinkle, whether it was election commission, or the Supreme Court the body which is the last destination to get justice, or the media. These bodies were placed under surveillance. It is worth mentioning that in those days Ashok Lavasha was the third EC. During the campaigning Modi had called upon the first time voters, the youths, to vote to register their protest against killing of security personnel in Pulwama. Modi was criticised for this call. While two other ECs supported him, Lavasha disagreed. In fact his disagreement cost his family members dear. They were hounded by the ED, IT and other agencies. Incidentally Pegasus was also spying on Lavasha. The Pegasus even spied on the opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his eight close aides including Alankar Sawai. Gandhi had been consistently posing electoral challenge to him. It is worth recalling that at one stage Rahul was getting the attention and support of the people. Pegasus even spied on election strategist Prashant Kishor. This was the time when many important political and defence issues like Tin Talak, CAA, 370 were dominating the national scenario. Rafale deal was a highly debated issue. The journalists who were chasing these stories including appointment of Jay Shah, son ofBJP leader Amit Shah as the secretary of the BCCI and Nikhil Merchant were also on the list. In fact the journalists who are known for raising dissenting voices were targeted. They include Wire’s founder-editors Siddharth Varadarajan and MK Venu, diplomatic editor Devirupa Mitra, Wire journalist Rohini Singh, columnist Prem Shankar Jha, and journalist Swati Chaturvedi. The list also includes former editor of Economics and Political Weekly Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. It is quite interesting to watch that the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, who has been holding the brief and defending the Modi government on the floor of Lok Sabha on the opening day of Monsoon session, was one of the two ministers under surveillance. The other minister is Prahalad Singh. Though Ashwini in his reply described the story “sensational”, and an attempt “to malign Indian democracy and its well established institutions”, he has no answer to the clarification of Pegasus that it sold the equipment to the countries. India was one of the countries which had bought the services. Like him the former IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad too had also denied the complicity of the Modi government. In fact the services and equipment were used between 2017 and 2019. During those years Ranjan Gogoi was the Chief Justice of India and he had given verdict in the matter of Ram Mandir, 370, NRC and many other important issues. Incidentally all his orders were to the likes of Modi. The investigation by the Guardian, the Wire and 15 other media organisations suggests widespread and continuing abuse of NSO’s hacking spyware, Pegasus, which the company insists is only intended for use against criminals and terrorists. It admits to sell equipment only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies in 40 countries, and also claims that it rigorously vets its customers’ human rights records before allowing them to use its spy tools. The fact of the matter is human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO In India never in the past any operation of this nature and character was carried out by any government. Even a person like Indira Gandhi had relied on the IB for the feedback and actions. Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based non-profit media organisation, and Amnesty International initially had access to the leaked list and shared access - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara with media partners.
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No Muslim will face any setback due to CAA, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat The citizenship law is will provide protection to persecuted minorities in the neighbouring countries, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief underlined. Agency News: Guwahati RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is in Assam on a two-day visit, said on Wednesday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have nothing to do with the HinduMuslim divide and communal narrative surrounding the two issues were being peddled by some to gain political mileage. He further emphasised that no Muslim will face any loss due to the citizenship law. “After
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Two BJP workers, their PSOs held for Professor arrested for making derogatory refaking militant attack in Kupwara Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, the party’s IT cell in charge for Kupwara, had faked the attack in connivance with party’s district spokesperson Basharat Ahmad and the PSOs, the police said. Agency News: New Delhi J&K POLICE have arrested two BJP workers and their two personal security officers (PSOs) for allegedly faking a militant attack in Kupwara district last week. The BJP workers had faked the attack to get enhanced security, the police said on Tuesday.Ishfaq
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Shahyaar Ali surrendered before Additional Sessions Judge Anurag Kumar and moved interim bail application. Ahmad Mir, the party’s IT cell in charge for Kupwara, had faked the attack in connivance with party’s district spokesperson Basharat Ahmad and the PSOs, the police said. The BJP said it has suspended Ishfaq’s father Mohammad Shafi Mir, who is the party district president for Kupwara, till the probe into the matter is over. A senior police officer told “We are coming up with full details of the incident in a day or two.” Late on July
16 evening, there were reports of a militant attack on Ishfaq while he was distributing relief in Gulgam village of Kupwara. He had claimed that he was wounded in the attack as one of the bullets hit his arm. Soon, however, the police ruled out a militant attack and said a bullet was accidentally fired by one of Ishfaq’s security personnel and the other security man, taking it for a militant attack, fired some warning shots.
Agency News: New Delhi The professor, who allegedly made derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on Facebook, was on Tuesday sent to jail after he surrendered himself before the magistrate at a local court here. Shahyaar Ali surrendered before
Agency News: New Delhi Kickstarting the formal process for building six conventional submarines indigenously under the Project 75 India or P-75I, the government issued a Request for Proposal (RPF) to the
Khattar blames Congress of hatching Pegasus controversy to derail Parliament session
Taking on his new role with fervour, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday called party lawmakers at his residence in Amritsar in a symbolic show of support. The former cricketerturned-politician’s aides said that more than 60 MLAs will reach his residence to support him.In early visuals emerging from Punjab Congress chief’s Amritsar house, party MLAs were seen filling Sidhu’s residence. By noon, at least 40 lawmakers had turned up at Sidhu’s house. The MLAs supporting Sidhu were ferried to the Golden Temple in Amritsar in luxury buses. Sidhu assumed the charge of the Punjab unit.
two selected Indian Strategic Partners (SP) on Tuesday. The two Indian shortlisted companies are Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), who will have to bid for the project in partnership with one each of the five foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) The Defence Acquisition Council had approved the issuing of the RFP on June 4. The project is worth Rs 43,000 crore and will
be the first, across services, under the strategic partnership model, which was promulgated in 2017 to boost indigenous defence manufacturing. The Defence Ministry mentioned in a statement on Tuesday that the project is for six Air-Independent Propulsion or AIP-fitted conventional submarines. AIP allows submarines to stay underwater longer than the conventional diesel-electric propulsion systems.
ICMR’s 4th sero survey: Over 67% population has Covid antibodies
Calling The Wire a Left-backed platform, Khattar said, “The Pegasus conspiracy came to the fore on July 18, just one day before the Parliament session began, through The Wire, which is a Leftist publication and a nexus of Leftists.” Agency News: Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday targeted Congress and The Wire for trying to derail the proceedings of the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament by floating the Pegasus phone tapping controversy.In a press conference, he said, “For the
ongoing session, it was decided to discuss various schemes for women, youth and backward classes but Congress always has a target of getting involved with certain forces to derail the proceedings whenever there is a possibility of a good thing.” Questioning the timing of the controversy, Khattar said, “Their (Congress) timing is always set. When they see they
have nothing else to debate on, they indulge in such things and hatch a conspiracy with the support of foreign forces.” Calling The Wire a Leftbacked platform, he said, “The Pegasus conspiracy came to the fore on July 18, just one day
before the Parliament session began, through The Wire, which is a Leftist publication and a nexus of Leftists.” Responding to a question that 17 media organisations have jointly released the findings about Pegasus, Khattar said.
Opposition MPs to ‘gherao’ Parliament to protest farm laws: OP Chautala independence, the first prime minister of the country had said that minorities will be taken care of, and that has been done so far. We will continue to do so. No Muslim will face any loss due to CAA,” Bhagwat said after launching a book here, titled ‘Citizenship debate over NRC and CAA-Assam and the Politics of History’. The citizenship law is will provide protection to persecuted minorities in the neighbouring countries, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief underlined.“We reach out to the majority communities, too, in these countries during a calamity… So if there are some who wish to come to our country due to threats and fear.
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Govt issues RFP for the six AIP submarines under P-75I The Defence Ministry said the project is for six Air-Independent Propulsion or AIPfitted conventional submarines. AIP allows submarines to stay underwater longer than the conventional diesel-electric propulsion systems.
Genelia D’Souza, known for her vivacious personality, is looking stellar in the pristine white gown.
Additional Sessions Judge Anurag Kumar and moved interim bail application The judge cancelled the jail plea after which the professor was sent to jail. Firozabad Police had booked Ali, head of History department at SRK College, in March for an allegedly obscene Facebook post against the women and child development minister.
Navjot Sidhu holds show of support, takes MLAs to Golden Temple in luxury bus
OP Chautala has been visiting protest sites to extend his support and also paid a visit to Palwal in Haryana Agency News: New Delhi Former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala said parliamentarians of opposition parties will gather outside the Parliament on July 22 to protest against the Centre’s contentious
farm laws. “Opposition MPs will gherao Parliament tomorrow in protest against the three black laws and create such a situation that would force the government to repeal these laws,”The Indian National
Lok Dal (INLD) supremo was visiting the Delhi-Ghazipur border to support the ongoing farmers protest “These laws should be withdrawn. India is an agriculture-based country. Agriculture is the backbone
of the Indian economy. This agitation is not only for farmers and labourers but for the entire nation, quoted Chautala as saying. Chautala was released from prison earlier this month after serving a 10-year sentence in a teacher recruitment scam. He has been visiting protest sites to extend his support and also paid a visit to Palwal in Haryana. Addressing a farmers’ gathering in Palwal, “Our country is primarily an agrarian one. If farmers are happy, then the country is prosperous, if they are not happy, the nation cannot progress,” Prime Minister VP Singh and Chandra Sekhar, Chaudhary Devi Lal, for dedicating his life to working for farmers.
Sharp rise from 3rd sero surveyAs many as 28,975 persons were tested for antibodies against SARS-CoV2 virus. The sample also covered minors above the age of 6, the first time that they have been studied Agency News: New Delhi The results of the fourth sero survey, conducted across the country, are out. And, they are quite encouraging. As per the results, 67.6 per cent, or roughly two-thirds, of the population above the age of 6 have developed antibodies against coronavirus, the government has said.The results of the fourth sero survey, conducted by ICMR in June-end and early July, were announced by the government on Monday. The period of study was when the second wave of the pandemic
had begun to subside.Sharp rise from 3rd sero surveyAs many as 28,975 persons were tested for antibodies against SARSCoV2 virus. The sample also covered minors above the age of 6, the first time that they have been studied.Of these, antibodies were found in 67.6 per cent of the sample. This is a sharp rise from the results of the third sero survey conducted in December 2020 and January 2021. Of those studied, less than 25 per cent had developed the antibodies. The first sero survey, conducted in May-June last year, had found 0.7 per cent people with the antibodies, while the second one in August-September had 7.1 per cent.The higher prevalence of antibodies in the populations means the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, when it strikes, may not be as severe as the second one. Seen together with the vaccination figures, these results provide further reassurance that, with some caution, we might be able to tide over the crisis without the disasters that the country had witnessed in April-May.While the results of the sero survey are encouraging, health experts have warned.
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Dravid gives impeccable speech after India’s win in 2nd ODI, BCCI shares video
Agency News: New Delhi Rahul Dravid gave an incredible speech in the dressing room after India came back from a difficult situation to pull off a stunning win in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo. BCCI shared the video of post-match scenes in the Indian dressing room, where Dravid was addressing all the young Indian cricketers.Dravid said it was a fantastic effort to
beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets but he wouldn’t have minded had India lost this match. The fight that India showed towards the end, is what mattered the most to him.“We obviously finished on the right side of the result… It was fantastic. Even if we did not finish on the right side, it’s the fight that was absolutely important. Well done to all of you,” Dravid said in a video shared by the BCCI on its Twitter handle.
IOC hopes spectators can attend Beijing Games The IOC official monitoring preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games says he hopes spectators from all over the world will be allowed to travel to China watch the next Olympics in person. Agency News: New Delhi The IOC official monitoring preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games says he hopes spectators from all over the world will be allowed to travel to China
watch the next Olympics in person. After much back and forth, fans, both local and foreign, were not allowed to physically attend the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games, dampening the normal festive atmosphere typical in cities hosting the event. Instead, many Japanese and health experts are fearful that
that the Olympic Games will serve as a ‘super-spreader’ event and increase virus cases in Japan even more. Chinese officials organising the Winter Games have said health and safety of all those taking part has been a top concern and consideration as they enter the final stage of organising them.
LaLiga will have more Olympians in Tokyo than any other league goalscoring wide man Marco Asensio and the Euro 2020 stars Unai Simón, Eric García, Pau Torres, Mikel Oyarzabal, Dani Olmo and Pedri. Pedri even comes into the Olympics after being named the Euro 2020 Young Player of the Tournament.In addition to the 20 Spaniards, there are another 10 LaLiga players at the tournament representing other countries.
In addition to the 20 Spaniards, there are another 10 LaLiga players at the tournament representing other countries in the Tokyo Olympics. Agency News: Tokyo The men’s football tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is about to get under way, with all 16 teams beginning their quests for gold
House nod for extra spending of Rs 1.87 lakh crore sought Agency News: New Delhi Three weeks after rolling out a relief package to mitigate the Covid blow, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday sought Parliamentary clearance for a gross additional spending of Rs 1.87 lakh crore during the current fiscal. However, the net cash outgo has been reined in at just Rs 23,675 crore, as a substantial chunk (Rs 1,63,527 crore) of the extra spending will be met through savings from expenditure compression across several.
on July 22nd. Spain are one of the favourites to win the gold medal and Luis de la Fuente’s squad is packed with exciting young LaLiga talent, as 20 members of his 22-man squad played their football in LaLiga Santander or
LaLiga Smartbank last season. Some of the most high-profile members of the Spain Olympics team include Getafe’s dynamic winger Marc Cucurella, Real Sociedad’s midfield metronome Mikel Merino, Real Madrid’s
Pensioners, senior citizens can get Life Certificate from nearest post office “Senior citizens can now easily avail the benefit of Jeevan Praman services at the nearest post office CSC counter,” the India Post shared the news on Twitter on July 15. Agency News: New Delhi The India Post, which is the government’s operated postal system, announced that pensioners and all other senior citizens will soon be able to get their Life Certificate or Jeevan Praman from the nearest post office. This is being seen as a major relief and help for both pensioners and senior citizens, who are not so well versed
with technology and had to visit their banks to obtain their Life Certificate, according to a report by Livemint. “Senior citizens can now easily avail the benefit of Jeevan Pramaan services at the nearest post office CSC counter,” the India Post shared the news on Twitter on July 15. The Livemint report added that this proposal would enable around 6 million central government pensioners and a
Bank investments in IPOs hit a four-year high
Flush with liquidity and with few takers for loans, banks and financial institutions have dialled up their investments in initial public offerings (IPO) through the qualified institutional buyer (QIB) route, touching a four-year high so far in 2021. According to a Mint analysis based on data sourced from Prime Database, banks and financial institutions almost doubled their investments in IPOs to ₹870 crore this year
from ₹461 crore in 2019. And last year, even though the primary market stagnated for over six months due to Covid-related uncertainties, banks and financial institutions pumped in ₹698 crore into IPOs. In 2017, which saw record funds raised via IPOs, banks and financial institutions had parked a whopping ₹4,548 crore through the QIB route. Data showed that so far in 2021, IPOs have raised ₹27,417 crore against ₹26,108 crore last year, ₹11,036 crore
in 2019 and ₹30,615 crore in 2018, respectively. The analysis excludes anchor investments and IPOs launched by government-run companies such as Garden Reach, MSTC, RVNL, IRCTC, Mazagon Dock and Lithika Infrastructure. Banks have been investing in IPOs through their treasury books over the past many years. Most banks take an internal approval for ₹300-500 crore.
or have the certificate issued by the authority where the pensioner had served earlier and have it delivered to the disbursing agency. “This very requirement of personally being present in front of the disbursing agency or getting a life certificate often becomes a major hurdle.
LIC Housing Fin, Barbeque Nation preferential issues under Sebi scrutiny Agency News: New Delhi
According to a Mint analysis based on data sourced from Prime Database, banks and financial institutions almost doubled their investments in IPOs to ₹870 crore this year from ₹461 crore in 2019. Agency News: New Delhi
similar number of pensioners in states, Union Territories (UTs) and other government agencies The official website of Jeevan Pramaan states that in order to get the life certificate, the individual drawing the pension is required to either present himself or herself before the Pension Disbursing Agency
After PNB Housing Finance, two more companies — LIC Housing Finance and restaurant chain Barbeque Nation Hospitality — are under regulatory scrutiny for not appointing an independent valuer while making preferential allotment of shares. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the market regulator, had asked stock exchanges to get an explanation from these companies why they did not obtain a valuation report from a registered independent valuer while pricing their preferential allotment. LIC Housing has approached the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on the issue of 4.5
crore preferential shares to its parent company, LIC. The company has been asked to explain by the bourses how it arrived at the decision to fix the issue price for the preference shares at Rs 514.25 apiece for allotting 4,54,00,000 equity shares to LIC. Sebi had earlier asked PNB Housing about the rationale behind share price valuation while allotting Rs 4,000 crore preferential issue to Carlyle group. While the PNB issue is also pending with the SAT, Sebi had indicated that the role of PNB board in the preferential issue will be probed. According to a stock exchange filing by Barbeque Nation, as the agenda item No 1 — relating to the preferential issue.
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s latest Instagram post is a proof of the fact that he is preparing hard for his role in his most anticipated film ‘Tiger 3’.Taking to Instagram, Salman posted a video of his workout session at a gym. In the clip, he can be seen working on his bicpes. “I think this guy is training for Tiger 3,” Salman captioned the video. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s latest Instagram post is a proof of the fact that he is preparing hard for his role in his most anticipated film ‘Tiger 3’.
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD Supriya Pathak calls her stepson Shahid Kapoor ‘our main anchor’, reveals Mira Rajput is ‘a great cook’ She has called Shahid ‘our main anchor’. Supriya has also praised Shahid’s wife Mira Rajput. Agency News: Mumbai Actor Supriya Pathak has called her stepson, actor Shahid Kapoor, the ‘main anchor’ of the family. Supriya also praised the cooking skills of Shahid’s wife, Mira Rajput. Supriya Pathak is the wife of Pankaj Kapur,
who was earlier married to actor Neliima Azeem. Shahid Kapoor is the son of Pankaj and Neliima. about Shahid and her children talking about movies, Supriya said, “Of course! Shahid is their brother. He is their elder brother bhai! He is an integral part of the family. He is our main anchor.
Urmila Matondkar wishes Naseeruddin Shah with throwback pic from Masoom
It is natural. They are siblings. So, they are constantly around each other. They are like any other siblings. We are a normal family.” About Mira Rajput, Supriya said, “She is a great cook. She makes lovely appam and stew and Khao Suey. So yes, I have tasted her haath ka khaana (food she made). But sadly, I don’t know how to click photos.
Rajinikanth begins shooting for Annaatthe in Chennai
Urmila Matondkar took to Twitter on Tuesday to wish actor Naseeruddin Shah on his 71st birthday.
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Agency News: Mumbai Actor Urmila Matondkar has shared a picture on Twitter to wish veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah on his birthday. Naseer turned 71 on Tuesday. Urmila shared a throwback picture from their 1983 movie, Masoom. Urmila played Naseer’s daughter in the movie, which also starred Shabana Azmi and Jugal Hansraj. “Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Naseer uncle #naseeruddinshah,” she wrote with the photo. Urmila and Naseer’s fans on Twitter showered them with love. “Naseeruddin
Shah is a force to reckon with in Indian cinema, and to talk about his body of work in one piece will perhaps be too limiting. The onscreen icon who is nearing five decades in the industry, and has inspired generations of actors,” wrote one. “My first movie on a first day first show in a theater and the memories are still fresh, be it the music, the story, the lyrics, the actors, directors, what a absolute wonder, thank you and many happy returns of the day.
Deepika Padukone on going public with depression diagnosis: ‘Initially, I felt we were being hush-hush about it’ Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone mainstreamed the discourse around mental illness by opening up about her battle with depression in 2015. It was unheard of for a successful movie star to admit that she wasn’t feeling well mentally. Six years later, Deepika shares that the decision to speak about her mental health in public wasn’t immediate.During a Clubhouse session, the actor said she and people around her were conscious of not letting her health issues become public and hence were “scared” about which therapist to trust.“At that point, when I went through the entire experience, I felt like we were being extremely hushhush about everything. We didn’t want my name to go out. We were scared about which therapist to reach out to and who’s going to keep this information confidential. At that point, I went with the flow because I wanted help,” Deepika said. The actor added that it was only months later that she felt her handling of the issue wasn’t convincing.
Superstar Rajinikanth has resumed shooting for his upcoming film Annaatthe in Chennai. He was spotted stepping out of a vanity van parked at the Forum Mall in Vadapalani in the city. According to reports, director Siva has planned a two-day shoot in Chennai. After completing it, the film’s crew along with Rajinikanth will fly to Kolkata for the film’s final schedule. The post-production will continue in full swing after that as the producers of the film have already announced its release date. If everything goes according to plan, the film will hit screens on the Deepavali holiday this year.
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Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Two young men from the tribal belt of Dang in Gujarat, who were kept under detention at Chikhli Police Station of Navsari district on suspicions of vehicle theft, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at the police
Covid-19: 29 new cases in Gujarat; 4.12 lakh vaccinated in 24 hours
There were 411 active cases in the state, of which 5 were on ventilator and 406 were stable Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar Amid the decline in number of daily cases of Covid-19, the vaccination figures are improving now, with 4.12 lakh persons vaccinated on Tuesday.Gujarat reported 29 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours ending Tuesday evening. No death was reported in 24 hours. The state has so far reported 8,24,546 cases. The death toll stands at 10,076.There were 411 active cases in the state, of which 5 were on ventilator and 406 were stable.No new case in 20 districtsVadodara reported 7 cases, of which 4 were in the rural parts. Ahmedabad reported 6
cases and Surat 4, all in the city areas. The rural parts of Jamnagar and Junagadh reported 2 and 1 cases respectively. Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar and Rajkot did not have any new case. Among municipalities, Dahod reported 2 while Banaskantha, Dangs, Gir Somnath, Kutch, Navsari, Sabarkantha and Surendranagar reported 1 case each. No case was reported in Amreli, Anand, Aravalli, Bharuch, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Devbhumi Dwarka, Kheda, Mahisagar, Mehsana, Morbi, Narmada, Panchmahals, Patan, Porbandar, Tapi and Valsad. As many as 61 patients recovered from the infection during the day. Till now, a total of 8,14,059 have recovered till now. The recovery rate was 98.73 per cent, according to the health department.The state government seems to be regaining the momentum that it had achieved when the nation-wide vaccination drive was launched.
Ncc Cadets From Gujarat Dedicate Their Creativity To The Kargil War Heroes
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In a brief ceremony held at Headquarters Northern Command, Lieutenant General YK Joshi, UYSM, AVSM, VrC, SM, ADC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command received around 30,000 cards made by NCC cadets of Gujarat with the spirit of patriotism to inspire the soldiers deployed along the Line of Control, Line of Actual Control and the hinterland in the UTs of J&K and Ladakh. The
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Duo picked up for motorcycle theft found dead inside police station The families of the victim refused to accept the bodies and demanded a forensic investigation in the case, alleging foul play
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cards arrived at Udhampur on 20 Jul 2021, escorted by NCC personnel from Gujarat and were presented to the Northern Army Commander. While speaking at the cards presentation ceremony, Lieutenant General YK Joshi, UYSM, AVSM, VrC, SM, ADC commended the spirit of patriotism exhibited by the people of Gujarat in general and the NCC Cadets in particular through a novel and innovative way of telling the soldiers on the line of duty that the nation supports them with heart and soul.
station Wednesday morning, causing outrage among the tribal community. According to police, the men, who were suspects in a motorcycle theft case, allegedly hung themselves with an electric cable attached to a computer system in the computer room of the Chikhli Police Station and their bodies were reportedly “found” Wednesday morning by the police team. The families of the victim refused to accept the bodies and demanded a forensic investigation in the case, alleging foul play. Wednesday afternoon, dozens of people from the tribal community surrounded Chikhli police station in protest and refuted the police theory. The duo was identified as Sunil Pawar (19), a native of Dodipada village under Vaghai taluka of Dang and Ravi Jadav (19), a native of Vaghai taluka of Dang. According to police, the two were detained by Navsari police on Tuesday evening from their residence in Dang and brought to Chikhli police station allegedly for investigation into a motorcycle theft case. “The
two persons were not officially arrested and we had brought them for interrogation at the police station as they were
suspects. The two were kept in the computer room of the police station Tuesday night and around 8:30am, when the
The pipeline that will pass through the Wild Ass Sanctuary in Gujarat is expected to fulfil the crude oil needs of the refinery which will import through Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) at Mundra.
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Tuesday held an public hearing at Rapar for a 487-kilometre long pipeline that will transport crude oil from Mundra port in Kutch district to a proposed refinery and petrochemical complex
of HPCL Rajasthan Refinery in Rajasthan. The pipeline that will pass through the Wild Ass Sanctuary in Gujarat is expected to fulfil the crude oil needs of the refinery which will import through Adani Ports and Special Econ-omic Zone (APSEZ) at Mundra. “The environmental public hearing was needed in Kutch because
Guj HC orders collection of critical Covid patient’s sample as wife wants child
room was opened, we found their bodies hanging from an electric cable of the computer system.
GPCB holds public hearing, ‘no objection’ to 487-km crude oil pipeline project
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After an urgent hearing of a petition filed by the patient’s wife, Justice Ashutosh J Shastri directed the Vadodarabased hospital to conduct the IVF (In vitro fertilisation)/ ART procedure for the collection of his sample and keep it stored in an appropriate place as per medical advice Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
the pipeline of the refinery in Rajasthan was passing through the sanctuary. There was no objection against the project,” said KB Chaudhary, GPCB official who was part of the hearing.
The Gujarat High Court has directed a hospital in Vadodara to conduct an IVF/Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedure for the collection of sample of a critical Covid-19 patient having slim chances
of survival, after his wife expressed the desire to bear his child. The HC issued the order issued on Tuesday, considering it as an “extraordinary urgent situation”. After an urgent hearing of a petition filed by the patient’s wife, Justice Ashutosh J Shastri directed the Vadodara-based hospital to conduct the IVF (In vitro fertilisation)/ART procedure for the collection of his sample and keep it stored in an appropriate place as per medical advice. The petitioner wants to conceive his child through the IVF/ART technology, but the hospital was not allowing this unless she got a court order directing it to collect his sample, her lawyer Nilay Patel said. Hence, she approached the high court.