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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Zydus to roll outits vaccine in Sept LEADING ENGLISH DAILY MORNING NEWSPAPER, AHMEDABAD
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The current production capacity at their existing Ahmedabad plant wasn’t immediately known, but officials said they were readying a stockpile of three to five million doses in the next few days.
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Agency News: New Delhi Zydus Cadila, the Ahmedabad-based company whose coronavirus vaccine was granted emergency approval for use in India on Friday, has said that it expects to begin the supply of the shots by mid-toend September and is aiming to increase production capacity by October.The Zydus shot is the
world’s first DNA-based vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) to be approved for use within a population. The three-shot vaccine is also the first to be cleared for use in children aged 12 and above and is the sixth addition to India’s arsenal in the fight against the pandemic.The company plans to scale up production to 10 million doses a month by October after
it presses a new manufacturing plant into action, said managing director Dr Sharvil Patel. They did not elaborate on the location or details about the new plant. The current production capacity at their existing Ahmedabad plant wasn’t immediately known, but officials said they were readying a stockpile of three to five million doses in the next few days.“We were producing vaccines at a very small scale; now our new plant has been commissioned. We expect for the vaccine supply to start from mid-September or end-September. We expect
MSMEs can now access 9,000 factors to monetise their pending bills: Sitharaman Agency News: New Delhi
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After Hot Spell, Record August Rain In 14 Years After a 10-day dry spell, the national capital on Saturday received 138.8mm rain in 24 hours, the highest single-day rainfall recorded in August in 14 years and the ninth highest since 1961 for the month, according to data by the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD). The bulk of this was the heaviest this season — between 2.30am on Saturday and 8.30am on Saturday.
Time curbs on markets lifted Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday lifted the Covid-induced restrictions on timings to open markets, allowing them to function beyond 8 pm starting Monday.“Till now, because of Covid-19, shops and enterprises in Delhi’s markets were allowed to open till 8pm. In the light of the decline in cases, the timing restriction will be removed from Monday. Markets can now follow their usual working hours,” Kejriwal said in tweet.Covid cases and the test positivity rate have gradually come under control in the city after a devastating surge of April and May that stretched the Capital’s health infrastructure to its limits. On Saturday, Delhi recorded 19 new Covid cases and a positivity rate of 0.03%, against an average of 25,000 cases per day.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the recently enacted factoring regulations have raised the number of factors from nine to 9,000 as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) can now approach several non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to monetise their pending receivables.Referring to the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill that was passed in the monsoon session of Parliament, Sitharaman said the legislation aimed to benefit several MSMEs supplying goods and services to large companies and wait for months to get payments.She was speaking at the launch of the ‘Ubharte Sitaare’ Fund in Lucknow, an initiative of India Exim Bank and Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for exportoriented firms and start-ups. She said MSMEs have options to encash their pending bills through factoring – either with a discount or without any discount. Factoring is a business of acquisition of receivables of assignor by accepting assignment of such receivables or financing, whether by way of making loans or advances or in any other manner against the security interest over any receivables. ‘Ubharte Sitaare’ programme includes a mix of structured support, both financial and advisory services through investments in equity, debt, and technical assistance to Indian companies. Sitaraman also released a study by on “Indian Sports Goods Industry: Strategies for Tapping the Export Potential” that highlighted an untapped export potential of $227.4 million.
to reach the target of 1 crore doses in October,” said Dr Patel at a digital press briefing on Saturday.The latest timeline given by the company means the vaccine maker will miss the deadline of supplying 50 million doses by the end of the year. The central government told the Supreme Court in June that 1.35 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be made available in the country between August and December this year. This included 50 million doses of Zydus’s ZyCoV-D shot, and 300 million doses of BiologicalE’s jab that is still under trial.Patel
said on Saturday that there will be a delay of 45 days and that the firm will reach the 50-million target by January. He added that the delivery delay is because of a delay in commissioning the company’s new plant as the second wave of Covid-19 infections prevented the travel of experts from other countries. The managing director also said that two to three other manufacturers have expressed interest in producing the vaccine, but such a technology transfer can take another three to four months. Since the country’s drive began
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, who formed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s first government in the state in 1991, died of sepsis and multi-organ failure at Lucknow’s Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday, the hospital said in a statement late at night. He was 89.“Former Chief Minister of UP and ExGovernor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Ji breathed his last today. He died due to sepsis and multiorgan failure,” said a statement by the hospital. The BJP stalwart was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit on July 4 due to an infection and reduced consciousness level. Singh, who was accused of criminal conspiracy in the Babri Masjid demolition case for it was during
Agency News: Agartala Agartala : Tripura Congress chief Pijush Kanti Biswas on Saturday resigned from the party post citing “lack of support from the state unit” but withdrew the resignation later in the day after speaking to the party’s state incharge.Biswas’s resignation triggered speculation that he could join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has been trying to make inroads in the state. Earlier in the week, 48-year-old Sushmita Dev quit the Congress to join the Mamata
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his tenure as chief minister that the 16th century mosque was demolished, also served as the Rajasthan governor between 2014 and 2015.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that coming generations will remain forever grateful to Singh for his contributions towards India’s “cultural regeneration”.“Kalyan Singh Ji gave voice to crores of people belonging to the marginalised sections of society.
Centre Has List Of 15 Leaders To Hound Through Agencies: Sisodia Agency News: New Delhi Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that PM Narendra Modi directed agencies such as the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate to “conduct raids and file fake FIRs” against 15 political leaders, including those from AAP, ahead of
next year’s state elections. Sisodia added that Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana was engaged to conduct the probes and raids. AAP “has become Bahut Corrupt Party... Rather than throwing muck at the Centre and the investigating agencies, AAP should come clean...” said BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia.
population by December 31. Till now, nearly half of India’s adult population has received one shot of the vaccine. Another half is still to go.Additionally, Patel said there is no clarity on the price of the Zydus shot but hinted that it may not be very different from the other jabs currently available. “We are yet to have a discussion with the government on procurement... The pricing will depend on the number of doses purchased and the applicator used, however, there isn’t likely to be a huge difference in cost as compared to the other available vaccines.
high command, the expected cooperation was not in Tripura. Even a section of leaders from the party tried to spoil my efforts for the betterment of the party. If I failed to deliver proper results due to lack of cooperation, I did not want to be blamed and that is why I have resigned,” Biswas said earlier on Saturday. However, later in the day, he took back his resignation after holding talks with former Lok Sabha MP and Congress state incharge Ajoy Kumar, who
Biswas said assured to resolve his concerns.“Tripura Congress incharge Ajoy Kumar assured to meet me and solve all the issues that I have mentioned earlier. I had resigned from the party president post and not from the Congress. If the party incharge solves all the issues, then I have no problem. Based on his assurances, I withdrew my resignation letter,” said Biswas. Biswas, a lawyer, helped a team of 23 members of the Indian Political.
Tripura Congress president quits post, later withdraws resignation
Banerjee-led party. “Cooperation and unity are necessary to make Congress strong. Though I got support from the Congress
Kalyan Singh, BJP’s first Rajnath OK’s Def details of planned chief minister in UP, dies procurement to publish online Agency News: Lucknow
in January, daily vaccinations have been patchy, but are now on the rise.A record 8.8 million shots were administered on August 16, the highest one-day figure for the country so far. The seven-day average for daily shots is presently below the peak capacity reached in the past, but has been rising in recent days. About 6.1 million daily doses were given on average in the last seven days, against a crescendo of 6.3 million daily doses for the week ended June 26, data shows.The Union government has set a target of vaccinating India’s entire adult
With the objective of attracting foreign and Indian capital into the local defence industry in a seamless manner, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday approved proposals to publish relevant details of planned procurements on the defence ministry website.Announcing this here, defence ministry officials said this step will propel ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and increase transparency in capital acquisition process.They said the Defence Industry has regularly pitched for providing greater access to the details of planned procurements especially with regard to cost, quantity, offsets, trials and transfer of technology which are being envisaged at the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) stage.To promote ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and provide
more transparency in capital acquisition process, aligning with the aspirations of industry, the defene minister approved a proposal mandating the Service Headquarters to publish the relevant details on the Service Headquarters and the defence ministry website within one week of receipt of approvals. The details shared will be subject to sensitivities keeping the security aspect in mind.This is an important step towards greater transparency and information symmetry and will provide an opportunity to the additional vendors, who did not respond to the Request for Information (RFI) but wish to express interest for receipt of RFP and submission of bid.This timely visibility will enable the industry to plan technology tie-ups with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), initiate the process to set up production lines.
Some heartbreak and a whole lot of celebration Were you watching as a navy spectacle, slam dunks and supreme choices made headlines this week? Agency News: New Delhi Some flowers bloom only at night, some annually and some once in a lifetime. How often does the Neelakurinji, which has created a spectacle on Karnataka’s Mandalapatti hills, bloom?2. Nine judges from across India have been recommended for appointment at the Supreme Court, including three women. But all eyes are on Justice BV Nagarathna of the Karnataka High Court, in
particular, as she could create history by becoming first X. What is X?3. This country went into strict lockdown for the first time in 15 months after it found its first Covid-19 case in six months. It was also its first case of the Delta variant. Bite into a kiwi fruit and name the island nation.4. In an attempt to attract investors, this social media site with over two million content creators.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Modi’s Rural Obsession Camou- 150 Indians detained by Taliban fighters flages Largesse To The Rich on way to airport in Afghan capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi often shrugs off the criticism that the rich have become richer and the poor poorer under his government as political grandstanding by opponents. But every new piece of information that is emerging on various aspects of the economy, particularly relating to money and investment, suggests that the devastation caused by the Covid pandemic, mostly due to mismanagement and the faulty policies of the government, has sidestepped the rich, who continue to flourish under the Modi dispensation. It is one thing for Modi to keep harping on his rural initiatives, expressed in all sorts of acronyms combining the fancy PM adjunct, but the real hard fact is that his policies have benefited the rich most and if anything the poor has become worse off. Reflecting the skewed performance of the economy, the stock markets have been in a frenzy, when the whole country and the majority of its population have gone through one of their worst periods in memory. In stunning contrast to the plight of the people, the IPO scene betrays a total unconcern for the setbacks to the economy. According to calculations by Bloomberg, the amount of money raised in IPOs this year has reached $8.8 billion, already surpassing the totals of the past three years though it’s only August. At the current pace, 2021 would exceed the all-time record of $11.8 billion. Founders, bankers, lawyers and advisers are racing to cash in on fervent demand for fresh public offerings. The performance reflects a boom in favour of start-ups, of which India has emerged as a major hub. Investments in start-ups imply greater risk and this would mean that those who invest in them have a lot of cash surpluses to spare. The paradox is chilling. Leading Asia-Pacific current affairs magazine The Diplomat opened its story on the growing rich-poor divide in India, saying the day Mukesh Ambani became the fourth richest man in the world in October last year also witnessed the tragic incident of a labourer in Madhya Pradesh who had lost his job due to the lockdown killed himself and his three daughters by tying the girls to his waist and jumping into a well. A recent Oxfam report on India’s rich-poor divide made disturbing reading. While noting that India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, the report pointed out how it is also one of the most unequal countries. Inequality has been rising sharply for the last three decades, with the richest having cornered a huge part of the wealth created through crony capitalism and inheritance. They are getting richer at a much faster pace while the poor are still struggling to earn a minimum wage and access quality education and healthcare services, which continue to suffer. With Modi at the helm, this trend has become all the more pronounced. According to the report, the top 10 percent of the population holds 77 percent of the total national wealth while 73 percent of the wealth generated in 2017 went to the richest 1 percent and 67 million Indians who comprise the poorest half of the population saw only a 1 percent increase in their wealth. The number of billionaires has increased from only 9 in 2000 to 101 in 2017. Between 2018 and 2022, India is estimated to have produced 70 new millionaires every day. Billionaires' fortunes increased by almost 10 times over a decade and their total wealth is higher than the entire Union budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19, which was at Rs 24,422 billion. An Azim Premji University study estimated that 75 million more people sunk into poverty because of the pandemic, which also saw a large number of small and medium-size businesses getting shut, in the process taking a heavy toll of jobs and incomes, resulting in a deep economic recession. The study found that around 230 million Indians have been pushed into poverty in the last one year. The rate of both rural and urban poverty increased by 15 and 20 percentage points, respectively. Around 150 million workers remained out of work by the end of 2020. A survey of vulnerable households revealed that sample earnings fell by around 40-50 percent in April and May last year. On an average, monthly household income declined by 65 percent. An average Indian household lost about Rs 25,000 in income, equivalent to slightly more than a month’s earnings, in the first six months of the pandemic, as - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara compared to the previous.
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Wettest August day in 14 yrs, dry end to month likely: Met Agency News: New Delhi After a 10-day long, hot, dry spell, the national capital on Saturday received 138.8mm rain in 24 hours, the highest single-day rainfall recorded in August in 14 years and the ninth highest since 1961 during the month, showed the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) rainfall records. According to IMD officials, between 8.30am on Friday and 8.30am on Saturday, the Safdarjung observatory received 138.8 mm rainfall. The city received a bulk of its rainfall during the spell — the heaviest this season — between 2.30 am on Saturday and 8.30 am on Saturday.IMD records show that previously Delhi received such a heavy 24hour spell during the month on August 2, 2007, when the city got 166.6mm rainfall. The highest-ever single-day rainfall recorded during this month was on August 2, 1961
(184mm).“Today’s record is also the ninth highest singleday rainfall since 1961. It is mainly because of a cloud belt passing through the northern and central parts of Delhi... Light rain is expected to stay till August 23,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientist, IMD.The wet spell, however, is likely to be over soon, said IMD officials, and the last week of August is likely to be mostly dry.While this August has mostly been dry, with a 10-day break phase, Saturday’s spell has nearly covered the rain deficit for the month. With Saturday’s rain, the total rainfall received this month is 202mm. The normal rainfall count for the month is 247.7mm.August is usually Delhi’s wettest month. The monsoon trough was close to Delhi and with a cloud belt passing through its northern and central parts, heavy rainfall occurred in Delhi. This is going to lead to a significant drop in temperatures. Light to moderate.
released later after document check Agency News: New Delhi Close to 300 Indian nationals were expected to return home from Afghanistan by Sunday as part of the government’s efforts to speed up the evacuation of all citizens against the backdrop of the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.More than 80 Indian nationals, flown in an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft from Kabul to the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe
on Saturday, will return home in a special Air India flight that will reach New Delhi early on Sunday, people familiar with developments said on condition of anonymity.More than 100 Indians were set to be flown out of Kabul to New Delhi in a C-17 heavy lift aircraft and they too are expected to reach home by Sunday, the people said. Another group of 100-odd Indians, most of them employees of firms from Western countries, had
been flown in US and Nato aircraft to Doha. This group too will be brought back to India by Sunday, the people added.As reports emerged of Taliban fighters opening fire and using harsh methods to control thousands of people who have been converging on the Kabul airport, the US embassy issued a security alert advising American citizens to avoid travelling to the airport because of “potential security threats outside the gates”. The
alert also asked Americans to “avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a US government representative to do so”.Earlier on Saturday,
Roads Flooded, Traffic Crawls: Gurugram In Disarray After Just 39Mm Rain Agency News: Gurugram Around 39mm of continuous rainfall for five hours on Saturday morning left several parts of the city waterlogged, with traffic police issuing social media updates for commuters to avoid waterlogged stretches. Despite the moderate rainfall, several stretches and key junctions of Iffco Chowk, Sheetla Mata Road, MDI Chowk, AIT Chowk on Golf Course Road, Hamilton Court Road, Jwala Mill Road, Basai Road, Pasco traffic signal and
Bristol Chowk were severely inundated. Commuters faced problems in reaching their destinations, even as the traffic police said that there were
no traffic jams due to a lower volume of vehicles on roads during the weekend.According to a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological
Department (IMD), Gurugram received 34mm of rainfall over the past 24 hours till 8.30am on Saturday and 5mm of rainfall later in the day. The rainfall started around 4am and continued till 9am, following which another heavy spell was recorded between 6pm and 6.30pm on Saturday. The rainfall continued to keep the maximum and minimum temperatures two degrees below the normal, at 31.4°C and 23.8°C, respectively. According to the IMD’s forecast, Gurugram will have a “generally cloudy sky.
Terrorist behind killing of BJP leader gunned down Agency News: Srinagar
A Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist involved in the killing of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead along with two other members of the terror outfit by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday, police said. Police said Wakeel Ahmad Shah, a resident Tral, was linked to the murder of BJP leader Rakesh Pandita in June. “We have issued a list of top 10 terrorists who are on our target. He [Shah] appears on the list. He was also involved
in the killing of BJP leader Rakesh Pandita and in the killing a special police officer and some civilians,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay
Kumar. Pandita, the chairman of a municipal committee, was killed by terrorists on June 2 when he was visiting his hometown of Tral. According
to Kumar, a joint team of the police and army launched a search operation in the forests of Nagaberan Dhoka area after receiving inputs about the presence of the Jaish terrorists. “Our jawans approached the target and cordoned the place. They [the terrorists] were given an opportunity to surrender but they opened fire and in retaliation, they were killed.” Police have identified the second terrorist as Ab Hamid Chopan, whose son Adil Chopan was killed in an encounter in 2017, while the third terrorist has been identified.
Why no mention of Another extortion A370 in Oppn meet, case filed against Param Bir asks Lone Leaders of 19 parties met virtually on Friday as part of efforts to build unity ahead of the 2024 national elections. Agency News: Srinagar Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) minister Sajad Lone has questioned the justification of the presence of representatives from the region at a meeting of Opposition leaders on Friday, if they could not convince them to talk about Constitution’s nullified Article 370.In a series of tweets on Saturday, he referred to the presence of National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader at the meeting and added they became part of the “process that abandons Article 370” in its discourse.
Lone pointed out there was no mention of Article 370, which was nullified in 2019 to strip J&K of its special status, at the meeting even as the Opposition parties sought early elections and restoration of the statehood for the region. “No mention of Article 370 in opposition parties meet. In wonderment how can J and K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370. BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) anti 370 stance is clear. What is the national opposition stance,” tweeted Lone. Lone said Parliament or courts can restore Article 370. “Courts we have to wait. It is a long process. In parliament we know BJP won’t restore it. The quietude of opposition parties suggest they won’t either. Then who will,” he said in another tweet. He added J&K’s leadership should seek “national support” for the restoration of Article 370. “For heavens sake. Let us at least resolve that if we can’t facilitate.
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The Mumbai Police has registered another case of extortion against former city police commissioner Param Bir Singh, dismissed cop Sachin Vaze and three others on the basis of a complaint lodged by a city hotelier and civic contractor Bimal Agarwal, an official said on Saturday. This is the fifth such case against Singh within a month, following one in Marine Drive and four at Thane police stations.According to the complainant, between January 2020 and March 2021, Singh and Vaze, along with other accused Sumit Singh alias Chintu, Vinay Singh alias Bablu and Riyaz Bhati, extorted collectively ₹9 lakh from him in several tranchesand forced him to buy two smartphones worth ₹212,000 for “letting him run his hotels in Goregaon and Andheri without any police hassles”.Based on the complaint filed on Friday, the Goregaon police have registered a case against the
five accused under sections 384 (extortion), 385 (extortion and threat of physical harm) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Singh is currently posted as DG Home Guards and he has not been attending office since May as he is on sick leave.On July 22, Marine Drive police station in Mumbai had registered an FIR against Singh, five other police personnel, and two more persons for allegedly demanding ₹15 crore from a builder. The next day, one more case of extortion was registered against him, some other police officers at Kopri police.
there was confusion for several hours about the status of some 150 Indians who were to be evacuated following reports that they were rounded up by the Taliban near the Kabul airport.
The development was first reported on the website of the Afghan media outlet Etilaatroz and its sister publication Kabul Now, which cited a source as saying that more than 150 people, most of them Indians, had been “abducted”. The outlets subsequently quoted a Taliban spokesman as rejecting the allegations of abduction. Etilaatroz also reported the Indians were safe and their passports were checked before they were sent to the airport. There was no official word from Indian side on the development. The government has kept all details of the evacuation of Indian nationals from Afghanistan.
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CBI to probe Bengal violence zone-wise Agency News: Kolkata The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been directed by the Calcutta high court to probe cases of alleged murder,
attempts to murder and rape reported during the post-poll violence in West Bengal, is likely to divide the entire state into four zones on the basis of the number of complaints received, people familiar with the matter said.
Two labs under probe for Kumbh still on ICMR list Agency News:Mumbai
Two laboratories that allegedly made fake entries for Covid-19 tests during the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district in April continue to be on the Indian Council of
Medical Research’s list of approved labs released on Thursday. At present, three separate probes are looking into the allegations — one by the police, one by the district administration and one by the mela administration.
Jaish man behind BJP leader’s murder killed Agency News:Srinagar A Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist involved in the killing of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Pandita was shot dead along with two other members of the terror outfit by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday, police said. Police said Wakeel
Ahmad Shah, a resident of Tral, was in the list of top 10 terrorists on the radar of the forces. Kashmir inspector general of police Vijay Kumar said that the encounter broke out after a joint team of the police and army launched a search operation in the forests of Nagaberan Dhoka area after receiving inputs about the presence of terrorists
Authorities’ tall claims go under water again Agency News:Mumbai The city was brought to its knees on Saturday by six hours of rainfall between 2.30am and 8.30am that threw traffic into disarray and inundated several key stretches and underpasses, exposing how badly the national capital needs a comprehensive drainage plan as well a meticulous plan to ensure that local drains are cleaned properly ahead of monsoon that are managed by a multitude of agencies across the city.Saturday’s scenes --people stuck in long traffic jams on roads that were turned into ponds -- were nothing new for its over 20 million residents.The Minto Bridge, which is an annual pain point for the Capital, was finally flooded on Saturday despite
the authorities putting in place a new drainage mechanism there which had kept it dry during the rains over the past couple of months. Authorities barricaded the road below the bridge, where a man drowned last year.Nobody drowned anywhere on Saturday but a 60-year-old man in east Delhi died of electrocution. Despite the state Public Works Departments (PWD) and Delhi’s three municipal agencies claiming they completed this season’s desilting process, commuters shared on social media photographs of water-logged roads and traffic. Despite several roads and localities going under rainwater in south Delhi, SDMC mayor Mukesh Suryan compared scenes of water-logging in the city to Venice.
Aditi makes cut at Women’s Open golf Agency News: New Delhi ndian golfer Aditi Ashok crossed the first hurdle as she made the cut to ensure her participation at the weekend rounds of the AIG Women’s Open here.Aditi (71-74) hung in towards the tough closing holes at the challenging Carnoustie Links to finish her 36 holes in one-over, which was also the cut line as 66 players made
the cut.This was the second time Aditi has made the cut at the Women’s Open when she achieved her career-best in a Major with T-22 finish in 2018. Aditi had a birdie on the sixth, but gave back that gain on the next hole. On the tougher back nine, Aditi dropped shots on both the Par-3s. They were the Par-3 13th, which she had birdied on the first day, and the Par-3 16th.
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India’s Amit Khatri wins silver in 10km race walk at World U-20 Athletics Meet
BellBottom director Ranjit Tewari said he opened a champagne bottle the day actor Akshay Kumar agreed to do the film. This is his second directorial after Lucknow Central (2017) where he had Farhan Akhtar playing the lead. “Coming from Kolkata and making a film in Bombay with Farhan was already a dream come true. Then Akshay sir doing your second film, you can’t express that joy in words. God has been kind to me. I couldn’t contain my happiness, I opened a champagne bottle at home,” Tewari told indianexpress.com.BellBottom had a theatrical release this week, also opening up cinema halls after the second.
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Amit Khatri clocked 42:17.94 seconds to finish behind Kenya’s Heristone Wanyoni, who won the gold with a timing of 42:10.84 seconds. The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team won bronze a few days back. Agency News: New Delhi India’s Amit Khatri on Saturday won silver in men’s 10km race walk at the U-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi. This is India’s second medal at the ongoing World meet. Khatri clocked 42:17.94 seconds to finish behind host
country’s Heristone Wanyoni, who won the gold with a timing of 42:10.84 seconds. Khatri did lead the race till Wanyoni overtook him during the last two laps of the race. Paul McGrath of Spain won the bronze medal with a timing of 42:26.11 seconds. Both gold and bronze medal winners recorded their personal best
timings at the event. Earlier, the Indian mixed 4X400m relay team consisting of Bharat S, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil bagged bronze medal on Wednesday. India had entered the final as the second best team overall with a championship record timing of 3:23.36s in the heat races held in the morning. The record was, however,
short-lived as the athletes from Nigeria improved it by
finishing their race in heat 2 with a timing of 3:21.66s.
Bio-bubble putting players un- Osaka stunned by wild card Teichmann der mental strain: Rizwan Agency News: New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi Living in the bio-bubble is putting the players under “mental strain” and they need a break from international cricket to be fresh for the upcoming T20 World Cup in UAE, Pakistan’s Test vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan said“It is not easy to remain in the bio-bubble all the time and we have been playing a lot of cricket in the last one year and more. It is good for us but at the same time it becomes a mental strain on the players as well,” he said during a virtual session on Thursday.Rizwan, a wicketkeeper-batsman, said the senior players wanted to be rejuvenated for the World Cup scheduled to
be held from October 17 to November 14 in UAE. Sources close to the Pakistan team confirmed that head coach, Misbah-ul-Haq and chief selector, Mohammad Wasim had discussed resting captain Babar Azam, Rizwan and fast bowlers Shaheen
Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali for the ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka. If the four main players do take a rest from the series, it will be a first in Pakistan cricket that so many senior players have taken a break from any series at home or abroad.
Naomi Osaka has no regrets over her stunning third-round loss on Thursday at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters to Swiss wild card Jil Teichmann. The four-time Grand Slam champion went down 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to the world number 76 and admitted after the upset that her Tokyo Olympic third-round loss was on her mind.“I was doing all I was supposed to do,” the Japanese world number two said. “In the second and third sets I was too defensive. I learned a lot from this match — I can sleep at night.”Osaka lost to an opponent who has struggled with several injuries this season but is now back to health.Osaka made 41 unforced errors in the match while
hitting only 17 winners while Teichmann struck 21 winners against 29 unforced errors. Women’s top seed Ashleigh Barty powered into the quarterfinals 6-0, 6-2 over Victoria Azarenka.Barty improved to 13-1 over top-20 opponents this season and will next face off against fellow French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, who beat Garbine Muguruza 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 In the men’s section, top seed Daniil Medvedev reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of fellow former champion Grigor Dimitrov.Russian Medvedev won the Cincinnati title in 2019 while Dimitrov took the trophy at the key US Open warm-up event in 2017. Medvedev will next face Pablo Carreno Busta who beat ninth.
Sensex slumps over 400 pts in early trade; Nifty slips below 16,500 Agency News: New Delhi Equity benchmark Sensex tanked over 400 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank amid a selloff in other Asian equities. The 30-share index was trading 445.02 points or 0.80 per cent lower at 55,184.47, while the broader NSE Nifty slumped 147.10 points or 0.89 per cent to 16,421.75.Tata Steel was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 3 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy’s, SBI, L&T, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries.On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Infosys and Maruti were among the gainers.In the previous session, Sensex closed 162.78 points or 0.29 per cent lower at 55,629.49, and Nifty declined 45.75 points or 0.28 per cent to 16,568.85.The stock market was closed on Thursday on account of ‘Muharram’.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded shares worth Rs 595.32 crore on Wednesday, as per provisional exchange data.“Taper rumours have again started impacting markets. Minutes of the
FPIs’ investment value in domestic equity surges 7% to $ 592-bn in Q2 Agency News: New Delhi The value of the foreign portfolio investors (FPI) holdings in the domestic equities reached USD 592 billion in three months ended June 2021, a surge of 7 per cent from the preceding quarter, according to a Morningstar report. This was largely on the back of robust net inflows from FPIs, coupled with the strong performance of the Indian equity markets. “As of the quarter ended June 2021, the value of FPI investments in Indian equities stood at USD 592 billion, which was considerably higher than the USD 552 billion recorded in the previous quarter, a spike of around 7 per cent,” the report noted.As of June 2020, the value of FPI investments in Indian equities had been USD 344 billion.
However, overseas investors’ contribution to domestic equity market capitalisation dropped marginally during the quarter under review to 19.1 per cent from 19.9 per cent for the March quarter.Offshore mutual funds form an important component of total foreign portfolio investment, apart from other large FPIs, such as offshore
insurance companies, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds.For the quarter ended June 2021, FPIs were net buyers to the tune of USD 0.68 billion compared with the net inflow of USD 7.64 billion was recorded during the quarter ended March 2021. While the second wave of the pandemic prompted overseas investors to turn negative on Indian equities in April and May as they sold net assets worth USD 1.29 billion and USD 0.39 billion, respectively, they came back strongly in June to pump in USD 2.36 billion as the situation turned favorable for them. However, FPIs turned cautious toward Indian equity markets again in July. The U.S. Fed’s hawkish statement that it might raise interest rates much earlier than assumed was the precursor for the change in their stance.
latest US Fed meet indicate that tapering of bond purchases may start later this year. This triggered a risk-off in markets with the Dow and S&P 500 correcting by 1.1 per cent each on the 18th,” said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.Tapering is negative news for markets since it will eventually reduce the liquidity available in the financial system, he noted.“But the positive dimension is that the Fed is indicating tapering since economic growth revival is strong. If growth and earnings recovery is strong, markets are likely to stage a rebound after the initial jitters,” he noted.Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul were trading with heavy losses in mid-session deals amid mounting worries of the spread of delta variant of coronavirus in the region.However, equities in the US largely ended on a positive note in overnight trade.
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Agency News: Mumbai Rakhi Sawant’s recent ‘spider-woman’ antics have borne her positive results. The actor-dancer is finally set to enter the Bigg Boss OTT house this Sunday. Joining host Karan Johar on the Sunday Ka Vaar, the former Bigg Boss champ will be seen interacting with housemates and indulging in some over-thetop fun. Informing fans about her Bigg Boss
OTT visit, Rakhi, in an Instagram video shares that her test is finally over. She then goes on to sing, “Shayad meri shaadi ka khayal,” before saying that she will take ‘jalebi, fafda, samosa’ and other snacks for Bigg Boss. Rakhi asks her followers to download Voot to watch her on the show, where she promises to take everyone’s class. The actor ends the video addressing to ‘Karan bhaiya’, adding that she is coming to celebrate rakhi with him. “Dekha Aakhir kaar Bigg Boss ne mujhe bula hi liya .. Meri tapasya safal rahi …… Mein aa rahi hu iss Sunday .. Inn Sab contestants ko batane ki Real OTT toh mein hi hu,” Rakhi Sawant captioned the post.
Nisha Rawal on divorce with Karan Mehra: ‘Want son’s sole custody, no alimony’ Agency News: Mumbai
In June, Nisha Rawal levelled serious charges against husband Karan Mehra, accusing him of domestic abuse and an extramarital affair. The Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actor, on his part, said that his wife orchestrated the entire incident to arm-twist him into coughing up a big amount as alimony. While the case is still in court, in a recent interview Nisha stated that she doesn’t want anything from Karan, apart from the sole custody of their son Kavish. According to Rawal, her lawyers have informed Karan that she does not want any alimony. Demanding sole custody of her son, she shared that Karan will be allowed to meet him regularly. However, Nisha shared that Karan hasn’t been agreeing to the same. “I don’t want any alimony. What will he provide me with that I haven’t given him? We built everything together. I started earning at a very young age and supported him throughout even before he
became a part of Yeh Rishta. I have done so much work and whoever I collaborated with will vouch for the fact that Karan was in charge of the commercials Nisha Rawal further shared that
she is independent and can take care of herself, and her child. However, she has demanded back all her jewellery and assets she got during her marriage, in a bid to start life afresh.
Aditya Narayan, wife Shweta Agarwal are soaking in the sun in Maldives
Sebi extends deadline for public comments on swing pricing mechanism proposal for MFs Agency News: New Delhi Markets regulator Sebi on Friday extended the deadline till August 25 for submission of comments on the proposal to introduce swing pricing mechanism for open-ended mutual fund debt schemes. On July 19, the watchdog had issued a consultation paper for introduction of the swing pricing mechanism and the last date for submission of public comments on the paper was August 20. “It has been decided to extend the timeline for submission of comments to August 25, 2021,” the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a statement.Generally, swing pricing refers to a process for adjusting a fund’s net asset value to effectively pass on transaction costs stemming
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from net capital activity to the investors concerned. In the consultation paper, the regulator has proposed introducing swing pricing mechanism for open-ended mutual fund debt schemes as part of efforts to ensure fairness in treatment of investors, especially during times of market dislocation.
After wrapping up shoot of Indian Idol 12, host Aditya Narayan and wife Shweta Agarwal are having the time of their lives in Maldives. The couple has been sharing photos and videos from their vacation and these surely look like picture postcards. Earlier, Aditya and Shweta had shared glimpses of their travel and then their sojourn at the water villa. While in transit, the couple was even surprised by their flight attendants. “There’s no better way to travel than with your loved ones to a beautiful place
& create life-long memories,” he wrote as he shared a picture with his wife. On the first night of their arrival, the duo enjoyed a quiet meal by the beach. Sharing a photo from their dinner date, Aditya wrote, “Enjoying one of the best meals ever with my better half @shwetaagarwaljha.” They spent the morning lounging by the private pool as Aditya flaunted his chiseled body. Shweta spent some leisure time at the spa. Have a look at all photos from Aditya Narayan and Shweta Agarwal’s Maldives vacation: Aditya Narayan and Shweta Agarwal met on the sets of
Shaapit, and struck a close bond. After dating each other for almost a decade, they tied the knot in December2020 in Mumbai. Given the pandemic, the affair was quite a close one, with only family and friends in attendance. During one of the episodes of the singing reality show, Aditya had revealed how it was ‘love at first sight’ for him when he saw Shweta on the sets of 2010 film. However, his wife shared, “In the beginning, he worked really hard and we were just ‘okay’ friends for a year,” to which he shared that while he wanted to live in the moment, he always knew she was the one for him.
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GIDC announces four policy-driven schemes after GIDC Chairman Balwantsinh Rajput and senior officers meet Chief Minister Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Rupani announced important decisions to provide relief to the industries, MSME Units etc. of the state to overcome the adverse effect of second wave of Covid-19.The Chief Minister had earlier announced ‘Atmanirbhar Package’ of Rs.14,000-croreafter the first wave of Covid-19, to boost the economy by reviving industry and trade.Under this packaged, 31,166 industrialists received benefits of Rs.407.72 croreunder 14 schemes by
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).Industry Associations, Gujarat Vepari Mahamandal and FIA proposed
to Mr. Rupanithat this package should be re-enforced for the industries after the second wave ofCovid-19 as well.In a sensible
and positive response to this proposal, the Chief Minister gaveinstructions and guidance to GIDC for necessary actions. Under the visionary leadership of Mr. Vijay Rupani, GIDC has announced four policy-driven schemes in this regard. The benefits of these schemes of estimated Rs. 500crores will be availed to more than 50,000 industries of GIDC.This was decided at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Ministeralong with Chairman of GIDC Mr. Balwantsinh Rajput, Managing Director of GIDC M.Thennarasan and
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake hits Gujarat’s Kutch Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, Mr.Rajiv Kumar Gupta.Giving details of the four policy-driven schemes, Mr. Thennarasan provided details ofthese four policy driven schemes, these are decided to provide economic incentivesto the industrialists, like the time limit for industrialists to start production i.e. themoratorium period, will be extended by one more year without levying non-usepenalty. Accordingly, industrialists whose time limit to start production ends in FY 2021-22 willget extension till
FY 2022-23 i.e. up to March 2023, without levying non-use penalty.Due to this decision, the industrialists will get more time to use the property and they will be relieved from the payment of non-use penalty of around Rs.16.70 crore. Around 672 beneficiaries will be benefitted from this.Besides, those allottees of the Industrial estate who did not get the benefit ofextended time limit of the usage under the previous policy and those who were provided benefit up to March 2022 will also get the extension up to March 2023.
An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude was recorded in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Saturday with its epicentre located near Dholavira, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said. No damage to property or casualty was reported due to the moderate-intensity earthquake, officials of the district administration said. “A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 12.08 pm on Saturday with its epicentre 23 km East-Southeast (ESE) of Dholavira in Kutch.
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have been identified as Ajay Dattani, Krishna Patani, Manoj Patani and Sanjay Patani, all residents of Shaher Kotda area.“We had received a complaint from a shopkeeper at Pushpraj complex that a group of four persons were stone pelting his shop. Upon reaching the spot, we saw the four accused running away and we started chasing them. As I caught two accused Ajay and Krishna after chasing them, their two accomplices returned and Manoj then stabbed me with a knife on my chest and stomach,” said Chaudhary in his complaint. According to police, the PSI was shifted to Civil Hospital in Asarwa after the incident. Taking cognizance, police have booked the four accused
under IPC sections 307 for attempt to murder, 333 for causing grievous hurt to public servant to prevent them from duty, 337 for causing hurt with rash act, 353 for assault on public servant, 186 for obstructing public servant, sections of the rioting, 294b for obscenity, 506 for criminal initimidation and 427 for mischief. “The complainant shopkeeper has told us that the four accused are anti-social elements who were creating a ruckus outside his shop on Thursday night by harassing the customers. When the shopkeeper asked them to not to do it, they resorted to stone pelting. We have arrested two persons in this case yet while two are wanted,” said a senior police official.
60% of insurance claims for Sub-Inspector stabbed in Ahmedabad, four held health workers settled
Tara Sutaria looked pretThe insurance scheme covers health ty in black as she was photographed in Bandra. workers who lost their life due to
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‘Praying for safety of Afghan friends’ For Dr Kranti Vora, associate professor at the IIPHGandhinagar, the lingering memories of Afghanistan are vast plains in theshadows of towering mountains, friendly locals and ‘delicious fruits.’As she made several friends during her short trips to the country as apublic health expert in 2017 and 2018, the first thing she did after gettingto know about the takeover of the country by Taliban was to check onthem. “Thankfully most of them responded, and said that they were safe.While women have still not started work, the male health workers hadresumed duties. I wanted them to know that they were not alone in prayers for normalcy,” she said.
Gujarat government suspends Covid-19 vaccination on August 22 for Raksha Bandhan The Gujarat government on Friday announced that theongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive will be suspended on August 22, onaccount of Raksha Bandhan festival.In a statement, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who handles the healthportfolio, said the decision to take a day’s break on Sunday (August 22)was taken so that women health workers involved in the inoculation drivecan celebrate Raksha Bandhan with their families. Till Thursday, over 4.19 crore persons in Gujarat have been given Covid-19 vaccines by the government.
21% of adults in Gujarat got both jabs On August 18, Gujarat became the second state in India tocross 1 crore population having completed both doses of Covid-19 afterMaharashtra. However, in terms of population coverage, about 15% of thetotal population of Gujarat has received both doses, compared to 11.5% inMaharashtra, putting the state in first position in per million vaccinations ofboth doses.Analysis of the trend also reveals that 21% of eligible population (4.93crore) of Gujarat have got fully vaccinated (1.03 crore), whereas 65% (3.19crore) have got the first dose. Out of the total vaccination (4.22 crore), 24.6% or about one-fourth. In fact, out of every 100 persons vaccinated in Gujarat, 10 were from Ahmedabad city and 8 from Surat city. In terms ofcoverage, 80% of eligible Ahmedabad residents and 78% Surat residents have at least got the first dose of vaccine.
Covid-19, and also accidental death of health workers on account of Covid-19 related duty, with Rs 50 lakh paid to the claimant of the insured person. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Since Covid-19 began, the Gujarat health department has settled 82 of the 141 claims received under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package’s (PMGKP) insurance scheme for health workers who died fighting the disease. More than half of the victims were less than 50 years old.The insurance scheme covers health workers who lost their life due to Covid-19, and also accidental
death of health workers on account of Covid-19 related duty, with Rs 50 lakh paid to the claimant of the insured person. Among the 82 claimants, a majority are staff nurses — 15 of them — followed by 13 doctors, 10 ASHA workers and nine class-4 workers. At least 44 of the 82 deceased were less than 50 years of age, including at least six of them in their 20s.27 of the settled claims are of those who died this year, all between April and June.Of the
remaining 59 pending claims, verification documents remain to be received by the state health department from the district or hospital authorities for 15 claimants. Claims for 30 others are pending at the level of the insurance company — New India Assurance. The scheme had seen a break for a month —
Jewellers’ body in Gujarat to join nationwide protest on August 23 The jewellers’ association will be going on a strike against ‘arbitrary implementation’ of the ‘hallmarking’ process by the Bureau of Indian Standards BIS. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Jewellers’ associations in Gujarat will be joining a oneday symbolic strike on August 23 as part of nationwide protest called by jewellers against the “arbitrary implementation” of “hallmarking” process by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).According to a statement released by National Task Force on Hallmarking, an umbrella association founded by the jewellers, “To protest
between March 24 and April 24 — after which it was revived again with effect from April 24, as per a communication dated April 26 by the deputy secretary of Government of India, addressed to additional chief secretaries of health and principal secretaries of health of all states.
A Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) was stabbed and critically injured allegedly by a group of persons in Shaher Kotda area of old city Ahmedabad on Thursday night as a police team arrived to stop a stone pelting incidentAccording to police, a patrolling team of Shaher Kotda police station had arrived outside Pushpraj complex at Potaliya cross section in Shaher Kotda area after reports of stone pelting by a group of four persons. According to police, as the patrolling team tried to chase the miscreants, PSI VP Chaudhary was allegedly stabbed in his chest and stomach multiple times by two accused.The four accused
Ahmedabad man wanted for loot and murder shot at by UP Police Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
the arbitrary implementation of hallmarking process by the BIS, jewellers across India will join a one-day symbolic strike on August 23. The national task force has been made by representatives of over 350 jewellers’ associations across the country. Till now we have had 10 meetings but we have not received any written assurances from the BIS on the matter. BIS is… playing the role of taxation and jewellers are their easy
targets. ” “We welcome the process of hallmarking but not the Hallmarking Unique ID as it is a disastrous process which doesn’t provide any extra security features to the current hallmarking process. Use of penal action, cancellation of registration, search and seizure by agencies will only bring Inspector Raj back in the system,” said Ashok Meenawala, member, National Task Force on Hallmarking.
A resident of Ahmedabad, who was wanted in cases of murder and loot, was shot at and then arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in an alleged encounter in Azamgarh of Uttar Pradesh, following which the Ahmedabad Police’s Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested three of his accomplices.According to police, Bhavesh Solanki alias Raja, a resident of Amraiwadi in Ahmedabad, was shot in his leg in an alleged encounter by UP Police at Etora Mod area in Azamgarh district on Thursday night.According to officials of Ahmedabad DCB, Solanki was wanted in the murder of Awadhesh Sahani, a grocery store owner in Amraiwadi and the loot of Rs 16 lakh from resident of Kagdapith area of Ahmedabad in August.“After the murder and loot incident, Raja had come to Uttar Pradesh and he was planning another incident in
According to police, Bhavesh Solanki alias Raja, a resident of Amraiwadi in Ahmedabad, was shot in his leg in an alleged encounter by UP Police at Etora Mod area in Azamgarh district on Thursday night. Azamgarh when he was arrested by UP Police after an encounter in which he has been shot in his leg. Currently, UP Police are interrogating him and the Ahmedabad Police have started the process of getting him on transit remand,” said an official of Ahmedabad DCB. According to police, on August 7 night, Bhavesh Solanki alias Raja along with two
persons Brigesh alias Badal and Mukesh alias Maya, both residents of Surat and natives of Orissa, had arrived outside Rabiya Bibini Chaali in Amraiwadi and stabbed the victim Awadhesh Sahani over 20 times, leading to his spot death. “Brigesh and Mukesh are residents of Surat who were contacted by Bhavesh to come to Ahmedabad in order to commit the murder of Sahani with whom Bhavesh had old rivarly. After murdering Sahani, the trio fled to Vadodara and Surat. On August 9, Bhavesh returned to Ahmedabad with Mukesh and one another accused named Ranjan Malik and the trio looted Rs 16 lakh cash from a victim in Kagdapith area on gunpoint. Based on our investigation, we have arrested Brigesh and Mukesh. They told us in interrogation that they procured a pistol from Yunus Shaikh from Surat. Shaikh was then also arrested by our team along with illegal pistol and live ammunition.
Happy Raksha Bandhan 2021: Festival Celebrating Brother-Sister Bond Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad India is a land of cultures, traditions, religions and ethnicities, celebrating unity in diversity. Every festival – be it Holi, Diwali, Dussehra, Eid, or Christmas – is celebrated with the same zeal and enthusiasm across the country. Raksha Bandhan is one of the most celebrated festivals in India that cherishes the unbreakable bond of brothers and sisters or siblings. This year, the festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated today, August 22. As the day is dedicated to siblings, women tie an amulet,
called the Rakhi, around the wrists of their brothers and seek protection in return. With the passage of time, the festival and the idea behind it has also evolved and now, it has not only been limited to brothers and sisters. Now, sisters tie Rakhi around the wrists of each other. If this year, you are away from your siblings, you can send these Raksha Bandhan wishes, messages, quotes and WhatsApp status to them to make them feel a bit more special. 1. Dearest sister, first of all, a very “Happy Raksha Bandhan”. This Raksha Bandhan, I promise I will always hold your back. Whenever
you turn back, you will find me always. . My little sister, I don’t know how life will take a turn, but I promise you that the place you hold in my heart, no one ever will replace that. Happy Raksha Bandhan, sis! 3. My darling brother, I know I fight with you a lot, but today, on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, I just want to tell you that you are my world and being your sister is an honour to me. . Our bond of love is forever. No one can listen and understand me like you do, dear sister. Thanks for being the most amazing friend and a dear sister. Thanks for caring
about me like a mother and loving me the most. I am very grateful to have you in my life. You have always been my motivation for making the impossible of things possible always. That’s my bro, no less than a superman making paths smoother. I love you, bro. You have always been my best friend, holding my hand, making sure the road I travelled on free of obstacles. There cannot be a better brother than you in this whole world. Wishing you the best in life always. Happy Raksha Bandhan! I pray for your happiness, prosperity, and long life, sweetest brother.