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Rajya Sabha witnesses uproar as TMC MP tears Ashwini Vaishnaw s statement on Pegasus row TMC and other opposition party members rushed into the well of the House as Vaishnaw was called to make a statement over the issue. Agency News: New Delhi The Rajya Sabha witnessed a high drama on Thursday after a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP snatched papers from Communications and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore those as the minister was about to make a statement on the alleged Pegasus snooping case. TMC and other opposition party members rushed into the well of the House as Vaishnaw was called to make a statement over the issue. TMC MP Shantanu Sen snatched the papers from the hands of the minister, tore and flung those
in the air. This stopped the minister from making the statement and he said he was laying a copy of it on the table of the House instead. Deputy Chairman Harivansh also urged members to desist from unparliamentary behaviour,
before adjourning the proceedings of the House for the rest of the day. “You do not want a discussion on an issue you have been agitated about…this is undemocratic,” the Deputy Chairman remarked. Meanwhile, a
heated exchange also took place between Hardeep Singh and TMC MP Shantanu Sen after the latter snatched a paper from Vaishnaw while he was speaking. The news agency also said that a verbal feud ensued between BJP and TMC leaders after the adjournment of the House, leading to an intervention by marshals to bring the situation under control. Targeting TMC, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the incident was ‘disgraceful’. “Wanton hooliganism of @AITCofficial that has claimed 100s of lives in West Bengal now displayed in Parliament against a
Property on which UP CM is sit- “Attempt To Scare Media”: ting belongs to people, can be Arvind Kejriwal On Tax confiscated by them: Priyanka Neha Sharma looks racy in the halterneck dress.
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Veteran Malayalam actor KTS Padannayil passes away at 88 Noted Malayalam film actor KTS Padannayil, known for his comedy roles, passed away due to age-related ailments at a hospital in Kochi on Thursday morning, film industry sources said. He was 88.Padannayil had been undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi Cooperative hospital here since July 19. Later, he was shifted to the Cardiac Care Unit where he breathed his last at 6.40 am today, a hospital spokesman said. Beginning his acting career as a theatre artist decades ago, Padannayil became active in Malayalam movies in the 1990s. Aniyan Bava Chettan Bava” directed by Rajasenan was his debut movie. Padannayil became busy as a supporting actor in Malayalam movies following his performance.
Agency News: New Delhi Abusing power to threaten those who raise their voice for legitimate demands is a serious crime, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Thursday, hitting out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his tweet on property confiscation for wrongful activities.Mr.
Konkan Rail Route Disrupted After River Overflows Due To Heavy Rain
US Says India “Remains Challenging Place” To Do Business India “remains a challenging place” to do business, the US has said, urging it to foster an attractive and reliable investment climate by reducing barriers to investment and minimising the bureaucratic hurdles. The State Department, in a report “2021 Investment Climate Statements: India” released on Wednesday, said that India “remains a challenging place to do business” and also referred to the removal of the special constitutional status from the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “New protectionist measures, including increased tariffs, procurement rules that limit competitive choices, sanitary and phytosanitary measures not based on science, and Indian-specific standards not aligned with international standards, effectively closed off producers from global supply chains and restricted the expansion in bilateral trade,” the report said.
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Abusing power to “intimidate and threaten” those who raise their voice for legitimate demands is a “serious crime”, the Congress general secretary said in her tweet in Hindi. Adityanath on Wednesday evening said it is his appeal to the youth of the state that they should not misled by anyone “No one can indulge in wrongful activities today. Those who want to get their property confiscated should indulge in wrongful activities,” he said in Hindi on Twitter. Tagging the tweet, Mr. Priyanka Gandhi responded by saying in her post that the “property on which Yogi ji is sitting is not his…it belongs to the people of the country”. Remember, even that property can be confiscated by the people,” she added.
Arvind Kejriwal’s remark came after tax raids were conducted against Dainik Bhaskar group and the Uttar Pradeshbased Hindi news channel Bharat Samachar. Agency News: New Delhi Calling the tax raids on Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat Samachar an attempt to scare the media, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded that such actions be stopped immediately and the media be allowed to work freely. The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids against the Dainik Bhaskar group and the Uttar Pradeshbased Hindi news channel Bharat Samachar in multiple cities over alleged tax
evasion, official sources said. PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com Reacting to the raids, Mr Kejriwal tweeted, “Income tax raids on Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat Samachar are an attempt to scare the media. The message is clear -- those who speak against the BJP government will not be spared. Such thinking is very dangerous. Everyone should raise their voice against it. These raids should be stopped immediately and the media should be allowed to work freely.”
gentleman minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Disgraceful,” he said in a tweet.“Shameless behaviour encouraged by Mamata Banerjee who believes laws of the land don’t apply to her or her party,” Chandrasekhar added. BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi also trained guns at the TMC and Congress saying “they’ll do things to damage country’s reputation”. The Opposition especially members of TMC and Congress will stoop so low as to while being political opponents, they’ll do things to damage country’s reputation. Today in the House one of the members snatched papers from the Minister.
Farmers get LG nod to protest at Jantar Mantar – with some riders Agency News: Ludhiana Sixty-year-old Kuldeep Singh Grewal will be one among the 200 farmers who will march towards Jantar Mantar on Thursday morning. Till Wednesday afternoon, five farmers per union per day were supposed to march towards Parliament to oppose farm laws, but this number was reduced to three farmers per union by late evening as the number of participating unions increased, revealed a Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) representative. The SKM also said that the farmers will now march towards Parliament Street and then hold a Kisan Sansad at the Jantar Mantar. Dr Darshan Pal, member SKM and president of Krantikari Kisan Union, Punjab, said, “We have got permission from LG,
Delhi for organising Kisan Sansad at Parliament Street. Everyday 200 farmers will be going. On Thursday, out of 200 farmers, 100 will be from Punjab. A six-member committee has been formed to run the Sansad which comprises of Yogendra Yadav, Krishanprasad, member All India Kisan Sangrash Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) and three members will be from Punjab. Everyday new speaker and deputy speaker will be chosen to run the Kisan Sansad. Ours is a peaceful protest and we want our voice to be heard.”
Bill in Lok Sabha to prohibit strikes by those engaged in essential defence services The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, introduced by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt amid din created by the Opposition over three new agri laws and the alleged Pegasus snooping controversy, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in June. Agency News: New Delhi The government on Thursday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha which seeks to prohibit any agitation and strike by anyone engaged in the essential defence services.The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, introduced by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt amid din created by the Opposition over three new agri laws and the alleged Pegasus snooping controversy,
seeks to replace an ordinance issued in June. According to the Statements of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, Indian Ordnance Factories is the oldest and largest industrial set up which functions under the Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence. The ordnance factories form an
integrated base for indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self-reliance in equipping the armed forces with the state-ofthe-art battlefield equipment. In order to improve autonomy, accountability and efficiency in ordnance supplies, the Government.
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa hints at stepping down after July 26: ‘Will abide by high command decision’ Agency News: Mumbai Train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday morning after a river overflowed following heavy rains in the area, an official said.“Eight trains have been regulated due to the disruption of the route,” Konkan Railway Corporation Limited’s Deputy General Manager (Public Relations) Baban Ghatge.Regulating trains means they have been either rerouted, short-terminated or cancelled. Water level at the Vashishti river bridge between Chiplun and Kamathe stations in Ratnagiri has risen above the danger mark after the heavy downpour, the official said.“In view of the safety of passengers, train services in this section are suspended temporarily,” he said.
“PM Modi, Amit Shah and JP Nadda have special love and faith towards me. No position is given to those above 75 years of age in the party, but appreciating my work, they gave me an opportunity despite the fact that I am 78,” Yediyurappa added. Agency News: Bangalore Amid weeks of speculation about a change of guard in Karnataka, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa Thursday hinted at stepping down after July 26. Yediyurappa, who has so far dug in his heels over the chief ministership, told reporters in Bengaluru, “I will know the next step only after July 25, and will abide by the BJP high command’s decision. I will work to strengthen the party and
bring the party back to power in Karnataka.”The Chief Minister was initially scheduled to attend a legislature party meeting on July 26 and hold a lunch with MLAs on July 25, but the programmes have now been rescheduled. There has been speculation that Yediyurappa could resign on July 26, when his government completes two years in office, making way for another BJP CM to govern for two years. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah
and our national president JP Nadda have special love and faith towards me. You should know that no position is given to those who have crossed 75 years of age in the party, but appreciating my work, they have given me an opportunity despite the fact that I am 78 years old,” Yediyurappa added. The Lingayat strongman had visited New Delhi last week,
meeting PM Modi, Home minister Shah, Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Nadda.In Karnataka, there has been a Lingayat show of strength in his support, including from seers and even Congress leaders of his community. However, the opposition to him continuing as CM is also coming from Lingayat leaders, like BJP MLAs Basanagouda.
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The chronology suggests new security collaboration initiated with Israel during NSA Ajit Doval’s visit in March, 2017 preparatory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to that country. The Pegasus spyware scandal is not just a case of violation of privacy, or illegal surveillance or snooping by security agencies. It is all that, and much more. The Pegasus is military grade spyware which takes surveillance and hacking to a new level altogether. The bigger picture must not be obscured. The Pegasus usage is part of the larger authoritarian architecture that has been built up over the past seven years. The message is that any means can be adopted to establish and consolidate the authoritarian Hindutva regime. Like the UAPA, the hacking of computers of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case to plant malware as evidence, the use of the Enforcement Directorate and other central agencies to intimidate and incarcerate, the Pegasus is a cyber weapon against potential opponents and threats. What does the expose of the use of Pegasus spyware, produced by the Israeli company NSO, in India show? Of the 50,000 phone numbers worldwide leaked from the NSO data base to a French NGO, around 1,000 phone numbers are from India. They were in a list of potential targets for the Pegasus spyware to be installed. Of these, 300 numbers have been verified. This list is revealing: It includes opposition leaders like Rahul Gandhi and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, there are the numbers of the aides of the then chief minister and deputy chief minister of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka; two ministers in the current union government, of which one was not even an MP at that time in 2017; it includes 40 journalists; a member of the Election Commission and student activists like Umar Khalid, a railway trade union leader and so on. The purpose and pattern in the use of the spyware is evident. It is designed to protect those in power and to destabilise the opposition and monitor the investigative voices in the media. The eleven individual phones targeted with the spyware of the woman who complained of sexual harassment by the then Chief Justice of India and her relatives is also ominous – it is meant to protect someone in a vital position and probably use the information collected as leverage to bring the judiciary to heel. There is constant talk of the undermining of constitutional bodies under the Modi regime. The targeting of Ashok Lavasa, the dissenting Election Commissioner on certain decisions of the Commission favouring Modi, shows how spyware is used to intimidate and, if required even blackmail functionaries of the constitutional bodies. The Modi government has dismissed the Pegasus revelations as a conspiracy to defame the government and “malign our democracy”. In parliament, the minister for information technology, Vaishnaw, cited the NSO’s statement as defence, that the list is baseless, but does not say whether any government agency had contracted with NSO to buy the Pegasus spyware. It only reiterates that no unauthorised surveillance is possible in the country. The government is denying any knowledge of the use of the spyware from NSO. Actually, such a denial was made in 2019 also, when WhatsApp had notified that phones of 121 individuals had been hacked in India using Pegasus, which included some of those accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. The NSO itself has stated in its official website that the company “licenses its products only to government intelligence and law enforcement agencies for the sole purpose of preventing terror and serious crime”. It is also known that the licenses are given under the supervision of the Defense Export Control Agency of the Israeli ministry of defence. So any private agency acquiring it in India is ruled out. Further, which foreign government or agency would be interested in H D Kumaraswamy’s aide’s phone or a journalist in Jharkhand who has exposed adivasi displacement from their lands? The finger points to the Modi government and its security agencies. This becomes more clear when we see the trail of evidence in other countries. In Mexico, where a large number of phones were targeted (15,000 in all), 50 people close to the current president Manuel Lopez Obrador were in the list of possible targets, including his - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara wife, children, aides and doctor.
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Rahul Gandhi, Punjab Congress MPs protest against farm laws on Parliament premises Earlier in the day, Congress MPs gave adjournment motion to Lok Sabha to discuss the farm laws in the monsoon session of the Parliament Agency News: New Delhi Several Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest against the Centre’s farm laws in front of the Gandhi statue in the premises of the Parliament on Thursday.The protest was staged by several MPs of the Congress’ Punjab unit. “Save country, save farmers,” read the placards that were raised.Earlier in the day, Congress MPs gave adjournment motion to Lok Sabha to discuss the farm laws today, in the monsoon session of the Parliament. Party MPs Deepender Singh Hooda and Pratap Singh Bajwa have also
given a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over the farmers’ agitation. Meanwhile, farmers who have been protesting at Delhi’s borders for the last six months, are scheduled to protest at Janta Mantar today to demand the repeal of the three laws that were passed last year by voice vote despite opposition from other parties. Delhi Police permitted farmers to hold the demonstration at Jantar Mantar after they took an undertaking from them that the farmers would not march towards Parliament which is currently in session.
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‘India has robust system’: Govt refutes claims of undercounting Covid-19 deaths Highlighting recent media reports alleging that India’s toll of excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic could be in millions, the government said that US and European countries’ age-specific infection fatality rates have been used to calculate excess deaths in India based on the seropositivity. Agency News: New Delhi Amid the rising coronavirus disease (Covid-19) death toll in India, the central government on Thursday questioned reports which claim that the number of fatalities from the virus in the country has been ‘vastly undercounted’. Refuting such allegations, the government said that the
guidelines laid down by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in this regard are being followed and that the Union health ministry has always advised states to conduct death audits in their hospitals to report any cases of death that may have been missed. “Given the robust and statute-based death registration system
in India, while some cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on the deaths is unlikely,” the government said in an official press release. “This could also be seen in the case fatality rate, which, as of 31st December 2020, stood at 1.45% and even after an unexpected
surge observed in the second wave in April-May 2021, the case fatality rate today stands at 1.34%.” Highlighting the recent media reports alleging that India’s toll of excess deaths during the Covid-19
pandemic could be in millions, the government said that US and European countries’ age-specific infection fatality rates have been used to calculate excess deaths in India based on the seropositivity.
Delhi HC seeks response from Centre on plea challenging new IT Rules Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi High Court Thursday sought the Centre’s reply on a plea challenging the new IT Rules for allegedly being in gross disregard of the fundamental rights of free speech and privacy of users of social media intermediaries such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter. A bench of Justice Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Centre on advocate Uday Bedi’s plea contending that the new IT rules are unconstitutional and antithetical to the fundamental principles of democracy. Granting time to the Centre to file its counter affidavit, the court listed the plea for further hearing on September 13.
Area of proposed elephant reserve will not be reduced: Chhattisgarh CM Baghel
Secretary Blinken to meet PM Modi, Afghanistan, Quad and Indo-Pacific on agenda
On July 3, a letter by the state forest department said ruling Congress lawmakers including minister TS Singh Deo want the area of the reserve to be reduced by one fourth
The agenda for the forthcoming Quad summit in October, vaccine production in India, Indo-Pacific in context of Chinese belligerence and Taliban military offensive in Afghanistan will be on the table.
Agency News: New Delhi Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has said the area of the Lemru Elephant Reserve will not be reduced and will be spread over 1,995 square kilometres. He said the project was discussed on Tuesday at the state Cabinet meeting. “...everyone agreed that 1,995 square kilometre area is to be dedicated for elephants under this project,”
Baghel said on Wednesday. On July 3, a letter by the state forest department said ruling Congress lawmakers including minister TS Singh Deo want the area of the reserve to be reduced by one fourth. Deo said his name was wrongly included in the letter and added he never proposed to reduce the size. Chhattisgarh has been considering the extension of the reserve. Activists want the entire catchment area of the Hasdeo River.
Manish Sisodia asks public on AAP’s CM face during Uttarakhand visit Agency News: New Delhi Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday asked the people of Uttarakhand whether retired colonel and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ajay Kothiyal should be the chief minister. Sisodia was on a day-long visit to the hill state. Colonel Kothiyal, who is an Indian Army veteran and former principal of Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, joined the AAP in April this year. Addressing a press conference in Roorkee, Sisodia said he met the common people of the Uttarkashi including professionals, students and senior citizens like an ‘aam aadmi’ (common man), adding he received a positive response when he asked the people about Kothiyal as the chief ministerial
face of AAP. Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government in Uttarakhand of being corrupt and protecting the corrupted, Sisodia said, “The BJP earlier had Trivendra Singh Rawat as CM and he was nicknamed ‘zero work chief minister’. After him, Tirath Singh Rawat came and he was also a ‘zero work chief minister’. And now, Pushkar Singh Dhami has arrived who openly says that he will neither not stop.
Agency News: New Delhi US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs
Indian Coast Guard Rescues 12 Crew Of Mv Kanchan In Distress Off Umargam, Gujarat Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Indian Coast Guard rescued all the 12 crew of Motor Vessel (MV) Kanchan stranded off Umargam, Gujarat on July 21, 2021. Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Mumbai had received information from DG Communication center, Mumbai in the afternoon of July 21, 2021 that MV Kanchan is stranded due to contamination in fuel thereby rendering the engine non-operational and no electrical power onboard, amid inclement weather. Later in evening, the master of the vessel intimated that MV Kanchan, carrying steel coils as cargo, had dropped anchor and was tilting towards Starboard (right) side.The MRCC Mumbai instantly activated the International Safety Net (ISN) and MV Hermeez was immediately diverted towards.
Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in New Delhi on July 27-28 with Af-Pak, Indo-Pacific and vaccines on top of the agenda. All official meeting are scheduled on July 28. The US diplomacy is in action from this week
with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Japan and scheduled to visit China on Sunday. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will be in Singapore, Vietnam and Philippines next week with Chinese aggression in South China
Sea becoming a major election issue in Manila. He, however, admitted that half of the 419 district centers were under Taliban control. While the Taliban has got major military success in north Badakhshan province, the situation can take a reverse turn if the Afghan government gets air support against the Islamists in the battle ahead.While the Modi government is tight-lipped about Secretary Blinken visit, Afghanistan will be on top of the agenda with the Sunni Pashtun Islamists Taliban out to seize Kabul by force with tacit support of Pakistani deep state.
Govt failed to properly probe post-poll violence complaints: Calcutta HC The BJP, which hoped to wrest power from TMC, has blamed the ruling party for the violence Agency News: New Delhi The West Bengal government has failed to properly investigate complaints of alleged violence after the May-April assembly elections, the Calcutta high court observed on Thursday. “The proceedings have become adversarial
because the state has failed to properly investigate,” a fivejudge bench said while hearing public interest litigations related to the violence. The violence allegedly broke out hours after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) returned to power for a third time in May.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which hoped to wrest power from TMC, has blamed the ruling party for the violence. The TMC has insisted incidents of violence were reported when the law and order was under the Election Commission’s jurisdiction and that Banerjee dealt with them effectively after taking over. The court’s comments came days after a panel of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) set up following a high court order in June to look into violence blamed the state government for it. In a 50-page report submitted.
Future real estate sentiment scores remain optimistic; office market outlook improves: Knight Frank-FICCI-NAREDCO Real Estate Sentiment Index Q2 2021 Agency News: New Delhi The 29th Edition of Knight Frank-FICCI-NAREDCO Real Estate Sentiment Index Q2 2021 (April - June 2021) Survey cited that the future sentiments of real estate sector stakeholders remained optimistic in Q2 2021 despite the second COVID wave that struck during this period. Further, the stakeholders’ reaction to the second
pandemic wave was not as severe as it was during the first wave as indicated by the relatively lesser drop in sentiment scores in Q2 2021. The Current Sentiment score has dropped from 57 in Q1 2021 to 35 in Q2 2021, but the drop is less intense than it was during the first COVID wave (Q2 2020) when the score had hit an all-time low of 22. The Future Sentiment score has inched down marginally from
57 in Q1 2021 to 56 in Q2 2021 continuing to remain in the optimistic zone. Here as well, the outlook of stakeholders reflects more resilience in Q2 2021 than in Q2 2020. In terms of geography, the West zone saw the sharpest recovery in the Future Sentiment Score. This zone’s Future Sentiment score jumped from 53 in Q1 2021 to 60 in Q2 2021. With the resumption of economic activity, future sentiments.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS Ownership impasse prompts clashes between rival East Bengal factions Agency News: Kolkata Two factions of East Bengal supporters clashed with each other in front of the club tent on Wednesday. Three persons got injured and were hospitalised, while police arrested 16 people for flouting Covid norms. As the pre-arranged fan protest turned ugly, former players and administrators called it “a sad day” for the century-old club.Mounted police intervened and a lathicharge had to be initiated to disperse an angry mob of over 500 who ignored Covid guidelines and demanded resignation of club officials over the ongoing investorrelated impasse. The dissidents were met with force by a section of fans who allegedly had the backing of club officials. East Bengal has called an emergent executive committee meeting on Friday.
Rishabh Pant recovers from 22 athletes to represent Covid-19 infection, joins India in Tokyo Olympics team bio-bubble opening ceremony Rishabh Pant, who had tested positive for the virus, has completed 10 days of isolation period, followed by two RT-PCR negative reports and proper cardio check-up which are mandatory before joining the team. Agency News: New Delhi
India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has joined the team bio-bubble after recovering from COVID-19 ahead of the marquee Test series against England.Pant, who had tested positive for the virus, has completed 10 days of isolation period, followed by two RT-PCR negative reports and proper cardio check-up which are mandatory before
joining the team.“Hello @ RishabhPant17, great to have you back,” the BCCI said in a tweet, along with Pant’s photo, on Thursday. Pant had tested positive while he was staying at Southall at an acquaintance’s place. He had developed mild symptoms and was found to be COVID-19 positive when he got tested.According to sources, Pant might have picked up the Delta 3 variant while visiting a dentist for a toothache problem.
India is being represented by more than 125 athletes in the Tokyo Olympics with the overall contingent size being 228, including officials, coaches, other support staff and alternate athletes in view of the COVID-19.But the opening ceremony of the biggest sporting event in the world will only see a handful of athletes along with six officials representing India. The numbers for participation in opening Ceremony for Indian
Contingent by village office of Indian Contingent are as below: The Indidan contingent will be led by flag bearers M C Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh in the opening Ceremony. While boxer Mary Kom is not scheduled to compete the next day, hockey captain Manpreet will be leading the side out for the first Pool A game against New Zealand on Saturday. The above are not Participating due to matches on 24th, practice sessions on 24th and for safety reasons due to the rising coronavirus cases.
India’s weightlifters rally around Mirabai Chanu as she scripts Rio redemption tale Agency News: New Delhi
Five years ago, Mirabai Chanu’s world came crashing down in Rio after she had five of her six lifts ruled invalid. This year, the 26-year-old weightlifter from Manipur is determined to compensate for having frozen up on the big day, when she takes the Tokyo Olympics dais on July
24 (Saturday).Considered to be one of India’s strongest medal contenders this time, Mirabai Chanu’s main challenger on the big day is likely to be China’s Hou Zhihui. But Mirabai herself said her conflict is internal. “I am competing with myself,” she said. “I failed in Rio. I have to make up for it in Tokyo.”The stakes, however, have risen in the last five years for Mirabai,
who is now ranked second in the world in the 49-kg category. Speaking from Tokyo, India’s weightlifting coach Vijay Sharma, who has been by Mirabai’s side from well before Rio, told indianexpress.com, “Everyone is saying Mirabai will bring back a medal this time. They are saying this on the basis of her rankings. When the whole country.
AviationMin sets up three advisory Clix Capital appoints groups to sort out sector ‘challenges Rakesh Kaul CEO, to take “The groups shall meet regularly to deliberate upon issues and resolve challenges facing each sector. Orders have been issued for the same,” the ministry said in a statement. All the three groups will be chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Agency News: New Delhi To deliberate and resolve challenges faced by the sector, the civil aviation ministry has constituted three advisory groups with representative of airlines, airport operators, cargo carriers, ground handling companies, flight training organisations, and maintenance, repair and
charge from August 16 Agency News: New Delhi
overhaul companies.“The groups shall meet regularly to deliberate upon issues and resolve challenges facing each sector. Orders have been issued for the same,” the ministry said in a statement. All the three groups will be chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.According to the official order, the first group comprises chiefs of airline companies and includes Air India CMD Rajiv Bansal, IndiGo Promoter Rahul Bhatia, SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh, GoAir Director Ness Wadia,
Vistara Chairman Bhaskar Bhat and CEOs of AirAsia India and Alliance Air. The group also includes Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Secretary of Civil Aviation and Director General of Civil Aviation as members. The advisory group of airlines will advise the government on ways to enhance the domestic and international connectivity, matters related to passenger facilities during air travel, methods to safeguard the viability of airlines, among other things In addition to the civil aviation.
Clix Capital today announced the appointment of Rakesh Kaul as its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 16 August 2021. As the CEO, he will be responsible for all business verticals, reporting directly to the Board.A 24-year veteran of the financial services sector, Kaul specializes in retail banking, wealth management, insurance, mortgages, etc. He joins Clix Capital from RHB Malaysia, where he led the
consumer banking business for the group covering Malaysia and ASEAN markets.“Be it Product Development, Sales & Distribution, Corporate Strategy, Business Management and Risk Management, Rakesh’s cross-functional exposure has been deep and diverse. He has tremendous experience in leading teams, managing businesses through change cycles, building scale and driving transformation,” said Pramod Bhasin, Chairman – Clix Capital.
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Eight sectors — agriculture & agrochemicals, BFSI, e-commerce & tech startups, educational services, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, information technology & knowledge services, power & energy, and telecommunications — have shown a gradual progression towards recovery and to pre-Covid business activity levels out of seventeen sectors, a TeamLease survey on ‘Jobs and Salaries’ for FY21 said. Hospitality and industrial manufacturing continue to be in a slump, while the automobile & allied industry, BPO & ITeS, construction & real estate, and fast moving consumer durables (FMCD) & fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors are still stagnating.However, the variance between salaries for permanent and temporary job profiles is down to under 5 per cent for nearly 30 per cent of all profiles
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season will feature Sudesh Leheri, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Bharti Singh and Chandan Prabhakar
across all sectors. Sectors like agriculture & agrochemicals, construction & real estate, FMCD, FMCG, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, hospitality, industrial manufacturing & allied, media & entertainment, power & energy, retail and telecommunications industries, and BPO and IT-enabled Services have shown less than 5 per cent variance between salaries for permanent and temporary job profiles. Despite the severity of the second wave, the market demand for Covid-proof job profiles is likely to remain steady across sectors, the report said. Strained financials and re-induced uncertainty have meant even more job profiles under scrutiny for increment decisions, it said.“Besides the Covid-warrior fraternity, frontline job roles in conventional business are spearheaded by the sales and service functions, and remote work is led by the IT function – all of this across sectors and cities.
Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma has started shooting for his comedy talk show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. The upcoming season of the show will feature Kapil’s old friends and famous comedians Sudesh Leheri, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Bharti Singh and Chandan Prabhakar. Several promos and first pictures of the show have also been shared online. However, actress Sumona Chakravarti
Salman Khan answered mean comments as brother Arbaaz Khan hosted him on the show, Pinch 2.
was missing. Rumours have been rife that Sumona will not be a part of new season.
Agency News: New Delhi American video streaming platform Netflix is seeing enthusiasm for over-thetop (OTT) content wear off as several parts of the world relax restrictions put in place to contain Covid. The company added only 1.5 million paid memberships globally in the June quarter. The AsiaPacific (APAC) region, parts of which continue to be impacted, represented about two-thirds of its paid net adds in the period at
1.02 million. The firm had added 3.98 million paid subscriptions in the March quarter with 1.36 million of these coming from the APAC region. On Tuesday, the Netflix announced it will offer video games in its subscription plans at no extra cost, but didn’t say when that service will launch or the games it will be developing. “The reason we’re doing them is to help the subscription service grow and be more important in people’s lives,” Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings said.
Amid all the speculations, Sumona dropped a cryptic post on social media.
Salman Khan says dad Salim Khan would ‘shoot him’ as a troll claims their farmhouse is a ‘den of vice’ Agency News: Mumbai Actor Salman Khan appeared on the Season 2 premiere of his brother Arbaaz Khan’s show, Pinch. In this show, Arbaaz reads out mean and offensive tweets to his guest, and they react to it. Salman responded to trolls attacking him for being ‘fake’, alleging he had a wife tucked away in Dubai, his films, lifestyle and refusal to take part in affairs that affect the country.Salman Khan says he tweets and doesn’t bother about the reactions after that. “When I post, I don’t see the likes or dislikes or the comments. I did what I had to do. The reaction is your choice.” Arbaaz Khan read out tweets that accused of him being a god. “I don’t think of myself as a god. This [person’s issue] has something to do with loyalty. I hope it’s that. They must be a fan of someone else, and so loyal as a fan to Aamir Khan, or Shah Rukh Khan or Akshay Kumar.”Another user had said that he was wellsettled, owing to the box-office successes and that he ‘had stolen’ their money. Salman answered, “Paisa nahin churaya hai, dil churaye honge (I haven’t stolen money, just stolen hearts).”
Sonam Kapoor puts pregnancy rumours to rest with a sassy soSonam Kapoor cial media post took to her Agency News: Mumbai
‘Eight sectors back to pre-pandemic levels, Covid-proof jobs to be steady’ Agency News: New Delhi
Bharti Singh has said that she is happy to have taken a pay cut for Dance Deewane (70%, reportedly) and The Kapil Sharma Show (50%). She said that there was a time last year when she contemplated working for less money, since everything was under lockdown.In an interview, Bharti Singh said that she initially negotiated the new terms, and after some discussion arrived at a deal.She told a leading daily, “I guess everyone felt the pinch when they were asked to take a pay cut, and I was no exception.
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Ever since Sonam Kapoor returned to Mumbai from London after more than a year, Bollywood has been buzzing with rumours that the actor is pregnant. However, the 36-year-old diva put all pregnancy rumours to rest with a social media post.Late on Monday night, Sonam Kapoor shared a boomerang video in which she was seen holding a hot cup of tea, and wrote, “Hot water bottle and ginger tea for first day of my period…” With this post Sonam has at least for now shut down all rumours linked to pregnancy. Sonam has been in London since 2020. She could not travel to India for work or to meet her family due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Sonam and Anand tied the knot in 2018 in Mumbai and have been sharing loved-up romantic posts for each other on their social media posts. Sonam returned to Mumbai a week ago and was visibly emotional on seeing her father Anil Kapoor, who had gone to the Mumbai international airport to pick her up.
social media platforms to shut up pregnancy rumours. “Hot water bottle and ginger tea for first day of my period,” she wrote
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19-year-old boyfriend robbed his girlfriend of a car to escape, Mumbai was planning to flee to another place Agency News: Surat
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A shocking incident took place in Surat city showing what a lover can do for his girlfriend and to what extent. A shocking revelation has come to light in a car robbery that took place in Vesu the previous day. The collegiate youth threatened the businessman’s father with an argon to get his girlfriend to flee to Kanpur, threw her out of the car, robbed the car and fled. Crime Branch police nabbed the youth along with his girlfriend from Navsari Tolnaka on CCTV basis. In the car robbery that took place in Vesu area in Surat yesterday, the police had arrested the accused within hours. This whole robbery incident has come up against the love
His body was found hanging inside Sabarmati jail on Wednesday morning Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
chapter. The boyfriend drove this car to escape his girlfriend in a love affair. The incident took place when an elderly Kapurchand Jain, a resident of Vesu Jolly Residency, was sitting in his car near Vesu Agam Arcade around 11.30 am on Wednesday. The son put the key in the car and went to the medical to take medicine for him.
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rates at higher than Rs 3.15. In March 2019, the ‘Policy for Development of Small Scale Distributed Solar Power Projects’ was first announced
9 gates of Madhuban Dam in Valsad opened, low lying areas alerted
As many as 1.43 lakh cusecs of water was released into the Damanganga river by opening 9 gates of the dam. Agency News: Valsad Valsad district and Uparvas have been receiving heavy rains for the last 5 days. Due to which the water revenue in Madhuban Dam has increased. Due to inflow of water, 9 gates of Madhuban Dam were opened up to 5 meters. More than 1 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dam every hour from July 21 to July 22 at 5 am. Dhodapur-like situation was created in Damanganga river when water was released from the dam. Due to which low lying villages have been alerted. The night of July 21 in Daman was full of fear. As many as 1.43 lakh cusecs of water was released into the Damanganga river by opening 9 gates of the dam. Due to which the police and machinery in the low lying areas of Daman area became alert and patrolled by them. However, around six o’clock in the morning the surface of the dam was slightly reduced. The surface of the dam has reached around 72.90. The dam has an inflow of 43247 cusecs of water while 1.34 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged. Which caused the
system to breathe a sigh of relief. Due to the increasing flow of water in the dam, the system has become rural and low lying Areas were alerted. Shelter homes have also been set up in primary schools to accommodate people in case of relocation. An NDRF in Valsad and a disaster team were deployed in Daman Selvas.
by the government with the aim of encouraging the distributed generation of solar energy. This scheme was intended to support Prime Minister
One of the accused in a gang rape case, who had been lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail, allegedly died by suicide in the jail itself. His body was found hanging. Ranip police have lodged a case of accidental death and are investigating it further. The deceased, Jaimin Patel, was one of the five persons who had been arrested on charges of gang rape of a Rajkot woman. As per case details, the accused had called the woman (23) to Ahmedabad with the promise of providing
Agency News: Aravalli People commit suicide for incomprehensible reasons. Every day, many suicide cases are recorded in the police books. However, in Bhiloda in Aravalli district, a female police officer has committed suicide. Also last week in Ahmedabad, a police constable shot himself
Narendra Modi’s ambitious renewable energy goals.In effect, distribution generation to Gujarat state power companies was expected to help reduce transmission losses, farmers would get electricity during the day, the environment would benefit and the Center and the State governments would benefit from GST revenue. As stated in the policy, any eligible entity can set up a solar power plant with capacity ranging from 0.5 MW to 4.0 MW, and supply the solar power produced to the nearest GETCO substation.
Mahila (west) police station in November last year, following which Jaimin, Pragnesh Patel, Maldev Bharwad, Jignesh Goswami and Neelam Patel were arrested and sent to Sabarmati jail.Early on Wednesday, Jaimin allegedly hanged self.
a job. Once here, the complaint stated, she was taken to places like Udaipur and Abu, where she was forcibly given methamphetamine drugs
and raped. Later, she was allegedly blackmailed and raped repeatedly at gunpoint by the accused.The woman had lodged a complaint at
Vajubhai Vala plans to unite Rajput sub-castes with Mata temple Agency News: Rajkot Former Karnataka governor and BJP veteran Vajubhai Vala, who is recuperating after a cataract surgery in Rajkot is reviving his old plans to build a temple of Bhavani Maa in Surendranagar district. In Saurashtra region, temples play a huge role in uniting the community. Vala’s temple exercise is also aimed at uniting all sub-castes of Rajputs, much in the lines of Patidars and Kolis. Patidar’s Khodaldham and Umita temple remain at
the focal point for all political parties. The two communities had recently flexed their muscles in an attempt to negotiate with political parties for the 2022 Gujarat assembly election. Vala, who hails from the Karadiya Rajput community had floated the the temple idea in 2013. Bhavani Maa is the reigning deity of all the Rajputfamilies. However, nothing moved on the ground while Vala kept hispropaganda alive in every election. Kodinar, Talala and Somnath are three assembly constituencies.
Banas Dairy to generate its own electricity with 50-MW solar plant During the AGM, Banas Dairy also decided to float a Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO) which will be help market farm produce from Banaskantha in other parts of the country. Agency News: Palanpur Banas Dairy, the biggest milk cooperative in Asia, will soon generate its own electricity. The dairy located in North Gujarat will install a
Aravalli: Suicide of a female police officer on duty as LRD Manguben Ninama, 29, a resident of Bhiloda police line quarters and serving as an LRD policeman, committed suicide by tying a dupatta with a house fan.
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Sabarmati jail inmate, accused in gang rape case, dies by suicide
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam withdraws subsidy; leaves 4,000 solar projects stranded State-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has withdrawn subsidy to smallscale distributed solar projects, affecting about 4000 projects with an aggregate capacity of around 2500 MW signed power. The purchase price of power produced was fixed at Rs 2.83 per unit which was already far lower than other states like Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where they set Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) tariff
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inside a police station. Now a woman policeman living in a police line in Bhiloda has committed suicide. The police have registered a case and started further investigation. According to information received, Manguben Ninama, 29, a resident of Bhiloda police line quarters and an LRD policeman, committed suicide by tying a dupatta with a house fan. Police believe that a female police officer committed suicide due to a domestic dispute with her husband. The woman’s husband is on duty in the SRP. After the incident, Bhiloda police took possession of the body and shifted it for postmortem. Hila policeman Ta. He committed suicide at his home before 11.30 pm on the 21st for an inexplicable reason.
50 Megawatt (MW) solar plant that will help cut electricity cost of the dairy by 25 per cent, said Shankar Chaudhary, chairman of Banas Dairy, Wednesday.“Banas dairy plans
to set a separate cooperative body which can help produce electricity. Every year, Banas dairy and the village-level milk cooperatives need Rs 200 crore worth of electricity. This
is the farmers’ money that we end up paying as electricity bills to the power companies. So we plan to bring together the local milk cooperatives in Banaskantha to create this new body,” Chaudhary, said while addressing the 53rd Annual General Meeting of the dairy.“Banas Dairy will support this initiative in the first few years. The power used will be for captive purposes.This will save electricity costs by 20-25 per cent. This would probably be the first such initiative in the cooperative sector,” Chaudhary said adding that the Dairy will be able to save money from this initiativeDuring the AGM, Banas Dairy also decided.
Tech teachers’ forum demands release of appointment orders for temporary teachers Agency News: Vadodara The Technology Teachers Forum (TTF) of M S University has demanded that the appointment orders of all temporaryteachers at the Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) should be released immediately. According to TTF, university officials had conducted interviews for temporary teachers as per total workload but whenappointment orders were to be issued workload of first year and masters students was deducted. The decision was takenduring a meeting that was chaired by the vicechancellor on the grounds that admission of the first year and masters’ studentsare yet to happen. “Even as the academic year has started only 35% out of a total 115 temporary teachers have been given
orders. In some departments, no order regarding temporary teachers has been issued,” said TTF general secretary Dr Arvind Mohite. TTF has also demanded that the appointment orders should be issued as per new salaries. “The university has taken adecision to pay Rs 300 per lecture to those who have not received appointment orders. This is exploitation of the temporaryteachers,” said Mohite, adding that engineers who hold masters and PhD degrees will end up getting just Rs 100 a day which istoo low. “As senate member I demand to immediately issue appointment orders of all temporary teachers from the beginning of the academic year along with the new salary sanctioned by the syndicate. The proposal of Rs 300 is out rightly rejected and
must not be implemented at all,” said Dr Nikul Patel.
A suicide note found near him said that he would not be able to get out of jail in the case. He also apologized to his family. Ranip police rushed to Sabarmati jail on getting to know of the incident. Jaimin’s body was sent for post-mortem.
Universities will become catalysts of change: Rupani Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad CHIEF MINISTER Vijay Rupani on Wednesday said that universities will become catalysts of change and added that he wants varsities of the state to attract students from across the world by launching new courses.“Universities will become centres catalysing change. Youth from across the world used to flock to Takshila, Nalanda, Vallabhi etc for getting an education. We want to revive that tradition. We want our universities to become learning centres of the world. Today, our students are going abroad for education. But we want the world to come here for education,” Rupani said
while addressing the maiden convocation of Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University (BKNMU), Junagadh. Rupani suggested that universities of the state can do that by exploring their potentials and added that he sees lots of potential in BKNMU for launching new courses.
Ahmedabad researcher to work on developing saliva-based test for oral cancer This project will be carried out in collaboration with Dr Kaustubh Patel of HCG Comprehensive Cancer Hospital, Ahmedabad, and Dr Mariana Brait of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A 33-year-old research associate with Ahmedabad University’s School of Arts and Sciences will work on developing a non-invasive saliva-based test for early detection of oral cancer, collaborating with a research partner at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US. Shanaya Patel Bakeri, who has been working on oral cancer since 2011, is among 10 selected from the country for the prestigious DBTWellcome Trust India Alliance Early Career Fellowship for her research project using
cell-free DNA. The funding with a budget cap of Rs 1.7 crore is for a period of five years. The DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance is an independent public charity that funds research in health and biomedical sciences in India. Shanaya will work under the supervision of professor Vivek Tanavde, associate professor of Biological and Life Sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences. Professor Balachandran Ravindran, who has been with the Biological and Life Sciences division at Ahmedabad University as an adjunct professor, is the mentor for the project that will officially take off from January 2022. “Head and neck cancers (HNC) under which oral cancer falls, continues to be one of the unresolved problems of the Indian subcontinent with a whopping 1.35 lakh new cases annually due to consumption of tobacco, gutka and khaini. Despite advances in treatment, the survival rate is disappointingly low at five years, a major reason being late-stage diagnosis. Only 14 per cent of the cases are diagnosed at premalignant or stage 1,” says Shanaya.
Long queues at centers since morning
Ahmedabad city has a target of vaccinating 45,000 people. Then on Tuesday, too, a record-breaking 44,819 civilians were vaccinated in the city.