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Maharashtra: Raigad landslides leave over 30 dead, several missing; rescue ops underway Teams of NDRF, SDRF, Navy and local administration were rushed to the site on Thursday evening. However, rescue efforts were impeded by heavy showers, waterlogging and connectivity issues. Agency News: Mumbai Amidst incessant rainfall across coastal and inland Maharashtra, at least 37 people were killed in separate incidents of landslides in the state. As many as 32 died following a landslide in Taliye village in Mahad Taluka, Raigad on Thursday. Around 35 houses were buried under debris and several people were still feared to be missing or trapped under it. In another landslide, four people died in Poladpur, which is also a landslide-prone area. Meanwhile, at least 12 villagers are believed to be trapped under debris due to a landslide in Mirgaon village
in western Maharashtra’s Satara district. One body has been retrieved and efforts to locate others are underway. Teams of NDRF, SDRF, Navy, and local administration were rushed to the site on Thursday evening. However, rescue efforts were impeded by heavy showers, waterlogging, and connectivity issues. Local authorities are yet to ascertain the exact details of casualties. 32 bodies have been recovered from the debris and the rescue operation is still on,” said Nidhi Chowdhury, Raigad District Collector.According to the district administration, there are around 110 villages in the district which are landslide-prone, and out of
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1 Arrested In Uttarakhand In Kumbh Mela Fake Covid Testing Case A special investigation team constitute to probe the alleged fake Covid testing scam during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela made the first arrest in connection with the case.Ashish, who provided workers and other material to Nalwa Laboratories, has been arrested, Circle Officer (City) Abhay Pratap Singh said on Thursday.Nalwa Laboratories was one of the two private Covid testing labs charged under the Epidemic Diseases Act, Disaster Management Act besides Sections 120-B and 420 of the IPC for carrying out fake tests.The other lab charged in connection with the case was Dr Lalchandani Lab.
Massive Fire At Bokaro Steel Plant; No Casualty A major fire that broke out at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)’s Bokaro Steel Plant Friday morning could be controlled without any casualty, a SAIL official said. The fire broke out at about 8.40 am, due to a leakage in the Torpedo Ladle in Blast Furnace 2, a SAIL spokesperson said. The official said hot metal spilled over on the tracks and caught fire during the morning shift with about 100 contract and regular workers on duty.“However, no personnel were affected in this incident,” the official said.Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service and in about one and a half hour, the flames were completely doused, he added.A portion of the cables in the cable gallery were affected by the fire, the spokesperson said adding, normal operations resumed within two hours of the incident.
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Rajesh Tope said the state was administering around 3.5 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses per day, while it had the capacity to inoculate 10 lakh people per day. Agency News: New Delhi Maharashtra faced a shortage of medical oxygen but it did not report any COVID-19 death due to it, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday.He was speaking to reporters at the inauguration of a hostel of the National Cold Chain Research Centre.“There are no deaths in the state due to shortage of medical oxygen. Such deaths may have occurred in other states,” he said.The Union government had, on Tuesday, told Parliament that no state or Union territory had reported any death due to oxygen
these 20 are particularly at risk. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said rescue operations were underway and that he had ordered the evacuation and relocation of people living in areas where there is a possibility of landslide,Expressing his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the situation in Maharashtra was being closely monitored and assistance was being provided to the affected. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
₹ 2 Lakh Compensation For Families Of Victims Of Maharashtra Landslide: PM Modi Agency News: New Delhi
shortage during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a statement that had come in for heavy criticism from the opposition as well as health activists.Mr Tope, speaking at the NCCRC hostel inauguration function, said the state was administering around 3.5 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses per day, while it had the capacity to inoculate 10 lakh people per day. PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com“I will be meeting Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to demand more vaccine doses for Maharashtra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a landslide in Maharashtra’s coastal Raigad district and announced compensation of ₹ 2 lakh for the families of the victims.PM Modi said the situation in Maharashtra due to heavy rains is being closely monitored and assistance is being provided to the affected.Thirty-six people were killed in a landslide near a village in coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The incident occurred near Talai village in Mahad tehsil on Thursday evening.“Anguished by the loss of lives due to a landslide in Raigad, Maharashtra. My condolences to the bereaved families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery.
also expressed condolences and urged Congress workers to assist in rescue work. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. I appeal to Congress workers to assist in relief and rescue work. Rains continue to cause disaster and disruptions in many parts of Maharashtra.
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Raj Kundra to remain in police custody till July 27 On Friday, the Magistrate Court extended Raj Kundra and Ryan Thorpe’s custody till Tuesday, after the Mumbai police had asked the court to extend it for another seven days.
Agency News: Mumbai The police custody of businessman and actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra has been extended by four days. He will now be in the custody of Mumbai police till July 27. The earlier three-day period of custody of Kundra which was awarded to the police by the court ended on Friday.The Mumbai police had sought seven more days of Raj Kundra’s custody to interrogate him on his financial transactions. In their plea seeking his sevenday custody they said that they suspected the money earned
from pornography was used for online betting, because of which transactions from his bank accounts needed to be investigated. Accepting the plea, the court awarded the businessman’s custody to Mumbai police by four days till July 27. His co-accused Ryan Thorpe, too, was produced in court with him. Raj Kundra was arrested by Mumbai crime branch on July 19 for allegedly creating and publishing porn content on OTT platforms.
Covid-19: India reports 35,342 new cases; active cases decline after 2-day rise
Modi govt’s lies on vaccination exposed: Randeep Surjewala Surjewala was referring to the central government’s reply to questions posed by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Parliament Agency News: New Delhi The lies of the Modi government on Covid-19 vaccination stand exposed, alleged national spokesperson of Congress Randeep Surjewala on Friday, referring to the Centre’s responses to unstarred question posed by MP Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha.Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had in his question in the Parliament sought to know if the government proposed to complete vaccination of all adults by the end of 2021. He also asked about the money spent on the exercise till now. In response, the health ministry said that “no fixed timeline at
present can be indicated for the completion of vaccination drive”. It added that beneficiaries aged 18 years and above were expected to be vaccinated by December 2021.To another question on the amount of money spent, the ministry said that Rs 9,725.15 crore had been spent till now on Covid-19 vaccination programme “including procurement of vaccines and operational cost of vaccination”.Tweeting the responses on Friday, Surjewala said, “Modi Govt’s lies exposed in reply to Shri Rahul Gandhi’s question in Parliament.
PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighters Tilak, Azad on their birth anniversary Taking to Twitter, Modi said Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a firm believer in Indian values and ethos, adding his views on education and women empowerment continued to motivate people. Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversary and recalled their contributions towards India’s freedom struggle. Taking to Twitter, Modi said Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a firm believer in Indian values and ethos, adding his views on education and women empowerment continued to motivate people. “I bow to the great Lokmanya Tilak
on his Jayanti. His thoughts and principles are more relevant than ever before in the present circumstances, when 130 crore Indians have decided to build an Aatmanirbhar Bharat that is economically prosperous and socially progressive,” he wrote on the microblogging site. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a teacher, independence activist and social thinker, was the first leader of India’s independence movement. Regarded as the “Maker of Modern India” by Mahatma Gandhi and “The father of
the Indian unrest” by the British, Tilak was one of the strongest advocates of Swaraj or self-rule and is seen as the first political leader who appreciated the importance of identity issues. One of his most famous quotes is “Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it!”. While paying tributes to the revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad, Prime Minister Modi said he was a futuristic thinker.
Of the new cases registered yesterday, the biggest contributor was once again Kerala, where 12,818 more people tested positive for the illness. Agency News: New Delhi India reported 35,342 new Covid-19 cases and 483 deaths in the last 24 hours, ending at 8 am on Friday. With this, the country’s overall caseload rose to around 3.12 crore (3,12,93,062), while its death toll has increased to over 4.19 lakh (4,19,470). Of the new cases registered on Thursday, the biggest contributor was once
again Kerala, where 12,818 more people tested positive for the illness. Maharashtra contributed 7,302 new cases, the second-highest nationwide. After a two-day rise, active cases started to decline on Thursday. According to the Union Health Ministry’s latest update, the country has a total of about 4.05 lakh active cases at present. Around 1.29 lakh of these were in Kerala while Maharashtra had over 94,000. While the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.12 per cent, the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.36 per cent, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am showed. Over 54.76 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of jabs administered as part of India’s nationwide vaccination drive to 42.34 crore.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Congress And The Regional Parties Have To Assert Decisively In Their Own Turfs The national political situation is presently volatile and every day, new revelations are coming out exposing the authoritarian character of the Narendra Modi Government which is in power at the centre for the last seven years. The exposure in the media about the Pegasus snooping covering all sections of the Indians, especially the politicians and the journalists, the farmers agitation reaching new high during the monsoon session of Parliament and the continuing rise in prices of essential commodities hitting the common masses at this time of pandemic, have made the so long invincible Prime Minister most vulnerable in the month of July 2021. It seems that Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo are clueless in deciding on how to deal with the anger of the people and burgeoning attacks by the opposition parties. In a vibrant parliamentary democracy like India, the political mood changes very fast and that is what the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is experiencing now in his second consecutive tenure as the Prime Minister. The survey done by the opinion agency C-Voter showed that the acceptability of the Prime Minister nosedived from earlier 67 per cent to 35 per cent in May this year in the background of the Government’s gross failure in controlling the pandemic, especially after the second wave and the acute financial distress currently faced by the people. More adverse developments have taken place in the last two months and it is probable that the acceptability of the PM has gone down below 30 per cent by now. Foranti-BJP opposition, the political turf for challenging Narendra Modi has never been so much favourable as it is now. It is a good coincidence that the Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee through her address on Jul21 urged the opposition parties to take advantage of this present vulnerability of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party by uniting to fight the saffrons in the states in the assembly polls in 2022 and 2023 and finally combating the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.Mamata is visiting Delhi next week and she called for a meeting of the opposition parties to discuss the unity strategy. Earlier also, the Trinamool vice president Yashwant Sinha organised a meeting of the opposition parties at the NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s residence but that was a preliminarytype and was a sort of curtain raiser for a bigger issue based meeting which will work out theroad map for opposition parties to face BJP unitedly both in struggles and in polls. The nextmeeting should be business like and it should have active participation of the Congresswhich is the largest opposition party against the BJP and which will be facing directly BJP inmost of the states which will go for elections in 2022 and 2023.Already the ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor had detailed meeting with the three Gandhisof the Congress and he must have discussed how the Congress has to play the leading rolein ensuring broader unity of the opposition parties and why only a perfect coordinationbetween the Congress and the regional parties can ensure an effective unity to fight the BJPin both the states and in the Lok Sabha elections in the coming period. As Mamata mentioned in her address that day, time was running out and the action programme for thestates should start right now. She said the game would be on in states and finally at thecentre in 2024.The West Bengal CM talked from a position of strength and she nowexercises a moral power to advise the opposition parties as she decisively trounced theModi-Shah do in the assembly elections in Bengal early this year and this she could dodespite massive mobilisation of resources and muscle power by the central leadership ofBJP in the Bengal poll.The next week’s opposition meet must focus on the strategy to fight the state elections asonly by defeating the BJP in the states, it will be possible for the opposition to take onNarendra Modi and the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Even among the states, theelections in Uttar Pradesh which has 403 assembly seats and which sends 80 members toLok Sabha, will be most important as the results in Uttar Pradesh will have big impact on thenational political situation as a whole. Prime Minister knows it and accordingly, he has taken charge of the - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara UP electoral plan of the BJP.
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Sidhu bonds with Capt Amarinder Singh over tea before taking charge Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh had invited all Congress MLAs and MPs for tea at Punjab Bhawan before the PPCC installation ceremony in Chandigarh Agency News: New Delhi Putting up a united show after months of bitter exchanges over social media, Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his bête noire Navjot Singh Sidhu interacted warmly and bonded over breakfast at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Friday morning. Capt Amarinder Singh had invited all Punjab Congress MLAs and MPs for tea at Punjab Bhawan at 10am, an hour before the
Phone tapping case: Delhi Police summons Gehlot’s OSD Lokesh Sharma Agency News: New Delhi The crime branch of the Delhi Police has summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s officer-onspecial-duty (OSD), Lokesh Sharma, in connection with the phone tapping case.Sharma has been asked by the Delhi Police to appear at its office at 11 am on July 24, in connection with an FIR lodged by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat earlier on March 25 this year, in which Sharma.
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee new team, led by Sidhu takes charge. The CM’s invite came on Thursday afternoon soon after Sidhu reached out to a miffed Capt Amarinder Singh through two working presidents Kuljit Singh Nagra and Sangat Singh Gilzian.All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat kept a close watch as Capt Amarinder Singh and Sidhu broke the
Agency News: Lucknow The health condition of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh is critical and he is on life support, the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) said on Friday.He is under close monitoring of senior doctors of critical care medicine (CCM), cardiology, nephrology, neurology and endocrinology departments, the statement said. “Former UP chief minister and former
Sidhu’s usual flamboyance was muted as he greeted the chief minister with folded hands longer than usual till Rawat led them both to the table for breakfast and tea. It may be recalled that Capt Amarinder Singh had said that he will not meet Sidhu.
India’s Ministry of the Environment is worried that the time it takes to complete the project will be cut in almost half and the rate of increase in support of companies hit by Covid will pay off. Agency News: New Delhi India’s Environment Ministry has almost halved the time it takes to clear projects, cheering companies hit by the pandemic and worrying green activists concerned the increased pace may come at a cost. It took an average of 84 days to clear a project in 2021, compared with 162 days the year before, according to data shared by the ministry. That’s a result of cutting
down needless processes and setting timelines for assessment panels, according to Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, the top bureaucrat in the ministry who took charge last year. The increased pace comes several years after the ministry was accused of deliberately stonewalling projects, causing delays that slowed down the economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to change that and in his seven years in office
Covid-19 patient dies days after high court’s nod to sperm collection The Covid-19 patient’s wife said she wanted to have his child through in vitro fertilisation method or Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedure. Agency News: New Delhi A 32-year-old Covid-19 patient in Gujarat’s Vadodara has died days after the high court allowed a city hospital to collect his sperms following his wife’s petition saying she wanted to bear his child artificially. “The hospital had informed us that they had extracted the sperm of my client’s husband shortly after the high court gave a go-ahead for it on Tuesday evening. But he passed away on Thursday,” Nilay Patel, the woman’s lawyer, was quoted as saying by
“Further hearing in the case is scheduled today,” Patel also said. The wife of the man, who was on life support at Sterling Hospital after suffering from multi-organ failure following coronavirus infection, moved the high court on Tuesday. The woman said she wanted to have the man’s child through in vitro fertilisation method or Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedure but he was not in a condition to give consent for the collection of his sperm. She said in her plea citing doctors that his chances of survival were slim and approached the court after the hospital demanded a court order to collect his sperm.
the Environment Ministry has brought in a series of policy changes in the country’s environment regulations that have been welcomed by industry. “Lots of changes have been made, which save a good amount of time,” said A.K. Singh, joint president for sustainable development at cement maker Birla Corp. “If a project gets held up, it really hits the economy directly.
Pegasus row: Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of ‘treason’, demands Home Minister’s resignation Agency News: New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “treason”, called for the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and demanded a judicial probe into allegations of surveillance using Pegasus spyware.“Pegasus is classified by the Israeli state as a weapon, and that weapon is supposed to be used against terrorists. The Prime Minister and the Home Minister have used this weapon against the Indian
Gandhi’s name has been featured in the list of potential targets. On Friday, Gandhi claimed all his phones were being tapped. state and our institutions. They have used it politically, they have used it in Karnataka,” Gandhi told reporters. “The only word for this is treason.”Pegasus took centre stage in Parliament on Friday again, leading to repeated adjournments of both Houses.
Oral comments made on Swamy, withdrawn by the court after ASG submitted they were ‘twisted’ on social media and by the press. governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Ji’s health status is critical. He is on life saving support system (ventilator),” a release issued by the hospital said. The Director of the institute Prof R K Dhiman is also keeping a close watch on all the aspects related to his health, it added. The 89-year-old BJP veteran was admitted to the ICU of the hospital on the evening of July 4 due to an infection and reduced consciousness level. Earlier, he was undergoing treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.
ice and seemingly buried the hatchet. The masks were off as Sidhu, in his trademark maroon Pathani suit with a coordinated scarf, chatted cordially with Capt Amarinder Singh, attired in his simple, white kurtachuridar set as Rawat looked on but chose to keep his mask on.
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Health of UP ex-CM Kaly- Judicial inquiry into Stan an Singh critical, on life Swamy’s death yet to be initisupport: Hospital ated: State in Bombay HC He is under close monitoring of senior doctors of critical care medicine (CCM), cardiology, nephrology, neurology and endocrinology departments.
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Agency News: Mumbai The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that a judicial magisterial inquiry into the death of Father Stan Swamy is yet to be initiated. Swamy, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 8, 2020, as an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, died in a private hospital on July 5.During Friday’s hearing before Justice S S Shinde and Justice N J Jamadar, Swamy’s lawyer Mihir Desai sought that an inquiry be conducted in Mumbai, in which Father Frazer Mascarenhas, the
former principal of St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, who was handed over Swamy’s body, be allowed to participate. Desai also sought that the inquiry be conducted in accordance with the procedure laid down by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and a report be submitted to the High Court.t he bench asked the state government if the inquiry had been initiated to which Chief Public Prosecutor Aruna Pai said, it hasn’t. The bench also asked Pai if the post-mortem examination was conducted as per procedure, to which she replied.
Gandhi’s name has been featured in the list of potential targets. Phones of at least five of Gandhi’s close friends and aides, including Alankar Sawai and Sachin Rao, were
also identified as potential targets using the spyware. Two numbers belonging to Gandhi were picked as candidates for possible surveillance, media reports said.On Friday, Gandhi claimed all his phones were being tapped. Responding to Gandhi’s remarks, the Bharatiya Janata Party said the Congress leader should “submit his phone to a probe agency if he thinks it was tapped”. BJP spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore claimed the Congress was using the issue to stall Parliament.
Joint Panel On Data Protection Bill Gets 5th Extension In Parliament
The Personal Data Protection Bill seeks to regulate the use of individual’s data by the government and private companies. Agency News: Mumbai The Joint Committee of Parliament or JCP examining the Personal Data Protection Bill was today given an extension till the Winter Session to submit its report. The Joint Committee of Parliament was constituted in the Lok Sabha in December
2019 and was expected to submit its report in the Budget Session. PP Chaudhary of the ruling BJP today moved a motion seeking extension up to the Winter Session of Parliament for the 30-member panel to submit its report. “That this House do extend up to the first week of Winter session of Parliament, 2021, the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019,” the motion read. It was passed by a voice vote.
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Economic Rebound Faces Rising Risk From COVID-19 Variants: Report The July 15-22 poll of 52 economists showed a third consecutive downgrade to the growth outlook for the current fiscal year 2021-22, but also the third such upgrade to the following year. Agency News: Mumbai The country’s economic rebound, already weakened in recent months, could lose further momentum as coronavirus variants pose the greatest threat and inflation rises, a Reuters poll of economists found.The latest survey results suggest difficult policy decisions lie ahead for the Reserve Bank of India, which has already seen two consecutive months of inflation above the six per cent upper
limit of the range it tolerates. The RBI said last week that prospects for the economy had brightened and the inflation rise would be transitory, echoing the views of most major central banks.But the fast spread of the Delta variant in some states and it is becoming dominant around the world - has raised doubts as the country contends with a devastating wave of COVID-19.The July 15-22 poll of 52 economists showed a third consecutive downgrade to the growth outlook for the current fiscal year 2021-22, but also the third such upgrade to the following year.About twothirds of economists, or 23 of 36, who responded.
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Tokyo Olympics: Indian Badminton Star PV Sindhu Feeling The Tokyo Pressure Tokyo Olympics: India’s badminton superstar PV Sindhu admitted that the pressure is on at the Tokyo Olympics as she begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova. Agency News: Tokyo Indian Badminton Star PV Sindhu Feeling The Tokyo PressureTokyo Olympics: India’s badminton superstar PV Sindhu admitted that the pressure is on at the Tokyo Olympics as she begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova.Agence France-PresseUpdated: July 23, 2021 12:16 PM ISTRead
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Interior designer Sussanne Khan, the ex-wife of actor Hrithik Roshan, shared a picture with their son Hridaan and called him ‘sonshine personified’. The photo was taken during her Eid-al-Adha celebrations with her family on Wednesday. She earlier shared pictures from the festivities on Instagram Stories. Sussanne Khan posted the picture with Hridaan on Instagram and wrote, “Love is knowing him.. my very own home grown deep souled heart monster. p.s Sonshine personified.
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Akshay Kumar donates Rs 50 lakh to help COVID-hit artists
the pressure is on at the Tokyo Olympics and she will be in the firing line. The 26-year-old world champion, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Games, begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova. With Rio champion Carolina Marin out of Tokyo with a serious knee injury, world number seven Sindhu is among the favourites in what looks to be an open field.
Agency News: Tokyo India archers Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, and Tarundeep Rai opened India’s campaign at the Tokyo 2020. Now, the focus will be on the spectacle of Opening Ceremony, where 25 members of the Indian contingent in Tokyo will come out. India
men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, and India boxing star Mary Kom will be the flagbearers from India. Hello and welcome to our live blog on Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Cermeony. 25 members from the Indian contingent will attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Shoaib Akhtar explains what Babar Azam ‘needs’ to do to ‘beat Virat and surpass him
Under Sanskar Bharti campaign ‘Peer Parai Jaane Re’, actor Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 50 lakh to help the artists whose livelihood got affected due to coronavirus pandemic. Akshay even recorded a video message to urge people to do their bit to help the needy in such trying times.“The corona epidemic has created financial problems in front of the artists, and they don’t have work from the last 2 years. The artist always stands for the country when
Shoaib Akhtar has given his view on the comparison between India captain Virat Kohli and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, saying that despite all the comparisons that are being drawn between the two players, the debate surrounding
the two is wrong. Kohli, with 70 international centuries, is one of the world’s leading batsmen, and while Babar has been steadily climbing up the ladder. Babar is definitely one of the most promising batsmen of this generation and could be counted as a part of the Fab Five, along with Kohli, Joe
Low interest rates, ample liquidity behind increased investor interest: Sebi chief
RBI hints at digital currency pilot in retail, wholesale segments
Agency News: New Delhi Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi on Thursday said prevailing low interest rates and ample liquidity are major factors for increased investor interest and any tightening of liquidity or increase in interest rates would impact the market.“Prevailing low interest rates and ample liquidity availability aren’t the only reasons for this increased investor interest in securities market in India; though one cannot deny that they are major factors and any tightening of liquidity or increase in interest rates would impact the market,” the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Root, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith. However, Akhtar reckons the gap between the two batsmen is way too much. In fact, Akhtar has predicted Kohli to peel off 30 more centuries in the coming five years and backed the India captain to take his tally of international tons to at least 110 - 10 more
than the current record-holder Sachin Tendulkar with 100 international hundreds. ”Virat
has what… 70 centuries in international cricket right. So in the next five years.
According to him, the RBI is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining use cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption. Agency News: New Delhi
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has indicated the possibility of conducting pilot launch of its digital currency in wholesale and retail segments in the near future.RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said, “Generally, countries have implemented specific purpose CBDCs (central bank digital currencies) in the wholesale
and retail segments. Going forward, after studying the impact of these models, launch of general purpose CBDCs shall be evaluated.”According to him, the RBI is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining use cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption. Some key issues under examination are: the scope of CBDCs —
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whether they should be used in retail payments or also in wholesale payments — and the underlying technology — whether it should be a distributed ledger or a centralised ledger, for instance, and whether the choice of
technology should vary as per use cases. It is also examining the validation mechanism — whether token based or account based, distribution architecture, whether direct issuance by the RBI or through banks and degree of anonymity.
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The Indian equity benchmarks were on track to close higher for second straight session led by gains in ICICI Bank, ITC, Axis Bank, Infosys and HCL Technologies. For most part of the day, the benchmarks traded in a narrow band but buying in banking stocks in late morning deals helped Sensex and Nifty break the rangebound trade on the upside. The Sensex
rose as much as 277 points and Nifty 50 index was firm above its important psychological level of 15,850As of 2:25 pm, the Sensex was up 190 points at 53,026 and Nifty 50 index advanced 49 points to 15,873. Shares of food delivery firm Zomato nearly doubled in value in debut, in the first stock market listing of a startup valued at more than $1 billion. Zomato shares surged over 80 per cent to hit high of ₹ 138.90.Nine of 11
sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty FMCG index’s 1 per cent gain. Nifty Realty, Bank, Private Bank and Financial Service indexes also rose between 0.6-1 per cent. On the other hand, Media and Auto indices were trading lower. Mid- and small-cap shares were trading mixed as Nifty Midcap 100 index rose 0.23 per cent and Nifty Smallcap 100 index slipped 0.39 per cent.
Harshvardhan Rane recalled joining a call centre, during his struggling days, to learn English for free. He also said that he worked several jobs to earn money.
Actor Harshvardhan Rane has recalled his struggling days when he didn’t have money and worked several jobs from 2002 to 2004. He also recalled joining a call centre to learn English for free.In an interview, Harshvardhan Rane said that he worked in several call centres. He said that to learn call centrelevel English, he listened to the radio or international news channelsSpeaking to Free Press Journal, Harshvardhan said, “Between 2002 to 2004, I also worked as a waiter, courier boy, at an STD booth, cyber cafe, and even assisted a DJ when I didn’t have money. That time people would say it’s important to learn English. It then became my goal to learn the language. I looked around for coaching classes, but I didn’t have money to pay for them. So, I joined a call centre. At call centres, they
used to give training in soft skills and English.”He added, “To reach the level of call centre English, I used to listen to radio or CNN UK or CNN America. After five-six months, I cracked an interview. I jumped call centres to get the training and learn English for free; and got paid for it too! Back then, English was of utmost importance. Thankfully, things have now changed. Hindi is also getting the respect that it deserves because of actors like Amitabh Bachchan.” A few months ago, Harshvardhan sold his bike to help people affected by Covid-19. Recalling the decision, he said that coming from a ‘humble family’ he doesn’t ‘really have that thing where I am writing cheques for charity’. He added that his mind ‘works in that direction where I think of converting my possession for someone’s benefit’.
Nupur Sanon recalls first heartbreak, the filmy drama’ that followed at night: I howled and cried’
Sensex, Rises Over 200 Points, Nifty Gold price drops beFirm Above 15,850 Led By Banks low ₹47,000 for 10 gm Nine of 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty FMCG index’s 1 per cent gain
needed, and I believe in this crucial time our people will come forward and stand with the artists,” he said in the video. In 2020, Akshay even
contributed Rs 25 crores to PM Cares Fund, and earlier this year, Akshay and his wife Twinkle had donated over 100 oxygen concentrators to people. Meanwhile, on the work front, Akshay is currently shooting for Anand L Rai’s film ‘ Raksha Bandhan’.
Harshvardhan Rane recalls odd-jobs as waiter, courier boy; joining call centres to learn English for free
Kohli, with 70 international centuries, is one of the world’s leading batsmen, and while Babar has been steadily climbing up the ladder. Agency News: New Delhi
Under Sanskar Bharti campaign ‘Peer Parai Jaane Re’, actor Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 50 lakh to help the artists whose livelihood got affected due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Time:2 minTokyo Olympics: Indian Badminton Star PV Sindhu Feeling The Tokyo PressureTokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu won silver in 2016 Rio Games.© AFPIndia’s badminton star PV Sindhu admitted that the Olympic pressure is onShe begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel’s Ksenia PolikarpovaPV Sindhu won silver in 2016 Rio GameIndia’s badminton superstar PV Sindhu admits that
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Gold price on Friday dropped to ₹46,900 for 10 gm from ₹47,120 in the previous trading session and silver was up ₹300 per kilogram to ₹66,900 per kg, Good Returns reported. The price of 22-carat gold was down at ₹46,700 per 10 gm in New Delhi, it dropped to ₹45,000 in Chennai and in Mumbai, it was ₹46,900, according to the website.Gold was trading lower in the domestic market tracking international spot prices. August gold contracts were trading 0.15 per cent lower at ₹47,564 for 10 gram at 9:30am on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). September silver futures were trading 0.03
per cent higher at ₹67,391 a kilogram. In the global market, gold prices edged lower on Friday and were heading for their first weekly decline in five. This came on the back of a stronger dollar which made bullion more expensive for holders of other currencies and offset support from lower US bond yields and weak economic data.
Kriti Sanon’s sister Nupur Sanon has recalled her first real heartbreak, and what happened immediately afterwards. Agency News: Mumbai Kriti Sanon’s sister Nupur Sanon, who recently appeared alongside Akshay Kumar in the music video Filhaal 2: Mohabbat, has spoken about her first heartbreak, and the ‘filmy drama’ reaction she had to it.In an interview, Nupur Sanon said that she was in college when she learned that her boyfriend had cheated on her. It made her reevaluate everything she believed about love. She told Bollywood Hungama, “I think I was in college, second year or third year. And that was my first time when I dated. I was from a school where everyone had a boyfriend, and a series of linkups and hook-ups, but they were all too boyish for me. I’ve always been this person who likes guys that are a little more mature.
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Man in Ahmedabad calls for table reservation, loses Rs 35,000 Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
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Merely trying to book a table for himself and an officecolleague at a hotel in the Navrangpura area of city cost a man Rs 35,000after he was tricked by cybercrooks. Suresh Vishwakarma, 28, who works as an accountant at a pathologylaboratory on Ashram Road, said in his complaint with Navrangpura police on Wednesday that the incident took place on July 3. “On July 3 afternoon, I was searching for a nearby hotel in Navrangpura and I found one hotel near Commerce Six Roads andtried to get its number on Google to call and book a table,” said Vishwakarma.He said that he
Adani Group partners India’s Olympic Contingent Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Adani Group has become an official partner of the Indian Olympics Contingent at the Tokyo Olympics, which opens on 23 July 2021. The Indian lineup in Tokyo includes 119 athletes, India’s highest ever total at the Olympic Games. The Olympic partnership is in line with the Adani Group’s belief that corporate support for the nation’s sporting ecosystem will build a better and stronger sporting future.Garv Hai, the Adani Group’s long-term incubation programme to identify and nurture India’s sporting champions of the future, was rolled out in 2019 after completing a four-year pilot project launched before
the Rio Olympics in 2015. Athletes of great promise were selected for the Garv Hai programme. In the past, the illustrious list of champions supported by the Adani Group have included boxers Shiva Thapa, Mandeep Jangra and Pinki Rani, shot putter Inderjeet Singh, race walker Khushbir Kaur, long distance runner Sanjeevani Jadhav and shooter Malaika Goel.Ten junior and nine senior athletes were nurtured under the Garv Hai initiative, of which seven qualified for the Tokyo 2020. Every one of the seven Garv Hai athletes is a great story of talent, determination and effort combining to overcome challenges, setbacks and hardship.
Covid vaccination drive to stay open on July 25, says DyCM Nitin patel said the vaccination drive will remain open this Sunday as a “special case” specifically for this group of people. On July 14, Patel had announced suspension of vaccination drive on Wednesdays and Sundays. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A special vaccination drive will be held in Gujarat for people who interact with several others as part of their job, including shopkeepers, traders and street vendors, on July 25, said Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Thursday.Patel, who also holds the health portfolio,
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dialled a number to book the table, but he could not connect on it. After few seconds, he got a call fromanother number where a person asked him if he wanted to book a table. Vishwakarma told him that he would like to book a table and the person told him to fill up a form and sent a weblink.After Vishwakarma filled up the form, the person again called him and asked if he had received an one-time password. But asVishwakarma denied receiving any OTP, the person disconnected the phone.After a while, he received multiple messages of money deduction and ended up losing Rs 35,000 to the cyber crook.
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Jaguar Land Rover To ‘Reimagine Racing’ With Long-Term Commitment To Formula E Jaguar Land Rover has officially confirmed Jaguar Racing’s long-term future to the Gen3 era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – set to commence in the 2022/23 season.Jaguar Racing’s racewinning motorsport operation will help Jaguar Land Rover develop new sustainable technologies and set new benchmarks in quality with its partners, and support Jaguar’s renaissance as an all-electric luxury brand from 2025.The Formula E programme will contribute to Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy a commitment to achieve zero tailpipe emissions by 2036, and net zero status across supply chain, operators, and products by 2039The longterm commitment comes ahead.
Gujarat advocates’ body vows to boycott High Court’s official functions, seeks resumption of physical hearings Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association (GHAA) on Thursday unanimously resolved to boycott all official functions being organised by the High Court in protest against its decision of not allowing physical hearings in courtrooms.It was also resolved that a “peaceful dharna” will be held outside the Gujarat HC on July 26, while adhering to all Covid-19 norms. The resolution moved by advocate member of GHAA, Ashok Parekh, and seconded by another advocate member Mukesh Vaidya, found unanimous support among the Bar
To express reverence and pay gratitude to our teachers, Guru Purnima is celebrated every year by the Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Buddhist communities around the world.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A teacher, or guru, plays an important role in shaping our lives and, therefore, are considered akin to a God. They do not just impart knowledge to their students, but also guide and steer them towards the right direction in life. The Sanskrit word ‘guru’ translates to ‘dispeller of darkness’. To express reverence and pay
gratitude to our teachers, Guru Purnima is celebrated every year by the Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Buddhist communities around the world This year, Guru Purnima falls on July 24. Traditionally celebrated by the Buddhists, it is believed that Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on this day at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. The festival is observed on a full moon day
The DCB also confirmed that Desai, who had initially consented to undergo a narco test, has now withdrawn his consent.
In a major breakthrough in the missing case of Sweety Patel, 37, the partner of a police inspector Ajay Desai attached to the Vadodara district police, the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has found blood stains while collecting evidences in the Karjan residence of Desai, from where Patel allegedly went missing on June 5. The DCB also confirmed that Desai, who had initially
members.The resolution states that the Bar members have unanimously decided to boycott official functions, such as full court reference, oath ceremonies of judges except those personally invited by the judge designate and ‘Lok Adalats’. Instead, the Bar shall hold parallel functions to celebrate events of national and constitutional importance like Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. The resolution also states that the Bar has resolved “not to accord any welcome or farewell” to any judge, either on appointment, elevation or retirement.“It (GHAA resolution) notes with disgust that despite the frantic.
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‘Missing’ partner case: Ahmedabad DCB finds blood stains in PI’s house
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said the vaccination drive will remain open this Sunday as a “special case” specifically for this group of people. On July 14, Patel had announced suspension of vaccination drive on Wednesdays and Sundays.As per a notification issued by the state government, people who interact with several others as part of their job have to be compulsorily vaccinated by July 31. These include owners and employees of shopping mall/complexes, beauty parlour/salon, restaurants and gyms.
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consented to undergo a narco test, has now withdrawn his consent.The
Ahmedabad DCB, which took over investigation on Wednesday formally, conducted a punchnama of the residence of Desai in Karjan which he shared with Patel and their two-year-old son as well as at the site in Atalia village in Bharuch districtwhere the Vadodara district police had recovered partially charred human bones on July 12 from an under-construction building. Chaitanya Mandlik, Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCP), Ahmedabad DCB was close to a breakthrough in the case. “Our team visited Vadodara Wednesday to take over the case and collected forensic evidence from the locations. The team visited Desai’s house in Karjan and found blood stains in the pipe of the common sink of the house. We have collected the evidence and it does indicate towards the possibility of foul play. We are investigating the angle,” Mandlik said.
IMD predicts heavy rain in state from 23 till 27July The state has so far received only 25 per cent of its season’s average rainfall as against 36 per cent recorded by this time of the year in 2020. A total of 216 mm rainfall was recorded in the state as on Thursday. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of heavy rainfall in Gujarat from Friday till July 27.Starting from the southern districts of Navsari, Valsad and Dang on Friday and Saturday heavy rainfall is expected to cover remaining parts of the state in the
(Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashada. The day is also celebrated as Vyasa Purnima, commemorating the birthday of sage Ved Vyasa who wrote Hindu epics Mahabharata and Puranas. He also structured the Vedas and classified them into Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. Born to Satyavati and Brahmin sage Parashar on this day, he is considered one of the seven immortals who are still alive according t o Hindu mythology.
According to the Yogic tradition, Lord Shiva is believed to be the first-ever guru. It is said that Guru Purnima was the day when he appeared.
CID cyber crime recovers Rs 19.22 L lost to online fraud victims in state According to police, the victims had contacted the CID Crime Cyber Cell on the state Helpline number 155260. In June, this helpline number was released across the country after online frauds increased during the second wave. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Cyber Crime Cell under the Gujarat Crime Investigation Department (CID) Crime and Railways has prevented online financial frauds on 27 instances in the past 17 days and managed to recover Rs 19.22 lakh to the victims across Gujarat who had fallen into the trap of online scammers. As per information released by the CID Crime and Railways department, from July 2 to July 17, the vigilance team of Cyber Crime Cell managed to
contact nodal agencies of banks and e-wallets to freeze the bank accounts of alleged scammers and return the money to the victims from Ahmedabad, Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Vadodara, Panchmahal, Mehsana, Gir Somnath, Kutch Bhuj, Surat city, Surat rural, Ankleshwar town, Anand, Banaskantha, Surendranagar, Kheda Nadiad and Narmada. According to police, the victims had contacted the CID Crime Cyber Cell on the state Helpline number 155260. In June, this helpline number was released across the country after online frauds increased during the second wave.“As instructed by the Director General of Police (CID Crime) TS Bisht, any victim who contacted the helpline number 155260 for online financial fraud.
Tata Motors simultaneously inaugurates 8 new showrooms in Ahmedabad following days.“Heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places very likely in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Porbandar, Junagadh and Dwarka, very likely in the districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Anand, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Dangs and Tapi and also in the districts of Saurashtra namely Rajkot, Amreli and Bhavnagar,” the weather bulletin for July 26
and 27 states. The state has so far received only 25 per cent of its season’s average rainfall as against 36 per cent recorded by this time of the year in 2020. A total of 216 mm rainfall was recorded in the state as on Thursday. Among regions North Gujarat has received the least of 19 per cent while the Southern parts have received the highest of 31 per cent average total rainfall. The East central districts have recorded nearly 22 per cent and Saurashtra 24 per cent.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad In line with its retail acceleration strategy, Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile company,today inaugurates 8 strategically located showrooms in and around the vibrant market of Ahmedabad. These showroomsembrace the new and modern retail identity and will host the company’s entire range of passenger vehicles, including itselectric vehicles portfolio.With several pockets emerging into upmarket retail locations,
Ahmedabad is a dynamic and rapidly growing market. These8 new retail outlets of Tata Motors are situated in prime locations in these upcoming exclusive pockets, such asS.G.Highway, Ashram Road, Ambawadi, Gota, Vijay Char Rasta, Motera, Vastral & Sanand, providing an enhancedcustomer experience with a plush feel and quicker turnaround time.Inaugurating these dealerships, Mr. Shailesh Chandra – President, PVBU, Tata Motors said, “Tata Motors is thefastest growing brand in Gujarat.
Banas Dairy begins artificial insemination of Kankrej cows The artificial insemination process was carried out by experts from the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Agency News: Palanpur In a first attempt at bovine surrogacy, Banas Dairy on Thursday began artificially inseminating surrogate Kankrej cows in Banaskantha district. If the pregnancies succeed, these indigenous breed of cows are expected to produce calves
that will grow up to be highmilk yielding cows.“This is the first time we are using in-vitro fertilisation or IVF technique in Kankrej breed of cows. While this breed is known to be sturdy and has high resistance to diseases, the average daily milk yield of a Kankrej cow is just 3-5 litres. But there are
cows of the same breed that can yeild 20-25 litres of milk a day. We have purchased 50 such cows from farmers and are using their embryos to artificially inseminate average cows of the same breed who act as surrogates to increase the number of high milkyielding cows,” said Shankar
Choudhary, chairman of Banas Dairy, who along with the board of directors oversaw the artificial insemination of first
five Kankrej cows in Raiya village of Diyodhar taluka. The artificial insemination process was carried out by experts from the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Two months ago, Banas Dairy had sent few of their “elite” Kankrej cows to NDDB for extraction of their oocytes that was fertilised in their laboratory with semen of Kankrej bulls taken from the semen station of Banas Dairy.