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Agency News: New Delhi There has been a big revelation about the conspiracy to cause violence during the tractor rally being organised by the farmers as part of their protest against the agricultural laws of the central government. According to the Delhi Police, there have been intelligence inputs that Pakistan plans to spread violence during the tractor rally. The Delhi Police have disclosed that from January 13 to 18, 308 Twitter handles have been created, which has created a conspiracy to spread violence. However, the Delhi Police has made adequate arrangements to provide security at the rally.
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Indian Army admits clash with PLA in Nakula, makes this big statement The Indian Army on Monday confirmed that there was a “minor confrontation” between Indian and Chinese troops at Nakula in Sikkim on January 20 (Wednesday). It has been accepted today after several media reports that there was a violent dispute after Chinese soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attempted to penetrate into Indian territory. The dispute was swiftly resolved as reported by the ANI, the Indian Army said in a statement. “It is clarified that there was a minor confrontation between the Indian Army and Chinese PLA soldiers at Nakula in Sikkim on January 20. This was resolved according to the protocol established by the local commanders,’’ the Indian Army said. The report said that violent clashes occurred last week after the PLA’s attempt to infiltrate into Indian territory, which was thwarted by vigilant Indian soldiers. The incident occurred thousands of kilometers away from the ongoing standoff between the Indian Army and the PLA of China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.It was reported that Indian Army personnel foiled an infiltration attempt, leading to a physical clash in which soldiers on both sides were reportedly injured. According to reports weapons were not used and the tense situation calmed down.This type of incident occurred in May last year. The Nakula conflict ensued.
Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker and other Bollywood celebs react to violence during farmers’ tractor parade
Farmers’ Protest: Big Pakistan conspiracy to India, China hold talks on LAC row spread violence during tractor rally unearthed , 5 thousand tractors at Singhu and one thousand tractors at Ghazipur. A large number of farmers will march from Nashik to Mumbai in protest against agricultural laws. This rally, which involves farmers from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Haryana are giving the police of all three states a big headache. Along with this, to avoid any
disturbance in the movement, hundreds of volunteers have been engaged, who will search all the farmers coming in the tractor rally. The Delhi Police has given permission for the tractor rally of the farmers. The
farmers will enter Delhi from three routes. Routes have been decided from Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders for the farmers’ tractor rally. The tractor rally has been allowed to travel for 63 kilometres
from Tikri, 62 km from Singhu and 46 km from the Ghazipur border. The farmers claim about 3 lakh farmers will participate in the tractor rally. There are 7 to 8 thousand tractors at Tikri border, 5 thousand tractors at Singhu and one thousand tractors at Ghazipur. A large number of farmers will march from Nashik to Mumbai in protest against agricultural laws. A large number of farmers will leave from Nashik to Mumbai under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha at the rally. During this time NCP chief Sharad Pawar, State Congress President Balasaheb Thorat and Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray will be present.
Kerala govt hands Only BJP can save you from infilsolar case to CBI trators, Shah tells voters in Assam
Bollywood actress Kirti Kulhari treated her fans to stunning picturesfrom her latest fashion shoot.
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Kerala’s Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government on Sunday decided to hand over a probe of the Team Solar scandal, which almost led to the fall of the Oomen Chandy regime seven years ago, to the CBI just months ahead of assembly elections in the state. The move came after Chandy was made chief of the Congress party’s election management committee for the polls. The
scandal centred around a fictitious solar energy company called Team Solar formed in 2013 by an alleged con woman named Saritha Nair and second husband, Biju Radhakrish-nan, who boasted of their contacts with the chief minister’s office, and cheated people out of money by seeking investments with the promise of making them business partners or offering to install solar power units. Chandy was then the Kerala CM.
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Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the Bodoland Territorial Region Accord, which was inked a year ago, triggered the process of ending insurgency in the Northeast and was able to bring peace to the troubled region in Assam.The Bodo Accord, the third peace deal with Bodo rebel groups, was signed in New Delhi on January 27 last year by the Centre with all four factions of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and United Bodo Peoples’ Organisation (UBPO).“Peace has returned to Bodo areas due to the accord. There used to be killings and abductions
here, but I can assure that in a few years, this region will become the most developed part of Assam,” he said at a rally in Kokrajhar, the BTR headquarters, to mark one year of the signing of the accord.He also attacked the Congress for failing to fulfil promises.“If Assam has to be made corruption-free, infiltrator-free, terrorismfree and pollution-free, then only the BJP can do so under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Shah said. Assam is among the five states slated to hold assembly elections this year. Pitching for another term for a BJPled government in Assam to “safeguard” the interests of the state, Shah said the CongressAIUDF combine would open “all gates” to infiltrators if voted to power
Republic Day 2021: Significance and Evolution of Indian National Flag Over the Years Agency News: New Delhi January 26, also known as Republic Day, is one of the most significant days of our country’s history when the Indian constitution came into effect in 1950. The day is celebrated with full fervour and enthusiasm as spectacular parade takes place at Janpath, New Delhi and the national flag is hoisted in various parts of the country. While flag hoisting is an important part of this celebration, do you know that the existing tricolour is not the first flag which was designed as the our national flag.As we
celebrate the 72nd Republic Day this year, let’s go through our national flag’s evolution and significance:The Indian tricolour has undergone a lot of transformation until it was adopted in its existing form on July 22, 1947. The tricoloured Indian National flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya of Macchilipatnam in 1916.1. However, the first time when it was hoisted as our national flag was on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Kolkata. This flag had three horizontal stripes of red, yellow and green.2. In the same year, 1906, a new
design of flag was proposed by Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma which was exhibited at the socialist conference in Berlin. The flag was tri-coloured with saffron at the top and green at the bottom. The top saffron part also had one lotus and seven stars denoting ‘Saptarishi’. The flag also had the words ‘Vande Mataram’ written on it.3. In 1917, a new flag was designed by Annie Besant & Lokmanya Tilak during the Home Rule Movement. The flag had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately with a symbol of Union Jack
Ladakh MP unfurls national flag at Stongday Top in Kargil on R- Day Agency News: New Delhi In Kargil Ladakh, MP Jamayang Tsering Namgyail unfurled the National Flag & celebrated 72nd Republic Day at the highest location at an altitude of 15000ft (4571mtr) on Stongday Top in Zanskar Sub Division in Kargil with minimum temperature below -35 degree Celsius The main attraction was snow sculptured National Emblem 270km far away from the District Headquarter of Kargil.On this occasion the newly Padma Shri awardee Tsultim Chonjor - the Manji of Ladakh who single handedly constructed 38km road to connect Zanskar with
Himachal Pradesh was the special guest along with state awardee famous artist Tsering
Gyurmet, District Awardee Police SHO Jigmet Singey Wangchuk.
present at the top left corner. It also had a white crescent and star opposite to it on the right corner.4. In 1921, the flag was redesigned by Vankayya which had colours red and green to represent the two major religious communities in India. However, Mahatma Gandhi, who was in Vijayawada at that time, advised Pingali to add the white colour to the flag to represent all the other communities of India. He also asked him to add ’Spinning
Wheel’ or the Charkha to the flag. 5. In 1931, Venkayya redesigned the flag and added saffron colour instead of red at the top. The white and green stripes were kept the same with Gandhiji’s Charkha at the centre of the flag. However, in the final flag which was adopted in 1947, the symbol of the Spinning Wheel or Charkha was replaced by Ashoka’s Dharma Charkha as the emblem on the white part of the flag.
The outcome of the ninth round of military dialogue was not known when this report was filed.The situation in the Ladakh sector remains tense and the ongoing military and diplomatic dialogue has not yielded results. “The ground situation remains as it was in August-September (when Indian Army took control of key heights on the southern bank
India and China on Sunday held yet another round of military talks in their latest attempt to ease tensions in eastern Ladakh, where the two sides have been locked in a lingering border standoff that has hit bilateral ties, at a time when frontline soldiers are deployed eyeball-to-eyeball at friction points on the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC), officials familiar with the development said.The corps commander-level talks between the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation
Army (PLA) were held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the LAC. The outcome of the ninth round of military dialogue was not known when this report was filed.The situation in the Ladakh sector remains tense and the ongoing military and diplomatic dialogue has not yielded results. “The ground situation remains as it was in August-September (when Indian Army took control of key heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso). The military dialogue alone is unlikely to yield results. Diplomatic efforts will have to progress simultaneously,” said one of the officials cited above.India has consistently pushed for comprehensive disengagement at all flashpoints and restoration of status quo ante of early April 2020 during the ongoing military talks whereas the Chinese side wants the Indian Army to first pull back troops deployed on strategic heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso.“Neither side is willing to vacate the positions held by them. It seems unlikely that the standoff will be resolved in the short term. However, talks will go on as it is important not to break communication,” said a second official.Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Saturday said that India was ready to match China’s aggression in the eastern Ladakh theatre, where the two countries have been locked in a border row since May 2020. “If they (China) can get aggressive, we will also get aggressive. We have full preparations (to meet any eventuality),” said the IAF chief.Last month, he said the likely reasons for Chinese actions in the Ladakh sector could include.
and author late Father Vallés will be given the award posthumously.The list includes many unsung heroes of the country.Congratulating the Padma Awardees, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, we are proud of all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India cherishes their contribution to the nation and humanity
at large. He said, these exceptional individuals from different walks of life have brought qualitative changes in the lives of others.Seven persons across different fields have been nominated for the Padma Awards from West Bengal. On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, the names of the Padma Shri awardees were announced for the year 2021. Novelist Namdeo.C.Kamble hailing from Washim district in Vidarbha is awarded Padmashri for his contribution to the field of literature. Earlier, he had received the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ‘Raghavvel’. He has written 8 novels, 2 collections of stories, 4 collections of poems, 2 collections of ideological books. He has recently written a book on Gandhi-Ambedkar ideological writing.
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Padma Awards for 119 achievers including S P Balasubramaniam, Ram Vilas Paswan and former Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe Agency News: New Delhi
On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, the Government announced the Padma Awards this evening. Seven persons will get Padma Vibhushan. They include former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo and Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Eminent Singer late S P Balasubramaniam will be awarded the 2nd highest civilian award posthumously. Ten persons will get Padma Bhushan. They include former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Singer K S Chithra, prominent poet Chandrashekhara Kambara and retired Civil Servant Nripendra Misra. Former Gujarat Chief Minister late Keshubhai Patel , Former Assam Chief Minister late Tarun Gogoi and Former
Union Minister late Ram Vilas Paswan will be honoured with Padma Bhushan posthumously.102 persons will get Padma Shri. They include Social Worker Sindutai Sapkal, Musician Bombay Jayashri, British film director Peter Brook and Greek Indologist Nicholas Kazanas. Former Governor of Goa late Mridula Sinha, Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest
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2 EDITORIAL Clashes in Nakula between Indian Army, PLA, around 20 Chinese soldiers injured
25.01.2021, Monday
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What Mamata Can Learn From Modi’s Approach During An Ahmedabad Event in 2013 There could not have been a better setting to commemorate Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations than Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. However, the otherwise perfect programme was marred by Mamata Banerjee’s anger towards a handful of people who chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ She refused to speak at the programme and ended her “remarks” in less than two minutesThis was vintage Mamata — making many points in her own way. But, not so long ago, in October 2013, then chief minister Narendra Modi found himself in a similar situation in Ahmedabad. How Modi dealt with the situation then and what Mamata did on Saturday are studies in contrasts. On October 29, then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was to be in Ahmedabad to inaugurate the Sardar Patel Museum in the city. This programme was being organised by Gujarat Congress stalwart and former Minister Dinsha Patel. It was a programme to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel. The timing of the programme was also impeccable - India was less than a year away from elections and the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate was Modi. That the Congress and its eco-system had no love lost for Modi was well known. Yet, when Singh landed in Ahmedabad, he was received by Modi at the airport. In contrast, Banerjee preferred to send one of her ministers to receive PM Modi. Special occasions do merit special gestures, which indicate that while leaders may have different political parties, they are one on vital national issues. The programme at the museum was largely packed with Congress leaders on the dias and Congress supporters in the audience. From Bharat Solanki to Shankersinh Vaghela, all top Gujarat leaders were present. The crowd was not very hospitable to CM Modi (a handful of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans pale in contrast). But, when CM Modi took the mike, there was not a sign of anger or discomfort. In his remarks, he went on to laud Sardar Patel for his work on women reservation, urban planning and cleanliness during his tenure in the Ahmedabad Municipality. He also highlighted the various awards Gujarat had received from the UPA Government. CM Modi also gave a message that Maoism and terrorism would not succeed in India. He did make a political point- lamenting why Sardar Patel was not India’s first Prime Minister but it was done without bringing anybody else down. Dr Manmohan Singh, on his part also played to the Congress script, highlighting Sardar Patel’s secular credentials, among other things. The target of his remarks was clear and could be debated but one could not fault him for saying it improperly. Mamata Banerjee’s conduct at Victoria Memorial was a study in contrast. Unlike Dr Manmohan Singh in Ahmedabad, PM Modi stayed totally clear from politics in his long speech. The focus of his speech was Netaji Bose, his vision in action today and the greatness of West Bengal. Crossfire between political leaders and cadres is common, as well as healthy, in democracy, provided it is done with decency and respect. The incidents in Ahmedabad in 2013 and Kolkata in 2021 had many similarities- birth anniversary programmes of leading figures of the Indian freedom struggle, the PM and CM of the day belonging to different parties. But to CM Modi’s credit then and PM Modi’s credit now, there was no politics. It did not matter whether the crowd was moderately hostile in Ahmedabad or whether a handful of TMC activists tried to show him black flags while he was enroute to Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata (a handful of people chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ does not even compare to this). Certain occasions require dignified conduct. This is where Mamata Banerjee erred. As the democratically elected chief minister with a big majority, she could have enhanced the prestige of the programme by highlighting her vision but she preferred to take the easier route of saying nothing - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara yet saying everything.
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Agency News: New Delhi The news of a violent clash between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has surfaced once again. There have been reports of fresh clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in Nakula in Sikkim, thousands of kilometers from Ladakh, where India and China have been engaged in a massive military standoff on the LAC for the last several months.The report said that the clash took place last week when Chinese soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attempted to sneak inside the Indian side of the
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50 lakh doses of COVID 19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India arrive in Dhaka He has scheduled to visit Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Karur, and Dindigul districts from January 23 to 25. Agency News: New Delhi This is part of the agreement for the purchase of 30 million doses of the
vaccine for which Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited (BPL) had signed a tripartite agreement with the SII on
December 13 last year. The remaining doses of the vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh over the next few
months, as per the agreement. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the vaccination programme in Dhaka from Wednesday. A nurse of the Kurmitola general hospital in Dhaka will receive the first vaccine shot. Government of Bangladesh has made preparations to start the vaccination process from the first week of February. The first consignment of 2 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine as gift from India was received by Bangladesh.
10 confirmed dead, one miner still missing in China’s Shandong Gold mine In China’s
Shandong Province, rescuers have retrieved ten bodies of miners trapped underground due to a blast in a gold mine. Agency News: New Delhi Twenty-two miners were trapped underground due to the mine blast on 10th January in Qixia, under the city of Yantai. Eleven miners were rescued on Sunday after being trapped for two weeks, and one was still missing, according to a press briefing on Monday. One trapped miner is still missing and
search efforts are underway. Previously, clearance work had encountered great difficulties, but on Sunday morning, a huge obstacle blocking the well suddenly fell to the bottom of the shaft, allowing rescue work to take a big step forward, after which the rescuers brought up 11 miners.State media reported quoting a local official, some of the miners starved to death, and some died from
injuries from the explosion. The under-construction gold mine suffered two blasts on 10th January, accompanied by thick smoke and strong tremors causing severe damage to the underground facilities and greater difficulties for clearing work, said Chen Yumin, who is leading the rescue team. He informed that the 11 rescued miners are receiving appropriate
medical treatment, and DNA tests are being conducted to confirm the identities of the deceased.The cause of the accident is under investigation. Authorities have detained mine managers for delaying reporting the accident and two government officials were dismissed from their posts for dereliction of duty. In another incident on Monday morning, Eight people were injured and three others missing in an explosion of a natural gas pipe on Monday in Dalian, a port city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, state media reported citing local authorities. The injured have been rushed to hospital. The fire has been put out, and an initial investigation found that the explosion was caused by a leakage of the natural gas pipeline.
border. About 20 Chinese soldiers were injured in this encounter, while 4 Indian soldiers were also picked up injuries.Indian army personnel foiled an attempt to infiltrate by the Chinese troops, which led to physical clashes, with soldiers on both sides being reportedly injured.Sources said that no weapon was used during the clash. The situation is now reported to be under control.The skirmish took place just days before the ninth round of military talks between India and China, which took place on Sunday. The Corps Commander-level talks lasted approximately 16 hours and focused on the withdrawal of troops from all friction points in eastern
Ladakh.The talks, which started at around 10:30 am, concluded at 2:30 pm.Sources said that India told China during the talks that it would be necessary for Beijing to take the initiative to carry forward the process of de-escalation at friction points with LAC in Ladakh.Explain that amid the ongoing border standoff, around 100,000 Indian and Chinese troops are stationed in eastern Ladakh In June last year, troops from both sides clashed in the Galvan Valley, killing 20 Indian soldiers and more than 40 PLA personnel. This was the first incident of a border accident between India and China in nearly five decades.
No one being forced to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, nothing to feel bad about such chants: UP CM
Agency News: Lucknow UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that ‘No one is being forced to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans and there is nothing to feel
bad about such chants’ Speaking to media sources, CM Yogi Adityanath said, “If someone says Jai Shri Ram there is nothing to feel bad about it as it is a greeting”‘.
Karanveer Mehra and Nidhi Seth got “Just Married”
8 chartered accountants among 258 arrested so far in GST fake invoice frauds It is through such systemic changes, the department has now been able to take targeted actions against fraudsters and tax evaders. It is with these measures that the DGGI has not only been able to unearth the fake firms but also the final beneficiaries of ITC frauds
Agency News: New Delhi Eight Chartered Accountants are among 258 persons arrested so far in the nationwide drive against fake GST invoice frauds in last two and a half months since mid-November, 2020. DGGI sources said that the 8th Chartered Accountant was arrested yesterday along with his four business accomplices in Jaipur for operating 25 fake firms to fraudulently avail and pass on ITC through bogus
invoices without actual supplies of goods/services. Sources said that out of the 258 arrested so far, at least two persons have been booked under COFEPOSA (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act) also. The drive by GST intelligence and CGST authorities is ongoing with more than 2500 case booked against 8000 fake GSTIN entities as of now. Authorities have recovered more than Rs 820 crore from these fraudsters.Sources
said that the chartered accountants’ regulatory body, namely, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) have been informed about these arrests and have been asked to take appropriate actions as per their own rules. CAs arrested in multi-layered fake GST invoice frauds via multiple bogus firms include CA BS Gupta (Jaipur), CA Daulat S Mehta and CA Chandra Prakash Pandey (Mumbai), CA Lalit Prajapati (Ahmedabad), CA S Krishnakumar (Chennai), CA Nitin Jain (Delhi), CA B. Srinvasa Rao (Hyderabad) and CA Ankur Garg (Ludhiana). They all were operating multiple non-existent firms and fake entities to dupe the exchequer
with fraudulent ITC utilisation in connivance with fraudsters and flyby-night operators. DoR sources acknowledged that with complete data sharing among GST, customs and income tax, and apt use of Data Analytics and AI & ML, the GST intelligence authorities have been able to pin-pointedly identify those indulged in tax evasion through various means including fake bills and also those availing these bills through layers of intermediaries. It is through such systemic changes, the department has now been able to take targeted actions against fraudsters and tax evaders. It is with these measures that the DGGI has not only been able to unearth the fake
firms but also the final beneficiaries of ITC frauds, like in the ITC scam in manpower services allegedly by big companies like Swiggy, the food delivery chain and Instakart, a subsidiary of e-com giant Flipkart. It may be noted that this concerted nationwide drive against bogus GST invoice fraud has ensured better GST compliance to identify tax evaders and those availing input tax credits fraudulently, and thus, has resulted in record GST collection to the tune of more than Rs.1.15 lakh crore for December, 2020. Also, this has resulted in an increase in the number of GSTR 3B return filers to more than 87 lakh in the month of December.
Agency News: Mumbai TV serial Pavitra Rishta fame Karanveer Mehra got married to actress Nidhi Seth at a gurdwara in Delhi. It was a 3-day long wedding as the shenanigans started on Friday and the wedding was on Sunday, the same day Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Natasha Dalal. Pictures of their wedding are going viral on social media. These two were in love and finally decided to seal to deal. They only had a gathering of 30 people, the very close friends
and family members only. The couple chose a classy colour for their outfits. Karanveer looked pretty handsome in a purple jacket, he was also wearing a turban. The bride, Nidhi looked gorgeous as she was wearing a decent beige colour lehenga. The year 2021 started with the clarinet in the entertainment industry. On one hand, actor Varun Dhawan is tied up in marriage with his girlfriend Natasha Dalal. And on the same day, television actors Karanveer Mehra and Nidhi V Seth also chose for their wedding. Karanveer Mehra and Nidhi Seth got “Just Married”, see pics here
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FA Cup: Manchester United compounds Liverpool’s woes with victory Agency News: New Delhi For the followers of Liverpool, it was the weak side which paved way for Manchester United’s victory, but at the end of the day, it was a clash which was more important, as ManU cruised into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2, at the Old Trafford here on Sunday. Bruno Fernandes was the man of the day as he tricked off a superb free-kick propelling for the Ole Gunnar Solskjær side the victory over the Premier League champions Liverpool. Coming in from the bench, Fernandes was only on the pitch for the last 25 minutes but made his mark in style at Old
4 soccer players killed in Brazil plane crash had COVID-19 Agency News: New Delhi
Trafford, firing home a set piece from the edge of the area as United set up a tie with David Moyes’ West Ham United. Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring for Liverpool after a superb through ball from Roberto Firmino while Mason Greenwood levelled up after a perfect cross-field pass from fellow England international Marcus Rashford. Greenwood returned the favour as Rashford put United ahead.
Four soccer players from Brazilian club Palmas died in a plane crash while travelling separately from the team after testing positive for the coronavirus, the club said.The club’s president also died in the crash after the plane suddenly plunged to the ground at the end of the runway while on takeoff in the northern state of Tocantins, the team reported. The pilot also died. The players were on their way to Goiania, in the central region of the country, to play a match against Vila Nova. The players were travelling in a private plane because
they had tested positive for COVID-19, club spokesperson Izabela Martins told The Associated Press.Martins said that Sunday would have been their last day of isolation and that the rest of the team would travel on a commercial flight. The victims were identified as president Lucas Meira and players Lucas Praxedes, Guilherme Noé, Ranule and Marcus Molinari, the club said. The pilot was not identified. There were no survivors.Palmas Futebol e Regatas was founded in 1997 and plays in Brazil’s fourth division.The cause of the accident was not immediately known. Tocantins fire officials reported.
England tour of Sri Lanka: Joe Root and Co win 2nd Test, complete series sweep Agency News: New Delhi England completed a 2-0 series victory over Sri Lanka on Monday by winning the second Test by six wickets with a day to spareSet a target of 164, the English lost four wickets for 89 runs but an unbroken 75run stand for the fifth wicket by Jos Buttler (46) and Dom Sibley (56) completed the task. Sibley only managed six runs in three innings but he returned to form with a much needed half-century in the final innings. England were still batting in their first innings when the fourth day began. The tourists managed to add only five more runs to their overnight total as they were bowled out for 344 to
concede a first innings lead of 37 runs.Sri Lanka then produced some sloppy batting with some turn and bounce for the spin bowlers. The hosts lost six wickets quickly in the morning session.England’s spinners
had gone wicketless in the first innings but they came through in the second with Somerset duo Sibley and Jack Leach taking four wickets apiece. Sri Lankans are used to playing on slow bouncy surfaces, but they
failed to handle the pressure. Tail-ender Lasith Embuldeniya, who finished with 10 wickets, came to Sri Lanka’s rescue with the bat by posting a career-best 40 off only 42 deliveries.With things drifting away slightly as Embuldeniya was involved in a 48-run stand with Suranga Lakmal, England captain Joe Root brought himself on. The Yorkshireman polished off the tail by claiming two wickets in two balls. England were positive in the run chase, cashing in when boundaries were on offer and picking up the singles. Sri Lanka had a slight chance when Root was dismissed while trying to play his favorite sweep shot with still 80 runs required for the victory.
Action against boatman after picture of Shikhar Dhawan feeding birds in Varanasi goes viral
Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has landed a boatman in trouble after he posted a picture of himself, feeding birds during a boat ride in Varanasi in contravention to the guidelines on bird flu. According to reports, the Varanasi Police has issued a challan against boatman Pradeep Shani who has been barred from taking his boat to the river for three days.The Varanasi district administration had said that action will only be taken against the boatmen, and not the tourists. Kaushal Raj Sharma, District Magistrate, Varanasi, had said that action will be taken against boatmen who did not follow the administration’s guidelines and allowed tourists on their boats to feed the birds amid the bird flu. “There was some information that some boatmen are not adhering to the administration’s instructions and the tourists on their boats are feeding the birds. So, these boatmen are being identified and tourists generally are not aware of such things,” “However, it was made clear by the police and the administration.
Hyderabad Office of Telangan chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that state government has decided to implement a 10 per cent reservation to the Economically
Weaker Sections (EWS). K Chandrasekhar Rao said “There is a need to implement 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the economically weaker classes. We have decided to implement 10 per cent reservations to the EWS while continuing the reservations
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billion. The world’s 10 richest billionaires have collectively seen their wealth increase by $540bn over this period,” the report mentioned.The report showed that COVID-19 has the potential to increase economic inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began over a century ago.“Rising inequality means it could take at least 14 times longer for the number of people living in poverty to return to pre-pandemic levels than it took for the fortunes of the top 1,000, mostly White male, billionaires to bounce back,” the findings showed.Oxfam’s report showed how the rigged economic system is enabling a super-rich elite to amass wealth in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression while billions of people are struggling to make ends meet.It revealed how the pandemic is deepening.
Agency News: Mumbai Actor Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal, who got hitched in an intimate ceremony in Alibaug, arrived back in Mumbai on Tuesday. The newlywed couple was
captured by the paparazzi as they boarded a ferry for The Gateway of India.While Dhawan was seen clad in a bright red ensemble, his wife Natasha Dalal once again opted for white. The fashion designer was seen
wearing a white salwar suit with a matching face mask. Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal back in the bay after tying the knot in AlibaugViral BhayaniIn Pics: Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal back in the bay after tying the knot in Alibaugashion designer girlfriend Natasha Dalal got hitched on Sunday. The wedding was a private affair that took place at Alibaug’s Mansion House Resort and included only the family members and close friends of the couple. Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Zoa Morani and Kunal Kohli were among the other celebrities who were part of the wedding ceremonies.
‘Yahi chahiye tha na’: As farmers’ protest turns violent, Kangana Ranaut questions Diljit Dosanjh, Priyanka Chopra’s silence
Agency News: Mumbai In the wake of clashes between police and protesting farmers in Delhi on Tuesday, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut condemned the violence and questioned the silence of Diljit Dosanjh and Priyanka Chopra - who’d earlier expressed solidarity with the farmers.In an
unexpected development, hundreds of protesting farmers swarmed the historic Red Fort on Tuesday as their ‘Kisan Gantantra Parade’ turned violent at several places in the national capital. A large group of farmers stormed the Red Fort and a few youths even climbed up the flagpole on the 17th century landmark and put up a saffron-coloured
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and poor is proving as deadly as the virus,” said Gabriela Bucher, Executive Director of Oxfam International.“Rigged economies are funnelling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the pandemic in luxury, while those on the frontline of the pandemic -shop assistants, healthcare workers, and market vendors -- are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table”. Worldwide, billionaires saw their wealth increase by a staggering $3.9 trillion between March 18 and December 31, 2020.Their total wealth now stands at $11.95 trillion, which is equivalent to what G20 governments have spent in response to the pandemic. Only three of the 50 richest billionaires in the world saw their fortunes diminish over that period, losing $3 billion between them.“Elon Musk increased his net wealth by $128.9bn, Jeff Bezos by $78.2
Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal back in the bay after tying the knot in Alibaug
pennant. Visuals from the spot showed farmers swarming the Red Fort even as hundreds of others clashed with Delhi Police personnel near the ITO intersection in central Delhi, which witnessed chaos as security personnel were clearly outnumbered by the protesters. Some video clips even showed farmers chasing away policemen.
Shahid Kapoor’s comment on wife Mira’s stunning pic from Goa vacay is the cutest thing
Indian billionaires increased their wealth by 35% during Covid As the pandemic severely hit the economy leaving millions out of job, the wealth of Indian billionaires increased by 35 per cent during the lockdown and by 90 per cent since 2009 to $422.9 billion, ranking India sixth after the US, China, Germany, Russia and France, a new report by Oxfam said on Monday.The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their Covid-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals the report titled ‘The Inequality Virus,’ published on the opening day of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Davos Agenda’.“In fact, the increase in wealth of the top 11 billionaires of India during the pandemic could sustain the NREGS scheme for 10 years or the health ministry for 10 years,” according to the Oxfam report. Since March as the government announced lockdown, India’s top 100 billionaires saw their fortunes increase by Rs 12.97 trillion.The money was enough to :give every one of the 138 million poorest Indians a cheque for Rs 94,045 each”.“We stand to witness the greatest rise in inequality since records began. The deep divide between the rich
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Actress Priyanaka Chopra has opened up about the bullying she faced as a teenager in an American high school and said that she believed ‘dark skin was not pretty’. The ‘Quantico’ star has also said that she regrets endorsing skin lightening creams during her initial years in Bollywood. In an interview with Marie Claire, Chopra said that skin lightening was so normalised in South Asia that ‘everyone was doing it.’ The actress said that it is ‘still a check’ for actresses. “And it was awful for me, for a little girl who used to put talcum-powder cream on my face because I believed that dark skin was not pretty.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has seen pre-tax profit recover to pre-pandemic levels on the back of continued growth in consumer businesses, Moody’s Investors Service said on Monday. The oil-toretail-to-telecom behemoth on Friday reported a 0.7 per cent Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax and depreciation and amortisation) growth for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, compared with the corresponding quarter in the previous year. “A strong performance in digital services and retail segments underpinned the improvement in consolidated earnings, a credit positive,” Moody’s said commenting on the earnings Continued growth in earnings combined with the company’s strong balance sheet with zero net debt on a reported basis will keep Reliance’s credit metrics strong for its Baa2 rating over the next 12-18 months, it said. Its digital services segment reported a 48.4 per cent Ebitda growth driven by an increase in subscriber additions, higher average revenue per user and growth in the company’s fibreto-the-home (FTTH) business. The company’s retail segment
earning grew by 13 per cent on the back of an increase in the number of retail stores and increased shopper footfalls. Moody’s expected earnings within digital services to continue to grow over the next 12-18 months on the back of further ramp-up of its home and enterprise broadband services.For the retail segment, it expected shopper traffic and sales to grow in subsequent quarters as consumer sentiment improves following the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and the economic recovery starts kicking in.“However, increasing competition and a second wave of the virus are risks to growth within the segment,” it said.Moody’s said weak refining margins continue to weigh on the earnings performance of the oil-to-chemical (O2C) segment, although earnings have started to recover from the lows seen in 2020.The recovery is mainly because of an increase in refinery throughput and sale volumes following a planned shutdown in the previous quarter, and stronger petrochemical spreads “We expect earnings from the O2C segment to grow over the next 12-18 months, driven by continued recovery in refinery throughput.
Actor Shahid Kapoor, who was last seen in the 2019 hit film ‘Kabir Singh’, is currently enjoying a vacation in Goa, with his wife Mira Rajput. Mira on Tuesday took to social media to share a stunning picture of herself from their Goa trip. However, it was her husband’s sweet comment that stole the show!In the photo, she is seen sporting a flowy stripped dress she poses at a beach in Tulum. Sharing a picture on the photo-sharing app, Mira wrote, “Look for the magic in every moment.” eacting to the post, the ‘Haider’ actor commented, “I see it in your eyes.”Soon, netizens jumped to the
comments section to react to Shahid and Mira’s social
media PDA.A user wrote, “FAV couple of Bollywood of all time.”Another commented, “how cute!”Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput had headed to Goa for a vacation last week. The star wife has been sharing sun-kissed pictures of herself on the photo-sharing app. On the work front, Shahid will be next seen in the remake of the sports film ‘Jersey’. The 39-year-old star will be seen essaying the role of a cricket player in the movie. He had recently wrapped up shooting for it. It also features actors Mrunal Thakur and Pankaj Kapur, among others Apart from ‘Jersey,’ Shahid is all set to play the lead role in filmmakers Raj and DK’s upcoming.
protesting farmers in the national capital, Bollywood celebrities Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha and Vishal
Dadlani were among the other Bollywood actors who took to social media to react. Bhasker shared a tweet.
Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker and other Bollywood celebs react to violence during farmers’ tractor parade Agency News: Mumbai Wielding sticks and clubs and holding the tricolour and union flags, tens of thousands of farmers atop tractors broke barriers, clashed with police and entered the city from various points to lay siege to the Red Fort and climb the flagpole on Republic Day on Tuesday. After clips and images of violent clashes between the police and the
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Teenage girl molested in Congress appoints Tamradhwaj Sahu as obsleep at exhibition stall
server ahead of local body polls in Gujarat Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad With the dates for the local body elections already announced for Gujarat, the Congress has appointed Tamradhwaj Sahu as senior All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer.Sahu will oversee the party’s election campaign and coordination for the upcoming local body polls in Gujarat. Sahu’s appointment has been made with immediate effect by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. In a press statement, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said, “Congress
The entry of AIMIM in Gujarat, which is going to contest the local body elections, is also supposed to have an impact on Congress’ success, especially due to the likely division of Muslim votes. president has appointed Tamradhwaj Sahu as senior
AICC Observer to oversee the election campaign and coordination of the upcoming local body election in Gujarat, with immediate effect. He will discharge his duties in consultation and close coordination with AICC in-Charge of Gujarat.” Tamradhwaj Sahu is currently the home minister of Chhattisgarh and represents the Durg rural Assembly constituency. The septuagenarian was also a former member of the Parliament from Durg in the 16th Lok Sabha. The Congress, which is already
station. Our aimis to go virtual and give effective service to the citizens without any hassles,” said Shamsher Singh, city police c o m m i s s i o n e r. “ N o w, Barodians can download the app from the play store and thereby do away with having to visit the police stationphysically. Cops will also be able to carry out the procedures smoothly,” Singh told TOI. According to the police, citizens can now give any application online. If any person has gone missing or vehicle has beenstolen, the complainant can submit an online application quickly. “This will help us act swiftly and locate
the missing person.People also need proof of vehicle theft for insurance claims. Once they submit an application on the app, they can use theapplication number as a proof,” Singh added.“Those who want to register the details of their tenants, driver or maid, they don’t need to visit the police station. I have askedour team to never call the applicants to the police station for such registrations,” Singh added. Also, if people want to get NOCfrom the police or register details of senior citizens, they can use this app that has been developed by the Gujarat police.
in a shamble both internally and externally, will be facing unsurmountable challenges in the civic body elections. The entry of AIMIM in Gujarat, which is going to contest the local body elections, is also supposed to have an impact on Congress’ success, especially due to the likely division of Muslim votes. Local body elections in Gujarat The local body elections or civic body polls in Gujarat will be held in two phases. In the first phase of the civic body elections on February 21, polls will be held for municipal corporations. The results for the same will be
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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly molested at an exhibition stall on Parsi Agiyari ground in the wee hours of FridayPolice said that the girl, a daughter of one of the handicrafts exhibitors, was asleep in the stall in the wee hours of Friday whenthe accused identified as Sukhveer Yadav allegedly molested her. The girl said that since she keeps moving with her father fortheir handicraft sale, they do not have a house in Vadodara, so she slept in the stall.Around 2 am, Yadav entered the stall and tried to gag her and touched her inappropriately. The girl
woke up and shouted forhelp. Her father woke up and Yadav fled. The girl could not see Yadav’s face due to darkness, but next morning when herfather checked the footage of CCTV camera installed at the exhibition ground, he identified Yadav. The
accused worked at oneof the stalls on the same exhibition ground. The girl and her father, later Friday, went to Sayajigunj police station and lodged a complaint of sexual harassment and violationof Protection of Children from Sexual Offences.
accused in the case, of which one died while two others were recently discharged by the court.The discharge application moved by Tarun
Barot stated that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case. There is no single direct statement against Barot except the fact that he visited
Mumbai between January 2 and 4 in 2003.Earlier special CBI Court in Ahmedabad discharged two policemen – RL Mavani and Ajaypal Yadav in the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar encounter case.The court at that time while discharging the two policemen – RL Mavani and Ajaypal Yadav – observed that there is a lack of sufficient ground for proceedings against them.There is no ground for presuming that these applicants have committed the offence. This was the first case of policemen getting exonerated in the case that involves police from Mumbai and Gujarat.Earlier, the CBI had argued that Sadiq was not
a terrorist but a victim. Ajaypal Yadav retired a few months back, while Mavani is DySp in Vyara, South Gujarat Earlier on the order of Gujarat High Court, the CBI investigated the case in which Sadiq Jamal was allegedly killed by eight policemen including JG Parmar, Tarun Barot, IA Saiyed, and others in a fake encounter case. In January 2003, Sadiq Jamal was killed near Naroda by policemen posted with the Detection of Crime Branch, Ahmedabad. It is alleged that Sadiq Jamal had come to Ahmedabad to kill then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to avenge the 2002 riots
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declared on February 23. The last date for filling candidature is February 6 while the last date for withdrawal of nomination in the civic body polls is February 8.The second phase of civic body polls will be held on February 28 and will cover nagarpalikas, district panchayats, and taluka panchayats. The results of
the same will be declared on March 2. The last date for filling candidature is February 13 while the last date for withdrawal is February 15. The notification for the elections will be put out on February 1. With the announcement, the model code of conduct has also come into effect in the state. Elections to six municipal
corporations, including Ahmedabad, 55 municipalities, 31 district panchayats, and 231 taluka panchayats were supposed to be held in November 2019. The polls were to be held a month before their five-year terms came to end, but were postponed by three months given the COVID-19 pandemic.
declared on February 23. The last date for filling candidature is February 6 while the last date for withdrawal of nomination in the civic body polls is February 8.The second phase of civic body polls will be held on February 28 and will cover nagarpalikas, district panchayats, and taluka panchayats. The results of the same will be declared on March 2. The last date for filling candidature is February 13 while the last date for withdrawal is February 15. The notification for the elections will be put out on February 1.
Register new tenant, file Sadiq Jamal encounter: CBI opposvehicle theft using phone es discharge application of ex-cops Agency News: Vadodara
Want to check your passport application status? Click on your mobile. The hassle of going to the police station foverification process is passé. Cops will now verify your documents and send it to the passport office by checking crime records,if any, of the applicant online.With an aim to give a technology push to its policing services, city police decided to provide ‘Citizen First’ - a facility-ladenmobile app. “The police department offers a lot of facilities to the people but they have to often visit the police
Much-married 63-yearold lusts for a 7th wife Agency News: Surat His heart ailment, diabetes and other diseases don’t give this 63-year-old farmer sleepless nights. It’s the sheer agony of his sixth wife, 21years younger to him, refusing to share bed that causes him all the heartache. When people were desperately seeking some panacea for coronavirus in September last year, Ayyub Degiya was determinedly hunting for a seventh wife, after almost five months into his sixth but unconsummated marriage. Degiya, a wealthy farmer from Kapletha village in Surat district, got married for the sixth time in September 2020 and separated in Decemberafter the younger woman allegedly refrained from keeping a physicalrelationship with him. “She did not allow me to sleep with her. She used tocomplain of infection. I have heart disease, diabetes and other diseases. I need a wife who can keep a relationship with me,”Degiya’s first wife is alive and lives in the same village with their five children, aged between 20 and 35 years.The 42-year-old Rander woman,
a widow, did a background check on Degiya and was shocked to discover that she was biwino. 6. Last week, she lodged a complaint against him in Mahila police station. The accused has been booked under IPC section498-A (cruelty to married woman).“He got married to more than five women before marrying me but kept me in theanother woman even when his first wife is alive. I was told by some villagers that he keeps relations for a few months withChandresh Jobanputra, her lawyer, added, “In December, Degiya dropped the woman at her sister’s house in Rander saying hewas going out of town. He assured to pick her up upon return. But he never came back and hence she approached the police.”Jobanputra said Degiya initially approached her family claiming that he wants to marry and support the woman as she is awidow. He said it was permissible under their faith. He promised to give her Rs two lakh worth jewellery and a house, a promisewhich he allegedly reneged upon. Degiya, however, could not give a satisfactory.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The CBI has opposed the discharge application filed by retired DySP Tarun Barot and another policeman Chhatrasinh Chudasama before the CBI Court in the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar encounter case of 2003.The CBI submitted before the court that there is enough evidence against the accused former cops. It said the process to frame the charges has not been completed since 2012 in the case.CBI has also placed the petrol bills of Tarun Barot’s visit to Mumbai and the statement of witnesses who visited Mumbai along with him. In all eight policemen are
17 workers rescued following major fire at textile unit “We rescued all the 17 workers including three women after breaking the windowsand using the ladder. The fire was immediately brought under control. Agency News: Surat About 17 textile workers including three women had a miraculous escape after they were trapped in the textile weavingunit following a major fire at Kadodara on Monday. According to the Kamrej ERC fire station, the incident occurred at three-storey Jhanvi textiles located at Sukhram textile park atKadodara on the Kamrej-Kadodara road at about 2pm. The fire was reported on the first floor where the yarn
material wasstored along with the Jacquard machines. The workers rushed on the terrace and they were trapped. Fire officials said that the fire could have occurred due to the short circuit in the electricity line due to the increase in thevoltage. About seven high speed Jacquard machines on the first floor were damaged due to the major fire.Sources said that about five fire tenders were rushed to the spot from Surat, Palsana and Kamrej. The fire fighters had to brokethe windows on the second floor and rescued the workers trapped on the terrace.JA Vala, sub-fire officer “We rescued all the 17 workers including three women after breaking the windowsand using the ladder. The fire was immediately brought under control. Had we not have reached on time, a major casualtywould have taken place.”Vala added, “The fire could have taken place due to the increase in the electricity load. The owner of the textile unit was running.
Civic body polls in Gujarat to be held in 2 phases The local body elections or civic body polls in Gujarat have been announced and will be held in two phases. In the first phase of the civic body elections on February 21, polls will be held for municipal corporations. The results for the same will be
Surat to earn Rs 900 cr with auction of 12 ha land Agency News: Surat With the world-class Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) project nearing completion and Prime Minister Narendra Modi layingthe foundation stone for the metro rail project, the development of the Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) city projecthas been put on the fast track.The DREAM City Limited, an SPV formed by the state government, is planning to auction 12 hectare of land
Local BJP leaders ‘clash’ in Naroda, no complaint filed Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Even as the BJP observers have started an exercise of reviewing aspirants for the upcoming elections to the local bodies, groups of two local party leaders allegedly clashed in Naroda area over tickets.
No formal police complaint has been in this regard. “There was a ruckus between two groups (of local BJP leaders) at the BJP camp in Naroda ward, ahead of the local body elections. However, no police complaint was lodged in the matter by any of the side, so no police action
has been taken,” a police officer at Naroda police station said Sunday. Three party observers are taking sense of party workers at a private community centre in Naroda area. Two of them, Ashok Bhavsar and Pankaj Chaudhary, said they were not aware about any such incident Party
spokesperson Yamal Vyas said, “I do not have any personal information about any such incident. I came to know from media about it. If at all such an incident has happened then the matter will go to our disciplinary committee and action will be taken against responsible person.
inside the DREAMcity at Khajod for the development of the commercial, residential units and a hotel.Official sources said that the 12 hectare land will be auctioned to the private parties. With SDB project nearing completion,there will be a huge requirement of residential and commercial space for the diamond companies and people connected withit.Last week, the board meeting of the DREAM City Limited was held where it was decided to auction three plots at the DREAMcity.
The board has decided the price of the land at Rs 73,000 per square meter. The 12 hectares of land is likely to earn therevenue of about Rs 900 crore.Talking with TOI, general manager of DREAM City Limited, Dr Rajesh Pandya said, “The process will take another three months.We will auction three plots spread over 12 hectare for the commercial and residential projects and a hotel.”About 27,000 square meter lot is reserved for commercial projects, 30,000 square meter land is reserved.
Agri-tech market in Gujarat is expected to be more than US $ 3 billion Agency News: Vadodara Agri-tech market in Gujarat is expected to be more than US $ 3 billion in the next five years, while food technologmarket, which had taken a hit during the Covid-19 induced pandemic, is expected to cross US $1 billion by 2022, a studycondcuted by a market research firm claims.The study on business-to-business
(B2B) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) industries was done by city-based XX“Our analysis indicates that industries such as agri-tech, food technology, wearables, automotive technology, smart utilities andinfrastructure industry are aggressively capturing the market gap post-pandemic,” said firm’s founder Harsh Shah.The report states that the agriculture sector in Gujarat was adversely affected
due to lockdown and lack of transportationfacilities. This period was mainly for harvesting rabi crops including wheat, jeera, cumin and mustard among others.“Due to lockdown during this period, prices of these crops declined significantly. But at the same time the farming sector hasperformed better compared to other sectors during Covid-19 pandemic.
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