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India gives USD 500 million assistance to Mauritius Agency | New Delhi India today announced a USD 500 million line of credit to Mauritius as the two countries decided to firm up cooperation in the field of maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. The two sides signed a maritime security agreement after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth. In a statement, Modi said he and Jugnauth agreed that effective management of conventional and non-conventional threats in the Indian Ocean is essential to pursue economic opportunities and provide security to the people of both the countries. “We have to keep up our vigil against piracy that impacts trade and tourism, trafficking of drugs and humans, illegal fishing, and other forms of illegal exploitation of marine resources,” the prime minister said.
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WHO confirms three Zika virus cases in Ahmedabad, first in the country Zika virus cases: “This report is important as it describes the first cases of Zika virus infections and provides evidence on the circulation of the virus in India,” WHO said.
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THE World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the first three cases of Zika virus in India, as having been reported from Ahmedabad, which includes a pregnant lady tested this January. All the cases are from the Bapunagar area of the city. Confirming it as positive the website says that the ”Ministry of Health and Family Welfare-Government of India (MoHFW) reported three laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus disease in Bapunagar area, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, State, India ” . It said, “ The routine laboratory surveillance detected a laboratory-confirmed
case of Zika virus disease through RT-PCR test at B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, and Gujarat. The etiology of this case has been further confirmed through a positive RT-PCR test and sequencing at the national reference laboratory, National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune on 4 January 2017. Dr Vijay Kohli, entomologist,
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, when contacted, said, “ I also read the report a few hours ago and am not equipped with information at the moment. All I can say is that we have to make sure that the surveillance is better and we work towards eradicating the mosquitoes. Ahmedabad has always been the first to report outbreaks .So
Nitish rejects suggestions of growing bonhomie between him and PM Modi, says went to discuss Bihar issues Agency | New Delhi
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital, a day after he skipped the luncheon meeting organised by Congress President Sonia Gandhi for opposition leaders. While rejecting any suggestions of growing bonhomie between him and PM Modi, Nitish said he met to discuss Bihar related issues. After the meeting, the Bihar CM told the media about the issue of silt in Ganga, which he discussed with the Prime Minister. “The issue of silt in Ganga is getting serious, there is a danger of flood. I thought I should meet PM on this issue separately,” Kumar was quoted as saying by
ANI, adding that he had met Sonia Gandhi on April 20 to discuss opposition unity and presidential election. The chief minister also clarified to the media that it was not a political meeting but a regular PMCM meeting. “I did not meet him in the capacity of the JD(U) chief but as the state chief minister. It was not a political meeting. Why is the media reading too much into it?” he said.
He also refused to entertain questions from media persons about allegations of corruption against his ally – RJD chief Lalu Prasad – and his family members. There are allegations and counter allegations, he said, claiming that he responded only to “facts.” Nitish met Modi after attending a lunch hosted by the Prime Minister for his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth.
either we have a lot of illnesses or we are reporting better than other states . ” Ironically the Gujarat government launched its free Gujarat from Malaria by 2022 campaign in Ahmedabad on 24th May , and has made notifiable only cases of dengue, malaria and chikun gunya, not all fever cases. “We need to be vigilant now. The virus that causes Zika and Dengue are the same. So it will be easy for Zika to spread. We are at a risk .We have to have a surveillance system in place. The government has been keen on the malaria campaign when it should have targeted all non-communicable diseases. Because
of a single campaign other serious diseases are ignored,” said Dr Deepak B Saxena Additional Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Gandhinagar. “For antenetal mothers this is dangerous. Zika virus causes microcephaly which is a lifelong morbidity,” added Dr Saxena. Microcephaly is a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age. Babies with microcephaly often have smaller brains that might not have developed properly. The WHO website also stated that, “An Inter-Ministerial Task Force has been set
up under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) together with Secretary (Bio-Technology), and Secretary (Department of Health Research). The Joint Monitoring Group, a technical group tasked to monitor emerging and re-emerging diseases is regularly reviewing the global situation on Zika virus disease.” “ The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had tested 34 233 human samples and 12 647 mosquito samples for the presence of Zika virus. Among those, close to 500 mosquitos samples were collected from Bapunagar area, Ahmedabad District, in
Gujarat, and were found negative for Zika ,” read the WHO notification on its website. The website also mentions the involvement of The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and states that the RBSK is monitoring cases of microcephaly from 55 sentinel sites in Ahmedabad. As of now, no increase in number of cases or clustering of microcephaly has been reported from these centers. Health minister Shankar Chaudhary and commissioner of health J.P.Gupta did not respond to calls and messages asking comment on the situation. Details of the Zika positive cases:
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going on as there still remain villages where the boats have been unable to reach. The Indian Navy has also sent ships carrying relief material to assist the rescue mission. INS Kirch, which operates in the South Bay of Bengal, has been directed to reach Colombo and help carry out relief operations in the flood affected areas. Along with this, INS Jalashwan will be sent out from Visakhapatnam on Saturday with HADR (Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief) materials. The vessel will carry a team of divers and medical practitioners to assist relief operations Meanwhile, INS Shardul,
scheduled to sail from Kochi at 7 am, will reach Colombo by Saturday night. It is also carrying medical and diving teams. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while condoling the loss of lives of the victims offered relief supplies and aid to the island nation facing the worst floods in 14 years in the region. He ensured support to the neigh-
bour country in this time of disaster. The floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka are the worst in a long time. In 2003, the powerful Southwest monsoon wrecked 10,000 homes and killed at least 250 people. This is the time of the year when the island nation witnesses highest rainfall, from the month of May to September.
gunfight. Later, as the terrorists took shelter in the village, the CRPF and the army laid a cordon around the village and began attempts to flush the terrorists. One more terrorist is believed to be holed up in his hideout. Stone pelting incidents have been reported in some parts of
south Kashmir including Tral in Pulwama and Khanabal in Anamtnag district, an official told PTI. The law enforcing agencies are on the job to chase away the protestors. In a separate incident, six terrorists attempting an infiltration were killed by security forces along the Line of Control in Rampur sector in Jammu and Kashmir. An army official told PTI that the troops had noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the early hours.
Sri Lanka floods: India sends ships for relief operations
The western and southern part of Sri Lanka was hit by floods after torrential rainfall which further led to mudslides in a number of places. At least 100 deaths have been confirmed by the Lankan government while about 99 are still missing. The floods which were caused due to heavy rainfall, rendered over 2,900 people homeless, the Disaster Management Centre said. Military personnel deployed for the rescue mission are using large armored vehicles and boats to transport people to safer places. The rescue operation is still
Kerala protests ban on sale of cattle for slaughter, organises beef fests
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Kerala on Saturday witnessed “beef fests” in various parts of the state to protest the central government’s decision on banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter. The protests were carried out despite Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s assurance that he would approach the Prime Minister in this matter. CM Vijayan has, however, already written
to PM Modi saying such restrictions would prove to be a challenge in upholding plurality and the essence of the nation. “It would also be against the principles of secularism and federalism enshrined in our constitution,” he wrote in the letter. This move of the Union government has been slammed by several states and organisations. Claiming the decision to be a part of RSS agenda, CM
Vijayan on Friday said, “Crores of people in the country are slaughtering animals for food. Those who consume meat do not belong to any particular
religion. Narendra Modi has interfered with people’s right to eat. If cattle is banned today, in future there could be a ban on eating fish.”
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Burhan Wani’s successor gunned down in Tral encounter; six terrorists killed in separate incident Agency | New Delhi
Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, a top commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen group and a successor of former leader Burhan Wani, was killed in an encounter in Tral in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Bhat was among the two terrorists gunned down by security forces in Saimough village in the area. The encounter began late Friday night when the security forces and terrorists were involved in a brief
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The cycles of distress in Indian agriculture
It is now 100 years since Mahatma Gandhi mobilized the indigo cultivators of Bihar’s Champaran district. This was his first mass political protest after his return from South Africa. It is also 50 years since the peasants of Naxalbari in West Bengal began their violent uprising against landlords. The Chinese Communist Party said at the time: “A peal of spring thunder has crashed over the land of India”. There is at one level little in common between these two anniversaries. The Champaran agitation was a peaceful protest against the policies of the colonial state. The Naxalbari uprising was an attempt at a violent Communist attack on the constitutional state. What is important is that both these historic events were based on the grievances of Indian peasants. Their distress was the root cause of important flash points in Indian history. Modern Indian history has been marked by several peasant revolts that were based on underlying economic fault lines. The Deccan riots in the mid-19th century were perhaps the first challenge to colonial rule since 1857. It is useful to remember that at least two of the major political movements launched by Gandhi were timed with a massive deflation in the prices of agricultural commodities—after World War I, and then during the Great Depression. Naxalbari also took place when Indian agriculture had been hit by two successive droughts. It is worth asking why India has not seen similar episodes in the past few decades despite persistent cycles of farmer distress. There are two possible interlocking reasons. First, Indian agriculture has moved on from feudalism. The tight hold that landlords had over peasants has eased thanks not just to the rise of capitalism in farming but also the possibilities of getting non-farm jobs in the rural areas on the one hand, and migration to cities on the other. Second, the Indian state has, since the Green Revolution, taken at least some of the risk out of agriculture by providing farm inputs at subsidized costs as well as providing guaranteed prices for certain types of farm produce. The growing importance of agricultural subsidies in Indian budgets can at least partially be understood as a reflection of the growing clout of that part of the peasantry that was enriched by the Green Revolution. The major farmer or peasant protests since the 1980s have thus been focused on getting more benefits from the government rather than making any fundamental changes in the way agriculture is organized. Think of either someone like Charan Singh, who worked through the party system, or Mahendra Singh Tikait, who led his protests as a political outsider. The focus of their politics was inevitably to lower input prices or higher support prices. The system of state support is now buckling under fiscal pressure. There is little offered by way of alternatives. The Narendra Modi government has committed itself to doubling farmer incomes by 2022—but without articulating a strategy on how to reach this commendable goal.
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QUOTE “In a year of greatly-diminished expectations, the G7 have managed to set a new low. The early promise of this summit was crushed by the Trump administration’s OF THE hostile negotiating posture and the evident lack of ambition.” - Friederike Röder, director at ONE, the aid charity said at the Taormina, Italy, on Saturday. DAY Dobaara: See Your Evil — Here's ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ box-office how Saqib Saleem prepared for collection Day 1: Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic his role in the film Agency | New Delhi
‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ hit the screens on Friday amidst much hype and anticipation. The Hindi version of the biopic that traces the journey of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar collected approximately Rs 7 crore (nett) on its opening day, according to a report on Boxofficeindia. com. The film also released in Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and English which should take the all-India business towards Rs 8 crore (nett) or maybe even a little higher. Ever since the news of a film on Sachin Tendulkar’s life broke out, the entire nation was eager to witness the journey of one of the most celebrated names in Indian cricket history. Written and directed by James Erskine, the film delves
into how Sachin became the gifted cricketer that we all came to know him by, throwing light on his perseverance and preparation, his trials and tribulations. The biopic also gives a glimpse of his childhood, which has otherwise been largely kept private except for the news-making innings that he played for his school’s cricket team. The film’s premiere that was held earlier this week in Mumbai, was a star-studded affair. The biggest stars of Bollywood, from Amitabh Bachchan to
Shah Rukh Khan and Ranveer Singh, came to lend their support to the Master Blaster on his big day. The Indian cricket team too came in full force at the special screening. Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has admitted that he had warned a BCCI official before the start of ICC 2007 World Cup that Team India wasn’t in great shape. India suffered a horrifying exit from the group stages after losing to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In his recently released biopic ‘Sachin: A Billion
in its first two nights of evening play so grosses might even dip lower. Will see how it plays tonight but so far it’s not seeing any big audience play on that rating,” the report says, alluding to its R rating, which r e -
stricts the film to audiences over the age of 17. The film could also have been hurt by negative reviews. It currently stands at 18% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. But the producers are already preparing a sequel. At a New York screening on Friday, producer Beau Flynn told Va riety that the already have an “amazing story” for the second film. “We’re bringing back Shannon and Swift who wrote on the first one, and I know Dwayne would be in, I know Zac and all the girls would be. We just have this really cool idea to put them in this whole new world. We would take it overseas.” Baywatch is scheduled for a June 2 release in India.
Priyanka Chopra’s Baywatch stuck in the sand, box office as disappointing as reviews Agency | Mumbai
Priyanka Chopra’s debut Hollywood movie Baywatch is having a seaside battle with Johnny Depp’s fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film at the box office -- and there’s a clear winner. Deadline reports that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Salazar’s Revenge in India) opened to an estimated $24-$26 million (approximately Rs 160 crore) in its US debut on Friday. Baywatch, which stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in leading roles, made $6-$7 million (Rs 41 crore). The reboot of the hit ’90s TV show starring Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff was pushed by one week in India, to avoid competition. The film has been produced at an estimated budget of $69 million (Rs 445 crore). Meanwhile, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film was made for $230 million (approximately Rs 1500 crore). Deadline is already calling Baywatch’s opening numbers “slow”. “Baywatch is stuck in the sand, playing slow
Dreams’, Tendulkar stated that he wasn’t quite happy with the appointment of Greg Chappell in the side with the latter behaving more like a schoolmaster than a national team coach. “A number of senior players disagreed with the manner in which Chappel was handling our side. Just before a month from the World Cup, he made drastic changes in the batting order that affected everyone in the side. And, they were not needed. Other teams had been practicing according to their plans and strategies for the past one year then. But we were still experimenting with our side,” Tendulkar is seen narrating his experience in the movie.
Agency | New Delhi Actor Saqib Saleem, who has made a mark of his own with successful and niche films like Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (2011), Mere Dad ki Maruti (2013) and Hawa Hawaai (2014) is all set to mark his debut in the horror genre with his sibling Huma Qureshi in the film Dobaara: See Your Evil. The film is an official remake of the Hollywood supernatural horror thriller Oculus which released back in 2013. In the film, Saleem plays the role of a guy who speaks very little and is more of
a laconic person. He has been incriminated in a juvenile prison for around 12 odd years for no fault of his. This has resulted to his quiet and reticent behaviour. Saleem, who otherwise is known for his affable and fun-loving roles, had to prepare a lot for this role to understand the nuances of his character. Mid-dayreports that to justify his performance, Saleem visited Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre Society in Delhi before shooting for the film. He said in a statement that “there were boys from 5 to 21 years old.
Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales movie review: Johnny Depp’s film
Agency | Mumbai The fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Dead Men Tell No Tales, is out. The first Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), unexpectedly struck gold at the box office, and spawned a series of unimpressive sequels. Almost a decade and a half later comes the fifth instalment in the series, one Disney has been milking for far too long. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a convoluted mix of too many subplots, making the audience feel like the film is much longer than its 129-minute runtime (surprisingly, it’s the shortest film in the series). Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales introduces the next-gen of protagonists, Henry Turner (son of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann) and Carina Smith, should Johnny Depp get tired of his Captain Jack Sparrow act. Henry (Brenton Thwaites) seeks the Trident of Poseidon to free his father
from the curse that binds him to The Flying Dutchman. He and Carina (Kaya Scodelario), an astronomer and horologist, enlist the help of Jack and his crew to find the treasure. Meanwhile, the menacing Armando Salazar (Javier Bardem) is baying for Jack’s blood, after the pirate’s actions got him and his crew trapped in a state of being undead and cursed to never be able to set foot on land. Interestingly, the origin of the Pirates of the Caribbean films is the ride of the same name at Disneyland. A ride losing its fun and novelty after repeated runs is therefore more than an apt metaphor here. Johnny Depp, who got an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for playing Captain Jack Sparrow the first time, comes across as almost caricaturish in some scenes in his fifth. Five films later, he has nothing new to offer, and if anything, you’ll begin to get tired of the over-the-top drunken act. Javier Bardem snarls and gets the vil-
lain act right; he is one of the few who keep the film afloat. Brenton Thwaites and Kaya Scodelario are inevitably compared to Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley of the earlier Pirates films, the senior couple coming off looking better. You wonder why David Wenham’s Captain of the Royal Navy character is even there. Although largely repetitive, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales does have some redeemable moments. The bank robbery gone awry in the beginning of the film evokes some laughs as does the scene featuring a guillotine and Johnny Depp. There are a few jokes on Carina’s profession (a horologist), but fail to tickle the funny bone. The script is poor, and too many backstories and subplots make the film hard to keep track of. From Henry to Salazar, Carina to Barbossa, everyone wants the Trident for its vaguely-worded “power to control the seas.”
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PRSI - Ahmedabad Chapter today announced its plans to organize the 2nd memorial lecture event in memory of Shri Suresh Buch. The evening program is going to be organized at Ahmedabad Management Association on 26th May, 2017 – Friday from 6:30 PM onwards. The keynote speaker of the evening would be Mr. Narayan Bhatt (Senior Group Head,Adfactors PR Who would enlighten the audience on the subject of “Public Relation MANTRAS for Banking & Finance Sector”. The evening program is expected to witness over 60 PR and
Banking sector professionals including PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter Members, Corporate Communication experts, Leading Educationists, Young Journalism Students and distinguished members of the media. PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter office bearers – Shri Unmesh Dixit (National Vice Preseident ) and Shri RK Singh ( Chairman - PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter) would address and welcome the audience. Mr. Shashikant Bhaghat (Treasurer – PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter) would share a homage presentation on Shri Suresh Buch. Ms. Kulveen Narula would be the Master of Ceremony.
Somany Ceramics Ltd. Inaugurates a new experience centre in Ahmedabad SunvillaNews | Ahmedabad
Somany Ceramics Limited, leaders in the Indian ceramic industry,today opened their state-of-theart experience centrein Ahmedabad. The centre in strategically located at 201-203, Arista Business Space, Bhavan road near Armieda Clinic and will offer consumers a plethora of high-end products. The experience centre was inaugurated by Mr. Abhishek Somany, MD, Somany Ceramics Limited. Somany Ceramics currently has 8 manufacturing plants for tiles and sanitarywareproduction out of which 7 plants are in Gujarat situated in Morbi, Kadi and Rajkot
region. Somany Ceramics has also recently trebled its sanitarywareproduction capacity at their manufacturing plant in Morbi, Gujarat from 3.03 lakh units per annum to 11.50 lakh units. He further commented, “The real estate sector has seen a steady recovery post demonetization and Ahmedabad is one of the leading cities in this recovery with a growth rate of 30%. The real estate sector sales in India in the first quarter of 2017 have gone up by almost 21% and since our industries aredirectly linked, we are hoping to see a proportional growth inour industry as well.”
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Where does the buck stop in Kumble saga? Agency | Mumbai
The BCCI is clearly dealing with a flawed contract with regards to the position of India’s national coach, given that it has to call for fresh applications for the role despite Anil Kumble doing phenomenally well. The BCCI, on Thursday, called for fresh applications for the position of coach for the national men’s team, allowed Kumble a direct entry into the process and announced that the three-member cricket advisory committee would look into the process of selecting India’s coach for the next term. The last time that the advisory committee came together to pick the national coach zeroing in on Kumble - the BCCI had prepared a contract that said the coach’s term would be for a period of one year, following which a fresh set of applications would be called for. Kumble’s contract ends
with the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy and stipulates - without any performance clause that the board has to call for applications once again. A top source in the Board administration told : “What can we do if the contract is drafted that way? Either there should been a longer term awarded to the coach or there should have been a performance-based clause. Now, if BCCI doesn’t follow that contract, they’ll be accused of not following what’s written in black and white. If they follow it, they’re accused of not being fair to Kumble.” His
‘demand’ for pay-hikes and his proposal that the coach should also be playing the role of a national selector notwithstanding, Kumble the coach has been tremendously successful with the Indian team. In the last one year, under Kumble, India has won everything there was to win - which included five Test series, a one-day series and a T20I series. So, how exactly is the advisory committee going to be comfortable looking at any other candidate except for the former legspinner, who has clearly been successful?
The obsession of riding high-end bikes in movies is no more limited only to male actors. Bollywood actresses are now taking over the trend of riding bikes in movies. Joining the race with Shraddha Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Nargis Fakhri and Katrina Kaif is Zoya Afroz. The leading lady of the film Sweetiee Weds NRI. Zoya Afroz is playing
the title role of Sweetiee Desai in the film Sweetiee weds NRI. Zoya, who will be seen opposite Himansh Kohli will ride a Harley Davidson in the movie. “Harley is a very heavy bike and it is difficult to manage it. I had a trainer who trained me for a week. On my first day I even banged the bike into the wall, but later when I finally learnt how to manage it, It was fun.. “says
Champions Trophy 2017: India Take On New Zealand In Opening Warm-Up Agency | New Delhi
Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be in focus alongside speedster Mohammed Shami when defending champions India take on New Zealand on Sunday in their opening warm-up game ahead of the Champions Trophy. After a hectic six weeks of Indian Premier League, the two warm-up games will help the ‘Men In Blue’ get back into the 50-over groove and the emphasis will be on team combination moving into the tournament-proper. India last played an ODI against England, back in January this year. Since the match doesn’t have official status, all 15 members in the squad will get a chance to play. All eyes will be on Ashwin as he is coming
will be a good opportunity for Ashwin to test his skills against the likes of Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, and Tom Latham on a placid Oval track where 300 plus is considered to be a par score. Ashwin has not exactly had a great time in white ball cricket but the Tamil Nadu off-spinner had recently said that he is ready with a bagful of new tricks for the Champions Trophy.
remained the favourite in clinching his 10th title in Roland Garros. “I definitely see him as probably No. 1 favourite for this title,” commented the titleholder. World number one Andy Murray, positioned in the top half, expected a real challenge in as early as the third round, where he may face Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro. On the way to a possible semi-final with the 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, the top seed could expect number 13 seed Tomas Berdych, German youngster Alexander Zverev or Japanese Kei Nishikori ahead.
Manchester City began their campaign to snatch the Premier League title from Chelsea next season when they signed Portuguese play-maker Bernardo Silva from French champions Monaco in a deal reported to be worth almost € 50 million (Rs 360 crore approximately) on Friday. Silva’s arrival, set for 1 July, is the first high-profile signing by City manager Pep Guardiola ahead of the 2017-18 campaign. City gave no indication of the length of Silva’s contract nor did they specify a fee, although British media reports suggested they had paid around £43 mil-
lion(Rs 360 crore approximately) for the 22-yearold. Manchester United were also said to be interested in signing Silva but it was the Etihad Stadium club he opted for after flying into Manchester Airport on Thursday. “It feels great. When you have the opportunity of being trained by Guardiola, you don’t say no. If not the best coach in the world, he is one of the best.As we all know, what he did in Barcelona and Bayern Munich was amazing and we expect also here that he will win titles. It’s great to be working with him and to have this opportunity,” added Silva, capped 12
times by Portugal. Silva started his career with Portuguese giants Benfica before moving to Monaco in 2014 on a season-long loan. But so impressive was his start to life in French football, the deal was made permanent six months in. Last season saw Silva score 10 goals in 51 appearances last season, and assist in the creation of a further 10, as Monaco won Ligue 1 and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur, City and Germany’s Borussia Dortmund en route. “Muito Obrigado Bernardo... and Good Luck!,” said Monaco on their website.
in his life. “Don’t trust too much to what Tony Adams says,” he said on the eve of the final. “I don’t remember that. But I have no medals at home anyway – from anything.“I always give
them out,” the 67-yearold Wenger added “There is always a guy at the club who did not get a medal, a member of staff. So you are always a medal short and you will always find someone who takes it. “Who will get this medal? I have first to earn it, although you get a medal, loser or winner. It’s all instinctive. “I am not a back-looker. I am always forward. You come to my home you will be surprised. There is no trophy, no medal, nothing. “You would not even guess that I am a football manager. Apart from the fact that a football game
is on! “I am not separated from football. I am completely in football. I watch the game that is on on the night but I don’t look back what we have won, what we have done and all that, what we have lost.” Although the saga over Wenger’s contract, which is due to expire once the season is over, has yet to reach a conclusion, he has already indicated he will carry on in management even if he does leave Arsenal.A two-year extension that will keep him at the Emirates Stadium remains the most likely scenario. Wenger admit-
ted that once he retires he may start to view the past with more affection, however. “Maybe one day I will have to look back,” he said. “If I have health certainly no. It depends on my health. I will not always manage but I will always be involved in the game.” Chelsea’s relentless league form has made them strong favourites, especially as London rivals Arsenal are without key defenders. Laurent Koscielny is banned, fellow centre-back Gabriel injured and Shkodran Mustafi a concern because of the after effects of concussion.
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Premier League: Monaco’s Bernado Silva headed to Manchester City after estimated $55 million deal Agency | Manchester
and final in Rome. Nadal will kick off his campaign against local favorite Benoit Paire, and is likely to face fifth-seeded Milos Raonic in the quarter-final if everything goes well in his way. Djokovic and Nadal had their last duel in the semi-finals in Madrid, where Nadal won in two sets and continued his inform performance to take away the title. The “King of Clay” also tasted victories in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, while snapping his winning streak in front of Austrian promising star Dominic Thiem in Rome. For Djokovic, Nadal still
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from a two-month break after the BCCI wanted him to opt out of the IPL in order to recover from fatigue after playing all 13 Tests in a gruelling home season. The warm-up matches will provide Ashwin with much-needed game time as he fights for his place with Ravindra Jadeja in case the team management decides to go with one specialist spinner in the playing XI. It
French Open: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal drawn into same half Defending champion Novak Djokovic was scheduled to put up a highly-anticipated semi-final clash with Rafael Nadal as they were drawn into the bottom half in men’ singles of the 2017 French Open. Five Chinese girls faced mixed drawing fate here on Friday, 32nd-seeded Zhang Shuai possibly got the chance of beating her previous personal best in Roland Garros, while Wang Qiang and Zheng Saisai had an uphill challenge in the first round, reports Xinhua news agency. Djokovic, who swept all Grand Slam tournament trophies with success last year, will meet Spanish Marcel Granollers in his opening title defence match. The Serbian suffered an early second-round exit in Australian Open early this year, while improving his performance into the clay season, from quarterfinal in Monte Carlo, semifinal in Madrid
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Arsene Wenger has revealed he has given away every single medal he has won during his more than 20 years as Arsenal manager. The Frenchman has the chance to lift the FA Cup for a record seventh time at Wembley on Saturday. No manager has won more than six finals, with Premier League champions Chelsea standing in the way of Wenger’s bid for a fresh piece of football history. Tony Adams, Wenger’s captain in his first five years at the London club, wrote in his autobiography that he saw Wenger
angrily throw his runners-up medal from the 2001 FA Cup final in a bin. And while Wenger had no recollection about that he did confirm that memorabilia and nostalgia played little part
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Dholka farmer acquitted in power theft case
SS News | Ahmedabad
A rural court at the Mirzapur campus has acquitted a farmer from Dholka in an electricity theft case. When Valjibhai Manabhai Jadav was brought before the court for trial, the first issue came about his identity. The Gujarat Electricity Board police station at Sabarmati had registered the complaint in March 2007 against one Valjibhai Madhavbhai Jadav. The complaint was under the Electricity Act and Jadav came to be arrested in this case. He is a resident of Sindhrej village near Dholka. Jadav’s advocate Mohammed Hussain Shaikh objected to the investigation and defended on the ground that no independent witness was examined during the trial to establish the identity of
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Firm inscribes 2,000,000th VAT evasion scam: ‘Pay Rs diamond in Surat 5 crore, won’t arrest you’ SS News | Surat
the accused. Moreover, the prosecution could not establish from which electricity cable, Jadav was caught illegally drawing power. The prosecution could also not say how far the cables were from Jadav’s house. The investigators also could not ascertain before the court which material was seized from Jadav’s possession, advocate Shaikh said. The investigator’s callous approach also resulted in acquittal as the prosecution could not supply enough material before the court to show the house where the power was supplied.
The Diamond City has added yet another feather to its cap. Forevermark diamond brand, a part of the world’s largest diamond mining company, De Beers group, has inscribed its two millionth diamond of 3.48 carat bearing unique inscription of 2,000,000’ at the Forevermark Diamond Institute in the city. The two millionth diamond inscribed at the Surat facility of the International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR) will ultimately become part of Forevermark’s exclusive red carpet collection, to be worn by celebrities at major events and award ceremonies around the
Passengers stranded as train arrives late
world. De Beers group had opened the diamond grading centre in the city in 2015. The main purpose of the centre is to operate an accurate and reliable grading service for Forevermark diamonds and to select and inscribe the diamonds with a unique serial number-- inscription that is around 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair. At full capacity, the $10 million facility in the city can process diamond worth over $500 million a year and that the facility is 25% larger than its sis-
ter operation in Antwerp, Belgium. Stephen Lussier, CEO of Forevermark, said, “The two millionth inscription reflects the continued growth of the Forevermark brand, which has gone from strengthto-strength since launching nine years ago. This demand is being driven by consumers who want certainty that their diamonds not only possess the highest standards of beauty, but also comes with the guarantee of being responsibly sourced.” Forevermark was launched in 2008 with the promise of diamonds that are beautiful, rare and responsibly sourced. Less than one per cent of the world’s diamonds are eligible to become Forevermark.
At 44°C, Gandhinagar hottest town in the Gujarat
SS News | Ahmedabad without the additional coach. The passengers in the coach, after learning that the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger train has already left the station, went to the station master’s office to vent their ire. However, the station master informed them about the late arrival of Surat-Bhusaval train and that the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger train left on its scheduled departure from the station. Sources said that
the passengers in the coach had to spend entire night on the Surat railway station and that the coach was then attached to Virar Shuttle train, which departed the station at about 4:30 am on Friday. “We can’t halt the train with more than 14 boogies, just to wait for a single coach. The Surat-Bhusaval train was late and there was no option but to release the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger train on time,” said a railway officer.
SS News | Ahmedabad
State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered an FIR against I I Shaikh, an inspector earlier working with state CID (crime), for allegedly demanding Rs 5 crore from an accused in Rs 190 crore VAT evasion scam registered in March 2016. Sources said that the FIR mentions a top IPS officer who was to get a part of the bribe. ACB officials said that the allegations are yet to be verified. According to ACB officials, the complaint has been filed by a representative of one of the accused based in Ahmedabad. Shaikh, investigating officer (IO) of the case, had approached the representative soon after the FIR was registered and had asked
him to come to CID’s office in Meghaninagar. The FIR mentioned that when the complainant went to the office on March 28, Shaikh had allegedly told him that he would not arrest the accused if they agree to pay Rs 5 crore. Shaikh mentioned that there is a lot of pressure from the IPS officer for the money. When the representative did not agree to pay, Shaikh persisted and called him repeatedly and also gave example of other accused of the same case who had allegedly already paid to evade arrest or further probe.
When the representative refused to pay, Shaikh threatened to get a warrant issued against the accused. When next meeting took place, he agreed at Rs 3 crore — Rs 1 crore for representative and Rs 1 crore each for himself and the IPS officer. By that time, the complainant had already started recording their conversations.The recordings mentioned Shaikh claiming that other accused had agreed for ‘setting’ and even suggested to the complainant that the accused has influential friends for whom Rs 2 crore is not a big amount. In the talks, he also mentioned that the other accused had willingly paid Rs 1.75 crore to a former IPS officer and a DSP-rank officer.
the upcoming monsoon session. CUTS International had made a representation to all the Rajya Sabha members in Delhi, ahead of the winter session pressing to pass the bill. George Cheriyan, director, CUTS International, highlighted that while India has only 2% of the global motor vehicle population, it accounts for more than 10% of road accidents in the world. “Every hour 57 accidents occur on Indian roads and 17 people lose their lives. As for Ahmedabad, over 65% of two-wheeler riders and 55% of car drivers have been found to be using mobile phones, texting and listening to
music while driving,” he said. Experts particularly emphasized on efficient road engineering. “There is need to prepare a master plan and use effective road engineering and scientific measures to ensure road safety,” said P K Sarkar, HoD, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, citing examples from other countries. “Comprehensive road safety policies on key behavioural risk factors and their implementation can significantly improve road safety in India. Data and trends suggest that focusing on speeding, drunken driving, helmet, seat belt, and child safety systems can help reduce large number of road injuries and deaths,” said Nalin Sinha, India coordinator, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, who was also present at the meeting.
them have been identified as residents of Hisar, Jind and Fatehabad in Haryana. All of them had presented themselves as residents of Kutch in Gujarat and succeeded in getting into the army as infantrymen on Gujarat’s quota. The Rajkot crime branch has been periodically raiding places in Haryana to arrest the remaining 20 boys, most of them are from Hisar. Inspector H M Gadh-
vi, in charge of Rajkot crime branch, told TOI that family and relatives of some of the accused had been coming to Mandvi and Naliya tehsils of Kutch for farming. Realising that the army doesn’t get as many recruits from Gujarat, the accused projected themselves as residents of Gujarat and appeared for the recruitment rally held at Jamnagar in February 2015.
75% of accidental deaths due to speeding, rash driving SS News | Ahmedabad
SS News | Surat
Around 100 to 150 passengers had to spend night inside the coach at the Surat railway station after the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger train left the station without joining the coach late Thursday night. Sources said that an extra coach is attached to the Surat-Bhusaval passenger train from Nandurbar, for the passengers travelling towards Mumbai. The boogie detached from the Surat-Bhusaval passenger is then joined with the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger at the platform number 4 at about 9:30 pm. On Thursday, the Surat-Bhusaval passenger train arrived around two hours late at Surat and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai passenger started its onward journey to Mumbai
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Extreme heat conditions gripped the entire state on Friday and the mercury in 11 of 23 cities — monitored by India Meteorological Department (IMD) Gujarat crossed the 40C mark. Gandhinagar, the green capital of Gujarat, was the hottest place in the state recording a 44C maximum temperature. According to IMD, westerly to north-westerly winds prevailed over the state. North Gujarat, central parts of the state and some parts of Saurashtra were severely impacted by the heat. Moreover, minimum
temperatures also registered an increase all across the state. Minimum temperatures were between 27°C and 30C, between two and four degrees above normal, except for Valsad in south Gujarat, which recorded a minimum of 24.1C. Heat wave conditions prevailed in Ahmedabad too with the city registering a maximum temperature of 43C, 1.3 degrees above normal. The minimum temperature was 29.7C, 2.1 degrees above normal. Residents experienced sweltering heat as humidity level ranged between 66% and 30%.
Gujarat Board SSC Class 12 Result 2017 Will Be Declared on May 29 SS News | Ahmedabad
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Around 75% accidental deaths occur due to overspeeding and dangerous driving and overtaking, according to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report of 2015. Highlighting the accident fatality figures at a regional advocacy meeting in Ahmedabad on Friday, road safety experts and NGOs pushed for passing the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill, 2016, on an urgent basis. Organized by Consumer Education & Research Centre (CERC) and CUTS International, the regional advocacy meeting discussed the road safety scenario in India and emphasized on the need for the amended bill to be put into action. The bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha and will be taken up by the Rajya Sabha in
To live army dream, Gujarat not far for Haryanvis SS News | Ahmedabad
Some Haryanvi men will travel any distance to join the army. On Friday, TOI reported that many of them had falsely shown themselves to be Sikh to join the Sikh regiment. It has now emerged that some of them transformed themselves into Gujaratis so that they could join recruitment rallies meant for people from PM Narendra Modi’s home state. TOI investigations found that as many as 50 boys from Haryana were selected in the army in July 2015 by presenting themselves as natives of Gujarat. Details of the Rajkot police’s investigations, accessed by TOI, revealed that 30 of them have been arrested and 20 are on the run. Most of
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