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Review Easing Of International Flight Curbs: PM Amid New Strain Worries The Prime Minister spoke about the need to monitor all international arrivals and conduct Covid tests, with a specific focus on ‘at risk’ countries Agency News:New Delhi Amid growing global concern over the spread of ‘Omicron’ - the new and potentially most infectious COVID-19 variant discovered so far - Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Saturday asked officials to review plans to ease restrictions on international travel to and from India. Briefed on developments concerning the new variant, the Prime Minister highlighted the need to monitor
New coronavirus variant serious threat, govt should provide vaccine security to countrymen: Rahul Gandhi Agency News:New Delhi
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Rupee tumbles 37 paise to 74.89 against US dollar The rupee Friday plunged 37 paise to 74.89 against the dollar as a massive selloff in equities, amid worries over a new variant of Covid and capital outflows, hit the forex market sentiment. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.34 per cent down at 96.44. If capital outflows continue, the rupee is expected to hit the 75 mark..“It’s the broad-based strength witnessed in the dollar index and the steep sell-off seen in domestic equities that has dragged down the local unit
Respite from cold weather! Minimum temperature improves in Kashmir The minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir has improved, even as the mercury settled above the freezing point in Srinagar, providing some relief to residents from the prevailing cold conditions, officials said on Saturday.There was an improvement in the night temperature across the valley, except in Kokernag town in the south, they said.The officials said Srinagar city was the only place where the mercury settled above the freezing pointThe city recorded a low of 0.4 degrees Celsius on Friday night, 1.7 degrees up from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said.The officials said Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 1 degree Celsius, up from minus 3.3 degrees Celsius the previous night.Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district also recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed concern over the new coronavirus variant and asked the government to provide vaccine security to the people of the country.His remarks come amid rising global concerns over the new strain of the deadly virus that the World Health Organization has named ‘Omicron’ and classified as a variant of concern. “New variant is a serious threat. High time GOI (government of India) gets serious about providing vaccine security
to our countrymen,” Gandhi tweeted using the hashtag #Omicron.He also questioned the government’s vaccination coverage numbers saying, “Bad vaccination figures can’t be hidden for long behind one man’s photo.” The country’s Covid vaccination certificates contain a photo of the prime minister. During the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed about the new variant of the coronavirus along with its characteristics and the impact seen in various countries, the PMO said.The PM asked officials to review the plans to ease international.
In Congress vs Trinamool Over Greater Reach, Opposition Unity Gets A Jolt
Agency News:New Delhi The opposition unity to fight the BJP seems to have run into rough weather as the Trinamool and the Congress are at daggers drawn over the recent instances of “poaching” by the Mamata Banerjee-led camp, with the grand old party finding itself in a tight spot.Despite a show of bonhomie during the August 20 meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the camaraderie fizzed out as the Trinamool, which is taking long strides to expand its footprint across the country, left no chance to vilify the party for its alleged failure to take on the saffron camp.According to sources in the Trinamool, party supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has emerged as the doughtiest opposition face after winning one of the toughest elections of her career, apparently seeks to take up a larger role in national politics, possibly of the leader of the opposition coalition, a position held by the Congress since the BJP stormed to power in 2014.Lashing out at the
According to sources in the Trinamool, party supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has emerged as the doughtiest opposition face after winning one of the toughest elections of her career ruling camp in Bengal, Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Chowdhury, said, “I have been stating this from the very beginning that Mamata Banerjee is the trojan horse of the BJP. TMC’s activities indicate that her main aim is to weaken.
all international arrivals, and conduct Covid tests with a specific focus on those arriving from countries designated as ‘at risk’ by the Union Health Ministry. The Prime Minister also stressed the need to continue following Covid safety protocols, including wearing face masks in public, washing hands regularly, and maintaining social distance. Prime Minister Modi today chaired a meeting of senior officials, including the Cabinet Secretary, the Health Secretary, and the chief of India’s Covid task force, to review the situation in the country. The meeting was held a day after the Civil Aviation Ministry said scheduled international passenger flights could return to pre-Covid frequencies from December 15, with certain exceptions.
Countries listed as ‘at risk’ by the Health Ministry will continue to have restrictions on the number of weekly flights, based on existing ‘air bubble’ deals (or lack thereof) with India. South Africa, Botswana, Israel, and Hong Kong are on the list of ‘at risk’ countries with ‘air bubble’ deals in place, meaning 75 per cent of scheduled passenger flights will be allowed till further notice. The new variant was first detected in South Africa earlier this week, with several cases rapidly reported in neighbouring Botswana, as well as Israel and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong cases were
particularly troubling because the two patients (arrivals from southern Africa) had been quarantined in separate rooms, suggesting the B.1.1.529 variant is airborne. Modi, also, directed the health ministry officials to work closely with state governments to ensure that there is proper awareness at the state and district level. “He directed that intensive containment and active surveillance should continue in clusters reporting higher cases and required technical support be provided to states which are reporting higher cases presently,” the PMO said in a statement.
Gujarat : Major fire breaks out at dyeing mill in Surat; 15 fire tenders rushed to spot The sudden fire that started around 11 am took over the entire mill situated in Gujarat, and 15 fire tenders are already on the spot for controlling the fire Agency News:New Delhi A massive fire broke out at the Rani Sati Dyeing Mill at Pandesara, GIDC industrial area in Surat, Gujarat on Saturday. The sudden fire that started around 11 am took over
“Give In Writing”: Farm Leader On Centre Decriminalising Stubble Burning Agency News: New Delhi After Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the Centre has decriminalised stubble burning, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Haryana) president Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that those are mere words and nothing has been given in writing yet.“He (Narendra Singh Tomar) has said it right now but has not given anything in writing. They should give us in writing that they will decriminalise stubble burning, roll back electricity bills,” said Mr Chaduni.Ahead of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions, meeting, Chaduni said “In today’s meeting, there are two-three main issues, MSP.
Aircel-Maxis case: Court summons P Chidambaram, son Karti on December 20 The CBI and ED had earlier informed the court that letters rogatory were sent to the United Kingdom and Singapore, seeking certain information regarding the probe, and there were some developments in that regard. Agency News:New Delhi A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the chargesheets filed by the CBI and the ED against former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the AircelMaxis case and summoned them on December 20. Special Judge MK Nagpal passed the
the entire mill and 15 fire tenders of the Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) are already on the spot for controlling the fire. According to the latest updates, no casualties have been reported so far. While speaking a fire officer informed about a ‘Brigade Call’ being declared due to the major fire that broke out in the morning. Apart from that, three people were also said to be stuck in the fire and
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order after noting that there was sufficient evidence to summon Chidambaram and the other accused in the corruption and money-laundering cases lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) respectively. The CBI and ED had earlier informed the court that letters rogatory were sent to the United Kingdom and Singapore, seeking certain information regarding the probe, and there were some developments in that regard. Letters rogatory are formal communication.
have now been rescued by the firefighters. The reason behind the fire is yet to be known. This is the second major fire reported from Gujarat in November. Earlier this month, a massive fire broke out in a paper mill in Vapi, Gujarat which remained active for hours before being completely doused. The incident took place on the night of November 4 at the Shah Paper Mill in Vapi, Gujarat.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Farmers Forced A Change In Contours Of Indian Politics
One year of farmers’ historic struggle, with their numerousprotests and rallies across the country that forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi tostrategically retreat and announce the repeal of his three controversial farm laws onNovember 19, which he seemed hell bent on implementing for over a year.Farmers have historically been at the mercy of the ruling establishments, and if seen in thisbackdrop, Modi’s retreat can be interpreted as strengthening of the farmers as a group intoan irresistible force, at least for the time being. Apart from the retreat of the ‘strongest’political leader in the country at this time, the farmers have also made all anti-BJP partiessupport their cause in hope of gaining mileage over the ruling party at the Centre or in thestates, particularly in the five states where assembly elections are around the corner,including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.No one can fail to see the political change, particularly in the two states. In Punjab, NDA hadbroken at the beginning of the farmers protest last year, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)parted ways with BJP, fearing loss of its support base among the farmers. Other partiessuch as ruling Congress and the opposition AAP have also been talking in support of thefarmers.In Uttar Pradesh, especially in Western UP, no political party can even think of politicswithout talking about resolving the longstanding issues of farmers. Every political party isseen championing farmers’ cause there. The changing political contours are seen not just inthese two states but in states across the country, from north to south and from east to west.Apart from the government’s decision and cabinet ratification of the repeal of the threecontroversial laws, the farmers’ movement has made certain other achievements that havegreat potential to change the game of politics in India. The first among those is the popularbelief that ‘no one can put goad on a mighty elephant like Modi’. This belief turned out to befalse. Modi is not invincible. He can be made to ‘retreat’, though he may bring forward hisown narrative, insisting that only he is right and everyone else wrong. The incident has notonly brought his party’s morale down but also boosted the confidence of opposition parties.We may therefore witness closer contests between the BJP or NDA and the opposition thanever before since the emergence of Modi as a political force. Modi cannot hope for a walkover now, even if the BJP or AIMIM try to whip up communal passions.The achievement of the farmer’s agitation actually goes beyond agriculture and agri-marketand as such has implications for common citizens who have neither the power no voice toget their grievances addressed by the authorities. There is at last some ray of hope for thecommon man. The achievements are aptly put forward by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, thejoint platform of farmers’ unions, in unambiguous ways. “The movement created a sense of unified identity for the farmers, cutting across regional, religious, or caste divisions, farmersare discovering a newfound sense of dignity and pride in their identity as farmers, and theirassertion as citizens. It has deepened the roots of democracy and secularism in India.”The most important achievement is indeed the cracking of regional, religious, or caste division, the implications of which will be seen not only in the election-bound states, but thenation as a whole. Both the regional and national political parties have picked up threadsfrom this event, and are trying to enlarge their support base beyond their favourite castesand religious communities. By chosing Guruparva for the announcement of repeal, Moditried to play religious, read communal, card to attract Sikh farmers, but failed. Farmers arestill united irrespective of their religions. Despite the announcement of repeal and approval for it by the cabinet, the farmers’ agitationcontinued, and SKM is meeting on November 27 to decide its future course of action. It ismost likely that their agitation will continue since several demands are still pending, includingMSP as a legal right, change in the method of its calculation, withdrawal of cases againstfarmers and the Electricity Amendment bill, and compensation for those 700 who lost theirlives in the course of the agitation. On November 28, a - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara massive KisanMazdoor.
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Patna-bound GoAir flight makes emergency landing in Nagpur after engine glitch The Patna-bound passengers of the GoAir flight will now leave Nagpur for their destination at 4:45pm in another plane , a spokesperson said. Agency News:New Delhi A Patna-bound GoAir flight from Bengaluru with 139 passengers on board landed safely landing at Nagpur airport on Saturday after suffering a glitch in one of its engines, airport and airline officials said. Nagpur airport director Abid Ruhi told news agency PTI
that flight G8 873 of GoAir, which has been rebranded as GoFlight, made a safe landing at 11.15am.“The pilot of the GoAir flight contacted Nagpur ATC to inform that one of the engines of the plane is facing a problem, and made a request for an emergency landing at Nagpur airport,” Ruhi told PTI.“We made all requisite arrangements
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by declaring it as a full-scale emergency, which includes making available runways, fire tenders, doctors, ambulances and requires coordination with the police. Fortunately, the flight made a safe landing,” Ruhi said.A
spokesperson of Go First said that the flight from Bengaluru to Patna was diverted to Nagpur due to a faulty engine warning in the cockpit, which “necessitated the captain to shut down the engine as a precautionary measure”.
“Farm Laws Cancelled, Please Go Home”: Agriculture Minister To Farmers Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that a committee will be constituted to discuss the issues that have been raised by the farmers. Agency News:New Delhi Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday, two days ahead of a bill to repeal the three farm laws
comes up in the Parliament, urged farmers to end their agitation. “After the announcement of the repeal of the three farm laws, there is no point in continuing farmers’ agitation. I urge farmers
to end their agitation and go home,”Mr Tomar is expected to present a bill in Lok Sabha on Monday to repeal the three farm laws. The BJP has issued a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present on
the day. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the three controversial farm bills would be rolled back. The farmer unions have welcomed the PM’s announcement, but have said that the protest would go on till the laws are formally repealed and other demands are met. Farmers have also announced that they will they will march to the Parliament on Monday - 60 tractors and over 1,000 people, according to farmer leader Rakesh Tikait - to underline their resolve in this matter. Mr Tomar said that a committee will be constituted to discuss the issues that have been raised.
Kejriwal urges PM to ban flights from nations affected by new Omicron variant The health ministry on Thursday directed all states and union territories to strictly screen and test international travellers from Botswana, South Africa, and Hong Kong which are among the countries where the new variant was detected Agency News:New Delhi Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the Central government to suspend incoming flights from the countries affected by the new coronavirus variant, the B.1.1.529, named Omicron by the World Health Organization “I urge Hon’ble PM to stop
flights from those countries which are affected by [the] new variant. With great difficulty, our country has recovered from Corona. We should do everything possible to prevent this new variant from entering India,” the chief minister tweeted. Delhi government has also called a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management
Authority (DDMA) on Monday to discuss how to deal with the threat presented by the new coronavirus variant, first detected in South Africa. “In view of the threat from the new Covid variant from African countries, we have requested experts to make a presentation to
DDMA on Monday and suggest what steps we should take. We will take all steps necessary to protect you and your family,” the chief minister tweeted on Friday. Scientists are still in the process to determine whether the new variant, also known as the B.1.1.529.
President Kovind calls upon judges to ‘exercise utmost discretion’ in courtroom remarks
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday called upon judges “to exercise utmost discretion in their utterances in the courtrooms” saying that “indiscreet remarks, even if made with good intention, give space for dubious interpretations to run down the judiciary”. Speaking at the valedictory session of the Constitution Day celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan here, Kovind said that “in Indian tradition, judges are
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that “a free trade deal” is not the only way forward to boosting trade with the United States, noting that the current US administration was not inclined towards entering into new FTAs. Earlier this week, Goyal concluded a meeting of the Trade Policy Forum With US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, with India and the US agreeing to settle a large number outstanding issues over the next twelve months. “Katherine and I discussed this
issue at length. President (Joe) Biden, as a policy, believes that the free trade agreements (FTAs) that the US has entered into over the years have really not significantly helped or yielded any results,” Goyal said at the Republic India Economic Summit on Friday. He added that the government was aiming for bilateral goods and services trade of $500 billion with the US over the next 7-8 years, noting that Tai had agreed that there were “many more ways to revitalise (India-US) trade.” Goyal noted that the US market was “pretty much open” for Indian exporters and if anything.
Covid-19: India records 8,318 cases, 465 deaths in 24 hours Agency News:New Delhi While the daily tally of Covid-19 cases in India has reduced, the mortality continues to be a concern. In the last 24 hours, as many as 465 patients succumbed to the infection, the health ministry said on Saturday morning. A total of 8,318 persons tested positive for the infection during this period.The death toll is almost 4.68 lakh.The active caseload dropped further to 1.07 lakh, which is 0.31 per cent. It is the lowest in 541 days.The daily positivity rate is 0.86 per cent, while the weekly
positivity rate is 0.88 per cent.98.34% recoveryAs many as 10,967 patients recovered from Covid-19 in last 24 hours. The recovery till now is more than 3.39 crore, which is 98.34 per cent of the overall case tally.More than 63.82 crore samples have been tested for Covid-19 till now. Of these, 9.69 lakh were conducted on Friday.Vaccination crosses 1.21 billionMore than 1.21 billion (121.06 crore) doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country till now under the nation-wide vaccination campaign. More than 73.58 lakh doses.
Bill to repeal farm laws to be tabled in Parliament on Nov 29 Agency News:New Delhi The Bill to repeal the three controversial farm laws introduced by the government last year will be tabled in the Parliament on November 29 (Monday), the first day of the Winter Session. The Bill is expected to be presented in the Lok Sabha by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Earlier this month, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had announced repealing of the farm laws after failure to “convince protesting farmers about its benefits”. He had assured that the process to formally withdraw it would be done in the Winter Session of the Parliament in November end Recently, the Union Cabinet, too, approved the repealing. The Bill will now come up in the Lok Sabha. The laws will finally be withdrawn formally.
Over 100% more rains in southern states in November, says IMD
Agency News: New Delhi The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the southern states that have been facing excessive rains for more than 10 days have clocked in record rainfall in November with Andhra Pradesh receiving 156 per cent excess rains, Kerala
The president cautioned them that “indiscreet remarks, even if made with good intention, give space for dubious interpretations to run down the judiciary”. Agency News:New Delhi
FTAs not only way forward: Piyush Goyal
showing 148 per cent departure, while Tamil Nadu witnessed a 115 per cent departure. According to the IMD data, Karnataka has received as much as 292 per cent excess rainfall for the month. And it is not just the northeast monsoon that is bringing in these excessive rains causing massive floods leading to loss of lives and damage to property. The departure for November rains - till November 26 - in Karnataka is more than any other states simply because except some parts of southern Karnataka, for other parts, the major rainfall months are for the southwest monsoon months.
Govt forms ‘Central Vista Oversight Committee’ to expedite pace of project Agency News:New Delhi
imagined as a model of rectitude and detachment more akin to ‘sthitpragya’. We have a rich history of legions of such judges known for their utterances full of sagacity and conduct beyond reproach, which have become hallmarks for the future generations”. Stating that the Indian judiciary has been adhering to those highest standards, the President said “there is no doubt that you have set for yourself a high bar” Hence, it is also incumbent upon the judges to exercise utmost discretion
in their utterances in the courtrooms. Indiscreet remarks, even if made with good intention, give space for dubious interpretations to run down the judiciary,” Kovind said and went on to quote Justice Frankfurter of the US Supreme Court in the Dennis versus United States case of 1951 Courts are not representative bodies. They are not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their essential quality is detachment, founded on independence. History teaches that the independence.
Karishma Tanna oozes hotness in a black mini dress.
The Union government Saturday formed a highlevel ‘Central Vista Oversight Committee’ in a bid to monitor and expedite the pace of the project as the government is rushing to meet the deadlines set for one of Modi government’s most ambitious infrastructure project aimed at redevelopment of the Central Vista or Rajpath, the seat of the power in the national capital.The committee will be set up for a period of two years and headed by former finance secretary Ratan P Watal and include former Deputy CAG member P K Tiwari, former director
at infrastructure firms L&T Shailendar Roy, IIT Delhi faculty member Professor Mausam and a Joint Secretary of the ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as the convener. As the project moves forward, complexities in the implementation are likely to increase. Further, various aspects relating to the project, including development of cultural spaces and seamless coordination between various stakeholders, would need close oversight,” the order issued by the Directorate of Estate under the Urban Affairs Ministry said. The committee will ensure a multi-agency, multistakeholder coordination for seamless integration.
SUNVILLA SAMACHAR ‘Haseen Dillruba’ actor Harshvardhan Rane deactivates his Twitter handle: Wish to focus more on my career Agency News: Mumbai Actor Harshvardhan Rane says he has deactivated his Twitter account as he wants to focus on his “art and craft”. The 37-year-old actor shared the news in a post on Instagram and said that he aims to give his “best to 2022” “Deactivated my twitter account! Enjoyed the twitter journey, but I wish to focus more on my craft and art and career. I wish to give my best to 2022,” Rane wrote. The actor is known f o r starring in movies such as “Anaamika”, “Sanam Teri Kasam”, “Paltan” and “Taish”. He most recently featured alongside Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey in “Haseen Dillruba”, which released on Netflix in July. Rane will next star in John Abraham’s upcoming production “Tara vs Bilal”. The slice-of-life movie is directed by Samar Iqbal and will also feature Sonia Rathee.
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IFFI: Raveena Tandon’s web series debut Aranyak discussed
The team of the upcoming digital show attended the festival
Agency News: Mumbai The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has given space to specially-curated women-centric content for cinephiles and budding filmmakers. Raveena Tandon is set to make her digital debut with Aranyak. A panel discussion on the web series was attended by Raveena, Vice President of the OTT platform Monika Shergill, the show’s creator Rohan Sippy, director Vinay Waikul and Siddharth Roy Kapur. My debut film Patthar Ke Phool (1991) was with Sippy Films. My OTT debut is now with Aranyak, again Sippy Films. I hope a repeat of the success follows,” Raveena says. Soon after the panel discussion, the first episode of the series was screened. Another first for OTT occurred when Nushrratt Bharuccha’s latest film Chhorii had its World Premiere at IFFI. Also, veteran filmmaker Aruna Raje, India’s first trained woman technician, is expected to hold a masterclass on filmmaking on November 27.
Sidharth Malhotra starts filming for Dharma Productions’ Yodha Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood star Sidharth Malhotra has commenced shooting for Dharma Productions’ first action film franchise Yodha.The Karan Johar-owned production company and Malhotra shared the on-set pictures from the day of the filming. Malhotra posted photographs from the shoot, including that of a welcome letter from the banner, on Instagram. “Lights, camera and ACTION! #Yodha filming begins,” a post on Dharma
Productions’ official handle read. The movie will be helmed by debutant director duo Pushkar Ojha and Sagar Ambre. Shashank Khaitan is also producing via his banner Mentor Disciple Films The film is scheduled to be released theatrically on November 11, 2022. Prior to Yodha, Malhotra has starred in Dharma Productions’ numerous projects including his debut movie Student of the Year, Hasee Toh Phasee, Kapoor & Sons and his latest hit Shershaah.
Amitabh Bachchan calls Badshah a ‘cool dude’ on Kaun Banega Crorepati 13 Agency News: Mumbai Popular rapper and singer Badshah will be seen in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati season 13. Amitabh shared a photo from the upcoming episode.The photo shows Badshah with Amitabh, who seem to be rapping with the former. Big B is wearing two heavy chains and thickframed glasses — typical rapper accoutrement. “.. yo .. doing the cool dude with the BADSHAH” wrote Big B in the caption. Popular rapper and singer Badshah will be seen in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati season 13. Amitabh shared a photo from the upcoming episode.The photo shows Badshah with Amitabh, who seem to be rapping with the former. Big B is wearing two heavy chains and thickframed glasses — typical rapper accoutrement. “.. yo .. doing the cool dude with the BADSHAH” wrote Big B in the caption. Meanwhile, Badshah was in the news when he released his
The actor opens up about his upcoming release Velle, its producer, and more
Find out what Sunny Deol’s son Karan thinks about Ajay Devgn! Agency News: Mumbai Karan Deol’s silver screen debut Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas in 2019 received a lukewarm response. However, he is back with a new film titled
Velle. Produced by Ajay Devgn Ffilms (ADFL), it is reportedly an adaptation of the Telugu film Brochevarevarura. It will hit screens on December 10. We caught up for an exclusive conversation with
Karan. Excerpts:Tell us about Velle and your role in it.The film is about three students. My character’s name is Rahul. He has failed five times in the 12th standard. He has a friend Rambo (Savant Singh Premi), who
new single “Jugnu”. He spoke to indianexpress.com about the song earlier and said, “Right from sonically to whatever I’ve put out in the audio space, ‘Jugnu’ a visual spectacle. It’s a hugely VFX heavy video, budget wise it’s like the Baahubali of the videos. That just sets the scale of the song. And I’ve tried to dance!”
is as good as Rahul academically. Then there is another friend Raju (Visshesh Tiwari), who kind of looks up to us. The film is about how their life takes a turn for the unexpected when a joke backfires.
SPORTS - BUSINESS AIBA reforms push to secure boxing’s Olympic future: polls in 2022, liaison officer to work with IOC IOC, which suspended AIBA in 2019 and conducted the Tokyo Olympics boxing event through a task force, has reiterated “that serious concerns about AIBA’s governance, finances and refereeing and judging remain” and the future of boxing in the 2024 Paris Games is not secure. Agency News: New Delhi Desperate to save boxing’s future as an Olympic sport, the suspended International Boxing
Association (AIBA) has accepted crucial governance reforms suggested by an independent group, including holding elections by June next year, elevating the Secretary General’s role and appointing a liaison officer to handle its troubled equation with the IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which suspended AIBA in
PV Sindhu loses in semifinals of Indonesia Open
Agency News: New Delhi India ace P V Sindhu’s impressive campaign at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament came to an end after she went down in three games to former world champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand in a hard-fought women’s singles semifinal here on Saturday. Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic
medallist, lost 21-15 9-21 14-21 to world no 8 and second seeded Ratchanok in 54 minutes for her third semifinal finish on the trot. The 26-year-old Sindhu had made it to the last four in Indonesia Masters last week and also at the French Open in October. Sindhu, world no 7, came into the match with a 4-6 head-to-head count, having lost to the Thai player twice in the last two meetings. The Indian made a good start, slowly moving to a 8-3 lead early on. Ratchanok narrowed it down to 9-10 before Sindhu entered the break with a slender one-point advantage. Sindhu grabbed three straight points to march ahead and didn’t look back.
2019 and conducted the Tokyo Olympics boxing event through a task force, has reiterated “that serious concerns about AIBA’s governance, finances and refereeing and judging remain” and the future of boxing in the 2024 Paris Games is not secure. The AIBA has responded by stating that it would do all that the IOC demands of it.
Hope India’s tour of SA goes ahead: Farhan Behardien Agency News: Johannesburg Former South Africa batting all-rounder Farhan Behardien is hoping that the new COVID-19 variant, which is causing alarm here, will not jeopardise India’s tour of the country next month as young cricketers of his nation need the series “more than ever”. The Indian team, during the nearly seven-week assignment starting December 17, is scheduled to play three Tests, three ODIs and four T20 Internationals across four venues — Johannesburg, Centurion, Paarl, and Cape Town. But the new COVID variant has put the tour in limbo with the BCCI insisting that any decision on the fate of the series will be taken based on the government’s advice.
India in quarters of women’s doubles, mixed doubles at World Championships Agency News: New Delhi Manika Batra has reached the quarterfinals in the mixed and women’s doubles events at the World Table Tennis Championships, putting India just one win away from a historic medal.Manika and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary’s Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4 11-9 6-11 11-7 in the women’s doubles round of 16 here on Friday.They face Luxembourg’s Sarah de Nutte and Xia Lian Ni for a place in the semifinals. Bronze medals will be awarded to all the losing
semifinalists in the competition. In the mixed doubles, Manika and G Sathiyan scripted a valiant comeback against USAChina combine of Kanak Jha and Wang Manyu after losing the first two games to reach the quarterfinals.The Indian pair won 15-17 10-12 12-10 11-6 11-7. They will meet Japan’s Harimoto Tomokazu and Hayata Hina in the quarterfinals.“It has been an amazing tournament. It was a superb comeback against a strong pair. We both combined extremely well. Looking forward to keep up the momentum.
Paytm September net loss GST GoM defers meeting, widens, says maintains will submit final report to growth momentum Council next month Agency News: New Delhi India’s One 97 Communications Ltd, the parent of fintech firm Paytm, said on Saturday its net loss for the three months through September widened by 8.4% as expenses rose. Paytm, reporting its earnings publicly for the first time since this month’s stock market debut, reported a consolidated net loss of 4.74 billion rupees ($63.2 million) compared with 4.37 billion rupees in the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 49.7% to 11.35 billion
rupees. “We have maintained the growth momentum in our payments services business, expanded our financial services businessaggressively and are on our way to pre-COVID volumes for Commerce and Cloud services,” Paytm’s management said in astatement. Paytm, which counts China’s Ant Group and Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp among its backers, raised $2.5 billion in what was India’s biggest IPO this month, but made a dismal debut on the stock exchanges last week. The stock has recouped.
Agency News: New Delhi The Group of Ministers constituted to review the current rate slab structure under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has deferred its final meeting on November 27 to discuss various proposals for rate rationalisation and measures to shore up revenues. The ministerial panel is now expected to directly submit its report to the GST Council, which may not reflect the concerns raised by some states over recommendations of major rate tweaks by an officerlevel fitment committee.The
officer-level fitment committee is learnt to have recommended raising of tax rates from 5 per cent to 7 per cent and 18 per cent to 20 per cent, for which some state finance ministers had raised concerns over impact of such major rate changes. Some states had cited concerns about the inflationary impact of any such major rate hikes, especially in the aftermath of Covid. With some states holding an opposite view, recommendations of the fitment committee.
RBI accepts most of panel proposals, silent on corporate foray into banking The central bank has opted neither to accept nor reject the proposal of an Internal Working Group (IWG) of the RBI that large corporate houses should be allowed as promoters of banks “only after necessary amendments” to the Banking Regulations Act, 1949.
Agency News: New Delhi The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has maintained status quo
on the issue of corporate entry into the banking space. The central bank has opted neither to accept nor reject the proposal of
an Internal Working Group (IWG) of the RBI that large corporate houses should be allowed as promoters of banks “only after necessary amendments” to the Banking Regulations Act, 1949. The RBI, which accepted 21 out of 33 recommendations of the IWG, did not comment on the issue of granting banking licence to big corporate houses. The IWG said this (amendment to facilitate corporate entry) is to deal with connected lending and exposures between the banks.
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As ‘Omicron’ concerns grow, Gujarat govern- Press Release successfully concluded the season 2 of IDP ment mandates RT-PCR for travellers from IDP India Education Conclave with participation fromover 7000 students several countries
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South Africa, Hong Kong, UK, Brazil and others on the list prepared by the Centre; additional Covidrelated measures mandated for travellers from these countries Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Detection of a new variant of coronavirus in South Africa, named ‘Omicron’, has triggered fears of a fresh wave of infection. Amid the concerns, Gujarat government has mandated RTPCR tests for incoming travellers from a few countries.WHO has classified Omicron (B.1.1.529)
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Don’t file cases, Cong takes dig at ruling BJP Congress, the opposition party in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), took a dig at the ruling BJP by askingit not to file any offences against those responsible for the stray cattle menace.The opposition’s unusual request came on Wednesday after no offence was registered against a BJP worker who entered inta row with a cattle party. The cattle party was in the Wadi area when a group led by a BJP worker approached it. After a heatedargument, a motorcycle was also parked in front of the cattle party convoy to ensure that it did not move ahead. The cattleparty, however, stood firm and continued with its drive.
Krunal Pandya resigns as Baroda captain In a move that surprised many in the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA), Krunal Pandya resigned as the captain ofBaroda team on Friday. Pandya sent in an email to BCA president Pranav Amin stating that he would be unavailable to leadBaroda in the current domestic season.Baroda’s dismal performance in the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 (SMT) Tournament is believed to be the reasonbehind his resignation.“This is to put on record that I will be unavailable to lead Baroda in the current domestic season. However, I will be available forselection to play for the team. I will offer my best as a team member.
Life and success of Rajkot boy with multiple congenital disorders to inspire pupils His entire life, up till now, is the sum total of challenges that hefought with fortitude and also overcame in flying colours. Meet 20-yearold Uttam Maru from Rajkot, whose never-say-die spirit has helped himkeep pushing the envelope of life’s exams despite suffering a cleft palate,blindness, weak lungs, walking difficulty and many more health problems.A musician, Maru is at present taking his graduation exam of SaurashtraUniversity (SU). If anything, such tenacity is definitely textbook material.And looking at his courage, SU has decided to include.
as a ‘Variant of Concern’. Several countries have already imposed ban on flights from South Africa. India, too, has prepared a list of countries from where travelers coming to India will have to follow additional measures related to Covid-19. Besides Europe, these include UK, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New
Forgo caste and unite for polls: Jignesh Mevani tells communities Narendra Modi follows the constitution of the RSS whose leaders clearly said they don’t want a constitution written by Dr BR Ambedkar, says Congress leader and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Congress leader and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani lashed out at the ruling BJP accusing them of following the constitution of the RSS and called upon all “oppressed communities” to forgo caste and unite for the polls.“I call upon all poor to forgo their caste and religion. You may be from Turi, Targala, Vadi Chhara or Madari community but if a person from your society gets elected to the Vidhan Sabha, then no one can stand in front of you,” Mevani said at a public event to
Slum dwellers residing opposite the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, who are due to be evicted from a governmentowned parcel of land owing to the Gandhi Ashram Precinct Development Project, have moved Gujarat High Court seeking that the authorities be restrained from taking coercive steps as immediate relief.On November 23, officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Ahmedabad district collectorate office had visited the dwelling to raze the hutments but had then
celebrate the Constitution Day in Meghaninagar of Ahmedabad Friday night.“Narendra Bhai (Narendra Modi) follows the constitution of the RSS whose leaders clearly said they don’t want a constitution written by Dr BR Ambedkar. They follow Manusmriti that says a lower caste person cannot own land or property or a woman cannot live with equality and independence. They have forgotten that it is the India of Dr Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Lord Buddha, Kabir, (Guru) Nanakdev and Ravidas.
granted a week’s time to the 55 hutment residents to make alternate arrangements.Prior to the eviction drive, no formal written notices were served on the residents and were only orally intimated to vacate the land parcel. The petitioners, 55 of them representing each of the hutment, represented by advocate Anand Yagnik, have also sought the court’s intervention to quash and set aside the oral order of eviction and have sought that the court direct the respondent authorities — the state government, AMC and the deputy collector’s office — to consider the case.
Passion Vista Celebrates in Style The International Men’s Day on 19 th November Appreciating Men in Our Lives Passion Vista, a Luxury, Lifestyle & Business magazine of international repute, celebratedInternational Men’s Day on 19 th November by launching its flagship special collector’s edition,“Men Leaders to Look Up to in 2021”. The virtual event was organized by the magazine’s media &publication House, Unified Brainz Group in association with its Evaluation Partner- CIAC Global andAffinity Marketing PartnerFuture Billionaire Network International (FBNI).This was the 2nd consecutive year that Passion
official said that this order is based on the instructions by the government of India Omicron has large number of mutatio The Omicron variant has evinced lot of interest because of the large number of mutations. WHO has
Mid-sea collision of merchant vessels near Okha, no casualty or oil spill reported
IDP Education, the global leader in international education services, successfully completed the Season 2 of its Education Conclave 2021. Conducted on the 23rd and 24th of November, the virtual conference was graced by more than 30 industry stalwarts and keynote speakers from around the globe and was attended by over 7000 students. Commenting over the conclave and its offerings,
Mr Piyush Kumar, Regional Director (South Asia Mauritius), IDP Education, said, "This is the second season of the IDP India education conclave. The objective of the conclave was to bring eminent personalities, senior leaders from the education industry on a common platform so students and their parents can learn about the new dynamics of international education in current times.
“Oh Oh Jane Jaana - yeh gana mere paas CD par kariban 6 saal tak tha” Having launched in October, Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2021 has captured the pulse of music lovers and the talented contestants seem to be winning more and more hearts with each passing week. Viewers of the show are in for a special treat this weekend as the star cast of the film ‘Antim: The Final Truth’ - superstar Salman Khan, Aayush Sharma and the beautiful Mahima Makwana will be seen as special guests
on the show. During this episode, Snighdajit Bhowmik and Aravind Nair gave a spectacular performance to one of Salman Khan’s most popular songs ‘Pehla Pehla Pyar Hain’.
Extramarks unveils a refreshed brand identity; to solidify its stance as an integrated digital learning platform with ‘Extramarks – The Learning App’
Sabarmati Ashram revamp: Slum dwellers move HC seeking to quash oral order for eviction Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Zealand, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong.In an order, the Gujarat government has mandated that travellers from these countries landing at any airport of the state will have to undergo RT-PCR testing.A senior health department
said that some of these mutations are of concern. According to reports, these mutations are associated with immune escape and increased transmissibility. Speed up vaccinationFor a densely populated country like India, the concerns increase manifold. Hence, experts have urged for faster immunization of the entire population.Currently, a large section of the population, including children and several adults, has not been vaccinated. So far, over 1.21 billion doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the country. Over 43.15 crore have received the second dose.
Vista successfully celebrated the InternationalMen’s Day by publishing a special edition in honour of success of men from all corners of the world,irrespective of their profession and creed. The broader and ultimate aim of the celebration was topromote basic humanitarian values, as well as awareness towards mens issues. Men makesacrifices every day at several places, such as place of work, in their role as a husband, a son, abrother and a father, for their families, for their friends, for their communities and for their nation.Their accomplishments speak.
Indian Coast Guard vessels and helicopter reached the spot to assess likely marine pollution due to the mid-sea collision Agency News:Porbandar Two ships collided in the sea near Okha on Friday night. No casualty, oil spill or marine pollution has been reported. According to a release by the Coast Guard, the mid-sea collision happened between MV Aviator from Marshal Island and MV Atlantic Grace from Hong Kong
EO GSEA Global Winner Daniel Dubois attended a Virtual session by EO Gujarat “GSEA has been an experience of a lifetime for me”- Daniel Dubois On 25th November, a virtual and Interactive session was organized by the EO Gujarat chapter where fellow GSEA Mr. Daniel Dubois joined in as a speaker. Daniel is a fellowEO GSEA alumnus and placed third globally in Thailand.He also serves on the EO Toronto board and is the globalchampion of the MyEO U35 group and the MyEO AngelNetwork. Daniel has also been named Top 30 Under 30 andhas participated as a Canadian G20 Delegate. Daniel spokeat the G20 YEA in China, completed a 100km race alongthe Great Wall, and has been invited for oneon-onemeetings with world leaders such as Justin Trudeau, PrinceWilliam, and Kofi Annan. Daniel spoke to 20,000 youth at“We Day”, directed a film series on the sharing economy,received a monthly grant from the Austrian government toconduct research on the European sharing economy and hastraveled to over 30 countries.In the session, Daniel Dubois was very kind to take allthrough his Entrepreneurship journey.
around 12 nautical miles from Okha at around 9.30 pm on Friday. Indian Coast Guard Ships interceptor boat from Mundra and Okha were deployed to assess the area for marine pollution as it is a very sensitive marine diversity reserve. Coast Guard pollution control vessel ICGS Samudra Pavak, too, was diverted for assessment and
to initiate measures towards marine oil pollution. Such mid-sea collision can result in marine pollution. Indian Coast Guard helicopter was sent for pollution assessment and to provide assessment, as per the release. “No casualties, oil slick reported. Indian Coast Guard ships in area including pollution control vessel on stand-by in the vicinity & monitoring the situation,” said the Defence PRO, Gujarat. The area is being continuously monitored for any marine pollution eventuality, the release added.
“Habib Faisal is a specific director,” said actor Akshay Oberoi on working with Do Dooni Chaar director Habib Faisal Will Debjani and Dylan’s ideological differences and professions pull them apart or draw them closer? Experience the charm and love of the 80s with the Thakur family as Disney+ Hotstar ushers in the nostalgia of the 80s. The highly-anticipated Hotstar Specials’ Dil Bekaraar follows the love story and the intense ideological clash between Debjani Thakur and Dylan Shekhawat. Produced by Sobo Films and directed by Habib Faisal of Do Dooni Chaar fame, Dil Bekaraar will gently transport the
viewers to the golden times as they experience the simplicity and find relevance in the Thakur Family. Played by veteran actors like Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure and upcoming talented actors like Sahher Bambba, Akshay Oberoi, Medha Shankar, Sukhmani Sadana among many others; the characters portray a tale of humorous family drama with a backdrop of liberalization and journalism. Dil Bekaraar is all set to release on Disney+ Hotstar on 26th November.
Veteran actor Padmini Kolhapure talks about reuniting with actors Raj Babbar and Poonam Dhillon on the sets of Dil Bekaraar Will Debjani and Dylan’s ideological differences and professions pull them apart or draw them closer? Experience the charm and love of the 80s with the Thakur family as Disney+ Hotstar ushers in the nostalgia of the 80s. The highly-anticipated Hotstar Specials’ Dil Bekaraar follows the love story and the intense ideological clash between Debjani Thakur and Dylan Shekhawat. Produced by Sobo Films and directed by Habib Faisal of Do Dooni Chaar
fame, Dil Bekaraar will gently transport the viewers to the golden times as they experience the simplicity and find relevance in the Thakur Family. Played by veteran actors like Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure and upcoming talented actors like Sahher Bambba, Akshay Oberoi, Medha Shankar, Sukhmani Sadana among many others; the characters portray a tale of humorous family drama with a backdrop of liberalisation and journalism.
Extramarks, India’s most trusted EdTech giant, announced the launch of its new logo, visual identity, and category positioning today. At the core of the branding are new visual assets, including a refreshed logo and the onestop Learning App solution- reflecting Extramarks values‘fun’ ‘engaging’, ‘integrated’ and ‘inclusive’ with a modern approach to digital learning. The new branding is already live
across all internal and external communication channels. The latest version of the ‘The Learning App’ is available for both iOS and Android device users. On the occasion, Ritvik Kulshrestha, CEO, Extramarks stated, “With the onset of the pandemic, the whole EdTech category has evolved further and attracted new-age learners. This presented us with the opportunity to evolve with changing times reaffirming.
Incuspaze Set to Push Boundaries with a Rampant Pan-India Expansion Spree
Incuspaze, a chain of premium enterprise-managed office spaces and co-working spaces, is all set to accelerate its growth domestically with new centers planned in Kochi, Trivandrum, Ahmedabad, Noida, and more. Despite the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the managed workspace provider has been operating at 100 percent permitted occupancy at most of their centers. Given the current practice
of downsizing headquarters, many small, medium, and large enterprises have been operating out of managed and flexible workspaces, especially in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Incuspaze is Kerala’s largest co-working space operator, with two fully functional spaces in Kochi and one in Trivandrum. The brand is now kickstarting Phase 2 expansion in the state due to the high demand, with two more centers in Kochi and one in Trivandrum.
Many Drives, One Passion: BMW Golf Cup 2021 concludes India chapter.
The BMW Golf Cup 2021 tournament lived up to its reputation as one of the most prestigious amateur golf tournaments in India when it came to an exciting climax at Classic Golf and Country Club today. The tournament’s regional winners, who fought for supremacy at the national grand finale, also had a chance to interact with India’s iconic cricketer Mr. Yuvraj Singh over the welcome dinner hosted by BMW India. Mr. Karan Singhvi, Mr. Arpit Mashruwala
and Ms. Sunita Singla are the national winners and will proudly represent India at the World Final of the BMW Golf Cup which is scheduled to be held at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 5 to 10 December 2021. Mr. Vikram Pawah, President, BMW Group India said, “We are committed to present the sport of golf and its many valuable attributes to a broader audience across India. The BMW Golf Cup attracts not just our customers.
PM Gati Shakti to be a game-changer in the space of infrastructure development: Brickwork Ratings Prime Minister launched the Gati Shakti master plan on 13th Oct 2021. The plan envisages a centralised portal to unite the infrastructural initiatives planned and initiated by 16 central ministries and departments including Railways, Roads and Highways, Petroleum and Gas, Power, Telecom, Shipping and Aviation etc.The Gati Shakti Plan aims to put the projects under the National Infrastructure Pipeline under the same umbrella by
sharing resources and developing synergies by various ministries. India’s infrastructure growth was hampered by interministerial delays, approval delays and communication gaps between various stakeholders. This often led to slow decision-making, time and cost overruns, and thus, a lacklustre pace for infrastructureled growth. Gati Shakti Plan consolidates infrastructure projects in specific corridors and will help various ministries.
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