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Retailers are warning AGAIN.
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Janet tells Capitol Hill to expect inflation to hang around for longer.
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FED in Blackout period – but is Janet the Canary in the Coal Mine?
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Oil – now trading above $121/barrel – Hello?
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Markets remain in a state of confusion.
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Try the Chicken Cutlet Parmegiana.
Target warns of threats to their profits! (Again!). Remember – 3 weeks ago after they missed on their earnings….they lowered guidance then and yesterday they made sure to make it clear that they are warning you again……They are cancelling orders from vendors and will be forced to offer -……wait….DISCOUNTS in order to clear unwanted goods……well of course you have to offer discounts for ‘unwanted goods’…..why would anyone pay top dollar for something they don’t want? What is interesting is – they are not offering discounts on what you do NEED…..Look – during the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home and the gov’t was sending you money (whether you needed it or not) there was a rush to buy all that stuff…patio furniture, athletic wear, pillows and other home décor stuff…and now that the world is open and you are not locked down – people want services and necessities – think travel, dining out, working out and food and gas.
If you walk around your local Target- you will not find any deals on food, or cleaning supplies, soaps, detergents, or stuff you NEED. But if you need more outdoor furniture or a polyester track suit – you are in luck! And so, it went – the whole retail sector taking it in the gut in early trading…. As the bell rang – TGT fell 8%, TJX -4%, ROST – 3%, JWN -2%.... the XRT – Retailing ETF lost 3% - taking the broader market lower in the first few minutes as the cable news channels dissected the headline…. What would it mean? Was this a new crack in the foundation or was it just more of what we already knew? My sense is that it just causes more confusion and at least for yesterday it was not that much of a concern – because after about 5 minutes – the ‘panic’ was over….and traders/investors took all of those stocks up – in fact the XRT ended the day up 0.7%!
And then we had Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen telling us that we should prepare for a ‘prolonged period of inflation’ – WOW! We have gone from ‘transitory to prolonged’…… Remember – FED voting members are now in their blackout period – so do not expect to hear anything from them, so they send Janet out to inform the global public square…suggesting that that IS what we might hear next week from JJ. Recall that Friday we will get the May CPI report and there is lots of speculation around what it is expected to be……. And if that was not enough – the World Bank cut global growth forecasts while raising the idea that many countries will face a recession!
And you would think all of this ‘good news’ would leave markets vulnerable and weak – but you would have been wrong – because by the end of the day investors/traders took stocks up – the thinking is that this is not really new news…. that this has been priced in – but is it? At 4 pm the Dow was up 265 pts, the S&P added 40, the Nasdaq gained 115 pts, the Russell rose 30 and the Transports added 18. The 10 yr. treasury yield held steady at 3.003%, while oil rose another 1% to end the day at $119.66. The VIX falling further suggesting that its nothing to worry about.
Energy – which I have been screaming about for nearly one year now was by far the best performer yet again – the XLE rising 3% taking that ETF up 66% ytd. But when you think of energy – do not just think of XOM +72% ytd, CVX + 56% ytd, HAL +92% ytd, or SLB +65% ytd – you have to think outside the box and include names like CRK +161% ytd, BTU + 200% ytd, OIS +75% ytd. Now while these names are up – they can keep going higher as demand for energy continues to be strong.
Another sector outperforming the broader market: Metals and Miners – XME +28% ytd, while names like AMR + 194% ytd, STLD + 40% ytd.
All this while the broader S&P sectors remain under pressure. Consumer Discretionary – 24%, Communications – XLC – 22%, Tech – XLK –18%, Real Estate – XLRE – 15%, Industrials – XLI down 8%.
This morning – we learn that the Atlanta FED GDPNow is suggesting that we could be on ‘the brink’ of a recession…. yesterday their tracker cut the 2nd qtr. annualized GDP estimate to 0.9% down from 1.3% - last week…. inching ever closer to negative territory…this after the 1st quarter GDP remains well in negative territory at -1.5%. Now the traditional definition of a recession would be 2 consecutive quarters of negative growth, but that is changing as well. The NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) tells us that they are defining a recession as ‘a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts for more than a few months.’ And by that definition – you could surmise that we are already there or are getting closer by the minute. In any event – do not expect the more ‘seasoned’ economists to ‘buy’ that definition…. But in any case, – it is what it is and again – the question is not IF, but WHEN.
And that might be what is causing US futures this morning to be under pressure. At 6 am - Dow futures are down 135 pts, the S&P off by 15 pts, the Nasdaq down by 25 pts and the Russell is off by 7 pts. Again – it goes to the total confusion - one day – it is all good, nothing to worry about and the next day – the storm clouds are building.
The only eco data point today that is worth watching is Mortgage Apps – and if you noticed – they have been in decline for weeks now and are expected to be lower again today as mortgage rates remain elevated causing monthly payments to rise. Add in rising prices for food and energy and now you have gotten an even bigger problem as consumers have to make choices……Mortagage apps FELL by 6.5%!
Oil is up again today…. rising $1.60 to trade at $121.10/barrel and this is despite the fact that the API (American Petroleum Institute) reported an increase in crude and oil products. Demand from China being credited to the most recent surge in prices. There is also a story that Norwegian oil workers are planning on striking next week and that is raising the risk of a shutdown taking some Brent oil off the market which by default would ‘raise’ demand for US WTI (West Texas Intermediate). The EIA (energy Information Agency) is set to report inventory levels at 10:30 am today and by all accounts it is not expected to change the narrative very much. Meanwhile global crude supplies remain tight as the Western sanctions on Russia hamper Russian exports and that is also adding the move higher.
I suspect – and have been saying – that there will be continued back and forth –" with the path of least resistance lower over the next couple of months as investors and portfolio managers attempt to find clarity, a sense of direction and whether or not the FED can manage to navigate a soft landing….to be clear though, lower does NOT necessarily mean a collapse….I still believe that 3800 is a level of real support and will only change my mind if the fundamental story changes over the next couple of months.
European markets are also all a bit lower after being up yesterday….so they too remain confused…one day its good the next day it is not so good. This morning they are down about 0.5% across the board. European investors also waiting on the US CPI data on Friday……which may give them a clue about what the ECB (European Central Bank) might have up its sleeve in the weeks ahead. Remember – inflation across the zone has surged to all-time highs and the ECB continues to stimulate…. but that is expected to end this Thursday when then make an announcement.
The S&P closed at 4160 after testing as high as 4164…. just below the most recent highs of 4175. I continue to believe that we remain in the very tight trading range of 4075/4175. This morning’s action suggests more churn but no reason for it to break out or break down as we await Friday’s CPI data. While it is beginning to feel a little better - I am not convinced yet….and remain on the cautious on side of the equation.
Estimates for more downside action suggest that 3800 should hold – but there are the outliers that are calling for S&P 3200 before this is over…. citing Fibonacci retracement levels and DMark Indicators. Just to be clear that would be an additional loss of 21% for the S&P that is already down 13% ytd…something I do not see – UNLESS of course the data suddenly turns really ugly……Which it could do but is not something I expect it to do.
Sit tight – the CPI report is only 2 days away; PPI is 5 days away…. ….and the FED meeting results are 7 days away…so lots going on…. We remain in the broader trendline support / resistance range of 3800/ 4275.
Chicken Parmegiana
Ok as promised- use yesterday’s meat sauce to now make a new dish. This is also a classic Italian dish – originated in the Southern part of Italy…. where tomatoes and meat sauces are a staple in the diet.
This part of the meal should cost you about $25 – for the chicken and mozz and breadcrumbs. Remember you already spent the money on the sauce yesterday!
For this you need – thin sliced (or pounded thin) chicken breasts (classic), but you can also use boneless thighs as well. Eggs, flour, seasoned breadcrumbs, olive oil and fresh Mozz.
Begin by rinsing and drying the cutlets. Scramble 4 eggs to make the egg wash. Now make a ‘assemby line.’ A plate of seasoned flour, the egg wash and then the seasoned breadcrumbs.
Dredge the cutlets in seasoned flour (s&p) and then dip in the egg wash and then in the seasoned breadcrumbs. Making sure to cover the cutlet well.
Put some of the meat sauce in a pan to heat it up. (Use your head, how many cutlets did you make?)
Preheat your oven to the broil mode. Now – using a large broiling pan or Pyrex dish – add enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the pan and then some. Heat it up under the broiler…. you need to pay attention to this….do not leave the oven. Once it is hot – (you test by tossing some breadcrumbs into the oil to see if they sizzle) – add the cutlets. Dipping one side in the hot oil and then flipping it over to dip the other side.
Then put it under the broiler until they take on a golden color. Flip and repeat then set aside.
Turn the oven to bake at 350 degrees now.
When complete – place the cutlets in a baking dish – add a slice of fresh mozz and then top with the warmed meat sauce you made yesterday. Place in the oven to give the cheese a chance to melt. Maybe 10 mins…. remember- the cutlets are already cooked – you just want the cheese to melt.
Serve with a large mixed salad – dressed in a red wine vinegar/olive oil dressing. Season it with s&p, and oregano. Simple to make and so good to eat.
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Moderna says Omicron-specific booster generates strong immune response
"We are submitting our preliminary data and analysis to regulators with the hope that the Omicron-containing bivalent booster will be available in the late summer," Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said in a statement. Share of Moderna were up 2% in premarket trading.
Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it's COVID-19 vaccine booster that targets both the original coronavirus strain and Omicron produced a better immune response against the variant than its original vaccine.
The booster raised virus-neutralizing antibodies eight-fold in a study. The vaccine was generally well-tolerated, with side effects comparable to a booster dose of mRNA-1273 at the 50 micrograms level. "We are submitting our preliminary data and analysis to regulators with the hope that the Omicron-containing bivalent booster will be available in the late summer," Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said in a statement.
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US equities ended Tuesday session in the positive as the US 10-year yield stretching above the 3% mark acted like a speed bump. That’s relatively good news for the market, because it clearly shows that, even when the news is not great, the Federal Reserve (Fed) pricing doesn’t get much uglier when the 10-year yield goes above that 3% mark.
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The yen is also under strong pressure from the euro. EUR/JPY has fallen for 10 consecutive trading sessions and has touched a seven-year high. The ECB is expected to end its QE programme this month and embark on a rate-hike cycle in July. This would leave the Bank of Japan as the only major central bank that has not joined the tightening bandwagon.
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The signing of the two documents after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's ''fruitful'' talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang in Hanoi, is seen as a major upswing in India-Vietnam strategic ties amid common concerns over China's increasing muscle-flexing in the South China Sea.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual logistics support is the first such major agreement that Vietnam has signed with any country.
After the talks between Singh and General Giang, the defence ministry said India and Vietnam continue to have the ''most trustworthy relations in contemporary times with broader convergence of interests and common concerns.'' Singh said the close defence and security cooperation between India and Vietnam is an important factor for stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
''In these times of increasing cooperative engagements between the defence forces of the two countries, this (logistics pact) is a major step towards simplifying procedures for mutually beneficial logistic support and is the first such major agreement which Vietnam has signed with any country,'' it said in a statement. Singh, who arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday on a three-day visit, also called on Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the discussions were focused on overall strategic ties between the two countries.
The two defence ministers signed the 'Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030' that provides for expansion of defence and military ties in diverse areas, officials said.
''Had an excellent meeting with General Phan Van Giang, the Defence Minister of Vietnam. We renewed interactions on expanding bilateral cooperation. Our close Defence and Security cooperation is an important factor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region,'' Singh tweeted.
He said the ''wide-ranging discussions'' were focused on ''effective and practical'' initiatives to further expand bilateral engagements, adding regional and global issues also figured in the talks.
''After our fruitful deliberations, we signed the 'Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030', which will significantly enhance the scope and scale of our defence cooperation,'' he added The signing of the vision document to expand bilateral defence and security ties came amid growing congruence between the two countries in the maritime security domain amid China's increasing muscle-flexing in the region.
Singh and Gen Giang also agreed to the early finalisation of the USD 500 million defence Line of Credit (LoC) extended to Vietnam by India. The defence ministry, in a statement, said the implementation of the projects under the LoC will add substantially to Vietnam's defence capabilities and further Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Make in India, Make for the World'.
Singh also announced gifting of two simulators and monetary grants towards setting up a language and IT laboratory at the Air Force Officers Training School for capacity building of the Vietnamese armed forces.
Hours later, the defence minister interacted with the Indian community in Hanoi during which he expressed appreciation for their achievements and contributions in promoting India-Vietnam relations.
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Asia Market Update: Asia trades generally higher after gains on Wall St.; USD/JPY extends rise; CN trade balance is due on Thurs.
General trend
- USD trades generally firmer.
- Commodity currencies lag, AUD declines after prior gain.
- China Commerce Ministry official commented ahead of trade data.
- Taiwan Semi Chairman: Capex could hit $40B in 2023.
- China 7-day repo rate continues to rise.
- RBI announces more aggressive rate hike; Indian bond yields decline.
- Energy companies trade generally higher.
- Shanghai Composite lagged during morning trading [Property index drops >1.5%].
- Hang Seng outperforms; China regulator said to have approved 60 domestic games this month.
- Japanese automakers generally supported by the weaker Yen.
- Financials underperform in Australia following the recent RBA rate hike.
- US equity FUTs remain lower after prior rise.
- Thailand Central Bank expected to leave rates unchanged.
Headlines/Economic data
Australia/New Zealand
- ASX 200 opened flat.
- (AU) Australia PM Albanese said interest rate rise is a 'blow for families', to consider new policies to deal with inflation; the new budget is expected in Oct [comments follow larger than expected RBA rate hike] - press.
- (AU) Former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Official MacFarlane: 50bps hike was the right call; Would be surprised if inflation returns to 2%, enough scarcity to keep CPI elevated.
- (NZ) New Zealand 10M Budget Deficit NZ$9.4B (vs forecast of -NZ$12.6B).
- (AU) Australia Treasurer Chalmers: Reserve Bank of Australia review is expected to begin within the next few months and last through mid 2023.
- (AU) Australia sells A$800M v A$800M indicated in 0.50% Sept 2026 bonds; Avg Yield: 3.2491%; bid-to-cover 3.28x.
- (AU) Australia PM Albanese said to be looking to Indonesia and India to expand trade outside of China (which it has been in a long standing dispute with) - SMH.
Japan
- Nikkei 225 opened +0.6%.
- USD/JPY Rises to ¥133.18 [highest since Apr 2002].
- (JP) Japan may expand employee pensions to smaller cos - Japanese press.
- (JP) Japan Q1 final GDP Q/Q: -0.1% V -0.3%E; GDP annualized Q/Q: -0.5% V -1.1%E.
- (JP) Japan June BoP Current Account: ¥501.1B v ¥524.5Be; Adjust Current Account: ¥511.5B v ¥399.2Be.
- (JP) Japan May Bank Lending Y/Y: 0.7% v 0.9% prior; Bank Lending (ex-trusts) Y/Y: 0.9% v 1.0% prior.
- (JP) Japan May Eco Watchers Current Survey: 54.0 v 52.0e; Outlook Survey: 52.5 v 51.5e.
- (JP) Bank of Japan (BOJ) announcement related to daily bond buying operation: Unchanged.
- (JP) Bank of Japan (BOJ) offers to buy 5-10 year JGBs at fixed rate of 25bps; Opens window to buy unlimited amount of 10-year JGBs at 0.25% [as expected].
Korea
- Kospi opened +0.3%.
- (KR) Bank of Korea sells KRW490B v KRW800B indicated in 1-year Monetary Stabilization Bonds (MSB): avg yield 2.300% v 2.100% prior.
- (KR) South KoreaQ1 preliminary GDP Q/Q: 0.6% V 0.7%E; Y/Y: 3.0% V 3.1%E.
China/Hong Kong
- Hang Seng opens %; Shanghai Composite flat.
- (CN) China Deputy Commerce Min (MOFCOM) Wang: Foreign Trade stabilization faces uncertainties; Sees global demand growth as low [comments ahead of May Trade Balance data that is due on Thurs (Jun 9th)].
- (CN) China PBOC Open Market Operation (OMO): Sells CNY10B in 7-day reverse repos v CNY10B prior; Net CNY0B v Net CNY0B prior.
- (CN) PBOC International Dept Offical Zhou: To keep guiding financing costs lower; Will keep CNY reasonably stable and strengthen currency flexibility.
- (CN) China Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to sell CNY23.0B of yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong during 2022 - Chinese press.
- (CN) China PBOC sets Yuan reference rate: 6.6634 v 6.6649 prior.
- (CN) China State Grid to invest total CNY90B into urban power grid (follows report of total CNY500B into China power grid) - Press.
- (CN) Zhejiang said to have reduced restrictions on people incoming from regions with coroanvirus cases - Press.
- (CN) Shanghai Sec News: Monetary Policy in China has room to aid growth as borrowing demand recovers.
- (CN) Shanghai has started construction on 11 projects with a total investment value of CNY11.9B - Chinese press.
- (CN) China May debt inflows might total $2.0B, cites the IIF - US financial press.
Levels as of 01:20 ET
- Nikkei 225, +0.8%, ASX 200 +0.3% , Hang Seng +1.6%; Shanghai Composite -0.6%; Kospi +0.1%.
- Equity S&P500 Futures: -0.4%; Nasdaq100 -0.5%, Dax +0.3%; FTSE100 +0.3%.
- EUR 1.0709-1.0677 ; JPY 133.30-132.58 ; AUD 0.7237-0.7192 ;NZD 0.6494-0.6455.
- Gold -0.1% at $1,849/oz; Crude Oil +0.6% at $120.09/brl; Copper -0.7% at $4.4197/lb.
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Ukraine has filed eight more war crimes cases to court - prosecutor
- Country:
- Ukraine
Ukraine has filed eight more war crimes cases in court in addition to three sentences already handed down to Russian soldiers, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Wednesday.
Ukraine has opened more than 16,000 investigations into possible war crimes during Russia's invasion which began on Feb. 24, she said on television.
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Gold prices are currently moving in a tight range as traders await a fresh fundamental spark to ignite the precious metals next big move.
Looking ahead to this week, traders’ attention has now shifted to the European Central Banks monetary policy meeting, scheduled for Thursday.
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With Eurozone Inflation accelerating to an all-time record high – expectations are that the ECB will announce an end to its Quantitative Easing Program and lay the ground for an interest rate lift-off next month.
The meeting will enviably shed more light on whether ECB President Christine Lagarde’s pledge to curb surging costs is just window-dressing or an actual shift towards a more hawkish monetary policy stance to achieve what the European Central Bank hasn't achieved for a decade – which is getting inflation back under control.
The EBC meeting takes place one week ahead of the Federal Reserve's June monetary policy meeting, which is also likely to be dominated by the global phenomenon of seemingly unstoppable Inflation.
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Rusted arms, ammunition recovered in J-K's Samba
- Country:
- India
Rusted arms and ammunition, including a carbine, were recovered from a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, police said on Wednesday.
The arms and ammunition were found by residents of Chak Manga village on Tuesday evening while digging a well, they said.
The villagers informed the police, which recovered a rusted carbine, two magazines, a mortar bomb and two springs from the spot, officials said.
A case has been registered in the matter and an investigation launched, they said.
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Car drives into a crowd in Berlin shopping street, one dead
"The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site." Investigators were looking into whether the incident was a deliberate attack or possibly an accident with a medical cause, a police spokesperson said. Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed.
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A car drove into a crowd of people in western Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person and smashing through a shop window, police said, in a district of the German capital popular with tourists and shoppers.
More than a dozen people were injured, a police spokesperson said at the scene. Some injuries were serious, a spokesperson for the fire service added. "A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act," police said, adding that the driver had been detained at the scene.
"We are currently on the scene with about 130 emergency personnel," the police added. "The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site." Investigators were looking into whether the incident was a deliberate attack or possibly an accident with a medical cause, a police spokesperson said.
Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed. A small, silver-coloured Renault car was lodged inside a shop after smashing through a plate glass window. The incident took place next to the war-ravaged Gedaechtniskirche church, one of Berlin's best-known landmarks.
Rescue workers moved apparently conscious people on stretchers towards an ambulance, including one woman sitting up, and another who covered her face with her hand, Reuters images showed. The site, on a shopping street near a McDonald's restaurant, was cordoned off. Bystanders looked up at a helicopter circling above.
The incident took place near the scene of a fatal attack on Dec. 19, 2016, when Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck, killed the driver and then plowed it into a crowded western Berlin Christmas market, killing 11 more people and injuring dozens of others. Amri then fled to Italy, where Italian police shot him dead.
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Turkey is not powerful enough to guarantee Ukrainian grain exports - traders union
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Turkey, which is negotiating with Russia to secure safe routes for grain exports from blocked Ukrainian seaports, is not powerful enough to act as a guarantor, the director of the Ukrainian grain traders union UGA Serhiy Ivashchenko said on Wednesday.
He told an online grain conference in Kyiv that it could take at least two-to-three months to remove mines from Ukrainian and that the Turkish and Romanian navies should be involved. "Turkey as a guarantor is an insufficient force in the Black Sea to guarantee the safety of cargo," Ivashchenko said, adding that no talks were taking place about a discount for Ukrainian grain exported via the Black Sea.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday in Turkey the onus was on Ukraine to solve the problem of resuming grain shipments by de-mining its ports. Speaking alongside his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Lavrov said he appreciated Turkey's efforts in seeking ways to resolve the situation.
Ukraine is one of the world's biggest grain exporters, and Western countries have accused Russia of creating the risk of global famine by shutting Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Moscow denies responsibility for the international food crisis, blaming Western sanctions.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week Ukraine had discussed with Britain and Turkey the idea of a navy from a third country guaranteeing safe passage for Ukraine's grain exports through the Black Sea.
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Moscow to respond to French ban against some Russian TV channels - official
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Moscow will respond to France's decision to ban some Russian television channels, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
"The Foreign Ministry will react to such actions, and a response to this will be given," Zakharova told reporters, without elaborating.
Russia on Monday warned U.S. news organizations they risked being stripped of their accreditation unless the treatment of Russian journalists in the United States improves, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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Ukraine has filed eight more war crimes cases to court - prosecutor
Ukraine has filed eight more war crimes cases to court in addition to three sentences already handed down to Russian soldiers, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Wednesday. Ukraine has opened more than 16,000 investigations into possible war crimes during Russia's invasion which began on Feb. 24, she said on television.
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Ukraine has filed eight more war crimes cases in court in addition to three sentences already handed down to Russian soldiers, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Wednesday.
Ukraine has opened more than 16,000 investigations into possible war crimes during Russia's invasion which began on Feb. 24, she said on television. Moscow denies allegations its troops have committed war crimes in what it describes as a "special operation" to demilitarize Ukraine.
"Every day we see an increase (in investigations)," Venediktova said. "We are talking about people who didn't just come as military combatants... but also came to rape, kill civilians, loot, humiliate, and so on," she said.
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2018 CS assault case: Delhi court dismisses chief secy's plea against Arvind Kejriwal's discharge
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A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed an application of former chief secretary Anshu Prakash against the discharge of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a case related to the alleged assault on the bureaucrat in 2018.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel upheld a magisterial court's findings that had discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia, and nine other AAP MLAs in the case.
Prakash had challenged the trial court order, contending that it erred in its judgment discharging the politicians in the case.
The criminal case relates to the alleged assault on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19, 2018.
The trial court had discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia, and other AAP MLAs - Rajesh Rishi, Nitin Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Rituraj Govind, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal, and Dinesh Mohania - in the case.
The court had, however, ordered the framing of charges against AAP MLAs Amanullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal in the case.
Kejriwal, Sisodia, and nine other AAP MLAs were granted bail in October 2018.
Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal were granted bail earlier by the high court.
The alleged assault had triggered a bitter tussle between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats.
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EAM Jaishankar holds talks with visiting Iranian counterpart
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his visiting Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday against the backdrop of widespread anger in West Asia over controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad made by two former BJP spokespersons.
Abdollahian is on a three-day visit to India with an aim to further enhance the bilateral ties as well as to discuss key regional and global developments, including the situation in Afghanistan.
It is the first visit to India by a senior minister of a member nation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) after the controversial remarks triggered anguish in the Arab World.
''Welcoming FM @Amirabdolahian to New Delhi. Our discussions today will reflect our close and friendly relations,'' Jaishankar said in a tweet ahead of the talks.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the visit by the Iranian foreign minister will further ''boost the deep historical ties and partnership'' between the two countries.
Abdollahian's visit to India comes days after Iran joined Kuwait and Qatar in summoning the Indian ambassadors over the remarks against the Prophet by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.
Since then, several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Jordan, Bahrain, the Maldives, Malaysia, Oman, Iraq and Libya, have denounced the comments.
The MEA on Monday categorically rejected the criticism of India by the OIC following the comments on the Prophet.
According to the MEA, Abdollahian will travel to Mumbai and Hyderabad after concluding his engagements in New Delhi.
Iran has been a key country for India in the Gulf region.
The two sides have been jointly focussing on improving connectivity between South East Asia and Central Asia.
At a connectivity conference in Tashkent in July last year, Jaishankar had projected Iran's Chabahar port as a key regional transit hub, including Afghanistan.
Located in Sistan-Balochistan province on energy-rich Iran's southern coast, the Chabahar port is being developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan to boost connectivity and trade ties.
India has been in touch with Iran over the developments in Afghanistan following its takeover by the Taliban on August 15 last year.
The Iranian national security advisor had attended a regional conclave hosted by India on the Afghan crisis in November last year.
The conclave was also attended by the NSAs of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Funding under Technology Development Fund enhanced to Rs 50 crore per project
The TDF scheme, executed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), supports indigenous development of components, products, systems and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.
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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved enhancement of funding under Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore. The TDF scheme, executed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), supports indigenous development of components, products, systems and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.
It may be recalled that 25 per cent of defence R&D budget was earmarked for private industry, start-ups and academia in Union Budget 2022-23. The enhanced funding is in line with the budget announcement and it will give further boost the vision of 'Aatmanirbharta in defence'.
The TDF Scheme aims to provide a major fillip to the defence manufacturing sector by encouraging the industry to innovate and develop defence technologies in order to place India on the self-reliance trajectory. The scheme facilitates up to 90 per cent of the total project cost and allows industry to work in consortium with another industry/academia. With the enhanced funding, the industry and startups will be able to develop more complex technologies for existing and future weapon systems and platforms. Till date, 56 projects have been sanctioned under TDF scheme.
(With Inputs from PIB)
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DM starts 'cow protection fund' in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
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- India
After setting up a fodder bank for stray cattle through public cooperation, the Kheri district magistrate has started a fund to help maintain and set up cow shelters.
So far over Rs 6.31 lakh have been donated by the public though the bank account, named 'Cow Protection Fund', opened by DM Mahendra Bahadur Singh on June 4.
According to Chief Veterinary Officer Ajit Singh, 48 shelters with around 9,000 cows have been set up across the district.
Two more shelters are in pipeline, he added.
Also, 5,500 cows have been “adopted” by volunteers in a state government scheme under which they get Rs 30 per cow, per day.
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A dance practice video of Ananya Panday is going viral on social media. She is getting some unhealthy comments on it.
MUMBAI: Ananya Panday is no doubt one of the most loved actresses in the industry. In a very short span of time, the actress, with her acting contribution and her cuteness, has made a huge fanbase for herself.
She is known not only for her talent but also for her looks. Fans always look forward to her upcoming pictures and posts.
Having said that, a video of Ananya Panday is going viral on social media, where she was seen practising a dance move.
No doubt the actress looked stunning as she prepared for her dance performance. This small video is getting some beautiful comments, but a few people are trolling her.
Many people are calling her dance move a struggle. Some are commenting that struggle is real. One user has asked why the industry is wasting time and money on star kids. They should give the opportunity to talents like Rajkumar Rao.
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PRASA deploys additional security to protect rail infrastructure
“Contractors were installing overhead copper cables on the line when two armed men in a black VW Polo fired ten shots at security,” PRASA said on Wednesday.
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- South Africa
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has contracted and deployed additional security along the Central Line in Cape Town following the shooting of two security guards protecting the recovery work between Bonteheuwel and Lavis Town.
The security guards are receiving treatment at a local hospital.
"Contractors were installing overhead copper cables on the line when two armed men in a black VW Polo fired ten shots at security," PRASA said on Wednesday.
Police are investigating the incident and a case of attempted murder has been filed at the Elsies River Police Station.
"PRASA is on a journey of recovering stolen and/or vandalized rail infrastructure and is aware of the vulnerability of the recovery work to criminal syndicates and opportunistic criminals.
"We have contracted and deployed additional security on the lines we are recovering, but it is clear that we are under siege, and the criminals will stop at nothing to get what they want.
"We commend the bravery and work of the security guards who defended the copper cables, and we would like to wish the injured guards a speedy recovery," PRASA said.
The agency expressed confidence that the assailants will be apprehended.
"We… trust in the criminal justice system will help turn the tide against the theft of essential infrastructure," PRASA said.
(With Inputs from South African Government Press Release)
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Involving civil society, opposition leaders imperative for peace to prevail in Kashmir: DSS leader
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- India
Expressing concern over “grim security situation” in Kashmir in the wake of unabated targeted killings, Jammu-based Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) president G S Charak on Wednesday urged the government to involve civil society and mainstream leaders to restore peace and stop “exodus of minorities and nationalist Muslims” from the Valley.
He also denounced attempts by mischievous elements to harm communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir and said “any miscreant, irrespective of religion, region, caste and colour, must be brought to book without any bias”.
“We are concerned over the situation which is slipping back to the 1990s with minority Hindus and Sikhs along with nationalist Muslims planning to migrate from the valley,” Charak, a former minister, told reporters here after a core group meeting of his organisation.
Accusing the central government of mishandling the situation, he said using police and other security agencies and propagating that everything is under control is not going to help improve the security situation in the valley.
“The ruling party needs to review its policies, both within Jammu and Kashmir and at the international level, to scuttle nefarious designs of Pakistan which was successful in driving out minority Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and is once again making efforts in this direction.
“The gap between the people and the government is widening with each passing day which is not a good sign and a concern for all of us. The government needs to have a relook on its policy towards J-K and involve civil society and mainstream politicians from all parties,” Charak said.
“Anyone supporting Pakistan should be taken to task but those leaders who believe in India and its democratic process should be taken into confidence and consulted for restoration of peace and normalcy,” he said.
He said Dogra Sader Sabha is over a century old organisation but its repeated requests for a meeting with the Lieutenant Governor was not responded to.
“We have played a key role whenever there was a crisis like situation in the past. We have written to the LG for a meeting but there was no response till date, which is very surprising,” he said.
Appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving key posts to local bureaucrats, he said the officers from outside do not know the ground realities and are causing more harm than any good.
Earlier, Charak said the core group of the Sabha condemned Pakistan and its intelligence agencies for its continued support to terrorism in J-K.
“The government should take effective punitive measures against Pakistan who sponsors, supports and provides arms for killings of the innocent population of Kashmiri Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs, besides other non Kashmiri Indians who are engaged in providing various services to the common citizen there,” he said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Mithali Raj needs no introduction! Her contribution to the field of cricket is immense. The heartbreaking news is that the legend of Indian cricket has announced her retirement from international cricket.
MUMBAI: Mithali Raj needs no introduction! Her contribution to the field of cricket is immense. Her journey inspires many.
The heartbreaking news is that the legend of Indian cricket has announced her retirement from international cricket. Yes, you read that right!
Taking to her social media handles, the 39-year-old sports star made the announcement. She shared a heartwarming statement summing up her 23-year-long career. Mithali retires not only as the most-capped India women's cricketer of all time, but also as the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket having amassed 10,868 runs from 333 appearances for India.
"Thank you for all your love & support over the years! I look forward to my 2nd innings with your blessing and support," she tweeted. "I feel now is the perfect time to call curtains on my playing career as the team is in the capable hands of some very talented young players and the future of Indian Cricket is bright."
Mithali made her debut in 1999 at the age of 16 and over the next two decades became one of the all-time greats and a linchpin of India's batting. Mithali burst onto the scene as a teenager and immediately announced herself, slamming a century on ODI debut. She hit an unbeaten 114 against Ireland to become the youngest centurion in women's cricket. As far as WODIs, Mithali holds the record till date. As captain, Mithali led India to the finals of two World Cups - 2005 and 2017, but unfortunately the elusive crown eluded her. In ODIs, Mithali's record is unparalleled, having scored 7805 runs from 232 matches at an impressive average of 50. 68, including seven centuries.
She is a recipient of the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri Award. She is also the winner of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.
Check out her post here.
Keep reading this space for more updates.
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Elgar case: HC bench recuses from hearing DU professor Hany Babu's bail plea
A bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday recused itself from hearing the bail plea of Delhi Universitys associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.Babu filed his appeal in the HC last month, challenging the rejection of his bail plea by a special NIA court.
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A bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday recused itself from hearing the bail plea of Delhi University's associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
Babu filed his appeal in the HC last month, challenging the rejection of his bail plea by a special NIA court. His plea, filed through counsels Yug Chaudhry and Payoshi Roy, was mentioned before a vacation bench of the high court last month. At that time, the vacation bench directed that the plea be heard by a regular bench of the high court.
On Wednesday, when the plea came up before a bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and VG Bisht, the bench recused itself from the hearing it without citing any reason.
Justice Mohite-Dere also recused herself from hearing a plea filed by Elgar Parishad case co-accused Gautam Navlakha, who has sought, among other things, access to telephone calls at the Taloja prison, where he is currently lodged as an undertrial. Navlakha, 71, has been lodged inside the high security 'anda cell' of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai since October last year.
Hany Babu, who was arrested in July 2020 from his residence in Delhi, is also lodged at the Taloja prison.
The pleas of Babu and Navlakha pleas will come up for hearing before an appropriate bench later this month.
In February this year, the NIA court had rejected Hany Babu's bail plea after observing that there existed prima facie evidence that he was "actively involved" in activities of the banned CPI (Maoist) organization. The court had also noted that what went against Babu's case was that he had been a member of the committee that agitated to free life term convict and former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in the case.
However, Hany Babu said in his plea that there was no evidence to even suggest that he intended to or supported activities to cause disaffection against India. He also said there was no evidence against him to charge him under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
In 2019, Justice Mohite-Dere recused herself from hearing pleas by eight accused persons in the case, who had challenged a Pune sessions court order taking cognizance of a charge sheet filed in the case by local police, the initial prosecuting agency in the case.
In the past, Justices PB Varela, SS Shinde, and Sadhana Jadhav of the Bombay High Court had also recused themselves from hearing the Elgar Parishad matters.
The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the 'Elgar Parishad' conclave, held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the city's outskirts.
The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists.
The probe in the case, in which more than a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was later transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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The duo met on one of the sets for a show in which Vidhi Pandya had started her career with, which had Helly Shah in the lead role.
MUMBAI : TellyChakkar is back with yet another update from the telly world. It is said Good Times + Crazy Friends = Great Memories! This is exactly what Helly Shah and Vidhi Pandya abide by! The duo met on one of the sets for a show in which Vidhi Pandya had started her career, which had Helly Shah in the lead role. Vidhi had a cameo role in the show and little did she know that she will make a friend for life. Lets walk through their amazing bond over the years.
Also read Wow! This is how Helly Shah prepped herself for her first appearance at Cannes
Helly and Vidhi are best friends since the beginning. They are pillars of strength for each other, in high and low momemts of their life. Take a look at the amazing birthday celebration.
They are also seen going for exciting trips, exploring different cities together.
Visiting homettowns, The quote on the wall definitely defines them.
The divas can be seen performing the folk dance together and having fun on the streets of Jaisalmer
On the work front, Vidhi Pandya is well known for her portrayal of Imli Rajvanshi in the social drama Udaan, that aired on Colors TV. In 2021, she participated in the popular reality show Bigg Boss 15. Currently she plays the lead role of Saumya in Sony TV's Mose Chhal Kiye Jaaye.
On the other hand,Helly Shah has added another diamond to her crown by dazzling at the Cannes Film Festival for the first time. The diva is all set to make her feature film debut with Kaya Palat. She started her career with Gulaal, a Star Plus show.
For more updates, stay tuned to TellyChakkar.
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SA needs to address deep-rooted socio-economic challenges: Treasury
The visit by IMF staff did not result in a board discussion or publication of a report on South Africa’s economy, said Treasury in a statement.
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Government recognises the need to address deep-rooted socio-economic challenges, including unemployment, inequality, and poverty, while stabilising government debt.
The comment was made by the National Treasury in response to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment of the country's economy.
From 26 May - 6 June, IMF staff held meetings with South Africa as part of their routine economic surveillance function, as prescribed in the IMF's Articles of Agreement.
Economic developments in the country were under discussion during the meetings with IMF staff, government, the South African Reserve Bank, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), business, and academia.
The visit by IMF staff did not result in a board discussion or publication of a report on South Africa's economy, said Treasury in a statement.
In its findings, the IMF was of the view that South Africa's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should continue this year as some sectors such as tourism, hospitality and construction, gradually improve.
The staff noted that South Africa was benefiting from favourable commodity prices, which had raised exports.
Nonetheless, the IMF pointed to various shocks that continue to affect the country's economic outlook. These include the KwaZulu-Natal floods, uncertainty arising from the conflict in Ukraine, tightening of global financial conditions and lower economic growth in China.
"The IMF staff acknowledges progress made in implementing structural reforms and encouraged South Africa to deepen and speed up implementation of structural reforms to address a number of obstacles.
Areas needing urgent attention include growth, load shedding, and addressing deficiencies in the transportation system, which limit the benefits from the higher commodity prices," said Treasury.
Other key reform areas highlighted include improving procurement processes, transforming network industries, fostering competition to attract private investment; and advancing the functioning of the labour market.
In addition, IMF staff underscored that operations, finances and governance of Eskom and Transnet should be improved to contribute to the sustainability of public finances.
"The staff emphasised the need to implement growth-friendly fiscal consolidation to ensure that the country's debt as a percentage of GDP is on a declining and sustainable path. Containment of compensation costs and streamlining transfers to SOEs were some of the recommendations tabled.
"In addition, the staff underscored that operations, finances and governance of Eskom and Transnet should be improved to contribute to the sustainability of public finances," read the statement.
Economic recovery
Responding to this, Treasury said government's steadfast commitment to restoring sustainability to public finances was supported by better than expected revenue collection, albeit temporary, and fiscal restraint.
"As stated in the 2022 Budget, government is using a portion of the additional revenue to reduce the fiscal deficit and stabilise debt, with the majority targeted to address urgent social needs, promote job creation through the presidential employment initiative, and support the public health sector," it said.
It said there was faster implementation of economic and SOE reforms, accompanied by fiscal consolidation to provide a stable foundation for growth, easing of investor concerns, and support a faster recovery and higher levels of economic growth.
The National Treasury acknowledged that South Africa's economic recovery had been "uneven" and that "risks remain high".
In general, it said, the IMF's concerns were aligned with government's response programme to stimulate economic growth, which was guided by South Africa's Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) as well as commitment towards growth and fiscal sustainability.
On fiscal risks posed by some SOEs, the department said the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council was considering their value add and which SOEs would be rationalised or consolidated to reduce their continuing demand on South Africa's public resources.
"The National Treasury is working on a sustainable solution to deal with Eskom's debt in a manner that is equitable and fair to all stakeholders. Any solution will be contingent on continued progress to reform South Africa's electricity sector and Eskom's own progress on its turnaround plan and its restructuring," it said.
Structural reforms
Treasury said it remains committed to fast-tracking structural reforms to foster job-led growth, as supported through Operation Vulindlela.
In this regard, 26 structural reforms were prioritised. Of these, eight reforms had been completed while another 11 are progressing well.
Key achievements to include:
concluding the spectrum auction, opening bid windows five and six of the renewable energy programme
publishing the draft electricity regulation amendment bill
Cabinet approval of the white paper on the National Rail Policy
publishing of the Green Drop report to ensure better monitoring of water and wastewater treatment quality
publishing the revised critical skills list
issuing of the RFP (Request For Proposal) to initiate third party access to the freight rail network.
The department said work was also underway to reform the procurement system as well as the launching of the e-Visa system in 14 countries.
On energy security, the Treasury said the process of unbundling Eskom was underway.
"On 17 December 2021 the National Transmission Company South Africa SOC Limited (NTCSA) was executed. Eskom has also applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa for the transmission license for the Transmission Company.
"On environmental matters, South Africa remains committed to address climate change based on science, equity and sustainable development. South Africa's Presidential Climate Finance Task Team will advise the country on the execution of the Just Energy Transition (JET)," said Treasury.
(With Inputs from South African Government Press Release)
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Dance Deewane is one of the most loved shows on television, and this weekend, Shilpa Shetty will be gracing the show and having some fun segments with the judges and the host.
MUMBAI : Dance Deewane is one of the most popular dance reality shows. It is loved by the audience.
The show’s popularity has invited many Bollywood and television actors to promote their films on it.
The biggest USP of the show is that there is no age barrier for the contestants.
From a 60-year-old man to a 12-year-old child, everyone is welcome on the show; the only thing they need is to have a passion for dance.
Now, the makers of the show have come up with a new season of Dance Deewane Junior, where little kids will be performing.
The show is hosted by Karan Kundrra, and the judges will be Marzi, Nora Fatehi, and Neetu Kapoor.
The show went on air two weeks back and it got a fabulous response from the audiences. The talent on the show is incredible.
( ALSO READ ; EXCLUSIVE! It's Confirmed, Karan Kundrra to host Dance Deewane Junior season 1
The show has got its top 15 contestants, and the competition has begun.
The contestants have to face hardcore challenges from the judges and impress them.
One of the reasons the show is doing so well is because of the camaraderie and the connection between the judges and the host of the show.
In the upcoming episode, Shilpa Shetty will be gracing the show. As usual, they would be playing a prank on judge Marzi Pestongi. She will act like a doctor and pretend to be giving him an injection.
But since childhood, Marzi is afraid of injections, and he is seen running away from Shilp. He runs for his life and storms out of the sets.
The video is a very funny one and will leave you in splits.
Well, no doubt that the upcoming episode is going to be an entertaining one.
For more news and updates on television and Bollywood, stay tuned to TellyChakkar.
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INSIGHT-Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, some locals and soldiers say
The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia's war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.
It's also a place where soldiers' relatives and private citizens are working to provide supplies and equipment for troops based near the town to address shortages, including drones, radios, and heat-detecting rifle sights, according to six volunteers and three soldiers Reuters spoke to, as well as a review of social media channels volunteers use to coordinate efforts. Among them is Olga Lukina, a resident who said her husband serves in a non-combat role in a Russian military reconnaissance unit. She told Reuters some reconnaissance units were short of drones and night-vision equipment, in particular, while other units fighting in Ukraine "need food, diesel, somewhere to wash and wash their clothes."
British military intelligence and the Pentagon, in published assessments, have said Russia's campaign has been slowed by problems with getting supplies such as food and fuel as well as essential services to its troops. Russia has in the past few weeks established control over the Azov Sea port of Mariupol and made incremental territorial gains in the Ukrainian region of Donbas, but Western governments say that came at a high cost in men and equipment, and that Russia has failed to achieve its initial objectives. Asked by Reuters to comment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred questions to the Defence Ministry. The ministry did not respond to detailed questions sent by Reuters.
The previously unreported issues linked to Valuyki provide a rare window into operations at and around a major and strategically important base as the Russian military scrambles to maintain a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine. More than three months after launching a war against its heavily outnumbered and outgunned neighbor, Russia has withdrawn from much of northern Ukraine to refocus on the east.
The Pentagon, in April briefings, said Russian troops were regrouping around Valuyki and were attempting to form the northern part of a pincer movement to reach other Russian forces approaching from the south and isolate the eastern Donbas region from the rest of Ukraine. Rather than the swift victory the West says Russian President Vladimir Putin intended, he's now entrenched in a grinding conflict, inflicting a heavy death toll on Russian troops. In the first three months of the war in Ukraine, as many Russian soldiers were likely killed as in the Soviet Union's 9-year campaign in Afghanistan, according to Britain's defense ministry.
Moscow, which calls it a special military operation that it portrays as a battle to defend Russia against the West, has said the war is going to plan and that the military has everything it needs to fight the war. Ukraine says its forces are also sustaining heavy losses and the government has launched a crowd-funding campaign to support the armed forces, among other needs. INFLUX OF TROOPS
Valuyki, which is in the Belgorod region and surrounded by cornfields, is some 15 kilometers (about 9 miles) from the nearest border with Ukraine. It is strategically located just east of Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv and north of the Russian-backed Donbas region. Construction of the main military garrison near the town, located outside the nearby village of Soloti, started in 2015 in the wake of Moscow's annexation of Crimea and the launch of a military campaign to support pro-Russian separatists in Donbas.
Plans for the 300-hectare site included barracks for several thousand soldiers with a construction contract worth up to about $50 million, according to publicly-available state procurement documents. Earlier this year, as Putin prepared for his February invasion of Ukraine, the area around the base saw increased military movement, according to satellite images released by U.S.-based Maxar Technologies.
In mid-April, following Russia's withdrawal from the north of Ukraine, troops and equipment poured into Valuyki, according to three locals. Satellite images taken in May, of the site of a smaller base near Valuyki, showed a cluster of armored trucks and a structure that Maxar said was a field hospital. They were not there in February. Among those passing through the area were paratroopers from Russia's elite 76th Guards Air Assault Division who had been stationed in Bucha during Russia's bloody occupation of the town near Kyiv, according to documents found by Reuters.
One of them, Kirill Kryuchkov, posted on Instagram on April 19 a video showing a group of people in military uniform drinking beer in a café that Reuters identified as one in Valuyki. A staff member who saw the video and recognized the soldiers as customers who visited around that time said the same group came in almost every day for a week, before abruptly stopping. "All the soldiers who come to our establishment want one thing: to unwind psychologically, and they have a reason for doing that," she said. Kryuchkov did not respond to requests for comment.
Other soldiers have come to Valuyki to get resupplied. A man who identified himself as a soldier in a logistics unit called Rafael Aliev posted on a Valuyki community forum a May 26 post saying he was getting his vehicle repaired after it was damaged by shrapnel in the fighting. "But the Russian Federation's Ministry of Defence, damnit, does not have spare parts," he wrote. Contacted by Reuters, he said spare parts generally were not always readily at hand, and that it could take a month for them to arrive. To avoid waiting, soldiers sometimes turn to volunteers to get the equipment they need, he said.
Aliev is also among soldiers who have relied on locals for help with laundry. Valuyki resident Lyubov Zazharskaya said she washes in her machine at home dirty laundry from soldiers returning from Ukraine and has ironed a serviceman's uniform so he could attend a comrade's funeral procession. She said laundry facilities at the bases could not keep up. Neither the Kremlin nor the defense ministry responded to Reuter's questions about troop deployments to Valuyki, conditions there for soldiers, or the cost of constructing the base.
EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES Reuters was granted access to a private channel in the online messaging app Telegram where volunteers based in the Belgorod region coordinate efforts to get equipment to soldiers. Administrators posted lists of items they said were needed most urgently by troops. The items are available from regular commercial retailers but can be put to military use.
"We urgently need to obtain at least 3 drones like these before Saturday for our police special forces," one administrator in the chat, who used the name Ruslana, posted on April 12. "They are badly needed and could save the lives of lots of our guys." The administrator included a screenshot of a page from an online retailer showing what the retailer said was a quadrocopter drone made by Chinese firm SZ DJI Technology Co. The retailer listed the price at the time as 92,990 roubles (about $1,100).
When approached for comment for this article, the person identified as Ruslana declined to answer questions about the practice of supplying equipment for the military, saying Reuters was owned by people from "unfriendly countries." DJI told Reuters it had in April suspended its business in Russia and Ukraine and an assessment of compliance requirements in various jurisdictions is ongoing in light of the hostilities.
A post that appeared on May 18 in the same chat from someone called Roman, read: "Friends, we're collecting humanitarian aid, and for the front. The soldiers urgently need 16 radios. Suitable models: Motorola DP4800/DP4801, Hytera TC-508." Reuters was unable to reach the person who posted the message. Once purchased, the items are collected and then handed to the military, often at drop-off points around Valuyki and the city of Belgorod, the regional capital, according to posts in the channel and four people involved. Reuters was unable to determine the volume collected.
The Telegram channel features videos where men in camouflage gear and balaclavas hold boxes of donated equipment and thank the donors who provided them. "Thank you, comrades, for not abandoning us," said one man in a May 23 post as he unpacked a small drone. An employee of a Russian state organization who works in the city of Belgorod told Reuters that bosses had instructed her and her colleagues to donate one day's worth of wages to pay for drones and thermal sights for Russian forces in Ukraine. The employee did not want her identity, or her employer, to be identified, citing a fear of reprisals. Reuters independently confirmed that she is a public employee.
The Kremlin and the defense ministry didn't respond to questions about volunteers providing equipment for the military. 'I CRIED'
A woman who said she was the mother of a soldier based in Valuyki and sent to Ukraine told Reuters that since the conflict began, she has twice made the nearly four-hour drive from her home to Valuyki to bring food for her son's unit because combat rations were insufficient. Some people in her son's unit had boots with the soles falling off, and Soviet-style canvas jackets with cotton padding inside that did not keep them warm, said the woman, who also asked not to be identified. "When I saw this, I cried," she said, describing the unkempt appearance of people in her son's unit, without identifying which unit. Reuters independently verified that her son is in the Russian military but couldn't establish the specific unit.
Neither the Kremlin nor the defense ministry responded to Reuter's questions about the mother's account.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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NPA AFU ordered to recoup R35m in bogus UIF TERS payments
According to NPA regional spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, the applications made by the ECTTC were riddled with discrepancies.
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The National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit (NPA AFU) has been granted an order in the Eastern Cape High Court to recoup at least R35 million in bogus Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) applications.
This after an investigation found that during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Cape Transport Tertiary Co-Operative Limited (ECTTC), Dr Nokuthula Mbebe, made several bogus applications to the UIF for TERS payments.
The ECTTC is an umbrella organisation that assists co-operatives to comply with the law and ensure that the local transport industry is regulated.
According to NPA regional spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, the applications made by the ECTTC were riddled with discrepancies.
"The ECTTC made applications on behalf of its own employees, as well as on behalf of the employees of the affiliate taxi co-operatives that belong to the ECTTC. There were a large number of irregularities… including applications for TERS benefits for 22 persons in the employ of government, 22 persons who were deceased and one person who was incarcerated at the time - persons who obviously did not qualify for the benefits.
"After further investigation, it was discovered that the information - with regard to the incarcerated person and at least one of the deceased persons - was incorrect. The AFU relied on information from the UIF investigators who, in turn, relied on information from the Auditor-General -- information that was not accurate. The correct information was eventually relayed to the court with regard to the mentioned deceased person and incarcerated individual," Tyali said.
He said a further 66 applications were made through the ECTTC, which resulted in a payment of some R220 million.
"When the UIF began to audit these payments, the ECTTC and its affiliate taxi co-operatives could not verify the correctness of the applications via documentary evidence or a paper trail. This is in contravention of the directives made in relation to TERS payments, as well as the Memorandum of Agreement that all entities applying for TERS funds must sign.
"The payments, as they stand, remain the proceeds of unlawful activities, as they do not comply with the law," Tyali said.
The AFU had already been granted three preservation orders freezing 36 different bank accounts "belonging to the ECTTC, as well as its affiliate taxi co-operatives and linked business entities" and R35 million from these accounts will be reimbursed to the UIF.
(With Inputs from South African Government Press Release)
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MUMBAI : JD Majethia's Hats Off Production has presented some of the most memorable and amazing shows for the viewers in the past several years.
The ace director-producer-actor is one multi-talented personality who has always been entertaining the viewers with light-hearted content.
The ace producer recently rolled out a new show titled Pushpa Impossible on Sony SAB.
Pushpa Impossible is a show which is way more different than the saas-bahu drama and it is something which we always get to see in all Hats Off Production shows.
The casting of the show is done by ace casting director Kuldeep Singh Chauhan.
As the show has rolled out a few episodes, TellyChakkar got in touch with Kuldeep who spoke about his casting journey in the show and also his experience of working with JD Majethia.
How was the journey of casting for the show?
The journey was incredible. We had considered options from the various industries including the South industry for the lead actress but finally locked Karuna Pandey for the role. It does get challenging to cast for such characters but the process was extremely satisfying after seeing the results. The promos have got a great response and I am sure the viewers will love the show too.
How is it to work with JD Majethia?
I have always enjoyed working with him. He is such a down-to-earth person. The one thing that I love about him the most is his vision which is extremely powerful. Also, I would like to mention that JD sir had called me on the set and appreciated my work in front of everyone. He took out some time for the same which means a lot to me. He is one such person who is extremely jolly and fun to work with. JD sir has always treated all his employees equally. He makes sure to give the same amount of respect to each and every one. It made me feel really good that as a casting director, I got the same amount of love and appreciation for my work. For me, he is a Godly person.
How was the experience casting the supporting actors for the show?
Just like the show's lead the hero or the heroine, the supporting actors are pillars of any show. We had faced a few challenges while picking up actors for the supporting characters as well but everything went well and we managed to create a beautiful star cast which will take the show to next level.
Kuldeep is also known for his excellent casting in another Hats Off Productions show Wagle Ki Duniya.
Many congratulations to Kuldeep and the team for Pushpa Impossible!
Stay tuned to TellyChakkar for all the latest updates.
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Some defence infra being set up by China near its border with India alarming: US commander
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The destabilizing and corrosive behavior of the Chinese Community Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region is simply not helpful and some of the defense infrastructures that are being set up by China near its border with India are alarming, US Army's Pacific Commanding General Charles A. Flynn said on Wednesday.
The armed forces of India and China have been engaged in a tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 5, 2020, when there was a violent clash between the two sides in the Pangong lake areas.
Last month, it came to light that China is constructing a second bridge in an area held by it around the strategically key Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh and it could help its military to quickly mobilize its troops in the region.
China has also been establishing other infrastructures such as roads and residential areas on the border areas with India.
China has maritime border disputes with various countries in the Indo-Pacific region such as Vietnam and Japan.
When asked about his assessment of the India-China border standoff in Ladakh, Flynn told reporters here, ''I believe that the activity level is eye-opening and I think the some of the infrastructures that is being created in the (Chinese Army's) western theatre command is alarming.'' The western theatre command of the Chinese Army borders India.
Flynn said when one sees China's military arsenal in all domains, one must ask the question of why is it needed.
''So, I do not have a crystal ball to tell you how it (India-China border standoff) is going to end or where we will be at. I will express to you that it is worthy of asking this question and try to get their response as to what are their intentions'' he noted.
He said the talks that are going on between India and China are helpful.
''However, behavior matters here as well. So, understanding what they are saying is one thing but the way they are acting and behaving through the way of build-up is concerning. It should be concerning to every one of us,'' he noted.
Flynn also talked about how the behavior of China changed between 2014 and 2022.
''I was in this command from 2014 to 2018 as the commander of the 25th infantry division and then the deputy commanding general of my current command (United States Army Pacific) as a two-star general. Then I left and went to the Pentagon to be the operations officer for the Army for three years and I came back a year ago,'' he noted.
He said when he looks back on what the CCP and the PRC (People's Republic of China) were doing than what they are doing today, it can be said that they have taken an incremental and insidious path.
The destabilizing and corrosive behavior that they project into the Indo-Pacific region is simply not helpful, he added.
''Our ability to strengthen the relationships in the region as a counterweight to those destabilizing activities and to strengthen the network of allies and partners and like-minded countries that care about the protection of their people, national sovereignty, land, resources, free and open Pacific Ocean and society," he said.
"I think it is worthy of us working together as a counterweight to some of those corrosive and corruptive behaviors that the Chinese do,'' he said.
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande had on May 9 said China has intended to keep "alive" the boundary question with India though it remains the "basic" issue between the two countries.
India and China have held 15 rounds of military talks so far to resolve the eastern Ladakh row.
As a result of the talks, the two sides completed the disengagement process last year on the north and south banks of the Pangong lake and in the Gogra area.
However, each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the sensitive sector.
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Tanvi Malhara bagged the lead role of Katha who is paired opposite TV hottie Kunal Jaisingh. The fresh pairing of Tanvi and Kunal is being loved by the viewers.
MUMBAI: Tanvi Malhara has made her small screen debut with Colors' recently released show Muskurane Ki Wajah Tum Ho.
The actress bagged the lead role of Katha who is paired opposite TV hottie Kunal Jaisingh.
The fresh pairing of Tanvi and Kunal is being loved by the viewers.
Muskurane Ki Wajah Tum Ho has only aired just a few episodes and the viewers are already loving the show every bit of it.
TellyChakkar got in touch with Tanvi who spoke in length about bagging the show and much more.
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How is the feeling being a part of Muskurane Ki Wajah Tum Ho?
I am feeling very grateful and I'm extremely happy about everything. It's like a dream come true for me and I want the viewers to love me even more in the future for my work.
How were you shortlisted for the role?
There is a funny story behind it. People used to always tell me that I will have to shift to Mumbai if I want to work in the showbiz world. I always told myself that I will shift to Mumbai when that city calls me. I'll not come here and then find work. I used to give auditions from my hometown Jalgaon. But nothing ever materialises. But I came down to Mumbai for this show's audition. I and my mom decided to come to Mumbai for a day and then return after the audition. We came with only a few things and since that day, we haven't gone home. I gave one audition and I was asked to wait for a day and this continued till the time I kept giving auditions, screen tests and mock shoots. Once I was shortlisted, I had to start shooting after two days. I so wanted to go home and bid a proper goodbye to everyone.
How much do you miss your hometown? What was your experience coming to Mumbai and working?
I miss it the more even I could say right now. Well, I am only travelling from my home to set and vice versa ever since I have been in Mumbai. I haven't explored the city yet. But I would wish to explore the city whenever I get time from my shoot or get a day off.
Well said, Tanvi!
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Kremlin says sanctions must be lifted for Russian grain to reach markets
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The Kremlin said on Wednesday that for Russian grain to be delivered to international markets, sanctions on the country must be lifted.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a call with reporters that "no substantive discussions" about lifting sanctions were ongoing.
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In 2021, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the winner. She found the love of her life in the show and made her relatonship public with Karan Kundrra. Fans are crazy about their chemistry and fondly call them Tejran.
MUMBAI: TellyChakkar is back with yet another update from the telly world. Tejasswi Prakash is ruling the hearts of the audiences with her amazing performances over the years. She holds a engineering degree but later decided to pursue her passion for acting. The diva is celebrating her birthday today and this s the perfect time to reflect on her journey so far.
Tejasswi Prakash Began her acting career in by portraying the role of Dhara in Sanskaar - Dharohar Apnon Ki that aired on Life OK's in 2012.
Later on she bagged the the lead role of Ragini Gadodia in Colors TV's Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur opposite Namish Taneja in 2015.
The diva also played the lead role in as Diya Singh in the show Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya opposite Rohit Suchanti.
In 2018, she portrayed Uruvi in Star Plus's Karn Sangini opposite Aashim Gulati.
In 2019, Prakash portrayed Mishti Khanna in Voot's Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka opposite Kunal Jaisingh.
In 2020, she participated in Colors TV's Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 her gameplay was loved by fans which led her to be one of the finalits. However she couldnt make it to be in Top 3.
In 2021, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the winner. She found love of her life in the show and made her relatonship public with Karan Kundrra. Fans are crazy for their chemistry and fondly call them as Tejran.
The beauty is currently seen in the Colors TV's poular show Naagin 6 playing the character of Pratha in the show.
It is speculated that the actress will soon make her Bollywood debut and will be soon seen on the big screen opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Dream Girl 2.
Also read Dance Deewane: Kya Baat Hai! Tejasswi Prakash to host the reality show alongside Karan Kundrra
We wish the actress a very Happy Birthday and hope to see her in many exciting projects in the future.
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WRAPUP 6-Ukrainian forces come under renewed Russian attack in key eastern city
In southern Ukraine, another major battleground in the war, authorities said Russian attacks on agricultural sites including warehouses were compounding a global food crisis that has stirred concerns of famine in some developing countries. Turkey hosted Russia's foreign minister to discuss a U.N. plan to open a corridor in the Black Sea for Ukrainian grain exports.
Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. In southern Ukraine, another major battleground in the war, authorities said Russian attacks on agricultural sites including warehouses were compounding a global food crisis that has stirred concerns of famine in some developing countries.
Turkey hosted Russia's foreign minister to discuss a U.N. plan to open a corridor in the Black Sea for Ukrainian grain exports. Russia's Sergei Lavrov said Ukraine must first de-mine its ports - a move Kyiv fears would make it more vulnerable to attacks from the sea. Russian forces have been focused for weeks now on seizing Sievierodonetsk, which was home to some 106,000 people before Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The Luhansk region's governor said Ukrainian forces would not surrender the city.
"Fighting is still raging and no one is going to give up the city, even if our military has to step back to stronger positions. This will not mean someone is giving up the city - no one will give up anything. But (they) may be forced to pull back," Serhiy Gaidai told Ukrainian television. Russian forces will further increase their shelling and bombardment of both Sievierodonetsk and its smaller twin city of Lysychansk on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, he said.
Luhansk and the adjacent province of Donetsk form the Donbas, claimed by Moscow for Russian-speaking separatists who have held eastern parts of the region since 2014. "The heroic defense of Donbas is ongoing," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video statement on Tuesday. "...The occupiers didn't believe the resistance of our military would be so strong and now they are trying to bring in new resources towards the Donbas."
Reuters could not independently verify the situation on the ground in Sieverodonetsk. Moscow says it is engaged in a "special military operation" to disarm and "denazify" its neighbor. Ukraine and its allies call this a baseless pretext for a war that has killed thousands, flattened cities, and forced millions of people to flee.
'GOD SAVED ME' Russia has turned its focus to the Donbas region since its forces were defeated on the outskirts of Kyiv in March.
Zelensky's office said two people were killed and two wounded in the Luhansk region in the past 24 hours, five civilians were wounded in the Donetsk region, and four killed and 11 wounded in the Kharkiv region. In Sloviansk, one of the main Donbas cities still held by Ukraine, about 85 km (53 miles) to the west of Sievierodonetsk, women with small children lined up to collect aid while other residents carried buckets of water across the city.
Most residents have fled but authorities say around 24,000 remain in the city, in the path of an expected assault by Russian forces regrouping to the north. "I am going to remain, I will not leave without my husband. He works here. That's what we decided, we are staying," said Irina, who did not provide her surname, as she waited with a child in a stroller outside an aid distribution center.
Albina Petrovna, 85, described the moment her building was caught in an attack, which left her windows shattered and her balcony destroyed. "Broken glass fell on me but God saved me, I have scratches everywhere...," she said.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, residents were cleaning up rubble from shelling the previous day. Ukraine pushed Russian forces back last month from the city's outskirts, but Russia still strikes it sporadically. "Everything is destroyed. We are removing equipment, there will be no business here for now," said Viacheslav Shulga, an employee at a pizzeria in northern Kharkiv hit by the latest strike.
'BOOK OF EXECUTIONERS' Zelenskiy said Ukraine would launch next week a "Book of Executioners" to detail war crimes.
Ukraine has opened more than 16,000 investigations into possible war crimes, has filed eight court cases, and identified 104 suspects, its prosecutor general said on Wednesday. Russia denies targeting civilians in Ukraine and rejects accusations that its forces have committed war crimes.
The conflict is having a massive impact on the world economy. Ukraine is one of the world's biggest exporters of grain, and Western countries accuse Russia of creating a risk of global famine by shutting Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Moscow denies blame and says Western sanctions are responsible for food shortages. Ukraine's southern military command cited attacks on farmland and other agricultural sites in the Mykolaiv region as particularly damaging.
Russia's Lavrov, after meeting his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, said Moscow was ready to guarantee the safety of vessels carrying grain from Ukrainian ports, in cooperation with Turkey. "To solve the problem, the only thing needed is for the Ukrainians to let vessels out of their ports, either by demining them or by marking out safe corridors. Nothing more is required."
Ukraine says mines are needed to protect its ports from Russian attack. Lavrov said President Vladimir Putin had personally promised not to use the grain shipment issue to benefit Russia's military operation. Turkey, a NATO member with good relations with both Russia and Ukraine, has been trying to broker peace negotiations. Cavusoglu said further talks were needed on ways to facilitate Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said this week the Russian-occupied Ukrainian ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol were ready to resume grain exports. Ukraine says any such shipments from territory seized by Moscow would amount to illegal looting.
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Car drives into crowd on Berlin shopping street, one dead
"The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site." Investigators were looking into whether the incident was a deliberate attack or possibly an accident with a medical cause, a police spokesperson said.
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A car drove into a crowd of people in Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person and leaving five with life-threatening injuries, a fire service spokesperson said, in a district of the German capital popular with tourists and shoppers. More than a dozen people were injured, a police spokesperson at the scene in western Berlin said, next to the war-ravaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, one of German capital's best-known landmarks.
"A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act," police said, adding that bystanders had detained him at the scene before handing him over to authorities. "We are currently on the scene with about 130 emergency personnel," the police added. "The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site."
Investigators were looking into whether the incident was a deliberate attack or possibly an accident with a medical cause, a police spokesperson said. Police were investigating all possibilities, the spokesperson said, adding that the driver had received some medical treatment.
Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed. A small, silver-coloured Renault car was lodged inside a shop after smashing through a plate glass window. Rescue workers moved apparently conscious people on stretchers towards an ambulance, including one woman sitting up, and another who covered her face with her hand.
John Barrowman, an actor who was at the scene, told Sky News in the UK: "I saw a woman being put into an ambulance ... it looked like they were resuscitating somebody." The site, on a shopping street near a McDonald's restaurant, was cordoned off. Bystanders looked up at a helicopter circling above.
The incident took place near the scene of a fatal attack on Dec. 19, 2016, when Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck, killed the driver and then plowed it into a crowded western Berlin Christmas market, killing 11 more people and injuring dozens of others. Amri then fled to Italy, where Italian police shot him dead.
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Kremlin says Russia has 'no grounds for default'
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The Kremlin has said there are no grounds for Russia to default on its debts, as the country struggles to make interest payments to bondholders because of Western sanctions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov blamed the sanctions, which have seen almost half of the country's foreign currency reserves frozen, for "pushing Russia into an artificial man-made debt default".
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Hanuman Chalisa row: Mumbai police file chargesheet against Rana couple for offence under IPC section 353
The politician couple is currently out on bail.The Khar police, probing the case, filed the chargesheet in connection with the second FIR registered against them under Indian Penal Code IPC section 353 in the magistrate court in suburban Borivali.The police had arrested the Ranas on April 23 following their announcement that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays private residence Matoshree here, which angered workers of the Shiv Sena, Thackerays party, leading to tension.
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Mumbai police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in connection with the offence registered against them under IPC section 353, which pertains to assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty, linked to the Hanuman Chalisa recitation row. The politician couple is currently out on bail.
The Khar police, probing the case, filed the chargesheet in connection with the second FIR registered against them under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 353 in the magistrate court in suburban Borivali.
The police had arrested the Ranas on April 23 following their announcement that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence 'Matoshree' here, which angered workers of the Shiv Sena, Thackeray's party, leading to tension. The couple had later dropped the plan, citing a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the city the next day. Apart from the IPC 353, the Ranas were booked under sections 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and section 135 of the Mumbai Police Act (violation of prohibitory orders of police). The police had also slapped section 124-A (sedition) on the Independent lawmaker couple.
The couple was granted bail by a special court on May 4.
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All conspiracies against AAP fail as we have god's blessings: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party AAP has the blessings of the god, which is why all conspiracies against it fail.Tagging a tweet on a report about a Delhi court dismissing an application of former chief secretary Anshu Prakash against the discharge of Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a case related to alleged assault on the bureaucrat in 2018, the chief minister said god is on their side.God is with us.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has the blessings of the god, which is why all conspiracies against it fail.
Tagging a tweet on a report about a Delhi court dismissing an application of former chief secretary Anshu Prakash against the discharge of Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a case related to alleged assault on the bureaucrat in 2018, the chief minister said god is on their side.
''God is with us. God's blessings are upon us. All conspiracies against us fail,'' he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel upheld a magisterial court's findings that had discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs in the case.
Prakash had challenged the trial court order, claiming that it erred in its judgment, discharging the politicians in the case.
The criminal case relates to the alleged assault on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19, 2018.
The trial court had discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia and the other AAP MLAs -- Rajesh Rishi, Nitin Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Rituraj Govind, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal and Dinesh Mohania -- in the case.
The court had, however, ordered framing of charges against AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal.
The alleged assault had triggered a bitter tussle between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats.
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Five injured, roofs of houses damaged in blasting activity in Pune
Five persons were injured and roofs of some houses were damaged in a blasting activity carried out during the digging of a well in Maharashtras Pune, police said on Wednesday. Five persons sustained minor injuries due to the explosion, an official from Chandannagar police station said.
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Five persons were injured and roofs of some houses were damaged in a blasting activity carried out during the digging of a well in Maharashtra's Pune, police said on Wednesday. The explosion was carried out near a river in Kharadi area of the city on Monday evening, an official said.
''A well was being dug near a river and the excavation was done with the help of a controlled blast. During the activity, some rocks shattered and fell on tin roofs of some houses, damaging them. Five persons sustained minor injuries due to the explosion,'' an official from Chandannagar police station said. The police have registered a case against Ajay Dasari, who allegedly conducted the blasting activity, under relevant sections of the IPC and Explosive Substances Act, he said.
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Rotary Club of Delhi Premier Hosts the Distinguished Service Awards 2021-2022
Mr. Naresh Kumar was quoted saying, The importance of social work lies in its true aim to boldly confront social issues in all facets of life, and create policies that are beneficial to public at large He further stated that the Delhi government wants to extend whole hearted contribution towards every social cause and will assist social organizations with timely support, guidance and participation.The event started with an inaugural speech by the President of RCDP, Mr. Raghav Chandra.
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The theme of the event was to recognize the accomplishments of Individuals and social service organizations and felicitate their relentless efforts in community service.
Delhi, India – Business Wire India The Rotary Club of Delhi Premier, hosted the prestigious Distinguished Service Awards (2021-2022) recently at The Sheraton, Saket in New Delhi. The service awards were in honor of unsung heroes and to recognize and felicitate their selfless contribution to the society. Rotary Club of Delhi Premier, runs on a dedicated motto of ‘- Service before Self, and these awards were a true reflection of their belief and goals.
The honorary Chief guest for the event was, Mr. Naresh Kumar, The Chief Secretary of the Delhi Govt. Mr. Naresh Kumar was quoted saying,‘ The importance of social work lies in its true aim to boldly confront social issues in all facets of life, and create policies that are beneficial to public at large’ He further stated that the Delhi government wants to extend whole hearted contribution towards every social cause and will assist social organizations with timely support, guidance and participation.
The event started with an inaugural speech by the President of RCDP, Mr. Raghav Chandra. Mr. Raghav Chandra was quoted saying, ''We are immensely proud to have 3 recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards who have shown immense resilience in the face of adversity and trauma to them and others and have pledged on devoting their lives to light up the path of persons facing such trauma’. He further recognized the 3 winners of the award ceremony. The first award was felicitated to Sunshine Society that focuses on the betterment of children and elderly. It is run by Kuku and Priti Arora. The recipient of the second award was ,NGO Asha which is run by Dr. Sharmila Lal, a gynecologist. Dr. Sharmila spreads radiance and positivity by treating more than 40 poor patients everyday and actively works for the slums and underdeveloped areas. After she lost her father in 2020, she also started keenly treating elderly people by lending them support. She believes in the mantra of doing good and treating a patient is like service to God.'' The third recipient was Miss Shaheen Malik, who has been an acid attack survivor and is the founder of, Great Souls Foundation. She was faced with the worst nightmare when she became a victim of an acid attack in 2009, and her pain inspired her to create a strong support system for acid attack survivors. Miss Shaheen Malik was quoted saying, ‘The only way to curb acid attacks is by banning the sale of it, and making it unavailable. I believe that the government should come forward collectively with NGO’S and provide rehabilitation and financial assistance to victims of sexual attacks, rape and acid attacks. The event ended with Mr. Naresh Kumar by promising an extended support to foundations/ NGO’s to eradicate heinous crimes and make Delhi a safer metropolitan. The event was a success and displayed the essence of celebrating the fierce and unsung women and men of our society, who want to make an impact through their efforts, inspite of hardships and challenges.
About Rotary Club Delhi Premier The Rotary Club Delhi Premier is a global network of more than 1.2 million members who come together to identify problems and create solutions to bring about a change across the globe and communities. The Rotary had started more than 110 years ago, by Paul Harris in Chicago. He created a club for like- minded people to meet and create lasting impressions through their work. The Rotary Club Delhi Premier is comprised of a Public Image Committee, Skill development Committee, District Coordination Committee and Rotary foundation. The club organizes various interactive club activities and community service projects which can be found on the clubs website calendar. It is a non-partisan and non-sectarian organization that is open to all business and professional leaders of all strata, ages and economic status. To View the Image, Click on the Link Below: Shri Naresh Kumar, Chief Secretary, Delhi Government, along with members of recipient organisations of DSA Awards, Sunshine Society, Asha Foundation and Great Souls Foundation, members of Rotary Club of Delhi Premier, President Rtn. Raghav Chandra, Rtn. P PWR PWR
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UP: Boy kills mother as she stops him from playing PUBG
A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother as she stopped him from playing the online game PUBG and kept her body hidden in the house for two days, police said on Wednesday.He allegedly threatened his nine-year-old sister not to reveal the incident to anyone and used a room freshener to hide the smell of the decomposed body, police said, adding the boy informed his father, an Army personnel posted in West Bengal, only when the smell became unbearable.
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A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother as she stopped him from playing the online game PUBG and kept her body hidden in the house for two days, police said on Wednesday.
He allegedly threatened his nine-year-old sister not to reveal the incident to anyone and used a room freshener to hide the smell of the decomposed body, police said, adding the boy informed his father, an Army personnel posted in West Bengal, only when the smell became unbearable. The boy, who was addicted to the online game, was enraged after his mother asked him to stop playing and fatally shot her with his father's licensed gun, they said.
Police said they recovered the partially decomposed body of the woman Tuesday night and sent it for post-mortem. The boy was apprehended.
The minor shot his mother on Saturday and hid the body inside a room for two days before informing his father, they said.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Qasim Abidi said, ''The incident took place in Yamunapuram Colony under PGI police station area. The deceased used to live with her two children in the house. Her husband, who is a JCO (Junior Commissioned Officer), is currently posted in West Bengal.'' ''The 16-year-old boy was addicted to online game PUBG. He told us that his mother used to stop him from playing the game, this is why he killed her. The minor used the registered firearm of his father to kill the mother,'' he said.
Police said they have recovered the weapon.
According to the police, the minor shot dead the mother on Saturday night and took her younger sister to another room. He locked the room where the body was lying.
''On Tuesday evening when the smell of the decomposed body became severe, he informed his father about the incident. The father called the neighbours and they informed the police,'' Abidi said.
''The boy initially tried to weave a false story around the incident but finally revealed the truth,'' he said.
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Simone Biles, others seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar
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Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor Larry Nassar, lawyers said Wednesday.
There's no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused of molesting gymnasts, but they failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target young women and girls for more than a year.
''It is time for the FBI to be held accountable," said Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnast at Oklahoma in 2017-19.
Under federal law, a government agency has six months to respond to the tort claim. Lawsuits could follow, depending on the FBI's response. The Justice Department said in May that it would not pursue criminal charges against former FBI agents who failed to quickly open an investigation.
The approximately 90 claimants include Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, all Olympic gold medalists, according to Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, a California law firm.
''If the FBI had simply done its job, Nassar would have been stopped before he ever had the chance to abuse hundreds of girls, including me," said former University of Michigan gymnast Samantha Roy.
Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics told local FBI agents in 2015 that three gymnasts said they were assaulted by Nassar, a team doctor. But the FBI did not open a formal investigation or inform federal or state authorities in Michigan, according to the Justice Department's inspector general, an internal watchdog.
Los Angeles FBI agents in 2016 began a sexual tourism investigation against Nassar and interviewed several victims but also didn't alert Michigan authorities, the inspector general said.
Nassar wasn't arrested until fall 2016 during an investigation by Michigan State University police. He was a doctor at Michigan State.
The Michigan attorney general's office ultimately handled the assault charges against Nassar, while federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, filed a child pornography case. He is serving decades in prison.
The FBI declined to comment in April when a smaller batch of claims was filed, referring instead to Director Christopher Wray's remarks to Congress in 2021.
"I'm especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. And that's inexcusable," Wray told victims at a Senate hearing.
Michigan State University, which was also accused of missing chances over many years to stop Nassar, agreed to pay $500 million to more than 300 women and girls who were assaulted. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee made a $380 million settlement.
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Talks to end Sudan crisis begin as anti-coup groups boycott
They say the talks should lead to an end to the coup and the establishment of a civilian democratic authority. They also criticized the participation of pro-military groups and Islamists who had been allied with al-Bashirs government.The alliance also called for the implementation of trust-building measures, including the release of coup-related detainees, and the ending of violence against protesters.The talks come as the violent crackdown on anti-coup protests continued in the capital of Khartoum.
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Talks aiming at ending Sudan's ongoing political deadlock began Wednesday, the United Nations said, although the country's main pro-democracy alliance is boycotting them over a continued police crackdown on those protesting last October's military coup.
The joint peace effort is brokered by the UN political mission in Sudan, the African Union, and the eight-nation east African regional group Intergovernmental Authority in Development, IGAD. The effort aims to bring the generals and an array of political and protest groups to the negotiating table.
The military's takeover has upended Sudan's short-lived fragile democratic transition and plunged the East African nation into turmoil. Sudan had been transiting to democracy after nearly three decades of repression and international isolation under Islamist-backed strongman Omar al-Bashir. A popular uprising pushed the military to remove al-Bashir in April 2019.
The UN, AU and IGAD launched the process Wednesday with a technical meeting involving the military and civilians. It came after months of separate discussions with an array of groups including the military and the pro-democracy movement.
The UN envoy for Sudan, Volker Perthes, the process would discuss a "transitional program," including the appointment of a civilian prime minister and arrangements for drafting a permeant constitution and elections at the end of the transition.
Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the leader of the coup who also heads the ruling sovereign council, welcomed the talks as a "historic opportunity to complete the transitional phase." In a speech to the nation late Tuesday, he urged all factions to take part in the talks, vowing that the military will implement their outcome.
"We are fully committed to work with everybody to end the transitional period as soon as possible with fair and transparent elections," he said.
However, The Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, or FDFC — an alliance of political parties and protest groups — is boycotting the meeting. They say the talks should lead to "an end to the coup and the establishment of a civilian democratic authority." They also criticized the participation of pro-military groups and Islamists who had been allied with al-Bashir's government.
The alliance also called for the implementation of trust-building measures, including the release of coup-related detainees, and the ending of violence against protesters.
The talks come as the violent crackdown on anti-coup protests continued in the capital of Khartoum. A five-year-old was killed Tuesday when a police vehicle ran her over while chasing protesters. That brought the total deaths among protesters since October to at least 101, according to a medical group tracking the casualties.
The coup has triggered near-daily street protests, which authorities have met with a deadly crackdown. Hundreds of people, including prominent politicians and activists, have been detained since the coup, although many have been released recently as part of trust-building measures. Under concerted international pressure, the military leaders late last month lifted the state of emergency they had declared following the coup.
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Fire breaks out at Howrah paint factory, 7 injured
While some managed to flee, a few got injured in the blaze, a police officer said.Some were rushed to a nearby hospital, while a few were taken to Kolkata for better treatment, he said.Six fire tenders were engaged in dousing the blaze.
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Seven people were injured as a major fire broke out at a factory in West Bengal's Howrah district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
The blaze was first spotted at the paint manufacturing unit in Shibpur around 1.40 pm, they said.
''Workers were inside the factory at that time. While some managed to flee, a few got injured in the blaze,'' a police officer said.
''Some were rushed to a nearby hospital, while a few were taken to Kolkata for better treatment,'' he said.
Six fire tenders were engaged in dousing the blaze. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the officer said.
The adjacent buildings have been evacuated, he said.
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.90 per cent. Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate too was adjusted to 4.65 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 5.15 per cent.
The MPC also decided unanimously to remain focused on the withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation remains within the target going forward while supporting growth.
The latest move by the central bank was taken in a bid to contain the rising inflation, which has remained above the RBI’s target of 6 per cent for the past four months.
RBI’s move was largely anticipated and was mostly factored in by the market participants as there was no knee jerk reaction in the benchmark indices that ended 0.4 per cent lower on Wednesday. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 214.85 points (0.39 per cent) to end at 54,892.49 while the Nifty 50 slipped to 60.10 points (0.37 per cent) to settle at 16,356.25.
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Here’s how market analysts, economists and experts reacted to RBI’s rate hike:
- Dhiraj Relli, MD & CEO at HDFC Securities said, “The outcome of the MPC meet was in line with most of our expectations except that the repo rate hike came in at 50 bps vs 40 bps expected by us. RBI noted that inflation pressures have intensified and expects inflation to remain above the upper tolerance band of 6% for the first three quarters of FY23. The RBI hiked CPI inflation forecasts by 100 bps to 6.7% (vs earlier forecast of 5.7%). The MPC policy actions’ impact on inflation will only materialise after couple of quarters. The RBI governor has hoped for more fiscal measures from the Govt to bring inflation under control faster. While the real GDP growth projection for FY23 is retained at 7.2% based on the fact that drivers of domestic economic activity are getting stronger, they face headwinds from global spillovers in the form of protracted and intensifying geopolitical tensions, elevated commodity prices, COVID-19 related lockdowns or restrictions in some major economies, slowing external demand and tightening global financial conditions on the back of monetary policy normalisation in advanced economies. This number may come up for some downward revision in the forthcoming MPC meets. The bond markets and equity markets reacted well to the MPC outcome being relieved that the MPC did not sound more hawkish than most expectations. Absence of a CRR hike also was a relief. Stock prices of rate sensitive sectors including Auto, Banks, Finance, Durables, Realty have reacted well to the MPC outcome due to the above. However, this upmove may need more triggers to continue. While a revisit of the pre Covid repo rate of 5.15% over the next 1-2 meets is a given (vs 4.90% currently), most economists expect this to go above 5.15%. A lot in this regard will depend on how soon the inflation peaks out and begins to fall and when do the global Central Banks feel that they are done with the rate hikes for now.”
- Nikhil Gupta, Chief Economist at MOFSL group said, “The RBI hikes the repo/SDF rate to 4.9%/4.65% today. This is higher than our forecast of 4.75/4.5% and the market consensus was for a hike of 40-50bps. The decision was taken unanimously by all MPC members. Interestingly, while the RBI increases its FY23 inflation forecast to 6.7%, GDP growth projection is kept unchanged at 7.2%. We wonder that if higher interest rates don’t hurt growth, how will it help bring down inflation? It also suggests that most of the excess inflation is due to global/supply-side factors. The Governor mentions that even after today’s hikes, the policy rate is below the pre-pandemic levels (of 5.15%/4.9%). Since the RBI continues to forecast strong growth, it is very likely that it delivers another 25bps hike on 4th of August before it takes a pause. Our fear is that growth could see a serious deceleration in H2FY23 and FY24 on the back of such steep tightening and structural constraints.”
- Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director at Knight Frank India said, “A repo rate hike of 50 bps was imminent given the current inflationary trajectory and geopolitical concerns. Although the government has taken various measures to control domestic inflation such as food export restriction and cut in excise duty, prolonged war and spike in global crude oil price is still worrisome. From a real estate perspective, home loans are set to get costlier. Banks have already raised the interest rate on home loan by 30-40bps since the earlier repo rate hike by the RBI in May and now with the repo rate cumulatively higher by 90 basis point there will be further increase in interest rate for homebuyers. Rising interest rate along with elevated property construction cost and product price pressures could adversely impact on the real estate buyer’s sentiment. We hope that economic recovery and household income growth will serve as a cushion for sustaining consumer demand in the face of this rate hike. Further, monetary policy tightening by central banks globally and any resolution on the prolonged Russia – Ukraine war will bring price stability.”
- Amar Ambani, Head – Institutional Equities at YES SECURITIES said, “On the expected lines, RBI unanimously re-emphasized its endeavour to contain inflation through withdrawal of the accommodative stance and normalisation of the policy rates. 50bps hike in the repo rate was very much factored in the 10yr yields which moved above 7.5% before the policy outcome, only to retreat lower to 7.45%. Markets are taking respite from the fact that the central bank did not move on the CRR hike, as feared earlier. On inflation, RBI now sees CPI average for FY23 to 6.7%, 100bps higher than the earlier estimate, with the revision primarily attributed to food prices. CPI inflation is likely to remain above the tolerance level of 6% till December 2022 and fall to 5.8% in Q4 FY23. RBI emphasized that the recent fiscal measures have moderated the inflation expectations. However, the inflation projection seemed to be a conservative one, as it assumes Oil to have peaked out and monsoon rainfall to be a normal one. So, the CPI projections are subject to revisions, depending on the magnitude of the supply-side risks. On growth, RBI retains GDP growth for FY23 at 7.2%, emphasising improving aggregate demand and capacity utilization in manufacturing. On the policy rate outlook, the pronounced priority to combat inflation has paved the path for further rate hikes, with the repo rate seen proximal to 5.75% by the end of FY23.”
- Rohan Pawar, CEO at Pinnacle Group said, “During the pandemic, the low interest rate regime had boosted the housing demand. RBI’s decision to hike the interest rate again by 50 bps to 4.90 was expected to tackle the tight inflation of the country. The increase of rates could adversely affect housing demand because of increased EMIs and lower eligibility on home loans. This will create an impact on the ongoing growth momentum in the sector in addition to increasing input costs. However, we still believe that preference of homebuyers for owning a home will continue to boost demand.”
- Nish Bhatt, Founder & CEO at Millwood Kane International said, “The RBI has yet again hiked rates, this was the second hike in two consecutive months – rarely has the central bank been so aggressive on rates. While the quantum of hike in repo rate was on the upper end of the market expectation. The RBI moving its focus to the withdrawal of accommodative policy signals the end of easy monetary policy. The RBI estimate of inflation above the 6% mark for FY23 will not pinch much provided the growth rate is high to square that off. The hike in limit for loans for state and rural co-operative banks for residential and commercial real estate is yet another step to boost funding avenues for the real estate sector. It will ensure liquidity and funding for the sector, thereby boosting demand in the rural pockets of the country.”
- Sanjay Dutt, MD & CEO at Tata Realty and Infrastructure said, “The rate hike of 50 basis points was expected, given that the RBI has been maintaining repo rates for the longest time in history. Inflation is pushing the RBI to create a manageable growth path for the GDP, which is currently projected at 6.7 percent under normal circumstances, owing to the geopolitical situation and global economic slowdown. However, it is dependent on the global economic situation. Raising the lending limits by 100% for cooperative banks is a positive step that will encourage housing development outside of Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities. What needs to be watched out for in the future is the inflation trajectory, because the input cost for supply is on the higher side, and when combined with the loan rates, it will cause mild discomfort for home buyers because prices will now rise and will quickly return to pre-pandemic levels. Overall, we are in the Rise Economy period where we need to arrest this and make sure proactive efforts are made by the Government and reverse the cycle. I genuinely believe there would be some Central Government initiatives to focus on the larger picture”
- Kaushal Agarwal, Chairman at The Guardians Real Estate Advisory said, “The RBI’s decision to hike the repo rate was aimed at re-anchoring inflation expectation and will eventually result in the strengthening of the economy. An unstable economy is not conducive to the overall health of the real estate industry and therefore, the RBI’s approach towards reviving the economy so far has enabled a robust recovery in the real estate sector. The all-time low home loan interest regime boosted the housing demand and helped the economy to get back to the pre-COVID levels. The rise in property prices due to the increased interest rates, metro cess and higher stamp duty has not affected the sales in the past couple of months which proves that there is a genuine demand. The move to hike the repo rate might temporarily limit the growth momentum of the sector but the demand will continue to sustain.”
- Niraj Kumar, CIO at Future Generali India Life Insurance Company said, “MPC has delivered a well-calibrated ‘Complementary and a Balanced Policy’ in conjunction with the supply-side fiscal measures announced earlier by the government, to rein in the persistently elevated inflation levels. The undertone of the policy and pause on CRR was reassuring with MPC reiterating its commitment to being supportive of growth recovery. Overall a realistic policy, wherein MPC has reprioritized inflation head-on and taken cognizance of the current Inflationary risks stemming from the geopolitical disruptions and higher commodity prices and has chosen to frontload the actions and play a complementary role to the government, in an effort to balance out the inflation risks.”
- Shanti Lal Jain, MD & CEO at Indian Bank said, “As expected, to curb the inflationary pressures, RBI has hiked the policy rates by 50 bps ensuring price stability. The series of measures including reduction of excise duty on Petrol/Diesel announced by the Government are all likely to help in tempering the inflation trajectory. The revision of inflation projection for the current fiscal at 6.7%, adding that RBI is committed to rein-in inflation while keeping growth in mind. More relaxation to Co-operative Banks will further help in bank credit growth and financial inclusions. Much thrust has been given on Digital penetration by enhancing limit of e-mandate on cards, linking of UPI to Credit Cards (Rupay) and enhanced subsidy on PIDF (Payment Infrastructure Development Fund) scheme. There is a gradual recovery in the economy and hence the withdrawal of accommodation in a calibrated manner is supportive to the growth while containing the inflation.”
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Management literature is replete with books on managing professional firms professionally. And there are texts on turnaround stories that speak more of the charisma of leaders, leaving the audience more inspired than informed. If we sift through the dominant literature on management, we find it difficult to get a prescription on how to successfully run family businesses, let alone save one from a near disaster.
This is the chasm the management veterans LR Natarajan, and M Prabhakar address in their book Demystifying Retail: The Four Golden Rules. The book makes for a compelling read on several accounts. Let me illustrate a few.
Firstly, the book is written as a narrative where a young ambitious business scion is handed over a struggling business and has only a finite time to revive the company. The emotional highs and lows of the promoter, the management, the employees, and the partners are palpable and the simplicity of the storytelling makes it an easy read. But let’s not get deluded by the narrative, for the book is rigorously analytical in its treatment of managing a retail business.
Secondly, by contextualising the book in a family-run, multi-generational, small and medium-sized outfit, the authors address a yawning gap in business writing and that too while being respectful of the Indian traditions and limitations. It’s not a case of juxtaposing some arcane Western management concepts to the Indian terrain but adopting a first-principle-based approach to problem-solving.
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Thirdly, the book offers a rigorous analytical treatment on how to manage modern-day retail. Part maths, part algorithms, part curiosity, and a lot of disciplined decision making are how the authors script a step-by-step approach of revitalising a business. While the treatise is embedded in a retailing milieu, the relevance of the approach is widely applicable.
Another book in its place would have treated the task with a lot of mumbo-jumbos of management jargon, but not this time. Natarajan and Prabhakar offer a 24-month detailed plan on how to fix problems, right from managing inventory to managing emotions. That’s a holistic approach to doing business at scale.
The book isn’t just prescriptive but also descriptive. It acknowledges execution difficulties faced by leaders, the issues in aligning various stakeholders, and the limitations that a traditional business often poses to any attempt of radical thinking and that’s where the fourth distinctive feature of the book comes — a rigorous implementation plan.
In his signature style, Natarajan (fondly known as LRN) draws liberally from his years at Tanishq to offer a detailed account of how data can save the day, and yet data alone isn’t sufficient, for you need to motivate teams to act on data. A very practical, yet deeply rigorous approach.
The unique blend of empathy and analytics makes the book a very relevant one for business leaders, management consultants, and even MBA students. A reasonably abridged version of the book could make for a very incisive case study and frankly, in India, we are in a serious dearth of locally relevant cases.
Finally, the book is widely inspiring in a very pragmatic manner. It tells you how a seemingly daunting target could be achieved systematically, provided one has the humility to acknowledge the limitations with the present way of thinking and the courage to accept external wisdom and be willing to take some stern decisions.
It calls for the sharpness of mind and boldness of heart and the book, through its umpteen narrative twists and turns, offers numerous instances of the same. It is inspirational and informative in equal measures. The text is not just for business revival but also for managing new product development, employee engagement, vendor involvement, shareholder alignment, and reviving corporate culture, to name just a few pertinent topics.
No review would be complete unless the shortcomings of the work are identified. There are two areas which I reckon one could improve upon. Firstly, the extensive analytical treatment of the book and its heavy contextualisation to the retail domain may put off a few readers who are looking for quick fixes or nuggets of generalisable wisdom.
This naturally constricts the audience base, albeit to a more serious one. Secondly, the book isn’t amicable to be read in pieces, where a reader can’t just start reading from any section and yet make sense of what’s happening. Its tight narrative and analytical cascading make it difficult for one to take a quick dive and yet get benefited. One needs to read it cover to cover and be mentally present all through to make the most of the authors’ efforts.
In summary, the book addresses a very important gap in Indian management literature and practice — how to lead corporate turnarounds in a family-run, small and medium enterprise through a rigorous analytical approach. It offers a detailed account of how to fix problems in a retail context and wraps it up through means of successfully driving change management without compromising on core values. A satisfactory reading experience.
The reviewer is an Innovation Evangelist and the author of the book, Design Your Thinking, published by Penguin Random House in 2020
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In the wake of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) consumers getting fraudulent texts of discontinuation of electricity supply owing to the non-payment of bills, the electricity supply company Wednesday said that not only those texts were fake but it also clarified that it does not insist on payments of bills through text messages.
BESCOM in a statement also said that it has taken up the issue with the cybercrime police. It shared one of the hundreds of text messages received by consumers which read, “Dear customer, your electricity power will be disconnected tonight at 9.30 pm from the electricity office, because your previous month’s bill was not update. Please immediately contact with our electricity officer to.….933 mobile number and send WhatsApp bill screenshot…”
BESCOM has further clarified that neither its sub-divisional office nor the bill collectors insisted on payment of the bill by sending any text messages to consumers.
“BESCOM consumers are getting these messages often. Fearing disconnection, consumers have been making online payments and getting cheated. Once the bill is generated, consumers get a 30-day grace period for the payment. We have taken cognizance of such fraudulent acts by reporting the same to cybercrime police…” said BESCOM officials.
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The officials said they have alerted consumers through BESCOM’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, asking them to pay the electricity bills only through BESCOM counters, Bengaluru One, BESCOM Mitra App, Google Pay, PhonePe or the BESCOM portal.
The company has further requested the consumers to call the BESCOM helpline (1912) or the Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) concerned if they receive any message asking them to pay bills.
“If consumers get such kinds of messages, they should immediately bring it to the notice of 1912 helpline or the nearest BESCOM sub-division office. Repeated requests have been made to consumers through BESCOM social media platform and in consumer interaction meetings not to respond to text messages with regard to billings,” said SR Nagaraj, general manager (consumer relations) of BESCOM.
He added that consumer interaction meetings are held every third Saturday in a month at BESCOM subdivisions.
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BRIEF-Qatar Sets July Marine Crude OSP At Oman/Dubai Plus $5.45/Bbl
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Edible oil consumers can heave a sigh of relief as there are visible signs of palm oil prices easing. This, in turn, could drag prices of other oils such as soyabean, rapeseed and sunflower, according to industry experts.
In a first sign, Indonesia had brought down the combined taxes on palm oil export to $488 a tonne from $575.
On Tuesday, Indonesia Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi said, while the maximum tax on crude palm oil export would be raised to $288 a tonne, the maximum levy would be lowered to $200 a tonne, thus totalling $488 a tonne. He, however, did not say when the cut will come into force.
Fillip to shipments
“Indonesia’s move to cut the levy means it will provide a fillip to exports. If supply stabilises in a month, the market will drop sharply,” said Abdul Hameed, Director-Sales, Manzoor Trading in Lahore, Pakistan.
Jakarta uses the levy, based on how the market behaves for subsidising biodiesel and replantation of small farms. The levy gains with the rise in the market price.
“A big drop is likely over the next few weeks in palm oil prices. Indonesia is likely to release 2.5 million tonnes of palm oil,” Hameed said.
Market reaction
On Wednesday, crude palm oil prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) market dropped by over 1 per cent to 6,428 Malaysian ringgits (MYR) ($1,463.57) a tonne for the August contract, while the September contract slipped by nearly 1 per cent to 6,269 MYR ($1,427.37).
“Though Indonesia has cut the prices by $88 a tonne, it would result in a gain of $40 only,” said edible oil expert and GGN research founder Govindbhai G Patel.
Hameed said there are other reasons why the palm oil complex will be under pressure. “The market will head lower in the coming days as supply is set to ease and demand will drop. Production is expected to rise as the peak production season is set to start,” Hameed said.
“Edible oil prices are set to ease from now,” Patel said.
A new threat
However, Sudhakar Desai, Indian Vegetable Oil Producers Association (IVPA), said Indonesia’s proposal to tax exporters an additional $200 a tonne if they don’t meet the domestic market obligations could be a dampener. “If that happens, the prices in Indonesia will remain almost static,” he said.
“Pakistan’s edible oil pipeline is almost dry, but India has good stocks in hand. Indian domestic demand is slack, so we don’t see a big impact in the coming days,” the Manzoor Trading official said.
In addition, Malaysia’s palm oil exports are expected to drop this month after a strong show last month due to competition from Indonesia and India shifting its focus to soft oils such as soyabean.
Correction likely
Hameed said the upside for palm oil looks limited in the coming days. “A healthy correction is expected if palm oil prices decline below 5,700 MYR ($1,298.11). It will be a good buying opportunity for the short-term,” he said.
But Desai said, Indonesia’s licensing of palm oil exports is an area of concern and hence the flow of oil from Jakarta will be restricted. “Indonesia has stock of 3 million tonnes, though,” he said.
Hameed, on the other hand, said with Russia allowing grain exports from Mariupol and Berdyansk, the market sentiment could turn negative.
Factors behind surge
Edible oil prices have soared over the last two years as the production in oil palm plantations was affected by the Covid pandemic, while dry weather in South America resulted in lower soyabean output. The outbreak of Russia-Ukraine war from February 24 has further complicated the situation, with prices rising due to disruptions in sunflower oil supplies.
Currently, the landed price of RBD palmolein at Mumbai is $1,735 a tonne, while that of crude palm oil is $1,745. Crude de-gummed soyabean oil price is $1,835 and crude sunflower oil is $2,015.
According to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the weighted average per kg retail price of palm oil ₹156.08 (₹158,.94 a month ago), while that of soyabean oil is ₹168.73 (₹169.98). Sunflower oil is ruling at ₹192.26 (₹191.69).
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A Delhi court on Wednesday upheld a trial court’s order discharging Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and nine others in a case of alleged assault on former chief secretary Anshu Prakash, a lawyer abreast with the case said. Special Judge Geetanjli Goel upheld the order.
A detailed order in the case is awaited.
The case pertains to the alleged assault on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19, 2018. Prakash had alleged that he was called for a meeting at Kejriwal’s residence on the intervening night of February 19 and 20, 2018, and was allegedly assaulted by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs when they questioned him over a delay in publishing TV advertisements.
The magistrate court had on August 11 last year given a clean chit to Kejriwal, his deputy and nine other AAP MLAs in the case, saying no prima facie case was made out against them. It had, however, ordered framing of charges against AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Narwal in the case.
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Prakash’s lawyers had urged the court to set aside the magistrate court’s order stating that it erroneously discharged the accused persons.
“A bare perusal of the impugned order reveals that the trial court has conducted a fishing and roving enquiry into the allegations in the chargesheet, and has drawn erroneous inferences and conclusions without having the benefit of examination of the prosecution witnesses. Many such inferences and findings are also contrary to the record,” the revision petition stated.
It further alleged that the magistrate court had committed an error apparent on the face of record by wrongly accepting the version set up by accused persons while ignoring and disregarding the entire case of the prosecution and the vital material collected during the course of investigation including statements of witnesses under Section 161 (examination by police) CrPC.
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Indian economy faces tough challenges of maintaining sustainable high growth and moderate inflation, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has said. However, he opined that India is better prepared to face the challenges.
Meanwhile, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth has said that fiscal and monetary authorities are working together to moderate inflation while keeping the growth momentum intact.
Remarks from these officials have come on a day when Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to go for a second hike in the policy repo rate (the rate at which RBI lends money to schedule commercial banks) to tame inflation. With half a percentage hike in repo rate on Wednesday, the total increase is now 90 basis points.
Both Nageswaran and Seth spoke during and sideline on an event organised by the Economic Affairs Department and SEBI which was presided over by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the national capital on Wednesday.
New challenges ahead
Sitharaman said that reforms during eight years helped the Indian economy to resolve issues related to the twin balance sheet, fragile five and NPA. Also, measures such as the introduction of GST, IBC and reducing the corporate tax were kind of heavy lifting which “helped us to face the situation which nobody expected.”
In his speech, Nageeswaran said, “This year we will be facing the challenges of managing a sustainable high growth, moderate inflation, keeping the fiscal deficit under balance and also ensuring that the external value of the Indian rupee remains the same.”
Further, he mentioned that naturally there’s no pre-programmed roadmap or menu of options that will help us achieve these challenges and flexible policymaking. The Ministry of Finance is well prepared to meet these challenges of balancing these four important considerations.
He urged to look beyond current concerns about inflation, the crisis of oil, food, fertiliser, central bank interest rates, etc because India has emerged out of the previous decade with its financial system well repaired and improved and the balance sheet strength in the corporate, banking and financial sector.
Reforms such as Goods and Services tax, insolvency and bankruptcy code, etc might have been temporarily overshadowed by external events such as the pandemic and now the geopolitical conflict.
However, “once these clouds recede they will begin to manifest their benefit or advantages in advancing India‘s potential growth in the decade to come,” he said while highlighting what International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
The agency has forecasted the Indian economy to be $5 trillion by 2026-27. “If the dollar GDP of the country doubles every seven years, we will be at $20 trillion GDP by 2040 with a per-capita income of close to $15,000,” he said. “We need to understand that the medium-term fundamentals of the Indian economy remain solid and Indian economy is much better placed than many others in this world to face the challenges that we are currently encountering.”
MPC Decision
Later, talking to reporters on the sideline of the event, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth termed action by MPC to raise the policy rate as a part of combined action to tame inflation.
Taking a cue from CEA, he said that both arms are working on maintaining higher growth and moderate inflation, external management of the rupee, and keeping fiscal balance on the path announced in the Budget. So, “both monetary and fiscal authorities are working towards that goal,” he said.
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One dead in mining accident in eastern Poland, say police
The police were informed of an accident in a mine owned by Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka involving four men and one miner had died, while two were hospitalised, a local press officer told Reuters. The cause of the accident is being investigated, she added.
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A 35-year-old miner died in an accident in the Bogdanka coal mine in eastern Poland early on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said. The police were informed of an accident in a mine owned by Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka involving four men and one miner had died, while two were hospitalised, a local press officer told Reuters.
The cause of the accident is being investigated, she added. The company declined to comment on the accident and said it would hold a news conference later in the day.
In April, two mines belonging to state-owned JSW saw fatal accidents over just one week, and Polish Prime Mnister Mateusz Morawiecki promised a safety review of the mines.
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| 2022-06-08T11:53:21
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The majority community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar town observed a shutdown demanding the arrest of three Bharatiya Janata Party and IkkJutt Jammu leaders for their alleged social media post extending their support to BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was suspended for her remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
The three leaders, according to the protesters, include Ashish Sharma, the BJP’s Youth Wing general secretary in Jammu and Kashmir, and IkkJutt leaders Saparsh Parihar and Anshuman Rathore. The police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) under Sections 295A and 66 C of the IT Act, but no arrests have been made so far.
Pointing out that its cyber cell was monitoring such activities on social media platforms, the police advised people to refrain from making comments online on issues which have the potential to spread communal disharmony. Anyone found doing so will be dealt with strictly under law, they added.
The Facebook post “#StandWithNupurSharma” appears to have originated from the account of Ashish Sharma and the two other leaders had endorsed it saying “I support Nupur Sharma”.
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Nupur Sharma was suspended by the BJP following outrage over her remarks against Prophet Muhammad and the party’s Delhi media unit head Naveen Kumar Jindal was expelled for sharing a screenshot of her offensive comment in a tweet.
Though Sharma and others had later deleted the posts on their own, but a large number of people had taken their screenshots and forwarded them to their contacts resulting in widespread condemnation and various local Muslim leaders approaching the Kishtwar deputy commissioner for action in the matter.
Significantly, the shutdown in Kishtwar came only two days after the minority community in neighbouring Doda district’s Bhaderwah town and its outskirts had closed their establishments and held a demonstration last Monday in protest against alleged vandalism at the Vasuki Nag Temple near Kailash Kund situated at a height of 13,500 ft.
Members of the Sanatan Dharam Sabha in Doda town and Jammu city too had held demonstrations seeking the arrest of the accused at the earliest.
The police have already registered an FIR in this case as well and set up a special investigation team to investigate the matter. Meanwhile, additional security force personnel were deployed in the Bhaderwah town to avoid any untoward incident.
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The Department of Telecommunications will give network vendors more time for mandatory testing and certification of telecommunications equipment (MTCTE). This week, during a spate of meetings with the ministry, the industry requested DoT to extend the deadline for security testing of network equipment as local labs were not equipped for it yet. The deadline was July 1.
Sources told BusinessLine that while the industry asked for a year’s extension, DoT had not fixed a fresh deadline yet. Network vendors think local labs lwill need at least a year to be ready with the equipment and knowhow for the tests.
The industry contends that without an extended deadline, 4G and 5G network expansions will be stalled.
As the Indian government becomes more watchful of security concerns related to China, network vendors are facing newer restrictions. For instance, no network equipment imported from China can be tested, stalling their deployment indefinitely. “This will be a major blow in the deployment of 5G since our Chinese factories have the additional capacity to manufacture 5G network equipment. We will need some time as well as large volumes to localise that production in India,” said a top network vendor.
In addition to this, both Huawei and ZTE are unlikely to get the ‘trusted sources’ tag from the government, thus eliminating them from the 5G race. BusinessLine previously reported that Huawei is encountering operational difficulties in India and an operator was mulling switching some of its Huawei 4G circles to another vendor.
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China, Cambodia break ground on port, dismiss US concerns
Chinese and Cambodian officials broke ground Wednesday on a contentious naval port expansion project, dismissing American concerns it could provide Beijing with a strategically important military outpost on the Gulf of Thailand.
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian and other officials donned white gloves before turning over shovels full of dirt to launch the official “modernisation” of the Ream Naval Base, which will include a dry dock for ship repairs, an extended pier, a hospital, a workshop and a “reception building”.
Longtime authoritarian leader Hun Sen in 2019 reportedly granted China the right to set up a military base at Ream, but has long denied that, saying Cambodia's Constitution prohibits foreign military facilities.
Dredging is already underway to allow larger ships to use the port. Tea Banh told guests, including the US defense attache, that it would still only be able to accommodate ships of up to 5,000 tons displacement — an improvement from the current 1,000 tons but too shallow for all but the smallest of naval ships.
“Please don't be too worried about this Ream base,'' Tea Banh said, speaking in front of a sign proclaiming the project is being funded by “grant aid from the People's Republic of China.” “This port is too small and even after upgrading it can't be a port that would threaten any countries,” he said.
Tea Banh said he invited the US and other foreign representatives to the base so they could see for themselves “there is nothing here,” though he added that once construction is complete the facility will become a restricted military zone with no access for foreign nations.
Following the ceremony, the US Embassy in Phnom Penh reiterated American concerns that a Chinese “military presence at Ream could threaten Cambodia's autonomy and undermine regional security”.
“The US and countries in the region have expressed concern about the lack of transparency on the intent, nature, and scope of this project as well as the role the PRC military is playing in its construction and in post-construction use of the facility,” embassy spokesperson Stephanie Arzate said in an email to The Associated Press.
Ream faces the Gulf of Thailand, adjacent to the South China Sea, where China has aggressively asserted its claim to virtually the entire strategic waterway. The US has refused to recognise China's sweeping claim and routinely conducts military maneuvers there to reinforce that they are international waters.
Tea Banh said the port project is expected to take two years to complete. He did not say how much it would cost, but China has given Cambodia hundreds of millions of dollars in grants in recent years for infrastructure projects.
Chinese Ambassador Wang said the construction will follow a plan agreed upon by Hun Sen and Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year to “further promote the building of a community with a shared future with strategic significance”.
“China and Cambodia have become ironclad brothers, economical with words but generous in action, treating each other with all sincerity and standing side by side at challenging times,” he said, according to an English translation of his remarks provided by the Chinese delegation.
The US in November sanctioned two senior Cambodian defence officials over allegations of graft connected to construction financing at the Ream base, and Wang lashed out at the move, without mentioning the United States by name.
“Some countries keep smearing legitimate exchanges and cooperation between China and Cambodia and arbitrarily impose unilateral sanctions on Cambodia under the false subterfuge of democracy' and human rights,' blatantly interfering in Cambodia's internal affairs through long-arm jurisdiction,''' he said. ''We firmly oppose all these misbehaviours.'' He said when completed, the base will be a monument to “the ironclad friendship and cooperation between the two militaries” of China and Cambodia.
China only operates one acknowledged foreign military base, in the impoverished but strategically important Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, but many believe that its People's Liberation Army is busy establishing an overseas military network, even if it doesn't use the term “base”.
Beijing recently signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands that has raised fears of a possible Chinese outpost in the Pacific, and it has reached out to multiple other island nations in the region.
The US has more foreign military bases than any other country, including multiple facilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not “betray the trust” of its allies, said Shiv Sangram chief Vinayak Mete on Wednesday. Mete’s comments followed the BJP’s decision not to consider him again for the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls.
Mete, who was elected unopposed as an MLC in a BJP quota in 2016, was expecting another chance to contest at the end of his term. However, the BJP did not give a seat to any of its allies, including Shiv Sangram. “The BJP should not betray the trust reposted in them by its allies. You cannot take allies for granted. You sought the allies’ help in the past and now you want to sideline them. This does not augur well for the BJP,” Mete said.
“I will speak with BJP (state) president Chandrakant Patil and Opposition leader in the assembly Devendra Fadnavis. We would like to understand their point of view… But if the BJP is not giving any importance to its allies, it shows which way (its) politics is heading. In such a situation, even the allies will have to take independent decisions,” he said.
Mete’s Shiv Sangram does not have any electoral presence in the state assembly. But he has a following in parts of the Marathwada region amongst the Marathas.
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Another former MLC not considered for the polls this time is Sadabhau Khot, who leads the Rayat Kranti Pasha. Khot was a minister in the BJP government under Devendra Fadnavis in the state from 2014 to 2019.
The BJP on Wednesday announced Praveen Darekar, Ram Shinde, Shrikant Bharatiya, Uma Khapre and Prasad Lad as its five candidates for the MLC polls in Maharashtra, scheduled to be held on June 20.
State BJP president Chandrakant Patil told the media afterwards: “The BJP had to give a chance to its new party candidates in the Legislative Council. In the given limitations, we fielded five candidates from our party.”
“In politics,” he said, “there is never a full stop. There is only a comma. So, let us see ahead. The BJP has always valued its alliance partners and has gone out of its way to help them. But it cannot ignore its own workers” he added.
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The rupee appreciated by 3 paise to settle at 77.75 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday after the RBI raised the interest rate by 50 basis points to 4.9 per cent.
However, weak domestic markets, rising oil prices and persistent foreign capital outflows restricted the rupee's gain, forex dealers said.
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday raised the key interest rate by 50 basis points, the second increase in five weeks, to rein in the rise in prices that it saw continuing to hurt consumers in the near term.
The rate hike comes on the back of a 40 bps increase effected by the RBI at an unscheduled meeting on May 4.
At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened strong at 77.70 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 77.64 and a low of 77.79. It finally settled at 77.75, a rise of 3 paise over its previous close.
In the previous session, the rupee had settled at a lifetime low of 77.78 against the greenback.
On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex ended 214.85 points or 0.39 per cent lower at 54,892.49, while the broader NSE Nifty slipped 60.10 points or 0.37 per cent to 16,356.25.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.20 per cent to 102.52.
Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.96 per cent to $121.73 per barrel.
Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market on Tuesday as they offloaded shares worth ₹2,293.98 crore, as per exchange data.
Meanwhile, the RBI retained its GDP growth forecast at 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal but cautioned against negative spillovers of geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in the global economy. It also upped the inflation projection for the current fiscal to 6.7 per cent from the 5.7 per cent forecast in April.
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The Mumbai Police Wednesday filed a chargesheet against lawmaker couple Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana in connection with an offence registered against them for allegedly resisting arrest and obstructing police, who had visited their Khar residence after their announcement that they will chant the Hanuman Chalisa at the private residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in April.
This was the second FIR registered against the couple after one filed on sections including sedition. A chargesheet has not been filed so far in the case where charges of sedition were invoked against the couple and they faced an arrest as well.
The chargesheet filed before the Borivali court is under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code.
MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana were arrested on April 23 after their announcement to chant Hanuman Chalisa at the CM’s private residence, Matoshree. While the couple had submitted that their announcement was to enlist public support and that they had withdrawn it, the Mumbai police had said that their intention was to cause public disorder and challenge law and order in the state to an extent that dissolution of the present government could be recommended.
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A special court had granted them bail on May 4 stating that “decisive ingredients of Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC are not made out at this stage”.
A second FIR was filed against them on April 24. The couple had approached the Bombay High Court through their lawyer Rizwan Merchant to quash this FIR claiming that the relevant sections could have been added to the earlier FIR. Special public prosecutor Pradip Gharat had opposed their plea stating that the two incidents were different. He had submitted that when police officers had repeatedly requested the couple to withdraw their announcement citing security concerns it raised, they “were not in a mood to hear” them and instead in “a passionate manner” the couple “flatly refused to cooperate with the police officers”. The couple also argued with the officers and when they requested the petitioners to enter the police vehicle, they threatened officers, it was submitted.
The Bombay High Court had dismissed their petition to quash the second FIR stating that it was “devoid of merits”. On Wednesday, the couple was not present before the court as their exemption application was allowed.
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Ukrainian forces could pull back from embattled eastern city
Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops in a key eastern city appeared on the cusp of retreat Wednesday, though the regional governor insisted they are still fighting for every centimetre of the city.The urban battle for Sievierodonetsk testified to the painstaking, inch-by-inch advance by Russian forces as they close in on control of the entire Luhansk region, one of two that make up the industrial heartland known as the Donbas.After a bungled attempt to overrun Kyiv in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to the region of coal mines and factories.
Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops in a key eastern city appeared on the cusp of retreat Wednesday, though the regional governor insisted they are still fighting “for every centimetre” of the city.
The urban battle for Sievierodonetsk testified to the painstaking, inch-by-inch advance by Russian forces as they close in on control of the entire Luhansk region, one of two that make up the industrial heartland known as the Donbas.
After a bungled attempt to overrun Kyiv in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to the region of coal mines and factories. The region has been partly controlled by Russia-backed separatists for years, making supply lines shorter and allowing Moscow to tap separatist forces to back its offensive. But Russia also faces Ukraine's most battle-hardened troops, who have been fighting the separatists for eight years there.
The result is a slow slog with both sides exchanging artillery barrages that seemingly inflict heavy losses and neither appearing to have the clear momentum.
Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai acknowledged the difficulties in Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday, telling The Associated Press “maybe we will have to retreat, but right now battles are ongoing in the city”.
Earlier, on the Telegram messaging app, he said Ukrainian forces were fighting “for every centimeter of the city”.
He indicated they could pull back to positions that are easier to defend. The city across the river, Lysychansk, sits on higher ground.
Sievierodonetsk became the administrative capital of the region after the city of Luhansk was taken by separatists in 2014. Both it and Lysychansk are wedged between Russian forces to the east, north and south, and are among a few cities and towns in Luhansk still holding out.
The Kremlin has claimed its forces hold nearly all of the Luhansk region, and about half of Donetsk region that rounds out the Donbas.
Meanwhile, to the north, Russian shelling of the northern Kharkiv region killed five people and wounded 12 more over the past 24 hours, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said Wednesday.
The Russian military said Wednesday that Moscow used “air-launched, high-precision missiles” to hit an armor repair plant near Kharkiv. There was no confirmation from Ukrainian officials of such a plant being hit.
On the diplomatic front, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks Wednesday with Turkish officials on a plan that could allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating global food crisis.
Ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but the war and a Russian blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow, endangering food supplies to many developing countries. Many of those ports are now also heavily mined.
An estimated 22 million tons of grains are sitting in silos in Ukraine.
Turkey is hoping to negotiate a secure corridor, possibly overseen by the UN, for the shipment of Ukrainian grain — as well as Russian food and fertiliser.
Before Russia's Feb 24 invasion, Ukrainian officials said Russia controlled some 7% of the country, including the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, and areas held by the separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk. Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces held 20% of the country.
While Russia has superior firepower, the Ukrainian defenders are entrenched and have shown the ability to counterattack.
“The absolutely heroic defense of the Donbas continues,” Zelenskyy said late Tuesday in his nightly video address.
Speaking earlier to a Financial Times conference, Zelenskyy insisted on Ukraine's need to defeat Russia on the battlefield but also said he is still open to peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking at a news conference after the talks with Lavrov, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country is “much more optimistic” that Russia and Ukraine can be persuaded to return to talks aimed at ending the war. Talks between the two sides hosted by Turkey earlier in the conflict yielded no progress.
But a former senior US intelligence officer said the time isn't right.
“You're not going to get to the negotiating table until neither side feels they have an advantage that they could push,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Washington-based Centre for a New American Security.
The Russians “think they will be able to take the whole of the Donbas and then might use that as the opportunity to call for negotiations,” Kendall-Taylor said at an online seminar organised by Columbia and New York universities.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Customers borrowing from unregistered digital lending apps should approach the local police in case of any issue, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday, making it clear that the central bank will only act against entities registered with it.
In remarks that came in the wake of a spate of alleged suicides abetted by harassment by agents or officials of lending apps, Das said most of the digital lending apps are not registered with the central bank and operate by themselves.
Das said whenever it gets a complaint from any customer, the central bank directs customers of such unregistered apps to approach the local police, which will conduct an investigation and take necessary action on the issue.
The RBI website has a list of apps that are registered with it on the website, the governor said, adding that the police in many states have acted against the wrongdoers as per the provisions of the law.
It can be noted that a spate of alleged suicides in the recent past have been attributed to harassment by loan recovery agents working for or on behalf of digital lending apps.
At the time of borrowing, a borrower consents to share personal information like the contact book of the telephone, which leads to a situation where the borrower is defamed before a person known to her or him, leading to extreme steps.
"It's my humble request to all those using such apps to first check if the app is RBI registered or not. If the app is RBI registered, the central bank will act immediately in case of any misdoing, I assure you," Das said in the customary post-policy press interaction.
This is not the first time that issues against such apps have come to the fore. A few years ago, a series of suicides and reports of harassment led the central bank to initiate a study on digital lending platforms.
Das said the RBI has received the report and comments based on it as well, and presently, the report is at an "advanced stage" of examination. After the examination, the central bank will be issuing guidelines or directions on the matter.
The governor declined to elaborate on the exact issues when asked if the central bank's cancellation of licenses for five non-bank lenders recently had been connected to tie-ups with digital apps and indulgence in bad practices.
Acknowledging that customers are also getting communication in the form of SMSes or calls in the name of banks, Das requested borrowers to not share personal details like one time passwords or CVV numbers with any such agents who can misuse the same for fraudulent activities.
If a customer wants, she or he can check with their bank branch to ascertain the veracity before proceeding ahead, he added.
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, is introducing a new part-time online MTech programme for working professionals in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). The programme will be offered in collaboration with iHub Drishti Foundation, the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH). Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website — mtecharvr.ihub-drishti.ai.
The registration program for application will close on June 17, 2022. The official website will make an announcement for the shortlisted candidates on June 20 and the written test is scheduled to be conducted on June 27, 2022. The results will be declared on June 30.
At the end of the program, a student is expected to have an understanding of the fundamentals related to AR/VR technologies, content creation, hardware design for AR/VR applications, knowledge of working principles of Game Design, Medical Applications, AR/VR based training simulators, Navigation and tracking in AR/VR, working principles of scanning and 3D reconstruction and sensor data fusion, Image Synthesis, Rendering, and Animation.
Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, said, “This is possibly the first MTech program in this area, offered by an IIT in this space. The uniqueness of the programme is that this has been devised and designed through collaboration of experts across IITs. The course will be taught and executed by a team of experts across the country including experts from industry.”
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He further added, “Today we all talk about AR and VR and metaverse as the future of immersive technology. Every interface has to be unique and experiential – from e-commerce, learning, to controlling systems. In AR & VR, the most critical and enabling technology is Artificial Intelligence (AI). The program is a unique combination of skill sets which will enable people to develop intelligent experiential systems that encompass all areas of human endeavors from entertainment to scientific discovery.”
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No need for anti-conversion law in Bihar: Nitish
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that there was no need for an anti-conversion law in the state where the government was alert and members of different religious communities lived in peace.He gave the statement when asked by journalists about the need for such a law in the wake of reports appearing in the press, sporadically, about Hindus allegedly changing their faith following enticements offered by proselytizers.The government has always been alert here.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that there was ''no need'' for an anti-conversion law in the state where the government was ''alert'' and members of different religious communities lived in peace.
He gave the statement when asked by journalists about the need for such a law in the wake of reports appearing in the press, sporadically, about Hindus allegedly changing their faith following enticements offered by proselytizers.
''The government has always been alert here. And all people, be they from any religious group, live in peace. Hence such a move is not required here,'' the chief minister said emphatically.
The averment by Kumar, who controls the JD(U) and owes his rise in politics to the socialist movement, could also be seen as a strong message to his ally BJP.
BJP hardliners such as Union minister Giriraj Singh have been stressing on the need for an anti-conversion law.
The ideological divide between Kumar and BJP has also come to the fore on the issue of caste census.
BJP leaders, including some ministers in the cabinet, have been alleging that many ''Rohingyas'' and ''Bangladeshis'' have sneaked into Bihar and care must be taken not to legitimize their stay by including them in the state-level headcount of castes.
Notwithstanding their political collaboration that goes back to the 1990s, Kumar has not been on the same page with the BJP on issues such as Ayodhya, Article 370, Uniform Civil Code, triple talaq, NRC, and legislative measures for population control.
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The Reserve Bank of India has proposed to modify the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme.
“It is now proposed to make modifications to the PIDF scheme by enhancing the subsidy amount, simplifying the subsidy claim process and other steps,” said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday, adding that this will further accelerate and augment the deployment of payment acceptance infrastructure in the targeted geographies.
The amendments will be notified shortly. The PIDF scheme was operationalised by the RBI in January 2021 to incentivise the deployment of payment acceptance infrastructure such as physical Point of Sale (PoS), mPoS (mobile PoS), Quick Response (QR) codes in Tier-3 to 6 centres and north-eastern States.
As of end-April 2022, more than 1.18 crore new touch points have been deployed under the scheme, against a target of 90 lakh PoS terminals and QR codes to be deployed over three years by 2023-end. Beneficiaries of PM SVANidhi Scheme in Tier-1 and 2 centres were later included in August 2021.
Experts said the modification proposed will lead to more players setting up payment infrastructure.
“Concentration on enhancing the digital payment acceptance infrastructure is crucial for the growth of the ecosystem. Enhancing the subsidy amount and simplifying the subsidy claim process will encourage more players to set up merchant acquiring services like POS and QR,” said Ramesh Narasimhan, CEO, Worldline India.
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The Council of Architecture (CoA) has released the admit cards for the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) 2022. Students can go to the official NATA website i.e nata.in to get their admit cards.
According to the notice, the admit card for the first phase of the test has been published on the official website. Candidate information such as name, roll number, examination centre information, and exam day instructions will be mentioned on the admit card.
How to download NATA 2021 admit card
- Visit the official website of NATA, which is nata.in.
- On the home page, candidates need to locate and click the link to download the admit card.
- Once located, click on the link. By doing so, a login appears on the screen.
- Next, the candidates need to access the login by entering user ID and password.
- Following the steps above, the login opens and candidates can download the NATA admit card from the dashboard.
The phase 1 examination is scheduled to be held on June 12, 2022, phase 2 on July 3 and phase 3 on July 24, 2022, from 10 am to 1 pm (morning) and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm (evening).
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After downloading the admit card, aspirants must double-check all of the information on it. It’s also a good idea to read through all of the instructions that come with it. If the data on the admit card does not match the data supplied in the NATA 2021 application form, contact the NATA help desk at 9560707764 or 9319275557 from 10 am to 7 pm or through email at nata.helpdesk2021@gmail.com.
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Mumbai, June 8 Private sector lender YES Bank is set to exit from its reconstruction scheme at the end of over two years. The board appointed under the reconstruction scheme has recommended to shareholders the formation of an alternative board in line with the scheme, according to the bank’s statement on Wednesday. This follows YES Bank’s turnaround and its significant progress after the implementation of the YES Bank Reconstruction Scheme March 2020, it further said. The alternative board is being constituted and will operate under existing laws and regulations, as against the current board functioning under the ambit of the reconstruction scheme. Sunil Mehta, Chairman, YES Bank, said, “YES Bank today accomplishes a significant milestone of coming out of the reconstruction scheme by initiating the formation of the alternate Board.”
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Belgian king returns mask to Congo in symbolic gesture of restitution
Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday on his first visit to the former colony, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for decades of brutal rule.
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Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday on his first visit to the former colony, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologize for decades of brutal rule. By some estimates, killings, famine, and disease killed up to 10 million Congolese during just the first 23 years of Belgium's rule from 1885 to 1960, after King Leopold II claimed the Congo Free State as his fiefdom.
Villages that missed rubber collection quotas were notoriously made to provide severed hands instead. In 2020, Philippe became the first Belgian official to express regret for the "suffering and humiliation" inflicted on Congo. But he stopped short of issuing an apology, and some Congolese have demanded he does during this first visit since taking the throne in 2013.
"They left us isolated, abandoned. They pillaged all our resources, and today you invite the Belgian king again?" said Junior Bombi, a salesman in Kinshasa's central market. Antoine Roger Lokongo, a professor at the University of Joseph Kasa-Vubu in southwestern Congo, said he would be waiting to see if Philippe formally apologized for colonial-era crimes.
"The simple regret that you have expressed is not sufficient," Lokongo said. INITIATION MASK
Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and many other politicians have enthusiastically welcomed the visit, as have some residents who hope it will bring investment and a renewed focus on the conflict in the east of the country. "My feeling is that we should start having good Congolese-Belgium relations again, like before," Kinshasa resident Antoine Mubidiki said. "Despite what the Belgians did to us during colonization, we are ready to forgive."
Philippe offered the initiation mask of the Suku people to Congo's national museum as an "indefinite loan". The mask has been held for decades by Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa. "I am here to return to you this exceptional work to allow Congolese to discover and admire it," Philippe said, standing next to Tshisekedi. "It marks the symbolic beginning of the reinforcement of the cultural collaboration between Belgium and Congo."
The king arrived on Tuesday with his wife, Queen Mathilde, and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo for a week-long visit that will also take him to the eastern cities of Bukavu and Lubumbashi. He is due to address a joint session of Congo's parliament later on Wednesday.
Belgium has traditionally said little about colonialism, and the subject has not been extensively taught in Belgian schools. But there have been the beginnings of a historical reckoning in recent years. During anti-racism protests sparked in 2020 by the police killing in the United States of George Floyd, demonstrators targeted statues of King Leopold II.
Belgium's parliament established a commission soon after to examine the historical record. A preliminary report published last year called for a more accurate understanding of the colonial period, and the final report is expected this year.
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From being known as “the Pyaar Ka Punchnama girl” to now headlining films like Chhalaang and Chhori among others, Nushratt Bharuccha has come a long way. However, the actor is disappointed that these movies are still called “ensemble films instead of Nushratt Bharuccha films”.
Nushratt said, “When the trailer of my film (Janhit Mein Jaari) came out, I was being asked how and why I decided to do a film with an ensemble cast. It is not an ensemble film. It is a film led by one actor. The actor just happens to be female. And, I can tell you this. I have done other films and I have gone for other trailer launches where there are more actors on stage than the number of actors that were present on Janhit Mein Jaari stage. But then they don’t call it an ensemble film, they call it that hero’s film. During Janhit Mein Jaari trailer launch, I wondered what it will take. When today there is a woman headlining a film, why can’t it be called her film? I am not a new girl. Why can’t you call it a Nushratt Bharuccha film? Why is it so difficult to give that due to a female actor? I don’t know. Is it because I don’t have that kind of support or backing, or I don’t have people posting about me. I have never had it. I have never had a machinery working around me.”
So, does Nushratt Bharuccha want to continue headlining more female oriented films? She said, “I want to do every kind of film. I have never limited myself to certain kind of films. I have never put those boundaries around myself. I have actually just gone on my gut and done what I love doing. I love my commercial films. I love doing my Chhori and chhoti chhoti films. Why can’t I just have both when I have the option? Why restrict myself?”
The actor rose to fame with Pyaar Ka Punchnama. However, after the success of her debut film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (LSD), she wanted to do films in that genre, and had refused to do Pyaar Ka Punchnama. “I had done LSD, it was such a path-breaking film. After that film, I wanted to do similar films only. I had fallen in love with acting while shooting LSD and the film did so well that I thought this is the way to go. But then I didn’t get any work.”
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So, how did she cope with the time when she didn’t get any work? She said, “You have to live with it. There is no other option. You have to sleep at night and wake up the next morning and do what needs to be done. I remember I had said no to Pyaar Ka Punchnama because I was so hell-bent that I wanted to only a certain kind of cinema.”
The actor added, “But then I had good co-stars in LSD, Raj (Rajkummar Rao) and Amit (Sial) who said, ‘Are you mad? Picture mil rahi hai, bohot badi baat hai. (You are being offered a film. It is a big deal). Many people don’t get this kind of opportunity. Just do it even if you don’t want to right now. You will reach a phase in your life when you’ll pick what you want to do.’”
“It is because of their advice that I did it, and I am glad I listened to them. I have reached here because of people’s advice. I don’t have that sense. If it was up to me, I would have ended up doing nothing. I was a newcomer, they had done some work. So, their advice made sense. That’s how I did Pyaar Ka Punchnama. You get work when you do more work. Films will flop. You will go down and out but you have to keep working. You can’t design it. You have no control over where life takes you in this industry,” Nushratt Bharuccha concluded.
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Ahmedabad, June 8 A steady surge in Covid cases has prompted authorities in Gujarat to ramp up testing and tracking of Covid cases.
The state’s financial capital, Ahmedabad, has started testing travellers arriving in the city by rail or bus.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is setting up testing kiosks at railway stations and state transport bus terminals.
"We have to set up testing centres at health centres as well as railway and bus stations to test those arriving in the city. We are testing about 2,000 samples a day, of which about 40 have tested positive," said Dr Bhavin Solanki, Medical Officer of Health - AMC.
This puts the city's daily test positivity at about 2-2.5 per cent, which is higher than the national average of 1.67 per cent. The civic body has asked citizens to maintain caution and use protective gear such as masks. However, there has been no directive mandating the use of masks or other restrictions.
The key concerns, state health officials said, is the poor compliance of Covid-appropriate behaviour and adequate vaccination coverage.
An official at one of the private sector hospitals in Ahmedabad said several doses of Covishield remained unused with them, as fewer people were taking precaution doses. "There is a false sense of confidence and security among the people about the severity of the infections. The virus is still around and it could mutate," said the official.
Gujarat has recorded a steady rise in the number of new cases, but hospitalisation has been low across. According to the health department data, the state has 363 active cases, all of which are stable, requiring no ventilator support.
Ahmedabad (44) reported the highest number of daily cases, followed by Surat (7), Vadodara (7) and Rajkot (3). The state as a whole reported 72 new cases on Tuesday, while 43,800 people were vaccinated on the day.
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Raj Kundra on Wednesday wished his wife, actor Shilpa Shetty on her 47th birthday. Raj returned to Twitter after months, and wrote a lovely message for his “soulmate.”
Sharing a throwback click with Shilpa, Raj tweeted, “Happy Happy Birthday my soulmate. Love you eternally. My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Love this picture…True to your song…killer killer killer lagdi.”
Happy Happy Birthday my soulmate 🥰 Love you eternally. My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Love this picture…True to your song…killer killer killer lagdi 🧿😇 pic.twitter.com/m1wDK6tNPs
— Raj Kundra (@TheRajKundra) June 8, 2022
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Raj Kundra has been missing from social media ever since his arrest last year. He got embroiled in a case in July 2021, for allegedly producing and streaming pornographic videos on an app. Ever since, he’s largely stayed away from public appearances.
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Shilpa’s sister Shamita Shetty also left a birthday message for her sister. Posting a video on Instagram, Shamita wrote in the caption, “Happy birthday my Munki. In childhood we did not understand the gift wrapped up in a greater plan. Time has taught us about the bond of love and through that love we have chosen friendship. We have learned together sharing the good times and the bad. And no matter what there has always been love. Thankyou for being my mentor, my sister, my friend. I wish u everything that you have prayed for Munki and I love u soooooo much …big tight huggie.”
Shilpa Shetty, who will next be seen in Nikamma, gifted herself a swanky new vanity van on her birthday.
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Fringe is BJP's core, alleges Rahul amid controversy over remarks on Prophet
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said 'fringe' is the BJP's core and highlighted some past statements of top BJP leaders holding senior positions in the government.
His remarks came after the India Missions in Kuwait and Qatar in their statements dubbed the controversial remarks of BJP's now-sacked spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal on Prophet Mohammad as those of ''fringe elements'' after these countries lodged their protest.
While the government distanced itself from such remarks and the BJP suspended Sharma and expelled Jindal, the Ministry of External Affairs later said the statements by some individuals do not represent that of the government.
'''Fringe' is BJP's core,'' Gandhi said in a tweet while sharing headlines of news reports on statements of BJP leaders like Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Anurag Thakur, and Sadhvi Pragya.
In the image tweeted by him, media reports quote Shah as calling Bangladeshi migrants ''termites'' and Yogi Adityanath saying that ''women not capable of being left free or independent''.
Anurag Thakur is quoted as saying, ''desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko'' and Sadhvi Pragya's remark on Nathuram Godse is also mentioned.
The remarks made by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal on Prophet Mohammad drew international condemnation with some Islamic countries demanding an apology. Congress has asked why the country should apologize and face the consequences of the ''misdeeds'' of BJP leaders.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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The Ministry of Steel has contested the industry’s claim on the quantum of pre-contracted orders to be exempted from fresh export duty even as it agrees on the need for relief.
On May 21, the Government levied an export duty of 15 per cent on finished steel products and pellets to improve domestic availability and rein in prices.
For the raw material iron ore with ferrous content of 58 per cent and above, the Government increased export duty from 30 per cent to 50 per cent, virtually bringing shipments to a standstill.
The Ministry of Steel received representations from domestic players including Indian Steel Association, Jindal Stainless, Indian Stainless Steel Development Association, and Material Recycling Association of India for exemption of export duty for existing orders and contracts, according to an office memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade.
The steel ministry felt that the industry’s concerns were justified in cases where the irrevocable commercial letters of credit were already opened and these may be considered favourably.
The memorandum said it has learnt from the industry that there were export orders for about two million tonnes of steel or iron ore pellets where letters of credit were established, or sales contracts executed prior to the notification of fresh export duty.
However, it said, on examination only orders for 541,940 tonnes of steel and iron ore pellets were found to have letters of credit.
Supply glut
Earlier, major steel companies had written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the withdrawal of export duty on iron and steel intermediates.
The association said the “sudden” imposition of duty on a wide range of steel products would bring exports to a halt.
An ICRA report said that almost 95 per cent of India’s finished steel export basket had been hit by the 15 per cent export duty, and domestic steel prices could potentially fall by 10-15 per cent in the coming months as demand enters the seasonally weak monsoon quarter.
Steel prices contracted for this month have crashed to ₹64,000 a tonne from ₹71,000 last month on expectation of a supply glut. Prices were hovering at ₹76,000 a tonne in April. Interestingly, the excess supply comes amid forecast of weak demand with the onset of southwest monsoon slowing down infrastructure activities from this month.
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Actor Taapsee Pannu on Wednesday penned an emotional note for Indian cricketer Mithali Raj, who announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket. Mithali Raj took to her Instagram account and shared a note, which read, “Today is the day I retire from all forms of international cricket.”
She added, “I feel now is the perfect time to call curtains on my playing career as the team is in capable hands of some very talented young players and the future of Indian cricket is bright.” Taapsee, who will be playing Mithali Raj in her biopic Shabaash Mithu, took to Instagram and mentioned the cricketer’s achievements. “Some personalities and their achievements are gender agnostic,” she wrote and spoke about how she changed people’s perspective towards the game.
“There are cricketers who have records under their name. There are cricketers who have tremendous fan following. here are cricketers who inspire you and make you believe that if they can so can you. And then there’s Mithali who did all of this in her classic graceful style and also changed the game of cricket where the presence of women in concerned. Not just in our country but she will be remembered for her contribution to women’s cricket across the globe,” Taapsee said in a statement, adding that she feels “fortunate” to have received an opportunity to play her on screen in Srijit Mukerji directorial.
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She concluded, “I just got too fortunate as a fan who got to live her glorious journey of 23 years for a bit on camera which taught me so much about resilience and perseverance . She is truly a legend we can never thank enough.”
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Shabaash Mithu will make its debut in theatres on July 15. The film marks Taapsee’s first theatrical release post her 2020 movie Thappad.
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Cricketer Mithali Raj announced retirement from all forms of international cricket after more than a two-decade-long career. She holds a record of 7805 runs in 232 ODIs and has represented the country in 12 Tests and 89 T20 Internationals.
She made her debut as a 16-year-old in 1996. In a note announcing her retirement on Twitter, she said, “The journey was full of highs and some lows. Each event taught me something unique, and the last 23 years have been the most fulfilling, challenging and enjoyable years of my life.”
“Like all journeys, this one too must come to an end. Today is the day I retire from all forms of international cricket,” Raj added.
She had already retired from the T20 format.
“Special mention to all my fans. Thank you for all your love and support,” the 39-year-old wrote.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wrote that her “contribution to Indian Cricket has been phenomenal.”
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Dispute, dissent dog Biden's plan to pitch Latin America reboot at summit
Biden's plan to unveil a package to spur recovery in Latin America, help stem immigration and counter China's growing regional economic clout has been marred by a partial boycott by leaders upset at Washington's decision to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the summit. U.S. officials hope the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and a parallel gathering of top business executives can pave the way for greater economic cooperation as regional nations grappling with higher inflation work to bring supply chains stretched by the COVID-19 pandemic closer to home.
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President Joe Biden kicks off a summit on Wednesday that was conceived as a platform to showcase U.S. leadership in reviving Latin American economies and tackling migratory pressures but has instead been undermined by discord over the guest list. Biden's plan to unveil a package to spur recovery in Latin America, help stem immigration and counter China's growing regional economic clout has been marred by a partial boycott by leaders upset at Washington's decision to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the summit.
U.S. officials hope the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and a parallel gathering of top business executives can pave the way for greater economic cooperation as regional nations grappling with higher inflation work to bring supply chains stretched by the COVID-19 pandemic closer to home. "It's much better for us ... to have a supply chain here in the Americas than it is for us to be dependent on a supply chain that comes from China," U.S. ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar told Reuters on the sidelines of the summit.
Seeking to present alternatives to China, U.S. officials said Biden would unveil an "Americas Partnership" on Wednesday to speed pandemic recovery by building on existing trade deals. The plan would aim to mobilize investments, reinvigorate the Inter-American Development Bank, create clean energy jobs, strengthen supply chains and promote "sustainable and inclusive trade" in the region, one administration official said.
Still, an initiative that promotes jobs abroad could face U.S. protectionist pushback, as well as questions about how many widely divergent economies could make it work. The Biden administration also announced steps to boost health security in the Americas, such as plans to train 500,000 public health and medical professionals within five years.
It has framed the summit as an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm its commitment to Latin America after years of comparative neglect under Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump. But tensions have repeatedly dogged the preparations.
Diplomatic cracks yawned wide this week when Washington opted not to invite Communist-run Cuba and the leftist governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua, arguing their record on human rights and democracy made it impossible. Rebuffed in his demand that all countries must be invited, Mexico's president said he would stay away, deflecting attention away from Biden's goals and toward regional divisions.
The leaders of Guatemala and Honduras, two of the countries that send most migrants to the United States, also said they would not go, undermining efforts by Biden officials to craft a "declaration" on joint plans to address the phenomenon. Still, leaders from more than 20 countries in the region will attend, including Canada, Brazil and Argentina, organizers said.
Biden, in what is being billed as a policy speech to open the summit, will preview the migration declaration to be announced on Friday. Officials say it will include specific commitments from leaders to help address the challenge. Detentions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have hit record levels this year, and on Monday another caravan of people numbering thousands set off north from southern Mexico.
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Adam Sandler was once a cautionary tale for what streaming could become. And his early output for Netflix—marked by unwatchable disasters like The Ridiculous 6, The Do-Over, Sandy Wexler—correctly foretold the streamer’s future, which would go on to be defined by a McDonald’s-style approach to filmmaking. But in true Sandler fashion, he also maintained an (almost) equally steady stream of critically acclaimed gems. Call it his side-hustle, if you will.
An early adopter of online entertainment—Sandler was among the first major Hollywood stars to make the transition to streaming, having understood that his audience would prefer watching his fart joke-heavy movies at home. The actor has long been associated with bottom-of-the-barrel ‘comedies’ that are often more difficult to sit through than instructional videos on the inner mechanics of conveyor belts. The overwhelming sense was that Sandler’s entire comedic filmography—all three decades of it—was an elaborate practical joke designed to expose the film industry’s hunger for hits, the audience’s appetite for trash, and just how easily both can be exploited.
He would, however, stun people with his dramatic range from time to time in films such as Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, and ironically enough, Funny People. His latest in a new wave of serious cinema, following The Meyerowitz Stories and Uncut Gems, is the appropriately titled Hustle, a Netflix sports drama in which Sandler proves beyond doubt that not only is he one of the most talented American leading men of the last two decades—comedic or otherwise—but that he’s probably one of the most accomplished flimflammers that the film business has ever seen. All those Happy Madison comedies were surely an ironic ploy, weren’t they?
In Hustle, he stars as Stanley Sugerman, a legendary fictional basketball scout for the Philadelphia 76ers who’s spent his daughter’s last nine birthdays on the road, living out of five-star hotels and single-handedly keeping the fast food business alive. But having reached the end of his rope, and with ambitions of transitioning to a career in coaching, he wants out. His new boss, played by the always reliable Ben Foster in a particularly scenery-chewing performance, has other plans. He sends Stanley out on a last-ditch mission to identify and recruit the game’s next big star, or lose his job.
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In a way, Stanley is a lot like the High Lamas who set out on quests across Tibet to locate the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. There is definitely a spiritual side to Stanley’s single-minded devotion to the cause, even if the actual process of finding the next big thing in basketball is dominated by mind-numbing drudgery. His desperate search takes him to Spain, where he spots a lanky street-baller named Bo Cruz, played by real-life NBA athlete Juancho Hernangómez. Bo lives with his mother and young daughter, is a construction worker in the day, and hustles upstarts for easy cash on the basketball courts at night. This is as much Bo’s redemption tale as it is Stanley’s hero’s journey.
Hustle hits all the notes that you’d expect it to, but it’s more unconventional in its approach to sports movie stereotypes than it needed to be. Sure, there are endless training montages and intense face-offs; there’s even an Adonis Creed-like ‘villain’ who plants himself like a human hurdle in Bo’s path with robotic reliability. But director Jeremiah Zagar’s fluid camerawork and strong command over tone—this is, first and foremost, slick entertainment—keeps things moving at a quick pace, carefully laying-up conflict when it is needed, and culminating with the psychological slam dunk that only emotional relief can bring. As solid as the movie is, however, it can’t resist the temptation of some unsteady fish-out-of-water humour at Bo’s expense (although ironically, it’s Bo who burns a hole in Stanley’s pocket with his unchecked spending on room service).
Aside from the two of them, the screenplay by Will Fetters and Taylor Materne paints the supporting characters in broad strokes. You always know who’s a friend and who has it in for Stanley and his protégé. Foster’s only job, for instance, is to scoff at Bo every 10 seconds. And the actor knows exactly the kind of performance required of him, milking it like he’s staring cancellation right in the face.
Speaking of great acting, Sandler is quite exquisite here. Notice his wordless performance in a pivotal early scene, when he learns of a mentor figure’s death. Zagar holds on Sandler’s face as realisation strikes, and then turns to disbelief, and then pure sorrow. It’s a real showcase for his talents, and our semi-annual reminder that this is the kind of creative energy that Sandler should really be expending.
Hustle
Director – Jeremiah Zagar
Cast – Adam Sandler, Juancho Hernangómez, Ben Foster, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall
Rating – 4/5
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Director Todd Phillips has confirmed the sequel to Joker in an Instagram post, which featured Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role.
Phillips shared the cover of the script, written along with Scott Silver. The director revealed the writing title Joker: Folie a Deux, a reference to a medical term for a mental disorder that affects two or more individuals, The Hollywood Reporter wrote. As per a PTI report, there is no official confirmation from Warner Bros for the moment.
Phillips also shared an image of Phoenix, seen reading the script. He won the best actor Oscar for the role of Arthur Fleck in Joker, released in 2019. The film earned $1.07 billion globally and received 11 Oscar nominations in all, The Hollywood Reporter said in its report.
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Entire country stands shoulder to shoulder with you: Kejriwal to Kashmiri Pandits
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday greeted Kashmiri Pandits on the occasion of Jyeshtha Ashtami and said the entire country stands shoulder to shoulder with them in their happiness and sorrow.The Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convenors remarks came in the backdrop of the spate of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir.Today is the holy day of Jyeshtha Ashtami.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday greeted Kashmiri Pandits on the occasion of 'Jyeshtha Ashtami' and said the entire country stands shoulder to shoulder with them in their happiness and sorrow.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor's remarks came in the backdrop of the spate of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir.
''Today is the holy day of Jyeshtha Ashtami. (I extend my) warm wishes to all Kashmiri Pandit brothers and sisters on this auspicious day. May the blessings of Maa Kheer Bhavani always be with you all,'' Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi.
''I want to assure the Kashmiri Pandit community that the entire country is standing shoulder to shoulder with you in your every happiness and sorrow,'' he said.
The AAP has been raising the issue of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits for the past few weeks. The party held a 'Jan Aakrosh Rally at Jantar Mantar here on June 5 over the issue.
Addressing the rally, Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP-led central government for failing to provide security to Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley. He also demanded that the Centre put forth an action plan to stop the killings.
The Delhi chief minister on Tuesday said he has sought an appointment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley.
The spate of targeted killings in Kashmir started in May, which included that of Rahul Bhat, a clerk, who was shot dead inside the tehsildar's office in Budgam district's Chadoora.
Of the eight targeted killings since May 1, three victims were off-duty policemen and five were civilians.
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American screenwriter C Robert Cargill, known for penning Benedict Cumberbatch starrer Doctor Strange, has called filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s RRR the “craziest” blockbuster he has ever seen. Released in March, RRR opened to a thundering response at the box office with many lauding Rajamouli’s fantastical vision and grand mounting of a story of two friends.
The film, which had clocked more than Rs 1000 cr at the global box office, has been getting a wider international acclaim ever since its Netflix premiere in May.
Cargill, whose other screenwriting credits include supernatural films like Sinister and The Black Phone, took to Twitter and wrote he was happy to be a part of the “cult” that is RRR.
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“Friends came over last night to initiate me into the cult of ‘RRR’ (Rise Roar Revolt) and I’m here to report I am now fully, truly, deeply a member. This is the craziest, most sincere, weirdest blockbuster I’ve ever seen. I’m pretty sure Jess and I are watching it again this week,” his tweet, which had more than 15,000 likes, read.
Friends came over last night to initiate me into the cult of RRR (RISE ROAR REVOLT) and I’m here to report I am now fully, truly, deeply a member. This is the craziest, most sincere, weirdest blockbuster I’ve ever seen. I’m pretty sure Jess and I are watching it again this week. pic.twitter.com/WFpOAKq8VG
— C. Robert Cargill (@Massawyrm) June 6, 2022
RRR is Rajamouli’s third consecutive blockbuster after Baahubali: The Beginning and its sequel, Baahubali: The Conclusion.
The film followed the fictional tale of two Indian freedom fighters from the early 20th century – Alluri Sitarama, played by Ram Charan and Kumaram Bheem, played by Jr NTR.
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With 94-95 lakh tonnes of sugar export contracts entered into so far, about 86 lakh tonnes were physically exported till May 2022 against the backdrop of the government recently capping the exports at 100 lakh tonnes for the current season, according to the Indian Sugar Mills Associations (ISMA). The apex sugar body has now demanded that the government must increase the export quota.
ISMA has revised its all-India sugar production estimate for the 2021-22 sugar season to 360 lakh tonnes after considering the diversion of 34 lakh tonnes of sugar equivalent into ethanol. It is notable that last year, the country produced 311.92 lakh tonnes of sugar after a diversion of about 20 lakh tonnes for ethanol production.
ISMA, in a statement, added that as per its estimates and reports from the sugar mills , sugar sales by the end of April 2022 have been at 160.05 lakh tonnes, as against 152.61 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year, a rise of about 7.5 lakh tonnes.
The domestic sugar sales quota released by the government up to June 2022 is higher by 5.5 lakh tonnes against the corresponding period last year. ISMA estimates domestic sugar consumption in the current season to be at 275 lakh tonnes against 265.55 lakh tonnes last year.
Demand to increase export quota
Considering an opening stock of about 82 lakh tonnes as of October 1, 2021, with 275 lakh tonnes of domestic consumption, 100 lakh tonne tonnes of exports, and the estimated 360 lakh tonnes output, the closing stock as of September 30, 2022 is likely to be at 67 lakh tonnes, sufficient for three months of domestic consumption.
ISMA President Aditya Jhunjhunwala speaking to BusinessLine, said , “ ISMA in its Committee meeting reviewed the sugar production from 350 lakh tonnes to 360 lakh tonnes, mainly due to higher cane availability in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. As the sugar production is estimated to be higher now at 360 lakh tonnes, we expect consumption to be at 275 lakh tonnes, leaving a closing balance of about 67 lakh tonnes. With the estimate of higher production, government should allow the industry to export another 10 lakh tonnes in the current season. This will leave sufficient balance of stocks for 2.5 months of sugar consumption.”
He added that in the earlier export order released for the sugar mills dated June 6, 2022, out of the applications for exporting 17 lakh tonnes, the release orders were issued only for 8 lakh tonnes.
“The industry requests the government granting an additional 10 lakh tonnes of export order for sugar mills alone, instead of giving it to the traders/exporters, to fulfil export commitments,” he said.
During the 2021-22 sugar season, 522 sugar mills started crushing operations as against 506 mills operated last year. About 352.37 lakh tonnes of sugar have been produced till June 6, 2022, as against 307.41 lakh tonnes produced in the previous year at the same time.
Mills still crushing sugarcane
As of June 6, 2022, about 493 mills have stopped crushing while 29 are still crushing, most in Maharashtra.
ISMA panel discussed that since the special season is in progress in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and the cane availability in these States are good for the remaining period up to the end of the current season, about 6 lakh tonnes of sugar is expected to be produced collectively by these States.
ISMA added that it would obtain satellite images of the sugarcane area across the country this month to get an idea of the acreage under sugarcane available for harvesting next year. Accordingly, the ISMA, in its July meeting, would discuss the preliminary estimates for the 2022-23 sugar season.
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In a medical trial that has shown unprecedented results, twelve rectal cancer patients were completely cured of the disease without any surgery or chemotherapy, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study, done by doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, used a monoclonal antibody called dostarlimab every three weeks for a period of six months for the treatment of a particular kind of stage two or three rectal cancer. A look at how the therapy works and challenges in availing such treatments in India.
What does the study say?
The study shows that the immunotherapy alone – without any chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery that have been staples of cancer treatment – can completely cure the patients with a particular kind of rectal cancer called ‘mismatch repair deficient’ cancer”.
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All 12 patients had completed the treatment and were followed for six to 25 months after.
“No cases of progression or recurrence had been reported during the follow-up,” the study said. The response was also rapid with symptoms resolving in 81% of the patients within nine weeks of starting the therapy.
What was the type of cancer, how was it cured?
‘Mismatch repair deficient’ cancer is most common among colorectal, gastrointestinal, and endometrial cancers. In it, the patient lacks the genes to correct typos in the DNA that occur naturally while cells make copies.
The immunotherapy belongs to a category called PD1 blockades that are now recommended for the treatment of such cancers instead of chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
“The anomalies in the DNA result in cancerous growths in patients with mismatch repair deficient cancers. If you imagine the immune system to be a car, PD1 acts as the breaks for the T-cells of the immune system. By giving the PD1 blockades, we release the breaks and allow the T-cells destroy the cancerous growth,” explained Dr P K Julka, former professor of radiotherapy at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and the current chairman for Max Oncology Daycare Centre. He did the first immunotherapy treatment in India while at AIIMS in 2015.
India already has a couple of PD1 blockades available, although not the one used for this particular study.
What’s new?
Earlier, this therapy was used post-surgery, but the study has shown that a surgery may not be required.
Dr Jullka explained: “Although the therapy is usually used for cancers that have metastasised (spread to locations other than where the cancer formed), it is now recommended for all mismatch repair deficient cancers as they result in quicker improvement and lesser toxicity as compared to traditional chemo and radiotherapy. So far, we have been using the therapy after a patient undergoes surgery; it is used for ten to fifteen indications. This study shows that even the surgery was not needed in these patients.”
He added that in all tumours, they now look for mismatch repair deficiency to see whether immunotherapy can be used.
Eliminating other treatments can improve a patient’s quality of life by preserving fertility, sexual health, and bladder and bowel functions.
What are the hurdles in making such a treatment accessible in India?
Cost is believed to be a major hurdle in accessing the treatment in India.
Dr MD Ray, professor of surgical oncology at AIIMS-Delhi who disagrees with the immunotherapy approach, said: “These patients can be well managed with chemotherapy and radiotherapy as well. Around 10 to 15% of cancer patients actually do not need surgeries. The problem with immunotherapies is that they are expensive and unaffordable for most people in India, and certainly for those coming to AIIMS. A genetic test can also cost up to Rs 30,000, the patients here cannot afford all this.”
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He added that precision medicine, such as using particular immunotherapy drugs for particular types of cancers, is still at a nascent stage in India.
“Precision medicine for cancer treatment is happening in India, but it is still in nascent stages. It would take at least ten years for it to become commonplace,” he said.
So, how much does immunotherapy cost?
An immunotherapy treatment can cost around Rs 4 lakh per month, with patients needing the treatment for six months to a year.
“People may end up using their life-savings for the treatment. We usually end up giving the treatment only to those who can bank on schemes such as CGHS for sponsoring their treatment or receive free doses from the companies as part of their assistance programme,” said Dr Julka.
However, holding out hope, he added: “One day, cancer will be like any other chronic disease. Like people with diabetes go to work after taking a tablet, cancer patients would too. The future of cancer treatment is molecular oncology – you find a mutation in one gene, you give a particular medicine for it, you find it in another, you give another medicine.”
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Assam cabinet reshuffle tomorrow, 2 BJP MLAs to take oath as ministers
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday indicated the expansion of his cabinet as he said that two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs will take oath as ministers tomorrow.
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday indicated the expansion of his cabinet as he said that two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs will take oath as ministers tomorrow. "The oath-taking ceremony will be held at Srimanta Sankardev International Auditorium in Guwahati on Thursday at around 3 pm. Two MLAs from BJP will take oath as ministers," the Assam Chief Minister said.
Earlier the Assam Chief Minister said that one MLA from the hill districts will be inducted into the Assam cabinet. This will be the first cabinet reshuffle of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led cabinet. Sarma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 10 last year.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Assam Chief Minister chaired a meeting in Guwahati with senior officials and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sonitpur to discuss the upcoming 'DCs' Conference'. The meeting was conducted through an online conference with the aim to review the preparations for the meeting. (ANI)
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Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued new Covid-19 rules for airports and aircraft, making masks mandatory throughout the journey and allowing mask removal only under exceptional circumstances. In line with a Delhi High Court order, the aviation regulator also said that violators may be treated as ‘unruly passengers’.
Violators of the new rules can be put on ‘no fly list’.
According to the order, if passengers repeatedly refuse to wear masks and do not follow Covid protocols, they will be deboarded or treated as “unruly”. At airports, the violators be fined and handed over to security agencies.
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Russia says any Putin-Zelenskiy meeting must be "well prepared"
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The Kremlin restated on Wednesday that any meeting that takes place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy must be productive and "well-prepared".
"Our position is well known. Any meeting at the highest level must be productive and well prepared," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared the RBI Grade B Phase 1 result 2022 for the officers (general) post. Candidates who appeared in the phase 1 exam can download and check their results at the official website — rbi.org.in.
The Phase 1 RBI Grade B exam was conducted on May 28, 2022.
RBI Grade B result 2022 phase 1: How to download
Step 1: Visit the RBI official website — rbi.org.in
Step 2: Click the link that reads “Oppertunity@RBI” available below on the homepage.
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Step 3: Click on the result link under the current vacancies tab.
Step 4: After that click on the “Result of Phase-I examination for Recruitment of Officers in Grade B – DR (General)-PY 2022”.
Step 5: The result will appear on the screen, check your roll number and download the RBI Grade B result 2022 pdf for future reference
The RBI Grade B 2022 result will contain the list of shortlisted candidates’ roll number. The qualified candidates in phase 1 will be eligible to appear for RBI Grade B phase 2 exam 2022. The RBI Grade B admit card 2022 for phase 2 will be issued soon on the official website.
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With people increasingly becoming conscious of their health and fitness, they now pay extra attention towards what they consume. And, rightly so. As such, to woo these health-conscious customers, brands now use tags like ‘guilt-free’, implying that a said food item is low in calories or sugar-free or trans-fat-free.
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But, are food items tagged ‘guilt-free’ really healthy, in comparison to others? Nutritionist Bhuvan Rastogi disagrees. In an Instagram post, he wrote, “Have you fallen for gimmicks like ‘guilt-free’ foods? It is the new fad term brands are obsessed with, and I hate it.”
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The nutrition expert added that most of the time, “brands use gimmicks like stating a product is gluten-free, dairy-free, high-protein, clean, natural, with a fad ingredient, etc, to entice you to try it”.
However, these are not healthier than the classic option, he revealed. “They are much more expensive.”
“The problem is that there shouldn’t be any guilt about enjoying your favourite food, to begin with. An effort to understand nutrition in food is all you need to fit everything you love in your diet in a healthy way. Because, when it comes to food, there is no good or bad option. (Unless you are allergic, of course),” Rastogi explained.
“As you can see, ‘guilt-free’ is just a label. It’s a tag meant to play with your emotions and paint any other product as bad or unhealthy,” he concluded.
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BJP announces candidates for Bihar council polls
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With just a day left for filing of nomination papers for elections to the Bihar legislative council, the BJP on Wednesday announced the names of its two candidates, an upper caste and an OBC Nishad.
The names of Anil Sharma and Hari Sahni were announced at the party's national headquarters in Delhi.
Sharma, a Bhumihar from Jehanabad, has been with the party for more than 20 years and has held important responsibilities in the state unit as well as the Kisan Morcha.
Sahni, who belongs to the Nishad community of fishermen, hails from Darbhanga where he has headed the district unit and also unsuccessfully contested assembly polls from the Bahadurpur seat.
Sahni's candidature is also being seen as an attempt to offset the damage caused to the BJP by the short shrift given to Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahni, a Bollywood set designer turned politician who uses the nickname ''son of mallah'' and created some buzz around himself.
Mukesh Sahni was brought into the NDA after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the thick of the 2020 assembly polls. Though he lost his own seat, he was inducted into the Nitish Kumar cabinet at the instance of BJP which also got him elected to the legislative council.
The VIP founding chief, whose membership of the council expires shortly, has been left in the lurch with the BJP getting him expelled from the cabinet a few months ago and weaning away all three MLAs of his party.
Although the BJP has been blaming Sahni's vitriolic campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during assembly polls in the adjoining state, for the fallout, the development seems to have not gone down well with the Nishads who have a sizeable population in the densely populated north Bihar.
The NDA in Bihar, which also includes Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), is contesting four out of the seven council seats where biennial elections are underway. The opposition RJD has fielded its candidates for the remaining three seats.
All NDA candidates are likely to file their nomination papers on Thursday.
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Sam, the four-legged superhero, works to keep a park in Chile’s capital clean and green. The dog’s superpower? Collecting garbage as a role model for visitors.
The border collie, who takes regular walks in Santiago’s metropolitan park with his owner, has become famous wearing a green cape in a comic used as an educational guide.
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It all started when Sam and Gonzalo Chiang had to stop again and again in the city’s largest green area to pick up plastic bottles, masks, cans and food packages.
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“On Sam’s walks we began to find a lot of garbage,” Chiang said in an interview. “From that, the need to come prepared to take away the garbage that we found on each visit arose.”
In April alone, Sam and Gonzalo collected 602 masks, 585 bottles and 304 cans in addition to clothing, helmets and food wrappers, according to an official count.
“The walk is a good opportunity to clean, rather than litter,” Chiang said.
Park officials were impressed by Sam, who visits the tourist attraction at least three times a week, and decided to use his image in its park care campaign.
Catalina Aravena turned the 5-1/2 year-old collie into a cartoon in “Sam: The Parquemet Superhero,” telling visitors to take their waste with them or use one of the more than 40 recycling points throughout the park.
“This became much more widespread than expected,” Aravena said. “It reached different schools and it has been spread very well on social media.”
The park – home to a zoo, several hiking trails and a funicular railway – launched anti-litter campaigns last year urging drink vendors to switch from plastic to glass cups, and started classifying garbage into separate bins.
Sam and Gonzalo “have inspired us to accelerate this education process and structure this garbage classification,” said Eduardo Villalobos, the park’s acting director.
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Magic shows, sports entertain Cong MLAs at Udaipur resort ahead of RS polls
The Congress had on June 2 shifted its MLAs to the luxury Taj Aravali resort and spa fearing horse trading by the BJP ahead of the June 10 polls to four seats of the Rajya Sabha from the state.The BJP has also sequestered its MLAs at Devi Ratn hotel in Jaipurs Jamdoli but the party is calling it a training camp.
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Confined to a resort in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are making the best of it.
Activities lined up for the Congress MLAs and independents supporting the party have ranged from ''antakshri'' to cricket, as revealed by video clips that have surfaced online. The Congress had on June 2 shifted its MLAs to the luxury Taj Aravali resort and spa fearing horse trading by the BJP ahead of the June 10 polls to four seats of the Rajya Sabha from the state.
The BJP has also sequestered its MLAs at Devi Ratn hotel in Jaipur’s Jamdoli but the party is calling it a ''training camp''. Videos and pictures emerging from the Congress camp show legislators enjoying cultural evenings, sports activities and magic shows among others.
On Monday evening, a show by noted magician Aanchal was held. ''The show amused the MLAs. The CM also attended the show,'' said a legislator. As the day begins, some of the MLAs go to gym and others for a walk in the lush green garden of the hotel, which is located at a picturesque location on the outskirts of the lake city.
Some legislators play cricket and others enjoy swimming. Women legislators also keep themselves engaged in ''antakshri'' and such activities.
A movie show in the theatre of the hotel was also organised. In the middle of this, state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra held a meeting about organisational elections, an MLA said. On the other hand, BJP MLAs start the day with yoga and exercise at the Jaipur hotel.
The BJP is holding sessions on party polices, ideology, achievements of the Union government in the past eight years to keep the MLAs engaged. ''We are holding sessions for the MLAs in the training camp for the Rajya Sabha. On the other hand, people are watching what the Congress legislators are doing. The government is in the hotel and having fun, enjoying shows,'' a BJP spokesperson said.
''People of the state are suffering, law and order is deteriorating but the Congress is not bothered at all,'' he said. Congress MLAs are likely to come to Jaipur from Udaipur in a chartered plane on Thursday afternoon. They will be shifted to a hotel and taken to the state Assembly on the day of voting on June 10.
The Congress with its 108 MLAs in the 200-member state Assembly is set to win two seats. After winning the two seats, it will have 26 surplus votes, 15 short of the required 41 to win the third seat.
Congress leaders claim they have the support of 126 MLAs, including 108 from the party itself. The party needs 123 MLAs to win three seats.
The BJP has 71 MLAs in the state Assembly, enough to get one seat comfortably. After that, it will have 30 surplus votes, which along with three of the RLP are set to go to media baron Subhash Chandra, who has filed his papers He will need eight more votes to win the seat.
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India vs Cambodia AFC Asian Cup Live: India will be locking horns against Cambodia on Wednesday. The Indian team will be strengthened as skipper Sunil Chhetri is back in the lineup. The 37-year-old will strive to contribute to his team as he was unable to perform in the last season’s Indian Super League.
When is AFC Asian Cup Qualifier between India vs Cambodia?
India will face Cambodia in the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifier on June 8 (Wednesday), 2022.
What time does India vs Cambodia start?
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India vs Cambodia will start at 8:20 PM IST.
Where will the AFC Asian Cup Qualifier between India vs Cambodia be held?
The AFC Asian Cup Qualifier between India and Cambodia will be played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
How to watch India vs Cambodia on TV?
India vs Cambodia will be available to watch on the Star Sports Network. Star Sports 3 will broadcast the match in English commentary alongside vernacular languages Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam.
How do I watch the live streaming of India vs Cambodia?
India vs Cambodia can be live-streamed on Disney + Hotstar (website and app) and JioTV.
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BJP names candidates for Maha Legislative Council polls; Pankaja Munde not in list
As per a release issued by the BJP, it has chosen Pravin Darekar currently leader of opposition in the Council, Ram Shankar Shinde former minister, and Prasad Lad, besides Bhartiya and Khapre.Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said he and Fadnavis tried for Mundes candidature but it seems the Central leadership has some other plans for her.In politics, the disappointment of any leader with his party is transitory, he added.
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The BJP on Wednesday declared five candidates for the upcoming polls to 10 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, but the name of former minister Pankaja Munde, daughter of BJP stalwart the late Gopinath Munde, did not figure in the list.
Earlier, there were speculations that the party may nominate Pankaja, who had lost to her cousin Dhananjay Munde of NCP in the 2019 state Assembly polls.
The BJP's list bears the stamp of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as the party has chosen Shrikant Bharatiya, the then OSD to Fadnavis when he was the CM, and Maharashtra BJP's women wing president Uma Khapare, who was once close to the late Gopinath Munde faction in the BJP.
BJP's allies Sadabhau Khot and Vinayak Mete too were not renominated.
The election for ten seats will be held on June 20. As per a release issued by the BJP, it has chosen Pravin Darekar (currently leader of opposition in the Council), Ram Shankar Shinde (former minister), and Prasad Lad, besides Bhartiya and Khapre.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said he and Fadnavis tried for Munde's candidature but ''it seems the Central leadership has some other plans for her”.
In politics, the disappointment of any leader with his party is transitory, he added. The retiring members include Legislative Council chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, state Industries Minister Subhash Desai, Diwakar Raote (both of the Shiv Sena), LoP Darekar, Prasad Lad, Maratha leader Vinayak Mete and former minister Sadabhau Khot- both allies of BJP, Surjitsinh Thakur, Ravindra Phatak, and Sanjay Daund. Of the 10 members, Nimbalkar and Daund belong to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) while Darekar, Thakur, and Lad are from BJP. Rawate, Desai and Phatak are from Shiv Sena.
Members of the state Legislative Assembly constitute the electoral college for the MLC polls.
The BJP has 106 MLAs in the 288-member Assembly. It has the strength to comfortably get four of its members elected to the Upper House of the Legislature.
Politically, for Pankaja, who had vowed to give her best if BJP nominates her to the Upper House, the denial of nomination is viewed as a snub.
“Whenever such elections are announced, my name is always there in the race. My supporters genuinely feel that I should become an MLC,” Munde had said last month when her name was doing rounds for MLC nomination.
Fadnavis had said that Pankaja is a senior leader who has the support of the state BJP for the MLC nomination. She is capable of every post, he had said. Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said Pankaja currently holds the post of BJP national secretary. ''If her name is not in this list it means the BJP's senior leadership must be having some other role for her in their mind,'' he said. There has been no comment so far from Munde camp over the development.
Pankaja came into politics when her father Gopinath Munde decided to contest the Lok Sabha election in 2009. Instead of giving the Parli assembly seat to his nephew Dhananjay, the Munde senior chose Pankaja as the candidate.
Pankaja not only won the Parli seat from the Beed district but was later made the Maharashtra head of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in 2012. Pankaja won the 2014 assembly elections and was inducted as the women and child development minister in the Fadnavis cabinet.
However, her comments that she is the chief minister in the minds of people in Maharashtra made her political life difficult during the 2014-19 tenure of the Fadnavis-led government.
She did face allegations of buying nutritional food for children in state-run schools at inflated rates but was given a clean chit later by Fadnavis.
In another setback, the water conservation department headed by her was allotted to Ram Shinde when she was abroad. Pankaja expressed her disappointment on Twitter, saying she would not attend a world seminar on water conservation as she no longer holds the portfolio. However, Fadnavis ensured that she attended the seminar but she became marginalised later.
After her defeat in the 2019 assembly election, Munde expressed her disappointment and was speculated to join Shiv Sena. She had gone public and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Amit Shah are her leaders. Speaking to reporters, Chandrakant Patil admitted that some supporters of Pankaja Munde have been disappointed. “It is natural that some people are disappointed with her name missing from the list. But all the names have been finalised by the national committee of our party. Devendra Fadnavis and I personally tried for her candidature but it seems central leadership has some other plans for her”, he said. Patil said Pankaja is the national secretary of BJP and co-incharge of Madhya Pradesh. ''(In politics) Disappointment is like a vacuum created in water if you lift a ship. It gets filled immediately. Similarly, any disappointment against the party will last for a short period,” he said.
When asked about the names of Khot and Mete also not figuring in the list, Patil said, “there is no full stop in politics. There is a comma and after that, the sentence continues. We have also given the minister of state's post to Sadabhau.” Patil said BJP chief whip Ashish Shelar has visited MNS chief Raj Thackeray at the latter's residence to seek his support in the June 10 Rajya Sabha and MLC polls. ''The MNS has one vote (in Assembly) and we are hopeful of their support,'' he added.
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Eyes set on podium finishes at this year’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games, the Indian men’s and women’s hockey team coaches are looking at the upcoming FIH Pro League matches to gain better insights about the sides ahead of the multi-sport event.
The Indian men’s team is scheduled to play its next round of FIH Pro League matches against hosts Belgium (June 11 and June 12) and the Netherlands (June 18 and June 19), while the women’s side will play Belgium (June 11 and June 12), Argentina (June 18 and June 19) and the United States (June 21 and June 22).
“With little less than two months for the CWG, we will utilise this time to ensure we are best prepared for the prestigious event. The Pro League matches will give us insights into the areas that require improvement ahead of the CWG,” Indian men’s team chief coach Reid said in a Hockey India statement.
“We will reconvene the national camp for CWG in the last week of June and we will have good three weeks to prepare before the contingent leaves for Birmingham.” Reid feels with the fringe players doing well, there is a healthy competition to secure places in the Birmingham-bound squad.
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“There is an air of optimism among the players and doing well in Belgium and Netherlands will give us the right momentum ahead of the Commonwealth Games in July,” Reid said. “With the Asia Cup team doing well too, our depth of players has only increased, making the team selection process for major tournaments all the more tough and interesting,” he added.
Indian women’s hockey team chief coach Janneke Schopman agreed with Reid, stating that the upcoming FIH Pro League matches are crucial for Commonwealth Games’ preparation. “The next few weeks are definitely going to be challenging and exciting as we play regular matches in June and July leading up to the CWG. Back-to-back Pro League matches will definitely give us the understanding of how the players’ bodies are reacting to recovery and being ready for a game within 24 hours,” said Schopman.
Schopman said having narrowly missed a podium place in 2018 CWG in Jakarta, the Indian women are eying a medal in Birmingham. “Doing well at both the Pro League and the World Cup is our immediate priority. The team in 2018 CWG finished fourth so definitely a podium finish is on the minds of the players,” the former Dutch player said.
The Indian women’s next big assignment after the upcoming Pro League matches is the FIH Women’s World Cup to be jointly hosted by Spain and the Netherlands from July 1 to 17. In the Birmingham CWG, the Indian men are placed in Pool B alongside England, Canada, Ghana and Wales while the women too are grouped along with England, Ghana, Canada and Wales in Pool A.
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Apple’s iOS 16 is now official, with the developer beta already out. The public beta for the same will be available by July, and the final stable build for the software will come by September, once the new iPhone 14 series goes official. Apple announced many features for iOS 16, but it seems many of these will be limited to newer devices, such as the iPhone 11 series or later and the iPhone XS series. This means Apple iPhone 8 series and iPhone X users will miss out on some of these key features. Here’s a look at which features require an A12 Bionic chipset or higher. This one powered the older iPhone XS series and the iPhone Xr devices.
Live Text
Live Text is the feature Apple introduced last year, where the iPhone camera can now automatically recognise text from a photo and allows users to copy-paste it. This is Apple’s answer to Google Lens, which is proficient at this. Apple is now bringing Live Text to video, but this will be limited to phones running the A12 Bionic chipset or later.
The new feature will allow users to interact with text in paused video frames, and allows them to use access functions like copy and paste, lookup, and translate. The feature will work in Photos, Quick Look, Safari, and more. It will be limited to English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian text.
Apple is also adding Quick Actions to Live Text, where data detected in photos and videos is actionable. So one can track flights or shipments, convert currencies and translate foreign languages. Finally, Live Text can also recognise Japanese, Korean, and Ukrainian texts.
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Siri
Add Emoji in Texts: If you use Siri to dictate texts, you can now insert emojis inside it. However, this is also limited to phones on A12 Bionic and higher. So if you have an iPhone X or 8 series, you will not be able to try this out. Furthermore, Apple says the feature requires users to download speech models for some languages. Indian English is supported in this.
Other Siri features limited to A12 and above are the ‘Hey Siri, what can I do here?’ where users can discover Siri’s capabilities in iOS and apps by asking this question. One can ask a specific question about an app well. Further, Siri will now support the ability to hang up a call hands-free.
One just needs to say “Hey Siri, hang up” during a call (those on the call will hear you). This request is supported on Phone and FaceTime. The feature must be enabled in Settings.
Dictation
Apple also announced improvements to Dictation on iOS, but the features are again limited to phones running A12 Bionic and above. For instance, the new Dictation experience allows users to move between voice and touch, insert QuickType suggestions, etc., but it will not work on iPhone 8 or iPhone X.
Medication feature
The new Medication feature on iOS lets users add their medicines to the app by using the iPhone camera. This will work on iPhone Xs, Xr and later.
Door detection
Apple’s iOS 16 also brings Door Detection, which will help the visually impaired. Apple is adding a Detection Mode in the Magnifier, which will give users rich descriptions of their surroundings. It also has a new Magnifier mode that contains Door Detection, People Detection, and Image Descriptions. However, the feature is limited to select devices. The list includes iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th and 5th generation), and iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd and 3rd generation).
Live Captions
This is a beta feature where transcriptions are generated automatically in real-time for users who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, this will be limited to the iPhone 11 and later, iPad models with A12 Bionic and later, and Macs with Apple silicon. Apple has added that the “accuracy of Live Captions may vary and should not be relied upon in high-risk situations.”
Visual Look Up
Apple is also adding more features to Visual Look Up. This is a feature on iOS where a user can tap on the ‘i’ symbol next to a photo and get more information about it. For instance, it could be a picture of your dog, and you can get more information about the breed, etc. The same can be done with pictures of flowers, plants and other objects.
In iOS 16, Apple will let users lift the subject from the background in Visual Look up. Apple says this works in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and more. Basically, one can isolate the subject by removing the background. But this is limited to phones running A12 Bionic or later.
Apple is adding new domains for Visual Look Up. It will now recognise birds, insects, and statues. This will require A12 Bionic or higher, and it will be available in English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.) and other languages.
Camera features
Apple has some camera features exclusive to the iPhone 13 series. For instance, there’s a new option to blur the foreground in portrait photos. Apple is also improving the video quality in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 pro series. Apple says the depth of field effect is now more accurate for profile angles.
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The F-word appears at a papal audience, but for a good cause
About 30 Italians wearing red T-shirts bearing the words "Fuck Cancer Choir" sat in a front section of Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square, within sight of the pontiff, who was sitting about 40 metres away. Below the phrase on the T-shirts was a clenched first punching through a background of musical notes.
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The F-word made its debut at a papal general audience on Wednesday but there was no alarm and those who were brandishing it were given VIP treatment. About 30 Italians wearing red T-shirts bearing the words "Fuck Cancer Choir" sat in a front section of Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square, within sight of the pontiff, who was sitting about 40 meters away.
Below the phrase on the T-shirts was a clenched first punching through a background of musical notes. The choir, from the northern Italian province of Alessandria, is led by two doctors, biologist Stefania Crivellari and onocologist Federica Grosso.
"We know what the word means in English but it was chosen by our patients to show that there is a possibility of living with cancer in a human way, altogether," Grosso told Reuters. She said the group, which has been on Italian television to push for more acceptance of people living with cancer, is preparing a musical based on individual stories of survivors. It will debut this autumn.
They sang at the beginning and the end of the audience and Grosso said they got good seats with the help of a nun from Alessandria who works with the group. It was not clear if the pope, who was driven past the group, noticed the T-shirts they were wearing.
The Alessandria area has had a higher-than-normal rate of mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos in the past from a now-closed factory in the town of Casale Monferrato.
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Airtel users are reportedly facing users in several parts of the country. The users of telecom service providers took to Twitter to report issues within the network strength.
Several users complained of zero-network. Others wondered why they weren’t able to call anyone. The services went only out for 15 minutes and have been restored, as per the company.
However, the outage did not affect all users. Check out the tweets of some affected users below.
No Airtel Network available in #Kalburagi District #AirtelDown @airtelindia @Airtel_Presence pic.twitter.com/U1fI3Ioydo
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— Prajwal Vitkar (@Prajwal_VT_2104) June 8, 2022
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It looks like #AirtelDown
I tried all basic steps and nothing helped pic.twitter.com/RaaObub6mH
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Airtel network down? Not able to call anyone
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Outage-tracking website DownDetector suggested that the outage reports came from cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati, among other regions.
Stats on the suggested that the issues with Airtel services started appearing around 4:27 pm on June 8. As many as 4,400 people reported no signal, unable to access mobile internet and even problems with landline internet.
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Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN 'talk shop'
* Tussle over loss and damage at Bonn climate talks * Rising costs of climate disasters, unmet funding appeals
* Vulnerable nations press for new finance By Megan Rowling and Beh Lih Yi
The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said on Wednesday, as fears grow that U.N. discussions on money for states to repair and avoid harm could become a "talk shop". "Loss and damage" caused by more extreme weather and rising seas is a key issue at mid-year U.N. climate talks in the German city of Bonn, as negotiators launched a three-year dialogue this week on a topic that has long divided rich and poorer economies.
The "Glasgow Dialogue" emerged after a push for a new loss-and-damage fund for vulnerable countries floundered at the U.N. COP26 summit in Scotland https://news.trust.org/item/20211122215405-2o5i0 last year due to resistance from donors including the United States and some European governments. But small island states and other countries that are already bearing the brunt of a warming world - from more powerful storms in Madagascar to disappearing islets in the Marshall Islands - urged wealthy governments not to hold back progress in Bonn.
"We ask in particular that we do not just have another talk shop on finance for addressing climate impacts," said Ralph Regenvanu, a parliamentarian from Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation grappling with frequent cyclones and rising seas. If the dialogue does not result in real action on getting money moving to the most vulnerable people, it "will fail", the opposition leader warned ahead of the June 6-16 climate talks.
The Bonn conference got off to a tense start this week, as developing and advanced economies tussled over whether and how to include the "Glasgow Dialogue" on the official U.N. agenda. Green groups fear push-back on which signals a lack of commitment by donor countries to provide new funding.
Harjeet Singh, a senior advisor with Climate Action Network International, which represents more than 1,500 civil society groups, said the dialogue should set up a financing facility at a U.N. summit this November and start to deliver money in 2024. "We do not want three years of only talking which doesn't lead to any action or any real help to people on the ground who are suffering right now," he told journalists on Tuesday.
HUGE GAPS A flagship U.N. science report in February said climate change-driven losses are already happening and are set to become much worse https://news.trust.org/item/20220228111953-piser if measures to curb emissions from fossil fuel use worldwide are not dramatically stepped up.
Climate-vulnerable nations have long grappled with the slow pace of progress at U.N. negotiations, with their key demands - including more finance to adapt to climate change and compensation for losses and damages - going largely unmet. New studies this week laid out the extensive impacts and costs they are suffering as the planet heats up.
A report on 55 economies hit hard by climate change - from Bangladesh to Kenya to South Sudan - found they had lost about $525 billion https://www.v-20.org/resources/publications/climate-vulnerable-economies-loss-report - or 20% of their wealth on average - in the last two decades due to the impacts of global warming. These losses cut their economic growth by an average of 1% each year, according to the study, based on models that measure losses associated with changing rainfall patterns and temperatures compared to scenarios without such climate impacts.
The findings underscore the urgent need for countries to redouble their efforts to avert and recover from loss and damage, said Sara Jane Ahmed, financial advisor for the Vulnerable Twenty Group (V20) of 55 countries that released the study. "Breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius (global warming) survival limit of the Paris Agreement will spell more wealth destruction and devastation for the most climate-vulnerable economies," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The V20 has set up a small loss and damage fund to test how such a mechanism could help communities and will showcase the results at November's COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Meanwhile, the amount of money needed for U.N. humanitarian aid in response to weather extremes such as floods and drought has skyrocketed more than 800% over the last 20 years and donors are struggling to keep up, an analysis by charity Oxfam https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/footing-bill-fair-finance-loss-and-damage-era-escalating-climate-impacts showed.
Annual funding requests related to climate-linked disasters stood at an average $15.5 billion in 2019-2021, up from about $1.6 billion in 2000-2002 - but rich countries have met only just over half of these appeals since 2017, leaving a huge shortfall. "What these increased funding needs reflect is a new reality ... in which millions more people are facing critical threats to health, to safety, to security (and) to their wellbeing because of climate change," Tracy Carty, climate policy lead for Oxfam GB, told journalists.
Extreme weather is hitting more often and compounding the effects of conflict, displacement, poverty and other crises that make it harder for communities to cope with climate shocks. That is putting the global aid system under greater strain. "The humanitarian system is failing to keep up," Carty added, calling for a "fair system" to pay for growing loss and damage.
'MORE THAN A DIALOGUE' Opening the Bonn talks on Monday, outgoing U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa said it was time to address loss and damage "in an open, constructive and respectful manner", and called for progress ahead of the COP27 summit.
Other groupings, including the 39-member Alliance of the Small Island States and the 46 least-developed countries (LDCs), also repeated their demands this week for a dedicated financing facility to help countries ravaged by climate change impacts. They urged the developed world - which is responsible for most historical planet-heating emissions - to close the funding gap so that the burden of climate change does not unfairly fall on poorer communities around the globe.
"A failure to cut emissions and provide adequate finance for adaptation is increasingly causing loss and damage in our countries, and we're paying for it," said Madeleine Diouf Sarr of Senegal, which represents the LDC group in Bonn.
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Parveen Kaswan, an Indian Forest Service officer (IFS), has shared a video of an elephant calf’s rescue that has impressed netizens and animal lovers across the country.
Kaswan said authorities were informed about the elephant calf that was stuck in a ditch at 1 am on Tuesday.
Soon, animal rescue teams gathered in the dead of the night and tried to pull the young elephant out of the ditch. After the hard work of four hours, the elephant calf was pulled out of the ditch at 5 am and then guided back to its herd.
Kaswan shared a short video of the rescue operation. In the video, it appears that the rescue workers first enlarged the ditch that allowed them to come near the elephant calf and tie it with ropes. They then successfully pulled the calf up.
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At 1 AM teams got info of an elephant calf falling in a ditch. A long rescue operation in dead of night. By 5 AM he was rescued successfully. And then guided back to family which was in nearby forest. Team ✌️✌️ pic.twitter.com/pLC3FFKaxj
— Parveen Kaswan (@ParveenKaswan) June 7, 2022
Kaswan’s video has gathered more than 35,000 views and over 2,600 likes.
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— Ramesh Pandey (@rameshpandeyifs) June 7, 2022
what a satisfying job sir.. god bless you and the team .. and the elephant family .. sure they in their way would have blessed you guys🙏🙏🙏
— George Parmar (@GeorgeParmar) June 8, 2022
Good work .we appreciate the entire team who participated in the rescue operation.
— LEOVSN (@LEOVSN) June 8, 2022
Seriously, baby will be telling this story for years.
It’s unforgettable. 🐘— ⛲ Susan ⛲ (@onascaleof1210) June 8, 2022
Elephant calves are very naughty and playful with humans but remember , not their parents. Stay safe
— محمد طارق🇮🇳 (@emperor_mohd) June 7, 2022
Convey our thank you to the team for their hard work and the rescue.
— Swericort (@swericort) June 7, 2022
This kind of work really needs passion.
— amar nath dev (@amarnathdev1) June 7, 2022
Many many thanks to you and your team for doing this rescue operation and the best thing is that the baby calf returned to the family. 🙏😍
— tusar pradhan (@tusarpradhan) June 7, 2022
Appreciating the rescue team’s hard work, a Twitter user wrote, “The IFS team worked like a Mowgli in “The Jungle Book”. This reminds me of the exact scene when Mowgli wins the confidence of the jungle by helping the Calf getting out of the Ditch at night . ”
Another person wrote, “What a satisfying job sir.. god bless you and the team .. and the elephant family .. sure they in their way would have blessed you guys”.
Elephant calves in the wild often fall into ditches and swamps. Some lucky animals get the aid of the forest department or other authorities in time and are rescued.
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