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India now have World’s fastest Coronavirus growth Rate

By
Jyoti B
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India’s coronavirus epidemic is now growing at the fastest in the world, increasing 20% over the last week to more than 1.4 million confirmed cases, according to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Tracker.

Today is the 128th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 15,31,669 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 34,193 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.

While India is still the third-worst affected country in the world, following the US and Brazil, growth in new cases is the fastest in India.

Also, Pune’s BT Medical college and Sassoon General Hospital has claimed to have reported India’s first documented case of vertical transmission of coronavirus from a pregnant women to her unborn body.

US deaths from Covid-19 rose for a third week in a row to more than 6,300 people in the seven days ended July 26, though the number of new cases fell 2%, dropping for the first time after rising for five weeks, a Reuters analysis found.

Amitabh Bachchan gives a befitting reply to the troll who asked him to die of coronavirus

By
Shivani Negi
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has expressed anger in reply to a troll who wished him death due to the novel coronavirus. Without revealing troll’s identity, Big B wrote, ” they write to tell me…I hope you die with covid.”

“Hey Mr Anonymous… you do not even write your Father’s name,… because you do not know who Fathered you… there are only two things that can happen… either I shall die or either I shall live. If I die you won’t get to write your diatribe anymore, by weathering your remark on a celebrity name… pity,” he wrote, slamming the troll.

He added: “The reason for your writing to be noticed was, because you took a swipe at Amitabh Bachchan… that shall no longer exist… !! If by God’s grace I live and survive you shall have to be ‘weathering’ the ‘swipe’ storm, not just from me, but on a very conservative level, from 90+ million followers.”

“I have yet to tell them to… but if I survive I shall… and let me tell you they are a force incensed… they traverse the entire World… from the West to the East from the North to the South … and they are not just the Ef of this page… that extended family shall in the flash of an eye become ‘extermination family’!! All I shall say to them is… ‘thok do saalon ko’.”

Earlier, he had penned an emotional note after his granddaughter Aaradhya and daughter-in-law and actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan tested negative for coronavirus and were discharged from hospital. “They go home, the little one and Bahurani .. and the tears flow out .. the little one embraces and tells me not to cry ..’you’ll be home soon’ she assures .. I must believe her…” he had written.

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek tested COVID-19 positive on July 11. The next day, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya were also diagnosed with the virus.

Ayodhya: Ram Mandir to rise on holy water and sacred soil from all over India

By
Neha Kumari
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Ram returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of vanvaas along with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman. The entire Ayodhya lit diyas in celebration, from that day know as ‘Deepavali’ .

And now for Ram Mandir, Sacred soil from prominent temples from across the country and water from almost all religiously-significant water bodies in India are going to take part in the construction of Ram temple.

The holy event is going to be in Ayodhya when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the ‘bhoomi pujan’ on August 5 for the construction of the temple.

The sacred soil was reportedly dug up by members of the Hindu Parishad (VHP) on July 27 and will now be taken to the site of the temple construction where it will be used in the foundation.


“Yesterday in the morning, the members of the VHP came and collected sacred water and some soil from the premises of the temple. This will be used during the auspicious ceremony that will be held shortly at the temple construction site in Ayodhya”, Ridip Sarma, a Kamakhya temple priest, told The Sentinel Digital.

The devotees have taken soil from the sacred Kamakhya temple in Guwahati city of Assam for the bhoomi pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

Rafale Fighter Jet Lands At Ambala Air Base

By
Neha Kumari
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India’s first five Rafale fighters – 3 single-seat and 2 twin-seat – finally lands today. After a 7,000-km flight from France which includes an overnight pit stop in UAE and also midair refueling.

Also the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft were escorted by two Sukhoi MKIs as they entered the Indian air space.

“Welcome home ‘Golden Arrows’. Blue skies always,” the Indian Air Force tweeted with a photo of the Rafales in the “Arrow formation”.


Dubbed as “game-changers” by the Indian Air Force, the fighters have touched down in Ambala in the middle of the ongoing military confrontation with China which could stretch to the winter, or even beyond.


“This aircraft has very good flying performance and its weapons, radar and other sensors and Electronic Warfare capabilities are amongst the best in the world. Its arrival in India will make the IAF much stronger to deter any threat that may be posed on our country,” Singh tweeted.

Amit Shah tweeted- Rafale touchdown is a historic day for our vigorous @IAF_MCC and a proud moment for India! These are the world’s most powerful machines capable to thwart any challenge in the sky. I am sure Rafale will help our Air warriors to safeguard our skies with its mighty superiority.

Even PM welcomes RAFALE,

A security blanket has been Spreaded around the air force station by the police, as IAF request to prevent any photography and videography of the arrival of the aircraft.

Further, Section 144 has also been imposed in four villages close to the Ambala airbase.

NIA ‘link’ between Kerala gold smuggling racket and anti-CAA protests

By
Neha Kumari
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Thiruvananthapuram: Investigators are claiming that the smugglers have link between the Popular Front of India (PFI), a Kerala-based suspected radical organisation. The alleged gold smuggling racket busted in the state this month.

The smuggled gold may have been used to fund “anti-national” terror activities by the PFI . National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are also claiming that the money may have been used to fund against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protester that happened across India. The CAA law was passed in December 2019.

However the PFI has denied the allegations.


“There is a possibility that there is a PFI link here (in the gold smuggling case), which is being explored. It is suspected that the gold smuggling proceeds were being pumped in for anti-national activities by the PFI,” said a source in the security establishment.

“We are analysing the details of the PFI’s bank accounts to establish a trail,”.

“It was initially found that the PFI pumped in money to fund anti-CAA protests. It is a possibility that it was money sent to the PFI through this smuggling route,”the source added.

Few days back UAE consulate ex staff has been arrested by custom official at Thiruvananthapuram airport. Custom official has 30 30 kg of gold from diplomat bag.

Now the case is registered under section 15, 16, 17 and 18.

The decision came a day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his “intervention for an effective investigation” into the seizure of gold worth crores of rupees from a “diplomatic baggage” at the airport in the state capital.

Reliance Brands buys out Ronnie Screwvala’s stake in Zivame

By
Jyoti B
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Reliance Brands, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), has obtained the stake of Ronnie Screwvala-owned Unilazer Ventures in online lingerie retailer Zivame and is reportedly in conversation with other partners to take 100% control of the company.

Zivame was established by Richa Kar in 2011 and the famous shopping website has a valuation of $200 million and its revenue for FY19 stood at ₹140 crore.

People close to the development said Reliance Brands, which sells several premium and luxury labels such as Jimmy Choo, Tiffany, Diesel and Mothercare in India, could pay up to $160 million – or about Rs 1,200 crore – for acquiring Zivame. Zodius Capital and Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad will exit the firm, these people added.

Currently, Zodius is the largest shareholder in Zivame with about 60 per cent stake. Malaysian sovereign fund  Khazanah Nasional Bhd owns about 25 per cent.

Meanwhile, the obtainment from Reliance comes at a time when the alliance is doubling down on its retail offering, with one eye on Future Retail. The fashion and lifestyle category endorses just about 8% to Reliance Retail’s total revenue but has a margin of 24%.

Two Pakistani terrorists killed in J&K’s Rajouri

By
Jyoti B
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Two Pakistani terrorists were encountered and another was injured on Tuesday night as Indian Army personnel foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. 

The bodies of the slain terrorists were yet to be recovered. There is apprehension that their accomplices, who were pushed back, might have taken these with them from the spot.

Troops intercepted the group when it entered 400 metres into this side from across the LoC in Keri sector of Rajouri around 05:55 hours, triggering a gunfight, the officer said.

“The entire area along the LoC has been cordoned off and searches are going on,” a source said.
On June 1, Army personnel had foiled a similar infiltration bid and killed three heavily-armed intruders in the same area.

TikTok ready to build data centres in India; denies allegations of data breach

By
Shivani Negi
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Video sharing platform, TikTok, has reportedly told the government it’s ready to store data in India while denying any previous breach of user privacy and integrity. The Chinese app, owned by ByteDance, was one of the 59 apps banned by the Indian governement claiming these apps yse data illagealy, and secretly collect information from people’s phone when they download the apps.

According to a report by Times of India, TikTok’s move come after a detailed questionnaire of over 70 questions from the information technology ministry sought details from the company on issues including data management, unauthorized data access and data proeccing, and collection.

“We have submitted out response to the government and are working with them to provide clarifications to allay the concerns they have. Throughout the duration of our operations, we demonstrated unequivocal commitment to complying with local laws, including data privacy and security requirements,” TOI quoted a TikTok spokesperson as saying.

TikTok has also asked government to consider its plan to set up data centres in India following the breach allegations. Previously, Indian TikToker users’ data is mainly stored in third-party servers in the US and Singapore. The company has reportedly shown interest in building a global engineering centre in India.

RMeanwhile, the government of India has set up a high-level committe to look into the response by the Chinese company.

TikTok has been facing flak in several countries for quite some time now. Countries like Japan and the U.S. are also mulling the ban on the wildly popular app.

Donald Trump resumes touting unproven drug as a potential treatment of coronavirus

By
Shivani Negi
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US President Donald Trump has once again said that use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is effective in the treatmen of novel coronavirus, contradicting his own public officials.

A week after pitching serious tone for the fight against the virus that has claimed hundred of thousands lives, Trump is again back to pushing unproven claims while arguing that malaria medication was only rejected as a potential covid-19 treatment because he had suggested it.

Health experts, meanwhile, keep emphasising that the drug, hydroxychloroquine, is not an effective treatment for the deadly virus. Additionally, U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently withdrew an order than allowed its use as an emergency treatment for Covid-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) also said, “there is currently no proof” that it is effective as a treatment to cure the virus.

Amid this, the US president’s remarks have received much flak from one and all.

Trump’s remarks come after Twitter banned his eldest son for posting a clip touting hydroxychloroquine. He even went on to saying that he had begun taking the unproven medication to halt the virus.

“I’ve been taking it. A lot of good things have come out. You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the front-line workers. Before you catch it. The front-line workers, many, many are taking it,” Trump told the reporters at the White House.

“I can only say that from my standpoint, and based on a lot of reading and a lot of knowledge about it, I think it could have a very positive impact in the early stages. I don’t think you lose anything by doing it, other than politically it doesn’t seem too popular,” he added.

Hydroxychloroquine was first touted as a potential drug by Trump in relation to covid in March. The drug also often used by doctors to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Numerous clinical trials are looking to see if it’s effective in fighting the coronavirus, but it is not a proven treatment yet.

Narendra Modi, will address world’s largest-ever online hackathon- Smart India Hackathon 2020

By
Jyoti B
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will address Grand Finale of the world’s largest-ever online hackathon- Smart India Hackathon 2020– on August 1, 2020. The Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said, on July 28, 2020. 

The HRD minister chaired a high-level meeting to give final shape to the plan for the finale of the hackathon event scheduled from August 1-3.

Smart India Hackathon is an enterprise to identify new and disruptive digital technology innovations for solving the challenges confronted by our nation.

The meeting was attended by Secretary, Higher Education, Amit Khare, Chairman AICTE, Anil Sahasrabudhe, Additional Secretary, MHRD, Rakesh Ranjan and Chief Innovation Officer, MHRD Abhay Jere.

During the grand finale, over 10,000 students will strive to solve 243 problem statements from government departments and industries. 

China announces suspension of Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain

By
Shivani Negi
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China on Tuesday suspended Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain in response to the similar decision made by those countries.

the three countries had announced the suspension of extradition treaties with Hong Kong this month after China introduced a new controversial security law.

“The wrong action of Canada, Australia and the UK in politicising judicial cooperation with Hong Kong has seriously hurt the judicial cooperation,” Hong Kong Free Press quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin as saying.

“China has decided to suspend extradition treaties between Hong Kong and Canda, Australia and the UK, as well as criminal justice cooperation agreement.”he added.

Taking China’s newly enacted national security law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as an excuse, Canada, Australia and the UK unilaterally announced the suspension of their extradition treaties signed with Hong Kong, which has grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs and seriously violated international law and basic norms governing international relations,” Mr Wang said.

Western nation are angry over China’s implementation of new security law in Hong Kong’s security law that criminalizes many forms of political dissent.

Canada, Australia and Britain are part of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance including New Zealand and the United States. While New Zealand has suspended the treaty with Hong Kong on Tuesday, the US has signalled that it is preparing to do the same.

Britain suspended its extradition treaty last week, saying the security law had “significantly changed key assumptions” fearing the new law gives China sweeping powers which can be a threat to basic freedom of former British colony.

Meanwhile, China has defended the security law as crucial to restoring order in Hong Kong following severity of he pre-democracy protests back since last year.

Israeli PM’s son Yair apologises to Hindus after tweeting offensive photo of goddess ‘Durga’

By
Jyoti B
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Realising his mistake, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair has apologised to Hindus after he confronted flak from some Indians who found one of his tweets to be “quite offensive”.

Yair Netanyahu, 29, had on Sunday posted an image of Hindu goddess Durga, with the face of the prosecutor in his father’s conspiracy litigations superimposed on it. Later he deleted the post from his official Twitter handle.

“I’ve tweeted a meme from a satirical page, criticising political figures in Israel. I didn’t realise the meme also portrayed an image connected to the majestic Hindu faith. As soon as I realised it from comments of our Indian friends, I have removed the tweet. I apologise,” Yair said in a tweet.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelbit’s face was superimposed over that of a tiger accompanying the goddess under a caption that said, “know your place, you despicable people”, as per the tweet.

The prime minister has made sustaining Israel’s ties with India, and his close connection to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of his crucial foreign policy goals and he would have been anxious not to have his diplomatic efforts upended by his son, who has a long record of prompting controversies on social media.

Netanyahu has frequently provoked controversy in current years with his social media posts.

Malaysian ex-PM Najib Razak sentenced 12-year jail term over money laundering

By
Shivani Negi
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A Malaysian Court on Tuesday sentenced Malysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak 12 years in jail for abuse of power related to a multi-billion dollar financial scandal at state fund 1MDB that led to the downfall of his government two years ago.

He has also been fined a sum of almost $49.4 million after being found gulity on each of three charges of criminal breach and three charges of money laundering for illegaly receiving nearly $10 million from former 1Malaysia Deveoplement Berhad unit SRC International.

“After considering all evidence in this trial, I find that the prosecution has successfully proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali told the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

The ex-PM has challanged the verdict, saying he was misled by financial advisers. He will remain free on bail until a lengthy appeal process is complete.

Najib’s lawyers has claimed that he was misled by Malaysian financier Jho Low, the alleged ringleader of the scam, who told Najib that the money was donated by the Saudi royal family and not misappropriated from the 1MDB fund.

“I am surely not satisfied with the result,” Najib told reporters.

“This is definitely not the end of the world, because there’s a process of appeal, and we hope that we would be successful then,” he added.

The said corruption scandal has attracted actions from the US to Australia, Europe and Asia, over the money laundering and fraud linked to the fund. Questions first started to surface in 2015 over missing funds when 1MDB missed payments to bank and bankh olders. Prosecutors in the US an Malaysia have revealed that the missing billions have been used in the purchase of luxury items including a $27 million pink diamond for Najib’s wife, luxury cars, art and even to fund Leonardo Decaprio starrer Hollywood film The Wolf of Wall Street.

The fiasco has also invited investigation into Jho Low who was the financial advisor to Najib.

Indian administration protested against Pakistan’s act of converting Sikh Gurudwara into a Mosque

By
Harshit
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Pakistan claimed the spot as the Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made to convert the holy place for Sikhs to a mosque.
Pakistan claimed the spot as the Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made to convert the holy place for Sikhs to a mosque.

India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan High Commission over reported attempts being made to convert a gurdwara at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore into a mosque, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson said. Gurudwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Ji is the place where Bhai Taru Ji made his supreme in 1745 while protecting the Sikh values. Bhai Taru Ji was asked to cut his hair and accept Islam, he denied and was ripped off by the Mughal ruler.

Indian high commission in Pakistan protested against the Pakistan official and they urged Pakistan to revert their decision.

“A strong protest was lodged as the Pakistan High Commission today on the reported incident whereby Gurudwara ‘Shahid Asthan’, site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Ji at Nalakha Bazaar in Lahore, Pakistan claimed the spot as the Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made to convert the holy place for Sikhs to a mosque.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs, said in a statement, “India expressed its concerns in strongest terms on this incident and called upon Pakistan to investigate the matter and take immediate remedial measures. Pakistan was also called upon to look after the safety, security, and well-being of its minority communities including protection of their religious rights and cultural heritage.”

CM Amarinder Singh wants the central government to make a clear stand in this topic

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has also condemned the attempts to convert the gurudwara into a mosque.

“Strongly condemn attempts being made to convert holy Gurdwara Sri Shahidi Asthan in Lahore, site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh Ji, into a mosque. Urge @DrSJaishankar to convey Punjab’s concerns in strongest terms to Pakistan to safeguards all Sikh places of reverence,” Punjab CM Amarinder Singh tweeted.

The ministry of external affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also detailed the Indian stand on this matter.
“A strong protest was lodged with the Pakistan high commission today on the reported incident whereby Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan, site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singhji at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore, Pakistan, has been claimed as the place of Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made to convert it to a mosque,” Anurag Srivastava, said the external affairs ministry’s spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava, said on Monday.

Broad scalped his 500 test wickets, England won the Wisden Trophy

By
Harshit
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England won the final test match of the three-match test series against the West Indies by 269 runs. With this win, the English team also clinched the Wisden Trophy by 2-1. Stuart Board has adjourned as the player the match as well as the series. Broad took 10 wickets in the final game, he also scored 62 runs as the number 9 batsmen in the first innings.

Before the start of this series, Broad’s place in the team line was also judged but he showed why he is still the leader of the wolf pack in the English bowling lining-up. He also became the 7th bowler in the history fo test cricket to hunt 500 wickets.

The Wisden Trophy was all about the performances by the all-rounder, Holder in Southampton test, Stokes in Manchester, and now Broad in the final encounter. On the other hand, the West Indies team found their right momentum and their win in the first test match showed their potential to combine as a team. Well, they failed to utilize the opportunities in the second and third test match. West Indies should also be credited to travel England in this pandemic and be the part of cricket restart at the international level.

How players retaliated on the new cricketing laws?

The bio-secure bubble and the new cricketing laws were the biggest challenges for all the participating players. No saliva rule was deteriorated the bowlers dreams and made it hard for the bowling team to maintain the bowling momentum. Dominic Sibley was charged for using Saliva in the second test match and Jofra Archer was dropped after he broked the bio-secure protocol. The new cricketing laws are the night-mare for the cricketers but they have to get in the zone as fast as they can.

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