Twelve requests by India over the last year for “unimpeded, unhindered and unconditional” access to Kulbhushan Jadhav have not been fulfilled by Pakistan despite being directed to do so by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Pakistan offered another round of access to India claiming the meeting will happen this time without the presence of any Pakistan official.
This third consular access offer was announced by Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a television interview. A note verbale was also sent to India saying Pakistan was willing to give “unhindered and uninterrupted” access to Jadhav.
Pakistan on Thursday provided a second consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, a 50-year-old Indian national, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of alleged “espionage” in April 2017.
On Wednesday, Pakistan had said that former Indian naval officer had refused to file an appeal against his conviction despite being offered the option.
Just In | India says consular access offered by Pakistan to #KulbhushanJadhav in Islamabad was neither meaningful nor credible. After lodging a protest, Indian consular officers from the High Commission in Islamabad left the venue.
New Delhi: As social distancing and avoiding human contacts have become new normal, Indians are now opting digital transactions over cash and card payments. It has been proven that currency notes including other goods have the potential to carry the novel virus for a definite period, therefore, cashless transactions remain the safest mode of payment.
The banks themselves have been sending awareness messages to avoid visiting public places and using currency notes. Many Banks including Reserve Bank of India (RBI), State Bank of India (SBI) , and Punjab National Bank (PNB) have been encouraging the use of mobile digital payment amid coronavirus scare.
According to a report published in Financial Express, coronavirus pandemic has helped India achieve use of digital payments that demonetization aimed but failed to achieve. The report also suggested that electronic transfer of funds from banks which had dropped in April due to halt in economic activity has also been reformed.
Growing digital banking has many added advantages such as:
The first and foremost advantage is no human contact which isn’t possible with currency notes.
Digital transactions come with much ease. You don’t have to stand in queue for ATM with drawls.
It is easier in conducting hospital payments as you can transfer money whenever and wherever you want.
Digital Banking provides many cashback offers and discounts along with concession in
Besides, cashless economy is cost effective, growth friendly, business friendly, pro-financial inclusion, etc. Cashless payments also accelerate mobile data/4G penetration and build an ecosystem of service.
However, India is yet to achieve an adequate cashless society as a significant population of the country does not have access to the internet and smartphones. But for now, the change is important as the covid-19 pandemic will likely have long-term effect among us.
Veteran Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel comfirms Junaid Shah death.
Our old neighbor Nissar Ahmed Shah's son Junaid passed away due to massive cardiac arrest overnight. People say he was a lookalike of Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor.I say he was a big hope, strength & salvation of his ailing father and his mother & that of whole Kashmir. Magfirah! pic.twitter.com/uVVH3UGtnJ
Yusuf Jameel wrote on Twitter, “#RanbirKapoor’s lookalike promising Kashmiri young man and my old neighbor Nissar Ahmed Shah’s son Junaid Shah passed away after suffering a massive cardiac arrest on Thursday night.”
I'm told 28-year-old Junaid Shah and his parents had about a month back returned home from Mumbai where he would do modelling and was also reportedly enrolled in @AnupamPKher 's school of acting. He had no history of heart ailment.
Yusuf also mentioned that Junaid and his family returned to his home in Kashmir from Mumbai a month ago. And Junaid also did some modelling assignments during his stay in Mumbai.
Smriti Mandhana popularly known as bats-women born in 1996. Indian women’s team opener Smriti Mandhana turns 24 today.
Smriti is considered as one of the best bats-women. She is even ranked No. 4 in ODI batting ranking. Interestingly Smriti is the only Indian in the top 5 of the list.
Mandhana also captained women’s IPL team Trailblazers.
At age of 24, Mandhana has made quite name of herself on the cricket field.
In 2013 she made her ODI debut and Test debut in 2014 . She was the only Indian player to be named in the ICC women’s team of the year in 2016 .
FILE PHOTO -Smriti bags top ICC Award.
BCCI named her as the Best Women’s International cricketer in June 2018. And in the same year, ICC awards her with Rachael Flint for the best female cricketer of the year.
At age of two she along with her family moved to Sangli in Maharashtra. Both her father and brother played cricket for Sangli at district level.
At age of nine she was selected in Maharashtra’s under 15 cricket team. At 11 she was part of Maharashtra under 19 cricket team.
And her first break came in October 2013, she becomes the first Indian woman to achieve double hundred in a one day game.
Former cricketer-All rounder, Yuvraj Singh wishes her via tweet,
Happy Birthday @mandhana_smriti. May you continue to excel and keep the Indian flag soaring with pride 🇮🇳 Left handers in the Indian team have a reputation of being very talented, keep that up 🤪 My best wishes #HappyBirthdaySmritiMandhana
After Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad, now Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune are witnessing the sudden increase in Corona virus cases.
Bengaluru has the highest rate of increase in cases. Average 12.9 % per day increase have been seen in one month.
Also growth in deaths were increased by 8.9% per day.
Chennai has the highest density of cases with 8595 million of its population. While Mumbai has witnessed 345 deaths for every million of its population.
Interestingly the average daily growth in cases decreasing in Mumbai. While Pune is witnessing increase in cases.
At national level cases in Ahmedabad are increasing at a lower rate but in Surat the increase is above the national average.
Notably, Chennai seems to have slower down, but there is positive growth in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Cases also increased by 4.5 % in the Pune and 4.3% in Surat.
However, Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on Friday. Health minister data put total cases recorded since outbreak began at 1,00,3,832 with 25,602 deaths.
The recovery of smuggled liquor dropped by 60% compared to 2019. While according to Gurgaon police, the recovery of Drugs particularly Marijuana increased by 100%.
Officials have connected this to a rise in demand of such drugs at a time when alcohol stores were shut because of pandemic.
Between January and June in 2019, Gurgaon police had seized around 203 kg of drugs including 188 kg Marijuana.
And now this year police had recovered 405 kg of drugs including 334 kg of Marijuana.
Police official said that most of the trading for the expensive more refined drugs happens at nightclubs which were shut because of lockdown.
In past two months a huge amount of drugs, including a entire truck loaded with marijuana was recovered in the neighbouring of Mewat .
Notably, most of those engaged in sale of marijuana are slum dwellers, street vendors. ” They do not sell drugs to strangers and one needs to be referred by regular client”, said officer.
“Marijuana is smuggled into Delhi-NCR from Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal and eastern UP,” said a senior police officer, adding that the drug is then supplied to retailers in small parcels weighing 1 kg or 2 kg each, and from them, it reached the individual consumer in even smaller packets of 5 gm and 10 gm.
According to times of India, ACP (crime) Preet Pal Sangwan said crime units continuously work to track and arrest drug peddlers. In the last 24 hours, crime units have arrested three different persons in three different cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act— one from Hans Enclave with 200 grams of marijuana, one from Arjun Nagar with 65 grams of charas and another from Sector 84 with 1.1 kg of marijuana. “We arrest drug peddlers almost on a daily basis,” Sangwan said, adding that mostly these people are the last in the supply chain. He added they try to disrupt the entire chain. But cops admit that disrupting supply completely is very challenging, mainly because of high demand and guaranteed, handsome reward at every point of the chain. “People are ready to take risks to make easy money through drug trade, and there are numerous people who are ready to pay for it,” said a police officer.
Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar has proved her mettle in the industry ever since her debut in critically acclaimed film Dum Laga Ke Haisha. From being a casting director to being an actor, Bhumi has had the most unconventional journey in Bollywood. Her versatility and talent have bagged her some of the most influential roles that Indian Cinema has witnessed in recent years.
As the talented actress celebrates her birthday today, let’s have a look at her glorious career
Dum Laga ke Haisha:
Can we imagine any actress other than Bhumi playing an overweight bride? The answer is no because she nailed the character to the toe. Also, she gained as much as 30 kilos for the role that might frighten size zero actresses we usually see on screen. It was a risk for a debutante, but Bhumi chose to do so and proved that she is here to stay. The movie, featuring Ayushmann Khurrana as her under confident husband, received critical appreciation.
Sonchiriya:
Bhumi played the role of a Thakur woman on the run in Abhishek Chaubey’s Sonchiriya. In a film starring the likes of Manoj Bajpayee and Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi managed to garner heaps of praises for her aptly performed minor role.
Saand Ki Aankh:
Saand Ki Aankh saw Bhumi playing role of a Jaat grandmother who takes up shooting at a crucial age of her life. With wrinkled skin and silver hair, Bhumi grabbed eyeballs for her flexibility to mold herself into the character of shooter dadi.
Toilet Ek Prem Katha:
While it may come as a surprise to many, Bhumi is actually born and brought up in Mumbai. Without an ounce of experience of rural India, she did a commendable job in playing a village woman in Toilet Ek Prem Katha. Her cheap sari, ghunghat, and pallu went perfectly with the role and the film turned out to be a blockbuster at the box office.
Bala:
In Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Bala, Bhumi played the role of a girl dozen shades darker than her original skin tone. Breaking all the stereotypes, Bhumi once again ditched the conventional notion of ‘fair and lovely.’
In her demi-decade-old career, Bhumi has already set a unique benchmark for herself. And as the time passes, she continues to bring more inspiring strong women’s stories to the silver screen. Up next, Bhumi will be seen in the much-anticipated film ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare’ which is a story of two women on their quest to freedom.
We wish Bhumi all the best for all her future endeavors!
LJP President, Chirag Paswan on Thursday supported the opposition in attacking the ruling government over the collapse of a road in floods, saying it raises questions on the claim of “zero corruption” and demands action against the “guilty”.
264 करोड़ की लागत से बने पुल का एक हिस्सा आज ध्वस्त हो गया है।जनता के पैसे से किया कोई भी कार्य पूरी गुणवत्ता से किया जाना चाहिए था।इस तरह की घटनायें जनता की नजर में ZERO CORRUPTION पर सवाल उठाती है।लोजपा माँग करती है की उच्च स्तरीय जाँच कर जल्द दोषियों पर कड़ी कार्यवाही करे। pic.twitter.com/DaWbENTVo9
— युवा बिहारी चिराग पासवान (@iChiragPaswan) July 16, 2020
An approach road for a new connecting Gopalganj to East Champaran in Bihar, opened only last month, was washed away by the Gandak river, which is in spate, leaving the opposition and the ruling dispensation in the state at each other’s throats.
The 1.44-km-long bridge, built at a cost of Rs 263.47 crores, reduced the distance between Gopalganj, Saran and East Champaran districts by 45 km.
“Part of a bridge built at the cost of Rs 264 crore has collapsed today. Any work done with public money should be carried out maintaining quality standards. Incidents like this raise questions in the public eye over zero corruption. The LJP demands a high-level probe to punish the guilty quickly,” Tejashwi Yadav tweeted.
Tejashwi Yadav demanded resignation of Kumar, who had inaugurated the Sattarghat bridge on June 16.
264 करोड़ की लागत से बने पुल के ढ़हने से पहले ग्रामीणों ने आगाह किया था लेकिन भ्रष्टाचारी नीतीश सरकार की कहाँ आँख खुलने वाली थी? पुल ढहेगा तभी ना भ्रष्टाचार करेंगे? वीडियो देखिए। अब निर्लज्ज भ्रष्ट सरकार ग्रामीणों पर ही केस दर्ज कर रही है कि वो मीडिया को सच क्यों बता रहे है? pic.twitter.com/4TTHMbDtdy
The Bihar government, however, quickly came out with a clarification that it was not the bridge itself that had collapsed.
Rabri Devi also tweeted:
नीतीश कुमार ने भ्रष्टाचार को सरकार का महत्वपूर्ण अंग बना दिया है। सुशासनी दरबार में बिना संगठित चढ़ावे के प्रसाद नहीं मिलता। 15 साल में 55 घोटालों से हज़ारों करोड़ लूटे और फिर उनमें से कुछ छवि निर्माण में निवेश करो। अभी असल चेहरा सामने आना बाक़ी है।https://t.co/5FLnhxqUKe
“You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity. “
‘Desi girl’ also the winner of Miss World 2000 pageant, Priyanka Chopra Jones turned 38 today, she is an Indian actress and singer.
She the recipient of numerous awards such as National Film Award, 5 Filmfare awards including Padmashree and many more.
The actress has been named in Time’s100 most influential people, also India’s highest-paid and most popular entertainers.
she made her debut with 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan, in the same year she made a debut in Bollywood in the film ‘The Hero’ which is a Spy Thriller. Not just Bollywood, she overwhelmed her performance in shows ‘Quantico’ and other Hollywood project.
Also working as UNICEF goodwill ambassador for child right, she is an inspiration for millions.
Priyanka Chopra will next be seen in Netflix’s adaptation of ‘The White Tigerco’-starring Rajkumar Rao.
Priyanka Chopra married Nick Jonas on December 1, in the presence of their closest friends and family. The lovebirds got married as per Hindu and Christain traditions.
New Delhi: Human clinical trials for Covaxin, India’s first potential indegenous vaccine for the novel coronavirus, have been initiated on 375 volunteers across the country. The vaccine is developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited(BBIL) along with India Council of Medical Research(ICMR) and National Institute of Virology(NIV).
Covaxin is an ”inactivated” vaccine, which is developed using the particles of the covid-19 virus that were killed, making them unable to infect further. Injecting definite doses of these particles transferred from asymptomatic patients helps in building antibodies against the dead virus, the vaccine manufacturer said.
During the first phase of the trial, it will be checked whether or whether not the people who have been vaccinated show adverese effect in their body.
Covaxin has already underwent successful pre-clinical testing on animals such as guniea pigs and mice to see the efficacy and safety before initiating human trials.
According to the reports, twelve hospitals in different parts of the country have begun the testing process.
The hospitals where the vaccine trails have kick started are — All India Institute of Medical Sceinces(AIIMS) Delhi, AIIMS Patna, Jeevan Rekha Hospital in Belgum, Gillurkar Multispeciality Hospital in Nagpur, Rana Hospital in Gorakhpur, King George Hospital in Vishakhapatnam, SRM Hospital in Chennai, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneshwar, Prakhar Hospital in Kanupur and a hospital in Goa.
Bharat Biotech has envisaged to launch the vaccine for public health use by 15th August after completing all the mandatory clinical trials. The company is a worldwide supplier of four billion doses of infections like rotavirus, hepatitis, zika, Japanese encephalitis and others.
Besides covaxin, six more vaccines for coronavirus that has taken hundreds of thousands of lives have been developed across the country.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is in-home quarantine for 14 days after his brother Snehashish Ganguly tested positive for COVID-19. Last month Snehashish’s wife and in-laws also tested positive for the virus.
Snehashish tested in a private pathology center and within the next two days, hence, he will undergo one more test. This also means the entire family is under quarantine mode for a certain number of days from now. Officially, the quarantine duration is of 14 days but Snehashish is tested positive after a month of his wife’s positive report with the virus. As of now, Ganguly’s brother had shifted to the family’s ancestral house.
“My brother visits our factories every-day and he is more at risk,” Sourav Ganguly had stated.
“He was suffering from fever for the last few days and his test reports came positive today. He is now in Belle Vue Hospital,” by CAB officials.
“The reports arrived late in the evening. As per health protocols, even the board President is in-home quarantine for a stipulated period,” BCCI source.
Snehashish Ganguly didn’t followed the home quarantine procedure
On 20th June after the positive report of Snehashish’s wife, he released a statement and he claimed to be fit and working in his office every day. He overlapped and unfollowed the home quarantine protocol. The BCCI president hasn’t spoken anything regarding the matter as of now.
The plates displaying registration numbers if regional languages or small letters will be deemed illegal.
Driving a new vehicle with a temporary number plate is now illegal. The transport minister on Wednesday notified a comprehensive norm for color code for alphanumeric details and for the background portion used for displaying the registration number of 11 categories of vehicles. In India, there is a big market for fake and unique number plates and vehicle owners take pride in having a very unique number plate.
These plates, often made of paper, are usually valid for 30 to 40 days, or until your actual license plates arrive. In most instances, when you purchase a new car from a dealer they take care of issuing you temporary license plates. However, if you purchase a car from a private individual, you may need to get the plates yourself from your local Department of Motor Vehicles.
What does the authorities said?
“The guidelines are to rectify the drawbacks in the chapter on the assignment of registration mark on vehicles for various States and Union Territories at a glimpse, through tabulation of items so that it enunciates the color of the alpha numerals and the background of the registration plate of different class and category of vehicles. The cameras with number plate readers cannot read those which don’t conform to the norms. of all number plates are very essential for the enforcement of rules,” said Anil Chikara, Delhi transport department official specializing in motor vehicle licensing.
The plates displaying registration numbers if regional languages or small letters will be deemed illegal. “Even VIP registration numbers auctioned by states must comply with the norms,” said an official. For example, in the case of all motor vehicles except two and three-wheelers, the height, thickness, and space have been specified.
Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations at the high-level segment of its Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), his first since India was elected as a non-permanent member of the powerful Security Council in June.
In his 15-minute virtual address around the theme ‘multilateralism’, PM talked about various initiatives by the Indian government to fight COVID-19 and towards ensuring an all-inclusive development.
“This year we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. It is an occasion to recognise the UN’s many contributions to human progress. It is also an opportunity to assess the UN’s role and relevance in today’s World, and to shape a better future for it”, said PM Modi in his adress.
The Prime Minister was joined by his Norwegian counterpart Erna Solberg as well as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
On June 17, with 184 votes out of the total 192 polled, India won the UN non-permanent seat for the eighth time and has emerged as the single-endorsed candidate from the Asian Pacific regional group.
The UNSC comprises 15 members including 10 non-permanent and 5 permanent members.
Modi said, In our joint fight against COVID, we have extended medical and other assistance to over 150 countries.”
“Our motto is ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwas’ – meaning ‘Together, for everyone’s growth, with everyone’s trust’. This resonates with the core SDG principle of leaving no one behind,” he added.
At 8:30 this evening, I would be addressing the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC. Would be speaking on various issues including this year’s theme of multilateralism after COVID-19, at a time when we mark 75 years of the @UN. https://t.co/oOOszU1LOb
Pakistan fixed Jadhav for subversive activities in Pakistan.
Earlier Pakistan claimed the spying charges on the Kulbhushan Jadhav who was the former Indian Navy officer. The Ministry of External Affairs said Indian consular officers were denied for the unimpeded access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. In 2016, Pakistan fixed Jadhav for subversive activities in Pakistan. The neighboring government betrayed and cheated the Indian officials in terms of consular access to this case.
“On the contrary, Pakistani officials with an intimidating demeanor were present nearby of Jadhav and Consular Officers despite the protests of the Indian side. Accordingly, Jadhav made himself visible under stress and to the consular officers,” said the MEA.
Pakistan Officials recorded the entire conversation
In meanwhile MEA officers also claimed that Pakistan recorded the entire conversation. We saw a camera over there which implied the recording of the entire conversation,” said MEA. The arrangements did not permit a free conversation between them,” said the Indian officials.
Indian administration could not engage Kulbhashan Jadhav on his legal rights yet again. The authorities concluded that consular access was neither meaningful nor credible. Pakistani government played with the sentiments of India yet again. Former navy officer deserves justice and a proper trial.
The Ministry of External Affairs also apprised Jadhav’s family about these developments. Pakistan’s approach is disgraceful and the case seems to follow a never-ending tale. Further, Ahmed Irfan, the Additional Attorney General of Pakistan and Zahid Hafeez the Foreign Ministry’s Director-General said: “Jadhav has refused to file an appeal against his conviction in military court.” As of now, Pakistan is hiding something, and they passed the false statements due respect to this case.
The hearing of the petition of Sachin Pilot faction was held in the High Court on Friday amid political uproar in Rajasthan. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the High Court decided to continue the hearing. After this, the High Court adjourned the hearing till 10 am on Monday.
Court also directed the state Assembly Speaker not to take any action on the rebel MLAs till Tuesday 5.30 pm.
Sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who boasts of 18 MLAs in his camp, yesterday moved the high court, challenging notices from the Rajasthan Speaker over a Congress move to disqualify them from the state assembly.
Today, the Congress suspended two of the rebels alleging that they had been caught on tape conspiring with the BJP against their own government. The Congress also named Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who has called the audio “fake”. Two police cases were filed on the allegations.
In recent interview, Mr. Pilot said that he has “genuine grievances” with the Ashok Gehlot government, and those are yet to be resolved.
