On Saturday the US state department warned American citizens to “exercise increased caution” in China due to risks of arbitrary law enforcement and detention and ban from exiting the country.
The alert comes as tensions over the new Hong Kong security law. And allegations of Human rights violation against Xinjiang in China.
Over millions Muslim have been detained in China’s Xinjiang region.
US state department warned American citizens to “exercise increased caution” in China due to risks of arbitrary law enforcement and detention and ban from exiting the country.
“U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime,” the State Department said in a security alert issued to its citizens in China, adding that U.S. citizens may face “prolonged interrogations and extended detention” for reasons related to state security.
Willard Carroll Smith Jr. is an American actor and rapper. In April 2007, Newsweek called him “the most powerful actor in Hollywood. He has worked in films like Bad Boy, I am legend, Men in Black. The actor also have his own production company named “the Overbrook Entertainment company”. Will Smith has also directed two movies and nearly written for three projects in his career.
Will Smith has an estimated net worth of $350 Million dollars, which converts in a whopping Rs. 26,30,55,45,000, as per a report published by a leading news daily in 2020.
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and businesswoman. Pinkett began her acting career in 1990, when she starred in an episode of True Colors. She received guest roles in television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D., 21 Jump Street. Jada Pinkett Smith has worked in many films in her career like Girls Trip, Angel Has Fallen, The Nutty Professor.
As per a report published by a leading news daily in 2020, Jada Pinkett Smith has an estimated net worth of $20 million, which converts to Rs 1,50,31,74,000.
Therefore, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s combined net worth is $370 million (2780 crores).
Jada has been married to Will Smith since 1997, with whom she has two children: son Jaden and daughter Willow.
Jada Pinkett Smith is currently preparing for her next, Matrix 4. Starring Priyanka Chopra, Jada Pinkett Smith and Keanu Reaves in the leading roles, the film is helmed by Lana Wachowski. If the reports are to be believed, the movie is all set to hit the theatres in 2022.
Recipient of National Film Award and a Film fare Award Monali Thakur has hit back at trolls who called her a gold digger. Monali married Maik Richter, a Switzerland-based restaurateur, in 2017, though she made the news public only last month.
While replying to trolls, Monali also recalled vignettes from her wedding ceremony on Instagram.
“More than 3 years back.. these two crazy people @maaaik_richter n myself, got married in the most unconventional way with lots of drama and just love.. nothing was pretentious about this day.. it was just a very real and simple celebration of us.. which makes me feel very grateful,” She wrote alongside an image she posted.
She said both of them wore “oversized clothes” that were “bought at the last moment in Bandra”, and that they ended up looking like school kids going for a play or something.”
She said she shared a lot of drama following her little love story.
“Sooo since we didn’t do any wedding ceremony yet, since last 3 years, 2 months.. am sharing this moment from the day Maik n I got married.. There was drama on that day as Maik got deported and then brought back but there was no drama in our happiness and love!..”
She then went on to talk about social media bullies, who have been calling her nasty names.
“And for few miserable creatures out their in social media, with no balls.. hiding behind the anonymity and calling me names.. just to let you know calling me a gold digger only accentuates yourselves as massive failures.”
Monali said she married Maik because he “could celebrate my success, my strength and my independence.. it must be difficult for you losers to accept it but guess what!”
Private University are working out on the academic calendar admission procedure. While the central and state universities awaiting for UGC ( University grants Commission) guidelines.
The admission process has now fully shifted online mostly through artificial intelligence proctored entrance test.
And private universities will also conduct live interviews.
Classes are likely to start from August. And on the basis of covid-19 situation, the universities will for the decide the classes will be online or offline.
Also the university will cross-check students class 12 scores.
“It will become India’s first and only law entrance exam to be entirely online, AI-enabled remote-proctored,” said an official.
Rupamanjari Ghosh, vice-chancellor of Shiv Nadar, said, “We are committed to ensuring that students continue their education without interruption during these difficult times.
Nandkumar Dhake vice president of Bennett University said “If they have class 12 scores, they can secure admission with PCM ( physics, chemistry and mathematics) scores. Even if there are students with no board exam results and they come to us with pre board exam scores, we will provide them provisionals admissions with our 60% eligibility criteria”‘.
Ashoka University has decided to conduct orientation day on August 24. While the classes will begin from August 31. “Classes will be online till mid semester break, which begins on October 10. The decision on holding online of physical classes will be taken closer at that time”, said Ashoka University spokesperson.
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, poses for photographers before addressing the annual shareholders meeting in Mumbai, India, June 12, 2015. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
Ambani’s wealth has dumped by this and he became only Asian taekwondo in the world’s top 10 richest people.
According to article published in Bloombergquint, ” Mukesh Ambani has had a rollercoaster 2020, cutting a string of deals for his digital business, undergoing wild swings in his wealth and having his brother’s finances laid bare for the world to see. The chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. is now worth $68.3 billion, surpassing Buffett’s $67.9 billion as of Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Shares of Ambani’s Indian conglomerate have more than doubled since a low in March as its digital unit got more than $15 billion in investments from companies including Facebook Inc. and Silver Lake. This week BP Plc paid $1 billion for a stake in Reliance’s fuel-retail business ”.
On Friday Supreme court refused to entertain plea made against private school fees during pandemic as parent’s are facing financial crisis .
SA Bobde says that problems of each state is different and the matter should first raise in their respective Highcourt.
The plea was by parents of students from different states of India . They want the court to ask centre and state to instruct private schools to only charge some amount of fees.
Chief Justice of India says,”It would be a stroke of genius if you can solve everybody’s problems. Problems of each state are different. It’s a situation where facts of all states must be considered individually. We don’t know how to solve the issue for the whole country, and that’s what you’ve prayed for. Whether it is release of prisoners, migrant workers, petitioners are moving this Court and feeling depraved that we are not giving the kind of relief sought. Why as a jurisdictional court can you not approach the High Court first?”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & R. Subash Reddy stated that the bench was not inclined to entertain the plea and would not want to go into merits of the issue and that the Petitioner may approach the High Courts of respective states.
“You have filed a plea for the whole country. It is a problem for us as we do not know who would take a decision for the whole country. Problems in each state are different,” the bench told the petitioner.
On Friday UP Police declared Gangster Vikas Dubey had been killed in an encounter.
Vikas who had been arrested in Ujjain on Thursday . Vikas allegedly killed eight Policemen in Kanpur and he was charged for over 61 criminal cases . And after five day of run he was finally arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police. And just day after arrest he was killed in encounter .
#WATCH Vikas Dubey attempted to flee by snatching pistol of the injured policemen after car overturned. Police tried to make him surrender, during which he fired at the policemen. He was injured in retaliatory firing by police. He was later rushed to the hospital: SP Kanpur West pic.twitter.com/ZajJVLNGBU
During travelling to UP, police van met with an accident and overturned. According to police he tried to snatch a pistol from an injured police man. And in retaliation police fired upon him. Further he immediately admitted to hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Just some minutes before encounter the police had suddenly stopped and restricted movement of vehicles including press while some reporters claim.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kanpur, Dr Anil Kumar said a police team consisting of officials from UP’s Special Task Force (STF) and Kanpur police were bringing Dubey on a transit remand to Kanpur. The incident took place at around 7 am between Jhansi and Kanpur.
“My camera person and I were just inches behind the car in which Dubey was travelling. Suddenly, we were all stopped by the police and our cars were checked. The police out of the blue began asking for our identity cards and details of our media houses. There were about half a dozen media vehicles following the police movement since late last night.”
“When we tried to film the situation, they stopped us from doing so. Apart from the barricades, there were also a few trucks that were parked almost in the middle of road,” the journalist said.
#WATCH Media persons, who were following the convoy bringing back gangster Vikas Dubey, were stopped by police in Sachendi area of Kanpur before the encounter around 6.30 am in which the criminal was killed. (Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/K1B56NGV5p
“I do not understand why mediapersons were chasing the police convoy,” the ADG said. “If any investigating agency or institution ask us about these things, we will answer. Also, there will be a magisterial inquiry (into the alleged encounter),” he said
STF issues press note in #VikasDubey encounter matter. "A herd of cattle had come in front of the vehicle due to which driver took sudden turn leading to accident…Police tried to go close to him to nab him alive but he continued to fire. Police retalitaed in self-defence…" pic.twitter.com/iOXaXv8vno
Foreign ministry officials of India and China met through video-conference on Friday and decided to follow through with steps for “complete disengagement” of troops in eastern Ladakh for “full restoration” of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control.
This was the 16th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) in which it was “reaffirmed that both sides will ensure complete disengagement of the troops along the LAC and de-escalation from India-China border areas for full restoration of peace and tranquillity”.
As Chinese troops continued to withdraw from Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, the two countries held another round of diplomatic talks, and decided that senior commanders of the two armies will meet soon to discuss further steps to ensure complete disengagement and de-escalation in a timely manner.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday briefed his American counterpart Mark Esper on the latest developments in the over two-month troop confrontation with China, which has seen India deploy US-origin weapon systems like Apache attack helicopters and M-777 howitzers in eastern Ladakh.
Though there was no official word on the telephonic talk between the two ministers, sources said bilateral defence ties as well as the regional security situation in face of an aggressive China in the entire Indo-Pacific region featured in the discussion.
The ITBP, which along with the Army is responsible for patrolling the 3,488 km LAC, is now expected to get additional responsibilities as part of the new plan being prepared to prevent face-to-face contact between the two armies after the Galwan clash.
The conversation between the Special Representatives,India’s NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Sunday, which led to the announcement, has given hostilities a necessary pause. While the statements made in New Delhi and Beijing were not identical in language, they largely conveyed a consensus to restore peace and tranquillity at the LAC.
Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error.
The first message was dramatic enough, as the email directive to employees appeared to buttress recent scrutiny of TikTok security issues from governments in the U.S. and India.
Then, the second message, in which a spokesman called the email an error, backed away from what briefly appeared to be a major policy change. It was a rare instance in which such a shift played out in public for one of the world’s most valuable and closely watched companies.
In a statement sent later on Friday, company spokeswoman Kristin Brown said, “There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.”
Amazon is the second-largest US private employer after Walmart, with with more than 840,000 employees worldwide.
“We still do not understand their concerns, we welcome a dialogue so we can address any issues they may have and enable their team to continue participating in our community,” TikTok said.
Tiktok is owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance, and has faced questions over privacy and security for its connections to China. Earlier this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is “looking at” possibly banning TikTok.
A US national-security agency has been reviewing ByteDance’s purchase of TikTok’s precursor, Musicaly, while US military branches banned the app from government-issued phones. Meanwhile, privacy groups say TikTok has been violating children’s privacy, even after the Federal Trade Commission fined the company in 2019, for collecting personal information from children without their parents’ consent.
Last month, a researcher uncovered that TikTok had the ability to siphon off anything a user copied to a clipboard on a smartphone — passwords, photos and other sensitive data like Social Security numbers, emails and texts. The researcher began posting the findings on the online message board Reddit.
TikTok was banned in India in June, and two Republican senators in March introduced a bill to ban federal employees using the app on government-issued phones.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 750 MW (megawatt) solar project set up at Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa via video-conferencing. The project comprises three solar generating units — 250 MW each — located on a 500-hectare plot inside a solar park.
The Solar Park is a Joint Venture Company between the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a Joint Venture Company of Madhya Pradesh UrjaVikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN), and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a Central Public Sector Undertaking. Central Financial Assistance of Rs. 138 crore has been provided to RUMSL for the development of the Park.
With Solar plant at Rewa the industries here will not only get electricity, but even the metro rail in Delhi will get its benefits. The project exemplifies India’s commitment to attain the target of 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022.
The Project comprises of three solar generating units of 250 MW each located on a 500-hectare plot of land situated inside a solar park (total area 1500 hectare).
Apart from Rewa, work is underway on Solar Power Plant in Shajapur, Neemuch and chhatarpur, Modi said dedicating the 750 M solar project to the nation.
The Rewa Solar Project is the first in India to break the grid parity barrier. It is expected to reduce carbon emission equivalent to 15 lakh ton of CO2 per year. World Bank Group President has also awarded the project for innovation and excellence and was included in the Prime Minister’s “A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings”.
PM Modi said that solar energy will be a medium of energy needs of the 21st century because solar power is pure and secure.
Glimpses from the solar power project that was inaugurated in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, this morning. pic.twitter.com/uZOZ0YXxAQ
Multiple landslides caused due to incessant rains in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. Two landslides occurred in Papum Pare district and at Modirijo in between Itanagar and Naharlagun, officials said.
At least 8 people died including an 8 month-old baby in separate incident in Arunachal Pradesh.
In the first incident, four members of a family, including an 8-month-old baby, were killed in a landslide in Papumpare district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday at around 2:30 am.
In the second incident at Modirijo, located between Itanagar and Naharlagun, four persons were buried in another landslide that occurred at 12:30 pm.
CM Pema Khandu had tweeted that Itanagar has witnessed heavy rainfall of 142mm which had triggered landslide in many places.
As per released from Arunachal Pradesh Disaster Management department the South-west monsoon have caused huge damage to State’s infrastructure including road bridge building erosion and flooding of agriculture and horticulture field among others.
Instruction has been issued to all district to keep a strict vigil and continuously monitor the situation to a avoid largescale devastation and loss of human lives
PM Narendra Modi tweeted and expressed his deep Condolences for the the family and people who loss their lives.
Saddened by the loss of lives due to heavy rains as well as landslides in Arunachal Pradesh. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly. All possible assistance is being provided to those affected.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu expressed his deep shock and sorrow over the loss of four lives due to landslides at Tigdo village and announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakhs for each next of kin of the deceased.
Itanagar today witnessed heavy rainfall of 142 mm which triggered landslides in many places.
Death troll due to landslides has risen to 8 in a single day. @DCitanagar is shifting all persons from vulnerable areas to nearest relief camps.
The Chief Minister further cautioned that as per Indian Meteorological Department, there is a likelihood of heavy rain in the next few days across Arunachal Pradesh.
As a measure of preparedness for the monsoon and to enable faster response to disaster, Dept. of Disaster Management has set up 5 Regional Response Centre and have also pre-positioned SDRF teams in the centres.
Now, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has written to BARC India to bring to its notice the “unusual” ratings of TV9 Bharatvarsh. The broadcasters’ body also insisted that for the last 8 weeks or more, the ratings have been unusable. It raised concerns about the unprecedented growth of viewership of TV9 Bharatvarsh as well as the frequent substantial swings in English.
The NBF letter, accessed by e4M, said, “Some of our member companies, FTA news channels, solely rely on BARC for the ratings as the only currency to convert into advertising – the predominant source of revenue for our channels. Several of our channels have raised concerns over the past few weeks on the drop in ratings.”
The letter written out on Monday further stated, “On analyzing the BARC data from week of 21, we notice there is a significant change in ratings, which is a matter of grave concern for us, more so during the current pandemic-driven economic crisis, since it determines our survivability. The drop in ratings, as has been witnessed in the past five weeks, threatens our existence while it also raises the issue of transparency and accountability on the BARC reporting of the FTA news genre ratings.”
The numbers put out by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for week 25 of the current year for 15+ HSM show that TV9 Bharatvarsh which has been aggressively growing since the lockdown has perched itself clearly at the No 2 spot with 185,325 impressions.
TV9 CEO Barun Das has given a detailed response on e4M’s story reporting NBA and NBF letters to BARC alleging ‘unusual’ rise of TV9 ratings.
Thanks for seeking my response to this rather amusing charge which cast unfounded aspersions on both BARC as an institution and TV9 Bharatvarsh as a business of integrity.
Braun’s response:
If there is indeed an official letter from NBA to BARC, I would have been happy to have received a copy of the same from NBA so that I could have officially replied to NBA
Businesses move as per industry but market shares have no relation to industry movements. The two are not always in sync.
This is a transparent industry. We all have access to BARC ratings; we all have access to the second-by-second content of every competitor in logger. 4. Really, there is no magic or manipulation. Just business basics at work. 5. as far as TV9 Bharatvarsh is concerned, it is still work in progress.
Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached assets worth over₹2,200 crore of Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, DHFL’s insolvent promoters Kapil and Dhiraj Wadhawan in the Yes Bank money laundering case, said officials.
The attached properties of Kapoor and the related entities is valued at Rs 792 crore — the current market value is Rs 1,400 crore. The assets include a residential building at Cumbala Hill, three duplex flats at Napean Sea Road, a flat near NCPA, eight flats in IndiaBulls Blue, Worli, and a bungalow at 40 Amrita Shergill Marg in Delhi, which is worth around Rs 685 crore, stated an ED release.
The ED probe is based on two cases instituted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in March.
The first case alleged that during April-June 2018, Yes Bank had invested ₹3,700 crore in Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), in lieu of a kickback of ₹600 crore in the form of loan to DOIT Urban Ventures (India), which belonged to Mr. Kapoor’s family members.
In the second case, it was alleged that Mr. Kapoor, as the managing director and chief executive officer of Yes Bank, had received illegal gratification in the form of the Lutyens’ Delhi property.
62-year-old Rana Kapoor was arrested by the central probe agency early this year in March.
Days after being arrested by ED, Kapoor in March was also booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation over suspicious transactions between Yes Bank, DHFL and companies owned by Kapoor’s daughters.
Enforcement Directorate later also summoned Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani in connection with its money laundering probe against Yes Bank promoter Rana Kapoor and others. They said Ambani has been asked to depose at the ED office in Mumbai on Monday as his group companies are one among the big entities whose loans went bad after borrowing from the crisis-hit bank.
The CBI had filed a chargesheet against Rana Kapoor, his wife Bindu and daughter Roshini among others last month in connection with an alleged Rs 600 crore bribe received from scam-tainted DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented – at least for now – Democratic-led House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents.
Two Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committees and New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance – also a Democrat – had demanded Trump”s tax documents over several years in order to determine whether current conflict-of-interest laws on a US president were tough enough.
Essentially, the president wants to keep his financial records secret. Unlike any other chief executive in recent history, he has not disclosed his taxes. Congressional oversight committees and prosecutors in New York want to see them. They subpoenaed Trump’s accountants and bankers for the president’s records, and those entities say they will do whatever a court orders.
US house speaker Nancy Pelosi called the supreme court ruling on Thursday allowing various financial records of President Donald Trump to be turned over to a grand jury as part of criminal investigation as “not good news” for Trump.
By 7-2 votes, the justice upheld the Manhattan district attorney’s demand for Trump’s tax returns but kept a hold on Trump’s financial re that congress has been seeking for more than a year.
The cases could have long-term implications for the ability of lawmakers to scrutinize presidents, as well as test the claim by Trump’s attorneys that a president is immune from criminal investigation while in office. Stormy problems – One of the cases before the Supreme Court relates to an investigation opened by the state of New York, and poses the specific question of the president’s immunity from prosecution.
E-business companies have not just recovered, but sarpassed pre-covid-level sales as more people shop online due to the pandemic.
Over 3 million daily shipment E-Commerce are back.
Platforms like Amazon India and Flipkart Asin 120% and 140% growth in their shipments. The panoramic has accelerated the use of online shopping in India.
“E-commerce has seen increased positive traction and accelerated bounce back when consumers have health and safety concerns for stepping out when cases are increasing exponentially. Ultimately, it will change shopping habits and some of it will definitely be irreversible.It expects its e-commerce contribution to nearly double in the near term ,” said Sanjeev Mohanty, MD, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Levi’s.
“E-commerce has seen increased positive traction and accelerated bounce back when consumers have health and safety concerns for stepping out when cases are increasing exponentially. Ultimately, it will change shopping habits and some of it will definitely be irreversible,” said Sanjeev Mohanty, MD, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Levi’s. It expects its e-commerce contribution to nearly double in the near term, he said.
“The volumes are back to pre-Covid levels. Customers would still be wary of going to markets or malls to buy things. Till the Covid-19 situation stays, there will be a new shift towards online shopping and that’s already happening. The uptake is at a different level,”co-founder T A Krishnan Said.
Meanwhile bicycle sales in the country has increases during the coronavirus crisis. People are preparing bicycles for a good social distancing activity and an alternative to public transport.
Flipkart and Amazon India did not reply to specific queries on shipment growth by TOI, but executives at these companies who did not wish to be named confirmed the numbers.
The E-Commerce back is not only due to existing customers transacting more or buying across more categories, but also due to a new set of users transacting online. “On a sustainable basis, online penetration will go up by around 50%, which is even 100% in the short-term. In a lot of categories, there will be a 40-50% spike in consumers who will stay on post-Covid-19,” said Ankur Pahwa, partner and national leader (e-commerce and consumer internet), EY India. Last year, around 140-150 million users transacted at least once online.
