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.
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has changed our lives in many unprecedented ways. As the infection continues to spread, it has really become unpredictable how our tomorrow will turn out to be. The only way to keep your life going on is by having a healthy lifestyle and building your immunity to fight virus.
Ever since the introduction to the virus, middle-class Indian households have started operating differently. Earlier, priority of every common household in India used to be savings for education and marriage, but now the focus has shifted to health expenditure. Many people, who dreamt of buying a new house, car or anything for that matter, have postponed their plans for a next few year in the wake of ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The novel coronavirus has dramatically affected metro cities and shows no signs of stopping. With many business being suspended, people are facing job crisis which has caused a threat to stable income. As the contagion spreads, Indian are still trying to figure out how best to deal with it even after months of living under this constant threat.
According to a report published in a leading portal, marriage rates among the middle class have declined significantly while investements in medical emergencies have rapidly increased. Amid the crisis, people are taking up health insurance option seriously that was previously neglected by the middle-class Indian. The report also suggested that demand for term life insurance also saw a surge which takes care of the fear of loss of the breadwinner.
While the tally on Friday reached 1 million coronavirus cases, most parts of the country have started unlock phase to curb falling economy. However, educational institutes, including schools and colleges have strictly been ordered to remain shut.
So it is understandable that education is clearly not the priority of the hour and neither is marriage, but health definitely is. Since no one is immune to the virus, the only way to prepare yourself for the worst is by taking care of your health.
Sunny Leone is currently practicing social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak. The actress along with her husband Daniel Weber and their three kids — Noah, Usher and Nisha flew to Los Angeles in May to be with her in-laws during the pandemic.
Sunny keeps her fans updated about her activities on social media. On Friday, the actress revealed that she has resumed work and shared a picture from one of her dance shoots. In the picture, Sunny can be seen sporting a red and blue ghagra choli with the background dancers performing in masks.
Sharing the picture, she wrote: “Almost time to dance!! hehehe.”
Earlier, Sunny had shared another picture from the shoots in which she could be seen donning a silver dress while background dancers performed with masks on.
In an interaction with a web portal, Sunny revealed that necessary precautions were taken during the shoot. When asked about how she managed to practice social distancing while shooting, Sunny said: “We were very good. I made sure that everybody had proper masks and the stuido itself had very strict guidlines. All the people were really safe and everyone wore the mask entire time.”
“Everyone was wearing masks. No one was allowed to enter without wearing one. There were only allowed a certain amount of people in the studio. We had sanitizing stations and everything was clean. Everyone was very cooperative about everything that was going on, which is great,” she had added.
Sunny often shares adorable pictures of her children on Instagram. Recently, Sunny wrote a heartfelt message for her daughter Nisha Weber whom the couple adopted three-years ago. She posted some pictures with her family and wrote: “3yrs ago you chose us…us to be your mama & papa…to trust us to take care of you…to show us what real love is…the second I laid eyes on you, I knew you were my daughter”Today I look at you and I see a glimpse of the strong independent woman you will become. After this year I know you will have many questions but I will be there every step of the way while we figure it out together. I love you Nisha and Happy “Gotcha” Day. You are the light in our lives and the reason for all our joy everyday!!”
Netflix has revealed an exclusive line-up of 17 original stories, including six new films and two new web series. From romantic comedies to thrillers to masala entertainers, the streaming giant has come up with a diverse collection of different genres that will keep binge-watchers entertained during this quarantine season.
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to outgrow, we have no clue when the conventional theatre release will be possible for Indian cinema. Considering this, filmmakers are eyeing OTT platforms, and in last few months, we have seen streaming portals purchasing mega budget films.
As quarantine period and work from home continues, we have a lot of time in hand to binge watch. And Netflix India’s announcement at a time like this, holds much more significance than ever before.
Monika Shergill, VP-Content, Netflix India, said: “We are excited to share our lineup of stories across formats and multiple genres. We know our members have unique tastes, moods and needs – sometimes, they want to lean back and watch a delightful comedy, and at other times, they want a pulse-pounding thriller that brings them to the edge of their seats. We are so proud to bring these diverse stories created by acclaimed and emerging storytellers and producing partners. Together with the finest stories from around the world and our rapidly growing selection of licensed titles, we want to give our members something to discover and love on Netflix every day.”
Following are some Netflix originals that are scheduled to be streaming in “coming months”:
Ludo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsLevupOS_/
Featuring Abhishek A Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, and Pearle Maaney, Ludo is a dark comedy which has been helmed by Anurag Basu.
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakre Sitare is the most-anticipated film of the year. It is a story of two cousins who are on a journey to achieve freedom. The film stars Konkona SenSharma and Bhumi Pednekar in lead roles.
The film marks return of Sanjeeda Sheikh on screen after a long time. Kaali Khuhi is a horror film set in the village of Punjab and also features Shabana Azmi, Satyadeep Mishra and Riva Arora in pivotal roles.
Class of ’83 starring Bobby Deol, Annup Sonni, Bhupendra Jadawat, and Hitesh Bhojaraj is an intense police drama.
Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsI_mpAHL9/
Based on the life of first female IAF pilot Gunjan Saxena, the film stars Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role. The film will feature chronicles of Gunjan’s life who was India’s first woman Air Force officer to go to war.
AK vs AK, starring Anurag Kashyap and Anil Kapoor, is a unqiue dark comedy.
Mismatched:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsIR4JhphB/
Mismatched is one of the two exciting new series which features Rohit Saraf and Prajakta Koli in lead roles. It is based in Sandhya Menon’s book ‘When Dimple Met Rishi.’
A Suitable Boy:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsIn4PDynm/
An intense drama featuring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Duggal, and Ram Kapoor in lead roles, ‘A Suitable Boy’ is based on the Vikram Seth’s novel of the same name.
Masaba Masaba is an upcoming sereis which stars Neena Gupta and her daughter Masaba Gupta along with Neil Bhoopalam.
Bombay Begums:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsItd4Bm2R/
Bomabu Begums is a contemporary drama which features Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur and Aadhya Anand.
Bhaag Beannie Bhhag:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsI4IDpKm0/
Swara Bhasker will essay the role of a stand-up comic in the upcoming series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag wherein she will capturing the complexities of being a female comedian in India.
Amid all the tension in the wake of coronavirus crisis, University of Oxford’s potential Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes as early trials have shown some positive results. Researchers at Oxford have discovered that their search for a coronavirus vaccine can might provide “double protection” against the novel virus, according to media reports in UK.
The vaccine has been licensed by AstraZenca and is already in large scale Phase 3rd human trials. Blood samples taken from a group UK volunteers during early trails, who were given a dose of the vaccine, showed that it can stimulate the body to provide antibodies as well as “Killer T-cells”. However, the developers have still not submitted the concluded report of the trails which would show whether it is safe or not.
It has been reported that developers saw some positive immune response of the vaccine in trails so far and will be publishing Phase 1 result by the end of July.
The vaccine has been supported the UK government and is probably in the most advanced stage as per the development.
According to the information received until now, the Oxford vaccine has shown the most promising results so far as it can produce killer T-cells as well as antibodies. While antibodies may fade away within months, T-cells circulation remains in the body for years.
AstraZeneca, meanwhile, has signed agreements with governments across the globe to supply the vaccine once it succeeds in its purpose.
The potential vaccine is one of the 100 vaccines being developed and tested around the world to stop the Covid-19 pandemic, which has taken away hundreds of thousands lives worldwide.
“After two years of steady demand, the home sales in top eight cities of India declined by a significant 54% YoY to a decadal low of 59,538 units during H1 2020 with sales mostly concentrated in the first quarter of calendar year,” the report said.
In India eight major cities have faced a vast decline in the first six months of year, low in housing unit sales and Knight Frank India report said.
On the office market front, transactions in the first half of 2020 fell by a massive 37 percent YoY to 17.2 million sq ft — the steepest fall in a decade. New completions this year fell by 27 percent YoY, the Knight Frank India’s flagship half-yearly report ‘India Real Estate’ said.
The groundbreaking interruption caused by on-going pandemic caused by Coronavirus, stalled the economy in Q2.
The lockdown resulted in a complete shutdown of all activity in the real estate industry and caused sales to fall a massive 84 per cent year-on-year to 9,632 units in Q2 while sales of 49,905 units were reported in Q1. The number of new home launches recorded in Q1 was 54,905 units whereas the number saw a sharp drop to 5,584 units in Q2.
NCR, Chennai and Hydrabad are near zero sales during this period.
Office transactions declined 37% year-on-year—the steepest in a decade—to 17.2 million sqft in the first half of the year, the report said. New completions were lower by 27% over the previous year at 17.3 million sqft.
Yet, the weighted average rental for the eight cities grew 4% year-on-year to Rs 83 per sq ft/ month.
India is stepping towards opening international air travel and will permit airlines from France and Germany to operate a fixed number of flights to the country.
According to Hardeep Singh Puri, there will be daily service between New York and Delhi, while three flights a week to San Francisco and Delhi. Puri said that India is working on a plan of bilateral air bubble with Britain. Under this, two flights will be run daily between Delhi and London.
Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to Aug. 1, the minister said at a press conference. American carrier United Airlines will be flying 18 flights between India and the U.S. from July 17 to July 31.
Air bubbles are exclusive travel corridors established between two countries desiring to reopen their borders to each other. It’s a mutual concept; so, both sides (departure/arrival points) must be on board.
These operations, are being allowed with certain conditions because many countries are imposing entry restrictions even now, including India in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
The average one-way VBM economy fare on US/Canada flights used to be about Rs 1 lakh. “We reduced that by 25% to Rs 75,000. We will bring the fares further down. Similarly fares for VBM flights on Europe and UK routes will also drop,” said Air India Chairman, Rajiv Bansal.
Interacted with members of the fourth estate about decisions taken & numbers achieved by India's civil aviation sector & its stakeholders in the extraordinary situation arising due to COVID19 outbreak.
The number of coronavirus cases in India crossed 10 lakh(1 million) as the country witnessed new hotspots emerging. With rapid rise in infection, India has now become third highest country affected by the pandemic.
In last 24 hours, India saw surge of 34,956 new cases, taking the total toll to 1,003, 832, the health ministry reported on Friday. This includes 635, 757 recoveries and 25,602 fatalities reported from across the country. Over the last 24 hours, 22, 942 patients have recovered while 687 people have lost their lives to the virus.
Breaking all previous records, India’s caseload has risen from 8 lakh to 10 lakh in just six days. Similarly, the death toll also saw increase of 5,000 cases in just 10 days.
More than 52 per cent cases have been reported from just 10 cities, with a third of all such cases on Maharashtra. With 8,641 new cases, Mahrashtra recorded highest single-day spike on Thursday. The state’s overall tally currently stands at 284,281. The state also reported 266 deaths, taking the total toll to over 11,000. Mumabi reamins the worst hit city in the country as well as the state as it now has 97,950 cases.
Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, and Telangana are among other states which have reported most number of cases. However, Tamil Nadu’s capital city, Chennai, saw decline in active cases.
Except US and Brazil, India is the only country to reach one million coronavirus cases mark. However, in compared to other countries, India has shown an increase in recovery rate that has gone up to 63.33 per cent. With more than half of the patients recovered, India currently has 330, 725 active cases.
Meanwhile, according to the Worldometer, more than 13.9 million infections and 592, 791 deaths have been recorded across the globe while 8,285,926 have recovered.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits Stamina, Leh, at around 9 a.m. today. Along with CDS Bipin Rawat and Army Chief H MM Naravane, to review the Security by first hand.
It’s Singh’s two day visit to forward area along LAC, LoC, In Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Integrated defence forces are present there, troops of Para Droppers carried out Para Dripping exercise in the presence of Defence Minister. He also inspected machine guns.
Earlier, On 3 July Rajanath Singh was expected to visit Leh to take stock of the ongoing situation, but got cancelled. And on the same day Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a surprise visit in Leh.
Ladakh: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane at Stakna, Leh. pic.twitter.com/2OUOLyJHwE
T-90 tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles carried exercise.
#WATCH Indian Army T-90 tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles carry out exercise at Stakna, Leh in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane. pic.twitter.com/Psc3CJOWok
In a gunfight in Kulgam, three terrorists has been killed in Nagnad-Chimmer area of Jammu & Kashmir.
On Thursday police along with security forces arrested terrorist associate from awantipur in South Kashmir who used to provide shelter and foods to the terriost.
The Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, “So far 01 #unidentified #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow.
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 17, 2020
“Incriminating material, including explosives and ammunition, has been recovered from him in the Noorpora area,” the police said. An FIR has been registered.
A senior police officer told that the slain militants belong to JeM outfit and their identification is yet to be done.
At least three Army soldiers is also injured in the anti-terror operation.
After the operation, a joint team of Kulgam Police, 9 RR and CRPF unit launched a search and cordon operation in the Nagnad-Chimmer area in the wee hours, today.
3 terrorists killed in Kulgam, Kashmir. The lions are hunting.
— Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) (@majorgauravarya) July 17, 2020
Also know:
On 12 July, a terrorist was killed in an encounter which began in the early hours on Sunday, at Rebbon area of Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir.
On 13 July, Two terrorist where neutralized in encounter between security forces and terrorist which began in Srigufawara area of Anantnag.
Last month on 13 June, two terrorist werek gunned down by Security forces in encounter that broke out in Zaroorat Nipta, Meer Bazar area of kulgam district.
The 2022 tournament will begin on November 21 and be more compressed than normal, finishing less than a month later on December 18.
The 2022 World Cup will have four games a day in a group stage and matches later in the tournament that go into extra time will extend past midnight in Qatar.
There is no space for a gap without games between the group stage and round of 16. Tournament is now of 28 days rather than normal 32 days.
The 2022 tournament will begin on November 21 and be more compressed than normal, finishing less than a month later on December 18.
“World Cup is the Festival for football fans”
“The World Cup is always a festival of football, a real celebration for the fans who come on-site and watch,” FIFA chief tournaments and events officer Colin Smith said. “In Qatar, with the compact nature, this now ambushed even more with 32 teams and 32 sets of supporters all in and around Doha,” said Nasser Al Khater, CEO of the Qatar World Cup organizing company.
Its now two and a half years, Qatar had launched the brand new 40,000-capacity Al-Janoub stadium and the refurbished Khalifa International ground. The COVID-19 pandemic destroyed the hopes of spectators and the income source of the committee.
Japan Olympic federation postponed the event to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) to organize Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and they could also consider various scenarios for the safe organization of event.
Japan Olympic federation postponed the event to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. The stake holders of Japan Olympic federation have already spoken to international governing structure about the safe commencement of tournament.
IOC President Thomas Bach briefed the press
Thomas Bach, the IOC President said the committee responded in a very positive manner and he hope for the better response from the participating nations as well. “We remain fully committed to staging Tokyo 2020 next year in July and August. The entire IOC is following the principle we established before the delay, the first priority is about the safety of all the participants,” said the IOC President.
“We continue our work with World Health Organization (WHO) and based on this advice we are preparing multiple scenarios,” . We don’t know the health situation one year from now,” he added.
The biggest challenge for governing structure is the generation of funds due to coronavirus guidelines,where spectators would be absent. The organization of this event without spectators is great loss for the committee and the sponsors.
Bach also discussed about the IOC agreement with nation Senegal to postponed the Youth Olympics 2022 to another four years.”This would also give chance to the respective bodies to evolve from the crisis with time,” Thomas Bach said.
Canada has made more tranquil migration for students. A two stage approval process has been established, without any consequences, to further facilities.
Canada is popular destination among Indian students. In 2019, 1.39 lakh study permits were allowed to Indian students, which makes it highest delegation of international student.
Recently established norms provide for priority processing of study-permits for international students, who have summited a complete application online, before September 15.
Previously, IRCC is also enabling students to begin their Canadian studies online while they are still abroad and having that time count towards their Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility so long as they have submitted a study permit application and if at least 50 per cent of the program is completed in Canada.
According to analysis of the past three years shows that the number of Chinese students to be granted a study permit has shown a miniscule decline, but inflow of students from India is steadily on the rise. The number of Chinese students to be granted study permits in 2019, at 84,710 was slightly lower than the previous year’s figure of 85,165.
There is progress in the latest talk between India and China in ongoing LAC dispute, according to Chinese spokesperson.
In the 4th round of talks among the top Commanders of both the sides, held on Tuesday at around 11:30 am and ended almost after fourteen hours, this is the longest meeting between India and China after the deadly clash between their soldiers in the Galwan Valley, where India is building a strategic road connecting the region to an airstrip close to China.
“The two sides have made positive progress on pushing forward the disengagement of the front-line troops on the western section of the border and easing the border tension,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a daily briefing on Wednesday.
West Indies made no changes in their playing 11 while England made 3 changes.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder has won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second test match of the series. West Indies made no changes in their playing 11 while England made 3 changes. As expected skipper Joe Root comes back for Joe Denly, Sam Curran for James Anderson but a surprise entry of Chris Woakes in place of Jofra Archer is the talking point.
Jofra Archer breached the team’s biosecure protocols
Pacer Jofra Archer dropped from the side and they made the announcement just a few hours before the commencement of the match. Archer breached the team’s biosecure protocols. ECB confirmed that after the Southampton Test, he went home when players asked to travel Manchester directly without messing around anywhere else. Archer was caught and he is now in isolation for the next 5 days. In meanwhile he will also undergo 2 Covid-19 tests. If he is tested negative in both the tests then the self-isolation period will be lifted. ECB also confirmed that they informed West Indies team management about the entire incident and now the hosts are pleased with the measures taken.
“I am extremely sorry for what I have done, I have put, not only myself but the whole team and management in danger, I fully accept the consequence of my actions and I want to apologize to everyone in the bio-secure bubble. It deeply pains me to be missing the Test match, especially with the series poised. I feel like I have let both teams down, and again I am sorry”, said the English pacer.
West Indies to eye on the series victory
West Indies are on top of England and now they eyed on the series victory. The match was delayed for two hours because of rain and now the surface is much helpful to the fast bowlers than earlier. It was a good toss to win for the visitors and the kind of fast bowling attack Jason’s brigade comprises could make a huge difference in the result of this series as well. With the return of the regular captain Joe Root, hosts are confident about their batting strength. In the end, it’s going to be a good competition for cricket.
