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Rajasthan: Deputy Minister Sachin Pilot may join BJP.

Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot says that with support of 30 MLA he has refused to attend meeting of Congress MLA, called by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Sources suggest that Pilot, who is camping in Delhi after setting his party up for another state collapse just three months after it lost Madhya Pradesh to the BJP, is likely to meet with BJP chief JP Nadda today.

Pande says that they have confidence that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will survive as 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their support and trust to government.

“A total of 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their trust and support to government led by CM Ashok Gehlot and leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.Few more MLAs had telephonic conversation with the CM and they’ll also sign letter of support till morning,” said Rajasthan Congress in-charge Avinash Pande at a press conference after a legislature party meeting at Ashok Gehlot’s residence in Jaipur.

“Strict disciplinary action will be taken against any MLA who is absent without mentioning personal or special reason”, he further added.

“The Ashok Gehlot government is in minority after over 30 Congress and some independent MLAs have pledged their support to Sachin Pilot,” said the statement released by Pilot’s media office yesterday.

PL Punia, Congress in-charge of Chhattisgarh, tweets clarification on his statement,

Sachin Pilot statement came when he was in Delhi over the weekend, he met former Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia who recently left the party to bring down Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh.

20 most-valuable technology brands in the world.

The world’s most valuable brands have seen their total brand value increase by 5.9% despite the economic, social and personal impacts of COVID-19, according to the 2020 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released by WPP and Kantar. The total brand value of the Top 100 global brands reached US$5 trillion, equivalent to the annual GDP of Japan. It has increased by 245% since 2006, when the total brand value first reached US$1 trillion.

Adobe:
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. Its creative, marketing, and document solutions empower everyone—from emerging artists to global brands. According to BrandZ, Adobe is on the 35th position with a total brand value of $35,904 million.

Amazon:
Amazon has consolidated its position as the world’s most valuable brand, boasting a 32% increase on last year to reach $415,855 million. According to BrandZ, Amazon has topped the list of most valuable brands accounted for $415,855 million

Apple:
Apple prides itself on creating pleasing and intuitive experiences for its customers with products that are elegant, yet simple. At the second position is Apple that has a brand value of $352,206 million.

Microsoft:
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft, a company that makes computer software. Satya Nadella-led Microsoft is at the third position with a brand value of $326,544 million.

Google:
Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford. Ranking 4th is Google, with a brand value of $323,601 million. 

Alibaba:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational technology company. It has a total brand value of $152,525 dollars as per the report and ranks sixth.

Tencent:
Tencent had a brand ranking of 7th with a total value of $150,978 million. And has a brand value of $147,190 million and ranked 8th.

Facebook:
Facebook, American companyoffering online social networkingservices. Facebook was founded in 2004. Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook has a brand value of $147,190 million and ranked 8th.

AT&T:
As per the BrandZ parameters, AT&T has a total brand value of $105,833 million and ranked 11th in the overall list of most valuable brands.

Verizon:
Verizon ranked 12th and has a brand value of $94,662 million as per the report. Verizon ranked 12th and has a brand value of $94,662 million as per the report.

IBM:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, the precursor to IBM, was founded on June 16, 1911.  It  is on the 14th position with a total brand value of $83,667 million.

SAP:
As per the report, SAP has a total brand value of $57,578 million and is on the 17th position in the overall list of most valuable brands.

PayPal:
PayPal, American e-commerce company formed in March 2000 that specializes in Internet money transfers. According to BrandZ, PayPal is on the 23rd position with a total brand value of $48,453 million.

Spectrum:
As per the report, Spectrum has a total brand value of $42,917 million and is on the 28th position in the overall list of most valuable brands.

Instagram:
Instagram began development in San Francisco as Burbn, a mobile check-in app created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. According to BrandZ, Instagram is on the 29th position with a total brand value of $41,501 million.

Accenture:
As per the report, Accenture has a total brand value of $41,437 million and is on the 30th position in the overall list of most valuable brands.

Deutsche Telekom:
According to BrandZ, Deutsche Telekom is on the 32nd position with a total brand value of $37,297 million.

Intel:
As per the report, Intel has a total brand value of $37,257 million and is on the 33rd position in the overall list of most valuable brands.

China Mobile:
China Mobile has a total brand value of $34,583 million and is on the 36th position in the overall list of most valuable brands.

Youtube:
According to BrandZ, YouTube is on the 37th position with a total brand value of $33,976 million.

RBSE: 12th commerce Results likely to be out at 11:15, today.

Jaipur: The results of the 12th commerce class of Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education will be released today. Board President D.P. Jarauli will issue from the board office. Along with the results of 12th science, now the results of commerce are also coming today.

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra announced the date of the declaration of the RBSE 12th result 2020 on Sunday in a tweet that said, “Rajasthan Board class 12 Commerce result 2020 will be announced on July 13 at 11:15am”. Once the results are released, students can check their Rajasthan Board results at the websites.

As per a report, the RBSE Class 12 examinations began on 5 March. The exams were scheduled to end on 3 April but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. The examinations for the pending papers were held from 18 to 30 June.

Students waiting for the results of commerce Rajasthan Board official website rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in keep checking the latest updates. Apart from this, Rajasthan Board had recently released the result of 12th Science Stream. In this exam, Yash Sharma topped the exam with 95.60 percent marks. Yash had scored 495 out of 500. At the same time, 91.66% of the total candidates were successful this year. Among them, 94.9 percent girls and 90.61 percent students have been successful.

RBSE 12th Commerce Result 2020, How to check results online:

> Log onto rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in or rajresults.nic.in

> Look for the button that says ‘Class 12 Commerce Results Click Here’.

> Click on the link and fill in your details, including Registration Number and Date of Birth.

> Click on the submit button and the result will be displayed.

> Take a printout of your Rajasthan class 12th Commerce Result 2020

Russia: World’s first COVID-19 vaccine, successfully completes clinical trials.

● Worldwide, total 12.5 million confirmed
Cases,
● 6.89 million people recovered and,
● 560 thousand people died due to
COVID-19.

Chief researcher Elena Smolyarchuk told a Russian news outlet on Sunday, July 12, Sechenov University researchers have successfully completed clinical trials of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine on volunteers.

“The research has been completed and it proved that the vaccine is safe. The volunteers will be discharged on July 15 and July 20,” Smolyarchuk was quoted as saying in the report.

The university began clinical trials of the vaccine produced by Russia’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on June 18.

According to Lukashev, further development plan for the vaccine is already determined by the developer’s strategy, including the complexity of the epidemiological situation with the virus and the possibility of scaling up production. 

“Sechenov University in a pandemic situation acted not only as an educational institution but also as a scientific and technological research center that is able to participate in the creation of such important and complex products as drugs … We worked with this vaccine, starting with preclinical studies and protocol development, and clinical trials are currently underway,” Tarasov noted.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation had last month announced that Oxford’s vaccine was most advanced. It is expected to bed rolled out soon as AstraZeneca by Oxford is in the third phase of clinical trials.

More than a hundred vaccines against the novel coronavirus are currently under development or trials, globally. The coronavirus has infected more than 12 million people around the world, till now.

Supreme Court grants permission for Summons via Whatsapp.

Court summons and notices can be sent via email, fax and instant messaging applications like WhatsApp amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde observed that it has been brought to the notice of the court that it is not feasible to visit post offices for service of notices, summons, and pleadings. The bench also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and R Subhash Reddy observed that notice.

Allowing this, the Supreme Court said that along with this, notices / summons should be sent through the mail on the same day. Two blue ticks will ensure that the receiver has seen the notice. However, it clarified that a party would have to prove valid service using the methods of summons and notice.

However, Venugopal expressed reservation about service through Whatsapp. “Since the messenger service claims that it is end-to-end encrypted, it would be difficult to prove legitimate service of summons/notices sent through Whatsapp,” he said. But, the CJI said, “If the sent notice/summons in message form reflects two blue ticks, then it would constitute as valid service.”

This is a significant move since the top court has already been hearing cases through video conferencing since March and this is another important step towards digitalisation of the judicial procedures at the apex court.

A bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde took on record, a consolidated reply filed on behalf of the Union of India detailing its stand on several IA’s with regard to limitations pertaining to Section 29A & 23(4)of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, Service of all notices, summons and exchanges of pleadings, Clarifications with regard to the earlier March 23 order & Extension of Limitation under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

Senior Advocate V Giri, representing RBI, stated that it had decided not to extend the limitation period under the provision as of now.

When Attorney General Venugopal urged the Bench to use the phrase “namely WhatsApp” to specify the messaging apps in its order, the Bench refused, stating it would not commit the mistake that was done when a company name like ‘Xerox’ replaced the word “photo copying”.

Bollywood Big B tested Corona positive.

HIGHLIGHTS —

  • Both Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan tested Corona positive.
  • Amitabh Bachchan announced on twitter about this news.
  • Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and other family members tested negative.
  • Last time Big B was seen on screen in Gulabo Sitabo movie directed by Shoojit Sircar.

Big B has been shifted to the Nanavati hospital in Mumbai after being Corona positive on Saturday. He was brought to the hospital after complaining of breathing problems.

Amitabh was symptomatic and was self isolating before taken to hospital.

He was admitted to the hospital around 10 pm .

Big B Tweeted, ”T 3590 -I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests , results awaited .. All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !”.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan wrote on Twitter that he has been trying to call Nanavati hospital, but has received no response, “Dear Amitabh ji, I join the whole nation in wishing you a quick recovery! After all, you are the idol of millions in this country, an iconic superstar! We will all take good care of you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!,” Harsh Vardhan wrote on Twitter.”

”Earlier today both my father and I tested positive for COVID 19. Both of us having mild symptoms have been admitted to hospital. We have informed all the required authorities and our family and staff are all being tested. I request all to stay calm and not panic. Thank you”, Abhishek Bachchan tweets.

Even after Bollywood resumes shooting, actors over the age of 65, such as Big B are banned from set due to their vulnerability to the virus.

Veteran actor popularly known as Big B, he is 77 year old . Big B was last seen in Gulabo Sitabo that was released on Amazon prime.
He is still considered to be a star attraction for everyone. Thus this news left the whole nation in shock. Bollywood and all his fans are sending pray for him.

https://twitter.com/vickykaushal09/status/1282025099814567938?s=20
https://twitter.com/AnupamPKher/status/1282008344190808064?s=20

Boeing delivers Apache, Chinook helicopters to India.

On Friday Boeing said that it has completed the delivery of 22 new AH64E Apache and 15 chinook military helicopters to IAF.

In September 2015 the Ministry of Defence has finalized a deal with Boeing for production, training and support of 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The deal was worth USD 3 billion.

Now with this delivery of helicopter will increase IAF firepower also it’s logistical and capabilities.

Notably, both Apache and Chinook helicopter was pressed into service during India China face-off. Even Sukhoi fighter jets patrolled the skies too.

“With this delivery of military helicopters, we continue to nurture this partnership and are fully committed to working closely with the Indian defence forces to deliver the right value and capabilities to meet their operational needs,” Surendra Ahuja, Managing Director, Boeing Defence India, said.

“Customer centricity, commitment to the modernization and mission-readiness of India’s defence forces are key values to our partnership with India,” Ahuja added.

Boeing works with over 200 suppliers and partners in the country in support of “Make in India” and “Skill India”, the statement added.

”Thank you, @IAF_MCC, for your partnership. We’re happy to have completed the deliveries of the 22 #AH64-E Apache and 15 #Chinook helicopters to India”, Boeing tweeted.

US warns citizens about detention risk in China.

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.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Smith’s combined net worth will shock you.

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. 

Monali Thakur drops a message at trolls calling her ‘Gold Digger’.

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.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdJZrPFkvc/?igshid=1c8ls295e9drt

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!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCXQx4ClgoN/?igshid=17aj774fiz6f2

“The ‘gold digger’ earns more than the successful business man.. sorry to disappoint you all.. no drama in there.”

Universities will use artificial intelligence for admission process.

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.

Ambani is now wealthier than Warren Buffet .

Mukesh Ambani, Reliance India limited ( RIL ) chairman and managing director is now at 8 richest person in the world.

By this Mukesh Ambani is now richer than Warren Buffett in the terms of total worth.

Ambani have worth $ 68.3 billion, crossing Buffet’s $ 67.9 billion.

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 ”.

Supreme court refuses to interfere in plea waive off against private school fees.

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.

Before Vikas Dubey encounter police stopped vehicles.

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 .

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.

“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

India China: Total disengagement for restoration.

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.