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S Jaishankar: Terrorism has been a policy of Pakistan government

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Harshit
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Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that terrorism acknowledged by the Pakistan government as a policy that they justify. He said that this is the reason why it is very difficult for India to normalize relations with Pakistan.

Addressing an online event organized by the Asia Society, Jaishankar said, Well, I am afraid we’re still at the, if not the perennial issues, at least the long-lasting ones, which is terrorism from Pakistan continues.”

“Terrorism from Pakistan remains publicly acknowledged by their government as a policy that they are justifying. So it makes it very hard to conduct normal relations with them,” Jaishankar said.

“So as far as our neighbours are concerned, our point to them is that this is something which is internal to us. Every country after all reserves the right to change its administrative jurisdictions. A country like China has also changed the borders of its provinces and I’m sure a lot of other countries do that.”

“Neighbours get impacted only if your external boundaries change. That has not happened in this case,” he said.

Tejas Express to restart from tomorrow

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Harshit
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The country’s first private train Tejas Express is going to resume from Saturday after about 7 months amid COVID-19 lockdown. However, the journey on Tejas Express will not be the same as before. Lash with state-of-the-art facilities, passengers will have to follow social distancing and the other COVID protocols.

According to Western Railway, Tejas Express train number 82901-Mumbai will leave Central Railway Station at 3.35 pm which will reach Ahmedabad railway station at 9.55 pm. At the same time, train number 82902 will leave at 6.40 am on October 17, which will reach Mumbai Central at 1.10 pm.

According to the Western Railway, one COVID-19 protection kit will be available in each compartment. The kit will have masks, gloves, sanitizers, headgear, and other equipment. It will be mandatory for every passenger to download the Arogya Setu app mobile. Each coach will be sanitized and disinfected during arrival and commencement, for which a separate Corona Gord will be present in each coach. Apart from this, SOP rules will also be followed on catering. Every passenger must wear a facemask. During this journey, special monitoring will also be done on the train.

Sandip SSingh Files Defamation Case Against Republic

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Jyoti B
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Sandip Ssingh who claims to be Sushant Singh Rajput‘s friend has served a defamation notice to Republic TV and its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami for allegedly running defamatory news against him. He has also claimed Rs 200 crores as compensation.

The legal notice filed by Ssingh’s lawyer Rajesh Kumar read, “That now the truth has prevailed and you have been completely exposed as a key conspirator of airing malicious contents as part of propagandas to malign my client with the sole motive to extort money and grab TRP.”

Announcing the move on his official social media account, Sandip claimed that members of the news channel sent him several messages “with criminal intent and intent to extort.”

Ssingh shared a copy of the notice on social media

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The notice has asked for the channel to remove all malicious footage, articles and reports about Sandip Ssingh and to tender an apology, which should include facts about the filmmaker’s integrity.

According to Bar and Bench report, if he notice is not adhered to within 15 days, Ssingh has informed that proceedings would be filed in court seeking damages for defamation. 

Ssingh has also demanded the payment of Rs 200 crores as compensation from Republic TV. If he notice is not adhered to within 15 days, Ssingh has informed that proceedings would be filed in court seeking damages for defamation.

IPL 2020: Zaheer Khan praises Mumbai Indians bowling variety

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Harshit
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Mumbai Indians Director of Cricket Zaheer Khan praises Mumbai Indians’ (MI) bowling attack and said that the team had worked on it over the years and stayed with the same combination for betterment.

“The variety in style keeps us going,” said Zaheer during their match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here. “Our bowlers can explore different conditions very well which is something we made a conscious effort towards going into the season. Different kind of bowlers add to what we have been trying to achieve together.”

MI’s bowling dismantled Kolkata Knight Riders and reduced them to 148 today. Fast bowlers Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, and Nathan Coulter-Nile have contributed with their single wickets while leg spinner Rahul Chahar was the star of Mumbai bowling attack.

“Undestanding the conditions is very important for a bowling unit — to understand what exactly works on a particular day. We spend a lot of time in understanding and planning. (At the same time) we give the bowlers freedom to go out there and express themselves,” he said.

“We’ve been telling the boys to stay in the zone. They’ve been putting in a lot of preparations. The cricketing rhythm has been good for us as a team collectively. We don’t have to change anything.”

BARC pauses weekly rating of news channels

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Jyoti B
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BROADCAST Audience Research Council (BARC), the industry body that measures Television Rating Points (TRPs), has suspended the publication of weekly individual ratings of news channels for “eight to12 weeks”, days after Mumbai Police began investigating a “racket” of fraudulent manipulation of TRPs.

One of the channels, Republic TV, had gone to the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the allegations raised by the Mumbai police.

The Supreme Court today refused to admit the petition, saying that the channel should approach the Bombay High Court “like any other citizen-facing investigation”. 

In a statement, BARC said the period would be used to bring the rating system to global standards and discourage “unlawful inducement of its panel home viewers”. It said it would “review and augment the current standards of measuring and reporting the data of niche genres to improve statistical robustness and significantly hamper potential attempts to infiltrate panel homes”.

The development has been welcomed by the private television news broadcasters — News Broadcasters Association (NBA) which called it an important step which could help to mend its systems and restore the credibility.

News channels have come under the government scanner for noxious reportage and the ministry of information and broadcasting had issued an advisory to all the private news channels directing them to adhere to the programme and advertising codes that may not contain anything obscene, false, defamatory, half-truth and deliberate content.

Hyderabad Rain: 30 people have died

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Neha Kumari
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Hyderabad Rain: 30 people have died in Hyderabad’s sudden rains. Flood-like situation has arisen in the city due to heavy rains. Flooding in the roads has led to disastrous life and a significant loss of property and life. Hundreds of cars were swept away in the floods caused by rain, while many full vehicles were also seen floating in the flood.

The reason for the heavy rains is the pressure created in the Bay of Bengal. The pressure created in the Bay of Bengal is reaching Maharashtra via Telangana.

Due to this, there is a risk of heavy rain in Hyderabad as well as other parts of Telangana. High alert has been issued in Kerala. Heavy rains are occurring in many areas including Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana. When the hospital was flooded, the car was seen flowing on the road somewhere. Rescue and relief operations continue.

While giving the information, State Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said, an alert has been issued to the administration of all the districts. In many areas of Hyderabad, rainfall up to 20 cm has been recorded in the last 24 hours.


India’s first Oscar winner and costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passes away

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Neha Kumari
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India’s first Oscar winner and costume designer Bhanu Athaiya died at her home on Thursday after prolonged illness. Her daughter gave this information.

Athaiya was 91 years old. She received the Oscar Award in 1983 for her outstanding work in the film ‘Gandhi’.

Her daughter Radhika Gupta told PTI, “She died this morning. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor eight years ago. For the last three years, she was in bed as a part of her body was paralyzed. “


Bhanu was born in Kolhapur and started her costume designer career in 1956 with Legendary Director Gurudutt’s superhit film CID. She has worked with many of Bollywood’s best directors.

Bhanu Athaiya worked in more than 100 films as a costume designer. She started her career in 1956 with Dev Anand’s film CID. After this, she designed the costumes of films like Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa, Chaudhvi Ka Chand and Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam in Hindi cinema’s Gold Era.

Bhanu has worked as a costume designer in many of the best films. Some media reports stated that she had expressed her desire to return his Academy Award in 2012. SHe feared the family would not be able to take care of her trophy after her death. On 15 December 2012, it was confirmed that she had returned her trophy to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Know the journey of Hema Malini the Dream Girl of Bollywood, on her birthday

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Neha Kumari
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Today is the 72nd birthday of Bollywood veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini.


Hema Malini was born on 16 October 1948 as the youngest child of VS Ramanujam Chakraborty and Jaya Chakravarty. She is from Tamil-speaking Iyengar family and Hema’s mother was a film producer. Hema started her career in 1961 by performing as a dancer in a Tamil film.

Hema’s political career began after former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam declared her a Member of the Rajya Sabha (2003-2009). In 2004, she joined the official Bharatiya Janata Party.

Hema Malini is a great actress as well as a great dancer. She is proficient in many forms of dance including Bharatanatyam.

Bollywood’s Dream Girl, Hema Malini, has created a special place in the hearts of people with her acting. Her work was well received. Hema was successful in her political career ranging from films. Today she is celebrating her 72nd birthday with the family.

Hema made her Bollywood debut in the year 1968 with the film Sapno Ka Saudagar.

She has been married to Dharmendra for more than four decades. Dharmendra had already married to Prakash Kaur before this two fell in love in the 1970s.

IPL 2020: Dinesh Karthik Steps Down As KKR Captain, Eoin Morgan Takes Charge

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Harshit
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has stepped down as captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Eoin Morgan will now handle the captaincy duties of KKR.

Karthik told the KKR management that he wants to “focus on his batting and contributing more to the team’s cause.

“We are fortunate to have leaders such as DK, who has always put the team first. It takes a lot of courage for someone like him to take a decision such as this,” team CEO Venky Mysore said in the statement.

“While we were surprised by his decision, we are respectful of his wishes.”

KKR is placed at seventh spot in the points table with 4 wins in their 7 games. Dinesh Karthik was struggling with the bat in this season he just scored 104 runs in the seven matches he played so far.

Sandalwood drug case: Vivek Oberoi’s house raided by Bengaluru Police

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Shivani Negi
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After getting a tip from reliable sources, Bengaluru Central Crime Branch(CCB) raided Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi’s house on Thursday. The CCB was hoping to find Aditya Alva, one of the main accused in the Sandalwood drug case, at Vivek’s residence.

Alva, son of former minister late Jeevaraj Alva and brother-in-law of Vivek Oberoi, has been absconding since September 4 when the police located drug peddlers, suppliers and rave party organisers connected to the sandalwood industry. Along with Alva, prime accused Shivaprakash Chuppi and Sheik Faazil have also been absconding.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandip Patil said: “We have received information that Alva is in Vivek Oberoi’s house, so we wanted to check. We have obtained a court warrant and the CCB team has gone to his house in Mumbai. The search is still going on.”

As of now, over 15 people have been arrested in the Sandalwood drug racket. Kannada film actress Ragini Dwivedi, Sanjjanaa Galrani, rave party organiser Viren Khanna, realtor Rahul Thonse and a few Nigerains are among the people arrested.

Ragini and Sanjjanaa are currently under judicial custody in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in the city. Ragini was arrested by the CCB police on September 4 while Sanjannaa was arrested on September 8.

The information related to the sandalwood drug racket was first exposed by Kannada filmmaker and journalist Indrajit Lankesh earlier this year.

NCB had conducted many back to back raids before handing over the case to the CCB.

WarnerMedia to discontinue its HBO, WB channels in India from December 15

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Shivani Negi
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WarnerMedia International has decided to discontinue its movie channels — in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bangladesh from 15 December 2020.

However, it will continue to operate its kids platforms such as Cartoon Network and Pogo.

“After 20 years of successes for the HBO linear movie channel in South Asia and more than a decade with the WB linear movie channel, this was a difficult decision to make. The pay-TV industry landscape and the market dynamics have shifted dramatically, and the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for further change,” said Siddharth Jain, SVP and Managing Director of WarnerMedia’s entertainment network in South Asia, in a statement.

The company, in its statement, further said that its offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru and India will continue to regulate and will handle kids channels’ sales and operations.

HBO also has a content syndication partnership with Disney Hotstar in India and will continue to provide its services. HBO shows such as “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” will be available for streaming.

The closure of channels shows major chunk in televised English entertainment broadcast in India. One of the reasons for this could be easy availability of English content on over-the-top(OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Hotstar and Hulu.

The growth of OTT platforms have even accelerated amid the covid-19 pandemic. The growth which was expected by 2021-2022 has already been recorded in this period.

“Between March and November 2019, around 30 Mn internet users came online for the first time from rural areas,” a report said.

GST compensation: Centre will borrow 1.1 lakh crore on behalf of states

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Shivani Negi
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The Central government on Thursday agreed to borrow Rs 1.1 lakh crore to pay Goods and Service Tax(GST) compensation shortfall for this year. Earlier, the government had asked states to borrow states money in the form of loans.

The Centre has said that the Government of India will now take the required borrowing and pass it on to States as a ‘back-to-back loan’ that will reflect in their own accounts.

The money will be lent to states via a special window by the Centre.

“Under the Special Window, the estimated shortfall of ₹1.1 lakh cr (assuming all States join) will be borrowed by Government of India in appropriate tranches. The amount so borrowed will be passed on to the States as a back-to-back loan in lieu of GST Compensation Cess releases,” the finance ministry said in a statement.  

“This will not have any impact on the fiscal deficit of the Government of India (GOI). The amounts will be reflected as the capital receipts of the State Governments and as part of financing of its respective fiscal deficits,” the ministry said, while mentioning that this will avoid the prospect of individual States having to pay differential interest rates.

The move may resolve the long issue of GST compensation between Centre and states which remained elusive despite three meetings of the GST council.

Earlier, this week, addressing the media after 42nd meeting of GST Council, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the Centre can not borrow on behalf of states.

“There was no consensus arrived on a matter on which differences exist. The GST Council can certainly take a call on cess, collection of cess, extending the period of collecting the cess and so on. That was repeatedly reiterated,” Sitharaman said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who heads the Council, had said the Centre cannot borrow and pay states for the shortfall as it may result in the rise in borrowing costs for the government and the private sector.

“Centre has issued a borrowing calendar, if I go beyond that to borrow, the G-Sec deals which are used as a benchmark for every other borrowing will go up. This will increase borrowing costs for states & private sector too,” the finance minister also said.

In August, Centre had given two option to states to either borrow money from RBI or take Rs 2.35 lakh crore from the market.

Following a demand by some states, the amount of Rs 97,000 crore was increased to Rs 1.10 lakh crore.

However, states ruled by opposition, demanded for more concrete solution of the issue.

World food day 2020

By
Jyoti B
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Food is one of the most essential requirements for the sustenance of human life.

If a human being does not have shelter over their head or clothes over their body, they would still survive but, if they don’t get wholesome nutrition then their survival is at risk.

The theme for this year’s World Food Day 2020 is “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.”

“World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of FAO in an exceptional moment as countries around the world deal with the widespread effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

In the year 1945, 16th October marked the founding of the ‘Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)’ of the United Nations. To honour the same, World Food Day is celebrated internationally; on the same date every year with a new theme.

Collective action across 150 countries is what makes ‘World Food Day’ one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, businesses, NGOs, the media, and the general public.

They promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure healthy diets for all.

World Food Day quotes

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives us a chance to give joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale. Happy World Food Day 2020

We should always respect the food we get because it is the blessing of God and love from someone who cares for us.

Blessed souls are those who get to enjoy three meals every day’. Let us always thank God for blessing us with food. Happy World Food Day 2020

If we all get together, we can fight against hunger. Let us make a promise to come together and promise ourselves to eradicate this evil by feeding the hungry. Happy World Food Day 2020

On this World Food Day, we must promise ourselves to never waste food’ as an initiative and contribution to saving food for those who are hungry’. Let us make a huge difference with our small actions.

Covid-19 Update: India records 63,83,441 cases, 895 deaths in last 24-hour

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Shivani Negi
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India registered fresh new 63,83,441 cases in last 24-hour, taking total tally past 73.-7 mark. With 895 new deaths, the fatality count has reached to 1,12,161.

India reports 63,371 new Covid-19 cases and 895 deaths in the last 24 hours, says ministry of health and family welfare

Total case tally stands at 73,70,469 including 8,04,528 active cases, 64,53,780 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,12,161 deaths.

The death rate is 1.5 per cent. “India continues to have one of the lowest deaths per million population globally,” the Health Ministry tweeted this morning.

The recovery rate in the country has reached past 87.6 per cent.

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh remained the five worst hit states by the covid-19 pandemic. These states accounted 55 per cent of total covid-19 infection in the last 24-hour.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 9,12,26,305 samples have been tested up to October 14 with 11,36,183 samples being tested on Wednesday.

Here are more updates on coronavirus:

*Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that India is expected to have a vaccine in six month. He also emphasised that herd immunity is not an option for a country as big as India.

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for higher preparedness against the coivd-19 pandemic. He also asked health authorities to intentsify testing process and sero surveys.

*India has started to report other seasonal diseases such as dengue, malaria along with covid-19 infection.

*Remdesivir, among the first antiviral medicines used to treat critically ill coronavirus patients, had little or no effect on COVID-19 patients’, the World Health Organization(WHO) said.

*Veteran singer Kumar Sanu has tested positive for the covid-19 infection on Thursday.

*Mata Mansa Devi Temple in Panchkula set to welcome devotees during Navratri amid Covid-19

*Pony, Pithu and Palki services have resumed. Helicopter and battery car services operational. Devotees coming from outside Jammu and Kashmir need valid Covid-19 negative test report. We have Covid-19 testing facility here too: CEO Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Jammu

*US coronavirus cases surpass eight million as infections spike nationwide, said reuters in its report.

Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has reached past 38.8 million, while the fatality toll has reached 1,097,180, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 38,833,032 and the fatalities increased to 1,097,189, the University said.

Government to register 250 million migrants through its portal

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Shivani Negi
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The Government has proposed a new portal to register migrants and other workers from the unorganised sector, atleast 250 million labourers will be enrolled in next few years. The prime focus of this portal will be to provide a single window for concerns and social welfare to such unprivelliged workers, according to the government official.

The portal will be a key structure in digital system of help provided by the government for the people as it will be linked to various ongoing programmes and services, such as the medical care scheme Ayushman Bharat, or the subsidised ration scheme Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, and workers will be register directly through their through mobile phones, newly appointed Union labour secretary Apurva Chandra said. Making it and the other services work in streamlined manner in synergy.

“It’s good that the government has accepted our suggestion to register unorganized sector workers. If they have set the initial target to enrol 25 crore workers, it means they would primarily target the construction sector as most unorganised and migrant workers belong to that sector,” the labour panel’s head Bhartruhari Mahtab said.

Chandra also backed the recently enacted labour codes. “There will be a definite increase in fixed-term employment. Many industries had told us that they are keen to employ people during rush seasons or they wanted students in part-time work during their recess. Now, all these avenues will open,” he said.

The government is also planning to introduce a first official survey on migration of Indian workforce, covering both the seasonal and long term migration. To better understand the pattern and aspects of the same and how it affects the entire sector and the workers itself. All data will be collected via various modes and will be streamlined through the portal. It will assist the government to plan and help welfare-seekers.

The plight of migrant workers, desperate to return home in the middle of the lockdown, sparked criticism of the Union government’s handling of the Covid crisis. The labour ministry, lacking any independent headcount of migrant workers, failed to furnish specific data in Parliament on how many workers lost their jobs and how many died while returning home.

The ministry said that 10.4 million migrant workers returned home during lockdown, but experts suggested that this was merely the passenger data from Shramik special trains, and did not take into account workers who tried to return by bus, trucks, and other means. According to news reports, several workers and their family members died while trying to walk back or travel in overloaded trucks.

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