Mercedes-Benz EQC launched, starts at Rs 99.30 lakh

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October 9, 2020

The Supreme Court said no accused in a sexual harassment case was entitled to access a woman complainant’s statement recorded by a magistrate under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code till the trial court took cognisance of the chargesheet. This comes because of case involving former minister Swami Chinmayanand, who had been MoS home in the Vajpayee government.

The Supreme Court said, “The filing of the chargesheet by itself does not entitle an accused to copies of any of the relevant documents, including statement under Section 164 of the Code. No person is entitled to a copy of statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code till the appropriate orders are passed by the court after the chargesheet is filed.”

The SC had ordered, “We are not expressing any opinion regarding the grievances expressed by the girl Miss A and apprehensions of her parents. All that we wish to point out is that the correctness of the grievances/apprehension has to be addressed as per the procedure established in law. In view of above, we direct the chief secretary, Uttar Pradesh, to constitute a special team headed by a police officer in the rank of the inspector general of police to be assisted by the superintendent of police and a team of police officers to enquire into the grievances expressed by Miss A and insofar as the apprehension expressed by the parents of Miss A.”

According to media report, the SC had also asked the SIT so constituted to investigate the FIR lodged by Chinmayanand about alleged blackmail and demand of extortion money and had requested the chief justice of Allahabad HC to monitor the investigations. The chargesheet was filed after investigations and immediately the accused moved the court for supply of a copy of the Section 164 CrPC statement of the complainant, which was given by the HC to the accused.

Bihar Assembly Election 2020- RJD has nominated Mukesh Roshan from Mahua assembly

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October 9, 2020

RJD has nominated Mukesh Roshan from Mahua assembly constituency. Tej Pratap Yadav won the last time from this seat in the second phase. This seat has also been considered safe for the RJD. Now he is certain to contest from Hasanpur. Mukesh was handed the symbol by RJD.

Amidst the rumor of wife Aishwarya Rai contesting from Mahua, Tej Pratap Yadav announced to leave Mahua seat and contest from Hasanpur. He is also continuously active in Hasanpur.

Shwasur Chandrika Yadav had indicated that Aishwarya could contest from Mahua or Hasanpur seat. It may be noted that Tejapratap Yadav filed for divorce only after six months of marriage to Aishwarya Rai. Both are facing divorce case in court.

Lalu Prasad Yadav granted bail by Jharkhand HC

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October 9, 2020

Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is serving a jail sentence in the Chaibasa case related to the fodder scam, has got bail. The Jharkhand High Court granted Lalu Prasad Yadav bail in the case of illegal withdrawal from the Chaibasa treasury.

But he will not be released yet. Until the hearing of the Dumka treasury case related to the fodder scam is over. The bail plea of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was heard in the Jharkhand High Court on Friday. Lalu Prasad, convicted in the fodder scam, has got bail.

Along with this, Lalu Prasad has got a big relief in the Chaibasa Treasury case. According to news agency ANI, the Jharkhand High Court has granted Lalu Yadav bail in the Chaibasa treasury case related to the fodder scam.

However, due to the pending Dumka treasury case, he will have to remain in jail. Lalu Yadav’s stay in jail amidst preparations for Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 is being considered a setback for RJD. The first phase of elections in the state will be held on October 28, 2020. In such a situation, the party may miss Lalu Prasad Yadav will not campaign in Vidhan Sabha elections for the first time

23-Year-Old Btech student dies in freak Go-Karting accident in Hyderabad

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October 9, 2020

A tragic incident reported on Thursday as a 20-yr-old Hyderabad B-Tech student died of head injuries when her hair got entangled during go-karting in Hyderabad’s Gurram Guda District.

The woman had gone to the play zone with her family members. In the accident her hair got entangled in the rear wheel of the vehicle after the helmet she wore came out, resulting in serious head injuries, informed the officials after preliminary investigation.

The license of the play zone was accorded by municipal authorities for only one year in 2017, but its owners were operating despite the expiry. Following the mishap, police booked a case of negligence against the management of the play zone and closed the premises.

The student’s parents have alleged that their daughter died due to the continuous negotiations of the go-karting organizers.

World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

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October 9, 2020

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme(WFP) for its “efforts to combat hunger” and its “contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.”

“The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a strong upsurge in the number of victims of hunger in the world. In the face of the pandemic, 2020 Nobel Prize laureate the World Food Programme has demonstrated an impressive ability to intensify its efforts,” the Nobel Committee said.

Reiss-Andersen said the committee gave the award to the WFP because it wanted to “turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger”. Hunger, she said, was used as a “weapon of war and conflict”.

There were 318 candidates, 211 individuals, and 107 organisations nominated this year for the coveted prize. While the Norwegian Nobel Committee maintains absolute secrecy about whom it favours for arguably the world’s most prestigious prize, that has never stopped speculation ahead of the announcement.

Amongst those speculated to be nominated included US President Donald Trump, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, and the World Health Organization.

On Monday, the Nobel committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine for discovering the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus.

Tuesday’s prize for physics honoured breakthroughs in understanding the mysteries of cosmic black holes.

The chemistry prize on Wednesday went to scientists behind a powerful gene-editing tool.

The literature prize was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück on Thursday for her “candid and uncompromising” work.

Still to come next week is the prize for outstanding work in the field of economics.

Trump calls Kamala Harris a “communist” after vice presidential debate

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October 9, 2020

US President Donald Trump, on Thursday, launched an attack on Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris.

Calling her a communist, the US president said that if Biden wins the election, Kamala will take over as a president as soon as one month.

Vice President, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris were face-to-face in the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, wherein Kamala slammed Trump administration’s mishandling of covid-19 in the country.

Talking about Kamala’s debate performance, Trump in an interview with Fox News said, “I thought that wasn’t even a contest last night. She was terrible. I don’t think you could get worse. And totally unlikable. She’s a Communist. She’s left of (Senator) Bernie (Sanders). She’s rated left of Bernie by everybody. She’s a Communist.”

“We’re going to have a Communist. Look, I sit next to Joe and I looked at Joe. Joe’s not lasting two months as president. That’s my opinion. He’s not going to be lasting two months,” Trump added.

The US president even went on to use an invective against Harris, calling her a “monster”.

“This monster that was onstage with Mike Pence, who destroyed her last night, by the way,” he said.

“She is a Communist. She’s not a Socialist. She’s well beyond a socialist. Take a look at her views. She wants to open up the borders to allow killers and murderers and rapists to pour into our country,” Trump further attacked Harris.

This was Trump’s first interview since his presidential debate with democratic nominee, Joe Biden, last week.

Meanwhile, Pence, who was face-to-face with Harris treated her with courtesy while listening to her points ardently. Harris, at times, seemed overwhelming during the debate with her style honed as a prosecutor.

Trump, who was discharge from hospital on Wednesday, is currently recovering from Covid-19.

Che Guevara, 53rd death anniversary

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October 9, 2020

Born on 14 June 1928, Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader and military theorist.

By 1965, with the Cuban economy in shambles, Guevara left his post to export his revolutionary ideologies to other parts of the world. He travelled first to the Congo to train troops in guerrilla warfare in support of a revolution there but left later that year when it failed.

After returning briefly to Cuba, in 1966, Guevara departed for Bolivia with a small force of rebels to incite a revolution there. He was captured by the Bolivian army and killed in La Higuera on October 9, 1967.

As a young medical student, Guevara travelled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed.

Che Guevara expounded a vision of a new socialist citizen who would work for the good of society rather than for personal profit.

Guevara would live on as a powerful symbol, bigger in some ways in death than in life. Many on the political right condemned him as brutal, cruel, murderous, and all too willing to employ violence to reach revolutionary ends.

On the other hand, Guevara’s romanticized image as a revolutionary loomed especially large for the generation of young leftist radicals in Western Europe and North America in the turbulent 1960s.

PUBG Mobile seeks Airtel’s help to resume services in India

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October 9, 2020

PUBG almost singlehandedly started the trend of live game streaming and boosted the market for games and e-sports in India, but recently due to the tension between India and China and shady practices of Chinese app developers the game got banned along with a big number of other Chinese applications.

Reportedly PUBG Corporation is in early negotiation with telecom company Airtel to distribute PUBG Mobile in India.
“PUBG is in early conversation with Airtel for handing over distribution rights to the telecom giant. This desperation shows that PUBG has been trying hard to get back into the Indian market,” a source told the publication on the condition of anonymity.

“The gaming platform is also busy in raising a lean team in India. It has been interviewing candidates with experience of under 4 to 6 years,” the source added.
However there is no official statement from PUBG Corporation and Airtel on this.
PUBG Mobile was banned on Sept. 2 in India, along with 117 other mobile phone apps that have ties to Chinese developers or publishers. At the time the popular mobile battle royale game was being published in India by Tencent Games. The ban was precipitated by border tensions between India and China.

The Entrackr report also noted that since the ban of the game, PUBG Mobile downloads declined 26% globally in the month of September, according to Sensor Tower Data.
According to the sources the talks with Reliance to distribute the game in India through its Jio platform has slowed down. Same source also indicated that the government had no plans to lift the ban on the game anytime soon, adding that there had been complaints about the game being “too violent.”

India-US two-plus-two dialogue expected to take place in Delhi on Oct 26-27

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October 9, 2020

The third edition of the two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US is expected to take place on October 26 and 27 here during which both sides are likely to carry out a comprehensive review of their strategic cooperation, people familiar with the development said on Thursday.

The report, citing officials who are aware of the matter, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper are scheduled to visit India on the said dates, whereas External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India at the dialogue.

As the dialogue is taking place days ahead of the presidential election in the US, no major outcome is expected from it, said a source.

Covid-19 update: India’s death tally mounts to 1,05,526

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October 9, 2020

India recorded 78,524 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24-hour, taking the total number to 68.35 lakh. With 971 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country’s fatality toll now stands at 1,05526.

s. Total case tally stands at 69,06,152 including 8,93,592 active cases, 59,06,070 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,06,490 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

This is the 8th consecutive day of India reporting less than 1,000 deaths in a single day. Number of infected cases per day has also seen a significant decline in the month of October.

According to the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a total number of 75,000 people recuperate from covid-19 everyday. India’s recoveries are 6.3 times more than the active cases of the virus.

“India’s COVID recoveries have witnessed a steep exponential rise – from 50,000 in May to over 57 lakh in October. A high level of more than 75,000 recoveries reported every day. Recoveries are 6.3 times the active cases (currently only 13.4 per cent of total cases),” the ministry tweeted.

Here’re more Covid-19 updates:

*According to a report of reutres, late-stage study of Covid-19 convalescent plasma treatment with remdesvir has started.

*Tamil Nadu followed Maharashtra in reporting more than 10,000 cases in last 24-hour. With 68 fresh deaths, Tamil Nadu’s toll reached 10,052.

*Maharashtra recorded 13,395 new Covid-19 cases to take its tally to 14,93,884. The death toll rose to 39,430 as 358 more died in last 24-hour.

*Decision on resuming schools in Maharashtra will be taken after Diwali, said Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

*The national cumulative positivity rate in the country fall to 8.2 per cent in the last 11 days. As of now, six states and five UTs have less than 5 per cent positive rate.

*The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday criticised the Centre for promoting Ayurveda and Yoga as a potential treatment for covid-19.

*Doctors have warned West Bengal government of massive growth in covid-19 cases post Durga Pooja.

*35 states/UTs conducting more than 140 Covid-19 tests/day/million population; positivity rate at 8.19%: Govt

*Delhi Needs to be Prepared for Around 15K Cases Daily During Winter Months: NCDC

*The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to allow the annual Rath Yatra Festival organised by Biraja Temple of Jaipur district. The Yatra must be organized following covid-19 protocols, the court said.

Covid-19 Vaccine updates:

*In a major breakthrough, a new study has claimed that vaccines will work against the G-strain mutatio of the coronavirus. The study led by an Indian orign scientist Prof SS Vasan has been published in ‘npj-Vaccine’, brought out by Nature.

*China has joined COVAX vaccine alliance on Thursday led by WHO. “We are taking this concrete step to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, especially to developing countries, and hope more capable countries will also join and support COVAX,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement

Zoom introduces new security feature for classrooms

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October 9, 2020

Video meeting platform Zoom, which gained popularity in recent times due to the pandemic, has released an external authentication feature in order to provide more secure environment for the classrooms due to pandemic.

Zoom will provide Single Sign-On (SSO) feature allowing users to log in one time, with single credentials, to get access to all the applications, data and services they need, officials from Zoom announced it on Wednesday. The SSO option was already provided to the faculty and staff for secure access into their Zoom account.

“With Zoom’s external authentication, school IT administrators can now set up their Zoom account so students are required to authenticate against their school identity system or SSO provider before joining a meeting,” Brendan Ittelson, Chief Technology Officer, Zoom, wrote in a blog post.

Extending on that same experience is now being provided to the classroom service for the students, who do not need a Zoom account but can enjoy the benefit of same unified experience.

Zoom officials explained that school and IT administrators can be assured about the security as this external authentication provides an extra layer to existing security and will enhance hybrid learning processes.

“Students are properly identified within the meeting using the name from your identity provider (IDP), and only authenticated students are allowed into the session, which provides a host of advantages,” Ittelson said.

“Additionally, every student’s Zoom meeting history gets logged in the Zoom dashboard, so taking attendance has never been easier,” Ittelson said.

Happy Birthday Sayani Gupta

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October 9, 2020

Bollywood actress Sayani Gupta is celebrating her birthday today. The actress is not a necessitous of any identity today.

The actress has played amazing characters in her best career so far. Which were completely out of the trend of Bollywood.

Sayani started with the film ‘Second Marriage.com‘ in the year 2012. But he received more praise and headlines from the second film ‘Margarita with a Straw’. After this, she appeared in ‘Parched’ in 2015. Apart from these films, Sayani has also done films like ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Fukrey Returns’, ‘Jolly LLB 2’. Some time ago she appeared in ‘Article 15’ with Ayushman Khurana.

Sayani has done many short films like Call Waiting directed by Anubhuti Kashyap, Bubbles and Stars as part of the Shuruyat Ka Interval, a collection of 8 shorts produced by Humara Movies, Bunny directed by Vasan Bala as part of the launch of Terribly Tiny Talkies, Leeches directed by Payal Sethi and Just Friends directed by Arun Sukukar. Leeches just premiered at the Tempura film festival in France, Friss Hus Budapest, Hungary and playing at IFFLA this month.

She has featured on the cover of many popular magazines in India.

Sayani is an unassuming actress who expresses her views on burning issues with the utmost care. Recently, he gave his response to a post by Shahrukh Khan, about which he is now in the discussion.

Today Shah Rukh Khan took to social media to remember the values of “truth” on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and wrote, “If this Gandhi Jayanti there is One ideal we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time….it should be Hear no bad…see no bad….speak no bad! Remembering the value of truth on Gandhiji’s 151st Birth Anniversary.”

Let’s have a look at Sayani’s most favourite attire

Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Louise Glück

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October 8, 2020

The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Louise Glück.

Literature Laureate Louise Glück made her debut in writing in 1968 with ‘Firstborn’ and then she was acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. Louise has published twelve collections of poetry and some volumes of essays on poetry.

The Nobel Prize twitter post wrote: “The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”

She Born in New York City on April 22, 1943, Louise Glück is the daughter of Daniel and Beatrice Glück. She enrolled in a poetry workshop where poet and teacher Stanley Kunitz significantly influenced her. In 1966 Louise won the Academy of American Poets Prize.

“All are characterized by striving for clarity. Childhood and family life, the close relationship with parents and siblings is a [theme] that has remained central to her,” Anders Olsson, the chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, said.

“She seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from myths and Classical motifs,” Olsson added.

Netiznes demand to boycott Bigg Boss 14 for alleged objectification of women

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