On the day when most senior BJP leaders along with their followers were glued to radio sets listening to the 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the party’s creative team shared these inspiring stories of unsung heroes, who have been mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in different episodes of the monthly broadcast. BJP celebrated the occasion on a large scale making it a mass outreach programme.
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Sunday, April 30, 2023
After 20 hours under rubble, man rescued on birthday
After 20 agonising hours of being trapped under the debris following the Bhiwandi building crash, labourer Sunil Pisal (32) was safely rescued on Sunday, which was also his birthday. When NDRF and Thane Disaster Relief Force personnel extracted Pisal from the rubble around 8am, he was conscious and thanked them with folded hands for giving him a second life. His relatives and friends cheered on as he was taken to hospital.
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Landslides leave Badrinath pilgrims stranded for 8 hours
The Badrinath national highway — NH-58 — remained blocked due to recurring landslides near Pinola and Tayapul in Chamoli district since Sunday morning, leaving hundreds of pilgrims en route to the holy shrine stranded for over eight hours. The highway was opened up only after 1pm, according to the district emergency operation centre.
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IPL: Mumbai pip Rajasthan in a high scoring thriller
Tim David's unbeaten 14-ball 45 blitzkrieg trumped Yashasvi Jaiswal's dazzling maiden IPL ton as Mumbai Indians pipped Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring last-over thriller at the iconic Wankhede in Mumbai on Sunday. Making the 1,000th match of the Indian Premier League a blockbuster, Mumbai shot down the 213-run target with three balls to spare.
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'I have worked a lot on my batting': Yashasvi Jaiswal
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Vote for double-engine govt, not reverse-gear one: Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah attacked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, describing their poll campaign in Karnataka as “electoral tourism”. “The siblings have been planning to make Karnataka their ATM again,” Shah claimed while addressing party workers at Katapadi, in Udupi district. He urged voters to choose between the double-engine government of Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi’s “reverse-gear government”.
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ED searches Byju's CEO's office, residence over FEMA violations
The ED on Saturday said it conducted “searches and seizure action” at three places belonging to Bengaluru-based edtech giant Byju’s, including its head office and founder Byju Raveendran’s city residence. The ED said this was done under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema).
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Defamation case not serious, courts erred: Rahul’s lawyer
The defamation case against Rahul Gandhi is not serious enough to warrant his disqualification from contesting elections for eight years, his counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Saturday in the Gujarat high court that is hearing a plea to stay a lower court’s conviction of the former Congress MP.
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Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail for BJP MLA’s murder
Ghazipur court on Saturday sentenced jailed ganglord Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years’ imprisonment and his BSP MP brother, Afzal Ansari, to four years following their conviction in separate cases registered under the UP Gangsters Act in 2007. Additional sessions judge-I (MP-MLA court) Durgesh also fined Mukhtar Rs 5 lakh and Afzal Rs 1 lakh. The sentencing of Afzal paves the way for his automatic disqualification from the Lok Sabha. He represents Ghazipur in Parliament.
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IPL: Abhishek, Klaasen shine in Sunrisers' third win of season
Abhishek Sharma, back at the top of the order for Sunrisers Hyderabad, was an anomaly for the first 12 overs of a match played between two equally unsure teams at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday evening. His uncluttered intent fetched him 67 runs off 36 laid the foundation for Heinrich Klassen’s blazing unbeaten 27-ball 53 for SRH to post 197/6 and secure a nine-run win against a beleaguered Delhi Capitals.
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Friday, April 28, 2023
BJP ex-minister likens Sonia Gandhi to ‘vishkanya’, Congress fumes
Karnataka BJP MLA and former Union minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal likened ex-AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to a “vishkanya” (poison maiden) at a poll rally late Thursday, hours after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s “poisonous snake” barb at PM Narendra Modi had stoked a row over political propriety and forced him to clarify that the remark was directed at the latter's ideology.
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Wrestlers won't leave protest site till WFI chief is arrested
Welcoming the filing of an FIR against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the group of protesting wrestlers led by Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, on Friday, said that they will continue with their sit-in at Jantar Mantar till the time the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) sidelined president is not arrested and put behind bars by the Delhi Police.
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Here's What Microsoft Can Do in $69 Billion Activision Deal After UK Ban
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming.
The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox, which dwarfs cloud gaming.
Is the deal dead?
Not necessarily. Microsoft said it remained fully committed and would appeal.
The regulator's decision reflected a flawed understanding of the market, it said.
How does the appeal process work?
Microsoft can appeal to Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), an independent judicial body, which will only examine the CMA's decision-making process, not the merits of the merger.
Microsoft will not be able to offer new remedies at this stage, such as offering to keep Activision content off its Xbox Game Pass, a subscription service for Xbox users, in Britain, as some analysts suggest.
"The CAT will not engage with the merits of the CMA's decision or conduct a wholesale review of the parties' evidence," said Edward Lane, senior associate at law firm Harbottle & Lewis, where his particular focus is on creative industries, including film, TV, video games and music.
What's next?
Microsoft must appeal by May 24 and a decision may take many months.
"The CAT aims to deal with 'straightforward' cases in under nine months – and Microsoft/Activision is anything but straightforward," Lane, said.
What happens if Microsoft wins?
The Tribunal will return the case to the regulator for further review. Microsoft can then offer new concessions.
"The likelihood is that without a material change in circumstances or new evidence, the CMA is most likely to reach the same conclusion as it did first time around," said James Groves, a competition associate at European law firm Fieldfisher.
What about other regulators?
European regulators will rule on the world's biggest gaming deal by May 22. The US Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint to block the deal, which Microsoft has indicated it will fight.
If either of those blocks the deal, it could be game over, Lane said.
If the EU goes against it, Microsoft would be fighting an increasingly uphill battle and could decide to cut its losses, even if that would mean paying Activision a hefty $3 billion (nearly Rs. 2,450) break fee.
What has happened to other CMA appeals?
Facebook-owner Meta appealed a 2021 decision by the CMA to block its acquisition of Giphy, seen as a test case for the British regulator's resolve to take on "Big Tech".
Meta succeeded on a single procedural ground, with the decision otherwise upheld. The CMA considered new submissions, but it came to the same view and Meta had to sell animated images platform Giphy.
Global financial services company FNZ appealed a block on its 2019 merger with rival GBST. The regulator then "identified certain potential errors" in its investigation chaired by Martin Coleman, who also oversaw the Microsoft-Activision case.
The CAT sent the case back to be reconsidered, and the CMA agreed to accept a new remedy whereby FNZ could sell GBST and then buy parts of it back.
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IPL: Stoinis, Mayers sizzle in LSG's big win over Punjab Kings
Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers scored brutal fifties, while medium pacer Yash Thakur claimed four wickets as Lucknow Super Giants crushed Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest at PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday. It was LSG's fifth win in eight matches while Punjab Kings suffered their fourth loss in eight games.
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MediaTek Shifts Focus to Cars, AI Amid Supply Glut in Smartphone Market
Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek is focusing more resources on chips for cars and AI computing as its smartphone clients face a supply glut and inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty dent demand for consumer electronics.
"We are definitely moving our resources very, very rapidly towards the automotive and computing areas, because those areas will provide our growth in the next three to five years," MediaTek Chief Executive Rick Tsai told an earnings call.
"In this very demanding environment, we are not reducing people. We're not increasing either. The critical thing is to allocate those precious resources," he said.
Tsai said everyone, including MediaTek, was rushing to claim that they were able to support generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT.
"We're confident that we will be able to provide the capability to our customers," Tsai said.
MediaTek is investing heavily in AI because the new areas the company is focusing on are all related to computing, Tsai said. The development of autonomous vehicles, for instance, requires AI chips.
While smartphone demand has remained lacklustre in the first quarter, the company expects signs of recovery later this year.
"Demand for certain consumer electronics such as smartphones is weaker than we expected," Tsai said. "As customers remain cautious about future demand, we expect our mobile revenue to be flattish in the second quarter and to improve in the second half."
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
BJP slams Kharge for calling PM ‘poisonous snake', he ‘clarifies’
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday stoked a political row by likening PM Narendra Modi to a “poisonous snake”, drawing a strong riposte from BJP which said such statements reflect “hate” for the PM and sought an apology from the opposition party. Kharge later sought to clarify that his remarks were not aimed at the PM but at his party, while BJP trained its guns at the Congress chief.
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iPhones, AirPods Replaced With Replicas by E-Commerce Delivery Executive in Gurugram
A delivery executive of an e-commerce firm allegedly stole 10 iPhones by replacing them with dummy phones on the way to deliver them to the customer here, police said on Thursday.
Station in-charge of Matrix Finance Solution, which delivers Amazon's parcel, Ravi in his complaint alleged that on March 27 delivery executive Lalit was handed over a customer's parcel, which contained 10 iPhones and an AirPods, at his address, they said.
However, instead of delivering the parcel, Lalit replaced the iPhones with replicas and sent his brother Manoj to deposit them back to the company claiming that the customer could not be contacted, Ravi said in his complaint.
Suspecting some tampering with the packaging, the parcel was opened and the delivery company found the fake phones inside, police said.
Meanwhile, upon not receiving his parcel, the customer also cancelled his order, they said.
An FIR has been registered against Lalit under sections 420 (cheating), 408 (criminal breach of trust by employee) of the Indian Penal Code at Bilaspur police station on Wednesday, they said.
Efforts are on to nab the accused who is absconding, they said.
Meanwhile, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the deputy minister for information technology, said that the US tech giant Apple could double or triple investments in India, along with exports, over the next few years as the company opened a second store in the world's biggest smartphone market after China.
Apple mainly assembles iPhones in India through Taiwan contract manufacturers but plans to expand into iPads and AirPods, as it looks to cut reliance on China.
Its iPhones made up more than half of total smartphones worth about $9 billion (roughly Rs. 74,000 crore) exported from India between April 2022 and February, data from the India Cellular and Electronics Association shows.
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Microsoft Hits Back at UK Regulator's Decision to Block Activision Acquisition
Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit competition in the nascent cloud gaming market.
Microsoft hit back on Thursday, saying it was "probably the darkest day in our four decades in Britain" and sent the wrong message to the global tech industry about the UK.
"If the government of the United Kingdom wants to bring in investment, if it wants to create jobs (...) it needs to look hard at the role of the CMA, the regulatory structure in the United Kingdom, this transaction, and the message that the United Kingdom has just said to the world," he told BBC radio.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Smith's comments were "not borne out by the facts."
"We continue to believe that the UK has an extremely attractive tech sector and a growing games market," he said. "We will continue to engage proactively with Microsoft and other companies."
Smith said Microsoft had worked effectively with regulators in Brussels but not in London, which he said refuted Britain's claim that it would be more flexible after Brexit.
The company had answered the CMA's questions, he said, and it had told them to come back with any more concerns. "They went silent, we heard nothing from them," he said.
"There's a clear message here — the European Union is a more attractive place to start a business if you want some day to sell it than the United Kingdom," he added.
But CMA Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said the regulator's role was to make sure Britain was a competitive environment for businesses to be able to grow and thrive.
"The decision that the CMA takes is an independent decision that we reached looking at an overall assessment of the impact of the deal on competition, and we think that is the right decision for the UK," she said.
She noted the US Federal Trade Commission was also pressing for the deal to be blocked on competition grounds.
Microsoft said yesterday it would appeal, with "aggressive" support from Activision.
Appeals against CMA rulings are heard by the Competition Appeals Tribunal, which makes a judgment on the merits of the decision. It will not be an opportunity for Microsoft to submit new remedies.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
'Nod to same-sex marriage to ruin Special Marriage Act’s intent'
The Union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that recognising LGBTQIA+ community members’ marriage rights would destroy the legislative intent to permit only man-woman marriage under the Special Marriage Act and pointed out that the court neither had the wherewithal to gauge who among them were males or females nor the competence to create a regulatory framework for same-sex marriages.
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Microsoft, Alphabet, Other AI Companies Urged to Prioritize Security Measures for New Technologies
The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday urged CEOs of several artificial intelligence (AI) companies to prioritize security measures, combat bias, and responsibly roll out new technologies.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner raised concerns about potential risks posed by AI technology. "Beyond industry commitments, however, it is also clear that some level of regulation is necessary in this field," said Warner, who sent letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Scale AI, Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, Apple, Stability AI, Midjourney, Anthropic, Percipient.ai, and Microsoft.
"With the increasing use of AI across large swaths of our economy, and the possibility for large language models to be steadily integrated into a range of existing systems, from healthcare to finance sectors, I see an urgent need to underscore the importance of putting security at the forefront of your work," Warner said.
Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he had launched an effort to establish AI rules and address national security and education concerns, as use of programs like ChatGPT becomes widespread.
Schumer, a Democrat, said in a statement he had drafted and circulated a "framework that outlines a new regulatory regime that would prevent potentially catastrophic damage to our country while simultaneously making sure the US advances and leads in this transformative technology."
ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public's attention for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, in particular has attracted US lawmakers' attention. It has become the fastest-growing consumer application in history with more than 100 million monthly active users.
Microsoft is a big investor in OpenAI, which created ChatGPT. The software company and Google have been pouring billions of dollars into AI to gain an edge amid heightened competition in Silicon Valley.
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Need initial probe before FIR against WFI chief: Police
The Delhi Police on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it was ready to register an FIR, based on the sexual harassment complaint filed by seven national-level women wrestlers, against Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
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50kg explosives used in Maoist IED blast in Dantewada that killed 10 DRG jawans, driver
At least 10 personnel of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and their civilian driver were killed when Maoists detonated a powerful IED on a kuchha road and fired on the wounded jawans near Aranpur in Dantewada district of Bastar, about 400km south of Raipur, on Wednesday. Around 200 jawans were returning in a convoy when the blast was triggered around 1.30pm. Police believe 50kg of explosives was used.
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Aadhaar e-KYC Transactions Rise to Over 311.8 Million in March 2023
Aadhaar holders have carried out nearly 2.31 billion authentication transactions in March 2023, underlining the growing usage of Aadhaar and growth of digital economy in the country, according to an official release. The numbers in March were higher than in February when 2.26 billion authentication transactions were carried out.
"While a majority of the authentications transaction numbers were carried out by using biometric fingerprint, it is followed by demographic and OTP authentications," the release said.
Aadhaar e-KYC service continues to play a "stellar role" for banking and non-banking financial services by providing transparent and improved customer experience, and facilitating ease of doing business.
More than 311.8 million e-KYC transactions were carried out during March 2023, a rise of over 16.3 percent against February levels.
Adoption of e-KYC has significantly reduced customer acquisition cost of entities like financial institutions, telecom service providers and others.
The cumulative number of Aadhaar e-KYC transactions so far has moved past 14.7 billion by the end March 2023.
Aadhaar saturation among adult population continues to be near universal, it said, adding that during March, over 21.47 million Aadhaars were updated following requests from the residents as against 16.8 million such updates in February 2023.
"In March 2023, 219.3 million last mile banking transactions were made possible through AePS (Aadhaar Enabled Payment System) and the network of micro ATMs," the release said noting AePS is enabling financial inclusion for those at the bottom of the income pyramid.
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IPL: KKR back to winning ways with 21-run win over RCB
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Jaish arm PAFF claims Poonch ambush with captioned ‘photos’
The banned People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), an offshoot of Pakistan-backed terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed to have released Tuesday a series of captioned photos on social media that the group said is from the Poonch ambush that left five soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles dead last Thursday.
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SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, 5-time Punjab CM, dies at 95
120% gain in income for Indians going abroad to work: WDR
The report, released on Tuesday, has estimated that low-skilled Indians migrating to the US stand to gain the most as they would see a jump in income of nearly 500%, followed by UAE at almost 300%. Those migrating to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, comprising Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and UAE, stand to gain less
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Same-sex marriage rights facing personal laws hurdle, says Supreme Court
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday was prima facie unanimous that even if it decides to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples, it will refrain from determining consequential rights including adoption, succession and inheritance as these are inseparably linked to religion-based personal laws.
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IPL 2023: All-round Gujarat Titans crush Mumbai Indians by 55 runs
Monday, April 24, 2023
I-T searches premises of Tamil Nadu real estate firm
The Income Tax department on Monday conducted searches on the premises of well-known Tamil Nadu-based real estate firm G Square, official sources said. Searches were held in various locations in the state including Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli, the sources added.
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There has to be a limit in taking liberties with courts: SC
In a bizzare case, mother of a rape convict on Monday pleaded with the Supreme Court to allow her to take custody of a child born to the rape survivor from her son’s sexual assault, a request that made CJI D Y Chandrachud squirm and wonder about the limitless ambit of habeas corpus petitions filed in constitutional courts.
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Previous govt destroyed panchayati raj institutions: PM
He was in Rewa, 490km from Bhopal, to flag off three new trains and inaugurate five Nal Jal Schemes worth Rs 7,853 crore on Panchayati Raj Day. He also dedicated 4 lakh new PM Awas Yojana homes. MP governor Mangubhai Patel, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister for rural development and panchayati raj, Giriraj Singh, were present on the occasion.
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No breakthrough in India-China military talks
There was no concrete breakthrough yet again in defusing the three-year-long troop confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh despite the top-level military talks being held after a gap of over four months, though the two sides agreed to continue dialogue and maintain “security and stability” along the frontier.
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IPL: All-round Axar hands Delhi second win
Axar Patel's all-round heroics trumped Washington Sundar superb efforts with bat and ball as Delhi Capitals edged Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 runs in a low-scoring last-over thriller in Hyderabad. It was the first time in 16 seasons of IPL, Delhi successfully defended a first innings total under 150 as chasing a moderate 145 for victory, Hyderabad could only muster 137 for 6 in their 20 overs.
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Sunday, April 23, 2023
PM Modi to meet 8 top church leaders in Kochi today
In a significant move that is expected to give an impetus to BJP’s outreach to the Christian community in Kerala ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions with various church leaders in Kochi on Monday, when he starts his two-day visit of the state.
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NSA slapped as Amritpal seen as ISI pawn to revive militancy in Punjab
As for why Waaris Punjab De chief Amritpal was sent to the central jail in Dibrugarh, Assam, soon after his arrest, sources said this was done to rule out the possibility of a jailbreak with the support of like-minded Sikh prisoners or gangsters incarcerated in prisons across Punjab or other states in north India. Nine of Amritpal’s aides arrested earlier have been packed off to Assam.
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IPL: Rampaging Rahane powers Chennai to top spot
Top order batter Ajinjya Rahane's 29-ball-71 carnage took the Eden Gardens by storm as Chennai Super Kings floored Kolkata Knight Riders to move to the top of the table. The Chennai batters led by a transformed Rahane outbatted the hosts as Kolkata's 49-run defeat at home turned out to be their fourth on the trot. With the win, Chennai rose to the top of the points table and now have 5 wins in 7 matches. Kolkata, on the other hand found themselves at the 8th spot with just 2 wins in 7 games.
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India, China hold another round of top-level military talks
India and China on Sunday held another round of top-level military talks in a bid to defuse the three-year-long troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, ahead of Chinese defence minister general Li Shangfu’s visit to Delhi for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting this week.
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Saturday, April 22, 2023
This is the only 50, where I don't feel 50: Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is nothing if not a man of milestones. He just had to get to another 50, even though he retired ten years ago. And this one feels different to the 68 half-centuries he has scored in Tests, the 96 he cracked in Odis, the 116 he smashed in First-Class cricket and the 114 in List A games.
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In a first, 5 women Army officers set for ‘command’ roles
The Army has now stepped-up efforts to train women officers for “command and leadership roles” as Colonels and beyond, even as the first five female cadets are set to be commissioned into frontline artillery regiments after passing out of the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on April 29.
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US President Joe Biden to visit in Sept, ’24 to be big year for India ties: US
US President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to India in September, his administration’s point person for South and Central Asia has said, observing that 2024 is going to be a “big year” for the India-US relationship. India’s leadership in the G20 further broadens its capacity to stand as a force for good in the world, the official said.
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IPL: Punjab edge Mumbai in high-scoring thriller
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh produced one of his finest IPL spells as Punjab Kings gunned down Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring thriller at the Wankhede for their fourth win of the season. Death overs specialist Arshdeep shattered stumps at will in a tense final over as Punjab successfully defended 214 to get back to winning ways. The victory took Punjab to the fifth spot on the points table as a high-flying Mumbai were brought down to earth after a hat-trick of wins.
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Friday, April 21, 2023
PSLV-C55 launch today, will carry 2 Singapore sats, 7 desi payloads
Isro’s PSLV-C55 mission, which will be launched from the first launchpad of Sriharikota at 2.19 pm on Saturday, is not only important for foreign customers but is also significant for desi space startups as the NSIL’s dedicated commercial rocket will carry two Singapore satellites as main payloads and seven non-separating payloads belonging to Isro.
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NCP can stake claim to CM’s post right now: Ajit Pawar
NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Friday said the party could stake claim to the CM’s post right now, without having to wait for the 2024 state elections. His remark, which came at a private media function, was in response to a question if NCP would stake a claim to the CM’s post during the 2024 assembly elections.
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Delhi: Woman shot thrice in bustling Saket court
A 40-year-old woman was chased and shot at thrice by a suspended lawyer in the crowded Saket court complex on Friday morning, exposing serious lacunae in the safety apparatus at the district courts. The incident gave the lie to repeated assurances by the authorities of beefing up security in courts following many such incidents in the past.
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Here's how the points table looks after DC vs KKR match
The India Premier League 2023 runs from March 31 to May 28, with 10 teams competing for the title. Mumbai Indians have won the title five times, which is the most by any team, followed by Chennai Super Kings' four triumphs, while the Gujarat Titans are the defending champions.
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
Amritpal’s wife, stopped from boarding UK flight, quizzed & sent back to village
Amritpal’s wife, Kirandeep, arrived at the airport around 11.40 am to board Air India Flight 117, which was to depart for Birmingham at 2.30 pm. As soon as the media got wind of this, they made a beeline to the airport and found her standing in the queue with her luggage trolley.
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Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
Participation in the Eurasian group is a foreign policy priority for Pakistan, not least because of its ties with China and recent overtures of friendship to Russia. Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will both attend the meeting in Goa.
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IPL: Delhi Capitals register first win of season
It’s been a while since Ishant Sharma has bowled in a high-profile match. On Thursday night, as the steady drizzle stopped half an hour after scheduled start of play, Delhi Capitals decided to finally unveil him for the first time in the season after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders. And when the second ball of the match pitched on a back of a length and left Jason Roy, Ishant turned back the clock. And that set the tone for his comeback spell of 2/19 and the beleaguered Capitals to choke and restrict KKR to 127/9 for their first win of the season.
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In a first, IITs to open doors to external agency for grading
The Indian Institutes of Technology, which have never been accredited by an external agency, will now have to open their gates to assessment agencies. In the recently held 55th IIT executive council meeting, all the IITs were asked to go in for assessment either by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) or get all their programmes accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Family of 1962 martyr finally get a photo to remember him by, thanks to a security guard
Same-sex marriage: Centre wants to get states on board, SC says can’t wait
In its application, the Centre informed a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha that on Tuesday, it had sought views of all states and pleaded that it would be desirable to await the outcome of such a consultation process.
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Snapchat Rolls Out My AI Chatbot Globally; Announces New Features, AR Tools at Snap Partner Summit 2023
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, held its Snap Partner Summit 2023 on Tuesday (April 19) and introduced a slew of new features and experiences to enhance user experience on the platform. The company has added new options to its signature story formats in the annual event and added fresh Calling Lenses and location-sharing options for the Snap Map. It has also introduced new programmes to assist creators in monetisation and engagement with their audience. Snap is also expanding its AR try-on features that let users use their cameras to virtually try on products. It is also rolling out My AI chatbot running on OpenAI's GPT technology to global markets. The social media company claimed that it has reached over 750 million monthly active users around the world.
At the virtual summit, Snap announced new Calling Lenses that let users appear together in one frame during video calls without any grid. Stories are getting two new options — After Dark and Communities. The former can be used to post late-night events, while the Communities feature lets users share their perspectives with classmates.
The Snap Map is also getting a new location-sharing option with landmarks displayed in 3D. When sharing your live location with a friend, they will see your Bitmoji, aka, a cartoon avatar of yourself. Snapchat claims that more than 1.7 billion Snapchatters show up as their Bitmoji. Additionally, it pointed out that Snapchat has now reached more than 750 million monthly users across the world.
Additionally, with the Stories revenue share programme and Spotlight reward programme, Snapchat is offering new ways for content creators to create income and engage with their audience and compete with Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram. Snapchatters with a minimum of 50,000 followers, 25 million monthly Snap views, and posting at least 10 Stories a month may be eligible to join the Stories revenue share programme. The Spotlight reward programme lets users create and share short videos with users and the company will reward the Top Spotlight Snaps.
Snapchat is also offering a wider audience for users above the age of 18 years. They would be able to post Public Stories with a tap. Further, with the latest scheduling feature, creators can decide the preferred date and time for their posts. Creators can now add a Linktree to their new Public Profile as well. This could counter the likes of features offered by TikTok and Instagram.
At the summit, Snap revealed its multi-year partnership with American entertainment company Live Nation. It will bring custom AR experiences to 16 of the biggest festivals, including Beyond Wonderland Southern California and Electric Daisy Carnival, the company said.
Snap also announced its integration with live event visualisation company Disguise to offer Snap AR to some of the world's largest venues and tours. "During future shows, fans can see AR visuals through the Snapchat camera that interact with the on-stage visual production, via Disguise RenderStream," it said. Besides this, Snapchat is joining hands with well-known DJ Kygo, to create AR experiences for some of his concerts.
Snapchat is also expanding its Shopping Suite to let users try on clothes and apparel virtually, using Snap's in-house AR Image Processing technology and 3D Viewer. With the Fit Finder functionality, shoppers will be given accurate fit and size recommendations.
Alongside AR shopping experience, Snapchat has introduced AR Mirrors that allow customers to try on products virtually. According to Snap, retail brands like Men's Wearhouse and Nike are currently using AR Mirrors to enhance the in-store experience. Snapchat has also teamed up with Coca-Cola to set up an AR-enabled Coca-Cola vending machine. Customers can control the vending machine with gestures.
Furthermore, Snap at the annual summit announced the launch of new Generative AI Lenses. With this feature, Snapchatters across the globe can transform themselves and the world around them into an animated sci-fi scene through the Cosmic Lens. The app will also give recommendations on Lenses that fit with the context of a photo or video a Snapchatter has captured. A new way to quickly add AR to Memories, Lense recommendations based on Snapchatters' unique preferences are the other new features.
The Santa Monica, California-based company announced the expansion of its experimental My AI chatbot that works on the latest version of OpenAI's GPT technology. The AI chatbot that was unveiled originally in February exclusively for Snapchat+ subscribers, is reaching a global audience now with brand new features.
My AI comes with multiple unique Bitmoji variations where users can design and personalise their own unique Bitmoji for their AI. The chatbot can be bought into conversations with friends by @ mentioning My AI and asking a question on behalf of the group. My AI will surface place recommendations from the Snap Map and suggest relevant Lenses. The community can send Snaps to My AI and receive a chat reply.
Snapchat claims that programming My AI helped it to assess the severity of potentially harmful content and temporarily restricts Snapchatters' access to My AI if they misuse the service. It is also working to incorporate My AI into our in-app parental tool.
Apple is opening its first stores in India, one in Mumbai and the other in Delhi. What does this mean for Apple customers in India? We discuss this and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
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CBI files FIR against Oxfam, searches office in FCRA case
The CBI registered the case on the basis of a complaint from the Union home ministry, which had suspended Oxfam India’s FCRA licence last year. The complaint alleges that Oxfam India received at least Rs 1.5 crore directly into its ‘foreign contribution utilisation’ account instead of the designated bank account between 2013 and 2016.
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IPL: Lucknow gun down Rajasthan for fourth win
Rajasthan Royals' return to Sawai Mansingh Stadium in nearly four years didn't turn out as expected as a spirited Lucknow Super Giants pulled off an impressive 10-run win in a low scoring IPL contest in Jaipur. The win was Lucknow's fourth of the season and it also broke Rajasthan's three-match winning streak. However, even after the defeat, Rajasthan still are at the top spot on the points table but are ahead of Lucknow only on net run rate.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
31 Karnataka tribals stranded in strife-hit Sudan, seek help
Collegium rates HC judges on verdicts
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace Is a Hack-and-Slash Roguelite With Corny Characters and Silly Dialogue
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace, the sequel to The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, is out now on Netflix Games on iOS and Android mobile devices. Part of Netflix's significant expansion plans for gaming in 2023, Mighty Quest Rogue Palace has been developed by Ubisoft and is exclusive to the Netflix Games platform on iOS and Android, for now. The game is a hack-and-slash action and adventure title that puts you in charge of a band of heroes tasked with freeing the sleeping and nightmare-ridden mind of a king. The game can be downloaded now on supported devices.
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace: How to play
As with other Netflix Games titles, Mighty Quest Rogue Palace is free to play - if you have a valid Netflix subscription. The popular international streaming platform has been working to establish itself as a provider of not just movies and TV shows, but also mobile games, in a bid to establish itself as an entertainment hub for all kinds of recreational content. Netflix Games titles can be downloaded as separate apps on iOS and Android, but will need you to log in to your Netflix account or be already logged in through the main Netflix mobile app on the same device.
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace: First impressions
Developed by Ubisoft, Mighty Quest Rogue Palace puts you in charge of hero Lord Logan, returning to the palace of the king. Unfortunately, the palace has been overrun by a ‘void' of sorts, which has swallowed the entire kingdom save for the palace and a few of its occupants, which interestingly includes a royal cat and an entirely useless non-playable character with a wooden bucket on his head, whose only job is to crack silly jokes.
I did have a chance to play Mighty Quest Rogue Palace for a bit ahead of its public release. The game starts off a bit confusing, especially if, like me, you aren't familiar with the series' previous instalment, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. The learning curve isn't difficult in itself, but you might spend a few minutes initially just aimlessly slashing away at enemies without properly understanding the point of it all.
Fortunately, the core gameplay is quite easy to get the hang of, since Rogue Palace is, at its heart, a hack-and-slash action game with Roguelike elements that involves attacking and dispatching numerous enemies. That said, you'll have to keep an eye on your own health, build up your skillset, learn when it's best to use particular skills, and upgrade your gear and abilities along the way.
The actual action takes place in the mind of the king, as he is locked in an endless slumber while the ‘void' surrounds his palace. The objective of Mighty Quest Rogue Palace is to enter the king's mind, free all the heroes, defeat all the monsters and bosses occupying parts of the mind, and eventually banish the void to wake the king and rescue the kingdom. Trips into the king's mind don't eliminate the heroes even after all health is drained; you simply return to the palace in the ‘real' world to upgrade your abilities and gear, and go again.
While the gameplay of Mighty Quest Rogue Palace is fun, I found the long room-clearing procedures a bit repetitive. You'll find yourself often going through the same rooms and fighting the same bosses as you attempt to progress, and defeat sends you back to the beginning to try again. Apart from improving the Hero's skills, you'll also find yourself learning and improving along the way, but that doesn't let you save progress often enough, unfortunately. Although, that is to be expected with the Roguelite tag that comes with the game.
Is Mighty Quest Rogue Palace worth a try?
Netflix Games are notably free of in-app purchases and are positioned as premium games as part of your Netflix subscription. That makes Mighty Quest Rogue Palace a worthwhile game if you already have a valid Netflix subscription, since you aren't paying anything extra and are getting a top-notch mobile game for it. Expectedly, there are no in-app purchases, so you can enjoy the entirety of the game from the get-go.
The platform also recently brought Raji: An Ancient Epic to Android and iOS and is working closely with developers to build on the catalogue of mobile games for its subscribers. After Valiant Hearts: Coming Home and Mighty Quest Rogue Pałace, Ubisoft is also working on an Assassin's Creed title for Netflix Games, although no release date for that has been announced yet.
From Elden Ring to BGMI's ban, 2022 gave us a lot in the gaming space. We discuss it all on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
UP student killed in public at 11.30am, ‘ex-BF’ arrested
In U-turn, Nitish govt to pay ex gratia for hooch deaths
His apparent change of heart came with the strict condition that retrospective ex gratia would be paid only if families of the deceased produced verifiable evidence that the deaths were caused by consumption of hooch. The claimants are also required to reveal in writing the source of liquor.
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Chinese man held in Pakistan over blasphemy charges
IPL: CSK beat RCB by 8 runs in a high-scoring thriller
A total of 444 runs were scored in 40 overs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday as visitors Chennai Super Kings came out triumphant against the hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore in a thrilling high-scoring Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru. Despite posting a mammoth 226 for 6, CSK edged out RCB by just eight runs in the end for their third win of the season.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
Killing of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf: Retired HC judge to head three-member probe panel
The commission will be headed by Allahabad high court judge (retd) Arvind Kumar Tripathi, and will have two other members – retired judge Brijesh Kumar Soni and former DGP Subesh Kumar Singh. The commission will give its report in two months. Principal secretary, home, Sanjay Prasad confirmed the constitution of the inquiry committee.
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Irked with govt, Joshimath locals to stall Badrinath yatra on Day 1
Blaming the state government for "dilly-dallying on the issue," JBSS members on Sunday said that they will "continue the daily protest and have planned to shut down markets and block vehicular movement when Badrinath's portals open." The group met the CM on April 8 during which he had assured to look into their set of 11 demands.
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30 years after Army officer’s death, AFT clears special pension for wife
In her plea before the AFT, it was stated that when she received the documents concerning the death of her husband, she came to know he was already suffering from “primary hypertension” aggravated by his service. He, therefore, should not have been deployed in the operational area and made to live in a bunker. Even as per court of inquiry conducted in this matter, the cause of his death was found attributable to military service.
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IPL: Rajasthan edge past Gujarat to maintain top spot
Swashbuckling Shimron Hetmyer hogged the limelight with an incredible unbeaten 26-ball 56 blitz after Sanju Samson's attacking half-century as Rajasthan Royals pipped Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Ahmedabad. The victory was Royals' first ever over Titans in IPL as they also maintained the top spot after edging the hosts in a thriller. Rampant Rajasthan now have 4 wins in 5 games while Gujarat keep their third spot on the points table.
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
Hooch kills again in 'dry' Bihar: 14 dead
Curfew imposed in Odisha's Sambalpur following fresh violence
Ex-CM Sidda denied second seat in Congress’s 3rd Karnataka list
Congress released on Saturday its third list of 43 candidates for the May 10 assembly elections in Karnataka, fielding BJP veteran and former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi from Athani assembly seat while denying seasoned Congressman and former CM Siddaramaiah a second seat in addition to Varuna, from where he has already been named as a candidate.
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'Nahi le gaye to nahi gaye': Atiq's last words on son's burial
In a shocking turn of events, mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Saturday.Moments ahead of their killing, both criminals, who were accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, were speaking to the media while being taken for a medical and their murder was captured on camera.
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Friday, April 14, 2023
Delhi: Power subsidy cleared as minister Atishi and LG office spar
Hours after Delhi’s power minister, Atishi, declared at a press conference on Friday that the power subsidy in the city will stop as the LG was yet to clear the file, Raj Niwas said the LG had signed the file a day before and sent it to the chief minister on Friday, well before Atishi made her claim.
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Brook maiden IPL ton hands Sunrisers second win
England's latest batting sensation Harry Brook lit up the iconic Eden Gardens with his dazzling 55-ball unbeaten ton as he powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to their second win of this IPL season. The high-flying Kolkata Knight Riders, who had registered two incredible back-to-back wins were brough down to earth as Brook decimated the KKR bowlers powering SRH to a mammoth 228 for 4 after hosts skipper Nitish Rana invited them to bat first.
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Delhi cab policy to focus on safety of riders, training of unruly drivers
Passenger safety will be the focal point of Delhi government's cab aggregator policy. The new policy will make it compulsory for taxi companies to provide remedial training for drivers rated low by passengers and to act against drivers about whom there are frequent complaints.
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ED probing BBC for FDI cap breach since March
IPL: Gill shines as Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets
In-form opener Shubman Gill (67) scored a classy half-century after pacer Mohit Sharma bowled a tight spell for Gujarat Titans as the defending champions roared back to winning ways with a six-wicket win against Punjab Kings at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Rahul Tewatia (5*) held his nerves to hit a four over short leg fielder to complete the chase with a ball to spare.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
IPL: Here's how the points table looks after DC vs MI match
The India Premier League 2023 runs from March 31 to May 28, with 10 teams competing for the title. Mumbai Indians have won the title five times, which is the most by any team, followed by Chennai Super Kings' four triumphs, while the Gujarat Titans are the defending champions.
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Biden on nostalgia tour of Ireland, meets UK PM Rishi Sunak
The US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to political paralysis in the British province. Biden emerged from Air Force One at Dublin airport to driving wind and rain.
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Dhoni heroics in vain as Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 runs
Playing his 200th match as Chennai Super Kings captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni almost pulled off an incredible victory, but that was not to be as his team went down fighting by just 3 runs against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Orthodox Church head backs PM Modi's government
IPL: Rohit shines in MI's thrilling last-ball win
When Rohit Sharma disdainfully pulls a delivery of sheer pace from Anrich Nortje deep into the mid-wicket stands you know that he is batting at peak of his prowess. For most part of the reply to Delhi Capitals’s 172 at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Tuesday night, it seemed Rohit’s intimidating 45-ball 65 had set up a rather comfortable chase till Nortje turned up for the last over of the match defending just five against power-hitters Cameron Green and Tim David. After facing six near-perfect yorkers hurled at them, David and Green’s long limbs helped them scamper back for two runs off the final ball with six wickets to spare.
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Monday, April 10, 2023
SC dismisses petitions against Agnipath scheme
The Supreme Court dismissed on Monday petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces for a period of four years and said “there is nothing for us to interfere in the Delhi high court judgment”, which had upheld the new scheme as a “well-thought-out” one.
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Amit Shah talks tough in Arunachal, China says ‘harmful to peace’
From Arunachal Pradesh, Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday sent out a strong message to China, saying India would not allow even an inch of its territory to be encroached upon, drawing an angry response from Beijing which called the minister’s visit to the state violative of its sovereignty and harmful to peace in border areas.
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IPL: Pooran 19-ball 62 helps LSG pull off a heist
Power-hitters Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis fired scintillating half-centuries as Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a heist, winning a last-ball thriller against Royal Challengers Bangalore by a solitary wicket. It was the second miraculous chase of this IPL season after Kolkata Knight Riders' heroics on Sunday as Lucknow chased down a mammoth 213 target on the final ball of the match.
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DGCA directs airlines to take strict action against unruly passenger
Unruly passenger can “compromise safety of aircraft operations” and in the recent past airlines have failed to “take appropriate action” in some such cases. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Vikram Dev Dutt issued an advisory for airlines, pilots and cabin crew, reminding them of what has to be done cases like people smoking in aircraft, altercation between passengers, inebriated people misbehaving and “inappropriate touching or sexual harassment” by passengers on board aircraft during flight.
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Sunday, April 9, 2023
Eye on China, CDS reviews operational situation in east
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reviewed the operational preparedness in the eastern sectorover the weekend, amid heightened tensions with China that has seen India shore up defences in the strategically-vulnerable Siliguri Corridor among other measures along the entire frontier.
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Month after IIT-B suicide, student held for abetment
The city crime branch probing IIT-Bombay student Darshan Solanki’s suicide on Sunday arrested his classmate Armaan Khatri (19) on charges of abetment. Khatri was allegedly named in 18-year-old Solanki’s suicide note, which was found in his hostel room by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) nearly a month after he jumped off the seventh floor of his hostel building. The incident took place on February 12, a day after his semester exams ended.
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IPL: Mayank, Rahul script Sunrisers' 8-wicket victory over Punjab
Desperate for a win, Sunrisers Hyderabad rang in three changes to their playing XI against Punjab Kings and the move paid rich dividends as the hosts resurrected their campaign with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory at the RGIC Stadium, here on Sunday night.
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Saturday, April 8, 2023
Shah to launch border village plan in Arunachal tomorrow
Union home minister Amit Shah will on Monday launch the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ (VVP) — a Rs 4,800-crore centrally-sponsored scheme aimed at integrated development of villages adjoining the Indo-China border — from Kibithoo, a border village in Anjaw of eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Kibithoo was also one of the theaters of the 1962 India-China war.
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IPL: Rahane blitz, spinners help CSK crush MI
Local boy Ajinkya Rahane dazzled with a fiery 27-ball 61 after an impressive spin show as Chennai Super Kings handed Mumbai Indians an embarrassing 7-wicket defeat at the Wankhede Stadium in Match 12 of the Indian Premier League. Rahane smoked the fastest fifty of the season (19 balls) as Chennai made light work of the 158 chase, completing the task with 11 balls to spare. The win was CSK second while MI faced their second consecutive defeat.
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Friday, April 7, 2023
SpaceX's Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts
Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday.
Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot.
Also on board will be Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut who will be making her fourth flight to the ISS, and John Shoffner, a businessman from Tennessee who will serve as pilot.
Liftoff of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 10:43 pm Eastern Time on May 8 (08:13 am IST on May 9) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Axiom Space and NASA officials said in a briefing to preview the flight.
The four-member crew will travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule and spend 10 days aboard the orbiting space station.
The mission to the ISS will be the second by Axiom Space, a private space company.
Axiom Space carried out its first private astronaut mission to the ISS in April 2022. Four astronauts spent 17 days in orbit as part of Ax-1.
The space mission involving a Saudi woman is the latest move by the kingdom to revamp its ultra-conservative image.
But it is not the oil-rich kingdom's first foray into space.
In 1985, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an air force pilot, took part in a US-organized space voyage.
The neighboring United Arab Emirates has also taken part in space missions and an Emirati astronaut, Sultan al-Neyadi, arrived on the ISS a month ago for a six-month stay.
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Smartphone Usage Over 3 Hours a Day in Teens May Cause Back Pain, Other Health Issues
Because of the popularity of smartphones and tablets, as well as the growth of television channels, computer games, and educational applications, children and teenagers are spending more amount of time gazing at screens, sometimes with poor posture, which can lead to back pain and other issues.
A study by Brazilian researchers, funded by FAPESP and reported in an article published in the scientific journal Healthcare, identified several risk factors for spinal health, such as looking at screens for more than three hours a day, proximity of the eyes to the screen, and sitting or lying on the stomach.
The study focused on thoracic spine pain (TSP). The thoracic spine is located at the back of the chest (the thorax), mostly between the shoulder blades, extending from the bottom of the neck to the start of the lumbar spine. The data analysed came from surveys of 14- to 18-year-old male and female students in the first and second years of high school in Bauru, a medium-sized city in Sao Paulo state.
A baseline questionnaire was completed in March-June 2017 by 1,628 participants, of whom 1,393 completed a follow-up questionnaire in 2018. The analysis showed a one-year prevalence of 38.4 percent (the proportion reporting TSP in both the baseline and follow-up surveys) and a one-year incidence of 10.1 percent (new TSP reported only in the follow-up survey). More girls than boys reported TSP.
Risk factors
TSP is common in different age groups of the general population worldwide, with prevalence ranging from 15 percent-35 percent in adults and 13 percent-35 percent in children and adolescents. Explosive growth in the use of electronic devices during the COVID-19 pandemic clearly made the problem worse. The risk factors associated with TSP are physical, physiological, psychological and behavioral, according to several investigations. There is also strong evidence of the effects of physical activity, sedentary habits and mental disorders on spinal health. All these factors are considered critical by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest global review of evidence and guidelines.
"The study can be used to inform health education programs for school students, teachers, staff and parents," said Alberto de Vitta, first author of the article. He has a PhD in education from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in public health at Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) in Botucatu.
"This is in line with some of the objectives of the National Curriculum Parameters [PCN, Brazilian government guidelines for secondary schools], according to which schools are responsible for health education, including identification of risks to individual and collective health and interventions to combat them, as well as promotion of self-care habits with regard to the body's possibilities and limits," said Vitta, who is currently teaching and researching at Eduvale College as a faculty member in its Department of Physical Therapy in Avare, Sao Paulo state, and the University of Sapucai Valley's Graduate Program in Education, Knowledge and Society in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais state.
Information on risk factors for TSP in high school students is important because children and adolescents with back pain are more inactive, achieve less academically and have more psychosocial problems, according to the article. In addition, fewer studies have been conducted on TSP than on lower back and neck pain. A systematic review of the literature on TSP found only two prospective studies regarding prognostic factors.
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Used EV Sales Rise in the US Amid Fall in Prices: Report
Used electric vehicle sales in the United States rose 32 percent in the first three months of 2023 as prices fell, data provider Cox Automotive said on Friday.
The group said the average retail listing prices for used EVs was around $43,400 (nearly Rs. 35 lakh), down 4 percent from the same quarter last year and significantly below the average new EV price of about $59,000 (nearly Rs. 48 lakh).
The group said used EV prices were probably cut due to aggressive price reductions by Tesla for new vehicles.
"As the market leader pushes down prices for new EVs, used-vehicle prices follow suit," Cox said.
On Thursday, Tesla cut prices in the United States between 2 percent and nearly 6 percent, the fifth such cut this year. Washington will adopt stricter battery sourcing requirements on April 18 that will limit many EV tax credits.
In the first quarter of 2023, more than 2,25,000 EVs were sold, according to initial estimates by Kelley Blue Book, accounting for approximately 7 percent of new-vehicle sales.
On Monday, General Motors said it sold more than 20,000 EVs in the first three months of the year in the United States, the first time it had done so. EVs accounted for about 3.4 percent of GM first quarter US sales.
In August, Congress created a $4,000 (nearly Rs. 3 lakh) used EV tax credit. Buyers must purchase a used EV for $25,000 (nearly Rs. 20 lakh) or less from a dealer to qualify; the maximum credit is 30 percent percent of the sale price up to $4,000.
Used EV buyers adjusted gross income may not exceed $75,000 (nearly Rs. 61 lakh) for individuals or $150,000 (nearly Rs. 1.22 crore) for joint filers.
Cox Automotive forecast this year sales of new EVs in the United States in 2023 will surpass 1 million units for the first time, up from about 807,000 last year or 5.8 percent of all US sales
Cox said wholesale values of used EVs increased by 3.7 percent year over year, compared to the overall decline of 2.4 percent.
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IPL: Allround Krunal helps LSG beat SRH by 5 wickets
All-rounder Krunal Pandya shone with both ball and bat to guide hosts Lucknow Super Giants to a comprehensive five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. The win propelled the Lucknow side to the top of the Indian Premier League 2023 standings with four points from three games.
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
'Higher courts seeking explanations from trial judges'
Setting aside an MP high court notice to a trial judge asking why he had granted bail to an accused facing trial for stripping a man and tying him to a tree before assaulting him, the Supreme Court on Thursday said such “unwarranted” orders by constitutional courts had a “chilling effect” on judicial officers.
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Panel set up to review NPS, moot changes if needed
The Centre on Thursday set up a four-member committee to review the National Pension System, also referred to as the new pension scheme, and suggest if changes are required to the defined contribution mechanism that was put in place for all recruits in government from 2004.
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Wikipedia Owner Fined for Failing to Delete Alleged Extremist Content
The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information.
Wikipedia, which says it offers "the second draft of history", is one of the few surviving fact-checked sources of information in Russian since the crackdown intensified after Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022.
The Tagansky district court said it had fined Wikimedia RUB 800,000 (nearly Rs. 8 lakh). Russian news agencies in the courtroom said Wikimedia had been charged with failing to remove materials related to a song by the alternative rock band Psychea, or Psyshit, which has been officially designated "extremist".
Russia has now fined Wikimedia around RUB 9 million (nearly Rs. 90 lakh) in the past year, the agencies said.
Wikimedia did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The foundation's Russia chapter has previously said it believes other fines may be overturned, but that the number of cases against it may increase, given the number of articles on Wikipedia about the conflict.
Russia has for years sought to launch a home-grown online encyclopedia, without a tangible result so far.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday and a Russian analogue was "absolutely necessary".
"It would contain truly verified and accurate information, objective information," he said, "because we know that Wikipedia has many distortions, very many untruths, very many historical, factual and other mistakes."
Russian domestic tech companies, led by entities controlled or associated with the state-owned gas giant Gazprom, have been sensing opportunities in Russia's growing digital isolation as foreign internet firms are blocked or quit Russia.
But while Moscow has restricted access to Twitter and to Meta Platforms' flagships Facebook and Instagram, Wikipedia remains freely available.
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