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'Trump left everyone in this Capitol for dead': President failed to call off rioters

Morgan Wallen issues video apology for racial slur HiIndia Newsdesk

Country star Morgan Wallen has issued a five-minute video apology after being filmed using a racial slur.

The singer was suspended "indefinitely" by his record label last week after a video emerged of him using the N-word as he returned home from a night out.

"The video you saw was me on hour 72 of a 72-hour bender, and that's not something I'm proud of," he said.

Wallen said he waited before issuing a statement so he could make personal apologies and meet black leaders first.

"I've decided to go off the grid for a little while and get used to making good decisions," he said in the statement, which was posted to his Instagram account. "Who knows if I'll be able to live down all the mistakes I've made, but I'm certainly going to try. I'm going to spend some time taking back control of… living healthy and being proud of my actions."

Biden speaks with China's Xi for 1st time as president

HiIndia Newsdesk House impeachment managers have made for him to do so. the case that Donald Trump repeatedly Mr Castro says that despite the "bloodiest failed to act to call off rioters and stop the attack we've seen on our Capitol since 1812" violence at the US Capitol last month. unfolding on television, the president didn't Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of mention sending help or forcefully tell his Texas said that Mr Trump didn't deploy supporters to stop the violence in the five the National Guard or any other law tweets and video he posted online that day enforcement to help overwhelmed Capitol after the attack started.

Police on January 6 despite multiple pleas

Graphic video shown as expresident called 'inciter in chief'

HiIndia Newsdesk Senators at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial have been shown new dramatic and graphic video of the day his supporters stormed the US Congress.

The footage showed police engaging in hand-to-hand clashes with rioters and desperately pleading for support.

Officers ushered politicians to safety, sometimes within metres of the mob breaking into the chambers. Using Mr Trump's own words and tweets, Democrats prosecuting the case argued he had acted as "inciter in chief ". A two-thirds majority is required to convict Mr Trump in the evenly split 100-seat Senate, but an acquittal looks likely as the vast majority of Republican senators have remained loyal to him so far.

However, if convicted, he could be barred from holding office again.

In at times emotional testimony, impeachment managers - the Democrats tasked with leading the prosecution methodically pieced together the 6 January attack on the Capitol.

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Biden seeks more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa uproar

HiIndia Newsdesk Joe Biden’s immigration overhaul seeks to allow more skilled foreign workers into the US without stirring widespread protest from labor groups, whose opposition would all but ruin prospects for what is already one of the president’s most precarious priorities.

The sweeping proposal Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office drew quick Republican opposition over its centerpiece: a faster path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. Another provision would allow more foreign students and workers to enter the US by increasing the number of employment-based green cards.

Business groups view the proposal as a way to increase the supply of coders and other skilled tech workers for US companies without raising caps on programs such as the H-1B visa for highskilled workers.

Companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. have for years pressed to increase the number of tech workers allowed into the US, saying they need engineers from countries like India because there aren’t enough skilled Americans. But efforts to expand the workforce through H-1B visas have drawn a backlash from unions and immigration opponents, who argue that the companies overlook US talent to hire foreigners at lower salaries.

I want to show you why this violence was foreseeable and why Donald Trump was different than any other politician

HiIndia Newsdesk US President Joe Biden has raised the issue of human rights abuses in Xinjiang during his first call with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said.

Mr Biden also pressed Mr Xi on trade, the clampdown in Hong Kong and ongoing tensions with Taiwan.

According to Chinese state television, Mr Xi warned Mr Biden bad relations would be a disaster for both countries.

Tensions have soared in recent times, over trade, espionage and the pandemic.

The China-US relationship is crucial to both sides and the wider world, with Beijing repeatedly calling on the new administration in Washington to improve relations which had deteriorated under Donald Trump.

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Rep. Stacey Plaskett's life journey has taken her from the housing projects in Brooklyn, New York, to a historic role in the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.

Plaskett, a delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, is one of nine Democrats tasked with prosecuting the House's impeachment case against Trump. On Wednesday afternoon, Plaskett presented new evidence in the impeachment trial - showing previously unreleased videos of the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, contending Trump "fanned the flame of violence, and it worked."

"I want to show you why this violence was foreseeable and why Donald Trump was different than any other politician just telling their fighters -- their supporters, to fight for something. The violence that occurred on Jan. 6, like the attack itself, did not just appear," Plaskett said Wednesday. "You'll see that Donald Trump knew the people he was inciting, he saw the violence that they were capable of, and he had a pattern and practice of praising and encouraging that violence, never, ever condemning it."

Plaskett is a former law student of lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, who was a constitutional law professor at American University. As he introduced her Wednesday afternoon as the first delegate to participate in a Senate trial, Raskin reflected that introducing Plaskett during the Senate trial is "a moment of special pride for me."

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Govt respects farmers’ voice, their protests pure, bid to pollute: PM

As Congress members interrupted his speech, the Prime Minister said it was a “well-designed attempt” to ensure that farmers don’t get to know the 'truth' about the laws.

HiIndia Newsdesk The Government and Parliament respect the farmers voicing their views on the three farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, as he strongly defended the need for reform and change.

Saying that the old agriculture marketing system will continue and those who don’t want the new system can continue with the old, Modi said the “Kisan Andolan” and andolankari were pavitra (pure). But “andolanjeevi” — a controversial term he used in his Rajya Sabha address to describe the “habitual protester” — had hijacked the protests, he said, by waving photos of those jailed for serious offences and asking for their release.

Some farmer unions had distanced themselves from one of the groups, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), whose members, on December 10, marched with posters of activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case and demanded their release.

Replying in the Lok Sabha to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, Modi said: “Not allowing toll plazas to work, destroying telecom towers — does it serve a pavitra andolan?”

“I am surprised for the first time a new argument has come — we did not ask, so why did you give?” Modi said. “Be it issue of dowry or triple talaq, no one had demanded laws to deal with them but the laws were made as they were necessary for progressive society.”

He said that forward-looking governments should not wait for people to demand such measures – this, he said, happens in feudal societies.

As Congress members interrupted his speech, the Prime Minister said it was a “well-designed attempt” to ensure that farmers don’t get to know the “truth” about the laws.

“No matter how much you try to sabotage it, you will fail to do so, because the truth is out there…” he said.

No compromise on India’s sovereignty, Govt pulls up Twitter: ‘differential says Rajnath Singh on Ladakh standoff treatment on Capitol Hill, Red Fort’

Stating that “India has a robust mechanism for protection of freedom of speech and expression”, the statement said that Ground commanders on the north and south banks of Pangong Tso met Tuesday “freedom of expression is not absolute and it is subject to reasonable restrictions”. and Wednesday to prepare for the first steps towards disengagement.

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China occupied 38,000 sq km after 1962 war and 5,180 sq km given illegally

by Pakistan to China in Ladakh. In Arunachal Pradesh border, China claims 90,000 sq km of Indian land. India has not accepted these unjustified demands. We have maintained that bilateral relations can prosper only if there are efforts from both sides.

I am happy to announce that we have lost nothing in the dialogue with China. We have an agreement on disengagement on North and South Banks of

No change in policy on Jammu and Kashmir, says US

Pangong. Our security forces have proved that they are ready to face any challenge to protect the sovereignty of the country," Rajnath Singh said.

"Chinese actions have impacted the bilateral ties. But I am immensely proud that the Indian armed forces have bravely faced the challenges at the border. We have made it clear to China that no attempt should be made to change the status quo. We have had nine round of talks between the two countries and have clarified that both forces should return to their posts," Singh said in Rajya Sabha

HiIndia Newsdesk Comparing the “action taken by Twitter during the Capitol Hill episode and… the disturbance in Red Fort”, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday “expressed strong displeasure” to Twitter at what it called its “differential treatment”.

“A deep sense of disappointment at seeing Twitter side not with ‘freedom of expression’ but rather with those who seek to abuse such freedom and provoke disturbance to public order, was conveyed to the Twitter representative,” the ministry said in a strongly-worded statement released after a two-hour-long virtual meeting between its officials and senior Twitter executives.

Tunnel geo-mapped to aid in rescue of trapped persons HiIndia Newsdesk

HiIndia Newsdesk The United States on Wednesday said that there is no change in its policy on Jammu and Kashmir.

“I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in view of a tweet from the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department which welcomed the resumption of 4G mobile internet in Jammu and Kashmir. “We welcome the resumption of 4G mobile internet in India’s Jammu & Kashmir. This marks an important step for local residents and we look forward to continued political & economic progress to restore normalcy in J&K, tweeted the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department.

The death toll in the Chamoli disaster has risen to 34 with 170 persons still missing on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, new technological aids were incorporated to rescue between 25 to 35 persons stuck in the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro project tunnel with a little more than 100 metres of it being cleared of debris.

The clearing of the debris is being hindered as the sludge is causing a backflow. The State Disaster Response (SDRF) has resorted to drones and sniffer dogs to aid in the search. To boost the search and rescue efforts in the tunnel, the SDRF DIG Ridhim Agarwal directed the use of drone and helicopter to conduct geographical mapping of the tunnel.

This will ascertain the status of debris in the tunnel and other aspects which will aid the rescue operation.

In addition to this, thermal scanning or laser scanning would also help in gaining some information about the persons trapped in the tunnel.

The digital data acquired from the mapping was being analysed by scientists. According to a senior PWD engineer, geographical mapping through remote sensing is conducted on the site where a tunnel is to be constructed to acquire relevant data. Geo mapping using drones gets more data about the conditions in the ground. According to the SDRF, thermal scanning is done to check for signs of life but since its range is limited, laser scanning is resorted to get a thermal image of what is in the ground.

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Indian-origin lawyer to succeed PM’s wife as CEO of Singapore’s Temasek

US court seeks joint status report on H-4 visas The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China HiIndia Newsdesk Washington : A US court has asked for of Appeals for the District of Columbia a joint status report by March 4 on the Circuit, said that the report, to be submitted prospects of work authorisation for H-4 by March 4, shall be accompanied by a visas, in view of the decision of the Biden proposed order as appropriate. administration to withdraw a Trump-era An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship move to rescind work authorisation to and Immigration Services (USCIS) to certain categories of spouses of foreign immediate family members (spouse and professionals on H-1B visa. children under 21 years of age) of the Spouses of Indian professionals on H-1B H-1B visa holders, most of whom are visas, mostly women, are the biggest Indian IT professionals. It is normally beneficiaries of the Obama-era rule that issued to those who have already started gave employment authorisation cards. the process of seeking employment-based Judge Tanya S Chutkan, in the US Court lawful permanent resident status.

Indians Advised Against Travelling To Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Via UAE

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara

HiIndia Newsdesk serving in leadership roles at the wealth management group Temasek Holdings since 2004, on October 1.

“Leadership succession is a strategic Singapore: Indian-origin leading corporate responsibility of the board,” said Temasek lawyer Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara will Holdings chairman Lim Boon Heng. succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien “We have had in place an annual review Loong’s wife as chief executive officer and since the early 2000s. This is to enable the executive director of a state-owned wealth board to be prepared for all eventualities, management group. Sandrasegara will with various succession options over take over from Ho Ching, who has been different time horizons,” quoting Lim.

Leading corporate lawyer Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara will be responsible for the stewardship role of the group

Biden cancels Trump's nomination of Indian American as judge The White House on Thursday informed the Senate that it was withdrawing his nomination, which was made by former President Donald Trump in June.

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The UAE has recorded a slight uptick in its daily count of COVID-19 cases in the last one month, when the economy reopened.

Dubai: India has asked its nationals not to travel to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait via the UAE and get stranded in this country, in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region.

In a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi said: "It has been brought to the attention of the Embassy of Indian in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India, Dubai that several Indian nationals intending to travel to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have got stranded in the UAE." "Due to COVID-related restrictions on incoming passengers, currently it is not possible for Indian nationals to transit via Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait," the statement said.

The UAE has recorded a slight uptick in its daily count of COVID-19 cases in the last one month, when the economy reopened.

In total, the coronavirus has claimed 947 lives, along with 332,603 confirmed cases, in the UAE, according to Johns Hopkins University.

US President Joe Biden has cancelled the nomination of Vijay Shanker to be a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington. The White House on Thursday informed the Senate that it was withdrawing his nomination, which was made by former President Donald Trump in June.

The Senate did not take up Shankar's nomination while Trump was in office and the Republican party had the majority.

NYC's Indian-American Health Commissioner tests Covid positive

HiIndia Newsdesk New York: Dave Chokshi, the IndianAmerican Health Commissioner of New York City, said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and warned that the disease "continues to circulate in our communities, and all of us are potentially exposed to the virus".

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Chokshi, who assumed office on August 4, 2020, said: "In New York City and across the country, Covid continues to circulate in our communities, and all of us are potentially exposed to the virus. A testament to this fact is that I recently got tested and received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19."The Health Commissioner said that he has mild, but manageable symptoms, adding that the city's Test and Trace Corps has been notified of his diagnosis and will alert anyone who was potentially exposed, Xinhua news agency reported.

Congressman Ro Khanna Urges CDC to Consider 1-Dose Vaccine to Scale Up Vaccinations HiIndia Newsdesk

Congressman Ro Khanna

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- U.S. Rep. Rohit ‘Ro’ Khanna, the Indian American threeterm Democratic congressman serving California’s 17th District, Feb. 4 sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients, urging them to consider a one-dose vaccination regimen in order to rapidly scale up the number of vaccinations administered daily in the United States.

The FDA has released documents saying the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective

after one dose showing at least 50 percent effectiveness after just one week.

The UK already decided to delay the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine; they are also allowing 12-week gaps between doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the release notes.

The first shot of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines is 80-90 percent effective over 14 days after receiving the dose. Prominent medical experts supporting considering a one-dose path include Dr. Michael Osterholm, Dr. Ashish Jha, Dr. Robert Wachter and Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, the release said.

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Kharge to succeed Ghulam Nabi Azad as Leader of Opposition in RS

HiIndia Newsdesk Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge will replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the party said on Friday. Azad’s tenure as a Rajya Sabha member ends on February 15.

Earlier this week, PM Narendra Modi said, “The person who will replace Ghulam Nabi ji will have difficulty matching his work.”

US climate envoy praises PM Modi, calls India ‘red-hot investment opportunity’

Bihar’s Covid data fudge

Set up high-level inquiry, RJD’s Manoj Jha tells govt

China bans BBC World News; broadcaster says ‘disappointed’

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RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha (File photo)

HiIndia Newsdesk RJD MP Manoj Jha on Friday urged the crossed one lakh in seven days, and then government to set up a high-level inquiry it crossed 2 lakh in another 14 days. It has into the fudging of COVID-19 testing data been found that many columns in testing in Bihar. Jha, a leader of the Opposition in data have been left blank. Contract tracing Bihar, pointed out that testing figures in the is difficult since mobile numbers with ten state increased at an unrealistic pace as per zeroes have been entered against names, the state records. and in many cases, the names and mobile “Over the past two days a leading national numbers of people are not matching. I want daily has been carrying stories on to demand, through you Sir, a high-level manipulation and fudging of Covid testing inquiry into this,” Jha said suring the Zero data in Bihar. Astonishingly, testing figures Hour in Rajya Sabha on Friday.

China on Friday barred British television channel BBC World News from airing in the country, saying its China-related reports had “seriously violated” regulations.

This comes after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s licence to broadcast in the United Kingdom. “We are disappointed that Chinese authorities have decided to take this course of action,” a BBC spokeswoman said.

China will eat our lunch if we don’t get moving, warns Joe Biden

False narrative by Opposition that govt working for cronies, says Sitharaman HiIndia Newsdesk US’ Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to addressing the challenge posed by climate change. “India is actually a red-hot investment opportunity for its clean energy transition,” he said. Kerry further said he intends to work “very, very closely with” Indian leadership

India reports 9,309 new COVID-19 cases, 87 deaths in 24 hours HiIndia Newsdesk India has reported 9,309 new COVID-19 cases and 87 fatalities in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. With this, the total number of cases rose to 1,08,80,603 and the death toll reached 1,55,447. Over 15,000 patients were discharged in a day, taking the total recoveries to 1,05,89,230. Active cases in the country stand at 1,35,926.

HiIndia Newsdesk After his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden warned that China is “going to eat our lunch” if the US does not “get moving”.

“They’re investing billions of dollars dealing with a whole range of issues that relate to transportation, the environment and...other things. We just have to step up,” Biden said.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha on Friday.

HiIndia Newsdesk Union Finance Minister Nirmala Rajya Sabha saying that he feels “suffocated” Sitharaman Friday said that post-pandemic as he is not being able to do anything of the economies have suffered all over the world ground situation in Bengal despite being and the Union Budget 2021 was an attempt a parliamentarian. “I am grateful for my to provide a “strong stimulus” to deal with party, but I feel suffocated as I am not able this situation. In doing so, she says, not only to do anything when there is the violence quick short term solutions were created, but happening in my state, Trivedi said. “we also looked at medium, long term and Speaking during the Budget Session in Rajya sustainable growth that will help us remain Sabha on Friday BJP MP Ashwini Vaishnaw one of the fastest-growing economies.” hailed the 2021 Budget as the most honest Sitharaman highlighted the swift response and realistic budget in a very long time. in providing a relief package post covid. She Vaishnaw also said that it struck the also said that “ building an Aatmanirbhar right balance between “consumption and Bharat actually represents the aspirations of investment.” Vaishnaw was responding to 130 crore people of this country.”

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP remark on the Budget being for the “rich” Dinesh Trivedi resigned during his speech in and heavily “supply-driven.”

BCCI asks ball makers SG to recheck quality after complaint by Team India HiIndia Newsdesk BCCI has asked SG to recheck the quality of the ball being used in the Test series against England after complaints by Team India. The players had complained the ball’s seam wasn’t lasting long enough.

Ravichandran Ashwin had hinted the Chennai pitch was the cause behind seam tearing. SG said they will assess the ball’s reaction on such wickets also.

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Won’t allow double standards in Capitol Hill, Red Fort violence: Prasad to Twitter

HiIndia Newsdesk IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that some microblogging companies supported the police action during the US Capitol Hill violence, however, when the Red Fort was attacked, the same platforms went against the government. The minister added that these “double standards” of social media platforms, whether Twitter or Facebook or WhatsApp, will not be allowed in India.

Railways rolls out first AC 3-tier economy class coach; pics surface

HiIndia Newsdesk Indian Railways rolled out its first airconditioned three-tier economy class coach manufactured in Rail Coach Factory in Punjab’s Kapurthala. It has 83 berths, snack table facility for transverse side, individual bottle holders and charging sockets and increased headroom for middle and upper berths. The coach also has individual reading lights, fire alarm system and luminescent berth numbers.

BJP not a believer of political untouchability, asserts Modi

‘Government may run with majority but the nation runs with consensus’ HiIndia Newsdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted government has honoured former president on Thursday that the BJP does not believe and Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee in political untouchability and values with Bharat Ratna and noted that Padma consensus in running the country, as he awards were given to former Assam chief noted that his government has bestowed minister Tarun Gogoi and former Nagaland state honours on even the ruling party’s chief minister S C Jamir, both from the political rivals to acknowledge their service grand old party. to the nation.

Modi noted that he had said in Parliament Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that a government may run with majority MPs at an event here to mark the 53rd death but the nation runs with consensus. anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyay, a party He also cited his government’s tributes to ideologue who had founded its progenitor national icons like Subhas Chandra Bose, B Jana Sangh, Modi said the saffron party R Ambedkar and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, always puts “rashtraneeti” above “rajneeti” and observed that any other dispensation and gives respect to even its political rivals. would not have done it.

In this context, he said the current

‘If not here, will Jai Shri Ram be chanted in Pak’: Amit Shah asks

Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar ahead of the assembly elections in the state, Shah asserted that “TMC goons cannot stall BJP’s march to power in West Bengal”.

India reports 12,923 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths in last 24 hrs

HiIndia Newsdesk Rescuers launched a drilling operation on Thursday at the Tapovan tunnel, where an estimated 30-35 labourers have been trapped since the glacier break in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. ITBP stated, “A drilling operation has been started by the rescue teams at 2 am to peep into the slush-flushing tunnel that is about 12-13 metres below.”

Will do our best to provide vaccines to Canada: PM Modi to Trudeau

HiIndia Newsdesk During a phone call, PM Narendra Modi assured Canadian PM Justin Trudeau that “India would do its best to facilitate supplies of COVID-19 vaccines sought

by Canada”. Trudeau said “if the world managed to conquer COVID-19, it’d be significantly because of India’s tremendous pharmaceutical capacity, and PM Modi’s leadership in sharing this capacity with the world”, a PMO statement read.

PM waives Rs.6.5 cr tax for importing medicine worth Rs16 cr for 5-month-old girl

HiIndia Newsdesk India reported 12,923 new COVID-19 cases and 108 more deaths o n We d n e s d a y, according to the Union Health Ministry. With this, India’s COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 1,08,71,294 while the death count rose to 1,55,360.

Meanwhile, 17 states/union territories have reported no COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.

Drilling operation launched at Tapovan tunnel to rescue trapped labourers

HiIndia Newsdesk Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday not organised to change the CM, MLAs or launched a scathing attack on West Bengal ministers, but to transform West Bengal. He Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her said the yatra is intended to free the state nephew Abhishek Banerjee saying that from infiltration, unemployment, bomb the BJP’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in the state was blasts, and bring a change in the state of aimed at ending corruption by ‘Bua-Bhatija’. farmers.

Launching the fourth phase of the “This ‘Poriborton Yatra’ is a journey towards “Poriborton Yatra” from Rash Mela Ground building Sonar Bangla,” he said to a roaring in Cooch Behar, Shah said the rally was crowd of BJP supporters.

PM Narendra Modi waived import duty and GST of ₹6.5 crore for importing life-saving medicine worth ₹16 crore for a five-month-old Mumbai girl suffering from a rare genetic disease. The girl’s parents generated ₹16 crore through crowd-funding for importing Zolgensma, a medicine needed for gene replacement therapy, from US. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis thanked PM Modi for his humanitarian approach.

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Gautam Gambhir launches 2nd ‘Jan Rasoi’ to feed needy at Rs.1 in Delhi

HiIndia Newsdesk BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday started his second ‘Jan Rasoi’ canteen at New Ashok Nagar in his East Delhi constituency to serve lunch at ₹1.

He had earlier started a canteen in Gandhi Nagar market in December last year, where up to 1,000 people are served daily, according to a statement.

The lunch comprises rice, lentils and vegetable curries.

R-Day violence accused Iqbal Singh with Rs.50,000 reward held from Punjab: Police

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Absence of an Early Warning System Cost Many Lives at Joshimath HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: As a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Joshimath, in Chamoli district, and hurtled downstream on the Dhauli Ganga, towards the Tapovan hydroelectric power project, some people idling under the Sunday sun in the mountains above first spotted the huge column of debris approaching and alerted workers at the site below with shouts and whistles.

Manish Kumar, a survivor of the incident, ran uphill on hearing the loud rumble and clamour later; he later said that a proper alarm system could have saved more lives.

By then, a few kilometres upstream, the Rishi Ganga power project had been completely washed away.

No way to warn

If there had been cameras or sensors installed a few kilometres upstream, and the alarms had gone off even five or 10 minutes earlier, many more lives could have been saved. But that was not to be.

The Tapovan power project, in the making for 15 years, has already witnessed three major episodes of flooding but still doesn’t have a functional early-warning system that could have alerted its workers to an impending flood.

The Chamoli tragedy has annotated yet another major oversight and lapse on the Centre’s part – that it hasn’t taken any lessons from the past and taken simple safety measures.

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Eighteen stranded s e af are rs of M V Anastasia who were stuck off the coast of China since September 2020 are returning to India, MoS for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya said. “The crew will sign off from Japan today and will reach India on February 14,” he added. Mandaviya appreciated the efforts of Indian Embassy in China for arranging the repatriation.

A drone shot of a line of fire tearing through the Australian landscape has won the people’s choice award in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The drone image of bushfire in northern Australia was captured by Robert Irwin, son of wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin. It received over 55,000 votes.

World’s second-oldest person survives COVID-19 just before 117th birthday

Biden Admin welcomes India’s emergence as a leading global power

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Delhi Police has said that Iqbal Singh, an accused in Republic Day violence case with ₹50,000 reward, was arrested from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Tuesday night.

In the videos from January 26 violence, Singh is purportedly seen issuing threats to policemen at Red Fort and saying that he would open fire at them with their own weapons, The Indian Express reported.

18 Indian sailors stuck in China to return home on Feb 14: Minister

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Europe’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived COVID-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday on Thursday. Sister Andre, who is blind and uses a wheelchair, is the world’s secondoldest living person according to the Gerontology Research Group’s (GRG) World Supercentenarian Rankings List.

“No, I wasn’t scared because I wasn’t scared to die,” she said.

“India is one of the most important partners in the Indo-Pacific region to us. We welcome India’s emergence as a leading global power and its role as a net security provider in the region,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said.

HiIndia Newsdesk Describing India as one of the most Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at important partners of the US in the Indo- his daily news conference.

Pacific region, the Biden Administration Earlier in the day, he said, Secretary of on Tuesday said that it welcomes India’s State Tony Blinken spoke with his Indian emergence as a leading global power and its counterpart, External Affairs Minister role as a net security provider in the region. S Jaishankar, for the second time in less “India is one of the most important partners than a fortnight. During the call, the two in the Indo-Pacific region to us. We leaders reaffirm the strength of the USwelcome India’s emergence as a leading India partnership and discussed issues of global power and its role as a net security mutual concern, including the situation in provider in the region,” State Department Myanmar.

Ghana Parliament shuts down over COVID-19 outbreak among MPs, staff

HiIndia Newsdesk Ghana’s Parliament has shut down for at least three weeks amid rising coronavirus cases among lawmakers and staff, Speaker Alban Bagbin said on Tuesday. At least 17 Members of Parliament and 151 staff have been infected with the virus. The Parliament would be in recess until March 2 to make way for “disinfection and sanitisation of the premises”, Bagbin added.

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Modi warns of ‘Andolan Jeevis’

HiIndia Newsdesk While bidding farewell to Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi said, “I would not let you retire, will continue taking your advice. My doors are always open for you.”

PM Modi, who broke down during his speech, added, “Posts come... power comes and how to handle these, one must learn from Ghulam Nabi Azad.”

HiIndia Newsdesk The total fund for construction of Ram Janmbhoomi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya has reportedly crossed ₹600 crore in 20 days, according to the trustees of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

The Trust started the mass contribution campaign for the construction of the temple in Ayodhya on January 15. The fund campaign will run till February 27.

HiIndia Newsdesk US President Joe Biden during an interview with CBS said that Chinese President Xi Jinping “doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body”. Biden described Xi as “very bright” and “very tough”. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin refused to comment on Biden’s remarks and said, “China is committed to developing a relationship with the US that is nonconflictual.”

HiIndia Newsdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the been repeatedly ridiculed and called names august House on Monday to profile a “new by Modi. It was also an indirect admission breed” of protesters as “Andolan Jeevi” that his government’s laboured explanations and parasites and asked the country to be to the farmers had proved ineffective even alert about “Foreign Destructive Ideology”, after 11 rounds of talks. falling back on conspiracy theories and Modi told the Rajya Sabha while replying labels reminiscent of the Nazi era in to the motion of thanks on the President’s Germany. address: “We are aware about shramjeevi On a day that stood out for contradictions, (workers), buddhijeevi (intellectuals). A the Prime Minister also sought to claim new breed has taken birth. They are the legitimacy for the controversial farm laws Andolan Jeevi. You will find them at the by swallowing his pride and quoting his protests of lawyers, students, workers and predecessor Manmohan Singh who had farmers.

India lose first Test as England bowlers run riot

HiIndia Newsdesk ndia fell victim to an almost-unavoidable “I don’t think we put enough pressure on defeat at the hands of England on Tuesday them with the ball in the first half…credit when the visitors bagged a comprehensive to England, they got stuck in and put up a 227-run victory in the opening Test at the big total on the board,” Kohli conceded in MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. the post-match presentation.

After a cautious England set India a “England were far more professional and daunting 420-run victory target on the consistent throughout the Test match than fourth day, India were bowled out for a we were,” he added. The body language paltry 192 in the second session of the final and intensity were not up to the mark, day in 58.1 overs. said a disappointed India skipper Virat Virat Kohli (72 off 104 balls) seemed like a Kohli, counting the many errors his team lonely general as he showed his colleagues committed in the massive 227-run loss to a how to bat on a difficult track. His vigour in “more professional and consistent” England taking on the swing and the spin alike was in the opening Test. the only shining light for the hosts.

HiIndia Newsdesk Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter Harshita Kejriwal allegedly lost ₹34,000 to a fraudster while trying to sell a second-hand sofa set on OLX. The buyer asked her to scan two QR codes to transfer the agreed amount of sofa in her account. On scanning the codes, she lost ₹34,000 in two installments - first ₹20,000 and then ₹14,000.

HiIndia Newsdesk Twitter on Tuesday said it is seeking formal dialogue with the Information Technology Minister after the government ordered it to take down 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation around farmers’ protests.

The microblogging platform also noted that safety of its employees is a top priority.

HiIndia Newsdesk New Delhi: Bollywood actor Rajiv Kapoor died at 58 on Tuesday. Sister-in-law Neetu Kapoor posted a photo of the actor on social media and wrote: “RIP.” Rajiv Kapoor, who was also a film producer and director, was the youngest son of the legendary Raj Kapoor, and the brother of Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, all actors and filmmakers.

Rishi Kapoor died last year. The Ram Teri Ganga Maili actor suffered a heart attack at his residence in Chembur following which he was rushed to Inlaks Hospital. He was declared dead at the hospital,

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Covid: Don't book holiday Saudi woman activist freed yet, government warns People in the UK should not be booking holidays at home or abroad yet due to coronavirus, the transport secretary has told HiIndia Newsdesk Grant Shapps admitted he did not know government's position, senior Conservative "where we'll be" by the summer.

MP Sir Charles Walker implored the prime Boris Johnson said he hoped to provide minister to give people "something to look "clarity" on possible lockdown easing later forward to". this month, but the public would need to be He told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "a "little more patient".

"We had summer holidays last year when Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused we didn't have a vaccine. Now we've got ministers of sending "mixed messages" on vaccines coming out of our ears, we are told, whether holidays can happen.

'Don't book a summer holiday,' for crying And, in an impassioned attack on the out loud."

US aware of 'significant Covid cases' in Tanzania

Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law

EU's von der Leyen admits vaccine rollout failures The EU was late to authorise Covid-19 vaccines and "still not where we want to be", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said.

Tanzania is one of the few countries in the world to not publish any data on Covid-19 cases

HiIndia Newsdesk A week after the US advised against all travel to Tanzania its embassy in the East African country has said it is "aware of significant number of Covid-19 cases since January 2021".

Mitigation and prevention measures against the virus remained limited, a statement from the embassy said It warned that Tanzania's health facilities could be quickly overwhelmed if the situation continued.

Tanzania is one of the few countries in the world to not publish any data on Covid-19 cases - last doing so in May. A month later, President John Magufuli declared the country to be "coronavirusfree". Yet the authorities have continued to give mixed messages about the virus. Last week the health minister recommended a vegetable smoothie and steam inhalation as a way of prevention. This came a few days after Mr Magufuli had warned officials against importing Covid-19 vaccines saying they could harm people, without giving evidence.

In another development, officials have dismissed allegations made by The Open University of Tanzania that coronavirus is "spreading fast" in the country.

The institution's administrators had breached health protocols and had expressed a personal opinion, the education minister said in a statement.

Loujain al-Hathloul

HiIndia Newsdesk She also acknowledged the EU had been ordering vaccines collectively on behalf of overconfident about production targets member states was "the right thing to do". being met amid delays at factories.

Me anw hile phar maceutical group The Commission chief has come under fire AstraZeneca has said it will join forces with for the EU's slow vaccine rollout.

German company IDT Biologika to produce There is anger that the bloc has fallen more vaccines for Europe. behind countries like the UK, where more Producers of vaccines including the Oxfordthan 12 million people have already received AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech jabs have the jab. postponed delivery of some of the EU's But Mrs von der Leyen was adamant that order because of capacity and supply issues.

One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released from prison Wednesday, her family tweeted, after serving nearly three years on charges that have sparked an international uproar over the kingdom’s human rights record.

Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law. She was accused of crimes that rights groups describe as politically motivated, including agitating for change and pursuing a foreign agenda.

Her sister Lina al-Hathloul posted a screenshot from FaceTime of a smiling Loujain on Twitter, declaring that she was finally home.

7.2 quake hits islands near NZ

HiIndia Newsdesk An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck southeast of Loyalty Islands on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake’s epicentre was 424km east of Tadine, New Caledonia, and was at a depth of 10km, EMSC said.

New Zealand authorities early on Thursday urged residents along its northern coast to avoid beaches and shore areas after a strong earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the Pacific. The quake, which was upgraded from an earlier magnitude of 7.1, followed at least three other earthquakes in the region with magnitudes ranging from 5.7 to 6.1 in a span of just over an hour.

Myanmar coup: US announces sanctions on leaders

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What is Mr Biden demanding?

Mr Biden called for the coup to be reversed and for the release of civilian leaders including Ms Suu Kyi. "The people of Burma are making their voices heard and the world is watching," he said, vowing to take further action if needed. "As protests grow, violence against those exerting their democratic rights is unacceptable and we're going to keep calling it out," he added.

US President Joe Biden has approved an executive order to impose sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar's coup.

The measures will be focused on military leaders, their family members and businesses linked to them. Steps are also being taken to block access by the military to $1bn (£720m) of government funds held in the US. The sanctions come as a woman who was shot in the head during protests against the coup fights for her life at a hospital in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing was hurt on Tuesday when police tried to disperse protesters using water cannon, rubber bullets and live rounds.

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Telangana issues GO to Sasikala returns to Tamil Nadu implement 10% EWS quota after four years to grand reception Her return to Tamil Nadu is being keenly watched as it comes at a time when the assembly elections in the state are likely to be held soon

With the existing 50% reservation implemented for other weaker sections, the total number of reservations will now go up to 60% in the state HiIndia Newsdesk Hyderabad: The Telangana state government to the posts in services under the State, on Monday issued orders to implement 10 following the criteria and guidelines per cent reservations for the Economically prescribed by the Government of India."

Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and In January 2019, the Narendra Modi employment. government at the Centre passed a The orders were issued following the Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament decision announced by Chief Minister seeking to provide 10 per cent reservations K. Chandrashekar Rao on January 21 to for EWS in education and employment. implement 10 per cent EWS quota in the People who have an annual income less state. than Rs 8 lakh, own less than five acres of The GO issued by Chief Secretary Somesh farm land, have house smaller than 1,000 Kumar stated, "The government has decided sq feet in a town or a 100 sq yard house in to implement 10 per cent reservation to the notified municipal area would be treated EWS for admissions into all educational as economically weaker sections and they institutions in the State and also in respect would qualify for the quota. of initial appointments

5.6 kg gold ornaments seized in Kadapa

HiIndia Newsdesk KADAPA: Kadapa district police seized 5.6kg of gold ornaments in two separate searches on Wednesday. The police in Jammalamadugu seized 2.7kg and the Proddatur Rural police seized 2.9kg of ornaments. Those who possessed these did not show any documents about purchase and hence the police handed over the ornaments to the Income Tax authorities.

HiIndia Newsdesk Krishnagiri (TN)/Bengaluru: Expelled be held in the next few months.

AIADMK leader V K Sasikala on Monday Earlier, she left a resort on Bengaluru returned to Tamil Nadu to a grand reception, outkirts, accompanied by her nephew days after completing her four-year jail and general secretary of Amma Makkal term in Bengaluru in a Rs 66.65 crore Munnetra Kazhagam T T V Dhinakaran, in a convoy of around 200 vehicles as her disproportionate assets case.

Sasikala, a close aide of late chief minister supporters raised slogans hailing her.

J Jayalalithaa, crossed into Tamil Nadu at Before leaving, Sasikala, wearing a face Athipalli in Krishnagiri district bordering mask, offered floral tributes to a portrait of Karnataka, around 10 am as her supporters Jayalalithaa. Clad in a green colour saree, the broke into celebrations, dancing to drum favourite hue of Jayalalithaa, she travelled beats and showering flower petals on her in a car that sported the AIADMK flag over convoy. the bonnet, disregarding the warning by the Her return to Tamil Nadu is being keenly ruling party in Tamil Nadu against its use by watched as it comes at a time when the non-members. assembly elections in the state are likely to

Rs 3 crore to be spent on renovating desecrated north Andhra temple

HiIndia Newsdesk RAMATEERTHAM: The 10th century Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple atop Bodikonda hill in Nellimerla of Vizianagaram district, which drew attention of the entire nation for wrong reasons, is set to regain its past glory with the state government planning

to spend Rs 3 crore on its development and renovation. The temple is mostly visited by farmers of north coastal Andhra.

Every pilgrim makes it a point to visit the Kodandarama Swamy either at the beginning or end of their pilgrimage to the area. Many villagers come from far away in bullock carts and stay at the temple for four days to celebrate Maha Sivaratri and Ramanavami.

“When news about decapitation of the statue spread, it was farmers who were the most hurt,” stated Ch. Rama Raju, a structural engineer by profession, whose family has been living in Ramateertham since four generations. Another local resident Vekatalakshmi, who is in her 60s, said during her childhood, there was a hot spring in the middle of the pond.

IUML worker stabbed to death in Kerala

HiIndia Newsdesk Malappuram: A 26-year-old activist of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) was stabbed to death allegedly by ruling CPI(M) workers, at nearby Keezhattoor Oravumparam in Nilambur, police said.

The incident occurred around Wednesday midnight. Though Muhammed Sameer was rushed to a nearby hospital, he succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday

Cochin Airport commissions floating solar power plants

The current total installed capacity helps it to produce around 1.60L units of power against consumption of around at 1.30L units per day HiIndia Newsdesk

The plants covering a total area of one acre are connected to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) power grid, CIAL said in a release.

Kochi: Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), which became the worlds first solarpowered airport in 2015, on Sunday added another feather to its cap, commissioning two floating solar power plants in Kerala.

With the installation of the plants with a capacity of 452 KWh over two artificial lakes, the airport's total installed capacity has risen to 40 MWp helping it to produce around 1.60 lakh units of power a day against per day consumption of around at 1.30 lakh units, the CIAL said.

"CIALs trysts with the experiments in producing green energy achieved another milestone with this installation as the company has introduced cost-effective high-density polyethylene floats; using French technology, upon which 1300 photovoltaic panels were mounted and laid over two artificial lakes located in the 130-acre CIAL golf course", it said.

The plants covering a total area of one acre are connected to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) power grid, CIAL said in a release.

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Looking ahead to what Bollywood will look like after Covid Last year, Covid-19 halted film productions and shuttered cinema halls. As new models of entertainment hit the shelves, we look at what they might mean for Hindi cinema of the near future.

Now that Bollywood is open for business — cinema halls began operating at 100% occupancy from February 1 and film shoots are well underway — it might be an apt time to ponder over an essential question.

In the foreseeable future, what changes will one of the world’s biggest movie industries undergo, and how will it keep up to our increasingly changing times and needs?

Battered by Covid-19, the box-office had its curtains down for the better part of 2020, and even though things are slowly bouncing back, the prospects of recovering the lost ground appear bleaker than ever. Some of that ground has been captured by the digital revolution, a reality Hindi cinema seems to have only reluctantly embraced.

Dhaakad’s Agni is my depiction of the goddess of death

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Kangana Ranaut lead Dhaakad also stars Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta. It'll have a theatrical release on October 1.

Actress Gehana Vasisth arrested in porn racket, had shot 87 obscene videos The Mumbai Police has arrested actressmodel Gehana Vasisth for her alleged role in shooting and uploading porn videos on a website. "She has shot 87 porn videos and uploaded them on her website, which requires a subscription to watch. Those who have subscribed to the channel have to pay ₹2,000," a senior police official told The Times of India.

Sushmita Sen is not just a person, she’s a vibe: Rohman Shawl Rohman met Sushmita two years after he came to Mumbai to pursue modelling.

“Everything in my life changed after that.

As outsiders, we have a certain perception about a star’s life. But, when you stay with them, you realise that it’s a lot of hard work,” the model said.

Rohman credited Sushmita for helping

Kangana’s character of Agent Agni is armed with a machine gun, in the backdrop of a burning vehicle in what looks like the setup of an action sequence. Kangana tweeted the pictures and wrote, “They call her Agni… the brave one #Dhaakad I say she is my depiction of Bhairavi the goddess of death … #Dhaakad.”

The makers had recently also revealed the looks of Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta. While Rampal plays the main antagonist Rudraveer, Dutta will be seen as the ‘evil master’ Rohini.

In Dhaakad’s previous poster too, Kangana Ranaut flaunted a fierce look. She even called the movie, “India’s first female-led action thriller”.

Talking about the film Kangana earlier said, “Dhaakad is not only a benchmark film for my career but will be a turning point for Indian cinema as well. The film is mounted on a large scale, and is one of a kind female-led action film.”

Written by Chintan Gandhi and Rinish Ravindra, the action-thriller is jointly produced by Sohel Maklai Productions and Asylum Films and co-produced by Qyuki Digital Media.

The film also marks screenwriter Ritesh Shah’s first collaboration with Kangana Ranaut. him evolve as a person and making him clearer about his ambitions.

“On a personal level, that changed me. I started taking things seriously, I started respecting life more, both mine and others’. When I started modelling, I wanted to be a star, but now, I have different plans. I want to venture into business, eventually. But for now, I want to stick to modelling as that makes me happy. Being famous is not on my wish list anymore,” he said.

The love-struck boyfriend heaped praise at his partner, saying that he marvels at the beauty of her thoughts. Rohman added that it takes time to understand the Arya star but once the initial bridge is crossed, one cannot resist her charm.

When I wake up in the morning and look at her, I think, ‘Oh God, I am so lucky’.

Sushmita Sen is not just a person, she is a vibe. It takes time to understand her, but when you do, you are bowled over. The way she thinks will make you marvel at how beautiful her mind is.

Salman Khan: It is not a good thing that theatres are closing down Salman said, “We have made three movies that are ready for release. Theatres are looking like graveyards right now. There are also so many theatre owners who have had to close down because of financial reasons. It is not a good thing that theatres are closing down.

This is our business. Our work is to act and make movies. Where will we show our movies (if theatres close down)? It is like a catch 22 situation. They are incomplete without us, and we are incomplete without them.” He added, “They (exhibitors) had requested us to release Radhe in theatres, and now that things have eased down and we are seeing people roaming around normally, we can do it (release the film in cinema halls). Theatre owners are going to be careful (about Coivd-19 protocols), and I’d request fans to be cautious too. They should sanitise their hands, keep a safe distance and be responsible. Now that the vaccines have come, I think we are all heading towards a safe zone. I am hoping 2021 and 2022 are better than 2020 for all of us.” Directed by Prabhudheva, Salman Khan’s Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai was scheduled to hit Indian screens in May 2020 but was delayed due to the outbreak of coronavirus. The film also stars Jackie Shroff, Disha Patani and Randeep Hooda.

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I credit my entire success to Wagle Ki Duniya

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Aanjjan Srivistav spoke at length about his association with Wagle Ki Duniya, what it did to his career and the new series.

The experience of playing Srinivas Wagle

Honestly, I was a little worried initially as I didn’t know if I will manage to play the same character again, and in the same way. I was trained well

by RK Laxman, Kundan Shah and Ravi Ojha. However, when I read the script, I understood the hard work this new team has been putting in, and everything just fell in place. I found my Wagle as soon as I was on the set. This is not like any other TV show. It’s an exceptional project that needs special care and love. I never expected that someone would make this show with the same affection. I am so thankful to SAB and Hats Off Productions for bringing Wagle Ki Duniya back.

The world has changed and progressed from the time you first met the Wagles in 1988. In the new series, you will get to see how Srinivas’ son tries to strike a balance with his parents’ traditions and the evolving new world. I am really happy that they cast Sumeet for the part. He is doing an amazing job as Rajesh Wagle.

Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi, Naye Kissey is a slice-of-life show revolving around a simple family man Rajesh Wagle.

While he aspires for a better lifestyle for himself and his family, he is hesitant to take risks and move with the times.

Wagle Ki Duniya- Nayi Peedhi, Naye Kissey will showcase the strong value system of the middle-class of today, and their daily life and issues.

I would love to return to Grey’s Anatomy: Kate Walsh Actor Kate Walsh says she is open to reprising her role of Doctor Addison Montgomery on the long-running medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The 53-year-old actor said the ABC series changed her life forever.

Asked about the prospect of returning to Grey’s Anatomy, Walsh told US Weekly, “Of course! I mean, I’m here in western Australia so it

would be a big trip so I’d have to see. But, yeah, I’m always open to it. I’m here. I couldn’t be further away from Los Angeles right now. But maybe Addison could call in or zoom in.”

The actor, who starred on the show between 2005 and 2012, said Grey’s Anatomy has been “an epic piece of my life.”

“It’s been such an incredible run and has changed so many lives and has certainly changed my life. Whatever they decide I think obviously is a creative decision, but I was thrilled to be a part of it,” she said.

I would love to play James Bond Delnaaz Irani and Ashnoor Kaur to play a mother-daughter duo in Pari Hun Main

Known for her comic roles, Delnaaz Irani has no qualms playing a mother.

In the upcoming web series, Pari Hun Main, she essays the protective mom of Telly actor Ashnoor Kaur (Patiala Babes). Irani is looking forward to some conventional roles for a change. Delnaaz Irani and Jatin Lalwani will be seen playing the parents in the show. Arushi Handa will also be seen playing parallel lead.

On talking about the show Ashnoor shares, "I had an amazing experience working with my co-actors. Delnaaz and Jiten sit were really sweet. The warmth was so good and vibe on set was so well. Jatin sir is like powerhouse of the team. Talking about my role, she is a very inspirational character much similar to my character in Patiala Babes.

Tom Holland said, "Ultimately as a young British lad who loves cinema, I'd love to be James Bond."

Spider-Man star Tom Holland says he would love to suit up and play British spy James Bond in future. The 24-year-old actor, who is best known for essaying the role of Peter Parker/ superhero Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, quipped at 5 feet 6 inches, he will be a “really short” Agent 007. “Ultimately as a young British lad who loves cinema, I’d love to be James Bond. So y’know, I’m just putting that out there. I mean I look pretty good in a suit! I’d be like a really short James Bond,” Holland said on Variety Award Circuit podcast.

Before starring in the third chapter of Spider-Man, Holland will again change gears with crime drama Cherry, in which he will reunite with Russo Brothers after Avengers: Endgame, and Chaos Walking, a sci-fi action adventure thriller.

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Trust Nora Fatehi to ace the most elaborate outfits with utter ease and oodles of glamour.

And she proved it yet again when she recently shared a series of stunning images wearing a creation by designer duo Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla. ora looks ethereal in a halter blouse adorned with pearls and crystal. This look is certainly not for the faint-hearted but she carries it off effortlessly.

The blouse was paired with a sheer white sari. Describing the look, the designers said: “Nora Fatehi wears light as air, organza Dhakai Jamdani saree, handembroidered with Resham mandala motifs and edged with a Resham and sequins lace border. A pearl and crystals blouse adds lustrous glamour to this ethereal masterpiece.”

The sari was not draped in the traditional way, with gave an interesting twist to the look.

For makeup, she went for glossy red lips, sleek eyeliner and a rose gold pink eyeshadow. It was all brought together with lightly contoured cheeks and a generous dose of highlighter.

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Indian novels that everyone needs to read

Healthy toast toppings

Toast is among the quickest and most convenient breakfast options. But most of us prefer having it with butter, cheese or any other kind of sandwich spread. However, excess of these food items may have adverse effects on your health.

Butter and cheese, for instance, are high in calories and saturated fats and may lead to weight gain if consumed in excess amounts, according to Healthline. Overeating cheese has also been linked to gastrointestinal disturbances, especially among those who are lactose intolerant.

Former MasterChef runner-up Neha Deepak Shah recently shared some healthy, alternative toast toppings that you can try. Here’s what she recommended: *Instead of butter or cheese, you can use salted hung curd or hummus *Top this with cucumber, tomatoes, pickled onions, caramelised onions or other veggies of your choice *Add herb and cracked black pepper

‘Polite Society’ by Mahesh Rao, published by Tinder Press

‘A Fine Balance’ by Rohinton Mistry, published by Faber & Faber Set in 1975, when prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency due to civil unrest, this fine novel is the story of four strangers – a widow, a young student who has been uprooted from his idyllic hill station home and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village. The quartet are thrust together, sharing a cramped apartment and facing an uncertain future in the middle of India’s political turmoil. Shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize, Mistry’s beautifully written novel is a literary tour de force.

‘The White Tiger’ by Aravind ‘The Lives of Others’ by Neel Adiga, published by Atlantic Mukherjee, published by Vintage The enthralling stor y of Balram Halwai’s journey from “sweet, innocent village fool” to ruthless entrepreneur scooped the Booker Prize in 2008. This brilliant debut novel tells the searing tale of two Indias – one of them Balram’s home village, where sewage seeps down the road and children are “too lean and short for their age,” the other the city of Delhi, with its noisy shopping malls, traffic jams and slums. Look out for the film too – a Netflix adaptation is underway, with Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Aw a r d i n 2 0 1 4 , Ne e l Mukherjee’s second novel is set in 1960s Kolkata and opens with the shocking account of a desperate man, who is unable to feed his starving wife and children and murders them before killing himself. This shocking scene is juxtaposed with the story of the wealthy Ghosh family, one of whom has become involved in extremist political activism. A powerful generational story of the chasm between the haves and have-nots.

If you’re looking for a lighter read, tr y Mahesh R ao’s beautifully observed and witty second novel, a contemporary version of Jane Austen’s Emma. Ania Khurana is a spoilt, rich 25-year-old living in a luxurious Delhi mansion. She knows everyone who is anyone in the city but she’s bored and in need of entertainment. Following in Emma Wo o d hous e’s matchmaking steps, Ania first finds a husband for her spinster aunt, then sets her sights on doing the same for her friend Dimple, only to find that the path of true love doesn’t always run smooth.

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India slip to 4th position, England England to 227-run brighten WTC final prospects win over hosts India Rafael Nadal defies gloomy injury to beat Laslo Djere

India will have to win at least two of the remaining three matches to secure a place in the final. Australia will get to feature vs New Zealand if the IndiaEngland series is drawn or if England win 1-0, 2-1 or 2-0.

HiIndia Newsdesk India fell victim to an almost-unavoidable defeat at the hands of England on Tuesday when the visitors bagged a comprehensive 227-run victory in the opening Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

After a cautious England set India a daunting 420-run victory target on the fourth day, India were bowled out for a paltry 192 in the second session of the final day in 58.1 overs.

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Rafa Nadal defied his gloomy injury prognosis and complete lack of match practice to crush Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday and reach the Australian Open second round as he launched his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title.The Spanish great had pulled out of his nation’s ATP Cup campaign with a back problem and was bordering on mournful on the eve on the Grand Slam when he said the injury was still affecting him.

“It’s been a tough 15 days for me,” said the 2009 champion. “I needed to survive today so that’s what I did. I’m still alive and that’s the main thing.”

Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas served up a tennis masterclass to veteran French Gilles Simon during a 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 thrashing

HiIndia Newsdesk India on Tuesday slipped to fourth position in the World Test Championship rankings after their 227-run defeat to England in the opening Test in Chennai as the visitors kept alive their hopes of making the final of the inaugural event.

Set a target of world record 420 to win the first Test of the four-match series, India were

bowled out for 192 in the second session after captain Virat Kohli’s 72 off 104 balls on a fifth day MA Chidambaram surface, where the ball was doing a lot.

New Zealand have already qualified for the WTC final, to be held at Lord’s later in the year, winning 70.0 per cent of their matches (with no other series scheduled).

Blaming SG ball, wicket, toss for defeat to England would be barking up wrong tree: Bishan Bedi The stitched-by-hand Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) ball, used for Test matches in India, is under scrutiny after the first Test as players have complained about the stitches on the seam coming off.

HiIndia Newsdesk The SG ball, which has been put under scrutiny following India’s defeat to England in the 1st Test this week, is not one of the factors the Indian players should look at, said former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi.

He tweeted: “I missed out on Indn debacle yesterday..which was always on cards..but to ‘blame’ the SG ball or the wicket or the toss would be barking up the wrong tree-regrouping is as much the need as appreciating English determination to grind & win-also never underestimate any opposition!”

Serena, Thiem progress, Andreescu knocked out HiIndia Newsdesk Serena Williams overcame a spirited Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0 on a sun-drenched Rod Laver Arena to reach the third round of the Australian Open for the 19th time on Wednesday.

The American, again sporting her distinctive one-legged leotard, needed to find her best game at times in the first set against a Serbian 15 years her junior who was playing in her fourth Grand Slam. “She pushed me really hard and played well throughout the match,” the 39-year-old said. “I wasn’t thinking so much in the second set.”

Munita, daughter of construction labourer, breaks under-20 race walk record Each time race walker Munita Prajapati finishes on the podium, the 19 -year-old knows she is not only inching closer to fulfilling her dreams of competing in the Olympics someday but is also a step closer to helping her family escape poverty. The wiry race walker from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district hogged the limelight on the fourth day of the junior nationals in Guwahati, winning the (U-20) 10,000m race walk event and breaking the national mark in the progress. Munita clocked 47:53.58 s to erase the Reshma Patel’s 48:25.90s record, which was

achieved just last month at the Junior Federation Cup in Bhopal. The daughter of a construction labourer father and a homemaker mother has also earned the distinction of becoming the first woman walker to clock a sub-48 minute time in the 10,000m race walk in the U-20 category. Munita had already booked a spot for the World Juniors to be held in Nairobi, Kenya in August by clocking just one second within the 50:30seconds standard at the race walking nationals in February last year.

Joe Root will probably break all batting records of England: Nasser Hussain HiIndia Newsdesk

Former England captain Nasser Hussain feels incumbent Joe Root is “arguably” the country’s best ever player of spin and can break all the Test batting records accumulated by the nation’s batsmen Root struck 218 in England’s first innings on a spin-friendly pitch to lead his side to a 227-run win over India in the first Test in Chennai on Tuesday.

“Root sure is one of England’s greats. He will probably end up breaking all records, he will probably go past Sir Alastair Cook’s 161 Test matches and probably tally of runs as well,” Hussain wrote in his column. “He is in great nick, only 30 years old, and if you did a list of all-time England batting greats – the ones I have seen anyway – you’d have to have Root with Cook, Graham Gooch and Kevin Pietersen.

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Walk

Walking is one of the simplest and most strategic things you can do for yourself. It takes little preparation, minimal effort, no special equipment, and it can contract or expand to fit the exact amount of time you have available. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a single bout of moderate-to vigorous activity (including walking) can improve our sleep, thinking, and learning, while reducing symptoms of anxiety. When we go for a walk, we perform better on tests of memory and attention; our brain cells build new connections, staving off the usual withering of brain tissue that comes with age; we can actively change the pace of our thoughts by deliberately walking more briskly or by slowing down; and our attention is left to meander and observe, helping us generate new ideas and to have strokes of insight

we know that we can walk for exercise and for transportation. And here are five additional ways to walk with purpose: 1. Walk for perspective These are trying times. The global pandemic has robbed so many of us of so much, and yet, most of us can still find perspective in the struggle.

On days when I need some perspective, I’ll stroll while looking at the sun, the trees, or the water. Those views remind me to reflect on the expanse of the universe, to appreciate the beauty of nature, and prompt me to consider how much world there still is for me to explore (when it’s safe to do so).

2. Walk for connection.

While you can walk alone, you don’t have to. And these days, walking is one of the safer activities available to us.

Before I moved from New York to North Carolina, I had a standing Sunday walk with my neighbor Leslie. And now, despite being almost 600 miles apart, we still have our Sunday

morning walks — just over the phone. Invite a friend or family member to join you — in person when it’s doable, safe, and responsible — and over the phone when it isn’t.

3. Walk for learning.

As much as I like to clear my mind, I also like to fill it with new and useful information. I might walk while listening to a podcast or an audio book, or even the recording of a webinar I signed up for but wasn’t able to attend. Or I might take some photos with my phone of a tree or an animal I can’t identify (which, as a native Manhattanite, are most trees and animals), and look it up when I get home.

4. Walk for gratitude.

As someone who has experienced both chronic and acute back pain, I often walk with a focus on how lucky I feel to be able to walk — and the relief of being pain-free. I will focus on the gift of feeling safe (most of the time) as a woman walking alone.

Or that I have a clean, hot shower waiting for me at the end of my walk. Or I might even focus on the gift of being alive right now, when so many have died.

5. Walk for productivity.

Sometimes I’ll arrange a coaching call with a client who has also committed to walk and talk. Or I might schedule a networking call with a client who is walking, too. I am also productive when I walk, and sometimes dictate brainstorming ideas, or even a new article, into my phone’s voice recorder.

When I come home, I have something I can cross off my to-do list, in addition to that day’s walk.

And sometimes, I have to let go of my goals and let the walk’s purpose reveal itself to me. This happens most often when I’m walking with my rescue dog Nash, and she wants to follow a squirrel.

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Elon Musk recently debuted on Clubhouse, an inviteonly social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations and interviews between people on various topics, similar to podcasts, but the conversations are live on the app in different 'rooms'.

Founded in 2020 by Stanford University alumni Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse is reportedly valued at $1 billion.

iPhone 12 mini production may get discontinued in Q2: Reports Apple may discontinue iPhone 12 mini's production in the second quarter of 2021 due to poor demand, media reports said citing JP Morgan Chase's analyst William Yang. Yang cut the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini production forecasts by 9 million and 11 million units respectively. He raised the iPhone 12 Pro Max production forecast by 11 million units.

We should be teleporting, not transporting, ourselves: Zuckerberg Weight: 49g | Battery life: 7 days | Sensors: Optical HR, SpO2, GPS If you don't have a fitness tracker, the Fitbit Charge 4 (£119) is a great place to start. With GPS built-in, great activity and sleep tracking plus new heart rate features, it's a fitness all-rounder that offers a hell of a lot of smarts in a neat, comfortable band for everyday wear.

Twitter India’s public policy head resigns Twitter India’s public policy head Mahima Kaul has resigned from her post citing personal reasons, a senior executive of the social media firm confirmed on Saturday.

Kaul said she has stepped down from her role in the firm to take some time off.

People familiar with the matter stated that Kaul quit the microblogging website in the first week of January, and will continue with the company until the end of March to help the transition. The job listing has been made public on Twitter’s website. “At the start of this year, Mahima Kaul decided to step down from her role as Twitter Public Policy Director for India and South Asia to take a well-deserved break. It’s a loss for all of us at Twitter, but after more than five years in the role we respect her desire to focus on the most important people and relationships in her personal life. Mahima will continue in her role till the end of March and will support the transition,” Twitter global policy head Monique Meche said in a statement.

News of Kaul’s resignation comes at a controversial time for the website, which came under fire from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for “violating Indian law” by not taking down tweets related to “farmers genocide”. Meity sent Twitter a sternly worded notice, threatening the company with penal consequences if over 250 accounts and posts that were flagged by the government weren’t blocked.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, while speaking on the private audio-based social media app Clubhouse, talked about how virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) can widen the scope for remote work. "We should be teleporting, not transporting, ourselves," Zuckerberg said, adding that VR and AR will allow people to live wherever they want, while appearing more present than video-chatting apps.

Voice: Alexa, Google | Wi-Fi: Yes | Apple AirPlay: Yes Painless to operate and with a range of comprehensive kit, S onos (from £199) still offers the best pound-for-pound wireless, multi-room system around. The user experience is smooth and stable, there's a wide product range, including subs and amps, together with AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect etc (though no hi-res audio) and an up-and-at'em sound. If you need somewhere to start we'd recommend the voice controlled and good value Sonos One. (The recent controversy over support for legacy products has been smoothed over to an extent but we'll be keeping an eye on it).

The baby monitor: Kodak Cherish C525 Video: 720p HD | Two-way talk: Yes | Alerts: Sound, motion With a 5in display for the parent unit and a video feed in the Kodak Smart Home app, infrared night vision and two-way talk, Kodak's Cherish C525 (£160) is our preferred baby monitor system. Response time for sound and motion alerts is good and the HD camera is sharp with a 85-degree viewing angle. Range is up to 4,000 square feet and you can save footage to an SD card as well as the cloud.

What is Clubhouse, inviteonly audio chat app Elon Musk debuted on?

Elon Musk recently debuted on Clubhouse, an invite-only social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations and interviews between people on various topics, similar to podcasts, but the conversations are live on the app in different 'rooms'. Founded in 2020 by Stanford University alumni Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse is reportedly valued at $1 billion.

After SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk hosted an audio-chat with Robinhood

According to CEO Vlad Tenev, thousands of people flocked to social media blogging site to buy data analytics and gain access to the exclusive 'invite-only' social media platform Clubhouse.

The audio-based app has created a lot of buzz to an extent that a market for buying firm Sensor an invitation to the app has begun on Reddit, eBay and Craiglist social networks. the other hand, in China, invitations are being sold on Alibaba-owned Tower, as of On marketplace Idle fish, despite Apple's App store's unavailability in the country.

Tuesday, 2 Future of Indian Start-Ups on Clubhouse January 2021, Indian entrepreneurs have flocked to the app as well, with The Indian Startup Clubhouse had Club being one of the biggest groups on Clubhouse in India with 4,000 members, The Economic Times. around 3.6 reported As many as 12,000 Indians have already downloaded the app said a report million installs published by analytics firm Sensor Tower. group hosts a series of rooms, where entrepreneurs can share their journey, worldwide. The experiences, and listen to each others’ as well.

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Svart Hotel, Meløy, Norway Svart Hotel (pictured, above), built by Oslo-based architects Snohetta on the Svartisen glacier, north of the Arctic circle, will welcome its first guests in 2021. The hotel will use 85 per cent less energy than a comparable property thanks to the inclusion of solar panels and a series of channels cut through its roof that conduct light and heat into the interior.

2,000-year-old remains of an infant and pet dog discovered in France

French man sets world record for being immersed in ice cubes for longest time

Archaeologists have discovered the 2,000-year-old remains of a child who died around the age of one in the Auvergne region of central France. The remains of a pet dog were also found alongside the infant's remains. About twenty terracotta containers that may have once contained food and drink related to the funeral banquet were also found in the pit.

Romain Vandendorpe from France has set a world record for sitting immersed in ice cubes in a glass cabin for the longest time. The 34-year-old health worker sat in ice up to his neck for two hours, 35 minutes and 43 seconds, that's around 40 minutes more than the previous record. He said he'll donate the money raised to charity.

Indian-origin UK man finds WWII shelter in his lawn after 40 yrs, turns it into bar A 68-year-old Indian-origin UK man, Khandu Patel, discovered a World War-II air-raid shelter in the lawn of his home he's been living in for 40 years. Patel said he found the shelter when during the lockdown he decided to lift a manhole cover in his lawn. He has turned it into a bar by installing tables and lights.

Millionaire who wants to live till 180 re-injects own stem cells at Rs.87L per session American entrepreneur Dave Asprey, who wants to live till 180, got his stem cells re-injected into his body at $120,000 (over ₹87 lakh) per session. "As we age, our stem cells get exhausted. I do...intermittent fasting... [for]...more stem cells and...take my own stem cells, move them around inside the body so that I heal...like a young person," the 47-year-old millionaire stated.

Restaurant sells 24-karat gold-layered burgers for Rs.4,300 in Colombia A restaurant in Colombia is offering the king of delicacies - the gold plated burger!

South China Morning Post reported that a restaurant in Bogota, Colombia has turned the world's favourite food item into luxurious cuisine, by adding gold - 24 carat of it, to be exact. The restaurant is offering a 24-carat burger to woo customers.

The restaurant industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with restaurants around the world laying off people, some shutting down, and many reporting unprecedented losses. A ban on public gatherings has turned dine-in restaurants into deliveryonly outlets. The luxurious dish is on the menu of a restaurant in the Colombian capital, and costs about $59 each. On the other hand, a regular burger costs only $11. 'The hamburger is put on it, the hamburger is closed, and then the gold foil goes on'', Maria Paula, the chef told South China Morning Post.

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Manish Patel Re- Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For Spiking Girlfriend’s Smoothie With Abortion Drug HI INDIA NEWS DESK APPLETON, WI – An Indian American man from Wisconsin, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2018 for spiking his girlfriend’s smoothie with an abortion drug, will continue to spend at least two more decades in prison.

Manishkumar Patel, of Outgamie, Wisconsin, was convicted in August 2018 of attempted first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child.

His girlfriend never drank the spiked beverage, but miscarried weeks later.

Patel was resentenced in Outagamie County court in August 2020, after his initial one was thrown out in 2018. Patel will spend 21 more years in prison, said the local radio channel, adding that he will also spend seven years on probation, instead of the five and a half he was originally given, it said.

Patel and his defense team filed a motion on Jan. 15, 2020, requesting

Manishkumar Patel (photo courtesy Clinton County, N.Y. Sheriff’s Dept)

the court “vacate his sentence and grant him a new sentencing hearing.”

Court documents, it reported, state Patel was re-sentenced twice, and wasn’t physically present at either hearing.

Patel had been on the run since he was charged in 2007 and forfeited

a $750,000 bond. He was arrested in January 2017 in New York.

Before he was sentenced, Patel said in court: “I have had plenty of time to think about what I did. I have no excuse or explanation for my actions.”

As per report, after his arrest, Kumar was held on seven felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child, stalking, burglary, and jumping bail.

Wisconsin has high consequences for harming a fetus. Since 1998, the state has ruled that “the killing of an ‘unborn child’ at any stage of pre-natal development is first-degree intentional homicide,” according to the state’s penal code.

According to court records and media reports, Patel, who is married, began an affair with physician Darshana Patel in 2001. In 2004, the couple had a son.

In 2006, Darshana again became

Pappas: Pay First Installment Cook County Property Taxes Through May 3 With No Late Fee HI INDIA NEWS DESK CHICAGO, IL Thanks to a change in the law, property owners have two extra months to pay their First Installment Cook County property tax bills without a late fee, through May 3, 2021, Treasurer Maria Pappas said today.

“While we hope and pray for better days ahead, the pandemic continues to test us,” Pappas said. “This waiver of late fees offers some relief to the thousands of homeowners and business people who are struggling to pay their bills.”

The Cook County Board of

Commissioners in November waived for two months the 1.5 percent per month late fee on all Tax Year 2020 property taxes. Taxpayers can pay the First Installment, due March 2, 2021, without a late fee through May 3, 2021. Late fees also will be waived for two months for the Second Installment, due later this year.

Tax bills should start arriving in the mailboxes of the owners of about 1.8 million homes, businesses and land, Pappas said.

Taxpayers should look at the front of the bill where a section

called “Taxing District Debt and Financial Data,” provides information for each taxing district, including: • Money owed by your taxing districts • Pension and health care amounts promised by your taxing districts • Amount of pension and health care shortage • Percentage of pension and health care costs taxing districts are able to pay Property owners can pay their bills by visiting cookcountytreasurer. com and entering their street address.

pregnant, but miscarried. The following year, she became pregnant again.

Darshana Patel told police she became suspicious when she watched Manishkumar stir a smoothie at an ice cream store and then offered it to her. She noticed a powdery substance on the rim of the cup, and sent it off to a lab for testing.

The substance turned out to be RU-486 – mifepristone – an abortion drug that is only administered by doctors. Darshana faked a stomach ache and did not ingest any of the drug-laced smoothie offered by her boyfriend, but miscarried nonetheless a few weeks later.

She lodged a complaint against her boyfriend. Police then searched Manishkumar Patel’s house and found drugs used to terminate pregnancies. He told police they were abortion pills and confessed to giving his girlfriend one.

Twitter Account Of Failed U.S. Senate Candidate Shiva Ayaddurai Is Suspended WASHINGTON, DC- Shiva Ayyadurai, an Indian American Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Massachusetts, has had his Twitter account suspended by the social media giant.According to various media reports, the Belmont resident and self-proclaimed creator of the email had his profile @va_shiva suspended for a violation of Twitter rules, his profile page read Feb. 4.His entire timeline of tweets and photos are gone, the reports noted.Twitter did not specify why his account was suspended. Ayyadurai, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2018 and again in 2020.

Oakton Virtual Art Exhibit Celebrates Black History Month

HI INDIA NEWS DESK DES PLAINES, IL- Oakton Community College invites you to see the world through the eyes of prominent African American artists by exploring a free virtual art exhibit during Black History Month. Oakton’s Koehnline Museum of Art presents a selection of works drawn from its permanent collection, featuring African American artists’ works and other artists who depict African American topics. The exhibit can be viewed online at https://www.oakton.edu/about/ thearts/museum/current_exhibition/index.php through Sunday, Feb. 28.

“African American Artists and Themes from the Collection of the Koehnline Museum of Art: Celebrating Black History Month” represents Oakton’s longstanding commitment to inclusivity and diversity through the introduction of Chicago artists such as Margaret Burroughs, Richard Hunt, Eugene “Eda” Wade, Egon Weiner, Gregory Orloff, Joyce Owens and Judith Roth. It also includes post-Civil War images by

The linocut “Freedom Now” by Chicago artist Margaret Burroughs Frances Palmer and Walter Richards and several African American movie posters from the 1930s and 1940s, reflecting the struggle for African American civil rights.

“Oakton has an extensive collection containing

African American artists whose works are on display not just during Black History Month, but year-round,” says Nathan Harpaz, curator of the Koehnline Museum of Art. “Our permanent collection reflects Oakton’s values.”

According to Harpaz, Burroughs’ works will be among the many highlights. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and at Mexico’s Esmerelda School of Art and Taller de Grafica under Leopoldo Mendez, a prominent printmaker. In 1961, with her husband Charles Burroughs, she founded the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago.In 2008, Burroughs participated in the Koehnline Museum of Art’s exhibition “Convergence: Jewish and African American Artists in Depression-era Chicago.” She visited Oakton’s campus during that showing, donating more than 20 of her linocuts to the museum’s collection.

For more information, contact Nathan Harpaz at nharpaz@oakton.edu.

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Registration For H-1B Visa Lottery To Begin On March 9 HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- The registration process for the H-1B visa application for the next fiscal year will begin on March 1 and the successful applicants through a computerised draw of lots would be notified

by March 31, a federal agency has announced.

The notification by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday came a day after the Biden administration announced that it will continue with the traditional lottery system to issue the much sought-after work visa to foreign professionals.

The USCIS announced that the

initial registration period for the fiscal year 2022 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 9 and run through noon March 25.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Intel Sues Indian American Engineer Who Joined Microsoft Over Trade Secrets HI INDIA NEWS DESK PORTLAND, OR. – Intel is suing a former Oregon employee, alleging he took trade secrets when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in later business negotiations with Intel.

Engineer Varun Gupta worked at Intel for 10 years before joining Microsoft in January 2020, according to the suit. He allegedly loaded Intel trade secrets onto two USB drives before quitting and then accessed them on his Microsoft-issued laptop, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

Gupta could not immediately be reached by the newspaper for comment. Intel and Microsoft are

increasingly rivals as Microsoft develops its own chip engineering capabilities.

In this case, however, the litigation indicates Intel and Microsoft worked together to investigate.

Intel’s complaint claims Gupta denied knowing the location of one USB drive, but later turned it over to Microsoft for analysis.

“In his new role at Microsoft,

Gupta used the confidential information and trade secrets he misappropriated from Intel, deploying that information in head-to-head negotiations with Intel concerning customized product design and pricing for significant volumes of Xeon processors,” Intel alleged in a Feb. 5 filing.

An internal investigation concluded that he had transferred 3,900 Intel documents to a USB drive, according to the complaint.

Intel seeks unspecified damages in the suit, attorney fees and an injunction preventing Gupta from using or disclosing the material on the USB drive. It filed the suit Feb. 5 in U.S. District Court in Portland.

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

During the registration period, prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to fill out petitioner and beneficiary information and submit their registrations, the USCS said.The agency said if it receives enough registrations by March 25, it will randomly select registrations and send selection notifications by March 31.

As mandated by Congress, USCIS can issue a maximum of 65,000 H-1B visas in a year.

It can also issue another 20,000 H-1B visas to foreign students who have completed higher studies from a US university in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.

The quick announcement by USCIS on the next year’s H-1B registration process comes a day after it said that it is delaying the implementation of the Trump administration policy of allocation of H-1B through a wage and skilled based process.

The Trump era rule was scheduled to go into effect on March 9.

Mayor Lightfoot, CTA And CPS Announce “CTA Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund” Now Accepting Applications From CPS High School Students HI INDIA NEWS DESK CHICAGO ,IL – Mayor Lightfoot, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) today announced that new applications are now being accepted for the “CTA Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund”, an innovative program that provides a path for eco-

nomically disadvantaged youth to pursue education and careers in construction and engineering.

Created in partnership with the WalshFluor Design-Build team — the contractor for CTA’s historic $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project — the scholarship program provides aid to students who plan to pursue four-year degrees in construction management, civil engineering, industrial

engineering or systems engineering. opportunities they need to succeed, especially “It’s important that as a city we continue to during such difficult times.” invest in our youth and prepare them for the fu“Chicago Scholars is proud to partner with the ture,” said Mayor Lightfoot. “The CTA’s innova- CTA and Walsh-Fluor and create important optive scholarship program provides opportunity to portunities for CPS students through the ‘CTA hard-working students from low-income back- Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund’,” said Jeffery grounds, helping them achieve their potential in Beckham Jr., Chicago Scholars Interim CEO. an especially challenging world.”

“This fund will elevate opportunities for our fi“With every CTA project, we are commit- nancially under-resourced and first-generation ted to creating opportunity and inclusion for Scholars beyond college access as they continue Chicagoans across the city,” said CTA President on the path to becoming young professionals and Dorval R. Carter, Jr. “With potential future labor leaders within Chicago’s STEM industry.” shortages in these industries, there is a growing opportunity for our youth to enter occupational Program details and timeline fields in which they have been historically underrepresented.”

The application period opened Dec. 10, 2020 The “CTA Elevating Futures Scholarship and applications will be due March 1, 2021. To Fund” was created by CTA in 2019 and is now in apply, click here. its second year. Walsh-Fluor is funding the pro– Up to three scholarships will be awarded of gram with $250,000 for 10 scholarships between $5,500 a year for four years per winner.

2020 and 2023. Students who are awarded schol– Scholarship winners will be announced on arships are also eligible to apply for paid summer April 15, 2021. Eligible students must be eninternships with Walsh-Fluor. The program is rolled in a CPS or CPS-supported high school administered by Chicago Scholars, a mentoring and currently part of the Chicago Scholars proand leadership development organization that gram. Chicago Scholars recruits from all 77 comhelps first-generation college students and stu- munity areas of the city and has student repredents from under-resourced communities navi- sentation from 75 CPS and CPS-supported high gate transitions into college, through college and schools. on to careers.

– Eligible students must be enrolled in STEM “We have so many students who work hard coursework, have a grade point average of at least and are committed to their education and need 3.0, and have a good attendance record. financial assistance to achieve their dreams,” In 2020, three CPS students were awarded said CPS CEO Dr. Janice K. Jackson. “The scholarships. Learn more about them here and ‘CTA Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund,’ less- check out a video of them here. ens the barriers they face and gives them the

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