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NATIONAL EDITION | Volume 13 • Issue No. 664 March 25, 2022 | hiindia.com - News Update 24X7 | South Asian Views On Global News

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125-year-old yoga guru Swami Sivananda receives Padma 12 Shri

Russia An “Important G20 Member”, Can’t Be Expelled By Others: China China has provided a level of diplomatic protection to Russia, which is increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, with its economy tied up by sanctions.

Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday described Russia as an “important member” of the G20 after Washington raised the prospect of excluding Moscow from the group.

China has provided a level of diplomatic protection to Russia, which is increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, with its economy tied up by sanctions.

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Democracies Ketanji Brown Jackson set to be Need To Stand US Supreme Court judge despite Republican jabs Together”

“Democracies need to stand together and evolve their position vis-a-vis Russia because of the choices Putin has made,” US official Victoria Nuland said.

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President Joe Biden chose Jackson in February, fulfilling a campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

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US finds Russian troops have Madeleine Albright: First female committed war crimes in Ukraine US government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine,” Blinken said in a statement released as he was traveling to Brussels with President Joe Biden for an emergency summit of NATO leaders.

The assessment was based on a “careful review” of public and intelligence sources since Russia launched its “Today, I can announce that, based on invasion of Ukraine last month, he said. information currently available, the US government assesses that members America’s top diplomat said the United States would share that information of Russia’s forces have committed war with allies, partners and international crimes in Ukraine,” Blinken said in a statement released as he was traveling institutions tasked with investigating to Brussels with President Joe Biden for allegations of war crimes and crimes an emergency summit of NATO leaders. against humanity.

“We’ve seen numerous credible reports HiIndia Newsdesk of indiscriminate attacks and attacks The Biden administration on Wednesday deliberately targeting civilians, as made a formal determination that well as other atrocities. Russia’s forces Russian troops have committed war have destroyed apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure, crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders, civilian vehicles, shopping centers, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. and ambulances, leaving thousands of innocent civilians killed or wounded,” “Today, I can announce that, based on Blinken said said. information currently available, the

More Russian sanctions on the table, as Biden heads to Europe

US secretary of state dies

Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84.

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A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America’s top diplomat in 1997 during the Clinton government. Often hailed as “a champion of democracy”, Albright was instrumental in efforts to end

Florida governor Ron DeSantis refuses to recognise Thomas win

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US President Joe Biden.

The US president will coordinate with NATO and European leaders on the next phase of military assistance to Ukraine

President Joe Biden departs for Brussels on Wednesday for talks with European leaders about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, carrying with him plans for more sanctions on Moscow that sources said include memb ers of t he Russian parliament.

Biden leaves the White House at 8:40 a.m. EDT on a trip that will include talks in Brussels with NATO and European leaders and a visit to Warsaw for consultations with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

US expands travel bans on Chinese officials for persecution

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a proclamation recognising runner-up Emma Weyant as the winner of the highest US national college swimming title - an event she lost to transgender athlete Lia Thomas.

The Biden administration on Monday expanded existing US travel bans against Chinese officials whom it accuses of repressing ethnic and religious minorities.

The State Department said it is barring those targeted from traveling to the United States due to their involvement in crackdowns on freedom of speech and religion in China and abroad.

The department did not identify which officials would be subject to the expanded ban nor say how many would be affected.

Last week Thomas became the first known transgender athlete to win the title. She took victory in the women’s 500-yard freestyle in Atlanta.

But on Tuesday Republican governor DeSantis said the result “undermined the integrity of the competition”.

Thomas, who swims for the University of Pennsylvania, secured the title in four minutes 33.24 seconds in Atlanta.

Weyant, of Sarasota, Florida, who won 400m individual

medley silver at the Tokyo Olympics, finished 1.75secs behind in second.

DeSantis criticised the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for allowing Thomas to compete.

He said: “The NCAA is basically taking ef for ts to destroy women’s athletics, they’re trying to undermine the integrity of the competition and they’re crowning somebo dy else the women’s champion and we think that’s wrong.

Ketanji Brown Jackson set to be US Supreme Court judge despite Republican jabs

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ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. Her death from cancer was confirmed by her family in a statement.

“She was surrounded by family and friends,” the statement said. “We lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.” Among those to pay tribute to her after the announcement of her death were former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, who later followed in her footsteps as Secretary of State.

“Few leaders have been so perfectly suited for the times in which they served,” the Clintons said. “Because she knew first-hand that America’s policy decisions had the power to make a difference in people’s lives around the world, she saw her jobs as both an obligation and an opportunity.”Nato’s current Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said after the announcement that Albright “was a force for freedom” and an “outspoken champion of Nato”.

ederal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations on the bench.

In her final day of Senate questioning, she declared she would rule “without any agendas” as the high court’s first Black female justice and rejected Republican

efforts to paint her as soft on crime in her decade on the federal bench. On Thursday, the final of four days of hearings, legal experts on both sides will weigh in.

Though her approval seems all but sure — Democrats are aiming for a vote before Easter — Republicans kept trying to chip away at her record on Wednesday.

But the GOP criticism was punctuated with effusive praise from Democrats, and by reflections on the historic nature of her nomination — none more riveting in the room than from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who used his time not to ask questions but to tearfully speak and draw tears from Jackson as well.

President Joe Biden chose Jackson in February, fulfilling a campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

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Ukraine invasion: Dissent brews over Vladimir Putin’s leadership HiIndia Newsdesk

The failures of the Russian President’s campaign are apparent in the striking number of senior military commanders believed to be killed in the fighting

Zelensky calls for global protests

In January, the head of a group of serving and retired Russian military officers declared that invading Ukraine would be “pointless and extremely dangerous”. It would kill thousands, he said, make Russians and Ukrainians enemies for life, risk a war with Nato and threaten “the existence of Russia itself as a state”.

To many Russians, that seemed like a far-fetched scenario, since few imagined that an invasion of Ukraine was really possible. But two months later, as Russia’s advance stalls in Ukraine, the prophecy looms large. Reached by phone this week, the retired general who authored the declaration, Leonid Ivashov, said he stood by it.

In Russia, the slow going and the heavy

toll of President Vladimir V. Putin’s war on Ukraine are setting off questions about his military’s planning capability, his confidence in his top spies and loyal defence minister, and the quality of the intelligence that reaches him. It also shows the pitfalls of Putin’s top-down governance, in which officials and military officers have little leeway to make their own decisions and adapt to developments in real time.

The failures of Putin’s campaign are apparent in the striking number of senior military commanders believed to have been killed in the fighting.

Ukraine says it has killed at least six Russian generals, while Russia acknowledges one of their deaths, along with that of the deputy commander of its Black Sea fleet.

Johnson speaks to Modi on Russia-Ukraine conflict The leaders discussed the grave situation in Ukraine, and the Prime Minister said he believed the actions of Putin’s regime were deeply disturbing and disastrous for the world, the official said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr HiIndia Newsdesk Zelenskyy urged citizens around the world to protest Russia’s invasion of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Ukraine in a Wednesday video address spoke to Prime Minister Narendra in English. “Come with Ukrainian Modi on Tuesday and discussed the symbols to support Ukraine, to support “grave situation” as a result of the Russiafreedom, to support life,” Zelenskyy said. Ukraine conflict and Russian President “Come to your squares, to your streets, Vladimir Putin’s “disastrous” actions. make yourselves visible and heard.”

Johnson called on India to work with “Show your standing, come from your the UK to intensify efforts to promote offices, your homes, your schools and peace and de-escalation in the region, your universities, come in the name of and both leaders are said to have agreed peace,” he added. that respect for international law was

China plane crash: Human remains found amid wreckage

Australia announces new ‘Space Command’ defence agency

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Recovery teams have found human remains at the crash site of the China Eastern jet which plunged into mountains this week, say state media.

Authorities have yet to declare the number of victims, but there has been no sign so far that any of the 132 people onboard had survived.

Investigators still do not know why the plane suddenly entered a near-vertical dive in southern China on Monday.

But the recovery of the intact cockpit voice recorder is hoped to shed clues.

the only way forward, a Downing Street spokesperson said in a readout of their conversation. The leaders discussed the grave situation in Ukraine, and the Prime Minister said he believed the actions of Putin’s regime were deeply disturbing and disastrous for the world, the official said. The pair agreed that Ukraine’s integrity and territorial sovereignty must be respected. Russia needed to adhere to the UN Charter, the leaders said, and both agreed that respect for international law was the only way to ensure global peace and prosperity, the spokesperson said.

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Australia has unveiled a defence agency focused on space, designed to counter Russia and China’s ambitions.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the Defence Space Command would secure Australia’s place in the cosmos.

Air Vice-Marshal Cath Roberts, who will lead it, said she was “scared” by Australia’s inability to combat Beijing and Moscow’s activities.

The US, Russia and China are all believed to have tested weapons that could destroy a satellite in space.

The agency’s chief said a Chinese satellite could theoretically “take out” the National Broadband Network for regional Australia.

One ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China, told a news conference Wednesday that an all-out effort is being made to find the other black box.

World News in Brief Imran Khan refuses to quit, says he has surprise for rivals

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said he will not resign at any cost and claimed to have a “surprise” up his sleeve for the Opposition, even as at least three allies of the ruling coalition have said that they will vote against his government during a no-trust motion in parliament later this month.

“I will not resign under any circumstance. I will play till the last ball (...) and I will surprise them (Opposition) a day before as they are still under pressure,” Khan said without revealing further details.

Top envoy quits Kremlin

Anatoly Chubais

A veteran Kremlin envoy has resigned and left Russia with no intention to return, a source said on Wednesday, the first senior official reported to have quit since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine a month ago.

Anatoly Chubais was one of the principal architects of Boris Yeltsin’s economic reforms of the 1990s and held senior business and political roles under President Vladimir Putin.

Russian journalist killed in Kyiv shelling

Baulina had been reporting in Kyiv and Lviv before her death

A Russian journalist has been killed during shelling by Russian forces in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Oksana Baulina had been reporting from Kyiv and the western city of Lviv for investigative website The Insider, the outlet said in a statement.

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Mamata Banerjee Amid Political Row

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Birbhum: Mamata Banerjee arrived this afternoon at a village in Bengal’s Birbhum where eight people were

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Behind Bengal Killings

Birbhum Violence: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been accused by the opposition BJP of presiding over a complete collapse of law and order in the state.

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burnt alive by a mob on Tuesday, an incident that has triggered a massive political backlash. The Chief Minister, accused by the opposition BJP of allowing political violence and lawlessness, alleged that “something big” was behind the killings.

“I never believed something so barbaric can happen in modern Bengal. Mothers and children were killed. Your family members died but my heart has been crushed...,” Mamata Banerjee said, surrounded by the family members and relatives of those killed, besides villagers.

Alleging a bigger conspiracy, she called for “stringent action” and said the police would investigate the killings “from all angles”.

She summoned a top police officer right there and instructed him to punish policemen found negligent in responding to complaints.

PM Modi To Be At Yogi Adityanath Oath Actors, Team “The Kashmir Files” Called HiIndia Newsdesk

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s grand swearing-in ceremony in the capital Lucknow. Preparations are being made for thousands of guests, including high profile leaders and businesspeople, who are expected to attend.

Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Chief JP Nadda will also attend the mega event.

All present and past BJP state Chief Ministers have also been invited. Several Bollywood stars, including Akshay Kumar, Kangana Ranaut and Boney Kapoor, have also received invitations.

The team of the recently released runaway hit Hindi movie “The Kashmir Files” has also been invited. Actor Anupam Kher and director Vivek Agnihotri are expected to attend.

Vladimir Putin Wants Europe To Pay For Gas “Only In Rubles” HiIndia Newsdesk

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Moscow: President Vladimir Putin since the start of the Ukraine conflict said Wednesday Russia will only -- strengthened against the dollar and accept payments in rubles for gas euro, while gas prices rose. deliveries to “unfriendly countries”, “I have decided to implement a set of which include all EU members, after measures to transfer payment for our Moscow was hit by unprecedented gas supplies to unfriendly countries sanctions over Ukraine. into Russian rubles,” Putin said during Immediately after his announcement, a televised government meeting. the ruble -- which has plummeted

New Delhi: Former stock exchange official Anand Subramanian, suspected to be the mysterious “Himalayan Yogi” who influenced former CEO Chitra Ramakrishna’s decisions, was denied bail today by a CBI court. Anand Subramanian, who was Group Operating Officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), was arrested on February 25.

MS Dhoni hands over CSK captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has handed over the captaincy reins at Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to Ravindra Jadeja, ahead of the start of the 15th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The development comes just two days before CSK open their campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai in the season opener at Wankhede Stadium.

Chinese Minister Expected In Delhi Today Amid Row Over Kashmir Remark

This will be the first high-level Chinese visit in over two years.

The Delhi visit is part of Wang Yi’s South Asia tour.

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New Delhi: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to arrive in Delhi today. According to reports, he will meet Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval tomorrow. This will be the first highlevel Chinese visit to India in over two years. The Delhi visit is part of Mr Yi’s South Asia tour.

The Chinese Minister’s visit comes just a day after India rejected the “uncalled reference” to Kashmir during his speech at a function in Pakistan.

“Matters related to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are entirely the internal affairs of India. Other countries including China have no locus standi to comment. They should note that India refrains from public judgement of their internal issues,” ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters yesterday in response to queries on the Chinese Foreign Minister’s speech.

India has said there will be no normal ties with China until border issues are resolved.

The First Thing PM Modi Asked This 27-Year-Old Interviewer Was...

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Karishma Mehta, the woman behind Humans of Bombay, has shared some details about her experience of interviewing Prime Minister Narendra Modi three years ago. The prime minister of the country and the 27-year-old interviewer had one thing in common - they are both Gujarati - which led to PM Modi’s opening sentence when he met Ms Mehta. “Kem cho Mehta ji (How are you, Mehta ji?)” PM Modi asked her.

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US lawmakers send Holi greetings CM condoles death of Goan to Indian-Americans, others shot dead in Texas store HiIndia Newsdesk

Washington: Top American lawmakers on Friday greeted Indian-Americans and Hindus across the world on the Festival of Colours saying Holi celebrates love and the triumph of good over evil.

“To everyone celebrating the festival of

colors in New York, across America, and around the world: Wishing a happy #Holi celebrating love, the triumph of good over evil, and the arrival of spring!”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a tweet on Friday.

“Wishing a day filled with color and joy to all those celebrating Holi … and across America today,” tweeted Congressman Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader.

“Queens would not be what it is today without the tenacity and grit of our Indian-American community. As we celebrate #Holi, the Festival of Love, let us commemorate the tremendous impact of Indian immigrants in culture throughout New York City,” C o n g r e s s m a n G r e g o r y Me e k s , Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said

Goad Chief Minister Pramod Sawant HiIndia Newsdesk

Goad Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday expressed sorrow at the killing of a 27-year-old man from the state in US’ Texas.

He said that the state’s Commissioner for NRI affairs was in touch with the

Miss World Runner-Up Shree Saini On Overcoming Facial Burns, Heart Defect

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hree Saini became the first runner-up at the Miss World 2021 pageant this year. The Indian-American, who represented the United States, has shared a heartfelt note on overcoming facial burns and heart defect. She said that her triumph could encourage and inspire people to defeat their daily challenges.

Shree Saini, 26, added that she was representing not just herself but also “333 million Americans, billions of Indian immigrants” at the global event.

Hailing from Ludhiana in Punjab, her family moved to the US

“I hope my story of overcoming facial burns and heart defect, can encourage people to overcome their daily challenges,” she said in an Instagram post, just before the grand finale of the Miss World pageant.

Shree Saini, who became the first runner-up at Miss World 2021 pageant this year, said her triumph could encourage and inspire people to defeat their daily challenges.

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when she was just 5 years old. By 12, she had a permanent pacemaker implanted after she was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. She also had a serious accident that left her with facial burns, but Ms Saini did not allow these troubles to hold her back from realising her potential.

“I hope my story of overcoming facial burns and heart defect, can encourage people to overcome their daily challenges,” she said in an Instagram post, just before the grand finale of the Miss World pageant. Shree Saini added that she had dreamt of participating in the event since she was just six years old. “When I was just 6, I dressed up as Miss World because I saw Miss World as a superhero, a woman who serves with her loving heart. This has been my deepest desire since I was young,” she added.

Indian consulate in Texas to co-ordinate the return of the mortal returns of John Dias to his home in Chandor village in South Goa. “Saddened by the tragic incident in USA leading to the death of young Goan John Dias from Cuncolim. I express my heartfelt condolences to the family.

May God give them strength to bear this irreparable loss,” Sawant said in a tweet.

“The office of the Commissioner for NRI Affairs Goa is already in touch with the Consulate General of India, Houston, USA for seeking their assistance for bringing the mortal remains of late John Dias to Goa, so that his family can have the funeral in Goa,” he added.

Dias, who worked in a departmental store in Texas, was shot dead at close range in the store on Sunday.

22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine: Govt

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New Delhi: Around 22,500 Indian nationals returned to India from Ukraine between February 1 and March 11, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said on Monday.

The Ukrainian authorities shut down the country’s airspace for civilian aircraft after the Russian invasion on February 24.

India started evacuating its citizens f rom Ukraine’s neig hb our ing countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary from February 26. A total of 90 evacuation flights were operated under Operation Ganga, including 14 Indian Air Force flights, the minister said.Around 22,500 Indian nationals have returned from Ukraine to India from February 1 to March 11, 2022.” “The air fare for all the flights operated under Operation Ganga has been borne entirely by the government and nothing has been charged from the students,”

Indian economist Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on multilateralism HiIndia Newsdesk

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United Nations: Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new highlevel advisory board on effective multilateralism.

Ghosh, 66, is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was previously professor of economics and chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

She is also a member of the UN’s highlevel Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs.

UN chief Guterres on Friday announced the establishment of the Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism to be cochaired by former Liberian president and Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven.

Ghosh has been named to the 12-member board, which will be supported in its work by the Centre for Policy Research

of the United Nations University in close coordination with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

In January last year, Ghosh was appointed by Guterres, along with 19 other thinkers and personalities from around the world, to a highlevel advisory board to provide re c om me nd at i ons for t he U N Secretary-General to respond to current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-Covid world.

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The Opposition party points out epics are already part of the syllabus and says though ‘people have a right to know about the culture of all religions, there is no need for including the whole the Gita in the curriculum’.

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After Gujarat, Karnataka plans to teach Bhagavad Gita

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d ay af te r Guj ar at’s B J P government announced plans to introduce the Bhagavad Gita in schools, the party’s government in Karnataka has hinted at similar plans, with the education minister saying the matter will be discussed with the chief minister and textbook committee members.

“The Bhagavad Gita has been read by people for many years in this country.

The Gita is read by all people and the book is translated in all the languages across the world. To improve the morale of students, we will discuss this with the academicians and experts first,” Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh said on Friday about teaching the scripture in state-run schools as part of “moral science” lessons.

However, he clarified that the Gita would not be included in the curriculum in the current academic year. “We will

Politics “Shiv Sena won’t ally with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM even in our sleep,” said a combative Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister and Sena chief, in a video address to Shiv Sena MPs and other party members two days ago. Adding insult to injury, he proclaimed, “Everyone knows that AIMIM is the BJP’s ‘B-Team” and the BJP has hatched a conspiracy to defame the Sena on Hindutva.”

A Bhagavad Gita manuscript copied on paper c. 1800 CE, now MS 2099 of the Schoyen Collection, near Oslo, Norway. Photo: Ms Sarah Welch/CC BY-SA 4.0

not include the Gita in this academic People have a right to know about the culture of all religions. It is not wrong, year, but we will include it in coming but now there is no need for including years while introducing moral science the whole the Gita in the curriculum,” to school students,” he added.

State Congress chief DK Shivakumar Shivakumar said.

Shivakumar also objected to the BJP opposed the government’s plan saying that excerpts from the Ramayana and “taking credit for introducing the Gita”, saying that Kengal Hanumanthaiah, other epics were already part of the the state’s second chief minister, had school syllabus. “No need of changing distributed copies of the holy book. the curriculum or adding new chapters like the Gita to the school syllabus. “This is not new. Earlier, Kengal

Opinion: Uddhav Thackeray vs BJP - Prepare For It To 10X According to the Election Commission, the AIMIM got 0.43% vote share in the UP elections. Owaisi won no seats. In the last state election, he had 38 candidates in areas which had a large presence of Muslims. 37 of them lost their deposits.

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hackeray’s giant public snub intends to make it clear that he is not going to allow the BJP to present him as a leader with a diluted stand on Hindutva. Given the BJP’s plus-sized victories, due at least in part to its Hindutva agenda, the party wants to present any rival right-wing party as having strayed from the cause.

Thackeray, 60, isn’t having any of it.

His allegation about Owaisi and the BJP’s undeclared liaison is one that has currency among all Opposition parties. Owaisi, who has two Lok Sabha seats, can’t seem to shrug off the tag of the second division of the BJP; the Opposition unanimously believes he is deployed as a “vote-cutter” for the Muslim constituency. Because he does not ally with any of them, he eats into the Muslim vote-share, allowing the BJP big gains. In the recent Uttar Pradesh election, he put up as many as

Hanumanthaiah had distributed the Bhagavad Gita for two rupees. There is no need for the BJP government to take credit by including the Gita in textbooks,” he said.

Gujarat announced on Thursday that it would introduce the Bhagavad Gita from Class 6 and linked the move to the implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020.

100 candidates (the state has 403 seats). in his home state of Telangana. In the This prompted “vote-cutter” shade last state election, he had 38 candidates simultaneously from Akhilesh Yadav in areas which had a large presence of of the Samajwadi Party and Priyanka Muslims. 37 of them lost their deposits.

Gandhi of the Congress.

It created ripples in Maharashtra politics.

According to the Election Commission, Sena MP Sanjay Raut said to ANI, 10 the AIMIM got 0.43% vote share in days ago, that Owaisi was worthy of a the UP elections. Owaisi won no seats. “Bharat Ratna for helping the BJP in the This was not the first foray into UP for UP elections”.

Owaisi whose support base lies mainly “They will do many things make offers

and threats but both Pawar Saab and Uddhav Saab are aware of the real motives of the BJP. Owaisi is just a mukhauta (mask) for Amit Shah”.

The Sena mocks Fadnavis and his daily pressers on the government as the acts of a man “desperately in a hurry to be Chief Minister again”. Sources say that Thackeray will never consider an alliance with the BJP again as he is convinced that they want to subsume his party. Don’t ignore the fact that Thackeray is a low-key but sensitive leader who felt disrespected by the BJP of Modi and Shah.

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125-year-old yoga guru Swami Sivananda receives Padma Shri

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umility in abundance, walking bare feet in the palatial Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125-year-old Swami Sivananda received a standing ovation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bow when he received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.

Swami Sivananda, dressed in white kurta and dhoti, received the Padma award for his contribution in the field of Yoga.

Before receiving the award, the yoga guru prostrated before PM Modi and the President, receiving another round of applause from the guest at the civil investiture ceremony.

Returning the greeting, Prime Minister Modi promptly bowed and touched the ground.

Before reaching the dais, the yoga guru knelt twice again, and the President stepped out and helped Sivananda rise to his feet, after which he handed over the award and the citation.

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“Democracies need to stand together and evolve their position vis-a-vis Russia because of the choices Putin has made,” US official Victoria Nuland said.

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Before receiving the award, the yoga practitioner prostrated before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President, receiving another round of applause from the guest at the civil investiture ceremony.

While presenting the award, the President was seen talking to the Swami as the two posed for pictures with the Darbar hall echoing with the applause. He has been a positive thinker throughout his life. ‘The world is my home, its people are my fathers and mothers, to love and serve them is my religion’-- this has been his belief.

ours after US President Joe Biden’s We know about the historic relationship and defence comment that India relationship between India and Russia at a time is an exception among Washington’s allies with its “shaky” when the US was not prepared to have that kind of response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a top American relationship. But times have changed now. They’ve official has said democracies need changed in terms of the US and European willingness to “stand together and evolve their position”. to be strong defence and security partners with President Biden yesterday made India. We are doing more and more together in the the comment while praising the US-led alliance, including Indo-Pacific. But times have also changed in terms NATO, the European Union and key Asian partners, for a united of the level of brutality and violation of international front against Russian President humanitarian law that we are seeing, Vladimir Putin. But in the Quad - comprising India, Australia, Japan and US - India continues to “You see, in four weeks, on how and security partners with India. buy Russian oil and has abstained vicious, violent and inhumane We are doing more and more from votes condemning Moscow this invasion has been. Maternity together in the Indo-Pacific. at the UN. hospitals, apartment buildings, But times have also changed in “Democracies need to stand orphanages, schools, opera houses terms of the level of brutality to ge t he r and e volve t he i r hit and so in capitals around the and violation of international position vis-a-vis Russia because world and in Washington DC, humanitarian law that we are of the choices Putin has made. the sheer horror of this is having seeing,” Ms Nuland said.

Democracies must stand against a profound effect,” said the top “We also talked about other autocracies like Russia and China,” official. opportunities for India to get US Undersecretary of State for “I think there is an evolution in what it needs including SovietPolitical Affairs, Victoria Nuland, thinking going on here in India era equipment potentially not told NDTV in an exclusive as well, and we see an evolution from Russia itself. We have interview, adding that this was in position, but that’s why it’s been supporting the sourcing of conveyed to New Delhi. important for us to talk.” security needs for Ukraine along The official, who has been talking As India “continues to evolve its with our allies including Sovietto Indian counterparts in Delhi, position”, US can offer help, she era equipment and those are the said it was especially important asserted. kind of things we can do with for democracies to stand together “We know about the historic India as it continues to evolve its now, when “autocracies like relationship and defence position.”

Russia and China are showing relationship between India and The official said amount of energy what a level of threat they can be Russia at a time when the US was that India buys from Russia is to peace and security”. not prepared to have that kind relatively small and “we have Ms Nuland said the Russian of relationship. But times have made it clear in our conversations invasion was “vicious and changed now. They’ve changed that we understand that’s not inhumane”, and hospitals and in terms of the US and European something India can cut off schools were being bombed. willingness to be strong defence immediately”.

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Russia An “Important G20 Member”, Can’t Be Expelled By Others: China HiIndia Newsdesk

China has provided a level of diplomatic protection to Russia, which is increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, with its economy tied up by sanctions.

Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday described Russia as an “important member” of the G20 after Washington raised the prospect of excluding Moscow from the group.

China has provided a level of diplomatic protection to Russia, which is increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, with its economy tied up by sanctions.

“The G20 is the main forum for international economic cooperation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. “Russia is an important member, and no member has the right to expel another country.”

Leaders of the two countries declared a relationship of “no limits” following a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing for the Winter Olympics.

Wang’s comments follow a briefing by a top Washington security advisor on Tuesday indicating the US will lead pressure on Russia to be cut from international forums over its invasion of its neighbour.

“On the question of the G20, I will just say this: We believe that it cannot be business as usual for Russia in international institutions and in the international community,” Jake Sullivan White House National Security Advisor said.

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PAK POLL BODY IMPOSES RS. 50,000 FINE ON IMRAN KHAN FOR VIOLATING POLL CODE

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had on March 15 barred him from visiting Swat to address a public rally, but the premier ignored the directives and addressed a rally a day later, the Express Tribune reported.

akistan’s top election body has imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000 on Prime Minister Imran Khan for violating election code of conduct by addressing a rally in Swat ahead of the local government election in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had on March 15 barred him from visiting Swat to address a public rally, but the premier ignored the directives and addressed a rally a day later, the Express Tribune reported.

According to the new ECP code of conduct, no public office holder can visit the districts where elections are being held. The second phase of KhyberPakhtunkhwa local government elections is scheduled for March 31.

The ECP had twice issued notices to Khan for violating the code of conduct.

The last notice was sent on March 21 for addressing a political rally in KhyberPakhtunkhwa’s Malakand area. The Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court against the notices. According to the petition, “The notices have been issued despite new legislation regarding the election campaign.” However, the IHC had refused to restrain the ECP from proceeding against the Prime Minister, saying the commission had a mandate to devise a code of conduct for transparent elections.The ECP has banned PM Khan from attending meetings during the second phase of KhyberPakhtunkhwa local government elections.

Elon Musk, Questioned About Putin Challenge, Posts Sumo Wrestling Photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again trending on Twitter after he posted a

picture of him fighting a sumo wrestler. This was in response to Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao question if Musk has the ability to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin who is a former KGB agent. Responding to Musk’s challenge of Putin via a tweet to a one-on-one fight, Zhao had tweeted on March 14, “Brother, I wish for you to win of course, but the reality is I haven’t seen your kong fu video”. The Tesla Billionaire however refused to back down and instead shared a photo of himself sumo wrestling and wrote “Managed to throw him, but it cost me smashing my c5-c6 disc & 8 years of mega back pain! Finally, fixed with c5-c6 disc fusion.” Zhao who was clearly impressed responded to this saying “Damn, respect! Didn’t know this aspect of you. I also went through a minor back surgeries recently. Still exercising to strengthening my back. Rooting for ya. Please kick ass.”

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11 Bihar Migrant Workers Burnt To Death In Huge Godown Fire In Telangana Secunderabad Fire: Twelve migrant workers from Bihar were trapped in the godown, located in a crowded area of Secunderabad’s Bhoiguda when the fire erupted.

While one worker escaped the fire by jumping out of the room, eleven workers lost their lives. There was only one internal spiral staircase in the building, The workers appeared to have tried to escape but soon fell unconscious after inhaling the thick smoke. officials told.

It is suspected that the fire was caused by a short circuit in the godown. The matter is being investigated, officials said, adding that the fire has been doused.

Expressing condolences over the incident, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh each to the families of the workers who were killed in the fire. He also directed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to make arrangements for the repatriation of their bodies.

HiIndia Newsdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is “pained by the loss Secundrabad: At least eleven people were killed in a massive of lives” in the fire tragedy and announced a compensation of fire that broke out at a timber godown in Telangana’s Rs. 2 lakh each to the family members of the workers.

“Pained by the loss of lives due to a tragic fire in Bhoiguda, Secunderabad in the early hours of Wednesday.

Police said that twelve migrant workers from Bihar were Hyderabad. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this sleeping in a room on the first floor of the two-storey building, hour of grief. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF located in a crowded area of Secunderabad’s Bhoiguda, when would be given to the next of kin of the deceased: PM @ narendramodi,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted. the fire erupted at around 4 am.

Chennai records hottest day of the year so far as temperature soars

Amid hijab row, Muslim shopkeepers banned from temple fairs

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Petrol, diesel prices rise by 91 paise per litre for 2nd day in Hyderabad HiIndia Newsdesk

Hyderabad: Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 91 paise per litre for the second consecutive day in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

The price of petrol in Hyderabad stands at Rs 110.01 per litre while that of diesel is at Rs 96.37.

Whereas in other big cities of India varies.

Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 80 paise a litre in the national capital. The petrol will be sold at Rs 97.01 per litre while it would be Rs Rs 88.27 for diesel today.

Hyderabad turns pedestrian-friendly

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Hyderabad: Continuing with measures to ensure pedestrianfriendly on the city road stretches, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been engaged in building new footpaths and renovating the existing ones.

Presently, in the GHMC limits the pavements works are underway at 68 locations with an estimated cost of Rs 31.54 crore.

Satta betting racket busted, six held in Hyderabad HiIndia Newsdesk

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Recording the maximum daytime temperature close to 38 degrees Celsius in several parts of the city, Chennai Tuesday recorded the hottest day of the year so far.

According to the official data released by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the maximum daytime temperature recorded at Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam weather stations was close to 38 degrees Celsius. At 8.30 am on March 23, Nungambakkam recorded 37.6 degrees Celsius, while Meenambakkam recorded 38 degree Celsius.

In the backdrop of the row over hijab, reports have emerged of Muslim shopkeepers being banned from local annual fairs in coastal Karnataka. The organising committees of these fairs have reportedly succumbed to the pressure exerted by right-wing Hindu groups to exclude shops owned by Muslims.

The annual festivals of temples in the coastal region of the state, usually held in April-May, draw a huge revenue running into crores.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad C ommissioner’s Task Force (North) a satta betting racket and caught six persons on Tuesday. The team seized Rs 47,300 from them.

Acting on a tip off, the team raided a house at Chilkalguda in Secunderabad and caught Sadashiva Naveen – organizer, Bojja Gopi – sub organizer and four punters – Akula Srinivas, W Satish Kumar, Kairamkonda Narsing Rao and Yadagiri Mallikarjun.

City Brief News Family of Indian student killed in Ukraine to donate his body to medical college HiIndia Newsdesk

The body of Naveen S G , w ho d i e d i n Ukraine on March 1 amid Russia’s invasion of the country, will be donated to a medical college, his father has said. “My son wanted to achieve in the medical field, but he could not. Now, let his body help other students,” his father Shekarappa Goudar said. Naveen, who was studying at Kharkiv National Medical University, was killed when he stepped out to buy groceries. He was the first Indian casualty of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Mekedatu project will aggravate water crisis: IISc faculty HiIndia Newsdesk

Dr TV Ramachandra, a faculty at the Centre for Ecological Sciences under the IISc, has said that the Mekedatu project will aggravate the water crisis in the region. On the occasion of the World Water Day, Ramchandra said, “The project would submerge 5,500 hectares of prime forest, of which 3,500 hectares are in the Cauvery wildlife sanctuary. These forests have been helping in the infiltration of water to an extent of about 90-100 TMC. So, we are essentially submerging an invaluable forest ecosystem to construct a dam that stores 65 TMC.

CBI arrests Chennai Port Trust official in Rs 45-crore bank fraud case HiIndia Newsdesk

The CBI has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in connection with an ongoing investigation in Rs 45-crore bank fraud case, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.The probe agency had registered a case on July 31, 2020 on a complaint from Indian Bank, Chennai against two private persons; Branch Manager, Indian Bank, Koyambedu branch, Chennai and other unknown public servants and private persons on the allegations of committing fraud, forgery, impersonation with the intention to cheat the bank.

Tamil Nadu committed to banning online gambling: Law Minister HiIndia Newsdesk

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it was committed to banning online gambling and that all efforts are on to invoke the existing laws to serve the purpose. Chief Minister M K Stalin was fully aware of the evils of online gambling that destroyed several families, Law Minister S Regupathy said.

The previous AIADMK government had promulgated an ordinance to ban online gambling “in a hurry” leading to the Madras High Court striking it down, he claimed.The Minister declined to discuss further on the subject as the matter was sub judice.

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India Sets Export Record

“$400 Billion... 1st Time Ever,” Says PM Modi

Pushkar Dhami As Uttarakhand Chief Minister, PM Attends Oath HiIndia Newsdesk

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New Delhi: Hailing India’s success in achieving its goods export target of USD 400 billion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted today that this is a key milestone in India’s

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted graphics of India achieving the highest ever exports target nine days ahead of the intended deadline.

‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ journey.

“India set an ambitious target of $400 Billion of goods exports & achieves this target for the first time ever. I congratulate our farmers, weavers, MSMEs, manufacturers, exporters for this success. This is a key milestone in our Aatmanirbhar Bharat journey. #LocalGoesGlobal,” PM Modi tweeted.

He posted graphics of India achieving the highest ever exports target nine days ahead of the intended deadline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah attended Mr Dhami’s swearing-in ceremony.

“Not Justifying Killings, But...”

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Ms Banerjee said that she is not justifying the killings, but such incidents are more frequent in UP, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan.

“More than 200 BJP workers have been killed so far in the state. What is the government doing? This can’t be tolerated,” BJP MP Dilip Ghosh told. Ms Banerjee has said she would be visiting the district on Thursday to take stock of the situation there.

“Strict action will be taken against all those responsible for the Birbhum incident, irrespective of their (political) colours,” she said.

However, the police have not yet released any names of suspects who have been arrested. Mamata Banerjee had urged the Governor “to refrain from making unwarranted statements and allow the administration to conduct an impartial probe” after he released a video yesterday saying human rights have been “decimated” and rule of law has “capsized” in the state. In an apparent swipe at the ruling party, he had said that the administration is “required to rise above partisan interests” which he claimed was “not being reflected in reality”. “Your statements have political overtones supporting other political parties to browbeat Bengal government,” Mamata Banerjee had said in response.

Buddhist Art Lecture at MET by Indian Consulate, NY

Mamata Banerjee On Bengal Violence

Covid measures to end from March 31 HiIndia Newsdesk

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An enlightening lecture on Buddhist art of Gandhara was organized by the Consulate General of India in New York in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) and IndoAmerican Arts Council (IAAC). The event was organized to commemorate India’s 75th year of independence.

The lecture was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was attended by scholars, experts and prominent members of the community.

Wearing of face mask and maintaining social distancing norms to continue as earlier

In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the home ministry has decided to end its all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following the outbreak of the pandemic.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that over the last 24 months, significant capacities have been developed for various aspects of management of the pandemic, such as diagnostics, surveillance, contact tracing, treatment, vaccination, hospital infrastructure.

Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand for a second term at Dehradun’s Parade Ground in the presence of the top BJP brass.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah attended Mr Dhami’s swearing-in ceremony.

Other BJP leaders including Yogi Adityanath, Pramod Sawant and Meenakshi Lekhi were also present at the grand event.

Eight ministers were sworn in along with Mr Dhami. Five of them - Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekha Arya, Ganesh Joshi - took oath for the second consecutive term.

“AAP Will Leave Politics If...”: Arvind Kejriwal Goes All In Against BJP HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: Delhi C h i e f Mi n iste r Arvind Kejriwal to d ay att acke d the BJP over the “postponement” of municipal elections, saying that AAP will quit politics if BJP gets these polls conducted timely and wins them.

His remarks came after the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to unify the three civic bodies - North, East and South - in Delhi.

“We (the AAP) will leave politics if BJP gets the MCD polls held (timely) and wins them,” Mr Kejriwal told reporters outside the Delhi Assembly.

Crashed China Plane’s Black Box Located: Official HiIndia Newsdesk

Beijing: A black box has been recovered from the crashed Chinese passenger jet carrying 132 people, an aviation official said Wednesday.

A flight recorder “from China Eastern MU5735 was found on March 23,” Liu Lusong, a spokesman for China’s aviation authority, told reporters.

Tennis World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty Retires HiIndia Newsdesk

Barty said she was “thankful for everything this sport has given me”.

“I’m so happy, and I’m so ready and I just know at the moment in my heart as a person, this is right. I’m so grateful for everything that tennis has given me, it’s given me all of my dreams plus more. “But I know the time is now right for me to step away and chase other dreams and put the racquets down.”

“Thank you for being an incredible ambassador for this sport and for women around the world,” the Women’s Tennis Association tweeted. “We will miss you so much, Ash.”

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Amitabh Bachchan puts ’tilak’ on Jaya Bachchan’s forehead as he rings in Holi

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ollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan had a simple yet delightful celebration on the occasion of Holi. He celebrated the festival at his home with his family by his side. He also posted pictures from the celebration on his social media accounts. The pictures featured him with his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda

Janhvi Kapoor shares gorgeous pic with sister Khushi

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ctor Janhvi Kapoor shares a close bond with her younger sister Khushi, and her Instagram posts are proof of that.

Recently, she posted a monochrome photo with Khushi, which seems to have been taken from when they attended Dharma CEO Apoorva Mehta’s recent birthday bash. The party was hosted by Karan Johar on Thursday.

Abhinav Shukla admits wife Rubina Dilaik is a bigger star than him

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or Abhinav Shukla, success is subjective. For him, success lies in balance. The actor, who can currently be seen with wife Rubina Dilaik in MXPlayer series Wanderlust, spoke about how comfortable he is with the fact that Rubina is the bigger star of the two. In an interview, Abhinav said, “We’ve to be practical about it. It is what it is. Somebody would be a fool who doesn’t admit she is more successful. She is doing more work than I am, that’s a fact. So if I try to say, ‘nahi yaar hum dono barabar hain (both of us are equally successful),’ that’s when she needs to compensate.

But I know she is more successful than me, but that’s the profession, once she is at home, she is my wife.”

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Shruti Haasan revealed to BollywoodLife in an exclusive interview that she was initially not at all serious about acting and had only done her first movie to earn some money for an entirely different career path she had wanted to pursue at that time

hruti Haasan has enjoyed a pretty alien that I knew nothing about it, but I solid career across Tamil, Telugu don't think visiting your parents' job site and Bollywood film industries, prepares you for the job at all.” with her work being appreciated by It was very practical – it was never critics and the audience from diverse like I'll become a moviestar demographics and languages. one day, that was never Shruti Haasan said, “It my mindset. I thought was never my plan to be an even if I did anything IT WAS NEVER actress. I don't think even in movies, it would MY PLAN TO BE my mother (Sarika) and be probably be in AN ACTRESS. I DON'T father (Kamal Haasan) music, or maybe thought I might ever act. THINK EVEN MY MOTHER writing or directing.

I'm not sure if they knew, Never, ever, honestly, (SARIKA) AND FATHER but I definitely didn't know.

I envisioned being an (KAMAL HAASAN) When I did my first film, actress.

Even when THOUGHT I MIGHT I was very under-prepared, it h app e n e d, I EVER ACT. under-trained as my mindset thought, 'All right, was more attuned toward... like an maybe I'll do one independent musician – you know, like film.' I never really looked playing shows. Even I had assisted only at it as a full-term plan, but while once on set for Hey Ram (her father's doing that one film, I felt that I actually like this, and I wanted to movie), otherwise, I seldom went on set learn more, so it just became after school or at other times. It was quite about that.” an alien world for me, of course, not so

SAIF ALI KHAN CALLS RACE A

‘SMART AND SEXY THRILLER’

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aif Ali Khan’s long standing career is replete with achievements RACE, WHICH but one success that’s quite SAIF ALI KHAN special to him is the 2008 DESCRIBED AS A film Race, as he says that he felt ‘grown up’ as an actor after “SMART AND SEXY playing a string of “chocolate THRILLER”, OFFERED boy” characters.

HIM THE CHANCE TO PLAY Race opened to acclaim A “RESPONSIBLE, QUIETER” upon its release on March 21 ROLE AND HAD ONE CRUCIAL and went on to become one REQUIREMENT: TO HAVE of the biggest hits of the year.

The film, fronted by Khan, also A COMMANDING featured Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, PRESENCE. Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu and Sameera Reddy. with ease.

Race — which later turned into a Saif told that franchise with two more installments the pulpy thriller happened to released in 2013 and 2018 — chronicled the him at the right time in his career. story of two half brothers, played by Khan “At that point, I had done a lot and Khanna, caught in a web of lies, deceit of chocolate boy roles and Race and greed. was different. Ranvir was a man’s As the suave, powerful and deceptive role and you’ve got to be able to pull businessman Ranvir ‘Ronny’ Singh, Saif Ali that off! So I wanted to try and that was Khan won praise for playing a grey character the real challenge. You don’t want to

Comedian-host Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa are expecting their first child. Bharti recently shared several photos from her maternity photoshoot.

Sharing the dreamy photos, the happy mom wrote, “Aane wale baby ki mummy .”

look like you’re trying – you just have to be the guy!

“I had started work in the industry when I was about 20 and I had a very young face.

And I had done a lot of different kind of work. This was a time when I had grown up slightly and I felt I could shoulder this and I did shoulder it. That’s why it means something because it was a different achievement without really saying much,” the 51-year-old actor said.

Race, which Saif Ali Khan described as a “smart and sexy thriller”, offered him the chance to play a “responsible, quieter” role and had one crucial requirement: to have a commanding presence.

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Valimai The Tamil Blockbuster Is All Set To Hit The OTT Platform ZEE5 Global On 25th March

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E E 5 G l o b a l , t h e l arge s t streaming platform for South Asian Content, is the undisputed winner of the Tamil OTT platform. The platform has consistently delivered fantastic films and original content across genres and languages over the years. Consumers have always been served with fresh content every month, and now it’s time to witness a worldwide digital blockbuster premiere of the year with Ajith Kumar’s action-packed Tamil film, Valimai.

With Valimai, ZEE5 Global is keeping its promise to global audiences by expanding its regional content library and providing viewers with engaging.

Starring Ajith Kumar, playing the role of an IPS officer, Arjun Kumar who on a mission to fetch a biker’s group on the run from police. Opposite Ajith, Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi will be seen as Oolrani, who plays a cop and other talented actors like, Kartikeya Gummakonda, Bani J, Sumithra, Raj Ayyappa, Chaitra Reddy,

~Watch Ajith Kumar and Huma Qureshi starrer Valimai on ZEE5 Global~

Pugazh, Comedian Yogi Babu, Dhruvan, Dinesh Prabhakar, Pearie Maaney, Selva, G.N. Sundar, Achyuth Kumar, Pavel Navageethan and Karthik Raj will be seen

in pivotal roles. After the roaring success of the film in Tamil Nadu, India, and across the globe, the film will be available to stream on ZEE5 Global from 25th March.

A reveal event was organised by ZEE5 wherein the biggest poster ever in India of 10,000 sq. ft., was unveiled, announcing its streaming on the streaming platform.

Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer at ZEE5 Global, said, “We are committed to bringing our global viewers a wide variety of content choices in their preferred language, month after month with blockbusters and diverse narratives. We’re thrilled to now add to our content library the blockbuster hit Tamil film, Valimai, an action-packed drama which will keep our audience on the edge of their seats. This is a film that cuts across language barriers and is sure to be loved by audiences across the globe. .”

ZEE5 Global is the digital entertainment destination launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), a global Media and Entertainment powerhouse. The platform launched across 190+ countries in October 2018 and has content across 18 languages.

Rahul Bose: ‘Knew at the age of 18 that marriage is not for me’

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Kirron Kher has one demand from son Sikandar Kher, says ‘Mujhe bahu chahiye’.

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ikander Kher will grace India’s Got Talent‘s Rishtey Special episode. This marks his first time sharing the screen space with his mother Kirron Kher, who is one of the judges on the reality show. In a promo of the episode, Kirron expressed that she is happy for her son as he has been doing some good work. However, she only has one demand from him – she wants a daughter-in-law.

“Today, I am happy that Sikander is sitting next to me. Glad to see that he is doing some good work. But only one thing is missing, I want a daughter-in-law,” Kirron Kher said in Hindi.

As soon as she finished her sentence, an embarassed Sikander was trying to escape the episode. As the video progressed, Badshah asked Sikander if he has been ever scolded by Kirron Kher. Sikander, looking at Kirron, revealed that he was extremely naughty growing up.

n his latest Netflix series, Rahul Bose plays a father to a confused teenager eager for love but as he looks back, the actor says he was sure even as a young boy that he desires “beautiful relationships” but never marriage.

Bose, star of acclaimed films like Mr and Mrs Iyer, The Japanese Wife, Jhankaar Beats, currently features on the young adult series Eternally Confused and Eager for Love.

When asked if there was ever a phase where he was eager for love, the actor, who has been fiercely guarded about his private life, quipped, “I am so eager for love, I can’t tell you. Can somebody please? I am very eager. I have many qualities but eagerness is a big quality of mine.”

The 54-year-old actor, however, said that he has operated with remarkable clarity when it comes to getting married- it was never on the cards. “At the age of 18, I said I will never get married and my mother said, ‘That’s ok, we will see five or ten years from now’.

If she had been alive today, she probably would have realised that I just knew.”

Aamir Khan comes out in support of Vivek Agnihotri's film; says, 'har Hindustani ko dekhna...'

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amir Khan was quoted saying that whatever happened with Kashmiri Pandits years ago was very sad and everyone must watch the film to remember what happened. He was quoted saying, "Jo Kashmir main hua Kashmiri panditon ke saath woh yakeenan bahut du kh ki baat hai. Aesi ek film jo bani hai us topic main woh yakeenan har Hindustani ko dekhna chahiye aur har hindustani ko yaad karna chahiye.

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WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS EVER A PHASE WHERE HE WAS EAGER FOR LOVE, RAHUL BOSE QUIPPED, "I AM SO EAGER FOR LOVE, I CAN'T TELL YOU."

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unny said that while she doesn’t read such comments, Daniel gets rather upset. She said that she had to keep telling him several times that they both could not be sad. “I had to tell him ‘you know what, these people don’t know you, or us, what we do for our kids’,” she said, adding that they don’t know the standards they’ve set. “We are neurotic that way.” She emphasised that Daniel is very sensitive about children and that Nisha is ‘daddy’s little girl’ and that no one can say anything hurtful about her.

Sunny, who recently made her OTT debut with Anamika, says that the trolls don’t know them at all, and therefore, cannot pass judgment. “They are not cooking our food, cleaning after them (kids), playing with them, taking them to schools and do so many different things.

There’s not just one photo that dictates who we are as parents,” she said.

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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

Biggest Indian Oil Company Finalises Deal To Import Crude Oil From Russia

Japan Plans To Invest $42 Billion In India, Prime Ministers Meet Today: Report

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Biggest Indian oil company finalises deal to import 3-million barrels crude oil from Russia

The Indian Oil Corporation has contracted a deal with a Russian Oil company to import 3-million barrels of crude oil

Indian Oil Corporation Limited has signed a deal with a Russian oil company to import 3 million barrels of crude, according to sources.

It’s a company-to-company deal, the sources added.While Western countries have imposed sanctions, including the US’ oil import embargo, on Russia in response to Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, there are no restrictions on Indian oil companies for buying crude oil from Russian oil companies.

India’s legitimate energy transactions should not be politicised, and countries self-sufficient in oil or those themselves importing from Russia cannot credibly advocate restrictive trading, government sources had said yesterday.

That drew a response from the US, which said India importing discohaunted crude oil from Russia wouldn’t amount to a violation of sanctions; it would imply supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Asked about a report on the possibility that India could take up the Russian offer of discounted crude oil, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had said earlier in the week, “I don’t believe this would be violating that (sanctions).”

“Time To Restore Justice,” Ukraine Calls For Meaningful Talks With Russia Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Top world lenders have warned of “extensive” economic fallout from the Ukraine war HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Kyiv has accused Moscow of committing war crimes by deliberately shelling residential areas as more than 3.25 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s west, the defence ministry said. “The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation

ammunition” in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region,” the Russian defence ministry said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would otherwise need generations to recover from losses suffered during the war. “The time has come to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia’s losses will be such that it will take you several generations to recover,” Mr Zelensky said.

Covid-19: States should focus on surveillance, says Rajesh Bhushan

“Accused Of Saffronising Education, What Is Wrong With It”: Vice President

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Japan and India in 2020 signed an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement that allows for reciprocal stocks of food, fuel and other supplies between defence forces Mumbai: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will encourage a unified approach on Ukraine when he meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today, while aiming to strengthen security ties across the Indo-Pacific region.

“Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine coincides with this trip, I’d like to emphasise the importance of international unity and confirm that Japan and India will work together on various issues,” Prime Minister Kishida said ahead of his visit.

India and Japan are party to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), a security framework that also includes the United States and Australia.

Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Sonia Gandhi, says it’s ‘regular’

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The Union health ministry has asked the states to continue sending Covid-positive samples for sequencing and look out for clusters of infections amid the abated epidemic and the resumption of economic and social activities.

All the states should focus on “aggressive and sustained genome sequencing and intensified surveillance”, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a note to all the states, citing the current resurgence of Covid-19 cases in parts of Southeast Asia and Europe. “Effective surveillance by monitoring of emerging clusters of new cases, if any, (and) testing and monitoring of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness cases (should) be taken up on a continuous basis to ensure that no early warning signals are missed and the spread of infection can be controlled,” Bhushan wrote.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu called for total rejection of the Macaulay system of education in the 75th year of Independence, saying it imposed a foreign language as the medium of education in the country and confined education to the elite.

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Haridwar, Uttarakhand: Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today asked people of the country to give up their “colonial mindset” and learn to take pride in their own identity.

He called for total rejection of the Macaulay system of education in the 75th year of Independence, saying it imposed a foreign language as the medium of education in the country and confined education to the elite. “Centuries of colonial rule taught us to look upon ourselves as an inferior race. We were taught to despise our own culture, traditional wisdom. This slowed our growth as a nation. The imposition of a foreign language as our medium of education confined education to a small section of the society, depriving a vast population of the right to education,” Vice President Naidu said.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of the G-23 collective of dissenters in the Congress, on Friday said after meeting party president Sonia Gandhi that he had never raised questions about leadership, singing a tune different from his comrade Kapil Sibal who has bluntly asked the Gandhi family to step aside. Azad said: “It was a good meeting with the Congress president. It may be news for you but it was a regular, usual meeting with the president. The discussion was on how to strengthen the Congress and prepare for the upcoming elections. There was no question on leadership. No one in the Congress Working Committee had asked Mrs Gandhi to quit.” Azad has always maintained in public and private conversations that he is not against the Gandhi family’s leadership and that the G-23’s cause is limited to strengthening the Congress organisation.

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Italian federation opens investigation into racist chants

There are no Ashleigh Barty: World number one makes shock call to quit tennis failures in life: Lakshya Sen World number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world HiIndia Newsdesk

by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just 25.

The Italian soccer federation has reportedly started an investigation after racist chants were heard at the end of AC Milan’s match at Cagliari in Serie A.

The Australian made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, saying she was leaving to “chase other dreams”.

“I’m so happy and I’m so ready. And I just know at the moment in my heart, for me as a person, this is right,” she said in a video.

Barty won her first Grand Slam at the 2019 French Open.

She has remained the top-ranked player since then, backed up by success at Wimbledon last year.

In January, she became the first home player to win the Australian Open men’s or women’s singles title in 44 years.

Serena Williams is the only other active female player to have won major titles on clay, grass and hard courts.

“I wasn’t sure how to share this news with you so I asked my good friend [retired Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua] to help me,” Barty said on Wednesday.

“I am so thankful for everything this sport has given me and leave feeling proud and fulfilled.

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Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen went down to world number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the All England men’s singles final on Sunday. Sen had become only the fifth Indian after Prakash Nath (1947), Prakash Padukone (1980, 1981), Pullela Gopichand (2001) and Saina Nehwal (2015) to reach the final of the prestigious tournament after outwitting defending champion Lee Zii Jia in a gruelling semifinal.

The Italian soccer federation has reportedly started an investigation after racist chants were heard toward the end of AC Milan’s match at Cagliari in Serie A on Saturday.

Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and defender Fikayo Tomori, who are both Black, were racially abused after the 1-0 victory in Sardinia.

“Maignan told me he was racially abused, nobody deserves something like that,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli said in his post-match interview.

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Iga Swiatek blows away Sakkari to win windswept Indian Wells

Tennis player Simona Halep penned down a heartfelt message for Barty and wrote:

“Ash, what can I say, you know I have tears right? My friend, I will miss you on tour. You were different, and special, and we shared some amazing moments. What’s next for you?

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Be happy and enjoy your life to the max xo Simo.”

Proud of you @lakshya_sen!

You’ve shown remarkable grit and tenacity. You put up a spirited fight. Best wishes for your future endeavours. I am confident you will keep scaling new heights of success.

Sachin Tendular Tweet “There are no failures in life.

You either win or you learn. I am sure you’ve learnt so much from this amazing experience, @ lakshya_sen. Wish you the very best for upcoming tournaments.”

Numbers are part of journey not final destination: R Ashwin The title is the fifth of 2020 French Open champion Swiatek’s career.

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Poland’s Iga Swiatek blew away Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1 to win a windswept Indian Wells final on Sunday and move up to number two in the world rankings. Another windy day in the California desert made life miserable for both players, the gusts contributing to an uneven contest littered with nine breaks of serve.

Ashwin, who picked up 12 wickets at an average of 15.08 in the recent Test series against Sri Lanka, became India’s second highest wicket-taker in Test matches after he surpassed legendary Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 wickets.

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442 scalps. remier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently became “The numbers are great, and it’s humbling really India’s second highest wicket- to see what I’ve been able to do in terms of the taker in Test cricket, said he numbers. The more I’ve played, the more it felt never ran after numbers in his career like the numbers are a part of the journey rather and considers personal milestones as than the destination,” Ashwin said in a release. “just part of the journey and not final “In the past 2-3 years especially, the feeling has been great, with series’ wins in Australia, destination”. comeback into the T20 team, it almost feels like Ashwin, who picked up 12 wickets how I felt when I first broke into the team, wherein at an average of 15.08 in the recent a lot has been going on for me.”

Test series against Sri Lanka, became India’s second highest wicket-taker in “However, for me, personally, going into an IPL Test matches after he surpassed legendary season is always exciting. The IPL gives a window Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 wickets. By doing of experimentation, something which has enabled so, he also became the eighth highest overall me to come out a richer cricketer, irrespective of in the history of Test cricket with a tally of the results, every time I’ve been a part of it.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS

USCIS Updates Guidance On Employment Authorization For E And L Nonimmigrant Spouses HiIndia Newsdesk

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the documentation that certain E and L nonimmigrant spouses may use as evidence of employment authorization based on their nonimmigrant status.

On Nov. 12, 2021, USCIS issued a policy announcement to clarify that we will consider E and L spouses to be employment authorized based on their valid E or L nonimmigrant status. Since the November 2021 announcement, the Department of Homeland Security added new Class of Admission (COA)

codes to distinguish between E and L spouses and children.

As of Jan. 30, 2022, USCIS and CBP

began issuing Forms I-94 with the following new COA codes for certain E and L spouses: E-1S, E-2S, E-3S, and L-2S. An unexpired Form I-94 reflecting one of these new codes is acceptable as evidence of employment authorization for spouses under List C of Form I-9.

If you are an E or L spouse age 21 or over who has an unexpired Form I-94 that USCIS issued before Jan. 30, 2022, we

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will mail you a notice beginning on or about April 1, 2022. This notice, along with an unexpired Form I-94 reflecting E-1, E-2, E-3, E-3D, E-3R, or L-2 nonimmigrant status, will serve as evidence of employment authorization.

If you are an E or L spouse and under 21, or if you have not received your notice

by April 30, email E-L-married-U21@ uscis.dhs.gov to request a notice.

We will only send notices to individuals identified as qualifying spouses based on a Form I-539 approved by USCIS. Individuals who received their Form I-94 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) should visit www. cbp.gov

Bill.Com Announced

Rinki Sethi To The Position Of VP, Chief Information Security Officer

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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -The cost to cross five Jersey Shore bridges that connect beach towns in Cape May and Atlantic counties got more expensive this week with the first of three planned toll hikes that will double the cost for cars over three years. The Cape May County Bridge Commission toll hike plan started Tuesday with an increase of 50 cents for cars, bringing the cost to $2 at the Ocean

Young Jain Saint Completes Six Months Long Fast

Tappkesari Param Pavitramuni Maharaj Saheb (Photo by Jayanti Oza) HiIndia Newsdesk

CHICAGO, IL- Thousands of people honored a young 28-year-old Jain saint, who completed 154 fasts in 187 days. His unique, boiled water-only fast without any fruits or vegetables is creating news around the world.

Tappkesari Param Pavitramuni Maharaj Saheb, a disciple of Rashtrasant Param Gurudev Shree Namramuni Maharaj Saheb undertook the arduous Laghu Sinhnishkreedit Tapp.

Hundreds of Jain sadhu-sadhvijis from various sects were present at the event which witnessed a fundraiser that raised $400,000 for animal welfare activities to spread the fragrance of Ahimsa.

After 5 long years, seekers in Mumbai got a chance to immerse in the invigorating sadhana of Mahaprabhavak Shree Uvasaggaharam Stotra by Param Gurudev Shree Namramuni Maharaj Saheb Community leaders and sect leaders bestowed the title of ‘Tappkesari’ upon Param Pavitramuni Maharaj Saheb and honored him with a shawl.

City-Longport Bridge; Townsends Inlet Bridge (between Avalon and Sea Isle); Corsons Inlet Bridge (between Ocean City and Strathmere); Middle Thorofare Bridge (in Lower Township between Cape May and Wildwood Crest) and Grassy Sound Bridge (in Middle Township between North Wildwood and Stone Harbor).

Annual Event Focusing On Unity Held By IACF

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Rinki’s distinguished career and security credentials will bring tremendous value to the company,” said Vinay Pai, SVP of Engineering of Bill.com.

SAN JOSE, CA – Bill.com on Mar.17 announced the appointment of Rinki Sethi to the position of Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.

Sethi will lead the global information security and technology functions, overseeing the protection of Bill.com’s customer, partner, and employee data assets, and will advise the company on continued innovations in the security and technology space. She IACF members receive a commendation from Lili Mei, Mayor of Fremont, CA will report to Senior Vice President of Attorney General Rob Bonta echoed Engineering Vinay Pai, a press release HiIndia Newsdesk his sentiments and commended Jeevan said.

FREMONT, CA – The Indo-American Zutshi, founding member of the Indo- “With Bill.com’s rapid growth and Community Federation (IACF-USA) American Community Federation for recent acquisitions of Divvy and hosted an in-person formal gala at continuing this effort for the past 28 Invoice2go, Rinki’s distinguished career and security credentials the Fremont Downtown Event Center years. here, on Mar. 11 and was studded with At the event, Zutshi said he believes, will bring tremendous value to the dignitaries and leading lights of the “Indian Americans already have the company,” said Vinay Pai, SVP of Indian American community in the seeds of peace and nonviolence within Engineering of Bill.com.

Bay area. them. Let us not forget that it was the Sethi has more than two decades of The 21st annual event was themed trip to India that gave Rev. Martin security and technology leadership around “Unity through Diversity: Luther King Jr. the spiritual strength expertise and was most recently Vice Democratizing the Digital World – and wisdom to fight injustice during President and Chief Information Making Silicon Valley More Equitable.” the Civil Rights movement. We need Security Officer at Twitter and Rubrik Fittingly, the keynote speaker was to put more effort to share our cultural Inc. Her career has placed her on Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) strengths with the broader diverse the forefront of developing cutting who delivered a very succinct speech population in this time of suspicion edge online security infrastructure on making societies pluralistic and and fear that will take down the wall of at several Fortune 500 companies harmonious. ignorance that keeps distance between including IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, eBay, Walmart.com and PG&E. The guest of honor, California State our cultures and our neighbors.

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Father And Son Convicted Of $1.7 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Indian American’s Harrowing Story On Human Trafficking Getting Filmed

Izzat Freitekh and his son Tarik Freitekh are the owner of La Shish Kabob Restaurant and La Shish Catering, Green Apple Catering LLC and Aroma Packaging Systems in North Carolina HiIndia Newsdesk

55-year-old Izzat Freitekh, the owner of La Shish Kabob in east Charlotte, of conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering and making a false statement (L-R) Izzat Freitekh 55, & Tarik Freitekh 33

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal jury convicted a Charlotte restaurant owner and his son Thursday in connection to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud and obstruction of justice-related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.

Following a trial, jurors convicted 55-year-old Izzat Freitekh, the owner of La Shish Kabob in east Charlotte, of conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering and making a false statement, according to Public Information Officer Lia Bantavani.

A news release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina, said Izzat Freitekh faces up to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, 10 years in prison for each count of money laundering, and five years in prison for the count of making a false statement.

Meanwhile, jurors convicted his 33-year-old son Tarik Freitekh of

conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering and falsifying and concealing material facts, Bantavani said.

While a judge released his father to home confinement with electronic monitoring, Tarik Freitekh is detained pending sentencing, she added.

The United States Attorney’s Office said Tarik Freitekh faces up to 30 years in prison for the count of bank fraud, 20 years for wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, 10 years for the count of money laundering, and five years for the count of falsifying material facts.

Sentences for both Izzat and Tarik Freitekh will be determined by a federal district court judge.

Prosecutors accused the father and son of fraudulently securing more than $1.7 million in PPP loans in 2020.

A federal indictment accused the pair of submitting fraudulent PPP loan applications on behalf of multiple companies: La Shish Kabob Restaurant and La Shish Catering, Green Apple Catering LLC and Aroma Packaging Systems.

Indian American Survivor and advocate Harold D’Souza HiIndia Newsdesk

CINCINNATI, OH – Indian American Harold D’Souza, a survivor, and advocate of human labor trafficking, recently spoke about his harrowing journey from the town of Bajpe in Mangalore to Cincinnati, OH The founder and president of Eyes Open International, he was appointed to the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking first by President Barack Obama and then by Donald Trump and has come to be viewed as an inspiration for those caught in the clutches of human trafficking.

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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

Plane Carrying 132 Crashes In China, Causes Mountain Fire The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, CCTV said.

Rescue was on its way, it said.

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Beijing: A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board

crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

“The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known,” state broadcaster CCTV said. Rescue services were on their way to the scene, it said. There was no word on the cause of the crash.

The plane was a 6-year-old 737-800 aircraft, according to Flightradar24.

The CAAC said the aircraft lost contact over the city of Wuzhou. It had 123 passengers and nine crew on board.

State media said earlier there were 133 people on board.

“Be It My Party Or Any Other...

We Divide People” : GN Azad HiIndia Newsdesk

Jammu: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has indicated he would quit politics and expressed disappointment over political parties, including the Congress, creating division among people. Mr Azad is among the Congress’s “G-23” dissidents.

“Political parties work to create a divide, 24x7, amongst people on the basis of religion, caste and other things,” Mr Azad said. “Be it my party or any other regional or national party, I am not forgiving any of them. Civil society should stay together and fight against the evils,” the Congress leader said at an event in Jammu on Sunday.

“Sometimes I think, and it is not a big deal that suddenly you come to know that I have retired and started doing social service,” Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said

China Locks Down Australian PM expressed Millions More As ‘understanding of India’s Ukraine Covid Spreads position’, says foreign secy

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Beijing: China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years.

The country has largely kept Covid at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions.

But the Omicron strain has broken through its defences in recent months and taken hold in multiple cities.

Jilin, the second-biggest city in Jilin province, will lock down about 4.5 million inhabitants for three days from Monday night, local authorities announced.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday expressed his understanding of India’s position on the crisis in Ukraine, and he and PM Narendra Modi felt the conflict should

Puneet Talwar is New US Ambassador to Morocco

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Probably his biggest challenge is that he doesn’t know government, he doesn’t have experience: Dr Anthony Fauci

not be a reason for diverting attention from the Indo-Pacific, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine figured at a virtual summit between the two prime ministers, news agency PTI reported.

Monday’s summit followed the first virtual summit of June 4, 2020, when the India-Australia relationship was elevated to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”. That was India’s first virtual summit, in the middle of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, a respected academic and a practising internist with minimal government experience, is about to join the White House as President Joe Biden’s new coronavirus response coordinator. Dr Jha, a preternaturally calm 51-year-old whom the health news site Stat once described as “network TV’s Everyman expert on Covid”, is going to take charge of the most complicated federal response to a crisis in modern history.

Dr Jha was born in Bihar. When he was nine, his parents moved their family to Toronto. He showed up, he told The Providence Journal in an interview last year, “not speaking a word of English”.

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Indian American Puneet Talwar has been appointed by US President Joe Biden as the new ambassador to Morocco. Talwar has held senior national positions in the State Department, White House and in the Senate. He is currently a Senior Advisor at the State Department.

AAP’s Pick For Rajya Sabha: Ex Cricketer, IIT Professor, Raghav Chadha

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AAP won 92 of Punjabs 117 assembly seats. After the upcoming Rajya Sabha election, AAPs strength in the upper house is set to increase from three to eight.

New Delhi: Ex cricketer Harbhajan Singh, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha are the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s nominees for Rajya Sabha or the upper house of parliament from Punjab, where the party won a gigantic victory in recent elections. Five Rajya Sabha seats will fall vacant on April 9 and names have to be submitted today for elections on March 31.

“This Is India’s Foreign Policy”: Imran Khan’s “Praise” Amid Turmoil

New Delhi: India’s foreign policy drew praise from an unlikely quarter on Sunday - from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who commended New Delhi’s independent stand on foreign policy matters.

“Main aaj Hindustan ko daad deta hun (I praise our neighbouring country Hindustan) as they always had independent foreign policy. Today, India is in their (America) alliance and they are part of QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue); they say that are neutral. They are importing oil from Russia despite sanctions because their policy is for the betterment of people,” “I Commend India...”: Imran Khan’s Praise Mr Khan said during a public rally in the For India’s Foreign Policy Malakand area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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in Middle Age Face More Health Issues When They’re Older • Researchers say people with obesity in middle age face more serious health effects and higher medical costs when they’re older.

• They add the people who have overweight but not obesity in middle age live about as long as people of moderate weight, but they tend to have more lifestyle limitations.

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eople with obesity in midlife have higher healthcare costs and d i e you nge r t h an people who have “normal” body mass index (BMI) scores, a new studyTrusted Source reports.

Researchers reported that people with overweight have higher healthcare and economic costs later in life — what they called the “cumulative burden of morbidity.”

They added that people who are overweight or obese are more likely to need treatment for coronary heart disease, heart attacks, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease (stroke), and heart failure than people who had normal BMI scores in middle age.

Cumulative median healthcare costs among participants with overweight

• Experts say it’s never too late for people to begin managing their weight. were $12,390 more than those with normal BMIs. Researchers also estimated that costs were $23,396 higher among those with obesity.

The mean age of death for people with obesity was 80 years old, compared with 82 years of age for those who had normal midlife BMI scores.

However, the death rate was not significantly different for people considered overweight but not obese. Their longevity was about the same as those with normal BMIs. WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN Dr. Mir Ali, a bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in California, agrees with Khan’s assessment.

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO ACQUIRE HEALTHIER EATING HABITS, SUCH AS MORE PLANT-FORWARD OR PLANT-BASED EATING THAT PUTS WHOLE FOODS, AS NATURE GREW THEM, IN YOUR BODY AHEAD OF LESSHEALTHY PROCESSED AND ANIMAL-BASED FOODS.

—HUNNES TOLD HEALTHLINE

“The earlier a person corrects bad eating and lifestyle habits, the more likely they are to correct the negative effects of obesity. Once organ damage starts occurring due to obesity, the effects are harder to reverse,”

Ali told Healthline.

Dana Ellis Hunnes, PhD, a senior dietitian at the University of California, Los Angeles’ medical center and an assistant professor at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, said people who have overweight or obesity should take action sooner rather than later.

BMIs between 18 and 25 were classified as “normal.”

BMIs of 25 to 30 were classified as overweight, and BMIs of 30 or more were classified as obesity.

On the surface, the findings are not new.

Many other studies have linked Trusted Source obesity with poor health outcomes, and some have also found that cardiovascular fitness may offset some of the health effects associated with having

The study focused on disease burden, longevity, and healthcare expenditures in adults 65 years and older who had overweight and obesity around age 40.

The study was based on an analysis of participants in the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry.

Participants were originally examined between November 1967 and January 1973 and then got follow-up exams between January 1985 and December 2015. overweight — the so-called “obesity paradoxTrusted Source.”

Howe ver, Dr. Sadiya S. Khan, a study author and an assistant professor of medicine and preventive medicine at Northwestern University in Illinois, told Healthline the new research “moves beyond mortality or death and adds evidence regarding morbidity and disease burden in older adulthood.”

Khan stressed that while people with overweight didn’t seem to lose any years of life compared with people with moderate weight, the study still found they experienced significant health problems.

“With optimal treatment, it is possible that people [who are] overweight live longer with disease and this weight affects health span without life span,” she said. “Changes to diet and exercise are important beyond weight and can improve healthy life years. This is not just about dying young, but about enjoying

Optimists Tend to Live Longer, Study Says

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ttention glass-halffull types: Staying optimistic may help you live longer and better than your more pessimistic counterparts.

Researchers from Boston University came to that conclusion after following 233 men over 22 years.

“This study tests one possible explanation, assessing if more optimistic people handle daily stress more constructively and therefore enjoy better emotional well-being,” Lewina O. Lee, PhD, a study author and clinical psychologist at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the VA Boston Healthcare System, and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, said in a press release.

THE BENEFITS OF POSITIVE THINKING A 2019 study by the same research team found that the most optimistic men and women lived 11 to 15 percent longer than the least optimistic people, even after controlling for confounding factors such as chronic disease, educational attainment, and health behaviors like exercise,

diet, and alcohol use.

“In the 21st century, a lot of evidence has emerged on optimism and positivity and how they can influence i m mu ne s y ste ms , br ai n function, and physical health,” Jagdish Khubchandani, PhD, a professor of public health at New Mexico State University, told Healthline. “ Too much stress and

STRESS IS KNOWN TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH. BY LOOKING AT WHETHER OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE HANDLE DAY-TODAY STRESSORS DIFFERENTLY, OUR FINDINGS ADD TO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW OPTIMISM MAY PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AS PEOPLE AGE,” SHE ADDED. negative states of mind weaken the neuroendocrine and immune responses of the body, causing vulnerability to disease or weaker recovery from diseases as

the body cannot mount a strong response to stress and disease,” he added. “It is a complex interplay of disease/stressor vulnerability, perception of disease/stress, and the reaction of our body to stressors/disease that are interlinked.”

However, while optimism may be linked to some better health outcomes, this doesn’t tell the whole story.

“It’s helpful to remind ourselves that a more negative outlook doesn’t necessarily doom people to a shorter life,” Dr. Jacob Hascalovici, the chief medical officer at chronic pain telemedicine company Cle ar ing, told Healthline. “Longevity is a complicated field of study, and some studies indicate that apparent pessimism may also have a purpose.”

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ndra Nooyi’s legacy includes “performance with a purpose,” an emphasis on environmental concerns, sustainability, waste management, water conservation and renewable energy. In 2021, she released her memoir titled ‘My Life In Full‘, published by Penguin Random House.

After speaking at length about the various aspects of the Indian economy, the importance of upskilling and much more, Nooyi mentioned her views about the famous “leave your crown in the garage” quote, associated with her

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changed over the years and acknowledged that she is from a generation born a long time ago.

“My mother is a product of the silver generation born a long time ago, with very traditional values, but my mother today is very different.

She believes both husband and wife should leave the crown in the garage and she often tells me, ‘Look you’re born to help people. Don’t get bogged down by too much work at home, go off and help people because people need help.’

I think my mother too has changed and there’s no

question that family is family. Everybody should help nurture and develop the family, so when you do have one,

an environment that allows progress for women while balancing work and family, she said, “From a practical perspective we have to TO ENABLE THIS BLEND rethink the ideal worker and my hope is that as we OF WORK AND FAMILY TO think about the future of HAPPEN, I’M NOT SUGGESTING work, we put families LOWERING THE PRODUCTIVITY in the center and say, STANDARDS AND NEITHER AM ‘How can we design I SAYING YOU JUST GIVE the future of work that HALF YOUR ATTENTION says parents need to TO THE KIDS AND give time to building and nurturing families, IGNORE THEM THE as well as engaging in paid REST OF THE work? How do we restructure TIME.” the day? How do we engineer flexibility into the work day?’

“To enable this blend of work and family to happen, I’m not suggesting lowering the productivity standards and neither am I saying you just give half your attention to the kids and ignore them the rest of the time,” she continued.

She further explained, “I’m just saying between the husband everybody’s and wife there’s got to be a crown is left in the garage. judicious balance of the two both at home and at work.

Everybody b e c o m e s a My hope is as we think postfamily member COVID as to what the future when you enter of work should be, start with t h e h ou s e w it h where’s family in this future of all the attendant work and then work outwards, responsibilities that as opposed to saying work is gonna go exactly back to where go with it.”

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“I’m sure that if we did that it’s what could be an opportunity wasted.” done to enable

Here’s how you can use saffron to its full potential

‘Couldn’t trust what we had’: Melinda Gates reflects upon her divorce with Bill Gates

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ell, I think it’s really important to say, look, I had a lot of tears for many days. I mean, days where I’m literally laying on the floor and the carpet, you know, this close to me, thinking, ‘How can this be?

How can I get up? How am I gonna move forward?’” she said, on coping with the life change in an interview with Gayle King.

On revelations about an affair Gates had in 2000, she said, “I realized it just wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had.”

On life after divorce, she said in the same interview, “And days I certainly was angry.

I mean, this is painful stuff. And at the end of the day though, I started on this journey of healing, and I do feel like I’m turning a page in the chapter now. I mean, it’s 2022 and I’m actually really excited about what’s to come and life ahead for me,” she added.

“I also think society used to put things on women like it is my, our fault. No, I did nothing wrong.

So, I hold my head high,” said Melinda French

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Nooyi shared insights on how to enable an environment that allows progress for women mother.

“I think the husband and wife should both leave the crown at the garage.”

She further explained how her mother’s perspectives have

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Popular in Ayurvedic skincare, saffron is said to have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

As such, if you’re looking for ways to use saffron effectively and economically, STEP 1: Gently roast the saffron strands in a pan (do not burn or over roast it) or microwave for 60-90 seconds.

Let it rest for 2-3 minutes.

STEP 2: In a mortar and pestle, crush the saffron strands after they have cooled down a bit. You can use your hands or a rolling pin as well.

STEP 3: Collect the saffron powder and use it to flavour 1/4th cup of water, milk or anything of choice.

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Akhilesh India “Shaky”: Joe Biden Quits As MP In Russia Confrontation Over He Was Elected Uttar Pradesh MLA HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has quit as an MP after being elected in the recent Uttar Pradesh election.

Akhilesh Yadav’s move, which brings down the number of Samajwadi Party members in parliament to four, reveals his plan to cement his position as main challenger to the BJP and Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh.

The Samajwadi Party had won five Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 national election.

Akhilesh Yadav was an MP from eastern UP’s Azamgarh. He contested the state election for the first time in the MarchApril polls, from family stronghold Karhal.

Ukraine War HiIndia Newsdesk

Washington: US President Joe Biden said Monday that India was an exception among Washington’s allies with its “shaky” response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden lauded the US-led alliance, including NATO, the European Union and key Asian partners, for its united front against President Vladimir Putin. This includes unprecedented sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s currency, international trade and access to hightech goods.

“The Quad is, with the possible exception of India being somewhat shaky on some of this, but Japan has been extremely strong -- so has Australia -- in terms of dealing with Putin’s aggression.”

Russian buyers are literally fighting over sugar

Indian oil refiners have reportedly continued to purchase discounted Russian oil, even as the West seeks to isolate Moscow.

People take cover along a road in Irpin as Russian forces target the area with shells

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Videos showing Russian shoppers fighting each other in supermarkets for sugar have gone viral on the internet.

Russian shoppers fighting each other in supermarkets for sugar have gone viral on the internet. Some stores in the country have imposed a limit of 10 kgs per customer due to the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine. Prices for sugar have skyrocketed with the annual inflation in Russia reaching its highest level since 2015. In many videos coming out, crowds of people can be seen fighting and jostling each other to get bags of sugar from shopping carts.

These videos have made their way on to Twitter and highlight the difficulties ordinary citizens are facing due to the Russian-Ukraine War.

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63 Indian Cities In 100 Most Polluted Places On Earth

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Three Indian carriers -- SpiceJet, Vistara and Air India Express -- have Boeing 737 aircraft in their fleets.

New Delhi: The DGCA has put the Boeing 737 fleets of Indian carriers on Delhi is the world’s most polluted capital for the second “enhanced surveillance” after a China consecutive year, with pollution rising almost 15 per Eastern Airlines aircraft of the same cent over the previous year, says a report by IQAir make crashed on Monday killing 132 HiIndia Newsdesk people, its chief Arun Kumar said.

Three Indian carriers -- SpiceJet, Vistara New Delhi: India’s air pollution worsened in 2021, and Air India Express -- have Boeing according to the World Air Quality Report released

by IQAir, a Swiss firm. This ends a three-year trend 737 aircraft in their fleets. of improving air quality. The average air pollution, When asked what steps the Directorate measured in the lethal and microscopic PM2.5 General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is pollutant, is 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter, which taking following Monday’s crash, Mr is more than 10 times the World Health Organisation’s Kumar told PTI, “Flight safety is serious (WHO) air quality guidelines. No city in India met business and we are closely studying the situation. the WHO standard.

Omicron Variant BA.2 Spreading According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), BA.2 differs from BA.1 in its genetic sequence, including some amino acid differences in the spike protein HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is continuing to gain ground in the US. COVID-19 is also surging again in western Europe due to the more contagious BA.2 subvariant, experts have said. White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci said BA.2 is 60 per cent more transmissible than Omicron, but it does not appear to be more severe. “It does have an increased transmission capability,” Dr Fauci told ABC News.

Studies are ongoing to understand the reasons for this growth advantage, but initial data suggest that BA.2 appears inherently more transmissible than BA.1.

Rescuers search for survivors as families await news HiIndia Newsdesk

Rescuers continue to search for survivors from a plane crash in southern China, as families of those onboard gather at a nearby airport waiting anxiously for updates.

China Eastern Flight MU5735 was carrying 132 people when it crashed into hills in Guangxi province.

The tragedy has sparked widespread grief in China. President Xi Jinping has ordered a full-scale investigation.

The number of casualties is not known, and there are fears of no survivors.

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India celebrates festival of colours HiIndia Newsdesk

Millions of Indians are celebrating Holi - the festival of colours - amid a sharp dip in Covid-19 cases in the country. The festival saw restricted celebrations last year due to the pandemic. Holi marks the last fullmoon day of the lunar month. It’s a time of great cheer and fun as people smear bright colours on each other.

It also symbolises new beginnings. The day is marked with sumptuous feasts and dancing. Some people also shower each other with flower petals as their bright colours mark the advent of spring. On the eve of the festival, people also light large bonfires to symbolise the triumph of good over evil.

Last year, many states, including capital Delhi, had banned large gatherings on Holi as Covid cases soared across the country. Infections have since come down drastically - India has been logging an average of 2,500 daily new cases for weeks - and restrictions have been eased everywhere.

“India’s Legitimate Energy “Don’t Let Guard Down”: Centre To States Transactions Shouldn’t Be Amid Covid Surge In Asia, Europe Politicised”: Sources HiIndia Newsdesk

The state should create required awareness and ensure adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior, the centre said.

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“Russia is offering oil and other commodities at a heavy discount. We will be happy to take that,” government officials had said.

New Delhi: India’s legitimate energy transactions should not be politicised and countries self-sufficient in oil or those themselves importing from Russia cannot credibly advocate restrictive trading, government sources said.

The US had on Friday said that while India importing discounted crude oil from Russia won’t amount to violating its sanctions, it would imply supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s top oil firm, has already bought as much as 3 million barrels of crude oil that Russia had offered at a steep discount to prevailing international rates, said sources.

India calls for dialogue at UNSC

New Delhi: Amid a resurgence of Covid cases across Southeast Asia and Europe, the government on Thursday warned states not to let their guard down and advised them to continue focus on the five-fold strategy of “test, track, treat, follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccinate” while resuming economic and social activities in their jurisdiction.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh

“The Kashmir Files” Director Given ‘Y’ Security Amid Row Over Film HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: The Central government today provided ‘Y’ category security cover to ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri with CRPF cover pan India, government sources told news agency ANI. The feature film, which has received unprecedented government backing, is ‘The Kashmir Files’ revolves based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus a ro u n d t h e k i l l i n g o f from the Kashmir valley during the height Kashmiri Pandits in 1990. of militancy.

Iran Ready To Meet India’s Energy Needs With Deal That “Avoids 3rd Party” HiIndia Newsdesk

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India, which ensured the safe return of about 22,500 of its citizens from Ukraine, also assisted in the evacuation of nationals from 18 other countries, India’s top envoy at the UN has said, as he voiced concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the wartorn country. Speaking at the UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine on Thursday, Tirumurti said there was an “urgent need to address the humanitarian needs of the affected population.

Bhushan, in his letter to all states and union territories, also asked them to ensure adequate testing of samples to ensure timely detection of new variants and also to motivate people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. India is seeing a steady decline in Covid cases, with daily cases now below 5,000 mark. This morning, the country added 2,528 new infections, taking the tally to 4,30,04,005.

New Delhi: Iran is ready to meet India’s energy security needs, its ambassador to India was quoted as saying on Friday, as negotiations continue between the world powers and Tehran on the lifting of sanctions against the OPEC-member.

Iran used to be the second-largest oil Iran is ready to meet India’s energy security supplier to India but New Delhi had to needs, its ambassador to India said. halt imports from Tehran after former US Iran used to be the second-largest President Donald Trump withdrew from nuclear deal with Iran and re-imposed oil supplier to India but New Delhi the sanctions on its oil exports. had to halt imports from Tehran after “Rupee-rial trade mechanism can help former US President Donald Trump companies from both the countries to deal withdrew from the nuclear deal with with each other directly and avoid third party intermediation costs,” Ali Chegeni Iran and re-imposed sanctions on was quoted as saying by Indian facilitation its oil exports. body MVIRDC World Trade Cente

Xi Hints At Tweak To China Covid Strategy Amid Worst Outbreak Since Wuhan HiIndia Newsdesk

Just three weeks ago China was reporting under 100 Covid cases daily, but that number has swelled past 1,000 per day for a week.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to reduce the economic impact of his Covid-fighting measures, signaling a shift in a longstanding strategy that has minimized fatalities but weighed heavily on the world’s secondlargest economy. While reiterating the commitment to its CovidZero policy, China will “strive to achieve the maximum prevention and control effect at the least cost and minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development,” Xi told a meeting late Thursday of the politburo standing committee, the Communist Party’s top decision-making body.

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