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World Population Day: India will overtake China in 2023, says the UN India is set to become the world’s most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures Read More 10

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US under heat wave threat

Ivana Trump’s funeral held in New York City

The US has come under a “Heat Wave Warning” from the National Weather Service saying “Dangerous Levels” could be reached this week affecting 100 million Americans across several states from Texas, Louisiana to Kansas and Missouri.

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New York, July 20 (IANS) The US has come under a “Heat Wave Warning” from the National Weather Service saying “Dangerous Levels” could be reached this week affecting 100 million Americans across several states from Texas, Louisiana to Kansas and Missouri.

The summer heat is getting intense, so hot that forecasters put nearly 100 million Americans under excessive heat warnings or advisories this week. The National Weather Service says the

Biden unveils $2.3bn plan to fight climate change

“dangerous heat” is forecast to impact a large swath of the country, including states ranging from Texas and Louisiana to Kansas and Missouri.

Heat wave is sweeping across Europe and London alone experienced the seasons highest off 40 degrees Celsius on a single day sending Londoners to the nearest air conditioners and fan shops to buy them to cool themselves down, reports from London said.

Politicians are blaming global warming as the reason for climate change leading to unusual heat waves in countries which have not experienced such temperatures.

A number of states were also placed under a heat advisory with most areas forecast to reach at least the high 90s (Fahrenheit) and other areas, including Phantom Ranch, Ariz., on track to reach a whopping 114 degrees. Amarillo, Texas, is similarly expected to reach a high of 113 degrees and Shreveport, Louisiana, will soar to 108 degrees, according to a report in the USA today quoting NWS sources.

US House passes bill protecting gay marriage rights

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US President Joe Biden has announced $ 2 . 3 bn ( £ 1 . 9 bn ) to h e lp bu i l d infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather and natural disasters.

But he stopped short of formally declaring a climate emergency, which would grant him further powers.

Mr Biden spoke in Massachusetts as a heatwave brings extreme weather to Europe and North America.

Tens of millions of people in the US, across more than two dozen states, are living under heat warnings this week.

“Climate change is literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world,” the president said in Wednesday’s speech, which was delivered outside a former coal-fired power plant in the town of Somerset. “The health of our citizens and our communities is... at stake. So we have to act.” He said the funding would go to expanding flood control, shoring up utilities, retrofitting buildings, and helping families pay for heating and cooling costs. The money comes from an existing Federal Emergency Management Agency budget and will be prioritised for disadvantaged communities, said the White House.

Parkland school shooting: Gunman faces death penalty as trial opens

A gunman who killed 17 people at his former high school has gone on trial in Florida, with jurors set to decide whether he faces the death penalty or life in prison.

Nikolas Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last year to 17 counts of first-degree murder over the 2018 Parkland shooting.

As prosecutors seek the death penalty, defence lawyers are pushing for life in prison without parole.

The trial is expected to last four to six months and will be televised.

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The funeral of Ivana Trump, the exwife of Donald Trump, has been held in New York City, bringing the family together for a rare public gathering.

Ms Trump, 73, died last week after reportedly falling down the stairs of her Manhattan apartment.

Among those in attendance were Donald and Ivana’s three children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Trump Jr, who all reportedly gave eulogies.

The pair were married for 15 years between 1977 and 1992.

Originally from what was then Czechoslovakia, Ivana Trump was a notable socialite who became the subject of intense public interest alongside Donald Trump during the 1980s and 1990s. After the pair separated, she went on to launch a line of beauty products, jewellery and clothing.

First lady in US for high-level meetings

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Lawmakers voted 267-157 to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade could jeopardize other rights.

The US House passed a bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriages under law on Tuesday.

The Respect for Marriage Act is part of a push to legislate rights that could otherwise be overturned by the Supreme Court, following the repeal of Roe. v Wade abortion rights last month.

US seizes stolen funds from suspected North Korean hackers

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco says the Department of Justice is attacking malicious cyber-activity from all angles HiIndia Newsdesk

The US Department of Justice has seized $500,000 (£417,000) worth of Bitcoin from suspected North Korean hackers.

The hackers attacked healthcare providers with a new strain of ransomware, extorting the funds from several organisations.

US authorities say they have already returned ransom payments to two

hospital groups.

The rare successful seizure comes as US authorities warn that North Korea is becoming a major ransomware threat.

In a conference on Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco praised an unnamed Kansas hospital for alerting the FBI early about the ransomware attack. “Not only did this allow us to recover their ransom payment as well as a ransom paid by previously unknown victims, but we were also able to identify a previously unidentified ransomware strain,” she said. According to court documents, hackers used the ransomware strain called Maui to encrypt the files and servers of a medical centre in Kansas in May 2021. Typically, ransomware hackers will use malicious software to scramble data or lock users out of the system until a ransom is paid.

Olena Zelenska’s visit to Washington comes after nearly five months of war in Ukraine HiIndia Newsdesk

Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, is in the US for a series of high-level meetings and an address to Congress.

Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, is in the US for a series of high-level meetings and an address to Congress.

Her visit comes four months after her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, made a virtual speech to Congress, pressing for more military equipment.

Ms Zelenska met Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday and is due to hold talks with her counterpart Jill Biden on Tuesday, the White House said.

She is due to deliver remarks to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s encounter will be the second time the two first ladies have met, after Dr Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine in May. Ms Zelenska has no official portfolio in the Ukrainian government. But after nearly five months of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Kyiv is keen to seek more military aid and political backing from the US.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Ranil sworn in as 8th Sunak and Truss begin President of Sri Lanka pitch to be next PM

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Colombo, July 21 (IANS) R anil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the eighth President of Sri Lanka at the Parliament premises on Thursday.

CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health

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There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said.

There has been increasing unconfirmed media speculation that Mr Putin, who turns 70 this year, may be suffering from ill health, possibly cancer. But William Burns said there was no evidence to suggest this, joking that he appeared “too healthy”.

His comments came as the US announced it would provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.

Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia’s military focus in Ukraine was no longer “only” the east and implied Moscow’s strategy had changed after the West supplied Ukraine with such weapons.

World’s oldest male giant panda in captivity dies

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The world’s oldest male panda in captivity has died in an amusement park zoo in Hong Kong on Thursday.

The panda, called An An, was euthanized at the age of 35 - the equivalent of a human living till 105.

Officials at Ocean Park say the decision was reached after he showed “steady signs of deterioration” over the past few weeks.

An An, together with its mate Jia Jia, was gifted to Hong Kong from China’s central government in 1999.

He was sworn in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Daily Mirror reported.

In the election held in Parliament o n We d n e s d a y, 7 3 - y e a r - o l d Wickremesinghe secured 134 votes from parliamentarians.

Out of 225 parliamentarians, 223 voted in the ballot of which four were invalid votes, while two MPs abstained from voting.

Soon after getting elected as President, Wickremesinghe invited all political parties to join hands with him and work together to overcome the economic crisis and bring in a new political change.

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The two candidates in the Conservative leadership race are setting out their pitches to the party members who will choose Boris Johnson’s successor.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss topped the final ballot of MPs on Wednesday.

Devastation in China hit by extreme weather emergencies Since summer began, scenes of devastation and misery have been playing out across China as the world’s most populous nation grapples with an unrelenting torrent of extreme weather emergencies, local media reported.

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Hong Kong, July 21 (IANS) Since summer began, scenes of devastation and misery have been playing out across China as the world’s most populous nation grapples with an unrelenting torrent of extreme weather emergencies, local media reported.

Scientists have been warning for years that the climate crisis would amplify extreme weather, making it deadlier and more frequent. Now, like much of the world, China is reeling from

its impact, CNN reported. Since the country’s rainy season started in May, heavy rainstorms have brought severe flooding and landslides to large swathes of southern China, killing dozens of people, displacing millions and causing economic losses running into billions of yuan. In June, extreme rainfall broke historical records in coastal Fujian province, and parts of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.

At the same time, a heat wave began to envelop northern China, pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius.

Several essential medicines vanish from Pakistani markets reported.

“None of the brands selling lithium carbonate are available in the market for the last couple of months,” a renowned psychiatrist and former president of the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) said while referring to the formulation known as the most effective medicine for the treatment of several psychiatric illnesses, including bipolar disorder.

An alarming situation has arisen Simi l arly, s ome ot her ess ent i a l as markets in Pakistan are short medicines, including methylphenidate on several essential medicines, for the treatment of attention deficit including suicide prevention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in drugs, due to a hike in their children and clonazepam drops and production costs - creating fear tablets for epilepsy in children and adults, of an increased suicide rate in are also not available in the market, the country, local media reported. physicians and pharmacists said. Several other psychiatrists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), HiIndia Newsdesk Shifa International Hospital Islamabad Islamabad, (IANS): An alarming and Mayo Hospital Lahore as well as situation has arisen as markets in psychiatrists in Peshawar also confirmed Pakistan are short on several essential that relatives of patients diagnosed with medicines, including suicide prevention bipolar disorder were moving from pillar drugs, due to a hike in their production to post for lithium carbonate, but none costs - creating fear of an increased of its brands were available in the market, suicide rate in the country, local media The News reported.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Sunak said he would introduce “a set of reforms as radical as the ones Margaret Thatcher drove through in the 1980s”.

In the Daily Mail, Ms Truss promised “tax-cutting, enterprise-boosting, business-friendly Conservative policy”.

The two finalists will now set out their stalls at 12 hustings to be held around the UK. The first will take place in Leeds on 28 July, while the last will be in London on 31 August.

The race to be our next prime minister is now broadening and slowing down.

Well, just a little bit.The daily democratic process involving 350-something Conservative MPs is done.

Nord Stream: Key Russian pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe

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Russia has resumed pumping gas to Europe through its biggest pipeline after warnings it could curb or halt supplies altogether.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline restarted following a 10-day maintenance break but at a reduced level.

On Wednesday, the European Commission urged countries to cut gas use by 15% over the next seven months in case Russia switched off Europe’s supply.

Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after week of turmoil

Mr Draghi went to see the president after announcing his decision to resign in the lower house of parliament HiIndia Newsdesk

A year-and-a-half after he was appointed as Italy’s unelected head of a unity government, Mario Draghi has resigned as prime minister.

He told President Sergio Mattarella he was standing down after three parties in his government refused to back him in a confidence vote the night before. The president asked him to remain as caretaker leader until early elections, expected this autumn.

Mr Draghi, 74, is a popular figure in Italy.He was dubbed Super Mario for his handling of the eurozone crisis as head of the European Central Bank.

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INDIA NEWS

Sonia Gandhi Questioned, Congress Stops Trains, Burns Car

The BJP criticised the Congress’ protests as its “duragrah” (obstinate demand) for protecting the Gandhi family.

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New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, 75, was questioned for nearly three hours by the Enforcement Directorate today, on the first day of her appearance before the probe agency in an alleged money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.

Sonia Gandhi is likely to be called for another round of questioning in the next couple of days, officials said. Mrs Gandhi, who recently recovered from Covid, was questioned keeping in mind Covid protocol with everyone participating equipped with a Covid negative certificate, they added.

Mrs Gandhi’s questioning was carried out by five officers led by a woman Additional Director, NDTV has learnt. The probe agency prepared 50 questions for Congress chief.

Prophet row: India Arab ties not affected

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India’s friendly relations with the Arab countries were not affected in view of the controversial comments made against Prophet Mohammad, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan also said that India continues to attach high priority to further strengthen relations with the Arab world and that it understands the outlook and views of New Delhi on the issue.

Droupadi Murmu Continues To Lead In Presidential Election Yashwant Sinha 329. Going by a formula based on population and assembly strength, the value of these votes is 1.49 lakh. Of that, Ms Murmu got just over 1.05 lakh, and Mr Sinha 44,276.

Final result is expected by 8 pm.

So far, 1,886 votes have been counted -- valued at 6.73 lakh, of an electoral college of around 11 lakh. Of this 6.73 lakh, Ms Murmu has got 4.83 lakh, which means more than 70 per cent of the votes. This lead is bigger than expected and sets her on course to crossing the required halfway mark perhaps even before all the votes are counted. With that, India will get its first tribal President, and only the second woman.

Residents in Odisha’s Rairangpur, the hometown of Ms Murmu, are already celebrating. They have got 20,000 sweets prepared. A tribal dance and victory procession are part of the plan after the results are out.

Counting began around 1.30 pm at Parliament HiIndia Newsdesk House. The process began at 11 am, as ballot New Delhi: Counting for the Presidential election is boxes from all states were opened before being seen as mere formality as Droupadi Murmu starting the count. Prime Minister Narendra -- backed by the ruling NDA and several other parties Modi is expected to visit Droupadi Murmu -- is set to far outstrip Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha. at her temporary lodgings in Teen Murti Marg to congratulate her after the results are She will be India’s first tribal President.

NDA’s Droupadi Murmu remains in the lead as declared, sources said. Delhi BJP has planned votes of MLAs from 10 states, besides all MPs, have a roadshow after Ms Murmu’s victory from the been counted in two rounds so far. Of the 1,138 party headquarters to Rajpath. Many senior MLAs’ votes in Round 2, Ms Murmu got 809, and leaders will be present, sources said.

Presidential election: 34 parties declared support for Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, 44 for Droupadi Murmu

Arvind Kejriwal’s Singapore Trip Nixed By Lt Governor “World Cities Summit” back in June by Singapore High Commissioner Simon Wong. He is expected to address the meet on August 1.

But with the clearance getting delayed, he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, saying it was “against the interest of the country to stop a HiIndia Newsdesk Chief Minister from visiting such an important stage,” he had added.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, blocked a second time from “This is the program of the mayor, the attending a summit abroad, has declared Chief Minister should not go into it,” that he would “go ahead” with the visit. was by Lieutenant Governor Vinai In his response to Lieutenant Governor Kumar Saxena’s response to the Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena, he also mentioned government’s request for clearance that has now come. that if one goes by his logic, then “the Prime Minister will also not be able to “I humbly beg to differ with the advice of the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor,” Mr go anywhere”.

Mr Kejriwal was invited for the Kejriwal wrote in response.

US President Joe Biden’s “I Have Cancer” Remark Stuns Twitter, White House Clarifies HiIndia Newsdesk

As the President’s remarks created a buzz, White House clarified that he was referring to his previous diagnosis.

A video of US President Joe Biden appearing to claim in a speech that he has cancer created alarm on social media on Wednesday. Mr Biden was speaking during a visit to a former coal mine plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, to discuss new executive orders to fight climate change. Though the remark appeared casual, the White House quickly clarified that the President was referring to skin cancer treatment that he had taken before assuming the office in January last year.

Mr Biden was discussing the harm caused by emissions from oil refineries when he made a reference to his childhood home in Delaware and said, “My mother drove us rather than us being able to walk and guess what? The first frost, you know what was happening? You had to put on your windshield wipers to get literally the oil slick off the window. That’s why I - and so damn many other people I grew up with - have cancer and why for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation.”

Gautam Adani Overtakes Bill Gates To Become 4th Richest Person In The World HiIndia Newsdesk

Ne w Delhi: Indian businessman Gautam Adani has left behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s fourth richest person, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List.

The 60-year-old business tycoon’s net worth reached $115.5 billion on Thursday eclipsing Mr Gates whose fortunes are at $104.6 billion.

At $90 billion, fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani ranks 10th on the list.

Indian Man Charged with $10 M Computer Fraud Scheme Zofeen Maqsood

Prosecutors in Manhattan have charged an Indian, named Vinoth Ponmaran from Blaine, Washington.

The man helped run a scheme that defrauded thousands of people into buying computer anti-virus protection that was unnecessary .

The man was arrested and was ordered to be held in custody after a brief hearing in Seattle.

The scheme duped people as victims would see pop-up windows sometimes containing logos of well-known companies saying that a malware has been detected. The victims were also directed to a phone number offering technical support. The victims then paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for the anti-virus while the fraudsters just ran anti-virus tools that were available online for free.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

During the ongoing antigovernment protests in Sri Lanka, protesters shouted slogans targeting former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family. But they also raised chants against India.

Sri Lanka: Is India gaining over China in crisis-hit island nation?

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logans like - “Don’t sell the country to India and the US”; “India: Sri Lanka is not another state”; and “India don’t exploit Sri Lanka’s situation” - could be widely heard during the demonstrations.

But while anti-Indian sentiments like these still persist, how Sri Lankans view India might be changing as the country grapples with political and economic chaos.

Sri Lanka is in the midst of a deep and unprecedented economic crisis that has sparked massive protests, and forced its president to quit after fleeing the country.

Over the years, Sri Lanka has built up a huge amount of debt - to the point that it is now struggling to buy essentials such as food, fuel and medicine.

Protesters blame Mr Rajapaksa and his family, who fled to Singapore last week, for the situation. The parliament has begun the process of electing a new president and MPs are expected to vote on Wednesday.

Some sections of the Sri Lankan polity have always viewed with suspicion the presence of its bigger and powerful neighbour, India. I have seen several anti-India protests in Sri Lanka over the years by majority Sinhala nationalists and Left-wing parties.

But when Sri Lanka suddenly found itself in a deep economic mess a few months back, it turned to India and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government

World Population Day India is set to become the world’s most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures.

By this November, the planet will be home to 8bn.

But population growth is not as rapid as it used to be.

It is now at its slowest rate since 1950 and is set to peak, says the UN, around the 2080s at about 10.4bn though some demographers believe that could happen even sooner.

But the population of the world is expanding unevenly.

More than half the growth we will see in the next 30 years will happen in just eight countries - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.

At the same time, some of the world’s most developed economies are already seeing population decline as fertility rates fall below 2.1 children per woman, which is known as the “replacement rate”. In 61 countries, the report says, populations will decline by at least 1% by 2050.

With one of the lowest fertility rates in the world (at 1.15 children per woman), China has announced that its population is due to start declining next year - much earlier than previously thought. That is despite the country abandoning its one child policy in 2016 and introducing incentives for couples to have two or

By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Colombo

India has played a very crucial role, especially at this critical juncture.

We have gone through an immense crisis as a country, and India has come forward and supported us,” Sajith Premadasa, Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader in Delhi responded with financial help.

This was not the first time though - in fact, no other country or institution has helped Sri Lanka as much as India in the past year.

Experts say that Sri Lanka’s desperate financial need, in a way, has helped Delhi regain its influence in the island-nation of 22 million people after China made

inroads by offering loans and other forms of financial aid for infrastructure projects in the past 15 years.

“India has played a very crucial role, especially at this critical juncture. We have gone through an immense crisis as a country, and India has come forward and supported us,” Sajith Premadasa, Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader, told India and Sri Lanka share close cultural, religious and economic ties in a relationship that goes back centuries.

Delhi has been a major trade partner for Colombo, which imports lots of products, especially food items, from India. The island nation’s minority Tamil population shares close cultural and ethnic links with people in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Colombo moved away from the Indian sphere of influence starting 2005, after Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected president.

The gradual shift was consolidated during his second term, which saw several agreements with China on

infrastructure projects, such as a port in the southern town of Hambantota.

Figures show that China has loaned more than $5bn to Sri Lanka so far, about 10% of Sri Lanka’s total external debt. But despite Sri Lanka seeking additional loans to tackle its current problems - a crippling shortage of fuel and soaring food prices - Beijing is yet to commit on any new loans.

India, on the other hand, has provided around $3.5bn as credit and currency swap. As part of the credit line, it has dispatched several shipments of muchneeded fuel, food and fertilisers to Sri Lanka in recent months.

In addition to the loans by Delhi, the government of Tamil Nadu, led by Chief Minister MK Stalin of the DMK party, has also sent shipments of food and medicine to Sri Lanka. Political parties in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday had asked Delhi to convene a meeting to discuss the evolving situation in the neighbouring country. Experts say that India’s multi-billion-dollar financial assistance has led to a shift in public perception among Sri Lankans. “India has provided timely help by sending us fuel and food. Without Indian assistance it would have been difficult for Sri Lanka,” Tyronne Sebastian, a private sector employee says.

Melanie Gunathilake, a social activist, says she is grateful to the people of India for “the amazing show of solidarity and support”. But experts say that India’s decision to offer assistance to Sri Lanka also has strategic significance - one that gives Delhi leverage over its neighbour.

World Population Day: India will overtake China in 2023, says the UN More than half the growth we will see in the next 30 years will happen in just eight countries the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.

India is set to become the world’s most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures

more children.

As India’s population continues to grow it will almost certainly overtake China as the country with the biggest population in the world.

Fertility rates are falling globally even in many of the countries where the population is expanding. That is because, as previous generations expand, there are more people having children, even if individually those people are having fewer children than

their parents did.

Growth is also largely thanks to developments in medicine and science which mean that more children are surviving into adulthood and more adults into old age. That pattern is likely to continue, which means that by 2050 the global average life expectancy will be around 77.2 years.

But this pattern means that the share of the global population aged 65 years or above is projected to rise from 10% this year to 16% in 2050. Again the distribution will be unequal with some countries, in East Asia and Western Europe, already seeing more extremes in ageing.

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Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Hoisting of Tricolour compulsory in K’taka madrasas

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Bengaluru, (IANS): The Karnataka government has made it mandatory for the madrasas to hoist the national flag on the occasion of celebration of 75 years of Independence for six days from August 11 - August 17. The Education Department

3 arrested for killing youth in K’taka

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Mysuru, July 20 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old youth over indecent comment on social media in this district of the state, police said on Wednesday. Nitin alias Vatara (23), Manoj Kumar alias Motu (24) and Potharaj (25) were arrested for murdering H. Beeresh, a resident of Angatalli village near Hunsur. Nitin was an employee of a gym and Manoj, a resident of Kalkunike. Both were friends with Beeresh. According to police, Biresh had posted an indecent comment on an Instagram post of Nitin’s wife. The comment offended the newly-married Nitin who hatched a conspiracy to murder Biresh with the help of the other two. On July 12, Nitin and Manoj spotted Beeresh near a bus stop and picked him up on the bike. They made him in the middle and stabbed him in the neck, shoulder while in broad daylight. The two then pushed him from the bike and fled.

has been asked to implement the programme effectively by the government. The government issued the order and the Commissioner of Public Instruction Department will chalk out ways to implement the order in letter and spirit, said sources in the Education department on Tuesday.

The Block Education Officers (BEO) will monitor hoisting of the flags at the grassroots level in the state. Separate orders will be released soon by fixing responsibilities by the department, said the sources.

The state government has stated that in the backdrop of celebration of Azadi Ka Amit Mahotsav, schools, colleges and madrasas should hoist the Tricolour in the premises and on the buildings.

The state education department has been told that those who get government facilities should follow the rules and regulations and there should not be any reason or pretext not to hoist the Tricolour. The rule will also apply to the government, aided, private and unaided schools, colleges, educational institutions and madrasas.

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Hyderabad: Woman ends life in Hussain Sagar HiIndia Newsdesk

Hyderabad: A 30-year-old woman died by suicide after allegedly jumping into the Hussain Sagar on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the woman identified as Sailaja, came near to the NTR Garden side of Hussain Sagar and jumped into the lake. Locals who noticed it informed the police on Dial 100. A police team rushed to the spot and brought her out. However, when paramedics checked, she had already died.

Hyderabadis provide shelter for stray animals in monsoons

Godavari level at Bhadrachalam drops below danger mark

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Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) With the flood waters receding in the Godavari River, people in Bhadrachalam town and other flood-hit areas in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district heaved a sigh of relief.

The water level in the river at

Bhadrachalam stood at 47.70 feet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday but the authorities have not withdrawn the third flood level warning.

The third flood level warning is issued at 53 feet and though the water level dropped below this mark on Tuesday, the officials have not formally withdrawn the warning.

According to district collector D. Anudeep, 11.28 lakh cusecs of water is being let out downstream.

With the inflows coming down from upstream, the flood level has receded.

The river had flown above third flood level for over a week due to heavy rain in north Telangana and neighbouring Maharashtra.

Cyberabad Police seize drugs worth Rs 5.1 crore in 6 months HiIndia Newsdesk

Hyderabad: In just six months, cocaine and marijuana worth a staggering Rs 5.1 crore have been seized in the Shamshabad Zone of the Cyberabad Police. According to officials, apart

from the seizure of these drugs, the police stations under the Shamshabad Zone Police also caught 61 persons for smuggling marijuana, cocaine and other psychotropic substances. Shamshabad DCP R Jagdishwar Reddy said control of the drug menace has been one of the top priorities of the Cyberabad Police. “We have formed special teams consisting of law and order police in coordination with the Special Operations Team andNDPS team to curb the menace,” he said.

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Hyderabad: Over the last few days, the city appeared to have almost forgotten how a sunny day looked. However, the overcast skies did not prevent some Hyderabadis from spreading some sunshine. There were some who took time out to provide help and shelter for several stray animals in their localities. While many brought some plastic sheets and tied them up as shelter for a few dogs, a few also brought unused beds, pillows or bed sheets to provide warmth to these animals in the chilly weather.

UK-based Kagool to recruit 1,000 people in Hyderabad HiIndia Newsdesk

Hyderabad: UK-based data analyst and ERP consultancy company Kagool will recruit about 1,000 employees in Hyderabad in two to three years, said Dan Barlow, CEO of Kagool Group.

The company now has 260 employees in Hyderabad. The company on Tuesday inaugurated a 17,000 sqft office space at Kapil Towers in Nanakramguda. This will accommodate 200 employees.

Hyderabad swimmer Suhas makes a splash in Junior National Aquatic Championships HiIndia Newsdesk

Hyderabad: Hyderabad swimmer M Suhas Preetham made his mark in the ongoing 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships held at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. The 14-year-old clinched gold by rewriting the national record in the 100m backstroke event for Group 2 Boys which was set by Sahil Laskar 1.01.45 sec in 2018 with a timing of 1.01.29 sec. He also won a silver and bronze in the 50m backstroke and 4x100m team relay.

The young swimmer was over the moon after his achievement and said he was excited with the new record.

“I am pretty happy about setting a new national record.

Suhas Preetham won his second gold, taking top I have been working hard to give my best and I did it.” honours in the 200m breaststroke at the Junior National Speaking about his interest in swimming, the ninth Aquatic Championship standard student of Silver Oak International School said,

“My grandfather used to take me swimming in the Penna river in our native in Nellore. I started liking it from then and I took up the game seriously.”

Having picked up swimming merely three years ago, Suhas has already managed to make a name for himself in a short time. He also bagged four medals which include gold, silver and two bronze in the 47th Junior National Aquatic Championships held in Bengaluru.

“I have been training under John Siddiqui sir for the last three years. I have improved a lot in my timing and became stronger both mentally and physically. I want to participate in the Asian Games which is my next target and my coach is training me and we are focused on it,” revealed the backstroke swimmer when asked about his future plans.

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House of Rep Approves Waiver to India Against CAATSA

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The US House of Representatives have passed a voice vote for a legislative amendment approving waiver to Indians against the punitive CAATSA sanctions.

The legislative amendment passed on Thursday, was introduced by Congressman Ro Khanna and provides a waiver to India against its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia to deter China. The amendment asks the Biden government to provide India waiver with a Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) which authorizes the US administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Russia’s annexation to Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the US 2016 Presidential elections.

Boris Johnson wants ‘anyone but Rishi’ to replace him

leadership race, the Daily Mail reported.

However, Johnson has reportedly made clear in private discussions with failed leadership hopefuls that Sunak should not be his successor, it said.

Citing a source close to one such conversation, The Times said Johnson appeared to be most enthusiastic about his Foreign Secretary Liz Truss UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is becoming Prime Minister. pushing for failed Tory leadership candidates to back “anyone but Rishi” Truss has been publicly backed by some of Johnson’s closest cabinet Sunak, it was claimed on Friday, amid allies - including Nadine Dorries, Jabob reports that the whole team at 10 Rees-Mogg and Attorney General Downing Street “hates” the former Suella Braverman - but has come third Chancellor for causing the PM’s downfall, in the two rounds of voting that have media reports said. been held so far. Sunak - Johnson’s former Chancellor - came out on top HiIndia Newsdesk of Thursday’s voting, and in second was London, July 15 (IANS) UK Prime Penny Mordaunt, who was also bearing Minister Boris Johnson is pushing for the brunt of the attacks from rival camps failed Tory leadership candidates to as she gained the most momentum. back “anyone but Rishi” Sunak, it was The Times reported that Johnson has claimed on Friday, amid reports that the indicated he would also be open to whole team at 10 Downing Street “hates” Mordaunt succeeding him if it meant the former Chancellor for causing the that Sunak did not win the leadership PM’s downfall, media reports said. election. A source told The Times: Johnson, who announced last week that “The whole No 10 team hates Rishi. It’s he will step down as party leader when personal. It’s vitriolic. They don’t blame his replacement is decided, has said he Saj (Sajid Javid) for bringing him down. will not publicly endorse any candidate They blame Rishi. They think he was or get involved in the increasingly bitter planning this for months.”

Over 16,000 Doctors From India and China Are In Green Card Backlog HiIndia Newsdesk

The United States is facing a potential medical crisis if the ongoing Green Card backlog crisis is not resolved. Over 16,000 doctors from India and China are caught up in the immigration backlog that has resulted in their inability to receive their Green Cards.

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Representatives. Zoe Lofgren of California and John Curtis of Utah introduced the bipartisan Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act that would phase out the percountry limits on employment-based immigrant visas.

Approximately 28% of all surgeons and physicians in the United States are immigrants, and 16.3% of all nurses, according to the American Community Survey. The percent of immigrant health care workers in Illinois is:

• Health Care Workers 17.73% • Physicians 32.2% • Nurses 14.98% Indian-origin physicians account for at least 29.5% of the total physician population with India providing the largest number of international medical graduates to the US in absolute numbers.

According to statistics, every seventh doctor in the US is of Indian origin, but what nobody cares to report is that how

many of them are stuck in a green card backlog that is claiming precious years from their personal and professional lives, lament many doctors. In certain fields such as medicine, limitations such as these very often mean that a needy patient is denied the care he could have otherwise received.

An H-1B visa holder according to immigration policies needs to get authorization for even a slight change in job description by the USCIS or else they risk losing their jobs.

Obtaining a green card or permanent residency in the US, would help solve this challenge for many qualified physicians.

However, hundreds of thousands of such physicians particularly from India, who have applied for a green card, are stuck in a backlog spanning decades and hence find themselves in restrictive professional situations on a daily basis.

The Oldest Cricket Club in America Turns 150

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In New York, a cricket club is celebrating 150 years of its being the oldest, continuously active cricket club. The Staten Island Cricket Club was founded in 1872 by British armed forces and Wall Street Traders. Interestingly, in baseball crazy America, this cricket stadium comes as a riveting piece of history as matches have been played here every year since its inception. The city’s large immigrant communities have also kept the interest in the game alive.

Cricketing legends like Don Bradman, Geoffrey Boycott and Gary Sobers have played at this ground. Cricket was a popular game in the United States back in q800, but it slowly lost its popularity to baseball.

Over the weekend, the Staten Island Cricket Club will be marking its 150 years with a plaque unveiling and of course a game of cricket.

Sikh man shot dead at nightclub in Canada’s Toronto HiIndia Newsdesk

A 26-year-old Sikh man died after he was critically injured in a nightclub shooting in Canada’s Toronto.

The man has b e e n i d e nt i f i e d as Pardeep Brar and was residing at Brampton. Police said that a 24-year-old woman was also injured in the incident, but she was released from the hospital after treatment. The information on the suspect is yet to be released by the police.

Pardeep Brar was wounded early on Sunday, along with a 24-year-old woman at 647 King St. W., near Bathurst Street, Toronto police said in a news release on Monday. Officers were called to the scene at 3:33 a.m, reports cbc.ca. Toronto paramedics took Brar and the woman to the hospital. It is yet to be known whether the shooting was targeted or not.

NY Court Convicts Nirav Modi’s Brother in $2.6 million Diamond Fraud Zofeen Maqsood

A New York court has convicted Nehal Modi for obtaining diamonds worth over $2.6 million fraudulently from a Manhattan based wholesale firm.

Nehal is the brother of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi.

In 2015, Nehal Modi made a false representation against a “deal” with Costco Wholesale Corporation to obtain more than $2.6 million worth of diamonds from LLD also known as Lev Leviev Diamonds. He however then liquidated the diamonds for his personal use.

The New York State Supreme Court Jury convicted Modi of grand larceny in the first degree.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr said, “This scheme unfolded in the heart of New York City’s historic diamond district, where Mr. Modi conned and

defrauded a Manhattan business out of millions. Here, there was clear and conclusive evidence that Modi obtained these diamonds under false pretences and used them for quick cash.”

Modi approached LLD and asked them to provide diamonds to present to Costco.

After obtaining the diamonds, he falsely told the company that Costco had agreed to purchase the diamonds. LLD allowed Modi to purchase the diamonds on credit with full payment required to be made within 90 days.

However Modi pawned the diamonds the very next day for his personal gains. LLD reported the fraud to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

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Record no. of Indians applied to give up citizenship last year. Lockdown backlog, say officials

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r e c o r d 1 , 6 3 , 3 7 0 In d i a n nationals renounced their citizenship in 2021, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha Tuesday. The highest number of applications to renounce Indian citizenship, the data reveals, came from the United States of America, with 78,284, followed by Australia, with 23,533, Canada, with 21,597, the United Kingdom, with 14,637, and Italy, with 5,986.

The minister did not comment on the reasons for the record number, saying only that individuals renounced their citizenship for “for reasons personal to them”.

India, unlike some other countries, A total of 1,63,370 Indian does not allow for dual citizenship — and all Indian nationals who acquire nationals renounced their foreign nationalities are legally required citizenship in 2021. In 2020, to renounce their Indian citizenship. the number had fallen to just Although the law is not always enforceable, most Indians who acquire citizenship 85,248 from 1,44,217 in 2019, overseas voluntarily apply, an official at the highest until then. the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

Figures released by the Ministry of related closures had led the numbers to External Affairs in September had fall to just 85,248, from 1,44,217 in 2019 shown a significant uptick in citizenship — the highest until then. The new figures renunciation from 2020, when pandemic- revise the total number of people who

have renounced their citizenship since 2017 from 8,81,254 to over 9,32,000. A senior official at the Ministry of Home Affairs said the record numbers reflected a sharp drop in applications in 2020, likely because of pandemic-related closures. “This isn’t some kind of sudden no-confidence vote in India,” the official said, adding: “The numbers only tell us many people who could not apply in 2020, did so last year.”

Last year, the government had eased

procedures for Indians to renounce their citizenship, and enabled online applications.

In 2020, the United States gave citizenship to 6,25,400 individuals. Indians made up 7.7 per cent of this number, or 48,125 people. The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship in both 2020 or 2021, though, is significantly higher than that number — suggesting that there has indeed been some accumulated backlog in applications.

The data does not reveal when those who applied to renounce their citizenship, applied for their new nationalities.

“There is generally a lag of several years between citizenship being applied for and granted,” a diplomat at the Indian embassy in Washington said.

“People likely made the decision years before they applied to renounce their citizenship. The figures we see now are for individuals who applied for US citizenship many years ago.”

Fascinating insights into the global movement of Indians is available from the data. The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship after acquiring Pakistani nationality rose to 41 in 2021, from 7 in 2020 and zero in 2019. A small number of Indians living in China (362) also renounced their citizenship, having obtained nationality in that country, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Thailand, Germany and Italy.

Small numbers of Indians also obtained citizenship of countries from Kenya, Botswana and South Korea. Vietnam, Sudan, Mongolia and Zimbabwe were among countries from where no Indians applied to renounce their citizenship.

TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

Alva files nomination for V-P, says winning and losing part of life

India extended concessional loans of over $12.3 bn to Africa: Jaishankar

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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva filed her nomination on Tuesday for the Vice-Presidential candidate accompanied by other leaders from opposition parties. After filing her papers, she issued a statement, saying that she is not afraid of fight, and winning and losing is part of life.

She said, “I believe this nomination is an acknowledgement, by the united opposition, of the over 50 years I have spent in public life, as a member of both Houses of Parliament, a Union minister, a Governor, a proud representative of India at the United Nations and on other global platforms, and as a fearless champion of women’s rights and the rights of underprivileged and marginalised groups and communities across the length and breadth of our great nation.” “The coming together of the opposition to support my candidature for the post of Vice President of India, is a metaphor of the reality that is India.

In Medical Exam NEET Rigging Scam, Seats Sold For Rs. 20 Lakh: CBI Sources

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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Being a trusted partner in the journey of socio-economic development, India has extended concessional loans of over $12.3 billion to Africa, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

The country has also granted $700 million of grant assistance, the minister said in his address at the 17th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Growth Partnership.

He said that since post-colonial reconstruction is the shared goal of India and African countries, it is only to be expected that development partnership would have primacy in India’s Africa policy. “This has been the centerpiece of the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) that first commenced in 2008. Since then, the IAFS process

has expanded very significantly both in scope and complexity of projects,” Jaishankar said.

He noted that particularly after 2015, the intensified engagement underlines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal commitment to greater equity and sustainable development. “We have completed 197 projects so far, 65 more are currently under execution and 81 at the pre-execution stage,” Jaishankar added.

He asserted that India’s development projects in various sectors such as drinking water schemes to irrigation, rural solar electrification, power plants, transmission lines, cement, sugar and textile factories, technology parks and railway infrastructure have generated local employment and changed the life of many people in Africa.

New Delhi: A multi-state racket offering “confirmed” seats in medical courses have been detected with the arrest of eight people by the Central Bureau of Investigation yesterday. The cheating operation – spread across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana -- worked in the way showed in Bollywood blockbuster “Munnabhai MBBS”. Expert paper solvers impersonated students and wrote answer sheets in exchange of huge sums.

Each seat cost Rs. 20 lakh, of which 5 lakh was given to the person who impersonated the student and solves the NEET (the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) question paper, said sources in the agency. The rest is shared by the middlemen and others.

On Monday, the agency made the arrests from Delhi -- six of the eight solved NEET papers, sources said.

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Vaani Kapoor

My mom and sister can ridicule me for things that others appreciate

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peaking about her family, the actress said, “We’ve been a nuclear family not a big large one so the movies was our outing every Friday. Majorly it would be Salman and Shah Rukh Khan films. My father is a movie buff and his favourite actor is Dharmendra sir, so he made sure I watch him and Amitabh Bachchan. My mother made sure I watched ‘Guide’ I’ve watched ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’ a gazillion times. My dad’s also a huge Akshay Kumar fan.”

Speaking about her family’s reaction to the Shamshera trailer she added, “They loved it. They are very unbiased, they are my biggest critics. My mom can ridicule me for things that others would appreciate me for. Sometimes overtly constructive criticism.”

Acting in Hindi is a little out of my comfort zone but…

Tollywood star Allu Arjun has gained a significant fan following in the Hindi belt after his last film Pushpa: The Rise became a smash hit. And the obvious questions are being asked whether he would do a straight Hindi film to cater to the newfound fans in north India. And even the star seems to be open to the idea of working in Hindi films when the need arises.

“Acting in Hindi is a little out of my comfort zone for now, but once there is a requirement, I’ll go all-out,” Allu Arjun told India Today. He was recently interviewed for the magazine’s cover story.

Pushpa: The Rise was released during the Christmas festival last year to packed houses in south India. The film’s Hindi version took about

Rs 3 crore opening, surprising expectations of many trade pundits. The Hindi version did exceptional business on single screens across north India and became a sensation with great word of mouth from the audience. The film eventually took in the collection of more than Rs 108 crore in the north circuit at a time even films of the biggest Bollywood stars were struggling to break even at the box office there.

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Kartik Aaryan to star in Sajid Nadiadwala’s next directed by Kabir Khan

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has pulled off an exciting casting coup yet again. He is all set to kickstart his next big project featuring the nation’s heartthrob, Kartik Aaryan in the lead role. The untitled project will be jointly produced and directed by Kabir Khan.

While the untitled project will bring Sajid and Kabir together again, it will be interesting to see the hit filmmaker direct Kartik Aaryan for the first time, in a neverbefore-seen avatar. Interestingly, this is Kartik’s first big announcement after the mega success of ’Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ and the superstar now gets director Kabir Khan.

Singer Bhupinder Singh passes away at 82 Legendary ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh died on Monday due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a Mumbai hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said.

He was 82.

Singh was best known for songs such as ’Duniya Chhute Yaar Na Chhute’ (”Dharam Kanta”), ’Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Aasman’ (”Sitara”), which he sang with the late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, ’Dil Dhoondta Hai’ (”Mausam”), ’Naam Gum Jayega’ (”Kinara”). ”He was admitted to the hospital eight to ten days ago as he had some infection in the urine. After tests were performed, he tested positive for COVID-19. He passed away at around 7.45 pm due to suspected colon cancer and had COVID-19,” Mitali Singh, also a well-known singer, told PTI. The couple has a son. In his five-decade long career, the singer, born in Amritsar, Punjab, had worked with the biggest names of the music industry such as Mohammed Rafi, R D Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Bappi Lahiri, among others.

I’m more than a bholi, bechari

Janhvi Kapoor on Good Luck Jerry

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ctor Janhvi Kapoor says she hopes she is ready to persuade the viewers to look past her ‘bholi’ and ‘bechari’ picture via the upcoming crime comedy Good Luck Jerry. “I noticed the unique movie and thought it was cool and humorous. I’m a giant fan of Nayanthara and Yogi Babu. Nayanthara was simply such a bada** within the movie. I assumed Good Luck Jerry was a really new house for me.

“People have kind of mentally put me in this box of ‘bholi si hai’, ‘shaant’ and ‘bechari’ (innocent, quiet, helpless). Maybe it’s the energy I give out. It’s also probably because of the films I’ve done,” Kapoor instructed PTI. In Good Luck Jerry, she performs Jaya Kumari alias Jerry, an immigrant from Bihar who turns into a drug seller in Punjab to foot the medical payments for her mom who’s recognized with stage 2 most cancers. “Nayanthara in that film was all of that innocent and simple, but her character had a solid arc. I thought this film was a good opportunity to show people that there’s more to me than that and to have fun with it,” she added.

Chiranjeevi to present ’Laal Singh Chaddha’ in Telugu

Bollywood cinema is attempting to extend its business in the south in unprecedented ways. In this context, Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi planning to present Aamir Khan’s ’Laal Singh Chaddha’ in Telugu comes as no surprise.

Chiranjeevi, on Saturday, took to his social media to make an announcement regarding the same. ”Feel very privileged to present the Telugu version of my dear friend #AamirKhan’s wonderful emotional roller coaster #LaalSinghChaddha. Our Telugu audiences are surely going to love him,” Chiranjeevi tweeted.

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We’ve pushed the envelope this year : Rohit Shetty For the first time in the history of KKK, we’ve not had to abort any tasks mid-way. This has been the best lot. You can barely count a few abortsa

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hink action movies, and the first name that pops in our head is Rohit Shetty. It is only natural that the makers of Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi would then rope him in as a host instead of tapping into other stars for this action reality show. While this is the seventh season that the filmmaker has taken up, he claims that the excitement of the show has not dwindled away in all these years. In fact, the show has only upped the ante every time.

“The show has changed a lot over the years. I keep learning, and try to upgrade myself every season,” says Shetty, who is particularly proud of the contestants on board for the 12th edition of the show.

Unlike the contestants in the previous seasons, the latest set of participants, as per Shetty, have unrelenting spirit. “For the first time in the history of KKK, we’ve not had to abort any tasks mid-way.

This has been the best lot. You can barely count a few aborts,” he explains, adding that the scale and level of difficulty on the show has increased. Ideally, every season, the makers alter some of the stunts, but crowd favourites are retained. “Every time we try to push the envelope and expand the scale. Having said that, besides new stunts, the show will also have a lot of humour. Contestants Nishant [Bhat] and Rajeev [Adatia] have been leaving everyone in splits,” says the filmmakerhost. But ask him to pick a favourite and Shetty is quick to say no. “I think all are my favourites because they keep surprising me at every turn. Usually, right at the start of the season, a few contestants manage to stand out, but that is not the case this year,” he adds.

“The team here is fabulous. It is this very team that now comes and works in India for some of my films and a few others. In fact, they also take care of south movies,” says Shetty, adding that there is also a sentimental connection with Cape Town. “The city is fabulous, but there is an emotional connection with it because this is where we started.”

Anjali Barot goes from Desi to Badass

Anjali Barot who was seen in ’Scam 1992’ plays an Air Force officer in the web series ’Shoorveer.’ Speaking about her new avatar the actress told mid-day. com, ”I was behaving like a kid who has got a new today, on set. Being inside a helicopter with someone giving you instructions was so exciting. I was thankful to God that I’m an actor and I get to experience these things. You cant express this beautiful feeling. I wanted to surprise the audience and I was super thrilled that they would see me. From playing an ageing 40-50 year old lady to this fierce, driven officer.”

Drumrolls! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tie knot in Vegas According to court records, obtained by TMZ, the couple got a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada US which was taken out and processed on Saturday, July 16. It’s in both of their names --Benjamin Geza Affleck and Jennifer Lynn Lopez.

TMZ also reports that a source close to the couple told the media outlet that ”they did, indeed, get hitched ... and the license is a signal they are now man and wife.” Ben and Jennifer first got engaged in late 2002 but called the engagement off in 2004. They both went separate ways, indulged in separate relationships, including marriages and kids, but found their way back to each other last year. The couple has been seemingly inseparable ever since. After dating for a year during the pandemic, the couple made it official. They announced their engagement through a newsletter.

Je n n i f e r L op e z posted a video on her official website wherein she is seen shedding some tears of joy while staring at her engagement ring.

’Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ to return after five years with Madhuri, KJo as judges

B ollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, dance avatars. I have witnessed many filmmaker Karan Johar and model-actress non-dancers evolve into great dancers Nora Fatehi have been roped in as judges on the show which marks an incredible for the dance reality show ’Jhalak Dikhhla transformation journey.

Jaa, which is all set to make a comeback ”Having judged four seasons in the past, with its 10th season after a gap of five years. this show holds a very special place in my Commenting on her new role, Madhuri heart. It feels like homecoming to me. With said: ”’Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ is a huge Karan Johar and Nora Fatehi joining in, it platform for all the celebrities to connect is going to be a house on fire, and I am with their fans and showcase their unseen eagerly looking forward to it.”

Rajveer Singh to play lead in the TV show ’Udti Ka Naam Rajjo’

’Qurbaan Hua’ fame Rajveer Singh will be seen playing the lead role of Arjun in the upcoming show ’Udti Ka Naam Rajjo’. The daily soap is about a young and energetic girl Rajjo (played by Celesti Bairagey), who wants to be an athlete and Arjun motivates her to pursue her dream.

Rajveer says: ”I am excited to be a part of ’Udti Ka Naam Rajjo’. My character Arjun is quite likable and views the world with rose-tinted glasses.

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Ranbir Pulls Off Kalaripayattu Inspired Fight Sequence In Shamshera!

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anbir Kapoor is playing a larger than life quintessential Hindi film hero with the action entertainer Shamshera. Ranbir, who is coming to the big screen four years after he delivered the blockbuster Sanju, is pitted against Sanjay Dutt who is playing an evil, merciless, cold-hearted brute force of nature, Shuddh Singh. Sanjay Dutt vs Ranbir Kapoor is the clash of the year on the big screen and Ranbir will be seen pulling off many visually stunning action set pieces in Shamshera! One such is a Kalaripayattu inspired edgy fight sequence which has been directed by Franz Spilhaus, who has previously choreographed films like the Denzel Washington starrer Safe House and Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff ’s blockbuster WAR. Kalaripayattu is a martial art designed for the ancient battlefield (the word Kalari meaning battlefield), with weapons and combative techniques that are unique to India.

In this scene, Ranbir fights an army general with a long, deadly wooden log as their choice of weapon.

Director Karan Malhotra explains, “Shamshera is a film that is extremely rooted to India and its culture and

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traditions. Being set in the 1800’s it was important that action set pieces also look from that era and are mounted at a visual scale like never before.

We wanted audiences to see something new and we have tried to achieve this.

Ranbir is playing the Hindi film hero and he has to pull off incredible action scenes.

One such scene required him to pull off a Kalaripayattu inspired fight sequence that we shot on a really dusty field and constructed an arena that resembled the arena of those times!”

Karan adds, “As an actor, Ranbir jumps at anything new! So, when we explained the scene to him, he

Ranbir answered by saying that the physical transformation had become an occupational hazard and for a film like Shamshera, it was necessary for a quintessential hero and heroine to look physically fit. wanted to ace it and I remember he put in many, many days rehearsing the scene with the action director of this sequence, Franz and his team.

This scene is filmed on Balli, who has to fight the army general, at a hugely

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critical juncture of the film. It was a challenging shoot sequence. It was hot, it was humid and it was really really dusty. To make matters worse, it was also windy. But hats off to Ranbir for pulling this off with elan. This is one of the biggest highlight points of the film and I hope people love it.”

The story of Shamshera is set in the fictitious city of Kaza, where a warrior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and tortured by a ruthless authoritarian general Shuddh Singh. This is the story of a man who became a slave, a slave who became a leader and then a legend for his tribe. He relentlessly fights for his tribe’s freedom and dignity. His name is Shamshera.

The high-octane, adrenalinepumping entertainer is set in the 1800s in the heartland of India. It has the big promise of a never seen before Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Shamshera in the film! Sanjay Dutt plays Ranbir’s arch-enemy in this huge casting coup and his showdown with Ranbir will be something to watch out for as they will ferociously go after each other with no mercy.

Directed by Karan Malhotra, this action extravaganza has been produced by Aditya Chopra and is set to release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on July 22, 2022.

Abortion Pills Could Be Available At NYC Health Clinics At No Cost

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REDMOND, WA- Nikola Tesla Stem High School rising freshman Varshini Hari has been selected by the International Leadership Network as a 2022 Young Achiever in the grades 8-10 category. Hari is passionate about community service and believes in bridging the STEM gender gap and fighting youth hunger, a statement to the media said. Hari is a co-founder of a nonprofit Joys of Giving, where she has helped raise over $20,000 while helping more than 1000 youth and volunteering more than 1200 hours. She has a passion for baking and has started her own initiative and baked over 2000 cookies for various nonprofits. She has participated in various robotics competitions over the last few year’s winning several awards, qualifying for WA state, a nd more recently, in May for the VEX World Robotics Competition. She received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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topic, ‘Importance of Guru and Prasad.’

In his discourse, Pt. Joshi Ji highlighted, GRAYSLAKE, IL-Hindu Mandir of “We celebrate Mother’s and Father’s Days Lake County celebrated Guru Purnima but not Grandparent’s Day who are in as Grandparent’s /Senior’s Day in the fact the living Gurus of our families evening of Tuesday, July 12, 2022, who shows the right path and enlighten with much zeal and zest. About 50 us with knowledge and who brings us grandparents including those visiting out to the light from the darkness. So, from India for the summer were we need to encourage our youngsters honored with much devotion and to acquire rich knowledge from their dedication as the living Gurus of our grandparents and respect them utmost families along with our academic reverence.” teachers and spiritual gurus namely Pt. Anil Joshi Ji and his wife Kiran Joshi Adi Shankaracharya, Madhvacharya, Ji honored 50 grandparents by washing Ramanujacharya and Vallabhacharya. their feet and offering them Angavastra, The program started with the monthly Tilak, Akshata, Pushpa and Phal along Lord Satyanarayana and Lord Ganesh a small gift bag. He also wished them Pujas by Pt. Anil Joshi Ji and Pt. Balaji a long life filled with good health and Gopal Ji by following all the Vedic happiness. After Maha Mangalarati, rituals and reading of Satyanarayana Maha Prasadam was served to all the Katha for the devotees. Pt Anil Joshi Ji grandparents and devotees. delivered his powerful discourse on the HiIndia Newsdesk

NEW YORK, NY — Abortion pills soon could be available “at no cost” at all New York City-run health clinics under a new bill passed by lawmakers.

City Council members Thursday voted 41-7 on the bill requiring all health department clinics to provide FDAapproved abortion pills.

The measure is only the latest in a spate of actions designed to keep New York City and the state as a “safe harbor” for abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Carlina Rivera, the bill’s prime sponsor and a congressional candidate, also shepherded a bill to fight back against fake abortion clinics in the city.

“These bills help eliminate obstacles to ab or t ion c are li ke cost and misinformation,” she tweeted. “By offering access to free medical abortion and requiring robust educational campaigns on predatory fake clinics, people seeking care can be empowered to make real decisions for themselves.”

The bills await Mayor Eric Adams’ signature for final approval.

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Darren Bailey Opposes Allowing A 10-YearOld Survivor Of Rape To Get An Abortion

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CHICAGO, IL — Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 10-year-old survivor of rape in Ohio was forced to travel to Indiana to obtain an abortion. For weeks, Republicans have placed doubt upon the story and failed to acknowledge the destructive nature of abortion restrictions in their own states.

Now, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has indicated that

he wants to investigate the doctor who performed the abortion and challenge her medical license. Instead of going after the rapist who attacked an underage girl, today’s GOP is more concerned with prosecuting doctors providing critical care.

Darren Bailey voted against the Reproductive Health Act, which codified the right to choose into state law and removed the law in Illinois that holds doctors criminally liable for performing an abortion. Bailey even served as a co-sponsor of a bill that would repeal the Reproductive Health Act entirely.

“As more and more states implement dangerous anti-abortion legislation, it is essential that Illinois remains an island for reproductive freedom. Voters need an answer from Darren Bailey: does he stand with protecting doctors or with the man who sexually abused a 10-year-old?” said JB for Governor Press Secretary Eliza Glezer. “We deserve to know just how far Bailey is willing to go to restrict women’s rights in Illinois. In Darren Bailey’s Illinois, doctors providing essential health care and the patients they treat could face greater burdens than abusers.”

Bailey has stated that he does not support allowing abortions even in cases of rape or incest. His extreme beliefs are a danger to women and girls in Illinois and in our neighboring states like Indiana and Ohio.

Mass Monkeypox Vaccination Sites Opened In New York HiIndia Newsdesk

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“We will continue to work to meet the needs of New Yorkers at high risk of monkeypox transmission and severe disease,” said Health department commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan.

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NEW YORK, NY — Three mass “We are approaching monkeypox in New monkeypox vaccination sites opened York City with the urgency it deserves.” in New York Sunday as part of the The city will also open a monkeypox city’s newest effort to get doses to New vaccine clinic in Staten Island — at Yorkers desperate to receive them. the NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham The Bushwick Education campus, Health, Vanderbilt — similar to those Aviation High School in Long Island already opened in Chelsea, Harlem and City and Bronx High School of Science Corona, Queens. became single-day hubs where the city The city announced Friday it would began distributing 14,500 JYNNEOS release about 8,000 first doses — the vaccines from the federal government. vaccine requires two — to those with “We will continue to work to meet appointments and 4000 more to highthe needs of New Yorkers at high risk patients with referrals over the next risk of monkeypox transmission and two weeks, according to a press release. severe disease,” said Health department NBC New York puts the number at 9,000 commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. first doses and notes all appointments

BSC Of Chicago Raised $45 Thousand For Hospital In Gujarat

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CHICAGO, IL- In a commendable act, recently Bharatiya Senior Citizens of Chicago, raised $45 thousands of dollars for a hospital. The non-profit organization supports a project in village ‘Savarkundla’ in Saurashtra, India. The project gives free medical service to all through ‘Lallubhai Sheth Arogya Mandir.’ All funds will be sent to the hospital through BSC President Haribhai Patel and committee member Navin Dholkiya.

Dr. Jagdish Trivedi donated his own fund of 4 lakh INR in this ‘Seva Yagna’ were booked within 10 minutes of the new site’s launch.

The number of cases in New York City has risen steadily in past weeks from 14 on June 15 to 461 as of Friday, according to the Health department.

New York City cases make up about 25 percent of the 1,814 reported in the U.S., according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data updated Friday. Rollout of the monkeypox vaccine has been hampered by low supply and a glitchy website that crashed last week less than an hour after new appointment bookings went live.

After the faulty rollout Tuesday, the city announced its COVID-19 vaccination portal site would begin hosting appointment bookings as of Friday evening. New York City and State had received a total 28,000 doses from the federal government as of Friday and will receive another 32,785 doses this week, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

USCIS To Implement Second Phase Of Premium Processing For Certain Previously Filed EB-1 And EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions HiIndia Newsdesk

WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is implementing the second phase of the premium processing expansion for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. Similar to the first phase of the expansion, this phase only applies to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a national interest waiver (NIW). Petitioners who wish to request a premium processing upgrade must file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service.

Beginning Aug. 1, 2022, we will accept Form I-907 requests for: E13 multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before July 1, 2021; and

E21 NIW petitions received on or before Aug. 1, 2021.

We will reject premium processing re qu e st s for t he s e For m I - 1 4 0 classifications if the receipt date is after

the dates listed above. USCIS has 45 days to take an adjudicative action on cases that request premium processing for these newly included Form I-140 classifications. We will not accept new

(initial) Forms I-140 with a premium processing request at this time.

On May 24, 2022, we published a new version of Form I-907, dated 05/31/22.

As of July 1, we no longer accept the older 09/30/20 edition of form I-907.

As previously announced, we are expanding premium processing to additional form types as part of our efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. As the expansion of premium processing is being implemented in a phased approach, we will continue working toward premium processing availability of additional Form I-140 petitions, Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, and Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, in fiscal year 2022. USCIS will also adhere to the legislative requirement that the expansion of premium processing must not cause an increase in processing times for regular immigration benefit requests.

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USCIS Releases New Forms For Immigrant Investor Program HiIndia Newsdesk

WASHINGTON, DC- USCIS is revising Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, to accommodate the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, which made significant changes to both the filing and eligibility requirements for investors under the EB-5 program.

The form will be split into two versions: Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor. Form I-526 will be used by standalone immigrant investors who are not seeking to pool their investment with additional investors seeking EB-5 classification, and will closely resemble the prior edition of Form I-526.

Form I-526E will be used by immigrant investors who are seeking to pool their investment with one or more additional investors seeking EB-5 classification under the new regional center program.

We created Form I-526E to reflect elements of the new regional center program, including the ability to incorporate evidence by reference from

BSC Of Dallas Celebrated The 125th Birth Anniversary Of Shri Zhaverchand Meghani HiIndia Newsdesk

DALLAS, TX- In North Texas, Indian Senior Citizens of Dallas, on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of our National Shire Shri Zaverchand Meghani, a grand program of Shri Meghani’s poems, Gujarati folklore, folk music and Srinathji’s bhajans was held at the Murphy Community Center on Saturday, July 9.

This grand folk music program was attended by 175 members and guests at 2:30 p. Praveenbhai Pansuriya,

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President of the Institute welcomed everyone. and congratulated all the members whose birthdays and marriage anniversaries are coming up in the

a regional center’s Form I-956F. By statute, a potential immigrant investor cannot file Form I-526E until the regional center has filed Form I-956F for the particular investment offering through an associated commercial enterprise that the potential immigrant investor is investing in. Once the regional center has received a receipt notice for the Form I-956F confirming its filing, investors may then file their associated Form I-526E based on that receipt notice. Effective July 12, 2022, Forms I-526 and I-526E must be submitted in compliance with new program requirements. The filing fee is $3,675 for each form. Visit the forms pages for additional information about the filing fees and biometric fees.

month of July. Executive Committee members greeted them with flowers.

Mr. Nitinbhai Devka, the owner of Buland Sundar was welcomed by Secretar y Mr. VK Limbani from Pushpagunj. Shri Nitinbhai Devka entertained ever yone by giving glimpses of Zhaverchandmeghani songs, Gujarati patriotic songs, ghazals, verses, folk songs, bhajans, old Bollywood songs. Especially on the song ‘Mor Bani Thangat Kare,’ everyone was overwhelmed with music and the color of Kasumbi. Along with reminding everyone of the freedom struggle and famine on the song, he made everyone worship by singing the bhajan of Srinathji. Nitinbhai had made everyone dance and dance with Garbo. The members had a lot of fun in this cultural program.

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Biden picks Frank Islam for Presidential Scholar Commission

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Indian American Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader, Frank Islam is President Joe Biden’s pick to be on the Commission on Presidential Scholars. Islam will be a part of the 21-member commission which includes prominent Americans.

The White House press release details that the commission will be led by Margaret Aitken Haggerty, a communications professional who served as the spokesperson and press secretary for Biden during his Senate days.

The Commission on Presidential Scholars is responsible for selecting 161 Presidential Scholars from academics, the arts, career, and technical education. Islam is currently the head of the FI Investment Group which is a private investment holding company. Islam has been a part of the boards and councils at different universities such as John Hopkins, Harvard University, university of Maryland and many others.

More Than 50 Stopped Off California Coast; 31 People In One Boat HiIndia Newsdesk

SAN DIEGO, CA – Over the course of 54 hours this weekend, federal officials stopped 52 people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at sea off the San Diego coast, including one incident with 31 people on one recreational boat.

“Stopping these boats at sea is part of our efforts to keep people safe,” said Brandon Tucker, director of the San Diego Air and Marine Branch for U.S. There were 31 people found aboard this small recreational boat Customs and Border Protection. “The conditions that smugglers put these ages 18-61. All were Mexican nationals people through are dangerous; stopping except one individual from Ecuador. clandestine landing attempts can help Agents with U.S. Customs and Border keep those conditions from turning Protection’s Air and Marine Operations deadly. We will continue to work with seized the recreational boat, and our partners to stop these boats at sea Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), whenever possible.”

Marine Task Force agents responded to On July 8, at about 7:45 p.m., the crew assist with the smuggling investigation. aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter “The Coast Guard is focused on safety Petrel stopped a recreational boat about of life at sea,” said Capt. Timothy Barelli, nine nautical miles southwest of Point commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Loma. The small boat had 31 people on San Diego. “Non-U.S. citizens illegally board. All 31 were turned over to U.S. trying to enter the United States via the Border Patrol agents, who confirmed South Pacific marine boundary line that none of the individuals had status are risking their lives. These vessels to legally enter the U.S. The group of are often ill-equipped, under-manned 31 included 22 men and nine women,

Agents with CBP AMO stopped this boat with 18 people trying to illegally enter the U.S. off the San Diego coast.

and overloaded; this is a recipe for a dangerous life-threatening scenario.”

Agents with CBP AMO stopped this boat with 18 people trying to illegally enter the U.S. off the San Diego coast.

On July 10, at about 8:10 a.m., a CBP crew aboard an Air and Marine Operations boat was on patrol when they detected a suspected smuggling vessel about three nautical miles north of the maritime boundary line between the U.S. and Mexico, and traveling northbound. The crew stopped the boat, a small recreational vessel with a center console and twin engines, crewed by two U.S. citizens. Agents also found

three additional people on board, as well as an inflatable raft with a paddle. The two U.S. citizens were arrested and will face smuggling charges. The three other individuals were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents, who confirmed that all three were Mexican citizens, two men and one woman, ages 31, 32 and 29, with no status to legally enter the U.S. HSI Marine Task Force agents responded to assist with the smuggling investigation; CBP marine interdiction agents seized the boat.

On July 11, at about 1:15 a.m., a CBP crew aboard an Air and Marine Operations boat was on patrol when they detected a suspected smuggling vessel. The crew stopped the panga without incident about three nautical miles west of Point Loma, with 18 people on board. All 18 were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents, who confirmed that none of the individuals had status to legally enter the U.S., and all were Mexican nationals. The group included one 11-year-old boy, traveling with his mother. The adults in the group, 12 men and 5 women, ranged in age from 18 to 57. CBP marine interdiction agents seized the panga.

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CBP Officers Seize Nearly $2 Million In Counterfeit Diabetic Socks Destined To Loudoun County, VA HiIndia Newsdesk

NORFOLK, VA. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News, Va., certainly do not suffer from cold feet when it comes to enforcing intellectual property rights laws, especially not after they just seized nearly 120,000 pairs of counterfeit cotton foot coverings on Wednesday. The diabetic socks would have had a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1,897,056 if they were authentic.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Area Port of NorfolkNewport News, Va., seized nearly 120,000 pairs of counterfeit diabetic socks on July 13, 2022, for violating the “Seal of cotton socks on” trademark protections.

The shipment, which initially arrived in a shipping container from Turkey on June 17 and was destined to an address in Loudoun County, Va., consisted of 579 boxes containing a combined 118,566 pairs of Hugh Ugoli branded diabetic cotton socks.

CBP officers inspected the shipment on June 20 and detained the socks on June 21 to verify the authenticity of trademarks on

violating the “Seal of Cotton” trademark.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Area Port of NorfolkNewport News, Va., seized nearly 120,000 pairs of counterfeit diabetic socks on July 13, 2022, for violating the “Seal of Cotton” trademark protections. Consumer goods bearing the Seal of Cotton trademark are certified to be manufactured according to stringent international manufacturing and safety standards. Officers seized the counterfeit diabetic socks on Wednesday.

No one has been criminally charged.

An investigation continues. “The sheer volume of this counterfeit diabetic sock shipment is alarming. Any level of substandard manufacturing, especially of these specialty socks, seriously endangers the health and well-being of our most CBP officers in Norfolk, Va., seized nearly 120,000 pairs of counterfeit diabetic socks. vulnerable citizens who rely on them for comfort and blood circulation,” said the packaging. CBP protects trademarks CBP officers also submitted photographs Mark Laria, CBP’s Area Port Director for through its e-Recordation Program, and documentation of this shipment to the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News. where intellectual property rights owners CBP’s Apparel, Footwear and Textiles “Customs and Border Protection remains can register their trademarks.

Centers of Excellence and Expertise, CBP officers in Norfolk, Va., seized which are the agency’s trade experts, for committed to intercepting counterfeit and potentially dangerous consumer nearly 120,000 pairs of counterfeit a final authenticity determination and goods, and we strongly encourage diabetic socks. CBP officers then an appraisal. consumers to protect themselves and requested documentation from the On Tuesday, CBP’s trade experts reported their families by purchasing goods only import broker authorizing the Loudoun that the entire shipment of 118,566 pairs County consignee to import the socks. of diabetic socks were counterfeit for from reputable vendors.”

Darren Bailey Walks Back Apology For Insensitive Comments Following Highland Park Mass Shooting

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callously took to Facebook Live to ask people to “move on” and “celebrate.” Bailey’s campaign tried to walk back his comments but now, he is disavowing his own apology. Yesterday, Bailey claimed the quote, which came from a direct to camera video, “was taken out of context.” “Darren Bailey is offering empty apologies while simultaneously attempting to distance himself from his own words,” said JB for Governor Press Secretary Eliza Glezer. “All those affected by the mass shooting in Highland Park deserve honesty from Darren Bailey, not platitudes. He must come clean about his history of holding gun raffles and his belief in unmitigated access to guns––even supporting eliminating FOID cards entirely. We deserve nothing less.”

Yesterday, Bailey said “there’s no need for any more laws,” GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and has deflected by talking about supporting mental health programs that he’s repeatedly voted against funding.

HiIndia Newsdesk From raffling off guns nearly identical to the weapon used in CHICAGO, IL — 90 minutes after the devastating massacre Highland Park at campaign events to voting against common of families gathered to celebrate at the Highland Park July sense gun reform, Darren Bailey’s words and actions are a 4th parade, GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey danger to Illinois families.

EDINBURG, TX– Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan citizen snakebite victim near Falfurrias, Texas.

On July 17, at approximately 11:00 p.m., RGV agents apprehended a group of five migrants unlawfully in the U.S. from Mexico and Central America. A migrant from Guatemala informed the agents he had been bitten by an unknown type of snake. An emergency medical technician agent assessed the subject and immediately requested emergency medical services.

The subject was transported to a nearby location where he was air lifted to a hospital and administered antivenom protocols.

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County Treasurer’s Office Study: Redlining Ramifications HiIndia Newsdesk

discouraged issuing mortgages.

“Redlining may be illegal now, but CHICAGO, IL- A study by the Cook housing discrimination still exists,” County Treasurer’s Office finds that government-sanctioned, racist housing Pappas said. “Today’s problem of abandoned properties and boardedpolicies dating back 80 years continue up businesses is a blister that’s been to harm lower-income, mostly minority festering for 80 years and needs a communities throughout the county. lancing. This study is meant to be the The bulk of distressed properties in needle.”

Chicago and its suburbs fall into areas redlined by the U.S. government in 1940, Other findings of the study: or in areas where Black people moved • Homes in redlined areas were nearly to escape urban blight, Cook County three times more likely to be seriously delinquent in Treasurer Maria Pappas said. property tax payments.

Redlining is the practice of denying loans to homebuyers in minority areas • These neighborhoods continue to suffer from high crime rates and by deeming them a financial risk. The population loss. term referred to the red shading on maps of urban areas where the federal • Similar discriminatory patterns government, working with lenders, occurred in Detroit and Philadelphia, cities that also

struggle wit h urban decay and the departure of Black residents.

• The Scavenger Sale – a decadesold auction system meant to restore properties to productive use – is incapable of filling its mission.

• Latino communities have also been impacted by redlining. More than 6,000 mostly vacant and abandoned properties offered at the 2022 Scavenger Sale are in oftenredlined areas with significant Latino populations. The 16th ward on Chicago’s South Side had the highest percentage of vacant and abandoned properties offered at the 2022 Scavenger Sale. Much of that ward had been redlined and 48%

of its residents identify as Latino.

The Treasurer’s recommendations to return deteriorating properties to productive use include creating a public database of abandoned properties; replacing the Scavenger Sale with a program allowing developers and local governments to receive properties free of financial encumbrances and rehab them more quickly; and advancing legislation to lower the interest rate applied by the county to delinquent property tax payments from 18% per year to 9% per year, lessening the burden on homeowners trying to repay their delinquent taxes to save their homes. Treasurer Maria Pappas will be available for interviews on this study on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, between 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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How alcohol may benefit you if you are over 40 New York, July 17 (IANS) If you are over 40 and have no underlying health conditions a small glass of red wine, or a can or bottle of beer, or a shot of whiskey or other spirits may help reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and diabetes, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet.

However, the study showed that young people may face higher health risks from alcohol consumption than older adults.

In particular, for males aged 15-39 drinking alcohol does not provide any health benefits. They constitute the largest segment of the population drinking unsafe amounts of alcohol and are at health risk, with 60 per cent of alcohol-related injuries occurring among people in this age group, including motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and homicides.

“Our message is simple: young people should not drink, but older people may benefit from drinking small amounts. While it may not be realistic to think young adults will abstain from drinking, we do think it’s important to communicate the latest evidence so that everyone can make informed decisions about their health,” said Dr Emmanuela Gakidou, Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at Type 2 diabetes reversal is easy and can be achieved in 6-8 weeks by joining a program This one is actually a pretty funny and dangerous myth. I would think it’s impossible to believe something like this. But, people do believe it as they tend to get desperate to get rid of the condition and hence go to any extent where they see a ray of hope which makes it dangerous. Fad diets or even strict diets can show the blood reports getting better along with a reduction in weight ( 4-5 kgs every month). But, this drastic change can cause other issues later in life including chronic deficiencies.

Myth 2 – Cut out carbs, fruits and sugar and you will reverse type 2 diabetes The patient will definitely get the numbers down initially, at least on paper. But, apart from the nutritional benefits that they will miss out on, it’s very unlikely that diabetes reversal will be achieved. all understand that the major source of the problem such as inflammation or insulin resistance is the refined carbohydrates and sugar that are present in cakes, pastries, sodas and even packaged foods. Grains and

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the University of Washington’s School of Medicine.

For the study, the team looked at the risk of alcohol consumption on 22 health outcomes, including injuries, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers using 2020 Global Burden of Disease data for males and females aged 15-95 years and older between 1990 and 2020, in 204 countries and territories.

In general, for individuals aged 40-64 years, safe alcohol consumption levels ranged from about half a standard drink per day (0.527 drinks for males and 0.562 standard drinks per day for females) to almost two standard drinks (1.69 standard drinks per day for males and 1.82 for females).

For individuals over 65 years, the risks of health loss from alcohol consumption were reached after

c on s u m i n g a little more than three standard drinks per day (3.19 drinks for males and 3.51 for females).

On the other hand, the recommended amount of alcohol for people aged 15-39 before risking health loss was 0.136 standard drinks per day (a little more than one-tenth of a standard drink).

That amount was slightly higher for females aged 15-39 years at 0.273 drinks (about a quarter of a standard drink per day).

The findings also suggest that g l o b a l a l c o h o l c on s u mpt i on recommendations should be based on age and location.

One standard drink per day was found to be safe among individuals aged 55-59 in north Africa and the Middle East

Diabetes reversal

Expert busts myths about The word ‘reversal’ seems to be used very loosely next to diabetes, and that’s not an accurate way to look at it,” said Dr Akshat Chadha, Lifestyle Doctor at GOQii. fruits can increase the sugars but it varies from person to person. If they are balanced with fibre, proteins and fats,

then you will be surprised to know how well the sugars are regulated.

If you are over 40 and have no underlying health conditions a small glass of red wine, or a can or bottle of beer, or a shot of whiskey or other spirits may help reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and diabetes, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet. and about half a standard drink per day in central sub-Saharan Africa.

Overall, the recommended alcohol intake for adults remained low at between 0-1.87 standard drinks per day, regardless of geography, age, sex, or year, the researchers said Myth 3 – Do fasting and you will reverse diabetes This one is really doing the rounds.

This might not be a myth but rather an exaggeration. It makes sense to fast as you will end up consuming lesser food.

Initially, one will witness weight loss and the gut along with the pancreas will get some relaxation during the fasting period. Fasting is an age-old practice and does have benefits if done the ‘right way’. It’s however important to know what’s the right way to fast?

The answer to this question is that it varies from diabetic to diabetic and also depends on the comorbid conditions, current medications, insulin and how much the blood sugar fluctuates. Of course, eating 2 kg of fruits or eating “anything and everything” during the eating window isn’t going to work so such behaviour is not encouraged. Also, if you are continuously fasting for weeks or months together, then be careful about muscle health, gut health and even your metabolism as all of these can take a slight dip. Fasting when used as one of the tools for better diabetes management under the right guidance should help in the overall improvement of the patient’s health.

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Pant can handle pressure well, could captain India in future, says Arun Lal

“Rollercoaster Of Emotions”: PV Sindhu On Singapore Open Triumph

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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Former India cricketer Arun Lal feels that Rishabh Pant has all the qualities in him to captain the Indian cricket team after Rohit Sharma.

The 66-year-old Lal, who recently decided to step down as the head coach of the Bengal cricket team, lauded Pant’s ability to play game-changing knocks under pressure in both Test and limited-overs formats.

“Yes, absolutely (On being asked if Rishabh Pant is the future captain after Rohit Sharma). I always feel that the captain must deserve his place among the top three in the team. He (Pant) is someone who is not afraid to play his game, can handle pressure well, can take the team out of tough situations and such a player can be a great leader.

It will be good for Indian cricket if we can have an aggressive player like Pant as captain of the side,” Lal told Jagran TV. “There was a time when winning in Test cricket was considered once you secured yourself a draw. But this thinking has changed now and I give complete credit to Virat Kohli. He changed the mindset of the team and made the team play for a win without the fear of losing. Virat brought that aggression to the team and it can’t get any better if Pant can continue this. If Pant can play consistently, he will be a hero for the Indian team,” he added.

If you play well in red-ball format, there

No easy matches at Commonwealth Games: Surender Kumar

Slamming a hundred at 50 for 5 is more special than scoring a hundred at 500 for 4. These knocks help you stand out. Rishabh Pant is unparalleled are chances that you will do well in whiteball format too with a little bit of adjustment.

However, it’s not necessary that if you play well in the white-ball format, you will be able to perform the same way in the red-ball format because in Test cricket, you need a different set of skills, the ability to handle different kind of pressure, physical fitness to sustain five-day cricket. I have seen Rishabh Pant changing the tides both in Tests and limited-overs formats. It is not about scoring centuries, but a century that comes under difficult circumstances and helps to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

“Slamming a hundred at 50 for 5 is more special than scoring a hundred at 500 for 4.

These knocks help you stand out. Rishabh Pant is unparalleled,” Lal said.

“He is a young and talented player and generating a lot of interest with his style of play. It will be great if he can continue to play like this because he is a game-changer,” he added.

“Banned Me From T20s Too”: Kevin Pietersen’s Dig At ECB

Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched the Singapore Open 2022 title after defeating China’s Wang Zhiyi in the final HiIndia Newsdesk

Following her Singapore Open 2022 title win against China’s Wang Zhiyi, ace shuttler PV Sindhu said it was a rollercoaster of emotions. Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched the Singapore Open 2022 title after defeating China’s Wang Zhiyi in the final of the women’s singles category on Sunday. “It was like a rollercoaster of emotions, but managed to pulled through and win the championship!

Thank you for all your support, it means so much to me,” said Sindhu in a tweet after the game.

Sunil Gavaskar seeks Virat Kohli’s ‘time’

Kevin Pietersen is among several cricketers who have come out and criticised the current cricketing schedule following Ben Stokes’ ODI retirement.

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Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) India men’s hockey team defender Surender Kumar has warned there will be no easy matches when the Commonwealth Games commence in Birmingham on July 28, adding that his side will plan for one game at a time, starting with the opener against Ghana. The 28-year-old defender added the team has been training at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru with focus on physical fitness.

“Our training sessions are still going on. Our focus has been mainly on fitness, and we have been working a lot on this aspect of the game. We have worked on getting stronger in other areas as well, especially in defence,” said Surender. India are placed in Pool B along with England, Canada, Wales, and Ghana at the Commonwealth Games. They will be opening their campaign against Ghana on July 31.

Surender said that the team will not be taking any teams lightly.

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Ben Stokes’ premature retirement from ODIs has raised concerns in world cricket. The England Test captain, in his statement announcing ODI retirement,

clearly mentioned: “Three formats are just unsustainable for me now. Not only do I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us, but I also feel that I am taking the place of another player who can give Jos and the rest of the team their all. It’s time for someone else to progress as a cricketer and make incredible memories like I have over the past 11 years.”

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Sunil Gavaskar is ready to help Virat Kohli in his struggle to regain form.

The legendary batsman has said that all he needs is “20 minutes” to share with Kohli his advice that might help the latter sort out his batting woes, especially his problems outside the off-stump.

“If I had about 20 minutes with him, I would be able to tell him the things he might have to do. It might help him, I am not saying it will help him, after speculation the Australian could switch to golf. The 25-year-old three- but it could, particularly with regard to that off-stump line,” Gavaskar told time Grand Slam winner stunned the sporting world with her bombshell India Today. “Having been an opening retirement in March, just weeks after batter, having been troubled by that line, there are certain things that you becoming the first home Australian try and do,” he added.

Open champion in 44 years. Barty had been coy on what she would do next, but Kohli has been out of his usual form for more than two and-a-half years has always been a keen golfer, winning now. In India’s recent tour of England, the Brookwater Golf Club women’s title the former India captain could near Brisbane in 2020 and playing the manage just 76 runs from six innings Icons Series exhibition in the United across three formats.

States in April.

Retired Tennis Star Ashleigh Barty Rules Out Golf As A Career

Former tennis world number one Ashleigh Barty has dashed hopes she will make a return to professional sport,

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Every time model and artist Amrit made a mark

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ever mind the slew of campaigns, the likes of Balmain, Miu Miu and Versace that feature her face. And, despite the gruelling hours that feed into her modelling career, Amrit’s work spans across disciplines.

A passionate artist trained at the Paris College of Art, she brings in a Gen-Z approach towards her specific interests beyond the ramp– which includes her art, poetry, and the Dharath Foundation– a project established to build awareness around deforestation in the homeland, all of which can be found on various Instagram handles managed by the Kapurthala-origin model.

Masaba Gupta’s epic response A fashion designer, actor, and entrepreneur, Masaba Gupta dons many hats.

Masaba posted a screenshot of the comment which read, “You look so bad… It’s an irony that you are in the fashion and entertainment industry.” she put up a story on Instagram, “That’s cute. Let’s be clear being in any industry has to do with talent. Crazy hard work. Wild discipline. Yes? Yes. As for my face, that’s just a pretty bonus (as is my mind that is as sharp as a knife and your bullshit wouldn’t get past it even if you tried).”

Noted artist Achuthan Kudallur passes away

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Noted artist Achuthan Kudallu HiIndia Newsdesk

Chennai, July: (IANS) Noted artist Achuthan Kudallur passed away in Chennai on Monday morning. He was 77.

The artist was keeping ill for the past couple of days and was admitted to a private hospital in the city. Hospital sources told IANS that he had developed some complications on Sunday night and passed away early in the morning on Monday.

Achuthan Kudallur hails from Kerala and had been staying in Chennai for the past decades. His works were exhibited in all the noted galleries in the country. He also conducted solo exhibitions in many parts of the world including in the famous Paris Art gallery.

The Cigar Smoking World Championship is happening in India

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New Delhi, (IANSlife): The Cigar Smoking World Championship arose from a genuine passion for cigars

combined with the beauty of sharing that passion with people from all over the world. Raahuul Kapoor, Cofounder of The India Cigar Club and Board Member and Founding Partner of Luxury Ampersand Frolics Group, Philipp Kugler, Chairman of the CigarKings Group, and Parth Vyas, CEO of CigarKings India Pvt. Ltd bonded over the love of cigars.

The trio is excited to launch this event for Indian cigar connoisseurs who appreciate cigar culture and share the passion and values of the cigar community, with a passion for Cigars and an eagerness to cater to the evergrowing Cigar market in India.

‘In an outright war, India’s military will be no match for China’s AIbacked war machines’ HiIndia Newsdesk

Military expert and best-selling author pravin sawhney

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) If India and China were to fight a war in the near future, India faces the prospect of losing the war within ten days. China could take Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh with a minimum loss of life, and there is very little that India could do about it, says military expert and best-selling author Pravin Sawhney. This is because the Indian military is preparing for the wrong war, says Sawhney in his eye-opening and disquieting book, ‘The Last War: How AI Will Shape India’s Final Showdown With China’ (Aleph), as he explains in great detail how this alarming scenario could play out. ‘The Last War’ explains why it’s critical that India works to prevent such a war ever taking place.

Skincare alert:

Why you should not skip sunscreen even during monsoon It is commonly believed that sunscreen must be applied only when stepping out of the house.

Similarly, many people skip applying sunscreen during the monsoon season as the sun is not as harsh and the weather, often, is cloudy. However, sunscreen must be applied at all times to protect the skin against various issues, say experts.

“The ultraviolet (UV) rays are the most important extrinsic cause of skin aging. Sunrays, which consist of harmful UV and infrared rays, can cause a host of skin conditions like premature aging, tanning, freckles, lentigines, and sunburns,” she said, adding that these rays “easily pass through clouds in monsoon season and hit our skin.

Clouds do not prevent us from UV rays. So, one should wear sunscreen even in monsoons to fight skin changes.”

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Yogi Adityanath Cabinet Trouble

SC grants bail to Zubair, says ‘power of arrest should be used sparingly’

Minister Resigns, Another In Delhi

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Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) In a major police crackdown on Wednesday, one gangster involved in the killing of famed Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was reportedly shot dead

by Punjab Police on the outskirts of Amritsar close to the India-Pakistan border, while another suspect is holed up inside a farmhouse after over four hours of exchange of fire.

Moosewala was gunned down on May 29 close to his native village near Mansa in Punjab.

The operation being carried out by the Anti-Gangster Task Force is going on at Bhakna village close to the Attari border, where gangsters Manpreet Singh, alias Mannu, and Jagroop Singh, alias Rupa, both the key accused in Moosewala’s killing, were holed up. However, there is no official confirmation yet about the identity of the slain gangster.

Another minister, Jitin Prasada, is seething with resentment at the Chief Minister and is meeting with the BJP leadership in Delhi in a rare example of discontent.

An Uttar Pradesh minister has resigned complaining that he was “sidelined because he is a Dalit” in a huge setback for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath just months after he was reelected by a landslide. The minister, Dinesh Khatik, has sent his resignation letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Another minister, Jitin Prasada, is seething with resentment at the Chief Minister and is meeting with the BJP leadership in Delhi in a rare example of discontent coming out in the open in any BJP government. Mr Khatik, the Uttar Pradesh Water Resources minister, has claimed in his letter that he was not assigned any work for 100 days.

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak tops again in close contest HiIndia Newsdesk

Rishi Sunak came top in the fourth round of voting on Tuesday in the Tory leadership contest, followed

by Penny Mordaunt with 92 and Liz Truss with 86.

The former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, who got 59 votes, has been knocked out, ahead of the fifth and final round on Wednesday which will determine which two candidates

Indian American Nahid Bhadelia on White House Covid-19 Response Team

“Man Who Can’t Find 20 MLAs’ Support...”: Sena Showdown In Supreme Court

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Infectious diseases physician Nahid Bhadelia has been appointed as the Senior Policy Advisor for Global COVID Response at the White House.

Bhadelia has been named for the position by President Joe Biden.

The team has been created by Biden to strategically respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhadelia is on a sabbatical from her full-time position as the Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Boston University’s School of Medicine. Bhadelia has extensive experience in the health care system response to infectious diseases like Ebola, Zika and Covid-19.

Bhadelia was born in India and grew up in Saudi Arabia and Sweden. She came to the US with her dad, also a physician as a young teenager.

are put to a postal vote by between 160,000-180,000 Tory party members in the country at large.

With 358 Tory MPs in the Commons, Sunak’s supporters were hoping he would get to the magic number of 120 which would guarantee him a place in the run-off. In the event he picked up only three more votes, having got 115 in the third round.

The top court is hearing six petitions in the matter.

One of them is from the Shinde camp and five from the Thackeray camp New Delhi: Following heated exchanges in the legal fight between two Shiv Sena factions, the Supreme Court today ordered that the status quo on disqualification notices moved by the two camps against legislators in the opposite side will continue.

The Supreme Court issued notices to all parties and sought their response to the six petitions filed in the matter.

The next hearing is on August 1.

Of the six petitions, one is from the Shinde camp and challenges disqualification proceedings initiated

by Deputy Assembly Speaker Narhari Zirwal against legislators of the faction when they were in Guwahati.

The five pleas by the Thackeray camp challenge the new Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s steps, Governor BS Koshyari’s order asking the Thackeray government to prove its majority and a petition seeking suspension of Shinde camp MLAs. Appearing for the Shinde camp, Harish Salve read out laws on disqualification proceedings. “Are we in such a hopeless situation that a man who cannot even find 20 MLAs to support him has to be brought back to power by the courts?,” he said.

He said that MLAs from the Shinde camp have a right to democracy within the party and that raising your voice within the party is not defection or ground for disqualification.

Responding to Mr Salve, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said that laws apply to both the factions.

New Delhi: Fact-checker Mohammed Zubair, arrested last month over what the police said was a “highly provocative tweet”, will be released on bail in all seven cases filed against him.

“It’s a set principle of law that power of arrests must be pursued sparingly.

In present case no justification to keep him in continued detention and subject him to an endless round of proceedings in various courts,” the Supreme Court said.

The court disbanded a special probe in UP against Mohammed Zubair and transferred all UP cases to Delhi. The judges also rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s request that Mohammed Zubair be “stopped from putting out tweets”.

“It’s like telling a lawyer to not argue any further. How can you tell a journalist he cannot write? If he does something that violates the law, then he is answerable to law. But how can we take anticipatory action against a citizen w hen he is raising his voice?

Every citizen is answerable for what he does in public or private. We will not place any such order,” said Justice DY Chandrachud.

Mohammed Zubair was arrested on June 27 by Delhi Police. Seven more FIRs were filed against him in Uttar Pradesh.

Pushpa actor Allu Arjun to lead India Day Parade in NY

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Allu Arjun will be the Grand Marshal at the annual India Day Parade to be held in New York next month. The parade is organized by the Federation of Indian Associations – New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. This year would mark the 40th edition of India Day Parade. The FIA has planned grand events in the coming weeks and months to celebrate India’s 75 years of Independence - Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Renowned artists Shankar Mahadevan and Kailash Kher will lead the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations planned by FIA, Arjun, will lead the parade along with New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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India logs 20,044 new Covid cases, 56 deaths HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) India reported 20,044 Covid infections in the past 24 hours, a marginal rise against previous day’s 20,038 count, as per Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. In the same period, 56 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,660. Meanwhile, the active caseload has also risen to 1,40,760 cases, accounting for 0.32 per cent of the total positive cases. The recovery of 18,301 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,30,63,651. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.48 per cent.

Prez poll: AAP to support Sinha

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The AAP will support opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential Poll, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said after a political advisory committee (PAC) meeting of the party on Saturday.

Sinha is in fray for the top constitutional post of the country with Droupadi Murmu, the candidate chosen by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

“We respect Droupadi Murmu but the AAP will support the opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha,” Singh said.

Pop singer Daler Mehndi, Congress leader Sidhu share same barrack in Patiala jail

Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and Congress leader and former cricketer-turnedpolitician Navjot Sidhu are in the same barrack in the Patiala Central Jail in Punjab.

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Chandigarh, July 16 (IANS) Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and Congress leader and former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu are in the same barrack in the Patiala Central Jail in Punjab.

The other high-profile politician in the jail is Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of MP Sukhbir Badal. A Patiala district court on Thursday upheld the two-year jail term of Mehndi, who in 2018 was sentenced for a 2003 human trafficking case.

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Sonia Gandhi Behind Plot To Frame Narendra Modi In Gujarat Riots, Says BJP

BJP’s Sambit Patra claimed that Ahmed Patel, who was Sonia Gandhi’s political adviser and a leading Congress leader, was just the medium through which she acted to destabilise the BJP government in the state

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New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was the “driving force” behind the “conspiracy” to implicate then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case in the state.

In a press conference, party spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed that the late

Ahmed Patel, who was Mrs Gandhi’s political adviser and a leading Congress leader, was just the medium through which she acted to destabilise the BJP government in the state and damage Prime Minister Modi’s political career.

Sonia Gandhi should address a press conference on this, he demanded.

The ruling party’s attack on her came a day after the Gujarat police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) opposed arrested activist Teesta Setalvad’s bail application and claimed in an affidavit before a court that she was part of a “larger conspiracy” hatched by Patel to get the state government dismisses in after the 2002 riots.

Defending Patel, the Congress claimed earlier in the day that the charges levelled against him are part of PM Modi’s “systematic strategy to absolve himself of any responsibility for communal carnage” unleashed when he was the chief minister. Defending Patel, the Congress claimed earlier in the day that the charges levelled against him are part of PM Modi’s “systematic strategy to absolve himself of any responsibility for communal carnage” unleashed when he was the chief minister.

The BJP leader said the Congress appears to be keeping various kinds of denials ready and releasing them by changing dates.

Forex reserves hit 15-month low as central bank struggles slow descent HiIndia Newsdesk

India’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen to a 15-month low reflecting the cost of braking the decline of the rupee against the super-charged dollar that is going from strength to strength.

The rupee hit a new record low for a fifth straight session Friday, falling to 79.96 against the dollar, just a whisker away from the important 80 level, but the currency then edged higher to close at 79.91.

India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $8.1 billion to $580 billion as of the week

‘If the market is determined to take rupee to 85 to $1, you can’t fight it,’ says ex-BJP finance minister Yashwant Sinha

Gujarat Riots: Congress Leader Plotted Against Narendra Modi, Says Panel The Congress lashed out at the charges against Mr Patel, who used to be a close aide of party chief Sonia Gandhi, calling the charges “part of the Prime Minister’s systematic strategy to absolve himself of any responsibility for the communal carnage unleashed when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2002.”

The Congress lashed out at the “ The p olitical objec tive of the charges, calling them a “part of applicant (Setalvad) while enacting the Prime Minister’s systematic this larger conspiracy was dismissal strategy to absolve himself”. or destabilisation of the elected government... She obtained illegal HiIndia Newsdesk financial and other benefits and rewards from rival political party New Delhi: Congress leader Ahmed in lieu of her attempts to wrongly Patel, who died two years ago, plotted against PM Narendra Modi with implicate innocent persons in Gujarat,” said the Gujarat Police panel said. arrested activist Teesta Setalvad following the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Ahmed Patel’s daughter Mumtaz state police have said, in a charge Patel also dismissed the probe team’s strongly refuted by his party and family. claim. “I guess his name @ahmedpatel still holds weight to be used for Opposing activist Teesta Setalvad’s political conspiracies to malign d request for bail, a Special Investigation opposition. Why during UPA years Team of the Gujarat Police told a court that said she was part of a @TeestaSetalvad was not rewarded & “larger conspiracy” to dismiss the BJP made Rajya sabha membr & why the government in Gujarat, led by then center uptil 2020 did not prosecute my father for hatching such a big Chief Minister Narendra Modi, at the instance of Ahmed Patel. The case will conspiracy,” she tweeted. be heard on Monday next.

of July 8, the central bank reported. It was the second consecutive weekly fall in the reserves which now are enough to cover 10 months of imports, and the lowest level in 15 months.

The data comes as the rupee has been testing the key market level of 80 per dollar, driven primarily by US interest rate tightening; the flight to safe-haven assets amid worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and a global economic recession. The greenback is riding at two-decade highs against a basket of currencies.

Still a lot of cricket left in Virat; he has to create path for that: Kapil

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legendary all-rounder and 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev feels that Kohli has still got a lot of cricket left in him and pointed out that the talismanic batter has to himself create a way for getting back amongst the runs. “It’s not like India haven’t played without Virat in the last five to six years, but I want such a player to be back in form. Yes, he’s been dropped or rested but there’s still a lot of cricket left in him. And he has to create the path for that.

“Maybe play Ranji Trophy or score runs anywhere. His confidence needs to be back. This is the difference between a great and a good player. A great player like him shouldn’t take so much time to get back in form. He has to fight with himself and get things in order,” said Kapil to ABP News.

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Voting begins to elect new Emergency declared in Sri Lanka President of India

The counting of votes will be held on July 21 and the new President will take oath on July 25, under the schedule announced by the Election Commission.

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New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Voting for electing the new President of India began on Monday in Parliament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was

Jagdeep Dhankhar Files Papers For VicePresident Polls

among the early MPs to cast his vote at the polling booth inside the Parliament premises.

Talking to IANS Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “The NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu is going to win this election with a record vote and with a huge margin.”

Murmu is the NDA candidate, who is contesting against Yashwant Sinha, supported by the Opposition parties.

The Rajya Sabha’s Secretary General is the Returning Officer for this election.

The President is elected by members of the Electoral College consisting of elected Members of Parliament and that of all the state Assemblies, including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The nominated Members of Parliament, state Assemblies and Members of Legislative Council are not eligible to vote.

New Delhi: Jagdeep Dhankhar, the BJP-led NDA’s candidate for VicePresident, filed his nomination papers today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was with him, as were Cabinet Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, and BJP President JP Nadda.

“I will always strive to enhance the democratic values of the country,” said Mr Dhankhar, 71, a former West Bengal governor who had a long innings with the BJP in Rajasthan. “I never thought, even in my dreams, that a person with a humble background like me will get this opportunity.”

SC agrees to hear Zubair plea HiIndia Newsdesk

Mohammed Zubair in his plea sought the quashing of six First Information Reports registered against him in Uttar Pradesh for insulting religious feelings on Twitter.

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Monday informed the lawyers of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair that his plea seeking to quash six First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against him in Uttar Pradesh for insulting religious feelings on Twitter will be listed before a Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. Ms. Grover urged the CJI to post the case for hearing at the earliest.

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Colombo, July 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday. Acting President Wickremesinghe declared the emergency in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, a special gazette notification said.

Nominations for the presidential candidates will be held on Tuesday and the new President of Sri Lanka will be elected on July 20.

Monkeypox: India’s Second Case Confirmed In Kerala’s Kannur The patient was admitted to a hospital after he exhibited symptoms of the disease. His samples were sent to NIV Pune and they tested positive for monkeypox, the officials said.

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Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram: A 31-year-old man from Kannur in Kerala has tested positive for monkeypox on Monday, making it the second confirmed case of the disease in India, officials said.

The person landed at the Mangalore airport in coastal Karnataka from

Dubai on July 13. He was admitted to a hospital after he exhibited symptoms of the disease. His samples were sent to NIV Pune and they tested positive for monkeypox, the officials said.

The Union Health Ministry last week rushed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to assist the state health authorities in instituting public health measures after the first confirmed case of monkeypox was detected from Kollam district on Thursday.

“Close The Match First”: Hardik Pandya Reveals Advice To Rishabh HiIndia Newsdesk

“I was just repeating the same thing over and over again, it was important that we do not take any risks. The kind of talent Rishabh has and the kind of talent I have, without risks we can score runs. It was about not losing any wicket, there was just one way through which England could have come back that was if we lost wickets in a cluster. I was repeating the same thing, to build a partnership and bring the match close,” said Hardik.

Manmohan Singh, In Wheelchair, Votes In Presidential Election

Former Jharkhand governor Droupadi Murmu is the NDA candidate, set to win the Presidential election, while her opposition rival is Yashwant Sinha HiIndia Newsdesk

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in a wheelchair today to vote in the presidential election.

Voting took place by secret ballot in parliament and in state legislatures across the country today to elect a new President of India.

Former Jharkhand governor Droupadi Murmu is the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate, set to win the election, while her opposition rival is Yashwant Sinha.Manmohan Singh, 89, was seen for the first time at the parliament house in a wheelchair.

US: 3 dead in Indiana mall shooting, witness kills gunman HiIndia Newsdesk

At least three people were killed and several others hurt after a gunman opened fire at a mall in the US state of Indiana.

Police have the situation under control and there is no active threat to the area. At least three people were killed and several others injured during a shooting Sunday evening at a mall in Greenwood in the US state of Indiana, local police said.

There is no longer an active threat to the area, Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said. Greenwood is a southern suburb of Indianapolis with a population of around 60,000. “We are sickened by yet another type of incident like The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with this in our country,” Bailey said. a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb said he was monitoring the situation and thinking of the lives lost and the “victims of this began firing in the food court horrible incident.”

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