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Kashmir fury at India's plan to redraw voting map

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The latest move comes on the heels of various other measures that have increased the sense of alienation people in Muslim-majority Kashmir feel from the rest of India, which is overwhelmingly Hindu.

Relations between Kashmir and Delhi have been tense for decades but became worse after 2019 - when Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government stripped Jammu and Kashmir state of its special status and divided it into two federally-administered territories. It also imposed restrictive measures, including a security crackdown and communication blockade that cut off the region from the world for several months.

An insurgency in Kashmir against Indian rule has claimed thousands of lives over the last three decades. Kashmir is one of the world's most militarised zones, where alleged excesses committed by security forces against civilians have led to massive anger and resentment, regularly sparking huge protests.

Who are the critics?

Two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir took to Twitter to criticise the commission's recommendations once they were made public.

"My apprehensions about the Delimitation Commission weren't misplaced. They want to pitch people against each other by ignoring the population census," wrote Mehbooba Mufti, who was chief minister from 2016 to 2018. Ms Mufti's Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) had refused to meet the federal commission, saying it believed the outcome of the exercise was "pre-planned".

Omar Abdullah, chief minister from 2009 to 2015, also called the recommendation "unacceptable".

"The distribution of newly created assembly constituencies with six going to Jammu and only one to Kashmir is not justified by the data of the 2011 census," he wrote on Twitter.

A controversy has erupted in Indianadministered Kashmir over a proposal to redraw the region's electoral map.

Who's supporting the proposal?

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he draft proposes an increase in assembly seats that could raise the influence of the Hindu-dominated Jammu region in the disputed region's electoral politics. Residents of the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley fear this will reduce their say in choosing leaders. Mainstream political leaders say this could sound the death knell for pro-India politics in the region.

The local BJP unit has welcomed the commission's proposal.

"The process is transparent and the commission has made recommendations only after studying the ground realities in both Jammu as well as Kashmir regions," Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said.

And some, like Harsh Dev Singh, leader of the Jammu-based Panthers Party which campaigned for years to remove Jammu and Kashmir's special status - feel Jammu deserves more than six additional seats.

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Data from Pfizer's clinical trial showed its two-drug antiviral regimen was 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in patients at high risk of severe illness.

Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized its antiviral COVID-19 pill, making it the first at-home treatment for the coronavirus that is expected to become an important tool in the fight against the fast spreading Omicron variant.

Data from Pfizer’s clinical trial showed its two-drug antiviral regimen was 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in patients at high risk of severe illness.

Recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against Omicron.The agency authorized the oral drug for the treatment of high-risk adult patients and pediatric patients at least 12 years of age with COVID-19 outside of the hospital.

The company said it was ready to start immediate delivery in the U.S. and raised its production

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Charles Lieber, one of the US’s top research chemists, sat miserably in a chair at the Harvard Police Department, trying to explain to two FBI agents why he had agreed to partner with a lesser-known Chinese university in a relationship that had soured and landed him in trouble with the US government.

The university had money to spend — “that’s one of the things China uses to try to seduce people”, Dr Lieber said in the interrogation, clips of which projections to 120 million courses of treatment from 80 million in 2022. were shown in court.But money wasn’t The U.S. government’s contract for 10 million courses of the Pfizer the reason, he said. By training young drug is priced at $530 per course.The Pfizer pills, taken with the older scientists in the use of technology he antiviral drug ritonavir, will be sold under the brand name Paxlovid. had pioneered, he hoped to burnish The pills are meant to be taken every 12 hours for five days beginning his credentials with the committee that shortly after the onset of symptoms. decides the ultimate scientific honour.

Biden administration lets Biden denies failure in pandemic testing response aid flow into Afghanistan

Dr Anthony Fauci has said experts did foresee variants.

It comes a day after the White House unveiled plans to order 500m at-home coronavirus tests amid a shortage.

There have been long waits for inperson tests as Christmas looms.

"I don't think it's a failure," Mr Biden said in a sit-down interview with ABC News on Wednesday. "I think it's - you could argue that we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago."

HiIndia Newsdesk The Democratic president said he US President Joe Biden has denied his wished he "had thought" about ordering administration bungled its response to the 500m test kits "two months ago". the emergence of the Omicron variant. One year ago Mr Biden lambasted a He told a TV network that "nobody" shortfall in Covid-19 testing under the could have predicted it. His top adviser Trump administration as "a travesty".

Congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight

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The Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to ease the pressure that sanctions on the Taliban are having on Afghanistan as the combination of the pandemic, a severe drought, the loss of foreign aid and frozen currency reserves have left the country’s fragile economy on the brink of collapse.

The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has put the Biden administration on

the defensive 3 months after the Taliban assumed power and US forces left the country. The US does not recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Following the group’s takeover of the country this year, the Biden administration froze $9.5 billion of Afghanistan’s foreign reser ves, stopped sending shipments of dollars to Afghanistan’s central bank and pressured the IMF to delay plans to transmit emergency reserve funds to the country.

The US treasury department said on Wednesday that it was issuing new “general licenses” that would make it easier for non-governmental organisations, international aid groups and the US government to provide relief to the Afghan people while maintaining economic pressure on the Taliban.

US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year HiIndia Newsdesk

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A US congresswoman has had her car and possessions snatched from her at gunpoint in a daylight carjacking in the city of Philadelphia. Mary Gay Scanlon's government phone and ID were among belongings that the two robbers took.

The Democrat was not injured, her office said. The FBI is assisting in the hunt for the attackers. Like many US cities, Philadelphia has seen an uptick in violent crime over the past year. In a statement, the city's Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, called the robbery, which occurred at 14:45 local time (19:45 GMT) on Wednesday, "appalling".

U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents, according to figures released Tuesday.

The United States grew by only 0.1%, with an additional 392,665 added to the U.S. population from July 2020 to July 2021, bringing the nation’s count to 331.8 million people, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The U.S. has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend. This past year was the first time since 1937 that the nation’s population grew by less than 1 million people. “I was expecting low growth but nothing this low,” said William Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s The United States grew by only 0.1%, with an additional 392,665 metropolitan policy program, Brookings Metro. “It tells added to the U.S. population from July 2020 to July 2021, bringing the nation's count to 331.8 million people, according to population us that this pandemic has had a huge impact on us in all kinds of ways, and now demography.” estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau

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Chinese city of Xi’an UK's Covid self-isolation period cut from 10 to 7 days under lockdown HiIndia Newsdesk

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Decision aimed at reducing disruption to frontline services and other businesses Britain surpassed 100,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as the England’s government announced an easing of isolation restrictions.

The new toll of 106,122 new infections — the highest

ever — comes as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to surge across the country. The uptick is a 50 per cent increase over the past week, according to government data.

A surge in coronavirus cases has winnowed the staffs of hospitals, clinics, rail services, fire departments and ambulance services across England, where most pandemic restrictions have been lifted since the summer.

Before the new case numbers were released on Wednesday, England’s announced that it was reducing the number of days that people are required to isolate for after showing Covid-19 symptoms to seven days from 10 days — a change that officials said was based on updated guidance from health experts, and that could help alleviate the staffing shortages.

C h i n a o n Wednesday ordered the lockdown of a s m a ny a s 1 3 million people in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern c i t y o f X i ’a n following a spike i n c o r o n av i r u s cases, setting off panic buying just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympic Games. State media reported that city officials ordered all residents to stay home unless they had a pressing reason to go out and suspended all transport to and from the city apart from special cases. The order was to take effect at midnight and last indefinitely. One person from each household will be permitted out every two days to buy household necessities, the order said.

Xi’an on Wednesday reported 52 new locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus over the previous 24 hours.

Minister 'swims for 12 hours' Hong Kong's Tiananmen after helicopter crashes at sea Square statue removed

Pillar of Shame:

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A famous statue at the University of Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed.

The statue showed piled-up corpses to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in 1989.

It was one of the few remaining public memorials in Hong Kong

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commemorating the incident, which is a highly sensitive topic in China.

Its removal comes as Beijing has increasingly been cracking down on political dissent in Hong Kong.

The university had initially ordered the removal of the statue - called the Pillar of Shame - in October.

"The decision on the aged statue was based on external legal advice and risk assessment for the best interest of the university," it said in a statement on Thursday.

"The university is also very concerned about the potential safety issues resulting from the fragile statue."

The first sign the statue was being taken down came late on Wednesday night, when university officials fenced off the area with plastic sheeting.

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A government minister in Madagascar has said he swam for 12 hours to safety after his helicopter crashed at sea during a rescue mission.

"It's not my time to die," exhausted Police Minister Serge Gelle said as he recovered on a stretcher.

Another security official travelling with him in the helicopter also survived the crash. The team had been flying to inspect the site of a shipwreck in the north-east of the country on Monday

night. The number of people killed in that accident has risen to 64 with at least 20 others still missing, the maritime agency has said The vessel was a cargo ship that was not authorised to carry passengers, and was overloaded and water flooded its engine, an agency official was quoted by Reuters news as saying. At least 45 survivors have so far been rescued, the agency said.

On Twitter President Andry Rajoelina mourned those who died and also paid tribute to Mr Gelle and the other officer, who arrived in the seaside town of Mahambo separately.

The helicopter's pilot and another military officer on board are still missing, he said. "I would just like you to broadcast this video for my family to see, my colleagues to see, the government members to see. [I am] alive and well," Mr Gelle told locals at Mahambo.

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The UK has signed a free trade deal with Australia which it says will benefit consumers and businesses.

It is described as the first post-Brexit deal negotiated from scratch and not "rolled over" from trade terms that the UK enjoyed while in the EU. The government estimated it would unlock £10.4bn of additional trade while ending tariffs on all UK exports.

However, some UK farmers have expressed concern that they could be undercut by cheap imports. The government said the deal was also a gateway into the fast-growing IndoPacific region and would boost the UK's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the largest free trade areas in the world.

Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK have exceeded 100,000 for the first time, the latest government figures show.

Some 106,122 cases were announced on Wednesday - the latest in a series of record-breaking days for infections.

The eight highest daily case figures since the pandemic began have all come since 15 December.

A total of 8,008 people were in hospital with coronavirus as of Tuesday, the highest since 22 November - but way down on last winter's peak.

Boris Johnson has said no new restrictions will be introduced in England before Christmas.

However, speaking on Tuesday, the prime minister refused to rule out introducing fresh measures after Christmas with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

There were 140 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive Covid test on Wednesday.

A record 968,665 boosters and third doses were reported on Tuesday, with 6.1 million in the past week alone. Wednesday's daily reported cases figure is the highest since mass testing began in May and June last year.

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Blast in Ludhiana court complex, 2 dead & 4 injured; Punjab on high alert HiIndia Newsdesk

Ludhiana court blast: An advocate who was present on the spot said the blast happened in the public washroom on the second floor.

A blast took place in Ludhiana court complex on Thursday.

Ludhiana: Two people were killed and four seriously injured in a blast inside a court complex in Ludhiana in Punjab this afternoon. Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said that the blast was carried to disrupt law and order in the city ahead of assembly polls.

The blast reportedly took place at 12:22 pm inside a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The explosion damaged the walls of the bathroom and ripped through a section of the building, besides shattering glass in nearby rooms.

The district court was crowded and functioning when the explosion took place. In visuals, injured people were

carried out of the building and police were trying to remove people from the complex.

Ludhiana’s police chief Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said one body has been recovered. “Probably that person was either carrying explosive or was very near to it. We are awaiting arrival of NSG team from Delhi. Four injured are out of danger,” he added.

The incident exposes a huge security lapse in a building so close to the Deputy Commissioner of Police’s office in the heart of Ludhiana city. Investigations are focusing on how the explosives were smuggled into the court complex despite security.

33 New Omicron Cases In Tamil Nadu, All “Talking About Cow Crime For Some, But We Revere Cow As Mother”: PM Except 2 Were Fully Vaccinated HiIndia Newsdesk

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114 passengers had tested positive for covid among the 18,129 returnees tested, including 2,870 under random tests for those from “ not at-risk” countries. “mild giddiness and sore throat” so far.

The minister said the infected included the contacts of the state’s first case, an air traveller who arrived here from Nigeria via Doha.

114 passengers had tested positive for covid among Chennai:Thirty-three cases of the fast-spreading the 18,129 returnees tested, including 2,870 under Omicron strain have been reported in Tamil random tests for those from “ not at-risk” countries.

Nadu, taking the state’s tally to 34. All of them, “57 among the Covid positive had S GENE drop. except two children, are fully vaccinated, the Results of 23 others are awaited,” added Dr J government said.

Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary of Tamil Nadu.

“30 of these are returnees from abroad and 1 from “Except two children all others who tested positive for Kerala and 3 from Tamil Nadu,” said Health Omicron had already taken both doses”, the health Minister Ma Subramanian. He added that all of secretary said. them are asymptomatic and have reported only

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Launching a veiled attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people have made talking about cows a crime but for us cows are revered as mothers. The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 22 development projects worth Rs.870 The Prime Minister crores in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi inaugurated on Thursday.

Addressing people following the and laid the inauguration of the development projects, the foundation stone Prime Minister said, “Strengthening India’s for 22 development dairy sector is one of the top priorities of our government. Talking about cow and projects worth Rs. ‘govardhan’ has been made a crime by some 870 crores in his Lok people. Cow can be a crime for some people Sabha constituency but for us cow is revered as mother. People Varanasi on who make fun of cows and buffaloes forget that the livelihood of 8 crore families of the Thursday. country is run by such livestock.”

‘Don’t let your guard down’, Centre urges states; PM Modi to review situation today HiIndia Newsdesk

Ahead of Christmas and New Year, PM Narendra Modi will speak with health officials to review the Covid situation in light of the rise of Omicron cases in India.

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‘Blown away… look, style of every player uncanny’ HiIndia Newsdesk

As the legendary Sunil Gavaskar said, he was blown away. “Saw the movie for the first time at the Premiere last night and was blown away by the film. It’s simply brilliant and the way every actor has got the mannerisms, the walk, the look, the style of every player was unbelievably uncanny. Full marks to Kabir Khan and his team for their efforts,” the batting maestro told

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting to review the Covid situation in the country ahead of Christmas and New Year at 6:30 pm on Thursday. PM Modi will also discuss further steps to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

In light of the concerns sparked by the rise in Omicron cases, the Centre has advised states and Union Territories to be vigilant and monitor case positivity rates. It also advised them to keep an eye out for Covid clusters in districts.

“Observe all precautions; don’t let

your guard down,” the centre said in its advisory. It asked the local administrations to take prompt evidence-based actions for Covid control and asked states to consider enforcing night curfew.

It also urged states to consider localised restrictions ahead of the festive days.

“Existing National Clinical Management Protocol remains unchanged for Omicron. Full vaccination protects against severe illness and hospitalisation of Covid patients, including those infected with the Omicron variant.

Door-to-door vaccination must be strengthened,” the advisory added.

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Actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before the Mumbai Police on Thursday in connection with an FIR registered against her for a social media post that allegedly linked farmers’ protests to a separatist group, her lawyer said.

Ranaut reached the Khar police station around 11 am. An FIR was registered there against her last month following a complaint by a Sikh organisation.

Her lawyer Rizwan Sidiquee said she reached the police station to record her statement. The police earlier this month issued a notice to her for questioning.

Her counsel had told the Bombay High Court that she would appear before the Khar police on December 22.

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British Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill under fire for deleted tweet on Golden Temple death HiIndia Newsdesk

London: Britain's first Sikh female member of Parliament and member of the shadow cabinet, Preet Kaur Gill, came under fire on social media over a tweet she later deleted that referred to a “Hindu terrorist” behind the act of violence at Golden Temple in Amritsar.

The man, reportedly beaten to death on Saturday for "sacrilege", had allegedly barged into the inner sanctum where the Guru Granth Sahib is kept and grabbed a ceremonial sword placed next to the book before being overpowered by guards and worshippers.

Responding to a video related to the incident posted on Twitter by UK immigration lawyer Harjap Bhangal, Labour MP Gill went on to agree with his message that it was a “clear act of terrorism”.

The shadow international development secretary's now deleted Twitter post read: “Hindu terrorist prevented from an act of violence at the Sikh Holy shrine

The tweet refers to a ‘Hindu terrorist’ behind the act of violence at Golden Temple in Amritsar of Harminder Sahib (Golden Temple) against Sikhs.” It attracted outrage on social media, with some questioning if

the politician was “trying to make this communal”. The High Commission of India in London also condemned the

tweet and raised concerns over its impact on the Indian diaspora communities in the UK.“High Commission of India is constrained to unequivocally repudiate the public comment by a Member of the British Parliament regarding a crime that occurred in India even before the Indian law enforcement authority could investigate or comment or declare their finding,” an Indian High Commission spokesperson said.

“The High Commission of India is concerned at the effect that such commentary by a foreign MP may have on inter-communal harmony and peace in the British Indian community,” the spokesperson said. The tweet, from Saturday, seems to have been deleted soon after by the MP for Birmingham Edgbaston to be replaced with a more general comment about places of worship.

“No place of worship or community should be targeted in this way. Awful scenes from Harmandir Sahib,” reads her new tweet.

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Washington: The US has designated Indian-origin diplomat Uzra Zeya as its Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues and she has been tasked with promoting "substantive dialogue" between China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives in support of a

Canada's job vacancies hit record high HiIndia Newsdesk

Ottawa: The number of job vacancies in Canada has hit a record of 912,600 in the third quarter of 2021, according to official data.

The record-high job vacancies coincided with growth in overall employment and falling unemployment due to the impacts of the Covid pandemic, Xinhua news agency quoted Statistics Canada as saying on Monday. Statistics Canada's data shed light on some of the factors behind the monthly job vacancy data released previously, including sectoral and regional differences in unmet labour demand, changes in the occupation and skills profile of vacancies, and recent trends in the wages offered by employers.

Zeya, who was once posted in New Delhi during her diplomatic career, had quit the foreign service in 2018 in protest against the policies of then president Donald Trump

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negotiated agreement on Tibet.

Zeya, who was once posted in New Delhi during her diplomatic career, had quit the foreign service in 2018 in protest against the policies of then president Donald Trump.

Chennai– A youth from Tamil Nadu She is also the Under Secretary for in Moldova is creating waves in the Civilian Security, Democracy, and professional European basketball league Human Rights.

– one of the highly-rated professional As the US Special Coordinator for leagues of the sport.

Tibetan Issues, Zeya will coordinate the Ulhas K.S., who is purportedly the only US government policies, programmes professional basketball player from and projects concerning Tibetan issues, India in Europe, has led his team Gloria consistent with the Tibetan Policy Act of basketball club to a bronze medal – 2002, as amended by the Tibetan Policy a big achievement in international and Support Act of 2020. professional basketball circuits.

The 23-year-old cager has just joined the Moldova league after giving stellar performances during his academic career in the UK where he played for University of Westminster and was the international player for 2017-18 and 2018-19. Ulhas, who hails from Kancheepuram, had also captained Delhi U-19 team in two nationals and had won the championship for the team.

Talking to IANS from Moldova, Ulhas said: “It’s a great experience to play along with internationally reputed players, some of whom are already selected to the world’s first league, NBA in US. The confidence and experience one gains from the European league is tremendous and I am the only professional basketball player from India in the whole of Europe.”

He also said that while he did not experience any racial discrimination on and off the field, people were curious to find an Indian face in the European league as this was the first time an Indian is playing in the league.

Meet Shree Saini; first Indian-American woman from Punjab to win Miss World America HiIndia Newsdesk

Abohar: Miss World 2021 has temporarily postponed the global broadcast finale that was to be held Friday at 4.15 am IST in Puerto Rico due to health and safety interests of contestants, staff, crew and general public.

Earlier, Shree Saini, the first Asian to be crowned Miss World America, was selected as Top 6 “Beauty with a Purpose” service project volunteer and Top 30 @missworld official semi-finals.

Inspite of having many challenges in her life, including a debilitating incident that gave her severe burns and forced her to get a pacemaker, she excelled.

Saini was born on January 6, 1996 in Ludhiana and has lived in the United States since the age of five. For the first 12 years of her life, while growing up her heartbeat had an average of just 20 beats per minute.

“At Miss World, I believe I am not only representing myself but I am also representing 333 million Americans and 3.5 billion Indians, including Indians outside of India,” she said. Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica, the current Miss Universe, will crown the new winner.

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200 Omicron Cases In India 54 Each For Maharashtra, Delhi HiIndia Newsdesk

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New Delhi:The number of cases of Covid’s fast-spreading strain Omicron has crossed the 200-mark in India, the Union Health Ministry said today. Out of them them, 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the ministry added. Maharashtra and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases of the new variant -- 54. They are followed by Telangana (20 cases), Karnataka (19), Rajasthan (18), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14).

The ministry’s data updated on Tuesday also recorded that India had clocked 5,326 cases of Covid infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily case count in 581 days. The total number of Covid cases reported in the country now stands at 3.48 crore. As per the bulletin, there are now 79,097 active cases in the country, the lowest in 574 days.

WHO urges cancelling some holiday events over Omicron fears HiIndia Newsdesk

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 10th visit to Uttar Pradesh in the past month, showcased his government’s contributions to women’s welfare – the latest of which, he said, was the raising of marriage age for girls from 18 to 21.

From improvement of law and order to education and finance, women’s empowerment is a priority for the

government, he said.

Speaking at a meeting in Prayagraj, PM Modi said, “The Central government has taken a significant step. Earlier, the age of marriage of women was 18 years. But girls also want to have more time to study. That is why we are trying to increase the age of marriage to 21,” he said.

The World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health, as the Omicron variant spreads globally.

“An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled,” said WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that “difficult decisions”

must be made.

A number of countries have acted to try to halt the spread of the variant, including imposing travel curbs.

In the US, Omicron is now dominant, accounting for 73% of new infections. President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation on Tuesday but the White House said he was not planning on “locking the country down”.

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TMC leads in Kolkata civic polls HiIndia Newsdesk

The TMC is all set to make a clean sweep in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on Tuesday with its candidates leading in 133 wards out of the 144. The Left Front is a distant second with the party leading in four wards while the BJP, which emerged as the main Opposition party in West Bengal after Assembly polls, is at the third position with its candidates leading in three wards.

The Congress is leading in two seats while independent candidates are leading in two seats.

UP polls: Jaya slams ‘jittery’ BJP

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Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday claimed that the recent Income Tax raids on some of her party colleagues were linked to the ruling BJP feeling “jittery” ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. She also scoffed at the government’s claim that the central agencies work independently, saying if “we are illiterate, uneducated” to believe it.

Mumbai Teens’ Startup Raises 100 Million

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Indian Americans Ajay Jain Bhutoria, Kamal Kalsi, Sonal Shah and Smita Shah (L to R) HiIndia Newsdesk

Indian Americans Ajay Jain Bhutoria, Kamal Kalsi, Sonal Shah and Smita Shah are amongst 23 leaders who are to be appointed as commissioners to President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

Biden announced the intent on Monday. The Commission is intended to advise the President on advancing equity and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community. The commission would also be advising the president on policies to address anti-Asian xenophobia, ways to build capacity in AANHPI communities through federal grantmaking and policies to address the intersectional barriers that AANHPI women, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities face.

The Indian American candidates are all high achievers.

Bhutoria is a Silicon Valley technology executive, community

leader, speaker, and author. Dr Kalsi is an emergency medicine physician from New Jersey and has served in the Army for 20 years. He was awarded a Bronze Star medal for his work taking care of hundreds of combat casualties on the front lines in Afghanistan.

Sonal Shah, a social impact and innovation leader is the founding president of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF). She also served as Deputy Assistant to then President Obama and created the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.

Smita N Shah is an engineer, entrepreneur, and civic leader serving as president and CEO of Chicago-based SPAAN Tech, Inc, a multi-disciplinary firm with expertise in public and private infrastructure projects including transportation, aviation, and facilities.

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Mumbai: Zepto, an instant grocery delivery startup founded by two teenagers, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by Y Combinator, taking its valuation to $570 million within five months of starting services in India’s red-hot quick commerce segment.

The startup’s newest funding comes 45 days after a previous capital raise of $60 million at $225 million valuation, Aadit Palicha, co-founder and chief executive officer, said in an interview. Besides Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, the latest round also received investments from new and existing backers like Glade Brook Capital Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Breyer Capital and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom, the startup said in a statement.

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Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan is new Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command HiIndia Newsdesk

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM NM, assumed charge as Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command Thursday even as the Eastern Naval Command celebrated the 50th anniversary of Vijay Diwas by paying tributes to the valiant personnel of the Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during various operations in the 1971 war on December 16.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Defence Ser vices Staff College, Wellington, Naval War College,

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan

Mumbai and the National Defence College, New Delhi. The admiral, who is a Gunnery and Missile systems

specialist, has vast experience at sea and ashore.

Vatsayan has commanded an Indian Coast Guard Inshore Patrol Vessel, missile vessels Vibhuti and Nashak, the guided-missile corvette Kuthar and has also been the commissioning Commanding Officer the indigenously constructed state-of-the-art stealth frigate Sahyadri.

His important staff assignments include Joint Director of Personnel, Director of Personnel (Policy), Director Naval Plans (Perspective Planning), and Principal

Director Naval Plans at Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (IHQ MoD) (Navy).

On promotion to the Flag Rank in February 2018, he was appointed as the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy and Plans) at IHQ MoD (Navy).

He commanded the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam from February 2020 to February 2021.

He was Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor of the NDA before assuming charge as the Chief of Staff, ENC, on promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan has commanded an Indian Coast Guard Inshore Patrol Vessel, missile vessels Vibhuti and Nashak, the guided-missile corvette Kuthar and has also been the commissioning Commanding Officer the indigenously constructed state-of-the-art stealth frigate Sahyadri.

Telangana forest dept officials visit Haritha Vanams

TBM Urja to start tunnelling stretch between Cantonment and Pottery Town

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Hyderabad: Impressed by the urban forest parks developed by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) in the last two years, officials of the Telangana Forest Department on Tuesday visited the parks located in Bibinagar of Yadadri district.

The team of officials decided to plan the development of Haritha Vanams in the districts on the lines of the development taken up in urban reserve forest parks. The distance between two plants and utilisation of the space between them, water supply procedure and skills adopted by the workers in the urban forest parks are some of the best practices that will be replicated by the Forest Department while developing HarithaVanams.

Cryptocurrency fraud: Firms told to freeze accounts HiIndia Newsdesk

Hy d e r a b a d : T h e Hy d e r a b a d cybercrime police who are investigating the case where in a man from the city reportedly lost Rs 2.2 crore to cyber fraudsters have sent emails to different companies asking them to freeze the accounts.

The victim, a resident of Secunderabad, had approached the cybercrime police last week claiming that some persons had hacked his accounts and changed the passwords.

Urja is around 102-metre-long and costs Rs 70 crore. Deployed by Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Urja was the first TBM to commence drilling works in August 2020.

Bengaluru Metro’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) Urja will start tunnelling the stretch between Cantonment and Pottery Town stations, a distance of 907 metre, from Wednesday, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) officials Tuesday.

Urja achieved a breakthrough after tunnelling between Cantonment and Shivajinagar in September this year. “It was transported and reassembled for its next journey,” officials added.

Urja, which has drilled a distance of 855 metre for over a year, is the first TBM to achieve a breakthrough on Namma Metro’s Pink Line from Kalenga Agrahara to Nagawara (21 km). Urja is around 102-metre-long and costs Rs 70 crore. Deployed by Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Urja was the first TBM to commence drilling works in August 2020. “Urja started laying the first tunnel ring on August 20, 2020 from Cantonment station and has successfully tunnelled up to Shivajinagar station under the most difficult geological conditions and below the oldest settlements of Bengaluru.

Two Class 10 girls in custody Karnataka generates 4458 over murder of a youth who million litres per day of sewage blackmailed them HiIndia Newsdesk

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Chennai city police on Monday detained two girl students studying in Class 10 and their online friend for their alleged role in the murder of a 21-year-old youth who had been blackmailing them of releasing their The Central Pollution Control Board (CPPCB) data say the gap between intimate pictures he had taken with them. The case came sewage generation and treatment is the major reason behind the to light on Sunday when farmers of Eachangadu village, in pollution of rivers. the suburbs of Chennai, spotted hair and bloodied remains Karnataka generates 4,458 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage of a body in a deserted farm. and has an installed treatment capacity of 2,712 MLD from 140 According to an officer at Arumbakkam police station in sewage treatment plants (STP) located across the state. It is 60.83 the city, both girls, who do not know each other, were in per cent of the sewage generated every day. love with the victim Premkumar, 21. “He befriended them Of 2,712 MLD of treatment capacity, the operational treatment through Instagram last year, met them privately and clicked capacity is only 1,922 MLD. The Ministry of Jal Shakti, in intimate photographs. Later, he started demanding money its report, has stated that 32 STPs are non-operational. The from both. He threatened that he would upload them online remaining untreated sewage discharges directly into rivers and and share them with their parents. Not knowing each other other water bodies. about their relationship with him, both girls managed to pay Arkavathi, Lakshmantirtha, Malprbha, Tungabhadra, Bhadra, Rs 50,000 each last year. But he continued to demand more Cauvery, Kabini, Kagina, Kali, Krishna, Shimsha, Asanginalla, money and this is when they had taken the help of another Bhima, Kumardhara, Netravathi, Tunga, Yagachi rivers in the friend they befriended through Instagram,” the officer said. state are the ones polluted

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The states have also been asked to “accelerate and ensure” 100 per cent vaccination coverage.

New Delhi: The number of cases of fast-spreading strain Omicron has risen to 213 in India, with Delhi and Maharashtra reporting the most number of infections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting to review the situation tomorrow, sources told. Apart from Delhi (57 cases) and Maharashtra (54 cases), the fast-spreading Omicron strain has seen a rise in Telangana (24), Karnataka (19), Rajasthan (18), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14).

Three cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir and two each in Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have reported one case each.

Amid signs of rise in Omicron infections, the Centre, in an advisory, has asked the states to activate “war rooms” and bring back curbs, including night curfews to contain it. It also listed a series of prevention and containment measures that included extensive testing and regulation of gatherings. The letter from the health ministry called for “greater foresight, data analysis, dynamic decision making and strict and prompt containment action”, as it directed the states/union territories to be “prompt and focused and take containment measures and restrictions even before these thresholds are reached”.

The Winter Session of Parliament, which began on November 29 in the shadow of uncertainty with the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs in the previous session, came to an end Wednesday, a day earlier than scheduled, with the passage of 11 bills in both houses. While the government projected it as a success – with 82 per cent productivity in Lok Sabha and 48 per cent in Rajya Sabha – despite the “disruptive strategy” of the Opposition, the treasury benches have been accused of “rushing the bills without debates and even prior notice”.

India successfully tests ballistic When will government provide Priyanka Gandhi’s Covid vaccine booster shots, “Deewar” Twist In UP Poll missile off Odisha coast Campaign: “Mere Paas...” asks Rahul Gandhi India on Wednesday successfully HiIndia Newsdesk

test-fired short-range, surfaceto-surface guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ off the Odisha coast here, DRDO sources said.

The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.

The missile, launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island around 10.30 am, met all the mission objectives, the sources said.

A battery of tracking instruments monitored its trajectory along the coastline, they said.

‘Pralay’ is a 350-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.

We Could Be Entering Worst Part Of Pandemic: Bill Gates HiIndia Newsdesk

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said a large population of the country is still not vaccinated against COVID-19, noting that only 42 per cent of the population will be vaccinated by December end against the required rate of 60 per cent to prevent the third wave of coronavirus.

He also asked the government to provide booster shots. Sharing data about vaccinations, Gandhi there is a daily shortfall of 55.3 million doses (one million is equal to 10 lakh). “Majority of our population is still not vaccinated.

When will GOI begin booster shots? #VaccinateIndia,” he said on Twitter.

Zee-Sony Merger Approved, Punit Goenka Will Be CEO Of Merged Entity HiIndia Newsdesk

Lucknow: The Congress’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has put her faith firmly on the women of the state to carry her party to the victory line in the assembly election early next year.

When asked about how the Congress plans to take UP - a state ruled by the BJP’s Yogi Adityanath, who is set on giving a fierce fight to secure another term as Chief Minister - Priyanka Gandhi drew parallels with a famous dialogue from the 1975 Bollywood film Deewaar, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor.

Marnus Labuschagne Is New World No 1 Batter HiIndia Newsdesk

Washington: Bill Gates, in a series of tweets aimed at alerting the public to the worrisome surge in Omicron worldwide, warned on Tuesday of an abundant need for caution as we approach the peak of the festive season, sharing that he too has canceled most of his holiday plans.

Noting that his close friends have increasingly been getting infected with the virus, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder urged his followers take cognizance of the fact that we “could be entering the worst part of the pandemic”.

Mr Gates’ tweets emphasised the danger of the Omicron variant, particularly in relation to it’s reinfection rate, as well as the frighteningly little knowledge we collectively possess about the strain.

Zee Entertainment’s board of directors approved the merger between Sony Pictures Networks India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), according to a regulatory filing by the media company to the stock exchanges on Wednesday, December 22.

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Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has a lot to look forward to and prove in the upcoming series against South Africa as he continued to slip in the ICC Test rankings. In the latest rankings for Test batters, Kohli slipped a notch to be placed seventh. India’s newly appointed limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma, who will miss the Test series due to a hamstring injury, remained on the fifth spot. There has also been a big change at the top of the rankings as Australian middle-order batter Marnus Labuschagne has taken over the number 1 spot after good performances in the first two Ashes Test matches.

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n Tuesday, Rajya Sabha p a s s e d by v o i c e v o t e The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, enabling “the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem” as the Opposition walked out in protest.

The Bill had been passed by Lok Sabha on Monday.

Wha t is the government ’s argument for bringing the Bill?

T h e g ov e r n m e nt s ay s t h e B i l l incorporates various electoral reforms that have been discussed for a long time.

The government says linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls will solve the problem of multiple enrolments of the same person at different places.

“Once Aadhaar linkage is achieved, the electoral roll data system will instantly alert the existence of previous registration(s) whenever a person applies for new registration. This will help in cleaning the electoral roll to a great extent and facilitate elector registration in the location at which they are ‘ordinarily resident’, a government official said.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on demands of grants of the Law Ministry, presented in Rajya Sabha on March 6 this year, had said: “The Committee has been advocating linkage of unique Aadhaar ID Card number with voter I-card which would streamline alterations in EPIC during change of ordinary residence by the electors. The incidence of multiple entry could also be eliminated which is required in participative democracy…”

In Parliament, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said linking Aadhaar with the voter ID card “is voluntary. It is not compulsory or mandatory”. He said the government held “many meetings” with the Election Commission before the Bill was brought.

What were these discussions?

In March 2015, the Election Commission had started a National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme that sought to link Aadhaar to voter IDs, in a bid to delete duplicated names. The EC said in a release in May 2015: “Under this programme, beside some other activities, linking and authentication of EPIC data of electors with Aadhaar data is also being done…”

However, the EC had “issued necessary instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOS) of the States/UTs specifying that furnishing of Aadhaar number by electors is not mandatory and it is only optional, as directed by the Supreme Court…”

That year, the Supreme Court made it clear that “the Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made mandatory till the matter is finally decided by this Court one way or the other”.

In April this year, the EC wrote to the Law Ministry seeking “expeditious consideration” of pending electoral reforms including the linkage of Aadhar and voter ID cards. Earlier this week, the Law Ministry issued a statement that on November 16, the Election Commission attended an informal interaction sought by the PMO to finalise the Cabinet note on some long-pending reforms.

What are the Opposition’s objections?

Manish Tewari of the Congress said: “The linking of voter IDs and Aadhaar

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The newly passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 enables this linkage, which the government says will help check multiple registrations of the same voter.

What are Opposition parties objecting to this?

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violates the fundamental right to privacy as defined by the Supreme Court in the judgment.”

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said if the Bill becomes an Act, the government would be able to use voter identity details for “disenfranchising some people and profile the citizens”. “This Bill is outside the legislative competence of this House… The linking of voter ID with Aadhaar violates the fundamental right to privacy defined in Puttaswamy (case),” Owaisi said.

R ijiju s aid, “ The pres ent lega l provisions have some disparity and some shortcomings, and to remove the same, the government, in consultation with the Election Commission and incorporating recommendations made by the Election Commission, we have brought these amendments.” He

detailed the proposed amendments to various sections of The Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Rijiju quoted from the 105th report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personal, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, which expressed the view that linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls will purify electoral rolls and will consequently reduce electoral malpractices.

Why should there be a problem with identifying names that appear in multiple rolls?

One of the concerns is whether the Bill’s implementation will be successful if the linkage is not compulsory. The Bill amends the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Representation

Are there other concerns?

The Opposition has claimed Aadhaar linkage will enable non-citizens to vote. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said in Lok Sabha, “If you are in a position asking for Aadhaar for voters, all you are getting is a document that reflects residence, not citizenship. You’re potentially giving the vote to non-citizens.”

Sengupta said, “This has also been mentioned in the House, that Nepalis and Bangladeshis will not be allowed to vote and this will ensure that doesn’t happen. Now here there is a conceptual confusion… Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship and it is said so very clearly in the Aadhaar Act. We know that voting can only be done by citizens. I’m unable to understand how this will prevent non-citizens from voting because noncitizens can have an Aadhar card… The goal of preventing non-citizens from voting will not be solved with Aadhaar.”

Another concern, raised by the CPI(M) in a statement, is the view that the Bill could violate secrecy of the vote undermining the principle of secret ballots, and the fundamental right to privacy of the voter.

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Can individual votes be tracked that way?

“While individual identification of voting choices may not be possible with the linkage of Aadhaar with voter IDs, it will lead to profiling,” said Apar Gupta, Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation.

“Verification of a person’s identity is separate from the capturing of the identity which is already happening in booths when a person goes to vote. But it may help the government link it to other services where larger schemes may be designed based on the data…” He added: “The other concern is that there is a documented case that Aadhaar data was being leaked. It could lay the foundation of targeted political propaganda which is against the model code of conduct as well.”

In April 2019, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) complained to police about a Hyderabad-based software company, IT Grids (India) Private Limited, accusing it of illegally procuring details of 7,82,21,397 Aadhaar holders in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and storing these in its databases.

Concerns were raised on account of the alleged security vulnerabilities of UIDAI servers, which the authority denied at the time. The case was transferred to a special investigation team, but the investigation has not made any significant progress. of the People Act, 1951 to implement certain electoral reforms.

The 1950 Act provides that a person may apply to the electoral registration officer for inclusion of their name. The Bill says the electoral registration officer may require a person to furnish their Aadhaar number for establishing their identity. If their name is already in the electoral roll, then the Aadhaar number may be required for authentication of entries in the roll, but people will not be denied inclusion in the electoral roll or have their names deleted, if they are unable to show their Aadhaar cards.

Arghya Sengupta, founder and research director at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, said: “The first justification provided is that bogus voting where one person is voting more than once is taking place…

If you’re saying you have to provide it along with your voter ID whenever you go to vote… this will only work if providing Aadhaar is mandatory.

However, this section in the law is a bit complicated because it does seem voluntary but the reasons on the basis of which I can choose not to link my Aadhaar will be prescribed by the government for ‘sufficient cause’. Now what that sufficient cause could be is not mentioned in the Bill?…This should be made clear.”

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DCGI approves two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

Instant messaging app WhatsApp announced a new amendment

August - 2021 Covid-19 death in India

The total number of deaths due to Covid-19 in the country cross 2 lakh.[50] However, this is the official figure, with gross amounts of under-reporting suspected

May- 2021 Indian player P. V. Sindhu won Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo. Becoming the first women athlete and second athlete after Sushil Kumar to win two Olympic medals in Olympics for India.

Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain, won Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in Welterweight category India men's national field hockey team won Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo Indian Wrestler, Ravi Kumar Dahiya won Olympic silver medal in 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo.

Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra won Olympic gold medal in Javelin throw and Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia won Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo and India made its highest medal tally in an Olympics with 7 medals

in their privacy policies and data sharing norms. This led to massive outrage against the app and an exodus to alternative applications by users in India.[8] The announcement that WhatsApp will share data with their parent company Facebook led to a surge in the user bases of applications like Signal

February - 2021 Heav y rainfall causes flooding in Uttarakhand

At least 25 people have died in Uttarakhand in the past two days, where torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides in many parts of the state. In Uttarakhand, five people - including three workers from Nepal, died in rain-related incidents on Monday.

The Motera cricket stadium in Ahmedabad was renamed as Narendra Modi Stadium. It is the world largest cricket stadium with a seating capacity of 132,000

September - 2021 Nearly 150 decomposed and bloated Human Dead bodies were found floating in River Ganges at Chausa, Buxar district, Bihar. It is believed that these bodies belonged to under-reported death cases of COVID-19 pandemic from neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has impounded two containers carrying about 2,988.22 kg of Heroin heading from Afghanistan at Mundra Port port in Gujarat. It is deemed as one of the largest drug seizures by an enforcement agency in world till date

March - 2021 Mumbai hospital fire At least nine coronavirus patients died in a fire that engulfed a mall housing a hospital in Mumbai, authorities said. Rescue workers were still working to douse the fire, which took place past midnight on Friday in an eastern suburb of the city, authorities said, adding that more than 70 patients had been evacuated to other coronavirus facilities.

April - 2021 T h e Guj a r at As s e mb l y amends the Freedom of Religion Act, 2003, bringing in stringent provisions against forcible conversion through marriage or allurement, with the intention of targeting "love jihad". Gujarat became the 3rd state to do so, after Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh passed similar bills in 2020.

A French online journal Mediapart came out with an investigative journalism piece on the Rafale deal controversy, based on an investigation by the French anti-corruption agency Agence Francaise Anticorruption (AFA). In the report, Mediapart alleged that the jet manufacturer had paid nearly one million Euros to an Indian middleman

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Raj Kundra, the spouse of Shilpa Shetty arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of making pornographic content and publishing it through mobile application named Hotshot

January - 2021 Tw o C ov i d - 1 9 v a c c i n e s , including an indigenous one developed by Bharat Biotech together with Indian scientists, re c e ive d e m e rge n c y u s e authorisation (EUA) on Sunday amid criticism that the drugs regulator failed to answer some key questions.

The final approval given by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to AstraZeneca-Oxford University candidate Covishield, produced by Pune-based Serum Institute of India, and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, was based on recommendations given by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Saturday.

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October - 2021 Cyclone Tauktae hits India, resulting in at least 90 deaths.

June - 2021 Delhi High Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Juhi Chawla against setting up of 5G Cellular network in India and imposed a Rs. 20 Lakh fine for abusing the process of law

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son Aryan Khan was arrested along with seven others on Sunday following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai the previous night by the Narcotics Control Bureau or NCB. Shah Rukh Khan was seen leaving his home and heading for his lawyer's office shortly before the arrest was confirmed. Aryan Khan was also seen in a viral video on social media allegedly shot after the raids.

July - 2021 Nine European countries which includes Switzerland, Estonia and 7 European Union member states such as Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland & Spain have given recognition to the Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India as EU started 'Green Pass' facility. In the meantime EU member Germany however has a travel ban in place for Indians as India has been recognized as a “virus variant country”

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing Pandora Papers and around 380 Indians named in the leaks and it includes Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Ambani, Satish Sharma, Niira Radia, Jackie Shroff, Jackie Shroff, Harish Salve, Nirav Modi-Purvi Modi etc.

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November - 2021 Share prices of Fintech company Paytm, which done India's biggest Initial public offering worth Rs. 18,300 crores fell by 27.4% on its day of listing thereby marking one of the biggest listing day loss in the history of Indian Stock market

In a televised address to the nation, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi apologized to the farmers and announces repealing of three Farm Bills following a year long farmers' protest in borders of Delhi.

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Global events to watch out for in 2021

US presidential inauguration The 117th United States Congress, scheduled to convene on January 3, will certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election. On January 20, the US presidential inauguration will be held where Joe Biden will start his term as President of the United States, along with Kamala Harris as Vice President.

George Floyd murder trial

PM Modi opens Kashi Vishwanath corridor

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Approximately a year after Floyd was killed by four police officers in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide protests against racism, discrimination and police brutality in the US, a murder trial is scheduled to begin in March. The Black Lives Matter movement spilled outside the US and resulted in protests in other parts of the world. The trial will be landmark, because activists have pointed to how the US justice system fails and penalises people of colour, women and immigrants.

End of Castro rule in Cuba In November this year, the Associated Press had reported that Raul Castro is expected to step down as head of the Communist Party of Cuba at its eighth Congress on 19 April.

This would mark the end of over six decades of political leadership by the Castro brothers in Cuba.

International sports events Just like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, the UEFA Euro 2020 was also postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. June and July are scheduled to witness some of these major international sports events, if organisers are able to proceed as planned. Critics have said that the summer of 2021 will remain unfeasible even with the start of a slow roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines, because such largescale events may still pose a risk to public health and safety.

Addressing a gathering of 3,000 guests, the PM urged Indians to make three resolutions for the sake of the country: Swachhta (cleanliness), Srijan (creation), and continuous efforts for Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).

Israel elections

Zee-Sony merger will create an Indian entertainment giant

Japanese conglomerate Sony's Indian arm has finalised a deal with local rival Zee Entertainment to form the country's second largest entertainment network.

The merged entity will include more than 75 television channels, film assets and two streaming platforms.

It is poised to become a major player in the country's fastgrowing entertainment industry, challenging rivals such as Walt Disney's Hotstar.

Israel is scheduled to hold its fourth elections in two years after the country’s two main parties in its unity government failed to meet a deadline in a dispute over government budgets. Twelve months after they were last held, elections will occur in March. These elections will come at a time when President Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, has been aiming for a sixth term in the country’s highest office, while simultaneously facing mass protests this year from citizens calling for his resignation. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the leader’s problems, with protesters also accusing him of mishandling the outbreak.

Hong Kong The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is scheduled to hold an election for the Legislative Council. Originally scheduled on September 6, 2020, it was postponed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The move was seen as an attempt by Beijing and Lam to curb the pro-democracy movement.

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Indian Research and Insights industry to grow 2X by 2026 to $4.2 billion: MRSI

India is fast becoming the global analytics hub, with international markets accounting for 3/4th of its revenues. As per the report, the Indian R&I sector employs more than 125,000 people.

Why BookMyShow is hopeful for a healthy revival in 2022

The last 19 months have been difficult for the movie and events industry. However, with cinema halls opening up across the country and live events also slowly starting, things are finally looking up.

The Market Research Society of India today launched its inaugural edition of the Indian Research & Insights (R&I) Industry Report. As per the report, the Indian R&I industry is expected to grow at a 12-14% CAGR to $4.2 billion (INR 31,300 crore) by 2025-26, compared to $2.1 bn (INR 17,200 crore) in 2020-21. Moreover, India is fast becoming the global analytics hub, with international markets accounting for 3/4th of its revenues. As per the report, the Indian R&I sector employs more than 125,000 people.

During 2020-21, Marketing Analytics services accounted for 52% of the total Indian R&I industry revenues, while traditional Market Research and Syndicated/ Publishing services stood at 32% and 16%, respectively. By 2025 26, Analytics services will account for 59%, while Custom Market Research and Syndicated/ Publishing services will account for 27% and 14%, respectively, as per the report. The FMCG and Retail sectors are the largest consumer for Research and Insights with a share of 27%, followed

by Information, Communications & Telecom (16%) and Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (15%).

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ith cinemas across all states in India finally opening, there is a lot of optimism about this quarter kick-starting the recovery cycle for cinemas, audiences and the industry as a whole. BookMyShow witnessed a hockey stick growth in user engagement, traffic and transactions nearing pre-covid levels on the platform within just the first ten days of cinemas opening up.

“Within the first 10 days of the movies releasing pan-India, daily consumer traffic surged to 76% of pre-Covid levels on an average while user engagement has been steadily rising the charts, already surpassing 66% of pre-covid levels on BookMyShow,” shared Saksena. Consumers from Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad have been quickest to return back to the movies contributing, 48% of the traffic recovery.

To encourage people to come back to the big screen, BMS has been running a six-month-long campaign #CinemaIsBack that it has conceptualised and executed in-house team. BMS is also going to onboard brand advocates to highlight the safety measures being undertaken at the cinemas. It is also working with partners across industries including Amazon, ixigo and MyGlamm to curate special offers and discounts for its transactors through the festive season.

“Over the next few months, we look forward to welcoming film enthusiasts and cinephiles #BackToTheatres for a safe entertainment experience through the festive season and beyond. Buoyed by the initial response to cinemas over the last month and given the staggering number of film titles set for release in December through Christmas and New Year, we believe we can expect strong growth from cinemas in the short-term itself. As far as live events go, globally countries like USA and UK have gone back to pre-covid levels and we are expecting a similar compelling return for live entertainment through 2022-23. The pace at which the country’s vaccination drive is progressing reposes confidence that the stage has been set for a long-impending revival of the entertainment business in India with all the standard safety protocols in place,” With cinemas opening in India and production houses announcing a line ups of big budget movies across languages and genres since the festive season this year, BMS anticipates the road to recovery to be smooth in 2022.

Razorpay is now the most valued fintech startup in India

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azorpay has raised $375 million in fresh funding from Lone Pine Capital and others at a valuation of $7.5 billion, which has more than doubled since the fintech major's last funding round in April this year, its co-founder and CEO Harshil Mathur said.

Speaking to PTI, Mathur said the series F round was co-led by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital and TCV, and also saw participation from existing investors like Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, GIC and Y Combinator. "With this funding round, our valuation has increased to $7.5 billion -- the fastest increase in valuation for an Indian unicorn in a year. Razorpay was valued at $1 billion in October last year and $3 billion in April this year," he added. With the series F round, Razorpay has raised a total of $741.5 million in investments since its inception in 2014.

The latest infusion will be used to further scale up Razorpay's Business Banking Suite, RazorpayX and offer new banking solutions in 2022 that will help businesses focus less on handling compliance and operations.

The full-stack financial solutions company plans to

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Shaadi.com is looking to enter into matchmaking for LGBTQ+

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ne of the biggest matchmaking platforms in India, Shaadi.com, is on a hunt for new business opportunities in order to further enhance its business, the company’s founder and chief executive Anupam Mittal told Business Insider. No, it has nothing to do with casual dating.

The company wants to get deeper into the matchmaking prospect by launching two more products in the upcoming year. “We are planning to launch something in January, which will tilt the entire industry on its head and open up a lot of avenues for us. This is a completely new way for finding a match,” Mittal said without revealing further details.

Mittal also told Business Insider that the company will be looking forward to entering the matchmaking arena for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community or people living abroad.

We see ourselves as a platform for companionship and matchmaking…

That could mean for different markets, different regions, different countries, different sexes. We don’t have a problem with that. But we will significantly expand the kind of things that we do from a matchmaking context,” Mittal said.

Founded in 1996, Shaadi.com also runs a retail network of matchmaking centres as well.

Besides this, the company also has another matchmaking platform called Sangam, which matches people based on their community.

invest in acquisitions in 2022 and expand its presence across Southeast Asian countries. It also plans to hire over 600 employees to fuel its growth plans in India and overseas.

"While these freshly infused funds will be used in multiple areas, the most important one will be towards investing in building intelligent technologies that will make the lives of small businesses easier by providing them a fundamentally different experience and reducing complexity. We want them to spend less time managing compliance and operations and invest more time in creating new products, building on new ideas and thinking scale," Mathur said.

He added that the funds will help the company take financial services up a notch and serve the underserved businesses and continue to build the central nervous system of Digital India.

Talking about the international expansion, Mathur said geographies like Southeast Asian (SEA) countries face similar payment problems like India, and Razorpay will look to leverage its leadership in building intelligent payment products and learnings to ripe markets like SEA countries.

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Chicago’s Best Bollywood Dance Academy Launches Their Sensational Annual Winter Recital HiIndia Newsdesk

CHICAGO, IL- On Sunday December 19th, the most popular Bollywood dance school in the entire Chicagoland area, S R Dance Academy, held their first ever Annual Winter Recital at the prestigious Hemmens Cultural Center. Rita and Anshika Singh launched the academy at the start of the pandemic as a way for both kids and adults to get active while needing to stay indoors.

Rita Singh is an incredibly creative entrepreneur, investor, and community leader based in Chicago. Her brand, S R, houses a variety of her own companies that fall under the domains of IT staffing, real estate, and entertainment. Her daughter, Anshika Singh is a technology consultant at a Fortune 500 company.

She is also a Purdue graduate, former Femina Miss India finalist, and talented dancer. All their classes were initially taught virtually over Zoom for the first 12 months to ensure the safety of all students. As quarantine was lifted throughout 2021, the students slowly moved to dancing in studios, while taking the safety precautions of social distancing and wearing masks.

Now, S R Dance Academy has 5 studio

S R Dance Academy is the most popular Bollywood dance school in the entire Chicagoland area locations all over the Chicagoland area. Students are taught dance classes in Naperville, Bartlett, Schaumburg, Riverwoods, and Libertyville by two phenomenal celebrity Bollywood choreographers, Elizar and Shirley

Rodrigues, who have been working in Bollywood for the past 20 years.

They have worked side by side with iconic superstars such as Hrithik Rosha, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, and many more. They have even performed at highly exclusive events, such as The IIFA Awards. Since the choreographers and students were fortunately able to meet in person to practice the dances, the S R team thought it would be an extraordinary experience for the students to perform and showcase what they’ve been learning on a live stage. After weeks of strategic planning, costume fittings, multiple dress rehearsals, and more, the team was able to put on a sensational recital to an audience of over 350 people. The event was emceed by Richa Chand along with Rita Singh and Anshika Singh.

There were 23 different performances at the recital this past Sunday. Students from all 5 locations and age groups 4-7, 8-11, 12-21, and adults had the opportunity to perform the dances they had been learning and practicing for several months. The students danced to many popular Bollywood songs, varying from upbeat tempos to soft melodies.

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DHS Withdraws H-1B Selection Final Rule HiIndia Newsdesk

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Homeland Security has published a final rule that withdraws the Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions final rule, also known as the H-1B Selection Final Rule, issued Jan. 8, 2021. That rule was vacated by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

On Sept. 15, 2021, the court in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 4:20–cv–07331 (N.D. Cal. March 19, 2021) vacated the H-1B Selection Final Rule. The rule would have changed the way USCIS selects H-1B registrations submitted by prospective petitioners seeking to file an H-1B cap-subject petition by ranking and selecting registrations based generally on corresponding wage levels.

CBP Reminds Public Ponche AIR INDIA non-stop service Ingredients are Prohibited from Entry between Chicago & Hyderabad HiIndia Newsdesk

SAN DIEGO, CA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are reminding the public that ponche ingredients, guavas, hawthorn apples, and sugarcane are prohibited from entering the United States.

Ponche, a traditional Mexican holiday punch, is shared and enjoyed among many families along the Southwest Border during the holiday season.

However, the ingredients used to make it, guavas (guayabas), hawthorn apples

(tejocotes) and sugar cane (caña de azucar), are not allowed when imported through a passenger port of entry, like the San Ysidro border crossing.

Sugar cane must be properly peeled, with nodes removed, and inspected before it can be considered for entry in passenger processing.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists are expecting an increase in the attempted i mp or t at i on of t he proh ibite d ingredients.

The prohibited items pose significant pest risks. Hawthorn apples, and especially guavas, are hosts to exotic fruit flies. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, fruit flies are among the most destructive pests of fruits and vegetables around the world. Fruit flies spend their larval stages feeding and growing in over 400 host plants.

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The flight AI-108 from Chicago to Hyderabad will operate every Wednesday leaving Chicago at 2130 hrs. (local time) to arrive in Hyderabad at 0040 hrs. +2. The return flight AI-107 from Hyderabad to Chicago will operate once a week every Friday, departing from Hyderabad at 1250 hrs. to arrive in Chicago at 1805 hrs.(local time) on the same day.

The flight will be operated by the state-of-the-art Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with 238 seats, including 8 First Class, 35 Business Class, besides 195 Economy Class configuration.

At present, Air India operates non-stop flights from Delhi to New York, Newark, Washington DC, San Francisco and Chicago and from Mumbai to Newark.

For more information, passengers can log on to: www.airindia.in or call toll free number 1888 634 1407

Hindus Seek Apology From Pixels for Products Portraying Deity Ganesh as “Gangsta” HiIndia Newsdesk

RENO, NV – Upset Hindus are urging Chicago headquartered e-commerce firm Pixels to apologize and withdraw products depicting Lord Ganesh as “gangsta”, calling it “highly inappropriate” and a sacrilege.It was shocking for the Hindu community to see their highly revered deity Lord Ganesh displayed on various products sold on Pixels website; apparently smoking a blunt (marijuana cigarette wrapped in a hollowed-out cigar), carrying pistol in one hand and Ciroc (French Vodka) bottle in the other, with cannabis leaf glued to his forehead; distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed pointed out in Nevada today.E-commerce companies should not be in the business of sacrilege, religious

appropriation and ridiculing entire communities. It was deeply offensive to show immensely venerated Lord Ganesh as a “gangsta” (member of an inner-city street gang); Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated.

Rajan Zed emphasized that Lord Ganesh was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to be mocked at and paraded in a reimagined version as “gangsta” for mercantile objectives. Inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees.

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Muslims around the World” hosted by Islamic Center of Naperville’s (ICN) Al-Falah Academy HiIndia Newsdesk

Congressman Bill Foster attending Muslims around the world event

NAPERVILLE, IL The Fifth annual “Muslims around the World” event, hosted by Islamic Center of Naperville’s (ICN) weekend school, Al-Falah Academy, was held at the ICN’s Ogden Ave facility on Saturday, December 18, 2021. It was an academy and a community event which was attended by over 350 individuals.

Students from Al-Falah academy

Two Indian American Siblings Powered Through Pandemic with Yoga Classes HiIndia Newsdesk

SAN JOSE, CA- With Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recent advisor y highlighting this nation’s growing youth mental health crisis, two young San Jose, California, Indian American students—a sister and brother–are sharing how they have managed their mental and physical health throughout the pandemic through the almost daily practice of yoga. This has helped them increase their strength and flexibility, in addition to helping them find peace, calm, and reduce stress during a difficult time.

represented several countries, showcasing the unique cultures within the religion, Islam. The trifolds at each booth reflected student research and artifacts, ethnic outfits along with culinary samples which were contributions from community families.

Guests were encouraged to attend and immerse themselves into an exploration of the diverse cultures in countries

where Muslims reside. India, Pakistan Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Iraq and the United States were represented at the booths.

Congressman Bill Foster, Congressman Sean Casten, State Senator Laura Ellman, State Representative Janet Yang Rohr, District 204 Board Members Laurie Donahue, Sapna Jain and Natasha Grover, Naperville Council members Ian Holzhauer, Jennifer Taylor, Pat Kelly, Paul Leong and DuPage County Board member Sadia Covert and Dawn DeSart and other officials also attended the event.

Alzena Saleem, Principal of Al-Falah Academy said, “Five years ago, this started off as an event for the students, mainly to showcase for the students the differences between their peers.

We are all Muslims, but it was an opportunity for them to see that we have diversity amongst ourselves. Now it is an opportunity, not just for our students and the Al-Falah community but also for the Naperville community as a whole.”

Indian Health Camp of New Jersey Held 2 COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Drives HiIndia Newsdesk

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – Indian Health Camp of New Jersey (IHCNJ) continues to provide support in the communities during the Pandemic.

Legacy Pharmacy Group, Marlboro Medical Arts Pharmacy, NJ State Department of Health and Doc Go in collaboration with IHCNJ, Shree Swaminarayan Temple in South Brunswick and Ved Mandir in Milltown, NJ held two COVID-19 Vaccine Booster drives on December 18, 2021; More than 250 received the vaccination: Indian Health Camp of New Jersey – IHCNJ, a non-profit organization under tax exempt code 501© (3) organized COVID-19 Booster Vaccine drives at Shree Swaminarayan Temple in South Brunswick and Ved Mandir in Milltown, NJ on December 18, 2021. More than 250 people received booster dose of Moderna and Pfizer vaccinations offered

by Legacy Pharmacy Group – Marlboro Medical Arts Pharmacy, New Jersey State Department of Health and Doc Go in collaboration with local temples in New Jersey and Indian Health Camp of New Jersey. Both temple management and their volunteers provided their support and services to this worthy cause.

Apolo Ohno, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Alex and Maia Shibutani are “Leading with a Champion Mind”

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After a challenging year of navigating the “double pandemic” of COVID-19 and the rise of anti-Asian hate, AARP brought together generations of Asian American Olympians who embody resilience and excellence on December 16 for “Leading with a Champion Mind.” The live virtual panel celebrated the strength of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and shared how to be more resilient.

Olympic gold medalist speed skater Apolo Ohno moderated the uplifting conversation with panelists Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and two-time Olympic

bronze medalist figure skaters, Alex and Maia Shibutani.

According to AARP, mindfulness can help one be more resilient because it keeps people in touch with what’s happening in the moment. Whenever someone practices mindfulness, it bolsters and protects them against feeling powerless and lacking control, especially during challenging events.

“Something that has worked for me, that I probably wouldn’t have been able to articulate back when I was training, is the ability to pause and reflect,” said Apolo Ohno, the most decorated U.S. male Winter Olympian of all time.

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Khaja Moinuddin Elected Township Assessor

Khaja Moinuddin was sworn on Dec 7 HiIndia Newsdesk

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, IL -Hanover Township Trustee Khaja Moinuddin was elected to the office of Hanover Township Assessor following the April 6 Consolidated Election. Moinuddin was sworn on Dec 7 and will take office on January 1. 2022. Moinuddin is believed to be the first Indian American to hold this executive office from Cook County Illinois.

Moinuddin is a civil engineer by profession and brings with him over 26 years of experience in the field of environmental and civil engineering.

Throughout his career with INDOT and MWRD for project coordination and permitting issues he has worked

Khaja Moinuddin is believed to be the first Indian American to hold this executive office from Cook County Illinois. with several other federal, state, and regional governmental agencies such as Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, IDOT/INDOT, IDNR, NRCS, City of Chicago and several other municipalities on various capital improvement projects.

Moinuddin before getting elected for the Township Assessor served on the Township Board as a Trustee for 5 years. He has also served on the Township Mental Health Board, Diversity Task Force and Engagement Committee, and on the Finance Committee. He has also served as a Trustee for the Poplar Creek Library District, and on the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Streamwood.

I am incredibly proud of my time on the Township Board as Trustee. We expanded the availability of Township programs and services, all while maintaining fiscal responsibility,” said Moinuddin. “I look forward to continuing to serve the community in my new position with professionalism and integrity and remain committed in providing the best possible service for all residents seeking assistance through the Assessor’s office.”

The Township Assessor Office assist taxpayers in filling Tax Appeals, Board of Review and Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB) with the Cook County Assessor. The office also works with the residents in filing all related tax exemptions and refunds for years they didn’t receive these exemptions.

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"Limitless' money in Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, who is currently the vice-president and prime minister of UAE, got married to Princess Haya in 2004. The judgment states that she divorced her in 2019 under the Sharia law without her knowledge.

The Princess' lawyers told the court that when in Dubai, she and the children had access to 'limitless' money.

Princess Haya had access to over a dozen luxurious mansions, a 400 million pounds yacht, and a fleet of private planes, her lawyers told the court.

According to the ruling, she used to get 83 million pounds annually for her household, along with 9 million pounds spending money.

Blackmail using children's money The 72-year-old ruler of the emirate of Dubai has long been locked in a bitter legal battle with his 47-year-old former wife, who lives in London with their two children, aged 13 and nine.

During one of the hearings, Princess Haya was questioned about a 6.7 million pounds payment she made to cover up her affair with one of the bodyguards. To make the payment, she used money from the children's bank accounts.

"I was very frightened," Haya said when asked why she had used money from the children's accounts to pay them off. "I was scared and that was the money that was available in that amount."

Mansions in London Of the total divorce settlement, 251.5 million pounds would go towards the upkeep of Princess Haya's houses in London.

In 2016, Princess Haya bought a mansion near Kensington Palace for 87.5 million pounds and then spent 14.7 million pounds in getting it refurbished, the court was told.

The Dubai ruler has been ordered to make payments that would cover a 10-year refurbishment project of the house and also cover the salaries of five housekeepers.

"We always kept it to a very high standard and that is the amount of people needed to keep it as it is now," Princess Haya said.

She has also sought a yearly payment of 770,000 pounds for the maintenance of her Castlewood mansion in Berkshire.

400 racehorses Princess Haya said that she and their children owned over 60 racehorses, for whom she sought 75 million pounds in compensation. While being married to the Sheikh, she bought nearly 400 racehorses.

"If I wanted a horse, I bought one," Princess Haya told the court.

Holidays and leisure During her marriage, the family spent 631,000 pounds on one summer vacation in Italy, and on another occasion the bill for a

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Dubai Royals' Record Divorce Settlement The legal battle between Dubai's ruler and his ex-wife has brought to forefront the lavish lifestyle of the the ultra-rich Middle Eastern royalty. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, was today ordered by the High Court in London to pay his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, around 550 million pounds ($730 million) - reportedly the highest divorce settlement set by an English court. The settlement amount will go towards the upkeep of Princess Haya's British mansions and to cover the future security costs of her and their children. hotel in Greece was 274,000 euros, the court said in its ruling.

Princess Haya would get money for two weeks of vacation in Britain and to travel abroad nine weeks every year.

Judge Philip Moor said that the annual award for holidays would be 5.1 million pounds a year, with 1 million pounds each for hiring private plane and food expenditure.

The court awarded Princess Haya a further 1 million pounds to spend on leisure. He also granted 277,050 pounds a year for spending on pets, including 25,000 pounds to buy horses and 12,000 pounds for toys, grooming, and training of unspecified animals.

Clothes and jewellery Princess Haya in her testimony said that her ex-husband used to regularly spoil her with lavish gifts during their marriage, and was awarded 13.7 million pounds as compensation for what she claimed were missing jewellery and clothes. She had initially sought 52 million pounds for the missing items.

She said her collection of haute couture was worth about 74 million euros, and only the most basic items had been returned to her after she fled to Britain.

"If you put all the pieces in that room spread across this courtroom, it would be full," Haya said. "I was spoiled with wonderful gifts which I enjoyed very, very much at the time."

In a 23-minute video presented during the hearing, the judge could be seen walking into a safe in the Dubai palace where the jewellery was kept. The judge said that what was left in the safe seemed "standard fare".

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Tiger Woods might not be ready for tour-level golf. He can still deliver quite a show.

In a remarkable return from a car crash 10 months ago that badly damaged his right leg, Woods and 12-yearold son Charlie set a tournament record with 11 straight birdies and pushed John Daly and his college son all the way to the finish Sunday in the PNC Championship.

Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted

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On Monday, South Africa's T20 Mzansi Super League was cancelled for the second time due to the COVID-19 p a n d e m i c, t h e country's cricket board said.

The Indian team trains at SuperSport Park (Twitter/BCCI)

Cricket South Africa on Monday stated that there will be no tickets made available for India’s tour of the Rainbow Nation due to the rising Covid-19 cases in the world as well as in South Africa.

The statement read, “CSA wishes to inform the most ardent fans of cricket as well as all sports lovers that owing to the increasing COVID cases around the world, and the fourth wave locally, the two cricketing bodies have taken a joint decision to protect the players and the tour by not making tickets available for the India vs Proteas offerings. This decision was taken in order to avoid any breaches that could compromise the

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tour from a Covid-risk perspective and to also maintain a hazard-free bubble environment.”

Pholetsi Moseki, CSA Acting Chief Executive Officer said, “We acknowledge the interest expressed by the fans and other stakeholders on being able to return to stadiums and want to assure all cricket fans that this decision was not taken lightly, but was instead taken in the best interest of the game and in the interest of the health and safety of all patrons. Consequently, we urge all sport lovers to exercise absolute care, during these extraordinary times.”

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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a social media post attributed to her posted in November that accused a former top Communist Party official of having forced her into sex.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of having forced her into sex.

The Lianhe Zaobao Chinese-language newspaper posted video of Peng it says was taken Sunday in Shanghai in which she said she has been mainly staying at home in Beijing but was free to come and go as she chose.

“First of all, I want to emphasize something that is very important. I have never said that I wrote that anyone sexually assaulted me. I need to emphasize this point very clearly,” Peng told the newspaper’s reporter.

R Ashwin admits he considered retirement: ‘A lot of people were backed, why not me?’

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The first phase, Ravichandran Ashwin said, was right after the England series in 2018, followed by abdomen tear in Australia later that year after the Adelaide Test.

Indian chess maestro Viswanathan Anand lost both his matches in the Rapid event to end his campaign with just one victory at the 7th Vugar Gashimov Memorial chess tournament here on Tuesday.

The former world champion Indian lost to Fabiano Caruana of USA 0.5-1.5 in his first match of the day before going down to lower-rated Azerbaijan player Vugar Asadli by the same margin.

Anand’s only win in the Rapid section came against Shakriyar Mamedyarov in the sixth round on Monday. He finished with a tally of 5.5 points from seven rounds.

Prolonged injuries, lack of support and backing during the period between 2018-2020 forced India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to contemplate retirement.

In an interview with ESPNCricinfo, Ashwin revealed that it was one of the most difficult times for him as a cricketer. The first phase, he said, was right after the England series in 2018, followed by abdomen tear in Australia later that year after the Adelaide Test.

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It is hard to browse through social media without coming across a banquet's worth of mouth-watering posts, but do these actually alter your own food choices?

Some research shows that if we're scrolling through lots of photos, we start to tune them out – we start to feel something that feels like satiety – Solveig Argeseanu

any of us are lucky enough to have some degree of choice over what we eat.

When we open the fridge or browse the shelves of the local supermarket, there are a smorgasbord of options available to us. But are the decisions we make about our diet as free as we like to think? What if there was something other than our own hunger and the choices that happen to be at eyelevel influencing what we eat?

Scroll through social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook and you will be confronted with picture after picture of perfectly presented and utterly delicious-looking meals. While the smell and taste of food can have an undeniably powerful effect on our cravings, are endless posts of steaming snacks and glistening morsels more than just a feast for our eyes?

Certainly, it appears we're hugely influenced by other people – especially those closest to us – when it comes to what we eat. Research has found that the closer and stronger two people's connection, the more sway they have over each other's food choices.

"A lot of our cues from face-to-face interactions are linked with who we're with," says Solveig Argeseanu, associate professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, US. "It's more about the relationship and how I compare myself with that person than specific individuals. If I think the person I'm with is more attractive or popular, I'll tend to want to imitate them more."

This can mean these social cues generally encourage us to eat more, Argeseanu adds. Although, being around healthy eaters may encourage you to eat healthier, too, according to research.

Our eating habits are also influenced by what we see. Scientists say we favour "oozing" protein, a dribbling egg yolk, or

seem so credible," she says.

Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned that food-related content on social media is making us think differently about food. Social media algorithms promote content that users engage with more, so viewing more unhealthy food means seeing more of it on our social media feeds, Pancer says.

"With higher engagement and reach metrics for unhealthy foods, content producers may gradually shift their content to be unhealthier to stay competitive," he says. "And with more exposure to unhealthy foods, consumer perceptions of what is considered normal eating habits may skew to be unhealthier."

One study estimated that children and adolescents see marketing for food between 30 and 189 times per week on social media apps, with fast food and sugary drinks being the most common. But it's not just advertising placements from the food industry that are responsible – we're all capable of influencing people online.

It starts to get risky, C avazo says, if the content people s e e p e r p e tu ate s an unhealthy body image, for example.

"Some of us are less influenced by content, but for others who are already at risk and may have symptoms of eating disorders, having more content that normalises unhealthy eating patterns could trigger s omeone to move towards unhealthy behaviours."

But while studies have found that social media c an ma ke us t h i n k differently about food,

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How food influencers affect what we eat Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned that food-related content on social media is making us think differently about food. Social media algorithms promote content that users engage with more, so viewing more unhealthy food means seeing more of it on our social media feeds, Pancer says.

follow through on that desire is influenced by lot of other factors, such as what food is available at the time.

But social media is one place where visual and social cues meet. There is certainly evidence that if friends in your social network post regularly about particular types of food, it could lead you to copy them, for better or for worse. And research indicates that social media might be changing our relationship with food, making us think differently about what we eat.

"If all your friends on social media are posting pictures of themselves consuming fast food, it's going to set a norm that eating fast food is what people do," says Higgs.

Research suggests we're more likely to engage with photos of fast food, says Ethan Pancer, professor of marketing at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova

Although pictures of food can have an influence on what we eat, there are other cues that have a stronger affect (Credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

There are concerns that social media posts of sugary and fatty food might push people into making unhealthy choices about what they eat (Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty Images)

bubbling mozzarella, for example.

"There is some evidence that, if you see pictures of food, that visual stimulation can prompt you to feel a desire to eat," says Suzanne Higgs, professor in the psychobiology of appetite at the University of Birmingham, UK. Although, she says, whether people

With more exposure to unhealthy foods, consumer perceptions of wha t is considered normal eating habits may skew to be unhealthier – Ethan Pancer

Scotia, Canada. This is particularly true and that we typically engage more of saturated fat, because it makes us with content featuring unhealthy feel good by releasing dopamine and food, it's uncertain yet whether this stimulating pleasure centres in the brain. actually translates to our changes in our Humans are biologically primed to seek behaviour in daily life. out calorie-dense food – an ability that "If I'm scrolling through Instagram, helped our ancestors survive when they looking at photos of tasty food, whether foraged for food.

I seek out the food I'm prompted to "Evolutionary psychology has found that seek out depends on how hungry I am, people feel happy when they simply see and whether it's appropriate in that these foods, and thus engage with it moment," says Higgs. more," he says.

And when we do eat, we're influenced It doesn't help that healthier foods are by more than what we've seen online, often seen as boring in comparison, she adds. whereas processed food is seen as "cool", "Research would suggest that, when says Tina Tessitore, associate professor making a decision about what and how of marketing at the Institut d'Économie much to eat, we're combining different Scientifique Et de Gestion (IESEG) pieces of information," says Higgs.

School of Management in Lille, France. "Momentary influences come together "In advertising, you see unhealthy food in ways we don't understand very well." in social settings – people having a Research has found that that these barbeque with friends, for example, inf luences can include level of while healthy food often focuses more nutritional knowledge, body ideals, on the nutritional value. If you saw cooking skills and cost. friends eating salad together, it wouldn't

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Leena Nair the new global CEO of Chanel

The London-based Indian and former Unilever executive has been appointed the new global CEO of the French luxury house

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“The first female, first Asian, youngest ever CHRO of Unilever,” reads Londonbased Leena Nair's LinkedIn profile. The former Chief Human Resources Officer & Member of the Unilever Leadership Executive at British consumer goods company, Unilever, Nair, 52, has just made headlines by becoming the Global Chief Executive Officer of French luxury Maison, Chanel.

With 30 years experience at Unilever where she started as a management

trainee in 1992, her appointment is said to be an effort to bring an outsider's perspective to the fashion industry.

Counted among Fortune India's Most Powerful Women 2021, the XLRI Jamshedpur alumni is lauded for her people-focused approach to leadership culture in large companies.

Alain Wertheimer, who co-owns the brand with his brother Gerard, will move to the role of global executive chairman. He has served as CEO since the departure of American fashion executive Maureen Chiquet in 2016.

Chanel, known for its tweed suits, quilted handbags and No. 5 fragrance, said Nair would join the group in January adding that the new appointments would ensure its "long-term success as a private company."

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Dhoni and Sakshi complete 14 years of ‘knowing each other

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adorable antics and her impeccable singing talent. home series. Talking about their first meet, Sakshi had once revealed, “The first time I met him was While Dhoni shies away from social media, Sakshi keeps giving us sneak-peeks into their lives regularly. through a common friend, and it was the last day of my internship at Taj, and he seemed to be a very regular Last month, the cricketer was seen celebrating her birthday along with their daughter. guy, like very normal.”

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'Heroes are scared to romance me'

Sara Ali Khan

'I am very bold that's why they get intimidated by my presence.'

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he famously bold and fiercely opinionated actress Mallika Sherawat is thrilled to have bagged a starring role in the coming multilingual film Nagmati, which went before cameras on Monday with a mahurat puja.

This is your first film where you are playing a double role. Tell us more.

I watched Seeta Aur Geeta in my childhood where Hema Maliniji played a double role. I have grown up watching Amitabh Bachchanji in several films where he played a double role. So I was half nervous, half excited when the makers of Nagmati approached me for the film.

Playing a dual role is always exciting for any actor because he or she gets to play two characters in one single film.

I am doing it for the first time.

Whether I fail at it or excel at it is something I will get to know only when I begin shooting.

I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Were you offered a double role before in your career, but you could not take it up for some reason?

Not only a double role, but I also had to let go of so many interesting roles in the past.

What's Manoj doing with Kane Williamson?

In a new video released by Amazon Prime Video, we see The Family Man star Manoj Bajpayee engaging in a fun chat with New Zealand’s cricket team captain Kane Williamson. The two are seen chatting about cricket and shows as Manoj tries his best to get Kane to confess all the strategies he has been planning as his team gears up to face the Indian cricket team next year.

The versatile actor also taught the New Zealand skipper to say his popular dialogue from The Family Man Season 2 — “Don’t be a minimum guy”. Kane even revealed who could moonlight from his team as a good spy (Glenn Phillips) and someone who would ace the corporate job (Mitchell Santner).

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Admits it’s competitive but is too comfortable in her skin to feel insecure

Compromise.

And I don't compromise on anything. I did not enter the industry to compromise, you know.

Those who compromise eventually get t h o s e plu m roles.

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ctor Sara Ali Khan said that because she is so comfortable in her own skin, she doesn’t feel insecure about forging friendships with her contemporaries, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Madan, each of whom she has bonded with individually. In a new interview, she said that competition exists, but the young actresses have bonded over their unique experience of starting out around the same time, and seeing their new careers be affected by the pandemic.

In an interview, she said in Hindi, “We have a lot in common, We are young actors, and we’ve lost important years to COVID-19. This is something that only we can express to each other; there’s an understanding we have with each other that we don’t have with others. Of course there is competition, but if you know who you are, and if you stay true to yourself, there’s no harm.”

Sara also said that her relationship with her father, Saif Ali Khan, has ‘stood the test of time’ and that he has always been there for her. “He’s my father, and I love him,” she said, adding, “That’s something that hasn’t changed with time.” She also revealed that she never got the chance to visit her father on set when he was working with Akshay Kumar, who is now her co-star in Atrangi Re.

It is not just a double role, but also a title role. Do you feel any pressure mounting on you?

I feel when an actress gets to play a title role and that too in a female-centric film, it is good for the whole industry.

This inspires writers to write more such characters and films.

Earlier, only male actors used to get such 'privileged' roles.

But now, slowly and slowly, the tide is turning and female actors are also getting to do these kinds of roles.

The Actor Who Gave 1,000 Auditions!

'When you are not from this industry, you have to take everything really, really seriously.'

Ayush Mehra is enjoying the love he's getting for his debut OTT show, Call My Agent: Bollywood.

Directed by Shaad Ali, the series sees him take centrestage with Rajat Kapoor, Soni Razdan and Aahana Kumra.

Of course, it didn't come easy, but Ayush has quite a practical approach.

"You feel bad when you get rejected in the first 10 auditions. But after 20 and 250 auditions, it doesn't matter. It's a process, like hits and flops, and not to be taken seriously. You do your best and then forget about it," he tells.

What kind of feedback are you getting for Call May Agent?

I'm getting good responses.

A lot of people, who have watched the show, have said that I stand out. Since it's my OTT debut, it's really motivating.

A growing actor wants to hear appreciation in his first show at least.

Being a Punjabi, how difficult was it to portray a Parsi character?

There are challenges when you have to play a person who speaks a different dialect but the script helped me a lot.

Since they are modern agents, a lot of slang that Parsis use will not come in place. It will only happen when you are in a private space, or in distress.

The idea was not to overdo it, but to keep it natural, to have a sprinkle of it.

I have done it the way it was written.

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Deepika's OTT Debut in January

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eepika Padukone will make her OTT debut in Shakun Batra's Gehraiyaan on Amazon Prime Video. Jointly produced by Dharma Productions and Viacom18 Studios in association with Batra's Jouska Films, the film deals with complex, modern, relationships. Gehraiyaan also stars Siddhant Chaturvedi,

Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa, along with Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapur. Gehraiyaan is an intense, real and honest observation of modern relationships, and director Shakun Batra has done a phenomenal job of portraying the complexities of human emotions,' says Karan Johar

How Govinda went from auditioning for a small part in Mahabharat to Bollywood’s king of comedy

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t was late 1980s when Govinda was still trying to find his footing in Bollywood.

Just two films down, Govinda thought of giving television a shot too. In fact he auditioned for the role of Abhimanyu in TV’s cult show Mahabharat (1988). But luckily, TanBadan happened, his first lead role opposite Khushbu and directed by his uncle Anand. He never looked back at TV and went on to act in nearly 50 films for the next six years. That

The kind of comedy he brought to the table was beyond timing.

Take for instance his Dulhe Raja. A dhaba-owner struggling to keep his food joint running when a filthy rich and powerful hotelier threatens to demolish it on a daily basis. Sounds like a sob story of struggle? On paper maybe, but the film made it a Govinda's films were massy laugh riot. And can we ignore family entertainers that his pelvic moves? Govinda’s dance continues to remain unmatchable, catered to and his songs are integral to our everyone from 6 to 60. house parties too, when we wish to dance like no one’s watching. By was when Shola Aur Shabnam became a hit, this we do not mean his dance was opening more doors for him. all about fun and laughter. It was Govinda might have said time and again that serious dancing. Who all remember the characters he played were nowhere similar “Husn Hai Suhana” or for that matter to his real self, but when he stood under the “Meri Pant Bhi Sexy.” arch lights, there was no one like Govinda.

'I don't think I've achieved much'

It has been 80 years of listening to Lata Mangeshkar's beautiful voice!

Yes, India's Nightingale completed eight decades of singing in the movies on December 16.

Only 14 years old then, she had sung two songs for radio for the first time.

Lataji looks back at her career, and tells Subhash K Jha, "He (my father) predicted I'd doing something very special with my life."

You have complete 80 years of singing.

It's all God's grace. And, of course, the blessings of my parents, who dreamt big dreams for me.

Do you know that my father was an astrologer? He predicted I'd doing something very special with my life.

You are going far ahead of what your father had predicted...

Yeh sach hai maine logon ka bahot pyar paya hai (I've received so much love of the people) but that doesn't mean I am complacent about my career. There is always room for more.

I don't think I've achieved as much as people think I have.

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