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WFI Elections By June 30, Chargesheet Against Brij Bhushan By June 15: Anurag Thakur
Agency News: New Delhi
Sports Minister Anurag
Thakur on Wednesday said a chargesheet in the case into the allegations of sexual harassment against outgoing WFI chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh will be filed by June 15. Addressing a press conference after a marathon meeting with the protesting wrestlers, Thakur also assured that the elections to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will be held by June 30. Noting that the government has accepted every demand of the wrestlers, he said WFI will also have an internal complaints committee, headed by a woman. Thakur said the wrestlers had also demanded the withdrawal of cases against various academies and sportspersons as well as not allowing Singh and his associates to participate in the election process. “All these issues were agreed by consensus,” the sports minister said. Also
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Odisha Train Tragedy: Did Railway Staff Lose Track? Officials Hint at Human Error, Rule Out Sabotage
Agency News: New Delhi
“Want Truth To Come Out”: Mamata Banerjee Alleges Cover Up In Odisha Crash
Anurag Thakur said that the government has accepted every demand of the wrestlers. He said WFI will also have an internal complaints committee, headed by a woman.
Singh’s arrest, Thakur said the investigation into the case will be completed and a chargesheet will be filed by June 15.
This was the second meeting between the government and protesting wrestlers in a span of five days. The wrestlers had met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday night and apprised him of their demands.
“Government has assured us that police investigation will be completed before 15th June. We have requested that all FIRs against wrestlers should be taken back and he has agreed to it. If no action is taken by 15th June, we
Rains likely to return to Gujarat from June 9
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast dry weather across Gujarat till June 8. Further, the IMD has forecast light to moderate rain over parts of Gujarat from June 9 to June 11.
Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted dry weather until June 8th across Gujarat.
However, all ports on the Gujarat coast are on alert as cyclonic storm “Biparjoy” forms in the Arabian Sea. The Met Department has issued a fishermen’s warning, advising them not to venture into the sea. Furthermore, the IMD has
forecast light to moderate rain in parts of Gujarat from June 9th to June 11th. According to the IMD bulletin, “Light thunderstorm with lightning and surface wind 30- 40 kmph (in gust) accompanied with light rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Amreli and Bhavnagar,” on June 9th. On June 10th, “Light thunderstorm with lightning and surface wind 30- 40 kmph (in gust) accompanied with light rain very likely at
Surat Airport creates parking space for 6 more aircraft
isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Amreli and Bhavnagar.” On June 11th, “Light thunderstorm with lightning and surface wind 3040 kmph (in gust) accompanied with light rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Surat, Navsari, Dang, Valsad, Narmada, Bharuch, Tapi and in Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli; in the districts of Saurashtra namely Amreli, Gir Somnath, Bhavnagar and in Diu”
will continue our protest,” Bajrang Punia told after the meeting, which started at 11:00 AM in the morning, ended during the early evening hours on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Sakshi Malik at the meeting. Vinesh Phogat, a prominent face of the protest, did not attend the meeting as she was in her village Balali in Haryana to attend a prescheduled ‘panchayat’. “I had a long 6-hour discussion with the wrestlers. We have assured wrestlers that the probe will be completed by 15th June and chargesheets will be submitted.
Ahuge push for punctuality and so many trains back to back in line on major routes not just put a lot of strain on the machines but humans too. And railway staff are no different. spoke to a few officials who ruled out the possibility of “sabotage” in the Odisha incident, but said the error could have possibly made due to “overburdened” staff, and that it was an “unintentional mistake”. Last week, had reported that as of February, out of 96,582 sanctioned nongazetted posts in the South Eastern Railway (SER), 17,811 are vacant. Further, out of 937 sanctioned gazetted posts, 150 are vacant. Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha, where the accident took place that killed over 270 people, is under the SER. Also, 14,815 posts are vacant across India in the Signal and Telecommunication department alone. A senior official from SER explained to that the staff, who are directly involved in train operations, are under a lot of pressure.
“On major busy routes, like the
railway staff, who are directly involved in train operations, are under a lot of pressure.
Other officials also said questioning their own staff, who work tirelessly to operate thousands of trains per day, is ‘demoralising’
one where the accident took place, trains are so frequent that in around every two-three minutes, there will be a train. Sometimes, the pressure is so high that they may ignore some issues, not intentionally, but by accident,” the official said, demanding anonymity. Also, stopping one train will impact punctuality of not just that one train but those behind it as well.
Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar
The construction company responsible for building the collapsed bridge in Bihar is the same company that is constructing two important bridges in Gujarat. The underconstruction four-lane bridge across the Ganga in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday, June 4th. The construction firm SP Singla Construction Pvt. Ltd. of Haryana which was building the collapsed bridge in Bihar is involved in constructing the Okha-Bet Dwarka Signature Bridge and the Dabhoi-SinorMalsar-S Road Narmada River Bridge in Gujarat. Currently, construction work on both bridges is nearing completion, with plans for their inauguration in the coming days. In light of the bridge collapse in Bihar, concerns have been raised regarding the quality of bridges in Gujarat. There is a demand
‘I’m Missing Him’: Delhi CM Kejriwal Turns Emotional, Says Sisodia Sent to Jail Because...
construction company responsible for the construction of the collapsed bridge in Bihar
for these bridges to be inspected by a third-party expert team before their opening. SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. has been involved in the construction business for the past 27 years. Its current board members and directors are Sat Paul Singla, Prem Lata, Deepak Singla, Rohit Singla, and Nikita Gandhi. The company is registered at the Delhi Registrar’s Office and has its corporate office in Haryana.
It is a private, unlisted company classified as a ‘Company Limited by Share.’ Projects awarded to the company in Gujarat In 2017, approval was granted for the Rs. 962 crore cable-stayed signature bridge project in Gujarat. The project involves constructing a 3.73 km, four-lane, 27.20 m-wide cable-stayed signature bridge that will connect Okha and Bet Dwarka.
Mumbai Hostel Murder: Teen Raped, Strangulated with ‘Dupatta’; Suspect Guard Found Dead on Tracks
Agency News: Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that there is an attempt to suppress the reasons for the railway accident in Odisha and the CBI is being used to cover up the lapses as victims’ families are asking questions.
“I thought I won’t say this, but the situation has forced me to say it. Such a huge accident has occurred. There is an effort to cover up the lapses.
The families who’ve lost everything want answers. They want the true information to come out,” she alleged. “Why did the accident happen? Why did so many people die? This is this century’s biggest incident. What will the CBI do? If it’s a criminal case, the CBI can do something. Haven’t you seen Pulwama and what the
Mamata Banerjee said an estimated 103 people from West Bengal have died in the accident and around 40-50 people from Bengal are missing.
then Governor has said?” she added. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the June 2 triple train crash. “The actual accident is not being investigated and everything is being cleared,” Ms Banerjee claimed. “There is no evidence. I want the truth to come out. The railway accident is not being investigated but the CBI has been sent here (Bengal) by Delhi and they have entered some 14 to 16 municipalities in Kolkata. They have entered the urban development department. Ask them, if now they will enter washrooms also? By doing this they cannot cover up such a big accident,” the Chief Minister added. The CBI is conducting searches in the state in connection with the alleged irregularities in municipal corporations.
‘Sulah ka Formula’: Congress’ Plan to Abort Pilot’s Take Off Amid Rumours of Him Floating New Party
Agency News: Jaipur Sulah the formula taiyyar hai (formula for truce is ready).
But I won’t tell you, Congress general secretary in-charge of Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said smilingly as the media hounded him at Jaipur airport to ask about the possibility of dissident leader Sachin Pilot floating a new party. The AICC leader, however said that both chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot know about the formula.
“I am hearing this from you, I think there is no such thing. He (Pilot) did not have this in his mind before and does not have it now,” Randhawa
Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot Tussle in Rajasthan: Congress general secretary incharge of Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that both chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot know about the formula
told reporters. He also said it is the media which is raising the issue. The Congress leader reiterated that party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had recently talked to CM Gehlot and Sachin Pilot in Delhi in which both the Rajasthan leaders “agreed to work unitedly”. “Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi listened to both of them carefully and both were told that they are the assets of the Congress… Both said that they will work together,” he said. Randhawa said that 90 per cent of the matter was resolved.
A Former Ally Leans Towards BJP, Snubs Opposition Unity Moves For 2024
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Six newly developed parking slots for aircrafts at Surat Airport are likely to be available from 13th July 2023. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved 18 parking bays Surat airport. With effect from 13th July, total parking spaces available at Surat airport will rise to 11, including 6 new and 5 existing parkings. 3 out of the 11 parking spaces will be kept reserved including 1 for VVIP movements and 2 for aviation related emergencies.
Six newly developed parking slots for aircraft at Surat Airport likely to be available from 13th July 2023
The airlines wishing to take a night halt at Surat airport for morning departure will be able to avail the facility. The ultimate plan is to create space for parking of total 18 planes. There’s a scope to develop another 7 parkings.
SpiceJet airlines has been the first to book the night parking facility at Surat airport. Surat Airport serves a vast number of businesses around the country, since it is directly linked to 16 cities across the country.
Agency News: New Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday broke down in tears as he remembered his former deputy Manish Sisodia, who is in jail in connection with a probe into the excise policy case, while inaugurating a new branch of BR Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence in Bawana. Speaking at the event, the AAP supremo asserted that the party leader will be “granted bail very soon” as he has been jailed on “false charges”. With tears rolling down his cheeks, Kejriwal said, “I am missing
Manish Sisodia was arrested in the CBI case on February 26 in connection with its probe into the excise policy after which he resigned as deputy chief minister of Delhi
Manish Sisodia today. Manish Sisodia started this aiming to provide quality education to one and all. They framed false charges against him and jailed him in an unjust manner. I am sure that Manish Sisodia will come out of jail very soon. Truth always wins. He has been jailed because he has been building good schools and the Aam Aadmi Party is getting popular.” Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Kejriwal said, “They want to halt the progress of Delhi’s education.
Agency News: Mumbai
An 18-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region was allegedly raped and strangled to death in her fourthfloor room of a government women’s hostel in south Mumbai’s Charni Road. The suspect, identified as security guard Prakash Kanojia, who also worked as a laundry man, ended his life soon after. Police said that Kanojia’s body was found on the tracks near Charni Road station on Tuesday morning. A senior officer said that the victim’s room was locked from the outside. When the door was opened, the woman was found dead with
Mumbai Charni Road Murder: Maharashtra women and child welfare minister Mangalprabhat Lodha visited the hostel late at night, while BJP leader Chitra Wagh and NCP leader Vidya Chavan were seen at the incident site on Wednesday
a ‘dupatta’ around her neck. Police suspect that she was murdered after rape. The body of the woman was taken for an autopsy at JJ Hospital at 8.15 pm. Official police sources on Wednesday said that the postmortem is still not over. Deputy police commissioner Pravin Munde said a case of murder was registered at the local police station. The woman, a resident of Akola, was reportedly a single child and a second-year polytechnic student. Her hostel mate had asked her to come to her room as she was alone on the fourth floor.
The JDS, which won only one of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 election, sent feelers to the BJP weeks after the assembly election verdict.
Agency News: New Delhi
The Janata Dal Secular (JDS), stunned by its worstever performance in the recent Karnataka election, is leaning towards the BJP and has sent feelers for an alliance for the 2024 national election, sources say. The JDS, which won only one of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 election, sent feelers to the BJP weeks after the assembly election verdict. The Congress won a big victory in the Karnataka polls, unseating the ruling
BJP and dashing the JDS’ hopes of playing kingmaker. JDS won just 19 of 224 seats and was reduced to irrelevance because of a clear public mandate. The JDS, led by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy, reportedly assesses a chance to defeat the Congress and salvage its vote-base if it ties up with the BJP, its one-time ally. The BJP and JDS formed a coalition government in Karnataka in 2006 with Mr Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister and Mr BS Yediyurappa as his deputy, under a 20-month powersharing formula.
Construction firm which was building collapsed Bhagalpur Bridge has multi-crore contracts in Gujarat as well
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Editorial Budget Airlines Or Air Buccaneers? Govt Needs to Rein in Opaque System of Surge Pricing
Gujarat ports on alert as cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ approaches: Fishermen warned to stay away from deep Sea
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Union Cabinet increases MSP for Kharif crops by upto Rs. 805/quintal compared to previous year
Agency News: New Delhi
All ports in Gujarat have been instructed to hoist a distant warning ( DW II ) signal as the deep depression over the southeast and adjoining eastcentral Arabian Sea has shifted in a northward direction and developed into a cyclonic storm named “Biparjoy,” according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has issued fishermen warning asking them to refrain from venturing into the deep sea due to this weather phenomenon.
“The cyclonic storm “Biparjoy” over east central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea remained practically stationary during
last 3 hours and lay centred at 0230 hours IST of 07 th June 2023 over the same region near
latitude 12.5°N and longitude 66.0°E, about 900 km westsouthwes.
Gujarat HC rejects bail plea of accused who made defamatory posts on PM Modi and his mother
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara EditorBudget airlines have become plunderers in the skies, running amok, selling everything – exorbitant fares, printed tickets, baggage, seats, leg space, and food, in the name of “open skies policy”, “deregulation”, and “surge pricing”. Naked, unfettered extortion is happening, making the lives of thousands of travellers including students a plain misery. India is a nation that is quick to adapt all regressive Western practices. One such practice imbibed by the airline, railway, and taxi network is ‘surge pricing’. This is the practice of hiking the standard prices of goods and services to high levels, citing greater demand. The individual consumers do not get to know the quantum of the demand level, as there is zero transparency. The complete anonymity that online transactions guarantee makes it a secret exercise by a coterie of airline officials to jack up prices abnormally. The holiday season, festival season, and student admission season, all witness manipulated soaring airfares. Currently, many routes in India are witnessing a 4 to 6 times abnormal hike in fares. There are millions of travellers proceeding to Gulf countries and Europe, and vice versa, but exorbitant hikes in airfare are proving to be beyond the reach of ordinary people. Voracious greed for profiteering is propelling ticket fares to dizzying heights. With zero accountability of any kind and hardly any competitors, the air pirates are engaged in a daily price-hike game. The government and the Ministry of Civil Aviation are helpless spectators, watching the everyday game of price hikes, now restricted to just two major airlines. One also wonders as to why the Government of India is maintaining a full-fledged Ministry of Civil Aviation along with a battery of bureaucrats. Unable to instil any sense in this everyminute game of price-hike, the Kerala government has taken a bold decision to launch a ship service with the cooperation of the Department of Non-Resident Keralites’ Affairs (NORKA), the official body of the diaspora of Kerala ethnicity. The Kerala government has allocated Rs 15 crore for this proposed venture. However, this project will not have any effect on the domestic flight sector and will only have a marginal impact on the Gulf sector, as and when the shipping service commences. The Government of India can initiate effective steps to control the manipulated everyminute price hike by simply curtailing the travel plans of ministers and bureaucrats who constitute a major chunk of daily travellers. By switching over to online meetings, much unwanted expenditure can be reined in. It is also pointless in wasting taxpayers’ money on abnormal airfare. Similarly, the government should not permit any Leave Travel Concession (LTC) and Home Travel Concession (HTC) to employees when fares go beyond an optimal level. Just by simply regulating the air travel of bureaucrats and their families, the market can be influenced to keep fares within the Lakshman Rekha. The government is also guilty of adopting this obnoxious practice of ‘surge pricing’ in the railway sector. Many train fares are unaffordable for the common man as the dubious practice of ‘surge pricing’ is being resorted to for augmenting revenue. Here also, by simply regulating the travels of bureaucrats.
The Gujarat High Court firmly with a strong-worded remark rejected the bail plea of Jamnagar-based Congress leader Afzal Kasam Lakhani, who is accused of posting defamatory content about PM Modi and his late mother Hiraba on social media.Justice Nirzar S. Desai rejected the bail plea while emphasizing that residents of India must remain loyal to the country. The accused, associated with the Congress party, created a Facebook page titled “Gujarat Trast, BJP Mast,” where he posted objectionable and obscene content about PM Modi and his late mother. A complaint was filed against him on December 31, 2022, and he was apprehended on January 1st this year. The public prosecutor,
Sunvilla
News: Gandhinagar
The state cabinet minister for civil aviation, Balvantsinh
Rajput, announced on Tuesday that the construction of the Dholera airport is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. During the meeting of the standing committee on industries in Gandhinagar, Rajput expressed the department’s goal of achieving “zero-pendency” in all MSMErelated cases. According to an official statement, work is progressing rapidly at the proposed Dholera airport.
Furthermore, Rajput who is also the cabinet minister for Labour & Employment instructed officials to ensure that all welfare schemes under the labour and employment .
Manan Mehta, revealed that the accused operated the Facebook page under the Hindu name Jigar Thakkar and used it to spread communal animosity through 35 other Facebook pages. He also received numerous phone calls from Pakistan and had over 700 followers from Pakistan. Taking note of the
accused’s overall behavior, the court found it apparent that Afzal’s intention was to disturb communal harmony. The court also noted that the post made by the accused seemed to have a specific agenda, and despite the maximum punishment for such a crime being 5 years, there is no justification.
Pictures of Shastri bridge of Ahmedabad go viral online; tender process for its rehabilitation by NHAI underway
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
A photograph of a Shastri bridge over river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad has gone viral on social media. The bridge visibly needs repair of joints, however, experts believe there’s no structural problem involved or no immediate danger of collapse. The experts say it’s wedge construction and the bridge is designed in such a way, however, there’s no doubt that it needs rehabilitation. The commuters passing over this bridge often complain
The bridge is apparently in need of joint repairs, however, experts believe there is no structural problem involved or any immediate danger of collapse.
of experiencing a shaking effect. The bridge connects the Vishala area of Vasna in Western Ahmedabad to the industrial areas of Narol and Pirana in Eastern Ahmedabad.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24. Government has increased the MSP of Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24, to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification, as provided in the table below Refers to cost which includes all paid out costs such as those
incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock labour/ machine labour, rent paid for leased in land, expenses incurred on use of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges,
depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/ electricity for operation of pump sets etc., miscellaneous expenses and imputed value of family labour.
Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal meets Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil
Agency News: Hyderabad
President of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat, CR Patil met with Faisal Patel, the son of late Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Patel. Faisal Patel has uploaded a photograph of his meeting with CR Patil on social media with the caption “Interacting with Shri CR Paatil ji since last few years.” Faisal along with his sister Mumtaz run several social activities, particularly in the domain of healthcare in late Ahmed Patel’s native Bharuch
Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against a jewellery firm and its promoters in connection with a Rs 12.22 crore fraud case filed by the Union Bank of India. The FIR, registered by the CBI Gandhinagar unit names Arihant Jewels of Bapunagar and its promoters Anant Shah and Maulika Anant Shah, along with Jigar Hebra and unidentified officials from Union Bank of India and others. The accused abruptly closed their business
district. None of them have declared any plan to join active politics yet. In April 2022, Faisal Patel had tweeted hinted his displeasure with Congress party and said he has kept his options open. “Tired of waiting around. No encouragement from the top brass. Keeping my options open,” Faisal Patel, son of
Ahmed Patel had tweeted. The tweet was later removed. Ahmed Patel, then Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat and party’s national treasurer apart from political secretary of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, passed away due to Covid-19 infection and related health issues in November 2020.
When checked with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), it has been learnt that the tender process for rehabilitation of this around forty-year-old bridge is underway and in advanced stages. The tender value for this work is Rs. 5.51 crore.
Agency News: Vadnagar
A state-of-the-art archaeological museum incorporating immersive technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality is being constructed in Vadnagar, with a project cost of Rs 212.1 crore. The museum will be housed in a three-story building near an archaeological site and will showcase the town’s development over 2,500 years through the lens of seven cultural periods. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience a walkway through the excavated site. The project is being funded by the Union Ministry of Culture, with the state government overseeing its execution. The museum will feature over 40,000 artefacts acquired during excavations, and immersive technologies such as AR/VR, 3D displays, replicas, and dioramas will enhance the visitor experience. Various research projects are also underway to explore the
art, architecture, and population history of Vadnagar. Vadnagar, located approximately 100 kilometres from Ahmedabad, is a historic town with a population of around 28,000.
In December 2022, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) announced that Vadnagar town and the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera in Gujarat were added to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The ministry is funding
the project and an independent contractor selected by the ministry is executing it, while the state government is overseeing the project, a source said. First archaeological excavation was undertaken in Vadnagar in 1953-54. The directorate of archaeology of Gujarat conducted excavations across multiple locations from 2005-06 to 2012-13, which “established a cultural sequence across 2,500 years”.
without informing the bank and defaulted on payments. They also disposed of assets without the bank’s knowledge. The CBI
found insufficient evidence to establish the authenticity of transactions and decided to conduct a forensic audit.
IND vs AUS, WTC Final: Steve Smith, Travis Head Trouble India with 94-run Unbeaten Stand, Australia
170/3 at Tea
Agency News : London
Australia are currently on top with Travis Head scoring a half-century. The fourthwicket partnership between them has gone beyond 80 runs while India are trying every possible way to get a breakthrough. While Smith is playing cautiously, Head is dealing in boundaries. Earlier, Shami struck right in his first over after lunch to get rid of Marnus Labuschagne. The right-arm quickly pitched it up, luring the Aussie No. 3 for a drive. Labuschagne fails to
connect and gets castled. Prior to lunch break, David Warner did the hard yards to get to 43 but then Shardul Thakur strangled him down the legside to have him caught behind minutes before lunch, giving India a timely breakthrough. Warner had unleashed a flurry of boundaries in an over of Umesh Yadav as Australia got to their fifty in 14.5 overs as they settled in nicely. Plenty of movement for Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne have braved the first hour successfully despite a
Afghanistan Crumble, Karunaratne and Nissanka’s Fifties Inspire Sri Lanka to 2-1 ODI Series Win
Agency News : Hambantota
Half-centuries by Sri Lanka openers Dimuth
Karunaratne and Pathum
Nissanka made short work of Afghanistan in a nine-wicket drubbing that clinched a 2-1 ODI series win for the hosts Wednesday. Sri Lanka eased to 120 with 34 overs to spare
in Hambantota after a fastbowling attack led by manof-the-match Dushmantha
Chameera had demolished the hapless Afghan top order. It was just the boost Sri Lanka needed before heading off for a qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe, with two remaining slots up for grabs for the World Cup.
Hindenburg-inflicted losses still weigh heavily on Adani stocks
Torrent Power share price hits new 52-week high, ends 13.70% higher
Agency News : New Delhi
few plays and misses. Australia lost opener Usman Khawaja for a 10-ball duck after being put in to bat first. Mohammed Siraj drew the first blood by having Khawaja caught behind. Rohit Sharma called it correctly at the coin toss and opted to
bowl first in the final of the ICC World Test Championship against Australia in London. Rohit cited overcast conditions behind his decision and went with four seamers and a spinner with Ravindra Jadeja starting ahead of Ravichandran.
‘Rohit Sharma Got a Hundred at the Oval..’: Virat Kohli Expects Indian Skipper to Light up WTC Final vs Australia
Agency News : London
Team India are all set to lock horns with Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final which will be played at the Oval from June 7-11. The last time Rohit Sharma played at the Oval he smashed a hundred against England and Virat Kohli expects a similar display from the Indian skipper against Australia as well. Kohli sat down for a chat with ICC wherein he was full of praise for Rohit, who has completely transformed his game in redball cricket. A proven player in white-ball cricket, since 2019, Rohit’s transition as an opener in Tests has helped him rise to the peak of his red-ball career. Rohit Sharma will be playing his 50th Test during the WTC
final 2023 against Australia. He averages 52.76 with 6 hundreds & 4 fifties from 36 innings since 2019. During India’s tour of England in 2021-22, Rohit had a major breakthrough as it was his first trip to England as an opener in Tests. During the second innings the 36-year-old smashed a brilliant ton helping India seal a historic series win. Rohit has scored 368 runs in 4 Tests during the 2021 tour, including his 127-run knock which was filled with 14 boundaries and a solitary six.
About four months after US short-seller Hindenburg Research shook Indian financial markets with a bombshell report on the Adani Group, the conglomerate’s stocks are finding it hard to shake off the impact. While two of Adani’s 10 stocks have bounced back strongly, a full recovery to pre-Hindenburg
levels looks a ways away. The group’s market value is still down more than $100 billion since Hindenburg’s Jan. 24 report, which claimed that billionaire Gautam Adani’s empire was “pulling the largest con in corporate history.” The rout had reached $153 billion at one point. “Adani stocks have seen a readjustment of their valuations. The froth that existed prior to Hindenburg has gone away and won’t come back,” said Abhay Agarwal, founder and fund manager at Mumbai-based investment firm Piper Serica Advisors Ltd. “While investors are less concerned about governance issues at the group now than they were in the aftermath.
Agency News : New Delhi
Torrent Power share price touched a new 52-week high following the news of the company signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra government to construct hydro projects worth ₹27,000 crore. The Torrent Power shares opened at ₹634.35 apiece on BSE and hit a intraday high of ₹725.50 and touched a intraday low of ₹630 per share, and ended 13.70% higher on Wednesday’s trade. The company in an exchange
filing stated that it expected to carry out these projects over a period of five years and 13,500 jobs are likely be created by these developments. Three locations, Karjat (3,000 MW) in Raigarh District, Maval (1,200 MW), and Junnar (1,500 MW) in Pune District, have been designated by Torrent as the places where the projects will be implemented. All of the locations are off-stream, and the projects are designed to offer daily energy storage of at least six hours. The company claimed in an exchange filing that the amount of intermittent renewable electricity in the grid is rising quickly.
About 80% of Indians choose to deposit withdrawn 2000-rupee notes, boost bank deposits - bankers
Agency News : New Delhi
About three-fourths of Indians are choosing to deposit the recently withdrawn 2000-rupee notes into bank accounts so far rather than exchanging them for smaller denominations, with the trend likely to boost bank deposits, bankers said. In May, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it would withdraw these high-value notes from circulation and permitted their exchange or deposit until Sept. 30. Exchange is only permitted up to 20,000 rupees per turn, while there is no limit on depositing the notes, which also earns interest. When announced, the value of these notes in circulation was 3.6 trillion rupees ($43.61
billion), the RBI said. Though the total quantum of notes deposited or exchanged so far is not available, six public and private sector bankers Reuters spoke to said over 80% of the notes received by them have been deposited into accounts. State Bank of India (SBI.NS) - the country’s largest lenderhad received about 170 billion rupees in value terms in the first week since the exercise began on May 23, a senior official said. Of this, 140 billion, or 82%, was deposited into accounts, while the rest was exchanged, he said. Officials at Bank of Baroda (BOB.NS), Union Bank of India (UNBK. NS) and Bank of India (BOI. NS) also said 80%-90% of the notes were deposited, without specifying the quantum they
