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Punjab: NRI’s body found in drain in Ludhiana

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His body was found in a storm drain. The police suspect that he fell in the drain and died.

The deceased has been identified as Varinder Singh, 37, of Bulara village. He had returned to India from Australia with his wife and 9-year-old son after over nine years to attend a wedding.

An NRI was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kulahad village in Malaud on Monday night.

His body was found in a storm drain. The police suspect that he fell in the drain and died.

The deceased has been identified as Varinder Singh, 37, of Bulara village. He had returned to India from Australia with his wife and 9-year-old son after over nine years to attend a wedding.

ASI Harjinder Singh, who is investigating the case, said the man had gone to Malaud to attend a wedding ceremony of one of his relatives, where he reportedly consumed liquor. He left the function for home, but did not return. Meanwhile, a passerby noticed a body in the drain and informed the police.

The ASI added that they rushed the man to hospital where the doctors declared him dead. The police inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC following the statement of the kin of the deceased.

This article is sourced from Hindustantimes News!

Also Read : Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates: Death toll rises to 11 in Harda fireworks factory blasts, 60 injured!

Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates: Death toll rises to 11 in Harda fireworks factory blasts, 60 injured!

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Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates: Blast at a firecracker factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates: The blast resulted in the destruction of 60 nearby houses, while more than three dozen commuters were affected.

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Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates: More than 10 people lost their lives and around 50 sustained injuries following an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in the Bairagarh locality of Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday morning.

The blast also destroyed sixty nearby houses, while more than three dozen commuters were affected by the explosion. Over 100 houses have been evacuated by the authorities due to continuous explosions at the factory. Additionally, a significant number of two-wheelers were engulfed in flames due to the explosion.

Madhya Pradesh’s Harda fire incident: What we know so far?

Madhya Pradesh Fire Live Updates!

• Death toll: 11 people killed, 60 injured in an explosion and subsequent fire at a firecrackers factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh.

• Nature of explosion: Multiple blasts occurred, and videos on social media captured the fire with intermittent explosions.

• Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav spoke to officials, directed key officials, including minister Uday Pratap Singh, additional chief secretary Ajit Kesari, and director general home guard Arvind Kumar, to rush to Harda by helicopter.

• Firefighters and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team are present at the site.

This article is sourced from Hindustantimes News!

Also Read : Hanuma Vihari Aspiration: To Achieve High Scores and Make a Comeback to the Test Team!

Hanuma Vihari Aspiration: To Achieve High Scores and Make a Comeback to the Test Team

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New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): India batter Hanuma Vihari is eying a Test comeback by capping off the Ranji Trophy season on a strong note.
Vihari’s rich vein of form has contributed to Andhra Pradesh’s run in the Elite Group B. Andhra currently sits in second spot with three wins in five games.
The 30-year-old batter has helped his team, scoring 365 runs in seven innings, and sits behind only skipper Ricky Bhui’s tally of 550 runs for the team. His recent scores have allowed him to keep his average in domestic cricket above 50.
Vihari has found it hard to make a spot for himself in India’s playing XI but he is keen to leave his mark in domestic cricket and extend his 16 Test appearances.
“I do feel sad and disappointed that I am not in the Test team, but everyone goes through ups and downs, and my job now is to score runs in the Ranji Trophy. The season has gone all right, both for the team and for me. So the ambition is to score a lot of runs and try to return to the Test team,” Vihari told ESPNcricinfo after Andhra beat Bihar.
Vihari arguably produced one of the most celebrated knocks in 2021 in Indian Test history. His 23* of 161 deliveries in Sydney against Australia turned out to be a match- saving knock for the Indian team.
But since then he has been missing from the action and he indicated that it is likely that as of now he isn’t on the radar of selectors.
“No one has spoken to me recently, but Rahul Dravid did speak to me after my last Test, and he told me what I can improve on, but no, I haven’t been in touch with anyone since then,” Vihari said.
Vihari made his last Test appearance in 2022 at Edgbaston and scored 22 and 11. Now he is focused on improving and enjoying his game.

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“But I only think about improving my game and enjoying it. If I don’t do that, there is no purpose left. When I go into the middle, I just want to do my best for the team and score runs. I am at a stage [in my career] where I have no expectations. I give my best each time I bat and then whatever happens will happen,” Vihari added.
Andhra Pradesh will now face Uttar Pradesh on February 9 at the PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex.

This article is sourced from ANI News!

Indian-origin UK, Irish PMs mark return of power sharing in Northern Ireland

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The Indian-origin prime ministers of the UK and Ireland, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar, met on Monday to oversee a historic power-sharing pact in Northern Ireland, where a devolved government took charge after two years.

The Indian-origin prime ministers of the UK and Ireland, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar, met on Monday to oversee a historic power-sharing pact in Northern Ireland, where a devolved government took charge after two years.

Prime Minister Sunak and Taoiseach Varadkar met at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Castle, in Belfast as they hailed efforts to restore devolution in Northern Ireland.

They also met political leaders separately, including First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, who head the devolved region’s executive. Pengelly belongs to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

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Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, newly appointed Northern Ireland’s First Minster, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill, newly appointed Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minster, Democratic Unionist Party’s Emma Little Pengelly and Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pose at Stormont Castle, in Stormont. (AFP)

“Now it’s time to get to work,” said Sunak after his meetings.

“We’ve worked very hard and succeeded in protecting Northern Ireland’s place in the union and built on what we achieved with the Windsor Framework to ensure the smooth flow of trade in the UK and all the benefits that are there as a result of Brexit can be seized,” he said.

While Southampton-born Sunak’s roots connect with Punjab, Dublin-born Varadkar has his familial roots in Maharashtra.

In a readout of the historic discussions between the British Indian and Irish Indian leaders, Downing Street said Sunak began by congratulating the Ireland rugby team for their emphatic win against France in the Six Nations contest on Friday.

“This had been a challenging time, but patience had proved key to a deal. Now that the institutions were up and running again, he wanted to see all three strands functioning equally well. The sense of relief and optimism from people in Northern Ireland had been very striking and made it all worthwhile,” reads the Downing Street statement.

Both leaders agreed that a “stable, effective and successful” Northern Ireland – part of the United Kingdom and sharing a border with Ireland – benefitted the UK-Irish relationship immensely.

The British government has already pledged to provide a financial package worth GBP 3.3 billion, described by Sunak as “generous and fair”, to any newly-formed executive at Stormont.

The return of power-sharing came after months of negotiations involving the government and the DUP of Northern Ireland. It withdrew from power-sharing in February 2022 protesting the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, agreed between the UK and European Union (EU).

Last week, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson announced his party had a reached a deal with Number 10 that means no “routine” checks on goods crossing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. He said on this basis, and with legislation passed at Westminster to implement more changes, his party would return to government.

Writing in the visitors’ book at Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Taoiseach Varadkar wrote: “Delighted to be here on an important day for Northern Ireland and to witness devolved democracy and the Good Friday Agreement operating once more.”

The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998 by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern, backed by then US President Bill Clinton, brought an end to 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles.

This article was originally published on India today.

Also read: RBI Approves HDFC Bank’s proposal to acquire 9.5% in IndusInd Bank: Explained

RBI Approves HDFC Bank’s proposal to acquire 9.5% in IndusInd Bank: Explained

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RBI said that HDFC Bank needs to acquire major shareholding within one year from February 5, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved HDFC Bank Limited’s application to acquire an “aggregate holding” of up to 9.5 per cent of the paid-up share capital or voting rights in IndusInd Bank Limited, as per a regulatory filing by IndusInd Bank with the BSE. RBI’s approval is subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of the Banking Regulations Act, 1949, RBI’s Master Direction and Guidelines on Acquisition and Holding of Shares or Voting Rights in Banking Companies dated January 16, 2023 (as amended from time to time), provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and any other statutes, regulations, and guidelines, as applicable, the filing noted.

What has the RBI said?

The central bank said that HDFC Bank needs to acquire major shareholding within one year from February 5, 2024. The approval will stand cancelled if HDFC fails to do the same.

What are the next steps for HDFC Bank?

HDFC Bank will need to ensure that its holding in IndusInd Bank does not exceed 9.50 per cent of the paid-up share capital or voting rights. If this falls below 5 per cent, approval of the RBI will be required to increase it to 5 per cent or more of the paid-up share capital or voting rights.

What has happened before?

In January, RBI allowed Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to acquire up to 9.99 per cent stake in HDFC Bank Ltd. HDFC Bank said, “LIC has been advised by RBI to acquire the aforesaid major shareholding in the Bank within one year i.e. by January 24, 2025. Further, LIC must ensure that the aggregate holding in the Bank does not exceed 9.99 per cent of the paid-up share capital or voting rights of the Bank at all times.”

This article is sourced from Hindustantimes News!

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Jurassic World 4 to release in 2025, Bullet Train director David Leitch in talks to helm!

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The next installment in the Jurassic World franchise will be released next year. The official title of the film is yet to be released.

David Leitch

The release date for the next installment in the Jurassic World franchise has been locked. Universal Pictures announced that it plans to release the dinosaur-focused film on July 2, 2025, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

Also, filmmaker David Leitch is in talks to direct the project. David Koepp, who is best known for penning Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, has come on board to write the follow-up to 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion.

The publication earlier reported that the forthcoming film is set to launch a “new Jurassic era,” seemingly suggesting that the characters played by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard that originated in Colin Trevorrow’s 2015 Jurassic World would not be involved. That film was followed by J.A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2015.

The characters played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum in the original Jurassic Park saga are also unlikely to return in the fourth Jurassic World movie. The three performers co-starred with Pratt and Howard in Dominion.

Spielberg is set to executive produce the new movie through his company Amblin Entertainment. Fellow Jurassic Park vets Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley will also serve as producers, alongside Leitch and Kelly McCormick of 87North.

Sourced from Hindustantimes News!

Also Read : Uttar Pradesh budget for FY 2024-25: List of major announcements!

Uttar Pradesh budget for FY 2024-25: List of major announcements!

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Discover key announcements from Uttar Pradesh’s budget for FY 2024-25. Stay informed on major initiatives shaping the state’s economic landscape!

Here is a list of the major announcements made in the Uttar Pradesh budget for financial year 2024-25.

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Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the budget for fiscal year 2024-25 in the state assembly on Monday. Khanna said the total outlay of ₹7,36,437.71 crore for the next fiscal includes new schemes worth ₹24,863.57 crore.

Out of the total expenditure, ₹5,32,655.33 crore has been allocated for the revenue account and ₹2,03,782.38 crore for the capital account. For the next fiscal, the Uttar Pradesh government’s budget has estimated the total receipts at ₹7,21,233.82 crore, which includes revenue receipts estimated at ₹6,06,802.40 crore and capital receipts at ₹1,14,531.42 crore.

A deficit of ₹15,103.89 crore is estimated in the budget after deducting the total expenditure from the receipts of the consolidated fund.

“This is the state’s largest budget of over ₹7.36 lakh crores. Today, UP’s economy is the second biggest in the country. We adopted reforms and stopped revenue leakages to achieve this. UP is a revenue-surplus state now.This budget is also ‘Pink budget’- with a focus on ‘Matri Shakti’ and women-related schemes in the state,” chief minister Yogi Adityanath said.

Here is a list of the major announcements made in the Uttar Pradesh budget for financial year 2024-25

  • Under the Destitute Women Pension Scheme, the amount payable to the eligible beneficiaries has been increased from ₹500 per month to ₹1,000 per month.
  • The Chief Minister Khet Suraksha Yojna (Farm Security Scheme) is being started with a provision of ₹50 crore.
  • Under the Women Farmer Empowerment Project, the target is to provide technical support by forming 200 producer groups in the financial year 2024-2025.
  • The budget aims to achieve a target of a 5.1 per cent growth rate for the agriculture sector in the state.
  • Three schemes were announced to push the agriculture sector. One of the schemes, State Agricultural Development Scheme, will have a provision of ₹200 crore. ₹200 crore has been allocated for the World Bank-assisted UP Agris Scheme. With an allocation of ₹60 crore, the third scheme aims to install automatic weather station-automatic rain gauge in blocks and panchayats.
  • An outlay of ₹2,400 crore has been proposed for providing electricity at concessional rates for operating private tube wells of farmers.
  • ₹449.45 crore has been proposed for the implementation of PM Kusum Yojana.

Sourced from Hindustantimes News!

Also Read : Chandigarh mayoral polls: AAP members on hunger strike at MC removed by police!

Chandigarh mayoral polls: AAP members on hunger strike at MC removed by police!

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The AAP councillors, who tried to enter the municipal corporation office, were barred from entry by the police personnel deployed on the premises, following which they got into an argument with them.

Aam Aadmi Party councillors got into an argument with police after they were barred from entering the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation office on Monday on the second day of the party’s protest against the BJP over alleged “rigging” in the recent mayoral polls.

Five AAP workers, including a councillor, who sat on a hunger strike outside the municipal corporation office were also removed by the police. The police later detained the protesters who had gathered at the site.

The AAP councillors, led by Sunny Ahluwalia, the party’s Chandigarh co-incharge, raised slogans against the BJP and demanded action against the presiding officer for allegedly tampering with the ballot papers during the mayoral polls.

The AAP councillors, who tried to enter the municipal corporation office, were barred from entry by the police personnel deployed on the premises, following which they got into an argument with them.

“We have every right to enter the municipal corporation office,” said Prem Lata, an AAP councillor. A large police contingent was deployed and barricades were erected outside the office.

Ahluwalia had earlier said that from Sunday, five AAP members — one leader and four councillors — would observe a hunger strike. Another five members would sit on a hunger strike the following day.

hunger strike at MC removed by police

“This relay hunger strike is against the ‘vote chor (vote thief)’ BJP and to save our democracy,” he had said. The protesters on hunger strike on Monday, however, were removed by the police.

The BJP on January 30 swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls against the Congress-AAP alliance. Manoj Sonkar of the BJP had defeated the AAP’s Kuldeep Dhalor for the mayor’s post, polling 16 votes against his rival’s 12. Eight votes were declared invalid.

The opposition councillors alleged that presiding officer Anil Masih had tampered with the ballot papers, a charge rubbished by the BJP.

The AAP moved the Punjab and Haryana high court and sought fresh elections under the supervision of a retired judge but the court refused to grant any interim relief.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dhalor’s plea challenging the high court order.

Sourced from Hindustantimes News.

Also Read : Meet woman, became IPS officer with AIR 165, cleared UPSC again to become!

Meet woman, became IPS officer with AIR 165, cleared UPSC again to become…

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Mudra Gairola, an IAS officer, completed her Class 12 education and enrolled in a medical college in Mumbai to pursue a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree.

UPSC exams are a very tough nut to crack; lakhs of Indians sit for this exam. IAS officers are hand-picked officials who go through a rigorous selection process. Becoming an IAS officer is a dream for aspirants and their families. Similarly, today, we narrate the story of a medical student, an ex-IPS officer who turned her world upside down to fulfil her father’s dream of becoming an IAS officer. 

Mudra Gairola, an IAS officer, lives in the Uttarakhand district of Chamoli, specifically in Karnprayag. For now, her family resides in Delhi. Since she was a young child, IAS officer Mudra Gairola has excelled. IAS officer Mudra Gairola scored 97% in the twelfth board exam and 96% in the tenth. Kiran Bedi, the first female IPS officer in India, gave her an award in school.

Mudra Gairola, an IAS officer, completed her Class 12 education and enrolled in a medical college in Mumbai to pursue a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree. Mudra Gairola, an IAS officer, also won a gold medal in BDS. Her father had always wanted her to become an IAS officer, so even though she moved to Delhi after graduating and enrolled in MDS. 

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IAS officer Mudra Gairola’s father had a dream of becoming an IAS officer, but he was unable to accomplish it. 

IAS officer Mudra Gairola left MDS in the middle to begin preparing for the UPSC exam, her father’s lifelong dream. Mudra Gairola,  took the UPSC Civil Services exam for the first time in 2018 and made it to the interview stage. 

In 2019, Mudra Gairola redid her UPSC interview, but she was not chosen in the end. Following this, in 2020, she was unable to pass the Mains exam.

Mudra Gairola, an IAS officer, retook the UPSC exam in 2021. This time, her efforts paid off as she became an IPS after passing the UPSC with a 165th rank. IAS officer Mudra Gairola accomplished her goal of becoming an IAS officer in 2022 by passing the UPSC with a 53rd rank.

Arun Gairola, the father of IAS officer Mudra Gairola, also aspired to become an IAS officer by passing the civil services examination. In 1973, he sat for the UPSC exam. He was unable to get through the interview at that point. His daughter finally achieved his dream.

Sourced from DNA India.

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‘Neither of us wants to blow this out of proportion’: Jaishankar on India-Maldives row | Exclusive

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The minister said that a team from the Maldives visited India for two days, adding: “We have an understanding.”

During an interaction about his new book, ‘Why Bharat Matters’, Jaishankar spoke about various foreign policy issues.

“Neither of us wants to blow this out of proportion,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said about the India-Maldives row in an exclusive and in-depth conversation. The minister said that a team from the Maldives visited India for two days, adding: “We have an understanding.”

During the free-wheeling interaction about his new book, ‘Why Bharat Matters’, Jaishankar spoke about various foreign policy issues, and where India stands on the international stage. The minister addressed key concerns regarding Maldives, China, Pakistan, and the possibility of Donald Trump’s return as a US president.

Speaking about the diplomatic tussle with the Maldives, Jaishankar said: “I think that over a period of time, there should not be an issue between us. I think the rest of the relationship is strong — we have many other things happening — and I hope that the focus shifts there rather than drag on as unnecessarily on this particular issue.”

The minister said India is “assessing whether we can have trained non-military personnel to fly medical evacuation aircraft (Maldives has asked India to evacuate its military personnel from the island).”

On diplomatic relations with China, the minister said while there are “serious problems” and that China is presenting a different posture on the Line of Actual Control, he has stood up to it. “I would say I’ve risen to the challenge in a military sense. The fact that we have been able to deploy so many troops around the year in very hard conditions with a posture which deters Chinese response in fact in many ways itself is an achievement.”

He added while criticising previous strategies that in the last decade, there has been a change in the border infrastructure. “In 2020, when the Chinese made a move on the LAC, we were in the middle of a Covid lockdown. I think people don’t fully appreciate that for us to move tens of thousands of troops with that rapidity to those mountains in that cold with the Covid lockdown was a phenomenal logistical operation.” Jaishankar said that to rise to the China challenge, India must manufacture and develop technologies and build infrastructure, adding that these were neglected “even in the era of reform.”

Turning to another neighbour, the minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted good relations with Pakistan from the moment he was sworn in. In the decade since, however, “the terror industry or infrastructure” has not let up on India in a significant way. According to the minister, the bottom line for India and Pakistan is the issue of terrorism.

“There’s no getting away from it,” said Jaishankar. “It’s a problem which has dogged us and one of the reasons it has dogged us for so long is we have not acknowledged its centrality in the past. What has happened since 2014 is that we say that you cannot carry on with cross-border terrorism and say ‘I’d like good relations in all other spheres’.”

On prospects of peace between India and Pakistan if Nawaz Sharif wins the Pakistan election, Jaishankar said: “Unless there is a fundamental reset in thinking on the question of cross-border terrorism, there can’t be much change just because the cast of characters (has) changed. The issue of terrorism has to be addressed.”

Moving further west, towards the United States, Jaishankar addressed concerns of Trump returning to power. He said, “Obviously it matters who is the leader of the most powerful and important country in the world,” adding, “The concerns are largely on the part of allies. Since we don’t fall in that category – we’ve always had an independent position — we won’t be in a position similar to those which many others have.”

The minister further said, “We’ve had very different presidents in the last two and a half decades: Clinton, George W Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden. We have been quite adept at responding to changes in America, at forging new relationships, at building relationships. So, I would say have confidence that both the structural and diplomatic aspects should leave us in a good position.”

This article was published on indiatoday.

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