TTD board council has passed a new resolution

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TTD board council has passed a new resolution

Ever since YS Jagan was in Opposition, he has been accused of “not listening” to his party’s senior leaders, fellow colleagues in party. The constant complaint on Jagan is that he would never pay heed to others. In fact, leaders who had quit YSRCP has made these accusations against Jagan and his political arch rivals of TDP too spearheaded a campaign against Jagan’s attitude projecting him as “head-strong”.

Even after he became CM, he has been leveled with similar accusations from Opposition TDP netas. Some of his bete noires even went to the extent of alleging that Jagan “won’t even listen” to courts. Be it the issue of shifting capital from Amaravati where the capital is trifurcated into Executive Capital, Legislative Capital and Legal Capital or the issues like reverse tendering in Polavaram project or renegotiation of Power Purchase Agreements, CM Jagan has been accused of being “adamant”, “firm”, “close-minded” and “inflexible”.

However, these accusations and painting Jagan as “Evvari Mata Vinadu” is vanishing into thin air. In the latest episode of TTD board’s decision to auction its 50 of its immovable properties which the board had felt as “not useful, unviable and prone to encroachment”, CM Jagan said to have advised the TTD chairman and his uncle YV Subba Reddy to reverse the board’s decision considering the huge uproar among people and the sentiments of Hindus that were raising high.

The TTD board council has passed a new resolution imposing ban on sale/auction of TTD’s assets including immovable properties. This is following CM YS Jagan’s directions to TTD Chairman and his team after public mood and sentiment is against the previous decision of board to sell a few of its properties and monetise them.

Also a committee will be constituted to protect the properties from “encroachment”. The committe would constitute Dharmakarthas and Swamijis and devotees of Lord Balaji. The meeting of the TTD board council for the first time conducted through a video conference owing to Covid-19 guidelines and imposed lockdown.

Meanwhile, TTD board is very serious over the spread of false news against the board and its decisions. The board is of the feeling that a section of media wantedly created fears among people and Balaji’s devotees and thus responsible for creating “disbelief” on TTD board among people. The TTD board has decided to act strict against those who had spread false rumours. Also, an inquiry into this has been requested by the TDD board. The TTD board has appealed to AP state government to look into the whole issue. TTD board had totally defended itself and clarified that it hadn’t tried to sell the assets.

Kriti Kharbanda gorges on cheese sandwich by her ‘kinda man’ Pulkit

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Kriti Kharbanda gorges on cheese sandwich by her ‘kinda man’ Pulkit

Actress Kriti Kharbanda’s “kinda” man Pulkit Samrat treated her with her “kinda cheese sandwich”.

Kriti took to Instagram, where she shared a photograph of her cheese sandwich.

“My kinda cheese sandwich by my kinda man @pulkitsamrat. He made sure his queen got her crown,” she captioned the image.

Pulkit took to the comment section and wrote: “Mehnat!”

On the work front, Kriti was last seen on screen in Anees Bazmee’s comedy caper “Pagalpanti”, which also stars her beau Pulkit Samrat, John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Anil Kapoor, Ileana D’cruz and Saurabh Shukla.

She will next be seen in Bejoy Nambiar’s revenge drama titled “Taish”. The film is slated to release next year.

Renault plans to save 2 bn euros by 2022 at 1.2 bn euros cost

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Renault plans to save 2 bn euros by 2022 at 1.2 bn euros cost

As a part of its plan to reduce its costs by two billion euros by 2022, the French automotive group Renault on Friday said it would be sending out 14,600 of its employees around the world over the next three years.

According to Renault, as per its draft plan, 4,600 posts will be in France and the balance 10,000 posts in the rest of the world.

As per the draft plan, Renault plans to achieve its cost savings by increasing the common parts across the models, reducing the diversity in vehicles/engines, optimization of research and development resources across the world, right-sizing of global production capacities; and scrapping capacity expansion plans in Morocco and Romania.

Renault also plans to accelerate its plant transformation through the generalization of Industry 4.0, and accelerating digitalization and design to process.

The group will also cut down its vehicle production to 3.3 million units by 2024 from 2019 level of 4 million units and also accordingly adjust the production headcount.

Renault also plans to increase the efficiency of support functions like general and marketing.

According to Renault, the plans will be presented to employee representative bodies in accordance with applicable regulations.

The estimated cost of implementing this plan is in the order of 1.2 billion euros.

In a statement, Renault said the difficulties encountered by the Group, the major crisis facing the automotive industry and the urgency of the ecological transition are all imperatives that are driving the company to accelerate its transformation.

It said the draft plan aims to lay the foundations for the group’s long-term development.

“I have confidence in our assets, our values and in the management of the company to succeed with the envisaged transformation and to return our Group to its full value by deploying this plan. The planned changes are fundamental to ensure the sustainability of the company and its development over the long term,” Jean-Dominique Senard, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault, was quoted as saying in the statement.

“It is collectively and with the support of our Alliance partners that we will be able to achieve our objectives and make Groupe Renault a major player in the automotive industry in the years ahead. We are fully aware of our responsibility and the planned transformation can only be achieved with respect for all our Group’s stakeholders and through exemplary social dialogue,” he added.

Clotilde Delbos, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Renault, said: “In a context of uncertainty and complexity, this project is vital to guarantee a solid and sustainable performance, with customer satisfaction as a priority.

“By capitalizing on our many assets such as the electric vehicle, by capitalizing on the resources and technologies of Groupe Renault and the Alliance, and by reducing the complexity of development and production of our vehicles, we want to generate economies of scale to restore our overall profitability and ensure our development in France and internationally. This project will enable us to look to the future with confidence.”

Govt, non-govt offices to reopen from June 8 in Bengal: CM

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Govt, non-govt offices to reopen from June 8 in Bengal: CM

As the fourth phase of Covid-19 lockdown draws to a close in India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that all government and non-government offices will resume their operations from June 8 across the state.

Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat Nabanna building, the CM said all offices will be able to reopen with 100 per cent attendance.

“All public sector, private sector and government sector offices will remain open from June 8. They might need seven days to clean up all the of files and resume services after May 31 deadline. From June 8, all the offices will be opened,” Banerjee said.

She said all tea gardens and jute mills will reopen with 100 per cent work strength from June 1.

“All schools will remain closed throughout June. People will have to abide by the social-distancing guidelines. I will request everyone to reopen shops gradually,” the CM said.

She said buses will run with passengers as per their sitting accommodation. No passenger will be allowed to stand inside a running bus.

“All temples, churches, mosques and other religious places will remain open for devotees from June 1. There will be arrangements for sanitizers and hand wash at all the religious places and the the respective committees will have to look after that. At a time only 10 people will be allowed inside the religious premises and no religious gathering will be allowed,” the CM said.

On Pankaj Kapur’s 66th b’day, Deven Bhojani says ‘there’s so much to learn from him’

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On Pankaj Kapur’s 66th b’day, Deven Bhojani says ‘there’s so much to learn from him’

On Pankaj Kapur’s 66th birthday on Friday, his former “Office Office” co-star Deven Bhojani opened up to reveal the valuable lessons he learned from the veteran actor.

“It’s Pankaj Ji’s birthday today (Friday), which reminds me of my days of working with him during ‘Office Office’. There’s so much to learn from him. Discipline, punctuality, to stay focused, work hard and give your best when you’re working,” said Deven.

“At the same time, have fun, spend time with your own self, with family and friends, live life when you’re free. The most common topic of our free time discussions on the set was always food and travel. I wish him a beautiful day with good health and happiness forever. Happy birthday Pankaj Ji,” he added.

“Office Office” is among TV shows currently seeing a re-run amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. It currently airs on Sony SAB.

The show stars Pankaj as retired schoolmaster Mussaddi Lal Tripathi and narrates his struggles to get work done in corrupt offices in a satirical manner.

Britney Spears re-releases her 2016 song ‘Mood ring’

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Britney Spears re-releases her 2016 song ‘Mood ring’

Singer Britney Spears has dropped her single “Mood ring”, which originally featured as a bonus track on her 2016 album “Glory”. It had only released in Japan.

Marking her first musical release in four years, Spears was excited to announce that the song was now available to stream everywhere and shared a snippet of “Mood ring” on Instagram, reports eonline.com.

“Repurposed this since we didn’t use it…,” she wrote. “You folks wanted a new album cover ….. ta da there you go!!!! What was requested next is out now….. I hope you turn #MoodRing up sooooooo loud!!!!”

“Mood ring” sees Spears embracing her inner self as she opens up to her new love, who brings out all the colours on her “mood ring”.

Ahead of the re-release, Spears surprised fans with new “Glory” cover art to celebrate the album reaching no. 1 on iTunes.

In it, she can be seen wearing a gold chainmail bodysuit as she holds a thick chain in the middle of the desert.

“You asked for a new Glory cover and since it went to number one we had to make it happen !!!!” she posted. “Couldn’t have done it without you all!!!!”

Zaira Wasim deletes Twitter, Insta accounts on being trolled for quoting the Quran

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Zaira Wasim deletes Twitter, Insta accounts on being trolled for quoting the Quran

Former Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim has deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts after being heavily trolled for quoting from the Quran while talking about locust attacks.

“So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance — a people given to sin. –Qur’an 7:133,” Zaira had tweeted.

Soon, she started receiving hateful comments from netizens who interpreted her post as a justification of the locust attacks. They felt that Zaira was suggesting that the incident is God’s way of expressing wrath.

Shortly after being deluged with such comments, Zaira Wasim deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts.

However, a section of netizens continues to attack Zaira on her Facebook page, where she put up the same post.

Commenting on the post, a user wrote: “Lady you must have taken into account of those people of JK, Kerala and elsewhere who are also suffering from the virus. Moreover, the crops which are damaged by locust had no name as to who will consume them. In these hours of crisis please post something which is positive and reflects your education.”

Another user shared: “So according to you, with all due respect every year on the same time period, Allah send locust to India to destroy the crops of poor farmers who are not even involved in the industrial rise, who don’t use a vehicle to destroy the nature,and Allah send locust only to harm the poor farmers nd not the rich one who actually destroy nature.”

“So those farmers who lost there fields of crops and will probably go into debt and may also commit suicide, those farmers who feed the nation, who feed you and everyone, are sinners?” asked yet another user.

However, there were a few on social media who felt Zaira had done nothing wrong.

“Quoting Quranic Verse is not a crime… Why is every Indian abusing @ZairaWasimmm. She didn’t mention any particular nation or religion. I request everyone please stand with #ZairaWasim. She needs our support. #ISupportZairaWasim,” goes a tweet.

90 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, 63 new cases

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90 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, 63 new cases

As many as 90 more novel coronavirus patients have recovered in Odhisha — the highest number of recoveries in a single day so far — while 63 new cases were reported on Friday, the Health Department said.

The recovered cases in Odisha now total 977. The state has 737 active cases.

The 90 recovered patients are being discharged, the department tweeted.

These cured patients include 23 from Jagatsinghpur, 22 from Jajpur, 21 from Bhadrak, 15 from Ganjam, three from Cuttack, two each from Khurda and Sambalpur, and one each from Balasore and Nayagarh.

Seven persons have died of the disease in Odisha.

Elisabeth Moss: No life is worth a TV show

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Elisabeth Moss: No life is worth a TV show

Actress Elisabeth Moss doesnt want to risk lives for her series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, and says no life is worth a TV show.

Back in March, it was announced that shooting for the fourth season of the hit show is being put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In an interview with show “Extra” on Thursday, Moss shared that the production team is trying to figure out a time frame to resume work, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“We were only two weeks in, so we actually have an entire season to shoot,” said Moss, who is also attached to the show as a producer.

“We want to go back to work because families have people to support and rent they need to pay, but at the same time no human’s life is worth a TV show. We’re just trying to figure out how to do it safely for everybody,” she added.

The 37-year-old is set to make her directorial debut with an episode in the new season.

On the work front, the actress will next be seen in the horror movie “Shirley”. In the film, which is directed by Josephine Decker, Moss essays the role of a real-life horror writer Shirley Jackson with Michael Stuhlbarg as her college professor husband Stanley. Set in the 1960s, the story follows what happens when a young couple move in with Shirley and Stanley.

Bev Q app gets ‘tipsy’, liquor sales in disarray in Kerala

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Bev Q app gets ‘tipsy’, liquor sales in disarray in Kerala

The virtual queue app that the Kerala government gave the nod for online booking of tokens for getting liquor from vends, appeared to have gone haywire, with people slamming the “ineffective app” and opposition claiming foul play.

The Congress-led opposition has demanded that this “corrupt deal” of handing the app’s development to the CPIM-M’s “fellow travellers” be probed.

Speaking to the media here, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, who has been crying foul over handing over the app to a IT firm, said all that they had been apprehending has now come true.

“We have understood that after this app failed to deliver since it was launched on Wednesday and supplies started the next day… on Friday, also it is the same. It is mayhem, as all rules are being violated and liquor is flowing from bars with no token being asked for. I had given a complaint of this corrupt selection deal to the Vigilance. There was a review meeting and it has been decided to stick with this same company which has fumbled,” he said.

It was on Wednesday evening that state Excise Minister T.P. Ramakrishnan announced that the supplies via a virtual queue through the ‘Bev Q’ app is ready. According to the rules, all those who book their liquor through the app would get a token with which they could have their orders fulfilled from 1,168 liquor vends in the state from 9 a.m to 5 p.m everyday.

A person who has booked once from one mobile number could make his next booking from the same mobile only five days later. Liquor vends include 301 retail liquor shops belonging to the state-run Bevco and Marketfed besides 576 bars and 291 wine and beer shops.

Liquor vends opened on Thursday after a gap of 64 days when those few lucky ones who were able to download the new app and get a QR code, got their favourite brand. But there were issues, which continued on Friday also.

While some got their supply, many did not and on Friday, a few bars were seen selling liquor to those who came even without tokens, leading to huge crowds in such places.

What was even more shocking was some hotels, which have now been turned into paid quarantine centres, witnessed heavy crowding by people who came to buy their favourite stuff from the bar counters there.

Across the state, many people were angry that the app was ineffective.

“This app is humbug. It has been a miserable failure… there is some foul play,” said an angry tippler who did not get his bottle, after the state-owned liquor vend did not honour the token.

Since Wednesday, there have been numerous issues in the efficiency of this app and the social media was having a field day with heavy trolling of the system.

One reason why Chennithala has been crying foul is this is the first time in the state that liquor is being sold in bottles through the bars at the same rate compared to the rates at the state-owned liquor vends and he has alleged that there was a secret deal between the government and the bar owners.

Many had complained that even when there are state-run vends around their locality, the app directs them to the bars.

‘Jumanji 2’ stars Awkwafina, Karen Gillan to reunite in action comedy ‘Shelly’

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‘Jumanji 2’ stars Awkwafina, Karen Gillan to reunite in action comedy ‘Shelly’

Awkwafina and Karen Gillan, who worked together in “Jumanji: The Next Level”, co-star again in the upcoming action-comedy “Shelly”.

Jude Weng directs the film from a script by Michael Doneger and Liz Storm, reports deadline.com.

Awkwafina will take on the role of Shelly and Gillan will be seen as her former high school bully, who she befriends a decade later.

The story takes place a decade after an embarrassing prom prank makes Shelly Wheeler (essayed by Awkwafina) leave town, following which she becomes “an ice-cold hit-woman”. After many years, she meets Dianna Park (Gillan) and unexpectedly befriends her and tries to protect her from another hit crew, which has been hired to kill them both.

Doneger and Ian Bryce, known for “6 Underground”, are producing the project with Will McCance executive producing and Katie Malott co-producing.

Awkwafina recently got great praise for her film “The Farewell”, and Gillan is known for her role as Nebula in the “Guardians Of The Galaxy” films as well as “Avengers: Endgame”.

Nagari MLA Roja hit back at TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh

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Nagari MLA Roja hit back at TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh

Nagari MLA and APIIC chairman Roja hit back at TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh who made critical comments against YSRCP government on its one year completition.

Reacting to Naidu and Lokesh’s comments, Roja said, “When TDP was thrown out of government by people of AP, the state’s treasury had just Rs 100 crore while Chandrababu and co made Rs 3.5 Lakh crore debts. Despite making lakhs of crore of debts, there was no sign of development.”

On the accomplishments of Jagan government, Roja said, “In just one year, YSRCP government had spent over Rs 40,000 crore on the welfare of poor and about 3.5 crore people got the benefits of the government. Not just this, another 27 lakh people are given land documents and Jagan government will support them in constructing their own homes.”

On the criticism, Roja said because there is zero corruption in the state now, Chandrababu and Lokesh are also not getting any money. “The corrupt money is not reaching father and son and that’s why we can see them losing weight,” added Roja in satire.

Further the YCP firebrand leader said very soon the state will come up with new industrial policy and on the liquor policy, Roja faulted TDP leaders of encouraging people to get used to alcohol whereas YCP is stuck to its words to ban liquor in phase wise manner.

More than 150,000 coronavirus cases across India

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More than 150,000 coronavirus cases across India

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a stretcher. Mourning relatives looked on, as a body bag was loaded into an ambulance and taken away to a cemetery.

It was yet another casualty from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 4,500 people and infected more than 150,000 across India.

While infection rates from the virus have begun to fall in many countries, in India they are still rising sharply, and epidemiologists warn peak is yet to come.

Concerns are rising about how the country will handle the surge with roughly 6,000 new infections being detected daily this week.

On Thursday, Reuters was given exclusive access inside Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital – currently the largest such private COVID-19 treatment site in Delhi – where some 200 patients are being treated for the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

While the country is easing a more than two-month long nationwide lockdown that was aimed at reining in the spread of the disease, the battle against the virus rages within its strained hospital system.

“We are getting more and more people daily both in numbers and in the severity of disease,” said Arun Dewan, the director of the hospital’s critical care section. “We’re not seeing any end.”

Around him, the eerie calm within the hospital was broken only by the sound of machines beeping and patients coughing – most of whom were separated only by white curtains. Staff in heavy protective gear move around softly, speaking in murmurs.

Until a few months ago the cries of babies would often fill this section of the hospital, which was meant for neonatal care. But with the number of cases surging, Max designated the entire building for COVID-19 patients.

Now, posters of Winnie the Pooh and other cartoon characters meant to soothe children, beam down upon patients struggling to beat a deadly virus.

It is the first time in his 35-year-career that Dewan is battling a pandemic of this scale, he said, and while each day has been as struggle, he fears the worst is yet to come.

“Manpower will be the biggest challenge. We have reached the limit,” he said, adding even as the toll rises, the wait list of patients is growing fast.

But there are small victories that keep the staff going. For Steena, a nurse working in the ICU who only gave her first name, one such moment was when a 70-year-old woman brought in dire condition recovered in recent weeks.

“After seven or eight days, she was taken off a ventilator, and tested negative,” she said, sounding hopeful, before quickly turning to attend to yet another patient.

Wipro has appointed Capgemini executive Thierry Delaporte as CEO

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Wipro has appointed Capgemini executive Thierry Delaporte as CEO

IT major Wipro has appointed Capgemini executive Thierry Delaporte as chief executive officer and managing director, the company said in a regulatory filing. Mr. Delaporte will take over from the incumbent, Abidali Neemuchwala on June 1.

Mr Delaporte was the chief operating officer of Capgemini Group and a member of its group executive board until recently. During his twenty-five year career with Capgemini, he has held many top positions such as CEO of the company’s global financial services strategic business unit, and head of its global service lines.

“l am delighted to welcome Thierry as CEO and Managing Director of the company. Thierry has an exceptional leadership track record, strong international exposure, deep strategic expertise, a unique ability to forge long-standing client relationships, and proven experience of driving transformation and managing technological disruption,” Wipro chairman Rishad Premji said.

Thierry Delaporte will be based in Paris and will report to Rishad Premji.”I look forward to working closely with Rishad, the board, senior leadership and the hugely talented employees of Wipro to turn a new chapter of growth and build a better tomorrow for all our stakeholders,” Mr Delaporte said.

Mr Delaporte began his career in 1992 as a Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen in Paris and London. He is also the co-Founder and President of the not-for-profit Life Project 4 Youth, an organisation dedicated to the professional and social integration of young adults living in impoverished regions.

Wipro had announced in January that CEO Abidali Z Neemuchwala would be leaving after four years and that he would remain until the appointment of a new CEO. Mr Neemuchwala had joined Wipro as a chief operating officer in 2015 from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

Rishad Premji, executive chairman and son of outsourcing industry pioneer Azim Premji will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company until July 5.

Wipro had reported a net profit of Rs 2,326.1 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, which marked a decline of 5.29 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

Wipro shares rose as much as 1.78 per cent to touch the Rs 202.85 mark on the BSE after the announcement. At 9:53 am, the Wipro stock traded 1.73 per cent higher at Rs 202.75, outperforming the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex which was down 0.84 per cent.

YSR Congress government had removed Nimagadda Ramesh

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court today ordered the reinstatement of Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commissioner. The High Court’s order, which sets aside the appointment of retired Justice V Kanagaraju from Tamil Nadu, has been viewed as an embarrassing development for the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.

Chief Minister Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress had also passed an ordinance amending the Panchayat Raj Act to reduce the State Election Commissioner’s (SEC) tenure from five to three years. That has also been set aside.

The YSR Congress government had removed Nimagadda Ramesh under controversial circumstances after he postponed local body elections for six weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. It alleged that his actions were politically motivated.

On Friday a division bench of the Andhra High Court, comprising Chief Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice M Satyanaryana Murthy set aside various government orders replacing him with Justice Kanagaraju, a retired judge of the Madras High Court.

The reinstatement is with immediate effect and till the end of his term, the court said, noting the state government did not have the authority to curtail the tenure of the SEC.

Nimmagadda Ramesh resumed office as Andhra SEC this afternoon and was quoted by news agency ANI as saying: “I have resumed charge. I will discharge my duties fairly and impartially as I did in the past and as mandated”.

He also said that “in consultation with the principal stakeholders and all political parties”, electoral process for the local body polls would be resumed as soon as normalcy was restored in the state.

The elections, initially postponed till April 26, were deferred for a second time earlier this month by Justice Kanagaraj.

The court delivered the judgment on a batch of petitions, including one by Nimmagadda Ramesh that challenged the ordinance and appointment of a new SEC.

Other setbacks suffered by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in recent days include the handing over the Dr K Sudhakar arrest case to the CBI and the setting aside of an order suspending senior IPS officer and former Intelligence chief AB Venkateswara Rao.

The YSR Congress is set to complete one year in power on Saturday; Chief Minister Jagan Reddy was sworn in on May 30, 2019.

In a statement, the state said the Chief Minister had implemented a “slew of welfare and development programmes” and fulfilled “90 per cent of its poll promises”, adding that it had also emerged as a role model in combating the novel coronavirus.

Andhra has over 3,200 COVID-19 cases and 59 deaths so far. As of May 26, there are nearly 15,000 people in quarantine across the state.

China has rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer

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China has rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer

China has rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate between India and China as tensions over border disputes continue to rise. “China and India are capable of properly resolving the issues through dialogue and consultation,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, news agency Press Trust of India reported.

In a surprise move, Mr Trump on Wednesday offered to “mediate or arbitrate” the raging border dispute between India and China, saying he was “ready, willing and able” to ease the tensions, amid the continuing standoff between the armies of the two Asian giants.

Reacting for the first time to the US President’s offer, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the two countries did not want the “intervention” from a third party to resolve the military standoff.

“Between China and India we have existing border-related mechanisms and communication channels,” Mr Zhao told reporters. “We are capable of properly resolving the issues between us through dialogue and consultation. We do not need the intervention of the third party,” he said.

Several areas along the Line of Actual Control or LAC in Ladakh and North Sikkim have seen major military build-up by both the Indian and Chinese armies, in a clear signal of escalating tension and hardening of positions by the two sides even two weeks after they were engaged in two separate face-offs.

India has said the Chinese military was hindering normal patrolling by its troops along the LAC in Ladakh and Sikkim, and strongly refuted Beijing’s contention that the escalating tension between the two armies was triggered by trespassing of Indian forces across the Chinese side.

The Foreign Ministry has said all Indian activities were carried out on its side of the border, asserting that India has always taken a very responsible approach towards border management.

The stand-off in Eastern Ladakh is in at least five key areas where India and China have had traditional differences on the perception of the LAC in the region. The present tension between the two sides came into sharp focus when reports of skirmishes between the soldiers of both sides were reported in the Pangong Lake region on May 5 and May 6.

These skirmishes saw officers and men of the Indian Army injured after they were reportedly surrounded by Chinese soldiers who brutally assaulted them with batons. Chinese and Indian patrols frequently cross paths in this area of dispute but in most cases, soldiers of both sides retreat after performing a banner drill where each side asserts its claim to the disputed area.

“The two sides have established mechanisms both at military and diplomatic levels to resolve situations which may arise in border areas peacefully through dialogue and continue to remain engaged through these channels,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Ben Stokes clarified that he never said India lost to England

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Ben Stokes clarified that he never said India lost to England

All-rounder Ben Stokes clarified that he never said India lost to England deliberately during the 2019 World Cup. Strokes’ comments come after former Pakistan cricketer Sikander Bakht on Thursday claimed the all-rounder in his book has mentioned that India deliberately lost to England in World Cup last year to knock Pakistan out of the tournament. He also shared an old video of him pointing out the same on Twitter.

Taking to Twitter Stokes clarified Bakht and wrote, “You won’t find it cause I have never said it… it’s called “twisting of words” or “clickbait”.”

In the round-robin stage match against England in Birmingham, India failed to chase down the massive target of 338 and fell short of 31 runs. That was the only game that India lost in the premier tournament last year before the semifinal loss against New Zealand.

India’s chasing approach towards a massive target was criticised by many, in particular of wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni, including the fans at home.

England became the eventual champion by beating New Zealand in a dramatic final at Lord’s to lift its maiden World Cup title since the inception of the competition.

In his soon to be published book titled “On Fire”, Stokes analysed each of England’s games in the World Cup.

Mohammed Shami has been active on social media platforms

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Mohammed Shami has been active on social media platforms

Mohammed Shami, the Indian fast bowler, much like other cricketers from around the world is spending time at home during the lockdown. Mohammed Shami has been active on social media platforms at this time and keeps his fans engaged by sharing fun posts.

In the latest video shared by Shami on Twitter, the India pacer can be seen enjoying indoor cricket at home. Mohammed Shami in the caption of his tweet wrote, “Tell me the rules of Indoor Cricket!”. Almost every cricket fan will be able to relate to the video as cricket lovers have played “One Drop One Hand” at least once in their life.

Mohammed Shami is a key cog in India’s pace attack. The fast bowler has been impressive with his performances for the country and is regularly features in all three formats of the game.

Mohammed Shami made his debut for India back in 2013 against West Indies in a Test match at the Eden Gardens. He scalped 9 wickets in his debut game. Since then, Shami has played 49 Test matches for the country and has scalped 180 wickets with an economy rate of 3.32.

In ODIs, Shami has played 77 matches and has taken 144 wickets with an economy rate of 5.58. He was also a part of the Indian squad during the 2015 and 2019 world cups respectively. In T20Is, the pacer has featured in 11 matches and has 12 wickets to his name with an economy rate of 9.63.

In the IPL, Shami has played 51 matches and has 40 wickets to his name. He is a part of the Kings XI Punjab in the cash-rich league.

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The launch of the instant PAN facility

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The launch of the instant PAN facility

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday formally launched a facility for instant allotment of PAN or Permanent Account Number on a near-to-real-time basis. The move was in line with the announcement made in the Union Budget.

The facility is now available for PAN applicants possessing a valid Aadhaar number and having a mobile number registered with Aadhaar.

The allotment process is paperless, and an electronic PAN (e-PAN) is issued to the applicants free of cost, as part of the facility.

The launch of the instant PAN facility is yet another step by the Income Tax Department towards Digital India, thereby creating further ease of compliance to the taxpayers, according to an official statement.

As of May 25, a total of 50.52 crore PANs have been allotted to the taxpayers, of which about 49.39 crore are allotted to the individuals and more than 32.17 crore are seeded with Aadhaar so far.

Many directors and producers were part of Chiru’s team

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Many directors and producers were part of Chiru’s team

Since a week or so the biggies of Telugu film industry is holding talking with Telangana government on getting shoot permits and stuff. Megastar Chiranjeevi initiated this and formed a team and even took them to meet Telangana CM KCR.

Nagarjuna, directors Trivikram, Koratala Siva, producers ‘Dil’ Raju, Suresh Babu and many other directors and producers were part of Chiru’s team. However this team had the absence of heroes like Venkatesh, Nandamuri Balakrishna and a few producers and directors.

A few celebs were upset that they were not informed about TFI talks with Telangana government. They expressed their displeasure that they are part of the industry since years yet they have no clue about TFI happenings. They questioned this impartiality.

This sparked a debate and just when this is likely to become an issue, hero Nandamuri Balakrishna’s comments became a talking point.

This morning Balayya reached NTR ghat and offered tributes to his father NTR. While speaking to the media, the presspersons asked Balayaa about TFI talks and in reply he said, “I have no clue about TFI talks with Telangana government. I learned about these developments through media.”

However, Balakrishna said the film industry is suffering huge losses because of the lockdown. “As the talks were held, even I’m waiting for the Telangana government’s decision. I hope the government will issue a special G.O on shooting and I urge them to permit shoots for films which have already begun. Also I request the government to support the cine workers. I can only say one thing that hereafter shooting will take place with social distancing and it will take some time to restore normalcy,” said Balakrishna.

Here Balakrishna did not make any controversial remarks but wished for the film industry to be back to its usual business. Despite being a top hero for years, Balakrishna is not at all upset with the happenings and his comments were matured. That’s why experience matters.

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