Bolsonaro reiterates need to reopen country

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Bolsonaro reiterates need to reopen country

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this week, reiterated the need to reopen the country’s economy despite the worsening COVID-19 situation.

In an online broadcast on Thursday, the President emphasized that a potential economic crisis was more dangerous than the ongoing pandemic, warning the consequences will be harmful to the country, reports Xinhua news agency.

Bolsonaro, who repeatedly played down the risks posed by the virus which he termed “little flu” and asserting that he would not be seriously affected by it, was tested positive on Tuesday after undergoing a fourth test after he showed symptoms, including fever, cough, and headache.

His report came as he urged regional governors to ease lockdowns and diluted directions on face masks.

In fact, the President has frequently appeared in public events without donning a mask, including the Independence Day celebration at the US Embassy last week.

Brazil currently accounts for the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world at 1,755,779 and 69,184, respectively, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, Sau Paulo, one of the worst-hit cities in Brazil, announced on Thursday that the return to the “new normal” will include the reopening of 70 parks, squares, and gyms from July 13 onwards.

Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas was authorized by the city government to reopen the public areas with restrictions as the occupancy of intensive care beds in the city’s hospitals has dropped below 65 percent.

“We will do everything with the necessary care so that there are no crowds,” Covas said at a press conference.

The reopening of parks and squares is part of an array of measures, including the opening of street shops and shopping malls for a limited time per day, as well as bars and restaurants, which are now authorized to operate until 5 p.m.

Visitors in parks will be monitored for compliance in performing permitted activities, such as running, walking, or biking, and group activities in parks will still be prohibited.

“The drinking fountains will be out of operation and it will be mandatory to wear a mask,” said Covas.

Gyms and fitness centers were also beginning to adopt the necessary biosecurity protocols for their reopening next week.

Strict 3-day lockdown to be enforced in Agra

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Strict 3-day lockdown to be enforced in Agra

After the Agra District Magistrate’s stern warning on Wednesday that another lockdown was inevitable if people continued to violate the ICMR guidelines, and moved around markets without masks, the city will be under strict lockdown for three days beginning Friday evening.

The decision to enforce the restrictions strictly came after the Yogi Adityanath government on Thursday announced a three-day lockdown in the state from 10 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

In the Taj city, the continued surge in the number of Covid-19 cases after the Unlock-1 was the causing alarm, and threatening to foil all governmental efforts to contain the infection, as widespread laxity and a violation of the guidelines was noticed.

In the past 24 hours, there were 16 fresh cases, taking the tally to 1,357. The number of active cases is 167. The number of containment zones in the city has gone up to 76.

So far 28,294 samples have been tested. The recovery rate is 80.99 percent.

District officials said during the total lockdown for three days no one would be permitted to move around freely. Only essential services will remain operational.

The markets in the interior city were seen flouting guidelines, as customers crowded the narrow streets without masks and following social distancing norms. The Covid-19 cases in the past week have come from these densely populated areas.

The three-day shutdown would be used to sanitize localities and screen people in the containment zones, officials said.

The local tourism industry had been persistently asking the administration to open the Taj Mahal and other monuments, but the district authorities were reluctant all the while, as they feared the move could only add to the pressure on the fragile health infrastructure in the city. “The lockdown will allow some breathing time to set things right. Experts had been warning that July would see the peak and the numbers would surge. We are gearing up to face any situation,” a health official said.

Only essential services would be allowed to remain operational. All markets will remain closed and no movement would be permitted within the city, district officials clarified.

Kenneth Branagh: New normal won’t be abnormal

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Kenneth Branagh: New normal won’t be abnormal

The whole world is trying to adapt to the new realities in the post-COVID-19 era, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kenneth Branagh feels that the new normal will not be as “abnormal as people fear”.

As cinemas remain closed in several places around the world, the pandemic is changing the way people consume talent, with OTT emerging the big winner.

“It’s significantly changing it right now,” Branagh said while talking about the future of the movie industry after the pandemic.

“(The truth is ) your guess is as good as mine. When the ban is lifted, will you rush back to see a movie in a theatre? Or has your life made you think ‘I rather like home entertainment’. I personally want to get back to the movies. But I don’t know how widespread that will be. If there is risk involved, of course, people will be cautious and if that happens, it will change things. But I believe that the new normal won’t be as abnormal as people fear,” he explained.

Branagh’s own film “Artemis Fowl”, which was planned for a theatrical release, went the digital route due to the disruptions caused by the virus crisis. The movie was released in India on June 12 on Disney+ Hotstar.

“It just became inevitable for this film… From my beginnings with the movie, which was to read the book in the company of my nephews who said you got to make this film, this is before anybody talked to me about it from Disney, to all the way to now those same nephews saying ‘when can we see it?’… When they heard it was going on Disney Plus, they were very excited. So I’m glad that a movie went to family audiences in these circumstances with its energy, its velocity, and its sense of adventure,” he added.

Branagh is credited for translating several works of literature into cinematic gems — from Shakespearean classics to superhero comic books to Agatha Christie whodunit to fantasy stories. His filmography is filled with critically-acclaimed projects, including “Henry V”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, “Othello” and “Hamlet”, “Murder On The Orient Express”, “Thor” and “Cinderella”.

Talking about his evolution, he said: “Evolution for me is to try and be quicker to find what is the essential point of something and trying to reduce that to its essence and make it as tight, short and rich as possible. So, it’s, I guess, heading towards a simpler approach to storytelling that doesn’t mean that it cannot be complex. But your entry point is something very direct, simple, honest, and universal.”

Tocilizumab drug black market racket in Gujarat unearthed

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Tocilizumab drug black market racket in Gujarat unearthed

The Foods and Drugs Control Authority (FDCA) of Gujarat has unearthed a black market racket of the drug – Tocilizumab, considered to be quite effective in the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

The FDCA got the information about Tocilizumab being sold in the black market in Surat and following the tip-off, it had set up a trap to nab the culprits involved.

A decoy customer in the guise of a pharma trader was sent by the FDCA to a chemist store – Sarthak Pharmacy in Surat on Wednesday.

After several negotiations, the deal between the proprietor Uma Kejriwal and the decoy trader was struck at Rs 57,000 for a 400 ml vial of injection. The regular price of the vial is Rs 40,000 in the market.

The FDCA nabbed the woman proprietor Uma Kejriwal, who tried to sell the injection to the decoy customer.

At the store, the FDCA confiscated, three vials of Tocilizumab drug.

Sarthak Pharmacy is a wholesale pharmacist in Surat. The proprietor could not furnish the bills of the confiscated drug. On inquiry, she told the FDCA that she had procured the drug from a medical representative (MR) of a private pharma company in Adajan, Surat.

When the FDCA nabbed that MR, upon inquiry, he said about another person from a pharma agency in Ahmedabad, and from him another name of an employee of the TB hospital in Ahmedabad Civil hospital campus also emerged.

The FDCA has registered a case against Sarthak Pharmacy, under the Drugs (Prices Control) order for overcharging against MRP and have initiated the investigation against Uma Kejriwal, Mitul Shah of New Shanti Medicines, Adajan, Amit Mancharamani of Ahmedabad and Ghanshyam Vyas, a pharmacist in TB hospital, Ahmedabad Civil hospital campus.

“The drug was obtained from the Indian supplier’s stock at Ahmedabad by an ex-employee in Ahmedabad, where the TB hospital employee’s bank accounts were used to carry out a transaction. Besides, overpricing offense, there are many other rules and regulations being violated in the entire shoddy business. The FDCA is investigating all those,” Hemant Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA told IANS.

Tocilizumab drug is said to be very effective in the treatment of Corona infection and is right now being imported from Switzerland through a single Indian firm.

However, the demand far outweighs the supply which is very limited. This is the reason for the drug being sold in the black market.

The Gujarat government had ordered and procured 5,000 injections from the Indian supplier, out of which 2,900 were for the government hospitals, chiefly for the Civil hospital Ahmedabad and 2,100 for private hospitals that were treating Corona patients.

For some time, there were many complaints regarding the unavailability of the Tocilizumab in the state.

Vikas Dubey killed in police encounter

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Vikas Dubey killed in police encounter

Gangster Vikas Dubey was killed on Friday morning after being critically injured in an alleged shootout with STF officials. He was shot when he reportedly tried to flee, following a road mishap in which the vehicle he was traveling in overturned.

Dubey was taken to the emergency ward of the Hallett Hospital in a blood-soaked condition.

SSP Kanpur Dinesh Kumar said that the doctors have confirmed the death of Vikas Dubey.

As media persons converged at the hospital, the gates were closed and STF officials refused to comment on the developments.

According to reports, as the convoy bringing Dubey from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain reached the Bhauti area under Barra police circle in Kanpur on Friday morning, the vehicle in which Vikas was seated, overturned after skidding on the road due to heavy rains.

Vikas, along with two other police personnel in the vehicle, was injured in the mishap.

As soon as Vikas was taken out of the vehicle, he allegedly snatched a pistol from the STF team and tried to fire at the police. He was fatally injured in retaliatory firing.

Vikas received a bullet injury on the chest which proved fatal.

Two STF personnel were also injured in the encounter.

STF officials admitted to the mishap but refused to say the extent of injuries suffered by the gangster.

None of the officials were willing to comment on the development.

Earlier, five members of the Vikas Dubey gang have been killed in police encounters over the past seven days.

19 Covid-19 patients discharged in Chinese mainland

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19 Covid-19 patients discharged in Chinese mainland

The National Health Commission said on Friday that 19 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in the Chinese mainland on Thursday.

There were 342 patients still being treated, including four in severe conditions, the commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.

Altogether 78,609 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Thursday, the report said.

As of Thursday, a total of 83,585 confirmed Covid-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, among whom 4,634 died of the disease.

TikTok pulled 16mn videos from Indian users in 2019’s 2nd half

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TikTok pulled 16mn videos from Indian users in 2019’s 2nd half

TikTok removed 16 million videos from Indian users in the last six months of 2019 for violating its content policies, the short video-sharing platform said in a transparency report on Thursday.

The total number of videos removed globally during the same period stood at 49 million, according to the report.

The report also revealed that TikTok received a total of 302 requests from India and the platform complied with 90 percent of the requests. With 100 requests, the US came second to India in terms of the number of requests.

The number of videos that TikTok removed globally represented less than 1 percent of videos uploaded during the six-month period, The Verge reported.

Compared to the 49 million videos removed by TikTok, YouTube pulled around 14.7 million videos during the second half of 2019.

TikTok said it did not receive any takedown requests or user information requests from China.

“We do not and have not removed any content at the request of the Chinese government, and would not do so if asked,” a TikTok spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Verge.

India recently banned TikTok, along with 58 other China-linked apps, over national security concerns.

“TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and has not shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese Government,” Nikhil Gandhi, Head of TikTok India, said in a statement following the announcement of the ban by the Indian government.

“Further if we are requested to in the future, we would not do so,” he added.

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri asked to leave via mail

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BCCI CEO Rahul Johri asked to leave via mail

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri has been asked to leave over mail. John had earlier tendered his resignation but was asked to continue. But the recent leak over the tender with regards to team sponsorship looks like one of the major reasons for the current office bearers asking him to leave.

Speaking to IANS, a board official said that the leak of confidential financial information was like the nail in the coffin as the current dispensation believes in utmost transparency in its functioning.

“He has been informed of the decision by email. He had resigned earlier and was asked to continue in the interim. However, the leak of confidential financial information of a bid that was being prepared accelerated the decision. Highest levels of confidentiality are expected when any bid takes place in an organization,” the official said.

“This was considered to be scandalous and had the potential to compromise the bid. Financial matters if you cannot keep confidential, then it is a serious lapse that cannot be excused, especially with the new BCCI.”

A BCCI functionary said that maybe he was a little overconfident ever since he escaped with gender sensitization after allegations of sexual harassment against him.

“Maybe he was a little overconfident. He was able to survive despite his earlier conduct and there was an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against him. The reports of which were not even made available to the complainants which were found to be very surprising. Yet, he was asked to undergo gender sensitization.

“We felt that to have a CEO who has undergone this punishment was not appropriate for a role which requires you to give a fillip to women’s cricket. And as CEO he had to meet market leaders. He is certainly not the man who is capable of leading India towards the resumption of cricket. The female cricketers and women working in BCCI must be feeling relieved,” the functionary told IANS.

Former CoA member Diana Edulji said that justice has finally prevailed. “Women cricketers and staff will heave a sigh of relief and after all this indiscipline during the nomination of coaches and all, he was rewarded with an increment which I was against. Better later than never. Justice has been done,” she told IANS.

NY prosecutors can see Trump’s financial records: US SC

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NY prosecutors can see Trump’s financial records: US SC

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s financial records can be examined by prosecutors in New York.

In a related case, the court ruled that this information did not have to be shared with Congress, the BBC reported on Thursday.

Trump has come under fire for not making his tax returns public like his predecessors.

His lawyers had argued that he enjoyed total immunity while in office and that Congress had no valid justification to seek the records.

Two Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committees and New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance – also a Democrat – had demanded Trump’s tax documents over several years in order to determine whether current conflict-of-interest laws on a US president were tough enough.

Trump, a Republican, denies wrongdoing and has called the investigation into his tax affairs a “witch hunt”.

“The Supreme Court sends the case back to Lower Court, arguments to continue. This is all a political prosecution,” he wrote in a series of tweets following the court rulings.

In the case regarding the request from the New York prosecutors, the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of seven to two that the president did not have absolute immunity from criminal investigation.

“Two hundred years ago, a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding,” the court said.

“We reaffirm that principle today.”

But the two cases regarding Congressional committees were closely watched, as they could have had implications on how far US lawmakers could scrutinize the activities of a sitting president.

The court ruled that Congress had significant, but not limitless, the power to request the president’s personal information. In this case, the court returned the case to the lower courts.

Director Mukesh Chhabra recalls starting ‘Dil Bechara’ shoot two years ago

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Director Mukesh Chhabra recalls starting ‘Dil Bechara’ shoot two years ago

Mukesh Chhabra, the director of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film “Dil Bechara”, has taken to social media to reminisce the day they had begun shooting a couple of years ago.

“9th July, today we complete exactly 2 years from when we started the shoot in Jamshedpur ! Sab Badal Gaya (how everything changed)” tweeted Mukesh Chhabra on Thursday.

Sushant Singh Rajput passed away in Mumbai on June 14, a month ahead of the release of his last film.

Lead actress Sanjana Sanghi also took to Instagram to remember her co-star Sushant.

“Life, indeed, is seri-real. 2 years ago, July 9th, 2018, was the first day of Sushant and Sanjana, becoming Manny and Kizie in front of the camera, on set in Jamshedpur. My life since that day has never been the same for a second. Kizie & Manny truly believed there never will be a greater love than their’s, but they love all of you, all over the world have shown us? It really does come close. It feels like a long, warm embrace,” the actress wrote on Instagram.

Directed by Mukesh Chhabra, “Dil Bechara” is the official remake of the 2014 Hollywood romantic drama “The Fault in our Stars”, based on John Green’s popular novel of the same name.

The film is slated to release on an OTT platform on July 24.

Rasika Dugal is still suspicious of her cooking

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Rasika Dugal is still suspicious of her cooking

Actress Rasika Dugal is still not confident in her cooking skills, and the fact seems apparent from a picture she posted on Instagram.

Rasika took to Instagram, where she shared a picture of herself looking into her utensil with confusion.

“Daal main Kuch kala……three months and still suspicious of my own cooking,” she captioned the image.

Her friend and actress Tillotama Shome wrote: “Hahaha Rasika.”

Rasika recently enrolled in an online music class and says learning how to sing is like learning a new language.

“I have always enjoyed singing, even though I am not particularly good at it. Whenever I have had spare time, I join a music class,” Rasika said.

As she continues to spend time indoors amid the Covid-19 crisis, Rasika has been honing her singing acumen. She is taking online lessons from singer Pranita Deshpande.

Record 2,228 Covid cases push K’taka tally to 31,105

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Record 2,228 Covid cases push K’taka tally to 31,105

Karnataka has registered a record 2,228 COVID-19 positive cases, raising the state’s tally to 31,105, a health official said on Thursday.

“2,228 new cases were reported from Wednesday 5 p.m. to Thursday 5 p.m.,” the official added.

Like every day, Bengaluru logged the highest number of cases, 1,373, as its tally elevated to 13,882, out of which 10,870 are active.

In the past 24 hours, 17 people succumbed to the virus with nobody from the city and seven from Dharwad alone among others.

The total COVID toll in the southern state rose to 486.

Among the new cases, excluding Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada accounted for 167, followed by Kalaburagi (85), Dharwad (75), Mysuru (52), Ballari (41) and Davangere (40).

Record 957 patients got discharged, raising the total discharges to 12,833. Bengaluru Urban alone accounted for 606 discharges.

On Thursday, the health department tested 20,028 people for COVID but no one at the airport.

Of the 457 patients currently lodged in ICUs, 292 are in Bengaluru Urban itself while no other place accounted for more than 19.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa, Health Minister B. Sriramulu, Deputy Chief Minister C. N. Ashwathnarayan, and others visited the 10,100-bed capacity mega COVID Care Center (CCC) at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) outside the city.

“This is the first CCC to offer ICU facilities. The government took special care to provide the highest level of comfort. Providing all the necessary facilities,” said Ashwathnarayan.

Yediyurappa said 2,200 staff, including 300 doctors and 600 nurses will work at the CCC.

BIEC is a top convention facility in the tech city, which earlier hosted several global events such as CeBIT and others.

“The state government is making all sincere efforts to control COVID and people should cooperate with the government without worrying for any reason,” said the Chief Minister.

Among the 31,105 COVID cases, 17,782 are active in Karnataka.

PNB Board approves plan to raise Rs 10,000 cr

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PNB Board approves plan to raise Rs 10,000 cr

The Board of Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday approved the proposal to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through equity and debt.

In a regulatory filing, the bank said that it will seek shareholders’ approval for raising equity capital for an amount up to Rs 7,000 crore in the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM).

It said that board has approved “raising of capital through the issue of equity shares and Basel III Compliant Tier 2 Bonds by way of Private Placement, Qualified Institutions Placement, Further Public Offer, Rights Issue or any other mode or through a combination thereof up to an amount of Rs 10,000 crore and seeking approval of the shareholders for raising of equity capital for an amount up to Rs 7,000 crore in the forthcoming AGM”.

The board on Thursday also approved the appropriation of accumulated losses of Rs 28,707.92 crore from the Share Premium Account of the amalgamated Bank (PNB) and seeking approval of the shareholders in the forthcoming AGM for the same. The state-run bank will hold its 19th AGM on August 4, through video conference.

Three-day lockdown in UP from Friday night

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Three-day lockdown in UP from Friday night

The Yogi Adityanath government on Thursday announced a three-day lockdown in Uttar Pradesh from 10 p.m. on Friday to 5.a.m. on Monday.

All markets, food grain markets, and other establishments will remain closed during this period and the supply of essentials will be ensured through doorstep delivery.

The movement of trains and air services will continue but road transport will be shut down. Buses, however, will be made available to air and train passengers.

Petrol pumps and hospitals will function normally.

The three-day lockdown is being enforced in view of the sport in the number of Corona cases in the state.

An official statement said that goods carriers will be allowed to operate and construction activities will also continue.

Heavy rains bring relief from scorching heat in Agra

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Heavy rains bring relief from scorching heat in Agra

Heavy rains lashed Agra on Thursday, bringing respite from the hot and humid conditions in the city.

The showers accompanied by gusty wind lasted more than 30 minutes, flooding several low-lying areas and disrupting traffic movement on the main MG road of the city.

The cloud cover was there for several days but there was hardly any precipitation, causing a lot of worry in the rural areas. But after 3 pm on Thursday, heavy downpour brought the mercury down by some notches.

Residents said that even the Taj Mahal looked dazzling white after a considerable amount of rainfall.

Apple launches new coding tools for educators, students

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Apple launches new coding tools for educators, students

Apple on Thursday launched a new set of tools to help educators teach coding to students from grade school to college, along with starting a new professional learning course for Develop in Swift, available to educators at no cost.

The course is designed to supplement the need for computer science educators in the US and helps instructors of all skill levels build foundational knowledge to teach app development with Swift.

“Apple has worked alongside educators for 40 years, and we’re especially proud to see how to Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code have been instrumental in helping teachers and students make an impact in their communities,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Markets, Apps, and Services.

“We are thrilled to be adding a new professional learning course to help more educators, regardless of their experience, have the opportunity to learn to code and teach the next generation of developers and designers,” she said in a statement.

Apple said it is enhancing its ‘Develop in Swift’ and ‘Everyone Can Code’ coding curricula.

‘Develop in Swift’ is geared toward high school and higher education students, and teaches both Swift, an intuitive open-source programming language, and ‘Xcode’ on Mac to new and experienced coders.

‘Everyone Can Code’ introduces coding to students in grades 4 through 8, and uses puzzles and games to help teach the building blocks of Swift through the Swift Playgrounds app.

The Develop in Swift curriculum is now completely redesigned to meet student learning styles, based on educator input continuously sourced by Apple.

Apple also released the next set of books in its Everyone Can Code curriculum.

“Everyone Can Code Adventures” is designed for students who have already completed “Everyone Can Code Puzzles” and offers more advanced opportunities to build with Swift code.

Students will learn about important programming concepts used in app development as they work through more challenging lessons in Swift Playgrounds.

To support parents with kids learning to code at home, Apple is adding a new guide to its set of remote learning resources. “A Quick Start to Code” is now available and features 10 coding challenges designed for learners ages 10 and up, on iPad or Mac.

In 2016, Apple launched ‘Everyone Can Code’.

‘Develop in Swift’ was released in 2019, and today more than 9,000 K-12 and higher education institutions worldwide are using the Everyone Can Code and Develop in Swift curricula from Apple, said the company.

AIFF President kicks-off virtual session of masters programme

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AIFF President kicks-off virtual session of masters programme

Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation kickstarted the virtual session of the first batch of the AIFF Masters Programme in an online meeting on Thursday.

The AIFF Masters, the latest feather in the cap of AIFF under the leadership of Patel, is the first and only sports management course among all National Sports Federations in the country.

Besides Patel, Senior Vice President Subrata Dutta, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, as well as all the HODs, attended the meeting. Enrique Perez, Corporate and business director, Cadiz CF, the Spanish club with whom AIFF has signed an MoU regarding the AIFF Masters Programme, attended the program from Spain.

Welcoming all the students of the “first batch of the AIFF Masters course”, Patel said: “Warm welcome to the inaugural session of AIFF Masters.”

Welcoming all the students who have enrolled in the course after the CAT process, Patel highlighted the “need for a new breed of football professionals in the country.”

“This is a unique program by the All India Football Federation. I’m really happy that the first batch is kick-starting in 2020. I know a lot of people are passionate about football. But we don’t have more talented football administrators in our country. A new breed of football professionals is required, and hence, we took it upon ourselves to start this Masters Programme,” Patel said.

Namrata Shirodkar shares picture from the ‘last day’ of her ‘last film’

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Namrata Shirodkar shares picture from the ‘last day’ of her ‘last film’

Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata Shirodkar has shared a picture from the “last day” of her “last film” on Instagram.

“This one is special!! My last day on the sets of my last film, ‘Bride & Prejudice’!!” she wrote alongside the image.

“It was a wrap for our film and the end of a phase for me.!! Was getting home to be married 3 long months in London with this mammoth cast and crew… Enjoyed every single bit of it !! So many memories attached to this one… @sivan_santosh thanks for sharing this with me #gratitude#happiness #thosewerethedays@aishwaryaraibachchan_arb@gurinder.chadha @anupampkher@indypindy9 #throwbackthursday,” Namrata added.

“Bride And Prejudice” released in 2004 and is directed by Gurinder Chadha. The film also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Martin Henderson, Naveen Andrews, Sonali Kulkarni, Nadira Babbar, and Anupam Kher.

Namrata met Mahesh on the sets of the 2000 Telugu hit “Vamsi”. The couple tied the knot in 2005 and welcomed their firstborn, Gautam, in 2006. Daughter Sitara was born in 2012.

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Covid recovery rate in Delhi nears 75%

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Covid recovery rate in Delhi nears 75%

With 2,187 new coronavirus cases and 45 deaths in the last 24 hours, the national capital on Thursday recorded a total tally of 1,07,051 cases and 3,258 deaths.

According to the Delhi government’s daily bulletin, 82,226 people have recovered, almost four times the number of active cases that stand at 21,567.

As many as 4,027 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 74.57 percent. “Within a span of just one week, the number of recovered corona patients in Delhi has gone up by 18,207,” the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government said in a statement.

On June 23, the city had witnessed the highest single-day peak of 3,947 cases, but the number has come down steadily since then despite the number of tests increasing.

Testing numbers in the city have also gone up since the commencement of rapid antigen tests last month. Over 9,719 RT-PCR and 12,570 rapid antigen Covid-19 tests were conducted on Thursday.

In total, 7,24,148 tests have been conducted so far in the national capital. Delhi has a total of 563 containment zones. On Wednesday, the city had 458 zones.

Currently, 4,784 beds are occupied in the hospitals out of a total capacity of 15,096 beds, 1,918 in the dedicated COVID Care Centres out of 7,869, and 135 beds in the dedicated COVID Health Centres as against the availability of 544 total beds. Over 12,543 people are under home isolation.

Earlier on Thursday, an order was issued to all hospitals for nominating a nodal officer for the sake of coordination, requisition, and issuance of convalescent plasma from ‘Delhi Plasma Bank’ at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.

Another order was issued regarding the revised COVID response plan in pursuance to the modified recommendations for strengthening the surveillance response in Delhi.

Keerthy is currently in the super busy phase of her career

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Keerthy is currently in the super busy phase of her career

Actress Keerthy Suresh is one of the most sought after actresses in the south, currently. Keerthy has a bunch of films in her kitty waiting to be shot, released and to go on floors as well.

Keerthy is currently in the super busy phase of her career as an actress and is busy listening to scripts and picking the best ones for her. Recently, during the pre-release promotions of Penguin, she revealed she is going to play Mahesh Babu’s lady love in Sarkaaru Vaari Paata, a Parasuram directorial.

Buzz is that Keerthy will be playing a banker in this film and one of those pivotal roles in the life of the hero, as he tries to gather a lot of information about the banks, and the scams happening. The storyline sounds pretty interesting and it has raised expectations already.

This is the first ever collaboration of Mahesh Babu and Parasuram. The first look poster of the film, which was unveiled more than a month ago, has made people want to know more about the film. Much details about this flick are awaited.

Mahesh will be seen in an entirely different look in this film and the one that he is flaunting in all his Instagram posts, is one of them.

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