BJP’s win in NE bypolls may impact Cong prospects in Manipur

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BJP’s win in NE bypolls may impact Cong prospects in Manipur

Congress prospects may get impacted in the 2022 Manipur Assembly poll as the BJP and its allies swept the North East bypolls, results of which were announced on Tuesday.

Though the Congress emerged as the single largest party last time, the BJP with support of regional allies formed the government. The grand old party has been witnessing defection of lawmakers from it in the state since then.

State Congress in-charge Bhakt Charan Das did not respond to calls asking for a response to the party’s performance in the NE bypolls.

Attacking the BJP government, Jairam Ramesh, senior observer of the party for Manipur, tweeted: “The Bengaluru-based independent think tank, Public Affairs Centre has ranked states in terms of governance. Among large states, Uttar Pradesh is LAST and in small states, Manipur is LAST. This is the result of having BJP at the Centre and State: 0+00.”

Six Congress MLAs in Manipur had quit the party in August when the Congress brought a no-confidence motion complaining about the functioning of former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. However, eight MLAs abstained from voting during the trust vote.

The ruling coalition had 29 MLAs, including the Speaker, while the Congress numbers reduced due to defection.

Besides Assam, the BJP heads the governments in Tripura, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

After the declaration of the bypoll results on Tuesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma credited the election success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Due to the Prime Minister’s all-out mission for the multifaceted development of northeastern states, people are giving their wholehearted support to the NDA allies. With our success in all the states, BJP and NDA’s responsibility further increased” observed Sarma, who is also the convener of the BJP-led anti-Congress alliance of regional parties — North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA).

The BJP and its allies swept all the nine Assembly seats in the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram, which went to the polls on October 30.

The Congress, which had governed these states for many decades, scored a zero.

Apple adds fourth-generation iPad to the ‘obsolete’ device list: Report

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Apple adds fourth-generation iPad to the ‘obsolete’ device list: Report

Apple has reportedly listed its fourth-generation iPad from 2012 as an obsolete device, meaning the tablet is no longer eligible for hardware repairs.

However, the 10-year-old old tablet has not yet been added to Apple’s list of obsolete devices on apple.com, reports iMore.

The fourth-generation iPad was first released in November 2012. It had an A6X chipset that provided up to twice the CPU and graphical performance of its preceding third-generation iPad.

The fourth-generation iPad did away with Apple’s classic 30-pin connector and adopted the Lightning connector that had debuted in the iPhone 5.

Expanding its iPad lineup, tech giant Apple earlier unveiled two new iPads — iPad and iPad mini — that come with advanced features, at its global event.

The 10.2-inch iPad features the A13 Bionic chipset, delivering a 20 per cent performance boost over the previous generation.

The Center Stage experience on iPad Pro is now available on iPad, enabled by the new 12MP ultra-wide front camera and Neural Engine, so users can enjoy even more engaging video calls.

The new iPad comes with support for Apple Pencil (1st generation) and Smart Keyboard and the iPadOS 15.

Meanwhile, the iPad mini, with an 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display featuring the brand new A15 Bionic chip, delivers up to 80 per cent faster performance than the previous generation.

A new USB-C port allows faster connectivity, and cellular models with 5G bring more flexible mobile workflows.

‘The Sound Of Bheemla’ to intensify festive feel for Pawan Kalyan fans

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‘The Sound Of Bheemla’ to intensify festive feel for Pawan Kalyan fans

Telugu’s ‘Power star’ Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati have come together for multi-starer movie ‘Bheemla Nayak’. The buzz around the movie has always been high, ever since its announcement. Being an original remake of the Malayalam movie ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, it features Pawan and Rana as opponents.

The makers of the movie ‘Bheemla Nayak’ have now readied a video promo for the most hyped song ‘Lala Bheemla’, which is to be out on the eve of Diwali. “Let’s celebrate this Diwali with #TheSoundOfBheemla #LalaBheemla Video Promo out today at 07:02 pm”, the makers tweeted.

Team ‘Bheemla Nayak’ announced the update, along with a mass poster featuring Pawan Kalyan in a rural village attire. He is seen sitting on the muddy floor, while he is seen wearing a ’tilak’. The musical version of ‘Lala Bheemla’ was released a couple of months ago, which was a big hit, creating trends on social media as well.

‘Bheemla Nayak’ is helmed by Saagar K Chandra. Rana Daggubati plays the baddie in the movie. Nithya Menen is to be seen as Pawan Kalyan’s wife, while actress Samyukta Menon is to play another important role in the movie.

After ‘Sardar Gabbar Singh’, Pawan Kalyan is back as a cop. While renowned director Trivikram penned the dialogues and the screenplay for the film, Thaman has composed the music for ‘Bheemla Nayak’.

‘Rise of Shyam’ promo reinforces hype around ‘Shyam Singha Roy’

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‘Rise of Shyam’ promo reinforces hype around ‘Shyam Singha Roy’

The makers of Nani and Sai Pallavi-starrer ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ dropped the promo of the first single from the movie. As the promo introduces ‘Shyam Singha Roy’s crux, it is shown that the movie is set in 1970 in the backdrop of Calcutta.

The music composed by Mickey J. Meyer is appealing, which hints at a blockbuster music album ahead. Also, the song promo was released in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages, introducing the lyricists, who have worked in every language.

The song promo titled ‘Rise of Shyam’ intensifies the buzz around the movie, as it hints at the hero’s idiosyncrasy. Nani’s intense look and his characterization are now well-established. Hence the song promo has doubled the hype and anticipation around the movie release.

‘Shyam Singa Roy’ stars Nani, Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, and Madonna Sebastian as the lead actors. Nani is to appear in dual roles, one of them is to be a negative role. Slated for release on December 24, ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ is directed by Rahul Sankrityan, and is a multi-lingual movie.

Aftereffects of Pak thrashing were visible in New Zealand game: Sana Mir on India

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Aftereffects of Pak thrashing were visible in New Zealand game: Sana Mir on India

Pakistan women’s team cricketer Sana Mir has said that the aftereffects of India’s 10-wicket humiliation at the hands of Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup ‘Super 12’ opening game between the arch-rivals on October 24 were all too visible in their second game against New Zealand which they lost by eight wickets.

Coming off one of the worst T20 defeats suffered by India, the Virat Kohli-led side capitulated against the Black Caps, putting just 110 runs on the board with New Zealand surpassing the total in 14.3 overs for the loss of two wickets in a virtual do-or-die clash.

“It is not easy to get over a big defeat like India suffered to Pakistan and it felt against New Zealand that they had still not fully moved on. For their sake, they will hope to have put those defeats behind them against Afghanistan,” said Sana Mir on Wednesday.

India will take on Afghanistan in their third ‘Super 12’ engagement later on Wednesday and, whatever slim chances they have of qualifying for the semifinals, will evaporate if they lose.

“I think New Zealand were very impressive against India. They are very good in ICC tournaments, but they still have a very tough game to come against Afghanistan, who I have loved watching. Hamid Hassan coming into their team has only strengthened their bowling and even without him, we saw how hard they pushed Pakistan,” Sana Mir wrote in her column for the ICC.

“It will be an interesting contest against India. Virat Kohli talked about how India needed to be braver after the loss to New Zealand. Now they are playing the most courageous team in the tournament. Afghanistan are the only team who love to win the toss and bat. That should make for a great game and it is huge in the context of Group 2,” Sana Mir, a veteran of 120 WODIs and 106 WT20Is, said.

Mir said that the credit for Pakistan’s success so far — they have become the first team to secure a semifinal berth after winning four-of-four games — goes to the support staff and the “extra responsibility” given to captain Babar Azam by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Rameez Raja.

“I think (coach) Saqlain Mushtaq also deserves a lot of praise for the work he is doing. Matthew Hayden and Vernon Philander have of course been a big influence and Rameez Raja has given extra responsibility to Babar Azam as captain. When the captain has that responsibility, they feel confident making decisions. It is the same for the players.

“There are of course more factors in their success, but there is a freedom in this team for the players to express themselves. The environment is great for the players to succeed,” she added.

Diwali Relief: Petrol, diesel prices remain static

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Diwali Relief: Petrol, diesel prices remain static

As a Diwali relief, fuel consumers were spared as oil marketing companies decided to keep the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Wednesday in line with slight softening of global oil rates that is expecting OPEC to pump more oil this month.

Accordingly, the pump price of petrol in Delhi remains at Rs 110.04 a litre, while diesel prices also remained at Tuesday’s level of Rs 98.42 a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

In the financial capital Mumbai, petrol prices remain at Rs 115.85 per litre, while diesel is at Rs 106.62 a litre, the highest among all metros.

Before Wednesday’s pause, fuel prices increased for seven consecutive days to take up the rate of petrol by Rs 2.45 per litre in Delhi. Similarly, diesel prices also increased by Rs 2.10 a litre.

Across the country as well, the fuel prices remained static on Wednesday but their retail rates varied depending on the level of local taxes on petroleum products.

Diesel prices have increased on 30 out of the last 40 days taking up its retail price by Rs 9.90 per litre in Delhi.

With diesel price rising sharply, the fuel is now available at over Rs 100 a litre in several parts of the country. It is very close to breaching the mark even in Delhi where it had rapidly climbed to Rs 98.42 a litre on Monday.

Petrol prices had maintained stability since September 5 but oil companies finally raised its pump prices last week and this week given a spurt in the product prices lately.

Petrol prices have also increased on 28 of the previous 36 days taking up its pump price by Rs 8.85 per litre.

Crude price has been on a surge rising over three year high level of over $85 a barrel now as global demand remains firm, while OPEC+ continues to move slowly on increasing production. It has fallen a bit to around $84 a barrel after China released some oil from its reserve to address supply concerns.

Since September 5, when both petrol and diesel prices were revised, the price of petrol and diesel in the international market is higher by around $9-10 per barrel as compared to average prices during August.

Zoom to start showing ads to some free users

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Zoom to start showing ads to some free users

Video conferencing app Zoom has rolled out a pilot advertising programme to start showing ads to free users.

For this initial programme, ads will be rolled out only on the browser page users see once they end their meeting.

Only free Basic users in certain countries will see these ads if they join meetings that are hosted by other free Basic users.

“We have carefully and thoughtfully considered how to implement this advertising pilot programme and we have done so with the goal of ensuring user choice,” the company said in a blogpost.

“Users will see a banner on Zoom’s website that provides a link that takes them to our cookie management tool,” the company added.

The company said it has updated its Privacy Statement to account for this advertising programme.

Zoom mentioned that it will not use meeting, webinar or messaging content (specifically, audio, video, files, and messages) for any marketing, promotions or third-party advertising purposes.

“We are incredibly proud to provide a service that helps so many people around the world stay connected,” the company said.

“This change ensures that our free Basic users are able to continue connecting with friends, family, and colleagues with the same robust platform we have always offered,” it added.

Wish to take hockey to schools: India goalkeeper Sreejesh

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Wish to take hockey to schools: India goalkeeper Sreejesh

Indian hockey goalkeeper and Olympic bronze-medal winner PR Sreejesh has expressed his happines and desire to popularise the game (sport)by taking it to school and college level, at being awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

To end a four-decade-long medal drought, India won the Tokyo Olympics bronze defeating Germany , at the quadrennial games.

The Khel Ratna award which is given to outstanding performances and highest sports honour conferred by the Indian government .

“I wish I am able to take hockey to schools and if the Hockey India League (HIL) is revived, it could open numerous opportunities for youngsters,” said the goalkeeping stalwart.

Sreejesh is a former captain of the national side and has recently been promoted to the rank of director in the Kerala Education department.

The 33-year-old, who hails from Kochi, used to represent Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League. The last edition of the HIL was played in 2017.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan congratulated Sreejesh for winning the Khel Ratna.

S.Korean PM says govt can’t afford extra Covid relief grants

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S.Korean PM says govt can’t afford extra Covid relief grants

As proposed by the nominee of the ruling Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, the government can’t offord another round of universal covid-19 relief grants. on wednesday South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said.

In the interview, kim made the remark,The most urgent task is to compensate self employed and small business owners, who are suffering from the victims of virus,Yonhap News Agency said.

“Our finance does not have enough capacity to do that,” Kim said of Lee’s proposal during the interview with local broadcaster CBS. “Execution of this year’s budget will be over in two months.”

Kim’s remarks were in line with Finance Minster Hong Nam-ki, who previously opposed the idea of giving cash handouts to all people instead of providing them to those who suffered the most.

“In the financial authority’s perspective, our disposable revenue is obvious,” Kim said. “We are not in a situation to get money from here and there.”

Earlier this week, Lee said the government should dole out additional cash handouts to all people, saying that the relief amount is too small considering the nation’s GDP and in comparison with other countries.

He called for providing an additional 300,000-500,000 won ($250-$425) per person at least since the government is expected to log a larger-than-expected surplus in tax revenue this year and many people are still suffering from the pandemic.

3.35 cr people in UP fully vaccinated

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3.35 cr people in UP fully vaccinated

The number of people in Uttar Pradesh who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has crossed the 3.35 crore mark.

With this, the proportion of fully immunised persons in the state crossed 22.3 per cent.

The total number of persons eligible for vaccination in the state is 15.04 crore and the number of people to have taken at least one dose in Uttar Pradesh has reached 9.89 crore.

Health officials have urged people due for the second dose to come forward and take their vaccine in individual and social interest.

They also reiterated the importance of adhering to Covid-19 appropriate behaviour in the festive season.

Meanwhile, seven new cases of Covid were confirmed in the past 24 hours, while 10 persons fully recovered in the same duration.

According to the official Covid-19 bulletin, the number of active cases in the state was 102 of which more than 50 per cent were concentrated in just four districts.

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