Turkish President Erdogan's party loses Istanbul mayoral elections With some 99 per cent of ballots counted by Sunday night, Imamoglu was winning by more than 775,000 votes - 54 per cent, with Yildirim on 45 per cent, the Anadolu state news agency reported. "It was not a single group or party, but the whole of Istanbul and Turkey that won this election," Imamoglu said in his victory speech as scenes of his ecstatic supporters broke out across the city of 15 million. Istanbul votes in re-run of mayoral election Istanbul goes back to the polls on in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's continued popularity at a time of economic trouble. "Mr President, I am ready to work in harmony with you. I convey from here my request to meet with you in the shortest time possible," he added. Critics had accused Erdogan of refusing to give up control of Istanbul, Turkey's economic powerhouse and a crucial source of patronage for Islamic conservatives since he won the mayorship himself a quarter of a century ago. But the Turkish leader conceded defeat this time, writing on Twitter: "I congratulate Ekrem Imamoglu who has won the election based on preliminary results." 'Everything will be fine' Imamoglu, a little-known district mayor at the start of the year, galvanised voters with a relentlessly positive campaign under the slogan, "Everything will be fine". That was in stark contrast to the usual aggressive name-calling of Turkish politics and struck a chord with voters. "Our happiness has just started. We will celebrate till morning. We have been waiting 17 years (for a win). We believed in him and he believed in us," said 29-year-old Imamoglu supporter Eda Alday, as cars honked and fans waved Turkish flags in the street. Imamoglu faced the juggernaut of Erdogan's ruling AKP party, which has been in power in Turkey since 2002 and remains the most popular political force nationwide. AKP candidate Yildirim, a mild-mannered Erdogan loyalist who oversaw several huge transport projects and served as prime minister, this time quickly conceded defeat. He had already struck a conciliatory tone earlier on Sunday, saying "if we have wronged, knowingly or unknowingly, one of our fellow Istanbulites or our challengers, if we have done something unjust, I ask for your forgiveness." 'Colossal defeat' As the city of Istanbul erupted in spontaneous celebrations over Imamoglu's victory, commentators noted that this was more than a municipal vote -- Erdogan himself once said: "Whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey." "It's a colossal defeat for Yildirim but also Erdogan. His gamble (in calling for a replay of the election) backfired," Berk Esen, assistant professor of international relations at Ankara's Bilkent University, told AFP. It comes as an economic slump and rising prices have dented the president's reputation for economic stewardship, with the AKP also losing the capital Ankara in March. "The AKP elites will probably try to de-emphasise the election and act like it's no big deal," said Esen. Erdogan has already played down the importance of the re-run, saying last week that the choice of mayor was "only a change in the shop window" since the AKP controls almost two-thirds of the city's districts. But it was a bitter loss for AKP voters, with some in tears at the party headquarters on Sunday night. "Let them rejoice while they can, they will see...," vowed retired shopkeeper Mehmet. For many conservatives, Erdogan remains a hero who has brought prosperity and fiercely defended the country's interests since taking over in 2003. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chronicle http://southmainalliance.org/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/638993/Default.aspx http://www.mdmdevices.com/UserProfile/tabid/96/userId/63382/Default.aspx

Shahid Kapoor plays love guru

We cannot deal with our break-ups,' he says. Shahid adds that a phase of life that one experiences during break-ups is where nothing seems to feel good at all. This is a very dangerous phase,' he warns. 'You just keep brooding about one individual, and that is your love. At this point in time you do not like your surroundings and people around you as well. You damage yourself unknowingly, and this is shown in Kabir Singh as well,' he adds. 'I too got nostalgic while playing this character, it reminded me of my college days. If you like a girl, you feel as though your heart has broken in pieces when she does not talk to you or does not respond. You feel emotional,' Shahid explains. As for his own coping mechanism with break-ups back then, Shahid reveals that he would sit in a corner and listen to emotional and heartbroken music to escape the depression. He adds that he took to the shoulders of friends and family members to be able to handle it. However, the actor is quick to add that life does not end if you fail in romance. 'Having said that, I'm 38 now, I can speak through experience. Life feels different when you are 20-31 and life is very different 10 years later. It's important to know that,' he says. Nevertheless, the actor is a believer in love, and says, 'We need to believe in love. And you ask why today's marriages are not working? The senior generation has always been a strong believer in marriage; the current generation don't bother about it maybe! I am from the old school of thought. I believe in the institution of marriage, and also love, which has to be passionate. I believe it should be selfless.' ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/zeeveerakeens

Sensex rises over 100 pts, Nifty above 11,850

Meanwhile, on a net basis, foreign institutional investors bought equities worth Rs 106.26 crore, while domestic institutional investors sold shares to the tune of Rs 51.47 crore, provisional data available with stock exchanges showed on Wednesday. On the currency front, the Indian rupee depreciated 15 paise to 69.30 against the US dollar. The global oil benchmark Brent crude futures fell 0.35 per cent to 65.46 per barrel. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://ask.fm/tawonkeens

WATCH: UP Police frisk people at gunpoint in Badaun, say 'tactical technique' to avoid casualties

'There have been incidents earlier where people of criminal mentality fired at the police during vehicle checking. We have suffered casualties due to such incidents, that is why a tactical technique is being used,' Tripathi said. Police point gun at people during regular vehicle checking in Wazirganj, Badaun. (20.6.19) pic.twitter.com/N02fSAYwsx — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) June 24, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://eternagame.org/web/player/260632/

'Shooter' told to leave range for flouting coaching ban

I am a national shooter besides being an NCC cadet,' said Poonam. 'I will take (legal) action against this. What more can I do if a shooter is not allowed in an academy owned by the government?' Poonam got support from former international shooter and chief coach of national junior pistol programme, Jaspal Rana. 'Karni Singh Shooting ranges declared parents and coaches free zone,' Jaspal tweeted and posed questions to Sports Authority of India (SAI) on the range administration. Rana pointed out to a circular issued on June 14 by the administration which said, 'No parent/guardian will be allowed to interfere in training or sit near the FOP (field of play). They will be seated at the conference room located in the administrative block.' Manjushree Dayanand, the range administrator, said Poonam had been coming to the range with Rana and providing private coaching during the come-and-play scheme. 'No private coaching is allowed in SAI stadiums and recently an order has been issued in this regard,' Manjushree said. 'She was told not to do it on many occasions. I last saw her at the 50m range and had sent a message to her and Jaspal Rana because she claims to be Jaspal's assistant, but she did not budge. We have orders from the head office to strictly follow the rules,' she added. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://www.subzerotyler.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/72645/Default.aspx

Arundhati Roy's 'My Seditious Heart' to hit stands soon

"Radical and readable, they speak always in defence of the collective, of the individual and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military and governmental elites," said the publisher in a statement. When taken together these essays trace Roy's journey from her first book to her last "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" - a journey marked by compassion, clarity and courage, it added. Roy came out with her second work of fiction "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" in 2017 after a hiatus of 20 years. Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, the book has been translated into nearly 50 languages, including Hindi and Urdu. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://visual.ly/users/yozkelvozkeeneens34/portfolio

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Hyderabad yoga practitioner: 'Overcome health conditions by using cosmic energy'

"Yoga is all about one's aura and energy. A huge but understated role here is played by how we breathe," noted Jyoti Jashnani, Dietician and Yoga Ratna. To work with clients who come in with pre-existing health conditions of pains and aches, she noted, she first works to correct the natural breathing course of the individual. "Our life extends by the breaths we take in, so it must be done properly. We must ensure that our breathing ensure the oxygenation of our body to its capacity, unlike other exercises. In health conditions where pain is recurrent, the pain increases if residual carbon dioxide is left behind," adds Jyoti. She recommends people to follow the correct breathing pattern with each of the asanas they perform, in order to ensure that the breath taken in reaches each of their cells. "This is necessary to combat the health condition faced," she says. For instance, if one is affected by frequent migraines, doing a headstand is one way for the brain to get more oxygen and the nerves to relax. However, since everyone cannot do that, yoga has an alternate method to oxygenate the brain. "Pranayamam is one of the best options, as it ensures that the brain gets sufficient oxygen. Thus all the nerves and blood vessels get enough oxygen, reducing the pain," Jyoti adds. She vouches by this method, because yoga had helped her overcome a painful and difficult health condition like fibromyalgia. "Fibromyalgia has 18 tender points spread across the body, that impacts the soft tissue. It can leave one in pain all day, in addition to bringing in disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, body stiffness, brain fog, etc. However, corrective breathing can go a long way in ensuring that blood reaches all these points and relieves the pain, thus helping keep the stress that comes along with it at bay," explains Jyoti, who has been practising yoga for the past five years now. Simple breathing cycles for any time of the day Sit with your back straight in the vajrasana position, folding your feet. Breathe in deeply and hold it for a second and breathe out. This method sees to it your proper intake of oxygen and outspell of carbon dioxide. Practise this daily for 5 minutes, until it comes naturally to you. Practise a breathing cycle that lasts about 8 seconds. The usual cycle we are conditioned to do is 4 seconds in length, with 2 seconds of inhalation and 2 seconds of exhalation. In this technique, the cycle is stretched to a total of 8 seconds. This will help improve the lung capacity, oxygen retention and absorption. Breathing cycle can also be extended to 3 minutes, with 1.5 minutes each allotted to inhalation and exhalation DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/162660/Default.aspx

TN yielded to pressure from NGOs in closing Sterlite: Vedanta Limited

The final hearing of the main and miscellaneous petitions is scheduled to begin tomorrow before a division bench comprising Justices T.S.Sivagnanam and V. Bhavani Subaroyan. Satyapriya said, 'It is denied that there were protests from the locals and wide spread agitations, protests, complaints to the state on a continuous basis except for the orchestrated protest in 2018. In fact, the Inspection Reports of the year 2016, 2017 and 2018 furnished by the joint chief environmental engineer of TNPCB for the three consecutive years preceding the impugned orders would show that there were no complaints received against the petitioner unit'. He said it was denied that the state government took a policy decision on May 28, 2018, for permanent closure of the unit. It was unfortunate that in instant proceedings the state government was taking adversarial position and was not considering the representations from more than 1.55 lakh people supporting the opening and restart of the petitioner unit. 'The only emergency for closing the petitioner unit was to appease a section of public after the incident of police firing in Tuticorin on May 22, 2018', he added. He said the state has willingly succumbed to public outcry and passed arbitrary orders impugned herein without following due legal processes while treating the petitioner's unit with prejudice. The TNPCB was under a legal obligation to provide a reasonable opportunity of being heard before refusing a further consent as prescribed under section 21 (4) of the Air Act and Rule 34 of the Water Rules. The attempt of the state was to take the protection of a 'policy decision', so as to circumvent the statutory requirements, restrictions and mandate of the Air and Water Act as also to seek to limit the grounds of challenge to the same before this court, he added. 'The petitioner unit has been contributing to the tune of `2,000-2,500 crore per annum to the state exchequer and has helped the state government through its regular contribution in the socio-economic upliftment of the communities around its plant. The approach of the state government towards the petitioner will destabilize the investment into the state. The conclusion arrived at by the TNPCB that the other industries are not directly responsible for the pollution around Thoothukudi and the same is solely attributable to petitioner is wrong and misleading statement and has been arrived at with prejudice in instant adversarial proceedings' he added. He said Thoothukudi houses the largest capacity of power plants (5,000 MW) in a single city within Tamil Nadu and hence emission SOX, NOX and SPM and RSPM are relatively higher and has huge human development concerns which has been ignored by the state government while targeting the petitioner. 'TN CM in various press releases has stated that there were anti-social elements in the protests. The government and TNPCB have relied on some unverified material from online sources and have submitted the same before the court without any proof. The Chief Minister also gave a statement that anti-social element were behind the mass protest, which led to police firing,' he added. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.mobypicture.com/user/sikendergunm

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - To get a hundred in a win is special: Australia captain Aaron Finch

We have played some good cricket so far, and touchwood, we will keep going in the same direction."Despite dominating the game, Finch maintained that England are a strong side. "England are a standout side. They can take you apart with the ball and with the bat as well. Stokesy (Ben Stokes), when he gets in, can be brutal on an attack. It's nice that we keep finding ways to take wickets."For Australia, the new ball on Tuesday was shared by Mitchell Starc and Jason Behrendorff, both left-armers. And both were successful on the day sharing nine wickets between them. While Behrendorff took five for 44, Starc got four for 43. "Behrendorff bowled beautifully. It was a toss-up with Pat Cummins doing well with the new ball too. But when you've got a guy who can swing the ball back into a couple of right-handers early on, you use his best asset. And he didn't disappoint. He was outstanding."Finch also praised Nathan Lyon, who played his first match of this World Cup on Tuesday. "Lyon too was brilliant, he didn't get the rewards but he was outstanding."But the foundation of the victory was laid by Finch and his opening partner David Warner as the duo shared a 123-run partnership in testing conditions. "People are saying it's not the Warner of old, who comes out bashes and thrashes. I think there have been some wickets in this tournament where bowling demands a bit more respect. We try to sum up the conditions quickly. "Today, Warner was very close to his best, he was disappointed when he got out. He was starting to get on top, but that happens in one-day cricket. We're confident with what we've got." About his own innings of 100, Finch said: "I didn't play too badly, anytime you contribute to your team's win, it is special. I think that is the most important thing. It's nice to get a hundred in a win. "Wicket was seaming around a bit initially, Woaksey (Chris Woakes) bowled a hell of a spell upfront, he bowled seven overs in a row. We were hoping that he will quit after five overs, but he kept coming. It was nipping around, it was seaming. I think we played quite well. We were as tight as we could be and tried to cash in on the width." DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.feedbooks.com/user/5309186/profile

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Ladies, stay sharp and safe in cyberspace

he national commission in association with Facebook and Cyber Peace Foundation launched the Digital Shakti Campaign on June 18 to recognise the growing importance and emerging threats of the digital platforms. The campaign has three broad aims - promoting digital literacy among women and girls, raising awareness about prevalent cyber threats, and the resources available to women to redress such crimes. As a pilot project, it was initially launched in Punjab and Haryana; Manipur, Meghalaya and Maharashtra and ran from December 2018 to March 2019 covering 60,000 women in these states. Now, women in Jharkhand will be a part of the second phase to be initiated by August this year along with nine other states - Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh; Sikkim and Odisha. Training modules will comprise three-hour sessions for a batch of minimum 300 girls/women. The session will discuss what constitutes a cyber crime; dos and don'ts and where and how to report if a crime takes place. Tackling financial frauds, bullying, blackmailing will be parts of the module. The training will also educate them on how the Internet or social media can help them scale up their businesses and boost entrepreneurship.Those interested in attending the workshops, including individuals and organisations, can approach Digital Shakti Facebook page. Contacted, chairperson of the state women's commission Kalyani Sharan claimed Digital Shakti Campaign would empower women to be safe online in pragmatic terms and also how to deal with a crime when it has taken place. She also claimed it would be a "breakthrough" for women's awareness in "tactfully handling cyber issues". Sharan admitted that social realities were such that often families of girls and women hesitate to approach the police in cases of cyber stalking, bullying and blackmailing. "Social stigma is the reason for the reluctance. But girls and women should know about cyber laws that protect them from abuse or bring the perpetrators to book," she said. It is easier said than done. A police source said they did not have separate data on how many women complained against harassment. A woman from Jamshedpur who had faced cyber abuse called the police pathetic. "A so-called senior person (at the thana) did not know the difference between a website and a Facebook page. How can I expect them to trace culprits?" DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://onlineboxing.net/jforum/user/profile/21917.page

Donald Trump 'hates' photo of dead migrants, says that father was probably wonderful guy

They wouldn't be trying,' Trump said. 'They can change it very easily so people don't come up and people won't get killed.' Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and daughter Valeria were trying to cross into the U.S. after fleeing from El Salvador when they were swept into the Rio Grande. The photos, captured by journalist Julia Le Duc and first published by Mexican newspaper La Jornada, show their bodies lying face-down near the riverbank. Her arm was draped around his neck, suggesting she clung to her father in their final moments. 'I hate it,' Trump said when asked about the image, 'and I know it could stop immediately if the Democrats change the law. They have to change the laws. And then that father, who probably was this wonderful guy, with his daughter, things like that wouldn't happen.' Both the Senate and House has approved separate legislation to provide funding for the care for migrants streaming into the U.S., but the bills have yet to be merged and the next step is unclear. Congressional leaders hope to send Trump a compromise measure before lawmakers leave town for a July 4 recess. From the scorching Sonora desert to the at-times fast-moving Rio Grande, the U.S.-Mexico border can be a perilous setting for those who cross it illegally between ports of entry. Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead on Sunday, overcome by the sweltering heat. Elsewhere, three children and an adult from Honduras died in April after their raft capsized on the Rio Grande, and a 6-year-old from India was found dead earlier this month in Arizona, where temperatures routinely soar well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.) DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://jforum.andowson.com/user/profile/1329.page

Drinking coffee may help fight obesity, diabetes: Study

Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat found in humans and other mammals, said researchers from the University of Nottingham in the UK. Diabetes: Know the symptoms, and keep the disease at bay with these simple lifestyle changes Initially only attributed to babies and hibernating mammals, it was discovered in recent years that adults can have brown fat too. Its main function is to generate body heat by burning calories, opposed to white fat, which is a result of storing excess calories. People with a lower body mass index (BMI) therefore have a higher amount of brown fat. 'Brown fat works in a different way to other fat in your body and produces heat by burning sugar and fat, often in response to cold,' said Professor Michael Symonds, from the University of Nottingham. 'Increasing its activity improves blood sugar control as well as improving blood lipid levels and the extra calories burnt help with weight loss. However, until now, no one has found an acceptable way to stimulate its activity in humans,' said Symonds. 'This is the first study in humans to show that something like a cup of coffee can have a direct effect on our brown fat functions. Diabetes: What you should eat to keep your blood sugar level in control 'The potential implications of our results are pretty big, as obesity is a major health concern for society and we also have a growing diabetes epidemic and brown fat could potentially be part of the solution in tackling them,' he said. The team started with a series of stem cell studies to see if caffeine would stimulate brown fat. Once they had found the right dose, they then moved on to humans to see if the results were similar. The team used a thermal imaging technique, which they had previously pioneered, to trace the body's brown fat reserves. The non-invasive technique helps the team to locate brown fat and assess its capacity to produce heat. 'From our previous work, we knew that brown fat is mainly located in the neck region, so we were able to image someone straight after they had a drink to see if the brown fat got hotter,' said Symonds. 'The results were positive and we now need to ascertain that caffeine as one of the ingredients in the coffee is acting as the stimulus or if there's another component helping with the activation of brown fat. We are currently looking at caffeine supplements to test whether the effect is similar. 'Once we have confirmed which component is responsible for this, it could potentially be used as part of a weight management regime or as part of glucose regulation programme to help prevent diabetes,' he said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://southmainalliance.org/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/638909/Default.aspx

Twitter woofs goodbye to Mexican rescue dog Frida

Frida's no. 1 fan pic.twitter.com/q0nHlVKncA— Nadia (@nashkalina) June 25, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} A golden Labrador retriever has retired from rescue work nearly two years after gaining international fame for rescuing survivors trapped in the rubble following a deadly 2017 earthquake in Mexico City.Mexican Navy presented Frida the rescue dog with a toy at a ceremony to wish her joy during her retirement. She is 10.Frida became a symbol of hope as Mexicans eagerly awaited signs of life following the September 19, 2017, 7.1-magnitude earthquake that killed over 300.People say that dogs are the most loyal creatures and that we don't deserve them. Whenever we feel down are gloomy, dogs are there to rescue us from our misery.Frida literally lived up to the word 'rescue'. Over the course of her career, she was credited for finding at least 41 bodies and a dozen people alive.She also worked two international missions after earthquakes in Haiti and Ecuador in 2010 and 2016, respectively.The word 'Frida', in Scandinavian countries, means 'beautiful and beloved'. This is what people on Twitter said about the 'beautiful and beloved' rescue dog's retirement:This netizen iterated what the Mexican Naval Minister had to say about the doggo's retirement A scribe on Twitter shared an adorable video, shot by her mom, of the ceremony function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://yogatrade.com/members/nieesalgain/

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Stars in the city: Shahid-Kiara, John, Tara & others snapped in Mumbai

Can Mamata distance herself from Trinamool's corruption racket? Tolabaji stands for organised extortion. He went on to claim that the Centre had approved infrastructure projects worth Rs 90,000 crore for West Bengal, but the state government was not interested in implementing them because the 'syndicate raj' there did not get their cut. Strong words indeed, which are now getting public validation. Corruption has plumbed such depths that even widows or relatives of the dead are not spared. For example, the current rate card for releasing Rs 2,000 the state government gives to the poor to cremate a relative is Rs 200. And a widow cannot access her right to monthly pension of Rs 1,000 if she fails to pay a bribe of Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 to the local Trinamool dada. But the tide is slowly turning with public anger forcing Trinamool panchayat members to commit in writing that they would refund the bribe money. When Modi and the Left accused her of institutionalising corruption, Mamata brushed them off, hoping the charges won't stick. After ceding space to the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, she appears to have realised the groundswell of resentment against the Trinamool's extortionists and wants to cleanse her image, hence the call to return the cut money. By distancing herself from the wrongdoers, she is also trying to create a halo of being a saint who was untouched by the party's political filth. Whether or not people see her as St Mamata will be known when civic body polls happen next year. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://forums.ubi.com/member.php/4142701-zeeveerakeens Nushrat Bharucha looked hot in grey denim shorts and black printed top. Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani snapped promoting their upcoming Kabir Singh in Mumbai. Shraddha Kapoor slayed in green blazer outside Mumbai airport. Tara Sutaria snapped outside restaurant in Mumbai. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://about.me/shadabshaik

The Dead Don't Die to open Cannes Film Festival on May 14

Along with Murray and company, Selena Gomez, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Rosie Perez, Danny Glover, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits are part of The Dead Don't Die. It will be among the competing brigade for the Palm d' Or. According to the festival, the movie is set in the sleepy small town of Centerville, where something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviour. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing Centerville. Shahid Kapoor says he would smoke 20 cigarettes a day for Kabir Singh, shower for 2 hours before returning home to kids The film, 13th from Jarmusch, is also supposed to be comical — an element that is often useful to usher in a festival like Cannes which is mostly about serious cinema. Cannes' opening nights tend to be sombre. Last year, Everybody Knows, a serious thriller with the husband-and-wife duo, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, helmed by Iran's Asghar Farhadi {whose A Separation was a masterpiece}, kick started the 12-day event. It was a Spanish work, and Farhadi has been toying with languages other than his own. His 2013 The Past was in French and Italian. Japanese helmer Kore-eda won Palm dÓr for The Shoplifters. Jarmusch is no newcomer to Cannes. He first arrived there in 1984 with his Stranger Than Paradise, and won the Camera dÓr prize for first work. He has been returning to Cannes with most of his movies, including Paterson, a subtle, sweet story of a bus driver and his humdrum life with a wife (Golshifteh Farahani) and cat for company. Nothing much happens in the film, but it was so wonderfully written and acted out that it never let one's attention waver. The other titles of the director that played at Cannes include Broken Flowers (with Murray and Swinton), Only Lovers Left Alive, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Mystery Train and Down By Law. His Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California won him the short movie Palm dÓr in 1993. The festival's official selections will be announced in Paris on April 18 (at least most of the list will be out). In recent years, the Cannes General-Delegate, Thierry Fremaux, has made it a point to leave a few slots for last-minute inclusions. The festival runs from May 14 to 25. (Gautaman Bhaskaran has covered Cannes for 28 years.) DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.instructables.com/member/royenroyese/?cb=1559798417

WATCH | Why TMC MP Mahua Moitra's fiery Parliament address is being hailed as the speech of the year

Wait, there's more. The TMC MP, while listing reasons why the ruling government was slipping into a fascist rule, did not just stop with facts and figures but quoted lines from Maulana Azad, and poets Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Rahat Indori ("सभी का ख़ून है शामिल यहाँ की मिट्टी में, किसी के बाप का हिन्दोस्तान थोड़ी है" loosely translated to "Everybody's blood is part of this soil, Hindustan is not anybody's father's (land) ). She also referred to a poster which she claims was available in the Holocaust Memorial in the US, that featured seven "early warning signs of fascism", all of which she went on to elaborate in the contemporary Indian context. In her opening lines, Moitra stated that she was "humbly accepting the resounding mandate that this government has got' (referring to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance), going on to immediately warn "...But it is the nature of the very overwhelmingness of this mandate, of the totality of this mandate that makes it necessary for us to be heard today, for the voice of dissent to be heard today." She said that dissent was even more important today because there are no "natural checks and balances in the Lok Sabha" owing to the ruling party's huge, unprecedented mandate and the diminished numbers of the Opposition. Moitra said that as the "House belonged to the Opposition, so I stand today to reclaim this inch that has been guaranteed to us." Moitra said in Parliament: "You may say that ache din are here and that the sun will never set on the Indian Empire that it [the ruling government] is seeking to build. But then, you are missing the signs. Only if you open your eyes, you will see there are signs everywhere that this country is being torn apart." During Moitra's speech, Kerala Congress' Mavelikkara MP Suresh Kodikunnil, who was in the Speaker's Chair, had a bemused, almost benign smile throughout. When he tried telling Moitra "You already took three minutes", she stood her ground saying, "This is my maiden speech. Two more minutes." Every time there were jeers and interruptions from the members of the House, Moitra requested the Speaker 'to put the House in order, this is not the place for professional heckling', and went on to finish her speech. Here is her point-by-point critique: 1. On nationalism "The country is being torn apart. There is a powerful and continuing nationalism that is searing into our national fabric. it is superficial, it is xenophobic and it is narrow. It's a lust to divide and not the desire to unite," said Moitra in her powerful speech. She also brought up religious sloganeering and the politicising of symbols and emblems. "There is no one symbol or there is no one slogan that can show any Indian that he is a patriot," she pointed out. 2. On human rights violations and lynchings From Pehlu Khan in Rajasthan in 2017 to Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand last week, the list of lynchings were just 'not stopping', the TMC MP said. Moitra remarked that the Centre's "resounding disdain" for human rights has permeated every level of government. Comparing the 'ten-fold increase in the number of hate crime from 2014 to 2019' to the valuation of an e-commerce startup, Moitra said, "There are forces in this country who are sitting there, just pushing these numbers up." 3. On the control of media companies Mahua Moitra said that five of the largest news media organisations in India today are either "indirectly controlled or indirectly indebted to one man in this country". She claimed the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry "employs over 120 people" just to monitor anti-government stories. Mahua Moitra claimed that TV channels used the majority of their run time to air propaganda stories of the ruling party, 'cutting out coverage of every Opposition party'. Moitra demanded data on the ruling party's ad spend and details of which media channels were being blocked out. On fake news Mahua Moitra raked up the ever-increasing fake news menace saying that the last Lok Sabha election was "fought not on farmer distress...or unemployment... but on Whatsapp, on fake news and on manipulating minds." Calling the ruling government out of its 'lies', Moitra said that every piece of information or news or fact put out by the government was a lie. "I tell you that every time they put out one figure, one fact, that is not the truth... Every fact they put out serves to destroy the country," the MP argued. She cited an example of where Congress Leader of the Floor Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that a cooperative in Murshidabad was on the decline, arguing that he presented wrong facts and that it was reportedly making profits. 4. On national security She said that fear akin to that of a "kala bhoot" (loosely translated to 'black apparition'), a cautionary tale used to scare kids, has become all-pervasive. Moitra said that "there is an obsession with national security and identification of enemies", adding that "the achievements of the army is being usurped by one man". She also said it was ironical how terrorist attacks have only increased in this political climate. "There is a 106% increase in the death of jawans in Kashmir," she stated. 5. On the NRC and Citizenship Bill Mahua Moitra exclaimed that today there was a redefinition of who was a citizen. Referring to the NRC and the Citizenship Bill which she said was targeting only one community, she stated: "This country is being torn apart. Citizens are being thrown out of their homes and being called 'illegal immigrants'. People who have lived in this country for 50 years are having to show a piece of paper to show that they are Indians." Making an apparent dig at Prime Minister Modi and Smriti Irani, she asked: "In a country where ministers cannot produce degrees to prove that they graduated from college, you expect dispossessed people to show papers, to show that they belong to this country?" The controversial Bill, which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to immigrants belonging to six persecuted non-Muslim communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, had evoked widespread protests in Assam. Meanwhile, Assam today added an additional 1 lakh names to be excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Mahua said there was never such a time in India where religion and government had become so intertwined. "Members of the Parliament are concerned mostly with 2.77 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi than in the 812 million acres that make the rest of India," she said in a scathing reference to the Ram Temple issue. 6. On the disregard of intellectuals and quelling of dissent The most dangerous sign of them all was the government's "complete disdain for intellectuals and arts", Moitra said. "There is so much suppression of dissent. Funding is being cut for liberal education. Article 51 of the Constitution demands a scientific temperament. But everything we are doing is pushing India back to dark ages. Secondary school textbooks are being manipulated and distorted in order to indoctrinate. You don't even tolerate questioning, let alone dissent." 7. On the Centre's alleged interference in the Election Commission Moitra in her last point said there is an "erosion of independence in electoral system". She asked why the ECI had not taken action against the amount of money spent during the Lok Sabha elections. "Rs 60,000 crores were spent during the Indian elections - 50% or Rs 27,000 crores by one party." Asking the MPs present "which side of history they wanted to be on, whether they wanted to uphold it or be its pallbearers", Mahua Moitra owned the last word: "I have the right to disagree with you (the ruling party) on the idea that there was no one before you." Who is Mahua Moitra? Investment banker Mahua grew up in Assam and Kolkata. She studied mathematics and economics at the Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, US. She left her post as vice-president of JP Morgan in London in 2008 to join the Youth Congress in Bengal. She later joined Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and won her first election from the Karimpur Assembly seat in 2016. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she beat BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey in Krishnanagar constituency of West Bengal by more than 63,000 votes. Moitra has reportedly filed three petitions against the Centre's alleged snooping on social media. They are pending in the Supreme Court. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://asmfl.com/cms/UserProfile/tabid/109/userId/32678/Default.aspx

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Google Maps launches 'Stay Safer' that alerts when driver deviates from route

Ladies, stay sharp and safe in cyberspace he national commission in association with Facebook and Cyber Peace Foundation launched the Digital Shakti Campaign on June 18 to recognise the growing importance and emerging threats of the digital platforms. The campaign has three broad aims - promoting digital literacy among women and girls, raising awareness about prevalent cyber threats, and the resources available to women to redress such crimes. As a pilot project, it was initially launched in Punjab and Haryana; Manipur, Meghalaya and Maharashtra and ran from December 2018 to March 2019 covering 60,000 women in these states. Now, women in Jharkhand will be a part of the second phase to be initiated by August this year along with nine other states - Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh; Sikkim and Odisha. Training modules will comprise three-hour sessions for a batch of minimum 300 girls/women. The session will discuss what constitutes a cyber crime; dos and don'ts and where and how to report if a crime takes place. Tackling financial frauds, bullying, blackmailing will be parts of the module. The training will also educate them on how the Internet or social media can help them scale up their businesses and boost entrepreneurship.Those interested in attending the workshops, including individuals and organisations, can approach Digital Shakti Facebook page. Contacted, chairperson of the state women's commission Kalyani Sharan claimed Digital Shakti Campaign would empower women to be safe online in pragmatic terms and also how to deal with a crime when it has taken place. She also claimed it would be a "breakthrough" for women's awareness in "tactfully handling cyber issues". Sharan admitted that social realities were such that often families of girls and women hesitate to approach the police in cases of cyber stalking, bullying and blackmailing. "Social stigma is the reason for the reluctance. But girls and women should know about cyber laws that protect them from abuse or bring the perpetrators to book," she said. It is easier said than done. A police source said they did not have separate data on how many women complained against harassment. A woman from Jamshedpur who had faced cyber abuse called the police pathetic. "A so-called senior person (at the thana) did not know the difference between a website and a Facebook page. How can I expect them to trace culprits?" DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.pearltrees.com/johnkanelan The feature is available to Android users in India using the latest version of Google Maps. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://benoit.gaillard.aricie.net/UserProfile/tabid/2042/userId/7418/Default.aspx

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Doorstep garbage collection push

e said the company would gradually extend the facility to all 55 wards of Dhanbad spread over the five circles, namely, Jharia, Dhanbad, Sindri, Katras and Chhatatand. Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) will launch a toll-free number (1800121100220) for residents to call in case collection vehicles don't arrive on time."Garbage collected from each ward will be transported to static garbage compactors that have been set up across the district by DMC. From there we will transport the garbage to a landfill site coming up at Sindri," Pattanaik said, adding streets and drains would, however, continue to be cleaned DMC's staff'.According to the terms of the solid waste management project, 25 garbage compactors are to be set up. Ten compactors have already been set up by DMC. Fifteen more compactors are to be set up by the Hyderabad firm."We will begin the process of setting up garbage compactors after DMC allots land," said Pattnaik, adding that a waste- to-energy plant would also be established at Sindri in the last phase of the project.Sources said the waste-to-energy plant, to be spread over 40 acres in Sindri, is likely to produce 6 MW electricity per day. The plant will generate 1 MW of power from 100 tonne garbage. All 55 wards of Dhanbad are estimated to produce 600 tonne garbage per day. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://ariscool.com/deowbowned

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Bengal business jamboree turns biennial

ater, while talking to journalists, she said the government has decided to opt for a biennial format as most states also hold the show every second year. "We could have held it just for the sake of it. But we have decided not to do that and give enough time for the projects to get implemented," Mamata explained later in the day. The decision on the event, where notable industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal and Sajjan Jindal had participated in the past, came amid the changed political landscape of Bengal.BJP has cornered 18 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, tailing Banerjee's Trinamul Congress, which managed to secure 22 seats, down from 34 in 2014, despite being in an absolute majority in the state assembly. "It is possible that she intends to focus her energy to regain grassroots support before the crucial Assembly elections, which is officially slated for 2021. BGBS would have been a distraction before that," an industry observer commented after the formal announcement.Despite riding a wave of popular dissent on forcible land acquisition, especially for private industry, which brought the Trinamul to power in 2011, Banerjee's government introduced an annual industry summit called "Bengal Leads" in 2012.The edition died a premature death a year later only to come back in a swankier avatar in 2015 under Amit Mitra who took over as the industry minister from Partha Chatterjee at the end of 2013.A section of industry questioned at times the efficacy of holding such summits which usually promise big bucks but falls short in implementation, not just in Bengal but everywhere in the country. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://knowledge.thinkingstorm.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/310387/Default.aspx

Teachers can excel only when provided with a strong support system

teachers, to deliver high quality services without equipping them with necessary training, tools, motivation or comfort. Accountability without enablement is not only ineffective; it turns out to be counterproductive and causes further demotivation. What are the problems faced by teachers in the public education system in India? Over the past few decades, school teachers have been burdened with an array of administrative responsibilities. For instance, they are expected to respond to frequent data requests from state officials at short notices, undertake time consuming distribution of various State benefits and materials and deal with cumbersome procedures for personnel related issues like leaves and transfers. These non-teaching activities consume a large part of their time, leaving less time for core academic work. Of the time spent in teaching, teachers find a huge variance in student learning levels thanks to a decade of no-detention policy. A mixed class where children of different competencies are made to sit together would leave even the most skilled teacher befuddled, as she would not know the level at which the content needs to be pitched. Yet we expect our teachers to deliver; sometimes in complete absence or mostly inadequate support system and appropriate governance paradigm. Despite all these challenges and teaching being a fixed tenure job with limited opportunities for promotions, many conscientious teachers ungrudgingly put in tremendous efforts in fulfilling the multifarious tasks assigned to them. However, there has rarely been any systematic effort to appreciate their work and performance. The good news is that things have gradually begun to change. Realising the need to rejuvenate their teacher cadres, many states have introduced measures to empower their teachers and motivate them towards achieving the goal of improved learning outcomes. These measures have been taken as a part of systemic reforms in education over the three-four year time horizon. To improve core academics, Haryana has developed a framework Saksham Taalika, aimed at mapping specific competencies to the syllabus and instituted frequent statewide assessments of students based on these competencies. The data from these assessments, conducted six times a year, is made available to teachers and equips them with information on each student's performance on the identified competencies. Similarly, Himachal Pradesh has instituted the Samprapti Soochi, which is a chart that displays desired learning outcomes on classroom walls. Andhra Pradesh has also put in place a dashboard linked with each student's report card, which allows teachers to better monitor students. The dashboard has almost 90,000 users, indicating widespread acceptance. In addition to empowerment through data, states have invested heavily in mentoring and training of teachers. This has been done both through traditional methods as well by leveraging technology. For example, for remedial learning programme, Haryana has empowered its teachers by sharing byte-sized training videos on Whatsapp tailored to the needs of the teachers implementing the programme. In Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha, special books have been published by the respective State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) for facilitating remedial teaching in classrooms. Mentoring has also been instituted by mandating frequent visits by block level officers and 'star teachers' (selected on the basis of their past performance) to schools to provide support to teachers to implement these programmes in an effort to bring their students to the learning level expected of their grade. In a similar vein, Himachal Pradesh also has launched a TeacherApp through which training content is shared every month with specific videos assigned to each teacher. As many as 90% of the teachers have expressed satisfaction with this mode of training, given its continuous, personal and less time consuming nature. Further to save teachers' time in administrative processes, states like Rajasthan have launched the Shaala Darpan dashboard which houses all data pertaining to schools, teachers, students and resources in one place. The introduction of these dashboards has allowed for high quality data to be collected within weeks, compared to the 10 to 13 months taken previously. This has massively reduced inefficiencies and freed up time for academics by eliminating the need for teachers having to collect the same information over and over again. To complement these efforts, states are also undertaking reforms to automate transfers through an online system to fasten the process and bring in more transparency. In Haryana, the new online system allows teachers to give their preferences two to three times a year and allots transfer areas to teachers according to their preferences and other related data, based on an algorithm. The introduction of a neutral framework has reduced scope for rent-seeking in the system by eliminating discretion. This has led to a major increase in teacher satisfaction as everyone feels equally empowered. To further boost motivation of staff, Himachal Pradesh has gone a step ahead and launched a reward and recognition programme for teachers called the Khaas Shiksha initiative. This allows teachers to nominate themselves or their fellows for awards that recognise innovative teaching practices. The administration rewards these teachers by publicising their names and replicating practices adopted by them in their classrooms. This has incentivised teachers to become champions of systemic transformation in their classrooms and schools. The results so far from these initiatives have been more than encouraging and one hopes that based on these experiences, more states will critically examine ways in which they can support their teachers. Teachers are the front line workers of our education system. It is our responsibility to empower and enable them to attain the best possible learning outcomes in their classrooms. Alok Kumar is adviser (HRD Vertical), NITI Aayog. The views expressed are personal DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Times[https://vimeo.com/user94595697/about](https://vimeo.com/user94595697/about)

Instagram chief insists it doesn't spy on users

Like its parent company Facebook, Instagram -- a social media site for posting photographs -- offers a private messaging system, as well as a platform to post items to followers. The issue of user privacy has been one of the many controversies dogging Facebook in the wake of revelations that defunct political consultancy Cambridge Analytica used private data from tens of millions of Facebook users for political targeting. Mosseri said there were two ways that users may have this experience, 'dumb luck' and if users are talking about a consumer good more generally. 'You saw a restaurant on Facebook or Instagram and you really like the thing. It's top of mind, maybe it's subconscious and then it bubbles up later,' Mosseri said. 'I think this kind of thing happens often in a way that's really subtle.' Mosseri was also probed on the company's policy on videos of famous people that are altered and can go viral. Recent cases include one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that was slowed down to make her appear drunk or impaired, and a 'deepfake' video of Mark Zuckerberg altered to show the Facebook chief bragging about controlling billions of people's 'stolen' personal data. Mosseri said Instagram is working on a policy for deepfakes. 'We are not going to make a one-off decision to take a piece of video down just because it's of Mark and Mark happens to run this place,' he said. 'That would be really inappropriate and irresponsible.' He said any policy would be based on 'defined principles' and would be 'transparent.' The first order of business is to locate doctored content more quickly, he said. 'Once we can do that, then we can have the next debate about whether or not to take it down when we find it,' Mosseri said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://wiznotes.com/UserProfile/tabid/84/userId/156419/Default.aspx

Until it acts decisively on violence against minorities, India will live with the shame of international scrutiny

The question, however, remains whether the National Democratic Alliance, which has returned to power with an even stronger mandate, has done enough to secure these very rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution. Data suggest that there has been a chilling rise in incidents of lynching ever since the Narendra Modi-led government took up the reins of the country. Muslims and Dalits have been the targets of such violence. Cocking a snook at the prime minister's directive of winning the trust of minorities - is not 'Sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas' Mr Modi's new slogan? - a lynch mob struck in Jharkhand recently, brutally assaulting a Muslim man on the suspicion of theft. The victim - he died in judicial custody - was forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' during the attack. A number of factors explain the sense of impunity among perpetrators. Investigations into such violations are often shoddy; the conviction rate is also poor. But the biggest signal allegedly emanates from the political establishment. Days after the attack, a Union minister seemed to allude to the minority community when he stated - inside Parliament - that those who have reservations about "Vande Mataram" have no right to reside in the country. Critics of the BJP, which is smarting under the censure by the US, have often accused the party of endorsing a majoritarian line for ideological as well as political gain.What is clear is that homilies, such as the one that Mr Modi spouted while attempting to reach out to the minorities, cannot contain the scourge of lynchings. A weak political spine from an ostensibly 'strong government' to tackle lynchings or religious violence is rather curious. It is the absence of political will that prevents keepers of the law from doing their job. Even a special law on lynching, as has been proposed in some quarters, will not be enough unless it is acted upon. Till the government acts decisively, India would have to live with the shame of international scrutiny on its pluralist legacy. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://danmooredesigns.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/339096/Default.aspx

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Man lynched after running SUV over 3 kids sleeping on footpath in Patna

Ganguly was a resident of Nawada's Ishwar village, and the vehicle was registered in Nawada. The police were probing if Ganguly was the owner of the SUV and if he was drunk at the time of the incident that took place in the Agamkuan area around 2am on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said the speeding SUV damaged an electric pole and a shop. 'After the incident, the driver tried to escape but the locals chased and caught him. There were two persons in the SUV at the time of the accident,' eyewitness Subodh Jha said. The police said Rohit Kumar, Harendra Kumar and Raju Manjhi — all between 11 and 13 years — were killed in the incident. Eleven-year-old Lalit Manjhi suffered injuries and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital. CCTV footages in the possession of the police suggested that the three children had actually slipped on to the road from the footpath in their sleep, according to police officials who did not want to be named. The bodies of the three children and Ganguly were sent for autopsy. After the incident, protesters blocked key roads and staged a demonstration from 3.30 am till 6.30am, demanding compensation for the families of the children and disrupting traffic movement on a highway. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://southmainalliance.org/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/638902/Default.aspx

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Auto industry pitches for lower GST on EVs

The demand for automobiles has remained poor since the last six months, which has forced companies including Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra to take unscheduled production holidays in order to avoid piling up of inventory. While passenger vehicle sales saw the steepest drop in nearly 18 years in May by falling over 20 per cent y-o-y to 2.39 lakh units, the total two-wheelers sales declined by 6.73 per cent compared to May last year. Besides, SIAM has also demanded a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 25 per cent and weighted deduction for research and development to be reinstated at 200 per cent till the corporate tax rate is reduced. The Automobile Component Manufacturers Association has been demanding that all auto parts be uniformly taxed at 18 per cent for some time. Demands All auto parts be uniformly taxed at 18 per cent, say industry bodies GST rate on electric vehicles to be reduced to five per cent. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://www.acvariu.ro/forum/user/profile/15110.page

Lewis Hamilton admits F1 show 'needs dramatic overhaul'

'We need to see a dramatic overhaul,' he said, adding that the structure of the sport's management was also in need of change. He added: 'It's really important that people realise it's not the drivers fault -- this is a constant cycle of F1 for years and years. And before I got to F1. It's because the way Bernie (Ecclestone) had it set up and the decisions they made then. 'Until that structure changes, it will be the same in my opinion.' As Hamilton and Mercedes continue their relentless destruction of the records, it is unreasonable to ask his team to slow down, as the president of the sport's ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) Jean Todt, once the boss of the all-conquering team that powered Michael Schumacher to five of his seven titles, has pointed out. 'It is beautiful to see 20 cars at a marvellous circuit, truly modern, a real motor racing circuit, with the best teams and the best drivers in the world,' he said. 'Then, if one team is better, and you see this in all sports, it is because it is the strongest.' He suggested there are not the same complaints at seeing tennis star Rafael Nadal dominate at Roland Garros and said that Mercedes rivals should work harder to overhaul them. Hamilton's team boss Toto Wolff said he understood the perceived problem as demonstrated by the French procession on Sunday. 'I hear you and from a fans' perspective I get it,' he said, 'But I think it's an unfair question because what would you do in our shoes? You would continue to push relentlessly for performance. It is what we do. 'But the fans see a race that is less enjoyable to watch.' The problem, he conceded, is in the complexity of Formula One with so many different kinds of circuits making it inevitable that certain conditions will deliver dull races. The sport is currently working on proposals for a new formula for 2021. At Le Castellet, it was suggested -- by Wolff, Valtteri Bottas and others -- that the chicane in the long Mistral Straight was removed to encourage closer racing. He also rejected a proposal, from Red Bull's Helmut Marko, that they should revert to the 2018 tyres because Mercedes struggled more with them than the current compounds. Hamilton, meanwhile, will have to ignore the noise and carry on winning as he closes in on Schumacher's record of 91 wins -- his victory on Sunday was his 79th -- and a potential sixth world title. 'I definitely didn't expect to have six wins at this point and it doesn't feel real,' he admitted after his pole-to-flag win, his second in succession at Le Castellet. It also brought Mercedes their 10th consecutive victory and brought into prospect an 11th at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, a total that would be a record in the sport's modern era. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://209.8.75.140/UserProfile/tabid/87/userId/1031755/Default.aspx

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Tanushree Dutta fails to appear before Maharashtra Women's Commission in #MeToo case

Also Tanushree Dutta reacts to Nana Patekar being given clean chit by police According to DNA, she sent her complaints through a third person. Vijaya Rahatkar, Chairperson of The Women's Commission, told DNA, "After the complaint made by Tanushree, the Commission sent a notice to the people related to the case. The victim was also required to come directly and give information about her complaint, which did not take place. The process for actor Nana Patekar's clean chit has begun, after the report was submitted by the police in the court. The court received the B summary report (no evidence in support of the claim) and began the process accordingly. After the report was released, Tanushree has been given a notice period." Earlier this month, the Mumbai police had filed a closure report in connection with the FIR registered by her against Mr. Patekar and three others. Tanushree Dutta's allegation had sparked off a nationwide #MeToo movement on social media. She accused veteran actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on the sets of the film Horn Ok Pleasssss. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://209.8.75.140/UserProfile/tabid/87/userId/1005918/Default.aspx

Want patta for land, show proof of planting five saplings

Mophanraj hails from a family of farmers and studied at the Government Arts College in Thanthonimalai. He became an RI in 2010. Later, he was promoted as Aravakurichi zonal deputy tahsildar in 2015 and shifted to Kulithalai in 2018. On June 10, he was assigned to Karur. Because of his agrarian background, Mohanraj always had a love for nature and preserving environment. Speaking to Express, Mohanraj said, "For the past few years, Karur has been scorched by the sun and especially in summer, the heat becomes unbearable. With Karur having just 4 per cent forest area, there are very few trees and the place becomes like an oven. In order to bring down the heat, I decided to come up with something. When I was in Kulithalai, I put up a poster asking people who come for patta registration or changes to plant five saplings and submit the proof. By doing so, they would be given first priority and would receive patta within two to three days instead of the usual 15 days." "A lot of people appreciated this and showed a great deal of support. When I was in Kulithalai, more than 30 people were given pattas within three days after submitting proof of planting saplings on their land. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.sbnation.com/users/keroonsherry

Kabir Singh box office collection Day 6: Shahid Kapoor film is minting money

The film earned Rs 20.21 crore on its opening day and earned Rs 70.83 crore during the opening weekend. Shahid Kapoor earlier said, 'Sandeep has already made it once and Arjun Reddy as a film was so loved. It was in his language and the world he has grown up in. It was his first film and had newcomers, so those people became those characters. So, of course, it was very challenging because when you are doing it with the same filmmaker the next time, it is not as if there is a massive change in the interpretation. When a new filmmaker remakes a film, he would obviously have a different take on it, but with the same guy, he obviously wants to retain many elements of the film.' Follow all the latest updates about Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh. 10:21 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 Shahid Kapoor is happy with Kabir Singh's collection View this post on Instagram 🙏 A post shared by Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) on Jun 26, 2019 at 5:30am PDT 09:50 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 Ishaan Khatter heap praises on brother Shahid Kapoor Ishaan Khatter took to Instagram to appreciate brother Shahid Kapoor for his impeccable acting in Kabir Singh. "As happy as can be for my big brother today who's always been a shining example of a human being for me. Not a doubt in the world that you deserve the smashing success but it continues to baffle me how you were able to play one of the most complex, lost and damaged characters with such perfection while returning home to being the most centered, loving and responsible family man I know. Thank you for showing me what it means to be a responsible son, father, husband and brother always AND for knocking me out with your performance in and as #KabirSingh ," he wrote. When one of the social media user called his appreciation note a "a sweet justification for misogyny", he replied, ""no, actually it's quite the opposite. It's an appreciation post for a gem of a human being and an actor par excellence. As for your read on *the film*, it's cinema. Everybody should have an opinion. I don't agree with yours." 09:27 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 'Kabir Singh destroying box office records' Film trade analyst Sumit Kadel wrote on Twitter, "Kabir singh winning hearts & destroying box office records & non holiday myths. Shahid Kapoor will directly debut in 200 cr club, 100 cr is too small for a phenomena like #KabirSingh." 09:04 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 Kabir Singh to face competition from Article 15 Shahid Kapoor starrer Kabir Singh is likely to face stiff competition from Anubhav Sinha's Article 15 which hits the theaters today. With a positive buzz around the film, Article 15 is expected to have a good run at the box office. 08:41 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 Kabir Singh expected to earn over Rs 15 crore on Day 6 Joginder Tuteja tweeted, "Ok folks, so #KabirSingh ROCKED today as well. Collections stay on to be 15 cr+ UNBELIEVABLE BLOCKBUSTER ✨" 08:00 (IST) 27 Jun 2019 'Kabir Singh is a tsunami at the box office' KRK posted on Twitter, "Film #KabirSingh is a tsunami at the box office So all other films, releasing this week, will flow in this. Don't be surprised if #KabirSingh will enter into 300Cr club because It has got all the chances, when Kabir has become a craze for the women." The Indian Express critic Shubhra Gupta gave the film one-and-a-half stars. The review read, "To watch a character like Kabir Singh do this thing for nearly three hours plonks the viewer squarely in a place of conflict. Here's a fellow who thinks that going through life yelling and shouting, snorting-and-drinking on the job, assuaging his raging libido with crass directness, basically being a sexist so-and-so, is an acceptable thing." She added, "Here are some bare-bones details for those coming fresh into the Hindi remake. Dr Kabir Singh (Kapoor), an orthopaedic surgeon, has blood on his hands. And nothing on his conscience. We soon realize that he is a roaring, raving drunk. He makes no distinction in other things he abuses: they could be chemical, or people, especially those who love him, and more especially, the young woman who adores him. If there was a walking, talking example of a fully dislikeable human with self-destruction as a goal, that would be, yes, our hero." function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://forums.eugensystems.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=35052

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There's a writer in Vijay Sethupathi: Viswanath

They think that thoughts travel faster than space shuttles. Praveen's father who is a scientist is doing research on the issue, but is yet to see the results. Basically it is a road movie where they travel from Chennai to Palani to reach Mars.' Why Palani, we ask. 'There's a connect to Lord Murugan footprints in his Palani abode and the myth associated with it and the duo trusts that it would take them to Mars. People from different walks of life including cops who chase them for a murder case, two dons, an IT guy who has a suicidal tendency who they encounter on their way and whether they realise their dreams forms the crux.' There's an element of fantasy as well and I have narrated the film in a quirky manner, he adds. On roping in Vijay Sethupathi for dialogues for this black humourr film, he asserts, 'I have seen his writing in Orange Mittai. Besides a great actor, I realised that there's a good writer in him. He writes with lot of conviction. I am two hundred percent confident that it will be a jolly ride.' ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://doodleordie.com/profile/deowbowned

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Fake call centre busted in Noida, 9 arrested for duping people on pretext of loan approval

The owner was identified as Nazar Nawaz, from Meerut. Police said all suspects are from Meerut and are graduates and in their twenties. They were all known to each other, the police added. 'The company would put up ads and also obtain customer data from various online portals. For authenticity, they would use proper letterheads, etc. Customers would contact them to get loans. The accused had various slabs according to which they would charge their victims,' said the SSP. For loans of Rs 1lakh to Rs 9 lakhs, the suspects would allegedly charge Rs 3,500 as file charges while for loans of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore, the suspects would allegedly charge Rs 4,130. In addition, they would allegedly charge a processing fee of Rs 12,430 to get the loan passed, the police said. Some people were also duped on the pretext of providing job opportunities. Police said the suspects have allegedly duped hundreds of people in the past one year and have minted at least Rs 15lakh- Rs 20 lakh. 'The company had 10 employees, nine of whom have been arrested. The owner will also be arrested soon. They were all aware of the fraud that was going on and were employed on a salary basis. Besides the nine arrested employees, one employee had joined only a day back and was not aware of what was going on. He was not arrested. Another had come there for an interview and was not arrested either,' Krishna said. Police recovered Rs 90,000, along with 19 mobile phones, two cars, various stationery items, loan sanction forms, stamps and files, among other paraphernalia. Officers said the bank accounts used for transactions by the firm will now be frozen. The suspects were produced before a magistrate and sent to jail. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://alumnicareerservices.org/westminster/UserProfile/tabid/14981/UserId/457969/Default.aspx

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Parents post videos of beating stuffed toys to get kids to eat, a dad shows why that's wrong

When kids don&dhapos;t wanna eat… this is what you gotta do 若 #imdead pic.twitter.com/DZJri3gCBn — wild cherry  (@rudyhernandez_) June 20, 2019 While some found the videos to be hilarious, others called them out for resorting to 'emotional abuse', talking about how it could have a lasting impact on the child. Here's what they said: Yeah emotional abuse is so funny. — Montana Dawn (@MontanaDawn2) June 21, 2019 I have memories from ages 2 & 3, both were traumatizing. My biological father put me up on top of a tall wobbling book shelf and left me up there while laughing even tho I was terrified & crying. Kids see & process things differently. Not eating = threat of a beating? — ⋆☬⋆нσυsε σғ εxσ-ℓ⋆ (@FIRE_deLIGHT) June 23, 2019 Responding to these videos, Chrtistopher Duett, father to two young boys from Orlando, recorded and Hey dumb fuckers using stuffed animals to exhibit negative reinforcement to get your kids to do something, watch this... pic.twitter.com/sLmL5NM5qS— Christopher Duett (@BethuneTheory) June 23, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} to show how parents could use 'positive reinforcement' parenting tactic instead of exposing kids to meaningless aggression. Exhausting, frustrating and rarely fun: Duncan Jones gives a reality check on parenting In the video, the dad shows his son how the toy penguin is enjoying its food, lets him pretend-feed the stuffed toy, encouraging the boy to try it himself. Duett was reportedly 'compelled to show that there are other effective methods to having a child comply without the potential of causing any damage to their emotional development', after watching the other feeding videos. 'I just wanted parents who were influenced by the other video to consider the approach that I used…I couldn't understand why so many people could find such a tactic humorous or acceptable behavior for a parent to engage in towards a young child,' Duett was quoted as saying. When kids don&dhapos;t wanna eat… this is what you gotta do 若 #imdead pic.twitter.com/DZJri3gCBn — wild cherry  (@rudyhernandez_) June 20, 2019 Yeah emotional abuse is so funny. — Montana Dawn (@MontanaDawn2) June 21, 2019 I have memories from ages 2 & 3, both were traumatizing. My biological father put me up on top of a tall wobbling book shelf and left me up there while laughing even tho I was terrified & crying. Kids see & process things differently. Not eating = threat of a beating? — ⋆☬⋆нσυsε σғ εxσ-ℓ⋆ (@FIRE_deLIGHT) June 23, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.aeriagames.com/user/heenkhanume/

Developers shift focus from housing, commercial realty to warehousing

State governments in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Chhattisgarh are also focusing on the warehousing and logistics sector, Khalsa says. 'The status of industrial and infrastructure development is now given to these sectors. The 'Make in India' push is another key reason for growth in this segment. Banks have also opened up funding for this sector at attractive rate of interests, after the implementation of GST. Funding is easier to obtain for this segment than for residential and commercial projects.' 'This industry has wide scope amid sustained growth in organised retail, and improving transport infrastructure which provides last-mile connectivity as governments,' says Niranjan Hiranandani, chief managing director of Hiranandani Communities. 'Governments are also easing regulations to attract more foreign investment.' Hiranandani forayed into logistics in December, with a warehousing facility called Green Base. The group currently holds vast parcels of land in Maharashtra, including 250 acres in Pune, 75 acres in Nashik and 115 acres in Chennai, which they plan to develop as warehousing hubs. Land is also being acquired in Gurugram, Bhiwandi and Bengaluru, for more such hubs, as the group anticipates growing demand from the e-commerce, retail and apparel, FMCG and light engineering segments. In 2015, meanwhile, Prestige Group began work on its first logistics centre, in Kolar district, Karnataka. The project was completed in May 2018 and part of it has been leased to Flipkart and Dhoot Transmission. 'We want to capitalise on the potential of this sector,' says Nandakumar OP, vice-president of leasing at Prestige Group. UP & UP The number of developers investing in this sector will go up further in the next two to three years, says Jasmine Singh, senior executive director for advisory and transaction services at realty advisory CBRE. 'As e-commerce grows, demand for efficient supply chain systems has been growing too. With revised GST, there is an increase in the number of renowned developers entering this space, and they are backed by institutional funding, which has become easier to acquire, Singh says. Even developers like the Raheja Universal (not to be confused with the K Raheja Group), which have traditionally focused exclusively on residential and commercial real-estate, say they do not want to be left behind when it comes to this growing segment. 'We have set up a 5.5-lakh-sq-ft warehouse and industrial logistics facility in Juinagar, in Navi Mumbai, and a second phase is now under construction,' says Anita Kataria, senior vice-president of sales at Raheja Universal. 'Our target industries will be textiles, apparel, engineering and electricals, as well as industrial logistics service providers who deal in transport and sea freight services.' Among the new models emerging as realty developers get into the warehousing space are joint ventures and partnerships with international warehousing chains. Bengaluru's residential developer Assetz Property Group, for instance, partnered with the Australian warehousing and logistics company Logos in 2017. Their joint venture aims at developing warehouse and logistics spaces in Chennai, Gujarat and Hyderabad. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://wanelo.co/gibranjeenr

UP: Rape accused Ghosi MP surrenders in Varanasi court

The rape case was lodged against him at the Lanka police station in Varanasi. The police obtained proclamation order against him from a local court. Two days ago, the police moved another application seeking permission to attach Rai's property as he was untraceable. Rai is yet to take oath in Parliament. 'Atul Rai had moved a surrender application in the court on June 19 and court had fixed Saturday for hearing it. He surrendered on Saturday. No bail application was moved by Rai,' said station house officer of Lanka police station, Bharat Bhushan. He added that the court dismissed the police application seeking permission to attach Rai's property. The rape case was filed by a 30-year-old woman who alleged that Rai had sexually harassed her since March last year when she had gone to his apartment in Varanasi's Lanka locality. She also alleged that Rai had made a video of the crime and threatened to circulate it on social media, police said. After Rai went absconding, the Varanasi police obtained a non-bailable warrant on May 3 and later filed another application to declare him a proclaimed offender. Last week, the police served the court order that ask him to surrender, failing which property attachment order will be issue. A police team served the court order at the MP's two residences, at Bhanwarkol area of Ghazipur district and in Varanasi. Rai defeated BJP MP and candidate Hari Narayan by 1.22 lakh votes in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election. Earlier, Rai had claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case and alleged that victim had taken money from him and when he asked her to return it, she threatened to implicate him in a false case. On Rai's complaint, a non-cognizable report was filed under IPC sections 500 (defamation) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the victim on May 1. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.sbnation.com/users/royenroyese

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Jharkhand man thrashed by mob, forced to chant 'Jai Sri Ram', dies

The police arrested Mandal after the wife of the deceased, Shaista Parveen, lodged a complaint in Seraikela PS on Saturday evening against 10 accused. She alleged that her husband was tied to an electric pole and was forced to chant Jai Sri Ram and Jai Hanuman by the unruly mob on June 17. Ansari was declared brought dead at Tata Main Hospital (TMH) where he was referred to on Saturday evening by Seraikela Sadar Hospital. 'Tabrez Ansari was caught red-handed by the villagers while stealing motor bike. He was beaten up. Several stolen materials were also recovered from his house. He was sent to jail on June 18 after primary treatment and was shifted to Seraikela Sadar Hospital last morning. He died during treatment,' Kartik S, Seraikela-Kharsawan superintendent of police (SP), told the HT this evening. However, his family members Ansari was alive when he was referred to TMH. The SP said, 'We have already arrested the main accused and raids are on to nab the other accused. We will not spare anyone found guilty. We are also verifying allegations that he was forced to make some chants.' Seraikela sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Avinash Kumar, who had interrogated Ansri, said stolen motorcycle was recovered from his possession apart from stolen mobiles and other valuables from his house. 'He was completely fit while going to jail. His family members showed us some video of his being beaten up and on the basis of which we arrested one of the accused and lodged an FIR,' said Kumar. Shaista alleged in her complaint that her husband was returning to home when he was killed as part of a conspiracy. Earlier, Ansari family and friends created a ruckus at Seraikela Sadar Hospital after his death, claiming that he was alive and doctors have wrongly declared him dead following which hospital authorities sent him to TMH. Ansari's family then refused to take his body, demanding investigation. Finally, post-mortem and videography of the same was done by a medical board formed by Seraiekla civil surgeon Dr AN Dey and in the presence of magistrate Pramod Kumar Jha on Saturday night. The medial board comprised Dr Barial Mardi, Dr Anirban Mahato and Dr BDP Shah. Congress leader Chot Rai Kisku assured Ansari's family members of strong action against the guilty and neutral investigation. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/177103/Default.aspx

At Osaka G20 summit, PM Modi to talk global meet on terror

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands on Thursday morning in Osaka — known for its innovation ecosystem, food and a laid-back culture — G-20 summit preparations are in full swing in downtown Namba shopping district. Modi, who arrives a day before the summit begins, will have a specific ask for the G-20 leaders. On June 8, he had proposed in Male about a 'global conference' on countering terrorism, much on the lines of the summits on climate change, in a bid to plug loopholes in the fight against terrorism. 'The water is now rising above the head,' he had told Maldives parliament, urging world leaders to unite to combat the menace. With G-20 being the apex global platform for leaders to consider such proposals, Modi is likely to make a case for countering terrorism. He is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the next couple of days, and raise the issue of terrorism. Modi had raised the issue in a major way in the G-20 meet in Hamburg in 2017. Equating Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad with the IS and al-Qaeda, he had suggested that government functionaries of countries which support terrorists should be barred from entering G-20 countries. It was part of the 11-point plan he proposed — as the lead speaker — at G-20 leaders' session on 'fighting terrorism' organised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel . In Delhi on Wednesday, after expressing his appreciation to the visiting US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo for the support on zero tolerance for cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, 'We have, of course, Prime Minister's initiative for a global conference on terrorism and I am sure that is something the US would look at positively.' The Osaka communique is going to look at terrorism in a strong manner since the Japanese are also keen after their nationals became victims of attacks perpetrated by the IS in Bangladesh and Syria. Pompeo meets Modi, Jaishankar, sets the tone for G2 0 s ummit Modi is scheduled to meet Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Thursday, and a couple of more bilateral meetings are being worked out on the first day. He will then address the Indian community in Osaka. Muneo Kurauchi, Managing Director at Tokyo-based Institute for International Monetary Affairs, who is in Osaka for the summit, said, 'There are high expectations that Prime Minister Modi acts as an intermediary among developed and developing countries as well as among countries in a different economic system. India and Japan have strong ties. Prime Minister Abe together with Prime Minister Modi can somehow lead to a successful G20 summit.' Meanwhile, in Osaka, where armed personnel guard every hotel housing the leaders, nightlife continues. Masahiro, a part-time student who works at a restaurant in downtown Namba, has no fears about terrorism. 'We are fine here, but the government has to take care of these issues.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://startupmatcher.com/p/dennisrechiee

Breakthrough smartphone technology revealed that's way ahead of 2020 Apple iPhone

Keeping up with tradition, Apple is expected not to come with this technology at least for a few more years but OPPO has beaten them to the punch. Taking the stage at MWC Shanghai, OPPO revealed its first smartphone with under-display selfie camera technology after dropping a teaser a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, this hit the world by force as OPPO appears to be the first manufacturer to have their plans in place for this new technology. With this technology, OPPO is demonstrating that it has a few tricks up its sleeve when it comes to innovation and that they are the leader in the race for an all-screen display sans pop-up camera or notch. To make this possible, Oppo is using a special camera module that features a highly transparent lens. To avoid refraction of light, the camera sensor used is said to be larger with higher pixel size. It also makes use of a combination of algorithms for multi-frame HDR defogging along with white balance alterations to enable images to appear as good as they would with a standard selfie-camera. OPPO has also redesigned the display's pixel structure to enable light to pass through the lens and on to the screen. As of now, there is no word on the launch of this feature on upcoming handsets but OPPO suggests that it won't be far off. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://justpaste.it/3hvpx

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Tired of hearing Imran Khan criticised, Pakistani official starts banning words

After nearly a year of hearing that phrase brandished during debates in the National Assembly, the deputy speaker of the body, Qasim Khan Suri, had evidently had enough. Declaring that it was an insult to call Khan, his party chief, a 'selected' leader, he banned the phrase outright during the session Sunday. 'This is a house of elected representatives!' he thundered. 'No one will use this expression from now on!' He was wrong, of course. It did not take long at all Monday for someone to push the issue: Marriyum Aurangzeb, an opposition lawmaker, was soon reprimanded by Suri for continuing to describe Khan as 'selected.' Afterward, she took a different tack, referring to the prime minister as 'hand-picked.' Whether they are defying the order, digging into the thesaurus, or defending the ban as proper, lawmakers are now making the order itself the focus of debate. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, is questioning whether it is possible for one official to ban words in parliament at all. Zardari is the lawmaker most widely credited with first using the phrase to describe Khan last year and it has picked up resonance as Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI, have struggled. 'Because of the prime minister's ego, you have banned this word,' Zardari said Monday, calling the move censorship. 'What kind of freedom is this that members of National Assembly cannot express themselves on the floor of the house?' Another opposition lawmaker, Hina Parvez Butt, filed a resolution in the Punjab provincial assembly condemning the deputy speaker's move. Khan became prime minister last year after running a campaign rooted in fighting corruption and criticizing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif was ejected from his post by the Supreme Court on corruption accusations and then was sentenced to prison just two weeks before the election, in July. Sharif and other political leaders have accused the military of denying them a level playing field in those elections, paving the way for Khan's win. Some members of Sharif's party accused the military of pressuring them to change parties. The military, which remains popular among many Pakistanis, continues to reject the accusations of meddling in politics. And the prime minister's supporters insist that his party won elections on its own power. Aliya Hamza Malik, a lawmaker with PTI, said in an interview that calling Khan 'selected' was unfair and unjustified. 'Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vote bank increased from 7.6 million votes in 2013 general elections to 16.8 million votes in last year's elections,' Malik said, referring to her party. 'By using this expression, the opposition is discrediting not only the parliament but also the people of Pakistan.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.sbnation.com/users/sikendergunm

Gunneswaran enters 2nd round of Antalya Open, Myneni crashes out of Wimbledon qualifiers

Elsewhere, Saket Myneni crashed out in the opening round of the men's singles qualifiers at the Wimbledon in London. Myneni fought hard for two hours and 22 minutes before going down 4-6 6-4 5-7 against Guillermo Garcia Lopez of Spain. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://www.subzerotyler.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/58705/Default.aspx

Cyber-security researcher from MP narrowly escapes acid attack in Rome

Cyber-security researcher from MP narrowly escapes acid attack in Rome, tweets to foreign minister S Jaishankar for help "I've nothing left with me, I had flight at 4.30 from Rome, but lost my passport and all documents, they're not allowing. I don't know what to do. I complained at the Airport police station about the same, please help me get back to India," Harshit said in another tweet. Hello Sir/Madam, I'm student and I was in Paris, and Rome for presenting my research paper in conference, and when I was returning back at Rome Metro, some people tried to throw acid on me, and snitched all my bag, passport, money.@SushmaSwaraj @DrSJaishankar @IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/TtIOulCgbo - Harshit Agrawal (@Harshitnic) June 26, 2019 I have nothing left with me, I had my flight today at 4:30 from Rome but as I lost my passport and all documents, they're not allowing, I don't know what to do, I complaint at Airport Police station about the same, please help me get back to India.@narendramodi @PrakashJavdekar - Harshit Agrawal (@Harshitnic) June 26, 2019 According to Harshit's father Sanjay Agrawal, who is based in Ranapur town in Jhabua district of MP, "Harshit has been adjudged as an excellent cyber-security researcher at MIT Pune. He had recently presented research papers in cyber-security at series of conferences in the US, the Netherlands, Paris and finally at Rome." "After checking out of the hotel in the Italian capital, Harshit was about to board a metro train from one of the stations to Airport for catching a flight to Paris from where he would have taken a flight to India via Dubai. But just before he could board the train to Rome Airport, a group of men tried to throw acid on him, but he had a narrow escape. However, the unidentified man snatched from him the bag, money and documents, leaving with him with nothing at all," Harshit's father told The New Indian Express. The young researcher's father, however, added that the Indian Embassy in Rome is helping Harshit and is making arrangements for necessary documents that would enable him to board a flight to India sans a valid passport. "The Indian Embassy staff has contacted with us in India and assured full cooperation and care for Harshit, possibly as directed to them by our government. We hope Harshit will be back in India soon," said Sanjay Agrawal, a Ranapur (Jhabua)-based journalist. function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.wpgmaps.com/forums/users/gibranjeenr/