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  Mumbai:  Celebrations started in the BJP camp Wednesday evening as Uddhav Thackeray stepped down from the Maharashtra Chief Minister's post. BJP leaders were seen distributing sweets, shouting slogans at Mumbai's Taj hotel. At the centre of it all was Devendra Fadnavis, who met the Governor Tuesday evening and set off the end game. Indicating that decks are being cleared for a change of guard, the Maharashtra BJP tweeted a video clip of a speech in Marathi by Mr Fadnavis. The accompanying caption, also in in Marathi, read, "I will come again. For the creation of a new Maharashtra!  Jai Maharashtra". "We will tell you everything tomorrow," Mr Fadnavis told reporters on Wednesday."End of one of the darkest period of administration for Maharashtra. Along with ideological bankruptcy, unparalleled corruption, destruction of administrative apparatus, halting a vibrant economic environment the period also saw the new low of major section of media," ...

 Online education provider Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, is pushing back payments for an approximately $1 billion acquisition struck last year, according to people familiar with the matter. The acquisition process is “fully on track and all payments are expected to be completed by the agreed upon date i.e. August 2022," a Byju’s spokeswoman said. Blackstone didn’t respond to an email seeking comment and an Aakash representative declined to comment. The Morning Context reported earlier that the deal’s payments had been postponed. Byju’s, one of the world’s most valuable startups with backing from Tiger Global Management and Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has expanded its business globally through acquisitions. But the tech investing climate has changed radically in recent months as company valuations have plummeted, and the number of startup deals and total funding raised dropping to its lowest level since late 2020. Byju’s asked to push back the Aak...

  According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the greenback depreciated Rs1.45 against the previous day's close of Rs206 to reach Rs204.55 around 1:20pm. The FAP's closing rate of the last session shows a difference of 87 paisa from that of the State Bank of Pakistan, recorded at Rs206.87. Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan General Secretary Zafar Paracha attributed the international currency's fall to the possibility of the IMF releasing  two combined tranches  of around $1.85 billion instead of the initially expected single tranche of around $1bn. On Tuesday, Pakistan received the Memorandum of Economic and Fiscal Policies (MEFP) from the IMF for the combined seventh and eighth reviews of its $6 billion loan programme with Pakistan. The MEFP contains certain prior actions that would be necessary for implementation before the IMF board takes up Pakistan’s case for approval and the subsequent disbursement funds. According to the MEFP, Pakistan will have ...

 The Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA), which was earlier known as Ayushman Bharat Health ID was launched by the Indian government in 2021 and is aimed at providing a digital health ID to the population. This was launched by the National Health Authority (NHA), which is part of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As per the government, ABHA is the “first step towards creating safer and efficient digital health records for you and your family.” What is ABHA? ABHA ID is a unique health ID that uses a 14-digit identification number and can be generated using an Aadhaar card or your mobile number. It allows users to share their health records digitally with hospitals, clinics, insurance providers and others. Citizens can create their unique ABHA without any cost. What are the benefits of ABHA? The benefits of ABHA are as follows – You can access all your medical records such as lab reports, prescriptions and diagnoses on the platform. You ...

 If you are looking for some adorable content on social media that would just lift your spirits and boost your serotonin level, then this dog video is highly recommended. Posted on Instagram, the video shows two golden retriever dogs sleeping cosily inside a tent while on a hike and it is winning hearts online. The video was posted on the Instagram page thetripawdtwins , which is dedicated to two golden retriever dogs that live on a farm. The video was posted on June 19 and it has received more than 33,000 views so far. In the video, a woman says, “You guys wanna see the cutest thing I’ve ever seen?” Then she unzips a tent and one can see two golden retriever dogs sleeping cosily inside their sleeping bags. After seeing the doggos sleeping, the woman reacts by saying, “Oh my goodness! They are so cute. My heart is exploding.” “Unexpected perk of hiking the long trail - slumber pawties!” says the caption of the video. The video has also received more than 1,000 likes and pro...

 Actor Alia Bhatt shared an Instagram post shared by a news website about her pregnancy on Instagram Stories on Tuesday. In the post, it was written than the actor's shoot are being delayed because of her pregnancy. Sharing the post, Alia reacted angrily to it. Alia announced her pregnancy on Monday. The Instagram post that Alia shared reads, “Actress Alia Bhatt took the internet by storm on Monday morning after she announced her first pregnancy. Reportedly, the mommy-to-be will return to Mumbai in mid-July. It is also being reported that Ranbir Kapoor might go to the UK to bring his wife home. According to India Today, Alia will be taking a rest after she returns from her shoot. The report also suggests that the actress planned her pregnancy in a way that doesn't affect any of her commitments. She will be wrapping up her films, 'Heart Of Stone' and 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' before the end of July.” Responding to the post, Alia wrote, “Meanwhile we sti...

Tata Steel Ltd will continue to reduce debt by around $ 1 billion a year but the company does not aim to reduce it to net debt zero levels given its expansion plans, Chairman N Chandrasekaran told shareholders at the company’s 115th Annual General Meeting on June 28. The company aims to spend Rs 10,000 crore-Rs 12,000 crore a year on capital expenditure going ahead, but may spend more if an acquisition opportunity arises, he said. The capex would be focused on India, and the company has no plans to spend more on adding capacity at its overseas plants. “The main thing is to have the right capital structure, and not blindly go for zero debt. Currently our debt to equity ratio and the debt to EBITDA ratio are both less than one. The company has a capital structure which is very strong and taking to zero debt can make the company's capital structure inefficient,” said Chandrasekaran. This was Chandrasekaran’s first Tata Steel AGM after he was reappointed as the Tata Group's...

 The states and UTs have been asked to set up border checkpoints to stop inter-state movement of any banned single-use plastic items. For effective enforcement of the ban, national and state-level control rooms will be set up and special enforcement teams will be formed for checking illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of the banned plastic items, said Environment Ministry officials. Capacity-building workshops are being organised for MSME units to provide them technical assistance for manufacturing of alternatives to plastic items, they added Provisions have also been made to support such enterprises in transitioning away from single-use plastics. “India has taken steps to promote innovation and provide an ecosystem for accelerated penetration. The success of the ban will only be possible through effective engagement and concerted actions by all stakeholders and enthusiastic public participation,” an official said. The list of banned items inc...

 The digital arm of Reliance Industries, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, on Tuesday announced that Ambani would resign as the director of the company effective from 27 June. In a regulatory filing, Reliance Jio said the company's board at a meeting on 27 June, "approved the appointment of Akash M Ambani, non-executive director, as chairman of the board of directors of the company." Among other appointments, Pankaj Mohan Pawar will take over as the Managing Director of the company from 27 June. Raminder Singh Gujral and KV Chowdary were appointed independent directors. In 2021, Ambani said that his kids were taking more responsibilities as part of the leadership shift. He said he could see in his children the same spark and potential of his father Dhirubhai Ambani – Reliance’s founder – for contributing to the country's growth. Few things to know about Akash Ambani - Akash Ambani, who has graduated from Brown University with a major in Economics, has been closely involved w...

  Udaipur, Rajasthan: The Udaipur tailor who was killed in the most horrific way possible had returned to his shop after days of absence, his wife told NDTV today before his funeral procession left their home. Kanhaiya Lal had skipped work for several days after he received death threats over his social media posts, his wife, Jashoda, explained to NDTV. Yesterday, he decided to attend to business again. He had been at work for a few hours when two men arrived, posing as customers. Kanhaiya Lal, age 48, began measuring one of them; suddenly, he was attacked with a giant cleaver. The other man filmed the murder in gory detail. Then, both left the shop on a motorcycle, their faces covered to conceal their identity. Gos Mohammad and Riyaz Akhtari, the two men seen in the grotesque video, were arrested last night. The Home Ministry has assigned the National Investigation Agency or NIA, which handles terror investigations, to the matter. The accused men released two videos ...

Rajeev Jhawar , Managing Director of Usha Martin Usha Martin is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wire rope. Established in the year 1960, today Usha Martin is a multi-unit and multi-product organization. The wire rope manufacturing facilities located in Ranchi, Hoshiarpur, Dubai, Bangkok and UK produce one of the widest ranges of wire ropes in the world. The infrastructural facilities are equipped with the latest state-of-the-art high-capacity machines to manufacture world-class products. Our Global R&D centre located in Italy is actively engaged in designing wire ropes and uses proprietary design software to develop products that are the best in class. Rajeev Jhawar Usha Martin also has a comprehensive R&D facility in their manufacturing unit at Ranchi in India. Long-standing application in diverse sectors like Oil & Offshore, Mining, Crane, Elevator, Infrastructure etc. is the testimony of their expertise in manufacturing high-quality wire rope products. As a ...

 While giving protection to a Muslim couple aged 16 and 21 years from their family members, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled on Monday that a Muslim girl over 16 years of age is competent to enter into a contract of marriage with a person of her choice. The single-judge bench of Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi passed the order on a plea by a Pathankot-based Muslim couple who had approached the court for protection. “Merely because the petitioners have got married against the wishes of their family members, they cannot possibly be deprived of their fundamental rights as envisaged in the Constitution of India,” the bench said. Citing Islamic Sharia rule, Justice Bedi said the marriage of a Muslim girl is governed by the Muslim Personal Law. Read More : https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/muslims-girls-can-marry-at-16-high-court-upholds-minor-marriage-1964431-2022-06-20

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 Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948, and the island nation has been unable to finance the import of necessities such as food, medicines and fuel since late last year. The country has also been hit severely by a record high inflation and lengthy power blackouts, which have eventually led to protests calling on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down The South Asian nation is struggling to find a foreign exchange to pay for desperately needed fuel imports, and its existing stock of petrol and diesel is projected to run out in a matter of days. While the country is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout package, people have swarmed gas stations, resulting in a long line of vehicles stretching several kilometres. Amid the crisis, Roshan Mahanama, who was a part of the Sri Lankan cricket team that won the 1996 ODI World Cup, shared pictures of him serving tea and buns to people lining up at the petrol station...

  Washington, DC:  Fear and chaos at the Washington, DC street where a shooting reportedly left one teenager dead and several others, including a police officer, injured, has been captured in a video. The clip has been posted on Twitter by National Fraternal Order of Police, a police union in the US. It starts on a crowded street where several police vehicles and men in the uniform are seen. Then four shots are heard and people are seen running for cover in panic. The video then shows a corner where police officers appear to be monitoring their injured colleague. Read More : https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/video-gunshots-panic-on-washington-dc-street-people-run-for-cover-3082572

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects Russia to intensify attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv waits for the European Union’s decision to grant it the status of a candidate state. EU foreign ministers will discuss ways to free millions of tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. Ukraine’s deputy prosecutor general says Kyiv has launched 19 criminal proceedings against Russian soldiers for the rape of at least 14 women in the temporarily occupied territories. The new head of the British armed forces has told his troops that the United Kingdom must have a military capable of fighting in Europe and defeating Russia. Hollywood actor Ben Stiller was stopped walking in the centre of the western city of Lviv on Saturday.

Gustavo Petro, a former rebel fighter who has promised profound social and economic change, has won Colombia’s presidency. Petro’s win in Sunday’s presidential runoff election will make him the country’s first left-wing president. He won 50.4 percent of the vote, while his rival Rodolfo Hernandez, a construction magnate, had 47.3 percent. “As of today, Colombia is changing, a real change that guides us to one of our aims: the politics of love … of understanding and dialogue,” a jubilant Petro told his supporters in the Colombian capital, Bogota. A senator and a former mayor of Bogota, Petro’s victory underlined a drastic change in presidential politics for a country that has long marginalised the left for its perceived association with the armed conflict. Petro himself was once a rebel with the now-defunct M-19 movement and was granted amnesty after being jailed for his involvement with the group. In his victory speech, Petro, 62, issued a call for unity and extended an...

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala police on Sunday issued a stern warning to protesters against any kind of violent activity amidst widespread agitations in the country against the Centre’s new army recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’ and calls for Bharat Bandh on June 20 by some organisations. The entire force would be on duty to arrest anyone engaging in violence or destruction of public property, reported news agency PTI quoting the Kerala police. State police chief (SPC) Anil Kant issued guidelines to the personnel to prevent violence against the public as well as forced closure of businesses, according to a release issued by the State Police Media Centre said. The SPC directed district police chiefs to ensure protection to courts, KSEB offices, KSRTC, private buses as well as government offices and institutions on June 20, it said. Besides, police would also be putting up pickets and patrolling important locations from tonight, the release added. Kant has directed the district ...

 Department of Higher Secondary Education, DHSE Kerala Result 2022 is expected to be released soon. As per the latest development, Kerala DHSE Officials have shared the Kerala Plus Two Result 2022 date and time. As per this information, DHSE Kerala Result 2022 will be announced tomorrow, June 21, 2022 onkeralaresults.nic.in. According to local media reports, the state education Minister, V Sivankutty has announced the date and time for the Plus Two Kerala Result 2022. As per this announcement, the Kerala Plus Two results would be released tomorrow for students around 11 AM. Nearly 4 lakh students have reportedly appeared in the Kerala DHSE Plus 2 examinations this year. The examinations were conducted this year from March 30 to April 22, 2022. The results would be released online now. Students and parents are advised to note that while trusted sources have suggested today’s date, official notice is still awaited for Kerala results. Updates, once available, would be provide...

 A 47-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly smothering his wife to death with a pillow after an argument when she refused to serve him dinner at their house in south Delhi ’s Fatehpur Beri area, police said on Saturday. Additional deputy commissioner of police (south) Pawan Kumar said that the accused has been identified as Vinod Kumar Dubey who killed his wife Sonali on Thursday night. Officers aware of the case said the matter was reported to the police control room at 9:30am on Friday. When the police reached the spot, they found Sonali dead in the house. Vinod was arrested on Friday. Vinod told the police that he and his wife were drinking on Thursday night. When Vinod asked Sonali to serve dinner, she refused and the two started arguing during which Sonali slapped Vinod. After his, Vinod killed Sonali, the police said.

Delhi News Live Updates:   As Congress leader   Rahul Gandhi   is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for the fourth round of questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald case, his party will hold a peaceful protest across the country against the central government’s “vendetta politics”. The Covid positivity rate in Delhi crossed 8% again on Sunday with the city recording 1,530 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the government’s health bulletin. A total of 18,183 samples were tested, and 1,530 positive cases and three deaths were recorded, as per Sunday’s health bulletin. With this, the number of active cases in the city rose to 5,342. Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has given the Anti-Corruption Branch permission to investigate allegations of corruption against senior Public Works Department (PWD) officials in building seven temporary hospitals in the capital, according to sources.

 A senior SpiceJet official lauded the pilots of the airline's Patna-Delhi flight which, on Sunday, made emergency landing at the Patna airport after one of the aircraft's engines caught fire shortly after take-off for the national capital. “Captain Monika Khanna and first officer Balpreet Singh Bhatia conducted themselves well during the incident. They were calm throughout, and handled the aircraft well. They are experienced officers and we're proud of them,” news agency ANI quoted Gurcharan Arora, SpiceJet's chief of flight operations, as saying. Read More: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/were-proud-of-them-spicejet-lauds-pilots-of-its-patna-delhi-flight-101655643841407.html

Rajeev Jhawar, the son of Brij Jhawar, is the managing director of Usha Martin Limited since May 19, 2008. Established in the year 1960, Usha Martin is a multi-unit and multi-product organization in the wire rope business. Usha Martin is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wire rope. Rajeev Jhawar is also the Director of Neutral Publishing House Ltd. He is also a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Member of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India and on the board of 17 other companies. Rajeev Jhawar   Usha Martin Limited ’s wire rope business manufactures wire, strands, LRPC and wire ropes, which cater to various industries, including steel, infrastructure, construction and auto. “The demand from construction, auto and oil sectors is down. Our plant is currently operating at 50-55 per cent of the installed capacity. The export demand is, however, good and the rupee depreciation is supporting us”, Rajeev Jhawar quoted on the demand o...

Rajeev Jhawar, the son of Brij Kishore Jhawar, is an Indian industrialist with over three decades of experience in strategic management. He is an alumnus of Ranchi University and London Business School. He started his journey as Sr. Vice President (Commercial) and became the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited in 1998. He has been the Managing Director at Usha Martin Limited since May 19, 2008, and in the three decades that he has been at the helm of the Usha Martin Group, he has accelerated growth, built a meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value. Usha Martin started its business as a wire rope manufacturing company. The group has set new standards in the manufacture of wire rods, bright bars, steel wires, specialty wires, wire ropes, strand, conveyor cord, wire drawing and cable machinery. The company is also in the business activities of Steel, Wire & Wire Ropes. Rajeev Jhawar is the Director of Neutral Publishing House Ltd. He graduated from London Business School a...

A video of a golden retriever's courage is doing the rounds on the internet. In the video, the dog is seen roaming fearlessly among tigers. Surprisingly, the big cats do not harm the dog. This video was shared by Tiger Bigfan on Instagram on May 26. It has received over 1.2 million views and more than 52,000 likes since then. According to the post, the dog mother fed these tigers her milk when they were cubs and that's the reason they think she is their mother. "It's not easy for the dog mother to raise several tiger children," the caption said. The video shows that despite being surrounded by the big cats, the golden retriever is completely fearless. Viewers were shocked to see the footage on the internet, but only a few of them realised why the tigers behaved in this manner. "It's not easy for the dog mother to raise several tiger children," the caption said. The video shows that despite being surrounded by the big cats, the golden retriever is com...

 Two terrorists linked with Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have been killed in an encounter that broke out in the Kanjiular area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian late Tuesday night. One of the terrorists killed in the operation has been identified as Jan Mohammad Lone, police said. Lone, a resident of Shopian, was involved in the  targeted killing of a bank manager  in the Kulgam district. The second terrorist has been identified as Tufail Ganai. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including one AK 47 rifle and a pistol was recovered from the site of encounter, police added. “One of the killed #terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of #Shopian. Besides other #terror crimes, he was involved in recent killing of Vijay Kumar, Bank manager on 2/6/22 in #Kulgam district” tweeted Kashmir Zone Police quoting IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar. Read More : https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/terrorist-involved-in-bank-manager-s-killing-neut...

  LONDON: A newly inked cooperation deal between Iran and Venezuela will see the two pariah states further integrate their economies, but one oil-rich and legitimacy-poor state cannot fix the woes of another, according to experts. On Saturday embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared on Iranian state media in north Tehran to sign a 20-year “cooperation agreement” with his Iranian counterpart, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The deal, according to Raisi, will see the two countries cooperate in the oil, petrochemicals, defense, agriculture, tourism and culture sectors. But more than economics, looming large in the signing of the deal — an unlikely covenant between a Shiite theocratic regime on one side and a communist dictatorship on the other — was the US and its sanctions regime against each country, as well as the two nations’ relationships with the wider international community Read More : https://www.arabnews.com/node/2102841/middle-east