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Solar Eclipse 2023 Timing: What to expect from this year’s first Surya Grahan
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Srinagar, Apr 20: The first solar eclipse of 2023 will occur on April 20 at 7:04 am to 12:29 pm IST. This year will witness four eclipses, among which two will be solar eclipses. The solar eclipse, also known as Rare Hybrid Surya Grahan, is one of the most significant celestial events. An eclipse is a phenomenon in which the sun is blocked by the moon, i.e. a solar eclipse, and the Earth’s shadow obscures the moon in a lunar eclipse.
Not visible in India
Area of Visibility
The eclipse is visible in the region covering Antarctica, Australia, the South Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines and the South Pacific Ocean.
The eclipse is visible in the region covering Antarctica, Australia, the South Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines and the South Pacific Ocean.

This eclipse will only be a partial eclipse in Sydney, Australia, starting at 1:36 PM. In Hindu tradition, people believe there are important things to remember during a solar eclipse.

Even if you can’t see this eclipse from India, you may still choose to be a little careful.
Solar Eclipse 2023: What you may consider to do, what to avoid
It’s advised to avoid sleeping during a solar eclipse, especially for older or sick people, as it’s believed to have negative effects on health.
Cooking and eating may be avoided during a solar eclipse as it can harm your health.
During a solar eclipse, it’s believed that deities shouldn’t be touched or worshipped. After the eclipse, it’s recommended to wash everything and say prayers.
Pregnant women should avoid seeing the eclipse and limit exposure to the sun during this time.
After a solar eclipse, it’s customary to take a bath, wear new clothes, and clean the house.
Before a solar eclipse, people often put basil or tulsi leaves in water and on food as a religious practice.
Hindu beliefs suggest that pregnant women should stay indoors during the eclipse to avoid harm to the baby in the womb.
Sprinkling Gangajal (holy water from the Ganges) is considered auspicious after the solar eclipse ends.
It’s important not to look directly at the sun during a solar eclipse as it can permanently damage your eyes.
It’s considered inauspicious to cook or consume any kind of food during a solar eclipse.
It’s believed to be unfavorable to buy property or engage in auspicious activities during a solar eclipse.
It’s advised not to use sharp objects during a solar eclipse.
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April 20, 2023
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April 20, 2023
Hyderabad girl dies in accident in UK, family awaits mortal remains

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Hyderabad: A girl from Hyderabad, who went to the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue higher studies, met with an accident and died in a sea wave.
Informing about the incident, the girl’s father, who resides in Hyderabad, said she went to the UK to pursue a Master’s in space engineering and met with the tragic accident last Tuesday.
However, the family in Hyderabad is still awaiting her mortal remains.

The mortal remains of Sai Tejaswi Kommareddy will be brought to Hyderabad on Friday.
Speaking to ANI, the father of the deceased girl, Shashidhar Reddy, said, “My daughter went to the UK to study for a Master’s in space engineering. She died accidentally in a sea wave there. Union Minister Kishan Reddy and others helped us a lot in clearing procedural hurdles to bringing back her last remains to India. The incident took place last Tuesday (April 11).”
“As per our information, they went to the place to relax after finishing the exams but unfortunately she died,” he said.
“It is said that 3 others also died there but our daughter’s body was found first and two others were found the next day. The deceased body will reach here by Friday night,” the father of the girl told ANI.

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April 20, 2023
Two of 17 Sikhs arrested in California sought in murder cases in India: Police

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Washington: Two of the 17 Sikhs arrested in California over the weekend from two rival gangs are facing murder charges in several cases in India, while another two are sought in other criminal cases, officials here said Wednesday.
The two Sikhs who are facing murder charges in India are Pavittar Singh and Husandeep Singh, according to a spokesperson of California Attorney General. While their nationality has not been disclosed so far, it is believed that they are still Indian citizens and have a pending asylum application.
A major mass casualty was prevented when local and federal law enforcement agencies in a series of raids arrested 17 Sikh men from various cities in northern California, mostly in and around the historic Yuba City, which has a predominant Sikh population, from two rival Sikh criminal syndicates.

The two rival gangs are called Minta Group’ and the AK47 group.’ The leader of the first group is Minta. Each of the two gangs has at least 30 members.
To the surprise of even the law enforcement agencies, the group members were found to have several dangerous firearms upon arrest.
“During the investigation, 41 firearms were seized. Those firearms included AR15, AK-47s, handguns, and at least one machinegun,” Jennifer Dupre, the district Attorney of Sutter County said.
Two of those arrested from San Joaquin County Dharmvir Singh alias Minta and Jobanjit Singh were stopped on their way to Manteca, where they were allegedly going to commit a homicide, with pistols, large capacity magazines, and fully automatic weapons on them.

Dupre said law enforcement was able to stop two vehicles before they could arrive at a Sikh parade in Sacramento over the weekend.

“While a shooting did occur at the temple, we were able to stop a mass casualty incident. If those weapons had gotten into the parade, it could have been a blood bath,” Dupre said.
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta said during the investigation, they prevented at least two additional shootings from happening. “Because of this operation future gun violence, future crime, future harm has been prevented,” he said. The multi-agency, multi-county investigation was called “Operation Broken Sword.”
“During the 2018 Sikh Parade here in Yuba City, there was an attack, a sword attack and the victim was being cut with swords, and he was also being beaten. And one of the swords broke due to the violence of that meeting. So that became the name of this operation, Operation Broken Sword,” Dupre said, adding, they also located some narcotics, and also child porn material, from the arrests.
The shooting at a gurdwara in Sacramento last month accelerated the process of investigations.
“Well, the fact that the parade was going to occur ramped up the investigation. Our goal was to try to keep that violence-free. It wasn’t completely violence-free, but as I stated, we 100 per cent believe we did prevent a mass casualty incident with our actions and the phenomenal work of law enforcement,” she said.
Dupre told PTI that following the arrests of these two criminal syndicates the feedback from the community is “very positive” and the law enforcement agencies are being applauded for preventing any further mass shootings.
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April 20, 2023
Umesh Pal murder case: Atiq Ahmad gang member arrested

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Prayagraj: An alleged member of the Atiq Ahmad gang, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, was arrested on Wednesday by the police here, officials said.
Asad Kalia, a resident of New Chakia, has been arrested by the Kareli police, an official statement said.
Kalia was considered a right-hand of Atiq’s wife Shaista Praveen, who is wanted in Umesh Pal murder case and is absconding.

A number of criminal cases including attempt to murder, and under the Arms Act are pending against Kalia at the Kareli police station, it said.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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April 20, 2023
Modi surname case: Court verdict today on Rahul Gandhi’s plea against conviction

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Surat: A Surat court will pronounce its verdict today on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea, seeking a stay on his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
On April 3, the Surat Sessions Court granted bail to the Congress leader, who had filed an appeal following his conviction in the case.
While granting bail to the former MP, the court also issued notices to complainant Purnesh Modi and the state government on the Congress leader’s plea for a stay on his conviction. It heard both parties and then reserved the order for April 20.

Rahul Gandhi was a Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad but was disqualified after a lower court in Surat sentenced him to two years in jail on March 23 under sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi.
The case pertained to a remark Rahul Gandhi made using the surname ‘Modi’ while addressing a campaign event ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
At a rally in Karnataka’s Kolar in April 2019, Rahul, in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said, “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”.
Following his conviction, Rahul was disqualified as an MP on March 24, as per a Supreme Court ruling in 2013. Under the ruling, any MP or MLA is automatically disqualified if convicted and sentenced to two years or more.

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April 20, 2023
Karnataka polls: Congress releases 6th and final list of candidates

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New Delhi: The Congress in the early hours of Thursday released its sixth and final list of five candidates for the impending Karnataka assembly elections.
In the final list, Mohammed Shalem was fielded from Raichur, BV Rajeev Gowda from Sidlaghatta, S Anand Kumar from C V Raman Nagar (SC), HP Sridhar Gowda from Arkalgud, and Inayath Ali from Mangalore City North.
The party had on Wednesday replaced Mohammed Yousuf Savanur as its candidate from the Shiggaon constituency in Karnataka, currently under Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai, and fielded Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan instead from there.

Bommai had defeated Congress candidates Sayed Azeempeer Khadri Shiggaon in the 2018 elections.
The party released its fifth list on Wednesday of three new candidates, fielding B C Muddugangadhar from the Mulbagal (SC) seat, D K Mohan from K R Pura, and A C Srinivasa from the Pulakeshinagar — SC seat.
With the sixth list, the Congress has announced 223 candidates, marking one seat in the 224-member assembly for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party, a regional outfit.
The last date for filing of nominations is April 20.

The assembly polls in the state held by BJP will take place on May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13.

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April 20, 2023
India, US facing same security challenge from China, says US Indo Pacom Commander

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Washington: India and the United States are facing the same security challenges from China, a top American commander said here Wednesday, noting that the Biden Administration is not only providing assistance to New Delhi with cold weather gear, as it defends its border on the northern side, but also helping India in its effort to develop its own industrial base.
“We value our partnership with India, and we’ve been increasing it and doing a lot more, over time. They have the same security challenge, primary security challenger that we do, and it’s real on their northern border. Two skirmishes now in over the past nine or 10 months on that border, as they continue to get pressurised by the PRC for border gains,” Admiral John Christopher Aquilino, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, told members of the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on Indo-Pacific National Security Challenges.
Admiral Aquilino was responding to a question from Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna. “I would like you to reflect on the importance of the relationship — postcolonialism India and China had a relationship to emerge as the Asian voice. But that relationship now has really soured with a concern that there should not be a hegemon in Asia and that China is treating other countries as junior partners,” Khanna said.

“It seems to me that this gives us an opportunity to ensure that China doesn’t emerge as a hegemon to strengthen the relationship with India,” said the Indian American Congressman.
Aquillino said both India and the US have the same security challenges. “We also have the desire to operate together, based on the world’s largest democracy. We have common values, and we also have people, the people ties for a number of years. I met with General Chauhan, my counterpart, at the Raisina Dialogue not long ago. I’ve been to India five times now in the past two years.
“So, the importance of that relationship can’t be overstated. We operate together, frequently, with the Quad Nations. Again, the Quad is not a security agreement, it’s diplomatic and economic, but the Quad Nations come together, often, to operate together in multiple exercises. So, we continue to work to be interoperable and to expand the relationship,” he observed.
In response to another question from Congressman Patrick Ryan, the admiral said India is a critical partner and besides conducting joint war exercises in the Malabar, the US is providing assistance to India “as it applies to cold weather gear and other capabilities that they might need, as they defend their border on the northern side.”

“But additionally, we’re expanding our cooperation in the form of production as India tries to work to develop its own industrial base. So, C-130 critical components made in India, helicopter critical frameworks made in India. That is expanding the partnership and moving them towards self-sufficiency and increased partnership with the United States,” Aquilino added.

Referring to the recently launched India-US initiative for critical and emerging technology announced by the national security advisors of the two countries, Jedidiah P Royal, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security, said: “We’re already delivering offers under the context of the ISAT arrangement. This is a real moment of convergence for the United States and India and we’re looking to take full advantage of it, going forward.”
Testifying before the committee, Royal said: “India faces the same challenger that we face in the region. So what we’re seeing right now is a moment of strategic convergence in our relationship with the government of India. There’s a lot of momentum in that regard. With respect to your question on from whom do they buy their weapons, we believe that they are through a generational process of looking to diversify off of traditional suppliers.
“We want to make sure that the US defence industrial base is in the best position possible to be India’s partner of choice moving forward,” he said.
In response to another question, Aquilino said the US is working with our Indian partners both to advance their warfighting capabilities together to ensure that the US is sharing information that’s needed.
“We do have the same strategic competitor or whatever definition we want to put on it and in my time over in the theatre now for five years straight, it has increased exponentially. It’s trending in the right direction. They’re really good partners,” he said.
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April 20, 2023
Biden picks cancer surgeon to run NIH

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If confirmed by the Senate, Bertagnolli would take control of a sprawling agency charged with investigating a range of diseases and finding new treatments. The NIH has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress, with a budget that now exceeds $45 billion.
But the role would also thrust her into the center of a prolonged fight over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. House Republicans have prioritized investigating the NIH’s funding of research projects, in search of evidence that some of its grants may have inadvertently triggered Covid’s spread.
The NIH has not had a permanent director since December 2021, when Francis Collins stepped down after more than a decade atop the agency. Lawrence Tabak, the NIH’s longtime principal deputy director, has since served as acting director.
The White House had struggled for months to settle on a nominee, hampered by difficulties attracting top talent from more lucrative private sector jobs and concerns among potential candidates that their time in the role may come to an end along with the president’s first term.
President Joe Biden had also pushed hard for the NIH nominee to be an oncologist, the people familiar with the matter said. Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot during the Obama administration, and maintains a deep interest in cancer research in part due to the death of his son, Beau, from brain cancer in 2015.
Bertagnolli, who previously did stints at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, had won internal praise during her short time at the NCI.
She also made headlines shortly after taking the job for disclosing her own early-stage breast cancer diagnosis following a routine mammogram. She wrote at the time that “it’s one thing to know about cancer as a physician, but it is another to experience it firsthand as a patient as well. To anyone with cancer today: I am truly in this together with you.”

If confirmed, Bertagnolli would be the second woman to head the NIH.

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April 20, 2023
2002 Gujarat riots: Special Court to pronounce verdict today in Naroda Gam case

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Ahmedabad: A special court in Ahmedabad will pronounce its verdict today in the Naroda Gam case in which former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and several other right-wing leaders are among the accused involved in the killing of 11 people from the minority community during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
Eleven persons were killed in communal violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad city on February 28, 2002, during a ‘bandh’ called to protest the Godhra train burning a day before in which 58 passengers, returning from Ayodhya, were killed.
Along with Kodnani, other prominent accused are former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel.

On April 16, the court of principal sessions Judge SK Baxi had fixed April 20 as the date for the verdict in the case and had also directed the accused to remain present in the court.
Notably, all the accused in the case are currently out on bail. Out of the total 86 accused in the case, 18 died in the intervening period. Around 182 prosecution witnesses were examined during the trial.
Apart from rioting and murder, Kodnani, 67, has also been charged with criminal conspiracy and attempted murder in the Naroda Gam case.
It is pertinent to note that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also appeared as a defence witness for Kodnani in September 2017.

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April 20, 2023