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Indian drunk driver jailed for injuring pedestrian in Dubai

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Dubai: An 39-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to one month in jail in Dubai and fined Dh10,000 after he drove over a woman’s legs, leaving her seriously injured.
The Dubai Court of Appeal also found the Indian, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, guilty of fleeing the accident scene and revoked his deportation order, The National reported.
The man, driving his Nissan Patrol out of the car park of a hotel in Bur Dubai’s Al Mankhool area last November, failed to see a woman sitting on the pavement with her legs stretched out into the road.
“We were in the car together when the incident happened,” the man’s friend told the court, The National reported.
“He (the driver) stopped the car so I stepped out to check on the woman but he drove off,” he said.
He was later tracked down and arrested, the report said, adding that the offender admitted to the charges during a police probe and in court.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a zero-tolerance policy to drunk driving, which is a criminal offense.
“According to Article 393 of UAE’s traffic law, offenders causing a road death can face between one month and three years in prison or a fine as decided by the court,” Nida Al Masri, a legal consultant from Justitia Advocates and Legal Consultants, told The National.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 23, 2023
Spotify to lay off employees amid deepening slowdown

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New Delhi: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is expected to lay off employees this week amid the deepening economic slowdown, the media reported on Monday.
The number of workers to be fired wasn’t specified at the moment, reports Bloomberg, citing sources.
The company had nearly 9,800 employees, as last reported.
Spotify did not immediately comment on the report.
In October last year, Spotify reportedly shut down 11 original podcasts from its in-house studios, as a part of cost-cutting and layoffs which recently took place.
Less than 5 per cent of the company’s staff on original podcasts were either laid off or reassigned to new shows.
Among the podcasts cancelled from in-house studios Gimlet and Parcast were ‘How to Save a Planet’, ‘Crime Show’, and ‘Medical Murders’.
In the second quarter of 2023, Spotify will say goodbye to “Horoscope Today”.

In June, reports surfaced for the first time that Spotify is reducing new hiring by at least 25 per cent as tech companies navigate through volatile global conditions.
Spotify earlier shut its lightweight listening app ‘Spotify Stations’.
At an investors’ presentation last year, Spotify’s chief financial officer Paul Vogel said that they were “clearly aware of the increasing uncertainty regarding the global economy.”
The Swedish music-streaming platform had more than 433 million monthly active users (MAUs) in 2022.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 23, 2023
AIMIM corporator suspended from party

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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday took an action against a party corporator.
As per media reports, the party suspended Nizamabad Municipal Corporation’s Division 13 corporator Haroon Khan after receiving complaints over his alleged involvement in irregularities.
AIMIM’s Nizamabad town committee suspended Khan after receiving instructions from Owaisi.
After the suspension, a panel met the district collector urging action against the corporator. During the meeting, the panel submitted a memorandum too.
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January 23, 2023
Pakistan’s mobile phone imports decline 66% in 1st half of FY 2023

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Islamabad: Pakistan’s mobile phone imports declined by 66 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year 2022-2023, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, according to official figures.
The mobile phone imports into the country were recorded at $362.86 million in July-December of the ongoing fiscal year as against the imports of $1,090.64 million during the same months of the fiscal year 2021-22, showing a decline of 66.73 percent, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) figures revealed.
Meanwhile, on a year-to-year basis, the import of mobile phones also dipped by 69.1 percent during the month of December 2022 when compared to the same month of last year, Xinhua news agency quoted the Bureau as saying.
However, on a month-on-month basis, the imports of mobile phones witnessed an increase of 12.04 percent during December 2022, as compared to the imports of $64.52 million during November 2022, according to PBS data.
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January 23, 2023
WATCH: SRK climbs his house’s roof to greet fans ahead of Pathaan release

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Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan fans are excited to see their favourite superstar back on screen again after a wait of four years.
While there’s still a couple of days left before they head to cinema halls to see him back in action, the superstar surprised his fans on Sunday evening by greeting them from his house Mannat’s roof!
SRK greeted his hundreds and thousands of fans gathered outside his house and even shared the video on social media. In the video, we can see a red car getting stuck among the sea of fans outside SRK’s house in Mumbai.
Sharing the video on Instagram, SRK also passed a witty comment on how the red car got stuck in the middle. He wrote, “Thank you for a lovely Sunday evening… sorry but I hope ki laal gaadi waalon ne apni kursi ki peti baandh li thhi. Book your tickets to #Pathaan and I will see you there next…”
Check it out:
Talking about ‘Pathaan’, the film is a part of Aditya Chopra’s ambitious spy universe and has the biggest superstars of the country – Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham — in lead roles. The film also stars Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana in pivotal roles.
It is set to release on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 23, 2023
Unbeaten Indian women’s hockey team holds hosts South Africa 2-2

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Cape Town: The Indian women’s hockey team remained unbeaten on their South Africa tour thus far as they registered a 2-2 draw against the hosts in its fourth match against them, here on Sunday.
This was India’s last match against the South African side before they take on World No.1 Netherlands on January 23.
It was Vaishnavi Vithal Palkhe, playing her debut tour for the senior side, who starred for the team, scoring two crucial goals that helped them hold the home team to a draw.
South Africa made a strong start on Sunday, after a series of losses against India. The home team had lost 1-5, 0-7, and 0-4 to India thus far. Determined to end the matches against India on a good note, South Africa was the first to make a breakthrough when they capitalized on an Indian infringement.
The penalty stroke awarded to them was utilized well with Quanita Bobbs beating young goalie Bichu Devi Kharibam to convert the goal in the 8th minute.
India was able to equalize only in the 29th minute when a good PC variation helped them score a goal. It was Vaishnavi who did well to remain calm and pump the ball into the post.
South Africa managed to snatch the lead again when Tarryn Lombard struck a field goal in the 35th minute. The next few minutes remained tense with both teams playing on par with each other.
Vaishnavi finally brought some respite when she converted from a PC in the 51st minute. India did well to tighten their defense in the dying minutes of the match to ensure they walked away with a draw.

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January 23, 2023
Cong to stage protests during peak traffic hours in Bangalore, police deny permission

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Bengaluru: The Congress on Monday will stage silent protests during the peak traffic hours at 300 locations across the state capital to demand the eradication of corruption to ‘save’ Bengaluru.
The police department has refused to give permission for the protest. Congress party sources stated that the party will go ahead with its protest plan.
The protest will be staged at 51 metro stations, 26 flyovers and 200 traffic signals. The party has said that they will not create any trouble for the passengers, vehicle riders and drivers during their morning rush hours through the protest.
“The Congress workers are going to hold placards against the ruling BJP and stage protests. The party wants to give a message and create awareness among people to save Bengaluru and also save the state,” Congress MLA N.A. Harris stated.
The police department has given directions to jurisdictional DCP’s to take action against the Congress leaders. The department has deputed 5,000 policemen to monitor and control the situation.
Police sources said that the protest was expected to cause traffic jams across the city and they have got orders to detain the Congress leaders.
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January 23, 2023
Rs 54-lakh bill for 10-day treatment at hospital in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: Yet another incident of patients being charged exorbitantly by private hospitals in Hyderabad came to the limelight.
As per a hospital bill shared by spokesman Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) Amjed Ullah Khan, a patient by name Syed Rahmath Uddin has been charged Rs 54 lakhs for 10-day treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad.
Khan also mentioned that the family members of the patient so far paid Rs 20 lakhs.
Khan, in another tweet, mentioned that the hospital is demanding Rs 29 lakhs more and requested the concerned authorities to take necessary action to shift the patient to Gandhi or NIMS hospital.
Hospital authorities are demanding Rs/ 29.0 lakhs more to shift the patient,This is too much, Is there any agency to chek the loot of this corporate hospitals,Request the concerned to contact 8897184626 and take necessary action to shif the patient to Gandhi or NIMS Hospital/2 pic.twitter.com/xF7i8f8BZp
— Amjed Ullah Khan MBT (@amjedmbt) January 22, 2023
Inflated bills by private hospitals
It is not the first time, earlier too, private hospitals in Hyderabad were in focus when some of them inflated bills for COVID treatment.
Earlier, the Telangana Public Health and Family Welfare Department asked 44 private hospitals to refund money to patients who were overcharged during COVID treatment. Out of them, four hospitals returned more than 10 lakhs each.
Eight hospitals returned amounts somewhere between Rs. 5 lakhs and 10 lakhs. Five hospitals returned amounts that range from Rs 3.2 lakhs to Rs 399440.
As per the details revealed by an RTI reply, a total of Rs 1,61,22,484 was returned to the patients as of June 22, 2021.

People hesitate to visit private hospitals in Hyderabad
Usually, middle-class and BPL people hesitate to visit private hospitals in Hyderabad due to heavy medical costs. Their problem becomes adverse at the hospitals if patients are not covered under any health insurance.
Though government schemes exist to help poor people avail treatment at a private hospital, they have an upper cap.
For example, after the merger of the Telangana government’s Aarogyasri Health Scheme and Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme, maximum health protection has gone up to Rs 5 lakh per family per annum.
Apart from the upper cap, the scheme covers a set of diseases only.

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January 23, 2023
British-Indian doc blames UK hospital for her suicide: Report

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London: A 35-year-old British-Indian doctor, who ended her life in June last year, had blamed the hospital where she worked for her death, according to a suicide note shared by her parents.
Junior doctor Vaishnavi Kumar, who worked at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), said in the letter that the working environment “just broke me”.
“I am sorry mum, I can blame the whole thing on the QEH,” she wrote in her note, which was not read out during her inquest last year, the BBC reported.
Kumar said in her note to her mother that her mental health had declined while working at the QEH and she was “now a nervous wreck”.
The inquest found that Kumar ended her life after she struggled to cope up with “bullying and condescension at work”, and often returned home crying.
Kumar’s parents told the BBC they had now released her final words in an attempt to help other junior doctors.
“She must have gone through a huge amount of bullying and stress otherwise she is not the girl who would have done this,” Dr Ravi Kumar, who believes the QEH “destroyed” his daughter, told the BBC.
“So people who have done this have done a huge amount of damage and that makes me angry,” the heartbroken father said.

Before moving to QEH, Vaishnavi Kumar worked as a chief registrar at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals where she was seen as an outstanding trainee and a mentor for other junior doctors, with strong leadership skills, the report said.
Her struggle at QEH began around December 2021 and she committed suicide on June 22, 2022.
The QEH comes under the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which is recognised as one of the leading NHS trusts in the UK with more than 20,000 members of staff.
Last month, British-Sikh MP from Birmingham Preet Kaur Gill had called on the Health Secretary to initiate an independent inquiry into the alleged bullying culture at the University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB).
Gill said staff and former staff members described being harassed over several years, leading to counselling, depression and extended periods off work.
According to the BBC, UHB is currently subject to three separate reviews following reports of staff saying there is a “climate of fear” at the Trust.
The Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board announced a three-part review into the culture at UHB.
The first report is expected at the end of January 2023.
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January 23, 2023
GST consultant booked for breach of trust

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Lucknow: A GST consultant has been accused of criminal breach of trust and cheating and duping an agent facilitating the deposit of GST of traders/businessmen in Indira Nagar under the Ghazipur police circle.
As per reports, victim Pradeep Gupta of Neelgiri Complex is in the marketing department of Tax Consultant Accounts and his job is to get the Income Tax return, and GST registration/Return filed by the chartered account office.
In this connection, he had given the GST return work of a businessman, named Shrawan, to a tax consultant Ashutosh Singh.
Gupta said he had given money (paid in the bank account of Ashutosh) as GST for the firm of Shrawan from 2018 to January 2022.
“I paid the money every month since 2018. Ashutosh used to give me a GST return slip and challan receipt which I gave to Shrawan. In due course of time, it surfaced that the receipts and slips were fake and no GST return and tax in the GST account of Shrawan had been deposited since 2018,” he said.
Gupta said Ashutosh did not deposit the GST of his client.
SHO, Ghazipur (Indiranagar), Sunil Kumar, said that an FIR has been lodged while a probe is underway.

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January 23, 2023