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Cinema-goers burst firecrackers in theatres to celebrate SRK’s ‘Pathaan’

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Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s latest action entertainer ‘Pathaan’ is currently creating a storm at the box-office and the fans seem to not keep calm as they were seen setting off fireworks in theatres to show their excitement.
A video is doing the rounds on social media, where cine-goers during a ‘Pathaan’ show are seen whistling and dancing in theatres. Not just that, fans could be seen setting off fireworks inside movie theatres.
However, it is not clear as to where or what city this took place in.

‘Pathaan’ is emerging as an unstoppable force at the global box office. The film, directed by Siddharth Raaj Anand, earned a whopping Rs 429 crore gross worldwide in just four days since its release on January 25.
The film also stars John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana.
‘Pathaan’ presents the story of an Indian spy who can get into any system or circle given his stealth and chameleon abilities to merge with the world that he resides in. The film is the first of SRK’s three films after a hiatus of over four years for the actor.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Hyderabad: BC welfare association seeks Rs 2L crore from Union Budget

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Hyderabad: National BC Welfare Association’s president and MP R Krishnaiah requested a hike of Rs 2 lakh crore for the welfare of backward classes from the forthcoming ‘Union budget’.
The MP had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointing out that the Union government provided 27 percent reservations to BCs in educational institutions run by the Centre since 2006 while they constitute 56 percent of the country’s population.
“If the BC population of 75 crore is not developed, how is it possible for the country to assume superpower status?” Krishnaiah asked in his letter.
He further pointed out that the allocations made for BCs in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and other states were less than required.
Krishnaiah also demanded that pre-matric and post-matric scholarship schemes should be introduced for BCs along the lines of SCs and STs.
He further sought funds for the construction of hostels and residential schools run by state governments.
He said that 80 percent subsidy loans have to be sanctioned to BC candidates through National BC Corporation and all schemes provided to SCs and STs at the national level should be extended to OBCs as well.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
All-party meet ahead of Budget Session: Oppn raises Adani issue

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New Delhi: The government on Monday said it was willing to discuss every issue under rules during the Budget Session of Parliament and sought the support of the Opposition in running the proceedings smoothly.
Briefing the media after an all-party meeting convened by the government ahead of the Budget Session beginning Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government was willing to discuss every issue in Parliament under rules. “We seek Opposition’s cooperation” in running the House smoothly.
At the meet, Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh, RJD’s Manoj Jha, DMK, Left parties and others raised the Adani issue and sought discussion on it in Parliament during the session.
The US-based short seller Hindenburg Research has accused the Adani Group of wrongdoing like stock manipulation. The company has dismissed the allegations as “nothing but a lie”.
The YSR Congress demanded a nationwide caste-based economic census at the meet.
It is necessary to know the economic status of backward castes who are “lagging behind” on social and development indicators, the party said.
YSR Congress leader Vijaysai Reddy said backward castes are over 50 per cent of the total population and the census will help find their economic status.
The ruling party in Andhra Pradesh has joined the likes of the JD(U) and the RJD, both of which have demanded a caste census.

The grand alliance government in Bihar has rolled out a state-wide caste survey.
Reddy said his party also demanded the passage of the women quota bill for ensuring reservation for them in Parliament.
Parties including the TRS, TMC and the BJD also supported the demand.
The Budget Session will begin from January 31 with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The session will have 27 sittings and will continue till April 6 with a month-long recess to examine the budget papers.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on February 1.
The first part of the Budget Session will conclude on February 14.
Parliament will reconvene on March 12 for the second part of the Budget Session.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Fans speculate Aamir Khan’s exit from Bollywood over his look

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Mumbai: Mr Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan, who was last seen in August 2022 on the big screen, announced hiatus from acting last year. The actor earlier said that he wanted to be with his mother and kids. Aamir’s last film got affected by the Boycott Bollywood trends last year. The actor has been spotted since then rarely. He was spotted last year in a salt-and-pepper look during his daughter Ira Khan’s engagement. Now, the actor was spotted at an event in Delhi again in grey hair.
The Punjabi singer Jasbir Jassi shared pictures and video of Aamir during the Delhi event on Twitter. The 3 idiots star was spotted in an ethnic black outfit while listening to a singer Beera Veer while sitting at a table. He is seen enjoying the voice of Beera and he even clapped for the singer at the end of the video.
Fans reacted to the pictures and video of Aamir and asked him whether he is planning to star in a film any time soon. Some fans are of the opinion that Laal Singh Chadda actor will not make a comeback anymore. Various netizens said Aamir is not dying his hair anymore as he does not want to feature in any film now.
Whatever, but Aamir was looking handsome as always in the pictures shared by Jassi. Sharing the images, the singer wrote, “Dil da ameer (man with a rich heart), Aamir Khan.”
After the failure of Laal Sing Chadda at the box office, Aamir said during an event last year, “When I am doing a film as an actor, I get so lost in that, that nothing else happens in my life. I was supposed to do a film after Laal Singh Chaddha called Champions. It’s a wonderful script, a beautiful story, and it’s a very heartwarming and lovely film. But I feel that I want to take a break, be with my family, with my mom and with my kids.” Fans are hoping for the actor to announce his next project soon.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Indian-origin man in UK convicted of killing father with champagne bottle in 2021

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London: An Indian-origin man was found guilty of killing his 86-year-old father with a bottle of champagne in an inebriated state in north London in 2021.
Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey court in the city last week and will be sentenced on February 10.
The Metropolitan Police said his father, Arjan Singh Vig, also lived in the same house in Southgate, north London, when police were called to a disturbance in October 2021.
“Despite the efforts of emergency services Arjan was pronounced dead at the scene,” the Met Police said.
“A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head,” the police said.
The trial heard how officers found the victim’s body on the floor of his son’s bedroom with his “head caved in”.
According to the Evening Standard’, his son was naked and surrounded by about 100 bottles of Champagne, including blood-stained bottles of Veuve Clicquot and Bollinger.
“I killed my dad. I hit him over the head with a f***ing bloody bottle of Bollinger champagne,” he reportedly said.

Jurors heard how Deekan had lived with his accountant father and zoologist mother Damanjit Vig, 85, in their four-bedroom home for about 40 years.
The family had moved from Uganda to the UK when Deekan was five-year-old, at the time Idi Amin expelled members of the South Asian community from the east African country.
The court was told that Deekan had developed a taste for alcohol during the COVID-19 lockdown and admitted to drinking 500ml of whisky earlier on the evening of the incident.
At the crime scene, police uncovered 100 bottles of champagne, 10 Amazon delivery boxes of whisky bottles, and an empty bottle of Talisker Scotch on the bed.
Deekan had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the second day of his trial on the basis that he did not intend to cause his father really serious harm.
However, according to the court report, the jury deliberated for less than a day to find him guilty of murder last Friday.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Sensex, Nifty close higher in volatile trade as IT, oil shares recover

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Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty closed higher in a highly volatile trade on Monday, riding on the back of a recovery in IT, oil and financial stocks after a two-day fall even as investors remained cautious ahead of the Union budget and policy announcement by the US Federal Reserve.
The 30-share Sensex recovered 169.51 points or 0.29 percent to settle at 59,500.41 as 17 of its constituents ended in the green. During the day, it rose by 313.34 points or 0.52 percent to 59,644.24.
The broader NSE Nifty gained 44.60 points or 0.25 percent to end at 17,648.95 as 29 of its stocks advanced. The index moved in a range of 17,709.15 to 17,405.55 during the day.
Shares of Adani group firms closed on a mixed note with flagship Adani Enterprises climbing 4.21 percent.
However, Adani Transmission dropped 14.91 percent, Adani Green by 20 percent, Adani Total Gas by 20 percent, Adani Power by 5 percent, and Adani Wilmar by 5 percent, a day after the group released a 413-page response to allegations of wrongdoing brought by a US-based short seller Hindenburg Research.
“The response by Adani had a mixed effect on the stock group and market. The saga is likely to continue as a hanging risk in the minds of the investors in the medium-term. Now the focus of the market will be on Budget and Fed policy,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.
“Volatility continued to be the order of the day, as benchmark Sensex gyrated nearly 1000 points intra-day before staging a smart comeback in late trades on selective buying. Two big events, the interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve and the Union Budget are keeping investors nervous,” said Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail), Kotak Securities Ltd.
Among Sensex stocks, Bajaj Finance rose the most by 4.61 percent on positive quarterly results. Ultratech Cement rose by 2.51 percent, Bajaj Finserv by 2.22 percent and NTPC by 1.53 percent.

IT stocks also recovered with HCL Tech rising by 1.85 percent, Infosys by 1.37 percent and TCS by 0.72 percent. Reliance Industries, Maruti, Wipro, M&M, Kotak Bank, Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank also gained.
Among losers, Power Grid fell the most by 3.38 percent, IndusInd Bank by 2.56 percent, L&T by 2.11 percent, Tata Steel by 1.62 percent, HUL by 1.55 percent and Tata Motors by 0.45 percent.
State Bank of India and HDFC were also among the laggards.
In the broader market, the BSE midcap gauge dipped 0.22 percent and smallcap index fell 0.10 percent.
Among sectoral indices, utilities slumped 5.74 percent, power declined 5.30 percent, oil & gas (4.06 percent), energy (3.12 percent), capital goods (1.30 percent) and metal (1.19 percent).
IT, teck, consumer durables, telecommunication, consumer discretionary and commodities were the winners.
Elsewhere in Asia, equity markets in Seoul and Hong Kong ended lower, while Tokyo and Shanghai settled in the green.
European markets were trading lower during mid-session deals. Markets in the US had ended higher on Friday.
International oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.25 percent to USD 86.44 per barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded shares worth Rs 5,977.86 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Gunfight breaks out between police and Maoists in Ranchi

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Ranchi: A gunfight broke out between the police and Maoists belonging to the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) on Sunday night in the Budhmu police station area of Ranchi.
During the encounter, more than 100 rounds were fired by both sides.
Police said that four extremists were injured in the gunfight, but they managed to escape into the thick forest.
During the search operation, the police recovered 777 rifle cartridges, seven walkie-talkies and many other items from the area.
The Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) in Ranchi received information about the presence of an armed squad of Naxalites in Sumo forest. A team under the command of DSP Animesh Naithani was sent to investigate.
As soon as the police team entered the forest, the Naxalites started firing. In response, the police also opened fire.
According to a police official, this squad of Naxalites is being led by TSPS area commander Dinesh Ganjhu alias Tiwari.
On January 23, the police had killed Vishal Sharma, area commander of the banned Naxalite organization People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) in a skirmish in the Thakurgaon police station area adjacent to Budhmu.

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January 30, 2023
UAE: 2 Filipino, Nepali expats take home Rs 22L each in Mahzooz Draw

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Abu Dhabi: Three United Arab Emirates (UAE) based expatriates from the Philippines and Nepal won the grand prize of Dirhams 100,000 (Rs 22,21,113) in Mahzooz’s 113th Super Saturday draw.
The winner of the draw— Marc jed Visande Legario and Kervin Cabalar Lovitos from the Philippines, Faguni Ray Kurmi from Nepal— matched five out of the six winning numbers during the weekly live draw held on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
Mahzooz’s 113th Super Saturday draw saw 1,670 participants win Dirhams 1,872,600 (Rs 4,15,91,887) in total prize money.
While the grand prize of Dirhams 10 million went unclaimed this week, the draws saw up to 31 participants match four out of five numbers and take part in the second prize of Dirhams 1,000,000 (Rs 2,22,11,850), securing Dirhams 32,258 (Rs 7,16,549) each.
Entrants can participate in Mahzooz by registering via the Mahzooz website and purchasing a bottle of water for Dirhams 35 (Rs 777) which enables them to enter various draws, the Fantastic Friday Epic Draw and the Super Saturday Draws, through two different select set numbers.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
India Inc bosses to get 9.1% pay hike, average CEO compensation now Rs 8.4 cr

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New Delhi: Amid widespread layoffs, top Indian CEOs and senior executives are set for an average 9.1 percent salary hike in 2023 and average CEO compensation has gone up 21 percent over the past four years to Rs 8.4 crore now, a study showed on Monday.
The study found that among the Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) top 30 companies, long-term incentive (LTI) is provided at 176 percent of fixed pay for CEOs and at 103 percent for other c-level executives, including the chief operating officer, chief financial officer, sales leader and chief human resources officer.
The average LTI amount for CEOs for the same set of organizations is Rs 10 crore, according to the study by Aon, a leading global professional services firm that analysed data across 519 companies from more than 25 industries.
Within Pay at Risk — the sum of variable pay and long-term incentives (LTI) for total compensation — the component of LTI has increased to 40 percent of the total compensation as of now, up from 26 percent in 2015-16.
“In a rapidly evolving, volatile business environment, organizations seek to adopt executive pay programmes that drive the right behaviours, are cost effective and contribute to long-term business results,” said Nitin Sethi, CEO, Human Capital Solutions, India and South Asia at Aon.
For the Board and senior managerial positions, one in three organizations are focusing on improving diversity levels.
As part of an accelerated effort, boards are embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, diversity and succession metrics in the long-term and short-term goals for CEOs and executive leaders, the study noted.
Compensation, and its related governance, continues to be an important issue for employers as they strive to build and maintain a resilient workforce.

“With rising shareholder activism, pay governance has become a key focus area for India Inc. As a result, organizations are updating their ‘Malus clauses’ that are additional checks before vesting of long-term executive incentives — particularly in cases of material financial restatement,” said Pritish Gandhi, director and practice leader of the Executive Compensation and Governance Practice in India at Aon.
Malus clauses allow a company to reduce or cancel a senior executive’s bonus or share award before it has been paid out.
“At the same time, clawback clauses which allow organisations to retrieve past pay-outs under exigent circumstances of fraud and misconduct are also being applied for a duration of three to five years, as organisations design their 2023 executive compensation programmes,” Gandhi elaborated.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Hyderabad: HLF panel sheds light on sexism in Indian scientific research

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Hyderabad: The second day of the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) conducted a panel on Women in Science moderated by veterinary scientist Dr Sagari Ramdas which invoked the sexism present in the scientific community in the country.
The panel hosted two scientists: Nasreen Ehtesham from the National Institute of Pathology and Immunologist Dr Vineeta Bal. Kickstarting the panel discussion, Dr Ramdas shed light on how only 14% of women are present in STEM research in India and the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISs) and Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) have only 12.72% of women. She further pointed out that the presence of Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi women in scientific research is negligible owing to a wide range of divisive factors.
Dr Bal invoked the sexism present at the 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) which was hostel by Nagpur University in the first week if January 2023. She mentioned kukum-haldi being offered to the delegates and stated that “the presence of patriarchal symbols was just another example of sexism wherein women scientists weren’t treated on par with men.”
The conference had hosted the presence of Prime Minister Narender Modi and saw controversial speeches made by Women’s Science Congress convenor Kalpana Pande and Union minister Nithin Gadkari’s wife Kanchan Gadkari.
Last year, Delhi High Court judge Pratiba M Singh had stated that Manusmrithi grants “very respectable position” to women at a panel titled “Facing the unseen barriers: Addressing challenges faced by Women in Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Mathematics (STEM).”
Dr Bal and Dr Ehtesham spoke about how lack of access to bathrooms, improper maternity leave and other institutional hindrances added to the lack of women in scientific research.
When asked about the current challenges younger women of science face, Dr Bal remarked that with the decline in a joint family system, women are compelled to stay at home to take of children as there isn’t enough familial or institutional assistance.
Further, when asked about the impact of #Metoo, the panelists mentioned that while we have come a long way, scientific community is still plagued with several cases of sexual harassment and aside from the setting up of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), most scientific institutions are unable to do much.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023