‘Can’t save those who want to die’: Yogi Adityanath’s remark on CAA violence sparks row Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath created a controversy on Wednesday in the Uttar Pradesh assembly by saying that not much could be done to save someone who was intent on dying. His comments came in the context of the opposition parties raising the issue of 24 people dying in anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in the state in December. Source: Hindustan Times
Oyo CEO Defends Business Practices That Anger Some Hoteliers After downsizing his U.S. business, Oyo CEO Ritesh Agarwal defended the hotel chain’s business model, and gave no hint that he would be seeking to decelerate Oyo’s growth. At the same time, Agarwal, in an interview with members of the editorial and research teams at Skift’s Manhattan headquarters, acknowledged that a key tech feature — dynamic pricing — hasn’t met expectations. He said Oyo is working hard to ensure that it uses more data points when making pricing decisions. Source: Skift
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly reacts to world’s largest cricket stadium in Motera The Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad is well on its way to become the largest cricket stadium in the world as it will host 110,000 spectators, more than doubling its previous capacity of 54,000. The pictures of the venue has already created a lot of buzz among fans and players alike. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly also reacted on the venue which is expected to be inaugurated by US President Donald Trump. “Lovely to see such a massive ,pretty stadium .. Ahmedabad .. have great memories in this ground as a...
India may take license from Huawei to locally build telecom gear: Cybersecurity chief NEW DELHI: India should consider localised manufacturing of telecom gear by providing a license fee to the Chinese Huawei Technologies for the fifth-generation or 5G technology patents, the country’s top Cybersecurity official said. “We should give a license fee to them (Huawei), and ensure that hardware and software would remain ours, and that’s the best option,” the National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) chief Lt. Gen Rajesh Pant told ETT, and added that a multi-vendor approach is also one of the alternatives to thwart backdoor apprehensions. Source: Economic Times
Afghanistan’s presidential election: Ashraf Ghani declared winner Incumbent President Ashraf Ghani has been declared the winner of Afghanistan‘s presidential election, almost five months after the voting took place amid a low turnout due to the threat of violence and concerns over electoral fraud. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Tuesday that Ghani garnered 50.64 percent of the vote on September 28 of last year, beating Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who secured 39.52 percent of votes. Source: Aljazeera
JLR’s UK output threatened by coronavirus-linked parts shortage: CEO Ralf Speth WARWICK, ENGLAND : Jaguar Land Rover has enough parts from China to maintain its British production for the next two weeks but not beyond that at the moment due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the firm’s boss said on Tuesday. Britain’s biggest carmaker, which operates three car factories in its home market, joined major global companies such as Apple in warning of the impact of the virus on supply chains. Source: Livemint
Hrithik Roshan bowled over by Tanhaji, says ‘Ajay Devgn and Kajol, take a bow’ Hrithik Roshan showered praise on Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, featuring Ajay Devgn in the titular role. In a tweet, Hrithik said that he just watched the historical drama and was blown away by the performances and action. “Just watched #Tanhaji what an incredible movie . Best action ever. @ajaydevgn and Kajol take a bow ! Saif is just brilliant . Entire cast/crew needs an applause for this massive effort! @Officialneha u were superb. What a film,” he wrote on Twitter. Source: Hindustan Times
“I’m Disappointed” – Belinda Bencic on Her Shocking Loss in Dubai Thee defending champion in Dubai Belinda Bencic just came within 5 points of a Golden Set. In Dubai’s opener, she won the first 19 points of the match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. After losing the first set, it was a massive turn around from the Russian. Despite being a set and a break down, the reigning Australian Open quarterfinalist Pavlyuchenkova bounced back toppled World Number four Bencic 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Bencic was pretty much dominating at the beginning of the match and later lost all her control. The top-ranked Swiss was saddened with her first-round defeat....
‘Disclosure’ on Manmohan Singh triggers fresh BJP-Congress spat A day after Montek Ahluwalia’s ‘disclosure’ that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sought his advice if he should quit when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore the ordinance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Singh should apologise to the country for not stepping down then. However, Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala maintained that neither the party nor Gandhi would ever think of disrespecting the former prime minister. “Rahulji had always described him as his guru. But it was Rahul Gandhi who displayed the will to show the way for cleansing politics....
‘When your govt twiddled its thumbs’: Smriti Irani jabs Rahul Gandhi for attack on women’s permanent commission ruling Union minister Smriti Irani took on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who attacked the government for its reply in the Supreme Court in case on permanent commission for women. Irani said it was Narendra Modi government ensured gender justice when “your government twiddled its thumbs”. “The Govt disrespected every Indian woman, by arguing in the SC that women Army officers didn’t deserve command posts or permanent service because they were inferior to men. I congratulate India’s women for standing up & proving the...
