CRPF provide high-tech sticks to women personnel to handle mischief mongers during riots

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September 15, 2022

In order to discourage the mob and mischief mongers during riots or other law and order situations, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is looking for options like high-tech sticks that will ‘stun’ offenders for their women personnel.

This special Polycarbonate baton will have electrical features that will generate an electric shock that will not be lethal.

CRPF is in a process of framing Qualitative Requirements of Polycarbonate Shield and Lathi for women personnel in collaboration with the Defense Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS).

The document accessed by agencies reads that baton (Lathi) shall be used by women troops during their deployment. It is self-defense equipment for troops during their deployments in riots or riot situations.

It is required to be lightweight and made of good quality material. It should have resistance, be flexible and easy to carry.

Polycarbonate baton is a high-impact, durable and lightweight lathi meant for the use of police, paramilitary, allied forces and other security services.

Polycarbonate shield for women troops has to be lightweight with shock absorption capabilities, good quality material and fire resistant for handling crowds with varying degrees of hostility.

Besides that, it must be able to protect the whole body of women personnel from injuries due to impact, blow from blunt objects, brick batting, Lathi blow, stone pelting, projectile /missile, acid bulbs, Molotov’s cocktails and industrial chemicals thrown at her.

The baton should have operational life of red color LED and should glow for 30 minutes continuously with the recharging facility. The Polycarbonate Lathi for women has some added features by means of its electrical components providing better deterrence against the violent mob.

“The Lathi comes well equipped with features meant to deter and discourage the mob and mischief mongers, with its electrical discharge making a buzzing noise, threatening the approachers around. Also, it contains a charged source (battery) that comes with an in-built charger for easy recharging,” the document reads.

At present, CRPF has six battalions of women personnel that contain more than 6,000 women personnel who are deployed in active duty in Jammu and Kashmir, Ayodhya, Manipur, Assam, LWE area and other parts of the country where they are doing a commendable job.

Out of these six battalions, Rapid Action Force (RAF) has 15 small battalions with 35-40 women in each battalion.

Tata Group-owned Air India is working on its new plan named “Vihaan”

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September 15, 2022

Tata Group-owned Air India on Thursday targeted a share of at least 30 per cent of the domestic market over the next five years as it looks to rebuild its reputation after years of losses at the former state-run carrier.

The autos-to-steel conglomerate, which completed its purchase of Air India in January, faces an uphill struggle to upgrade an ageing fleet, turn around the company’s financials and improve service levels.

The airline had a domestic market share of 8.4 per cent in July, well behind leading airline IndiGo’s 58.8 per cent, according to data from the aviation regulator. The plan, called Vihaan.

AI or the dawn of a new era in Sanskrit language outlines initiatives including proactive maintenance and altering flight schedules to improve on-time performance.

Air India also plans to grow its international routes. The airline said earlier this week that it will expand its fleet by more than a quarter by leasing 30 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Comments “Vihaan.

AI is our transformation plan to make Air India the world class airline it once was, and that it deserves to be again,” said Air India Chief Executive Campbell Wilson.

Hrithik Roshan turns item boy for ‘Alcoholia’ song for ‘Vikram Vedha’

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September 15, 2022

Superstar Hrithik Roshan will be seen in a completely different avatar in ‘Alcoholia’ song from ‘Vikram Vedha’ film.

As per the makers, Hrithik will be seen dancing to the song that has a desi vibe. It’s titled ‘Alcoholia’ as it depicts the quirky element of the song, where Vedha and his gang will be seen celebrating.

‘Alcoholia’ will be broadcast live across 15 cities – Lucknow, Patna, Indore, Surat, Nagpur, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Noida, Nasik, Varanasi, Ranchi, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Delhi.

The track is sung by Vishal-Shekhar, Snigdhajit Bhowmik, and Ananya Chakraborty. The music is given by the hit duo Vishal-Shekhar while the lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir.

‘Vikram Vedha’ is an official Hindi remake of a Tamil film with the same title, which starred R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles.

The story of ‘Vikram Vedha’ is full of twists and turns, as a tough cop Vikram (Saif Ali Khan) sets out to track and chase a dreaded gangster Vedha (Hrithik Roshan). What unfolds is a cat-and-mouse chase, where Vedha – a master storyteller helps Vikram peel back layers through a series of stories leading to thought-provoking moral ambiguities.

Helmed by Pushkar and Gayatri, the film is set to hit the theatres on September 30. Radhika Apte is also a part of ‘Vikram Vedha’.

South Africa coach Mark Boucher will be replacing Mahela Jayawardene as head coach in IPL

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September 15, 2022

South Africa coach Mark Boucher is the favourite to succeed Mahela Jayawardene as the head coach of IPL side Mumbai Indians.

As per the ESPNcricinfo, Mark Boucher is the front runner after having relinquished his post as the South African coach, serving only till the T20 World Cup.

The Mumbai Indians organisation confirmed Simon Katich’s hiring on Thursday in a media statement, adding that Hashim Amla will serve as his assistant as the team’s batting coach, while Robin Peterson will serve as general manager. Fielding coach James Pamment will remain in his position. Reliance Industries Limited, which also owns MI Emirates in the UAE’s ILT20 league and IPL powerhouse Mumbai Indians, are the owner of MI Cape Town.

Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, and Dewald Brevis who also represents the team in the Indian Premier League were the first SA20 team to make their five direct signings public in August.

MI Cape Town was the first SA20 side to do so before the auction. September 19 is the announced date for the SA20 player auction in Cape Town.

The club recently revamped its current coaching setup, which was followed by the hiring of additional support staff.

Zaheer Khan, who served as the director of cricket operations up until last season, has been promoted to the position of global head of cricket development, replacing Mahela Jayawardene, who has been the head coach of the Mumbai Indians since 2017. Both of them will be involved with the group’s three teams.

One of Jayawardene’s responsibilities is to supervise the coaching staffs at each of the three franchises. To that end, he collaborated with the ownership group of the Mumbai Indians to determine the coaching staffs for each of the three teams, the specifics of which are anticipated to be revealed this week.

Koffee with Karan S7: Anil Kapoor reveals how he was insecure about Jackie Shroff’s success

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September 15, 2022

While…. ‘N’ bomb was dropped again in the latest episode of ‘Koffee With Karan,’ the host sparked the nepotism debate- outsider vs star kids with Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan. Anil revealed he was insecure about Jackie Shroff’s success.

During the almost hour-long show, conversations among the guests and the host swung from topics of infidelity, and role-playing to nepotism, and much more.

Anil Kapoor revealed that he was insecure about Jackie’s success after he bagged the big project under Subhash Ghai’s banner.

When Karan Johar asked the ‘Mr India’ actor, about his view on Nepotism. Anil said, “I just don’t take it seriously. I feel you just keep doing your work and your work speaks. This is a kind of question, especially if you are an actor, you can’t pass on that legacy to your brother or son. You either have it or you don’t. I remember when I started, there was Sunny (Deol), Sanju (Sanjay Dutt).”

Karan Johar interrupted him and brought Jackie’s (Jackie Shroff) name. To which Anil responded, he was an outsider but he got his big break with a Subhash Ghai film and he became an A-lister just with the announcement.

He said, at that time, he was doing big roles and South Indian films and I did feel, you know kind of not feeling good about it. Yaar why. The day I signed a Yash Chopra film, I felt like now I am fine.”

Karan asked, “Did you feel insure about Jackie’s success at that time.” Anil admitted that by saying, yeah he became a huge success. And I remember so well and he was such a sweet guy. When we were shooting, whenever he used to get the autograph book, he always passed it to me to sign first.

Uganda’s world marathon runner Jacob Kiplimo to run in Delhi Half Marathon

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September 15, 2022

Jacob Kiplimo, Marathon runner | Image : AP

Uganda’s world half marathon record holder Jacob Kiplimo will feature in the Delhi Half Marathon on October 16, the organisers announced on Thursday.

The 21-year-old Kiplimo is the reigning world half marathon champion after winning the title in 2020.

Last year, he ran a phenomenal world record time of 57:31 in Lisbon.

The young Ugandan star has already had an outstanding season, winning both the RAK Half Marathon in the UAE in February in a world-leading time of 57:56 and then the Great North Run half marathon last Sunday.

Kiplimo had also won a 10,000m bronze in the World Athletics Championships in USA and a memorable 5000m/10,000m double at the Commonwealth Games last month.

Ethiopia’s Amdework Walelegn improved the Delhi course record to 58:53 in 2020, but Kiplimo believes he can run the fastest half marathon ever seen on Indian soil during his first visit to the country next month.

“I have been told that the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon course is a quick one and the record suggests that you can run fast times there…with a month to go to the race, I am in good shape, and I will focus on preparing specifically for the race over the next few weeks,” said Kiplimo.

“I had a successful track season although I would have liked to have done a little better at the World Championships, but I have not raced too much this year, so I am still fresh and I want to show the people of Delhi and India what I am capable of,” he added.

The 17th edition of Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics elite label event, has a new title sponsor, with the race promoters Procam International joining forces with India’s leading natural resources conglomerate, Vedanta Limited.

The race has a prize fund of USD 268,000, and the international elite field will have its sights on the first prize of USD 27,000 for both men and women.

Pawar: No hope of Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor unit coming back to Maharashtra

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September 15, 2022

Sharad Pawar, Gujrat, Bilkis Bano — Image: PTI | NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the VedantaFoxconn semiconductor plant should not have gone out of Maharashtra, but there was no hope now of the big-ticket project coming back to the state after the joint venture company opted for Gujara.

The Opposition parties have sought to corner the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government following the announcement two days ago that the Rs 1.54 lakh crore semiconductor plant would be set up in neighbouring Gujarat and not in Maharashtra as proposed earlier.

Addressing a press conference, Pawar said the Centre’s assurance to Maharashtra that it will get a bigger project than the Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor plant was is akin to trying to ”convince a child”.

He said the mega project was originally envisaged to come up at Talegaon near Pune city, which already has an automobile hub near Chakan.

It would have been good for the company (Vedanta-Foxconn) had the plant come up at Talegaon, said the former Union minister. Two days ago, India’s mining conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronic giant Foxconn jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat government to set up a Rs 1.54 lakh crore semiconductor and display manufacturing unit in the adjoining state.

Leaders of the erstwhile ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), consisting of the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress, have slammed the Shinde-led government for Maharashtra losing out on the mega project.

Jimmy Kimmel reveals how Andrew Garfield turned into real-life ‘Spider-Man’ by saving him at Emmys

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September 15, 2022

JIMMY KIMMEL AND ANDREW GARFIELD — Image: Instagram

American comedian and TV host Jimmy Kimmel recently showered praises on Andrew Garfield while revealing how the actor turned into real-life ‘Spider-Man’ by saving him at the 2022 Emmys.

According to Media reports, Jimmy Kimmel during the opening monologue of his late-night show shared how Andrew ended up swooping in to prevent a potentially dangerous situation.

He said that at the start of the award show, there was a musical number featuring TV show theme songs. During the performance, music from ‘Game of Thrones’ came on and dancers with spears appeared.

“About halfway through the dance, the tip of one of the spears comes flying off the handle straight at us at our table,” said Jimmy, who shared an Emmys table with Andrew, Amanda Seyfried and Jeremy Allen White, as per Media reports.

He continued, “Out of nowhere, and I swear to God this happened, Andrew Garfield lunges forward and snatches it out of the air, like Spider-Man.”

“Like he might be really Spider-Man. Just as Spider-Man would have done were he in an undercover situation,” Jimmy said of the actor, who was nominated for best actor in a limited series for his role in ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’.

He then poked fun at the situation, sharing that Andrew’s “shirt came open” and his “wife almost had to be resuscitated.” Though the moment was not aired, Jimmy did manage to get a shot of Andrew and himself, along with the infamous spear.

“Well, here I am with the superhero who saved our lives. With great power, comes great reflexes” Kimmel said, as per Media reports

Who was responsible for nixing Nanar refinery, Fadnavis asks Oppn

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September 15, 2022

Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Home Minister, Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister, Cabinet Expansion — Image: Agencies

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused the opposition of making false claims over the Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor plant going to Gujarat, and also questioned it over the Nanar refinery project.

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have sought to corner the state government following the announcement two days ago that the Rs 1.54 lakh crore semiconductor plant would be set up in Gujarat and not in Maharashtra as proposed earlier.

“It is disappointing that negative, false and baseless claims are being spread to gain political mileage. This is only to hide their own incompetence. I want to ask opposition leaders, who sent back Rs 3.5 lakh crore refinery from Maharashtra? My advice to these leaders is to focus on becoming competent & efficient and not negative and desperate, ” Fadnavis, who is visiting Moscow, tweeted.

माझा या नेत्यांना प्रश्न आहे की, महाराष्ट्रात 3.5 लाख कोटी रुपयांची गुंतवणूक रिफायनरीच्या माध्यमातून येत असताना त्याला विरोध कुणी केला, हा प्रकल्प कुणी लांबविला?
स्वतः कार्यक्षम होण्यावर आधी लक्ष केंद्रीत करा, ना की अस्वस्थता आणि नकारात्मकतेवर !
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 14, 2022

He also welcomed Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal’s tweet that Maharashtra will be key to “forward integration” to the joint venture in Gujarat.

“We welcome your decision to choose Maharashtra for forwarding integration. We will always remain competitive and extremely business-friendly,” the BJP leader added.

The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had sided with the locals who were opposed to the refinery project that was to come up at Nanar in the coastal Ratnagiri district.

Earlier, in a series of tweets, Agarwal said Vedanta-Foxconn JV had been professionally assessing the site for the multi-billion dollar investment.

“This is a scientific and financial process that takes several years. We started this about 2 years ago,” the industrialist said.

They shortlisted Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and had been engaging with each of these governments as well as the central government and “have received fantastic support,” he said.

“We decided on Gujarat a few months ago as they met our expectations. But in July meeting with Maharashtra leadership, they made a huge effort to outbid other states with a competitive offer. We have to start in one place and based on professional and independent advice we chose Gujarat,” the Vedanta chairman said.

The multibillion-dollar long-term investment will “change the course of Indian electronics”, he said, adding that it will create a pan-India ecosystem and “we are fully committed to investing in Maharashtra as well.”

“Maharashtra will be our key to forward integration in our Gujarat JV,” he added.

BJP offers 5 autos as ‘gift’ to Kejriwal after his run-in with Gujarat cops over auto ride

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September 15, 2022

Delhi BJP MLAs on Thursday reached Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here to “gift” him five autorickshaws, days after the AAP supremo had an argument with Gujarat Police personnel after they tried to stop him from travelling in a three-wheeler.

Kejriwal has a convoy of 27 vehicles but he enacted a drama in Gujarat by insisting on travelling in an autorickshaw, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said outside the chief minister’s Flagstaff Road residence.

During a two-day visit to Gujarat earlier this week, Kejriwal had dinner at an auto driver’s house in Ahmedabad on September 12. He was picked up from his five-star hotel by the auto driver.

A heated argument broke out between Kejriwal and police personnel part of his security detail after they tried to stop him from travelling in the auto citing security concerns. Later, a policeman sat beside the auto driver and two police vehicles escorted the autorickshaw.

Taking a swipe at Kejriwal, Bidhuri said, “He has a convoy of 27 vehicles and 200 security personnel have been deployed for his security and yet he enacted a drama by insisting on travelling in an autorickshaw in Gujarat. So, we are gifting him these autos to fulfil his wish of travelling in three-wheelers in Delhi.” One autorickshaw will serve as a pilot, one with the tricolour is for the chief minister, another two are for those who will escort him, and one is for his private secretary, the BJP leader said.