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Mandaviya, Vaishnaw Flag Off Jan Aushidhi Train

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off a Jan Aushadhi Train (Chhattisgarh Samparkranti Express) in New Delhi on Friday, said a press release by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

This train has been wrapped with the branding of the Jan Aushadhi scheme to spread awareness about Jan Aushadhi Generic medicines which are available through more than 9000 Kendras at affordable prices. This train will travel through more than four States for two months, added the press release.

Also, a similar train from Pune to Danapur has been flagged off covering 4 States for 2 months for generating awareness amongst the general public about the Jan Aushadhi scheme.

The third day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas, 2023 was observed as ‘Jan Aushadhi – Ek Kadam Matri Shakti Ki Ore’ across the country. women beneficiaries attended in large numbers at 34 locations in all States/UTs at Jan Aushadhi Kendras where interaction was conducted in the presence of women public representatives, women doctors, NGO’s and information sharing about the Health benefits of Jan Aushadhi medicines was done.

Special discussions about menstrual health were also conducted. Kits containing women-centric products were distributed to more than 3500 women at designated locations.

Mandaviya said that Jan Aushadhi Kendras provide quality and affordable medicines. More than 9000 Jan Aushadhi Kendra are working to ensure that people would get quality medicines at affordable prices and these Kendras are gaining popularity amongst the public.

Mandaviya further stated that Railways is also carrying a special campaign for the publicity of affordable generic medicines which in turn will create awareness among the public and will also save them money.

Union Minister informed that Railways Ministry has decided to open Jan Aushadhi Kendra at some big railway stations. This will prove beneficial for the commuters as they can buy medicines from these kendras at stations and they don’t need to go anywhere.

The Minister also informed that Jan Aushadhi Kendra can be opened by any private individual. 20 per cent commission is provided to him so that he can not only get medium of employment but also of service. He further said, while inexpensive and quality medicines are available at Jan Aushadhi Kendras throughout the country, these Kendras are also providing sanitary pads to women at the price of just Re 1 per pad. (ANI)

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Alia’s Kashmir Pic From ‘Rocky And Rani…’ Goes Viral

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Actress Alia Bhatt is currently in Kashmir for the shoot of Karan Johar’s directorial ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’.

If reports are to be believed, the team of ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ recently headed to the picturesque valley to shoot a romantic song there.

A few pictures and videos from the sets went viral. In the image, Alia is seen wearing a red turtleneck sweater with a matching red blazer. She is also seen wearing a nose ring.

In one of the clips, Alia is seen shooting for the song while sitting in a car.

Helmed by Johar, ‘Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ also stars Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi in lead roles.

The film marks the second collaboration between Ranveer and Alia and also the return of Karan as a director after ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ (2016).

KJo recently announced the new release date of his film with a sweet message.

He wrote, “They say ‘sabr ka phal meetha hota hai’, so to increase the mithaas of this incredibly special story – we’re coming with a whole lot of love! Rocky aur Rani ke parivaar ho rahe hai taiyyaar, aur ab dekhiye yeh anokhi kahani of pyaar! #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani in cinemas 28th July, 2023.”

Initially, the movie was supposed to release on the eve of Valentine’s day this year.But later the makers pushed the date to April. Karan posted a long caption back then, “After 7 years, it’s time for me to return to my first home – the cinemas. I had the absolute honour of working with not one, but many illustrious actors on the set of my film. The familial nostalgic feeling of an ensemble cast, creating music that captivates the hearts and a story that runs deep to the roots of our family traditions.”

The film is all set to hit the theatres on July 28, 2023. (ANI)

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Videos Of Attacks On Bihar Migrants In Tamil Nadu Fake: Patna ADG

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

A senior Bihar Police officer said on Friday the Tamil Nadu Police has informed that videos circulating on social media showing alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the southern state were “false” and “misleading”.

“Bihar DGP has spoken to TN DGP. Other senior officers of the Bihar Police are in touch with senior officials of the Tamil Nadu Police. The Tamil Nadu Police has said that the said videos are fake and misleading,” Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Patna, JS Gangwar told ANI.

Stating that the alleged videos were of some old personal disputes, he said Tamil Nadu Police is providing protection to migrant workers.

“Videos of some old personal disputes were shot and it was published saying that it is against residents of Bihar. They have said that no such incident has taken place. Tamil Nadu Police is taking action continuously and providing protection,” said Gangwar, ADG (HQ) Patna.

He said, “Everyone is safe and there is no problem.”

“Bihar Police is speaking to the people concerned to verify the new reports & trying to find out if there is any problem at all. Right now, nothing as such has come to light,” he added.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police C Sylendra Babu clarified that the videos circulating on social media were false and “mischievous.”

“Somebody in Bihar has posted a false and mischievous video saying that the migrant workers of Bihar are attacked in Tamil Nadu. Two videos are posted and both are false videos. These two incidents happened earlier in time in Tiruppur and Coimbatore. In both cases, the clash was not between Tamil Nadu people and migrant workers. One was a clash between two groups of Bihar migrant workers and another video was a clash between two local residents of Coimbatore. They are all Tamil Nadu people,” DGP Babu said.

The DGP further said that the facts are twisted to make it appear that the migrant workers of Bihar are attacked in Tamil Nadu.

“Here, people are leaving very peacefully. Law and order is maintained very well in the state of Tamil Nadu. All the people are living in harmony,” he added.

The Tamil Nadu Police clarification came after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took note of media reports on the videos and directed the state chief secretary and DGP to speak to officials in the Tamil Nadu government and ensure the safety of Bihar labourers.

“I have come to know through newspapers about attacks on labourers from Bihar working in Tamil Nadu. I have directed the chief secretary and director general of police of Bihar to talk to the officials of the Tamil Nadu government and ensure the safety of labourers from Bihar living there,” Kumar said in a tweet.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav also said that Tamil Nadu Police has clarified that the videos are “baseless.”

He took to Twitter last night as well to say, “DGP Tamil Nadu is categorically stating that it is completely baseless and rumour mongering that migrant workers of Bihar are being targeted in Tamil Nadu. Old video of violence is mischievously being spread stating people of Bihar are no longer safe in Tamil Nadu, creating panic.” (ANI)

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RBI Slaps ₹3 Crore Penalty On AmazonPay

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it imposed a monetary penalty of over Rs 3 crore (3,06,66,000) on Amazon Pay (India) for non-compliance with certain provisions related to Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.

According to a statement from the central bank, the action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entity with its customers.

Amazon Pay is the digital payment arm of e-commerce giant Amazon.

The statement said, “It was observed that the entity was non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on KYC requirements.” It added, “Accordingly, notice was issued to the entity advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed for non-compliance with the directions.”

The RBI statement said the penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. (ANI)

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Uzbekistan Child Deaths: Noida Police Arrests Three Employees Of Pharma Firm

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

The Noida Police on Friday arrested three people for manufacture and sale of duplicate medicines who are linked with the pharmaceutical firm that manufacrtured cough syrup whose use is alleged to have led to death some children in Uzbekistan last year.

The accused have been identified as Atul Rawat, Tuhin Bhattacharya and Mool Singh and were arrested from Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd.
The case had been registered at Gautam Buddha Nagar Phase-3 Police Station under various sections of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.

A probe had been launched last year launched an inquiry into the Noida-based drugs manufacturer after deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan had alleged that 18 children had died after consuming medicines manufactured by the company.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had conducted an inpsection following reports from Uzbekistan and all manufacturing activities of Marion Biotech at Noida unit were stopped till the completion of inquiry. The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration Department had suspended the production licence of the company. (ANI)

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Sisodia Moves Bail Plea In Trial Court

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Former Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia, who is presently in CBI remand, moved a regular bail petition in a trial court on Friday.

Sisodia was recently arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD.
According to the lawyer concerned, hearing on the bail plea will be held on Saturday. Sisodia is also scheduled to be produced on Saturday at the end of his remand period granted on February 27, 2023.

Rouse Avenue Court on Monday while sending Sisodia to CBI remand directed that the interrogation of the accused during the remand period shall be conducted at some place having CCTV coverage in accordance with guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court and the said footage shall be preserved by the CBI.

Special Judge MK Nagpal on February 27, 2023, decided to send Manish Sisodia to CBI remand till March 4, 2023. Sisodia was arrested on Sunday in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD.

The court said, keeping in view the facts and circumstances, the accused is being remanded to CBI custody for a period of five days i.e. till March 4, 2023, for his further and extensive interrogation.

The court observed that the accused had joined the investigation of this case on two earlier occasions, but it has also been observed that he has failed to provide satisfactory answers to most of the questions put to him during his examination and interrogation conducted and has thus, failed to legitimately explain the incriminating evidence which has allegedly surfaced against him in the investigation conducted so far.

It is true that he cannot be expected to make self-incriminating statements, but the interests of justice and of a fair investigation require that he should come up with some legitimate answers to the questions which are being put to him by the Investigation officer.

Some of his subordinates are found to have disclosed certain facts which can be taken as incriminating against him and some documentary evidence against him has also already surfaced a proper and fair investigation requires that some genuine and legitimate answers to the questions being put to him about the same are to be found and hence, in considered opinion of this court, this can only be done during custodial interrogation of the accused, noted the court.

During arguments, CBI counsel told the court that the Delhi Deputy CM’s custodial interrogation is required for an effective investigation into the case. While seeking five days’ remand of Sisodia, CBI said, “Conspiracy was hatched in a very planned and secret manner.”

Meanwhile, senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan appeared for Sisodia and opposed the remand application of CBI.

“If someone is not willing to say something, that cannot be a ground for arrest,” argued Sisodia’s lawyer.

“What should I do with a phone that I changed? I am a minister, I cannot send it to a second-hand shop, it would have important data. CBI confronted me with the material but I did not confess. The remand application says I gave evasive replies. This cannot be a ground for remand. They search my residence on August 19, 2022. I hand over my phone. They called me to join the investigation and I joined. I cooperated,” Advocate Dayan Krishnan argued for Delhi Deputy CM.

The CBI on Sunday released a statement on Sisodia’s arrests, claiming he was giving evasive replies and wasn’t cooperating in the ongoing investigation of the liquor scam case. (ANI)

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Sensex Gains 900 Points, Adani Group Companies Gain

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Indian equity markets on Friday made gains, tracking global cues. Almost every index on BSE ended in the positive territory, with BSE FMCG, BSE IT, BSE Telecom and BSE Financial Services gaining and pulling up the markets.

Adani Group firms such as Adani Enterprises, Adani Green, Adani Transmission, Adani Wilmar, Adani Ports and Adani Power made gains during Friday’s session. After opening at 17,451.25, the Nifty extended gains during the day and settled near the 17,600 level.

Key indices BSE Sensex went up 899 points or 1.53 per cent and settled at 59,808.97 while Nifty gained 272 points and ended at 17,594.35. SBI, Bharti Airtel and SBI Life Insurance were among the top Nifty gainers. Tech Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Cipla, Divis Labs and Asian Paints were the laggards.

According to stock exchanges, Reliance Industries went up 2.46 per cent, HDFC Bank gained 1.95 per cent and ICICI Bank surged 1.74 per cent. These stocks also pushed the indices higher.

In Asian markets, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Shanghai were trading in the positive territory on Friday.

In US markets, Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, NYSE and S&P 500 were all trading in the green, when Asian markets opened.

In European markets, BEL-20, CAC 40, Deutsche Borse and FTSE 100 gained on Friday.

Adani Enterprises went up 16.60 per cent to Rs 1,874 apiece, Adani Green surged till the upper limit to end at Rs 561.75, Adani Transmission went up till the upper limit to Rs 744.15 apiece, Adani Wilmar surged 5 per cent to Rs 418.55 apiece, Adani Power also went up 4.99 per cent to Rs 169.30 apiece and Adani Ports gained 9.76 per cent to Rs 683.70 apiece.

S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index came in at 59.4 in February as against 57.2 in January, attaining its highest level in 12 years and indicating a sharp expansion in output. Where growth was reported, survey participants mentioned favourable demand conditions and new business gains. (ANI)

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Chhattisgarh Ashram Staff Arrested For Torturing Minor

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Caretakers of an ashram in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district allegedly thrashed and burnt the face of a minor girl over a petty issue.

The shocking incident took place at Jai Gurudev Manas Ashram located in the district’s Baghbahara block recently, said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akash Rao Giripunje.

A dispute broke out between the minor girl and caretakers over the issue of offering ‘Bhog’ and the latter allegedly thrashed the former, said the officer, elaborating that the accused persons allegedly burned the face of the minor girl.

Following a complaint received from the victim’s brother, police registered an offence against the accused trio and arrested them, ASP Giripunje said.

The arrested accused persons were identified as Sonu Patel, Bhoj Sahu and Rakesh Diwan, the officer added.

The victim was admitted to the hospital where she is under the observation of the doctors, the ASP said.

According to the officer, the victim’s brother along with family members visited the ashram on February 20. While the entire family returned back, the minor girl stayed at the ashram. A dispute broke out between the caretakers and the minor girl over the issue of offering ‘Bhog’ and aggrieved by the incident, the accused trio allegedly thrashed the victim and also burned her face. Moreover, the accused persons allegedly intimidated the victim’s brother and asked him not to share the incident with the police.

Based on the investigation findings, police registered an offence against the accused persons and arrested them, the officer said and further informed that a probe in this connection is underway. (ANI)

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Aap Hamare Bedroom Mein Aajaiye: Saif To Paparazzo

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

Mumbai celebrities have a lukewarm relationship with the paparazzi. The celebs at times get annoyed with the paps, at times they even tease them.

Recently, Saif Ali Khan’s comment, directed towards a paparazzo, went viral on the Internet. Saif and Kareena Kapoor Khan were returning home from the birthday bash of Malaika Arora’s mother on Thursday night. While a paparazzo was requesting them for a pose, Saif (accompanied by Kareena Kapoor Khan) said to him, “Aap hamare bedroom mein aajaiyee.” (You can visit our bedroom)
It’s not been many days since Alia Bhatt took to Instagram to vent out her anger at a paparazzo who clicked her pictures inside her home without her consent. Alia wrote on Instagram, “Are you kidding me? I was at my house having a perfectly normal afternoon sitting in my living room when I felt something watching me…. I looked up and saw two men on the terrace of my neighbouring building with a camera right at me! In what world is this okay and allowed?”

Tagging the Mumbai Police, she added, “This is a gross invasion of someone’s privacy and it’s safe to say all lines were crossed today! @mumbaipolice.”

Following the incident, Mumbai Police even asked Alia to lodge an official complaint.

Generally, Saif and Kareena pose for the paparazzi on different occasions. Perhaps they were in a hurry or Saif was in a mood to tease the pap. But ‘Chote Nawab’s comment has become the talk of the tinsel town. (ANI)

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Anushka Is Missing Mountains

By LokMarg 3rd March 2023

It’s a well-known fact that actress Anushka Sharma and her husband Virat Kohli are mountain lovers.

Days after spending quality time in Uttarakhand, Anushka dropped a post flaunting her love for mountains.
Taking to Instagram, the ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ star shared a throwback picture in which she is seen sitting against a backdrop of lush greenery.

“I miss the mountains and I hope they miss me too,” she captioned the post.

Anushka visited the mountainous area with Virat and their daughter Vamika in last February. She had shared calming and adventurous pictures from her trip back then.

In one of the images, Virat could be seen trekking with his one-year-old on his back in a baby carrier.

Alongside the pictures, she wrote, “There’s a mountain in the mountains and there is no one at the top.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Anushka will be seen essaying the role of the iconic Indian pace bowler Jhulan Goswami in the much-talked-about film ‘Chakda Xpress’.The final release date of the film is still awaited.

The ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ actor will be portraying the role of a cricketer for the first time in her career. Anushka’s brother Karnesh Sharma will be producing ‘Chakda Xpress’ with his home production company Clean Slate Filmz. (ANI)

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