Month: July 2024

Actor Madhuri Dixit Nene recently attended the special screening of Vicky Kaushal-starrer ‘Bad Newz’ in Mumbai.

As the film hit the theatres on Friday, Madhuri took to Instagram and gave a shout-out to the team, saying she truly enjoyed watching the film.

“Had an amazing time last night. My Best wishes to the whole team of Bad Newz. Many congratulations guys on the new release. Don’t miss watching this fun movie,” she wrote.

Madhuri also shared a picture with Vicky from the screening.

The screening was also attended by Vicky’s wife and actor Katrina Kaif.

The husband-wife jodi looked extremely happy as they posed for the shutterbugs. Katrina looked gorgeous in a white dress that she paired with a white blazer.

On the other hand, Vicky was seen donning a suit.

Vicky’s brother Sunny and their parents also attended the screening. Directed by Anand Tiwari, the film seems to be a successor to the 2019 hit ‘Good Newwz,’ which starred Kareena Kapoor Khan, Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani and Diljit Dosanjh in the lead roles.’Bad Newz’ is co-produced by Tiwari, along with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Amritpal Singh Bindra.

Triptii Dimri And Ammy Virk are also part of ‘Bad Newz’.Meanwhile, at a recent Bad Newz promotional event in Delhi, Vicky addressed the pregnancy rumours about Katrina and termed it ‘speculations.’

He said, “Good news ki jo apne baat ki, woh jab aayegi toh [The good news that you are talking about], we’ll be very happy to share whenever it happens, but until then, there’s no truth to that, and it’s only speculation. Abhi Bad Newz enjoy kijiye, jab good news ayega to hum aapke saath zarur share karenge (Till then enjoy the film, Bad Newz and when there is good news, we will definitely share with you)” (ANI)

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After various businesses across the world reported IT outages on Friday, which included seeing the “Windows blue screen of death’, CrowdStrike the security firm linked to a software update that caused the outage says that the issue has been isolated and a fix deployed.

George Kurtz, President and CEO of CrowdStrike said the cybersecurity company was working with customers on the issues faced by them while giving a reassurance that the issue was “not a security incident or cyberattack.”

“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, and isolated and a fix has been deployed. We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on our website. We further recommend organizations ensure they’re communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels. Our team is fully mobilized to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers,” Kurtz said.

CrowdStrike told customers early Friday that it was “aware of reports of crashes” of its software on the Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to a company advisory as reported by CNN.

The US media outlet said that CrowdStrike is perhaps best known for investigating the Russian hack of Democratic National Committee computers during the 2016 US election.

In an update, Microsoft said “Our services are still seeing continuous improvements while we continue to take mitigation actions. Multiple services are continuing to see improvements in availability as our mitigation actions progress. More details can be found within the admin centre.”

Meanwhile, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory, CIAD-2024-0035, addressing the severe outage impacting Microsoft Windows systems.

According to CERT, this disruption is linked to the recent update of the CrowdStrike agent, Falcon Sensor. CERT said that to mitigate these issues, the CrowdStrike team has reverted the changes made in the recent update. However, if hosts are still experiencing crashes and are unable to stay online to receive the necessary Channel File Changes, CERT-In recommends certain steps.

1. First, boot Windows into Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment.
2. Next, navigate to the directory C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike and locate the file matching the pattern “C-00000291*.sys”.
3. Once identified, delete the file. Finally, reboot the host normally. Users are also advised to check for the latest updates and further instructions on the CrowdStrike support portal: CrowdStrike Support Portal. On Friday the outage affected companies across various sectors, from airlines, banks, food chains and brokerage houses, to news organizations, and railway networks. The travel industry was greatly affected causing significant delays in flights across the world. (ANI)

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All Indian nationals in Bangladesh are safe and New Delhi is in touch with officials there while closely monitoring the situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said in the wake of ongoing violent protests in the neighbouring country.

The Ministry of External Affairs said it has issued an advisory for the Indian nationals and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is himself monitoring the situation.

“As you are aware, there are protests which are happening in Bangladesh. We have around 8500 students and somewhere around 15,000 Indian nationals resident in the country,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in the weekly press briefing on Friday.

He further said that MEA will keep giving regular updates on the situation. It also urged the family members of Indian nationals there to be in touch with the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh.

“We have issued a travel advisory for people to be in touch with the High Commission and for us to render any assistance that they may need. The External Affairs Minister himself is monitoring the situation. The High Commission will be giving regular updates on the situation there. We will also be giving regular updates and we urge all family members of Indian nationals who reside in Bangladesh to be in touch. We remain committed to provide all possible assistance to our nationals,” Jaiswal said.

“All Indian nationals are safe there…we have a large student community, around 8500 students, many are pursuing medical education. They are safe and sound, they are in touch with the Indian High Commission, to our Assistant High Commissioner as well,” the MEA spokesperson added.

This comes as protests in Bangladesh intensified against the ‘controversial’ quota system in the government jobs. Several protestors have been killed and hundreds injured in the unrest.

The authorities have even imposed restrictions on internet, mobile services and gathering.

Earlier in the day, MEA issued an advisory directing Indian nationals in Bangladesh to avoid local travels amid protests. The advisory stated that the High Commission and Assistant High Commissions will be available on helpline numbers for any assistance required by Indian nationals and also advised them to minimise their movement outside their living premises.

In New Delhi, security was heightened outside the Bangladesh High Commission as a precautionary measure, in anticipation of any protest outside the Commission amid the ongoing anti-quota protests in Bangladesh.

Several police personnel were seen outside the Bangladesh High Commission Office on Friday morning. (ANI)

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Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has expressed confidence in the state-level coalition, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) forming the government in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections and said his party will strive to remove the current “corrupt government” in the state.

Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held later this year with the tenure of the current state assembly is ending in 2024. However, the Election Commission of India is yet to announce the dates.

Addressing a joint press conference along with Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole and Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala among others, Venugopal said that the Congress party is “united and in one voice.”

“Today’s meeting was about the election preparation. A discussion was held to strengthen Congress. We are going to be united. We are in one voice. Our aim is to remove this corrupt government from Maharashtra. This government is not a natural government,” Venugopal said while addressing the media in Mumbai today.

“We are going to form the government. We are fighting the election under the banner of MVA. Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Chandra Pawar) will fight together under the banner of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Of course, every party has their own ideas, planning, organisational structure but in the election we will fight together,” he added.

He claimed that the “atmosphere in India” has totally changed addinng that the people of Maharashtra will support the MVA in the upcoming assembly polls.

“We are very much committed to defeat this corrupt government in Maharashtra. That is going to happen in the coming days. After the parliamentary elections, there is clear message in the country. We, the Maha Vikas Aghadi, will plan a good campaign and good narrative and Maharashtra will be with us,” the Congress leader said.

On seat sharing, Venugopal said, “We are in touch with the leaders of our alliance parties. We will formulise this very soon.”

The Congress Core Committee meeting held at Garware Club in Mumbai was attended by all major leaders of the party in the state including Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar, Leader of Opposition Prithviraj Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Mukul Wasnik and Avinash Pandey among others.

A discussion on seat-sharing in the MVA for the assembly polls was held earlier on July 11.

According to the sources from the Congress, the party is likely to contest 120-130 assembly seats; the Shiv Sena (UBT) 90-100 seats while the NCP-SP is likely to contest 75-80 seats in the coming elections.

In the recent parliamentary elections, Congress emerged as the largest party in the state, with 13 Lok Sabha MPs, and along with Shiv Sena UBT’s 9 and the NCP (Pawar)’s 8 MPs, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won 30 seats out of the total number of 48 constituencies in Maharashtra. (ANI)

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties spanning 88.29 acres and valued at Rs 300.11 crore belonging to M3M India Infrastructures Private Ltd in connection with an alleged money laundering case, the agency said in a release on Friday.

According to the release, the properties attached are in the form of land parcels located in Basharia village in Haryana’s Gurugram.

ED initiated the investigation on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, based on allegations against Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the then Chief Minister of Haryana, Trilok Chand Gupta, then Director of DTCP, R S Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (RSIPL), and 14 other coloniser companies, the agency said in its release.

The alleged case involves cheating various landowners, the public at large, the state of Haryana, and the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), by getting issued notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (LA Act), and subsequently under section 6 of LA Act for the acquisition of lands of respective landowners, which compelled landowners to sell their land to said coloniser companies at a lower price than the prevailing price before the notification under section 4 of LA Act, the agency said.

The accused allegedly, fraudulently, and dishonestly obtained Letter of Intents (LOIs) and licences on the notified land, causing loss to the respective landowners, the public at large, and the state of Haryana and HUDA, while wrongfully gaining for themselves, the ED said in its release.

ED investigation revealed that RSIPL, a company beneficially owned by Basant Bansal and Roop Bansal, promoters of M3M group, allegedly colluded with the persons mentioned in the FIR and unlawfully got approved licences for land measuring 10.35 acres for establishing a commercial colony, by classifying their case as “a case of extreme hardship” without legal basis.

Upon securing licences to establish a commercial colony, the promoters of RSIPL allegedly did not develop a commercial colony, which was a precondition for obtaining the licences. Later on, they reportedly sold the company’s shares and assets, including the said licenced land for a staggering sum of Rs 726 crore to Lowe Realty Private Limited, an associated entity of Religare Group, the ED said in its release.

This alleged activity of obtaining the licenses illegally has resulted in the generation of Proceeds of Crime (PoC) to the tune of Rs 300.15 crore, which were subsequently allegedly diverted from RSIPL to the promoters of the firm into their bank accounts and to the bank accounts of their family members and subsequently utilized for operational and business expenses of M3M group companies,” the federal financial probe agency added in its release. (ANI)

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Global actor Priyanka Chopra, who celebrated her 42nd birthday on Wednesday, received a special wish from ‘jiju” Raghav Chadha.

Taking to Instagram, Parineeti Chopra’s husband and Aam Aadmi Party leader shared a family picture featuring himself, Parineeti, Nick Jonas, Priyanka, their daughter Malti Marie, Priyanka’s mother Madhu Chopra and Priyanka’s brother Siddharth.

Sharing the photo, he wrote, “Happy Birthday, @priyankachopra! Wishing you a fabulous year sprinkled with stardust, love and happiness.”

On Wednesday, Parineeti also took to her Instagram stories and dropped a childhood picture of her and “Mimi didi.”

Priyanka has her arm wrapped around Parineeti’s neck in the childhood picture.

She captioned the post, “Happiest birthday mini di. Wishing you the best always and always! @priyankachopra.”

Singer Nick Jonas shared romantic pictures to wish his wife.

Nick took to his Instagram handle to share happy photos with his lady love along with a cute note.

The album starts with a solo picture of Priyanka sitting in the corner of the pool in a yellow monokini.

Then comes, the romantic photo of the couple, expressing their love for each other with a passionate kiss at the beach.

In the next image, Priyanka can be seen posing in a stylish outfit during golden hour.

In the backdrop of the beautiful view of the beach and sky, Priyanka and Nick posed hand-in-hand.

Expressing love for his wife in words, Nick wrote, “The woman that you are. How lucky am I. Happy birthday my love. “

Priyanka and Nick Jonas got married in a Christian and a Hindu ceremony in Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhawan Palace on December 1 and 2 in 2018. Later, the couple also hosted two receptions in Delhi and Mumbai. In January 2022, the two announced that they welcomed daughter Malti Marie via surrogacy.

From being an outsider to crossing global boundaries, Priyanka Chopra established herself as an influential icon with her outstanding work over the years.

Her acting skills definitely helped her garner the limelight. She has been in the film industry for more than 20 years and with every project, she has always given her best. From ‘The Hero: Love Story of a Spy’ to ‘Citadel’, our Desi girl has come a long way in her career.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Priyanka has exciting projects in the pipeline.

She is set to star in ‘Heads of State’ alongside John Cena and Idris Elba, as well as in ‘The Bluff,’ directed by Frank E Flowers, which also features actor Karl Urban. (ANI)

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The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea raising allegations of the arbitrary and irrational decision of indefinitely postponing the NEET-SS Examination 2024, taken in a meeting held on February 21.

The petitioner has urged the top court to pass an appropriate direction to conduct the NEET-SS Examination 2024 in July-August, 2024 and an appropriate direction setting aside the decision of Respondent NMC taken in the meeting held on February 21 to postpone the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 and communicated vide letter dated February 23.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India also sought response from the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and National Medical Commission on the plea.

The plea was filed by 13 doctors including Rahul Balwan among others. The petitioner was represented by Rashmi Nandakumar. The Petitioners are doctors, who have completed their education in medicine up to the level of post-graduation, said that they are aggrieved by the arbitrary and irrational decision of indefinitely postponing the NEET-SS Examination 2024, taken in a meeting held on February 21, by the Respondent No. 3, that is, the National Medical

Commission.

The petitioner has urged the top court to pass an appropriate direction to conduct the NEET-SS Examination 2024 in July-August, 2024 and an appropriate direction setting aside the decision of Respondent NMC taken in the meeting held on February 21 to postpone the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 and communicated vide letter dated February 23.

“The reason given for the decision is that, due to Covid-19, the MD/MS and DNB courses (NEET-PG courses) for 2021 were held only from January to May 2022. Consequently, the NEET-PG 2021 candidates would not be eligible to appear for the NEET-SS Examination held in 2024,” the petition said.

The decision of Respondent No. 3 is in the teeth of the top court, wherein the top Court has approved the schedule for completion of admission to Super Speciality Courses as placed before it by the Central Government.

According to this schedule, the NEET-SS examination was to be held by the 10th of July of every year and the entire process was to be completed by the 31st of August every year.

“That the arbitrary decision to postpone the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 also violates the legitimate expectation of candidates such as the petitioners who have planned their careers based on the previously established examination schedule. Moreover, Respondent NMC is disrupting the academic year in order to accommodate a single batch of candidates, to the detriment of all other candidates who have completed their PG Courses,” the petition said.

“If the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 is postponed, candidates such as the Petitioners who have completed their PG Courses, who have been preparing for the test by quitting their jobs and not taking new assignments, will lose one entire year. The abrupt decision to postpone the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 without adequate notice or justification is also in violation of the principles of natural justice, and causes undue stress and uncertainty for candidates who have made significant personal and professional sacrifices in preparation for the examination. The Respondent No 3 has completely lost sight of the fact that the candidates appearing for the NEET-SS Examination are qualified doctors who either work in the hospitals or are studying intensively. Moreover, this disruption in NEET-SS Examination 2024 not only affects the doctors and their services but also has a detrimental effect on patient care,” the petition claimed.

The petition further raised that the said decision for postponement of the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 is arbitrary and irrational and will ultimately result in perpetuation of the anomaly caused due to the pandemic.

“That if the NEET-SS Examination, 2024 is postponed to 2025, the result would be that the Respondent No.3 would be required to hold the NEET-SS Examination out of turn every 3 years, to fill up vacancies arising from the out of turn academic session. The impugned postponement disrupts the established admission schedule being followed, which is essential for maintaining a predictable and transparent academic calendar, crucial for both candidates and educational institutions,” said the petition.

The petitioner further submitted that the NMC must rectify the irregularity that has crept into the admission process due to the pandemic, so that going forward the NEET-SS Examination can be conducted without repeatedly causing disruption to the academic calendar. (ANI)

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Former US President Donald Trump, while concluding his speech on Friday at the Republican National Convention made a plea for unity saying it was time to rise above differences.

“We must now come together, rise above past differences. Any disagreements have to be put aside. America’s future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier, stronger, freer, greater and more united than ever before,” Trump said.

Trump said that we live in a world of miracles and don’t know God’s plans. Later, his wife, Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump joined him on the stage alongside others.

“Nothing will ever slow us down, no matter what obstacles come. We will strive together to save this country. We will restore the republic and usher in a wonderful tomorrow. In simple terms, we will make America great again, he said.

He added that the world’s greatest invasion was happening in the US- that of illegal migration from South America, Asia, Middle East. He said that there is no hope for America if illegal invasions are not stopped, which Biden’s administration failed.

“I will resolve the illegal immigration crisis by securing our borders. In just under four years, our adversaries transformed our achievements into hardship. Our cities are overrun by illegal immigrants, stealing jobs from Black, Hispanic, and union workers. Inflation has eradicated savings, plunging the middle class into despair. We must not let this persist. We were once a great nation, and we will be great once more. But no hope or dream for America unless we stop illegal invasion in America. We want people to come to our country but they have to come to our country legally,” Trump said.

Criticising Biden’s border policy, Trump pointed to a chart that showed the hike in border detentions under Biden’s rule.

This was the same chart that he put up in his Sunday rally and before the gunshot was fired. “This is the chart that saved my life. I never got to look at it,” he said.

Trump said that under his administration if someone entered the country illegally, they were deported and sent back to their own country.

“We ended all catch and release, human trafficking, shut down asylum fraud,” he added.

Trump also claimed that he would build an Iron Dome in the US and could end wars with a phone call.

Trump promised to end the electric vehicles mandate on his first day in office and also promised a cut on taxes.

“A waitress shared with me that the government is giving her a hard time over her tips. I proposed, ‘What if there was no tax on tips?’ She was thrilled by the idea. It’s evident that individuals like waitresses, caddies, and drivers are adversely affected by taxes on their earnings. Let them retain their earnings,” he said. (ANI)

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, alias Landa, in a major terror network case involving the supply of deadly weapons, the agency said on Friday.

Identified as Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai alias Balli, hailing from Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh, was arrested on Thursday from Punjab and found to be a major weapons supplier to Landa’s agents in Punjab.

As per the anti-terror agency, these supplied weapons were used to carry out large-scale terror activities, including extortions from businessmen and others.

NIA’s investigations in the case (RC 21/2023/NIA/DLI) led to the arrest of one Gurpreet Singh Gopi, identified as an associate of Landa and of another Khalistani terrorist, Satnam Singh Satta.

Investigations into the case, registered by NIA suo moto on July 10 last year, revealed that Baljeet Singh had provided weapons to Satta too as part of the larger conspiracy of various banned Khalistani terrorist organisations to destabilise India by unleashing violent acts in Punjab and other places.

“Both Landa and Satta are believed to be operating from foreign soil to promote terror in India,” said the NIA, adding it is continuing with its investigation as part of its crackdown on the Khalistani terrorist outfits. (ANI)

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