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Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “All the attention of the Prime Minister is only on providing benefits to his chosen capitalist friends. MSMEs, which are considered to be the backbone of the country’s economy, have been left to fend for themselves. In the Lok Sabha, the government itself admitted that about 20,000 micro, small and medium enterprises have been closed in the last three years. This estimate is also far less than the reality.””The MSME sector has not yet recovered from the impact of demonetisation and GST. Adequate steps are also…

The company said it will soon be implementing some changes “in our effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages”.“Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send,” the company said.To send unlimited DMs, a Twitter user will now need to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription.Twitter, however, didn’t specify what the daily DM limit might be. The changes would be implemented beginning Friday.Last week, the micro-blogging platform added a new messages setting to help reduce the number of spam messages in DMs.With the new setting enabled, messages from users who you follow will arrive in…

Cheng and Shi scored 225.1020 points to secure their second gold and third medal at the Fukuoka worlds following their victory in the team acrobatic event and mixed duet technical bronze, reports Xinhua.It was China’s third gold from artistic swimming and 14th overall with only one day left before the swimming competition kicks off.Mexico’s Itzamary Gonzalez Cuellar and Diego Villalobos Carrillo took silver with 192.5500 points, and Dennis Gonzalez Boneu and Mireia Hernandez Luna settled for bronze with 183.4207.–IANScs

Rahane was India’s best batter in their 209-run defeat to Australia in last month’s World Test Championship final with scores of 89 and 46. He was then appointed as vice-captain for the ongoing Test tour of West Indies, where his scores have been just three and eight, bringing up the issue of his lack of consistency with the bat.“Talking about Ajinkya Rahane, if his form which he showcased while captaining the Indian team to Border-Gavaskar Trophy win after 36 all out had been maintained, then he would have been the next Test captain. But that form wasn’t steady, due to…

Apart from this, he’s also earned T20I call-up to India’s squad for upcoming T20Is in the Caribbean as well as for the Asian Games, to be held in Hangzhou, China, from September 28 to October 8.Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has expressed delight over Jaiswal’s stupendous start to his Test career and feels the youngster is on the right path on seeing the progress he has made in the last one-and-a-half years across formats.“It has been a dream start for him, there’s no doubting that. Anybody who gets 170 in Test cricket on debut and follow-up with a fifty, that’s…

The deceased has been identified as Ashutosh Shahi, a prominent property dealer of the district.Shahi, along with others, was at a lawyer’s house at Lakdi Dahi area under Chandwara police station late on Friday night when unidentified assailants barged in and fired indiscriminately.While Shahi died on the spot, the three others, including the lawyer, sustained gunshot injuries and were admitted to the hospital.Police said that the matter is under investigation.The reasons for the attack are yet to be ascertained.After committing the crime, the accused fled from the spot by firing in the air.–IANSajk/shb

“Traffic halted on NH-44 due to shooting stones at Mehad and accute slippery condition of road at Dalwas. People are advised not to travel W/O confirmation from TCUs,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said.The traffic police said that the clearance work is in progress.The Jammu Srinagar National Highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country.Kashmir bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway and fruit carrying trucks from Kashmir head for rest of the country through this road.–IANSzi/kvd

In an email dated February 13, addressed to all members of the Oversight Committee, the victim wrestler expressed her disappointment, saying, “We were called to the venue with the assurance of complete privacy and confidentiality. However, to our surprise, we found Brij Bhushan’s favourites roaming around the conference hall throughout the day while our statements were being recorded, which made the environment completely uncomfortable and unauthentic.”The specific meeting mentioned by the wrestler took place on February 9.Earlier, on January 21, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had formed an ‘Oversight Committee’ to investigate allegations made by the six…

Officials added that a record breaking number of 3,07,354 pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatra in the last 21 days as 13,797 Yatris had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave on Friday despite inclement weather.”Another batch of 3,475 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy for the Valley today.””Of these, 2,731 are male, 663 female, 12 children, 63 Sadhus, three Sadhvis and three transgenders,” officials said.Yatris approach the Himalayan cave shrine either from the tradition south Kashmir-Pahalgam route which involves an uphill trek of 43 km from Pahalgam base camp or from the north Kashmir Baltal…

After a meeting with her German counterpart Boris Pistorius, Cernochova added on Twitter on Friday that the joint purchase “will significantly simplify and speed up the entire acquisition process and also bring financial savings”.According to her, the Czech Republic would also be interested in participating in the production, repair and servicing of these tanks, Xinhua news agency reported.If everything goes according to plan, she said the Czech Republic would receive the first modern tanks in 2027.In May, the Czech Defence Ministry said the country would start talks with Germany on the joint purchase of around 70 Leopard 2A8 tanks.According to…