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“Deputy President of South Africa received the prime minister on this arrival,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.“I am visiting the Republic of South Africa from 22-24 August 2023 at the invitation of Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, to attend the 15th BRICS summit being held in Johannesburg under the South African chairmanship. BRICS has been pursuing a strong cooperation agenda across various sectors.“We value that BRICS has become a platform for discussing and deliberating on issues of concern for the entire Global South, including development imperatives and reform of the multilateral system,” Modi said before departing for…

The CBI registered the case on August 16 against GTL Infrastructure and unknown public servants and unknown others on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct.The officials of 13 banks are under the agency’s scanner for allegedly assigning Rs 3,224 crore dues of the company to an asset reconstruction company (ARC) for Rs 1,867 crore without attempting to secure their loans from collateral securities, the FIR alleged.The FIR against the GTIL and others were registered after the agency carried out a preliminary inquiry on the basis of an information regarding financial impropriety and irregularity in the matter of credit…

Palghar Police has registered a case against the accused under section 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which pertains to the repeated rape of the same woman, along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act.Two more individuals have also been implicated for their involvement in the crime.The victim, a married woman, was targeted by the accused who established a connection with her. Exploiting her trust, the accused subjected her to multiple instances of sexual assault and brazenly recorded these acts.He then distributed the footage on social media platforms, further exacerbating the victim’s ordeal.Upon discovering the explicit video,…

The Bengal Ranji Trophy team captain also made it clear that he would take the path of such ‘live coverage’ if he ever gets to head the local cricket body –- the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).“For fans and every stakeholder, I would like to see a live broadcast of the selection meeting so that there is more transparency in the process. Everyone will know on what basis a player is picked on the team or dropped from the team. Otherwise, questions would be raised over and over again,” Tiwary told the YouTube channel ‘Cricket Basu’ while reacting to India’s…

‘Bambai Meri Jaan’ is created by Rensil D’Silva, who is known for directing ‘Kurbaan’ and served as a dialogue and screenplay writer on the cult classic ‘Rang De Basanti’. Shujaat Saudagar. Who is known for ‘Rock On!! 2’ has also created the show along with Rensil.The story for the same has been penned by S. Hussain Zaidi, who earlier works have inspired many Bollywood gangster dramas most notably Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Black Friday’ and the Alia Bhatt-starrer ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ which is based on the chapter of Gangubai Kothewali from ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’.Zaidi, who started off as a crime journalist, is…

The SAD chief, who was addressing a ‘dharna’ organised by former legislator Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra at Devigarh in Patiala district, said, “We all need to unite to force this callous government to do justice to our peasantry. Instead of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann releasing compensation by August 15, the AAP government is yet to complete the process of ‘girdwari’ to assess the damage to crops.”“The process has been delayed purposely to deny full compensation to the farmers who have re-transplanted paddy,” he said.Stating that the Chief Minister is not sincere towards the farmers and is deceiving them with photo ops,…

He termed the existing Madhya Pradesh BJP government as ‘illegal’.Addressing a mammoth public rally in Sagar district of Bundelkhand region of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Kharge questioned the claims of “clean image and clean politics” made by the BJP leaders while referring to Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh where the party (BJP) stole the popular mandate by either bribing or intimidating the MLAs to switch sides.He accused the BJP of using Central agencies to harass and intimidate its opponents. “So many Congress leaders are being harassed and jailed. After November these people (while referring to BJP leaders), will run away to Mumbai…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) On August 10, several I-League clubs had shot a letter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) putting forward a few proposals regarding free broadcasting of I-League matches, which has been a contemptuous issue since long. The clubs requested the Federation to consider the proposals with a commitment for the betterment of Indian football.Earlier this year, the Super Cup qualifying round matches, in which mostly I-League teams were involved, were not telecast, prompting the clubs to express their displeasure over the ‘step-motherly’ treatment meted out to them.Last year, the AIFF had charged broadcasting fees from…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Around 99 per cent of Indian B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies have embraced DeepTech innovations as a strategic approach to address their clients’ needs and challenges, a report showed on Tuesday.Artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) is the most leveraged DeepTech (54 per cent of use cases), followed by big data/descriptive analytics (39 per cent) and intelligent automation (7 per cent), according to the report by Nasscom in collaboration with EY India.The scale of inventive DeepTech in Indian B2B SaaS can be accelerated even further with a nurturing ecosystem, said the report.Availability of DeepTech talent (80 per cent),…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Ride-hailing platform Uber on Tuesday announced a new feature — ‘Group Rides’ in India, which will allow sharing of rides with up to three friends when headed to a common destination. Group rides will offer users the option to save up to 30 per cent of their fare, depending on the number of friends they split it with.”With Group Rides we are offering customers the option to save more while they are riding with people they know. Not only do riders save money and arrive at the common destination together, they also do the good deed…