Videocon owner Venugopal Dhoot has been arrested in connection with the ICICI Bank fraud case. It is being told that he has been arrested by the CBI in Mumbai. Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar, arrested in connection with the Videocon loan case, were produced before a special CBI court on Saturday. The court had sent Chanda Kochhar and Deepak Kochhar to CBI remand for 3 days i.e. till Monday.
It was expected that the CBI may soon file a charge sheet in the Videocon loan case. The charge sheet also names Venugopal Dhoot of videocon group along with the Kochhar couple. Kochhar is accused of disbursing loans to Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot for allegedly investing crores of rupees in NuPower.
The CBI has alleged that ICICI Bank sanctioned a loan facility of Rs 3,250 crore to the Videocon group companies promoted by Venugopal Dhoot in violation of the Banking Regulation Act, RBI guidelines and the bank’s lending policy. During the custody hearing of Chanda Kochhar and Deepak Kochhar, special public prosecutor A Limousine, appearing for the CBI, argued that Chanda Kochhar had also committed “criminal breach of trust” under Section 409 of the IPC by approving a loan facility of Rs 300 crore to Videocon International Electronics Limited.
In 2019, the CBI had named Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar as accused in an FIR registered against The Kochhar along with companies like NuPower Renewables, Supreme Energy, Videocon International Electronics Limited and Videocon Industries Ltd.
Dr.Pratik gave his Career Guidance lecture at PDEA School Kharadi Pune on December 12. Over 300 students and instructors attended and enjoyed the workshop. Once more, there is a standing ovation for Dr.Pratik. He expressed his deep gratitude to Principal Aruna Gulunjkar
looking forward to meeting more students soon says Dr.Pratik
Although students are still reporting COVID-19 mental health issues, they are typically not using the resources offered by counselling centres. Even places with limited resources can strive for greater services both now and after the pandemic, as demonstrated by the following suggestions.
Many kids have compared their time with COVID this year to being on a ship that is going down, urgently looking for a lifeboat, and possibly picking one that sinks when it is dropped.
While their own lives are in danger, campus counselling centres and their personnel have acted like the band on the deck of the Titanic, providing solace to others.
Students who are struggling can learn about the resources offered by the counselling centre but choose not to act.
Campus initiatives were vigorous. Last spring, even counselling clinics with little resources swiftly shifted to operating virtually. According to Dr.Pratik, many built support groups, video series, and other asynchronous content for students to use at home to promote mental wellness.
65 percent of students say their mental health is fair to bad. 63 percent of those who believe it is inadequate would assign their college a C or below for its responsiveness to student mental health and wellness services (compared to 43 percent of all students).
47 percent claim that during this period, they could have utilised some (28%) or a lot (19%) more support from their college. Only 15% of students sought counselling through a college in the previous year. This ought to serve as a wake-up call. Students are still hurting, even if it appears that we are returning to a regular phase, according to Dr. Pratik.
Cherif Cisse is a professional athlete with a passion for both basketball and soccer. Born in Senegal, Cisse grew up in a small family and faced challenges during his childhood. However, he used these challenges as motivation to pursue his dreams of playing sports at a high level.
After being recruited to play at Gateway Legacy Christian Academy in the United States, Cisse transferred to Combine Academy, where he excelled in both basketball and soccer. Standing at 6’6″, Cisse is a combo guard with the ability to play multiple positions on the basketball court, and his soccer skills and athleticism have also made him a valuable player on the field.
Despite facing setbacks due to injuries, Cisse has remained dedicated to his recovery and rehabilitation. He is currently undergoing therapy and working hard to get back to full strength, with the goal of returning to the court and field as soon as possible.
Cisse’s hard work and dedication to his craft have not gone unnoticed, as he has gained recognition as a talented and versatile athlete. With his determination and drive, Cisse is on track to make a significant impact in the world of professional sports. His ability to contribute on both ends of the court and field, as well as his leadership and team-first mentality, make him a valuable player to have on any roster.
NDTV held Sada Punjab Conclave at hotel Hyatt Centric Sector 17, Chandigarh on 17th December 2022. The NDTV Conclave Sada Punjab brought together entrepreneurs, authors, politicians, cultural icons, film makers, artists, sports persons and farmer leaders from across the region to share their ideas of various topics.
Chief Minister of Punjab Sh. Bhagwant Mann attended the Conclave and talked about many important issues of Punjab. The main topics of discussion with Mr. Bhagwant Mann was related to the farming sector and other economic sectors of Punjab. He also talked about the Government programs regarding development of infrastructure in Punjab. He informed about the upcoming Government policies about law and order in Punjab specially the problem of drugs.
This conclave also had discussions about farming sector with Dr. Darshan Pal (President Krantikari Kisan Union), Devinder Sharma (Agricultural Expert), Harmeet Singh Kadian (President Bharti Kisan Union) and Guni Prakash ( Member Committee on MSP) and singer Harf Cheema were a part of this discussion. Singer Harf Cheema sung few line from his song which became a hit during farmers protest in India.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav was also a part of this conclave who spoke about National Security scenario and how it impacts Punjab. He also talked about the state government’s decision that glorification of arms and hate crime should be acted upon and cracked down. Punjab’s former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh joined the conclave by web conference, He said he “does not understand” who exactly is running the state since the AAP took power. “First I need to know who the chief minister is: Bhagwant Mann or Raghav Chadha,” said Capt Singh, a former Congress leader who recently joined the BJP.
Sports persons from Punjab namely Harjinder Kaur who claimed bronze medal in Commonwealth Games 2022, Anjum Moudgil who won Air Rifle bronze medal in World Cup series, Tejinder Toor who was shot put winner in commonwealth games and weightlifter Vikas Thakur who has won silver medal in Commonwealth Games were a part of “Sada Punjab” Conclave. They shared their life experiences and challenges they faced in their sports journey.
This conclave was concluded by the discussions made by the guests who are a part of music and entertainment industry namely Jasbir Jassi, Sunanda Sharma and Mannat Noor who talked about the rising Music Industry in Punjab. “Sada Punjab” Conclave not only had important speakers but assembly too. Individuals from various industries were invited by NDTV to be a part of these discussions. Some of the important film makers namely Producer Swaranjit Kaur Wraich, film writer and director Parvinder Singh Wraich, film director Harkiran Kaur Wraich and actor Vinamarjot Singh Wraich from Redi Productions Pvt Ltd were also present there.
Many other personalities from film industry were also invited by NDTV for Sada Punjab Conclave. Anurag Sharma from Juni Films , creative director Sahil Kumar from Redi Productions and production head Mohan Kumar from Redi Productions, Jasbir Dhillon from Dhillon Productions, Happy BanMajra from Audio Heal, Himanshu, Ramandeep Singh, Ravinder Singh from Redi Productions participated in the NDTV Sada Punjab Conclave 2022.
Along with this, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann today talked about ending the gangster culture of Punjab. Bhagwant Mann said that we have caught many gangsters, and are giving strict punishment to the criminals. Along with this, CM Mann also said that he is being strict against drug smugglers as well. On the ever-increasing crimes in Punjab, the state CM Bhagwant Mann said that law and order is completely under control, because Punjab is adjacent to the border of Pakistan, so many anti-social activities take place from across the border. Weapons also come from there, such a gangster culture did not develop in just a short time. In such a situation, the previous governments are completely responsible for this.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha today said at the NDTV conclave ‘Sadda Punjab’ in Chandigarh, that AAP’s spirited campaign made BJP top leaders, including the PM, sweat it out in the streets of Gujrat during recent elections. On the impact of the AAP’s maiden win in the BJP bastion, Raghav Chadha said that after Gujarat polls, BJP’s win made less noise than AAP winning 5 seats and becoming a national party. He defended AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal declaring in written, repeatedly, that his party would form the government in the state, calling it a “campaign strategy”. He said we were confident we would make our presence felt in a big way. I think that happened. 13 percent vote share and 5 seats in the first time in the ruling party’s stronghold is a big achievement,” Mr Chadha said. He also slammed the PM’s “free revdi” comment on AAP’s pre-poll announcements, challenging the BJP to announce that they would stop all special benefits to MPs. “Is that not free revdi?” he asked, accusing the PM of being selective in what they call freebies. Money comes to governments from taxpayers, through both direct and indirect taxes, and the government has to spend on their welfare, he said, defending AAP’s promises of free electricity, education, and healthcare, among other, adding that India is constitutionally a welfare state.
He further said “Our model is that everyone has basic amenities like free electricity, education, and healthcare. That’s how people will be empowered. Empowered people lead to an empowered community, region, state and eventually an empowered country,” he said. Raghav Chadha then claimed the AAP government, without imposing any new taxes, has increased its state budget despite all of these welfare schemes that the BJP scoffs at. “Our budget has increased from around 27,000 crore to over 70,000 crore without even one extra tax,” he argued, taunting the BJP on loans India has amassed from the world in the last eight years.
Entrepreneurship and businesses drive innovation and technological progress in a country, and entrepreneurs often identify new opportunities and bring new ideas to market. This can lead to the development of new products and services and the creation of new industries. In addition, businesses generate employment and contribute to prosperity in a nation. One inspiring example is Mr. Anil Singh, a businessman and philanthropist who has provided employment to hundreds of people through his venture, Lakshya Flexi Tubes.
Born in a middle class family in Bulandshahr, UP, Anil Singh was known for his competitive spirit and unconventional thinking. Despite not having a comfortable life himself, he always had a great empathy for marginalized and oppressed individuals and wanted to help them. While many of his peers were finding jobs and settling for a comfortable life, Anil Singh decided to start a business. Now, he is known across his native state for his business and humanitarian deeds.
Lakshya Flexi Tubes, which Anil Singh founded in 2007 with just 15 workers, has become a market leader in its field and set a benchmark for providing high-quality fixing solutions to various industries. As of now, the company is a direct source of employment for over 200 people, and it likely also provides indirect opportunities for many others. Anil’s vision and execution have led the company to the top, and his goal for the next year is to increase the number of employees from 200 to 500. It is because of dedicated businessmen like Anil that hundreds of people are employed and able to provide for their families.
In addition to his successful business, Mr. Anil Singh is widely recognized for his humanitarian work through his organization, Sadbhawna Sewa Sansthan. Over the decades, the organization has helped hundreds of thousands of people, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Anil Singh ran a large-scale pandemic awareness campaign and provided health kits, 5 lakh masks, and food supplies to almost 28 lakh households across India. His humanitarian work has received international recognition and was published in the World Record Publishing Company in London in 2020.
Mr. Anil Singh is a true example of a businessman and philanthropist, working tirelessly to serve underserved communities and address pressing issues such as access to education, healthcare, and basic necessities. Their selfless efforts and dedication to making a positive impact on society are truly admirable.
The Government of India has geared up to deal with the Corona epidemic. The central government has held three high-level meetings in the last three days. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with state health ministers on Friday. He stressed on adopting t3 i.e. test, track and treat strategy. Apart from this, random testing of passengers coming from abroad will start at airports from Friday. Apart from this, RT-PCR test is now being made mandatory for passengers from five countries including China.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that rt-PCR test will be done on passengers of all flights coming from China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. There will also be thermal scanning. Mansukh Mandaviya said that if any person coming to the country from outside is found corona positive, then he will be quarantined. He said that all passengers travelling by air should be fully vaccinated. All passengers should follow Covid protocols on flights and at entry points. People will have to wear masks and at the same time they will have to follow social distance.
The Health Minister said that if any passenger is found to have symptoms of coronavirus, he will be isolated under standard protocol. Even after landing from the flight, he will be isolated and given treatment. Every passenger will have to maintain physical distance while getting off the flight. Thermal screening of all passengers will be done at the entry point of the airport. Also, rt-PCR test will now be made mandatory. It was just told by the Health Ministry that if symptoms of corona are found in a passenger in thermal screening, then he will be isolated and sent for treatment. Not only this, random sampling of 2% passengers of international flights of the country will also be done.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids to destroy the network of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu: A raid has been conducted in Kathua district of Jammu over narco-terrorism and terror funding, in which investigations are being conducted against those who are collecting funds through cross-border drug smuggling and using it for terrorist activities. Nia has also raided Chandigarh on Saturday.
A day after a search operation was conducted at 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir against those involved in spreading terror activities targeting minorities and security personnel, the NIA on Saturday conducted raids in JK. The search operation on Friday covered locations in Kulgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Sopore and Jammu districts. It is being told that materials like digital devices, SIM cards and digital storage devices have been seized from the search places.
The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy involving terrorist and subversive activities in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which are active by various banned organisations, their associates, off-shoot cadres and over ground workers, the officials said. Pakistani commanders and their handlers play a major role in their activities. They are involved in carrying out terrorist attacks, targeting minorities and security personnel and spreading communal disharmony using cyber space in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the NIA, a complaint in the case was registered on June 21, 2022. Based on that, the NIA team in Jammu raided a house in Prem Nagar Christian Colony from where Kifayat Ahmad Ittoo, a resident of Mirhama in Kulgam, was apprehended. Ahmed was questioned at peer mittha police station, after which some more clues were obtained. After which action has been taken further.
With 201 new cases of Covid-19 reported in India, the total number of infections in the country has reached nearly 4.5 crore, while the number of active cases has increased to 3,397. According to the Union Health Ministry data till 8 am on Saturday, the number of people who lost their lives to infection in the country has increased to more than 5 lakh 30 thousand after one death case was reported in Kerala.
According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.15 per cent and the weekly rate at 0.14 per cent. A total of 90.97 crore samples have been tested for covid-19 detection. Of these, more than 1 lakh 36 thousand samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases comprises 0.01 per cent of the total infections, the data stated. At the same time, the recovery rate from Kovid-19 has been recorded at 98.80 percent. In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase of 17 cases in the number of active patients of Kovid-19.
According to the data, 220.4 crore doses have been administered so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive in India. Significantly, the number of corona virus infections in India increased to more than 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 2020 and more than 40 lakh on September 5, 2020. The total number of infections had crossed 50 lakh on 16 September 2020, 60 lakh on 28 September 2020, 70 lakh on 11 October 2020, 80 lakh on 29 October 2020 and 90 lakh on 20 November.
On December 19, 2020, these cases in the country had crossed 1 crore. On May 4 last year, the number of infected reached 2 crore and on June 23, 2021, the number of infected crossed 3 crore. On January 25 this year, the total number of cases had crossed 4 crore.
A case of paper leak has once again come to light in Rajasthan. On the last day of the RPSC Senior Teacher Examination, which has been going on for the last 3 days, the GK paper was out. The big thing is that Udaipur Police has caught 40 candidates from inside the bus in action. All of them have been found in possession of paper, printer and other equipment. It is being told that all these candidates were going to come from Jalore district and take the examination in Udaipur district.
In this case, Udaipur Police says that the District Special Team had information that the GK paper, which was to be held from 9 am to 11 am on the last day of the senior teacher recruitment examination, has been out. It was reported that a bus was coming towards Udaipur from Pindwara Highway, in which many candidates are sitting, who may have papers. Other police officials, including the district special team, were sent to bekaria police station circle and a blockade was imposed on the Pindwara highway. In such a situation, the private bus coming from the front was stopped. As soon as the police got inside the bus, the youths hid the paper in a hurry. After which they were searched and they found paper on which questions were written. After this, all the youths were brought to sukher police station in the city and the paper was matched and the GK paper starting from 9 am came out. After this, the information was given to the RPSC. After which the paper was canceled. Around 40 youths have been detained in connection with the case and are being questioned.
At the same time, politics has intensified again in the state as soon as the paper is leaked. The BJP has started cornering the Congress on the issue. Leader of Opposition and Udaipur city BJP MLA Gulabchand Kataria has said that the paper conducted by the RPSC has been leaked. Even though the RPSC cancelled the exam, this is not the solution. This incident is a blot on the government and we regret that we are people associated with the education sector.
Kataria said that a child who goes to give the paper with so much preparation and listens to the paper that the paper has been out, then the government does not understand his pain and neither the paper is understood by the paper holders. After all, what is the reason that this paper would have gone into the hands of these gangs? Its racket is huge as eight papers have been out in the past and this is the ninth time.
Critically acclaimed author, Sheo Nath has come up with ‘Minimising Unhappiness’, which is entirely different from his last book, a novel ‘Disclosure: A Rape Victim’s Resolute Revelation’. While Disclosure was on sensitive issue of rape, ‘Minimising Unhappiness’ is a self-help book that helps the readers to tide over their problems in the most practical way.
‘Minimising Unhappiness’ is what everyone is looking for in the fast paced world and tensed life. The author noticed that people are unable to take decision properly and most self-help books give them solutions which are impractical. In fact, some self-help book are so high in motivation, but very low on practicality that the individual sometimes feels depressed. So, he came up with a book which has examples only from his surroundings and ordinary people around. He has succeeded in his efforts for ‘Minimising Unhappiness’ not to become preachy. There is nothing superfluous and all solutions even to complex problems like dealing with unavoidable persons or unavoidable situations are very simple and practical. It also talks about how to develop right attitude and behaviour and how to minimise unhappiness.
His last book, ‘Disclosure’ alsohad earned rave reviews from its readers for its unique style of raising the most sensitive issue of rape and what the victims face afterwards.It is not the usual romantic or revenge saga, but addresses a very important and relevant issue. It is still a taboo subject in the society and people do not like to discuss on this topic with sincerity it deserves. There have been random jokes passed on involving rape. The real pain of the affected person has never been talked about. Also due to societal pressure and nearly hostile environment, the victim seldom speaks about it. The issue has not been addressed properly at the level of community and society. Even if a novel has talked about the issue, it is on the individual level of feeling. Disclosure has dealt with status of women across the globe.
The author admits that while writing ‘Disclosure’, the topic was so sensitive that it was even tough to start. But having been deeply affected by the spate of rape incidents in the country, he was determined to write on it. He found dearth of standard reading materials. Women were reluctant to talk on this issue. While doing the research online, he had to deal with lot of unwanted and irrelevant materials, but this made him very sure that this is a pandemic affecting every nook and corner of the world. It took more than 4-5 years of research with the facts, figures and personal experiences of the victims to come out with the product in your hand. The research drained him emotionally, as per his own admission. What resulted is a classic novel wherein the protagonist, a rape victim has not been named at all in the story, making the writing tough and unique at the same time. It has been attempted to make the story free of any tag of region, religion, caste or colour. Again, the canvas of the novel has been the whole world, which has been handled quite artistically and emphatically.
‘Tukron me prem-kahani’ has 14 stories, each on a central female character. However, the stories are of human relationship and male characters form equally important part of the story. The stories’ subject ranges from infatuation to spirituality in love. The fear of society, the platonic love, love in disguise, meeting with old love in twilight years of life, resurfacing of love during college reunion etc make these stories lively. His forthcoming book ‘Aasman ka guroor’ is collection of poems that touches patriotism, women issues, environment issues, human behaviour, etc.
Right now, he is basking in the success of ‘Disclosure’ and ‘Minimising Unhappiness’ and rightly deserves it.
