NHS faces 16,000 shortage of GPs due to £30bn black hole, doctors’ leader warns
the Government was told the health service will face a
“catastrophe” unless more funding is poured into the nation’s struggling
surgerie
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Shocked: Dr Clare Gerada
A £30billion black hole in the NHS could leave England short of 16,000 GPs by 2021, a doctors’ leader has warned.
And
the Government was told the embattled health service will face a
“catastrophe” unless more funding is poured into the nation’s struggling
surgeries.
There is already an existing shortfall of more than 8,300 GPs.
But
Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners,
says that number could swell by more than 7,000 over the next eight
years.
The RCGP has already highlighted how surgeries are under
pressure as patients seek treatment there instead of enduring long waits
at overstretched A&E units.
Last week NHS England revealed
the service was on the brink of running out of cash and would face a
£30billion shortfall by 2021, if it continued operating at its present
level.
The RCGP believes the cash squeeze will leave doctors in
general practice facing their own £2.7billion black hole which would
leave the health service with 7,500 fewer doctors than needed.
Ms Gerada said: “The fact that, in just eight years, we could see a shortfall of almost 16,000 GPs is truly shocking.
General
practice is at the heart of the NHS and if it is left to wither, as is
the case now, it could sow the seeds of an unprecedented disintegration
of the service. Ministers must move to protect patient care by
increasing the funding for general practice to 10 per cent of the NHS
budget immediately.
“Only by supporting it and allowing it to
treat more patients in the community can the Government protect the NHS
from catastrophe.”
A recent poll found 85 per cent of family
doctors believed their surgeries were “in crisis” while half reckoned
GPs could no longer guarantee patient safety.
Family doctors get
only nine per cent of NHS cash but are responsible for 90 per cent of
patients’ contact with the health service.
But they have come in
for criticism for the high salaries some get and the extra cash they
receive for working evenings and weekends.
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Sushma Verma, 13, at a lab in the Lucknow University
(At 13, Sushma Verma is considerably ahead of the curve. She
has begun a post-graduate course in microbiology at the Lucknow
University. She was done with school at the age of 9. Here, she
explains her drive and passion.)
People often ask me - "how
did you do it, how many hours do you study?" The truth is I study only
when I feel like it. I have always kept a timetable and have stuck to
it. I do everything
what girls my age do. I go out with friends, I play, I have my fun. I do
not study all the time, like people think.
But I believe that even when you study for five minutes, do it with full concentration.
I was five years old when I took admission in class IX. Till
then, I was tutored at home. I used to read my brother's books. He used
to teach me Math and English. My father used to teach me Hindi. He is a
daily wage earner and has studied till class VIII.
Though I have
studied with peers who are much older to me all my life, I was a bit
nervous going to college. When I went to the Lucknow University, people
were very curious. Students, a lot older to me, would come up to me and
ask how did I make it here so young?
But now, I have made lots of friends and am having a great time.
My
next goal is to become a doctor; though I am still to decide the field.
But I am not thinking too much about it. I will decide when the time
comes.
At 13, she's a senior student at Lucknow University
Sushma Verma, 13, is the youngest student ever to pass the Class XII Board exam.
Lucknow: At
an age when she should be in school, the 13-year-old daughter of a poor
labourer in Uttar Pradesh has baffled everybody by galloping to a
master's programme in microbiology.
Sushma Verma was the
youngest ever to pass class 12 exams, at just over 9 years. Now the teen
prodigy has finished her graduation and has been named in the merit
list for microbiology at the Lucknow University. She begins her master's
classes next week.
Behind her remarkable success lies the story of a family determined to educate their children, no matter what it takes.
Sushma's father Tej Bahadur Verma, a daily wage labourer,
earns barely two hundred rupees a day to feed a family of five. But when
he saw his daughter's name on the merit list, he paid the initial fee
of Rs. 25,000 instantly, not thinking about the rest - at least 75,000 rupees - to be paid later.
The family had to sell their land to pay for Sushma's education.
At their one-room home in Lucknow, their most precious possessions are a study table and a second-hand computer.
"I
think education is important for my children, so I didn't hesitate in
selling the land. We never got the chance to study - I don't want my
children to work as labourers, I will do whatever I can to educate
them," says Verma.
It took three years of college for Sushma to
get used to studying with "big boys and girls". "At first, it was
intimidating but everyone was really nice to me, so I was okay," she
smiles.
Many at her college are shocked to see a senior who looks little more than a schoolgirl.
"She
is much younger, but I will give her the respect any senior deserves,"
said Renu Rathore, a third year science student and a year 'junior' to
Sushma.
Sushma wants to be a doctor and tried for medical college
after school but was just too young. Now she plans to give her dream
another shot when she turns 18. Age, she says, is just a number.
Katrina Kaif's sister Christine ties the knot in London
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Katrina Kaif's sister Natacha (extreme right) tied the knot in London.
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Bollywood
actress Katrina Kaif attended her sister Natacha's wedding in London on
August 25. Katrina Kaif looked pretty in a peach gown as she turned the
bridesmaid for her sister Natacha.
Katrina
Kaif's sister Christine tied the knot on Sunday and thanks to the
Bollywood actress' busy schedule, she could only leave Mumbai for London
just hours before the ceremony.
Katrina left Mumbai for London
midnight on Saturday to join her family for the wedding, Among Katrina's forthcoming films are "Dhoom 3" and "Bang Bang".
Ratan Tata comes to Supreme Court to watch a hearing on his Right to Privacy plea
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File photo of Ratan Tata
New Delhi: One
of India's best-known entrepreneurs, Ratan Tata, was in the Supreme
Court today to watch a hearing in his case that his constitutional right
to privacy was violated in the leak of his conversations with corporate
lobbyist Niira Radia.
"Mr Tata filed this writ petition on a
matter of principle. He believes privacy is an important right for every
individual and is keenly following the progress of this case," said a
Tata Sons spokesperson.
The Tata group was a client of Ms Radia's public relations firm Vaishnavi Communications.
In April 2011, he took the government to court after websites
and magazines ran transcripts of his phone calls with Ms Radia, whose
phone was tapped at various points between 2008 and 2009 as part of a
tax investigation.
Mr Tata wants the court to frame guidelines
on conversations tapped by government agencies, to prevent such leaks
and protect the privacy of individuals.
Indian-American named for top US environmental award
Washington: An Indian-American professor of biological
and agricultural engineering has been recognised for lifetime
achievement by a top US environmental and water resources institute.
Vijay
Singh, professor and Caroline & William N. Lehrer Distinguished
Chair in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at
Texas A&M University, has been named as a recipient of the 2013
Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers
Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI).
Set up
in 1999, the Environmental and Water Resources Institute is a civil
engineering specialty institute of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, the country's oldest national engineering society.
He was born in Agra, India, July 15, 1946.
He acquired
his Master of Science degree from the University of Guelph in Ontario,
Canada, and then did his Ph.D. from the Colorado State University.
He also received a D.Sc. from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
A
recipient of various distinguished awards and author of a voluminous
number of publications, Mr Singh served in the faculty of various
universities in the US before joining Texas A&M University July 1,
2006.
According to the Texas A&M University website, Mr Singh
has been appointed a university distinguished professor effective
September1 this year.
According to the website posting, Mr Singh
is an internationally recognised and pre-eminent engineer specialising
in water resources engineering and hydrology.
"He has made
numerous advances in hydrologic and environmental modeling and has
received the most prestigious awards for hydrology from multiple
professional societies," the website stated.
"He is a prolific
author of journal articles and books, by some measures the most prolific
author working in hydrology today..."
He also serves on the editorial boards of 27 different journals.
With
over 50,000 students on its rolls, Texas A&M University at College
Station, Texas, is ranked as the sixth largest university in the US.
After killing five Indian jawans, Pakistan violates ceasefire for the third time in 48 hours
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The bodies of the five Indian soldiers, who were killed earlier this week
Srinagar: Less
than a week after killing five soldiers from the Indian Army in an
ambush at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has
reportedly violated the ceasefire agreement thrice in the last 48 hours.
The latest firing incident took place today in the Mendhar district of
Jammu and Kashmir where five Indian Army posts were attacked. According
to reports, firing from small arms and automatic weapons is still on.
Earlier
today, a jawan from the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in the
firing by Pakistani troops in the Kanachak sector of the Kashmir Valley.
"There
was sniper firing from Pakistani side this morning along the
international border (IB) at Alfa Machial Border Out Post (BOP) area in
Jammu frontier ," a senior BSF officer said.
Yesterday, both sides exchanged fire for around seven hours.
"Pakistan
fired over 7000 rounds of heavy ammunition besides mortar shells on
Indian posts during the seven-and-a-half-hour firing in Poonch," a
Defence spokesperson said yesterday, adding that it was "biggest
ceasefire violation" in recent times. No causalities were however
reported.
On the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday,
Pakistani troops ambushed a patrol party of the Indian Army, killing
five soldiers, and injuring a sixth one in the Poonch sector, 200 km
south of Srinagar.
At a rally in Delhi's Ramlila grounds today,
BJP president Rajnath Singh urged the government to take appropriate
steps and suspend all talks with Pakistan.
"Pakistan has crossed
all limits. The attacks at the Line of Control can be prevented if the
government takes the right steps. The Prime Minister should announce no
talks will take place with Pakistan," Mr Singh said today.
The killing of the soldiers created a huge uproar in Parliament with
Defence Minister AK Antony, in a second statement, stating the attacks
were carried out by specialised troops from Pakistan. His first
statement absolved the Pakistani army, saying the attack was carried out
by militants. His statement was in contradiction with the one issued by
the Defence Ministry, lea
Robert Vadra used fake documents to acquire land, claims IAS officer Ashok Khemka
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Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka (File pic)
Gurgaon: Senior
IAS officer Ashok Khemka has reportedly alleged that Robert Vadra,
businessman and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, used false
registration documents to execute a series of sham transactions for the
sale of 3.5 acres of land in Gurgaon to real estate giant DLF for Rs. 58 crore.
Mr
Khemka, who was controversially transferred by the Haryana government
in October last year, three days after he cancelled the mutation of Mr
Vadra's deal with DLF handed a 100-page report to the state government
in May this year and the details have become public now.
The
timing is embarrassing for the Congress, which has been battling various
scandals just months before it makes an attempt to win a third straight
term at the centre in general elections now months away.
The IAS officer has alleged Mr Vadra received sweetheart deals
from the Congress government, which has been in power in Haryana since
2004. A government committee in March this year, however, concluded Mr
Vadra's deal with DLF in 2008 was fair and legal. In reply to the
conclusions drawn by the committee, Mr Khemka's report allegedly says
that the Haryana government had shown "undue haste" in issuing a
commercial colony licence to Mr Vadra.
The senior bureaucrat
reportedly alleges in his report that Mr Vadra's company, Sky Light
Hospitality Private Limited, did not make any payment through a
Corporation Bank cheque of Rs. 7.5 crore as mentioned in the registration certificate for the land in Shikohpur village of Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi.
Mr
Khemka, who was Inspector General, Registrations in Haryana when he was
transferred, had ordered an inquiry to determine if Mr Vadra, who owned
property in different parts of the state, had been sold land at
discounted prices.
"The Congress will soon have to open a factory
of clean chits the way it's going," BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi
told NDTV today.
Mr Khemka has alleged that unauthorised
officials had signed off on the mutation of the land from Mr Vadra to
DLF; he also raised questions about why the government appeared to have
bent the rules for Mr Vadra, processing his Change of Land Use (CLU)
application at lightning speed and licensing him to build a commercial
housing project on his plot of 3.5 acres. That license, granted to Mr
Vadra added such dramatic value that four years later, DLF paid Rs. 58 crore for the land.
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Washington: The United States intercepted electronic
communications this week among senior operatives of Al Qaeda, in which
the terrorists discussed attacks against US interests in the Middle East
and North Africa, US officials said Friday.
The intercepts and a
subsequent analysis of them by US intelligence agencies prompted the
United States to issue an unusual global travel alert to US citizens
Friday, warning of the potential for terrorist attacks by operatives of
Al Qaeda and their associates from Sunday through the end of August.
The
bulletin to travelers and expatriates, issued by the State Department,
came less than a day after the department announced that it was closing
nearly two dozen US diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North
Africa, including facilities in Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait and Saudi
Arabia. Britain said Friday that it would close its embassy in Yemen on
Monday and Tuesday because of "increased security concerns."
It is unusual for the United States to come across discussions
among senior Al Qaeda operatives about operational planning - through
informants, intercepted emails or eavesdropping on cellphone calls. So
when the high-level intercepts were collected and analyzed this week,
senior officials at the CIA, State Department and White House
immediately seized on their significance. Members of Congress have been
provided classified briefings on the matter, officials said Friday.
"This
was a lot more than the usual chatter," said one senior U.S. official
who had been briefed on the information but would not provide details.
Spokesmen at the State Department and the CIA also declined to comment on the intercepts.
The
importance of the intercepts was underscored by a speech that the Al
Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, posted on jihadist forums Tuesday. In
his address, Zawahri called for attacks on US interests in response to
its military actions in the Muslim world and US drone strikes in
Pakistan and Yemen, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which
monitors statements by jihadists.
Security analysts said Friday
that, in the aftermath of the furor over the Obama administration's
handling of the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi,
Libya, the State Department was now more likely to publicize threat
warnings when deemed credible, both to alert the public and to help
deter any imminent attacks.
"A decision to close this many
embassies and issue a global travel warning for a month suggests the
threat is real, advanced and imminent but the intelligence is incomplete
on where," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA case officer and a Brookings
Institution scholar.
The embassy closures come toward the end
of the Ramadan holidays and the approaching anniversary of the terror
attack September 11 on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi that
killed four Americans, including Ambassador J Christopher Stevens.
"We
are particularly concerned about the security situation in the final
days of Ramadan and into Eid," the British Foreign Office said in a
statement, referring to the Muslim holy month that ends Wednesday
evening.
Obama administration officials publicly declined to
discuss what specific information had prompted the increased alarm and
alerts, citing a desire to protect classified sources and methods.
But
intercepting electronic communications is one the National Security
Agency's main jobs, as the documents leaked by Edward J Snowden, a
former NSA contractor, have underscored. At the request of intelligence
officials, The New York Times withheld some details about the
intercepted communications.
Some analysts and congressional
officials suggested Friday that emphasizing a terrorist threat now was a
good way to divert attention from the uproar over the NSA's
data-collection programs, and if it showed the intercepts uncovered a
possible plot, even better.
The bulletin by the State
Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs did not advise against travel to
any particular country, but it warned US citizens to be particularly
mindful of their surroundings, especially in tourist areas, and
recommended that they register their travel plans with the State
Department.
"Terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and
weapons and target both official and private interests," the bulletin
said. "US citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to
attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure.
Terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well
as aviation and maritime services."
Rep Ed Royce, R-California,
the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Friday that
the warning was linked to an Al Qaeda threat focused on the Middle East
and Central Asia.
To date, the only al-Qaida affiliate that has
shown a desire and ability to attack US facilities overseas is Al Qaeda
in the Arabian Peninsula, a group based in Yemen.
The Al Qaeda
affiliate announced in July that its second-in-command, Saeed al-Shihri,
a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, had died as a result of injuries
sustained in a US missile strike in Yemen last year. But Ibrahim Hassan
al-Asiri, the group's seminal bomb maker, remains at large, and,
according to US officials, has trained a cadre of skilled proteges ready
to take his place should he be killed.
US drones over the past
week have carried out three separate strikes in Yemen, according to Long
War Journal, a website that tracks drone strikes. There have been 15 US
drone strikes in Yemen this year, according to the site.
The
State Department has issued similar alerts and warnings in the recent
past, US officials said Friday. Late last year, it warned that Al Qaeda
and its global branches could seek to attack US interests around the
anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
On February 19
this year, the State Department issued a "caution" notice - less severe
than a "warning" or "alert" - to Americans that "current information
suggests that Al Qaeda, its affiliated organizations, and other
terrorist organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against US
interests in multiple regions."
Pentagon officials said Friday that there had been no movements of troops or other forces in response to the embassy closures.
After
the attack in Benghazi, the military's Africa Command bolstered its
quick-reaction forces in Djibouti and created new Marine Corps reaction
forces in Moron, Spain, and at the naval air station in Sigonella in
Italy that can respond to a crisis within a few hours.
After 20-year-long legal battle, former Maharaja's daughters get Rs.20,000-crore relief
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In this picture: Faridkot House on New Delhi's Copernicus Marg
Chandigarh: It is a royal bonanza for two daughters of a former maharaja, one they had to wait for over two decades.
A
court in Chandigarh has declared a 32-year-old will "forged" and
illegal" and granted inheritance of properties and assets worth a
whopping Rs. 20,000 crore ($4.4 billion) to the two daughters of the erstwhile Maharaja of Faridkot, Harinder Singh Brar.
The
properties and assets include the palatial Faridkot House on New
Delhi's Copernicus Marg, a royal palace complex and a fort in Faridkot, a
fort in Mani Majra area of Chandigarh, vintage cars (including a Rolls
Royce), an aerodrome in Faridkot spread over 200 acres, properties in
Hyderabad and Delhi, gold and jewellery worth nearly Rs.1,000 crore with Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai and more.
Real estate experts and accountants put the total worth of the properties and assets at over Rs.20,000
crore. The Mani Majra fort, which is over 350 years old, is not in a
very good condition. The erstwhile ruler was allowed to keep these
properties after the country's independence in August 1947.
The
legal battle for the assets started in 1992 after the ex-maharaja's
daughter Amrit Kaur filed a case in a court in Chandigarh. Following a
21-year-old legal battle, the court of the chief judicial magistrate
Rajnish Kumar, ordered Thursday that the 1981 will, purportedly drawn up
by the maharaja, was "forged and fabricated".
With the court
judgment, Amrit Kaur and her Kolkata-based sister Deepinder Kaur will
inherit the properties and assets of the erstwhile ruler. Their third
sister, Maheepinder Kaur, who was not married, died under mysterious
circumstances in Shimla in 2001.
Brar had three daughters and a
son, Harmohinder Singh, who died in a road accident in 1981. Following
this, Brar went into depression.
In her suit, Amrit Kaur, who
lives in Sector 10 in Chandigarh, alleged that the will was forged by
officials and servants of the ex-ruler at a time when he was in
depression. The will, which gave all his properties and assets to the
Meharwal Khewaji Trust, was registered in 1982. The trust had some of
his servants on board, while his two daughters were appointed
chairperson and vice chairperson for a mere Rs.1,200 and Rs. 1,000 per month.
Following the death of the erstwhile ruler in 1989, the trustees took control of all the properties and assets.
Amrit
Kaur challenged the will, saying that the trust members had forced her
father to sign it at a time when he was in depression. She had claimed
that he was not in a "fit state of mind" when the will was drawn up. She
pointed out that the will had completely excluded his wife, Narinder
Kaur, and mother, Mohinder Kaur, who were alive in 1981-82.
Following the court order declaring the will "illegal and void", the trustees are likely to appeal to a higher court.
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Harare: Shikhar
Dhawan capitalised on three reprieves to slam his third ODI century as
India maintained their stranglehold over minnows Zimbabwe with a
comfortable 58-run victory in the second cricket one-dayer here on
Friday. D hawan struck 116 as India recovered from early jolts to post a
competitive 294 for eight and then restricted the hosts to 236 for nine
to take a 2-0 series lead in the five-match series. Read: As it happened
Put
into bat, India were in a spot of bother at 65 for four at one stage
before Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik (69) put on 167 runs for the fifth
wicket to not only restore the innings but take them to a commanding
total at the Harare Sports Club. Read: Stats
The
Indians could have won the match by a much bigger margin but a defiant
late-order resistance by Elton Chigumbara (46) and Prosper Utseya (52
not out) delayed the inevitable with the duo adding 88 runs for the
seventh wicket to frustrate the tourists.
Opener Visu Sibanda
(55) also provided a rollicking start to the Zimbabwean innings which
somehow lost the momentum after his departure with five wickets falling
within a span of 24 runs. See in Pics: How India beat Zimbabwe
For India, Jaydev Unadkat was the pick of the bowlers with four for 41 while leg-spinner Amit Mishra accounted for two wickets.
The two teams will play the third match of the series at the same venue here on Sunday.
Zimbabwe
lost opener Sikandar Raza (20) early into their run-chase as the
Pakistan-born batsman, who had top-scored with 82 in the first
one-dayer, went for an expensive pull-shot against Unadkat and was holed
out in the deep.
Next man-in, Hamilton Masakadza and Sibanda
chose to play a more patient game and rotated the strike cleverly before
opening up against Vinay Kumar's medium-pace and Mishra's googlies.
Both
hit Mishra early on in his spell for a six each while Kumar was pulled
for two boundaries in the opening over and was taken for 16 runs in his
return over in the second spell as the second-wicket partnership looked
threatening on an eased out pitch.
Sibanda reached his individual fifty with a hit off Mishra over
long-on for six and, in the process, also took his side's total past
100-run mark. However, Zimbabwe could not hold onto their strong
position for long as Sibanda once again failed to covert his innings
into a big score after dominating the Indian bowlers with his powerful
hits.
Sibanda, who had escaped with a missed stumping chance
after running down the pitch to Mishra, threw away his wicket and fell
to Unadkat in the 21st over. His 57-ball 55 knock was laced with seven
fours and two sixes.
Four balls later, Brendan Taylor (nought) ran himself out as from 109 for one, it became 109 for three for the hosts.
Zimbabwe's misery further compunded when Ravindra Jadeja had Sean Williams (5) trapped right in front of the stumps.
Next
over saw the soft dismissal of Masakadza who ended up giving a simple
catch to Mohammed Shami at short fine-leg going for a sweep shot.
Masakadza scored 47-ball 34 which had one six over the deep midwicket.
Malcolm Waller (2) fell for Mishra's deceptive googly as the dismissal left the run chase in tatters.
Chigumbara and Utseya waged a lonely battle and showed some resistance but their efforts did not prove enough in the end.
Earlier,
the Zimbabweans spilled regulation catches and their wayward bowlers
conceded 28 extras as India posted a daunting target.
Dhawan was
dropped twice when on 14 and 70 and the Delhi-lad also benefited from a
no-ball by Kyle Jarvis in the fifth over when he had added just three
runs to his name.
The 27-year-old, however, hung on and hit his
third ODI ton in his 17th match to save the Indians the blushes. He hit
11 fours and two sixes.
Karthik played his part with a composed
74-ball innings which was studded with six fours as the duo denied the
Zimbabweans any success for 25.4 overs.
India ended their innings
in style with tail-enders Vinay Kumar (27 not out) and Mohammed Shami
(6 not out) scoring 23 from the last over with the help of three sixes
and a four.
Captain Virat Kohli could only score 14 runs while the other opener
Rohit Sharma (1), Ambati Rayudu (5), Suresh Raina (4) and Jadeja (15)
were also out cheaply.
The Indian innings was marred by Kohli's
face-off with on-field umpires after he was given out to a controversial
catch in the seventh over. He stood his ground even as Zimbabwe sought a
review as the fielder -- Malcolm Waller --was not sure whether he had
caught the ball cleanly or not.
Kohli refused to leave even after
the third umpire adjudged him out. He argued his case once again with
the umpires who confirmed the decision. Eventually, a visibly upset
Kohli reluctantly walked back to the pavilion.
India suffered an
early jolt with opener Rohit being dismissed in the second over as pacer
Brian Vitori got his scalp in his first ball.
Dhawan was out
when on three in the fifth over but survived as it turned out that
Jarvis had bowled a no-ball. Then he was dropped on 14 in the ninth over
with captain Brendan Taylor spilling a regulation catch, the
unfortunate bowler being Jarvis. India were 38 for two then.
Rayudu,
who came in at the fall of Kohli, was also dropped in the 10th over
when the batsman was on three as Vitori spilled a caught and bowled
chance.
Rayudu ended his struggle as he went for a drive without
moving his feet while Raina also continued with his poor form as he was
caught behind by Taylor.
Dhawan and Karthik then played the
rescue act with a solid stand. They kept the scoreboard ticking by
taking singles and rotating strike in the middle overs.
India took the batting powerplay in the 33rd over and scored 85 runs from the 10 overs to go past 200 in the 40th over.
After
both were out in quick succession in the 43rd and 44th overs
respectively, the lower order ensured that India go near the 300-run
mark.
Pakistan troops fire at Indian post along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir
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Poonch: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by firing
towards the Indian Army posts in Poonch sector near the Line of Control
in Jammu and Kashmir today.
"Pakistani troops have targeted
Indian posts by firing rocket projectile grenades (RPGs) and heavy
machine guns along LoC in Doda Battalion forward area in Poonch district
since 0730 hours today," a senior Army officer said.
Indian border troops retaliated effectively, resulting in heavy exchanges which were on for five hours, the officer said.
There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing, he said.
Top
army officials are monitoring the situation in wake of the heavy firing
along the border line and troops have been asked in other forward areas
to intensify round the clock vigilance.
This is fifth ceasefire violation in July this year.
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London: It's a boy!
Prince William's wife, Kate, has given birth to a boy, a child now third in line to the British throne.
The
child was born Monday, after many Britons woke up to the news that Kate
had gone into labour with the couple's first child.
The birth announcement, via a press release from Kensington Palace, said the boy was born at 4:24 pm weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces.
The
royal birth recalled that of the baby's father, William, in 1982, at
the same central London hospital. Many remember the moment when he was
carried out in his mother Princess Diana's arms with proud father Prince
Charles at their side.
William and Kate's son is expected to follow Charles and William to the throne.
No
one can tell what political and personal changes the intervening years
will bring, but the baby can be expected to become the head of state of
16 countries, including Britain, Australia and Canada, and possibly the
head of the Commonwealth, which covers 54 nations.
The child will also eventually become Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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The
baby represents a living link to Britain's imperial history - the
infant is the great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen
Victoria, who ruled at the peak of British power.
Many Britons
had hoped that William and Kate would start a family shortly after their
gala 2011 wedding, which drew a global television audience in the
hundreds of millions.
The couple waited, however, until William
was nearly finished with his military work as a search and rescue
helicopter pilot based at an air base in a remote island off the coast
of Wales.
That allowed Kate to ease into royal life, and to
become more comfortable in the spotlight, before becoming a parent. It
also allowed her to play a supporting role during Queen Elizabeth II's
Diamond Jubilee celebrations last summer. The
first months of her pregnancy were not easy, and she was hospitalized
in early December with acute morning sickness that left her weak and
dehydrated.
She seemed to recover her stamina fairly quickly and
made a series of public appearances until the final weeks before giving
birth, drawing praise for her poise and good cheer.
The royal
couple and their newborn are expected to spend much of their time in the
coming years in renovated quarters at Kensington Palace, where William
and Harry also spent much of their childhood.
Royal officials say
Kate and William will try to give their child as normal an upbringing
as possible - which may be challenging in an age when the British royals
are treated as major world celebrities.
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New Delhi/Kolkata: It may have lost out to the more
modern competitors from Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota and Honda but the
good old Ambassador car, which once ruled the roost in India, has just
been voted as the world's best taxi by global automotive programme Top
Gear.
In a show, which is being aired on the BBC, Top Gear's
executive director Richard Hammond organised a world taxi shootout in
which Ambassador emerged a winner, beating competitors from all over the
globe.
"The winner was India's virtually indestructible
Hindustan Ambassador," UK-based motor museum Beaulieu, where the 'World
of Top Gear' featuring vehicles from some of the most ambitious
challenges are also showcased, said in a statement.
This particular example proved just how enduring the Ambassador
really is when it saw off rivals from Britain, America, Germany, South
Africa, Mexico and Russia to be named the world's best taxi, it added.
The
Hindustan Ambassador started life in Britain as the Morris Oxford but,
with a quick name change, it went on to become one of India's most
enduring vehicles.
"It's (Ambassador) so tough that, although it
now lives in World of Top Gear, with a quick wash and brush up, it could
be back in service tomorrow - probably," the statement said.
In
1948, CK Birla Group firm Hindustan Motors Ltd began the production of
the Ambassador at Uttarpara in Hooghly district, West Bengal.
Till
the arrival of the Maruti in the early 80s, the Ambassador was the
status symbol in India. Gradually it lost out to various global
competitors when it came to personal usage but continued to be the
favourite vehicle for government officials and also in the taxi segment.
In
the recent past, its sales in both the segments have shown a decline
and in 2012-13, the Ambassador sold a total of just 3,390 units. This
fiscal, it has sold only 709 units in the April-June period.
India strong enough to face China, says Centre after reports of another incursion
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New Delhi: The
Centre has said the country is strong enough to face any incursion from
China, after reports emerged of Chinese forces entering the Indian
territory again.
According to media reports, around 50 Chinese
soldiers riding on horses and ponies crossed into Indian territories in
Chumar sector of Ladakh for two days on July 16 and 17, and carried
placards which asked Indian forces to leave the "occupied territories".
The
Army sources confirmed the incursion saying that Indian troops had
intercepted a patrol party of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in
the Chumar sector and after the usual banner drill between the two
sides, the PLA patrol went back into their territory.
"Whatever China is doing is very unfortunate. The government will
definitely take it up with China and will protest. China needs to stop
all such activities," said Congress leader Rashid Alvi.
But it
gave another change to the Opposition to attack the government. "There
is no leadership in this government and that's why such incidents are
taking place. And the way China is trying to position itself in
Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, it's a warning for India,
but the government is refusing to pay attention. We condemn this failure
on the government's part," said BJP leader Prakash Javadekar
This
is the latest incident of an incursion by Chinese forces into the
Indian territory and comes within a month of Defence Minister A K
Antony's visit to Beijing where the issue was taken up in the bilateral
talks.
Last Wednesday, the government, in a major boost to the
Indian Army's war fighting capabilities along the Line of Actual
Control, gave the go-ahead for the creation of a corps including
deployment of 50,000 additional troops along the China border.
In
April this year, a platoon of Chinese soldiers had slipped across the
border in the middle of the night. The stand-off became a major
diplomatic tangle between the two countries.
India to redeploy surveillance camera in Chumar sector on LAC
New Delhi: Indian Army is planning to put back a surveillance camera in
the Chumar area along the LAC to keep an eye on the movement of the
Chinese troops which had reportedly taken away a similar device last
month.
The camera was said to have taken away by the Chinese side on June 17
when it had become non-functional and was returned to the Indian side on
July 3 there after a protest was registered.
The camera was used to keep an eye on the movement of the Chinese Army
troops in that area. The surveillance camera would be put back there for
the same purpose, highly-placed sources told PTI here.
Such cameras have been put up at several places along the Line of
Actual Control (LAC) and Indian troops sitting in their posts can keep
an eye on the PLA troops, they said.
The particular camera in Chumar area was used several times by the
Indian side to monitor and intercept the PLA patrols in the areas
claimed by the Indian side as its territory, sources said.
India and China have been working towards signing a border pact to
maintain peace and tranquillity along the LAC where a number of
incursion incidents have been observed in the recent few months.
A Defence Ministry official said that during Defence Minister AK
Antony's meetings with the Chinese leadership, the broader issue of
incursion and other incidents were raised but no specific incident was
highlighted.
Chinese troops last month intruded into the Chumar sector in Ladakh -
the same area which had sparked off tensions in April - and smashed some
bunkers besides cutting wires of cameras installed at the border post.
Chumar, located 300 km from Leh, has always been an area of discomfort
for the Chinese troops as this is the only area along the China-India
border where they do not have any direct access to the LAC.
Cancer-free Manisha Koirala makes cheerful appearance in New York
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Manisha Koirala looked happier and healthier at a public function in New York
Actress Manisha Koirala, who has
successfully battled ovarian cancer, maintained a vibrant and cheerful
demeanour as she stepped out for a public function in New York recently.
The 42-year-old was seen wearing trousers, a white shirt, a casual white
coat and a red hat. Manisha covered her head with a tied-up stole, and
then further concealed it with the bright red hat -- and she not only
looked elegant, she was also happier and healthier.
Even her face and her smile reflected a unique glow as she interacted with several women in a green, open space.
"I am free from cancer," Manisha said at the event, thanking all those
who wished her recovery during her tough time, according to Nepalese
channel White Himal TV, which operates from New York.
Manisha, who carved her own niche in the Hindi film industry with films like Bombay, 1942: A Love Story and Dil Se,
was initially admitted to Mumbai's Jaslok Hospital on November 28 last
year after which she flew down to the US for further treatment.
She is expected to return to India towards June end, her manager Subroto
Ghosh, told IANS, adding: "She is now fine, all hale and hearty."
The actress is missing the Mumbai monsoon. She took to her Facebook page
to share her thoughts, and posted: "Got to know (about) lovely rains in
Mumbai. Can't wait to be on my terrace!"
ICC Champions Trophy: India currently world's top fielding side, says Mahendra Singh Dhoni
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday
lauded his team's fielding performance against Pakistan saying that
they are currently the world's top fielding side.
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Birmingham: India
skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday lauded his team's fielding
performance against Pakistan saying that they are currently the world's
top fielding side.
"The
whole team is doing really well in all the three departments. We are
the top fielding side in world cricket as of now; we need to keep the
intensity up," said Dhoni after India beat their arch-rivals by eight wickets here at Edgbaston to finish top of Group B.
India had caused two outstanding run-outs of Pakistani batsmen during the match.
The wicket-keeper batsmen also praised swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the presentation ceremony.
"Bhuvneshwar
bowls in very good areas and can swing the ball. He's someone who has
given us the early breakthroughs. (It is) good to see him bowl well."
India will take on the second placed team in Group A in the semifinal at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on June 20.
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Chennai: DMK
chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi today filed her nomination for
a second term in the Rajya Sabha. Her current term as MP ends next
month.
"I have filed nomination with the confidence that we will
win. I've confidence that my leader and brother will take care of it,"
Ms Kanimozhi said.
Tamil Nadu has 18 Rajya Sabha seats. Six of them are up for grabs in July because the terms of the current members are ending.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her party, the
AIADMK, are putting up five candidates, effectively contesting all the
vacancies.
The DMK by itself does not have enough state
legislators to win a single seat. A candidate needs 34 votes to get
elected. The DMK, which has 23 MLAs in 235-member Tamil Nadu Assembly,
should ensure support of 11 other legislators to be absolutely sure of a
seat in the Rajya Sabha elections on June 27.
Political analysts
say Mr Karunanidhi is hoping to ally with the Congress for the
elections. In March, his party quit the union government accusing it of
not taking a firm enough stand at the UN against Sri Lanka over the
alleged war crimes by its armed forces.
The DMK is also trying to win the support of the PKM and DMDK, headed by actor Vijayakanth.
Ms
Kanimozhi spent 193 days in jail on charges that she helped her party
colleague and former union minister A Raja accept a bribe from a telecom
firm.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India fast bowler S.Sreesanth, who was
released from Tihar jail Tuesday on bail, said the last 27 days have
taught him a lot and retiterated that he was innocent.
"I am very happy. I should thank my lawyer. It was a testing phase for
me, the last 27 days. I believe in the Indian judiciary and I am sure my
innocence will be proved," Sreesanth told reporters in a press
conference here after coming out of jail.
"I played the game in the right spirit. I'll abide by the process of law.
"I won't forget the days spent in jail. The last 27 days have taught me a
lot. I can say I totally believe in Indian judiciary. My innocence will
be proven soon," said Sreesanth.
A Delhi court Monday granted bail to suspended cricketer Sreesanth, his
Rajasthan Royals teammate Ankeet Chavan and 17 bookies who were booked
under the provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
(MCOCA) in the IPL spot fixing scandal.
Additional Session Judge Vinay Kumar Khanna granted bail to the accused
on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 each with one surety of the like
amount.
The court said granting bail to accused indicted police for slapping
stringent provisions of MCOCA and that there was no prima facie evidence
to try them under the act.
Another Rajasthan Royals cricketer, Ajit Chandila, and six others had not applied for bail.
Delhi Police have so far arrested 26 people, including Sreesanth and two
of his Rajasthan Royals teammates, in connection with the case.
Family of Sunil Tripathi, misidentified in the Boston bombing, can finally mourn him
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Sunil Tripathi. REUTERS/Brown University/Handout
Officials
confirmed on Thursday that a body found submerged in a Rhode Island
river was that of Sunil Tripathi, a former Brown University student that
had been very publicly and very incorrectly named as a suspect in the
Boston Marathon bombing.
Tripathi’s identity was confirmed by dental records and, according to the Christian Science Monitor,
he was believed to have been dead for some time. It was a tragic end
for the Tripathi family, who had been seeking the missing student since
he dropped out of school in a depressed state of mind in mid-March.
"This last month has changed our lives forever, and we hope it will change yours too," the Tripathi family said in a Facebook post.
"Take care of one another. Be gentle, be compassionate. Be open to
letting someone in when it is you who is faltering. Lend your hand. We
need it. The world needs it."
Somehow, one month after his disappearance, Tripathi managed to be
implicated in a terrorist attack in another state, identified online as a
suspect being sought by police and, just as quickly, forgotten when two
Chechen brothers were confirmed to be the actual suspects at the heart
of a terrorist manhunt.
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Sunil Tripathi.REUTERS/Brown University/Handout
The Tripathis suffered first as 22-year-old Sunil was publicly identified as one of the bombing suspects. First by members of Reddit,
an online forum often credited with being the new, immediate face of
journalism. Later, he was named by the old guards of journalism as well.
He was not the terror suspect. He was a young man who had dropped out of school and went missing.
The Tripathis had refused to believe Sunil was connected in any way
to the Boston bombing, even as members of the public demonized him and
attacked his family name. They were right not to believe.
For the Tripathis, their public suffering is over, and private mourning can begin.
Erik Martin, general manager of Reddit, apologized to the family in a
blog post this week, expressing sadness in the roll the site played in
causing the family pain.
Martin wrote:
[S]ome of the activity on reddit fueled online witch
hunts and dangerous speculation which spiraled into very negative
consequences for innocent parties. The reddit staff and the millions of
people on reddit around the world deeply regret that this happened. We
have apologized privately to the family of missing college student Sunil
Tripathi, as have various users and moderators. We want to take this
opportunity to apologize publicly for the pain they have had to endure.
In the rush to understand the understandable, to come to grips with
what happened in Boston that day, the eyes of the world stumbled and
fell. And they took Sunil Tripathi with them.
Is it any wonder he is being called the "other victim" of the Boston bombing?
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New Delhi: Breaking
convention to spread a strong message on women empowerment, a young
bride rode a horse to her marriage ceremony in Satwara village of
Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.
The unique tradition which was practiced by the Patidar community centuries ago was brought alive by the young woman.
She rode the horse to the groom's house with her family and friends dancing around in the hour-long marriage procession.
In recent months, India has been incensed over crimes against women with protests being held all over the country.
Aamir Khan is one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People
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Aamir Khan has been named as a "pioneer"
on Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013. Image
by Mark Seliger, courtesy:
Actor Aamir Khan has made Time
magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013. Aamir, who
created an international presence with his 2012 TV series Satyamev Jayate, is named as a "pioneer" on the list. Satyamev Jayate
examined social and economic issues like female foeticide and medical
malpractices and had wide-ranging impact across the country, including
promises from state governments to set up fast track courts and Aamir
being invited to be part of discussion on medical FDI by a Parliamentary
committee.
Composer A R Rahman writes on Time.com
: He uses his gifts as a charmer to give his audience the most bitter
medicine. Hypnotized, we take it without complaint. That's Aamir's magic
at work. Satyamev Jayate was not intended to provide solutions
but to ask hard questions, the kind society is often reluctant to
address. By showing the courage to ask those questions, Aamir has
started a movement that will help change the world in which Indians
live. Jai ho!
Aamir also features on one of the seven special edition covers of the 2013 Time 100 issue.
Aamir, described by Time as a film star and activist, is not the only
Indian on the list. Also named as a "pioneer," is lawyer Vrinda Grover,
one of the leading voices calling for change and justice after the fatal
gang-rape of a medical student on board a Delhi bus.
The Time 100 list also includes "leaders" Barack Obama and Pope Francis,
"pioneer" Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, "titans" Jay-Z and Sheryl Sandberg,
"icons" Malala Yousafzai, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Obama, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Justin Timberlake and Kate Middleton, and "artists" Jennifer
Lawrence and Steven Spielberg.
