पाटीदार के अर्धशतक से भारत का मुंहतोड़ जवाब, पहले ही दिन बनाया दबदबा

इंडिया ए और इंग्लैंड लॉयंस के बीच 2 दिवसीय प्रैक्टिस मैच के पहले ही दिन भारत ने दबदबा बना लिया. स्पिनर मानव सुतार की शानदार गेंदबाजी के बाद ओपनर रजत पाटीदार के नाबाद अर्धशतक की बदौलत भारत ने इस मुकाबले पर शिकंजा कस लिया है.

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Karnataka R-Day Tableau Rejected, Siddaramaiah Writes To Rajnath Singh

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh requesting him to allow the state to showcase its tableau themed 'Brand Bengaluru' in the Republic Day parade at 'Kartavya Path' this year.

Expressing his displeasure over the Centre's denial to present its tableau, he said the decision had hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas.

In a letter addressed to Mr Singh, which he shared on 'X', Siddaramaiah said Karnataka has been taking part in the Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path, New Delhi, with its tableau for the last 14 years consecutively.

He underlined that Karnataka has won numerous prizes for its tableaux in the Republic Day parades with various themes, such as Maha Mastakabhishek of Bhagwan Baahubali (2005), Architecture of Hoysala (2008), Bidari Art of Bidar (2011), Bhootaradhane (2012), Channapattana Toys (2015) and Traditional Art Forms of Karnataka (2022).

Each tableau in Karnataka shows the rich culture, folklore and traditions of the state.

The theme 'Brand Bengaluru' was selected from among the five themes proposed by Karnataka for the 2024 Republic Day parade.

"The state had presented the key-model and the music before the selection committee and it had asked us to attend the next meeting with certain modifications. However, after the last round of meeting, Karnataka has not been included in the 2024 Republic Day parade to be conducted at Kartavya Path. Instead, the tableau has been accommodated in the 'Bharat Parv' section at the Red Fort," Siddaramaiah said.

According to him, the tableau themed 'Brand Bengaluru' depicts how the iconic city of Bengaluru has leapfrogged in development and yet is firmly rooted in its culture and tradition.

The state's contribution to 'Vikasit Bharat' is immense - be it technology, entrepreneurship or tax contribution. The grand Terminal-2 of the Kempe Gowda International Airport is the newest feather in its cap. It has been declared as one of the most beautiful airports in the world by UNESCO, the chief minister pointed out.

"The decision not to allow Karnataka tableau at this year's Republic Day parade has hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas. The exclusion has met with strong disappointment from the people of Karnataka," Siddaramaiah said.

"To avoid hurting the sentiments of seven crore Kannadigas, it is requested to allow Karnataka to showcase its tableau themed 'Brand Bengaluru' in the Republic Day Parade 2024 at Kartavya Path, instead of limiting it to 'Bharat Parv' exhibition at the Red Fort," he added. 

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Video: 427 दिन बाद टी20 में रोहित शर्मा की वापसी, शर्मनाक ढंग से हुए आउट

Rohit Sharma got out on duck अफगानिस्तान के खिलाफ चयनकर्ताओं ने उनको इस फॉर्मेट में चुना और 427 दिन के बाद बतौर कप्तान वह एक बार फिर से मैदान पर उतरे. टॉस जीतकर रोहित शर्मा ने पहले गेंदबाजी चुना. अफगानिस्तान ने भारत के सामने 20 ओवर में 5 विकेट पर 158 रन का स्कोर खड़ा किया. कप्तानी में पुराना रंग दिखाने वाले भारतीय दिग्गज बल्लेबाजी में नाकाम रहे और शर्मनाक तरीके से आउट होकर वापस लौटे.

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रोहित- गिल के बीच भारी ड्रामा, दोनों एक ही छोर पर पहुंचे, देनी पड़ी कुर्बानी

भारत और अफगानिस्तान के बीच पहले टी20 मैच में गजब ड्रामा देखने को मिला. मोहाली के पंजाब क्रिकेट संघ आईएस बिंद्रा स्टेडियम में भारत की पारी के पहले ओवर की दूसरी ही गेंद पर कन्फ्यूजन देखने को मिला. एक ही छोर पर दोनों ओपनर्स पहुंच गए और एक को अपने विकेट के रूप में कुर्बानी देनी पड़ी.

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'हूर की परी' हैं इन 5 क्रिकेटर्स की पत्नियां, खूबसूरती ऐसी की हो जाएंगे लट्टू

भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम इस साल बांग्लादेश के साथ 2 टेस्ट और 3 मैचों की टी20 सीरीज खेलेगी. दोनों टीमों के बीच यह सीरीज सितंबर में आयोजित होगा. हालांकि यह सीरीज कब से शुरू होगी अपनी शेड्यूल की घोषणा बाकी है. दोनों टीमों के बीच मुकाबला बेहद रोमांचक होने की उम्मीद है. इस दौरान बांग्लादेशी क्रिकेटर्स की पत्नियां भी सुर्खियां बटोरती हैं. इन क्रिकेटर्स की वाइफ बेहद खूबसूरत हैं जो टॉप क्लास ऐक्ट्रेस को खूबसूरती में मात देती हैं.

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"Enough Is Enough": UK Warns Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Over Red Sea Attacks

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on Wednesday warned Iran-backed Huthi rebels to end their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Shapps told Sky News there was "no doubt" Tehran was involved and providing weapons and intelligence. "Enough is enough," he said. "We must be clear with the Huthis that this has to stop and that is my simple message to them today: Watch this space".

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3 Rooms, An XBOX: How This Mass Murderer Serves His Sentence

Three private rooms, as many budgies and an Xbox: the lawsuit brought by Anders Behring Breivik against the Norwegian state's prison regime details conditions that would make many prisoners envious.

Since 2022, Breivik has been serving his sentence in the high-security wing of Ringerike prison, on the shores of the lake that surrounds the island of Utoya where he killed 69 people, most of them teenagers, on July 22, 2011.

Mere hours earlier, he had detonated a bomb in Oslo, killing eight others.

The 44-year-old right-wing extremist now has three personal rooms to himself: a living room, a study room and a small gym.

On the floor below -- which he shares with another prisoner, though never at the same time -- he has access to a kitchen, a TV lounge with a games console, a dining room and a room for visits.

"Breivik has much more space than any other inmate in Ringerike prison," the facility's director Eirik Bergstedt told Norwegian news agency NTB in December.

Although the decor is relatively plain, the gym includes several exercise machines and the lounge has a large flat screen TV and several armchairs so he can play Xbox with the guards.

Despite these conditions, Breivik, who in 2012 was sentenced to 21 years in prison -- which can be extended indefinitely -- has taken the Norwegian state to court this week to protest against his prison regime.

In a tearful address to the court on Tuesday he said authorities are trying to "push me to suicide".

It is not the first time Breivik has used strong words to protest his conditions: in a letter to AFP in 2014, he threatened to go on hunger strike in prison if he did not get, among other things, a Playstation 3 instead of the older Playstation 2.

However, it is not the material conditions of his detention that he is protesting.

Held apart from other inmates in high-security facilities for almost 12 years, Breivik claims his extended isolation is a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits "inhuman" and "degrading" treatment.

A 'dungeon' 

"They built a dungeon around me" to "wall me in", Breivik complained on Tuesday.

"I'm not a hamster, I need real human relationships," he said.

He is not totally isolated, and in addition to his contacts with the guards -- with whom he can play cards, cook or share a meal -- Breivik is allowed to see a pastor, a physiotherapist, a psychiatrist and a Red Cross visitor with a dog that he can pet.

He himself ended contact with a visitor appointed by the authorities, but for one hour a week he is allowed to meet another prisoner, also carefully hand-picked, with whom he can socialise with, for instance with activities such as making waffles.

Mostly, these meetings take place around a table, which he calls "Putin's table", with several guards sitting between the two prisoners for security reasons.

Or a 'palace' 

In addition to activities such as basketball, walks or visiting the prison library, authorities have given him three budgies to comply with his request for a pet.

"I had asked for a dog, a goat or a miniature pig with which you can make empathetic contacts, which can be a good substitute for people in isolation", commented Breivik, adding that "budgies are better than nothing."

Larger mammals "are not very practical in a high-security area", state lawyer Kristoffer Nerland retorted.

"Moreover, veterinary authorities might have something to say about it."

On social media, some users have commented on the conditions of detention, comparing them to "a hotel" or "a palace".

"The Norwegian system is the way it is, but as a mother whose daughter he killed, it's hard to see him complaining with his nice flat," Lisbeth Kristine Royneland, head of a support group for families of the victims, told AFP.

Royneland who lost her 18-year-old daughter on Utoya.

"But at least he's behind bars and he'll never get out again," she added.

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Meghalaya's Byrnihat India's Most Polluted City In 2023: Report

Byrnihat in Meghalaya topped the list of the most polluted cities in India in 2023, closely followed by Begusarai in Bihar and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Delhi, known for its persistently high air pollution levels during winter, ranked as the eighth most polluted city, the report by independent think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said.

Sunil Dahia, South Asia's analyst at CREA, said 227 cities with air quality data available for over 75 per cent of the days in 2023 were studied.

Among these cities, 85 were included under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The data showed that 78 out of the 85 NCAP cities had PM10 levels exceeding the NAAQS (60 microgrammes per cubic metre).

The NCAP, initiated in 2019, aims for a 20-30 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024 in 131 cities that hadn't met prescribed air quality standards from 2011 to 2015.

The government has now set a new target of achieving a 40 percent reduction in particulate matter concentration in these cities by 2026.

"After five years of the NCAP implementation, only 44 cities out of the 131 non-attainment cities have concluded the source apportionment studies," Dahia said.

"Due to the absence of these studies, 64 per cent of the funds allocated under NCAP have been utilised solely for dust mitigation and ineffective solutions like smog guns, resulting in inefficient use of public funds," he added.

The CREA report revealed that only 37 NCAP-covered cities achieved PM10 levels below the annual targets set by the programme. Interestingly, in 2023, 118 cities not yet part of NCAP breached the national air ambient quality standards for PM10.

"This indicates that cities not included in NCAP aren't necessarily cleaner," Dahia emphasised.

Only seven of the 20 most polluted cities in India are currently under NCAP.

Byrnihat, covered under NCAP, registered the highest annual average PM10 concentration at 301 microgrammes per cubic metre, while Silchar in Assam reported the lowest PM10 level at 29 microgrammes per cubic metre in 2023.

Begusarai in Bihar (average annual PM10 level of 265 microgrammes per cubic metre) and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh (228 microgrammes per cubic metre) secured the second and third positions among the most polluted cities.

Among the top 50 polluted cities, 18 are in Bihar, eight in Haryana, and eight in Rajasthan.

The report highlighted that PM10 concentration in the top 10 polluted cities was notably 3-5 times higher than Indian NAAQS and exceeded WHO limits by 13-20 times. 

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इंग्लैंड के खिलाफ टेस्ट सीरीज से पहले दिनेश कार्तिक की कहां हुई एंट्री?

दिनेश कार्तिक को इंग्लैंड लॉयंस टीम का बैटिंग सलाहकार बनाया गया है. भारत के खिलाफ 5 मैचों की टेस्ट सीरीज से पहले इंग्लैंड लॉयंस की टीम इंडिया ए के खिलाफ 3 चार दिवसीय मैच खेलेगी.

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Karnataka Governor Tests Covid Positive, Under Home Quarantine

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has tested positive for Covid-19 and is under home quarantine, the Special Secretary to the Governor, R Prabhu Shankar, said on Tuesday.

"The governor has tested positive for Covid-19. He is being continuously monitored and his health is stable," Shankar said in a statement.

"Presently, he is quarantined at his residence. His scheduled programmes and appointments stand cancelled till further intimation," the official added.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wished Governor Gehlot a speedy recovery.

In a statement on social media platform X, Siddaramaiah said, "I wish the Honorable Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is infected with Novel Corona, a speedy recovery."

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JSCA करेगा कर्नल सीके नायडू ट्रॉफी की मेजबानी, धनबाद में होंगे दो क्रिकेट मैच

धनबाद स्थित टाटा स्टेडियम जोरापोखर में ट्रॉफी के दो मुकाबले होंगे. पहला मैच 28 जनवरी को झारखंड और महाराष्ट्र तथा दूसरा मैच 4 फरवरी को झारखंड बनाम चंडीगढ़ के बीच खेला जाएगा.

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"Mahatma Gandhi Wanted Ram Rajya, Nothing Wrong With It": Farooq Adbullah

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed hope the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will pave the way for an end to the hatred against the Muslim community in the country. Mr Abdullah asserted that he had always praised Lord Ram from his heart.

“Who goes or not (to attend the consecration event in Ayodhya) is their choice…I hope that with the opening of the temple doors, the hearts of the people will also open and the hatred, which is spread against the Muslims will end. This is my prayer and the lord will hear my voice,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a public meeting here.

The former chief minister said he is not afraid of criticism or losing votes on his remarks about Lord Ram “Ram is as much mine as yours. I have gone through a translation of the holy Quran by a Pakistani scholar and he has also talked about Ram saying he wanted all to move together with brotherhood and love," said Mr Abdullah.

“Mahatma Gandhi used to say that he wants India to be Ram ‘Rajya'. There is nothing wrong with it. I have sung ‘bhajan' (praises) of Ram in various temples over the years from my heart and I am not afraid of anyone's criticism or losing vote bank because I know if we have to save Bharat and the state (J&K), we have to join our hands to move forward,” he added.

Mr Abdullah said that all people have to stand before the almighty after death and the doors of heaven will only open when you testify that “we have done a right thing” or otherwise everyone will go to hell.

Without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the National Conference chief said the elections are near and there are some who will come and seek votes on the Ram temple chanting “Jai Siya Ram".

“They are the ones who are differentiating people on the basis of religion, caste and creed and spreading hatred,” he said.

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"Will Have To Constitute Bench": Chief Justice On Collegium System

The Supreme Court said on Monday it will have to constitute a bench to hear a plea against the collegium system of appointment of judges to the top court and high courts.

"I will have to constitute a bench," Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud told advocate Mathews J Nedumpara tersely after the latter mentioned an old plea filed by him for urgent listing.

Mr Nedumpara referred to the recent interviews of former top court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who retired on December 25 last year.

In an interview with the news agency PTI on December 29, Justice (retd) Kaul had said the National Judicial Appointments Commission was never given a chance to work, leading to angst in political circles and friction in the working of the collegium system of judges appointing judges to the higher judiciary.

The Narendra Modi government, after coming to power in 2014, had got enacted the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act.

The NJAC, tasked with the responsibility of making judicial appointments, comprised the Chief Justice of India, two senior Supreme Court judges, the union law minister and two other eminent persons nominated by the CJI, the prime minister, and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

However, in October 2015, the Supreme Court struck down the NJAC Act holding it unconstitutional.

In the interview, Justice (retd) Kaul said one has to accept there is a problem with the collegium system and it will be "unrealistic" to say that it is working smoothly.

"If people say it (collegium) works smoothly, that would be unrealistic in a sense because that is not a fact. That is reflected by the number of appointments which remain pending. Even till today, certain names which have been recommended, are pending," Justice (retd) Kaul had said.

"We have to accept that there is a problem in the system. If we close our eyes to the problem, we will not come to a solution. You must acknowledge the problem first and then only you can come up with a solution," he had said.

Justice (retd) Kaul, who was a member of the Supreme Court collegium for over a year, had said at present the collegium system is the law of the land and it must be implemented as it stands.

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संस्कृत में क्रिकेट कमेंट्री, धोती-कुर्ता में खिलाड़ियों ने लगाए चौके-छक्के

भोपाल के अंकुर क्रिकेट अकादमी में महर्षि मैत्री मैच टूर्नामेंट सीजन 4 का आयोजन किया गया. यह एक अनोखा क्रिकेट मैच है. इस मैच में क्रिकेट खिलाड़ी जर्सी और पैंट में नहीं बल्कि धोती-कुर्ते में खेलते हैं और संस्कृत भाषा में कमेंट्री होती है. 

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Ranji Trophy: टीम की करारी हार से हड़कंप, कुछ ही घंटों में कप्तान की छुट्टी

Ranji trophy के नए सीजन में दिल्ली की टीम का प्रदर्शन बेहद खराब दिखा पहले मैच में कमतर आंकी जा रही पुडुचेरी की टीम के खिलाफ बड़ी हार झेलनी पड़ी. इस हार के कुछ घंटो बाद ही यश ढुल को कप्तानी से हटाने का फैसला लिया गया.

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