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Maharashtra: Police on high alert after IED found on bus, blast near Mumbai

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Maharashtra: Police on high alert after IED found on bus, blast near Mumbai
After a low-intensity blast took place on a busy road near Mumbai on Wednesday, and an IED was found in Raigad on a state transport bus later at night, the Maharashtra Police is on high alert

Source: DI

Farmers' march called off after talks with Maha govt

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Farmers' march called off after talks with Maha govt
The farmers had embarked on the march on Thursday morning, but it was called off later.

Source: DI

Taking corruption charges lightly? Robert Vadra takes a dig at ED on Instagram, says 'style and health tips for agency'

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Taking corruption charges lightly? Robert Vadra takes a dig at ED on Instagram, says 'style and health tips for agency'
On Thursday, Robert Vadra took to his Instagram and shared a post-session photograph of himself with the officials surrounding him

Source: DI

J&K: Encounter between security forces and terrorists underway in Sopore

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

J&K: Encounter between security forces and terrorists underway in Sopore
An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in Warpora area of Sopore in Baramulla district

Source: DI

Mumbai's Gateway of India becomes first structure in State to be digitally preserved

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Mumbai's Gateway of India becomes first structure in State to be digitally preserved
Scanning Every Inch: 3D model can guide future conservation

Source: DI

Steam engine train to chug at Neral tomorrow

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Steam engine train to chug at Neral tomorrow
On February 23. As part of the heritage month celebrations by the Indian Railways, steam engine will be brought on the tracks at Neral on the Neral-Matheran route.

Source: DI

Maharashtra: Cops recover explosive device from ST bus; Raigad on high alert

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Maharashtra: Cops recover explosive device from ST bus; Raigad on high alert
The device was found in a bag at around 10:15 pm in a state transport bus that was going to Apta from Karjat.

Source: DI

Death under amended Section harsher: say Shakti Mills rape convicts

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:07 AM PST

Death under amended Section harsher: say Shakti Mills rape convicts
The convicts - Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari - challenged the Constitutional validity of Section 376 (E).

Source: DI

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

Rameswaram(TN): Five Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy Friday for allegedly fishing in the island nation's waters, a Fisheries department official said here.

The fishermen from Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district were fishing near Kathchatheevu when the Lankan Naval personnel detained them, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Rameswaram, Yuvaraj said. They were taken to Thalaimannar along with their boat, he added. As many as 13 fishermen from the state have been arrested in the past two days in separate incidents, for allegedly fishing in Sri Lanka's territorial waters.



Source: FPJ

This pic of Sonali Bendre and Shoojit Sircar from an an ad shoot is all hearts

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

Final registration process for AIIMS MBBS 2019 exam begins at mbbs.aiimsexams.org, check how to apply

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

The final registration process for 2019 exam at New Delhi's AIIMS hospital has begun. The registration process has started from February 21 and will continue till March 12. Candidates will have to generate a code to be eligible to apply for the final exam registration. The code can be generated from February 23 to March 12, failing which no further opportunity will be given. The final registration can be done at the official site of AIIMS, aiimsexams.org or mbbs.aiimsexams.org. Candidates who have done the Basic Registration and have generated a unique code between 29 January to17 February can only do the Final Registration.

The AIIMS MBBS 2019 exams are scheduled to be held on May 25 and 26. AIIMS exam registration process has three steps, 1. Basic Registration, 2. Generation of Code and 3. Final Registration. The candidate won't be allowed to appear for AIIMS MBBS exam if he/she has done the Basic Registration only and not the final registration. The admit card the exam will be released on May 15.

Here's how to apply for AIIMS MBBS entrance exam:

Step 1: Visit official AIIMS site

Step 2: Click on Application Login Zone link

Step 3: Enter your registration ID, Unique code, password and captcha to login

Step 4: Complete your final registration process



Source: FPJ

Google dedicates doodle to remember late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

New Delhi: Google on Friday dedicated a doodle celebrating wildlife conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin's life and legacy, whom many grew up watching wrestling giant crocodiles in the Australian wilderness. A zookeeper by profession, Irwin achieved worldwide fame from his television series "The Crocodile Hunter". A typical "Aussie" mate, who would have been 57 on this day, created the runaway hit show that was seen in more than 100 countries by over 500 million people.

Doodle guest artist Shanti Rittgers created the slideshow of six images that told the story of Irwin, who inherited his love for the reptiles from his parents Lyn and Bob Irwin when they gave him an eleven-foot python for his sixth birthday, the Google blog post said.

Irwin who was born in Melbourne suburbs in 1962 named his first slithery friend Fred and later went on to introduce a whole new generation to reptiles, which could also be loved. Through his work at the Australia Zoo and his popular TV series Irwin and his family and even his future generation dedicated their lives to the preservation and appreciation of Earth's wildlife and wild places.

During the early 1970s, father, mother and Steve Irwin moved to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and opened the Beerwah Reptile Park that has an annual footfall of seven lakh. Learning to wrestle crocodiles since the age of nine, Irwin volunteered with Queensland's "East Coast Crocodile Management Program", helping to capture and relocate endangered saltwater crocodiles-the largest of all living reptiles-to protect them from being harmed.

He was involved in all aspects of managing his family's park, which was renamed Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, and eventually the Australia Zoo. Soon after taking over the park's management, Irwin met his future wife Terri who was visiting the zoo. They spent their honeymoon capturing crocodiles, and the footage they shot became the first episode of "The Crocodile Hunter".

Thanks to the show, Irwin's enthusiasm for saving endangered (and dangerous) animals quickly became as popular as his one-word catchphrase "Crikey!" It was also a family effort — while Steve and Terri hosted the show together, their children Bindi and Robert became fixtures on the show as well.

On September 4, 2006, Irwin was on location at Batt Reef in Queensland, taking part in the production of the documentary series Ocean's Deadliest when while snorkelling in shallow waters he was approached by a short-tail stingray. Trying to film it for his daughter's television programme, while swimming in chest-deep water, Irwin was stabbed by the giant marine creature.

According to the incident's only witness: "All of a sudden the stingray propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds". Irwin initially believed he only had a punctured lung. However, the stingray's barb pierced his heart, causing him to bleed to death.

The stingray's behaviour appeared to have been a defensive response to being boxed in. Crew members aboard Irwin's boat administered CPR and rushed him to the nearby Low Isles where medical staff pronounced him dead. Irwin's death is believed to be the only fatality from a stingray ever captured on video.

Irwin's wife has shared her thoughts with Google: "Steve Irwin was a loving father and husband who dedicated his life to protecting wildlife and wild places… He was best known for his rescue and research work with endangered saltwater crocodiles, the closest living relative of the dinosaurs, now the largest reptiles on earth.

"Today we continue his mission by working to overturn recent legislation in Queensland which allows crocodile egg harvesting from vulnerable crocodiles in the wild to support the commercial leather trade. Steve's legacy will definitely live on."

Today, Irwin's legacy lives on through his family's continued animal conservation work and with the celebration of Steve Irwin Day each November 15 — an international celebration of wildlife, family, and fun including fundraising events to benefit the Australia Zoo's Wildlife Warriors programme. In 2001, the Australian government awarded Irwin the Centenary Medal for a lifetime of service, and in 2004 he was nominated for Australian of the Year. In 2018 he was also posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.



Source: FPJ

Indian-descent man admits to multi-million dollar immigration fraud

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

New York: A 70-year-old man of Indian-descent, who pretended to be a US government official, has admitted to running a multi-million-dollar immigration fraud that duped over 100 people, according to federal prosecutors. Hardev Panesar admitted to the crimes in the San Diego Federal Court on Thursday and agreed to pay back $2.5 million to the victims, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Over a five-year period, he told numerous victims that he was an official of the Department of Homeland Security and that he and his associates could get them and their families legal immigration status, according to the DOJ. Just before his trial was to begin, Panesar jumped bail and fled to Mexico last June and hid there till he was caught by Mexican authorities who deported him to the US in August, the DOJ said.

Cutting short the trial process, he made the admission of guilt before Federal Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, who is to sentence him in May. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. One his associates was sentenced to three years and ten months for his role in the scheme.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing its probe as the fraud could have begun earlier and is asking anyone who may be a victim to contact the agency.

The DOJ said that Panesar showed victims fake government IDs and took their fingerprints. Taking fingerprints is a part of the immigration process and getting them would have made the scheme seem official. He often demanded more money to speed up what he said was the immigration process, the DOJ said.
(Arul Louis can be reached at arul.l@ians.in and followed on Twitter @arulouis)



Source: FPJ

First product of Apple’s electric car project could be a van

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

San Francisco: The first product of Apple's self-driving electric car project codenamed "Titan", could actually be an electric van instead of a car, the media reported.

According to multiple unnamed sources of German business publication — Manager Magazin, prototypes of Apple's work have been seen painted in black and silver and the main highlight is that vans are being tested, rather than cars," Apple Insider reported on Thursday.

In August 2018, Tesla's former engineering Vice President, Doug Field was appointed by Apple to lead team "Titan". "The 'Apple Car' which could be arriving between 2023 and 2025, has undergone development at Apple in a variety of different. Originally working on an entire vehicle, the project changed its focus towards self-driving vehicle systems, though there are some signs it is shifting back towards overall vehicular design," the report said.

The fleet of Apple's self-driving programmes is made up of 66 Lexus RX450h SUVs, each of which is fitted with huge racks of LIDAR and radar sensors as well as cameras, roaming around the San Francisco Bay Area to perfect the sensors, computer systems and software required for a vehicle to safely drive itself. In January, Apple push out over 200 employees from its electric car project to other parts of the company as part of the re-structuring process of project "Titan".

The iPhone-maker is also said to be applying some of the "Titan" technology into a self-driving shuttle program titled "Palo Alto to Infinite Loop" or "PAIL" — intended to ferry Apple employees between the Bay Area campuses, using specially modified Volkswagen vans, the report added.

In May 2018, with 55 self-driving cars and 83 drivers, Apple touched the second highest number of self-driving cars in the US state of California after General Motor's Cruise, which had 104 vehicles.



Source: FPJ

Robert Vadra appears before ED for fifth time in money laundering case

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

New Delhi: Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fifth time in connection with a money laundering case. The case relates to overseas ownership of undisclosed assets worth 1.9 million pounds.

Vadra arrived at the ED's Jamnagar office in central Delhi at 10.30 a.m. Soon after, scores of Congress workers gathered outside raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Robert Vadra, who is the husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has faced more than 27 hours of questioning so far.

He was earlier questioned on February 6, 7, 9 and 20. On February 2, the court granted him interim bail till February 16 and asked him to join the investigation on February 6. Then on February 16, a Delhi court extended Robert Vadra's interim bail till March 2.

The ED has also lodged a money laundering case against his employee Manoj Arora after his role came up during an Income Tax Department probe in a 2015 anti-black money case involving absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. The financial probe agency has alleged that Arora was aware of Robert Vadra's overseas undeclared assets and was instrumental in arranging funds.

On February 12 and 13, Robert Vadra was also questioned by the ED in Jaipur in connection with a land deal case in Bikaner, Rajasthan. On February 15, the agency attached a Rs 4.43-crore house in Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar. The property was in the name of Robert Vadra's company Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd.



Source: FPJ

In Pic: Taimur Ali Khan chills a pony, befitting his royal lineage 

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

Taimur Ali Khan is a little prince who has our attention all the time. He is perhaps one of the most clicked celebrities. He of course is totally oblivious of this that he actually has a HUGE fan following on social media. He is country's heartbeat and his one smile can make one's day. Taimur was at the Pataudi palace recently with his momma and pappa, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan. He did everything that a typical toddler would do. He played, chilled and rode on horses. Aside from this, baby Taimur also plays ukulele, just like how his dad Saif is known for his passion for guitar and music. A photo has been floating around on the internet where Taimur is seen chatting up a pony. This is INNOCENCE PERSONIFIED! It's so amazing to see him being all cute and animal friendly! Check out the photo and tell us how you like it.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan spend as much time as they get with young Taimur and it is amazing how they strike the work and life balance to do the same. Saif sometimes even postpones his shoots to spend time with his baby. Kareena too is constantly worried about Taimur and all the media attention he gets but makes sure that he gets a normal childhood despite being a celebrity child and paparazzi pressure.



Source: FPJ

Google ends forced arbitration for employees globally

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

San Francisco: After facing intense protests over sexual misconduct and discrimination at workplace, Google has decided to end the forced arbitration policy for its employees. According to a report in Axios on Thursday, the new policy will go into effect from March 21 for Google employees globally. The decision will not open the door to bringing lawsuits over previously-settled claims, said Google.

"Employees with disputes currently in arbitration who are still employed by the company as of March 21 will be able to choose to sue instead," it added. Google employees the world over have called for the practice to end in other cases of harassment and discrimination.

"Google appears to be meeting that demand for employees — but the change will not apply in the same blanket way to the many contractors, vendors and temporary employees it uses," said the report. Forced arbitration agreements require employees to waive their rights to make a legal claim in court and instead go through a private system, said TechCrunch.

Google also said it would remove mandatory arbitration from legal agreements it reaches directly with its contract and temporary workforce. Last month, Google employees took to Twitter and Instagram to educate the public about forced arbitration Last November, over 20,000 employees staged a walkout at Google over forced arbitration.



Source: FPJ

Samsung Galaxy ‘S10’ smartphones in India from Rs 55,900

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

Gurugram: Samsung India on Friday opened pre-booking for its newly-launched Galaxy 'S10' series smartphones that will start from Rs 55,900. The 1TB Galaxy S10+ smartphone will be available for Rs 1,17,900 while 512GB and 128 GB storage variants of S10+ will be priced at Rs 91,900 and Rs 73,900, respectively.

Priced at Rs 84,900, the 512 GB variant of Galaxy S10 will be available in prism white colour, whereas the 128 GB variant will cost Rs 66,900 in prism black, prism white and prism blue colours. The cheapest of the lot, Galaxy S10e comes with 128 GB storage variant in prism black and prism white colours for Rs 55,900, the company announced.

"Customers will be able to pre-book their Galaxy S10 devices until March 5 through Samsung website, Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm, Tata CLiQ and select retail outlets. "All variants of Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10e will be available across retail and online stores from March 8. Deliveries for pre-booking customers will start from March 6," said the company.

The 1TB and 512GB variants of the S10+ will come in luxurious, ceramic white and ceramic black colours while the 128GB variant will come in premium prism black, prism white and prism blue colours. The new Galaxy S line has cinematic Infinity-O Display, versatile pro-grade camera, wireless "PowerShare" and in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner (only on Galaxy S10+/S10).

Consumers who pre-book the Galaxy S line will get a choice to own the new Galaxy Watch for Rs 9,999 or the new Galaxy Buds for Rs 2,999. The pre-booking customers are also eligible for an upgrade bonus up to Rs 15,000 and HDFC cashback up to Rs 6,000, said the company.



Source: FPJ

Pulwama effect: Pakistan reinstates ban on Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa, its sister organisation

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:05 AM PST

Pulwama effect: Pakistan reinstates ban on Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa, its sister organisation
Pakistan government took the decision to ban the organisation at a National Security Committee meeting.

Source: TFE

14 die after consuming illicit liquor in Assam

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

14 die after consuming illicit liquor in Assam
The tragedy occurred during a celebration by labourers at Salmara Tea Estate in Golaghat district

Source: TH

Asking tough questions and standing with the forces not mutually exclusive: Congress

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

Asking tough questions and standing with the forces not mutually exclusive: Congress
Opposition attacks PM Modi on his whereabouts on the day of the Pulwama terror strike

Source: TH

2019 general elections could be world’s most expensive, says U.S.-based expert

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

2019 general elections could be world's most expensive, says U.S.-based expert
The 2014 general elections cost USD 5 billion, so it is not inconceivable that overall expenditure will double this year, notes Milan Vaishnav, senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Source: TH

Pulwama terror aftermath: SC gives strict directions to Centre and States to protect Kashmiris, minorities

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

Pulwama terror aftermath: SC gives strict directions to Centre and States to protect Kashmiris, minorities
It referred to incidents of violence against these communities in States like Bihar, Chattisgarh, Haryana, J&K, Meghalaya, UP, Uttarakhand and West Bengal

Source: TH

‘LKG’ review: Neither funny nor boring

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

'LKG' review: Neither funny nor boring
The problem with LKG is that it can hardly be viewed as a film, but a culmination of video memes and trolls on the political developments in the State.

Source: TH

Five TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

Posted: 22 Feb 2019 12:04 AM PST

Five TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
The fishermen from Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district were fishing near Kathchatheevu when the Lankan Naval personnel detained them, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Rameswaram, Yuvaraj said.

Source: TH
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