Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Politicizing the military is an inglorious practice

She was reportedly raped, forced to write a suicide note and then murdered. Neither the prime minister, nor Rahul Gandhi, nor the media have time for this issue. Should such incidents not receive as much importance as the December 2012 gang-rape case did? A strikingly similar incident took place in Bangladesh recently. This shows that the world in unsafe for women. If this is to change, the media will have to focus on such issues. Only then can the perpetrators be brought to book.Arundhati DasCalcutta Sir - The letter written by over 150 veterans of the armed forces to the president, Ram Nath Kovind, requesting him to stop the politicization of the armed forces is timely ("Veterans' appeal: Don't politicise military", April 13). The veterans want the president, the supreme commander of the armed forces, to ensure that political parties do not use the army, it actions, achievements or symbols for electoral gains. Although the letter does not mention any political party, it is clear that the concern is regarding some recent comments made by the prime minister and other top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.The response of the defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, was to dub this letter as 'fake'. This shows that the leaders of the BJP are not going to desist from the devious path that they have embarked on. The party may or may not gain from this, but the nation will definitely suffer as a result of such deplorable behaviour.Shovanlal ChakrabortyCalcuttaSir - It is heartening to note that the efforts of the BJP to describe the letter to the president signed by retired army personnel as 'fake' proved to be a non-starter. Among those who chose to stand by the letter were the former army chief, General Shankar Roy Chowdhury, and the former navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta. The armed forces serve the country and not political parties. A single party claiming credit for the army's valiant efforts is unfortunate. Similarly, the description of the army as "Modiji ki sena" is unwarranted. Politicizing the army for electoral gains should be stopped at once.Debasish ChatterjeeCalcuttaSir - In an unprecedented move, more than 150 veterans of the armed forces wrote a letter to the president, expressing their "alarm and disquiet" at political leaders taking credit for military operations like cross-border strikes in order to advance their electoral fortunes. Although the letter does not take names, it is obvious that such a brazen politicization of the armed forces is carried out by none other than the BJP leadership, including the prime minister of India. A BJP chief minister went to the extent of calling the army, "Modiji ki sena". The prime minister himself is missing no opportunity to take credit for the Balakot air strikes. He even exhorted first-time voters to dedicate their votes to the jawans who carried out the Balakot strikes. This was the straw that broke the camel's back, forcing the veterans to seek the president's intervention to prevent politicians from dragging the armed forces into the electoral slugfest.S.K. ChoudhuryBangaloreSpeedy enquirySir - A junior court assistant, who had been dismissed on charges of bribery and insubordination last year, has levelled a grave allegation against the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi. There has never been any reason to question the integrity of Gogoi. He has been part of benches that have delivered some landmark judgments. More important, he will probably preside over some sensitive cases in the near future. These might have hurt vested interests. One cannot dismiss the possibility that the allegations are part of a conspiracy against him. Nevertheless, a serious allegation like that of sexual assault must be thoroughly probed and speedily resolved.Sukhamay BiswasCalcuttaSir - It takes tremendous courage to level charges against the topmost judge in the country. The complaint of sexual assault against the CJI should thus not be neglected on the grounds that it may be a conspiracy. No one is above the law. Although the judicial process of this case may be complex, no stone should be left unturned to uncover the truth.Chanchal NandyWest Burdwan DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://ask.fm/mehndidesignsimages

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UP Board Result 2019 declared, 80.07% pass Class 10, 70.06% pass class 12

Here is the direct link to check UP board Class 12 results on official website and on Hindustan Times online . Here is the direct link to check UP board Class 10 results on the official website and on Hindustan Times . We will here explain the step-by-step process of checking the UP Board results both on the Hindustan Times portal as well as the official website of UP Board. UP Board Results 2019: How to check the results on hindustantimes.com 1) Visit the official website of Hindustan Times at hindustantimes.com 2) Click on the link for UP Board result 2019 under the trending topic section on the right hand side of the homepage near the bottom 3) Key in your roll number in the rectangular box provided for the purpose and submit 4) The result will be displayed on the screen Here is how to check the UP board results on the official website Visit the official website of UP board at upresults.nic.in . Click on the link forResults. Key in your roll number and school code (as given in the admit card). Submit. Your result will be displayed on screen. Download and take its print out. This year, 58,06,922 students had registered to appear in Board's High School and Intermediate examinations including 31,95,603 in High School and 26,11,319 in Intermediate exams. As part of its strict anti copying measures, of the total 8354 examination centers made in all 75 districts of UP, a significant 1314 centers were marked as sensitive while 448 centers had been marked as highly sensitive. Owing to strict anti copying measures, a significant 6,52,881 examinees had quit examinations midway while 403 examinees were caught using unfair means. A total of 68 FIRs were also lodged during the examinations against center superintendents and invigilators found promoting use of unfair means. A total of 3.20 crore answer sheets were evaluated at 230 evaluation centers by around 1.25 lakh teachers including 1.90 crore answer sheet of High School examination by 79,064 teachers and 1.30 crore answer sheets of Intermediate by 45,732 teachers. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.kickstarter.com/profile/614794257

Immunisation in India and the women behind it

In 1985, the programme was modified as 'Universal Immunization Programme' (UIP) to be implemented in phases, in order to cover all districts in the country by 1989-90, making it one of largest health programmes in the world. Despite being operational for many years, UIP was only able to fully immunise 65 per cent children in the first year of their life. To strengthen and re-energise the programme and achieve full immunisation coverage for all children and pregnant women at a rapid pace, GoI launched 'Mission Indradhanush' (MI) in December 2014. MI aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases, in both urban and rural areas. The programme provides life-saving vaccines to all children across the country free of cost to protect them against tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, hepatitis B, pneumonia, meningitis, measles and rubella, Japanese encephalitis and rotavirus diarrhea in select states and districts. With the Mission currently in full swing,there is emphasis on reaching out to the most distant communities and settlements in the far-flung regions of many states. One such inspiring story to deliver immunisation, to areaswhere even GPS and mobile networks do not function and basic communicationis a challenge, is that of Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh. Located in the backwater zone of the Narmada river makes it extremely challenging for the health workers to access this region, which is only possible by a boat ambulance called 'Janani Express'. The Express provides regular healthcare services to the tribal dwellers of the villages nestled in these hilly areas, immunising mothers and children. Many villages of Sondwa region in Alirajpur have also been declared as flood affected and in spite of these extreme weather conditions the implementation of the immunisation programme during MI was smoothly carried out under the leadership of young and enthusiastic Dr Narendra Bhaydia, the District Immunisation Officer (DIO), Alirajpur. During the Mission, to ensure that no child was left unvaccinated, the block level officials also accompanied the health workers to the immunisation sessions. For almost 20 years, auxiliary nurse midwifery(ANM) worker Preskila Parmar has been serving this area single-handedly. Responsible for providing life-saving interventions, she administers vaccines religiously to over 5,000 people in the five villages that she covers. Parmar travels on foot around the housing clusters, each of them several kilometers apart, since there are no roads or other form of transport available in the region. Women health leaders Women in India not only play a pivotal role as ANM and ASHA workers at the grassroots level, they also passionately administer public healthcare as officials. Having worked in the government health care sector for over a decade in various capacities, Mallika Medhi, Additional Secretary cum Director of Health Services (Family Welfare), Government of Assam, is one such example. 'With the support of my team, Assam has achieved accelerated immunisation coverage from 47.1 per cent to more than 90 per cent and the highest coverage during the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI),' she shares. An avid gardener and reader, she feelsstrongly about addressing the issue of women's reproductive health in India, especially in adolescent and young women, as many women do become young mothers in India even before they turn 25. Uttar Pradesh has been a high priority state under MI, with 12 high focus districts including Bareilly, which had high rate of drop out and left out children. In the recently concluded measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Bareilly district achieved 99.9 per cent immunisation coverage, without any negative feedback or casualties, due to the dedication and drive of Dr Deepa Singh. The target set by the government was difficult, with 17 lakh unimmunised or partially immunised children, but Dr Singh, DIO, Bareilly, has been successfully leading the vaccination campaigns for the past two years.'The first challenge we faced was that many parents were scared and sceptical about vaccination. Gradually, we removedthe fear from their minds and convinced them. We worked for 14 hours and I feel lucky to have had a dedicated team and partners agencies like WHO and UNICEF, who were also very helpful,' she shares. 'When women take leadership roles, there is a sense of fear and doubt of whether they'll be able to accomplish the goals or not. With every achievement, I've proved that women are not only capable of taking on difficult roles but emerging out as leaders also,'she added. Talking about breaking gender stereotypes and patriarchal mindset that holds women back, another woman public healthcare official who had done exceedingly is well is Vandana Gurnani, Joint Secretary, MoHFW. Responsible for introduction of new vaccines like rotavirus, MR and PCV in the national immunization programme and developing a roadmap for a complete 90 per cent immunisation coverage across all states, Gurnani has successfully achieved 18.5 per cent increase in full immunisation coverage under her guidance and implementation of IMI, as per the latest Coverage Evaluation Survey 2018. Steering the course of the Mission in Himachal Pradesh is Mangala Sood, State Immunisation Officer, who was able to overcome vaccine resistance in many pockets of the region. She delivered immunisation to the diverse population scattered across the difficult terrain of the state, including many inaccessible areas, even blocks that are inaccessible for 5-6 months a year due to climatic conditions. Under her leadership, the full immunisation coverage of the state is now more than 95 per cent as per the Health Management Information System. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.udemy.com/user/salman-lanister/

Integrated solid waste plant yet to take off in Sambalpur

But the plant is yet to take off. At present, garbage generated from Sambalpur is being dumped at temporary dumping yard in Durgapalli along Mahanadi river. The spot has turned into a menace for the people of the area. With tonnes of unsegregated solid waste heaped across a large patch of land, smoke emanating from burning garbage mound throughout the day is a common sight for the residents. Stray cattle are found feeding on these wastes. While burning garbage causes air pollution, burnt residues contaminate Mahanadi river water. Akash Debata, a regular commuter on the route, said stray cattle sustain injuries while grazing near the burning piles as they encounter minor blasts. Environmentalist and Mahanadi River Waterkeeper Ranjan Panda said, "The open dumping of toxic garbage also causes contamination of groundwater. Burning of these garbage aggravates the problem." Though Panda has approached the administration on many occasions urging them to look into the problem, the menace continues. Deputy Commissioner in-charge of SMC Subhankar Mohanty said garbage is being dumped temporarily at Durgapalli and lifted every second day to another site. The dumping yard project was cancelled as clearance was not given by the Government. Garbage piles are lit up by rag pickers. Though they have been prohibited from doing so by SMC several times, they set ablaze the heaps during night, he added. To resolve the issue, the civic body is setting up decentralised compost plants across the city. Work on three plants is going on in full swing and it is likely to take a few more years to be operational, he said. As a temporary measure, Panda suggested that the civic body should go for sanitary landfills and segregation of garbage at doorsteps and also recycling. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://growthhackers.com/members/alibrand

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Tips for creating the perfect wedding hashtag

Fifty-four per cent of couples create a wedding hashtag, according to WeddingWire's 2018 Newlywed Report, and one in four views photos on social media immediately after the reception. 'Hashtags allow you to be able to see your wedding photos in real time,' said Jeffra Trumpower, the creative director at WeddingWire. 'We're living in an era of instant gratification.' Creating a hashtag has become a core step in the wedding-planning process, said Kari Dirksen, the owner and lead planner at Feathered Arrow Events, a Los Angeles-based wedding and events planning business. 'I'd say 90 per cent of my clients incorporate a hashtag into their wedding,' she said. With so many hashtags from which to choose, couples may feel pressure to create something clever and distinctive. Some may even hire professional hashtag writers. Marielle Wakim, the founder of HappilyEverHashtagged.com, started her business in 2016. 'I went to 14 weddings that year, and almost every couple asked me for help coming up with their wedding hashtag,' said Wakim, who is also an editor at Los Angeles Magazine. 'I write puns for a lot of our magazine's headlines, so I had the right experience.' Wakim offers three price packages: one hashtag for $50, three for $95, and $125 for five. 'A lot of couples want options,' she said. Need help crafting your own hashtag? Here are some tips to ensure your hashtag isn't an #epicfail. Put your skills to the test 'Puns are the lifeblood of hashtag writing,' said Christopher Shelley, a hashtag writer at the Wedding Hashers (which charges $20 for three hashtags) and a wedding officiant. A natural starting point is to think about creative ways to incorporate your last name. For instance, Wakim created this hashtag for Tres Penny and Katie Smith: #PennyFoundHisDime. She also created the hashtag #HopelessRahmantics for Shabnam Mahmood and Rezwan Rahman. If you're stumped for ideas, Shelley recommends grabbing a thesaurus and jotting down words that sound like either person's first or last names. For a groom with the last name Hurst, the Wedding Hashers created the hashtag #LoveAtHurstSight. Keep it Simple Though clever hashtags are the most popular, 'not everyone loves puns,' Shelley said. If you're looking for something more straightforward, consider using an alliteration, like #ForeverFong or #FinallyForman, or combining each person's first or last name, like #DebraandAdamAugust2019. Incorporating your wedding's location is another option, like #NelsonsInTheBarn or #TaylorsTakeNYC. Pro tip: Capitalising the first letter of each word will make your hashtag more readable at a glance, Shelley said. Crowdsource for Ideas If you want a lot of options, ask friends on Facebook, Instagram and other social media for hashtag suggestions. You can also solicit ideas from wedding vendors, such as your photographer, wedding planner or caterer. 'I would get as many people involved in the brainstorming process as possible,' Wakim said. Keep it Short A recent poll of WeddingWire's users found that the typical wedding hashtag is 16 characters (not including the #). In Shelley's opinion, the shorter, the better. 'You want a concise hashtag that people can remember easily,' he said. 'Also, the longer your hashtag is, the more likely people are to make a typo.' Avoid Hashtag Generators There are a handful of automated hashtag generators online that will create free hashtags, but they can lead couples to cringeworthy ideas, Shelley said. (To test one of them out, I plugged in my name, Daniel Bortz, and the name of my fiancée, Alexandra Wald. The generator suggested lame ideas such as #AdventuresOfDanielAndAlexandra, #BortzPartyOf2, and #TheDanielAndAlexandraWedding.) Make Sure It's Distinctive The point of creating a wedding hashtag is to have your guests use it when posting photos from your wedding day, which is why Trumpower recommends couples create something distinctive. 'You don't want to compete with someone else's hashtag, because you don't want to be sifting through a ton of other people's photos,' Trumpower said. Once you've created a hashtag you like, do a search on social media to see if it already exists. If it does, Shelley said, adding the date of your wedding, like #LisaandMikeMay012019, could solve this problem. Promote, Promote, Promote Some couples choose to go big. When Mike and Heather Julian got married in Santa Barbara, California, on April 29, 2016, they used oversize magnets to showcase their hashtag, #FinallyTheJulians, on the side of a shuttle bus that transported guests to and from the venue. 'Small signs can be overlooked, but you can't ignore a 6-foot hashtag on the side of a bus,' Heather Julian said. 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KKR vs MI IPL 2019: Andre Russell's ruthless innings wins praise online, fans celebrate with memes

With six fours and eight sixes, Russell's game helped defeat MI by 34 runs and his performance won praise online. It did not take long for fans to take to social media to express job and celebrate the win. https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8409

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The big baddies of the comic world

He was reportedly inspired by Malcolm McDowell's mannerisms in A Clockwork Orange (1971), the Stanley Kubrick-directed masterpiece. The Joker's quirky character and crimes are based on the concept of fun, even though that fun may be sinister and dark. The Joker is intelligent, diabolical and sadistic and even when he gets caught and imprisoned, he remains calm, knowing he has the upper hand. Magneto "They wish to cure us. But I say to you we are the cure! The cure for that infirm, imperfect condition called "Homo sapiens!" They have their weapons. we have ours. We will strike with a vengeance and a fury that this world has never witnessed. And if any mutants stand in our way, we will use this poison against them!"Best portrayal: Ian McKellen, X-Men seriesSuperpowers: The ability to generate and control magnetic fieldsMagneto's character, like many others in the superhero world, is not etched out in black and white. His actions are dictated by the suffering he experienced as an adolescent during the Holocaust at Auschwit. It would be wrong to call Magneto insane, in the sense of not being criminally responsible. Films have tried to portray Magneto as a man who believes that direct action will save his people from annihilation, a sort of dark counterpart to Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart) who believes good examples and dialogue will save mutants. He regards mutants as superior to humans in terms of evolution and is against the idea of peaceful human-mutant co-existence. Loki"I ask only one thing in return, a good seat from which to watch Asgard burn".Best portrayal: Tom Hiddleston, Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Superpowers: Magic, energy projection and creation of force fields - Loki can do it all. To many, he is morally grey at best. Loki is a complex character but that doesn't necessarily make him a dangerous enemy. Within the MCU, he is looked at as a troubled but charismatic personality who is capable of deception. Loki's motivations, while extreme, are nuanced and complicated. There has never been anyone quite in the same league as this supervillain. He is human, with complex motives and methods that are evil, immoral, and unethical, but still understandable. They are the most hated people. We love to see them getting bashed up, but they have clearly evolved. From being the stereotypical bad guys, they are now giving their superhero nemeses a run for their money. With plots being tweaked around them, some supervillains now have a cult following, rubbing shoulders with superheroes in terms of sheer popularity. t2 lists some iconic supervillains that power some of the biggest superhero franchises.Bane "Ah, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me! I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you".Best portrayal: Tom Hardy, The Dark Knight Rises (2012)Superpowers: He uses the super-steroid known as Venom to enhance his physical attributes to superhuman levels. Bane is smart enough to rival Batman. He had to learn to fight to survive, scoring his first kill at the age of 12. Bane is a driven and intelligent yet logical villain, who challenges Batman as well as tests him. He is a tricky character and though he's a genius, he's often presented as a brute. Even The Dark Knight Rises doesn't quite get Bane right, but it comes close in what is clearly director Nolan's take. Bane is the only Batman villain to ever defeat the caped crusader and is, in almost every way, a perfect foil to Batman. Thanos"Going to bed hungry, scrounging for scraps. Your planet was on the brink of collapse. I was the one who stopped that. You know what's happened since then? The children born have known nothing but full bellies and clear skies. It's a paradise".Best portrayal: Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Superpowers: Can project cosmic energy, is capable of telekinesis and telepathy. According to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War belongs to Thanos. We couldn't agree more. Josh Brolin played the character to perfection, and in the process, immortalised the villain forever. Very few characters achieve iconic status riding on a single film, but Thanos did it in the "snap of a finger".His greatness lies in the fact that he strikes a chord with many of us. He thinks he is right, but he isn't. He dreams of a universe without suffering but goes to the extent of wiping out half the population (officially the highest body count for any villain, ever). 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Baisakhi 2018 Date: When is Baisakhi Festival?

For the Sikh community, this day marks the birth of the Khalsa way of living as well as the formation of the Khalsa Panth under the renowned Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. While for the Hindus, it is believed to be the time when Goddess Ganga descended on earth and in her honour, people gather along the sacred river Ganges for the holy bath. While this occasion has different names, it is more or less celebrated in a similar way by both Hindus and Sikhs. This day is of great importance in the history of Sikhism as well as the Punjab region. In the year of 1699, the ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded on the order of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam, which prompted the coronation of the Tenth Guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh. Interestingly, on the same day Guru Gobind Singh formed the Khalsa Panth - also known as the Order of the Pure Ones. For this, he picked five Sikh warriors who would go on to defend religious freedom. The Jallianwala Bagh (1919), where thousands of Indians were massacred on the orders of British empire official Colonel Reginald Dyer, also took place on Baisakhi. On the occasion of Baisakhi, Gurdwaras all across India are decorated with lights and other ornamentations. Several satsangs are held and Sikhs visit and bathe in lakes or rivers before visiting the Gurdwaras. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.loveshack.org/forums/members/558007-slackfull/

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Mother-in-law, Daughter-in-law fight? Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board will play counsellor

This is followed by a week for daughters-in-law where they are counselled on maintaining cordial relations with each other and avoiding ego-clashes, according to a Slum Clearance Board official. However, residents said there were more pressing concerns at hand. At the Navalur resettlement colony, which consists of 2048 houses, many residents were resettled from Annanagar and Aminjikarai areas. With around a 50-kilometre distance between their earlier residences and the site of resettlement, residents are left to find work from scratch. On asked if the decision to conduct the programme stemmed from complaints from residents of constant fights within the family, the official said that it received no such complaints so far. G Banumathi, who attended the Mothers-in-law week told Express, "They asked us what problems we were facing with our daughters-in-law. The situation quickly turned to people complaining about the lack of jobs here at Navalur which forced them to depend on their sons for food and in turn, created problems with their daughters-in-law." Banumathi, who was relocated to Navalur from Annanagar said that she ran a petty shop at both places. However, at Annanagar the number of customers she had was higher and so was her income, she said. "I could stay only for a little while. I had to get back to my shop here because I cannot afford to lose business," she added. The programme is funded under Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) and is conducted with the help of NGOs. "The programme has already been completed in Perumbakkam and now, we have taken it up at Navalur," said a slum clearance board official. Rani, a participant at the daughters-in-law week said, "They asked us to treat our mothers-in-law like our mothers. At our home, we have no such problems, but for some others, the officials there offered to go to their homes and reconcile." DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://muckrack.com/salman-lanister/bio

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Asian Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia bags gold

In the semi-finals, he conceded a point in the first period before notching up a commanding 12-1 Technical Superiority win over Uzbekistan's Sirojiddin Khasanov. Earlier in the day, he accounted for former world junior champion Peyman Biabani and Charles Fern of Sri Lanka. Parveen Rana, however, failed to make it a double delight for India as he went down 0-3 to Teymouri Bahman of Iran in the final of 79 kg and had to settle for the silver. Rana, who also has a bronze from the 2012 Asian Championships, brought forth his robust defence in the semi-finals to thwart the attack of Galymzhan Usserbayev of Kazakhstan on his way to a 3-2 win. The Delhi grappler began his campaign with wins over Yuta Abe of Japan and Tugs Erdene Denzensharav of Mongolia. In 97kg, Satyawart Kadian dominated China's Haobin Gao 8-2 in convincing fashion in the bronze medal play-off to secure his third Asian Championships medal. The 25-year-old, also a 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, made it to the bronze medal bout after his quarter-final conqueror Batzul Ulziisaikhan reached the final. It was heartbreak for Ravi Kumar in the 57kg category. The Under-23 Wrestling World Championships silver medallist had a huge chance of upsetting the 2017 World and Asian champion Yuki Takahashi and led 3-1 in the bronze medal contest only to see the Japanese perform a takedown in the last couple of seconds to get the 5-3 win. Ravi had made it to the bronze medal play-off after beating Chia Tso Liu of Taipei 4-0. Rajneesh (70kg) was the only Indian who was not in contention for any medal on day one of the championships, having made an early exit. On day two, Rahul Aware (61kg), Amit Dhankar (74kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Vicky (92kg), and Sumit (125kg) will be in action. The six-day gala Asian Wrestling Championships will continue till April 28. India has sent a 30-member squad and will look to improve on their 8-medal tally from last year. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://trello.com/salmanlanister

NASA's InSight Lander captures first 'marsquake'

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Wipro Consumer Care acquires Splash Corporation

I see tremendous opportunity to further leverage the strengths of our manufacturing, R&D and sourcing for Splash brands. Splash has a strong and stable management team. They have built this business over the years," Agarwal said. Splash brands are also available in Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, West Asia and Nigeria.The company had made several acquisitions in the past. It has a strong brand presence across segments in India, South East Asia, West Asia and Africa. It has 15 manufacturing units in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam apart from R & D facilities in India and Malaysia."This acquisition enables us to grow Wipro brands in the Philippines market by leveraging Splash's distribution strength across market segments. Splash's brands can be expanded further to other international markets where Wipro has a strong footprint and brands have latent equity. Splash brands are not only strong in the Philippines, but also have tremendous equity in multiple international markets like Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Middle East and Nigeria." Nagender Arya, Regional Director (East Asia, Africa and Europe), Wipro Consumer Care observed. Wipro Consumer Care is acquiring Splash Corporation, a personal care company based in the Philippines, for an undisclosed sum.The transaction is expected to strengthen the consumer care portfolio in personal care apart from completing its South East Asian footprint. Splash is the largest Filipino personal care player and is placed among the top five in that market. It recorded revenues of $80 million last year. The company has built well known brands such as SkinWhite - a strong name in body lotions, the exfoliant brand Maxi-peel and Vitress - a leave-on hair conditioner. While they cover a wide spectrum of personal care categories, Wipro Consumer said in a statement they were in leading positions in their respective segments in the country.In November 2012, the board of Wipro had approved the demerger of its consumer care & lighting (including the furniture business), Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (hydraulics & water businesses), and medical diagnostic product & services business into a separate unlisted company called Wipro Enterprises Ltd. The demerger was done with a view to improve their competitiveness in the respective markets and enable them to pursue their own strategies. Some of its brands include Santoor, Chandrika, Yardley and Glucovita. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.budgetgaming.nl/profile/Slackfull.html

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Petra Kvitova usurps Simona Halep, snatches world number two spot

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Monday, 29 April 2019

India further delays retaliatory tariffs on US products: official

Trade friction between India and the US has escalated after US President Donald Trump announced plans earlier this year to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for up to USD 5.6 billion worth of its exports to the United States. In a further blow, US on Monday demanded buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May or face sanctions, ending six months of waivers which allowed Iran's eight biggest buyers including India to continue importing limited volumes. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.fotoaparat.cz/uzivatel/78885/

The big baddies of the comic world

He was reportedly inspired by Malcolm McDowell's mannerisms in A Clockwork Orange (1971), the Stanley Kubrick-directed masterpiece. The Joker's quirky character and crimes are based on the concept of fun, even though that fun may be sinister and dark. The Joker is intelligent, diabolical and sadistic and even when he gets caught and imprisoned, he remains calm, knowing he has the upper hand. Magneto "They wish to cure us. But I say to you we are the cure! The cure for that infirm, imperfect condition called "Homo sapiens!" They have their weapons. we have ours. We will strike with a vengeance and a fury that this world has never witnessed. And if any mutants stand in our way, we will use this poison against them!"Best portrayal: Ian McKellen, X-Men seriesSuperpowers: The ability to generate and control magnetic fieldsMagneto's character, like many others in the superhero world, is not etched out in black and white. His actions are dictated by the suffering he experienced as an adolescent during the Holocaust at Auschwit. It would be wrong to call Magneto insane, in the sense of not being criminally responsible. Films have tried to portray Magneto as a man who believes that direct action will save his people from annihilation, a sort of dark counterpart to Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart) who believes good examples and dialogue will save mutants. He regards mutants as superior to humans in terms of evolution and is against the idea of peaceful human-mutant co-existence. Loki"I ask only one thing in return, a good seat from which to watch Asgard burn".Best portrayal: Tom Hiddleston, Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Superpowers: Magic, energy projection and creation of force fields - Loki can do it all. To many, he is morally grey at best. Loki is a complex character but that doesn't necessarily make him a dangerous enemy. Within the MCU, he is looked at as a troubled but charismatic personality who is capable of deception. Loki's motivations, while extreme, are nuanced and complicated. There has never been anyone quite in the same league as this supervillain. He is human, with complex motives and methods that are evil, immoral, and unethical, but still understandable. They are the most hated people. We love to see them getting bashed up, but they have clearly evolved. From being the stereotypical bad guys, they are now giving their superhero nemeses a run for their money. With plots being tweaked around them, some supervillains now have a cult following, rubbing shoulders with superheroes in terms of sheer popularity. t2 lists some iconic supervillains that power some of the biggest superhero franchises.Bane "Ah, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me! I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you".Best portrayal: Tom Hardy, The Dark Knight Rises (2012)Superpowers: He uses the super-steroid known as Venom to enhance his physical attributes to superhuman levels. Bane is smart enough to rival Batman. He had to learn to fight to survive, scoring his first kill at the age of 12. Bane is a driven and intelligent yet logical villain, who challenges Batman as well as tests him. He is a tricky character and though he's a genius, he's often presented as a brute. Even The Dark Knight Rises doesn't quite get Bane right, but it comes close in what is clearly director Nolan's take. Bane is the only Batman villain to ever defeat the caped crusader and is, in almost every way, a perfect foil to Batman. Thanos"Going to bed hungry, scrounging for scraps. Your planet was on the brink of collapse. I was the one who stopped that. You know what's happened since then? The children born have known nothing but full bellies and clear skies. It's a paradise".Best portrayal: Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Superpowers: Can project cosmic energy, is capable of telekinesis and telepathy. According to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War belongs to Thanos. We couldn't agree more. Josh Brolin played the character to perfection, and in the process, immortalised the villain forever. Very few characters achieve iconic status riding on a single film, but Thanos did it in the "snap of a finger".His greatness lies in the fact that he strikes a chord with many of us. He thinks he is right, but he isn't. He dreams of a universe without suffering but goes to the extent of wiping out half the population (officially the highest body count for any villain, ever). 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KKR survive Hardik's hammering, win game

target of 233 was always going to be difficult. Mumbai Indians never looked to be in the chase once they lost Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma within the first four overs. Kieron Pollard and the Pandya brothers did provide some entertainment but never posed enough threat .While Hardik and Pollard added 63 off 30 balls for the fifth wickets, the Pandya brothers put on 64 off 28 balls.Hardik was simply brilliant during his 91 off 34 balls. Two MS Dhoni-like helicopter shots which yielded over boundaries stood out among his nine sixes. He seemed bothered by cramps towards the end of his innings, but that hardly hampered his run-making process.Andre Russell had sent out a warning to Mumbai Indians and it proved to be prophetic. His majestic 80 not out off 40 balls was followed by two for 25 off four overs. The innings simply sealed the visitors' fate. Going into the match, Karthik's men knew well that they were surviving by a thin thread of hope. Chris Lynn and Shubman Gill began with a flourish after being put into bat, bringing up their 50 runs in the first six overs.Gill was quick off the blocks, taking two consecutive boundaries of the first over by Barinder Sran. Then when the left-arm pacer dropped short, he turned it over deep square leg for a six. The momentum had been set and the openers didn't wish to look back.Lynn joined the party with two boundaries off Krunal Pandya's second over. He was dropped on 18 and made the most of the reprieve. He raced to his half-century off 27 balls which included seven boundaries and two sixes.Lynn's good fortune, however, ended when he sliced Chahar over mid-wicket only to be caught in the deep. The opening pair had stitched together 96 off 57 balls.Enter Andre Russell, the man who had questioned the team management's decision-making process. Promoted to No.3, he showed that he could have changed their fortunes in their last six games had he come a little earlier in the batting order.But Shubman surely stole the thunder from him for a while. Relying mainly on cricketing shots, the youngster once again proved why he is regarded so highly in cricketing circles.Two clean sixes off Chahar will always stand out in memory, an example of the exquisite timing that is the hallmark of his batting. There was the odd whip behind the wicketkeeper but Shubman mainly relied on shots in the 'V', during his 76 off 45 balls. The second wicket partnership yielded 62 off 25 balls.Once Shubman departed, the stage was set for Russell to launch into an overdrive and he didn't disappoint. Besides the enormous power that he wields, there was also the positive intent in his batting that singes the opposition.Russell was unflustered after surviving early in the innings and broke into a flurry of eight sixes and six boundaries and made the Mumbai Indians pay dearly. Such was Russell's control that the home team added 75 runs off the last five overs.Karthik was a mere spectator and was content with giving much of the strike to Russell. After hitting Hardik for three sixes in the 18th over, he turned his attention to Lasith Malinga in the final over. Two boundaries and two sixes contributed to the Knight Riders recording the season's highest total. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://tapas.io/mehndidesignsimages2

Obese people with active commute could cut risk of early death

Their analysis includes 163,149 UK Biobank participants who have been followed up for a mean of 5 years. The age range was 37 to 73 years and 50.8% were women. Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) of greater than 30. Active commuting to and from work was self-reported and people classified in one of the following groups: car commuters, walking and cycling (active-mixed), cycling-only and walking-only. Dr Carlos Celis, the lead investigator of the study, said that during the follow-up, a total of 2,425 participants died and 7,973 developed heart disease. In Comparison to people with healthy body weight and mixed active commutation (walking and cycling to and from work; reference group), obese people who commuted by car were associated with a 32% higher risk for premature death, a doubling of risk of heart disease mortality and a 59% increase in risk non-fatal heart diseases. People with obesity who reported being active commuters had a risk of death from any cause that was similar to normal weight active commuters, suggesting that cycling or walking to and from work could reduce the detrimental effect of obesity. However, the risk of heart disease was still increased by 82% in active commuters with obesity compared with normal weight active commuters. The authors concluded, 'Our findings, if causal, suggest that people with overweight or obesity could potentially decrease the risk of premature mortality if they engage in active commuting.' They added, 'Regardless of your body weight, being physically active could partly reduce the excess risk associated with obesity. However, compared to other forms of physical activity - such as gyms and exercises classes - active commuting can be implemented and fitted within our daily routines, often with no additional cost, but at the same time could increase our overall physical activity levels and therefore help to meet the current physical activity recommendations for health.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.comicforum.de/member.php?227223-slackfull

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Five-year summer

Perhaps this is the reason why every five years when it's time for an election, one gets to see the confluence of film stars and political parties. The power of film as a medium can be gauged by what someone like Vladimir Lenin thought of it. One of the architects of the Russian Revolution, Lenin, according to the Bolshevik government's first Commissar for Education, Anatoly Lunacharsky, is believed to have remarked: 'Film for us is the most important of the arts'. The observation becomes particularly significant as at the time films were considered to be merely a form of cheap entertainment. In the early years of independent India, the troika of Dev Anand-Dilip Kumar-Raj Kapoor possibly did more to popularise the brand of Nehruvian socialism than anything else. How the three Hindi film stars embodied aspects of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's persona in their onscreen characters and reflected his ideas in their films, especially Raj Kapoor and a few Dilip Kumar films such as Naya Daur (1957) and Leader (1964), remains unmatched. Similarly, Manoj Kumar in Upkaar (1967) encapsulated the spirit of India's second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri for posterity. Although many of these instances might have been a result of being inspired by the leader of the day, there is enough to believe in the influence both the medium and its prized element (read actor) wields. Is this the rationale for Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) or The Accidental Prime Minister (2019) being singled out by certain quarters even though they merely depict real events? It began with Nehru nominating Prithviraj Kapoor to the Rajya Sabha in 1952, and over the years actors were used by powers-that-be to project a particular image. When Indira Gandhi nominated Habib Tanvir to the Rajya Sabha in 1972, it was seen as a return of favour for the stage legend campaigning for the Congress in the 1971 elections. He had written a play called Indira Loksabha and much to the dismay of the Communist Party of India, Tanvir refused to resign when the Emergency was declared. When Gandhi later nominated Nargis Dutt to the Upper House of the Parliament, the legendary actress echoed the PM's famous 'Garibi Hatao' slogan by chastising the iconic Satyajit Ray for showcasing India's poverty to the world. An Amitabh Bachchan or Govinda unleashed by the Congress to thwart opposing political stalwarts such as Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in Allahabad, 1984, and Ram Naik in Mumbai North, 2004, respectively confirms how easily a star swayed the voter. Or at least, could up until just a few years ago. It's not the same anymore. A film star might still hold some fascination, but it's more on the lines of what Edna St. Vincent Millay mused: 'I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year'. The seasons have changed, for today even a Kamal Haasan seems to be pensive before taking the 'electoral' plunge. gautam@chintamani.org Gautam Chintamani Film historian and bestselling author DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://lookbook.nu/slackfull

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Father, brothers of Lanka suicide killers eliminated

In the video, Rilwan Hashim is seen calling for all out 'jihad', or holy war, while children cry in the background. A total of 106 suspects, including a Tamil medium teacher and a principal, were arrested in connection with the blasts, police said. The 40-year-old teacher was found in possession of 50 SIM cards and other incriminating items. He was held following a joint operation conducted by the Kalpitiya Police and the Navy. Two suspects were arrested in Galle during a search conducted on information received of a school managed by the NTJ. One of them is a principal of the school and the other is a doctor who has served as an instructor. The Galle police is conducting further investigations. In a special joint operation conducted by the Army and police in Vavuniya town, 10 suspects were arrested. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.onrpg.com/boards/members/1916596-slackfull

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Google once again fails to keep Pixel 3a under wraps

While those leaks showed off the device, nothing is quite as good as an official image leaking as it confirms previous leaks. The upcoming Pixel 3a and 3a XL are expected to come with FHD+ displays and have 4GB of RAM. The Pixel 3a will feature a 5.6-inch display while the 3a XL will come with a 6-inch display. The handset will not boast stereo speakers but rather a bottom firing speaker. It is believed to come with a Snapdragon 670 chipset based on a 10nm design and as expected will run on Android 9 Pie. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.rtsoft.com/forums/member.php?306882-slackfull

Parineeti Chopra debuts single

With the launch of her new single, Parineeti will add another feather to her cap and won't rely on her acting career. 'She has films like Jabariya Jodi, The Girl On The Train remake and Bhuj: The Pride of India and is in talks for one more film. If singing runs in their family, there's nothing wrong with expressing oneself,' adds the source. Interestingly, Priyanka Chopra also came out with her single In My City after having done a bit of singing in her debut film Thamizhan ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://keepcalms.com/user/slackfull/

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Drama unfold as man says Warring bribed him to join Congress; SAD, PEP rush to EC

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was quick to act and filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) asking it to file a case against Warring and cancel his nomination for trying to bribe voters. SAD leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal is seeking a re-election from Bathinda for a third consecutive term. Warring visited the residence of Tinku Madaan, who had worked for the Aam Aadmi Party in 2017, Friday night. Mansa district Congress president Anju Bala, party in-charge for Budhlada Ranjit Kaur Bhatti and several Congress workers were also present. In the video, Warring can be seen sitting with Tinku at latter's house after presented him Congress robe. Soon, Tinku is seen asking people to vacate the room as he wants to talk something in private with Warring. Warring too is seen telling workers to go out. The video show Warring and Tinku emerging a few minutes later. 'He (Tinku) wants industries to be set up in Budhalada and I have assured him of the same. It will provide employment to people,' Warring is heard saying. The video shows Tinku thanking Warring and fishing out a bundle of notes from his pocket saying, 'I cannot keep it, take it along with you'. Soon after the incident, Warring left the place. Tinku later said, 'I never asked for any money. They forcibly gave me Rs 50,000. This has hurt me. Bhagat Singh's descendents cannot be bribed. Bhatti gave me this money while Manju Bala said that this is a gift from Captain Saheb (Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh). Warring also supported them'. Warring, however, denied the allegation. 'I had gone to Budhalada to open party's office. Workers took me to one Tinku's house whom I had never met before. I was told that he wants to join our party. He insisted on talking in private and urged me to get industries to Budhlada. Six to seven people were present in theb house when this conversation took place. After we came out of the room, he, all of a sudden took out some money and started raising allegations. I was shocked. I will file a complaint with the election commission,' Warring said. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded that election commission must cancel warring's nomination. A delegation led by party senior vice-president Daljit Singh Cheema submitted a formal representation to Punjab chief electoral officer Dr S Karuna Raju in this regard along with 'video evidence'. It demanded Warring's 'immediate arrest' and 'cancellation of his nomination from Bathinda' for May 19 polls. The SAD said that Warring had 'not only violated the model code of conduct but also indulged in corrupt practices as per Section 123 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and Representation of People's Act, 1951'. The SAD also demanded registration of an FIR against Congress leaders Mangat Rai Bansal, Manju Bala and Ranjit Kaur Bhatti, who accompanied Warring to Tinku's residence Punjab Ekta Party chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who is also in the fray from Bathinda as Punjab Democratic Alliance candidate, met Tinku at his residence demanded action against Warring. He also wrote to the Election Commission of India with a similar demand. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://forums.prosportsdaily.com/member.php?513646-alifull

Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy passes away

Filmmaker Raj Choco wrote on Twitter, 'Really disheartened by the news of the #legendary actor #ChinmoyRoy's demise. #RestInPeace' Later, actor Shahir Raj paid his tribute to the iconic actor and wrote, 'Rest In Peace #ChinmoyRoy One of the finest actors of his time.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.babelcube.com/account/

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Friday, 26 April 2019

Fed Cup: Simona Halep gives Romania lead over France

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IPL 2019, CSK vs SRH: Shane Watson's 96 hands Chennai Super Kings easy win

(Source: AP) Deepak Hooda hit a direct throw to run out Faf du Plessis cheaply. (Source: AP) Suresh Raina and Shane Watson stitched a solid 77-run stand. (Source: PTI) Suresh Raina was dismissed by Rashid Khan with brilliant work behind the stumps by Jonny Bairstow. (Source: PTI) Shane Watson went on to hammer 96 runs in 53 balls to take his side to a six-wicket win. (Source: PTI) DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.rtsoft.com/forums/member.php?306862-alifull

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KKR vs RR, IPL 2019: Dinesh Karthik has his say on what's going wrong for Kolkata

But sometimes the results don't go your way. So it's obviously always a tough thing to mend. But the fact is that we try hard as a team and I have belief in my boys that we'll come stronger,' he said. With another loss, KKR's hopes of making the play-offs are all but over. 'It is very difficult. I am not going to sit here and say 'it's okay and stuff'... It's very disappointing. We tried hard but we were just not able to cross the line.' Following their nine-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad which was their fifth defeat in a row, Karthik was given a 'break' as the skipper was not seen with the team on the eve of the match, raising speculation about his captaincy. 'Obviously when the results don't go your way these questions will be asked, and I understand that. But as a team, we're trying to do a lot of things right.' 'There're no things that we're not attending to. We're trying to make the right changes, build the right combination and trying to come in every game believing that we can win. We're trying to keep everybody in good space and making sure the dressing room is good and they all trust in the leader.' Spin duo of Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla shared five wickets among them and removed the three key batsmen -- Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith and Ben Stokes. But the pacers let the team down with Parag and Archer sealing the chase with 44-run stand for the seventh wicket. 'I think bowling overall has been found wanting a little bit definitely. I think batting as well... That's why we are not been able to close games. That's something we need to look into definitely,' Karthik added. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://tgstation13.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8392

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The horror show begins

Naturally, your heart rate goes through the roof, as they bark questions at you and go through your luggage while an over-enthusiastic-type records the proceedings. The dutiful minion of the law double-checks your toilet kit which may or not contain a purloined item or two from the last fancy hotel you stayed at, while a tidal wave of terror overwhelms you as you envision yourself growing old, locked up in a dank cell reeking of urine and filled with excreta (like in Sanju), awaiting your day in court, even as the judges take a half-hearted stab at clearing the backlog of cases which is expected to take a few centuries at the very least. As the tension ratchets to unbearable levels, the cop with one last grunt to register his displeasure since you refuse to make eye-contact, allows you to leave. Once your breathing has returned to normal, you wonder where are these fellows the rest of the time when there are young girls being abducted/raped/killed, when guilty diamond merchants are buying a first class ticket to Heathrow, when mobs lynch citizens for eating beef? Having barely recovered from your scary encounter with the desi Mark Fuhrman, you decide to hit the spa and pamper yourself only to find that all routes to your destination are blocked because an earnest politician is on the campaign trail, a nightmarish cavalcade of vehicles driven by goons with definite road rage issues in tow. Citizens have been bussed in from all over with the promise of mutton biryani, booze and hard cash so that they can listen to uninspired speeches that promise jobs and justice for everybody while taking in the eye-popping ugliness that are the life-sized cut-outs of crooks, complete with their creatively embellished achievements on flimsily erected hoardings that seem in danger of toppling over unwary two-wheeler riders who don't wear helmets since it messes with their gelled hair. While waiting for the traffic to clear, you whip out your smartphone to check out IPL-related matters when the news apps take it on themselves to provide in-depth analysis by eager beavers about the upcoming elections hoping to convince you about the soundness of their preferred candidate, though we all know that like in the past, we will simply have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. Worst of all, the horror show with its relentless, arduous and dedicated fusillade of all things grotesque and nasty has only just begun. What to do? You sigh in resignation, dig your nails into your palms, crawl homeward and scream into a pillow. Anuja Chandramouli Author and new age classicist anujamouli@gmail.com DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://www.tripntale.com/profile/145223

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Turnaround is possible, insists Kallis

Hopefully, we can repeat that again this year," Kallis said during a media conference on Tuesday.Though frustrating, Kallis said there were no negative vibes in the team."I think the guys are frustrated," Kallis said. "I wouldn't say negative vibes but they do realise that we still have a chance of qualifying and we've just got to play some good cricket. In this format, there are little percentages that you need to improve in order to turn these things around and we're not far off. Just little things that we need to do a little bit better."Kallis accepted that the bowling has let them down this season."I think the frustrating part for us this season has been not taking wickets. If you don't take wickets upfront, you are under pressure for the whole innings. I think we have probably taken 20-21 wickets in 10 games that we have played which has put us under a lot pressure. "And yes, your bowling unit will be under pressure. You can't be as attacking... The key for us will be to take a few more wickets upfront and making life a little bit easier in the middle overs."The head coach said the Knight Riders need to win those key moments. "We haven't played as well as we would have liked during those key moments. In every game, you need to recognise the key moments and put your foot on the pedal. We probably have been off that... Have not found the little things that need to go our way. We need to improve on that in the next four games, and hopefully, we can get it right and turn it around," Kallis said.Kallis felt sending in Andre Russell early in the batting order was an option that could be considered."Rinku (Singh) went in, in the eighth over in the last match and we certainly haven't sent Andre in that early. They got a partnership going... In hindsight, maybe we could have sent him a bit earlier. But it certainly hadn't been one of our plans. But if a situation arises, then it's something that we will think of," he said.On Dinesh Karthik's captaincy, Kallis said: "We haven't discussed it, nor has it been brought up. So, there has been no talk about that." Kallis hoped Karthik will come up with significant contributions in the remaining matches. "Hopefully, he can get in and get us some big runs. That will certainly mean a lot to the team," Kallis said of the Knight Riders captain, who averages 16.71 from nine innings so far in this edition. "I think DK went home for a day. So we will catch up on Wednesday and plan going forward again for the next game."In the last game, he came up in the batting order but unfortunately got run out. It's about matching up players and situations. DK is vital for us and a world-class player."We all want to perform a little bit better. Yeah, I think everyone's in that space where we just want to get up and play better cricket and get back to winning ways. Losing certainly isn't fun."Some of the players had flown to Mumbai after the match versus Sunrisers Hyderabad, and will be joining the rest of the squad on Wednesday. "We felt the guys needed a break. They have been given the freedom to do what they want to for the next couple of days," Kallis said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.viki.com/users/alibrand/about

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Denied money to buy liquor, man kills mom, brother with knives, scissors, bat

The two brothers were divorcees and lived off their mother's money. Their father had died years ago. 'Lata had sold a house some years ago and the family was living off the interest earned from that money. Arora suspected his mother of giving a larger share of the money to Rajendra,' Anto Alphonse, deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka), said. According to Naresh Singh, a local who witnessed the murder, the family often quarrelled in public over the money. On Tuesday night, the DCP said, the fight began when Lata refused to give Arora money to buy alcohol. It was Singh who first alerted about the attack around 8.30pm. 'Rajendra came running out of his building. He was injured and bleeding. He told us his brother had attacked him and their mother and begged us to help,' said Singh. 'When other residents and I confronted Sunil outside his house, he was armed with a knife. We tried to intervene, but he said it was his family affair and that he would attack us if we intervened. We were frightened,' Singh said. Arora then allegedly stabbed Rajendra again before dragging him upstairs to their house on the first floor. One of the neighbours called the police control room, but Singh just then happened to notice two policemen passing by. Accompanied by the policemen, the neighbours marched into the flat. 'Rajendra had collapsed on a chair with multiple stab injuries and other wounds. His mother was lying bleeding on the floor. Sunil was sitting next to their bodies and calmly smoking a beedi,' Singh said. Arora was overpowered by the policemen even as the injured mother and son were rushed to a hospital. Rajendra was declared dead on arrival while his mother died within minutes of being admitted there. A senior investigator said two knives, a pair of bent scissors and a laundry bat were used in the double murder. 'When one of the knives bent during the attack, Arora brought another knife from the kitchen to carry on with the assault. Even the pair of scissors was bent with the intensity of the attack,' the officer said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=154263189

Man on death row breaks out of high-security Hindalga jail

Murugesh alias Kannamucchi (51), a resident of Salem, Tamil Nadu, was awarded death penalty for hacking five people to death in Chamarajanagar in 2017. Speaking to TNIE, a prison official said he managed to climb the jail walls and jumped out during the night. He meticulously planned his escape. As most of the Home Guards posted in the prison were drawn for election duty, Murugan took advantage of the situation. After climbing the wall with the help of a rope, he spread a thick blanket on the top of the wall to avoid getting hurt by the sharp-edge iron rods. He then used the same ropes and iron rods to climb down to the other side. He is believed to have planned his escape with the help of some other inmates, but jail officials wouldn't say anything.Jail Superintendent T Shesha did not respond to phone calls when contacted by TNIE on Thursday evening. A case has been registered by Belagavi police. A case had been filed against Murugan at Kollegal Rural police station on charges of killing five including an eight-year-old girl at a farm house at Harale village of Kollegal on May 11, 2015. After trial, the Chamarajanagar District Session Court sentenced him to death. He was lodged in the Chamarajanagar central prison between May 13, 2015 and July 23, 2017. The Department of Prisons shifted him to Hindalga prison in Belagavi in July 2017. Hindalga is one of the few prisons in the country where hanging of death convicts is carried out. Third case of prison break at Hindalga prison Murugesh's escape is said to be the third case of prison break at the historic Hindalga prison. The last incident occurred on August 28, 2010 and prior to that in 1974. With several criminals facing capital punishment, the jail presently has more than 800 prisoners.On August 28, 2010, undertrial Walli Ahmed, a notorious thief from Belagavi city, had managed to squeeze out of the toilet window of a barrack and later used a thick bamboo stalk to scale the prison wall and slithered out. Sources said a gang of four dacoits had escaped from the prison in the same fashion in 1974. The four notorious dacoits were brought to Hindalga from Dharwad jail after they were sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment.It took 15 days for the four to plan their escape. They used to cut the thick rod of their barrack window inch by inch every day and had managed to break it on the fifteenth day. Then, they cut the long pipeline connected to a drainage inside the prison and used it to climb the wall and jump out. After the incident, the jail authorities had initiated several measures to prevent such incidents. They have installed security cameras inside the prison to keep track of every inmate.It may also be noted that undertrial Nagendra Reddy, who was lodged in Hindalga prison in connection with five murders, had managed to escape on May 10, 2009 after killing a police constable who was guarding him at Belagavi government hospital. Reddy was a software engineer against whom even the Interpol had sounded a red alert in connection with the murder of a software engineer in the UK where he worked for some time earlier. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.dandyid.org/id/alibrand

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Andre, Rana efforts in vain, KKR's 4th loss on the trot

ohli changed that piece of statistics majestically, with his next 50 runs coming off just 17 balls. This time he unleashed three maximums and five fours.Moeen had a big impact on the Royal Challengers's innings. At a time when the visiting team were struggling somewhat to push the scoreboard, Moeen walked in and thrashed the Knight Riders's bowlers, whose disciplined effort in the first 10 overs was simply uprooted in the next 10.The Royal Challengers plundered 143 runs in the second half of their innings.The English all-rounder smashed 66 off just 28 balls, garlanding his innings with six over-boundaries and five fours.Moeen's innings did not only improve the Royal Challengers' scoring rate, it somehow managed to wake up Kohli too.To be precise, it was the 16th over of the innings, bowled by Kuldeep Yadav, that brought the visitors tremendously back into the match. The over cost the Knight Riders 27 runs as a ruthless Moeen hit three sixes and two fours. Moeen was out in the last ball of the over, but by then he had done his job.Kohli, who was looking grumpy till the 15th over, was a transformed batsman post the 16th over. He looked confident, was striking the ball better and that meant trouble for the home team.It was Kohli's day. But it could easily have been Rana or Russell's day too. What began like a drizzle, finished with a thunderstorm. And in the end of it all, the Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by 10 runs.The Royal Challengers picked up their second win in nine matches, the Knight Riders fell to their fourth loss on the trot, but all that is merely academic for the epic that was played at the Eden.Both the teams started their innings on a quite note but changed character later. Both racked up 143 runs in their last 10 overs. It was almost unfair that one team had to win the match.Chasing a 214-run target, the Knight Riders stopped at 203 for five. That after Nitish Rana and Andre Russell threatened to be supermen and pull off an impossible victory.Rana remained unbeaten on 85 off 46 balls, made with the help of nine boundaries and five sixes. Russell powered to 65 off 25 balls. And despite grimacing in pain because of his hurt shoulder, he mustered nine over-boundaries and two fours.Before the Rana and Russell show, there was of course the Virat Kohli masterpiece and Moeen Ali blitzkrieg.The Royal Challengers's innings changed colours from average to extraordinary to end up on 213 for four in 20 overs. Kohli played a magnificent innings of 100 off 58 balls, and Moeen's whirlwind 66 came off just 28 balls.The Knight Riders were snail-ish in their chase. They lost opener Chris Lynn (1) as early as the first over and thereafter, it was more like a crawl rather than the galloping pace that is required to overhaul a 200-plus target.After 10 overs, the Knight Riders's score was 60 for two.There was hope though, for they were just 10 short of what the Royal Challengers had managed at that stage. The home team needed a batsman or two to play like Kohli and Moeen. Rana and Russell stood up to the challenge.Rana was the No.5 batsman, while Russell came in after the fall of Robin Uthappa (9) in the 12th over.The duo pressed on the accelerator and began dealing in sixes and fours. At the end of 15 overs, the Knight Riders were 121 for four. That meant they needed 93 to win off the last 30 balls. Some more lusty shots followed and after 18 overs, the hosts needed 43 off 12 balls.Marcus Stoinis conceded one run off the first three balls of the 19th over, but the next three were hit for sixes by Russell. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.myvidster.com/profile/alifull

Hyderabad: Cops bust betting ring, arrest three

S. Chaitanya Kumar, Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Commissioner's Task Force said, 'The accused were caught red handedly while collecting huge betting amounts from punters in connection with the IPL match between RCB Vs Kings XI Punjab teams at Bengaluru on Thursday'. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the West Zone task force, based on a tip-off, busted a betting racket and arrested the organiser in Banjara Nagar, Borabanda. For the past three month, R. Narsing Naik, 30, along with his friend, Madduri Sudhakar, had been organising an illegal business of betting on IPL matches from a residence in Borabanda. B. Gattu Mallu, Inspector of Police, West Zone Team said, 'We have nabbed the accused Naik, who was engaging in cricket betting for ongoing IPL-2019 Cricket match in between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab teams playing at Bengaluru on Wednesday'. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://wlodb.com/users/192476

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New OnePlus 7, 7 Pro specs leak ahead of launch

Both smartphones will be powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC. The OnePlus 7 will come with a 6.4-inch FHD+ display while the OnePlus 7 Pro will feature a 6.7-inch QHD+ screen with a refresh rate of 90Hz. Prior rumours suggest that the OnePlus 7 would come with a dual camera setup comprising of a 48MP sensor and a 24MP secondary sensor. That rumour appears to have no weight and now the latest leak claims that it will feature a 5MP sensor instead of 24MP. As of now, no details have surfaced regarding the front-facing camera on the OnePlus 7. However, the OnePlus 7 Pro is believed to come with a 16MP F/2.0 shooter. The OnePlus 7 will feature a 3700mAh battery and support 20W fast charge while the Pro variant will feature a 4000mAh battery and 30W fast charge. The brand is expected to introduce a 5G variant of the Pro as well and currently, it is dubbed the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G. The handsets are expected to launch in Blue, Grey and Brown colour options. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://www.mmaplayground.com/profile/alibrand

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What's the relationship between snoring and sleep disorders in women?

Notably, snoring is a common warning sign for obstructive sleep apnea which involves the repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep. The researchers included 1,913 participants for sleep evaluation for the study which revealed that objectively measured snoring was found in 88 per cent of the women (591 of 675), but only 72 per cent reported that they snore (496 of 675). Whereas in men, objective snoring (92.6 per cent) and self-reported snoring (93.1 per cent) were similar. 'We found that although no difference in snoring intensity was found between genders, women tend to under-report the fact that they snore and to underestimate the loudness of their snoring,' said Nimrod Maimon, professor at Soroka University Medical Center in Israel. He also noted, 'women reported snoring less often and described it as milder.' According to the study, women snored as loud as men with 49 per cent of them having severe or very severe snoring (329 of 675). But only 40 per cent of the women rated their snoring as severe (269 of 675). 'The fact that women reported snoring less often and described it as milder may be one of the barriers preventing women from reaching sleep clinics for a sleep study,' Maimon said. As per the researchers, women suffering from sleep apnea were also less likely to report symptoms including daytime fatigue. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://puremtgo.com/users/alibrand

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Seers cast their vote at polling booth set up in Uttarakhand's Gangotri for first time

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Uttarakhand sees fewer people out for voting During winter, traders, shopkeepers and even locals move to lower areas. But, the seers remain confined in their huts throughout the year. Woman seer Dharmnisth Giri, 45, was delighted to cast her vote for the first time. 'I have exercised my voting right for the first time today as the polling booth has been set up here. I feel a part of the system now,' she said. Ashish Chauhan, district election officer of Uttarkashi, said by 3pm, 54 voters exercised their franchise. 'We understood it's impossible for seers to travel several kilometres to vote. So, we set up a booth in the shrine. We want every resident of the state to participate in the elections.' Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voters have last word on 91 seats Constituency Sitting MP Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bishnu Pada Ray, BJP Andhra Pradesh Araku Kothapalli Geetha, YSRC Srikakulam Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu, TDP Vizianagaram Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju, TDP Visakhapatnam Kambhampati Hari Babu, BJP Anakapalli Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, TDP (Now with YSRCP) Kakinada Thota Narasimham, TDP Amalapuram Pandula Ravindra Babu, TDP (Joined YSRCP in Feb 2019) Rajahmundry Murali Mohan, TDP Narasapuram Gokaraju Gangaraju, BJP Eluru Maganti Venkateswara Rao, TDP Machilipatnam Konakalla Narayana Rao, TDP Vijayawada Kesineni Srinivas, TDP Guntur Jayadev Galla, TDP Narasaraopet Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, TDP Bapatla Maluadri Sriram, TDP Ongole YV Subba Reddy, YSRCP Nandyal S P Y Reddy, YSRCP Kurnool Butta Renuka, YSRCP Anantapur JC Diwakar Reddy, TDP Hindupur Kristappa Nimmala, TDP Kadapa Avinash Reddy, YSRCP Nellore Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, YSRCP Tirupati Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli, YSRCP Rajampet PV Midhun Reddy, YSRCP Chittoor Naramalli Sivaprasad, TDP Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh West Kiren Rijiju, BJP Arunachal Pradesh East Ninong Ering, Congress Assam Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah, BJP Kaliabor Gaurav Gogoi, Congress Jorhat Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli, BJP Lakhimpur Pradan Baruah, BJP Bihar Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh, BJP Gaya Hari Manjhi, BJP Nawada Giriraj Singh, BJP Jamui Chirag Paswan, LJP Chhattisgarh Bastar Dinesh Kashyap, BJP Jammu and Kashmir Baramulla Muzaffar Hussain Baig, PDP Jammu Jugal Kishore, BJP Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Mohammed Faizal PP, NCP Maharashtra Wardha Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, BJP Ramtek Krupal Balaji Tumane, Shiv Sena Nagpur Nitin Gadkar, BJP Bhandara-Gondiya Madhukarrao Yashwantrao Kukde, NCP Gadchiroli-Chimur Ashok Nete, BJP Chandrapur Ahir Hansraj Gangaram, BJP Yavatmal-Washim Gawali Bhavana Pundlikrao, Shiv Sena Constituency Sitting MP Manipur Outer Manipur Thangso Baite, Congress Meghalaya Shillong Vincent H Pala, Congress Tura Vacant, After Congrad Sangma became chief minister Mizoram Mizoram CL Ruala, Congress Nagaland Nagaland Tokheho Yepthomi, NDPP Odisha Kalahandi Arka Keshari Deo, BJD Nabarangpur Balabhadra Majhi, BJD Berhampur Sidhant Mohapatra, BJP Koraput Jhina Hikaka, BJD Sikkim Sikkim Prem Nath Rai, SDF Telangana Adilabad Godam Nagesh, TRS Peddapalli Balka Suman, TRS Karimnagar Vinod Kumar Boinapally, TRS Nizamabad Kalvakuntla Kavitha, TRS Zahirabad B.B. Patil, TRS Medak Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao, TRS Malkajgiri Ch.Malla Reddy, TDP Secunderabad Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM Chevella Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, TRS (resigned in 2018) Mahbubnagar AP Jithender Reddy, TRS Nagarkurnool Yellaiah Nandi, Congress Nalgonda Gutha Sukhender Reddy, Congress Bhongir Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud, TRS Warangal Kadiyam Srihari, TRS Mahabubabad Prof. Azmeera Seetaram Naik, TRS Khammam Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, YSRCP Tripura Tripura West Sankar Prasad Datt, CPI(M) Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur Raghav Lakhanpal, BJP Kairana Tabassum Hasan, RLD Muzaffarnagar Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, BJP Bijnor Kunwar Bharatendra Singh, BJP Meerut Rajendra Agrawal, BJP Baghpat Satya Pal Singh, BJP Ghaziabad VK Singh, BJP GautamBuddhaNagar Mahesh Sharma, BJP Uttarakhand Tehri Garhwal Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, BJP Garhwal Maj Gen (Retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (AVSM), BJP Almora Ajay Tamta, BJP Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, BJP Haridwar Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, BJP West Bengal Cooch Behar Partha Pratim Ray, Trinamool Congress Alipurduar Dasrath Tirkey, Trinamool Congress DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.theverge.com/users/alibrand

IBM using AI to create customised, emphatic chatbots

Banks and insurance providers, she explained, were the early adopters of chatbots in the country, helping customers for bill payments, mobile recharges, booking travel, so on and so forth. However, when it comes to making people feel comfortable, AI has a lot to learn, Dasgupta noted. A lot of available systems make building the first chatbot easy, but do not scale-up when you increase the scope of the chatbot or need to build several hundred more, she said. This, she said, is because of two main factors: overt dependence on the manual effort for creating chatbots which makes them both time consuming and brittle, and lack of an end-to-end fall-back plan with continuous learning and improvement. "We at IBM Research are working towards training these applications with data by infusing AI and related technologies to help organisations get business value at a much higher scale," Dasgupta told PTI. The tech giant's IBM Watson Assistant can be trained to represent a company's specific brand voice and values using that firm's customer and business data. "Conversational agents are going to be a primary way people communicate and the AI that powers it needs to be very strong," Dasgupta said. "We work with several enterprise customers to enable their conversation agents to be more usable and affordable," she said. "There are a couple of AI projects we at IBM Research India are doing on conversational AI," Dasgupta said. The technology, she noted, empowers more realistic conversational AI which is able to handle nuances of the user language and that can handle domain and context understanding. The enterprise chatbot evolution in India started with everyone being impressed by the fact that they can have a 24/7 channel of communication with their customers. In addition, they can delight their customers with an instantaneous response to their queries. Further, many are looking at offering more services like register a claim, get a quote and help customers understand their various policies better. "Conversation is the most natural way for humans to interact with an AI system and the predictions are by 2024 this will be double-digit billion markets," said Sachindra Joshi, Manager - Conversational Platforms, IBM Research-India. "Since human conversation is complex, contains forth and back references, is contextual, it poses a very interesting research problem to solve," Joshi told PTI. "We have built chatbots using the research technologies for multiple external and internal clients. They have been running successfully now for 1-2 years," he said. The researchers use deep learning techniques on conversations between end-users and human agents that provide support in traditional call centres. Their analysis helps identify dominant problems or reasons for which end-users contact call centres as well gives insights on how experts agents handle those problems. "These inputs are extremely valuable to build a chatbot. They reduce the manual effort and the initial build time as well as provide concrete ways to continuously improve the chatbot as it is being used," Dasgupta said. "We have focused on continuous learning of conversation agents, scalable bootstrapping from documents and logs and innovative and expressive ways of dialogue design," she said. "As these technologies mature, users of chatbots will see an improved experience with the bot being able to learn from past conversations and get more effective. "This should increase the proportion of successful conversations. Also bot designers will be able to use our tools to create conversation agents faster and make them more effective," she said. Joshi noted that one big challenge for chatbots in India is the support for local languages. Ninety per cent of the new internet users are expected to be non-English speakers in the next few years. Researchers, he said, are trying to work with linguists alongside technologists developing verticalised vernacular models for handling local languages. "We have also developed deep learning techniques that help in creating chatbots in a data-driven manner and have brought down the initial build time of chatbots from several weeks to only a few days," noted Joshi. Researchers said while designing chatbots, it is crucial to keep in mind the affordability of creating chatbots and their usability. Chatbots are only useful when they help a particular business function to improve, they said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://creativemarket.com/alifull

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Drug-resistant fungi are a threat to modern medicine

The fungal species was first discovered in the ear of a Japanese patient and in the past decade it has spread across five continents. C. auris can cause life-threatening infections if it enters the blood of patients with a weak immune system. All microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, have the ability to develop resistance to the antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics, etc.) used to treat the diseases they cause. When all the other microbes are suppressed, there are more resources available for the resistant microbes to grow and spread rapidly. Drug resistance is particularly worrying in the case of antifungals because treatment options for fungal infections are more limited than for bacterial infections. C. auris is resistant to the drugs most commonly used to treat fungal infections. So patients are sicker for longer and survival rates are lower. In India, as many as half of those who develop a blood stream infection with C. auris die, but since in many cases they were already critically ill, C. auris is not recorded as the ultimate cause of death. Unlike other fungi that rarely transmit between humans, C. auris can be passed from patient to patient in a hospital. This is because of its unusual ability to last for long periods of time on hospital surfaces, such as bed rails and door handles. The combination of being transmissible, hard to remove from hospital surfaces and difficult to treat, make it capable of causing deadly outbreaks. C. auris is not commonly on clinicians' radar as it poses little threat to humans unless they are vulnerable to infection for some other reason, such as a recent surgery, for example, or a patient whose immune system has already been weakened by infection with HIV/AIDS. The occurrence of C. auris in India varies by hospital. In one hospital in north India, a third of Candida infections were due to C. auris, but in a hospital in the south, this figure was closer to 10%. A broader look across 27 Indian intensive care units found 5.3% of Candida cases were caused by C. auris (compared to 0.04% in the United Kingdom). Although data are limited, studies suggest that C. auris has spread widely across India though the majority of cases have been reported in public sector intensive care units in the north of India. Receiving antimicrobial drugs, whether antibiotic or antifungal, is a risk factor for C. auris infection. Across India, antimicrobials are available over the counter without a prescription, meaning they are used even when they are not needed or the correct treatment regimens are not followed. This overuse increases the rate at which resistance emerges, and is causing these drugs to become ineffective. In hospitals and clinics, antimicrobials are also often used incorrectly as physicians may not have specific training, may perceive they are needed to satisfy paying patients, or may receive money from drug companies to encourage sales. Patients who stay for longer in the hospital are more likely to be infected by C. auris. Invasive interventions, such as the placement of a catheter, provide an opportunity for disease-causing microbes, such as C. auris, to bypass the body's natural defences and can lead to the life-threatening infections, particularly when hospital staff do not have time or training to ensure cleanliness is maintained. Health care cost constraints have led to overcrowding of patients in some hospitals and this facilitates the spread of infections, including those caused by C. auris. Access to clean water and sanitation facilities is essential to maintain hygiene and prevent infections spreading — many healthcare facilities in rural India are unable to provide access to these provisions. As more people crowd into hospitals, whether because of the greater institutionalisation of births, wider available of health insurance that covers hospital stays or just population ageing, the public health threat posed by hospital acquired infections is increasing. These are infections that patients acquire when they are hospitalised. In India, it is estimated that roughly one in 20 patients will acquire an infection while in hospital. And when these infections are drug-resistant, the risk of death and longer hospital stays goes up significantly. There is no doubt that increasing access to essential health services, through interventions such as Ayushman Bharat, saves lives. However, for health services to serve their communities and prevent outbreaks of deadly resistant infections such as C. auris, failures in infection control must be addressed, antimicrobial use reduced and the emergence of C. auris monitored. Isabel Frost and Ramanan Laxminarayan are researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, a Washington DC-based public health research organisation The views expressed are personal DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.fotoaparat.cz/uzivatel/78881/

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Gujarat High Court quashes FIR against trader who deposited Rs 1.49 crore worth old notes in 2016

However, all the charges have been quashed and set aside with the court noting that it did not amount to cheating. The court in its order noted that for cheating to be defined, there should be fraudulent or dishonest inducement, which is not the case here. 'Cheating is an essential ingredient for an act to constitute and offence under Section 420,' it said. It was alleged Shah, in conspiracy with Bhaskar Soni, then manager of UCO Bank, St Xavier's Branch, in Ahmedabad, and some other unidentified persons, had deposited old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes in the current account of his firm. The deposits made between November 10 and December 30, 2016, were to an account that had been lying dormant for nearly three-and-a-half years. Thereafter, Soni allegedly made the account operative on November 22, 2016. The HC has, however, not quashed the proceedings against Soni. Shah's lawyer Chetan Pandya said Rs 1.49 crore was deposited in a KYC-compliant dormant account. 'The RBI circular (after demonetisation) had two clauses, including any amount can be deposited in any account, and second, no restriction on operation of any account via non-cash method such as RTGS, NEFT.' The court took note of Pandya's arguments and said 'mere deposit of huge amount in Shah's dormant account cannot be termed as cheating or any offence under the IPC or Prevention of Corruption Act.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://piqs.de/user/alibrand/

UP Board Result 2019: Declaration date for UP board Class 12 results to be out after permission from UP administration

lick on the link for U. P. Board Intermediate (Class XII) Examination - 2018 Results'. Key in your roll number and school code (as given in the admit card). Submit. Your result will be displayed on screen. Download and take its print out. Like previous years, results of both High School and Intermediate examination would be declared simultaneously which would also be made available on UP Board website. On Monday staff and officers of the Board headquarter in Prayagraj remained in a fix regarding date of declaration of results as despite finalisation of UP Board 10th and 12th results they were not able write the date of declaration of UP Board results on the documents related to the results which would be released on the declaration day including the top ten merit list of both examinations, district wise merit list, performance of examinees in different subjects in state, etc. This year, 58,06,922 students had registered to appear in Board's High School and Intermediate examinations including 31,95,603 in High School and 26,11,319 in Intermediate exams. As part of its strict anti copying measures, of the total 8354 examination centers made in all 75 districts of UP, a significant 1314 centers were marked as sensitive while 448 centers had been marked as highly sensitive. Owing to strict anti copying measures a significant 6,52,881 examinees had quit examinations midway while 403 examinees were caught using unfair means. A total of 68 FIRs were also lodged during the examinations against center superintendents and invigilators found promoting use of unfair means. Post examinations, a total of 3.20 crore answer sheets were evaluated at 230 evaluation centers by around 1.25 lakh teachers including 1.90 crore answer sheet of High School examination by 79,064 teachers and 1.30 crore answer sheets of Intermediate by 45,732 teachers. This year for the first time UP Board examinations were held in 16 working days without any untoward incident reported from any examination center in state. The high school examination commenced on February 7 and ended on February 28 while the Intermediate examination after commencing on February 7 ended on March 2, 2019. . DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.polygon.com/users/alibrand