The incident happened in Chivvemla mandal in Suryapet district when Justice V Sujatha, was travelling to Vijayawada from Hyderabad. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into a roadside bush, the police said.
Published Date – 11:04 PM, Sun – 10 September 23
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Suryapet: A Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday suffered injuries after the car in which she was travelling met with an accident in Suryapet district of Telangana, police said.
The incident happened in Chivvemla mandal in Suryapet district when Justice V Sujatha, was travelling to Vijayawada from Hyderabad. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into a roadside bush, they said.
After being alerted by some passersby, a police team rushed to the spot and shifted the judge to a hospital in Suryapet, a police official said.
The Judge sustained minor injuries and received two stitches on her head. Her condition is stable now, the official said adding the car driver also suffered minor injuries in the mishap.
In an interview with Mehr News Agency on Tuesday, Mohammad Marandi referred to the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi at the United Nations General Assembly and said that Iran will have a strong presence in the meeting due to its significant achievements in the fields of foreign policy.
President Raeisi will also meet with different heads of foreign states on the sidelines of the assembly, he noted.
Pointing to the improved ties of the Islamic Republic of Iran with countries in the region, he underlined that the priority of the Iranian government is to strengthen ties with neighboring and regional countries including Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, and Central Asian countries.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he termed membership of the country in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group of emerging economies as another achievement for the government and noted that the result of these successes will be shown in the near future.
Referring to the recent agreement between Iran and the US, Marandi said that Iran’s frozen funds were released and Iran can buy all non-sanctions goods.
The US behaved more realistically than before in the issues of prisoner swaps and releasing Iranian blocked funds and continuing such behavior in the future can have positive outcomes, he noted.
Manish (63kg), used his experience and was at his attacking best throughout as he outplayed Afghanistan’s Mohammad Sarwari 5-0
Published Date – 10:21 PM, Sat – 9 September 23
Manish (63kg), used his experience and was at his attacking best throughout as he outplayed Afghanistan’s Mohammad Sarwari 5-0
New Delhi: World Championships medallists Manju Rani and Manish Kaushik stormed into the finals of the Mustafa Hajrulahovic Memorial boxing tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina with unanimous decisions wins.
Manish (63kg), used his experience and was at his attacking best throughout as he outplayed Afghanistan’s Mohammad Sarwari 5-0 on Friday. The 2019 World Championship bronze medallist will meet Palestine’s Mohammed Soud in the final.
Manju (50kg) also showed similar display of domination when she stepped in the ring against Petra Mezei of Hungary. The 2019 World Championship silver medallist with her quick movement and powerful punches proved to be too strong for her Hungarian opponent as she sailed through to the finals with a convincing 5-0 win. She will now face Sadia Bromand of Afghanistan in her quest to secure the gold medal.
The commerce ministry has recommended anti-dumping duty of up to USD 243 per tonne of import of Chinese glass used in home appliances with a view to guard domestic players
Published Date – 02:40 PM, Sat – 2 September 23
The commerce ministry has recommended anti-dumping duty of up to USD 243 per tonne of import of Chinese glass used in home appliances with a view to guard domestic players
New Delhi: The commerce ministry has recommended anti-dumping duty of up to USD 243 per tonne of import of Chinese glass used in home appliances with a view to guard domestic players from cheap inbound shipments from the neighbouring country.
The finance ministry will take a final decision on imposing the duty.
Following a complaint by a domestic player, the commerce ministry’s investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has investigated alleged dumping of ‘toughened glass for home appliances having thickness between 1.8 MM to 8 MM and area of 0.4 SqM or less’ originating in or exported from China.
Federation of Safety Glass, an association of safety/speciality glass processors, had filed an application to initiate the anti-dumping investigation. The applicant has alleged that dumping of the product is impacting domestic industries.
In its findings after concluding the probe, the DGTR said that the product was exported to India at a price which is below the normal level and that has resulted in dumping which has impacted domestic makers.
“Accordingly, the authority recommends imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on the imports …for a period of five years,” according to the DGTR notification.
The recommended duty ranges between USD 41.8 per tonne and USD 243 per tonne.
Anti-dumping probes are conducted by countries to determine whether domestic industries have been hurt because of a surge in cheap imports.
As a countermeasure, they impose these duties under the multilateral regime of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO). The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers vis-a-vis foreign producers and exporters.
India has already imposed anti-dumping duty on several products to tackle cheap imports from various countries, including China.
A month after a ferocious fire razed a town in Maui, 66 people remained unaccounted for as workers continued to remove toxic debris from the burn site, a process that could take almost a year, Hawaii Governor Josh Green said on Friday.
The official death toll of the Aug. 8 fire that left the historic town of Lahaina in charred ruins still stands at 115 people, a number unchanged in more than two weeks.
Only 60 of those victims had been identified as of Thursday, according to the Maui Police Department.
Officials have said some victims may have been cremated in the blaze, leaving no remains to recover; a final death toll is uncertain, as is the future of the land where Lahaina stood.
Earlier in September, county and federal officials circulated a list of more than 380 people still unaccounted for; by Friday, the list had been reduced to 66 people, the governor said in remarks broadcast online.
While some families wait in limbo, relatives of those confirmed dead face additional difficulties.
Tim Laborte’s stepfather, Joseph Lara, was killed in the fire, his body found a short drive from Lara’s house in his native Lahaina. Now the family are trying to piece together whether a mortgage is owed on Lara’s ruined property and what kind of insurance polices he held.
“His affairs are a mess,” Laborte said. “He didn’t have a will, he didn’t have a trust.”
The family have tried to get Lara’s remains released from a temporary morgue, but Laborte said they had been told that none would be released until officials were sure the burn area had been cleared of all human remains, and that obtaining a death certificate could take months.
Hawaii’s Department of Health, which issues death certificates in the state, did not respond to questions about how officials are certifying the fire’s victims.
Survivors of the fire have not been allowed to return to survey the ruins of their homes and businesses, though some have managed to make their way in on brief forays.
The governor said on Friday that residents and business-owners would soon be allowed to go into the burn zone on scheduled supervised visits.
“The ash, we are told, is quite toxic, so we need to be careful,” Green said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are leading the removal of toxic debris from Lahaina, a clean-up that Green said would take “the better part of a year” and cost about $1 billion.
The state was asking the owners of short-term rental properties on the island to consider renting their properties long-term to people left homeless by the fire, and was speaking with several hotels about leasing their entire properties for the displaced, Green said.
More than 6,000 survivors of the fire are still sheltering in hotel rooms, Green said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency was helping the state provide housing grants and rental assistance for displaced people for the next 18 months, he said.
Lahaina was built along the shore where Maui’s western volcano slopes down into the Pacific Ocean, and it was the former seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom before becoming a popular tourist destination. How it might be rebuilt remains unclear.
“The people of Maui must have as much time as they need to heal and recover and will begin to rebuild only when they are ready,” Green said. “I want to emphasize this again: The land in the Lahaina is reserved for its people as they return and rebuild.”
The Kotepally reservoir had been a beloved getaway for adventure enthusiasts, particularly those seeking the thrill of kayaking and other water activities.
Updated On – 11:57 AM, Mon – 11 September 23
Hyderabad: Despite the closure of Kotepally reservoir, near Ananthagiri Hills, Vikarabad, the noted tourism destination has continued to draw large crowds, especially on weekends.
The closure of the reservoir, since January has not deterred visitors, as the nearby trekking trails and the picturesque viewpoints, including the famous Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, have now become popular destinations for both locals and tourists.
Till recently, the Kotepally reservoir had been a beloved getaway for adventure enthusiasts, particularly those seeking the thrill of kayaking and other water activities. The reservoir had become an integral part of the overall experience for visitors to this scenic location.
In January, an accident claimed the lives of four members of a family who had ventured into the reservoir waters but never made it out. As a result, to ensure public safety, the authorities had to close the reservoir for public indefinitely. According to local police, their primary concern is to ensure the safety of the visitors.
More than 2,000 people have died and about 6,000 others are reportedly missing in Libya
Published Date – 11:30 AM, Tue – 12 September 23
Tripoli: More than 2,000 people have died and about 6,000 others are reportedly missing in Libya after torrential rain brought by storm Daniel triggered the collapse of two dams which swept entire neighborhoods into the sea.
Speaking to a local TV channel on Monday, Osama Hammad, the eastern-based Prime Minister of Libya, confirmed the toll in “catastrophic” floods that hit eastern Libya on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Hammad said most of the casualties were reported in the port city of Derna, where “the entire neighborhoods were swept away”. He called on medical personnel and rescue teams nationwide to provide assistance to the city, while the eastern-based Deputy Prime Minister Ali al-Gatrani has appealed for international aid .
Local authorities have declared three days of mourning for the victims. The storm made landfall in eastern Libya on Sunday, triggering flooding and destroying facilities along its path. Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, the prime minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, on Sunday instructed relevant authorities to remain on high alert and take measures to deal with the storm, vowing to “protect the people and ease the damage”.
President of the Libyan Presidency Council, Mohamed Menfi, also called for international assistance to cope with the aftermath of the deadly floods. “We call on the brotherly and friendly countries and the international organisations to provide assistance and support for the disaster areas,” Menfi said in a statement on Monday.
He declared Derna, Al-Bayda and Shahhat as stricken cities, and called on the people to abide by the instructions of the authorities “to overcome this crisis”. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Libyan Red Crescent Society have started to offer urgent assistance to those affected by the disaster.
Libya, a country of six million people, has been dividedbetween rival administrations in the east and west since 2014, following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against late dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Each administration is backed by armed groups and militias.
Israeli soldiers reportedly rioting during a training session for the elite Golani Brigade infantry forces is a clear sign of rising discontent within the Israeli military.
A recent video circulating on social media shows Israeli soldiers of the Army’s Golani Brigade rioting during a training session in protest against the far right Israeli cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent controversial policies.
The video was reportedly filmed on September 4th 2023.
The leaked video shows dozens of soldiers from Israel’s Golani Brigade shouting and vandalizing property.
According to the reports, several of the protests participants had been disciplined by superiors resulting in the arrest of several soldiers, including NCOs.
The Golani Brigade is mostly made up of elite soldiers and is specialized in ground warfare. They have carried out armed attacks against Palestinians, and have participated in almost all the wars waged by Israel.
Ever since the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced the proposal for the judicial overhaul which would limit the authority of the national judiciary, the public has held mass demonstrations across Israel.
Tens of thousands of military personnel from many different sectors of the Israeli army have protested against the decision, including 10,000 reservists from intelligence units and Air Force pilots.
They have threatened to no longer show up for duty in protest to Netanyahu’s judicial reform efforts.
Last month, Israel’s air force chief suspended a number of senior military reserve forces in the wake of ongoing demonstrations against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan.
The development came a day after the Israeli Navy suspended two high ranking reservists after they announced plans to end volunteer reserve duties, in addition to refusing to serve in a ‘dictatorship’.
Multiple cases of suicide within the Israeli occupation forces have made the headlines recently with observers blaming a mental health epidemic among soldiers.
Halevi also warned that Israel would be in existential peril.
Israeli military officials have warned that the protests by the reservists are impacting military readiness amid heightened tension between Israel and the axis of resistance, which includes Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, in recent months.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters have decried the reservists’ protests as a dangerous and unprecedented form of political blackmail by the military, with some equating the protests to attempts at a military coup.
Despite the threat of reservists refusing service, Netanyahu’s far right cabinet pushed ahead with the judicial overhaul legislation.
The Knesset passed the legislation in a vote in July, despite months of extensive protests.
That controversial legislation has struck down the ability of the Supreme Court to veto legislation passed by the Knesset based on the criteria of reasonableness.
Despite calls from the protest movement to protect, what they describe as ‘Israeli democracy’, the protesters have not called on Netanyahu’s cabinet to cease illegal settlement building on usurped Palestinian land, end Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank, or extend the same rights to Palestinians that Israelis enjoy under Israeli law.
Ahead of India’s second Super Four stage match of the Asia Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka, Colombo’s sky was overcast with clouds
Published Date – 12:45 PM, Tue – 12 September 23
Colombo: Ahead of India’s second Super Four stage match of the Asia Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka, Colombo’s sky was overcast with clouds early Tuesday morning.
After beating Pakistan by a huge margin of 228 runs on Monday on a reserve day, India will now face Sri Lanka today at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium. According to Google weather updates, today there are chances of thunderstorms with 81 per cent humidity and 19 km/h wind. The temperature is predicted to be 29 degrees Celsius.
India’s luck has not favoured them in their Asia Cup campaign as out of three matches that India have played two have been affected by rain. India’s opening game of the tournament against Pakistan had ended in a draw due to rain while their Super Four stage game with the same team had shifted to reserve day to have a result.
India and Sri Lanka have won one match each. India are placed at the top of the points table while Sri Lanka are following them in second position.
India had resumed the play at 147-2 on the reserved day as rain interrupted the match against Pakistan on Sunday.
Coming in the next day, fiery centuries from Virat Kohli and KL Rahul followed by Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul powered India to 228 runs win over their traditional rival Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four clash here at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.
Kuldeep bagged his second ODI five-for as India clinched a huge 228-run win – Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf didn’t come out to bat in Pakistan’s chase. With this mammoth victory, India clinched the top spot in of Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s table.
Earlier, Virat Kohli’s vintage performance and KL Rahul’s unbridled century powered India to 356/2 against arch-rivals Pakistan in their Asia Cup Super Four clash.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s half-centuries laid the foundation for India, while the unbeaten 233-run partnership between Kohli and Rahul added the icing on the cake as the former skipper finished the innings in style with a maximum.
Kohli finished his innings with an unbeaten 122, which came from 94 deliveries, while Rahul smashed a fiery 111 of 106 balls.
Kotak, whose holding in the bank stands at 26 per cent, has become a non-executive director of the bank
Published Date – 08:43 PM, Sat – 2 September 23
Uday Kotak resigned as the managing director and chief executive officer of Kotak Mahindra Bank, the bank said in a stock exchange filing on Saturday. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: Uday Kotak, the founder and promoter of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has resigned as Managing Director and CEO of the private sector lender three months ahead of Reserve Bank’s deadline.
He has ceased to be the Managing Director & CEO of the bank, with effect from September 1, 2023, on account of his resignation considered at the bank’s board meeting held on Saturday.
Kotak, whose holding in the bank stands at 26 per cent, has become a non-executive director of the bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a regulatory filing on Saturday.
As per the regulatory mandate restricting a managing director and chief executive’s term to 15 years, the board of the bank had earlier this year decided to appoint Uday Kotak as the non-executive director after his current term ends in December.
As an interim arrangement, Dipak Gupta, the Joint Managing Director, will carry out the duties of the Managing Director & CEO until December 31, 2023, subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank of India and the members of the bank, it said.
Taking to microblogging site X formerly Twitter, Kotak said, “Succession at Kotak Mahindra Bank has been foremost on my mind, since our Chairman, myself and Joint MD are all required to step down by year-end. I am keen to ensure smooth transition by sequencing these departures. I initiate this process now and step down voluntarily as CEO.” The bank awaits RBI approval of the proposed successor who would take charge from January 1, 2024, Kotak, who has been MD and CEO of the bank since its inception, said.
“As Founder, I am deeply attached to brand Kotak and will continue to serve the institution as Non-Executive Director and significant shareholder. We have an outstanding management team to carry the legacy forward. Founders go away, but the institution flourishes into perpetuity,” he said.
A long time ago, he said, “I saw names like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs dominate the financial world and dreamed of creating such an institution in India. It is with this dream that I started Kotak Mahindra 38 years ago, with 3 employees in a 300 sqft office in Fort, Mumbai. I have deeply cherished every bit of this memorable journey, living my dream.”
Kotak Mahindra Bank is now a pre-eminent bank and financial institution, created on the basic tenets of trust and transparency, he said.
“We have created value for our stakeholders and provide over 1 lakh direct jobs. An investment of Rs 10,000 with us in 1985 would be worth around Rs 300 crore today. I am confident that this Indian-owned institution will continue to play an even more important role in India’s transformation into a social and economic powerhouse,” he said.
Kotak Mahindra Bank is among the few large private sector banks to have prominent promoter shareholders.
Kotak, in a handwritten message to the bank’s Chairman Prakash Apte attached on X, said it is now time to move on and the decision to resign three months ahead of the expiry of his term is with the view to sequencing this process from a transition and stability perspective.
Incidentally, the term of the bank’s Chairman is also coming to an end on December 31, 2023.
In the recent past, the bank has taken various measures fortifying the institution and making it future-ready, the handwritten letter said, adding, these include steps taken to ensure its financial stability and strengthening the risk matrix, he said in a three-page resignation letter.
“I stand in a lonely place of being a founder, promoter and significant shareholder of this great institution. It also bears our family name and carries that as its brand. The institution that we have together built stands for purpose, trust and integrity. I am committed as a stakeholder to see this institution sustain and grow,” he said.
In these changing times, he said, “I envision an India leading the world in the years ahead. I am confident that this majorly Indian-owned institution will play an important role in India’s destiny. As new leaders take over, I look forward to my new role as a non-executive director, a role entrusted to one by the Board and an overwhelming majority of the shareholders …the Bank.”
As per a July 21 media report, the banking industry regulator was peeved at certain utterances of Uday Kotak recently.
In his letter to shareholders, Kotak expressed concerns about the impact of over-regulation on entrepreneurial spirit.
“I feel the financial sector players risk becoming more robotic, curbing the entrepreneurial flair since the fear of making a mistake overrides the joy of creation and development. While we need ‘Arjuna’s eye’ on risk management, we must prevent bureaucratisation of financial services,” Uday Kotak had written.
KVS Manian, who is also in the running to succeed Uday, had said that his role in the bank will be decided on merit.
