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India's Physical Disability WT20 winners are jobless, in poor financial health
It's exactly a year since Vikrant Keni led India's disabled cricket team to the Physical Disability T20 World Series title in England. However, it's not a happy anniversary considering 14 players from that 18-member squad are without jobs and in poor financial health.
The team's opening pair comprising Jammu and Kashmir batsman Wasim Iqbal, 27, and Maharashtra's Kunal Phanse, 26, are diploma holders in Electrical and Mechanical engineering respectively. However, both have had to resort to farming given their unemployed status. While Iqbal has been working on his family's apple orchard in Anantnag, Phanse helps his parents on their sugarcane farm in Pune's Jejuri region.
Iqbal, Phanse's crucial stand
Keni rated Iqbal and Phanse's 125-run match-winning opening stand, chasing arch-rivals Pakistan's 150 for seven, as the turning point of the tournament. "That was the crucial partnership of the tournament. Wasim [43-ball 69] and Kunal [55 not out off 47 balls] helped us beat Pakistan very c..
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Fans celebrate 61 years of Kamal Haasan in the industry!
Kamal Haasan has clocked 61 years in the industry - 61 years of entertaining India through pathbreaking films and his strong screen presence. Popularly known as Ulaganayagan, Haasan kicked off his career as a child artist in Kalathur Kannamma that won him the President's Gold Medal, and there was no looking back for him.
Haasan has won four National Awards, 19 Filmfare Awards, a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan, an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) and a mention in the Limca Book of Records. He is the only actor in the country with the distinction to have had a 61-year-long career in films. To honour this amazing feat and the superstar himself, his fans across the world are all set to celebrate.
Kamal Haasan has one of the largest fan bases across India and worldwide. As part of the celebration, the team that works with him closely has assembled a listicle titled, '61 Facts You Didn't About Kamal Haasan', which will be uploaded on the website for his fans. This listicle includ..
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Mumbai: Parsi Gates battle moves to WhatsApp
Yet another meeting took place about the proposed shifting of The Parsi Gates at Chowpatty-Marine Drive on Monday. The subject has been simmering for a while now as the BMC plans to shift the gates further south because of the Coastal Road project. The new proposed location is opposite the well-known Kishco Cutlery store, on Marine Drive.
An earlier meeting on June 30, which was held between a few representatives of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP), custodians of community affairs, other invitees and BMC representatives, had created a storm. The issue has polarised Parsis, with WhatsApp being the medium of fierce fighting.
This is the reason BPP trustee Viraf Mehta convened a virtual meeting about which he said, "The sentiments of many can be heard and we go with a fresh perspective to the civic authorities asking for more time, and apprising them about fears and wariness about the new location." Mehta further said, "A lot of people are against the shift, so the meet has been convened ..
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Masks to the rescue
Five of India's leading fashion designers – Manish Malhotra, Anita Dongre, Tarun Tahiliani, Gaurav Gupta and Rahul Mishra kickstarted a new social awareness campaign called Behind the Mask, to support the karigars (craftspeople) rendered jobless by the pandemic. In a five-part series, for TLC and streamed on Discovery Plus, each designer will give an intimate peek into their lives during the pandemic as well as create a prototype of a mask using elements from Indian art and culture. These designs then serve as inspiration for five unique mask collections, each an ode to a craft or a community.
To execute this project, Condé Nast India brought on board Myntra to produce and sell the masks and Give India to ensure the profits from the sales reach the right NGOs.
Speaking about it, Malhotra says, "The project initiative was a beautiful way for me to share my mindset during the lockdown, I thought it was imperative to share your positive and happier side as different people ar..
Manoj Bajpayee: 74 projects on cards to generate employment
The images of migrant workers trudging along the national highways, in a bid to return to their hometowns, are etched in our minds. Back home, there has been little relief for labourers who are grappling with issues of unemployment. Distressed by their condition, Manoj Bajpayee and wife Shabana Raza have joined forces with Helping Hands Charitable Trust to launch the initiative, Shramik Sammaan. The programme aims to generate employment for workers in their hometowns by launching small-scale businesses across the country.
Among the first projects to kick into action is a cold-pressed oil extraction unit in Bhagalpur, Bihar. The other measures include a mask-making drive in Faridabad and Mumbai, establishment of women's tailoring unit, and liquid soap and sanitiser manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand, and production of bamboo articles in Haryana. "There are 74 projects on the cards. The plight of the migrant workers has shaken us all, and sadly, their struggle to make ends meet continues...
Qtiyapa in the corridors of TVF
The Viral Fever (TVF) had a glorious run last year, with the success of Kota Factory, Tripling, Hostel Daze and the recent Panchayat proving that they were the undisputed masters of quirky desi shows. However, the dream run came to an abrupt halt last week as the key players — Biswapati Sarkar, Nidhi Bisht, Amit Golani, Sameer Saxena, Dhawal Gusain, Karan Chaudhry and Saurabh Khanna — bowed out of the picture over alleged differences on the company's business approach.
So, where does TVF — the true embodiment of homegrown digital entertainment in India — stand post the exodus, without its founders to steer it ahead? The exit of Saxena, head of TVF original content, has fuelled rumours that OTT bigwigs have lost faith in the company. After all, he had helmed the sophomore season of Tripling and the much loved Yeh Meri Family, and also served as the executive producer of Panchayat, the company's biggest hit this year. Insiders say that the upcoming seasons of the ..
Mumbai: When will locals start, ask commuters; not now, says Railways
Even as a delegation of city-based passenger associations, along with BJP leaders, appealed to the governor to unlock local trains on Tuesday morning, the Indian Railways issued a notification stating that the status quo on all trains shall continue and regular passenger trains will remain suspended.
"This is to bring to the notice of all concerned that, as decided and informed earlier on as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice...230 special trains, which are running at present, will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently being run on limited basis only on the requisition of state government, will also continue to run," a note from the Press Information Bureau stated.
It added that the occupancy of special trains is being monitored on a regular basis and any additional special trains may be run based on requirement.
Essential workers arrive at CSMT. Pic/Ashish Raje
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COVID-19 in Mumbai: No social distancing, no masks, no protocols at Dadar station
Where are the rules? While authorities claim that every single person entering the state follows mandatory COVID-19 protocols, a commuter's experience and photographs at Dadar station, on the eastern side, reveal a shocking and worrying picture.
On August 7 around 7 pm, my visit to Dadar coincided with the arrival of passenger trains. As the passengers exited the station and spilled on to the streets, there was complete chaos. No social distancing, no masks and no protocols," said Dombivli resident Sudam Gite, who took pictures to highlight the issue.
Taxis lined up at Dadar East outside the station
"First, one train arrived and there was crowd. As it was dispersing, another train arrived, spilling more crowd on the street. Taxis and vehicles clamoured to reach the crowds and it all like pre-COVID times," he said.
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Must address COVID-19's spread through sex: Health experts
There is a global debate on whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be transmitted sexually. The issue was recently discussed at a WHO Global Forum on August 4, in Geneva, where COVID-19's modes of transmission were discussed.
Dr Subhash Hira, Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington-Seattle, one of the invitees, insisted that more studies and research are required to prove sexual transmission, which could be a major mode of transmission.
Dr Shivangi Pawar, consulting homoeopath
Dr Michael Ryan, director of Emergency Programs, WHO, and Dr Sowumya Swaminathan, chief scientist, WHO chaired the virtual meeting, attended by over 300 scientists from world over.
Dr Hira told mid-day, "In the virtual meeting, researchers presented scientific studies of various modes of transmission of COVID-19. In a study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) in May, the virus was isolated from the semen of 15 per cent of symptomatic COVID-19 patients. A later study in Jul..
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Rahat Indori (1950-2020): His was always the finale act
Shankar Mahadevan takes us by surprise when he points out that his Mission Kashmir track, Dhuan dhuan did not acquire the kind of attention over time, that the film's other songs, Rind posh maal and Bumbro, did. The soulful offering with lyrics that aptly summarised the crux of the film on terrorism in the valley, was applauded by music aficionados at the time of its release. Penned by the late Rahat Indori, who passed away yesterday following two heart attack while undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the song, says Mahadevan beautifully summarised how the "boundaries drawn [between countries], are politically inspired."
Shankar Mahadevan
With a 50-year career in poetry, the Urdu scholar of great repute, was one of the biggest mushaira (poetry symposiums) stars in the country and one who fearlessly called a spade a spade. Among the poet's most powerful lines are: Sabhi ka khoon hai shamil yahan ki mitti mein; Kisi ke baap ka Hindustan thodi hai. The lines were used during the anti-CAA p..
Mumbai: Experts raise doubts over handling of crucial proof - Disha Salian's clothes
Almost two months after Disha Salian allegedly killed herself, Malvani police on Monday finally handed over the clothes, claiming she was wearing on the fateful night to the state Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Kalina. However, experts suspect any evidence could be found on the clothes as they were submitted so late.
Salian, the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager, allegedly jumped off the Regent Galaxy, a high-rise in Malad, on June 8 night. The 28-year-old was rushed to Shatabdi Hospital but was declared dead before admission. mid-day had, in its August 6 report, highlighted serious forensic lapses, viz no crime scene visited by forensic surgeon, no nail clipping preserved, no vide/photo of autopsy taken, nor clothes that she wore for forensic analysis, to rule out any foul play.
Clothes given on MondayPolice on Monday afternoon handed over pants and a T-shirt at the Kalina FSL, a source at the lab told mid-day. The police also submitted a letter, asking to l..
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