New Delhi: Ambala: On the occasion of Interna tional Women’s Day-2021, Ambala Division organized a Felicitation Ceremony on 8th March, 2021 on the theme “Women in Leader ship: Achieving an equal feature in COVID-19 world”. The felicitation ceremony was conducted dur ing the General Manager Northern Railway’s inspec tion of Ambala Division. Sh. Ashutosh Gangal, General Manager, Northern Railway was the Chief Guest for the programme. Ms. Pramila Bhargava, Principal Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway and Sh. Gurinder Mohan Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Ambala Division were also present. The cash awards were given to 10 women staff of Ambala Division for the ex cellence shown in working during the COVID-19 lock down. Sh. Ashutosh Gan gal , General Manager, Northern Railway appreci ated their hard work and gave encouragement to all the occasion to the safety and empowerment of women. Sh. Gurinder Mohan Singh called upon the gathering to resolve to support women in bringing about a change in every ar chaic tradition that impedes their progress.Among the women awardees were RPF Constable, Assistant Loco Pilot, Booking clerk, Station Master, Pointsman, Technician, Office Superin tendent, and Track Main tainer among others. The awardees shared their ex perience of working in In dian Railways in the COVID-19 world. Every one present in the session was inspired by their will to succeed. Sh. Ashutosh Gangal expressed grati tude for their contribution in Indian Railways.
JNU foodies hail the reopening of canteens on campus!
New Delhi: Canteens have recently restarted function ing in the phased reopen ing of JNU campus, and students are flocking their favourite food joints after almost a year.Known for its big beautiful campus, Jawaharlal Nehru Univer sity’s vibrant ideological de bates are often carried out at the many hip canteens and students who identify them selves as the foodies of JNU, can’t keep calm since these eating joints have re cently reopened! “The can teens are the spring of JNU, without them JNU doesn’t have a season and looks desolated. A few can and two (SIS-I, SIS-II), the library canteen, Godavari and Aravali. Babu Bhaiya in SIS-I is my favourite per son! His laddoos keep my anger in check, and pre vents me from getting hangry,” jokes Peerzada Haroon, an MPhil student of JNU, who recently vis went to Aravali, a lot stu dents were there. I went to library canteen and a lot students were there, too. Godavari again seemed full of chitter chatter. SIS-I and SIS-II are struggling to at tract people perhaps be cause laddoos are yet to be made!”very foodie has said that the other can teens will reopen in a phased manner, and will restart functioning soon, but no word on the Mughal Darbaar. I don’t know why they specifically left that one… The food inside cam pus is relatively cheaper as compared to the food out side the campus.
Get to know a few early symptoms of HIV
New Delhi: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed on March 10 every year. This day is celebrated to honour awareness initiatives,conversations, and discussions on HIV.HIV (humanimmunodeficiency virus) is a form of the virus that makes a person vulnerable to infections and diseases. This virus which spreads through an HIV-positive person’s bodily fluids directly strikes the cells which help your body in fighting infections. A person can get infected by the virus if he or she has un-protected intercourse with someone who has HIV. It can also happen through an infected injection. It is very important to spread awareness regarding HIV, because if it is not treated on time, it may lead to develop into AIDS.If you have
been transmitted by HIV virus then it is expected that the symptoms will be visible with in two months.
As per HIV.gov the signs may also be visible in two weeks but some people do ot show any symptoms even if they are HIV positive. The lack of any signs in HIV positive cases can happen for maximum 10 years. It is a fatal health condition however if taken care of properly, it can be controlled. But if the treatment doesn’t happen on time the virus can escalate up to stage 3 which is very dangerous. Therefore,that’s why it is very important to get yourself tested.Take a look at some of the common HIV symptoms below:
Headache, Fever, Fatigue,Sore, throat. Rashes, Muscle and joint pain, Ulcers in mouth, Ulcers on the genitals, Night sweats, Diarrhea and more.
Trivendra Rawat resigns as CM, three frontrunners in the race to replace him
New Delhi: A major political turnaround took place in Uttarakhand on Tuesday as Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat tendered his resignation. He submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya after reaching Raj Bhavan, a day after the meeting party
president J P Nadda in Delhi. Addressing a press conference after tendering his resignation, the 60-year-old leader thanked the
BJP for letting him serve the “dev bhoomi” of Uttarakhand for four years.The party gave me a golden opportunity to serve this State for four years. I had never thought that I would get such an opportunity. The party has now decided that the opportunity to serve as CM should be given to someone else now,” he said. Rawat added that the party legislators will hold a meeting at 10 am on Wednesday, following which the name of the new chief minister may be announced.Rumours are rife that first-time MLA Dhan Singh Rawat may replace Trivendra Rawat.
Ajay Bhatt and Anil Baluni,two senior leaders from the state who are members of Parliament, are also being seen as two other strong probables for the top post.Sources said the party may also bring in a deputy chief minister, who will be from the Kumaon region.Pushkar Singh Dhami is likely to be the deputy chief minister, they added.A section of state leaders are re-
portedly miffed with Rawat’s leadership and are of the view that the party’s electoral prospects under him may not be very bright.Rawat has been accused of indecision and many in the party believe that this may go against the BJP’s ambitions as the states goes to polls next year.
Reacting to the recent developments, Former Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Rawat “I can see a change in power happening. Even the BJP’s central leadership has admitted that its present govt in the State could not do much. No matter who they bring now they will not come back.
Iran slips record volume of oil into China, taps Asian clients
Iran moved about 17.8 million tonnes of crude into China during the past 14 months, with volumes reaching record levels in January and February, while India’s state refiners have added Iranian oil to their annual import plans on the assumption that
U.S. sanctions on the supplier will soon ease, according to industry sources and Refinitiv data.
U.S. President Joe Biden has sought to revive talks with Iran on a nuclear deal abandoned by former President Donald Trump in
2018, although harsh economic measures remain in place.The sanctions caused a drop in Iran’s exports to China, India, Japan and South Korea. Those measures, and output cuts by fellow OPEC+ producers, have led to tight supplies of West Asian sour
crude in Asia. “They talked to us. They said: ‘very soon [we] hope to resume oil supplies’,” said a source at an Indian refiner. Restored Iranian supplies to India could lower demand for spot cargoes, which has risen recently after Iraq cut
supplies and Kuwait reduced the duration of some contracts. India, hurting from the sustained recovery in prices, expects Iran-
ian supplies to return to the market in 3-4 months, a government official said.Another Indian refiner said NIOC officials had told them a formal pact on supply would be signed after Iran’s elections in June.
OTTs don’t pose a threat: Bijli
Even as it is coming out of a challenging year due to the pandemic, multiplex giant PVR plans to add more than 30 new screens in the coming fiscal, marking its entry into newer cities such as Thiruvanan-thapuram, Bhubaneswar and Patna, said joint MD Sanjeev Kumar Bijli.Mr. Bijli said he expected to go back to FY20 growth levels in the coming year.“The line-up of films is very strong — English, Hindi and regional… I do imagine that with the curve flattening, and the vaccinations going up, people will get more confidence to come and watch new films at the cinemas.so if not Q1, I would say we would be looking at bouncing back at least by Q2,” he added.“Last year was very, very challenging. A lot of businesses, especiall yours, got badly hit because we were the first ones to shut down and the last ones to open in October and that too with capacity restrictions, which have now been lifted in a majority of the States,” Mr. Bijli said. “However, now we’ve got a great line-up of films starting from March 11, so it’s looking very promising, of course, hoping that the numbers don’t go up as far as COVID cases are concerned,” he added.
On competition from OTT platforms on which some films were released during the pandemic, he said those times ‘were over’. “Movies were sold to OTT because producers didn’t have an option as cinemas were shut… But now you see a lot of ex-
citement [from] producers, actors and the whole community to release their films on the big screen,” he added.
Bitcoin nears $54,000 level, highest in two weeks as big-money bets flow
Bitcoin flirted with the $54,000 level and hit a two week high Tuesday, aided by more signs of institu tional interest in the largest cryptocurrency.The digital token rose as much as 4.3% and was trading at about $53,900 as of 12:54 p.m. in Hong Kong. Rival Ether also jumped, extend ing a two-day rally in the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index to some 13%. “Bitcoin and Ethereum bull ishness are back as more big-money bets keep flow ing into cryptocurrencies,” Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda, wrote in an email. “Institutional in terest still seems strong.” The narrative that longer term investors such as family offices, insurers and corporate treasurers are adding exposure to tokens is controversial but gaining traction. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recently said it’s seeing substantial demand from institutions as it works to restart its cryptocurrency trading desk.
That marks out the current bull run in Bitcoin as differ ent to the 2017 bubble that burst, according to Gold man Sachs. For skeptics, the crypto rally represents a prime example of specu lative froth triggered by huge stimulus that could quickly unwind once finan cial conditions tighten.Bit coin is in a “strong position” to reach $75,000, Evercore ISI strategist Rich Ross wrote in a note. The cryp tocurrency has been through some wild gyra tions and currently sits about $4,500 off a record of $58,350 achieved Feb. 21. It’s up almost 600% in the past year, a rally that dwarfs more traditional as sets. Ether, the second largest token, has been rallying on the prospect of reduced supply amid an ongoing upgrade of the af filiated Ethereum blockchain.NYDIG, a provider of Bitcoin custodial services to institutions, said life, annuity and prop erty/casualty insurers have more than $1 billion of di rect and indirect Bitcoin ex posure on its platform.
NYDIG also announced a $200 million growth capital round led by strategic part ners including Stone Ridge Holdings Group, Morgan Stanley, New York Life, MassMutual and Soros Fund Management, among others. In recent days, oil billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke came out in favor of Bit coin. Rokke’s Aker ASA is setting up a new business to tap into its potential. Over the weekend, Chi nese beauty app Meitu Inc. said it invested in Ether and Bitcoin. Last month, Tesla Inc. said it invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin.
Manoj Bajpayee-starrer The Family Man 2 to release in June
Manoj Bajpayee took to Instagram to inform fans that the trailer of the second season of the popular series, The Family Man, will release today. According to reports, the series is expected to stream in June. The series has been directed and produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who took to their Twitter account to share the update. The second season will mark the digital debut of South Indian actor Samantha Akkineni.
The series revolves around a middle-class man, Srikant Tiwari, who works for a special cell of the National Investigation Agency. It showcases his struggle to strike a balance between his secretive, low paying, high-pressure, high-stake job, and being a husband and a father. The second edition of the show was to release in February, but was deferred, reportedly due to the spate of controversies Amazon Prime found itself in following the release of Tandav.
Along with Bajpayee, the show also features Priyamani Raj, Sharib Hashmi, Seema Biswas, Darshan Kumar, Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Hinduja, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Shahab Ali, Vedant Sinha and Mahek Thakur, besides south actors Mime Gopi, Ravindra Vijay, Devadarshini Chetan, Anandsami and N Alagamperumal. The series will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Tales from Rakul Preet’s childhood
As Arjun Kapoor’s love interest in the recently released web film, Sardar Ka Grandson, Rakul Preet Singh says she was reminded of the time she spent with her grandparents, listening to stories of how the world had changed, post-partition. “Filmming this was heart-warming because it has a beautiful emotional undertone. I connected with the story because, like the characters in the film, my grandparents also belonged to that part of the world [pre-partition Lahore]. I have grown up listening to stories from my grandparents. The film stresses on valuing your family.”
Singh could also draw parallels between the personality traits of her character, and herself. “Radha likes to get her work done correctly. I could relate to that because I am also a walking-talking time table, and particular about things,” she says of the film that narrates the story of a man who returns from the US to fulfil his ageing grandmother’s (Neena Gupta) last wish.
In the pipeline for Singh is Doctor G, starring Ayushmann Khurrana. “We were to start shooting in April but that didn’t happen. Once I wrap this up, I will begin my new film [in the role of a condom tester]. I am grateful for the opportunity to play such contrasting characters.”