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Halep stays No. 1 in world tennis rankings Osaka enters top 10

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Madrid Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka rocketed 12 spots to the seventh after claiming the US Open title on Saturday, defeating Serena Williams of the US 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s final of the season’s last Grand Slam tournament, reports Efe news.

Osaka’s victory also made her the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam title, leaving her with a record of two wins and no losses against the world’s top female tennis player, as she had previously beat Williams in the first round of the last Masters 1000 in Miami.

US Sloane Stephens dropped six positions down to the ninth after being eliminated by Latvian Anastasija Sevastova at the US Open quarterfinal.

Further down the rankings, Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic jumped 32 places to world No. 71 having competed in the US until the round of 16, in which she was knocked out by Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine.

(IANS)

Great films on India being made only by foreigners: Anupam Kher

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Toronto Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher wonders why great films on India are being made only by foreigners.

In Toronto for the premiere of Australian director Anthony Maras’ debut feature film “Hotel Mumbai” based on the September 2008 terror attacks, Kher said: “This is fascinating that the film ‘Gandhi’ was also made by a foreigner. Now this (‘Hotel Mumbai’) film has also been made by a foreigner. Thank you, Anthony, for making this movie. This film is a tribute to everybody who has lost a dear one anywhere in the world.”

Without naming the person, Kher said: “Somebody had made a film on it (Mumbai terror attacks), but it was atrocious. That person wanted to cash in on the tragedy.”

But Anthony’s “Hotel Mumbai” “humanises'” the tragedy that Mumbai went through 10 years ago, the actor added.

“The Taj Palace Hotel is not just another hotel. It is an icon and its owner — the Tatas — are a respectable name not just in India but also around the world,” he said.

At the press conference, Kher revealed that “Hotel Mumbai” is the 501st film of his career.

As he was congratulated by the cast, the veteran actor said even his mother asked him for the first time as to how he did so many films.

“‘Hotel Mumbai’ is my 501st film. My mother, who is 85, asked me ‘How did I do it?'” said Kher.

The movie premiered at the on-going Toronto International Film Festival on September 7.

(IANS)

Global cues subdue equity indices

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Mumbai, Broadly negative global cues subdued the key Indian equity indices during the morning traded session on Tuesday.

According to analysts, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in the FMCG, consumer durable and metal stocks

At 9.45 a.m., the wider Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange, traded at 11,451.75 points, higher by just 13.65 points or 0.12 per cent from its previous close.

The S&P BSE Sensex, which had opened at 38,017.49 points, traded at 37,956.77 points, up by only 34.60 points or 0.09 per cent than the previous close of 37,922.17 points.

So far, it has touched an intra-day high of 38,043.27 points and a low of 37,848.64 points.

(IANS)

Aren’t generating enough awareness about mental illness: Mahesh Bhatt

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Mumbai  Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming film “The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City” said that we are lacking in generating awareness about mental illness in our country.

Mahesh Bhatt was interacting with media at the trailer launch of “The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City” along with his co-actors Nikhil Ratnaparakhi, Allisha Khan, director Tariq Khan and producer Rajesh Pardasani on Monday in Mumbai.

The film addresses many sensitive issues like loneliness, communal harmony and mental health that exist in our society.

Talking about growing cases of suicides in the society, Bhatt said, “It’s a form of mental illness and it can be treated. When you suffer with diabetes then, you have to take insulin shots.

“Similarly, when you are prone towards depression then you need to consult a doctor who can treat you through medication but, I think in our country, we are lacking in generating awareness about mental illness. Almost in every household people are suffering from depression.”

Citing the example of his own daughter Shaheen Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt said, “My daughter Shaheen, Alia’s elder sister, she, at the age of 16 discovered finally that she is suffering from clinical depression. In October, she is launching her own memoir in which she has talked about the kind of struggle she has gone through in that phase.

“She also came to a point of attempting a suicide at the age of 12-13 so, this is the truth of my own house. Jiah Khan once came to us asking for work but that time somehow, we were not able to work with her, but later when she committed suicide and we visited her house it felt really bad.”

Talking about immense pressure of surviving in the film industry, Bhatt said, “It’s a high stress business that’s why not many can do it and that’s why you have people who are prone to substance abuse, mood swings and you have tendency to gravitate towards depression because you are dependent continuously on audience reaction.

“When we release the trailer of a film, we fear that whether audience will clap or not for the trailer and for that, you need to have guts to sustain in this industry and that’s why there are very few people who have survived in this industry for long time.”

 

[IANS]

Sunny Tuesday morning in Delhi

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New Delhi The national capital witnessed a sunny Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said, predicting light rains for the day ahead.

“The sky will be generally cloudy during the day with light rains expected,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 84 per cent.

The maximum temperature on Monday was recorded at 32.5 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature settled at 24.8 degrees Celsius, both one notch below the season’s average.

(IANS)

Modi government pursuing anti-people policies: Opposition leaders

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Opposition leaders on Monday accused the Modi government of pursuing “anti-people policies” and cheating the people on various issues, besides remaining silent on the rising prices of fuel and other essential items.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar accused the NDA regime of betraying the people through fuel price hikes and said that a beginning had been made to oust the “anti-people” Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing a joint opposition protest rally at the Ramlila Maidan here against petrol and diesel price hikes, Pawar said that power had gone into the wrong hands, and parties opposed to the government have to work together to remove it.

“We have to bring about a change. If a change has to be brought, all political parties who work to protect the interests of people have to make joint efforts to remove this anti-people government. If we are ready to proceed on this path, we will get the support of people… power has gone into wrong hands and we will rid the country of it,” the former Union Minister said.

He said that a beginning has been made with Monday’s protest called by the Congress and supported by nearly 20 political parties.

Without naming the BJP, Pawar said that people running the government for the past four years had assured that prices of commodities of daily use will be kept under check but steps that should have been taken were not taken.

Pawar took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech at the BJP National Executive meet on Sunday. “He talked of his government’s bravery, but this bravery is in pulling down the rupee, this bravery is in raising fuel prices, this bravery is in raising cooking gas prices.”

The former Union Minister also countered the BJP charge that nothing happened in the last many decades, and said such allegations were quite strange.

“Then Leader of the Opposition Atal Bihari Vajpayee told Parliament that such remarks were an insult to farmers who had made India self-dependent in food grains, an insult to labourers who worked to increase industrial production and export…”

He also took a dig at the BJP vis-a-vis commemorating Vajpayee, saying the BJP veteran was not remembered when he was alive. Instead of taking his name now daily, BJP leaders should follow his message if they wanted to pay him real tributes.

In his remarks, Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy accused the Modi government of “cheating people on every issue.”

Revolutionary Socialist Party Member of Parliament N.K. Premachandran said that protests by various political outfits was an indication that the entire country is agitated and protesting against the government’s “anti-people policies”.

Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary said the BJP leaders were silent on issues affecting the people, including fuel prices and unemployment.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren said that the government had “looted” about Rs 10 lakh crore from the poor, farmers, labourers and the middle class through increased prices of petroleum products.

“The Prime Minister calls himself a fakir (acetic). I am surprised. We have seen plunderers loot the country, but it is for the first time that a ‘fakir’ is looting the country,” he said.

(IANS)

Streets deserted in Bengaluru, shops attacked in Mangalore

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Daily life was thrown out of gear across Karnataka after Congress, Janata Dal (Secular) and their allies called for a Bharat Bandh on Monday, to protest against the rise in fuel prices.

In Bangalore, schools, education institutes and several offices were shut. Many corporates asked their employees to work from home and avoid travelling. Local buses, taxis and autorickshaws stayed off the roads, giving a deserted look to the city. Business establishments, shops, malls, also remained closed.

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses kept off the road across the state.

Hundreds of workers from Congress, JD(S), Left parties and other outfits came on the streets, raising slogans,

Organisations such as Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, BMTC, Ola and Uber and taxi associations, uto Drivers’ Association have lent their support to the bandh.

In Mangaluru, incidents of stone pelting at hotels and shops, which remained open, were reported.

The shutdown was also reported from in many other parts of the state including Tumakuru, Ramanagar, Mandya, Channapatna, Hassan, Mangaluru, Chamarajnagar, Mysuru. Hubballi, Bidar and Kolar.

Condemning the attack, BJP Karnataka chief B S Yeddyurappa said, “It’s an ill-intended bandh to trouble the common man and mislead them. This bandh is benefiting only the extortionists. People know what’s happening. Nowhere in the country, it’s successful except for Karnataka because it’s a conspiracy of the Congress and JD(S),” Yeddyurappa said.

As a precautionary measure, state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy declared a public holiday for schools and colleges in Bengaluru on Monday.

A country-wide bandh has been called by the Opposition over the fuel price rise. Price of both – already having set records earlier this year – rose for almost all of last week and petrol even breached the Rs 80/litre mark in the national capital.

(PTI)

Bangalore Buzz

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By: Vani B T & Shaheen Raaj

Audio Lounge Opens 2nd Luxury Retail Store

Audio Lounge, retailers of world’s most technically perfect & high-end audio equipment, opened a new store offering pure listening pleasure for discerning music lovers in & around Bangalore. The store, located at Taj West End, will range some of the most desirable audio brands available including Avantgarde, Bel Canto, Boulder, Crystal Cable, Nagra, Ortofon, Sennheiser, Siltech, SME, Spendor & YG.
On live demonstration, both unique & elegant, Avantgarde high-end 2 channel horn loudspeakers was also unveiled for the 1st time ever in India. A stunning visual appearance is matched with a convincing sound performance that will radiate effortlessly into a room, handcrafted in the best German tradition. It is sheer magic to the ears. Purists are invited to come exclusively to Audio Lounge to experience this phenomenon for themselves!

Experienced experts will always be on hand at Audio Lounge to tailor bespoke exquisite audio systems for the home to suit every budget & lifestyle, so music enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the most beautiful sound they have ever heard, in the manner they choose. Which will be akin to “Pure Listening Pleasure”.

Audio Lounge is part of the Cadence Audio Group backed by Ajay Shirke, who pioneered the manufacture of high-end audio equipment since the year 1995. After developing tube amplifiers & electro-static loudspeakers under the Cadence name in India,

Cadence acquired major stake-holdings in 2 European award-winning companies to create an international group of specialists in audio engineering. British manufacturer Spendor Audio Systems, which was founded in 1960’s, grew out of expertise from BBC’s sound engineering department & adapted its technology for a consumer market. Siltech & Crystal Cable, based in Netherlands, known for their industry leading cable technology & highly acclaimed speakers & amplifiers.

Cadence acquired ownership of British tone arm & turntable specialist manufacturer, SME Limited, based in Steyning. The group also acquired the iconic Garrard turntable brand from IGB Gradiente SA in Brazil earlier this year, with plans to re-launch the legendary Garrard transcription turntables.

Obsessed by perfect sound, German based manufacturer Avantgarde has been engineering & producing prime quality horn loudspeakers for nearly 3 decades to global acclaim. Horn loudspeakers are the oldest & have the most natural physical principle for rendering sound. On demonstration will also be the widely respected compact Uno, this unique speaker simply transcends such technical aspects as frequency response, phase response & dispersion, allowing it to create a highly effective impression of music being played live.

Telangana polls to be held first, 4 states later

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The Telangana Assembly elections are most likely to be held prior to the state polls for four other states.

A team from the Election Commission of India will visit TS on September 11 to assess the situation for holding early elections.

Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar is leaving for Delhi on Monday, a day prior to the visit of the Election Commission team to the state, and is learnt to have prepared a report to be submitted to the EC stating that all arrangements are in place to conduct elections in the last week of November.

The terms of the Assemblies in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram are due to end between December 15 and January 20, while the TS Assembly’s term already ended on September 6.

As per preliminary reports, the EC wants to hold elections for the four states in December by releasing the schedule in October-end or November first week. It is in favour of issuing the schedule for Telangana Assembly elections in October second week and holding elections in November last week.

(PTI)

India launches new digital bridge with Africa

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As part of India’s reachout to Africa, the External Affairs Ministry on Monday signed an agreement with the Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL) to establish a pan-African e-network between the two nations.

“This project, called the e-VidyaBharati and e-ArogyaBharati Network Project, will serve as yet another bridge – a digital bridge – between our countries, shrinking the distance between India and Africa even more,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at the signing ceremony.

She said that the the Project “is a clear effort by India to reach out to Africa in the critical areas of education and health”.

“This e-network aims at providing quality tele-education and tele-medicine facility by linking select Indian Universities, Institutions and Super Specialty Hospitals to African educational institutions and hospitals,” the Minister said.

Stating that the earlier avatar of this project was operated on satellite-based technology and covered 48 African countries, Sushma Swaraj said that it has now been decided to establish two separate web-based portals – one each for tele-education and tele-medicine.

“This would significantly increase the ease of access for students, doctors etc. who are the intended beneficiaries of this project,” she said.

Reiterating the importance of Africa in India’s foreign policy priorities, the External Affairs Minister pointed out that in the last four years, there have been 26 visits to African countries at the level of President, Vice President and Prime Minister apart from several other Ministerial visits.

“It has been decided to significantly enhance our diplomatic presence in Africa with the opening of 18 new resident missions over the coming four years,” she said.

She also referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 10 guiding principles of India’s engagement with Africa during his address to the Ugandan parliament in July and said: “Our development partnership will be guided by African priorities, so that it liberates African potential and not constrain their future.

“We will rely on African talent and skills and build local capacity and create local opportunities. We will keep our markets open and make it attractive to trade with India.”

Sushma Swaraj also said that the Indian industry will be supported for investing in Africa.

India is also a leading development aid partner of African countries and this includes implementation of 180 lines of credit worth about $11 billion in over 40 African countries.

(IANS)

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