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I don’t regret anything: Jacqueline Fernandez

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[Nasheman news] New DelhiJacqueline Fernandez credits her success and failure for keeping her balanced and calm. The actress says she doesn’t regret any of her decisions.

“The journey (in Bollywood) has been very rewarding, I have been blessed with opportunities to deliver my best and work with some of the biggest names and films,” Jacqueline told IANS in an email interview.

“I look back and feel satiated to the balance of both successes and failures because both have taught me to be balanced and calm. Whatever I am today is a result of all the choices I made through the journey so I do not regret anything,” added the actress of Sri Lankan origin.

After winning the Miss Sri Lanka beauty pageant in 2006, she made her debut in the Indian film industry with 2009 film “Aladin” opposite actor Riteish Deshmukh. The film turned out to be a dud at the box office, but Jacqueline got noticed and went on to do films like “Housefull 2”, “Murder 2”, “Kick”, “Brothers”, “Dishoom” and “Judwaa 2”.

She says she has learnt a lot through the journey.

“Meeting new people and coming across new experiences have given me several lessons which have been fruitful in not just dealing with the challenges in the industry but also the way of life. The love and support of the audience is my biggest asset that I have earned in my professional career,” added the actress, who launched Skechers D’Lites range in Mumbai earlier this week.

Asked about what she wants to try next, Jacqueline, who skipped an IANS query on the impact of #MeToo movement in Bollywood, says she loves to be surprised.

“So even I am looking forward to the next challenge,” she added.

Talking about her association with the shoe brand, Jacqueline said: “I have always loved the late 1990s era when it comes to fashion, especially the dad hats, jeans and the chunky sneakers have always been my favourite. I was extremely delighted to be a part of the launch of the new range. Being in the showbiz, I love being up-to-date and my interest lies in casual, trendy and comfortable style of footwear.”

She feels shoes let you express “yourself and the mood”.

“You can achieve a look of choice with the perfect shoes,” said Jacqueline, whose Sri Lankan film “According to Matthew” featured in Reminder List of Productions eligible for the 91st Academy Awards.

When it comes to picking brand endorsements, the actress says she is “very particular” about this.

“It is very important that the brands I choose are environment friendly. I would never endorse a brand that in any way harms or hinders animals,” she added.

On the film front, she will soon be seen with actor Sushant Singh Rajput in “Drive”, scheduled to release on June 28.

The Dharma Productions’ project was earlier locked for release on March 2, 2018. Then it was announced that “Drive”, which is said to be a heist film, will race to cinema halls on September 7.

Intense cold wave freezes Himachal

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[Nasheman news] Shimla An intense cold wave saw most parts of Himachal Pradesh shivering on Thursday, with Kalpa and Keylong towns seeing more snowfall.

The resort town of Kalpa, some 250 km from the state capital which saw mild snow, experienced a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, while it was minus 10 degrees in Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district with a snowfall of 3 cm.

“The night temperature of Shimla fell by 3.8 degrees from Wednesday’s 7 degrees,” a weather official told IANS.

Vehicular traffic was disrupted in Kinnaur district after snowfall.

Popular tourist spots near Shimla like Kufri, Chail and Narkanda saw the night temperatures close to sub-zero.

It was minus 0.6 degrees in Manali, while it was 4.4 degrees in Dharamsala and 1.7 degrees in Dalhousie.

The Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet) and the Baralacha Pass (16,020 ft) – located on the Manali-Leh highway – experienced heavy snowfall.

Met officials said the entire tribal belt in Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, Kullu and Chamba districts had witnessed snowfall since Wednesday.

The weather forecast said the western disturbances – storm systems originating from Caspian Sea in the Central Asia and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region – had almost receded from the region and the weather would mainly remain dry in the next few days.

Thereafter, a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region with chances of rain and snow on January 20 and 21.

Congress legislator suspended from party

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Nasheman News : Punjab Congress legislator Kulbir Singh Zira was on Wednesday suspended from the party’s membership on charges of indiscipline, Punjab Congress President and Member of Parliament Sunil Kumar Jakhar said.

Zira, who is the sitting Congress legislator from the Zira Assembly seat in Ferozepur district, had recently left the stage at an official event where panchayat members were being sworn-in in the presence of the state Congress chief.

He was served a notice by the party for his action.

The suspended MLA had recently raised the issue of drugs in Punjab and levelled serious allegations against senior police officers, accusing them of corruption and patronising the drug trade.

“The party has suspended him for indiscipline. We got his reply for the notice served on him which was not found satisfactory. He should have raised the matter at the party level first,” Jakhar said.

Reacting to the decision, Zira said he welcomes the decision and added that he will continue to raise his voice against drugs.

The Congress government in Punjab under Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had claimed that it has largely wiped out the drugs menace in the state after coming to power in Punjab in March 2017.

Government proposes new Emigration Bill

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Nasheman News : The government has proposed to introduce a new Emigration Bill to replace the existing Emigration Act 1983 in view of a paradigm shift in the nature, pattern, directions and volume of migration over the last 35 years.

According to the proposal made by the External Affairs Ministry, the Emigration Bill 2019 proposes to constitute an Emigration Management Authority (EMA) by the Centre to ensure the overall welfare and protection of emigrants. 

It will be the overarching authority to provide policy guidance, undertaking a comprehensive review and stocktaking on emigration management related matters. 

The EMA will be led by a secretary-level officer from the External Affairs Ministry, the nodal Ministry for all emigration-related matters and will have representation from the Home Ministry and the Ministry of Human Resource Development. 

It will also have representation from the states and the recruitment industry on a rotation basis.

Two new bureaus, the Bureau of Emigration Policy and Planning and the Bureau of Emigration Administration will be set up. 

These bureaus will be led at the joint secretary level and will take care of day-to-day operational matters and will be responsible for all emigration-related issues as well as the welfare and protection of Indian nationals abroad. 

The Bureau of Emigration Administration will have offices in different parts of the country.

According to the proposal, nodal authorities will be setup by the respective states and Union Territories that will be chaired at the principal secretary level and will have representation from the home, NRI, labour and skill departments. 

These authorities will work in close coordination with other competent authorities of the Central government to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration and address various aspects related to migrants who return.

The proposed Bill makes mandatory registration and intimation of all categories of Indian nationals proceeding for overseas employment as well as students pursuing higher studies abroad. 

The Bill has comprehensive provisions including insurance, pre-departure orientation, skill up gradation, legal assistance, migrant resource centres, help desks, migration and mobility partnerships, labour and manpower cooperation agreements aimed at strengthened the welfare and protection of the Indian work force abroad.

The proposed Bill also takes into account the increasing incidents of human trafficking, illegal recruitment, illicit trafficking of drugs, harbouring offenders under the garb of recruitment or those offering emigration services without due process.

It proposes to provide for stringent punishment, in particular for categories classified as aggravated form of offences with regard to women and children. 

The External Affairs Ministry has sought comments from the general public latest by January 20 before it being tabled in Parliament.

The Ministry statement proposing the new Bill stated that the Emigration Act 1983 was enacted in a specific context of large scale emigration of Indian workers to the Gulf region.

State Government Secured: Kharge

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Nasheman News :  Bharatiya Janata Party is involved in horse trading. But the Congress and JDS alliance government is secure in the state. The BJP’s Operation Lama has responded to Congress senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge as a complete failure.

Speaking of the ongoing growth in state politics, he said the BJP’s national president, Amit Shah, is doing the job of buying legislators. He said the people of the country are watching all the developments of the BJP.

MLAs are being threatened by IT, CBI and ED. The BJP is hijacking the elected legislators. The BJP does not believe in its legislators. Asked why BJP MLAs had gathered in the hotel, he said,

Karnataka Congress MLA says he is very much with party

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Nasheman News :  Congress MLA Bheema Naik, who is said to be among the sulking party legislators in Karnataka, on Wednesday said he was very much in the Congress and no one from the BJP has contacted him with any offers in the context of allegations that the Kumaraswamy government was under threat.

“I am in Congress. No offer has been made to me. Nobody has approached me. I am in touch with my party (Congress) leaders,” he told the media.

Naik, elected from Hagaribommanahalli in Bellary district, is among the five-six Congress MLAs who are said to be unhappy at not being made ministers in the recent reshuffle of the Congress-JD(S) coalition ministry. 

The Chief Minister and Congress leaders have alleged that the BJP was attempting to destabilise their government and as part of those plans they have taken nearly 100 MLAs to Gurugram where they have been put up in a luxury hotel. 

Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 recap of EXIM Bank

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Nasheman News : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved capital infusion of Rs 6,000 crore in Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) through recapitalisation bonds to boost the bank’s capacity in export financing.

“The EXIM Bank will be infused with Rs 4,500 crore before March and Rs 1,500 crore in the next fiscal,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Goyal said the Cabinet has further approved raising the authorised share capital of the bank from Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore.

“The capital infusion will improve the bank’s capacity to support the exporters and importers. This will boost export financing,” he said.

The minister said India’s textile industry has huge export potential and that the government with this step will enable EXIM Bank to better support the textile exporters with adequate lines of credit.

Goyal also said the strengthening of EXIM Bank will help in achieving the strategic interests of the country.

3 women caught while smuggling gold.

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Customs Department officials at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Tuesday were successful in nabbing four passengers returning to the country with a total of 700 gm of gold as they were being smuggled, reports said. The worth of the gold seized on Tuesday alone amounts to Rs 23.19 lakh.

In the first instance a total of 496 gm of gold were found in the rectum of three women in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to officials, the three Tamil origin woman flying from Colombo in a Sri Lankan Airlines flight were detained after suspicion. Later on detailed examination, it was found that the trio had collectively put gold paste covered with plastic sheaths in their rectum.

The women were hoping to pass through the metal detectors as the metal was in the form of a paste but were under the radar during passenger profiling. When they grew suspicious, the officials questioned them and later a medical examination proved their suspicion to be right.

In a separate incident, one flier of Andhra Pradesh origin was caught with 200 gm of gold strapped in his body as he reached Bengaluru from Kuwait in an Emirates flight, Incidents like this have been repeating for some time now.

In another incident which came to light in December 30, 2018, a total of 4.4 kg of gold worth Rs 1.45 crore concealed in private parts was seized from three persons flying in from Dubai including one woman from Sudan based on a tip-off.

That time too, gold was hidden in the rectum in the form of pieces from a Kerala man who was headed to his hometown.

The woman from Sudan had 1.3 kg of gold biscuits hidden in her private parts in the form of biscuits while 1.4 kg of gold in the same form was found in his denim shorts which he was wearing under his trousers.

YouTube bans dangerous, harmful pranks

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Nasheman News : YouTube videos that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform.

The move comes in response to the so-called “challenges” that have sometimes resulted in death or injury, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

The Google-owned video sharing site said such material had “no place on YouTube”.

But enforcing its new rules on pranks may prove to be difficult, given ambiguity over what may or may not be considered harmful.

“YouTube is home to many beloved viral challenges and pranks,” a message added to the site’s FAQ section read.

“That said, we’ve always had policies to make sure what’s funny doesn’t cross the line into also being harmful or dangerous.

“Our Community Guidelines prohibit content that encourages dangerous activities that are likely to result in serious harm.”

From now on, the site said it would not allow videos that featured “pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury”.

This includes pranks where someone is tricked into thinking they are in severe danger, even if no real threat existed.

The site added: “We also don’t allow pranks that cause children to experience severe emotional distress, meaning something so bad that it could leave the child traumatized for life.”

Recently, a challenge inspired by a scene in Netflix show Birdbox involved carrying out activities – such as driving – while blindfolded. At least one person is known to have crashed as a result.

India leading digital transformation race: Microsoft’s Anant Maheshwari

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Nasheman News :  In a renewed push for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge use cases in the country, Microsoft India on Wednesday said there is highest penetration of AI skills among the workforce that will fuel digital transformation in the country sooner than thought.

“A tectonic shift is happening in AI. Nearly 85 per cent of enterprises globally will use AI in some form or the other by 2020. Indian firms are now fast catching up,” Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, told reporters at the company’s flagship Media and Analysts’ Day here.

Nearly eight per cent of GDP components in India are currently impacted by digital technologies and by 2021, 60 per cent of those will be impacted.

“Almost every sector is becoming digital and that transformation is impacting every company in India,” stressed Maheshwari.

Today, 97 per cent of the top banks, 75 per cent of the top retailers, 81 per cent of the top auto firms, 75 per cent of the top pharma players and 67 per cent of the top healthcare firms are Microsoft’s customers in India.

Wipro, Future Generali, L&T Technology Services and Apollo Hospitals are some of the key customers.

“With over 9,500 partners, nearly 3,000 Cloud partners and 88 own IP-ready partners, we are ready to unlock the full potential of AI, Cloud and data for the Indian firms,” stressed the Microsoft India President.

Over 700 AI-driven enterprises in India today are driving businesses with New Age technologies.

Driven by Intelligent Cloud, Intelligent Edge and spurt of data, AI and its growing use cases are set to change the game.

Microsoft currently has 54 Azure Cloud regions — more than AWS and Google combined.

“We will continue to work closely with the countries when it comes to data localisation. India already has three Azure regions which shows how serious we are for keeping data within the boundaries,” said Maheshwari.

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