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KIA to Launch Low Cost Electric Vehicle for India Made in Collaboration with Hyundai

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Kia Motors already has some products for hybrid, plug-in-hybrid, electric vehicle and fuel cell vehicles which are being sold globally.

South Korean auto major Kia Motors Corporation is considering a low-cost electric vehicle (EV) for India in collaboration with group firm Hyundai Motors and wants personal usage for EVs to be included for government support under the FAME II scheme in India, according to a top company official.

The company, which is a part of the Hyundai Motor Group, plans to launch four new models, including its upcoming SUV Seltos, in the next two years in India but said the low-cost EV would be a separate project.

“We are still working on how to make low cost EV. I am considering to develop EV for Indian market together with Hyundai,” Kia Motors Corporation President and CEO Han-Woo Park told PTI.

When asked if the low-cost EV would be one of the four models lined up for introduction in India in the next two years, he said, “This is separate. This is not one of them.”

At the 2018 Auto Expo, Kia had announced that it planned to introduce a diverse range of vehicles in India, including an India exclusive compact electric vehicle between 2019 and 2021.

He said Kia Motors already has some products for hybrid, plug-in-hybrid, electric vehicle and fuel cell vehicles which are being sold globally.

“We are ready to introduce EV car in India but it depends on infrastructure and government support policy. When the market is opportune, we will introduce the EV anytime to India,” Park said.

Hyundai, on the other hand, is gearing up to launch its electric SUV Kona in India next month.

Park said at present the cost of EV is very high, especially for the Indian market and without government support it will be a big challenge to sell EVs here.

“Last year, FAME II scheme was announced, supporting mainly two-wheeler and three-wheelers…That doesn’t include four wheelers for personal usage,” he added.

When asked if Kia wanted EVs for personal usages to be considered for government support, he said, “Yes, without government support it is not possible. The price is too high. Nobody wants to buy EVs.”

The Rs 10,000 crore FAME II scheme envisages subsidy on two-wheelers that includes personal usage.

For three and four wheeler segments, incentives will be applicable on vehicles used for public transport or registered commercial purposes.

Through the scheme support 10 lakh electric two-wheelers, five lakh three-wheelers, 55,000 four-wheelers and 7,000 buses would be provided.

‘Give Us Back Our Old India’: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha Raises Concern Over Communal Violence

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Raising concerns over rising incidents of communal hatred in the country, the Congress leader asked the BJP to keep its ‘New India’ to itself.

New Delhi: Reacting to the recent incidents of lynchings and violence against minorities, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said Jharkhand has become a factory of lynching and violence. He asked the ruling BJP to keep with it the ‘New India’ and give back an ‘Old India’ where love and culture prevailed.

The creation of a ‘New India’ found frequent mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rallies in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

“In ‘Old India’, there was no hatred, anger or lynching. ‘New India’ is one where humans are enemies of each other. You won’t be scared of animals in a jungle, but you’ll be scared of humans in a colony. Give us an India where Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians live for each other,” Azad said in the Upper House.

Raising concerns over the rising incidents of communal hatred, the Congress leader asked the BJP to keep its ‘New India’ to itself. “Hindus used to feel pain when Muslims and Dalits used to get hurt (in old India). When something used to get into the eyes of Hindus, Muslims and Dalits used to shed tears for them,” he added.

Referring to the President’s speech on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th-anniversary celebrations, Azad said, unfortunately, a candidate of the ruling party called the killer of the Father of the Nation a patriot and no action was taken and the candidate was a parliamentarian now.

“My tongue will burn…I cannot repeat the remarks…I have a complaint to the Prime Minister, why didn’t you take action. Mahatma Gandhi may be Congress President but he was Father of the Nation…I would not have mentioned it here but President’s speech mentions his birth anniversary celebrations…BJP should take action…It still has time till October…,” Azad said.

Azad while attacking BJP for defending 2008 Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thankur, however, did not mention her by name and said: “How is this possible and how someone can defend this? Though it doesn’t make any difference to us, this is a blot on the face of the ruling party which cannot be wiped out.”

He also referred to how former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on complaints about a Congress candidate in 1952 had instead urged people to vote for an Independent candidate who had a clean image.

He said rapes were at an all-time high including heinous crimes like rapes on minor and that “Beti Padhao and Beti Bachao” was just plain talking.

Azad said crime against women have risen manifold and urged the government to ensure 50 per cent reservation to women in Parliament as it was having an absolute majority.

He said Congress’s attempts were thwarted last time through the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha. Unemployment, he said was at its peak with the government trying to curb reports by various agencies and that the youth who voted for BJP needed justice.

On Saturday, a man who was assaulted on suspicion of theft in Jharkhand’s Kharsawan district on June 18 and beaten up for hours before being handed over to the police succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The man was identified as Tabrez Ansari, 24.

The death was reported days after similar incidents in Delhi and Assam. A Muslim cleric was assaulted in Delhi by men after he refused to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ while a group of Muslim youth was attacked and forced to chant the religious slogan as well as ‘Pakistan Murdabad’.

Expressing regret over the inaction of BJP against wrongdoers, Azad said the Opposition would stand united in the fight for ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. But at the same time, he asserted that citizens should also be able to see the difference the party is trying to bring.

ICC World Cup 2019: Shakib Stars as Bangladesh Beat Afghanistan to Keep Semis Hope Alive

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Shakib al Hasan starred with both bat and ball as Bangladesh beat Afghanistan at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday (June 24) to ensure their slim chance of reaching the semi-final remains intact.

Chasing 263 to win, Afghanistan could only manage 200 as Shakib enjoyed a fine day out on a pitch that assisted spinners, taking 5-29 to ensure Afghanistan slumped to yet another defeat.

Afghanistan made a fine start to the chase, with openers Gulbadin Naib and Rahmat Shah batting sensibly to take them to 48-0 after the first 10 overs.

Shakib was brought on to bowl the 11th over and struck immediately, getting Shah to give a simple catch to Tamim Iqbal at mid-on.

Naib and new batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi put together 30 runs before the latter fell to Mosaddek Hossain after some good work from Mushfiqur Rahim saw the batsman stumped.

Undeterred, Naib looked to up the ante and even managed a couple of boundaries but fell three short of his half-century when he lobbed a simple catch to Liton Das at short cover.

Shakib further turned the screws on the minnows as he rattled the stumps of the dangerous Mohammad Nabi in the same over for a duck.

He then accounted for Asghar Afghan before Ikram Ali Khil was run-out in careless fashion. However, the duo of Samiullah Shinwari and Najibullah Zadran launched a brief counter-attack thereafter.

Their 56-run stand consisted of four boundaries and one six but any hopes of them getting the team over the line were dashed when Shakib got Najibullah stumped to claim his fifth wicket of the match.

Rashid Khan fell cheaply when he tried to pull a bouncer from Mustafizur Rahman but only found Mashrafe Mortaza at mid-wicket.

Dawlat Zadran fell for nought after he edged one to Rahim off Mustafizur and the match ended when Mohammad Saifuddin rattled Mujeeb ur Rahman’s stumps on the last ball of the 47th over.

Earlier, half-centuries from Mushfiqur and Shakib took Bangladesh to 262-7 after Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first on a day when the start of play was delayed by light rain.

Shakib’s 51 took him to 476 runs in the tournament, while Rahim top-scored in Bangladesh’s 50 overs with an 87-ball 83.

Liton was promoted ahead of Soumya Sarkar to open along with Tamim for Bangladesh, with the pair managing a brisk 23 from the first four overs.

But Liton fell for 16 in the next over after being fooled into a miscued drive by Mujeeb, who finished with figures of 3-39.

That brought Shakib to the crease and he upped the tempo even further with some aggressive hitting that maintained his fine World Cup form.

Tamim and Shakib put on their fourth successive fifty partnership in one-day internationals.

But having been hit for a boundary the ball before, Nabi responded with a flighted turner that bowled Tamim for 36.

Shakib survived an lbw review off Rashid when he had made 27. Bolstered by that escape, Shakib went on to become only the second player to hit six consecutive 40-plus scores in a World Cup.

Not long after that milestone, Shakib brought up his half-century in 66 balls — his fifth score of 50 or more in this tournament — to huge cheers from the Bangladesh fans who made up the majority of the crowd.

Shakib was unable to turn his solid start into another century however, with Rahman pinning him lbw to leave Bangladesh on 143-3 in the 30th over.

Rahman was in the groove and 18-year-old spinner removed Soumya for three with another teasing delivery.

Afghanistan’s spinners had Bangladesh trapped in their web and 12 overs went by without a boundary.

Mushfiqur tried to turn the tide as he heaved a six to bring up his fifty off 56 balls. He eventually fell to Zadran in the penultimate over after guiding Bangladesh to a respectable score.

‘Need to Revive Traditional Sources’: Union Minister Warns Water Shortage May Cut India’s Food Exports

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From being a food-deficit country, India had achieved the distinction of being a top exporter of food but to retain that edge it needed to revive its reservoirs, lakes and other traditional water bodies, said water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,

Representative image.New Delhi: A water shortage could cut food exports from India, a leading supplier of a number of food products to the world, Union water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat warned on Monday.

From being a food-deficit country, India had achieved the distinction of being a top exporter of food but to retain that edge it needed to revive its reservoirs, lakes and other traditional water bodies, Shekhawat said in a statement. “Judicious use of water can save India from future calamities,” Shekhawat said.

India, a leading producer of an array of food commodities, is sitting on large stockpiles of rice, wheat and sugar. It emerged as the world’s biggest rice exporter in 2012, selling nearly 12 million tonnes of the staple annually on the world market, including 4 million tonnes of the aromatic basmati variety, exclusively grown in India and Pakistan.

But rice is a water-intensive crop. Government research bodies and experts say Indian farmers need 4,500 to 5,000 litres of water to grow one kg of rice.

Water is typically scarce in the summer months, but the situation has been particularly grim this year in western and southern states that received below average rainfall in the 2018 monsoon season. This year, the monsoon has delivered 38% lower-than normal, or average, rainfall since the start of the season on June 1, according to data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department.

After a weak start, monsoon rains, that water half of the country’s farmlands lacking irrigation, have covered nearly half of the country and conditions are favourable for further advances into the central and western parts this week, a weather department official said on Monday.

India’s water demand is projected to be double its supply by 2030, the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog said in a report last year.

Showbiz Round Up By: Shaheen Raaj – ‘The Tashkent Files’ Completes A 50 Day Run

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Showbiz Round Up By: Shaheen Raaj ‘The Tashkent Files’ Completes A 50 Day Run A 50 days completion party of the film The Tashkent Files was recently celebrated with the birthday party of AD Films Haresh Patel. Pranay Chokshi of SP Cine Corporation & Haresh Patel of AD Films along With Vivek Agnihotri & Pallavi Joshi invited the cast & the crew of their film The Tashkent Files on completing the 50 days run in cinemas. The party was organized at the Little Door venue in Andheri (w) Mumbai. Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Hrishita Bhatt, Durga Jasraj, Shweta Basu Prasad, Padmini Kolhapure, Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam, Madhur Bhandarkar, Abbas Mastan, Jayantilal Gada of Pen India Ltd & above all Ganesh Jain Of Venus Records also came specially to be part of this grand party. Haresh Patel also celebrated his birthday with the cast, the crew & above all his friends. The party went on till the wee hours of the morning.

Arjun Mathar Plays A Gay Man In Amazon Series ‘Made In Heaven’ BY: Shaheen Raaj

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Arjun Mathar Plays A Gay Man In Amazon Series ‘Made In Heaven’ BY: Shaheen Raaj

Arjun Mathur is a Bollywood actor making a name for himself on the hit new Amazon series Made In Heaven. The show follows 2 wedding planners from Delhi who runs an agency called Made in Heaven. In which Arjun Mathur enacts the role of Karan Mehra, the openly gay lead.

The series is Amazonseries’ 4th Indian original series & has proven to be such a hit that it was even picked up for a 2nd Season just 1 month after the Season 1 premiere back in Mar, 2019.

Since then, Arjun Mathur has seen his popularity skyrocket & he’s enjoyed a steady uptick in social media platform followers, particularly among the tribe of the gay men.

In a telephonic interaction Arjun Mathur says, “Nobody ever came up to me & asked if I’m gay. I have enacted the role of gay characters twice before, in Onir’s film I Am & & celebrity director Mira Nair’s short film Migration.”

Arjun Mathur continued further, “In real life, it’s understood that I’m an actor. But on Instagram, people want to know if I’m gay. After Made In Heaven, I have been receiving messages of all kinds from downright dirty to appreciative to “marry me.”

While this is all very flattering, Arjun Mathur says he still hasn’t quite figured out how to navigate the situation, especially the “dirty messages.” (We regret to inform you that Arjun Mathur is as straight as a Bamboo stick.)

The 37-year-old adds that he’s also had people reach out to say his portrayal of a gay man has helped to open their hearts and minds about LGBTQ people.

“A 35-year-old mother of two wrote to me saying that homosexuals always made her a little uncomfortable,” he explains. “But, the show totally changed her outlook, and now even if both her kids grow up to be gay, she’s going to love them and be proud of them.”

“So, the depth at which [my portrayal of a gay character] has penetrated and touched people, is amazing. To be able to touch people like this is very special.”

Google celebrates legendary actor Amrish Puri’s 87th birth anniversary with special doodle

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One of his most memorable performances was as Mogambo in the 1987 cult classic “Mr. India”.

Google Doodle legendary Indian actor Amrish Puri's 87th birth anniversary.

MUMBAI: On legendary Indian actor Amrish Puri’s 87th birth anniversary on Saturday, search engine Google paid tributes to the character artiste with a special doodle.

The doodle created by Pune-based guest artist Debangshu Moulik celebrates the life and legacy of the renowned actor.

Born in Punjab on June 22, 1932, Puri started his journey in cinema at the age of 39 with 1971’s “Reshma Aur Shera”, after working in theatre and doing voice-over parts.

 He subsequently featured in Shyam Benegal’s films “Nishant” and “Manthan”.

The actor appeared in more than 200 films in various languages — including Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and English.

One of his most memorable performances was as Mogambo in the 1987 cult classic “Mr. India”.

Puri broke into Hollywood scene as Khan, a supporting role in the Oscar-winning movie, “Gandhi”.

He was later cast as Mola Ram in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”, after initially turning down director Steven Spielberg’s offer.

Puri passed away at the age 72 on January 12, 2005 following a brain haemorrhage.

Wedding talk rules Meghana Gaonkar’s life

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This is for her upcoming romantic comedy, for which she is collaborating with short filmmaker Santhosh G, who is making his directorial debut with this feature film 

Kannada actress Meghana Gaonkar

Meghana Gaonkar, who has completed the shoot for Kaviraj’s second directorial project, Kalidasa Kannada Mestru, has picked up her next project. This time, she has signed on short filmmaker Santhosh G’s project. He is making his debut with a Kannada feature film.  

Confirming her association, Meghana says she was initially hesitant about signing this project. “However, my entire perception about director Santhosh changed when he narrated the story, and I wanted his short films. When I heard the story of this plot, I thought it was a good concept and decided to join hands with him,” says Meghana, who will start shooting for the film this week. 

“Santhosh has won many awards for his short films. he has potential and I am glad to have bagged a good project, which was finalised on Saturday,” she adds.

The yet-to-be-titled film is touted to be a romantic comedy, and a story that takes place in a wedding. “I can only reveal the one-liner of the film. The characters in the film are believable, and runs with subplots,” she says. 

The film’s music is being scored by Judah Sandy. Rakesh, the cinematographer of Edegarike will be handling the camera.

Modi, Xi, Putin to discuss Trump’s trade war at G20 summit

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Although Xi’s much-anticipated meet with Trump to end the trade war will be the major highlight of the summit, his trilateral meet with Modi and Putin will also draw attention.

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BEIJING: The leaders of China, India and Russia will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit later this week in Japan to discuss ways to counter US President Donald Trump’s “protectionist” trade policy and bullying practices.

Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Osaka to attend the summit on June 28-29, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Jun on Monday said the leader will have a sit-down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the meet.

Zhang said the trilateral meet, which first occurred at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires last year, is of great significance and will have a positive outcome of this time.

“Indeed during the Osaka summit, the leaders of China, Russia and India will have a trilateral meeting. The mechanism of China, India, Russia trilateral meeting has maintained a sound momentum of development,” Zhang said at a press conference.

“Under the current circumstances, it important for the three countries to strengthen coordination of major global issues and jointly uphold multilateralism, oppose protectionism and deepen cooperation on multilateral and international affairs to make an important contribution to the global peace.

“China will work with others to firmly uphold multilateralism. The international community has fully recognised the repercussions of unilateralism, protectionism and bullying practices,” he added.

Although Xi’s much-anticipated meet with Trump to end the trade war will be the major highlight of the summit, his trilateral meet with Modi and Putin will also draw attention.

Modi will also have a one-on-one with Xi and Putin separately.

After waging a damaging trade war on China, Trump seems to have turned to India. Earlier this month, Washington ended the preferential trade treatment to Indian goods that allowed their duty-free entry into the US.

India hit back by imposing tariffs on US products which it had held off for long.

Without naming the US, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce, Wang Shouwen, who was also briefing the media said that “some individual country has been insisting on unilateralism, protectionism and abusing trade remedial measures (and) national security exceptionalism”.

“That country has slapped tariffs on its trading partners, causing a major threat to global trade, investment and economic growth,” Wang added.

US’ rivalry with its former Cold War ally Russia is well known. The Trump administration is also insisting India, Turkey, and others to scrap defence deals with Kremlin.

Jharkhand man thrashed on suspicion of theft, made to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’; dies

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Tabrej’s family alleged that the attack was communal and that he was made to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman’.

Some locals thrashed Tabrej and later gave him over to the police.

JAMSHEDPUR: A 22-year-old man died on Sunday after he was beaten up by locals and later arrested on suspicion of theft here in Saraikela Kharsawanand.

The deceased has been identified as Tabrej.

He was admitted to Sadar hospital yesterday morning and then referred to Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.

Tabrej’s family has, however, alleged that the attack was communal and that he was made to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman’.

“Some locals thrashed Tabrej and later gave him over to the police. He was suspected of theft but it was a communal attack. He was beaten because he had a Muslim name. They made him chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman’ again and again. We were not allowed to meet him at the hospital. We have the video of the incident. I demand the culprits be arrested,” Tabrej’s relative Maqsood Alam said while speaking to ANI.

“We want action against the police personnel who were on duty at that time,” another relative said.

An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway, police said.

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