Thiruvananthapuram : 

The Indian team looked like the only team that showed up today, the Windies were no were to be seen. Chasing only 105, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli did it in style, in only 14.5 overs and 9 wickets in hand. India have won the 5 match ODI series 3-1 with the 2nd ODI drawn at Guwahati. This is India’s 8th straight ODI series win against the Windies.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Caribbean side showed no resilience to hang around and the batting lineup was demolished for a mere 104 in 31.5 overs, their lowest total against India.

Captain Jason Holder 25 (23) and Marlon Samuels 24 (38) were only notable contributions. All other players made only single digit scores.

For India, Ravindra Jadeja picked up the most – 4 wickets for 34 runs. Khaleel Ahmed and Jasprit Bumrah picked up 2 wickets each. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav picked up a wicket each.

Innings Break!

Windies dismissed for 104 runs in the 5th @Paytm ODI.#TeamIndia need 105 runs to win the match and clinch the series.#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/4xjZF3HXTO

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2018

The Indian team chased down the target in only 14.5 overs. Rohit Sharma top scoring with 63 runs of 56 balls including 5 fours and 4 sixes, followed by skipper Virat Kohli 33 (29) including 6 fours. Dhawan departed early. He made 6 (5).

And, it's a wrap.#TeamIndia win the 5th @Paytm ODI by 9 wickets.#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/uzYnO90u1K

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2018

Ravindra Jadeja has been awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 4-34 (9.5)

Virat Kohli received the Man of the Series for his massive 453 runs in 5 matches. It is the highest for India and 3rd highest over all in a 5 match bilateral ODI series.

This win by 211 balls is India’s 2nd biggest win by balls to spare. Biggest being by 231 balls against Kenya in 2001.

MS Dhoni needed just 1 run to complete his 10,000 ODI runs but looks like he’ll have to wait for Australia.

We have read and watched innumerable stories of detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Byomkesh Bakshi and so on but rarely do movies or books have women as detectives. But now they will.

Meet Rajani Pandit who have solved 80,000 cases and for one of them she even had to go undercover as a maid for 6 months.

“I was in college when I solved my first case. I worked part time in my first-year as an office clerk. A woman who I worked with told me about the thefts in her house. She had her eyes on her new daughter-in-law, but had no proof. So I offered to investigate, I set up a watch across the street. I found out that this lady’s son was actually the thief. When questioned, he admitted to the thefts… after that, my career took off! I was 22 years old when I started.” tells Pandit.

Pandit’s father was in CID from whom she had learned the art of a thorough investigation. Through word of mouth, people started tracking her down to help them solve their cases. She was approached by news channels and papers and she became India’s first female detective. Even her parents didn’t even know until much later!

“Once my dad found out, he reminded me of how dangerous this profession is– but if he could do it, so could I! So I continued with my investigations. I was married to my job. I just never had the time or desire to start a family,” she tells.

Speaking about her toughest case, Pandit tells,”My toughest case was gathering proof for a murder investigation. Both the husband and the son were murdered, but with no proof as to who did it. For 6 months, I went undercover as a maid to live with the woman who was suspected of being the murderer. When she fell sick, I took care of her and gained her trust slowly. But once, during pin-drop silence, my recorder made a ‘click’ sound. And that’s when she started doubting me. She refrained me from going out at all.

Then one day, the hitman who she hired, came to pay her a visit. That’s when I knew it was my chance. So I cut my foot with a knife and told them that I had to go out to get bandaged. I ran out, went to an STD booth and called the client to come home with the police. They were both arrested that day!”

Pandit has also received death threats. She says,” I’ve also received a few threats here and there–but my work is clean, my mind is clear and my courage is unwavering. But most of all…I’m a homegrown, desi Sherlock — how’s that for a Resumé opener?”

Her courage and spirit will definitely encourage more women to take up the profession. More power to her.

Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared drought in a total of 151 talukas, out of which 112 talukas are under the severe drought category while 39 have moderate drought.

The decision to declare 151 talukas as drought affected came on the day when the Devendra Fadanvis government completed its 4 years in the state.

“It is a formidable challenge as we are heading for a severe drought in Maharashtra. Poor rain coupled with a long dry spell leading to crop losses adversely impacted 151 talukas in the state. Of which 112 are under severe drought category,”said the Chief Minister.

The Maharashtra government has scaled up the drought-mitigation measures from the day of announcement. Relief measures such as deploying water tankers, providing employment opportunities to the villagers and electricity and education fee waiver will continue to exist for the next six months till April. According to a report by The Indian Express, officials have received directives which expects them to not relax the relief measures offered to the drought-hit talukas.

Earlier the government had decalred 182 talukas as drought affected ones. A relief and rehabilitation department official told The Indian Express, “Ideally, drought is declared only after the rabi season in December-end or January. But the government decided to acknowledge the current situation and rush relief measures.”

Former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan have questioned the state government. He said,”20,000 villages in 201 talukas are drought hit. But drought has been declared only in 151 talukas. When will drought be declared in the remaining 50 talukas?”

Massive public response to the Jan Sangharsh Yatra has forced the government to finally declare drought in Maharashtra.

20,000 villages in 201 talukas are drought hit. But drought has been declared only in 151 talukas. When will drought be declared in the remaining 50 talukas? pic.twitter.com/Y0e9Rusj5c

— Ashok Chavan (@AshokChavan1958) October 31, 2018

NCP leader Dhananjay Munde said,”The state had assessed that 180 talukas were facing drought. Now it has excluded 29 drought facing talukas. Due to the stringent rules of the 2016 Drought Manual of central government, about 100 talukas are feared miss the benefits of mitigation measures.”

राज्यातील दुष्काळी परिस्थितीबाबत राज्य सरकारने केलेल्या पहिल्या पाहणीच्या आधारे प्राप्त झालेल्या अहवालानुसार १८० तालुक्यात गंभीर दुष्काळ असल्याचे निदर्शनास आले असताना सरकारने आज १५१ तालुक्यामध्येच दुष्काळ जाहीर केला असून, वगळलेले २९ तालुके कोणत्या निकषाआधारे वगळले ? pic.twitter.com/ezuAdJp8Ls

— Dhananjay Munde (@dhananjay_munde) October 31, 2018

As per a report, the following list shows districts along with the number of talukas that are declared as severely affected by drought: Sangli (5), Solapur (9), Satara (1), Dhule (2), Palghar (3), Jalgaon (13), Nandurbar (3), Nashik (4), Ahmednagar (11), Aurangabad (9), Beed (11), Jalna (7), Nanded (2), Osmanabad (7), Parbhani (6), Hingoli (2), Amravati (1), Buldhana (7), Yavatmal (6), Nagpur (2) and Chandrapur (1).

The districts along with talukas which were placed under medium drought category were reported to be Pune (7), Satara (2), Dhule (1), Nashik (4), Nanded (1), Hingoli (1), Amravati (4), Buldhana (1), Washim (1), Yavatmal (3), Akola (5), Nandurbar (1), Latur (1), Chandrapur (4), Nagpur (1), Wardha (2).

Priyanshu Moliya, a 13-Year Baroda boy has scored a mammoth unbeaten 556 runs in a two-day match in Shri DK Gaekwad Under-14 cricket tournament at the Vadodara Cricket Academy (VCA) ground against Yogi Cricket Academy. The youngster is mentored by India’s 1983 World Cup winning hero Mohinder Amarnath.

In his 319 ball innings Priyanshu hit 98 fours and a six which helped his team to put 826 runs on the board with the loss of four wickets and then bowled out the opposition for just 84 runs in their second innings, winning the game by a massive margin of 689 runs.

Apart from batting, the off spinner Priyanshu also claimed a total of six wickets in the match.

The 13 year old has surpassed Prithvi Shaw’s record innings of 546 runs when he was 14 years old, during a Harris Shield match at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai against St Francis D’Assisi.His innings included a whopping 85 fours and five sixes and his team, Rizvi Springfield posted 899 runs.

The right-handed Priyanshu says his role models are Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.

Pune : 

Actor Anupam Kher has resigned as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He has cited commitments to an international TV show for which he has to be in the United States for the next three years.

In his resignation letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, he said that due to his commitment to the show he will be stationed in the U.S. for “nearly nine months between 2018 and 2019 and then for a similar period for a minimum of three years more”.

“Given this assignment it would not be fair to me, the students and management team, for me to hold a position of such responsibility and accountability, without being actively involved in the operations,” he said in his resignation letter.

Kher wrote, “It has been an honour, a privilege & a great learning experience to be the Chairman of the prestigious FTII. But because of my international assignments I won’t have much time to devote at the institute. Hence decided to send my resignation. Thank you.”

It has been an honour, a privilege & a great learning experience to be the Chairman of the prestigious @FTIIOfficial. But because of my international assignments I won’t have much time to devote at the institute. Hence decided to send my resignation. Thank you. 🙏 @Ra_THORe pic.twitter.com/lglcREeYM2

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) October 31, 2018

Anupam Kher had succeeded Gajendra Chauhan in October last year. Chauhan had a very controversial tenure. The students had gone on a 139 day long strike while his tenure.

Many notable celebrities have studied at the FTII. Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Resul Pookutty and Rajkummar Rao to name a few.

The Statue of Unity was unveiled today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a tribute to the Iron Man of India – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his 143rd birth anniversary.

The Statue of Unity is now the tallest statue in the world with a height of 182 m (600 feet). It has eclipsed China’s Spring Temple Buddha statue (153 m) and the Statue of Liberty in the United States (93 m).

The statue is facing opposition from the local tribal organisations as nearly 75,000 people are affected due to the dam and the statue. They have neither been compensated nor their rehabilitation has allegedly been complete.

The statue is made at a whopping cost of Rs. 2,989 Crores and it has drawn severe flak because the basic needs of the people aren’t yet met and the government is spending lavishly on statues.

According to an IndiaSpend report, here is what else could have been done with Rs. 2,989 Crores :

1.Two new IIT campuses (considering one IIT campus costs Rs 1,167 crore).

2.Two AIIMS campuses (considering one AIIMS cost Rs 1,103 crore).

3.Five new permanent IIM campuses (considering one IIM campus costs Rs 539 crore).

4. Five new solar power plants, each producing 75 megawatts of power (considering one power plant costs Rs 528 crore).

5. Six Mars missions (considering one mission costs Rs 450 crore) and three Chandrayaan-2 (Moon) missions (considering one mission costs Rs 800 crore) by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

The Modi government is facing severe criticism as the opposition has called this a “publicity gimmick” as 5 states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram are up from elections. Also, the General elections are a few months away.

Also Read : 

Statue Of Unity : All You Need To Know

 

“Statue of Unity” was unveiled today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 143rd birth anniversary of the “Iron Man of India” Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

PM Shri @narendramodi performs 'Rashtrarpan Hetu Puja'. #StatueOfUnity pic.twitter.com/hOXzmXVbJi

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 31, 2018

The Statue of Unity is now the tallest statue in the world with a height of 182 m (600 feet). It has eclipsed China’s Spring Temple Buddha statue and the Statue of Liberty in the United States.

The statue is made up of 1,700 tonnes of bronze, 1,850 tonnes of bronze cladding, 70,000 metric tonnes of cement and 24,500 metric tonnes of steel.

It took 33 months to complete and was built at a cost of ₹2,989 crore. Over 3000 works and 300 engineers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) worked in the project.

93 year old, Padma Bhushan awardee Ram Vanji Sutar has created the statue and intricate bronze cladding work is done by a Chinese foundry, the Jiangxi Toqine Company (JTQ). Sutar has built over 8000 sculptures including a 45 feet ‘Goddess Chambal’ statue made out of single stone in 1959. He is currently designing the Chatrapati Shivaji statue and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar statue.

The Statue of Unity is located on the Sadhu Bet island, near Rajpipla on the Narmada river. It is located between the Satpura and the Vindhya mountain ranges. A 3.5 km highway will be used to connect the statue to Gujarat’s Kevadia town.

Elevators will take tourists up to the statue’s chest, from where they can view the Narmada river and Sardar Sarovar Dam. The viewing gallery for the statue is at 153 metres and it can accommodate 200 people at a time and offer an complete view of the Sardar Sarovar Dam.

Comparison with the other statues : 

The Spring Temple of Buddha in China which was the tallest statue is of 153 m.

Ushiku Daibutsu in Japan is of 120 m.

The Statue of Liberty in the United States of America is of 93 m.

Mother Homeland in Russia is of 85 m.

Christ – the Reedemer in Brazil is of 38 m.

Opposition to the Statue of Unity : 

Local tribal organisations said as many as 75,000 tribals adversely affected by the Statue of Unity project. The tribals are complaining that their lands were taken away for the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project, near which is the statue site, as well as for the statue and all other tourism activities which have been planned in the area.

In protest of the inauguration, the tribals have called for a ‘bandh’ today.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Japan on October 28-29, 2018 for the India-Japan Annual Summit with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. During the visit, recognizing the unparalleled potential for development of relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe reviewed the significant milestones achieved over the last four years and outlined the following shared vision for the future of India-Japan relations:

1. Implementing arrangement for deeper co-operation between Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and Indian Navy for greater cooperation and exchange of information in Maritime domain.

 

2. MoC (Memorandum of Co-operation) between Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry on Japan-India Digital Partnership to encourage and develop cooperation on Artificial Intelligence technologies.

 

3. MoC between Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to establish a mechanism to identify potential areas for collaboration between India and Japan in common domains of primary healthcare, prevention of non-communicable diseases.

 

4. MoU on Food Safety for furthering cooperation between the the agencies from India and Japan in area of food safety.

 

5. The Program for Promoting Investment into India by Japan to promote development of agricultural value chain and fisheries, including aquaculture, by improving the investment environment for Japanese companies.

 

6. Agreement for Cooperation between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to establish research partnership between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India and Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT).

 

7. MoC between India and Japan in the field of Environment Cooperation to promote greater cooperation for protection and improvement of environment.

 

8. MoU between Sports Authority to strengthen cooperation in the field of sports development and excellence through joint programmes.

The prices of Petrol and Diesel in the country are on the verge of sliding down. Today is the 13th consecutive day when decline in the fuel prices are witnessed. Petrol has shrinked by 20 paise today and that diesel by 7 paise. The current prices of Petrol and Diesel today in the capital city are Rs. 79.55 and Rs. 73.78 per litre.

However, The fall in fuel prices over the last two weeks has provided the much-needed relief to consumers from the relentless rate hikes in recent months. In the last two weeks, petrol has become cheaper by over Rs. 2 per litre in Delhi while diesel has become cheaper by over Rs. 1.50.

The use of crude oil is supposed to be the maximum in India, amongst all other nations. According to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India imports 84% of the petroleum products consumed in the country. This is one of the significant reason behind the global prices affecting the domestic fuel prices.

As compared to any other country, India has huge cost allotted for the crude oil. Petroleum products are used as raw material in various sectors and industries such as transport and petrochemicals. Further, any fluctuation in the price of these fuels impact the production and transport cost of various items.

The lessening of the fuel prices have gradually aided the consumers to save more as the expenditure overall reduced. However, petrol and diesel prices in Mumbai are Rs 85.04 per litre after a decrease of 20 paise, Rs 77.32 per litre after a dip of Rs 0.08 respectively.

Following are the fuel prices per litre in major Indian cities after the price shrink in the capital city :

City	Petrol price (In Rs.)	Diesel price (In Rs.)
Delhi	79.55	73.78
Mumbai	85.04	77.32
Chennai	82.65	78.00
Kolkata	81.43	75.63
Pune	85.23	76.17
Bhopal	82.71	75.18
Hyderabad	84.33	80.25

 

For the last two years Selena Gomez was the numero uno on the photo sharing app – Instagram but today the 26 year old singer and actress is no longer the most followed celebrity on Instagram.

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33 year old football star Cristiano Ronaldo have overtaken Gomez on Instagram. Ronaldo has 144,391,277 followers while Gomez lagged behind with 144,341,731 followers.

With a combined 261 million followers and counting on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram combined, last year ESPN crowned Ronaldo the most famous athlete on the planet.

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However, Gomez in her last Instagram post on 21 September said that she has taken a break from social media.

“Taking a social media break. Again,” she wrote on Instagram. “As much as I am grateful for the voice that social media gives each of us, I am equally grateful to be able to step back and live my life present to the moment I have been given.”

It is reported that Gomez is in a mental health facility.