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Munmun Dutta shared a heartfelt tribute to Ghanshyam Nayak / Nattu Kaka of TMKOC show

In memory of ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) co-star Ghanshyam Nayak / Nattu Kaka, Munmun Dutta shared a message of sympathy on social media. Ghanshyam Nayak died on Sunday 3 October.

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The veteran actor affected Dutta emotionally when she wrote about him. Ghanshyam Nayak’s death was the cause of her grief, which she expressed in a long note.

During the week-long shoot for ‘Taarak Mehta’, Munmun Dutta made a photo with Nattu Kaka that was shared on her social media accounts. As they worked together for the past thirteen years, she had a close association with Nayak.

She shared many wonderful memories with Nayak in her Instagram post. In every photo, the pair smiled and posed. In the comment section, fans are flooding with their messages.

Munmun Dutta (Babita) wrote on her social media, ‘ The first picture is the last time that I met him……… Please read the Instagram post below

Ghanasyam’s knots in his neck were surgically removed in 2020. In an interview this year, he revealed he was diagnosed with cancer. During his 13-year stint in ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, actor Ghanshyam Nayak played the role of Nattu Kaka.

Today, his fans are seen sharing his act in his own style on social media in his memory.

Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan to appear in Court today after arrested in Drugs-On-Cruise case

The NCB’s Narcotics Control Bureau, which raided a party that was being held on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai yesterday, nabbed Aryan Khan, son of Shah Rukh Khan, yesterday.

An anti-drugs agency was granted custody of the 23-year-old yesterday after he was presented to the court on Sunday evening.

An NCB raid on Sunday found 13 grams of cocaine, 22 pills of MDMA, 21 grams of charas, and five grams of MD. Aryan Khan is accused of having purchased, possessed, and used banned materials, it added.

Satish Maneshinde, Aryan Khan’s attorney, said that the arrest was based only on chat messages and demanded bail. There was no ticket, no cabin, and no seat for Aryan on the cruise. The invitation had brought him there. There was no boarding pass for him. A search of him has turned up nothing. During the chat, he was arrested.”

Along with Aryan Khan, a total of seven other people were arrested from the ship – Munmun Dhamecha, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Mohak Jaswal, Gomit Chopra, Vikrant Chhoker, Arbaaz Merchant.

NCB sources have stated that a team of agents boarded the Goa-bound ship Saturday morning disguised as passengers. Party began after the ship was at sea after it left Mumbai, according to officials. Raids began at 10 a.m. and lasted until 2 p.m., the report stated.

During the search, different types of drugs were found hidden in the suspects’ clothing, undergarments and purses, an NCB official said to PTI news agency. The cruise company stated that it had no involvement with the incident in a statement on Sunday.

West Bengal govt will not allow visitors to Durga Puja Pandals this year too

As of the day after night restrictions during the Durga Puja festival were lifted by the West Bengal government. Visitors will not be permitted inside the Durga Puja pandals, as they will be treated as ‘containment zones’ by the Calcutta High Court.

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Passing a ruling on the PIL filed by Howrah resident Ajay Kumar Dey, urging the government to implement the restrictions imposed last year during Durga Puja to contain the spread of Covid-19. The visitors will not be allowed into the pandals in West Bengal as well, according to the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Kumar Bindal. The court’s last-year restrictions will also remain the same, he added.

The Advocate General, who appeared on behalf of the state, said the state government supports such restrictions if they are for the greater good of the people.

A division bench of the high court consisting of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Arijit Banerjee held a public interest hearing last year and decided not to allow visitors to the marquees.

For pandals small and large, the court has ordered barricades be erected five meters from the entrance, 10 meters from the entrance for the largest pandals.

It had said barricades should have no entry signs. As part of the court’s order, only 15 to 25 members of the organizing committees were permitted to enter the pandals.

According to the court, organizers also need to provide masks and sanitizers to the visitors, conduct awareness campaigns, and make continuous announcements to keep people informed about the disease.

During this year’s Durga Puja and Kali Puja celebration, all of these restrictions will still apply.

A total of 708 new infections of COVID-19 were reported in West Bengal on Friday, with 13 deaths.

WhatsApp Banned over 20 Lakh Indian Accounts in August

As per a WhatsApp compliance report published in August, the messaging platform banned roughly 20 Lakh Indian accounts while receiving 420 complaints. During the period under review, WhatsApp banned 20,70,000 Indian accounts, according to its latest report.

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Indian accounts are identified by their +91 phone numbers, it explained. Previously, Facebook reported that more than 95% of bans were caused by spam messages sent automatically or in bulk. WhatsApp bans an average of around 8 million accounts per month in order to prevent abuse across its platform.

In its latest report, WhatsApp reported receiving 420 user feedbacks across 105 account-related reports, 222 ban appeals, 34 other reports, 42 product reports, and 17 safety reports during august. Based on the report, 41 accounts were “acted upon” during this period.

WhatsApp specifies that “Accounts Actioned” pertains to reports that have been dealt with by the company. A complaint resulted in either an account being banned or restoring an account that had been previously banned and the complaint was cleared.

More than 3 million Indian accounts have been banned by WhatsApp, while 594 grievance reports have been lodged by the platform between June 16 and July 31.

New IT rules that came into effect on May 26 mandate that large digital platforms (over 5 million users) publish compliance reports every month, detailing the complaints they receive and the actions they take.

Before, WhatsApp had emphasized that due to its end-to-end encryption, it did not have access to messages’ contents. Aside from behavioral signals from the accounts, it relies on unencrypted information, including reports, profile photos, group photos, and descriptions, as well as AI tools in order to detect and prevent abuse on its platform, said the company.

Kangana Ranaut named brand ambassador of UP govt’s scheme ‘one district-one product’

Announcing its ‘one district-one product’ program Friday, the state government announced Kangana Ranaut as its brand ambassador.

At Yogi Adityanath’s official residence, Kangana Ranaut met the Chief Minister. A new ‘one district-one product’ program was launched by the UP government to create traditional industrial hubs devoted to a single product across 75 districts of the state.

Famous Actress Kangana Ranawat met @myogiadityanath Hon’ble Chief Minister UP, who presented her with an @UP_ODOP product. Kangna ji will be our Brand Ambassador for ODOP @CMOfficeUP pic.twitter.com/XUJTiStRqv
— Navneet Sehgal (@navneetsehgal3) October 1, 2021

“Famous actress Kangana Ranaut met…Chief Minister of UP, who presented her with an ODOP product. Kangana ji will be our brand ambassador for the ODOP,” said Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal in his tweet.

Officials report that the actress praised the Chief Minister for his work during the meeting.

It is the Chief Minister’s request that she visit Ayodhya’s Ram temple.

Dubai Expo 2020 kicks off with a grand opening ceremony after a year’s delay

A generous ceremony of fireworks, music, and messaging about collaborating for a sustainable future marked the opening of Expo 2020 Dubai, the first world fair to take place in the Middle East.

Andrea Bocelli, Ellie Goulding, Lang Lang, Mohammed Abdu, and Chinese pianist Lang Lang were some of the stars who performed at the opening ceremony. Public spaces around the UAE were projected with images of the ceremony.

Join us as we bring all the excitement straight to you. Don’t miss a moment with our live coverage and exclusive features of the opening ceremony of the world's greatest cultural gathering Expo 2020 Dubai.https://t.co/orLWx51ZCV
— Expo City Dubai (@expocitydubai) September 29, 2021

Dubai, the region’s tourism, business, and trade center, will host the world fair on 4.3 square kilometers of desert. Aiming to bring 25 million tourists and business visitors to the region, the region hopes to boost its economy.

In addition to boosting trade, the Expo is expected to boost investments by many countries and companies since it’s the first major event since the Coronavirus pandemic.

Exhibitors from almost 200 countries will be able to visit the expo site on Friday after being delayed almost a year by the pandemic. It cost around $6.8 billion. Held eight years after the Expo in Milan, it followed the 2015 Expo in Italy.

“Connecting Minds and Creating the Future” is Dubai‘s slogan for the Expo, which will feature culture, technology, and architecture. Besides showing the world’s creativity, the event will offer a forum for debate on global challenges such as climate change and economic growth.

Therefore, many events will be streamed online and many delegates may be reluctant to travel to the event. But Expo is still expected to attract more visitors than Milan did and more than twice as many people as the UAE.

“We are quite confident…that by being responsible in how we manage the situation with COVIV but also in how we put forward an exciting program for visitors, we will hopefully be able to thread the needle by opening up but remaining at the same time conservative and keep public safety first and foremost,” Reem Al Hashimy is the Director-General for Expo 2020 Dubai, he told Reuters.

Despite fewer restrictions on Coronavirus in the Gulf state, Expo still requires face masks to be worn and all visitors over 18 must be vaccinated against Coronavirus-19 if they don’t already have it.

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Tata Sons wins Air India bid by paying the highest price

Tata group will take over control of the government-owned airline Air India. During the sale process for Air India, Tata Sons won the auction by paying the highest price.

Among the bidders was Tata Group for Air India and Ajay Singh from SpiceJet. Governments are selling stakes in Air India for the second time in a row. An attempt was made in 2018 to sell 76 percent of the company by the government, but no response came in.

According to sources, Air India’s disinvestment process will be completed by December 2021. Tata Sons can take over this company by December. Air India had been invited to submit financial bids. The government has also disinvested in this project. The government will also sell its 50 percent stake in ground handling firm AISATS in addition to selling its 100 percent stake in Air India and Air India Express.

Air India was founded by the Tata Group in 1932. It was started by JRD Tata, a very skilled pilot who belonged to the Tata Group.

During World War II, the general aviation industry was established in India, then became a public sector company when it was renamed Air India.

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As soon as the country gained independence in 1947, there was a need for a national airline, and the Government of India acquired a 49 percent stake in Air India.

A few years later, in 1953, the government of India passed the Air Corporation Act and acquired the majority stake in the company from Tata Group. As a result, Air India became a government company.

Petrol, diesel prices have touched all-time highs after the latest hike

As international crude oil prices remain high, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) hiked domestic fuel prices again on Friday. There is a second hike this week after a pause on Tuesday.

There is a 25-paise rise in the price of petrol and a 30-paise increase in the price of diesel. OMCs have resumed increasing gasoline and diesel prices this month, which resulted in a fresh all-time high in fuel prices today.

The price per litre of petrol in Delhi is Rs 101.89, while those in Mumbai are almost Rs 108. Kolkata’s cost is Rs 102.47 per litre, while Chennai’s is Rs 99.58. There are now more cities in which petrol remains over 100 rupees per litre since the fresh round of hikes.

Oil companies have increased petrol and diesel prices as crude oil prices rose sharply recently. The price of crude oil has fallen for the past two days, but Goldman Sachs has suggested that it will cost $90 a barrel by the end of the year.

India, one of the largest oil importers in the world, is alarmed by the development, as it will experience a sharp increase in petroleum products.

Experts have expressed concern over high energy prices that have already led to a price increase for many goods. Fuel costs affect the costs of manufacturing and delivering goods since they directly impact input costs.

As fuel prices remain high, inflation will rise sharply, and the consumer demand that drives economic growth will be directly affected.

Google rolls out a new Chrome update to prevent increased security risks to Chrome users

Users are advised to update their web browser to the latest version after Google confirmed a critical security risk with Chrome. As a result of the active exploitation of the security loophole by hackers, it was marked as critical.

New blog posts from Google acknowledge the vulnerability and bring the Chrome update to mitigate it. As outlined in the blog, CVE-2021-37973 impacts Linux, Mac, and Windows users of Chrome. Microsoft has rolled out the Chrome stable channel 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Macs, and Linux to protect customers from exploiting this risk.

What is a zero-day vulnerability?

Zero-day vulnerabilities have been identified as a security risk. Google managed to find and fix the problem through the update only after it had been actively attacked by hackers. “an exploit for CVE-2021-37973 exists in the wild.” Google wrote in the blog. Such vulnerabilities are more dangerous than regular security loopholes since hackers typically have a head start on security researchers and have already exploited them.

In order to prevent further exploitation of the security hole, Google has not yet provided any more information about the flaw. Once more people upgrade to Chrome’s latest version, more details are likely to become available as the flaw is no longer affecting Chrome users.

This is a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability according to Google’s blog post. When dynamic memory is incorrectly used during program execution, such loopholes may exist. According to a note by Kaspersky, an attacker can exploit an error that occurs after a program frees a memory location if it fails to clear its pointer to that memory.

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Chrome browser needs to be updated to the latest version according to Google

Chrome users have been urged to update their browsers to take advantage of the new security fix for the vulnerability. Checking the current version of Chrome can be found in Settings > Help > About Google Chrome.

If Chrome version 94.0.4606.61 or higher is installed, the security fix is in place and functioning. A browser below that indicates it has not yet been updated.

Until the update is available on their browser, users are advised to keep checking for it. If the update is available, install it and restart Chrome to apply the security fix.

The Mid Day Meal Scheme renamed as ‘PM Poshan Scheme’ by the Centre

The Narendra Modi government shocked public policy observers when it renamed the midday meal scheme at schools the PM Poshan Scheme, announcing that it was an attempt to claim credit for an old program towards which his administration had been stingy.

“The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) has approved the PM POSHAN Scheme for providing hot meals to government and government-aided schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26,” said a release from the government’s press office, the Press Information Bureau (PIB).

The Prime Minister says he was behind the scheme after he had imposed massive budget cuts shortly after taking office in 2014, and it is mind-boggling to see him making that claim. “The midday meal budget today is about half of what it was seven years ago.”

In 2014-15, Modi’s first year in office, Rs 10,527 crore was released for the midday meal scheme, down from Rs 10,927 crore the previous year.

From Rs 9,096 crore to Rs 9,630 crore, the amount released in the subsequent five years.

Because the pandemic-induced school closure in 2020-21 meant all students covered under the program had to be provided with dry meals and money instead of having to eat all days, the government needed to release Rs 12,883 crore. According to the budget proposal for 2021-22, the scheme will cost Rs 11,500 crore.

In all, approximately 11.8 crore students attend 11.2 lakh schools that offer the scheme, which ensures that every child who takes classes or takes exams in a government or government-aided school gets a nutritious meal every day.

Ashok Rao, an activist affiliated with the nonprofit Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute supplying food to Anganwadi centers in Delhi, questioned the name change as well.

Madras Municipal Corporation launched this program in 1925 as a solution to help disadvantaged children who did not have access to education. Rao said the company expanded gradually.

Many states have individually adopted the scheme throughout the decades. After it was adopted at the national level by the P.V. Narasimha Rao government at the Centre in 1995, it was given the name National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education and covered about 2,400 of the country’s 6,000 blocks.

In his view, the government should stop centralized kitchens right away because, as he said, eating at school increased local involvement and awareness.

“The purpose of the MDM Scheme is to provide nutritional support to children and raise awareness of the importance of proper nutrition. Local communities should manage it rather than centralised kitchens,” Rao said.

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The Congress accuses the Modi government of renaming many of the UPA’s schemes with minor changes, from the Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (now Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana) and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (now Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) to the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (now Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana) and the National Manufacturing Policy (Make In India).