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2. Govt constitutes committee to suggest laws against Mob Lynching
3. India beat New Zealand 4-0 to complete series whitewash
4. GST cuts bring cheers to equity market; Sensex hits record high (Roundup)
5. Can Badrinath shrine be declared national heritage: HC to Centre
6. AAP MP alleges manipulation in Rafale deal
7. Badshah to work with Rishi Rich (Lead)
8. The Wanted's Tom Parker marries Hardwick
9. Rag-pickers to work as 'environment warriors
10. Bill to amend Homoeopathy Central Council Act tabled
11. Five of family killed in Himachal fire (Lead)
12. Delhi SHO faces music after his pictures 'taking blessings' go viral
13. Analjit Singh appointed as chairman of Max Financial Services Ltd
14. 650 mn Indians to have internet access by 2020, high-speed for 85%: BCG
15. Rs 1,900 cr spent on border roads infrastructure from 2015-18: Govt
16. The Border Roads Organisation has spent more than Rs 1,900 crore on construction and improvement of infrastructure on the north-western and north-eastern borders of India, the government said today.
17. Tiger population on the rise: Govt
18. The population of tigers is on the rise, the government said today quoting preliminary census data.
19. Naxal killed in Chhattisgarh; two firearms recovered
20. A Naxal was gunned down today in an encounter with security forces in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
21. 60 cr people face high to extreme water crisis in India
22. Sixty crore people in India face high to extreme water crisis and its demand is projected to be twice the availability supply by 2030, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
23. Atos buys Syntel for $3.4 bn to expand North America footprint
24. IT firm Atos today said its USD 3.4 billion acquisition of Syntel will help the French firm enhance its footprint, especially in the North American market and accelerate the digital transformation of its customers.
25. Govt to auction one Dawood property on Aug 9
26. The Union finance ministry has invited bids to auction one of the three properties of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his family located on the Pakmodia Street in the city.
27. Poor policing leading to people growing drugs in fields, says
28. Congress legislator Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco today claimed that the level of policing in Goa had "stooped so low" that people were "growing drugs in the fields".
29. I plan in advance before visiting a new country, says Bumrah
30. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah says meticulous planning before an overseas tour is not just confined to cricket for him, as he also likes to explore the country he visits.
31. Sale of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles should stop from April 1, 2020: Centre to SC
32. The sale and manufacture of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles in India should not be allowed from April 1, 2020 as it would lessen environmental benefits to be accrued from using cleaner BS-VI fuel, the Centre today told the Supreme Court.
33. RJD expels national spokesman Shankar Charan Tripathi
34. The RJD today expelled its national spokesman Shankar Charan Tripathi with immediate effect for indulging in "anti-party" activities.
35. GoM & officers' panel set up for steps to tackle lynching
36. The government today set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) under Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a panel headed by the Home Secretary to deal with the growing number of lynching incidents.
37. Give unique ID to 123 water bodies in Haryana: NGT
38. The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana government to restore 123 water bodies in Gurugram and Faridabad districts and assign each one of them a unique identification number within three months.
39. Around 1,200 permits issued every day to vehicles visiting Rohtang Pass: Alphons
40. On an average 1,200 permits are issued every day to vehicles visiting Rohtang Pass, Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons told the Lok Sabha today.
41. Banks, FIs sign inter-creditor pact to speed up resolution of stressed assets: Goyal
42. Banks and FIs, including SBI and LIC, today entered into an overarching inter-creditor agreement (ICA) to fast track the resolution of stressed assets, with Finance Minister Piyush Goyal describing the move as a 'huge step forward' in addressing the banking industry's problems.
43. SC extends stay on proceedings on defamation complaint of Jay Shah against portal, scribes
44. The Supreme Court today extended till August 8 the stay on a Gujarat trial court's proceedings on the criminal defamation complaint filed by Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah, against news portal 'The Wire' and its scribes for allegedly writing a defamatory article.
45. Lakhs witness Lord Jagannth's "suna besha" in Puri
46. Lakhs of devotees today witnessed the "suna bhesa" (gold costume) of trinity - Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath here amidst tight security.
47. Cong has a bright chance to emerge as largest alternative in J&K: Mir
48. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress today claimed that the party has a bright chance to emerge as the largest alternative in the state due to "total disenchantment of the people" from erstwhile allies BJP and PDP.
49. RTE provisions being ignored in Maharashtra: Sena
50. NDA ally Shiv Sena, which has been targetting the BJP, today claimed that the provisions of the Right to Education law have been ignored in Maharashtra where education has become a "business".
51. Maha CM should have attended Pandharpur Ekadashi puja: Digvijay
52. Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis for cancelling his visit to Pandharpur on the occasion of 'Ashadhi Ekadashi' in view of a proposed protest by Maratha groups demanding reservation.
53. HC to hear tmrw Chidambaram's anticipatory bail plea in ED's case related to INX Media
54. The Delhi High Court today said it would tomorrow hear a plea by former Union minister P Chidambaram, seeking anticipatory bail in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money-laundering case related to INX Media.
55. Govt verifying circulation claims of newspapers: Rathore
56. The government today said in the Lok Sabha that it gives advertisements to newspapers only after verifying their claims regarding their circulation.
57. World C'ship-bound junior cyclists' visa applications rejected, CFI still hopeful of clearance
58. The visa applications of six World Championship-bound junior Indian cyclists have been rejected by host nation Switzerland, a situation described as nothing new by the federation, which is hopeful of a resolution in the next few days.
59. Sheena Bora murder case: Mikhail testifies in special CBI court
60. Start giving vocational skills to children of 15 years: NCPCR to Skill Development Ministry
61. The NCPCR has asked the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to develop vocational skills of children from the age of 15 years so that they can start working once they turn 18, according to a report.
62. Proposal to take up source apportionment studies in 93 cities: Govt
63. There is a proposal to take up source-apportionment studies in around 100 non-attainment cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), the government today said.
64. Govt schemes fail to stop anemia, maternal mortality for
65. Government interventions have failed to stop anemia and maternal mortality for Adivasi women in Assam's tea plantations, a Delhi based NGO, Nazdeek, said in a report released here today.
66. Mamata to visit Delhi next week to invite Oppn leaders for federal front rally
67. TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Delhi for three days next week to personally invite opposition leaders to the "federal front" rally she plans to hold in January in Kolkata, party sources said today.
68. Two washed away in rain-related incidents in Raj
69. Two persons including a 16-year-old boy were swept away by the strong currents of a rain-swollen river and a rivulet in two separate incidents in Rajasthan's Baran district today, officials said.
70. Two held for attempting to misbehave with minor girls
71. Two persons have been arrested in separate cases of allegedly "attempting to misbehave" with minor girls, police said today.
72. Beaches in Goa to be made free of plastic items
73. The Goa government is considering making the entire coastline in the state as a "plastic-free zone", the Legislative Assembly was informed today.
74. Going vegetarian was one of the best decisions I ever made: Anushka Sharma
75. Anushka Sharma has said turning vegetarian was one of the best decisions of her life.
76. SC lifts absolute ban on rallies, dharnas at Jantar Mantar, Boat Club
77. The Supreme Court today lifted a blanket ban on rallies, dharnas or sit-ins at the Jantar Mantar and Boat Club areas here, saying there could not be an "absolute" ban on protests in such localities.
78. WB: 2 killed after 100-year-old building collapses
79. Alwar lynching: We don't doubt police, says kin of deceased
80. Candidates making last ditch efforts to woo voters as campaign ends tonight in Pak
81. A two-month-long electioneering by candidates contesting the July 25 elections in Pakistan were making last ditch efforts through public gatherings, corner meetings and door-to-door canvassing before the campaign comes to an end at midnight tonight, amid low voter enthusiasm and a tense security situation.
82. Dispose Khaleda's bail plea in Comilla arson case by Jul 26: HC
83. Bangladesh's High Court today directed a lower court to hear and dispose of a bail petition filed by former prime minister and opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia by July 26 in an arson case in which she is named as an accused, according to a media report.
84. Militant candidates pose threat to Pak's traditional religious parties
85. Pakistan's traditional religious parties feel threatened from the extreme right wing groups - linked to militants and jehadi outfits - which have fielded a huge number of candidates for the July 25 elections at the provincial and national level, media reports said today.
86. Ground water in Vedanta's Thoothukudi smelter contains heavy metals - minister
87. Halliburton revenue beats on strong North American activity
88. Oil higher on Middle East, North Sea supply worries
89. Dellywood announces Mr, Miss and Mrs India 2018
90. Govt sets up 4-member panel to propose measures on mob violence, lynching
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103. Netflix makes a statement in India with “Sacred Games”
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108. Stopping the flow of arms to South Sudan
109. McDonald's' French fries oil powers delivery trucks in Mumbai
110. GST cuts bring cheers to equity market; Sensex hits record high
111. Infor appoints Jonathan Wood as GM, IMEA region
112. In a unique green initiative, McDonald's on Monday said it has started recycling several tonnes of used cooking oil from its restaurants into biodiesel fuel to power the company's fleet of refrigerated delivery trucks.
113. Healthy buying in banking, FMCG and consumer durable stocks lifted the key Indian equity indices on Monday with the BSE Sensex setting a fresh benchmark of 36,749.69 points by the fag end of the day's trade.
114. India most attractive destination for global investors: Rajnath (Lead)
115. McDonalds French fries oil powers delivery trucks in Mumbai
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123. Supermicro Joins Board of the Storage Networking Industry Association to Accelerate All-Flash NVMe Storage Advancements and Adoption
124. Scientists decode possible origin of human speech
125. CBI arrests eight involved in fake railway recruitment drive
126. Six die as car falls into MP dam
127. The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday asked the Union government whether the Badrinath shrine can be declared a national heritage site.
128. AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Monday alleged massive manipulation by the Narendra Modi government in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France.
129. An institute, set up with the support of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has started an initiative to train rag-pickers how to segregate garbage and to get the best price for things collected by them.
130. A bill that provides for supersession of the Central Council of Homeopathy and constituting a Board of Governors was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
131. Five members of a family, including three women, were killed when their house near Mandi town in Himachal Pradesh was gutted in a fire on Monday, police said.
132. Global trade of old, used vehicles causing toxic pollution
133. In a new study, New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Monday lifted the lid on the dark underbelly of a large-scale global trade of old and used vehicles from high income to low and middle income countries of Africa and South Asia
134. TECNO Mobile introduces AI-powered smartphone in India
135. TECNO Mobile, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Transsion Holdings, on Monday launched a new smartphone "CAMON iTWIN" for Rs 11,499 in India.
136. ATP rankings: Ramkumar Ramanathan at career-best 115
137. India U-16 football team loses 0-3 to Malaysia
138. Motorola named on US Army IDIQ contract
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147. No more 'farting unicorn': Elon Musk reaches deal with aritst who accused him of stealing his work
148. Bill for quick prosecution in cheque bounce cases passed by Lok Sabha
149. Parliament passes Specific Relief Amendment Bill
150. Bill providing for stringent punishment in rape cases introduced in Lok Sabha
151. Rafale price can be revealed, says Antony; Congress claims govt misled nation
152. Supreme Court refers fresh plea against polygamy, 'nikah halala' to constitution bench
153. Mob lynching: Government sets up 4-member committee to suggest legal framework
154. Trump's a trump card for this Indian family
155. Mob violence: 4-member panel to suggest legal path
156. Centre for ending sale of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles
157. LS passes bill for quick prosecution in cheque bounce
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167. Rajasthan was never earlier known for lynchings; BJP making Raje CM face is last nail in the coffin: Sachin Pilot
168. BJP minister describes Rahul Gandhi as "merchant of hate
169. Bihar amends liquor ban law to stop misuse, 'protect innocents
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171. Mob lynching: 4-member committee to suggest legal path
172. The ICA has been signed by 22 public sector banks (including India Post Payments Bank), 19 private sector banks and 32 foreign banks.
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177. WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Capping a week of drama, back-tracking and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Monday returned to familiar rhetoric, referring to the special counsel's Russia probe as a "hoax" and "Witch Hunt.
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184. The Centre is considering the possibility of amending the Indian Penal Code to define 'mob lynching' as a penal offence, a senior government functionary has said.
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187. Trump's a trump card for this Indian familyThe Chawlas have signed a deal to open three budget-friendly properties under the new American Idea brand.
188. Parliament passes Specific Relief Amendment BillThe Bill, that amends the Specific Relief Act, 1963, had earlier been passed by the Lok Sabha and is set to become a law after the President's assent.
189. Mob lynching: 4-member committee to suggest legal pathThe Centre is considering the possibility of amending the Indian Penal Code to define 'mob lynching' as a penal offence, a senior government functionary has said.
190. Earlier while moving the bill for passage, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said it will bring down litigation and provide credibility to cheques and the banking system.
191. The Bill, that amends the Specific Relief Act, 1963, had earlier been passed by the Lok Sabha and is set to become a law after the President's assent.
192. By Steve Eder and Ben ProtessDinesh Chawla has long run his family’s hotel business from a high-top table at a Hampton Inn on the edge of this out-of-the-way Mississippi Delta town. It used to be the kind of work that usually involved friends and neighbors.But in the year since Chawla and his brother signed a hotel deal with President Donald Trump’s family business, he has been courted by strangers. Goldman Sachs dispatched a wealth manager in hopes of signing him as a client. And on a recent afternoon, a businessman from Florida came to discuss hotel developments, including a potential location in the shadow of Universal Studios.“I’m the same person, but people look at me in a different way,” said Chawla, whose corner office consists of a bar stool between the free coffee and the complimentary breakfast counter. “I never wanted the spotlight.”Chawla is an immigrant from India and the son of a refugee. He treated his staff to celebratory pizza when President Barack Obama was first inaugurated. He and his family own the Hampton Inn and 16 other hotels in the Mississippi Delta, a Democratic and heavily African-American pocket of deeply Republican Mississippi. And, he said, he has become so disillusioned with politics over the last decade that he doesn’t plan to vote at all in the 2020 presidential election â€" not for Trump, or anyone else.Yet it is the Trumps who have turned his padded stool into one of the hottest business hubs in the Mississippi Delta, catapulting Chawla to relative fame â€" he appeared last summer on an episode of the HBO series “Vice News Tonight” â€" and, with some luck, fortune.His business profile “went nuclear,” he said, after the president’s elder sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., announced last June that the Trump Organization had become partners with Chawla and his younger brother, Suresh, on four hotels in the Mississippi Delta.“There are 7 billion people on Earth, and next to maybe Jesus and Muhammad, this is probably the most talked about name there is,” he said of the Trumps, hastening to add that he meant no disrespect to Christians or Muslims.The Chawlas are in an exclusive club of one: Since Trump was elected, his family business has not announced hotel deals with any other new partners. That realization had Suresh Chawla crowing â€" with the kind of hyperbole befitting the president â€" to the Republican governor of Mississippi.“The future of the Trump hotels company depends on how they do with their four hotels in the Mississippi Delta,” he wrote in a previously unreported email exchange with the governor last year. “Unreal!!!”The governor, Phil Bryant, cheered the Chawlas on and extended an invitation to Trump hotel executives to visit the governor’s mansion, emails obtained through a records request show. In 2016, the governor had introduced Suresh Chawla to Trump, then a presidential candidate, during a campaign stop in Mississippi.The Chawlas, who arrived in the United States as children and are naturalized citizens, shrugged off questions about their politics, saying they play by the rules and focus on projects that will uplift their economically depressed region. Dinesh Chawla said that their company had had no contact with Trump since he became president â€" “I didn’t think he had a chance in hell of winning,” he said â€" and that their dealings with the president’s sons were largely limited to business and pleasantries.“The ups and downs of President Trump are just theater,” said Dinesh Chawla, in his work attire of black slacks and a checked shirt unbuttoned at the collar. “I have my family’s finances at stake here. I cannot worry about Twitter postings and investigations.”For the Trump Organization, the unconventional partnership with the Chawlas signals a sharp turn from its heady days of global expansion and five-star luxury; the nearest Trump hotel to Mississippi is in a skyscraper in Chicago, and room rates there can be multiples of what the Chawlas are likely to charge.The company, which the president still owns, has said it will not pursue new foreign deals and will subject many domestic ones to outside ethics vetting, shrinking the pool of potential partners. The Chawlas signed a deal to open three budget-friendly properties under the Trump Organization’s new American Idea brand and one four-star hotel here in Cleveland as a Scion, the company’s other new brand.At the construction site for the Scion, the only building on the property was erected before the Trumps got involved. Trump hotel executives, Dinesh Chawla said, have second-guessed just about everything about the project, even the chosen furniture, which has been relegated to storage trailers. And while Chawla is careful not to point fingers, the Chawlas are clearly no longer the sole masters of their Delta universe.“There are days when you hang up the phone and say, ‘Oh, goodness gracious,'” he said of interactions with the Trumps, “but you don’t let it overwhelm you.” And the upside, Chawla said, is tapping into the Trumps’ resources and reach. “I’m meeting people who are designing things in Bali,” he marveled.A Fateful Phone CallOn a breezy morning last month, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. opened a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse at their luxury golf course in the Bronx. They cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside Dustin Johnson, one of the world’s top golfers, and Jack Nicklaus, the legend whose company designed the course.The clubhouse, with a construction budget of $10 million, sells Trump chardonnay and assorted Trump-embossed trinkets. A Trump helicopter delivered the golf luminaries to the event.The Trumps have yet to pay a high-profile visit to their Mississippi Delta partners, and when they do, it is unlikely to involve many of the extravagances associated with their brand and other partners. They are teaming up with a billionaire media mogul on luxury resorts in Indonesia, and in the United Arab Emirates they are developing golf courses with another billionaire, nicknamed “the Donald of Dubai.”The Chawlas got their start in Mississippi selling beer and fried chicken.“They are amazing people,” Eric Trump said of the Chawlas at the ribbon-cutting in the Bronx. “They achieved the American dream.”V.K. Chawla, their father, grew up in a refugee camp in Punjab, India, after much of his family was killed in religious violence. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in environmental sciences before moving to Canada. In the 1970s, he relocated his family to the Mississippi Delta, where he bought a convenience store and later opened a fried chicken restaurant.An amateur gambler who had seen ups and downs, Chawla dreamed of owning a hotel, and in the 1980s he phoned a famous mogul to seek a loan. It was Donald Trump.Trump, the family story has it, returned the call and, although declining to extend a loan, offered advice and encouragement. The Chawlas credit that exchange with propelling their family business into 17 hotels that welcome an average of 250,000 guests a year, Dinesh Chawla said.After their father’s death in 2015, Suresh Chawla recounted the story in a letter to the editor published in several Mississippi newspapers. The letter caught the eye of the governor, Bryant, who had officially recognized V.K. Chawla for his contributions to state tourism and had attended groundbreakings of Chawla hotels. The next summer, the governor invited Suresh Chawla to a Trump campaign event.The brothers decided that meeting Trump could be good for business, and Suresh Chawla donated $27,700 to support the campaign. (Dinesh Chawla, who supported both Bush presidencies, said he had not cast a ballot since 2008, when he voted for Obama. He added that he would not vote for any opponent of Trump, given how the president had helped his father.)Just four months after Trump’s election victory, the Chawlas received an email from Trump hotel executives expressing interest in teaming up. By June 2017, the families reached a deal for four hotels; the Chawlas would own the properties and pay the Trumps fees.The Chawlas then headed to New York for the announcement.Their introduction at Trump Tower was “surreal,” Dinesh Chawla said, describing the experience in star-struck detail from his stool at the Hampton Inn. He expressed awe at riding the escalator â€" the one, he noted, that Trump had taken so many times before.Soaked in nervous sweat, he recalled, he asked for water. It was delivered in a martini glass. “The next thing I know,” he said, “I’m being called to the stage.”‘Your Dad Would Be Very Proud’Bryant, the Mississippi governor, was not in New York for the big announcement. But not for lack of trying by Suresh Chawla.Weeks earlier, the governor had invited the Chawlas on a trade mission to India, prompting Suresh Chawla to extend an invitation of his own: The brothers had “blockbuster news!” he said in an email, and “would love for you to be front and center at the announcement.”The email, obtained through a public records request, described a “hotel development that will not only get national attention, but worldwide attention, on the Mississippi Delta.” Without revealing the name, Chawla hinted at a partnership with Trump, describing “someone very famous who has tremendous respect for you.”Two days before the Trump Tower announcement, Chawla followed up with the governor, sending another email that revealed the Trumps as partners and requesting to talk by phone.Bryant later congratulated Chawla on what “will be a wonderful addition to the Delta and your company,” adding “Your dad would be very proud.”There is nothing improper about the governor and the Chawlas exchanging emails about the agreement with the Trumps, but it points to the blending of business and politics in a place desperate for economic development, with partners unaccustomed to the public scrutiny that follows polarizing players like the Trumps.In February, The New York Times reported that a state agency had awarded the Chawlas a sales tax rebate worth up to $6 million, potentially offsetting nearly a third of their costs on the Scion hotel. The agency that approved the rebate reports to the governor.A spokesman for Bryant said the Chawlas followed the same procedure as other applicants for the tax rebate, which is part of a broader effort to draw tourists to Mississippi. Dinesh Chawla said that political influence had played no role in securing the rebate, and that “we were extra careful not to play the ‘Trump card.'” Chawla also said the family’s partnership with the Trumps “has not resulted in more connection” with Bryant.Bryant, in a statement, said the Chawla family had “made our state stronger, particularly in the Mississippi Delta, where investment is badly needed.”Suresh Chawla, who did not respond to requests for comment, had also sought to introduce the governor to the head of the Trump Organization’s hotel division, Eric Danziger. “The president hired him himself two years ago,” Chawla told Bryant in a June 2017 email.The governor jumped at the request, saying “I would love to meet him,” and offering to “host y’all” at the governor’s mansion.Danziger politely deferred the offer in an email to the governor. He later told The Times he had done so because he had concluded that it would not be appropriate for him, as a representative of the business, to “engage in the political arena.”Still, in an email to Danziger, Bryant expressed enthusiasm about the Trump brands’ coming to Mississippi, and asked him to “say hello to Don Jr. for me and tell him we will duck hunt in the Delta this winter.”He ended the email with a familiar Trump theme: “Thanks for making the Delta great again.”â€" Weddings Near the Strip MallWhen Dinesh Chawla scans the site of the future Scion hotel, he envisions crowds arriving after football games at nearby Delta State University, musical acts performing at a concert venue and couples exchanging wedding vows near a tree-lined pond.“People might like to get married,” he mused. “Who knows?”It was about a dozen years ago that the Chawlas began dreaming of a hotel and entertainment complex on this plot of more than 17 acres at a stoplight near a strip mall, a Presbyterian church and a storage complex.Dinesh Chawla’s refrain is that the project sits “at the intersection between entrepreneurship and creativity.”But when the Trumps got involved last year, visible progress on the $20 million venture stalled. A sign outside the development had advertised that it would open in fall 2017; the sign is gone, and Chawla no longer makes predictions about the timing.One thing is certain, he said: The furniture purchased for the project â€" but rejected by the Trumps â€" will not go to waste. It will be repurposed for use at the Chawla-owned hotels being converted to the Trumps’ more affordable new brand, American Idea.The first of those conversions is underway in Clarksdale, Mississippi, a predominantly African-American city known for its deep blues history. The Chawlas closed a Rodeway Inn there and expect to reopen it this year as the first American Idea.The hotel is tucked behind a Mexican restaurant and up the street from a Kroger that recently shuttered. It is adjacent to a strip mall that includes an auto title lender and a dollar store.While the location might not exude Trumpian largess, local leaders see this project and Chawla’s other ventures as engines for economic development. Chawla recently visited Silicon Valley for discussions about a technology center that could bring jobs to Clarksdale.Judson Thigpen, executive director of the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce, said the Scion in particular would fill a need for hotel space close to Delta State and the nearby Grammy Museum.For the Chawlas, these endeavors are tied up in the memories of their father, who died before the Trump partnership was even a consideration. When Dinesh Chawla travels to New York, he carries his father’s briefcase.Back at the Hampton Inn, Chawla is at home seated at the high table with a bottle of water, his staff within earshot.“I love sitting right here,” he said. “I don’t feel like I’m claustrophobic in some little box.”
193. New Delhi, Jul 23 () The sale and manufacture of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles in India should not be allowed from April 1, 2020 as it would lessen environmental benefits to be accrued from using cleaner BS-VI fuel, the Centre today told the Supreme Court. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) said that it would not be possible to segregate pricing of diesel or have a differential pricing mechanism for the fuel for private vehicles. The ministry told a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that sale and manufacture of BS (Bharat stage)-VI non-compliant vehicles from April 1, 2020 would have an adverse affect since investment of around Rs 28,000 crore has already been made for having a cleaner BS-VI fuel. Meanwhile, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) referred to a government notification of February 20 this year which said that registration of private vehicles manufactured up to April 1, 2020 should be done till June 30, 2020. Advocate Aparajita Singh, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the matter, raised the issue of Delhi reeling under air pollution and said that people were dying due to its ill-effects. Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni, appearing for the Centre, said that time till June 2020 has been given for registration of BS-IV vehicles manufactured up to March 2020. "If BS-VI fuel is used in BS-IV vehicles, the environmental benefit of having a cleaner fuel would become marginal. After March 31, 2020, sale of non-compliant BS-VI vehicles should not be allowed," Nadkarni said. When the counsel appearing for SIAM referred to the reduction of time given to the automobile manufacturers to jump to BS-VI from BS-IV, the bench said, "When this issue had cropped up, there was strong opposition from you." "I am not sure what you (SIAM) are up to. When it is convenient for you then you say no to electric vehicles and when its beneficial, then you are ready for electric vehicles," Justice Lokur observed. SIAM's counsel said that situation has now changed and 10,000 electric vehicles would be supplied in Delhi. "All we are saying is that we have to be little cautious while dealing with your organisation," the bench said. The amicus claimed that SIAM had earlier misled the court on electric vehicles and prototype of 23 such vehicles were shown during the auto show. Meanwhile, the SIAM said that approval on prototypes of electric vehicles were pending with the government. The bench said that MoPNG's affidavit be supplied to the SIAM so that they could respond to it and said that it would hear the issue. During the hearing, the bench was told that Mercedes-Benz was already manufacturing BS-VI compliant vehicles in India. The amicus claimed the automobile manufacturers like Tata, Maruti and Mahindra were exporting BS-VI vehicles to Europe and for India, they say that they need time. The amicus also suggested as to why the manufacturers cannot roll out BS-VI vehicles earlier in Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) when BS-VI fuel would be made available by April 1, 2019 in 17 out of 23 districts in the NCR and Agra. "Some car-makers are determined not to come out with BS-VI vehicles till March 31, 2020," the amicus said. During the hearing, the bench observed that taxi operators in Delhi could also be given incentives if they purchase BS-VI compliant vehicles. The amicus said roughly 80,000 taxis were plying in Delhi and all taxis, auto rickshaws and public transport buses were running on CNG. The bench was also told that there were around 30 lakh private vehicles in Delhi and a minimum of 750 vehicles were registered every day here. The amicus said since diesel-run vehicles were a major cause of concern, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has suggested levying an annual charge on diesel vehicles. The court had earlier suggested that the Centre could contemplate fixing price of diesel and petrol on par for four wheelers, other than goods vehicles. The court was hearing the petition that has raised the issue of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR.
194. Expanding its plans to make deeper inroads into the highly competitive Indian TV market, Xiaomi on Monday announced to appoint Eshwar Chandrasekaran, former head of online business, Lenovo-Motorola, to lead its Mi TV business in the country."Excited that Eshwar has joined @XiaomiIndia! He will be leading our #MiTV business," Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi, and Managing Director, Xiaomi India, tweeted."Eshwar was heading online sales for Lenovo+Motorola, prior to joining #Xiaomi," Jain added.Earlier in March, Xiaomi unveiled the "Mi TV 4A" series with 32-inch and 43-inch models, less than a month after it debuted in India with its 55-inch "Mi TV 4"."Mi LED TV 4A" (43-inch variant) was priced at Rs 22,999 while "Mi LED TV 4A" (32-inch variant) cost Rs 13,999."Both the variants feature the company's own 'PatchWall system' that has been redesigned for India and brings together over 15 different content partners across 12 Indic languages, thus resulting in a rich library of video content ever integrated on a smart TV in India", the company had said in a statement.
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206. The latest move comes days after the Supreme Court asked Parliament to come up with a special law to deter such crimes, saying “the horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be permitted to inundate the law of the land”.
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