Day: May 3, 2024

Revenue of IPL franchises witnesses sharp decline in FY 2023

Arijit Bose

Mumbai: The average income of all the IPL franchises excluding Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans registered a sharp 23% decline in FY 2023 (financial year) compared to FY 2019 (pre-COVID era). A report published by a market intelligence platform PrivateCircle suggests that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered the highest drop in revenue – 38% whereas Mumbai Indians, owned by the Reliance group registered the least drop of 9%. The report also revealed that the advertisements between the fixtures during the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League contributed to 17% of…

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar says not losing focus was key

Arijit Bose
Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Lucknow: Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who gave Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) a thrilling win with his excellent bowling in the last over against Rajasthan Royals, said that he was not thinking about the result of the last over and his focus was only on bowling. Did not think anything in the last over In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Rajasthan needed 2 runs to win on the last ball and Rovman Powell was in front. Bhuvi dismissed Powell LBW on this ball and…

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CBSE Board to announce results on May 20

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CBSE Board

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE Board has finally announced the update on the exam result date for class 10th and 12th exams. As per the official website, the results for class 10th, and 12th will be announced after May 20. The students who are eagerly waiting for CBSE Class 10th, 12th results 2024 are advised to keep their documents ready to check their results. Once the results are declared, the students will be able to download their scorecards from the official websites of CBSE,  cbseresults.nic.in, results.nic.in,…

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Rae Bareli’s tryst with Gandhi family in Lok Sabha elections

Arijit Bose

Anurag Roushan / IndiaTV Rae Bareli: Lok Sabha Elections: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s unexpected nomination from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh has reignited attention on this key constituency, first represented in the Lok Sabha by his grandfather, Feroze Gandhi, in the early years after India gained independence. Feroze Gandhi’s robust groundwork in the region was further developed by his wife, the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who secured victory from the seat in multiple elections spanning from 1967 to 1980. Following her tenure, the legacy was carried forward by several associates and kin…

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Paler side of pink in Lok Sabha polls

Arijit Bose
Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi: Lok Sabha polls are underway in the country. Out of the seven phases, polling in two have already taken place. There are a total of 543 parliamentary constituencies. Out of these, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has so far announced candidates on 434 seats while Congress has fielded candidates on 317. However, the participation of women MP candidates are not impressive in both parties. Out of the total declared candidates so far, women candidates share in the saffron party is 16 per cent while Congress has 14 per…

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Atul Kumar Anjaan no more

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Atul Kumar Anjaan, the National Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), passed away in Lucknow  after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 70-years-old and had been admitted to a private hospital for the past one month. Political journey of Atul Kumar Anjaan Atul Anjaan began his political career in 1977 when he was elected President of the Lucknow University Students Union. He was one of the most vocal and active Communist leaders, who also made a name for himself as a social activist. General Secretary of…

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More older voter voters to decide electoral fate in Lucknow

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: While political parties prioritize registering more new voters, their total percentage of the Lucknow voter population is just 1.3%. Strangely, older voters continue to have more influence over the electorate and have surpassed younger voters once again.   Following the pattern of the last Lok Sabha election, more voters in the 80+ age group cast ballots this year than in the 18–19 age group. Although their percentage share of the total voting population has not altered much, the difference between them this year and prior elections is greater. The…

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ECI directs all political parties to cease enrolling/ registering voters

Arijit Bose

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has taken a serious view of activities by political parties and candidates seeking details of voters under the guise of various surveys for their proposed beneficiary schemes, as a corrupt practice of bribery under Section 123(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. It has noted that, “some political parties and candidates have been engaging in activities that blur the lines between legitimate surveys and partisan efforts to register individuals for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes”. The Commission, while noticing various instances in the ongoing…

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Launch of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Technology

Arijit Bose

Thiruvananthapuram:  The Indigenous Technologies of Thermal camera, designed and developed by CDAC Thiruvananthapuram under InTranSE Program of MeitY, was transferred to M/s Aditya Infotech (CP Plus). It is a step towards Innovation, Science and Technology theme of Vikshit Bharat @2047. Thermal Camera: The thermal Smart camera has an inbuilt Data Processing Unit (DPU) to run various AI based analytics. The indigenised technology is targeted for applications across multiple domains, including Smart cities, Industries, Defence and Health, etc. The field implementation, testing and validation of this camera was done for Road traffic…

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Inspection of training program of polling personnel held

Arijit Bose

AC Saxena Bareilly: In line with the orders of District Magistrate/District Election Officer Ravindra Kumar, a special training program was organized  at Government Inter College for the personnel who came late in the last training, the personnel who were relieved from election duty due to poor health and the polling personnel doing election duty for the first time from among the personnel deployed in the Lok Sabha constituency. The inspection was carried out by the District Election Officer. During the inspection, instructions were given to learn properly whatever is being…

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