Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Paris focused on French support for a self-reliant India in areas including defense and space, apart from joint efforts in the Indo-Pacific. According to a French diplomat, the visit saw an “extraordinary impression of trust and friendship”.
Modi was one of the first foreign leaders to meet Emmanuel Macron after he was first elected. This time, he is the first foreign leader to meet Macron in Paris after being re-elected.
The message is that both leaders have high ambitions for the future of the India-French strategic partnership. The diplomat said it also indicated that India was a top priority for France’s foreign policy.
Discussions focused on how France can continue to be India’s preferred partner for achieving self-reliance in defence, technology, space and energy, and how to accelerate joint efforts in the Indo-Pacific region without losing focus on the challenges in the region. to be done. According to the knowledgeable people, it has not decreased.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was also involved in the talks. Both sides agreed to end hostilities and reduce global economic turmoil, including food security for vulnerable countries. The two leaders also discussed Afghanistan. The visit assumes significance because during the presidency of the French European Union, Paris left no stone unturned to bring India and the Indo-Pacific to the EU agenda.
Pune: Chennai Super Kings were on the verge of being knocked out after losing their seventh match of the IPL to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 13 runs in the IPL here on Wednesday.
Invited to bat, RCB played a 27-ball 42 from Mahipal Lomror, and Virat Kohli (30), Faf de Plessis (38), Rajat Patidar (21 off 15) and Dinesh Karthik (26 off 17 balls) played a crucial role in the team. Scored 173 runs with useful contribution. for 8
CSK were restricted to 160 for 8 in 20 overs despite a half-century from Devon Conway (56) at the top.
For CSK, Mahesh Thikshana (3/27) took three wickets in the 19th over, while once again fit Muen Ali (2/28) took two wickets and Dwayne Pretorius (1/42) took one .
Whereas, Glenn Maxwell (2/22) and Harshal Patel (3/35) took two wickets to emerge as the best bowler for RCB.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 173 for 8 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 42; Mahesh Thekshana 3/27, Moon Ali 2/28).
Chennai Super Kings: 160 for 8 in 20 overs (Devon Conway 56; Harshal Patel 3/35, Glenn Maxwell 2/22).
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday met the family of the 13-year-old gang-rape victim in Lalitpur and demanded adequate security for them, describing Uttar Pradesh’s police stations as “hubs of chaos”. Police said the minor was allegedly raped by four men in three days and sexually assaulted again by the SHO of a police station, where she was dumped by her assailants.
Yadav told reporters after meeting the family, “I met the mother of the gang-rape victim. The family said they want protection and legal help and demanded strict action against the perpetrators of such crimes. The family wants justice.” is.”
“The family needs help from the government. They need protection otherwise they will not be able to fight for justice,” he said. He said that his party would provide legal aid and if the family members needed any other kind of help.
The accused station in-charge (SHO) in the case was arrested on Wednesday from an area near the Allahabad High Court, police said, adding that the girl’s aunt and five others, including four men, lured and raped her in Bhopal, too. have been conducted.
All other policemen of Pali police station in Lalitpur district have been removed from active duty and sent to police lines.
Sources said the Samajwadi Party (SP) president faced police resistance for entering the district hospital to meet the victim’s family.
Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the incident, Yadav alleged, “The walls of the Chief Minister’s residence are so thick that he cannot hear people’s screams.”
He also targeted the state police.
He said, “The police – which is providing security and ensuring justice – is doing in the state today? The ‘thanas’ (police stations) have become centers of chaos under the BJP government. The ‘pink police’ for security ‘ Where are you? Will ‘buldozers’ be used at police stations that are turning into ‘crime sites’?” He asked.
The SP chief further said what else can be expected from the police used to win elections – be it panchayat elections or the recent election of Legislative Council members – in Uttar Pradesh.
He said his party would raise the issue in the state assembly.
Yadav also alleged that Uttar Pradesh tops the list of custodial deaths, and maximum NHRC notices are being served to the state police and the government.
Armed with a significant war chest, Ltd. (TCPL) is preparing ambitious growth plans by growing the home and personal care sectors through an acquisition-led strategy, said top officials close to the development.
The company, which primarily operates in the food and beverage space, will now move into categories such as detergents, home cleaners, body washes and creams and will depend on acquisitions to implement the plan.
focus on organizational simplification and
An executive said that in the last one year, Tata Consumer will now pursue a bigger scale by expanding its portfolio.
Officials said the management team has a mandate to be aggressive and play big in categories where it can be among the top three players, an M&A scheme funded by Tata Sons and huge cash on its balance sheet (around Rs 3,000). crores), officials said. Officials said the company’s M&A team is already exploring markets for acquisition opportunities. “The holding of the Tata brand in the minds of consumers is clearly an opportunity to be tapped well in the country. We already have a strong brand equity in food items and will be using it in the home and personal care sectors as well. ,” said one of them.
Tata Consumer did not comment.
agencies
Executives said the company is looking for a category in the FMCG space where it can make an impact through scale. Even in the food sector, it may include branded dry fruits, a niche that is seen as a commodity with no branded players.
Tata Consumer has created an entirely new executive management team focused on execution, led by Chief Executive Sunil D’Souza, who was hired in April 2020. Chief Operating Officer Ajit Krishnakumar, who was appointed in January 2020, is in charge of the backend. Integration which includes handling of supply chain, logistics, integration of affiliates and overall operational functions. Executives said nearly half of the company’s talent in the sales and marketing teams today is external hires, with a clear focus on execution.
“The mandate is to build a huge FMCG company that is also agile and agile in the market. A new culture that is well suited to an agile FMCG company is being created that focuses on productivity, efficiency and growth… (and) that taps into growth opportunities in India’s vast consumption market and in creating shareholder returns,” said a top company executive, requesting anonymity.
The FMCG company had appointed Deepika Bhan as the president of its packaged food business in April 2022. Bhan worked with Hindustan Unilever as the global brand director of haircare for the South Asia market and with PepsiCo and Tata Motors. Puneet Gupta joined Tata Consumer in April 2021 to lead strategy and M&A.
Tata Consumer also appointed Gary Ackles as its president of international business in January 2022 to replace Adil Ahmed, who is retiring this month.
In March 2022, as part of its second major restructuring of food and beverages, Tata announced the merger of Tata Coffee with Tata Consumer. Earlier it had merged the salt and branded pulses business of Tata Chemicals with Tata Consumer.
Tata Consumer stock has gained 27% in the last one year, while the Nifty FMCG index is up 12.3% and the Nifty 50 index is up 16.4%. Ever since Tata Consumer was included in the high-tracked Nifty 50 index by the National Stock Exchange in April last year, the stock has outperformed all consumer goods stocks except ITC. With a market capitalization of around Rs 75,000 crore, the Tata Group firm is the seventh largest consumer goods company in India.
“The restructuring of Tata Consumer’s India and overseas business will enable the company to better leverage supply chain, create customer-centric business verticals and accelerate decision making and execution. It will be the single listed entity occupying the full value of TCPL Group.” Will build,” Edelweiss said in a report.
The company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. The company has an annual turnover of around Rs 12,500 crore with operations in India and international markets.
Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by eight wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.
After batting, Gujarat Titans were restricted to 143 for eight by Punjab Kings. Sai Sudarshan scored an unbeaten 65 off 50 balls for Titans.
In reply, Punjab Kings completed the chase with opener Shikhar Dhawan scoring 62 off 53 balls with 24 balls to spare.
Among the PBKS bowlers, pacer Kagiso Rabada finished with excellent figures of 4/33 in four overs. Sandeep Sharma conceded only 17 runs in his four overs, while Rishi Dhawan took one wicket for 26 runs in his full quota of four overs at the DY Patil Stadium.
With the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab facing economic and administrative challenges to implement the election promises, sporadic cases of violence have raised fears of communal disharmony and extremism in the border state.
More than a month after the Bhagwant Mann ministry was sworn in, there is a growing realization among AAP leaders that ruling a full-fledged border state with rising debt burden is different from administering a financially secure Delhi. ET takes a look at why the AAP government may have to halt its populist pitch in Punjab, urgently address revenue generation to save the state from hurting the economic gulf and what happened in Patiala recently Yes, intelligence has to be used to stop him.
debt trap
The AAP government has postponed the implementation of its most popular election promise of free 300 units of electricity for all domestic consumers. As in the rest of India, high temperatures have pushed electricity demand to unprecedented levels and with power plants operating at sub-optimal levels, the government heeded the advice of the Punjab State Electricity Corporation and promised until the monsoon arrives in July. Implementation has been postponed. However, the state government is finding it difficult to fulfill its big promise of Rs 1,000 per month for women above 18 years of age. Behind the moratorium on implementation of election promises lies the story of decades of fiscal mismanagement.
“The outstanding debt of Punjab in 2021-22 is `3 lakh crore. About 20% of Punjab’s revenue goes towards interest payments. Presently the total debt is 4.5 times of revenue and 42% of GDP. In my opinion, This government’s guarantee is freebies – 300 units of free electricity to all domestic consumers and ‘12,000 per year to all women – will add to the debt burden. The government is focusing on freebies and subsidies without any economic consideration. Free to everyone Couldn’t happen for, “economist R.S. Professor Ghuman of the Chandigarh-based Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) told ET. He said that there is a need to target free facilities to the deprived sections.
According to Ghuman, the government needs to focus on mobilizing resources. “The government needs to mobilize resources and it can generate ‘28,500 crore’ without levying new taxes. This would mean preventing evasion of excise duty, GST, power theft and social welfare schemes and property tax on sale of immovable property.” and to collect stamp duty.What has been added to the problems of the government is that the orientation has shifted from economy to law and order after the Patiala clashes.
Law and order
Conflicts have shown that law and order is an important aspect of governing a border state. Unlike Delhi, the Punjab government is administratively responsible for law and order. The conflicts have exposed the influence of extremist elements in the state, who have spent years fighting terrorism. Heads are rolled after the Patiala clashes, but this is clearly revealing an intelligence failure. Punjab Police has released a video of accused Barjinder Singh Parwana instigating a mob in Patiala on April 29 – which is celebrated as Khalistan Foundation Day.
Former DGP Shashi Kant said, “There is a district special branch in Patiala and also an office of a central agency. It is unlikely that there was no intelligence on such incitement of the mob. Preventive arrest was done to defuse the situation. should have been done.” The high rate of unemployment is also a factor behind the rising unemployment and incidents of violence. The government has approved the recruitment of 26,454 posts in various departments, fulfilling the election promise. However, there is a long way to go to overcome the state’s 8% unemployment rate.
drug danger
For Punjab elections, AAP had promised to end the politician-drug mafia nexus and curb the drug menace. Kant said, “Successful governments have vowed to address Punjab’s drug problem, but have failed. Recent drug seizures have shown that Punjab is still on the way and even That also for medicines coming into India by sea,” Kant said. Apart from the cross-border narcotics in Punjab, the government needs to crack down on the synthetic drug trade going on within the cities. Experts say that synthetic drug factories run in connivance with politicians, businessmen and police.
Maharashtra government on Tuesday took strict action against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena demanding removal of loudspeakers from mosques. The police on Tuesday registered an FIR against party chief Raj Thackeray and thereafter made preventive arrests of its leaders.
Police personnel were also deployed outside mosques in sensitive areas. The development came hours before the MNS threatened to install loudspeakers outside mosques and play Hanuman Chalisa. The MNS said that the loudspeakers of mosques causing noise pollution are illegal and should be brought down.
Raj has been booked under sections 116, 117 and 143 of the IPC for his Aurangabad speech on Sunday. Sections 115 and 117 pertain to the commission of an offense while 143 pertain to unlawful assembly.
There is a possibility that Raj may also send a notice under section 149 which empowers the police to take preventive action. MNS leaders claimed that the police were planning to arrest Raj Thackeray. The police action came after Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed that there was a “plan to create riots” in the state by bringing in outsiders.
A non-bailable warrant has already been issued against Raj Thackeray by a Sangli court in a 2008 case.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil discussed the issue of MNS threat, and it was decided that MNS should not be given a free hand and action should be taken. Patil has held a meeting with the DGP and other senior police officers and asked them to take strict action to prevent any law and order problem in the state.
Maharashtra DGP Rajnish Seth said in a press conference on Tuesday that the leave of all policemen has been cancelled. “We are capable of handling any law and order problem and are ready to deal with any situation. We have taken preventive action against 15,000 criminals and anti-social elements to ensure that they do not create any law and order issue. 87 companies of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) and 30,000 home guards have been deployed across the state.
He said he had served notices to 13,000 MNS office-bearers and that “stern action” would be taken against those who disturb public peace. Police officers are also sending notices to MNS leaders not to make any statement or take any such action which may disturb peace in the state.
Maharashtra Police has also decided to ask all theater owners in the state to remove Marathi film ‘Bhonga’, which focuses on problems caused by loudspeakers in mosques.
