IPL: Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs

Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs in an IPL match here on Monday.

Invited to bat, Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 88 with the help of nine fours and two sixes to bundle out Punjab Kings for 187 for four.

Bhanuka Rajapakse (42), Liam Livingstone (19) and Mayank Agarwal (18) also made useful contributions.

Defending the total, PBKS restricted CSK to 176 for six.

Ambati Rayudu was the top scorer for Chennai as he hit seven fours and six sixes in 78 off 39 balls, while Ruturaj Gaikwad top-scored with 27 runs for 30.

Kagiso Rabada (2/23) and Rishi Dhawan (2/39) were Punjab’s most successful bowlers, while Arshdeep Singh (1/23) and Sandeep Sharma (1/40) took a wicket each.

For CSK, Dwayne Bravo (2/42) and Mahesh Thekshana (1/32) were among the wicket-takers.

Brief Scores:

Punjab Kings: 187 for 4 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 88; Dwayne Bravo 2/42).

Chennai Super Kings: 176 for 6 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 78; Kagiso Rabada 2/23).

Originally published at Pen 18

Indian companies filed 9,500 patents in the US in last six years: NASSCOM report

Bangalore: According to Nasscom’s India Patent Report, Indian companies have filed over 9,500 patents in the US during the period 2015-21 and 138,000 patents related to technology in India during the same period.

The report is an analysis of patents filed in the US by companies based in India as the country remains a major export market for the Indian technology industry. The report states that the US accounts for 62% of technology exports in FY 2022, and will continue to retain its share of technology patents as it reflects a start-up promotional and IP-right friendly environment.

More than 9,500 patents were filed by India’s parent companies in the US between 2015-2021–an increase of about 47% over 2015-2019. Also, the share of tech patents in the total patents filed in the US increased to 54% in 2015- 21 as compared to 52% in 2015-2019.

Of the 9,500 patents, the top domain areas in the tech sector were computer technology, communications technology and artificial intelligence in the non-technical space, which were pharmaceuticals, chemistry and chemical structures, and mechanical and structural inventions. In terms of patent assignment type, technical patents filed by individual inventors/academic research saw the highest growth of 60%, with Indian companies registering an increase of over 50% in 2015-21 over 2015-19. The report said that around 400 technology patents were filed by Indian start-ups during 2015-2021, an increase of 45% from 280 patents in the 2015-2019 period.

Sangeeta Gupta, Senior Vice President, NASSCOM, said, “It is extremely encouraging to note that intellectual property creation remains a key imperative – a growth of over 45% from 6,500 patents granted by Indian domicile organizations in 2015-2021 from 6,500 patents during 2015-2019 is registered.” , The report was released to mark World Intellectual Property Day on Tuesday.

Software apps, healthcare and medical devices have maintained their lead as the top application areas in patent filings and have a combined share of over 21% in the current study compared to a similar share in the 2015-19 period.

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Watch: R Madhavan’s son Vedaant opened up about his parents’ sacrifices, listen in! – The Economic Times Video

R Madhavan’s son Vedant has recently made the country proud by winning gold and silver medals at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. The whole nation is appreciating the achievement of this young champion. In a recent interview, Vedant opened up about the sacrifice of his parents and said that he wanted to make a name for himself by not being in his father’s shadow. In a conversation with a news portal, our own Maddy’s son Vedant said, ‘I did not want to be in the shadow of my father. I wanted to make a name for myself. I just didn’t want to be R Madhavan’s son. My parents always take care of me. How hard did both of them work? One of the main sacrifices made by my parents was to relocate to Dubai.

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rana couple: Maharashtra: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar disproves alleged attack on Rana couple, Somaiya

In another sign of differences within the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday dismissed the alleged attack on BJP leaders by the Shiv Sena cadre. BJP has claimed that Shiv Sena cadre had attacked BJP leader Kirit Somaiya. Criticizing the conduct of MP-MLA couple Navneet and Ravi Rana and Somaiya for allegedly instigating Shiv Sena workers, Pawar also condemned the attack on BJP leaders.

No one should take law into their own hands and should not even try to provoke people. Why attack anyone, everyone is free to go anywhere in the state, why attack you for this? This should not have happened. There is no two opinion on this in the government,” he told reporters.

Pawar was referring to the alleged attack on Somaiya at Khar police station by Shiv Sena workers on Saturday. Somaiya Rana had gone to Khar police station to meet the couple, who were arrested for allegedly inciting the public with his plan to chant ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence. The couple was produced in the court on Tuesday, which sent them to 14-day judicial custody. Pawar also criticized the Rana couple and said that Somaiya should not have gone to Khar police station to meet them due to resentment. However, he reiterated that there should not have been violence against BJP leaders. “Whether one has the central security or the state’s security, no one should be attacked, no one has the right to take the law into his own hands and everyone should keep his peace… Everyone attacks his leadership. However, if there is some criticism then they should tolerate it. Issues keep arising while running the state and we need to maintain law and order.”

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LSG knock MI out of IPL with 36-run win

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday crashed out of the Indian Premier League after losing their eighth match in a row to Lucknow Super Giants by 36 runs. Captain KL Rahul scored his second century as he guided Lucknow Super Giants to 168 for 6 and then restricted MI to 132 for 8 in 20 overs.

Rahul hit 12 fours and four sixes in his innings of 103 not out in 62 balls.

The second highest scorer was Manish Pandey with 22 as the other batsmen failed to make significant contributions.

For MI, Jasprit Bumrah was the best bowler with 1 for 31 in 4 overs, while Kieron Pollard was 2 for 8 in two overs.

When MI batted, all the Lucknow bowlers picked up wickets but Dushmantha Chamira made a special appearance, conceding only 14 runs in 4 overs.

Brief Scores: LSG 168/6 (KL Rahul 103 not out off 62 balls, Kieron Pollard 2/8, Jasprit Bumrah 1/31)

MI 132 for 8 (Rohit Sharma 39, Kunal Pandya 3/19, Dushmantha Chameera 0/14).

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gujarat: Gujarat’s Patidar pitch heats up in the runup to elections

Patidar leader Hardik Patel, the working president of Gujarat Congress, is troubled by the possibility of another big Patidar leader Naresh Patel being included in the party ahead of the assembly elections in the state.

Naresh Patel has been guessing everyone from his side. But the interest he has generated with his possible entry into electoral politics has reaffirmed the importance of the Patidar community in Gujarat politics.

The ruling BJP replaced its entire cabinet, including Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, and brought in Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar, as chief minister last year, which collapsed in a jiffy.

Hardik Patel rose to prominence in 2015 riding the Patidar agitation, which fueled community anger against the BJP in the 2017 assembly election. Several of his allies were fielded by the Congress in Saurashtra and he went door-to-door, cementing Patel’s position as an activist and as a rallying point against the BJP in Gujarat. He soon joined the Congress and was made the working president of the party, a matter of concern to senior state leaders.

Naresh Patel, an industrialist and head of the Khodaldham Trust, which runs the largest temple of Khodiyar Mata, the ruling deity of the Leuva Patel community, has indicated his willingness to engage in electoral politics and the three political parties – BJP, Congress and AAP – started wooing her. However, his inclination seems to be towards the Congress.

According to people familiar with the matter, Patel had sought the participation of election strategist Prashant Kishor in chalking out the Gujarat election campaign strategy for the Congress and wanted to appear as the chief ministerial candidate. While talks continued, Patel’s visit to Delhi this week fueled speculation that the deal was done. On Saturday, however, Patel told the media in Rajkot that his visit to Delhi was for social reasons and that he had met Prashant Kishor at a wedding. Furthermore, he put on hold his decision to join politics until mid-May.

A senior Congress leader from Saurashtra said Patel’s entry would generate enthusiasm among the workers at large, at least in the short term. “As of now, we see that the anger against the government on the ground is much higher than in 2017,” the leader said.

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punjab: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to visit Delhi to study AAP initiatives

After studying the free electricity model in Delhi, the newly-elected Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab will now examine the national capital’s initiatives in the education and healthcare sectors to implement similar reforms in the border state.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with Health Minister Vijay Singla and Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare will be on a two-day visit to Delhi. Punjab Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari and other senior officials will also accompany Mann.

The team will visit Delhi government schools, hospitals and mohalla clinics to investigate the interference of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.

Kejriwal will be present to guide Mann and his team of ministers and officials.

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, the AAP had promised world-class education in schools modeled on Delhi government schools and free healthcare through a network of 16,000 mohalla clinics.

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