IPL Auction Jaipur 2018 Highligh , Jaydev Unadkat, earn biggest bids of 8.4 Crore

For the second time running, Jaydev Unadkat, earned big in the IPL Auction as he was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for INR 8.4 Crore. The Royals had released him earlier after buying him for INR 11.5 Crore in the previous auction.

The other person picked with the same winning bid of INR 8.4 Crore was mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy who got a whopping 42x increase on his base price as Kings XI Punjab successfully added him to their roster. Chakravarthy is an architect-turned-cricketer who turned heads with his miserly spells in the Tamil Nadu Premier League and is still an uncapped player.

Ageing stars and notable buys
Yuvraj Singh found a sixth IPL home as Mumbai Indians bagged him for his base price of INR 1 Crore after he went unsold the first time around. That sort of luck didn't come the way for the likes of Dale Steyn, Brendon McCullum, Morne Morkel, Hashim Amla, Shaun Marsh, Angelo Mathews who all went unsold.
Meanwhile, Lasith Malinga (INR 2 crore) returned to Mumbai Indians as a player after serving as a bowling mentor for the three-time champions in the 2018 season.
England's wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow (2.2 Crore to SRH), Oshane Thomas (INR 1.1 Crore to Rajasthan Royals), Joe Denly (INR 1 Crore to Kolkata Knight Riders) were amongst those will feature in the IPL for the first time.
None of the teams exhausted their full purse at the end of the auction but had settled in on their squads after the auction that had stretched close to six hours.

The other big bids
Overseas allrounders such as Sam Curran (7.2 Crore to Kings XI Punjab) and Colin Ingram (INR 6.4 Crore to Delhi Capitals) were the next in line to break the bank as teams looked to fill in the blanks in their squad.
Uncapped but rich
Along with Varun Chakravarthy, there were a few more uncapped players who zoomed into the spotlight.
Shivam Dubey, the big-hitting all-rounder from Mumbai also picked up a big sum, INR 5 Crore from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Prabhsimran Singh, India Under-19 wicket-keeper batsman and captain, was picked up for INR 4.8 Crore by Kings XI Punjab. Sixteen-year-old legspinner Prayas Ray Barman was picked up for INR 1.5 Crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore after an impressive Vijay Hazare outing recently.
The flavours of the season
Significant amount of money was shelled out for Indian pacers and T20 stars from the Caribbean.
Carlos Brathwaite (INR 5 Crore to Kolkata Knight Riders), Mohit Sharma (INR 5 Crore to Chennai Super Kings), Mohammed Shami (INR 4.8 Crore to Kings XI Punjab), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 4.2 Crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Nicholas Pooran (INR 4.2 Crore to Kings XI Punjab) were all amongst those who attracted attention from various teams.
Barinder Sran (INR 3.4 Crore to Mumbai Indians), Varun Aaron (2.4 Crore by Rajasthan Royals) and Ishant Sharma (1.1 Crore by Delhi Capitals) were some of the other Indian pacers who found homes for the 2019 season while Axar Patel (INR 5 Crore to Delhi Capitals) moved to neighbours Delhi after spending four seasons with KXIP.

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withdrawal before retirement capped at 75%: EPF

withdrawal before retirement capped at 75%: EPF

jobless Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) subscriber who hasn’t crossed the retirement age (60 years) will now be able to withdraw only up to 75% of the accumulated EPF deposits, as against 100% earlier.

A month without a job will make a subscriber eligible to withdraw the deposits. Earlier, pre-retirement withdrawal of EPF funds required the subscriber to be without job for a continuous period of two months.

“The commissioner or, where so authorised by the commissioner, any other officer subordinate to him, may permit a member, on ceasing to be an employee in any factory to establishment to which the Act applies, a non-refundable advance upto 75% of amount standing to his credit in the fund, if he has been employed in any factory or other establishment for a continuos period of not less than one month,” said the Employees’ Provident Funds (Amendment) Scheme, 2018, notified on December 6.

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) manages social security funds of workers in the organised and semi- organised sectors. The retirement fund has more than six crore active members who have contributed at least in one month during the year.

While an employee, earning upto `15,000 a month, contributes 12% of the basic pay to EPF, the employer contributes 8.33% towards employees’ pension scheme and 3.67% to the EPF. Additionally, the employer also pay 0.5% towards Employees’ Deposit-linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme, 0.65% as EPF ACs and 0.01% as EDLI handling fee, taking the total contribution to 13.61%.

Labour ministry sources said the decision to cap the withdrawal was taken after it was found that a large numbers of final withdrawal claims were filed by the members even before the attaining the age of retirement.

“Such withdrawal ends the membership of the person early and thus affects the social security of the members and his family. Out of these cases, early final settlements, many cases are due to non-employment of member for more than two months,” said a source.

EPF scheme does not have provision for advance to members during such kind of non-employment and the scheme allows only full and final settlement. This compels members to withdraw entire amount at the cost of their social security. The labour ministry said that there was a need to provide a social security cover during the period of non-employment as well.

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notice to Simarjit Bains’ plea on Ludhiana city centre case by HC

notice to Simarjit Bains’ plea on Ludhiana city centre case by HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday put Punjab on notice on a petition filed by Lok Insaaf Party MLA Simarjit Singh Bains for permission to intervene in the Ludhiana city centre case.

The petition was filed nearly 11 months after a court in Ludhiana had rejected Bains’s plea to be party in the case.

The vigilance bureau, on August 19, 2017, had filed a closure report before the court concerned claiming that there was no scam at all and that no proof was found against Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, his son Raninder Singh and others following ‘re-investigation’.
The petitioner had moved the court after the special court in Ludhiana, on October 25, permitted the Enforcement Directorate to inspect the case file.

Taking up the plea, Justice Inderjit Singh also fixed January 23 as the next date of hearing.


MLA Bains had filed an application in the court challenging the closure report filed by the vigilance bureau in the case last year. Bains had sought permission to join the proceedings in the case claiming that “since it is a corruption case, he has the right to challenge the closure report”. In his petition before the High Court, Bains sought directions for setting aside the Ludhiana court order.

The High Court has already ordered continuation of stay on the operation of an order passed by the Ludhiana Special Judge on October 25 permitting the Enforcement Directorate to inspect the court file in the Ludhiana City Centre case.

The developments had taken place on a petition filed by Delhi-based Chetan Gupta, who had moved the High Court demanding a stay on the ED inspection, among other things.

The counsel for the petitioners argued that the ED was not a party in the case and could not be allowed to inspect the case file. The case was between the Punjab vigilance bureau and the accused.

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Indian Railways cancels 130 trains between Dec 13 to Feb 15 due to fog. Check full list here

Indian Railways cancels 130 trains between Dec 13 to Feb 15 due to fog. Check full list here

New Delhi: If you are planning to travel by train in the next two months, keep a track of trains as about 130 trains have been cancelled by Indian Railways from December 13, 2018, to February 15, 2019, due to foggy weather in coming months. The Northern Railways announcement stated that the trains have been cancelled keeping in view the forthcoming foggy weather. 

Most of the trains cancelled are for Northern Railways. Out of the total 130 cancelled trains, around 21 trains are of the North Central while  104 trains are from the Northern Railways. The trains will remain cancelled till February 15, 2019.

North Central Railway cancelled trains

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The frequency of the following trains have been reduced

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Northern Railway cancelled trains

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Shaktikanta Das appointed as the new RBI Governor

Shaktikanta Das, former top bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry and key face of the government during demonetisation, has been appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a period of three years. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the move a day after Urjit Patel abruptly resigned from the post citing “personal reasons”.

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Das, who retired as Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, had served in various capacities in the Finance Ministry, including as Secretary in the Revenue department and as a key official in the Budget division. After his retirement on May 28, 2017, he was appointed as a member of the 15th Finance Commission and as the G20 Sherpa.

Das, 61, a 1980-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, is a post-graduate in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. During demonetisation, he held regular briefings on behalf of the government as Economic Affairs Secretary to announce key changes, even as then RBI Governor Patel maintained silence.

Among the many plans during that phase in 2016, Das had announced a proposal to put indelible ink on the index fingers of people to prevent them from exchanging old currency multiple times beyond specified limits. Following widespread outrage, the move was later withdrawn.

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First rain Of Winter In Punjab,till December 12

First rain Of Winter In Punjab,till December 12

Punjab and Haryana are the two states in Northwest India which do not receive enough rains after the withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon season. But winter rains do occur these states with the arrival of active Western Disturbances which usually tend to induce a cyclonic circulation over Punjab, Haryana and North Rajasthan region.

However, the weather conditions over Haryana are almost dry this winter season. Similarly, Punjab has been no different barring the northern districts that have been observing isolated rainfall activity occasionally.

In fact, till now, only two active Western Disturbances have approached the Western Himalayas. First one during the beginning of November and second one in mid-November. During both the times, parts of Punjab along with isolated pockets of Haryana received some rains.

Now another active Western Disturbance has approached the hills of North India. The above system has also induced a cyclonic circulation over North Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab and Haryana region.

This system has already given good rain and snow over the Western Himalayas and light rains over northern parts of Punjab. In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Monday, Amritsar recorded 1 mm of rain, followed by Pathankot 0.8 mm. Meanwhile, Bathinda and Jalandhar observed trace of rain.

With system persisting, we expect scattered rain and thundershower activities to continue over Punjab and Haryana till December 12.

Spell of rain and thundershower are over Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Sangrur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab during next 24 hours.

In Haryana, short spells of light rain are also is likely over Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat and Yamunanagar districts today.

Chances of isolated hailstorm activity also cannot be ruled out because currently the temperatures are low and whenever thunderclouds with vertical extent of 6-7 km form, they are capable of giving hailstorm.

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Ranji Trophy 2018: Punjab beat Delhi by 10 wickets

NEW DELHI: Punjab pummelled Delhi by 10 wickets for their maiden win of the 

season here Friday while handing the hosts their first Ranji Trophy loss at home

 in five years.

With Punjab controlling the game from day one, it was only a matter of time 

before they scored an outright win, fetching seven points.

Delhi, who were gasping at 106 for six in their second innings and trailing 

Punjab by 69 runs at stumps on day two, ended up with 179 courtesy Pulkit 

Narang (31) and Pulkit Sood (25). Punjab needed just five runs for a big win

 and they knocked it off in 2.1 overs with Jiwanjot Sharma and Abhishek 

Sharma in the middle.

With the emphatic win, Punjab have revived their Ranji campaign after having

 collected just two points from the previous two games. On the other hand, Delhi's

 troubles have increased with their first loss of the season.

They had conceded the first-innings lead against Hyderabad and could not dismiss

 Himachal Pradesh in their opener for an outright win. Delhi's batting let them down

 again though they did a tad better than the first innings, in which they were 

bundled out for 107.

In the first innings, they surrendered to Punjab's Siddharth Kaul while in the 

second, they were done in by spinners Vinay Choudhary and Mayank Markande.

Punjab had made 282 in the first innings, thanks to a captain's knock by 

Mandeep Singh (90). Yuvraj Singh, playing his first game of the season, 

made 24 off 88 balls.

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What is Aadhaar Validation Letter, 'Aadhaar Validation Letter'. To update address

If you do not have any proof of address for online address update, you can opt for 'Aadhaar Validation Letter'. To update address

Keep your Aadhaar Address up-to-date

Recently moved to a new city? Or have changed your residence? Do not forget to update your new address in your Aadhaar. You have Valid Address Proof or have received Address Validation Letter Letter (For those without Valid Address Proof), you can update your address by following either Option A or B.

A) With Valid Address Proof

·         1. Login with Aadhaar

·         2. Enter your Recent/Correct Address

·         3. Upload Documents

·         4. Submit Request & Save URN

Click Here To update Your Adhaar

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B. With Address Validation

·         1. Login with Aadhaar

·         2. Enter Secret Code (received on letter)

·         3. Preview Address

·         4. Submit Request & Save URN

Click Here To update Your Adhaar

Before proceeding to Update Address:

·         Verify if your mobile number is registered in your Aadhaar. Registered Mobile number is essential to login with your Aadhaar.

·         Remember to keep scanned images of the document proof you are required to upload.

·         If not sure, do check the List of Valid Document proof you are required to submit.

Do not have valid address proof?

Resident can still get their address updated in their Aadhaar with the help of Address Validation Letter sent by UIDAI.

In order to request for the Address Validation Letter the Resident must get consent from an Address Lender/Verifier who would allow his/her Aadhaar registered Address to be used by the Resident. An Address Lender/Verifier could be a family member / relative / friend / landlord where resident is presently residing.

Request for Address Validation Letter

Step 1 – Resident Initiates Request

1) Resident Logs in with Aadhaar

2) Enters Verifier Aadhaar

3) Get SRN

Step 2 – Address Verifier Consents

(Address Verifier Receives OTP intimation & Link for consent in his/her mobile)

1) Clicks on Link

2) Gives Consent

Step 3 – Resident Submits Request

Resident Receives confirmation of Verifier Consent on mobile)

1) Logs in with SRN

2) Preview Address

3) Edit Local Language (If requires)

4) Submit

The Address Validation letter for the Resident will be sent to the Address Verifier's Address. After the resident receives the Address Validation Letter (via Post) the resident will be required to Login again and provide the Secret Code received by clicking on ‘Proceed to Update Address'

button above
  Click Here To update Your Adhaar

Before proceeding to generate Address Validation Letter :

·         Both resident and Address Lender/Verifier are required to have their mobile numbers registered in their respective Aadhaar.

·         Both resident and Address Lender/Verifier will be required to get authenticated via OTP

·         The Address Lender/Verifier must be willing to give his/her consent allowing the Resident to use his/her address to be updated in resident's Aadhaar.

·         Both Resident & Verifier are required to be in synch while the Request for Address Validation Letter is still in process.

·         In case the Address Verifier misses giving consent within stipulated time the request will be invalid. The Resident will be required to initiate the process again.

Note: Only Address of the Aadhaar holder can be corrected/updated online. Resident will have to visit an Enrolment/Update Center to update their Biometric or other Demographic data i.e Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Relation, Mobile and Email.

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