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Excel Entertainments Lands A Multi-year Series Partnership With Netflix

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Excel Entertainment will produce abundant stories under its banner for Netflix users in 190 countries. For all Netflix buffs out there, Netflix has announced a strategic multi-year partnership with Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment on Wednesday. Excel Entertainment has given evergreen classics and trendsetters movies like  Dil Chahta Hai along with Rock On, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Lakshya, Toofaan and the Don franchise. Excel Entertainment will produce a variety of stories under its series banner Excel Media & Entertainment for Netflix members in over 190 countries commencing with two projects tentatively titled Dabba Cartel and Queen of the Hill. Dabba Cartel is a story of five housewives who run a high stakes secret cartel. Style, ambition, love, friendship and betrayal set in the backdrop of jazz rich 1960s Mumbai;Queen of the Hillchronicles the dynamic relationship between two ambitious women that will change the city forever. Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content, Netflix India, said, “We are excited to join hands with Excel Entertainment, one of India’s path-breaking creative studios. They have continuously pushed the boundaries of entertainment and given us stories that have stood the test of time. We are delighted to welcome them to Netflix.” Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar, Producers of Excel Entertainment,said,“Our partnership with Netflix marks a new global chapter for Excel Entertainment after 20 eventful years in storytelling. We’re excited with the opportunity to create a variety of extraordinary stories to entertain people in India and around the world. We are thrilled to begin this next chapter with Netflix.” Source: The news has been published from National Herald with a few edits from the ArdorComm News Network Team.

IT sector to see a boom in recruitments drive

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Many firms see a spike in the attrition rates with a big shift towards digital services. The Indian IT sector is witnessing a multiyear growth phase due to the accelerated adoption of digital technologies for various digital services. During Covid-19. Because of this upsurge, a demand and supply mismatch can be seen in the digital skill with demand far outstripping the available pool of talent. Due to this the attrition rate at Wipro currently has increased to 15.5 percent from 11 percent., whereas in Infosys it is up to 13.9 percent from 7.8 percent and at the L&T Infotech it increased to 15.2 percent from 13.5 percent, on the other hand, TCS has managed to bring the attrition rate marginally to 8.6 percent from 8.9 percent. Sanjay Jalona, CEO & M, LTI said, “The market is extremely hot opportunities, attrition tare of everyone in the industry is high”. Source: thehindubusinessline.com

The government refuses to accept 14 Collegium picks for HC Judges

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The union government has refused to accept the 14 names for appointment in the high court as judges, asking the Supreme Court collegium to review its recommendations. These numbers included the oldest recommendations made by the collegium back in July 2019.  As per the people who are in contact with the development, the government took more than a year to decide on returning 10 of these 14 names whereas two of them have been sent back for the second time even after the collegium reiterated them. The names which were returned for reconsideration this month included five names for appointment in the Calcutta High court, which was pending with the government since July 2019, despite the final recommendation from the SC collegium. In the same way, one name for Jammu and Kashmir has been pending for 21 months while the other one was not accepted by the governmentfor the same court and was forwardedin March this year after additional inputs. Source: hindustantime.com

India bags two more silver and a bronze to its account in the 2021 Paralympics

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It has been an occasion of double celebration for India as two medals come home. Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar have won silver and bronze medals, in the high jump event at the ongoing Paralympics. Mariyaapan Thangavala bagged silver after making a mark of 1.86m, in the high jump, with that it is the second Paralympic medal for him after bagging a gold in Rio Olympic 2016. On the other hand, Sharad Kumar bagged a bronze in the high jump with a mark of 1.83m. Gold was clinched by Sam Grewe of the United States of America, after creating a benchmark of 1.88m in his third attempt. Nevertheless, another India and Rio bronze medal winner Varun Singh Bhati finished with the seventh position, with a mark of 1.77 m in the high jump. Source: hindustantimes.com

After amid fluid Afghan situation parties back government

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Unison of the whole parties backing the government was seen in the parliament, for government’s efforts to evacuate the Indians who are stranded in Afghanistan, and also for ensuring the safety of those who are waiting to get back to their homeland soon. This was witnessed at a meeting convened to brief them on the ongoing issue of the Indians stranded in Afghanistan. As the situation seems fluidafter the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan and yet the roles of Afghan leaders and groups aren’t clear. India has opted for the “wait and watch’ position until the new dispensation of leadership takes place in Afghanistan. The foreign minister S Jaishankar stated the meeting of floor leaders of all political parties with an opening remark in the parliament on the Afghan situation. He stated that ap[propriate steps are being taken to bring back Indians as well as those interested in coming to India, and the road ahead. Following which foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla gave a detailed presentation on the matter. Source: theeconomictimes.com

IIT’s Delhi Cognitive hub to gets a sanction of 100 crores from DST

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For the establishment of a cognitive computing hub, in the Indraprastha Institute of Technology Delhi (IIIT), the Department of Science and Technology has released a fund of 100 Crore, for five years. With that the institute has also set up an iHubAnubhuti, which is a technology Innovation hub (TiH), it has been set up under the national mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber System Physical Systems supported by the DST. The company has been created under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the central government. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST, said, “ iHUBAnubhutiat IIIT Delhi is focused to build a strong tripartite collaboration between industries, academia, and the government agencies, and with this, it will become both a custodian as well as an aggregator of the roadmaps in the areas of cognitive computing and social sensing”. TiH is been set up with aim of setting collaboration between academic institutions, industries, and government agencies, with the motive of creating data-driven cognitive computing solutions. Source: theInndianExpress.com

The HIV Vaccine of Johnson and Johnson fails at the mid-stage study in Africa

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Johnson and Johnson made it clear in its statement that their experimental vaccines have failed to provide apt protection against HIV in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, to the young one who are most likely at a high risk of being infected. As vaccines show a mid-stage failure it does highlight the challenges of vaccines development. That too for a disease like the Human immunodeficiency virus, which certainly has no approved vaccine so far. In the statement by Paul Stoffels, J&J Chief, he said, “HIV is a unique and complex virus that has long posed unprecedented challenges for the vaccine development because of its ability to hijack, attack and evade the human immune system”. The study in which the vaccines were tested included 2600 women participants, from across five Southern African countries, where women and girls are accounted for more than 60% of all new HIV infections last year.  After this, the study is not to be continued, based on the data received, as per Johnson and Johnson. Also, the participants of the study will be informed about the received results and will be told whether they received a placebo or vaccine. Source: healthworld.com

DU Admission Update 2021: Registrations for UG Programs to End Today

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New Delhi: The admissions for Delhi University for undergraduate programs will close on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. This news is of importance to students who have completed their 12th class exams and are trying to enrol for undergraduate courses. Students who have not yet submitted their applications for the University of Delhi can register through DU’s admission portal— ugadmission.uod.ac.in. The registrations for other colleges like St. Stephen’s and Jesus and Mary College will also end today. These colleges conduct their admission process for admitting students, while students will have to register on the DU portal before filling out any other forms to get admitted into the university. There is no offline admission process for DU. The entire process for undergraduate admissions for session 2021-22 will only be administered through the DU’s admission portal. The candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria will be considered further for admission. Candidates who will be selected will be required to visit the campus for document verification when required. They will be notified by the university prior to the document verification process. Fees for online registration Registration fee for Merit-based programs for UR/OBC/EWS – Rs 250 Registration fee for SC/ST/PwBD – Rs 100 Additional Registration fee for ECA/Sports – Rs 100 Additional Registration fee for each Entrance-based program for UR/OBC/EWS – Rs 750 Additional Registration fee for each Entrance- based program for SC/ST/PwBD – Rs 300 Admission Cancellation fee (as per UGC/DU norms) – Rs 1000 Source: Delhi University and Times of India

Madras HC: Personal Misunderstandings at Work Cannot Be Deemed As Sexual Harassment

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In a recent verdict the Madras High Court has stated that personal misunderstanding arising between a male and a female co-worker at the workplace cannot be deemed as sexual harassment. In a recent case, the Tamil Nadu Women’s Commission directed the Loyola College to pay a compensation of Rs 60 lakh to a woman employee of the college who was terminated in 2014. At the time it was established that the petitioner had been made to suffer at the College, for which she was to be compensated. The woman, Mary Rajasekaran, had filed a petition two years later, seeking permission from the College to take her back as a staff member. When all the records were re-examined, it was found that the first complaint filed by the petitioner, did not really indicate any allegations of sexual harassment leading to her termination. As per law, only unwelcome sexual behaviour in the form of physical contact and advances, or demand for sexual favours, making sexually coloured remarks, showing pornography or any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature tantamount to sexual harassment. It was found that Rajasekaran’s position was merely changed to some other post on consolidate pay, after there was some personal feud between her and her superior, who was a principal and a priest. Nothing in her initial complaint indicated she had been sexually harassed. It was only later, when some criminal investigation began against her son that she raised an allegation of sexual harassment, which seemed like an after-thought. Therefore, the HC ruled that the order directing the college to heavy damages is definitely “liable to be interfered and not maintainable” and against the very statue under which the Commission was constituted. Source: The news has been published by HR Katha with a few edits from the ArdorComm News Network team.

Prayagraj: Electricity Distribution To Be Upgraded In The City

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Prayagraj: Due to the rise in cases of power theft in the city, the government has decided to revamp the power distribution lines. The electricity department has decided to lay the Low-tension (LT) line which is responsible for supplying electricity to every house, underground in the city.  The power department has already performed a survey to find the areas where the cases of power theft are at an all-time high. They will lay the LT line first in the areas will high number of power theft cases. In the revamped scheme by the central government, the installation of aerial bunch conductors will take place to curb the theft of electricity even in villages with less than thousand residents. Superintendent engineer Ashutosh Srivastav is currently the nodal officer responsible for revamping power distribution in the city. According to chief engineer Vinod Kumar (Prayagraj Division) of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, a proposal will be drafted by the state power department and will be sent to the Center through the state government. According to TOI, “All the attempts are being made to minimize the loss of poweer—12% in urban and 15% in rural areas—so that the consumers get uninterrupted power supply. For this, the entire set up, from the substation to wires, transformers etc., would be revamped so that there is a minimum flaw in the power line and the work would be completed within 2025”, said the chief engineer. The power department may also start the installation of smart meters in urban homes of the city. Source: Times of India