The Odisha government directs the district and police authorities in the state to ensure strict implementation of guidelines

Current Affairs : Consent of nearby police headquarters will be required for marriage and burial service in Odisha according to the new rule of the state government.

The Odisha government has coordinated the area and police experts in the state to guarantee severe execution of rules for marriage and memorial service related capacities.

A limit of 50 individuals will be took into account marriage and 20 for burial service.

“Marriage and its related capacities will be held uniquely with earlier consent (recorded as a hard copy or through electronic correspondence) of the neighborhood police headquarters. Neighborhood police headquarters will be approved to give authorization for holding marriage and its related capacities subject to support of most extreme 50 people,” read the rule.

“Memorial service and its related capacities will be held distinctly with earlier consent (recorded as a hard copy or through electronic correspondence) of the nearby police station,”it said.

If there should arise an occurrence of marriage works, the host and proprietor/chief of the marriage scene/premises will be considered answerable for guaranteeing the rule and will be obligated for lawful activity for any infringement.

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Dubey’s two aides are killed in separate encounters in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday

Current Affairs : Vikas Dubey, the primary charged in the Kanpur experience case, was captured in Ujjain on Thursday. The capture comes days after a between state activity was propelled following a strike in which eight police officers were killed when they arrived at Dubey’s home to capture him.

Vikas Dubey was conveying an abundance of Rs 500,000 on his head.

In the mean time, Dubey’s two assistants were killed in isolated experiences in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, police said. While Kartikeya false name Prabhat was gunned down in Kanpur when he attempted to escape from police care, another helper of Vikas Dubey, Praveen moniker Bauwa Dubey, was murdered in an experience in Etawah, they included.

Kartikeya, who was captured from Faridabad on Wednesday, was being brought to Kanpur on travel remand when he grabbed the gun of a police officer and attempted to escape, ADG, Law and Order Prashant Kumar said.

“The experience occurred in the Panki zone of Kanpur when a police group was bringing Kartikeya pseudonym Prabhat to Kanpur from Faridabad on travel remand.

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At the IndiaUS Foreign Office Consultations held on July 7, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla conveyed India’s concerns on the matter to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hal

Current Affairs : New visa rules requiring global understudies in the US with a F-1 visa to take in any event one in-person course or face the possibility of expelling is probably going to “cause vulnerabilities and troubles” for certain understudies, the Indian Embassy in Washington has said.

“These new alterations when a significant number of the US colleges and schools are yet to declare their arrangements for the new scholarly year are probably going to cause vulnerabilities and troubles for some Indian understudies wishing to seek after their investigations in the US,” said a representative of the Indian Embassy.

Reacting to media inquiries, the representative said the Indian government has taken up the issue with concerned US authorities.

At the India US Foreign Office Consultations hung on July 7, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla passed on India’s interests on the issue to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.

As per an ongoing report of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), there were 1,94,556 Indian understudies tried out different scholarly foundations of the US in January this year. Of these 1,26,132 were guys and 68,405 were females.

Noticing that organization in advanced education is a key segment of the resilient individuals to-individuals ties among India and the US, the representative said over the most recent two decades Indian understudies in American colleges and schools have been the harbingers of a solid association among innovation and development parts between the two nations.

The representative trusted that the US specialists would give sufficient adaptability in their visa rule, remembering the remarkable conditions made by the COVID-19 pandemic for the Indian understudies network.

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After Facebook, Instagram has begun testing the new Shops feature with select users globally to help set up a single online store for customers

Current Affairs : After Facebook, Instagram has started testing the new Shops highlight with select clients comprehensively to help set up a solitary online store for clients.

Tapping on the ‘Shops’ tab at the base bar in Instagram will take clients to existing shopping involvement with the application, with a posting of posts that have Shopping Tags included by means of affirmed dealers, reports TechCrunch

The Shops tab would supplant the current ‘Movement’ tab for those in the test.

Clients would have the option to get to ‘Movement’ through an extra symbol in upper right.

Facebook in May reported to turn out Shops on its foundation.

“Making a Facebook Shop is free and basic. Organizations can pick the items they need to highlight from their list and afterward alter the look and feel of their shop with a spread picture and complement hues that exhibit their image,” Facebook said in an announcement.

Any vender, regardless of their size or spending plan, can carry their business on the web and interface with clients any place and at whatever point it’s advantageous for them.

The organization said that in Facebook Shops, clients will have the option to message a business through WhatsApp, Messenger or Instagram Direct to pose inquiries, get support, track conveyances and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Later on, they will have the option to see a business’ shop and make buys directly inside a talk in WhatsApp, Messenger or Instagram Direct.

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Reels offers a new way to create and share short videos on Instagram, says Facebook.

Current Affairs : Facebook-claimed Instagram said on Wednesday it would start testing in India its Reels include as it looks to supplant TikTok, the uncontrollably mainstream short video administration the legislature restricted over seven days prior alongside 58 other Chinese applications.

Reels, which comes to India subsequent to being tried in Brazil, Germany and France, offers another approach to make and offer short recordings on Instagram. Clients can record and alter 15-second multi-cut recordings with sound, impacts and new imaginative apparatuses on Reels. They can impart the recordings to their adherents on their Instagram Feed and on the off chance that they have an open record, make their ‘reels’ accessible to the more extensive Instagram people group through the stage’s Explore include.

Reels will begin turning out to clients in India from 7:30 pm on Wednesday and will have content from a different arrangement of open figures and makers, for example, Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal, Komal Pandey, Arjun Kanungo, Jahnavi Dasetty otherwise known as Mahathalli, Indrani Biswas otherwise known as Wondermunna, Kusha Kapila, Radhika Bangia, RJ Abhinav and Ankush Bhaguna

“With the ascent in video utilization by and large and recordings making up over 33% of posts on Instagram in India, Instagram has a major task to carry out in releasing articulation in the nation. Individuals over the of all shapes and sizes urban communities of India come to Instagram to communicate securely, and furthermore to be engaged,” said Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India.

“With Reels, we’re disclosing the eventual fate of diversion on the stage, in a way that lights inventiveness. With the different innovative organizations, however you need to communicate, it would now be able to be on Instagram,” said Mohan.

Reels expands on a music library accessible on Instagram, because of the stage’s organization with noticeable music marks, for example, T-Series, Zee Music and Yash Raj Films.

“Instagram has consistently been where culture is made, in light of the fact that individuals come to share the things they care about and be engaged. We’re eager to extend the trial of Reels to India and give the up and coming age of makers brought up in India an opportunity to share their local and social setting – and be likely worldwide stars,” said Vishal Shah, Vice President of Product, Facebook.

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As movie halls are also closed due to lockdown, several production houses have released their movie directly on OTT, bypassing theatrical releases

Current Affairs : The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has proposed bringing under its domain the substance being gushed on the few over-the-top (OTT) stages, said a top service official said on Tuesday. At present, OTT stages that are carefully spilled falls under the area of the Ministry of Information and Technology (IT). “OTT being a computerized stage will fall under the domain of its Ministry however now we are proposing a choice that the substance should fall inside the domain of I&B service,” said Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare.

He said “there is a requirement for combination of different services (in such manner), especially in the manners in which changes are occurring, (it) is incredibly essential”. Khare lamented that administrative systems in India have been created according to the stages and the nation has no guidelines starting at now for the rising media like OTT players.

Out of “five unique media – print, radio, TV, movies and OTT – four of them have specific sorts of administrative practices and one is unregulated”, he said including that right now a film discharged on OTT isn’t secured under the Central Board of Film Certification as it not displayed as a film there. As of late during the lockdown, a few OTT stages, for example, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, ATLBalaji have seen a gigantic hop in their membership.

As film corridors are additionally shut because of lockdown, a few creation houses have discharged their film legitimately on OTT, bypassing dramatic discharges. While discussing the union, he said telecom and media and amusement ought to be on equivalent balance as far as balanced gross income (AGR).

“What happens to AGR in telecom must be relevant in the M&E segment. We can’t have two unique paces of AGR for the telecom division and M&E area for DTH suppliers. So there is a requirement for assembly,” the secretary said. He additionally worried on the need to have a level-playing field, however immediately included this doesn’t imply that all would be brought under a “substantial administrative structure”. The focal point of the administration over the most recent couple of years has been on “less guideline however increasingly successful guideline”.

Khare, who additionally holds HRD secretary portfolio, said now the job of online stages in the training part has extended after the pandemic. He said there is additionally a need to connect HR improvement with media and amusement as post-pandemic there are a few recordings on web based learning.

“In this division, we can without much of a stretch change India’s training,” Khare said.

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Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis has written to CM Uddhav Thackeray and requested him to send Centre the state’s proposals for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Current Affairs : Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis has composed a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray mentioning him to send Center the recommendations of the state for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for Maharashtra’s provincial street ventures.

In the letter, Fadnavis additionally reminded Thackeray that Maharashtra has endorsement of 6,550 kms of rustic streets under this venture.

“However, in spite of an update in January, Maharashtra has not sent its proposition to the Government of India while there are around 17,0000 kilometers activities of different states are as of now endorsed,” he expressed.

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According to the survey report, though the market is sitting on sufficient un-invested capital, or ‘dry powder,’ good investment opportunities are seen as difficult to find in the current environment

Current Affairs : As much as 90 percent of private value and funding financial specialists imagine a decrease in gathering pledges exercises throughout the following 6 to a year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Crisil Research overview appeared on Tuesday.

As indicated by the study report, however the market is perched on adequate un-contributed capital, or ‘dry powder,’ wise speculation openings are viewed as hard to track down in the current condition.

“Around 58 percent reviewed expect venture an incentive to decay over the coming a year,” the report said.

“About portion of them see a moderate recuperation from that point, while a fifth anticipate a solid recuperation.”

According to the overview, 66% of speculators see mergers and acquisitions (M&As) ascending throughout the following 6 a year, reaching out up to the following 1-2 years, and more than three-fourths see an ascent in M&A action in the 1-2 years, contrasted and 2019.

“With leave choices restricted in view of feeble capital market and low enthusiasm for auxiliary exchanges from different assets, financial specialists would take a gander at M&As as a vital course to look at,” said Rahul Prithiani, Director, Crisil Research.

“M&A exchanges with more grounded players would be the more probable alternative subject to request shapes and development openings, degree of cooperative energy, and accessibility of capital for procurement.”

Resultantly, speculation choices are relied upon to be postponed given the due-industriousness criticality and remembering new boundaries for assessment for the post-pandemic world.

“Speculators hope to concentrate on sections negligibly affected by the pandemic or those with promising chances, for example, innovation, web based business and human services,” the report said.

“Over a more drawn out term, these fragments would see positive auxiliary changes, which will drive more grounded development because of changing buyer conduct.”

As needs be, web based business, innovation, data innovation and IT-empowered administrations, money related administrations, and of late, foundation and land have commanded the private venture advertise.

“Medicinal services is a key part that will gather considerably more intrigue and consideration post pandemic,” the report said.

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No new schemes or projects will be taken up by most government departments as austerity measure for coronavirus-hit economy.

Current Affairs : Odisha on Tuesday gave the use defense measures for all administration offices in the wake of the monetary downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“We are experiencing an emergency of uncommon nature because of the worldwide pandemic COVID-19. It has presented difficulties in each circle of our life. The State Government has been battling the pandemic energetically to limit the loss. The vital burden of shutdowns/lockdowns at different spots could guarantee the base spread of the infection” said State Finance Secretary Ashok Meena in a letter to all divisions.

“Be that as it may, across the country lockdown/shutdown has intruded on the monetary exercises which brought about a deficiency in the acknowledgment of assets. Then again, COVID the board would require higher consumption. There would likewise be higher spending requirement for creating work and jobs for the most influenced segments of the general public,” he said.

“In this way, all Administrative Departments are required to organize their use needs so as to restrict the use inside the assets accessible with need to make financial space for COVID-19 related use,” read the letter.

As per the measures, no new State Schemes/Projects will be taken up by Administrative Departments aside from Health and Family Welfare Department.

Be that as it may, if any new plan is basically required for emanant open help, the equivalent can be taken up simply after simultaneousness of the Finance Department.

As Expenditure Rationalization gauges, the state government chose to top use on proceeding with State Schemes for the current monetary year 2020-21 aside from plans identifying with Livelihoods in Agriculture and united division and consumption for fighting COVID-19.

“There will be a finished restriction on making of new posts with the exception of Health and Family Welfare Department. In the event that, there is a flat out need for the production of posts for modernization of organization or powerful execution of advancement and government assistance programs, the equivalent will be viewed as just against the abrogation of identical posts with the simultaneousness of Finance Department,” read an official discharge.

As a piece of the justification of consumption on movement and vehicle, there will be a finished restriction on the acquisition of new vehicles for the following two years.

Travel/official visits must be evaded when all is said in done, there will be a finished restriction on movement outside the nation and air travel in business class utilizing government reserves.

Air excursion ought to be maintained a strategic distance from and gatherings through Video Conferencing might be liked. In exigencies, endorsement of power one level higher than the current assignment would be required for the excursion via air.

As justification of foundation consumption, there will be a finished prohibition on acquisition of new hardware with the exception of clinical gear and gear required for interior security.

Be that as it may, gear required for advancing computerized correspondence can be secured with the simultaneousness of the Finance Department.

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A special director in the Enforcement Directorate will head the team

Current Affairs : A between pastoral group has been set up by the legislature to facilitate test into the supposed infringement of different laws like illegal tax avoidance and remote commitments by three Nehru-Gandhi family connected trusts, including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF).

A Home Ministry representative said an uncommon chief in the Enforcement Directorate will head the group.

“MHA sets up between clerical board to arrange examinations concerning infringement of different legitimate arrangements of PMLA, Income Tax Act, FCRA and so forth by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. Spl. Dir of ED will head the board of trustees,” a home service representative tweeted.

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