Tuesday 4 April 2017
Snapdeal held 5 meetings with staff promising profitability
Snapdeal Co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal reportedly interacted with the employees in at least five townhall meetings in the past weeks where promises of achieving profitability were made. On employees' questions regarding Snapdeal being a takeover target, both the founders denied any takeover talks. In a letter last month, Bahl had asked employees to prepare for an IPO.
Government Tax Collection Grow by 18 %
The Central government's tax collections grew 18% during the financial year 2016-17 to ₹17.10 lakh crore, the Finance Ministry said today. While the direct tax collections grew by 14.2% to ₹8.47 lakh crore, the indirect tax collections stood at ₹8.63 lakh crore. In his Budget for 2017-18, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had revised the tax target to ₹16.97 lakh crore.
Jodhabai not a Rajput princess,She was actually Portuguese
Goa-based author Luis de Assis Correia in his book "Portuguese India and Mughal Relations 1510-1735" has claimed that Jodhabai was in fact a Portuguese woman, Dona Maria Mascarenhas.
Princess Jodhabai, often referred to as one of Emperor Akbar’s wives and the mother of his son Jahangir, whose life was portrayed onscreen by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Bollywood film Jodha-Akbar, could have been a fictitious character, necessitated by convenient historical narratives during the Mughal era, a new book has claimed.
Goa-based author Luis de Assis Correia in his book ‘Portuguese India and Mughal Relations 1510-1735’ has claimed that Jodhabai was in fact a Portuguese woman, Dona Maria Mascarenhas, who while travelling in a Portuguese armada along the Arabian sea, could have been captured along with her sister Juliana and subsequently offered to a young Emperor Akbar as a gift by Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat in the mid-1500s.
“When Dona Maria Mascarenhas arrived at Akbar’s Court, he fell in love with her. He was 18 years old and he was already married. She was 17 and he said, ‘This young lady is for me’ and her sister Juliana, both of them were lodged in Akbar’s harem,” Correia said on the sidelines of the book release function in Panaji.
“The Portuguese and the Catholics were loath to accept that one of their own was living in a Moghul court, in a harem. On the other hand, the Moghuls could not accept that a firangi, a Christian, who fought the Moghuls right from the Crusades, was the Emperor’s wife. This is why the myth of Jodhabai was created by British and Moghul chroniclers of that era,” Correia said, adding that writings of Akbar, as well as Jahangir do not acknowledge the existence of Jodhabai.
The 173-page book, published by Broadway Publishing House, suggests that Maria Mascarenhas could have been the mother of Jahangir and was often referred to as Maryum-ul-Zamani and at times, as Jodhabai or Harkabai in popular lore.
Maryum-ul-Zamani, Correia says, has not been mentioned anywhere in Moghul records as Jahangir’s mother.
“It is indeed a mystery why Mughal chroniclers: (Abd al-Qadir) Badauni and Abu’l Fazal do not mention Jahangir’s mother by her name. Had Jahangir been born to a daughter of a great Rajput kingdom, surely he would want to boast the fact considering that the Mughals were eager to forge a strategic alliance with the Rajputs,” Correia argues in his book.
The 81-year-old writer, also quotes historian and Aligarh Muslim University professor Shireen Moosvi as saying “there is no mention of Jodhabai in Akbarnama or in any Mughal document of the period. Akbar did marry a princess of the Kachhava clan, the daughter of Bha Mal, but her name was not Jodhabai”.
Correia also says that Emperor Jahangir’s patronisation of Christianity and Jesuit missionaries were more leads which suggested that his lineage stemmed not from a Rajput queen, but a Portuguese woman.
“It is indeed a mystery why the very candid memoir of Jahangir does not mention his mother by name. Was she not a Muslim or Hindu of noble name? Was she not a Muslim or Hindu of noble birth or status? Is it, therefore, that Jahangir glossed over her name as Maryum-ul-Zaani or was it because her mother was a firangi lady…” the writer says.
ipl 2017 : Shreyas Iyer to miss a couple of weeks due to chicken pox
The injury list seems to be only increasing in the run up to the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League. Delhi Daredevils are the most recent side to be dealt a blow as Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out due to chicken pox. It has been learnt that he won’t be taking part in the first few matches due to the illness.
Iyer had a stellar season in domestic cricket and even went on to score a double ton for India A in a practice match against Australia. He was also called up to the Indian team for the Dharamsala Test as backup for injured skipper Virat Kohli, although he didn’t play for the team.
Pakistan violates ceasefire
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and shelled forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, the third such violation in 24 hours.
“Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatic and mortar shells from 1100 hours today on Indian Army posts along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector of Rajouri district,” a defence spokesman said.
Army troops deployed on forward posts retaliated strongly and effectively, the spokesman said, adding the exchange of firing continued till last reports came in.
Tuesday’s ceasefire violation is the third such incident in less than 24 hours along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.
On Monday, Pakistani troops had resorted to firing and shelling of mortar bombs on forward posts in Balakote sector of Rajouri district from 11 am and it continued for some hours.
The Pakistani army had also initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatic and mortar shells from 9.30 am on Monday on Indian Army posts along the LoC in Digwar area in Poonch sector.
Heavy mortar shelling in Digwar area created fear psychosis among the residents.
In the same area, a Junior Commissioned Officer, Naib Subedar S Sanayaima Som, was killed in an improvised explosive device blast on April 1.
There had been four ceasefire violations along the LoC in Poonch in March.
On March 19, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by resorting to shelling and firing along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali area of Poonch district.
On March 13, Pakistani troops resorted to mortar shelling and firing by automatic weapons along the Line of Control in Poonch sector.
On March 12, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire by resorting to firing and mortar shelling in Krishnagati and Chakan Da Bagh sectors along the LoC in Poonch district.
Pakistani shelling caused damage to the LoC Trade Facilitation centre and LOC travel and trade was suspended for a few days.
On March 9, army jawan Deepak Jagannath Ghadge was killed when Pakistani soldiers initiated indiscriminate and unprovoked firing along the LoC in Poonch.
In 2016, 228 instances of ceasefire violations along the LoC were reported while there were 221 instances of ceasefire violations along the International Border.
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