Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India produces milk worth 8.5 lakh crore annually,A shortage of fuel in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ignited massive protests across the country, The Supreme Court has directed banks to waive penalties against Amrapali homebuyers with outstanding loans and standardise their accounts and other top news in today's bulletin.
Good evening! Here are the top stories in your evening news bulletin. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India produces milk worth ₹8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, with small farmers being the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector. “Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk. When the livelihood of crores of farmers depend on milk, India produces milk worth ₹8.5 lakh crore annually, something that many people, including big economists, do not pay attention to,” the prime minister said while addressing an event in his home state of Gujarat.
A shortage of fuel in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ignited massive protests across the country Tuesday as tens of thousands of angry motorists burned tyres and blocked a major road leading into capital Colombo, news agency AFP reported citing police and local officials. Protests have engulfed the island nation over the past weeks after the government ran out of dollars to finance vital imports like food, medicine and fuel. The latest demonstrations include a 115 km highway connecting Kandy to Colombo being cut off at multiple points as pumps run out of fuel.A Delhi court has denied bail to the jeweller, who allegedly bought jewellery stolen from Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor’s house. Chief metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma on Monday cited police’s objection to the bail as some expensive jewellery was yet to be recovered from the accused, Dev Varma, 40, a resident of Kalkaji, while denying the relief. The Supreme Court has directed banks to waive penalties against Amrapali homebuyers with outstanding loans and standardise their accounts. A bench of justices UU Lalit and Bela M Tripathi passed the order on Monday while hearing an application by the homebuyers for relief and to ensure money is made available for the completion of housing projects. In July 2019, the court cancelled the registration of Amrapali Group following a large-scale diversion of homebuyers’ money by the company’s erstwhile directors. The juggernaut that is KGF: Chapter 2 refuses to slow down, let alone stop. After a strong extended weekend, the Kannada film passed the first Monday test too, holding with a moderate 45% drop and earning ₹73 crore on the day. The Yash-starrer has performed well in India as well as overseas, taking its overall worldwide gross to a whopping ₹625 crore. This means the film has already entered the list of the top-10 highest-grossing Indian films. After SS Rajamouli’s RRR, it is the second film this year to breach the list. It was perhaps fitting that on a day Brendon McCullum set the ball rolling in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a breathtaking ton opening the innings 14 years ago, another overseas opener lit up the Brabourne Stadium on Monday evening with an audacious century. Jos Buttler’s 61-ball 103 (9×4, 5×6), his second century of the season, powered Rajasthan Royals (RR) to 217/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), a total most bowlers would be happy to defend. Except on a flat pitch with a short boundary on one side, RR had their task cut out. Yuzvendra Chahal’s 5/40, capped off with a hat-trick, though ensured the Royals pulled off a seven-run win in the end with KKR 210 all out with two balls left.
