Vice Presidential election 2025: Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan will be the NDA candidate for the post of Vice President. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Napy Nadda announced this on Sunday (August 17). At a press conference after the parliamentary party meeting, JP Nadda said, “Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan will be the Vice Presidential candidate for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).”
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata party on Sunday announced Maharashtra governor CP Radhakrishnan as National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the upcoming Vice-President election, scheduled for September 9.Radhakrishnan’ s name was finalised in BJP’s Parliamentary Board meeting at the party headquarters.“We want next vice president to be elected unanimously, we have reached out to opposition leaders,” Nadda said as he announced Radhakrishnan name.“CP Radhakrishnan considered a statesman, commands respect in all sections of society in Tamil Nadu,” he added.NDA had authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party BJP president JP Nadda to finalise the alliance candidate.This comes after the abrupt resignation of former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 21. Dhankhar quit during the ongoing Monsoon session of the Parliament, citing health reasons.However, the opposition claimed it was because of differences with the government.The NDA, with its majority in the electoral college comprising Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, is poised for an easy victory if the election is contested. The opposition INDIA bloc may field a candidate, with discussions slated for August 18.Meanwhile, all NDA chief ministers and deputy chief ministers have been summoned to Delhi on August 21 for the nomination filing.
Essex Marine IPO Listing: The shares of seafood processing and exporter Essex Marine today entered a huge discount on the SME platform of BSE. Its IPO did not get special response from investors and could not even fulfill the reserved part for every category. On the basis of retail investors, this issue was subscribed to more than 2 times. Shares have been issued at a price of ₹ 54.00 under IPO. Today, it has entered ₹ 43.20 on BSE SME, that is, IPO investors did not get any listing gains but the capital has reduced by 20%. After the listing, IPO investors and shock came when shares were further broken. It broke down on the lower circuit of ₹ 41.04 (Essex Marine Share Price) and it was closed on it i.e. at the end of the first business day, IPO investors are in 24% deficit.
How to spend Essex Marine IPO money
Essex Marine’s ₹ 23.01 crore IPO was opened till 4-6 August for subscription. This IPO had received mixed response from investors and could not even have the entire part reserved for non-institutional investors. Overall, this issue was 2.91 times subscribed. It had a share of non-institutional investors (NII) 0.87 times and the share of retail investors was 4.95 times. Under this IPO, 42.62 lakh new shares with face value of ₹ 10 have been issued. Out of these shares, ₹ 2.48 crore will increase the peeling capacity in the existing processing unit, setup ₹ 78 lakh ready-to-kuk section, ₹ 6.00 crore working capital needs, pay ₹ 7.15 loans and the rest of the money will be spent on common corporate objectives.
About essex marine
Essex Marines, built in 2009, processes Seafood and also exports them. It sends countries like China, Belgium and Japan, ribon fish, eel fish, marine fish etc. Its processing facility is in Midnapore, West Bengal. Talking about the financial health of the company, it made a net profit of ₹ 2.03 crore in FY 2023, but in the very next financial year 2024, the profit fell to ₹ 1.82 crore. However, in the very next financial year 2025, the situation rapidly improved and the company’s net profit jumped from the speed of the rocket to ₹ 4.67 crore.
During this time the company’s total income fluctuated. It received a revenue of ₹ 23.59 crore in FY 2023, ₹ 21.11 crore in FY 2024 and ₹ 39.93 crore in FY 2025. During this time, the company was also lifted in debt, which rose ₹ 19.34 crore in the end of FY 2023 and ₹ 16.08 crore in the last of FY 2024 to ₹ 23.90 crore in the last of FY 2025.
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Maharashtra Political Crisis: Maharashtra Forest Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ganesh Naik, in 2022, pointed out the Shiv Sena chief becoming the Chief Minister, saying that the ‘lottery’ of Deputy CM Eknath Shinde was imposed in Varmatan. He said that people have seen how a person achieved the position and retained. He was probably pointing to the appointment to the post of Chief Minister in 2022. He said that not everyone wins the lottery. But the common people see how someone wins the lottery and remains in office.
According to the news agency PTI, Ganesh Naik said at the Bhumi Pujan ceremony on Friday (August 17), “Eknath Shinde (the current Deputy Chief Minister) had a lottery. Winning the lottery is not in everyone’s luck. But Shinde won. The common people have seen how someone has achieved a position and retained.”
Naik further said that when he was the patron minister of Thane district, the late Vishnu Savara, late BJP MPs Chintaman Wanga and Eknath Shinde were members of DPDC (District Planning and Development Council). Shiv Sena MLA from Palghar and Boisar constituencies and BJP MP from Palghar, Hemant Savara also attended the event.
Naik has not targeted Shinde for the first time. Earlier in July too, Naik had alleged that outsiders were exploiting the resources of Navi Mumbai without naming the patron minister of Thane district. The Shiv Sena had retaliated at Naik, saying that they are trying to divert attention from the long -standing party’s grip on the cases of the city.
Eknath Shinde became the Chief Minister by demolishing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022. In the 2024 assembly elections, BJP won the most seat, after which Shinde had to assume the post of Deputy Chief Minister and Devendra Fadnavis again became the Chief Minister.
Earlier, on the occasion of Janmashtami, a big accident was averted during the Dahi Handi program in Ghansauli, Thane on Saturday night. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde narrowly survived. Shinde was coming down from the stage when he completed his program. Then a large number of Shiv Sena workers climbed on him. Due to this, the stage broke down and there was chaos. The deputy CM is completely safe.
NBA legend Dennis Rodman has taken a surprising dig at young NFL star Travis Hunter. On August 16, 2025, during a live Twitch stream with popular streamer N3on, Rodman was asked to share advice for a 21-year-old. Instead of giving a normal answer, Dennis Rodman said, “Just don’t be Travis Hunter,” pointing at Hunter’s marriage with his wife, Leanna Lenee, which has already been under heavy public debate.
Rodman has always been known for speaking without filters. This time, his target was Travis Hunter. During the Twitch stream, N3on asked, “A 21-year-old young man, what advice could you give me to evolve as a human being?” Rodman fired back, “Just don’t be Travis Hunter.”The room fell silent. N3on looked surprised. Viewers did not expect Rodman to single out the young NFL star. His words quickly spread on social media.
The shot from Rodman adds to the pressure Travis Hunter already faces. Earlier this year, fans online accused Leanna Lenee of taking advantage of Hunter. Many thought the relationship was not right for him.Also Read: “Largely Because Of Taylor Swift”: Clark Hunt Recalls Rare Moment Travis Kelce’s Girlfriend Refused VIP TreatmentBut Travis Hunter did not back down. He openly defended his wife. In a past interview, he said, “I just let people talk. I’m a big troller, so I just troll the internet. I don’t care what they think about us. If they talk about her, I post her more to make them mad. They try to break us, but they can’t. I love my woman.”Despite the backlash, Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee got married. The wedding took place in Tennessee only weeks after Hunter was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was a big event. The couple celebrated without caring about the noise around them.
BLT Logistics IPO Listing: Shares of BLT Logistics, which provide goods and warehouse services from the container truck, got into the SME platform of BSE today. Its IPO also received strong response from investors and overall it received more than 560 times bid. Shares have been issued at a price of ₹ 75 under IPO. Today it has entered ₹ 90.95 on BSE SME i.e. IPO investors got a listing gain of 21.27%. Share and climb up after listing. It jumped up to the upper circuit of ₹ 95.49 (Blt Logistics Share Price) and also closed on it i.e. at the end of the first business day, IPO investors are 27.32% profit. IPO investors are in ₹ 32,784 on each lot. The lot size for its IPO was of 1600 shares.
Blt Logistics IPO money will be spent
The ₹ 9.72 crore IPO of BLT logistics was opened till 4-6 August for subscription. This IPO received tremendous response from investors and overall it was subscribed to 560.69 times. It had a share reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIB) 81.80 times, non-institutional investors (NII) share 1,017.63 times and retail investors were 637.20 times. Under this IPO, 12.96 lakh new shares with face value of ₹ 10 have been issued. Out of these shares, ₹ 3.88 crore trucks and analysis equipment purchases, ₹ 2.80 crore working capital needs and rest of the money will be spent on common corporate objectives.
About Blt Logistics
BLT logistics made in the year 2011 provides goods and warehouse services from container trucks to several industries and businesses. The company does this work through its fleet Sabarmati Express India Private Limited and Third Party Operators. According to data up to March 2024, its fleet has 90 vehicles of 3.5 tons to 18 tonnes and 15 vehicles of 9 tonnes. Talking about the financial health of the company, in the last financial year 2025, the company’s net profit jumped 22.68% on an annual basis to ₹ 3.84 crore and total income 21.36% to reach ₹ 49.43 crore. However, during this period, the loan on the company also rose 13.56% to ₹ 13.65 crore.
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NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan leg-spinner Kaneria has stirred fresh controversy by backing Irfan Pathan’s explosive revelations about his long-standing rivalry with Shahid Afridicalling out the former Pakistan captain for resorting to personal attacks.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Pathan, who enjoyed considerable success against Pakistan — with 67 wickets and 807 runs in Indo-Pak clashes — dismissed Afridi 11 times across formats, including a golden duck in the 2007 T20 World Cup final. Speaking to Lallantop, the former India all-rounder recalled how the rivalry turned bitter after Afridi mocked his identity in an interview.
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“Afridi had said, ‘I am the real Pathan, he is a fake Pathan’. Badtameez Aadmi Hai. Mujhe laga ki aap sirf mere baare mein nahi bol rahe ho, mere walid ke baare mein bhi baat kar rahe, “Pathan Reveled. I have shown heim 11 times who the real pathan is – in big moms, in series decides, and in the world cup final. “Kaneria, Afridi’s former teammate, echoed Pathan’s claims in a scathing social media post. “Irfan @IrfanPathan bhai, you’re absolutely right. He always resorts to personal attacks — be it on someone’s family or their religion. Class and decency clearly aren’t his strengths,” Kaneria wrote while sharing the interview clip.Pathan also recalled off-field flashpoints, including a fiery mid-air spat during India’s 2006 tour of Pakistan. “Afridi came and placed his hand on my head, messing up my hair. He asked me, ‘How are you kid?’ I said, ‘Since when have you become my father?’… Later, I told him, ‘He has eaten dog meat, he has been barking for a long time.’ After that, he couldn’t reply.”For Pathan, Afridi’s taunts only served as fuel. “On the field, my performances were the perfect answer. I showed him who the real Pathan is.”Kaneria’s intervention has reignited an already fiery debate, bringing back to spotlight one of cricket’s most infamous rivalries.
Kishtwar: Search and rescue operation underway at Chisoti village after a flash flood triggered by cloudburst, in Kishtwar. (PTI Photo)
CHASOTI: A two-storey wooden home crumbled in seconds. Boulders roared down the hillside, mud and water swallowed fields at Chasoti village in J&K’s Kishtwar district. “It was as if mountain itself was coming down,” said 26-year-old arts student Piyra Singh, who fled into maize fields as his house collapsed behind him.By the time silence returned, his uncle and cousin were dead, two visiting pilgrims missing, and his family in shock. “My brother kept touching me, asking, ‘are you alive?’” Singh said.Chasoti is now rubble. Flash floods following a cloudburst killed Thursday at least 60 people, injured 160, and left up to 70 unaccounted for. Chief secretary Atul Dullo said 72 missing reports had been filed. MLA Sunil Sharma warned numbers could be higher. Rescue workers pulled out four more bodies Saturday.Everywhere, grief hangs heavy. Pawan Kumar, a bulldozer driver from Rajouri, has been searching since Aug 14 for 14 relatives who came for the Mata Machail pilgrimage. “Many bodies have been pulled out,” he said, breaking down when one stretcher finally carried his mother’s remains.At a community kitchen, Jaffar Hussain of Doda described watching 30 people vanish in a matter of seconds. “When I looked again, there was none,” he said. Such accounts fuel fears that actual missing numbers could cross official estimates.On Saturday morning, CM Omar Abdullah arrived to placate restless families demanding answers. “They have been waiting for two days. They want to know if their family members will come out alive or not,” he said, promising relentless search efforts. He pegged missing figures between 70 and 80. “It will fluctuate a little, but I do not think the number will reach 500 or 1,000 as some are claiming,” he said.Rescue teams of SDRF and NDRF are digging through boulders with excavators while revenue officers note names of missing. Relatives wait at the edge, weeping. Politicians shuttle in and out.Union minister Jitendra Singh visited the injured at GMC Jammu. He said PM Narendra Modi is “personally monitoring” relief. Sixty-seven patients were admitted, 15 discharged Saturday, leaving 52 under treatment. Singh announced an MP help-desk to provide food, medicines, and transport. “This was a natural calamity no one was prepared for,” he said.For survivors like Piyra Singh, life is upended. “Our homes are gone, our employment is gone, my uncle and cousin are dead,” he said. “I thought I will continue studying. But now I am burdened with responsibilities. I don’t know if we will live in this village now.”(inputs from Sanjay Khajuria in Jammu)
Public sector banks: The Finance Ministry has held a meeting of heads of all public sector banks on 20 August. It aims to review his financial performance in the first quarter of 2025–26. This meeting will be chaired by Financial Services Secretary M. Nagaraju.
The condition of profit in the first quarter
Under the leadership of State Bank of India (SBI), 12 PSBs together made a total profit of Rs 44,218 crore in the first quarter, which is 11 percent higher than the previous year. The total profit in the same quarter last year was Rs 39,974 crore. That is, the total increase was Rs 4,244 crore. SBI alone brought 43 percent of this profit, which was Rs 19,160 crore.
How will the rest of the banks earn
What is the purpose of the meeting?
This meeting will help the Finance Ministry to understand what the current performance of public banks is, which banks are strong and which improvements are needed. Based on this, decisions will be taken on future banking strategies and policies.
Earlier in late June, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had asked the public sector banks (PSBS) not to be lagging behind in lending to sectors promoting the economy and for this, take full advantage of a large cut of 50 basis points made by RBI in the repo rate.
During the review of PSB’s financial performance, Sitharaman also asked the heads of banks to maintain the profit speed in FY 2025-26.
While social media can be a global stage for a lot of unexpected nuisances, it also provides a platform for information sharing between professionals and people about topics that need more attention than they are getting at the moment. One such issue is a lack of knowledge about a vitamin supplement that can interfere with blood tests.Yes, in a video going viral on the internet Dr. Amy Shah, an MD & Nutrition Expert, trained at Cornell, Harvard, Einstein and Columbia shared the name of a vitamin that can hamper blood tests. Her video has received about 2K likes and 84 comments, with more and more people appreciating her putting the information out.“I don’t know why we don’t talk about this enough. It’s really a nuisance at best and dangerous at worse. I don’t think most people know this and it’s such a common supplement/ingredient in supplements,” wrote Shah in the caption of the video.“This is such a PSA especially for all of my girlfriends because you know what? Everyone that I know is taking a hair, skin and nail supplement and a lot of them, most of them have high doses of biotin and you have to know that biotin interferes with blood testing for heart attacks like with troponin levels, with thyroid testing, with reproductive hormone testing, with parathyroid testing,” said the doctor in the video.“So, imagine this, you’re having chest pain, you go to the ER and they’re like oh my god, you’re having a heart attack because your troponin levels are elevated. But you failed to tell them that you’ve been taking high dose of biotin and that is the reason why the troponin was high,” she explained further.“So not only are we confused, we get excess blood testing, we might not diagnose it correctly. That’s why I want you to know that if you are taking these things, definitely stop them before you get your blood testing about 72 hours, and if you end up in the hospital for whatever reason, let them know that you’ve been taking biotin.”
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The information shared by the doctor is mentioned in various notable sources. According to a study published in the National Library of Medicinemany common blood tests employ a biotin-streptavidin reaction as a part of the test procedure. While the amount of dietary biotin intake is not expected to affect these tests, biotin supplementation at doses greater than 1 mg per day can cause either falsely low or falsely high test results.This is particularly dangerous for patients in emergency situations who are not aware that they are taking high doses of biotin or when the physician doesn’t know that the patient is doing so.According to the National Institutes of Healtheven a single 10 mg dose of biotin has interfered with thyroid function tests administered within 24 hours of taking the supplement. Additionally, according to the FDA a patient with a high intake of supplemental biotin died following a troponin test that gave a falsely low result because the test was subject to biotin interference.Thus, as Dr Shah advised if you are taking biotin supplements it is better to avoid them before blood tests and inform your physician about them.
NEW DELHI: BJD chief and leader of the opposition in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaikwas admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday due to age-related ailments, reported PTI.The 78-year-old former chief minister had complained of uneasiness on Saturday night, after which doctors visited his residence, Naveen Niwas.“The hospital will soon release a bulletin on Patnaik’s health condition,” a senior BJD leader said.Patnaik had recently undergone spinal surgery for cervical arthritis at a hospital in Mumbai. He had left for Mumbai on June 20, underwent the procedure on June 22, and was discharged on July 7. He returned to Odisha on July 12.
Jyoti Global Plast IPO Listing: The shares of Jyoti Global Plast were faded today on NSE SME. However, its IPO received more than 8 times the overall. Shares have been issued at a price of ₹ 66.00 under IPO. Today, it has entered ₹ 65.90 on NSE SMe, that is, IPO investors did not get any listing gains. However, IPO investors suffered a shock of ₹ 200 on a lot. The lot size under its IPO was of 2000 shares. IPO investors were further shocked when shares were further broken. After breaking it came to the lower circuit of ₹ 62.60 (Jyoti Global Plast Share Price). With a lower recovery at the end of the day it has closed at ₹ 64.90, that is, at the end of the first trading day, IPO investors are now 1.67% loss i.e. a loss of ₹ 2,200 on every lot.
Jyoti Global Plast iPO how to spend money
Jyoti Global Plast’s ₹ 35.44 crore IPO was opened till 4-6 August for subscription. This IPO received good response from investors and overall it was 8.45 times subscribed. It had a share reserved for qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB), 1.86 times, non-institutional investors (NII) share 14.70 times and retail investors were filled 9.54 times. Under this IPO, new shares of ₹ 28.51 crore have been issued. Apart from this, 10.50 lakh shares with face value of ₹ 10 are sold under offers for cell window. The offer for sale money has been received by shareholders selling share. At the same time, ₹ 11.17 crore will be spent at a cost of ₹ 11.17 crore new manufacturing facility, ₹ 9.00 crore solar power plant, ₹ 1.20 crore lightening loans and remaining money on common corporate objectives.
About jyoti global plast
Jyoti Global Plastic Plastic Made in January 2004 provides molding solutions. It supplies plastic packaging containers to industries such as pharma, chemicals, food and beverages, oil, edema and childcare. Apart from this, it also produces automotive parts, toys and drone components. It has two manufacturing units in Mumbai. Talking about the financial health of the company, it has been strongly strengthened.
In FY 2023, it made a net profit of ₹ 2.32 crore, which jumped in the next financial year 2024 to ₹ 3.62 crore and ₹ 6.08 crore in FY 2025. During this period, the company’s total income increased to ₹ 93.80 crore from a compound rate (CAGR) of more than 2% annually. During this period, the company has less debt, which came to ₹ 23.84 crore in the last of FY 2023 and ₹ 28.95 crore in the last of FY 2024 to ₹ 25.31 crore in the last of FY 2025.
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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were spotted taking a walk through London’s streets, enjoying their time together. The celebrity couple engaged with local residents during their walk, showcasing their approachable demeanour despite their international stardom.The pair appeared comfortable in casual attire as they explored the city. This break allows Kohli to spend time with family before he begins preparation for the upcoming Australia series in October, which is considered a significant fixture in India’s cricket schedule.Fans have widely shared photos and videos of the couple’s London outing on social media, appreciating their down-to-earth nature in public. Their simple act of walking, smiling, and conversing with people has earned them more admirers.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Watch:The Indian cricket team secured a thrilling 6-run victory against England in the final Test at The Oval, resulting in a 2-2 series draw in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.Virat Kohli took to social media to express his joy over the team’s performance, writing, “Great win by team India. Resilience and determination from Siraj and Prasidh has given us this phenomenal victory. Special mention to Siraj who will put everything on the line for the team. Extremely happy for him.”Mohammed Siraj’s remarkable five-wicket haul, including the decisive wicket of Gus Atkinson, led India to victory on the final day. England, pursuing a target of 374, were dismissed for 369 in a tense finish.Siraj’s aggressive bowling proved crucial in dismantling England’s lower order. His trademark ‘Siu’ celebration after taking wickets has become popular on social media platforms.The special connection between Kohli and Siraj dates back to when Siraj made his Test debut under Kohli’s leadership. Kohli has consistently acknowledged Siraj’s dedication and evolution as a fast bowler throughout their time playing together.
