Ashoka University professor Ashwini Deshpande said she was able to make bookings through a travel agent in Egypt without any advance payment as the latter was a Shah Rukh Khan fan. “He said: you’re from SRK’s [country]. I trust you…pay me later. For anywhere else, I wouldn’t do this. But anything for Shah Rukh,” said Deshpande in the now-viral tweet.
TMC promises up to ₹20 lakh credit without collateral to Goans
TMC and ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party have announced ‘Yuva Shakti Card’, a scheme promising credit up to ₹20 lakh at 4% interest to Goan people aged 18-45 years, ahead of polls. Goa TMC leader Kiran Kandolkar said the scheme will help provide financial support to people and won’t take any collateral. The government will act as guarantor, he added.
31.75 lakh kids in 15-18 age group eligible for vaccination in K’taka
No riots in UP since BJP came to power in 2017: CM Yogi Adityanath
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has said that there have been no riots in the state since BJP was voted to power after the 2017 Assembly elections. “The Kanwar Yatra, which was stopped, has started again. Now no one can become a threat to the safety of sisters and daughters here,” he added. UP will head to the polls this year.