Maharashtra
Maharashtra signs MoUs worth Rs 46K cr at Davos WEF
Getting into the business mode in Davos, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his team inked MoUs worth around Rs 45,900 crore for various projects with a potential to create around 10,000 direct jobs, an official from the delegation said here on Tuesday.
Industry Minister Uday Samant, who is part of the CM entourage, said that on the first day on Monday (January 16), the state government has signed the agreements with several major global conglomerates and investors.
Present at the ceremonies were top officials like Harshdeep Kamble, Vipin Sharma. T. Krishna, Shreya Eren, Ashish Nawade and others.
The investments include Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Orenda India (Rs 16,000 cr), ICP Investments/Indus Capitals (Rs 16,000 cr), Greenko Energy Projects Pvt. Ltd. of Telangana (Rs 12,000 cr), Nipro Pharma Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. of Pune (Rs 1,650 cr) and Rukhi Agro Foods of Thane (Rs 250 cr).
The Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut said that if all these investments are indeed coming then that is good for the state.
“However, let’s wait till the investments actually come and jobs are really created before we can comment,” said a skeptical Raut, who had yesterday urged Shinde to visit Gujarat and get back projects of Maharashtra which had shifted there in 2022.
Setting the state on an ambitious journey of a USD One Trillion economy, Shinde is all set to sign a total of 21 MoUs worth Rs 1.40 lakh-crore, intended to create over 66,500 jobs in the next five years.
Besides the agreements signed on Monday, more MoUs are scheduled with major global conglomerates and investors in greenfield projects like data centres, pharmaceuticals, logistics, chemicals, automobiles, electric vehicles, renewable energy and ESDM during Shinde’s ongoing visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
He showcased the progressive policy reforms of the government, making the state a part of the global conversation, to reiterate to political leaders and global investors why Maharashtra is a premier investment destination.
Maharashtra has signed the prestigious three-year Platform Partnership with the WEF, a commercial contract for continuous engagements on subjects of strategic importance to the state.
The subjects focus on Shaping the Future of Urban Transformation – smart and connected cities, urban resilience, governance, infrastructure & services and resource management, and New Economies and Societies, focusing on entrepreneurship, education & skills, economic growth and job creation, said Shinde.
In the next couple of days, Shinde will present Maharashtra’s progressive policies and investor-friendly outlook to key political and government representatives from Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, among others.
Among the most industrialised states in India, Maharashtra contributes 15 percent to the national GDP and 16 percent of the country’s industrial output.
The services sector accounts for much of the state economy, upto 62 per cent of the state GDP, followed by the manufacturing sector which contributes 20 per cent through major industries including automobiles, engineering, textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, petrochemicals, food processing and IT/ITeS.
Maharashtra
Two youths drown in Mumbai’s Mahim creek

Mumbai: Two people jumped into the Mahim creek in Mumbai, due to which they drowned. The search for them is on. Today at around 12:20 pm, Irshad Asif Sheikh, a transgender, aged 22, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), Mumbai, and Qalander Altaf Khan, aged 20, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), were standing between a bridge in Bandra. During this, they had an argument and one jumped into the creek while the other also jumped into the water to save him.
During the argument, Irshad jumped into the water and Qalander Khan jumped after him to save him. However, both drowned in the water.
The search operation is on, so far no trace of both has been found. Teams are searching for both.
Maharashtra
Sameer Wankhede targeted in The Baddest of Bollywood; Delhi High Court orders removal of objectionable content from controversial series in defamation case

Mumbai: The Mumbai-Delhi High Court has strongly criticized Red Chillies Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others in the defamation case against NCB Zonal Director IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and said that artistic freedom does not mean mocking a person. After this, the High Court has ordered that the controversial footage related to Sameer Wankhede be removed from the controversial Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood. Sameer Wankhede had filed a petition in the High Court and pleaded that his character has been killed in The Bads of Bollywood and this series has been made to target him. The purpose is to humiliate and mock Sameer Wankhede. After watching some parts of this series, the High Court has ordered the removal of the controversial parts from the film.
Sameer Wankhede’s lawyer had told the court that the character portrayed in the film is a comparison to Sameer Wankhede and that this series has been created with the intention of tarnishing Wankhede’s image. The Bads of Bollywood is malicious, therefore, the above-mentioned controversial scenes and objectionable dialogues should be deleted from the series, on which the court has issued an order to delete the controversial and objectionable content and content. Earlier, while hearing Sameer Wankhede’s petition, the court had sent notices to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies, Netflix, Meta, and social media platforms and directed them to file a response. To this, Red Chillies had called the film and series a drama and made it clear that it had nothing to do with the facts. However, despite this, the Delhi High Court inquired whether a film drama does not mean that someone’s character is killed and said this, it reprimanded Shah Rukh Khan and the film company. Sameer Wankhede tried to prove through his argument that the character portrayed in the film resembles Sameer Wankhede and that this character has been portrayed in a negative way to target him and in this, an attempt has been made to make fun of Sameer Wankhede through this character, which has humiliated Wankhede, which the court has accepted and issued a directive to delete the objectionable and controversial content. This is a big success for Sameer Wankhede, while Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a huge setback.
Maharashtra
Mumbai arms supplier arrested from Ghatkopar depot

Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested an arms supplier from Ghatkopar Bus Depot who had come here to supply arms to Mumbai. The Mumbai Police Ghatkopar Anti-Gang Squad received information about this. The police laid a trap and took the accused into custody and recovered two country-made pistols and four live cartridges from his possession. During the investigation, the police asked him his name and he revealed his name as Ajay Kailash, a resident of Ujjain. The police have registered a case in this matter and started the investigation. Pantnagar Police has started the investigation in this matter to find out from where the accused had brought the arms to supply arms. This action was taken by DCP Rakesh Ola on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.
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