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Jessica Ennis-Hill throws down the gauntlet to Olympics 2016 rivals

It was a far cry from Rio de Janeiro but Britain’s golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill impressed as she put the final touches to her Olympic preparation at the Stretford Grand Prix in Manchester.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill fires warning to Olympic heptathlon rivals by running fastest 100m hurdles since London 2012 win 

ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Ennis-Hill'S storming, season’s best performance in the 100m hurdles will have her rivals quivering ahead of next month's Olympics.




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Internet trolls attack Jess Ennis-Hill for speaking out against Ched Evans two years ago

The Olympic gold medallist has been called a ‘f****** whore’ and ‘a sl**’, while others have demanded that the Sheffield athlete apologise for ‘tarnishing Evans’s name’.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill set to be awarded World Championship 2011 gold after Tatyana Chernova stripped of title

Jessica Ennis-Hill is set to be awarded her second World Championship heptathlon gold medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced Russian athlete Tatyana Chernova will be stripped of her title.




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TELL TRINNY: She's not a friend, she's a vampire! 

Q A close friend is getting very needy. Whenever we meet, I feel as though she's waiting to pour out her latest troubles. Her life is so dramatic




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It's not totally clear why The Worst Witch at the Vaudeville Theatre needed to be a musical

Long before Harry Potter there was Mildred Hubble - a luckless pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy For Witches.




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FOOD: Original Flava - Hello, hot stuff!

We're Craig and Shaun, two brothers from London who started by filming easy home-cooked recipes in our Nan's kitchen and gained hundreds of thousands of views as Original Flava




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Original Flava: Plantain and chickpea curry

This curry is one of our most-loved vegan dishes when we do food events - people always come back for more. It's a great-tasting, one-pot meal that could also be eaten with rice to make it go further




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Original Flava: Calypso salad

This is perfect for BBQs. We've used inspiration from Caribbean coleslaw and traditional salads to make a dish that's splashed with tropical colours




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Original Flava: Jerk baked wings

Finger-licking spiced wings, the jerk'd up way, this is an on-the-go carnival favourite, especially with a couple of cans of Red Stripe




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From Little Mix at Fusion Festival to Great British Bake Off and Pain & Glory, 7 Unmissable Events

Kings Of Leon, Rudimental and Little Mix headline the Liverpool festival in Sefton Park. Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal and Anne-Marie provide support. Fri-Sun




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California Democrat says 'F**k Elon Musk' after Tesla founder says he'll move HQ to Texas or Nevada

San Diego assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez made no bones about her displeasure with Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he said he'd move his company to Texas or Nevada Saturday.




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Zinedine Zidane says Eden Hazard may NOT make Real Madrid debut against Levante

Hazard is yet to make an appearance since joining Madrid from Chelsea this summer after suffering a thigh injury which kept him out of the club's opening three games and he could miss Saturday's clash.




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La Liga weekend preview: Barcelona face Valencia in crunch clash

La Liga returns this weekend on the back of the international break and several of the division's big hitters will be hoping for an immediate upturn in fortunes after disappointing starts.




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Everton news: Marco Silva insists Michael Keane can move past England howler

Everton defender Keane was responsible for the mistake that led to Kosovo's opening goal in the first minute of the Euro 2020 qualifier, which England won 5-3.




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Championship news: Derby boss Phillip Cocu believes VAR will be rolled out in the league soon

After taking the lead through Scott Malone, the Rams were denied a penalty when Martyn Waghorn appeared to be felled by Joe Bennett only for referee Darren England to wave away appeals.




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Edwin van der Sar says David de Gea is replaceable as Manchester United No 1

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed ahead of his side's game with Leicester City that the Spaniard's future remains up in the air as contract talks over a new £375,000-per-week deal.




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Canelo Alvarez will climb two weight divisions to light heavyweight to take on Sergey Kovalev

Alvarez, who currently holds titles at 160 pounds, will try to become a champion in his fourth weight class when he meets Kovalev in a scheduled 12-round fight at the MGM Grand.




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How does Manchester United's Harry Maguire compare with Premier League rivals Van Dijk and Laporte?

Maguire's £85million switch - the most money ever spent on a defender - has naturally left fans and pundits closely scrutinizing the 26-year-old's performances in a red shirt.




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Azure Sunrise Private Limited vs Chamundeshwari Electricity ... on 28 February, 2020

1. The present Appeal No. 340 of 2016 has been preferred by M/s. Azure Sunrise Private Limited (Appellant) against the Impugned Order Dated 14th December, 2016 passed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter the "State Commission") in Petition No. 19/ 2016 (hereinafter the "Petition"), wherein the State Commission has arbitrarily and unjustifiably retrospectively reduced the approved extension of time of 137 days granted by the distribution licensee, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (hereinafter the "CESCOM") to only 25 days, after more than 12 months of such extension being granted and acted upon by both the parties and has further recorded that the necessary consequences as per the terms of the PPA (as defined hereinafter) shall follow.




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Zamil Infra Private Limited vs Haryana Power Purchase Centre ... on 6 March, 2020

1. The dismissal of the claim brought before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (the Commission) under Section 86(1)(f) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for recovery of Rs. 76,61,606/- on account of "deemed generation" against the Respondent Discom, registered as case No. HERC/PRO-69 of 2017 "for want of prosecution" by order dated 16.01.2019, followed by dismissal of the prayer for Appeal No. 75 of 2020 Page 2 of 6 restoration of the said case by order dated 25.04.2019, has led to the present appeal being instituted before us.

2. We have heard the learned counsel on all sides and have gone through the record. We are of the view that the appeal must be allowed. We set out our reasons hereinafter.




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M/S. Sudhakara Infratech Private ... vs Uttar Pradesh Electricity ... on 6 March, 2020

1. Against the backdrop of validity of certain acts of the third Respondent (Procurer) encashing the Performance Bank Guarantee and terminating the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) being questioned by the Appellant (Developer), the issues of the propriety of the approach of Appeal No. 319 of 2019 & IA Nos. 1565, 1566 & 1915 of 2019 Page 2 of 37 the first Respondent - Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to variously as "UPERC" or "State Commission" or "Commission") - to the process of adjudication and the general expectation of its neutrality particularly at the stage of an appellate scrutiny of its decision by this Tribunal have come up for consideration in this appeal.




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Ava DuVernay reveals Little Richard tipped her $100 a week when she was a waitress in Los Angeles

The Wrinkle In Time director recounted how Little Richard helped her out during her college days with generous tips while she waitressed. She'd go on to become an acclaimed filmmaker.




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Heather Locklear celebrates her daughter Ava Sambora's at-home college graduation

The Melrose Place star was overjoyed as her 22-year-old daughter Ava graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.




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Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's summit to heal rift ends in deadlock

The footballers' wives have been at loggerheads after Coleen, 34, accused Rebekah, 38, of leaking stories about her, and their case could now go to the High Court after failing to reach a resolution.




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Vanessa Hudgens puts on busty display as she channels Jessica Rabbit in red dress during quarantine

Hudgens then served '60s in another look, sporting a sleeveless white turtleneck, a black headband and gold jewelry, writing: 'Then moved to a Brigitte Bardot vibe lol.'




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Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro speaks of ambitions to one day manage in the Premier League

Fabio Cannavaro is currently in his second spell at Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande. However the retired defender has ambitions to one day manage in England.




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Video referees could make decisions from inside Premier League stadiums if clubs persist with VAR

Video referees could make their decisions from Premier League grounds if clubs decide to stick with VAR when football returns after the coronavirus crisis.




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Crystal Palace ready to rival Man Utd and Everton for Burnley star Dwight McNeil

Though Man United and Everton have been monitoring McNeil, Palace hope the offer of regular first-team football coupled with a handsome increase on his current salary will help them land him.




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The Management Of M/S Recipharm ... vs G Vasanthkumr on 8 May, 2020

2. The petitioner claims to be a private limited company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and is engaged in the activity of manufacture of pharmaceutical medicines. The respondents/workmen 12 were working in the establishment of the petitioner- management and they individually filed claim petitions under Section 10 (4-A) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, read with Amendment Act, 1988 (Karnataka) contending that they were terminated from service without any valid reasons and sought for reinstatement with backwages and consequential benefits. Labour Court after analyzing the material evidence allowed the claim petitions as aforesaid. Being aggrieved, the Management is before this Court.




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Shri. Pandurang S/O Dattatraya ... vs Shri. Ravi S/O Vaijappa ... on 8 May, 2020

2. By the impugned judgment and decree, the trial Court has decreed the suit of the plaintiff for specific performance of an agreement of sale.

3. Appellant was the defendant and the respondent was the plaintiff before the trial Court. For the purpose of convenience, the parties will be henceforth referred to as per their rank before the trial Court.

4. The subject matter of the suit was land bearing R.S.No.22 (Old R.S.No.22/3) measuring 3 acres 10 guntas situated within the limits of Waghawade village, Taluka District, Belagavi.

R.F.A.No.100230/2017 -3-




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Shravan Bansilal Raval vs State Of Gujarat on 8 May, 2020

2. This application is filed seeking bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in respect of the offences punishable under Sections 65(A)(E), 116 and 81 of the Prohibition Act which FIR came to be registered at FIR Part-C C.R. No.11191038200118 of 2020 with Vatva Police Station.

3. Learned advocate appearing on behalf of the applicants on instructions submits that the applicants are ready and willing to abide by all the conditions, including the condition with regard to the powers of Investigating Agency to seek remand of the petitioner; subject to the petitioner's right to oppose it.

4. On the other hand, the learned APP appearing for the respondent-State has opposed this application.




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Renukakunvar Manjali Kunvar vs State Of Gujarat on 8 May, 2020

2. It is very much clear from the FIR that accused persons demanded a sum of Rs.11,000/- from the deceased on account of birth of a child to the wife of the deceased and upon his reluctance to pay the amount demanded and his willingness to pay Rs.5,000/-, accused insisted for the full payment; they picked up the quarrel with the deceased and one of the accused Renuka Kunvar allegedly thrashed the head of the deceased against the wall resulting into brain hemorrhage to which the deceased eventually succumbed and died after hospitalization of seven days. The material has been collected and the evidence has been recorded and it is pointed out by the learned Public Prosecutor that accused persons have been identified by the auto-rickshaw driver in his statement under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code in whose auto- rickshw the accused persons commuted to the place of the deceased and thus the argument to the contrary that the accused persons remained unidentified in absence of TI parade has no substance.




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Chandanide Chandrikade Pavaiya ... vs State Of Gujarat on 8 May, 2020

THROUGH JAIL for the PETITIONER(s) No. for the RESPONDENT(s) No. MR MITESH AMIN, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR with MR MANAN MEHTA, APP for the RESPONDENT(s) No. ========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.M.CHHAYA and HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 08/05/2020 IA ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.M.CHHAYA)

1. Heard Mr. Mitesh Amin, learned Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr. Manan Mehta, learned APP for the State.

2. The applicant - convict has prayed for temporary bail on the ground of taking appropriate treatment at the private hospital. Considering the reason, we had called for the report from the learned APP. Learned APP had submitted the medical certificate issued by the Medical Officer, Central Jail, which indicates that the applicant was referred to the Orthopaedic Department, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad lastly on 29.2.2020 and was also thereafter referred to Physiotherapy Rehab medicine on 5.3.2020. The certificate further indicates that the applicant refused admission in the hospital for MRI. The certificate also indicates that sonography Page 1 of 2 Downloaded on : Fri May 08 21:59:11 IST 2020 R/CR.A/148/2019 IA ORDER was conducted on 18.2.2020 and it is indicated that the applicant is regularly being examined and treated by physician and medical surgeon at jail dispensary.




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V.Saravanan vs The Deputy Superintendent Of ... on 24 March, 2020

2. With the above directions, this Criminal Original Petition is closed.

24.03.2020 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No SML To

1.The Additional Sessions Judge for PCR Cases, Thirunelveli.

2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Srivaikundam Circle, Thoothukudi District.

2/4

http://www.judis.nic.in CRL.O.P.(MD)No.5122 of 2020

3.The Inspector of Police, Alwarthirunagiri Police Station, Thoothukudi District.




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At least 2 died in separate avalanches in Italy

At least two people have died in separate avalanches in northern Italy on the first weekend Italians have been allowed to venture far afield after a two-month coronavirus lockdown. The Trento Alpine Rescue service said the body of one man was found late Saturday on the Folgaria plateau after an avalanche separated him from his dog. The pet was found unharmed. At the ski resort of Cortina, the body of a skier was found after a separate avalanche. His brother was rescued, the ANSA news agency said. Italian authorities closed ski lifts early on in Italy's lockdown and they remain closed, but skiers can still venture out on ungroomed, unmarked terrain.




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US bobsleigh Olympian Jovanovic dies at 43

Pavle Jovanovic, who competed in bobsleigh for the United States at the 2006 Olympics, took his own life last weekend at the age of 43, the US Bobsled and Skeleton federation said Saturday. "The winter sports community has suffered a tragic loss," said federation chief executive Aron McGuire, a former teammate of Jovanovic. "Pavle's passion and commitment towards bobsled was seen and felt by his teammates, coaches, competitors, and fans of the sport. He lived life to the fullest and had a lasting influence on all those who had the opportunity to spend time with him." Jovanovic, who competed in bobsleigh for the United States at the 2006 Olympics, took his own life last weekend at the age of 43, the US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said Saturday. "The winter sports community has suffered a tragic loss," said federation chief executive Aron McGuire, a former teammate of Jovanovic. "Pavle's passion and commitment towards bobsled was seen and felt by his teammates, coaches, competitors,




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AI crew on Vande Bharat Mission' can return to Gautam Budh Nagar from Delhi after COVID-19 test

Air India crew members, who reside in Gautam Buddh Nagar and are involved in flight operations to evacuate Indian citizens stuck abroad due to lockdown, can return home from Delhi only after their COVID-19 test results are found negative, officials said on Saturday. The crew would be examined for COVID-19 through the real-time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction or the RT-PCR test, considered a gold standard but costly and time-consuming process as against the rapid anti-body tests, and put on duty again if found fit, the officials said. The Gautam Buddh Nagar police had requested the management of the national carrier to accommodate its crew members that reside in Noida and Greater Noida in Delhi for the duration of the Centre's Vande Bharat Mission. The request was made because Gautam Buddh Nagar in western Uttar Pradesh falls in the Red Zone' and the to and fro movement of the flight crew could increase the risk of COVID-19 infection, the officials said. "A letter from .




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'Easing laws, concessions to traders a pace setter for economic revival in UP'

The concessions given by the UP government to traders will prove to be a pace setter for the revival of economic activity in the state at a time when the nation is going through a rough phase due to the COVID-19 outbreak, UP Vyapaari Kalyan Board chairman Ravi Kant Garg said. He said the exemption from labour laws for three years is bound to open gates for economic growth that was hit by the coronavirus lockdown. Such measures will spur economic activities and boost the investment climate in the state, Garg said while talking to a group of reporters on Saturday evening. He further said that exemption of 46 variety of fruits and vegetables from the clutches of Mandi Adhiniyam Suchana through Krashi Utapadan Mandi Adhiniyam (Sansodhan) ordinance 2020 would boost the trade. It is bound to help farmers as well as traders, he added. Now, the farmer would be free to sell his produce outside Mandi Parishad. Exemption of Mandi shulk (Mandi tax) from 46 variety of grains would provide maximum .




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Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives

INS Jalashwa carrying 698 repatriated Indian citizens from the Maldives arrived in Kochi harbour on Sunday morning, completing the Indian Navy's first massive evacuation exercise from foreign soil during the COVID-19 lockdown, official sources said. The passengers would disembark from the cruise terminal of Cochin Port Trust, they said. Inspector General of Police Vijay Sakhare said all arrangements are in place to facilitate the safe stay of those repatriated, comprising 440 Keralites and people from other parts of the country. Four passengers are from Lakshwadeep. Besides these, the other passengers are from Tamil Nadu (187), Telganana (9), Andhra Pradesh (8), Karnataka (8), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (3 each) and Goa (1), Assam (1). There are seven passengers each from Uttarakhand and West Bengal, Delhi (4), Puducherry (3), while there are two passengers each from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, the sources said.




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Govt should allow private vehicles to ferry migrants: Raut

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maharashtra government should give permission to private vehicles for ferrying migrant labourers to their native places during the lockdown. Raising concern over migrant workers setting off for their hometowns on foot, Raut said they were falling sick and some have also died. "The labour class is walking back home, this is not a good picture. Their children are with them. Railways is not ready to operate trains for them. The state government should give permission to private vehicles to ply," Raut tweeted. "People are falling ill while walking. Some have died. Even then their walking hasn't stopped, the Rajya Sabha member further said. Sixteen migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks while returning to Madhya Pradesh were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Friday. The labourers, rendered jobless due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, had set off for their ...




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Vanishing people, vanishing livelihoods


Nomadic communities make up about 7 percent of India's population, but policy makers have largely ignored them, says Bahar Dutt.




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The Reservation syndrome


There has been a needless focus on the Right to Education Act's provision of aspirational seats in private schools. Only a small fraction of public schools students can benefit from this, writes E S Ramamurthy.




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The merit of reservations


Caste is still the overriding indicator of social and economic status; until that is no longer true, affirmative action should remain. The India Together editorial.




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Do reservations work?


A number of researchers in economics have started to look closely at political reservations. In one recent instance, Professor Rohini Pande of Yale University has found that reservations in state legislatures do increase influence in policy-making for scheduled castes and tribes. Tarun Jain reports.




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The road to starvation


Last year's poor monsoon is only the most proximate reason for the drought-related suffering; failures in many aspects of governance led inevitably to misery, say Manu Mathai and Ashwin Mahesh.




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Potato farming and innovation


Despite lack of support from policy-makers, potato farmers continue to deploy indigenously developed production and storage techniques, says Virendar Khatana.




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Is Amravati really a 'capital' choice?


The Draft Capital Master Plan of Andhra Pradesh, which proposes development of the new capital for the state of Andhra, is of a deep concern. Debadityo Sinha analyses the plan to show what it lacks and why the plan doesn't augur well for the state.




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Globalisation, values and democracy


Over the next two decades, Indians are going to see an enormous challenge to the value systems of the past, being replaced by the new value systems of globalisation says Ramesh Ramanathan.




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Little space for grassroots innovations


From biogas to solar cookers and improved cookstoves, from agricultural tools to drudgery reducing technologies, most research and development in appropriate technologies has not been backed-up by appropriate market incentives. In contrast, hi-tech is totally market driven, says Sudhirendar Sharma.