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Pune (Maharashtra), Jan 11 : The 11th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), which commenced here on Thursday, felicitated veteran Bollywood actors for their valuable contribution to the film industry.

Actors Jeetendra Kapoor and Ramesh Deo were given lifetime achievement awards.

Jeetendra said: "I have spent so many years in the film industry with your love and affection."

Well-known film personalities, including actors Mohan Agashe, Mukta Barve, director and producer Subhash Ghai, sound designer Resul Pookutty and Jabbar Patel, director of PIFF attended the festival.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : The All India Tennis Association (AITA) picked a second-string squad on Friday for India''s Davis Cup tie against South Korea, snubbing the eight revolting players who refused to make themselves available.

The tie will be held here on February 1-3.

The squad selected includes only one senior player in Leander Paes.

V M Ranjit (ranked 517), Vijayant Malik (ranked 542) and Purav Raja (ranked 155 in doubles) are the other members.

S. P. Misra will be the non-playing captain while Zeeshan Ali will be the coach.

Ranchi, Jan 11 : Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Gauri Shankar Rath, who has condemned the barbaric and cowardly act of the Naxals to surgically implant a bomb inside the stomach of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter, on Friday said the ultras have grown stronger technically with external support.

"Maoists are taking advantage of the technical advancements that are coming up. So it is not really surprising. I would call them technically advanced, but I would surely call them techno savvy," said Rath.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said the BRICS platform will contribute in the global effort towards strengthening health systems particularly in the public sector through specific actionable plans of collaboration.

Addressing the BRICS health ministers' meeting here, Azad said: "BRICS countries represent about 43 percent of the world's population. Our joining hands will give a collective expression to global public health aspirations and this platform will lead to better health not only for our peoples, but also for the world at large."

London, Jan 11 : One in five women has been a victim of sexual assault since the age of 16, with almost half a million adult females in England and Wales are attacked every year, a study has revealed.

While most of the 400,000 female victims were subject to unwanted touching and indecent exposure, one in every 200 women was a victim of rape or another serious sexual assault.

According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, there are a total of 473,000 victims of sex offences every year, for which 60,000 to 95,000 are victims of rape, the Daily Mail reports.

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