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  • BTS nominated as AMA’s Artist of the Year for first time as Asian artist

    By ANI

    SEOUL: K-pop group BTS has been nominated for the ‘Artist of the Year’ by the highest honour of the 2021 ‘American Music Awards (AMA)’, one of the top three music awards in the US.

    According to the American Music Awards on the 28th (local time), BTS has been nominated for three categories, ‘Artist of the Year,’ ‘Favorite Pop Duo or Group,’ and ‘Favorite Pop Song.’

    In particular, this is the first time that BTS has been nominated for the best award ‘Artist of the Year’ at the AMA. Above all, it is the first time that an Asian artist has been nominated.

    BTS has been nominated with other pop superstars, including Ariana Grande, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift.

    In addition, BTS’ hit song ‘Butter,’ which topped Billboard’s main singles chart ‘Hot 100’ for 10 weeks, has been nominated for ‘Favorite Pop Song’ category.

    BTS has been nominated for the AMA award for 4 consecutive years from 2018 to this year. They have won more than one award for 3 consecutive years until last year.

    Starting with winning the ‘Favorite Social Artist’ award in 2018, BTS won awards for three categories: ‘Favorite Social Artist’, ‘Pop/Rock Favorite Duo/Group,’ and ‘Tour of the Year’ in 2019. Last year, they won ‘Pop/Rock Favorite Duo/Group’ and ‘Favorite Social Artist.’

    BTS is also expected to be awarded at the AMA this year. In particular, as BTS has risen as a global supergroup by putting not only ‘Butter’ but also ‘Permission to Dance’ and ‘My Universe,’ which was collaborated with the brit-pop band ‘Cold Play,’ on the first place of ‘Hot 100’ chart, there are some predictions that they will win the ‘Artist of the Year’ award.

    The ‘American Music Awards’ is one of the US top 3 pop music awards, along with the ‘Grammy Awards’ and the ‘Billboard Music Awards.’ BTS is also expected to win the Grammy Awards early next year. In terms of music, the Grammy Awards are the most prestigious music award.

    This year’s ‘American Music Awards will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on the 21st of next month. It will be broadcast live on ABC, a U.S. commercial broadcast television network.

  • Gujarat doctors approach police for action against Ramdev

    By PTI
    AHMEDABAD: Prominent associations representing doctors in Gujarat on Monday approached the Ahmedabad city police and sought registration of an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for his alleged disparaging remarks against modern medicine and its practitioners.

    Senior doctors and office-bearers of the Gujarat unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Ahmedabad Medical Association (AMA) submitted separate applications to the Navrangpura police, seeking action against Ramdev, who is in the eye of a storm over his remarks on allopathy and vaccines.

    They urged the police to lodge an FIR against Ramdev under relevant sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Disaster Management Act (invoked in view of the COVID-19 pandemic).

    Police said they have accepted the “memorandums” from the doctors.

    “We have accepted the memorandums given by the IMA and the AMA. However, the issue they have raised is beyond our jurisdiction,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-1, Ravindra Patel.

    No FIR will be lodged in the city, he said.

    In the application, the IMA alleged that Ramdev was trying to incite people against doctors by claiming that allopathy is a “stupid science” and “lakh of people died after consuming allopathy medicines”.

    “Ramdev talked rubbish about modern medicine. He even said people need not take vaccine against coronavirus. If people do not take vaccine, it will be difficult to stop the third (coronavirus) wave.

    “We want the police to take action against Ramdev for his comments,” said Dr Devendra Patel, President, IMA-Gujarat.

    Dr Mona Desai, immediate past president, AMA, said at the time of a pandemic, Ramdev is “misguiding people” and using “bad words” for doctors who have served people by risking their own lives.

    AMA president Kirit Gadhavi even sought pressing of sedition charges against Ramdev for “downplaying the importance of coronavirus vaccine”.

    A few days ago, Ramdev was forced to withdraw a statement made in a viral video clip in which he is heard questioning some of the medicines being used to treat the coronavirus infection and saying that “lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for COVID-19”.

    The IMA, the apex medical body of modern doctors, had served a defamation notice on Ramdev for his remarks.