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THE MEMBERS OF
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of ITC Limited("the Company") which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31 2022 theStatement of Profit and Loss including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income theCash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended andnotes to the standalone Ind AS financial statements including a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act 2013 as amended ("the Act") in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31 2022its profit including other comprehensive income its cash flows and the changes in equityfor the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance withthe Standards on Auditing (SAs) as specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described in the 'Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements' section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics'issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act andthe Rules thereunder and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that in our professional judgment were of mostsignificance in our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements for the financialyear ended March 31 2022. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below ourdescription of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in theAuditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statementssection of our report including in relation to these matters. Accordingly our auditincluded the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risksof material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The results of ouraudit procedures including the procedures performed to address the matters below providethe basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone Ind AS financialstatements.
|Key audit matters ||How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
|Revenue recognition || |
|Revenue from the sale of goods (hereinafter referred to as "Revenue") is recognised when the Company performs its obligation to its customers and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably and recovery of the consideration is probable. The timing of such revenue recognition in case of sale of goods is when the control over the same is transferred to the customer which is mainly upon delivery. ||Our audit procedures included the following: |
| ||- Assessed the Company's revenue recognition accounting policies in line with Ind AS 115 ("Revenue from Contracts with Customers") and tested thereof. |
| ||- Evaluated the integrity of the general information and technology control environment and testing the operating effectiveness of key IT application controls over recognition of revenue. |
|The timing of revenue recognition is relevant to the reported performance of the Company. The management considers revenue as a key measure for ||- Evaluated the design implementation and operating effectiveness of Company's controls in respect of revenue recognition. |
|evaluation of performance. There is a risk of revenue being recorded before control is transferred. ||- Tested the effectiveness of such controls over revenue cut off at year-end. |
|Refer Note 1 to the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements - Significant Accounting Policies and Note 21A / 21B. ||- On a sample basis tested supporting documentation for sales transactions recorded during the year which included sales invoices customer contracts and shipping documents. |
| ||- Performed an increased level of substantive testing in respect of sales transactions recorded during the period closer to the year end and subsequent to the year end. |
| ||- Compared revenue with historical trends and where appropriate conducted further enquiries and testing. |
| ||- Assessed disclosures in financial statements in respect of revenue as specified in Ind AS 115. |
|Litigations - Contingencies || |
|The Company has ongoing litigations with various authorities and third parties which could have a significant impact on the results if the potential exposures were to materialise. ||Our audit procedures included the following: |
|The amounts involved are significant and the application of accounting standards to determine the amount if any to be provided as a liability or disclosed as a contingent liability is inherently subjective. ||- Obtained and read the Company's accounting policies in respect of claims provisions and contingent liabilities to assess compliance with accounting standards. |
|Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debts are disclosed in the Financial Statements by the Company after a careful evaluation of the facts and legal aspects of the matters involved. The outcome of such litigation is uncertain and the position taken by management involves significant judgment and estimation to determine the likelihood and / or timing of cash outflows and the interpretation of preliminary and pending court rulings. ||- Assessed the design and implementation of the Company's controls over the assessment of litigations and completeness of disclosures. Supporting documentation were tested for the positions taken by the management meetings conducted with in-house legal counsel and / or legal team and minutes of Board and sub-committee meetings were reviewed to test the operating effectiveness of these controls. |
| ||- Involved our tax specialists to assess relevant historical and recent judgements passed by the appropriate authorities in order to challenge the basis used for the accounting treatment and resulting disclosures. |
|Refer Note 27(iv)(a) to the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements. ||- Additionally considered the effect of new information in respect of contingencies as at April 1 2021 to evaluate whether any change was required in the management's position on these contingencies as at March 31 2022. |
| ||- Assessed in accordance with accounting standards the provisions in respect of litigations and assessed disclosures relating thereto including those for contingencies. |
|Impairment assessment of investment in WelcomHotels Lanka (Private) Limited (WLPL') a wholly owned subsidiary || |
|WLPL is developing a mixed-use project in Colombo Sri Lanka which includes a hotel and a residential apartment complex. At March 31 2022 the carrying value of Company's investment in WLPL is Rs 2169.27 Crores. The Company's investments in subsidiaries are assessed annually by management for potential indicators of impairment. ||Our audit procedures included the following: |
| ||- Evaluated the key judgements / assumptions underlying management's assessment of potential indicators of impairment. |
| ||- Obtained and read the projections / estimated selling price / future cashflows along with sensitivity analysis thereof of the underlying PPE and inventory at WLPL. |
|In view of the recent deterioration in the macro-economic scenario in Sri Lanka the Company has assessed the carrying value of investments basis evaluation of the recoverable value of the capital work in progress of the hotel (PPE) and inventory of the residential apartments being developed by WLPL. The said determination is based on assumptions that by their nature imply the use of the management's judgment in particular with reference to forecast of future cash flows selling price balance cost to complete the project selling costs terminal value long-term growth rates and discount rates applied to such forecasted cash flows. Considering the judgment required for estimating the cash flows and the assumptions used this is considered as a key audit matter. ||- Discussed and obtained assessment of recoverable value of PPE and inventory from component auditor of WLPL. |
| ||- Evaluated management's methodology assumptions and estimates used in these calculations. |
| ||- Involved valuation specialist to review the appropriateness of methodology and key assumptions considered by management to determine discounted future cash flows. |
| ||- Performed sensitivity analysis around impact on future cash flows due to changes in key assumptions considered by management. |
| ||- Verified the arithmetical accuracy of the future cash flow model including comparison with approved budgets. |
|Refer Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies and Note 2 - Use of estimates and judgements to the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements. ||- Assessed the recoverability of investment with regard to underlying value in use of PPE and net realisable value of inventory in WLPL. |
We have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in ourreport.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Annual report but does not includethe standalone Ind AS financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements does not cover the otherinformation and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements ourresponsibility is to read the other information and in doing so consider whether suchother information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If basedon the work we have performed we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Responsibilities of Management for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income cash flows and changes in equity of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including theIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015 as amended. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the designimplementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements
that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the standalone Ind AS financial statements management is responsible forassessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern disclosing as applicablematters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations or has norealistic alternative but to do so. Those Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement whether due to fraudor error and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if individually or in theaggregate they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these standalone Ind AS financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements whether due to fraud or error design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error as fraud may involvecollusion forgery intentional omissions misrepresentations or the override of internalcontrol.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i)of the Act we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basisof accounting and based on the audit evidence obtained whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty existswe are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures inthe financial statements or if such disclosures are inadequate to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue asa going concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation structure and content of the standalone IndAS financial statements including the disclosures and whether the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding among other matters theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence and where applicable related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31 2022 and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when in extremely rare circumstances wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order 2020 ("the Order")issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 ofthe Act we give in the "Annexure 1" a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the bestof our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement ofOther Comprehensive Income the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equitydealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply withthe Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act read with Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015 as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March31 2022 taken on record by the Board of Directors none of the directors is disqualifiedas on March 31 2022 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of theAct;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference tothese standalone Ind AS financial statements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols refer to our separate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;
(g) In our opinion the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 312022 hasbeen paid / provided by the Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions ofSection 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014 as amended inour opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financialposition in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 27(iv)(a) to the standaloneInd AS financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts required to be transferred tothe Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company
iv. a) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief nofunds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person orentity including foreign entities ("Intermediaries") with the understandingwhether recorded in writing or otherwise that the Intermediary shall whether directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief nofunds have been received by the Company from any person or entity including foreignentities ("Funding Parties") with the understanding whether recorded inwriting or otherwise that the Company shall whether directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances nothing has come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of the samedeclared for the previous year is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extentit applies to payment of dividend.
The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until thedate of this audit report is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
As stated in Note B of Statement of changes in equity to the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements the Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual GeneralMeeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extentit applies to declaration of dividend.
Annexure 1 referred to in paragraph 1 under the heading "Report on Other legal andRegulatory Requirements" of our report of even date
Re: ITC Limited (the "Company")
In terms of the information and explanations sought by us and given by the Company andthe books of account and records examined by us in the normal course of audit and to thebest of our knowledge and belief we state that:
(i) (a) (A) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particularsincluding quantitative details and situation of property plant and equipment.
(B) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars of intangiblesassets.
(b) The property plant and equipment were physically verified during the year by themanagement in accordance with a regular programme of verification which in our opinionprovides for physical verification of all the property plant and equipment at reasonableintervals. According to the information and explanations given to us no materialdiscrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given by the management the titledeeds of all the immovable properties (other than properties where the Company is thelessee and the lease agreements are duly executed in favour of the lessee) are held in thename of the Company.
(d) The Company has not revalued its Property Plant and Equipment (including Right ofuse assets) or intangible assets during the year ended March 31 2022.
(e) There are no proceedings initiated or are pending against the Company for holdingany benami property under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act 1988 andrules made thereunder.
(ii) (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management during the year.In our opinion the frequency of verification by the management is reasonable and thecoverage and procedure for such verification is appropriate. Inventories lying with thirdparties have substantially been confirmed by them as at year end. No discrepancies of 10%or more in aggregate for each class of inventory (including inventories lying with thirdparties) were noticed.
(b) As disclosed in note 8 to the financial statements the Company has been sanctionedworking capital limits in excess of Rs 5 Crores in aggregate from banks during the year onthe basis of security of inventories of the Company. Based on the records examined by usin the normal course of audit of the financial statements the quarterly returns /statements filed by the Company with such banks are in agreement with the books ofaccounts of the Company.
(iii) (a) During the year the Company has not provided loans advances in the nature ofloans stood guarantee or provided security to companies firms Limited LiabilityPartnerships or any other parties. Accordingly the requirement to report on clause3(iii)(a) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(b) During the year the investments made by the Company is not prejudicial to theCompany's interest. The Company has not provided guarantees or security and has notgranted loans and advances in the nature of loans to companies firms Limited LiabilityPartnerships or any other parties and hence not commented upon.
(c) The Company has not granted loans and advances in the nature of loans to companiesfirms Limited Liability Partnerships or any other parties. Accordingly the requirementto report on clause 3(iii)(c) to 3(iii)(f) of the Order is not applicable to the Companyand hence not commented upon.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to usprovisions of Section 185 and 186 of the Companies Act 2013 in respect of loans todirectors including entities in which they are interested and in respect of loans andadvances given investments made and guarantees and securities given have been compliedwith by the Company.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us the Company has notaccepted any deposit from the public nor accepted any amounts which are deemed to bedeposits during the year within the meaning of Sections 73 and 76 of the Companies Act2013. In respect of unclaimed deposits the Company has complied with the provisions ofSections 74 and 75 or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act 2013. We areinformed by the management that no order has been passed by the Company Law BoardNational Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal.
(vi) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuantto the rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records underSection 148(1) of the Companies Act 2013 related to the manufacture of specifiedproducts of the Company and are of the opinion that prima facie the specified accountsand records have been made and maintained. We have not however made a detailedexamination of the same.
(vii)(a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputedstatutory dues including Goods and Services Tax provident fund employees' stateinsurance income-tax duty of custom duty of excise cess and other statutory duesapplicable to it.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us no undisputed amountspayable in respect of Goods and Services Tax provident fund employees' state insuranceincome-tax duty of custom duty of excise cess and other statutory dues wereoutstanding at the year end for a period of more than six months from the date theybecame payable.
(c) The dues of income-tax sales-tax service tax duty of custom duty of excisevalue added tax cess and other statutory dues have not been deposited on account of anydispute are as follows:
|Name of the statute ||Nature of the dues ||Amount (Rs in Crores)* ||Period to which the amount relates (Financial Year) ||Forums where the dispute is pending |
|Sales Tax and Value Added Tax Laws ||Sales Tax and VAT ||58.08 ||1987-2018 ||Appellate Authority- upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level |
| || ||29.27 ||2000-2018 ||Appellate Authority- Tribunal Level |
| || ||219.25 ||1994-2017 ||High Court |
|Customs Act 1962 ||Customs Duty ||0.75 ||2012-2016 ||Appellate Authority - upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level |
| || ||7.90 ||2011-2022 ||Appellate Authority- Tribunal Level |
|Central Excise Act 1944 ||Excise Duty ||0.44 ||1996-2018 ||Appellate Authority - upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level |
| || ||91.28 ||1973-2017 ||Appellate Authority- Tribunal Level |
| || ||4.35 ||2004-2012 ||High Court |
|Finance Act 1994 ||Service Tax ||4.82 ||2006-2017 ||Appellate Authority - upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level |
| || ||74.69 ||2003-2017 ||Appellate Authority- Tribunal Level |
| || ||4.93 ||2005-2007 ||High Court |
|Entry Tax Laws ||Entry Tax ||0.04 ||2005-2014 ||Appellate Authority - upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level |
| || ||32.40 ||2010-2018 ||Appellate Authority - Tribunal Level |
| || ||50.06 ||1999-2018 ||High Court |
|Luxury Tax Laws ||Luxury Tax ||55.22 ||1999-2010 ||High Court |
|Mandi Laws ||Mandi Fees & Cess ||2.54 ||2010-2022 ||Mandi Board |
| || ||2.27 ||2001-2011 ||High Court |
|Municipal Local Bodies and Property Tax Laws ||Municipal Local Bodies and Property Taxes & Charges ||3.44 ||2014-2021 ||Appellate Authority - upto commissioners'/ Revisional Authorities Level/ Municipal Council |
| || ||2.40 ||2004 ||Appellate Authority - Tribunal Level |
| || ||32.31 ||2001-2018 ||High Court |
|Stamp Duty Laws ||Stamp Duty ||4.22 ||2004-2016 ||Registrar/ Appellate Authority |
| || ||0.04 ||1987-2008 ||High Court |
|The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 ||Provident Fund ||0.14 ||2012-2016 ||Appellate Authority - Tribunal Level |
| || ||1.49 ||1982-1990 ||High Court |
|Employees' State Insurance Act 1948 ||Employees' State Insurance ||0.08 ||2007-2014 ||Principal Labour Court |
| || ||0.95 ||1995-2012 ||High Court |
Out of the total disputed dues aggregating Rs 683.36 Crores as above Rs 549.91 Crorespertain to matters which have been stayed for recovery by the relevant authorities.
*Net of amount paid under protest.
(viii) The Company has not surrendered or disclosed any transaction previouslyunrecorded in the books of account in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act 1961as income during the year. Accordingly the requirement to report on clause 3(viii) of theOrder is not applicable to the Company.
(ix) (a) The Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans or other borrowings or inthe payment of interest thereon to any lender.
(b) The Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank or financialinstitution or government or any government authority.
(c) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the year hence therequirement to report on clause (ix)(c) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(d) The Company did not raise any funds during the year hence the requirement toreport on clause (ix)(d) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(e) On an overall examination of the financial statements of the Company the Companyhas not taken any funds from any entity or person on account of or to meet the obligationsof its subsidiaries associates or joint ventures. Hence the requirement to report onclause (ix)(e) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(f) The Company has not raised loans during the year on the pledge of securities heldin its subsidiaries joint ventures or associate companies. Hence the requirement toreport on clause (ix)(f) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(x) (a) According to the information and explanations given by the management theCompany has not raised any money during the year by way of initial public offer / furtherpublic offer (including debt instruments) hence reporting under clause 3(x)(a) is notapplicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(b) The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares/ fully or partially or optionally convertible debentures during the year under audit andhence the requirement to report on clause 3(x)(b) of the Order is not applicable to theCompany.
(xi) (a) No fraud by the Company or no material fraud on the Company has been noticedor reported during the year.
(b) During the year no report under sub-section (12) of Section 143 of the CompaniesAct 2013 has been filed by cost auditor / secretarial auditor or by us in Form ADT - 4 asprescribed under Rule 13 of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014 with the CentralGovernment.
(c) We have taken into consideration the whistle blower complaints received by theCompany during the year while determining the nature timing and extent of auditprocedures.
(xii) In our opinion the Company is not a nidhi company. Therefore the provisions ofclause 3(xii) (a) to (c) of the order are not applicable to the Company and hence notcommented upon.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given by the managementtransactions with the related parties are in compliance with Section 177 and 188 ofCompanies Act 2013 where applicable and the details have been disclosed in the notes tothe financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv) (a) The Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size andnature of its business.
(b) The internal audit reports of the Company issued till the date of the audit reportfor the period under audit have been considered by us.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given by the management the Companyhas not entered into any non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected withhim as referred to in Section 192 of Companies Act 2013.
(xvi) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us the provisions ofSection 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 are not applicable to the Company.
(b) The Company is not engaged in any Non-Banking Financial or Housing Financeactivities. Accordingly the requirement to report on clause (xvi)(b) of the Order is notapplicable to the Company.
(c) The Company is not a Core Investment Company as defined in the regulations made byReserve Bank of India. Accordingly the requirement to report on clause 3(xvi) of theOrder is not applicable to the Company.
(d) The Group does not have more than one CIC as part of the Group hence therequirement to report on clause 3(xvi)(d) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xvii) The Company has not incurred cash losses in the current year and in theimmediately preceding financial year.
(xviii) There has been no resignation of the statutory auditors during the year andaccordingly requirement to report on Clause 3(xviii) of the Order is not applicable to theCompany.
(xix) On the basis of the financial ratios disclosed in note 27 (xiii) to the financialstatements ageing and expected dates of realization of financial assets and payment offinancial liabilities other information accompanying the financial statements ourknowledge of the Board of Directors and management plans and based on our examination ofthe evidence supporting the assumptions nothing has come to our attention which causesus to believe that any material uncertainty exists as on the date of the audit report thatCompany is not capable of meeting its liabilities existing at the date of balance sheet asand when they fall due within a period of one year from the balance sheet date. Wehowever state that this is not an assurance as to the future viability of the Company. Wefurther state that our reporting is based on the facts up to the date of the audit reportand we neither give any guarantee nor any assurance that all liabilities falling duewithin a period of one year from the balance sheet date will get discharged by theCompany as and when they fall due.
(xx) (a) In respect of other than ongoing projects there are no unspent amounts thatare required to be transferred to a fund specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act(the Act) in compliance with second proviso to sub-section 5 of Section 135 of the Act.This matter has been disclosed in note 27 (ii) to the financial statements.
(b) All amounts that are unspent under sub-section (5) of Section 135 of Companies Actpursuant to any ongoing project has been transferred to special account in compliance ofwith provisions of sub-section (6) of Section 135 of the said Act. This matter has beendisclosed in note 27 (ii) to the financial statements.
Annexure 2 to the Independent Auditor's Report of even date on the Standalone FinancialStatements of ITC Limited
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section143 of the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements of ITC Limited ("the Company") as of March 31 2022 in conjunctionwith our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended onthat date.
Management's Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Company's Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internalfinancial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteriaestablished by the Company considering the essential components of internal control statedin the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reportingissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI"). Theseresponsibilities include the design implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficientconduct of its business including adherence to the Company's policies the safeguardingof its assets the prevention and detection of frauds and errors the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financialinformation as required under the Companies Act 2013.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal financialcontrols with reference to these standalone financial statements based on our audit. Weconducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal FinancialControls Over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note") and the Standards onAuditing as specified under Section 143(10) of the Act to the extent applicable to anaudit of internal financial controls both issued by ICAI. Those Standards and theGuidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform theaudit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controlswith reference to these standalone financial statements was established and maintained andif such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy ofthe internal financial controls with reference to these standalone financial statementsand their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements included obtaining an understanding of internalfinancial controls with reference to these standalone financial statements assessing therisk that a material weakness exists and testing and evaluating the design and operatingeffectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selecteddepend on the auditor's judgement including the assessment of the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company's internal financial controls withreference to these standalone financial statements.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls With Reference to these Standalone FinancialStatements
A company's internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliabilityof financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposesin accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
A company's internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements includes those policies and procedures that
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately andfairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permitpreparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only inaccordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and
(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection ofunauthorised acquisition use or disposition of the company's assets that could have amaterial effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls With Reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements including the possibility of collusion or impropermanagement override of controls material misstatements due to error or fraud may occurand not be detected. Also projections of any evaluation of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statements to future periods are subjectto the risk that the internal financial control with reference to standalone financialstatements may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree ofcompliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion the Company has in all material respects adequate internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statements and such internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statements were operating effectively asat March 312022 based on the internal control over financial reporting criteriaestablished by the Company considering the essential components of internal control statedin the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.
| ||For S R B C & CO LLP |
| ||Chartered Accountants |
| ||ICAI Firm Registration Number: 324982E / E300003 |
| ||per Sudhir Soni Partner |
|Place of Signature: Mumbai ||Membership Number: 41870 |
|Date: May 18 2022 ||UDIN: 22041870AJEIXG8741 |

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ANSYS workshop “HPC as enabler to Total Vehicle Simulation”
Many companies are working with CFD models developed to provide insight and answer to a dedicated area. These models are often optimized in terms of model size and approach, to provide as fast as possible turn-around time. However, this can have the effect that several engineers are working with unique models that share most of the geometry. An alternative is to expand into a common model, addressing several areas at the same time. This model can be significant larger in terms of mesh size etc, but using effective HPC makes this a cost effective approach. The described methodology is discussed for an automotive car, where areas as Aerodynamics, Thermal & Cooling are simultaneously simulated. It is also shown how HPC is enabler for keeping simulation times more than acceptable.
Leader: Torbjörn Virdung.


Middle Kids‘ lively debut album, Lost Friends, is full of stylistic diversions and genre-blending tunes, making for a strong introductory statement by the Australian trio. With songs covering a gamut of influences from early 2000s punk to more modern indie rock melodies, Middle Kids know how to paint with multiple musical palettes. Lost Friends tackles friendship, love and good times, while simultaneously examining loneliness and heartbreak, expertly displaying their versatile lyricism and instrumentation.
Vocalist Hannah Joy, bassist Tim Fitz and drummer Harry Day blend their unique sounds into a cohesive listen. On Lost Friends’ hauntingly melancholy title track and the brutally honest “Maryland,” Middle Kids effectively accentuate their indie rock elements. A slow electric bass on the title track is accompanied only by Joy singing of the inevitable separation of friends over the passage of time. The track crescendos with layers of drums and electric guitar, paralleling the vocals. Joy submits to the truth that everyone ultimately exists on his or her own.
“Maryland” focuses more on the freedom alone time grants; being alone means having no anchors to people or places, and moving on is possible, Joy seems to say. A mid-tempo beat and an undercurrent of pedal steel guitar to help create the cinematic, liberating mood.
With the high-energy, drum-driven “Mistake” and the electric guitar-dominated “On My Knees,” Middle Kids align themselves more with the garage rock sound in ways the other songs avoid. On the former, the uptempo beat immediately opens up the track. “Mistake” recalls Riot-era Paramore, with Joy’s compelling vocal embellishments, jangly guitar riffs and self-reflective lyrics about making and getting past mistakes.
Guitars weave in and around a drum-fill-heavy beat on “On My Knees” Again, this track tips a hat to Paramore as Joy channels her inner Hayley Williams. At the opposite end of the sonic spectrum, the short-but-sweet “Hole” and the album’s melodic goodbye, “So Long Farewell I’m Gone,” demonstrate a knack for the weepy ballad.
“Hole” is still one of the more moving tracks on the album, while the album closer uses its reverbed piano melody to meditate on growing old. A central rhythm, played both on the drums—with a militaristic snare featured prominently—and piano, mimics a heartbeat until cutting off at the end.
Lost Friends makes a profound introductory statement.
Follow writer Piper Westrom at Twitter.com/plwestrom.


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Lego Lord Of The Rings Dev Diary
Not long now for what has to be the most exciting Lego game yet
First Vita footage looks sharp. Gone are the nasty cgi movies from Potter and Batman.
The Mines of Moria Part 1 Preview
The Battle of Helms Deep Preview

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|Houston's Bernard Smith drives to the
(Photo by Jeff Shaw)
Kelly, who was ineligible during the fall semester because of poor grades, led all scorers. He hit 8-of-20 from the field and 4-of-4 free throws.
Maurice Evans and Chris Owens added 14 each for Texas (7-2).
Houston (2-6) was led by Dominic Smith with 14 points, Chad Hendrick with 13 and Marcus Oliver with 10.
Houston suffered from poor free throw shooting, hitting only 9-of-22.
Leading 43-41 with 14:21 left, Texas scored 10 straight to extend its lead to 53-41 with 11:34 remaining. But Houston then outscored Texas 9-2, including five by Hendrick, to cut the deficit to 58-54 with 6:02 left.
The Cougars were never that close again, as Kelly added six points in the final 2:54 to secure the victory.
A basket by Bernard Smith gave Houston a 9-7 lead with 14:11 left in the first half. Texas then scored seven straight, to move ahead 14-9 with 11:04 remaining in the half.
The Cougars cut their deficit to three, 26-23, after a driving layup by Dominic Smith with 3:02 left in the half.
Kelly then scored five straight to give the Longhorns a 31-23 advantage.
A pair of baskets by Houston's Marcus Oliver in the final minute of the half cut the Texas lead to 33-30.


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A New Inspiration
The Dutch Crunch Connection
Breadwise, this week has been a time of serendipity. No less than 3 resources that I have perused have mentioned "The Dutch Crunch".
1. The first resource was The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, used in a recent bread I made (a combination Anadama and Entire Wheat bread, made from two recipes on the same page of the Fanny Farmer cookbook). It turns out that on the page facing the two recipes I used, there was a recipe for the Dutch Crunch Topping, along with this interesting note:
"Bakeries used to make their breads look and taste terrific with this topping. The secret had all but disappeared years ago. The idea originally came from an old Sunset magazine recipe, and as a guide I have made some variations and adapted their recipe…Dutch Crunch splits and cracks as it bakes and forms a golden, crusty top to loaves, rolls or buns."
2. The second resource was jonalisa, blogging at "The Fresh Loaf". The pictures of her Dutch Crunch rolls are so very pretty. She writes,
"When I stored these overnight in plastic baggies, I found they had lost their crunch. I recommend baking and serving the same day."
I think that Jonalisa's Dutch Crunch rolls are even nicer looking than the ones shown on "bakingbarrister.com", where she found her recipe (although those ones are pretty too.) Bakingbarrister found their recipe in Beth Hensperger's 'Bread Bible'.
Does anyone else but me see Gondwanaland slowly breaking apart in these rolls?
As lovely as these buns look, none of these breads are whole grain (all of these recipes use rich rice flour and yeast) and so none of them moved me to try the recipes. That is, until I stumbled upon my third resource that mentioned the Dutch Crunch.
3. The Final Resource
One of my favourite, but infrequent bread blogs that I regularly monitor, "Ye Olde Bread Blogge", has a new e-book of bread recipes that is freely downloadable. Nils Schöner has written a fine cookbook with wonderful pictures. "Every recipe has at least one picture of the finished loaf," he writes. The number of different grains and textures he uses in these breads is amazing, and I became very excited, looking at the many pictures of various German breads, thinking that I might finally be able to bake some authentic German loaves. I will still have to struggle, here in Canada, to find a way to adjust my flour so that I can follow his recipes, but with his book in hand, I'm finally beginning to believe that such a thing is possible.
Everyone should get their hands on this fabulous resource while it is still free and available. And if you find it useful, send Nils a few Paypal dollars to encourage him to keep sharing.
But I digress. One of Nils' recipes for a Country Loaf (Landbrot) "borrows" from the 'Dutch Crunch' technique to make a separate dough for the surface of the bread, applied during the final rest. But Nils' recipe for the crust isn't full of extra sugars and refined flours like the others I was reading about this week: this extra dough on top of the rising loaf (inspired by, but not copying the Dutch crunch) he calls a 'Sourdough crust', and is made mostly of rye meal. The result is, he writes, "a compact rye loaf reminiscent of old German baking techniques."
And because of the serendipity of the 'Dutch Crunch' technique -- and because his bread looks like the loaf I have always wanted to be able to make! -- his "75/30 Landbrot" is the first loaf from Nils book that I will bake. I love that name and ratio: with the addition of the extra rye in the crust, there is more flour here than 100%.
Notes on rebuilding the German flours
I have emailed Nils asking him for an appendix for those of us on this side of the pond who have flours that are not graded by ash content. I wondered how I might go ahead to rebuild the German flour with what I have on hand. He wrote, "I admit the possibility that the recipes could be read as strict formulas that do not allow for variations in flours, did not occur to me." But he kindly jotted a few words in an appendix. Incredibly though, I came away from reading it with the impression that I should use what I had!
Nil's 75/30 Landbrot
This recipe has a separate dough that is put on top of the main bread dough during its final rise. This is only like the original rice-based, enriched "Dutch Crunch" in that respect. It might have a crunch to it, but it is not so sugary and crackly. Nil's crusty dough is based on a sourdough rye meal, with no enrichment.
I had a feeling that my rye meal was going to be a bit too chunky to properly act like a dough. I was right about that much: it did not actually puff like he said it should ("The mixture will look inflated."), it just got a little foamy. On the other hand, I wasn't using rye sourdough at 100% hydration, either. Instead, I used what I had -- which was a rye sourdough at 75% hydration. Instead of 1/3 tsp as he suggested, I used 1/2 tsp of that with 1/2 tsp of water, about 2 g of each.
This rye meal is a bit too chunky
What I did with the sourdough for the sourdough crust
Sourdough crust: before
For his 'Type 1050', I used what I had on hand. That is, I used Arva Flour Mill's 100% Whole Wheat Flour, which is made with a high protein, spring red wheat. It does have all the bran and germ in it, however, so I expected not as much of a meteoritic rise, with less of a gluten development.
I also had to change the yeast. Nils uses fresh yeast (and when I had started this recipe, he had not yet added his helpful appendix about converting fresh yeast to dried yeast). I looked up on various sites to check conversion rates, and discovered that I should use in the range of 33%-40%-50% of the fresh yeast amounts. Now the Poolish only calls for a tenth of a gram of fresh yeast. 50% of that would be a twentieth of a gram. And my kitchen scale does not handle fractions of grams. I guess I could measure out 1 gram, and then use a 10th of that volume, and then cut that volume in half, and that might be a close approximation. What would that leave me with? Perhaps a couple of grains of yeast. I began to wonder if perhaps Nils had made an error in how much yeast to use in the Poolish. I looked at the recipe again: "No," I thought, "If he had not put the zero in front of it, I might have believed there was an error in the recipe. But there is no mistake. There is not much yeast here."
I ended up using a bit more than he asks for anyway. I ended up using about 1/8th of a tsp, or about half of what it took to register 1 gram on my kitchen scale.
The dough itself contains some sourdough at 100% hydration, and my sourdough was at 75%. I decided to make a 100% sourdough from mine, using 180g each of rye flour and water, and adding to that 1 tsp of my starter. This I also left overnight, with the crust and the poolish. Nils advises that the sourdough crust is to stand 12-18 hours, and I was at the outside of that; the poolish is to stand 12-16 hours, and I was around 17 1/2 hours for that; and the sourdough was probably sitting about 17 hours before I mixed it all together into the dough.
I mix up my 75% hydrated motherstarter to make a 100% hydrated rye sourdough
Overnight, the sourdough doubles
Again I used what I had: some Dark Rye, and some whole wheat flour from Arva Flour Mills. Mixing it into a wet and sticky dough, I let it sit for an hour as instructed, and didn't see much rise. I shaped it with wet hands and set it in a baking-paper lined basket. Then I spread the Sourdough crust on top of that.
Mise en place
Poolish and sourdough goes into the final dough
This is a tight, gooey mass that has to rest for an hour
I cut some baking paper to fit my basket
After an hour, the rye ball has smoothed and relaxed somewhat
I was a little disappointed in how tiny my loaf looked. That was the effect of going with whole wheat, I'm sure. And no doubt it was also due to my weak sourdough. I will have to probably toss my sourdough and start over again, using Nil's methods, in order to keep a 100% hydrated sourdough starter on hand.
Now, Nils gives us an interesting flip-technique for getting the proofed dough out of the basket, and I didn't think I would be able to do it. Plus, I didn't have the right brotform. What I did instead was, I cut some baking paper to more or less fit my basket and set the dough in there. I would later try to just lift it out of the basket onto the hot baking stone.
That worked pretty good for me.
I shape it with wet hands and put it in the basket
I paint it on the dough
I wait an hour: not much rise yet
My loaf looks nothing like Nils. How could it? I changed so much.
But now, because of him, I am less interested in duplicating something, and more interested in chasing what tastes good to me. I'll be playing with this loaf a bit more, to make it more like my own.
I waited overnight to cut into this loaf. The crust is very hard. My wife will have difficulty cutting into this loaf. And the texture of the crust is such that my wife and my mother-in-law would have difficulty chewing it (it reminds me of the crust that I made that my mother-in-law broke her tooth on).
Of course, I love it. To me, it has a remarkable nuttiness about it, with excellent flavour. The rye interior is mild, and could actually have stood to be baked a bit longer, in my opinion. What that would have done to the crust, I don't know.
I was amazed at how hard this crust got. I am thinking that it almost acts like an exoskeleton on the spreading free-standing rye loaf, during the very hot oven baking. Once the exoskeleton is formed during the first 10 minutes, the temperature of the oven is turned down a bit, and it is allowed to bake for a long period of time (at still quite a high temperature). The loaf doesn't spread much. I think that if I had had the right basket or brotform, this loaf's shape might be more like what Nils' bread looked like.
I think that I will be baking my way through Nils' book - at least the whole grain recipes (of which there are eleven). This bread in particular is worth another try.
Notes to Myself
- Did I miss a step? Does Nils use a floured banneton? His crust looks very different from mine.
- On the crust: consider making your own rye meal, to control the size of the particles. The consistency used here was more like cracked rye than rye meal: grind them finer, but not so fine as flour.
- Try using egg yolk to bind these ingredients together (or would that make it more or less hard?). Or what about adding yogurt to the rye meal sourdough (to get a crust similar but different to what you use on my recent 100% sourdoughs?).
- The idea of the Dutch Crunch, I suppose, is to get a more expansive loaf underneath, and a less expansive but sweeter dough on top, so they both get oven spring but at different times, and the top one gets pulled apart decoratively. Nils' sourdough crust is not a true Dutch Crunch in that sense. To closer approximate the Dutch Crunch, make a real dough of a sweeter consistency on top of the main dough of the bread.
- Get the right kind of brotform to make this bread. Try Nils' way a couple of times, to see if you can do it.

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text: OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to utilize the variation in the level and timing of the change in postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) use between the Nordic countries to assess the population-level impact of decline in HT use on the breast and colon cancer incidences. METHODS: Nationwide HT-sales data in defined daily doses (DDDs) per 1000 inhabitant in 1995-2005 in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were obtained from drug control authorities. Breast and colon cancer incidence data by 5-year age-groups were obtained from the National Cancer Registers. By time series analysis we estimated in each age-group and country how much a change in HT-sales changes cancer incidence. RESULTS: The decline of HT-sales varied; the decline from the highest sales was 61% in Sweden, 51% in Norway, 43% in Iceland and 25% in Finland. With the exception of Finland, the breast cancer incidence increased from 1995 to the year following the year with maximum HT-sales and decreased after that year. In the model combining countries and years, changes in HT-sales predicted the change in breast cancer incidence, an average 7% for each 10 DDD units of HT-sales. No clear association between HT-sales and colon cancer incidence was found. CONCLUSIONS: The time and country specific data suggest, that on the population level, a notable drop from high level of HT use somewhat decreases breast cancer incidence or breaks its increasing trends. The suggested protective effect of HT for colon cancer was not seen.

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Pepsi Money Heist virtual fan party sets a new record
Pepsi’s virtual fan party for Netflix’s popular series Money Heist got everyone excited and fans showed up in massive numbers, making the party a grand success. The party set new viewing records by clocking the highest ever 2.4 million views on MX Player, a whopping 3.3 million views on YouTube, and 3.4 million views on Twitter in just 24 hours.
Pepsi is the first global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brand in the world to execute a live masthead with YouTube. Whether its setting new benchmarks in the category by executing the first live masthead on YouTube in the world or by surpassing the Twitter & MX Player viewing benchmarks for a live masthead – the brand continues to successfully engage with youth online and build culture - curated digital content for consumers.
Saumya Rathor, Category Lead, Pepsi Cola, PepsiCo India said: “We are very thrilled with the response we received for the Pepsi - Money Heist fan party. The love shown to us by consumers has encouraged us to take on lighthouse initiatives, which has further led us to break social media records and set new benchmarks. The staggering number of views and engagement that we have received in just 24 hours is extremely heartening and gives us the confidence to continue curating new age marketing experiences for our consumers.”
Beverage brand Pepsi® and the world's leading streaming entertainment service Netflix came together for the first time in India to celebrate the finale of the globally loved series, Money Heist. As part of this, to take the excitement a notch higher, golden cans & packs inspired by the iconic series were launched, the virtual ultimate virtual fan party of 2021 held in October.


ET Online, a pretty reputable media outlet, reported sources close to the couple stated a wedding was “imminent”; however adding it would be the “complete antithesis of sister Kim’s lavish affair and that it will be low key, just family.” Hmm, could it be due to the public backlash from Kimmie’s extravagant wedding that only lasted 72 days???
The report added that there was no word yet on whether the nuptials would be televised (like these people would ever do anything away from cameras!). Perhaps realizing that the last thing the public wants is another fake Kardashian wedding, pimpmomager Kris Jenner wasted no time in denying the wedding report.
In a statement to Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush, Kris insisted the wedding report is “false!” Me thinks they’re just waiting for the backlash to die down before earning more millions from another televised wedding!
Meanwhile, the Hollywood Life blog is reporting that Kris is still working hard behind-the-scenes to get her family out of the mess Kimmie Kakes has put them in.
Her genius solution? To pimp out push her youngest daughters, Kendalland Kylie Jenner, to the public eye while taking attention off her talentless older daughters!
“Kris wants E! to move ahead with their plans to tape a reality show centered around Kendall and Kylie. But E! hasn’t made any final decisions yet,” reveals a source. “Kris thinks the time to do it is now. She thinks it’s perfect timing.”
The insider continues, “She thinks a reality show about her two youngest daughters would take the heat off Kimmy and the whole divorce scandal,” adding, “She even thinks her son Rob should have some sort of reality show because he attracted so many fans from when he was on Dancing With the Stars. Kris thinks more is better.” Le sigh.
In more Kardashian news, TMZ reported over the weekend thatKhloe Kardashian is now facing an assault lawsuit.
Chantal Spears, a transgender woman, is claiming that on December 5, 2009, Khloe beat the crap out of her outside a Hollywood night club. The reason? Chantal a.k.a. Ronald Spears allegedly walked up to Lamar and told him he was “too young to be married.”
Chantal/Ronald, who is seeking unspecified damages, claims Khloe violently struck her “in and about her body,” causing her serious injuries. She, however, denies she provoked Khloe.
And finally, the ratings are out for Sunday night’s episode of Kourtney and Kim Take New York and it appears they remained steady for the most part despite the very boring episode filled with manufactured drama. There was a slight decline from the 3.2 million total viewers who tuned in to the premiere episode, with 2.9 million viewers returning for episode two.
[Photo Credit: WENN]
TELL US – DO YOU BELIEVE KRIS OR DO YOU THINK THE KARDASHIANS ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE BACKLASH TO DIE DOWN BEFORE PUSHING OUT KOURTNEY’S FAIRYTALE WEDDING? WOULD YOU WATCH A KENDALL/KYLIE SPINOFF?
After realizing hardly anyone is siding with her and/or seeing her as a victim in her divorce battle,Kim Kardashian is now changing her tactics, moving away from attacking her husband, Kris Humphries… at least on the record.
While Kris has had to endure camp Kardashian leaking all sorts of negative stories about him to the press in the past month, he finally had enough this week after filing an annulment — accusing his wife of fraud and simply using him as a prop on her E! reality show. TMZ then quoted Kim as saying Kris was “pathetic” amongst other things. Unfortunately for Kimmie, the public remains overwhelmingly on Kris’s side as most believe he got used by the Kardashian clan.
PEOPLE magazine is now reporting sources close to Kim are claiming she no longer wants to fight dirty. “The filing is, of course, upsetting,” says the source. “She respects Kris and just wants them both to find peace and move on… Kim doesn’t want a battle.” Riiight. No word yet on whether Kimmie and her camp will stop leaking stories about Kris to the press, you know, stories like the current Star magazine cover.
As for Kris, sources close to him tell TMZ he doesn’t want a divorce because of his religion. Apparently, that religion didn’t prohibit him from marrying a sex-tape-fame-whore skank.
According to TMZ, Kris filed for an annulment because it wipes the slate clean by simply erasing the marriage. Even better, if his annulment request is denied, Kris will reportedly ask for a legal separation that will extend indefinitely. And even though an indefinite separation would prevent him from marrying again, he still believes it’s preferable to a divorce. Wowzers.
Legal experts, however, state Kim can still get a divorce with or without the help of Kris as California only requires the consent of one-half of a couple to end a marriage.
Days after an unwed Kourtney announced she was expecting her second child with baby daddy Scott Disick, Farrah tweeted: “I’m shocked Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant again. Did she not learn anything from Teen Mom? Maybe it’s a fake pregnancy like Kim’s wedding. SAD.”
After some fans alerted Farrah that Kourtney, 32, and Scott, 27, are both adults that can take care of their children, Farrah responded, “Double standards in this world? Yes, and guess what? Age and money honestly do not change a person’s poor choice. Quit making excuses.”
The Kardashians, who were probably more than happy to have this new controversy, wasted no time in slamming Farrah! Below are some of their responses via Twitter -
Kourtney - “Why would I have anything to do with teen mom? I’m 32 years old! I may look young honey, but don’t get it twisted. :)”
Scott - “Were not teenagers ya fucking moron.”
Khloe - “I don’t even know who this person is? How do u?” was Khloe’s reply to Scott’s tweet.
Scott - “I just thought she was some shit stain on twitter, no?” was Scott’s mature response to Khloe.
Yikes. As for Farrah, she sort of backtracked this morning by tweeting: “4 all who misunderstood: regards to kourtney K.~ I hope she takes her relationship w/her boyfriend more serious 4 their children-takecare.” And no, that makes zero sense to me as well!
While having two kids out of wedlock is definitely not the best route to go, it’s a bit ridic for Farrah to compare the situation of a 32-year-old Kourtney to Teen Moms. And darn you Farrah for forcing me to defend a Kardashian!
Finally, to further distract us from Kimmie’s divorce mess, Khloe Kardashian is also making headlines after she fired back at her “haters” for criticizing her looks. See, Khloe was photographed (the picture is below) going to the gym without makeup which led to some not so kind comments from fans.
Khloe of course took to her Twitter to respond. She wrote, “Some people are so stressed trying to be perfectly flawless…. but I’m so HAPPY to be perfectly flawed… Haters are like crickets; they make a lot of noise you can hear but you never see them, then you walk right by them and they’re quiet.”
Khloe later added, “Its crazy 2me that if I dont go 2the gym I get judged. If I do go I still get judged. Yes when u work out u sweat, get red… This is why I live for me and not for anyone else. You learn quickly that you will NEVER make everyone happy in life. But I am happy :).”
Apparently those who are very happy always make time to respond to their “haters.” Seems like the Kardashians could definitely use a hobby or two… better yet some well deserved time away from the spotlight.
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TELL US – YOU BUYING THAT KIM WANTS PEACE? DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH FARRAH’S CRITISIM OF KOURTNEY? THOUGHTS ON KHLOE FIRING BACK AT THE HATERS?
Today, Kris, 26, finally responded to Kim’s divorce filing by seeking an annulment from her. Kris wants to erase his quickie marriage on the grounds that Kim defrauded him into marrying her.
Sources close to Kris tell TMZ that Kris was not in on the alleged fraud, a.k.a. he did not stage the marriage for Kim’s reality show. The insiders reveal while Kris wanted and thought he had a genuine marriage, Kim was never really on board.
TMZ adds that this divorce is quickly getting nasty because Kris also wants Kim to pay his attorney’s fees.
Kim is, however, not wasting any time firing back at Kris, with Kim herself “sources” close to her insisting to TMZ that she really loved Kris and the marriage was legit, despite falling apart in just 72 days.
Kim is telling others she originally wanted an annulment and filed for divorce after being told it was her only legal option. Kim is also claiming Kris and her discussed annulling the marriage before she filed for divorce, but were advised there was no legitimate grounds for an annulment.
TMZ states that under California law, annulments are only granted with proof of impotency, incest, bigamy, unsound mind, force or fraud. Kris’s papers state that in the case he’s denied an annulment, he wants a legal separation – and not a divorce. However, some legal experts are stating it will be very difficult for Kris to prove fraud in court.
I have to wonder if Kris’ annulment filing had anything to do with the premiere of Kourtney and Kim Take New York. In a review I wrote before the show aired, I stated that Kris seemed to truly love his wife, appearing like lovesick puppy, while Kimmie seemed pretty much over the marriage. She was quick to get angry with him and seemed more concerned with creating good TV drama by agreeing to move in with her sister Kourtneyand her family.
Meanwhile, sources close to Kris tell the HollywoodLife blog that a reconciliation with Kim is completely out of the question. “Kris is no longer heartbroken and he’s ready to move on,” reveals the source. “His main focus is basketball and he has been hustling for contract opportunities.”
Kris is now reportedly “trying to show teams he’s no longer associated with the Kardashians, so they aren’t influenced negatively by his outside issues.”
So folks, it appears immediately following this season of Kourtney and Kim Take New York, we will get season two of Khloe and Lamar, and then the 125th season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians which is currently filming at the moment. Le sigh. These people are never going away are they? The behind-the-scenes photo is below.
According to a press release by E!, the Sunday night premiere brought in a staggering 3.2 million total viewers, a 6% increase from the 3 million viewers who saw the first season premiere back in January 2011.
RadarOnline reports Kris watched in “utter horror, because it’s just not a true depiction about what was actually going on between Kim and Kris.” An insider close to the situation adds: “Kris did jokingly say that Kim ate too much wedding cake, but what viewers didn’t see was Kim nagging Kris about working.”
When it comes to Kris’ decision to leave Kim in NY at the end of the episode to go back to train in Minnesota, the insider states it wasn’t all Kris’ idea. “There was nothing he could do about the NBA lockout, he was working out, and getting ready for the upcoming season, and he is a free agent. It was actually Kim’s idea that Kris go back to Minnesota to train and give them some distance.”
The source also points out the obvious to Radar Online, which is that producers of the show set up situations with intentions to push Kris’ buttons. “Kris wasn’t getting any sleep at all with Mason’s playroom literally set up outside their bedroom door. It made no sense for Mason’s play area to be on the second floor of the suite Kim, Kris, Scott and Kourtney were staying in. Scott and Kourtney were staying downstairs, and Scott felt that the producers of the show were just trying to provoke him into reactions.”
Kris will reportedly be ‘relieved” once the show is over and his divorce is finalized.
In other news, the Kardashians grace the latest cover of Glamour magazine (more photos from their shoot below) and in a sneak peak of their interview — completed after Kim filed for divorce — Kim gives us her sob story of no longer believing in a fairytale.
“I think I’ll always be a hopeless romantic,” first states Kim before going on to add: “It means that I believe in love and the dream of having a perfect relationship, but my idea of it has changed. I think I need to not live in a fairy tale like that. I think I maybe need to just snap out of it and be a little more realistic.”
Kimmie Kakes doesn’t end there going on to state that she now believes she needs to be a bit “more realistic” about “the fact that what I want isn’t possible.”
Kim expands in the interview with her sisters: “I don’t know. I always wanted what Mom and Dad had. And at first I was like, I want six kids. Then I went down to four, then I was down to three… and now I’m like, maybe I won’t have any. Maybe I’ll just be a good aunt.”
Khloe Kardashian, apparently still has functioning brain cells, and promptly reminds her big sis that “what Mom and Dad had” ended in divorce. Khloe states: “ But Mom and Dad got a divorce, and she met Bruce. And you were a child; you don’t know what Mom and Dad had. As an outsider looking in, it probably looked like paradise.”
Aww poor Kimmie Kakes. How long until she’s in her next fairytale relationship? Plus are we really suppose to believe she only married for love and not for, you know, $17 million and attention???
And when it comes to the high ratings of Sunday’s premiere, I can’t say I’m surprised as I predicted as much. Quite frankly everyone loves a train-wreck and nothing screams train-wreck like watching a marriage that only lasted 72 days fall apart on TV! However, I still strongly believe that the Kardashians are done. They’ll never be able to top this train-wreck and the public is still sick of them. The family is currently filming the next season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and I strongly believe those ratings will take a hit.
TELL US – THOUGHTS ON THE HIGH RATINGS? SURPRISED? PLUS WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF KRIS WATCHING IN TERROR AND KIM’S NEW INTERVIEW?
CLICK THE CONTINUE READING BUTTON TO SEE THE GLAMOUR PHOTOS!
Even worse for the famewhores Kardashian clan, the movement against them is gaining steam. “In a grass roots effort, we have collected [thousands of] signatures for a petition asking E! Entertainment to remove the Kardashian suite of shows from their programming,” petition organizer Cyndy Snider said in a statement to Yahoo News. “We feel that these shows are mostly staged and place an emphasis on vanity, greed, promiscuity, vulgarity and over-the-top conspicuous consumption.”
The more popular petition via GoPetition.com now has over 80,000 signatures (it had 55,000 this morning) — a vast increase from the 15,000 it had yesterday. It is not just an organized effort to get the Kardashian/Jenner clan off television screens, but also to put an end to their empire which includes clothes, perfume and nail polish bottles.
“While some may have begun watching the spectacle as mindless entertainment or as a sort of ‘reality satire,’ it is a sad truth that many young people are looking up to this family and are modeling their appearance and behavior after them,” Cyndy continued. “I’ll remind you here that the Kardashian family fame largely started with a ‘leaked’ sex tape.” Preach sister!
Cyndy adds that whether the petition works or not, she will continue to circulate it on the World Wide Web. “There is no particular religious or political platform behind our disgust; we are just finally fed up,” she added.
Meanwhile, a new report by the NY Post is stating Kimmie is planning to take some time away from the public (haven’t we heard this before???). Apparently, Kimmie really, really wants the public to know she is still mourning the end of her marriage despite posting kissy face photos on her blog this week!
The Post reports Kim is “keeping an uncharacteristically low profile” and has told her team to cancel all promotional obligations until her New Year’s Eve gig in which she’ll host a party at TAO Las Vegas. Kim has also canceled a ShoeDazzle tour in the UK, two book tours and an appearance at Z100’s Dec. 9 Jingle Ball. Her sisters Khloe and Kourtney will be forced to promote the novel they penned with Kim, titled “Dollhouse” without her this week in NYC.
Unfortunately for Kim, I believe her career is done whether she takes time away from the public or not. Like I stated weeks ago, once the media starts to turn on you the end of your “career” is near. It happened to Paris Hilton, it happened to Heidiand Spencer, and now it’s happening to Kim Kardashian. The Kardashians (mostly Kim and pimpmomager Kris Jenner) definitely got too comfortable and definitely too arrogant with their fame. Must say they didn’t think this latest stunt all the way through. They overestimated how much the public really loved them, when in fact most of the public were simply only tolerating them. It appears the talentless family have now worn out their welcome.
You, however, have to love the irony that Kim (who made them famous with her sex tape) is the same one ending their reign of A-list fame with her quickie divorce.
[Photo Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com]
TELL US – HAVE YOU SIGNED THE PETITION? DO YOU WELCOME THE DEMISE OF THE KARDASHIANS AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC? DO YOU BELIEVE KIM WILL GO INTO HIDING?
According to a new report, Kim Kardashian is not only experiencing the wrath of the general public over her sham marriage and quickie divorce, but also the wrath of some of her family members as her actions now threaten her family’s multi million-dollar empire!
“The family has split into two camps since the divorce – Kim and her mom versus the rest of the family, who are really angry at her,” an insider reveals. “Encouraged by her mom, Kris, Kim has become a fame-addicted, money-hungry monster. She has lost touch with reality.”
The insider adds that Khloe is furious with Kim as her divorce has now put the Kardashian empire, reportedly worth over $65 million, in jeopardy. In fact, the two reportedly got into a huge blowout during their recent visit to Australia.
“Khloe was mad because Kim was trying to look sad [about her divorce],” describes an onlooker. “She was telling Kim that people would see right through it, and Kim was only making things worse.” Things got so nasty between the sisters that they were later seen “swearing at each other.”
Following the public outcry, the Kardashians are now said to be in panic and are trying to do “damage control” so they don’t lose everything. “Divorcing Kris so soon after such an expensive wedding, done in front of TV cameras, could well be the kiss of death for the whole family’s career,” explains the insider.
Indeed, as a report by the Hollywood Reporter confirms the Kardashians’ fears which is that their empire is now in danger following Kim’s quickie divorce. Marketing experts are now stating Kim’s actions have damaged her brand identity and threaten to change the way the public and future employers view her.
“She’s completely betrayed the expectations of her brand, because she was a girl with ordinary values, ordinary hopes and dreams who happened to be very glamorous and exotic and happened to be living a very extraordinary life,” President and Brand Strategist at New York’s Truth Consulting, Linda Ong, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Now, what she’s done is shown that she is as shallow as people like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan and the train wrecks of Hollywood that we detest,” Ong continues. “She’s exposed herself as really not one of us, but someone who is the kind of person we thought she wasn’t.”
Another marketing expert Christine Kirk, CEO and founder of Social Muse Communications, also believes permanent damage has been done to the Kardashian brand.
“I think it’s more about revealing her desire, her hunger for continuing to grow this empire that she’s built,” states Kirk. “And I don’t necessarily think it’s shallowness, I think it’s getting caught up in maybe dollar signs and the overall potential that the wedding could have on her overall brand and her empire. And I think that she revealed that.”
Linda adds: “She was impulsive and flighty and naive or money hungry. I mean none of these things are good qualities.”
The media backlash doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon (see, below) are there are three very unflattering magazine covers for Kimmie from this week’s tabloids.
As for Kimmie’s husband of 72 days, Kris Humphries, he now reportedly feels used by her. “Kris started to feel like a punching bag,” a friend tells Life and Style magazine. “He felt like the guy who got married to Kim on TV, not really her husband. He felt used.” Kris’ dad revealed earlier this week that his son was completely blindsided by the divorce filing and found out about it through the media.
As for Kimmie, she recently wrapped up filming in Atlanta for the new Tyler Perry movie and has also taken up tweeting again. When her little sister Kylie Jenner tweeted that “it’s always the people who know the least about you who want to judge you the most,” Kimmie responded: “What a wise little soul my baby sister.” Poor little rich Kimmie…
[Photo credit: Judy Eddy/WENN.com]
TELL US – THOUGHTS ON KHLOE AND KOURTNEY BEING MAD AT KIM? DO YOU THINK THIS DIVORCE WILL MARK THE END OF THE KARDASHIANS?
Lately, I’m having trouble keeping up with all the Kardashian scandals! In the latest faux pas, numerous news outlets are reporting the striking similarities between several designer bags and those produced by the Kardashian Kollection for Sears! Oops.
It seems that in an effort to pedal their own questionable style to their poor fans the sisters Kardashian pretty klosely kopied some of their favorite bags. While making the rounds promoting their new handbag collection in Australia, Khloe insisted: “these are our designs, we design everything.” With Kim echoing, “we’re extremely involved in every last process.”
“We’re really heavily involved in the design process from start to finish,” Kim added, brushing aside accusations of copying. Sadly, this isn’t the first time the Keeping Up With The Kardashian stars have been accused of borrowing ideas! When their collection first hit stores in August, Sears was forced to recall a handbag because of copyright infringement when famous designer Monica Botikerissued a “cease and desist” letter demanding Sears discontinue carrying the similar bag!
And earlier this year Kim was called out by well-known jewelry designer Alexis Bittar for allegedly replicating some of his designs for her collection Belle Noel. The designer has since “banned” Kim from borrowing any of his pieces to wear on the red carpet!
Perhaps the Kardashsians are paying tribute to the work of famous designers, but they haven’t given any credit where credit is due (see above statements). Or perhaps they are just keeping up with the trends! Whatever the reasons, the similarities are striking. Below are some comparisons between the Kardashian Kollection Bags and the designer versions!
The Kardashian trouble with the fashion community doesn’t end there, as apparently wedding gown designer to the stars, Vera Wang and other vendors involved in Kim’s 72-day scam are “pissed” that Kim took advantage of them!
Jo Piazza, a celebrity journalist and author, is claiming that some high-profile vendor’s reputations may suffer as a result of the shenanigan. “Especially someone like Vera Wang who pretty closely aligned her personal brand with Kim’s in the wedding special,” Jo explains. “The divorce will tarnish their brand, E!’s brand and even some of the vendors who participated in the circus.” Yikes!
Ms. Piazza adds that as the divorce news continues to circulate and Kim continues to receive media backlash there will be a lot of “mention” of the three Vera Wang gowns Kim wore to celebrate her nuptials and “that isn’t the kind of product placement Vera was hoping for when she got involved with the Kardashians.” Well when you lay down with dogs…
Vera is said to be especially frustrated, because she inked a deal with the affordably priced bridal retail giant David’s Bridal to reproduce versions of Kim’s gowns. According to the Wall Street Journal, the line is scheduled to hit stores in February 2012, but unfortunately Kim’s marriage has already fallen apart and is almost certainly headed for divorce! Luckily, they are still beautiful gowns many women would love to wear! When asked about her company’s involvement in the charade known as Kim’s Fake-asy Wedding, Vera divorced herself (pun intended) from the situation and snapped: “Oh please, stop. I’m not a marriage counselor.”
It seems Kim will continue to try and make big bucks off her wedding and subsequent divorce sob story as she graces the December cover of Marie Claire magazine under the headline: “What Went On in Her Crazy Marriage.”
[Photo credit: Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com]
THOUGHTS ON THE KARDASHIAN KOLLECTION BAGS – DO YOU THINK THEY WERE COPIED OR JUST KEEPING WITH TRENDS? ARE YOU SHOCKED THAT VERA WANG IS SO ANGRY ABOUT ASSOCIATING WITH KIM? DO YOU THINK HER BRAND WILL SUFFER AS A RESULT?
CLICK THE CONTINUE READING BUTTON TO SEE THE HANDBAG COMPARISONS!
Hot on the heels of Kim Kardashian filing for divorce after a mere 72 days of marriage, the Kardashian family is desperately trying to save face after fans and media outlets expressed outrage following Kim’s multi-million dollar televised wedding and quickie marriage to Kris Humphries! Good thing nobody changed their name!
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star made her first public appearance since the divorce filing (above) with sister Khloe Kardashianpromoting their new handbag collection in Sydney, Australia today. Below, more photos of Kim and her well perfected, definitely not practiced at all, sad pouty face!
Meanwhile, she posted a special and heartfelt (ha!) “A Message To My Fans” all three of you: Kourtney, Khloe, and Kris J on her personal webpage describing why she chose to file for divorce without ever even residing in the same home as her husband. Apparently Kim, 31, got caught up in the excitement of a wedding and the idea of love without, you know, caring about who she married or the actual marriage.
”I want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed in to something too soon,” she confesses. “I believed in love and the dream of what I wanted so badly. I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn’t get off when now I know I probably should have.” When diamonds, custom made designer dresses and dollar signs are dangled in front of you, perhaps it is hard to take a step back and re-evaluate.
“I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn’t know how to and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people,” Kim admits. “I never had the intention of hurting anybody and I accept full responsibility for my actions and decisions, and for taking everyone on this journey with me. It just didn’t turn out to be the fairy tale I had so badly hoped for.” I would kinda feel bad for her, except I don’t!
Kim is also furious that people would accuse her of marrying for all the wrong reasons! “First and foremost, I married for love,” she insists. “I can’t believe I even have to defend this. I would not have spent so much time on something just for a TV show!” Right…
“I share so much of my life on a reality show, that contemplating whether to even film my wedding was a tough decision to make, and maybe it turned out to not be the smartest decision. But it’s who I am!”
“We filmed Kourtney giving birth, Khloe getting married, break ups, make ups, our best moments and our worst moments. These were all real moments. That’s what makes us who we are. We share, we give, we love and we are open!” Kim declares, claiming that part of being a Kardashian is famewhoring having a camera on you 24/7!
As for those pesky rumors that she banked upwards of $17M from the nuptials, Kim is adamantly disputing those claims! “These reports are simply not true and it makes me so sad to have to even clarify this,” Kim states.
Since she can’t keep the gifts when the marriage didn’t even last six months, Kim is now claiming that she will be donating all “the money for all the gifts” to the Dream Foundation, a charity that helps dreams come true for those living with life threatening illness. A report by TMZ states she is planning to donate $200,000 (the estimated sum of all the gifts she received) to the charity.
Pimpmomma Kris Jenner is also speaking out defending Kim’s actions and insisting nary a cent was earned on the made for TV wedding. Appearing on the radio show Johnjay and Rich, Kris claims Kimmie Kakes had to make the “very difficult decision” to end her marriage “on her own.” Clearly, since Kris H found out through the tabloids!
“[Kim's] not the first person in the world to get a divorce or have something like this happen to, and she won’t be the last,” Kris argued. “She just happens to be a very public person with a couple of television shows on the air so it makes it bigger than life.”
“She didn’t make a dime off of this wedding,” Kris claimed. “She actually spent millions of dollars on this wedding, so it’s not something that she thought would ever not be happily ever after.” Funny… I don’t believe either of you!
“People just have to stop judging,” Kris admonished. “Take a step back. Let Kim do what she needs to do and just be supportive. It’s not easy.” I think the best way to avoid judgment is to get out of the public eye!
While Kris is home trying to pick up the pieces of his broken life — Kim jetted off to Australia, following a massage, to do more promotion for whatever krap she is hawking now. More photos below of Kim, sister Khloe and her brother-in-law Lamar Odom!
According to a poll by TMZ, over 95% of the public do NOT believe Kris’ claims that Kim did not make a dime off her wedding. And can you blame them? After all they got paid for the following according to a report by the NY POST -
$15 million plus profit for four-hour, two-part wedding special on E!
$2.5 million for exclusive photos with People magazine
$300,000 for exclusive engagement announcement with People
$100,000 for exclusive rights to bridal shower with Britain’s OK! mag
$50,000 to have Bachelorette party at Tao in Las Vegas
Kris went on The Today Show this morning and further expanded on the claims that Kim did not make a dime off the wedding. According to Kris, while Kimmie received over a million from the sale of the wedding pics and from E!, all the money went into her wedding and she apparently had to use some of her own money to finish paying for the lavish wedding. Not.Buying.It.
Another fun tidbit, Kathie Lee Gifford, who has been a close family friend of the Kardashians for decades, revealed on The Today Show yesterday that she suspected something was off with the couple as they barely interacted during their August wedding rehearsal dinner. “I never saw them together the entire night,” said Kathie.
Even more interesting? At the wedding reception Khloe whispered to Kathie Lee: “I give it six f ***ing months.”
[Photos Credit: Robert Wallace/ WENN.com]
DO YOU BELIEVE KIM DIDN’T MAKE ANY MONEY FROM HER TELEVISED WEDDING? DO YOU SUPPORT KIM’S DECISION OR ARE YOU FED UP WITH THEIR PLOYS FOR ATTENTIONS?
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We report a case, a 48 years old woman, presenting with life threatening severe hyponatraemia caused by the Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) secondary to Olanzapine use. A Medline search revealed no publications of Olanzapine induced SIADH or hyponatraemia. However, online, there were three cases with hyponatraemia been reported at a Dutch pharmacovigilance centre1.
A 48 years old Caucasian female, obese (BMI 32), smoker with medical history of mixed bipolar affective disorder, schizoid personality disorder and hypercholesterolaemia was admitted to the hospital in a postictal confusional state following an episode of generalised tonic clonic seizure at home with biting of the tongue and urinary incontinence. There was one day history of generalised muscle aches, anorexia, lethargy, irritability, confusion and unsteady gait prior to the episode. There was no history of polydipsia or polyuria. Shortly after admission, she had respiratory arrest for which she was intubated, started on mechanical ventilation and transferred to ICU.
She was on Olanzapine 20 mg daily for last two years. Her concomitant medications included Diazepam 5mg and Simvastatin 40 mg per day. She had not used any other medication known to cause SIADH during the previous two years. Laboratory investigations revealed hyponatraemia with sodium value of 114 mmol/l, serum osmolality 240 mos/kg, urinary sodium 49 mmol/l and urinary osmolality 220 mos/kg.
Diagnosis of SIADH was made. Olanzapine was incriminated as the causative agent since no other apparent cause of SIADH was found. With discontinuation of Olanzapine and treatment with hypertonic/ normal saline, her serum sodium levels normalised, her respiratory functions improved dramatically and soon, she was weaned off the ventilator, extubated and sent to general ward. In the ward, she continued to maintain normal sodium levels with the discontinuation of Olanzapine. Causality assessment using the Naranjo Nomogram revealed a probable association, with probability score of six.
Hyponatraemia (serum sodium concentration < 136 mEq/L) is a prevalent and potentially dangerous medical comorbidity in psychiatric patients2. Hyponatraemia is known to occur as a rare but clinically important adverse reaction to treatment with different psychotropic drugs3. In these patients, it is important to rule out psychogenic polydipsia, a clinical disorder characterised by polyuria and polydipsia, as it occurs in 6% to 20% of psychiatric patients and is more likely to be seen in schizophrenia4.
In our patient, diagnosis of hyponatraemia secondary to SIADH was made as the biochemical blood and urine test results were consistent with SIADH. SIADH is suspected in any patient with hyponatraemia, hypoosmolality, and a urine osmolality >100 mOsm/kg. It causes hyponatraemia by preventing the excretion of ingested water5.
Usually, rapid and complete recovery of drug-induced SIADH occurs when the offending agent is discontinued. In our patient also, the correction of hyponatraemia, combined with the discontinuation of her Olanzapine, resulted in resolution of hyponatraemia, without any further recurrence.
Clinicians should be aware that patients being treated with Olanzapine can develop hyponatraemia and it is important to check serum sodium levels when patients on Olanzapine develop symptoms suggestive of hyponatraemia.

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‘We’re coming!’: Baton Rouge rescuers race to woman & dog drowning in submerged car (VIDEO)
A driver and her pet were rescued just in the nick of time as their submerged car rapidly sank in Louisiana floodwaters.
The floods, which have killed at least three people, are the result of torrential downpours that continue to batter parts of the southern US state.
The dramatic and highly dangerous rescue was captured in a video that shows the moment three men pull up in a boat to save the woman from drowning in the Baton Rouge floods.
In the footage, the woman can be heard appealing for help as two-thirds of her convertible is already submerged.
“Oh my God, I’m drowning,” the woman cries from inside the sinking car.
“We’re coming, we’re coming,” a rescuer calls back.
Once reaching the vehicle, the men unsuccessfully attempt to break the car window as the vehicle continues to sink.
Finally, one of the rescuers, David Phung, jumps into the water and tears through the fabric of the convertible’s roof to pull the woman to safety as the car finally goes fully under.
They were not out of the deep end yet, however, as the woman’s pet dog was still inside the car.
“Get my dog, get my dog,” she urges her rescuer.
Within seconds, the brave man dives back under the water to the to pull the pooch out of the now fully-submerged vehicle, before all three swim to safety.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has called the flooding a "major disaster" as record water levels continue to affect homes and roads in the region. Dozens of emergency shelters have been opened to help local residents forced from - or unable to reach - their homes.
A flood warning remains in place in southeastern Louisiana and further rain is expected in the area Sunday.

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What are "Girls
" star Lena Dunham and "Mad Men
" actor Jon Hamm
doing together?The young and hip Dunham introduces the new The New Yorker
iPhone app to Hamm and the world in a five-minute short she created, which is set on Hamm's faux Talk Show
.As a Late Night
host in the video (above), Hamm says, "I don't know what an iPhone is, I've never heard of The New Yorker
, don't know what an app is."Luckily, Dunham has come to the rescue with a clip ...