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Minister P Chidambaram said They will also be expected       The list also includes, the Defence Minister promised to bag orders worth over 4 wheeled Armoured Fighting a ‘bang’ on a Sunday morning lakh crores over the next seven announcement about the has been created with an out- ture the items by using their Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative and ended with a ‘whimper.’ to eight years as the Army, IAF import embargo, Defence lay of nearly 52,000 crore for own design and development import embargo date of The only importer of and Navy will be procuring Minister Rajnath Singh said domestic capital procurement capabilities or adopting the December 2021, of which the defence equipment is the world class weapon systems here it is a big step towards in the current financial year, he technologies designed and Army is expected to contract Defence Ministry. Any import developed and manufactured Atmanirbhar Bharat (self- said. He said Prime Minister developed by the Defence almost 200 at an approximate embargo is really an embargo         ! "#   within the country. reliance) in defence. has given a call Research and Development cost of over 5,000 crore, he on oneself. What the Defence $  % The negative list or the In a series of tweets, he said for a self-reliant based on Organisation (DRDO). said. Minister said in his historic embargo will commence from the Defence Ministry has pre- the five pillars, i.e., economy, Elaborating upon the pol- The Defence Ministry offi- Sunday announcement    December this year in a grad- pared a list of 101 items for infrastructure, system, demog- icy, the Minister also said cials said the embargo on deserved only an Office Order -. / ed manner and continue till which there would be an raphy & demand and almost 260 schemes of such imports is planned to be pro- from the Minister to his     2024 as the Services are now embargo on the import beyond announced a special econom- items were contracted by the gressively implemented Secretaries! amidst negotiating deals with the timeline indicated against ic package for Self-Reliant India Tri-Services at an approximate between 2020 and 2024. Import embargo is high  !!  0 foreign vendors. As defence them. The Minister also said named ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’ cost of 3.5 lakh crore between The aim is to apprise the sounding jargon. What it deals take relatively longer time the Defence Ministry has also Taking cue from that evo- April 2015 and August 2020. “It Indian defence industry about means is we will try to make  "# !$ compared to other contracts, bifurcated the capital procure- cation, the Ministry of Defence is estimated that contracts the anticipated requirements of the same equipment (that we   (1?)/, the Government has gone in ment budget for 2020-21 prepared the list, said Rajnath, worth almost 4 lakh crore will the Armed Forces so that they import today) in 2 to 4 years   )+,+(-. for timeline for stopping between domestic and foreign adding it will offer a great be placed upon the domestic are better prepared to realise and stop imports thereafter!, ucknow reported 684 more imports. capital procurement routes. opportunity to the Indian industry within the next 6 to 7 the goal of indigenisation. the Congress leader said in a s India breached 2 million Lcoronavirus positive cases, Making the important A separate budget head defence industry to manufac- years,” he said. Continued on Page 10 series of tweets. ACovid-19 cases on Friday taking the tally to 12,760 on and just in three days from Sunday, even as six COVID-19 then it has added two lakh patients died in the city, pushing more cases, taking the overall the death toll to 147.     !!  !!  count well past 22 lakh cases With 238 COVID-19 $*+ '    on Sunday death in a day patients being discharged from increased to 1,000. hospitals in the last 24 hours,     ! & '()  The country has started 6,531 infected persons have   ,  recording more than 60, 000 recovered and at present 6,082 cases every day, and death toll active cases are undergoing treat-   (1?)/, carrying a cash reward of are above 900 on daily basis. ment in the city. Indiranagar,      *!! 50,000 in Prayagraj. The way India is adding Gomtinagar, Ashiyana, Chowk, he sleuths of Special Task The police were tipped off new cases and death, by the Thakurganj Mahanagar,     %331 added. According to a police TForce (STF) gunned down about the presence of Rakesh end of this month, the country Hussainganj, and Hazratganj % ! occasion of “Balram Jayanthi”, spokesman, a BJP worker hail- a dreaded shooter, who was Pandey and his gang in could have around 3.5 million remained high containment areas a day when farmers worship rassroot workers of the ing from Budgam was shot at said to be involved in BJP Gudamba on the intervening cases and nearly 75,000 deaths. in the state capital.    plough. GBharatiya Janata Party and critically injured by ter- MLA murder night of Saturday and Sunday Aparts from Maharashtra, Meanwhile, 4,687 persons The first sanction of over (BJP) are turning out to be “sit- rorists. He was out for a morn- case, during an encounter with during a routine monitoring of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil tested positive for coronavirus   ! 1,000 crore was made to over ting ducks” in Kashmir valley in ing walk when terrorists tar- him in Sarojininagar early hardened criminals and a team Nadu states such as Bihar, across the state, raising its case- 2,280 farmers under the the absence of adequate secu- geted him. morning on Sunday. was dispatched for his arrest. , Assam, load to 1,22,609. The state wit-   !$ Agriculture Infrastructure rity cover for even those who This is the third incident in The deceased was identi- When the police team Karnataka and West Bengal nessed 45 COVID-19 deaths in Fund. figure on the “hit list” of ter- the valley in the last one week. fied as Rakesh Pandey aka reached Gudamba, it surfaced have started reporting huge the last 24 hours as the toll   )+,+(-. Speaking on the occasion, rorists and fearing for their lives On August 6, BJP sarpanch Hanuman Pandey of Mau. He that Rakesh and his aides had number of cases on daily basis. reached 2,069. With 2,817 per- Modi said no middlemen or , about one dozen BJP workers Sajad Ahmad Khanday was was said to be a close aide of left for some place on Kanpur With several States still not car- sons being released from hospi- n a move to direct financial commission was needed as the have so far resigned from the killed in Vessu village of mafia-turned-politician road and the team moved to rying out adequate number of tals, 72,650 COVID-19 patients Isupport and to empower the amount went straight to farm- membership of the party Qazikund block in South and slain that place. The team spotted an tests, the caseload could go up have recovered and 47,890 are farmers of the country, Prime ers. recently. Kashmir’s Kulgam district. On mafia , and was Continued on Page 10 Continued on Page 10 undergoing treatment. Minister Narendra Modi on He also expressed satisfac- Four party workers from August 4, BJP Panch Arif Sunday electronically trans- tion because the objective of Budgam resigned following Ahmad was also critically ferred 17,100 crore to the the scheme was fulfilled. fresh attack on a BJP worker in wounded after terrorists fired !'()  bank accounts of over 8.5 crore “17,000 crore of PM- the area on Sunday. at him in Akhran Qazigund.  $!!    *+ farmers as part of the PM- Kisan Samman Nidhi have It is learnt the BJP workers According to a police * ' KISAN scheme. been deposited into bank have forwarded their letters of spokesman, at about 6.30 am '' R The Prime Minister also accounts of 8.5 crore farmers resignation to SSP Budgam terrorists fired upon a BJP !      launched the agriculture infra- with a single click. No middle- and District President Budgam worker identified as Abdul structure fund with a capital of men or commission, it went BJP. Budgam BJP president Hameed Najar, son of * ,-% 1 lakh crore for agri-entre- straight to farmers. I am satis- Aga Mohsin told reporters the Mohammad Jamal. “The BJP &      4.%5%,%% Covid Care Centre (CCC). At preneurs, startups, agri-tech fied because the objective of the letters of resignations of four worker was shifted to SMHS  -+))%. least ten people are feared dead players and farmer groups for scheme is being fulfilled,” PM BJP workers are in circulation hospital Srinagar for treatment      major fire broke out in the in the mishap besides several post-harvest management and Modi said during the launch of on WhatsApp. where his condition is stable,” MK MP Kanimozhi on Aearly hours of Sunday others who were injured, nurturing farm assets through a financing facility for farmers. “I will talk to them regard- police spokesman added. DSunday said a Central #$     morning at Hotel Swarna according to authorities. The a video conference on the Continued on Page 10 ing their resignations,” he Continued on Page 10 Industrial Security Force offi- Palace in Vijayawada, which building was housing Covid-19 cer asked her if she was an     had been converted into a patients who were mildly  Indian, when she asked the symptomatic and those who woman official to speak in did not require hospitalisa-    )$ ,   Tamil or English. tion.   “Today at the airport a Ramesh Hospitals has     !      ( CISF officer asked me if ‘I am taken Swarna Palace Hotel      an Indian,’ when I asked her to located in Vijayawada was      speak to me in Tamil or transformed into temporary        /-012 .    Lodta village farm, which they English as I did not know Corona hospital to treat Covid-  O     had hired for farming, for the Hindi. I would like to know 19 patients. The flames sud-        leven members of a family    past six months. from when being Indian is denly started in the hotel at Eof Pakistan Hindu migrants “There was neither any equal to knowing Hindi. about 4.45 am in the early     were found dead at a farm in     injury mark on any of the #hindiimposition,” Kanimozhi hours on Sunday and the fire     Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district on cause and means of death. bodies nor any evidences of any who is also the DMK’s women’s tenders started rescue opera- !"     Sunday morning, police said. They appeared to have com- foul play,” the SP said. wing secretary said on her &        #$%  tions at 5 am.        A member of the family, mitted suicide by consuming “But we have roped in a twitter handle. 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Chakraborty, accused of abet- (PMLA) and his questioning co-accused Indrajit ments, business and profes-   *   ting film star Sushant Singh centred on his personal busi- Chakraborty to appear before sional deals as the probe so far caling up testing capacity in the country, over seven lakh sam-     O Rajput’s suicide, to appear nesses, income, investments it on Monday. has shown mismatch between Sples have been examined for Covid-19 in a day taking the        before it again on Monday in and financial dealings with his On Friday, the ED had her income, expenditure and cumulative tests conducted so far to 2,41,06,535, the Union     an ongoing money laundering sister and the late film star. briefly questioned Shouwik investments, they said. Health Ministry said on Sunday with recovery rate rises to 68.78 probe. Besides Rhea, the ED has and Indrajit besides the actress’ Continued on Page 10 per cent.    !"#!#!   %      . !  " 

  (1?)/, ed officials to provide timely  0. relief to all those who were tressing on making contact                stuck in floods. “Such places   (1?)/, farmers,” he added. Stracing more effective, Chief should also have proper The minister said that Minister Yogi Adityanath asked Lucknow (PNS): Uttar and for protection from floods. arrangement of boats and secu- epsiCo India has decided to Microsoft was already setting up officials to make advanced Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi He said foodgrain kits rity mechanism,” he said. Pincrease its investment from a centre in Greater Noida that strategy to control the COVID- Adityanath has directed containing 17 items had been The chief minister specif- Rs 500 crore to Rs 800 crore in would employ over 4,000 peo- 19 pandemic with an empha- round-the-clock monitoring distributed among the flood- ically pointed out that cow Uttar Pradesh. This will pro- ple. He said the trade between sis on the districts where the of the situation in the flood affected people and 178 cattle shelters in Pilibhit and vide direct and indirect UP and US was around $2.74 number of coronavirus infec- affected districts through camps had been set up. He said Azamgarh districts should have employment to over 1,500 peo- billion, which was mainly of tex- tion cases had gone up. patrolling and drones. so far over 6 lakh cattle had all facilities, including green ple in the state. tile, woodcraft, leather, carpet, “Exercise caution in the He has also asked the dis- been vaccinated. fodder. UP’s MSME and Export iron and steel items. districts of Lucknow, Kanpur trict magistrates to accord top The minister said relief Those present in the meet- Promotion Minister Sidharth Recently, the US compa- Nagar, Jhansi, , priority to flood relief work. kits contains 10 kg wheat flour, ing included Medical Nath Singh, while giving this nies have shown interest in Prayagraj and Bareilly to con- The chief minister has 10 kg rice, 10 kg potato, 2 kg Education Minister Suresh information, said that earlier investing in the electronics tain COVID-19. Do more and also asked officials to constant- arhar dal, edible oil and other Khanna, Minister of State for PepsiCo was to invest Rs 500 and electrical sector at Noida more Covid tests and increase ly update information about items of daily use. Health Atul Garg, Chief crore in potato chips plant at and Greater Noida. The UP the number of Covid beds in the release of water from dams He said so far over 40,000 Secretary RK Tiwari, , has now increased government is inviting invest- Level-2 and Level-3 hospitals,” and reservoirs, and also make food relief kits had been dis- Agriculture Production the investment. He said that ment in the food processing, Yogi said while presiding over adequate arrangements for tributed among the flood Commissioner Alok Sinha, many other US companies leather, horticulture, and phar- a high-level unlock review repair of flood protection affected people. Additional Chief Secretary were in the process of making maceutical and agri sectors meeting at his official residence embankments where there is The minister said over (Finance) Sanjiv Mittal, investment in the state. also. Additional Chief Secretary here on Sunday. threat of breach or leakage. 1.82 lakh metres of tarpaulin Additional Chief Secretary While discussing on the (MSME) Navneet Sehgal said He said the senior doctors Yogi said adequate had been distributed and 253 (Revenue) Renuka Kumar, investment opportunities in that a separate USA desk had should take regular rounds in arrangements must be made medical teams had been Additional Chief Secretary to UP with the representatives of been created to help investors hospitals to monitor the condi- for fodder and vaccination of He said Sharda river in cue and relief works. He said pressed into service in flood Chief Minister SP Goyal, American Chamber of and it would help in expediting tion of COVID-19 patients. the cattle. Lakhimpur, Saryu at Turtipar besides NDRA, 15 teams of affected districts. Director General of Police Commerce in India, the MSME investments proposals. “Contact tracing should Backward Class Welfare in Ballia, Rapti at Birdaghat in SDRF and seven teams of PAC The flood-affected dis- Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, minister assured them of all He said that the proposed be done effectively so that all Minister Anil Rajbhar, after Gorakhpur and at Elgin Bridge had also been deployed for tricts include Ambedkarnagar, Additional Chief Secretary help on behalf of state govern- international airport at Jewar in contacts of an infected person visiting the flood affected dis- in Barabanki, were flowing relief operations in flood- Ayodhya, Azamgarh, (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, ment. He said that PepsiCo west UP would help in attract- are traced,” he said. trict, said here at a press con- above the danger mark. affected districts. Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Additional Chief Secretary had also decided to procure ing more and more investors The chief minister also ference on Sunday that as He said for dealing with The minister said so far Barabanki, Basti, Gonda, (Medical Education) Dr. 118,000 tones of potato from while the defence manufactur- directed officials to set up many as 802 villages in 20 dis- the flood calamity, control 283 flood relief camps and 715 Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Rajneesh Dube, Additional farmers of Mathura and Kosi ing corridor of UP could also Level-3 Covid hospitals in tricts were affected by floods. rooms had been set up at the flood outposts have been set Lakhimpur Kheri, Mau, Chief Secretary (Rural region. “This would help in be the favourite investment Saharanpur at the earliest and He said all the flood pro- district and the state levels. up in flood affected districts. Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Development and Panchayati increasing the income of the destination for the MNCs. make dedicated Covid hospi- tection embankments were Rajbhar said 15 teams of Rajbhar said the state gov- Deoria, Sant Kabir Nagar, Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh, tals functional in Shamli and safe and there was no cause of NDRF had been deployed in ernment had issued detailed Pilibhit, Pratapgarh and Additional Chief Secretary Bareilly by August 16. worry. flood-affected districts for res- guidelines for flood relief work Sitapur. (MSME) Navneet Sehgal, 3     He said ambulance facility Principal Secretary to Chief should be promptly provided to effective for this as it will help directed the Medical Education process to augment the capac- already been done so far. He Minister Sanjay Prasad, take COVID-19 patients to COVID-19 patients get treat- department to double the ity of ICU beds in district hos- was also told that cleanliness Principal Secretary (Animal      ! hospital. ment at the earliest,” he said. capacity of beds in all the pitals. and sanitisation work was Husbandry) Bhuvnesh Kumar, “It is very important to The chief minister said medical college hospitals of The chief minister was being carried out on Saturdays Secretary to Chief Minister Lucknow (PNS): While the cops were still groping in the dark for make Integrated Command that hospitals should provide the state. He also directed the apprised that as many as and Sundays as planned. Alok Kumar and other senior a clue to the recorded anti-Narendra Modi audio message and Control Centre (ICCC) better health services. He Health department to start the 31,18,567 Covid testing had The chief minister direct- officers. received by journalists and others on Saturday, the mischief-mak- ers were again involved in similar act on Sunday, this time the hate audio being made in female voice. The Lucknow police on Saturday .   had registered a case and claimed to be making an in-depth probe   !$ !R   !  into the hate audio to bring to book the culprits to send them jail. Sources said that on Sunday, almost at the same time at noon, /. # % #   (1?)/, Rs 1400 per month. and bare feet, they also inhale these the phone bells of several persons, including journalists, started ring- “Tremendous growth in population dangerous chemicals,” Praveen said. ing. While many ignored the calls as it was coming from abroad, Lucknow (PNS): Aam Aadmi he sound of thak, thak emanates accompanied by poverty, illiteracy and Dr Surya Kant, head of department those who received the call said recorded message received by them Party (AAP) UP incharge and Tfrom small houses in a crowded ignorance, insufficient income and of respiratory medicine and pulmonary on Saturday was almost the same, the only difference being that MP Sanjay Singh asked the BJP lane of Aligarh where small children unemployment of parents, large fami- and critical care medicine at King this time it was in a female voice. The audio message asked Muslims why it did not invite President can be seen grappling with metals, ly etc. are the causes responsible for the George’s Medical University in in India to stop Narendra Modi from unfurling the national flag Ram Nath Kovind to bhoomi hammers and other tools. A closure child labour but poverty is the main Lucknow said that children who on Independence Day. The development was informed to the poojan for construction of Ram look reveals the truth. These are work- cause which forces innocent children worked with hazardous chemicals in Lucknow police. temple at Ayodhya. shops where locks are manufactured by to work in worse conditions of the closed rooms with no ventilation were Meanwhile, police on Sunday said that they would crack the Singh said if the chief min- children as young as 5-12 years old. informal sector for their own and prone to many diseases which could case soon. Giving this information to media persons here on Sunday ister, prime minister and gover- Their team leader is Anwar, a 14-year- family’s survival, she says. even prove fatal. afternoon, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar claimed that nor could take part in the bhoo- old skinny boy. According to the government sur- “From a small age, these children the phone calls (containing the audio message) were received not mi pujan, the President could This is a common sight in Aligarh, vey, it has been found that the children suffer from asthma, TB and skin dis- only in Lucknow but also in different cities of Uttar Pradesh and also take part in it. famous for its lock industry where chil- are made to do all sorts of work in these eases,” he said. other states as well. “It seems the calls were redirected through a “The BJP is now sending dren are still employed despite the units, whether it is plate cutting, body Ironically, child labour is banned in gateway. Uttar Pradesh police are working with other agencies. Soon prasad at Dalit’s house in Supreme Court order banning child drilling, manufacturing, casting, lock all hazardous industries as per Supreme we will crack the case. Intense investigations are going on,” he said. Ayodhya to score political labour in hazardous industry. fitting, designing or electroplating. Court guidelines. The Uttar Pradesh Kumar added that the phone calls primarily targeted journal- mileage and social media atten- A survey carried out by the UP skill. The survey found that around 18 government has already enacted a law ists and it was an attempt at mischief. The police lodged an FIR tion,” Singh said. government in collaboration with the “The manufacturers prefer child per cent children work on power under which a defaulter can be fined on Saturday over the recorded audio message. The message was Reacting to an FIR against Aligarh Municipal Corporation and a against adult because they pay less to presses, which is very hazardous and Rs 20,000 besides initiating criminal directed over the recent ground-breaking ceremony for the con- him in New Delhi, Singh said non-governmental organisation (NGO) child labourers than an adult labourer dangerous for these small children, 14.1 proceedings against him if found struction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Phone calls containing the why CM Yogi Adityanath chose that works for TB eradication, revealed for equal and same type of work. All per cent children work on hand press- engaging a child as a labourer. audio message appeared to have originated from abroad. They were the backdoor to get an FIR reg- that over one lakh people are employed these children are toiling hard just to es, it is also dangerous for the children Dilip Sevarthi, director of Vikas received by some journalists here, Police Commissioner Sujeet istered against him in New in the lock making industry in Aligarh contribute the family income. because any carelessness during the Sansthan, an NGO that works for the Pandey had said on Saturday. Delhi. He dared the CM to get and out of this workforce, around 30 Households often depend on child work on hand press can lead to acci- rights of children and women, said laws a case registered against him in per cent are children. labour to supplement income,” said dents with fingers being severed. were there but there were people who Lucknow and send him to jail. The children are engaged for work- Shabnam Praveen from Aligarh Around 13.2 per cent children work for circumvented them in the knowledge ing on hand presses, polishing or buff- Muslim University. polishing locks and lock parts while of local administration. ing machines, electroplating and spray In her paper ‘Child labour in another 12.6 per cent work on electro- “When the administration tight- painting units, for filling components, Aligarh lock industry, Praveen states plating, which is very dangerous and ened the noose around workshops, peo- making springs and assembling and that the wage structure in the lock hazardous for their health because ple converted their homes to workshops packing of locks. All these children are industry varies from unit to unit. They various types of dangerous chemicals and employed children. In some cases, under 14 years of age; some of them as get wages according to their age and are used in electroplating. they sub-let their work to individual young as 5 or 6 years old. These chil- skill. Average wages of child labourer “Children dip parts of locks and families who get that work done in their dren work according to their age and in Aligarh city is between Rs 500 and hardware in the acids with bare hands homes,” he said.  0..!    (,         Lucknow (PNS): The cash strapped UP Power Corporation Limited, in an attempt to augment its billing efficiency and rev up its revenue, has signed an agreement with National Rural Livelihood Mission to enable self-help groups (SHGs) for doorstep collec- tion of electricity bills from consumers. The SHGs will get Rs 20 for a bill of up to Rs 2,000 and 1 per cent up to Rs 49,999. UPPCL  Chairman Arvind Kumar said this would enable SHGs to create a prepaid wallet with UPPCL by depositing money. Once the SHGs become agents they will be able to receive bill payments on behalf of UPPCL and give receipts. “This is UPPCL’s way to empower women and help them generate extra income. An official of UPPCL said that the move would help consumers to pay bills at doorstep with- out having to visit the office of the UPPCL. It may be mentioned that the cash starved UPPCL has drawn up a roadmap to improve the financial and operational performance of its discoms by 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                   !             "            # $ S                      &                       !          

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He pointed out parts of the city were less in Fshooter Rakesh Pandey labs on Sunday, the DM said that a total of 5,000 tests were comparison to those from claimed that his son was taken that reports of the patients being carried out on a daily Trans-Gomti areas and other into custody by a team of cops should be uploaded immedi- basis in Lucknow, 2,500 of parts. Director of Balrampur in civvies and later on he was ately and it should be ensured which were RTPCR tests while Hospital Dr Rajeev Lochan killed in an encounter. Baldatt within the following hour that the rest included TrueNat, said the number of coron- Pandey said Rakesh had the patients are either in hos- antigen and other tests. The avirus cases being detected at reached Lucknow to look after pitals or in home isolation. He CMO said that to control the the hospital had increased. his mother who was undergo- told the representatives of six growing number of cases, they “We are getting 4-5 patients ing treatment at SGPGI. private labs in the city carry- had also started giving testing positive in the holding “We were not informed ing out Covid-19 tests to feed Ivermectin tablets to the health area. These are the patients about the announcement of the portal with the correct data workers and close contacts of who have come for emer- reward on Rakesh ever before. by Monday evening. the positive persons. “We are *  &1     ' gency treatment. We inform He was taken out from home in The DM said each lab has expecting good results because   % the CMO about these patients Gudamba by a team of STF to have an ambulance and it has worked in decreasing the who are then shifted to a around 3 am,” Pandey said. there should be emergency infection in Agra. This is a Rajkiya Nirman Nigam long time, we were at the sec- Covid hospital,” he added. According to old-timers in services available at the col- harmless medicine with no has been told that construction ond position, but now we Meanwhile, four patients Lucknow police, Rakesh moved %  & %  '  ' lection centres. “All the labs side-effects and should not be activity should be started in have become first by pushing succumbed at KGMU on to Lucknow to pursue a diplo- $  % have to follow ICMR guide- given to kids below 2 years of one month’s time and the our limits. Bhubaneswar, Sunday. Spokesperson Dr ma course in polytechnic when lines and if they are not doing age and pregnant women,” he building be completed by April which was leading with 11,000 Sudhir Singh said the he was 16-year-old and ended Rae Bareli. He gained accolades said Rakesh came in good so, strict action will be taken said. Dr Singh said they had 2021. tests, is now at the second deceased included a 48-year- up killing his hostel roommate in the underworld following his books of Mukhtar Ansari and against them. All the data of received complaints about a Meanwhile, IITR direc- place,” he said. Dhawan said old woman from Auraiyya over a petty issue. It is said that daredevilry in executing crimes gained latter’s confidence after the antibody tests which have private hospitals taking huge tor Alok Dhawan said that this that over the time, they had who was admitted on July 17 he lifted his roommate and and soon became a close aide the Krishna Nand Rai murder been conducted by the labs sum of money from patients week, the Lucknow cluster developed the technique of and suffering from meningi- threw him down, causing him of Mukhtar Ansari. Sources case. have to be given to the CMO,” and stern warning had been which is carrying out Covid managing a large number of tis. A 79-year-old man from to die on the spot. He was jailed he said. issued to hospitals to follow testing has come first in the samples in an optimum time- Indiranagar, who was admit- in a crime case in 1993 and then Chief Medical Officer Dr guidelines. Looking into the country by conducting the frame. ted on August 6 and suffering he came in contact with dread- Rajendra Prasad Singh said utility of the Integrated maximum number of tests “Earlier, we would make from kidney problems, also ed criminals. The criminals they were adopting the strat- Control and Command (12,000). “I have received a pools of ten samples and then succumbed. A 54-year-old then had the craze to join the egy of increasing RTPCR tests Centre, it was decided that a mail from the department of test them. If we found a pool man from Vibhuti Khand, likes of Mukhtar Ansari and in comparison to antigen tests. new building would be set up Biotechnology under which positive, we would conduct the who was admitted on July 23 Munna Bajrangi, and Rakesh He said they were stressing in the campus of the Smart the Lucknow cluster consist- tests again. But now, we sit for and was suffering from kidney was no exception. Seven years more on RTPCR than on anti- City office which would be ing of IITR, BSIP, NBRI and an hour prior to the testing problems, also died, as did and after the case in Lucknow, gen tests because antigen tests termed as Safe City Command CDRI has conducted the max- and sort out the close contacts a 41-year-old woman from Rakesh Pandey’s name had to be followed by the con- and Control Centre. imum number of tests. For a and the second contacts of the Gosainganj. appeared in a contract killing in -3    45 !655

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  (1?)/, A total of 4,31,904 can- didates had submitted appli- eventy-six per cent atten- cations for the exam in 1,089 Sdance was recorded in centres across the state and Lucknow as BEd-JEE was 3,57,064 appeared for the held on Sunday. Out of examination. 30,394 candidates who had “Several of these candi- registered for the exam, dates were visually-chal- 23142 were present in the lenged and they were pro- morning shift and 23,127 in vided dictators and also given the second. extra time. At various centres, In the state, the atten- certain candidates with dance was 82.67 per cent. above-normal body temper- State coordinator, BEd-JEE ature were made to sit in iso- Amita Bajpai said given the lated rooms. All the protocols circumstances due to Covid- and instructions for safety 19, the joint entrance exam were strictly adhered to,” was successfully conducted Amita Bajpai said. across the state. “There were CCTV cam- She said that in Lucknow, eras at each exam centre and there was only one case in proper arrangements were which a girl used a different made for cameras, routers photograph in her admit etc. The exam was closely card at Awadh Girls’ Degree monitored with the help of College. “The matter will be the command control room looked into by the commit- set up at the University of tee. Other than that, there Lucknow. No untoward inci- was no case of unfair means,” dent was reported from any she said. exam centre,” she said. Regarding reports of can- She said that an unsuc- didates crowding at the cessful attempt was made by entrance of exam centres in a female candidate at a violation of Covid-19 guide- Meerut centre to appear for lines, she said: “ What hap- the exam using a fake admit pens outside the gate is not card. The local authorities under our purview, but sent the information to LU. guidelines were followed at all The entry was found to be the centres and we have fake when the data available numerous videos and pho- with the university was tographs. All the students checked,” she said. District wore masks and sanitisation Magistrate Abhishek Prakash was also carried out between also visited one of the centres the shifts,” she said. in the morning.        ! "1$2 Lucknow: The staff of The hospital and was rushed to Pioneer mourned the sudden Lucknow for specialised death of Banda district cor- treatment. However, he suc- respondent Anjani Nigam cumbed to the infection due to coronavirus infection early Sunday morning. His on Sunday. He was 54. last rites were later per- Nigam, who had been asso- formed in Banda. He is sur- ciated with The Pioneer for vived by wife and two sons. over 20 years, tested positive The UP Journalists’ for coronavirus last week. Association also held a con- His condition deteriorated dolence meet in Banda Press on Saturday while undergo- Club to condole the death of ing treatment in a Banda Nigam.    !"#!#!   8   4       !!!  !        "#$%&'&  ('   (1?)/, police station where all the under suspension and a three were assaulted and men- departmental inquiry was   (1?)/,  orture and harassment of a tally tortured in the name of ordered against them. T22-year-old girl by male extracting truth. Surprisingly, The action was taken as the Amidst coronavirus pan-   (1?)/, student consumed acid at her cops of Jalaun police after no female cop was present in accused cops brutally assault- demic, caste and religion pol- house in Madiaon on Saturday alleging that she was involved the police station when the girls ed an innocent family of retired itics has started to heat up in youth allegedly acted fresh evening after being scolded for in a theft forced her to commit were tortured by the male army man. The district magis- Uttar Pradesh with Bahujan Awith a 9-year-old girl not concentrating on studies. suicide. The incident took place cops. The girls denied having trate and the minister incharge Samaj Party chief on when she was playing outside She later died during treat- in Naya Ramnagar area of Orai committed any theft and even of the district, Anand Swaroop Sunday returning to her social her house in Hasanganj on ment at Balrampur Hospital. in Jalaun district where 22- asked what they would do with Shukla, had sent a report to the engineering formula in an Sunday afternoon. Girl’s father As per reports, Shobhita year-old Neeshu, was found the passport of someone else. chief minister on direction of attempt to appease Brahmins as lodged a case against the Rathor (18) of Gayatri Nagar hanging from the ceiling of a Later in the night, when the Yogi Adityanath. well as her traditional Dalit vote accused, who was detained by passed Class XII but with low room in her house on Saturday family members and local res- Reports said that Rajan base. police later. The accused was percentage. On Saturday morning. She was taken to idents staged demonstration, all Pandey aka Jhanku escaped While raising question over identified as Jatin Pandit of the evening, her father Rajesh hospital where the doctors pro- the three girls were released from the custody of cops of not inviting President Ram same locality. Rathor scolded after finding nounced her dead upon arrival. and handed over in the custody Nagara police station on July 26 Nath Kovind to the bhoomi As per reports, the girl was her busy in works other than The news of her death of their parents. after which the cops launched pujan for construction of Ram playing outside her house studies. Shobhita felt humili- spread like a wildfire and the Chowdhary said that his a crackdown. However, failing temple in Ayodhya, the BSP while her father and other ated and consumed acid. Her family members along with daughter could not bear the to get any breakthrough, the chief on Sunday made a poll members were resting inside parents rushed her to hospital local residents gheraoed the trauma and later committed cops picked up retired army promise to build hospitals will respect their demands,” she related to religion. the shanty. Around 2 pm, her where she died during local police station, alleging suicide. He demanded action man Ajay Pandey and nine of named after religious leaders, said. “Prime Minister Modi father came out of the shanty treatment. that assault and mental trauma against all the policemen and his family members and bru- including Brahmins, so that the Mayawati further said that should have gone to Ayodhya all of a sudden and saw that which the victim faced in the the traders who made fake tally assaulted them. A case was state could be better equipped four times the BSP government along with the President, who Jatin had gagged the girl with   hands of cops forced her to charge of theft on the girls. also registered against them for to fight epidemics. had launched several public comes from the Dalit commu- her hands folded behind The Gudamba police commit suicide. ASP in Jalaun, Awadhesh giving shelter to the accused. “In view of the shortcom- interest schemes in the name of nity. Some Dalit saints also kept while he was touching her arrested a drug peddler after a Her father Kallu Singh, however, took no action, When the media high- ings of the state and the Centre great saints of all classes and shouting that they were not inappropriately. brief chase on Saturday night. Chowdhary claimed that on claiming that they would probe lighted the issue, the chief in fighting the coronavirus also named districts after them, called for bhoomi pujan on “I screamed and lunged at The accused was identified as Friday, Neeshu and two of her the matter and take action minister on August 1 last asked pandemic, the BSP govern- but the names were changed by August 5. They did not invite him, but Jatin fled the scene. Santosh Singh of Lakhimpur friends went to Baldau Chowk accordingly. The cops also the district administration to ment, if elected to power in UP, the govern- Dalit saints but they could My daughter told me that Kheri. Reports said the police market where some traders chased away the protesters. submit a report and finally on will build hospitals named after ment due to their casteist men- have invited President Ram Jatin used to give her money team, led by Sanwal Prasad, detained them, alleging that the Meanwhile, on the inter- his direction, the then SHO Parashuram, a symbol of faith tality. The names of these dis- Nath Kovind. A good message and misbehave with her,” the was conducting a checking at girls had stolen a passport. All vention of Chief Minister Yogi Ramesh Kumar, beat sub- of Brahmin society, and pro- tricts would be reinstated after would have gone to society if complained alleged. He said he Tedhipulia crossing in the area the three girls were later hand- Adityanath, five policemen, inspector Krishna Yadav and vide medical facilities in the BSP comes to power. they had invited the President felt his daughter was in a when an informer tipped off ed over to beat sub-inspector including the station house three constables were placed name of great saints born in all Parashuram is considered for the auspicious ceremony,” problem and hurriedly came the team about the drug ped- Yogesh Pathak. officer (SHO) of Nagara police under suspension on Saturday castes and religions,” Mayawati to be the sixth incarnation of the BSP chief said on Sunday. out of the shanty to save her. dler who was travelling in a The cops took the girls to station in Ballia were placed night. said. Lord Vishnu by devotees and is “Only talking of Ram rajya The police said a case under tempo. The team laid a trap in Referring to Samajwadi said to have killed many war- will not be helpful to people. Section 354 of IPC was regis- the area but the accused got a Party leader Akhilesh Yadav’s riors from the Kshatriya clan They need to implement Lord tered against Jatin and he was whiff of police checking. He got  68'4 9/- announcement of installing a with his battle-axe (parashu) Ram’s teaching. There is a jun- also booked under POCSO down from the tempo soon %    108-foot tall statue of for abusing their power. gle raj in UP in the Yogi Act. “Jatin is under detention after it was stopped and fled the    Parashuram in Lucknow, Interestingly to woo Adityanath government. Crime and the case has been assigned scene. The team gave him a     Mayawati said the SP was Brahmin voters, even the is increasing with each passing to a sub-inspector,” the police chase and nabbed him. The Tanushree, a student of  -,  :2  indulging in appeasement pol- Congress has set up a Brahmin day. There is no Ram rajya in said. team recovered 18 grams of City Montessori School, itics in order to earn the votes Chetna Samiti led by former UP,” Mayawati said. In another incident, a girl smack from his possession. Mahanagar, of Brahmins in the state. Union minister Jitin Prasada Earlier she had given the has been   (1?)/, conserving gene pool from “The fact that the statue is who is taking up the issues of credit for paving the way for selected for important mango-growing being installed just before the atrocities on Brahmin during construction of Ram temple in 3   admission ango repository at the areas of the country,” he said. elections shows how worse the present BJP regime. Ayodhya to the apex court. by three MCentral Institute for The CISH director said their (SP) condition is. The Mayawati also raised the Prime Minister Narendra noted uni- Subtropical Horticulture is one that a good number of mango society has faith that BSP does issue of recent bhoomi pujan in Modi on Wednesday took part   (1?)/, at his house for the past few versities of of the richest varietal collec- varieties were collected from not just make promises but also Ayodhya though she said that in the bhoomi pujan for con- months. “Amit was upset fol- England. tions of the world numbering Andaman, northeast states, fulfils them. If people with there should no politics on struction of Ram temple in youth was found hanging lowing the death of his moth- She has 780 unique types. The varieties particularly from Manipur and vices wish to build an idol, we Ram temple as the matter was Ayodhya. Aat his uncle’s house in er who passed on July 14 due been have been augmented not only areas near Myanmar border. Madiaon on the intervening to some illness. He took to offered from India but also from “Varieties from these areas are night of Saturday and Sunday. alcohol to get over the men- admission by Lancaster Australia, Thailand, important because of having As per reports, Amit Vishwas tal trauma. For the University, Cardiff University Philippines, Malaysia, primitive characteristics of (27) aka Anup was staying at last few days, he was con- and Royal Holloway, University Myanmar Brazil and Florida. mango as the origin of mango his uncle Gopal Vishwas’s suming alcohol. On Saturday of London. Tanushree has got CISH director Shailendra is considered from this region house in Paltan Chhawni. night, he was drunk and this opportunity for higher Rajan said the institute has only. Farmers are regarded as His mother had died on July ended his life,” Gopal said. education due to her academ- divided this huge field in banks the most important custodians 14 following some illness. Meanwhile, a joint team of ic excellence and diligence. into two different blocks on the of mango varieties maintaining Around 1 am, his aunt Ashiyana and Krishna Nagar She has given credit for her suc- basis of their origin. North, this heritage for centuries. Saraswati Vishwas went to the police arrested an accused cess to the robust academic East, West and South blocks Several farmers deposited their room in which Amit was named in several crime cases atmosphere of CMS. have varieties from respective own varieties in the field gene resting and found him hang- and bearing a cash reward of regions. There is also a block of bank of CISH with their names. ing from the ceiling. She Rs 25,000, late on Sunday %     exotic varieties and farmers’ CISH has also conserved vari- informed Gopal about the evening. Under the 15-day ‘Self- superior seedling. eties identified by mango lovers same. Gopal later called the The accused, identified as Reliant India Awareness “The augmentation of from different parts of the police and a team reached the Pultsya Tiwari of Ashiyana, Campaign through Social mango varieties started in 1975 country,” he said. scene. Investigating officer, suffered bullet injuries in his Media’, 56 NCC girl cadets of when the institute took birth as He said that a large collec- sub-inspector Zafar Mehdi leg in the firing by the police Babasaheb Bhimrao Central Mango Research tion of mango varieties in the said Anup was hanging from after he refused to surrender Ambedkar University partici- Station. Mango varieties were field gene bank motivates peo- the ceiling with a cable tied and opened fire on police pated in ‘Be Vocal About Local’ collected from various field ple for conserving trees of around his neck. Amit was team. The police said they got online oath programme with gene banks of the country. unique varieties. unmarried. a tip-off about Tiwari's move- Lt Rajshree (Associate NCC About 50 years back, nursery- “This act helps in the pro- Gopal told the police that ment in the area and laid a trap officer) and committed them- men were one of the most motion of mango variety con- his nephew Amit was staying to arrest him. selves to the use and promo- important custodians of mango servation. This unique collec- tion of products manufactured varieties. Several explorations tion has more than 200 vari- in the country and also got e- were conducted by the institute eties from eastern India. certificates. The campaign was scientists for collecting rare and Interestingly, the varieties organised by the 20 UP Girls unique varieties from different which were collected from Battalion of Lucknow under parts of the country. These col- west Bengal and Odisha are the auspices of the Union lections were made from now not existing at their place Ministry of Defence and Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya of origin. West Bengal govern- Electronics and Information Pradesh, Karnataka, ment is interested to restore the Technology. As many as 56 Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Murshidabad mango varietal candidates participated in the different parts of Uttar Pradesh. wealth with the help of CISH,” < ')7$  % programme. These explorations helped in he pointed out. !#) *+&'!&%)&+!, ! "     %&*&--(!.*          (1?)/, ed NABARD’s introduction of this refinance facility for   (1?)/, the board of editors will have the rime Minister Narendra PACS which is the last mile right to nominate them as partners PModi launched credit provider to the farmers. he Culture department has start- who they think are useful in relation ‘Agriculture Infrastructure He said UP had been pio- Ted working on the making of a to work and content. Ramayana Fund’ for development of neering many initiatives to global encyclopaedia of Ramayana, and its culture is related to an infrastructure in cooperative strengthen the ‘farm-gate’ which will document the tangible important and wide area of Indian sector at New Delhi, which delivery system to ensure and intangible heritage of the epic. culture, so special attention will be was live-streamed at the remunerative prices to the Joint director, Culture department, given to authenticity in the presen- NABARD Regional Office and farmers and would ensure YP Singh said it would have 200 vol- tation. In the presentation of the viewed by senior officers of that PACS become a robust umes. architecture, at least 10 pictures of an UP Government, bankers and platform to address the needs He said each volume would architecture should be drawn in cooperators in the presence of of the farmers. Towards this have a minimum of 1,100 pages with which one or two pictures can be Minister for Cooperatives objective, the state govern- 700 being attributed to references selected by the committee for pub- Mukut Bihari Varma. The PM ment will actively coordinate and originals. “In the first phase of lication. Complete details of the interacted with a few repre- with NABARD to transform coming with the document, we are architecture should be mentioned in sentatives of farmers and the PACS as Multi-Service holding a number of webinars which which the style of the architecture, expressed satisfaction that Centres, he added. will be followed by extensive docu- the year of construction, the mate- recent initiatives of the Centre Among the dignitaries mentation,” Singh said. rials used, the historical signifi- had addressed some of the who attended the programme “The aim is to document the and chapters as encyclopaedia,” he cance, the present day architecture pressing needs of farmers. included MVS Rami Reddy, global expansion of Indian culture added. About the action plan, he said and the utility of tourism. A sum of nearly Rs 17,000 IAS, ACS-Cooperatives, through Rama and to provide large Ramayana was so widespread that to The joint director said that while crore was released to more GoUP, Jitendra Bahadur documents to the future generation publish the encyclopedia of compiling the details of the statue, a than 8.5 crore farmers under Singh, Vice Chairman of and to authenticate the cooperation Ramayana as a bibliography, it was collection of the sculpture, materi- PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi. Uttar Pradesh Cooperative of the Ramayana as a soft power proposed to work on the following als used, height and length mea- Coinciding with the Bank, Brijesh Kr Singh, GM diplomacy in India’s foreign policy points. surement, history and its importance event, the Minister for & SLBC-Convenor and other and an endeavour to establish Tangible and intangible legacies in the present will be collected. Cooperatives handed over the senior officers of state Ramayana group of countries. The will be listed in each state. Based on “There are several categories of in-principle sanction letter government. proposal is to capture the various these heritage, all available material painting such as traditional painting for ‘PACS as MSC’ scheme of Shankar A Pande, Chief aspects of the tangible and intangi- along with architecture, sculpture, style, miniature painting style, wall NABARD to Uttar Pradesh General Manager of ble heritage of Ramayana — archi- paintings, music, literature, Ramlila, paintings, folk painting style, mod- Cooperative Bank (UPCB) at NABARD, said that under tecture, sculpture, paintings, music, picture styles etc will be listed as ern painting style, etc. In all these NABARD Regional Office. this scheme, refinance to handicrafts, literature etc existing in authentic. In each state, the services painting styles, the area of tradition The in-principle sanction, for UPCB would be provided at almost all countries of the world. of new researchers will also be of painting should also be demar- extending Special Refinance a very concessional rate of 3% After compiling all these tangible and obtained for on-site survey, selecting cated in which the style of that par- Assistance to be provided by by NABARD and the ultimate intangible heritage, Ramayana art, the best experts on the basis of ticular style. There is influence in the NABARD to UPCB for prov- rate of interest charged to culture, literature and way of life will content. regions so that they can become ing loan to 244 PACS with PACS would not exceed 4%. be presented in a systematic manner There will be a high level con- clear. A list of currently available total project outlay of Rs 46 He expressed hope that PACS in India and in other countries. Any sultation committee at the state senior and budding painters should crore and bank loan of would make good use of information related to Ramayana is level, through which counselling also be made, marking history and approximately Rs 42 crore NABARD’s scheme to create proposed to be documented. All the will be provided from time to time. traditions with geographical delim- was conveyed to UPCB. necessary infrastructure and records, documents and research “An editorial board will be itation. This work will also be use- Speaking on the occa- provide services to farmers at work will be published in sections formed in each state. All members of ful for cultural mapping,” he added. sion, the minister appreciat- ground level.    !"#!#!     *  7#$= & 7 $56   " .   1*    &   %   .%((%-%@% he Sangam city again wit- Tnessed a number of corona  %   .4%2%)%. patients over 150 for the fifth consecutive day. As of Saturday he district has seen yet night, 176 new patients were Tanother big spike as 294 found infected. At the same COVID-19 patients have been time, three corona patients detected here on Sunday. It was admitted to Swaroop Rani the second highest number of Nehru COVID Hospital also cases found in a day after 312 lost their lives. detected on August 7. With Now the number of coro- this, the total number of cases na patients has reached 3,801 has crossed 4500-mark as it has and the number of dead has reached 4,555. Besides, the risen to 72 in the Prayagraj dis- district also saw two more trict so far. While the number deaths increasing the toll to 81. of corona patients is increasing During the day, the follow-up rapidly, the patients suffering negative reports included 139 from this disease are also recov- patients recovered from home ering fast. isolation and the total number On Saturday, a maximum of patients cured at home has of 107 patients recovered and increased to 1,312 while 47 went home. This is the reason recovered from the hospitals. that the number of cured With this, the total number of patients is 1,768, while as many %'  '  = %') % patients discharged from the as 1,664 patients are currently hospitals has reached 1,443 undergoing treatment at differ- The death of corona in the June. That is, there were only symptoms similar to corona, while the total number of cured ent Covid hospitals in the city. district has increased since nine deaths in two months. The then he/she should be tested, as patients is 2,755 leaving 1,719 However, since last week of July. If one looks at the figures, number of corona patients was the condition can become seri- active patients. July, the number of corona the situation is normal. Death also less in those days. The sit- ous if it is delayed. According to the Chief $  8  '( $ % patients has increased alarm- rate in Prayagraj is just two per uation turned ugly in the Then it becomes very dif- Medical Officer (CMO) Dr ingly. cent. Responsible officers have month of July as the number of ficult to save the patient. This VB Singh, in the first report respectively. With the addition case of any problem they the recovery rate was 55.53 per So far, more than 100 been directed by the Chief deaths accelerated in the same coronavirus affects lungs the received by 11 am during the of 18 red zones, the total num- should inform the Health cent. With the increase in patients were being detected Minister to reduce the death month and thus 71 patients most, so patients with respira- day, as many as 195 new coro- ber of hotspots has increased to department so that they can be death toll to 224, the mortali- continuously for a fortnight. due to corona. The Chief died by the first week of tory problems should be alert- na patients were found out of 1,067 including 387 red zones. admitted to Covid hospitals. ty rate has slightly declined to But over the last five days this Secretary and the Principal August. ed first. 1,648 reports received from Besides, there are 680 green Earlier, this region contin- 1.32 per cent. number has increased to over Secretary, who were getting So far, only one patient had Key facts— 80 per cent of Microbiology department of zones including 22 new ones. ued finding of a large number According to Senior 150 from 100. In this, more information about Corona, had lost his life in Railway Covid the deceased who were already Banaras Hindu University Meanwhile, after finding of of corona patients when 613 Superintendent of Police (SSP) than 200 patients were found also informed that if the death Hospital of L1, the remaining suffering from some disease, 15 (BHU). Till then, the total test many journalists and residents cases were detected on Amit Pathak, the police of var- for two days. On August 7, the rate is more than four per 70 patients died in SRN Covid percent of the dead occurred reports received were 57,541 of Patrakarpuram Colony as Saturday. The maximum num- ious police stations arrested as number of patients had cent, it means more deaths are Hospital of L3. Only patients due to reaching late in hospi- and the results of 6,583 exclud- COVID-19 positive, a rapid ber of 196 cases was found in many as 67 persons under increased to 226. CMO Dr GS occurring but less deaths with a critical condition come tal, 05 per cent of the deceased ing 1,103 RTPCR samples col- antigen testing camp was Varanasi (4,261), followed by Section 51 of CrPC and took Bajpai said that the report of means that the situation is not to the SRN Hospital. Doctors were those who had no disease lected a day ago are awaited. organised at Paradkar Bhawan 94 in Ballia (2,281), 81 in action under Section 51 of 1,603 samples has been nega- yet frightening. say that 80 per cent of such earlier. Out of these, 53,085 were neg- in which as many as 68 tests of Azamgarh (1,622), 52 in Disaster Management Act tive, while samples have been To recall, the first corona corona patients have died, who They underwent treatment ative reports while 4,456 pos- media personnel and their Jaunpur (2,682), 42 in against 629 persons. Besides, taken for testing of 1,448 sus- patient died in Swaroop Rani were already suffering from but could not be saved. itive. The total number of sam- family members were done (1,634), 38 in during checking at 14 border pected people. The CMO has Nehru COVID Hospital on diabetes, lung, cancer, blood Besides, 30 per cent of women ples collected was 65,227. and out of them, 10 were found Chandauli (1,115), 37 in and 49 police checking points, appealed to the citizens to May 6 in the district. The pressure, pneumonia and res- have lost their lives from coro- Earlier, a woman aged 35 from positive. During the camp, Mirzapur (1,061), 37 in Mau as many as 1,068 vehicles were ensure that patients with coro- deceased was an engineer from piratory disease. na. People over 60 years of age Ranipur (Mehmoorganj, District Magistrate (DM) (690), 22 in Sonbhadra (818) challaned and six seized. Apart na symptoms go to their near- Lukerganj. Then the number Dr Sujit Verma, the Nodal died the most in the city. Bhelupur) and a male aged 51 Kaushal Raj Sharma and CMO and 14 in Bhadohi (760). Out from this, 59,300 were realised est testing centre and get coro- rose to three in May and six Officer of SRN Covid Hospital, Patients under 40 years have from Nehru Nagar (Sigra) died also visited there and advised of total 16,924 corona positive from 77 vehicles while na examined. more corona patients died in said that if any one is having the highest recovery rate. during their treatment at Sir the positive suspected patients cases, 9,398 have been cured 2,33,300 from 3,046 persons Sundarlal Hospital (SSH) in to take home isolation. They either at home isolation or for moving on the roads with- BHU and Apex Hospital were also informed that in discharged from hospitals and out wearing masks. ,!       ;) '9 ( 9 9 !     1     %   .4%2%)%.  %   .%((%-%@% The court has directed Sunday taken a decision shall be no physical / e- filing midst tight security the police and administrative and accordingly order on August 12, 13, 14, 15,and Aarrangements, the UP BEd. n view of rapid increase in officers of all the districts to has been issued to continue 16, 2020. Joint Entrance Examinations Ithe number of corona cases ensure strict implementation non- sitting of courts on It is directed that all judi- (JEE) was conducted here on the Allahabad High Court had of the above order. August 12, 13, 14, 2020 in the cial as well as administrative Sunday in which thousands of directed not to allow two pas- This order was passed by High Court of Judicature at sections of High Court candidates appeared. Due to sengers on two-wheelers in Justice Siddhartha Varma and Allahabad. Allahabad shall not function the rush of candidates at sev- the state. It is clear violation of Justice Ajit Kumar on a PIL It has been said in the on August 12, 13, 14 ,2020. eral centres, violation of all the social distancing norms, the seeking better facilities for order that on the aforesaid However, keeping in view of norms of social distancing was court observed. the corona patients. dates only the urgent matters, the backlog matters with clearly seen. Over 80 per cent The court, however, has NON-SITTING OF mentioned before the Chief stamp reporting ( civil/ crim- candidates appeared in the allowed two passengers on a COURTS: The Chief Justice, Justice and senior Judge at inal) and fresh filing sections, examinations conducted at 109 bike or scooter if they are hus- considering the rapid surge in Lucknow, respectively shall they shall function with centres in which 39,600 candi- band and wife because they number of coronavirus cases be taken up and no other required number of staff only dates were scheduled to appear. live together in a house. at Prayagraj and Lucknow on courts shall be sitting. There till the backlog is cleared. As a large number of can- didates were female, a heavy rush of parents and guardians was also seen at many centres 5   / 4   5;    and despite all the instructions to maintain social distancing, the same could not be followed at many places. The examina-  %   .%((%-%@% tions were conducted in two shifts and the candidates were ctivist Dr Nutan Thakur allowed to enter the centres Ahas sought registration of only after thermal scanning. No First Information Report (FIR) one was allowed to enter the    ' '=%45 6554#=( $ % against the officers of Lucknow centres without wearing masks. University responsible for hold- As there were several centres in ULE: The revised schedule for tests for remaining undergrad- will be available on portal by ing today’s BEd examination all Banaras Hindu University entrance examination for uate programmes including August 17. All eligible candi- over the state. (BHU), a traffic jam-like scene admission to various under- BA (Hons.) Arts, BA.(Hons.) dates are advised to download In her letter to UP CM Yogi was seen at Lanka near BHU graduate and postgraduate Social Sciences, BCom (Hons.)/ the latest entrance test sched- Adityanath, Nutan said that Main Gate. There was also a courses (UET/ PET) of Banaras BCom –FMM, BSc. (Hons.) ule from BHU entrance test while the State Government is heavy rush between the BHU Hindu University (BHU) has Ag., BALLB -5 years (Hons.), portal (www.bhuonline.in). As repeatedly emphasising mea- Main Gate and Mahila been announced. Entrance tests BSc. (Hons.) Maths, B.Sc. per provisions of the University sures for containing spread of Mahavidyalaya (MMV). Many for all postgraduate pro- (Hons.) Bio, Shastri (Hons.) Entrance Test Bulletin, admit corona but today’s BEd exam- outside candidates started grammes, LLB. (3 years), and different programmes of cards for entrance tests may be ination made a complete mock- arriving here by different BEd./BEd. Special Education, B.Voc will be held in the sec- downloaded from the entrance ery of the Government’s inten- modes of transport right from BPEd, BFA and BPA are sched- ond phase on September 9, 10, test portal around one week tion. Saturday evening. uled in the first phase between 11 and 14. The schedule of the prior to the date of entrance Thousands of people BHU UET/PET SCHED- August 24 and 31. The entrance second phase of entrance tests test. assembled at each examination centre where the candidates and other involved persons had to stand in extremely close proximity to each other and 3  5!  social distancing was com- 7   '    =% 45 655  % pletely overthrown.  = %') Nutan said all these facts  %   .4%2%)%. staff of the state government were well known to the exam- these requests. The result is that Hence she has sought reg- postponement of the BEO from Monday to make available ining authorities and had been today the public health con- istration of FIR against these (Block Education Officer) espite continuous spike in a better treatment to COVID- repeatedly brought to their cerns were badly affected and authorities at Mahanagar police exam to be held on August 16, DCOVID-19 cases in the 19 patients. notice by the candidates but the battle against corona took station, Lucknow. 202 by UP Public Service city, rush of women was seen The Additional Chief they took no cognisance of a back seat. Nutan has also sought Commission. at some ponds including Secretary and Nodal Officer of Ramkund at Srinagar Colony the district Devesh Chaturvedi here on Sunday on the auspi- held a meeting with the Vice- cious occasion of Lalai Chhath. Chancellor of BHU Prof The women worshiped praying Rakesh Bhatnagar to review the 3  !!  ! the Almighty for long life of testing of corona patients, their their sons. They also observed admission and treatment in Sir ALLAHABAD (PNS): the topic ‘Self-reliant India : Be Bhagalpur. Dr Neetu Mishra tional courses are being intro- fast without having even a sin- Sunderlal Hospital (SSH) and Department of Fashion Design vocal about local’. Prof Alka stated on the promotions of duced in colleges and how it gle drop of water. At Ramkund, it was decided that the hospi- and Embroidery of Hamidia Goel started her view from indigenous products. She will help to the people to gen- the women offered several rit- < '0& ( $ % tal management will impart Girls Degree College organised early decades and said that began from plastic glasses to erate income .On concluding uals as per their tradition. This training to the doctors, staff a webinar on ‘Self-reliant India- local is not a new concept and the replacement of ‘kullad’ to she told about Mahila-e-Haat festival is famous among the nurses and paramedical staff of Be Vocal About Local’ and the have been used since thousand environmental degradation. an organisation to help women local women. continued rising in the city here the river Ganga continued ris- the government to make avail- eminent speakers of the webi- of years ago in India, from the She said how the old tech- entrepreneurs. The webinar The women also assembled on Sunday and during the last ing in Varanasi but its uptrend able a better treatment to the nar were Prof Alka Goyal, Mughal era to the Swadeshi niques were useful and eco ended with the question at many other ponds in the city one day, the level was increased was checked at upstream corona patients. The meeting Dean, College of Home Movement and even after inde- friendly for survival, but nowa- answer session. Dr Rehana and performed puja. As per tra- slowly as the river recorded ris- Mirzapur. It was also rising at discussed the availability of Science, GB Pant University of pendence the artisan are exper- days adding more technologies Tariq praised all the three dition, Lalai Chath falls a cou- ing by 1.29 centimetres per downstream Ghazipur but beds, ventilators, oxygen high Agriculture and Technology imenting to bring out their making the environment speakers and urged to exchange ple of days prior to Sri Krishna hour. The level has increased remained steady at Ballia, a dis- flow respiratory humidifier Pantnagar Uttarakhand, Dr good work to compete in the harmful to sustain. She shared the students and teachers Janmasthami and the day is from 61.66 metres to 61.97 trict which separates UP and system, intensive care unit, etc Neetu Mishra, HOD Home market with international her experience and motivated among the state of India to known to celebrate the birthday metres. However, there is no Bihar and surrounded by three in the hospital and decided to Science Department, brands. She explored many the attendees. Dr Maryam learn their basic skills and to be of deity Balbhardra, the elder any serious threat of flood yet big rivers where Ghagara had increase these facilities as per University of Allahabad and Dr Indian local art works from the Fatima stated a very basic view vocalised. This will upgrade the brother of Lord Krishna. It is as the river is still flowing far already created flood havoc in requirement. Mariyam Fatima, Assistant field of textile and range over of how day to day activities are knowledge on how to be self observed on Krishna Paksha below the warning level of some parts of the district. Recently, as many as 70 Professor, Department of the local art work of India linked with the vocalisation of reliant and to make ourselves Shashti in Bhadrapad month. 70.26 metres. According to TRAINING: Banaras more beds were made available Home Science, Aligarh Muslim including Dabu printing from talent and how the flexibility go ‘vocal for local’. Blessings GANGA RISING: report received from Middle Hindu University (BHU) will to the hospital and with this, University. The speakers pre- Rajasthan, use of Indigo of education important and due and well wishes was given by For the second day in succes- Ganga Division-III of Central impart training to the doctors, the number of beds increased sented their valuable views Kalamkari, Banarasi silk hand- to the change in the New the manager of the college sion, the water level of river Water Commission (CWC), staff nurses and paramedical to 280. and knowledgeable insights on loom, Ikkat from Pochampalli Education Policy. New voca- Tazeen Ahsanulla.   !"#!#!    

7    7  8   ,  8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* achievement Superintendent Kotwali police have arrested of Police (SP) Dr Dharmveer two in connection with an FIR    istrict Magistrate Sushil Singh praised the incharge, lodged at the police station for DKumar Patel himself took IGRS cell, inspector Sajid hindering the government  %   .?%)012 the command of the adminis- Siddiqui and his team for work- work and manhandling a gov- trative arrangements for ensur- ing sincerely and disposing of ernment employee. As per the anpur Nagar Mayor ing the fair conduct of BEd cases through a regular follow reports received here, Prashant KPramila Pandey has lashed Kumar the teacher Junior High out at the LLR Hospital author- School Ratangarh had lodged an ities for their mismanagement FIR on Saturday in which he had and warned that stern action stated that Nanhaku, Ishtakar would be taken against them if and Ashraf, residents of they did not mend their ways. Ratanganj, had abused and mis- She carried out an inspec- handled him and created a nui- tion of the LLR Hospital and sance when he was getting the summoned the health officials boundary wall of the school and gave them a dressing repaired. Thereafter the police down. swung into action and arrested The mayor said that when- two accused in this connection. ever a team came from SHO Katra Kotwali Ramesh Lucknow for inspection it was Chandra Yadav said that raids misguided. She said the fact 1,$ :% ':4%8' were being conducted for nab- was that the entire functioning ,$   bing the third accused. at LLR hospital was in a chaos. DRIVER SERIOUS: A Pandey said that many entrance examination on up. To provide justice to com- truck fell into the ditch near patients had complained that Sunday. The DM inspected all mon people the government Khappar Baba turn under when they reached the LLR the examination centres and has introduced the online sys- Ahraura police station. On Hospital they were refused issued the necessary directives tem to register grievances getting information the police admission and guided to pri- to the officials deployed on through it and such applica- reached there, rescued the dri- vate hospitals and once their duty. tions are regularly monitored at ver and sent him to a hospital condition worsened they were DISPOSAL OF CASES: each level of the system. The at Varanasi in a serious condi- referred back to the LLR District police secured the top team after registering the case tion, last reports received here Hospital due to which many position in July in the state sent it to the police station con- said. The driver was identified patients had died. She said the regarding the disposal of cases cerned, sought the report, as Ramchandra Yadav, a resi- modus operandi of the health registered through IGRS. For contacted the aggrieved and dent of Mahdepur village under officials had come under sharp proper disposal the district after their satisfaction consid- Aurai police station, Bhadohi. =,  & * ?#' 78  ' 4= '(, $ % criticism. secured 100 marks and stood at ered it as disposed and then The owner of the said truck She said the cause of the the top among 75 districts of reported to the authorities con- (UP-63/T-8772) had reached high number of deaths in LLR the state, as per the ranking cerned. the spot on the information of Hospital was initial denial of declared by CM portal. For the TWO HELD: Katra the police. admission to serious patients who were first referred to pri- >$   !  vate hospitals. ( R   "  The mayor then held a meeting with the health offi- cials, including Chief Medical 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $/ 0,#* sleep in another house but in ATTACK: Four persons were Officer Dr AK Mishra, GSVM the morning the some vil- injured when knives were used ! $   Medical College Principal Dr he body of a student of class lagers were shocked when they to attack one another during a RB Kamal, Chief Medical TIX, Deepraj (14), was found saw his body lying along the clash in Siarampur Tola in Superintendent Dr Richa Giri, in Harpur village under the pond in the garden of Nayakan Jainpur under the Gulriha  %   .?%)012 Vyapaari Sammelan organ- production, Indian economy Gadkari said that instead Dr Manish Singh, Dr Prem Gola police station on Saturday. Tola with bruises on his neck police station. The four seri- ised by Bharatiya Udyog would also be strengthened, he of migrating to cities, people Singh and several others. On getting information about and other parts of his body. ously injured persons had nion Minister for Road Vyapaar Mandal on its 39th added. in villages should enhance The mayor asked them to the recovery of the boy’s body During police investigation been admitted to a hospital. UTransport and Highways Foundation Day on Sunday, Gadkari said the continu- their trade there itself. “Uttar improved the working of the near a pond his family mem- murder by strangling is coming The police have taken five Nitin Gadkari hinted at the Gadkari said the condition of ous suspension of trade activ- Pradesh and Bihar can play a hospital. She said the state bers and men in khaki reached to the fore. accused into custody. It is launch of electric trucks on Indian roads was rapidly being ities during lockdown was not pivotal role in this,” he added. government was sanctioning there. The body of the victim The father of the victim, learnt that two youths were Indian roads soon. upgraded and the government justified. He said traders could The minister said every- huge budget but it was not had many bruises. After its younger of two brothers, standing in front of the house The government is already was thinking about launching carry out their business activ- one was in distress in the pre- being managed efficiently. identification his body was earned his livelihood by driving of Shailendra Pratap, a resident working in this regard, he electric trucks on Indian ities by changing the schedule sent scenario and all trade and Pandey said there was sent for the post-mortem an auto-rickshaw. The exact of Siarampur Tola. When he disclosed. roads. for customers. industry people were in quag- hardly any hoarding in the city examination. The motive reason behind the murder asked them the reason behind Gadkari said work on He said work for upgrad- The minister said people mire. “This is the time for to inform people about pre- behind the murder is not clear could not be ascertained yet. their standing there unneces- facelift of the roads of many ing the roads in Uttar Pradesh should learn to live with coro- them to march ahead with the cautions to be taken to sage- yet, last reports received here The forensic team too also inves- sarily at night they got angry. states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar was being carried navirus. On getting a vaccine help of others with the use of guard oneself from coronavirus said. According to information, tigated the matter. Circle Officer After some time they arrived and Bihar, was already going out on a large-scale and dur- to contain the virus, they latest techniques,” he added. infection. She directed them to the victim, Deepraj, was a stu- (CO) Gola Shyamdev said that there in a group and started on. ing the next two years, the would soon regain their pace, The Vyapaari Sammelan put up awareness hoardings. dent of an inter college in the case was being investigated fighting. In the quarrel Pintu, The road transport minis- condition of these states would he added. was chaired by Bharatiya She warned them of stern Kakarhi. Late on Friday night after registering a case against Shivpujan, Ankit and ter said it would now take only drastically change. He said traders should Udyog Vyapar Mandal nation- action if things did not his father, Chunnilal, got a call some unknown persons on the Shailendra sustained injuries. 45 minutes for transportation He said many countries register themselves in GST, al president Shyam Behari improve. on his mobile phone and the basis of the application received Meanwhile Station House of goods from Meerut to were now inclined to associate make transactions through Mishra from Kanpur while student spoke to the caller in this connection. He claimed Officer (SHO) Ravi Kumar Delhi. Besides, he said, as themselves with India and banks, promote good packag- senior vice-president of the concerned. He then left the that the case would be worked Rai said that five persons had against 55 hours taken for their investments in India ing of their products with organisation, Mukund Mishra, house a little later. His family out soon. been taken into custody from transporting goods from Delhi would generate employment proper attention on logistics. conducted the proceedings. .   thought that he had gone to FOUR INJURED IN both sides. to , the time would be for the people of the country These all would help them in Traders from all over India reduced to just 26 hours. and increase their purchasing rapid promotion of their trade participated in this online  * Speaking at the virtual power. With the increase in activities, he added. convention. !(/!#'%++(*#'$*( "  8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +,-.*( was being carried in two four- Colony under the Mughalsarai *   wheelers At this the team start- Kotwali on Saturday morning. %   he Saiyadraja police arrest- ed checking the vehicles at On getting information, the Ted two liquor smugglers Chakia trifurcation. Police police reached the spot and got    from Jethmalpur Tiraha during stopped two vehicles on the the body out from there. After checking. They recovered 24 basis of suspicion. CO Sadar taking necessary action they Noted child Noted (PNS): KANPUR cartons of liquor from them. Kunwar Prabhat Singh said sent the body to the district "6    Shikha expert education special The smugglers were trying to that a tin sheet was placed on hospital for the post-mortem Agarwal, while addressing a addressing while Agarwal, take the liquor to Bihar on a the vehicles with a cow dung examination. It is feared that webinar organised by Prerna, by organised webinar white Safari. According to coated on them and ganja was the victim may have been killed  %   .?%)012 all such cases and visit their on children, special for school information received here, kept in sacks under it. A total two days ago and his body was #9$   " homes and carry out check-up differently-abled said Sunday Gullu Ram, son of Sanjeev of 225 kg ganja was recovered dumped there. From the PSIDA Chief Executive with the help of pulse oxime- change a witness often children Kumar, and Mohammad Ravi from both vehicles. On charges Aadhaar card found in the UOfficer Mayur KANPUR (PNS): Kanpur Nagar reported 341 new cases of coro- ter, thermal scanning. He said in especially attitude their in Shah, son of Islammuddin of smuggling ganja Shafaqat, a youth’s pocket it came to light Maheshwari, who is Covid navirus infection on Sunday. all the people who were in period. lockdown the Shah, residents of Buxar district resident of an area under that he was a resident of West nodal officer for Kanpur Nagar, Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil K Mishra said that 341 more home isolation should be of duty the was it said She of Bihar, had been arrested. A Gauroj police station area in Delhi. On this basis, the has stressed on following 3Ts — people tested positive for coronavirus infection between Saturday called and their present con- touch in keep to parents the white Safari was recovered Vaishali district, Abdul Latif a Kotwali police was trying to test, trace and treatment — for evening and Sunday evening, taking the tally to 8,436. dition should be cross- that so trainers especial with from which 1,152 bottles of resident Durg district in reach his house. Like everyday containing the spread of coro- He said with 40 COVID-19 patients being discharged from checked. such on track a keep can they Chhattisgarh, Vedprakash some persons were walking in navirus in the district. hospitals, 2,580 infected persons had been cured and there were Later Maheshwari visited phys- them keep and children Upadhyay and Ranjit Dubey Roja Colony under the He said the moment a 4,768 active cases in the city. The CMO said with 15 more the control room and checked healthy. mentally and ically residents of an area under Mughalsarai Kotwakili on person tested positive for coro- COVID-19 deaths in the city, the death toll stood at 276 on facts. He then visited the Civil school special said Agarwal Kadipur police station and Saturday morning when some- navirus infection, a message Sundayday. He said 1,540 samples were taken for testing. Lines containment zone. model accepted an was concept Ranjit Kumar of an area under one spotted the body in the should be sent to him or her He asked the municipal with persons for education of the Lambhua police station in drain. They informed the stating what precautions he or commissioner to ensure that the throughout disabilities Sultanpur district have been police and Kotwali incharge she had to take. this. He said each team need Maheshwari said in case all the areas in containment world. caught. The team which made inspector Shivanand Mishra, Maheshwari said the con- to contact at least 400 such such people had some health zone were sanitised on prior- alone India in said She the arrest comprised reached the spot. Later, the tol room should play a major people and find out if they problem, they should imme- ity. special 3,000 over were there Mughalsarai Kotwali incharge police somehow got the body role in this regard and should faced any health problem. He diately contact 18001805159 Prominent officials pre- for institutions and schools Shivanand Mishra, S-I out of the drain. There were apprise a minimum of 1,000 said a detailed list of such peo- so that proper treatment could sent in the meeting included children. abled specially the Satyendra Vikram Singh, S-I bruises on several parts of the people of the facts relating to ple be prepared and their be given to them. The nodal District Magistrate BR Tiwari, around were threr said She STF Satyendra Vikram Singh, body of the deceased. On COVID-19. blood pressure, blood sugar officer said such people should Municipal Commissioner hearing for institutions 900 head constable Prem Singh, searching the pockets of his He said people above 60 level and other serious ail- be given the facility of Akshay Tripathi, ADM (Civil chil- for 400 children, impaired Prahlad Singh, Arvind pant, an Aadhar card, a PAN years of age should be con- ments be monitored. telemedicine. Supplies) BL Agarwal, Pramod impairment, visual with dren * ''    Bhardwaj and head constable card and a voter ID were found. tacted daily on phone by the He said those in home iso- He said the RRT, which Kumar, Himanshu Gupta and retarded mentally for 1,000 $ ) STF Brijesh Singh, Pradeep The name of Manoj Pandit was control room and a special lation should be monitored was looking after the home Chief Medical Officer Dr AK other with children for 700 and Singh, Anil Singh Chandel, written on the Aadhaar card, team should be deployed for regularly. isolation cases, should contact Mishra. disabilities. physical illicit liquor had been seized. besides Pramod Singh and while the address was of Delhi. She said in most of the spe- the of most in said She Syedaraja inspector Lakshman constable Pritam Kumar. After this the police took the cial schools in India, the cur- the India, in schools cial Parvat said that these people LOST BAG FOUND: A body into custody and after riculum followed was similar to similar was followed riculum smuggled liquor illegally and man had dropped his bag con- necessary action sent it to the &1/&&- #:     non-dis- for prescribed one the carried it to Bihar and sold it at taining money near district hospital for the post- abled children of the same age same the of children abled exorbitant prices. Based on Damodardas pond under mortem examination. In this examination on Sunday. In the College. arrange separate seating of group. the information from an Mughalsarai Kotwali. On being regard CO Sadar Kunwar  %   .?%)012 first session, around 30 per cent At Dayanand Girls’ Degree candidates suffering from fever popula- the said Agarwal informer the arrest was made informed by people the Prabhat Singh said that an candidates were found absent College in Civil Lines, also, out or cold. He said biometric disabili- with children of tion and action was being taken. Chandhasi outpost incharge attempt was being made to round 30 per cent candi- due to fear of contracting coro- of 300 candidates scheduled to presence and photo copy of age school-going the in ties GANJA SEIZED: A joint Satendra Vikram Singh helped contact the family on the basis Adates were found absent in navirus or for other reasons. take the test in the morning admit card were made manda- disabili- their in varied group team of Mughalsarai Kotwali in ensuring its safe delivery to of the documents found in the the BEd Joint Entrance Entry was allowed at the shift, only 229 appeared in the tory for the candidates. alternative therefore, ties, police and STF recovered 225 its rightful owner. It is learnt pockets of the trouser of Examination 2020 held in the examination centres one hour entrance exam. He also inspected the cen- emerging. were approaches kg ganja from two vehicles told that while going from deceased. On the other hand, city on Sunday. This was the before the scheduled time. At DAV College, 60 per tres with the team of Lucknow educa- integrated said She from Chakia trifurcation Varanasi to Kaimur Bhabhua a after getting the post-mortem first entrance examination During the entry, physical dis- cent presence was registered University during the first ses- alternative such one was tion around 8.30 am on Saturday. man had dropped his bag con- examination report would the conducted in the city amidst tancing norms were followed while at DBS Degree College, sion. of out emerged which strategy Meanwhile, the team appre- taining important documents cause of his death be ascer- coronavirus pandmic. In com- and the invigilators checked out of 1,000 candidates, 730 President of Self-Financed option. than rather compulsion hended five people on the and 20,000 there. On being tained, he added. parison to their admit cards, whether the candidated had appeared in the exams. College Association Vinay schools special in said She charges of smuggling ganja. informed the outpost incharge WOMAN ENDS LIFE: centre managements paid more mask and sanitiser. Each cen- At PPN Degree College Trivedi said in the past, around education special concept, After this the police brought Satyendra Vikram Singh went Fed up with family feud a attention on whether the can- tre was paid  20 per candidate and VSSD College, 252 candi- 90 per cent candidates used to the from apart was component everyone to Mughalsarai there and kept the bag safely married woman, Chanda (22) didated had mask and sanitis- for sanitising the classroom dates each were found absent. appear in the BEd entrance system education general Kotwali. Police registered a with him. After some time wife of Dharamjit, ended her er. After thermal scanning and during morning and evening As most of the regular exams and this was the first school, integrated in whereas case against the arrested one person reached there look- life by hanging herself when no pulse oximeter test, the candi- sessions. At the Harsahai teachers refused to discharge time that such a large number of part a was education special accused and was taking further ing for it and after necessary one was present in the house in dates had to pass through sani- Degree College on P Road, duties during COVID-19 pan- of candidates had missed the education. general action. The police said that cost investigation the outpost Bhatraul village under the tising tunnel to enter the col- invigilators checked the tem- demic on pretext of their high- entrance exam. He said this modern the said Agarwal of the ganja was 50 lakh. To incharge returned the bag Shahabganj police station here lege. At some of the centres, the perature and blood oxygen er age or illness, the college would impact the admission to schools inclusive was concept avoid police the accused had along with money to him. On recently. On getting informa- invigilators were seen dis- level of candidates with thermal management had to outsource BEd course. Trivedi said the spe- that was approach this and put a tin sheet tin on the vehi- getting his lost money along tion about the matter, the charging duties in personal scanner and pulse oximeter. invigilators. state government should also integral an was education cial cle and coated it with cow dung with the bag back his joy knew police reached the spot, protective equipment. Out of the 500 candidates City coordinator Dr allow admission to the absent sys- education general of part in order to avoid suspicion. On no bounds. brought down the body and There were 68 centres in scheduled to take the test in the Sandeep Singh, associate pro- candidates in the last coun- inclusion thus said She tem. Saturday the STF and BODY RECOVERED: after necessary action sent it to the city to accommodate 31,000 morning session, 250 were fessor at CSJM University, said selling to enable all colleges to pro- a not and ideology an was Mughalsarai Kotwali police The body of a youth was recov- the district hospital for the candidates in the BEd entrace absent at Harsahai Degree directives had been issued to fill up their allotted seats. gramme. received information that ganja ered from a drain in Roja post-mortem examination.   !"#!#!   

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TTribunal has directed the ki doori” and the importance Ashok Gehlot has appealed to welfare,”, he said, emphasising should all be concerned about Gehlot has claimdd that he Delhi Development &    O $( of wearing facemask to keep all MLAs to listen to the voice that efforts to destabilise fighting coronavirus... saving has the support of 102 MLAs, Authorithy (DDA) to file )  P away coronavirus. “We need to of people to save democracy Government are not succesful. lives, economy, jobs. The state one above the majority mark. response oo a plea alleging insist on these two things and and stand with the truth in the The Chief Minister Government is working day The BJP has 72 MLAs. Both the that a lake in east Delhi is also spread awareness...”, the interest of people of the State. expressed faith that legislators and night for this. At such a parties have been guarding their being polluted by operation of Nicobar, Long Island, and Prime Minister said. In a letter to all MLAs, will act in the larger interest of time, some of our colleagues flock amid the crisis. boat services. Rangat of the Island group, is Modi said in the time of Gehlot sought their coopera- people of the state and will and opposition leaders are try- BJP MLA Nirmal Kumawat A bench headed by NGT   )+,+(-. expected to transform life in pandemic it is important that tion in fulfilling the promises cooperate in fulfilling the ing to conspire against us... this had alleged that the Congress Chairperson, Justice Adarsh the remote Island including “dialogue should continue” of development and prosperi- promises of development and is unfortunate,” Gehlot's letter government in Rajasthan was Kumar Goel, also noted the day before the launch of defence, business and tourism with all and “ we should be ty of the State. “It is my appeal prosperity. read. “harassing” opposition MLAs, submission that concretisa- Athe 2,300-km optical fibre sectors. useful for all”. that you should listen to the In the three-page letter the Between 1993 and 1996, and said they were on a pil- tion around trees is taking cable connectivity project in An estimated 2,300 km of During the interaction, voice of people in order to Chief Minister also wrote about “similar attempts were made to grimage to Somnath to seek place in violation of its orders. Andaman & Nicobar, Prime submarine optical fibre cable party workers described to avoid wrong tradition, to main- the novel coronavirus pandem- make such deals in order to top- mental peace. “Let DDA file its response Minister Narendra Modi said has been laid at an expenditure the Prime Minister how they tain people's trust in us and to ic besides mentioning “attempts ple the Bhairon Singh Congress MLAs are cur- within one month failing on Sunday that the Union of about 1,224 crore and the provided food and medical save democracy,” Gehlot said in to topple his Government”. The Shekhawat government,” he rently holed up in a Jaisalmer which coercive measures Territory would be developed project has been completed aid to people stuck in the the letter. senior Congress leader also said mentioned. hotel as the party has accused under Section 25 of the as a hub of 'blue economy' and well within deadline. island during the lockdown. The Assembly session in that former Prime Ministers - “At that as the Union the BJP of horse-trading fol- National Green Tribunal Act, 'high-impact' projects would be “The internet connectivi- Modi praised their efforts in the State, which has been wit- Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Minister and state's party chief, lowing the revolt by Pilot and 18 2010 read with section 51 of developed in 12 islands. ty in Andman and Nicobar will serving the distressed people in nessing politicial turmoil after Atal Bihari Vajpayee - faced I had raised objection with MLAs loyal to him. CPC may be the only option The Prime Minister was go through a sea change after the island during the coron- the rebellion by former Deputy defeats during elections, “but (former Rajasthan governor) Pilot and his 19 MLAs in his left with the Tribunal. The interacting with BJP workers of the inauguration of the facili- avirus pandemic saying “you CM Sachin Pilot and legislators they didn't let the institution of Baliram Bhagat and ex-Prime camp are at resorts in BJP-ruled response be filed by e-mail,” Andaman and Nicobar Islands ty on Monday. This will facil- have passed with flying loyal to him, will start on democracy weaken”. Minister PV Narsimha Rao, Haryana. the bench said. through a video conference in itate online education, tourism colours”. August 14. Gehlot is likely to “I appeal to all of you that stressing that it's against the Earlier this week, the BSP According to the appli- the presence of party president and business in the island,” said He asked party workers to seek a trust vote during the ses- to save the democracy, to ensure democratic values to topple an appeal seeking a temporary cant, he made a representation J P Nadda. the Prime Minister who also continue their work with the sion that voters continue to trust us elected government. Voters here freeze on the merger of its six to the authorities but the same The meeting comes a day pointed to the strategic loca- spirit of ‘Seva hi sanghthan’ Pilot was sacked as deputy and a wrong precedent is not set will never want that such a former legislators with has not been acted upon. before inauguration of the tion of its ports which he said motto. Chief Minister and the presi- by us, you all should listen to the precedent is set,” the Chief Rajasthan's Congress govern- The Delhi Tourism and submarine optical Fibre cable are established in “competitive The total number of coro- dent of the State unit of the voice of people. While respect- Minister added. ment, was dismissed by the Transportation Development connecting Chennai and Port distance” with many places navirus patients in Andaman Congress after he and some ing the sentiment of your fam- Victory and defeat are a part High Court. The six MLAs Corporation told the bench Blair which would provide fast and countries. and Nicobar Islands reached MLAs loyal to him rebelled ily members, your voters, please of election cycles but the “peo- have sought transfer of the case that no pollution is being internet to the archipelago. He said “high-impact pro- 1,222 on Saturday. The Union against Gehlot. Many believe channelise your efforts in ensur- ple's mandate is the most to the Supreme court. caused in operating boats on The submarine cable, jects would be developed in 12 Territory has 778 active cases, that Gehlot still has an edge in ing the government - elected by important,” he stressed. If there is a freeze on the the lake. which will also connect Port islands” and Andaman and while 425 have been cured of the numbers game and is con- the people - continues to deliv- “Our fight is to save democ- merger, Gehlot's numbers will With regard to the issue of Blair to Swaraj Dweep Nicobar would emerge as a the disease so far. In all, 19 fident of a majority. er with all its strength,” the 69- racy, it will continue. We will drop and he will have a tougher concretisation of the trees, (Havelock), Little Andaman, “blue-economy” front in the patients have died in the “You may be a legislator year-old leader wrote. win. Truth shall win... people fight on his hands in case of a action is to be taken by DDA, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great country. islands. from any political party, you “I am confident that you all shall win. All the MLAs - trust vote. the tribunal noted. $(,('-*&#*!*# :(@      % "   P(!!%&+&*%.(!%*&Q *'!!%   $%          “Why did this happen? “Rozgar Do is the demand   )+,+(-. Because of wrong policies. of young India. Employment is     )+,+(-. Demonetisation, faulty imple- the need of young India,” she   )+,+(-.      (      ormer Congress chief Rahul mentation of GST and then said.     espite the loss of 4.5 lakh FGandhi on Sunday hit out at lockdown - these three steps Under the “Rozgar Do” he far-flung tribal village of Dhectare crops due to floods    ! the Centre over looming have destroyed the economic campaign, the voices of the TChullyu in Arunachal ,-     in 11 States and 20-60 per cent unemployment in the country. structure of the country and unemployed youth will be Pradesh will soon be bustling   $    . deficiency in rainfall in eight "#   He accused the Narendra Modi the truth now is that India can- amplified all over the country, with spinning and weaving States, kharif cultivation is all set      Government of failing to meet not give employment to its the IYC said. activities with Khadi and /01  & for a new record with sown area its promise of jobs for two crore youth,” the former Congress “Anti-youth policies of the Village Industries Commission 0  / & under many crops including ! $  people every year, and then chief said in a video message central government will be (KVIC) set to open the first of     major oilseeds and cotton less area under rice sowing. enacting policies that he tweeted. highlighted among the youth its kind Training cum exceeding the normal area. Similarly, there is a 4.22 per cent Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh “destroyed India's economic Therefore, the Indian of the country through social Production Center of Silk in  -!  !!$ According to kharif sowing increase in area under pulses are among those States reeling structure” and left crores with- Youth Congress has hit the media and other mediums,” it the State.  !! data released by the Agriculture with moong exceeding its nor- under the flood. out jobs. streets, he said, expressing said in a statement. Conceived just six months Ministry, a total of 966 lakh mal area and urad and arhar As per the central water His attack on the happiness that the IYC will Several Congress leaders ago, the Centre will be hectares were planted till date, inching closer to the respective commission report, most of the Government came as the raise these issues in all towns posted videos on social media launched in the first week of Identifying a great potential of nearly 10 per cent more than normal areas. river in the country are over- Congress' youth wing launched and streets. voicing concerns over alleged September. The KVIC has silk production and other activ- 878 lakh hectare sown in the Total under pulses so far is flowing or above the danger a “Rozgar do” campaign with “Please join the 'Rozgar rising unemployment in the refurbished and converted a ities of village industries in the corresponding week last year. close to 119.59 lakh hectare as mark. the objective to raise the voice Do' programme and along country. dilapidated school building village, Saxena sanctioned set- Though there is nearly two against 114.77 lakh hectare As against the designated of the youth against alleged with Youth Congress, get jobs Congress' chief spokesper- into the training cum produc- ting up of training cum pro- months left in the season, planted in the same period last area of 110 lakh hectare, soy- unemployment prevailing in for the youth of this nation,” son Randeep Surjewala said tion center. The school build- duction center for the Eri Silk, paddy plantation such as rice, year, an increase of 4.82 lakh abean is sown over 118 lakh the country. the Gandhi scion said. the demand of every youth of ing has been provided to KVIC which is traditionally worn by soyabean, cotton, maize and hectare. hectare so far. “When Narendra Modi He also congratulated the this country is “Rozgar Do” by the education department of local tribals. groundnut already surpassed India has received 531.6 Similarly, cotton has cov- became the Prime Minister, he Youth C ongress on the o cca- (give employment). Arunachal Pradesh The work, however, pro- the normal sown area. mm rainfall as against the nor- ered 123.64 lakh hectare as promised the youth of the sion of its foundation day and “We all demand, it is our Government zero rent. gressed at a slow pace due to The data shows that there mal of 533 mm so far while over against the normal area of 121 country that he will give jobs urged them to keep fighting for right that the youth of the Machinery like handlooms, Covid-19 lockdown. is a spectacular 17.36 per cent 1.33 crore population have lakh hectare. The area sown in to two crore youth every year. the youth of the country. country should get employ- Charkha, Silk reeling machines Recently KVIC also dis- increase in rice planting too. As been affected due to floods the same week last year was He sold a dream, but the real- Expressing solidarity with ment on the basis of qualifica- and warping drums have tributed 250 honey bee boxes compared to 274.19 lakh across India. According to the 118.73 lakh hectare. At 47.29 ity is that 14 crore people have the campaign, Congress gen- tions and get ahead in the already arrived and installation in Chullyu village which has hectare planted in same week India Meteorological lakh hectare, groundnut plant- become unemployed due to eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi progress of the country,” he of machines are in full swing. rich flora for production of last year, the area under rice so Department, the rain deficien- ing is nearly 44 per cent more the policies of Narendra Modi,” Vadra said “youth power” is said. The first batch of 25 local arti- high-altitude honey. far is nearly 322 lakh hectare, an cy in Nagaland recorded 25 per- than 32.86 lakh hectare in the Rahul alleged. India's strength. Several Congress leaders sans of Chullyu village has Located on the main high- increase of 47.60 lakh hectare. cent, Manipur 46 percent, corresponding week in the pre- Rahul alleged that the “As opposed to the BJP like Digvijaya Singh, Depender been selected to begin the way just 30 km before the Telangana, Bihar, Mizoram 26 percent, Tripura 10 vious kharif season. Modi Government's decision Government's job-destroying Hooda, Gaurav Gogoi, Rajeev training with. most popular tourist spot Ziro, Jharkhand, West Bengal, percent, Delhi 33 percent, The normal area under of demonetisation and its policies, there is a need to cre- Satav, Gaurav Vallabh and The project was conceived Chullyu is a scenic village Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh 34 percent , groundnut is 41.41 lakh “faulty” implementation of ate more and more employ- Ragini Nayak called for in February this year during the known for its eco-friendly ways Mahrarashtra have reported Jammu and Kashmir 52 percent hectare. Against the assigned GST and the lockdown have ment opportunities for the employment opportunities for visit of KVIC Chairman Shri of living. It is easily approach- more paddy plantation so far and Rajasthan 22 percent, so far area of 74.73 lakh hectare, “destroyed” the economic youth of India,” she said on the youth on social media as Vinai Kumar Saxena to this able by tourists which is an while Assam, Punjab and while Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, maize is planted over 75.88 structure of the country. Twitter. pet of the campaign. tribal village Chullyu. advantage for the local artisans. Himachal Pradesh reported West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, lakh hectare already. 0!   $) $)A%1 @      'B1(:%   )+,+(-. implemented by 23 States while being provided through more municable diseases (NCDs)   )+,+(-. the exponential rise and we tance.” others are in the process of than 3,000 HWCs in 10 States. etc. % !     may be stabilising. But that only He insisted that mortality ele-consultation medical rolling it out. Owing to the ongoing The top ten States which 1      time will tell.” rates in India continue to be Tfacilities –eSanjeevini and Union Health Minister Dr COVID-19 pandemic, the have registered highest con- iti Ayog member Dr VK - ! Dr Paul said that the first low and in terms of response, eSanjeevaniOPD- launched by Harsh Vardhan in a review Health Ministry launched the sultations through eSanjeevani NPaul on Sunday said India phase of the Covid-19 pan- home-based isolation protocols the Centre is finding good meeting said, “We have start- second tele-consultation ser- and eSanjeevaniOPD platforms has 1,466 cases per million demic was in the most popu- have succeeded. “Deaths will be response from the patients ed implementing the vision of vice enabling patient-to-doctor are Tamil Nadu (32,035 con- whereas the world average, lous cities, in the western half imprinted in pages of history, stuck at home due to the ongo- Digital India through broad- telemedicine through sultations), Andhra Pradesh into the seventh month of the reported in the last 24 hours, of the nation, where the pan- how many deaths happened in ing Covid-19 pandemic. band and mobile phones at the ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’ free of cost in (28,960), Himachal Pradesh pandemic, is around 2,500 per taking the overall caseload to demic originated. this pandemic in a given About 1.5 lakh tele-con- Ayushman Bharat - Health around 20 States. (24,527), Uttar Pradesh million even as he warned 21,53,011, while the death toll It seems now that the pan- nation? Need to keep a sharp sultations have been complet- and Wellness Centres. Presently, on an average, (20,030), Kerala (15,988), fol- people not to be complacent if mounting to 43,379 with 861 demic in this part of the coun- eye number of deaths? In case ed on the tele-medicine service “This has substantially aug- around 5,000 consultations per lowed by Gujarat (7127), cases begin to decline. fresh fatalities. try is now reaching some king of fatality rate, India is currently platforms of the Union Health mented our health day are Punjab (4450), Rajasthan “The trailer is over I think, But there may be a silver of peak. “As we have seen in the at 2.06 per cent. Some states Ministry. infrastructure during the provided through both the (3548), Maharashtra (3284) but we are still before the lining said Dr Paul. context of Delhi,” he added have below 1 per cent case “It is planned to implement COVID pandemic”. modes (eSanjeevani and and Uttarakhand (2596). interval,” he said at a webinar Citing the day-wise daily Dr Paul said, “We still have fatality rate. The highest we tele-consultation in all the 1.5 Echoing similar senti- eSanjeevaniOPD). The The majority share in the organised by the India new cases data, he said, “If we large swathes of our geography have seen for a state is 6 per lakh Health and Wellness ments, Minister of State for telemedicine platform is host- doctor-to-doctor eSanjeevani International Centre on the look at the five-day moving and large swathes of our pop- cent or little above 6 per cent” Centres (as spokes) in a ‘Hub Health Ashwini K. Choubey ing over 40 online OPDs, more consultations at AB-HWCs has topic towards a holistic long- average, we could see some ulation, which are naive to said Dr Paul. and Spoke’ model, by said that it would be a than half of these are speciali- been of Andhra Pradesh term medicare system. kind of stabilisation; I do not this virus. The virus loves peo- He insisted that in India December 2022,” said a senior “gamechanger for people in the ty OPDs which include gynae- (25,478) and Himachal Pradesh He pointed out that cur- know whether it is true or ran- ple, the virus loves dense places, the mortality burden so far has official from the Union Health rural areas who do not have cology, psychiatry, dermatol- (23,857) while Tamil Nadu rently, India is experiencing the dom, that only time will tell. the virus loves irresponsible cit- been on the lower side. “We Ministry. easy access to medical ogy, ENT, ophthalmology, anti- leads in the patient-to-doctor worst phase in its fight against Maybe, there is something out izens who do not look after would like to keep our case So far, eSanjeevani and specialists located in cities”. retroviral therapy (ART) for the eSanjeevaniOPD services with Covid-19 with a total of 64,399 there, which is indicating that their respiratory secretions and fatality rate below 1 per cent eSanjeevaniOPD have been Presently, telemedicine is AIDS/HIV patients, non-com- 32,035 consultations. new coronavirus cases getting we may have moved away from do not maintain physical dis- and it is possible,” he added. %4    0  '    

  )+,+(-. of penalties for violation of fine of 50,000 and its seizure zone and  20,000 in a silence noise pollution norms. or sealing. zone. ncessant honking, loud con- For instance, violation of The violation of noise In case of the first viola- Istruction activity, loud- norms regarding the use of norms while bursting fire- tion of noise rule within a speakers at odd hours among loudspeakers/public address crackers beyond the time fixed premise in a function other noise pollution actions system can result in seizure of limit (prescribed by the organised by the resident wel- will attract fines ranging from the equipment and a fine of Supreme Court) could attract fare organisation, a marriage 1,000 to 1 lakh, country’s top 10,000. a fine of  1,000 (in the resi- function, public or institution pollution watchdog Central Similarly, violation of dential, commercial or mixed event, banquet hall, open Pollution Control Board noise pollution norms regard- zone) and 3,000 (in a silence ground functions, a fine of (CPCB) has proposed. ing the use of diesel genera- zone). 20,000 may be levied while The new fines have been tor sets can result in sealing of But in case of violation of a second violation could proposed in response to a set DG sets and a fine of 10,000 norms during public rallies, result in a fine of 40,000. of cases going on in the asked the CPCB to look at compensation for tampering to 100,000 depending upon marriage procession or any However, more than two National Green Tribunal revising fines for bursting with the sound limiters. its size. religious event, a heavier fine violations could result in a (NGT) regarding noise pollu- al court orders, the problem of In November 2019, a crackers and for repeated vio- In a report filed with the The violation in cases of of 10,000 could be levied on fine of 100,000 and sealing tion wherein the applicants noise pollution continues in the bench headed by the NGT lations. The tribunal had also NGT in June this year, the sound-emitting construction the organiser in residen- of the premises, as per the complained that despite sever- national capital. chairperson A.K. Goel had asked laying down stringent CPCB came out with a string equipment can result in a tial/commercial or mixed CPCB proposal.   !"#!#!    3 4 (.!&**#4-!% !  D   C0    D  D ))94 3 6, )-- 1 6   A$ 0  *  4    '&8  5#5% ;*      "  "  <          3 A     !       ! !  (    ( D   6=??  : ;  '    .  0E          !     !  ,                   shown even a modicum of inter-  ( D  ;  @=@!A55    est in national defence and kept   '        ! their eye on the ball. Modi finds himself in an extremely difficult              situation, not because the "             Manmohan Singh Government               was negligent, which it certain- ly was, but because of his own             deliberate neglect of the military           ! 5 145 since 2014. He made all the right   "                   noises but had no time for the (                   military, except for where it n interesting anecdote doing the helped his own political fortunes.       S  + :    F .    rounds among military veterans’ Similarly, General Rawat ,                    groups on social media pertains would not have found himself     P Q    ; 0E  '    to an incident just after the 1971 caught in this controversy today war. A young officer performing if he had not been appointed the      8   $          "  ! dutiesA of the Regimental Adjutant, the prin- Chief of Defence Staff after pan-                  cipal staff officer to the Commanding Officer, dering to Modi’s wishes. He can-               (     was approached by an extremely engaging not escape responsibility for hav- and popular ex-serviceman — who was ing sabotaged the Mountain           P  Q       employed by a well-known corporate — for Strike Corps (MSC) midway                  an authority letter to continue drawing can- through its raising while he was      8 0E   S        teen stores from his unit. This was a common Chief of Army Staff. One may occurrence in those times when smart cards recall that it was after the ingress  7555     ;  @=@          were yet to make an appearance. However, by the Chinese in the Depsang                     on a hunch, the officer decided to obtain ver- Sector in 2013 that the dysfunc-            +         ! ification of his antecedent prior to signing the tional Manmohan Singh certificate from the office that maintained Government understood the                      ! departmental records. seriousness of the issue and                     Surprisingly, it turned out that the indi- sanctioned the raising of the    -                vidual was a deserter from the Army and had MSC. Its raising was given full absconded from his unit during the Sino- attention by the Army Chief and                       ! Indian conflict of 1962 while his unit was was of immense concern to the  S         (       9 6@ 4566  deployed in the combat zone. On receipt of Chinese because they clearly      !        + '     P this information, as was expected, the ex-sol- understood the shift in the intent dier was apprehended and questioned. He of the Indian armed forces from       65            accepted his guilt and explained that after his a purely defensive posture to a       G    G         unit was overrun by the Chinese, he success- One wishes that those responsi- aster clearly showed. There was temic failure.” In this case, the more pro-active one. It changed   SS 8                D  fully evaded them and escaped to Bhutan ble for derailing the military and no reason why Atal Bihari current border management the concept of Sino-Indian con- where he got himself a job. One thing led to forcing it and this country to live Vajpayee’s attempts at engaging practice that ensures a rather ventional deterrence.   $                another and he settled into civilian life and through years of ignominy of Pakistan should have led to opaque division of responsibili- Thus, one can imagine their                  never rejoined the Army. As is customary, he defeat had also been meted out complacency on the part of ties between the Army and the utter joy when the Modi-Doval- "        (       was brought before a court-martial; was found justice in a similar manner. The either the intelligence or the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Rawat combine put the spanner            1      guilty and sent off to serve time in jail. sad truth is that they got away security establishment. It was all One can be certain that they in the works and put the MSC However, the commanding officer being a without being held accountable very well to have blamed it on will manage to avoid being held into forced hibernation. This                    kindly soul and displaying immense empa- as neither resignations — like that “systemic intelligence failure” to account this time as well. Not was allegedly done because of    ==5  ;  @@@          " 0E thy for the convict, convinced his company of Krishna Menon or General but why nobody thought it nec- least because of the way Prime budgetary constraints, some-   S           456A    ! to retain him on the rolls, while also arrang- Thapar, the Army Chief — nor essary to ask the question: While Minister Narendra Modi has thing that apparently had no ing to look after his family till he had served deprivation of further promotion, the intelligence agencies may attempted to change the narra- impact on the unbridled expan-     "    *  -        ! his sentence. Thus, on his return, the former as some others faced, can be have failed to discern Pakistan’s tive by denying any ingress or loss sion of the Central Armed Police            6>5       soldier not only got his job back but was also called punishment enough. At intentions, how was it that the lat- of territory and instead promot- Forces. It is obvious that purely   0E    1            able to finally shed his sense of guilt and the minimum, those responsible ter occupied our territory with- ing through his minions “differ- defensive actions on our part will apprehension that had haunted him all should have certainly faced dis- out detection by the Army? ing perceptions of the LAC never restore the status quo ante,                     those years. ciplinary proceedings, maybe Instead of taking it to task, we between both sides” to fudge the which we are insisting upon, in            F   (     ! This is a simple straightforward tale of even have had their pensions made much of our top military issue. He hopes — and not with- the foreseeable future. If we do                    being held to account for one’s misdeeds, stopped, as was the case with brass, treating them as heroes for out good reason given the blind nothing, the loss of territory which fortuitously ended well for the soldier General AAK Niazi after he sur- reclaiming — at great cost one support he enjoys — this will will be a body blow to our rep-          !    ;         ! and his family, despite all the trials and tribu- rendered in Dhaka. After all, sur- might add — what we should not allow him and his Government utation in the region and inter-                    / lations that he must have faced. A contrari- rendering 37,000 square km of have lost in the first place. Of to carry on as if it is business as nationally.                   ! an view would suggest that in all likelihood, the territory that we claimed as course, the Government of the usual. Unfortunately for him, the In the long run, as happened he had probably been traumatised by his ours to the Chinese was no day could not have acted in any unexpected appearance in the with Nehru, it will be the ruina-                 (    world collapsing around him when his unit small matter. Yet, how did we other manner as that would public domain of the Ministry of tion of Modi. His reputation will                  #  9 disintegrated in battle, leaving him to fend for respond to this humongous dis- have been seen as a blemish on Defence report on the ingress by suffer, his ability to stay in power      !               himself. Given his experience and mental state aster? Shamefully, to say the its performance as well. the PLA — though now with- will be constrained and he will be — where there was no sufficient ground for least, the Government did trans- Naturally, we are again wit- drawn — does suggest that there reduced to a caricature. Ironically,                 (  mitigation — should he not have been fer the individual entrusted with ness to this sordid cycle as the are those within the Government while Nehru continues to shoul-        (   "         absolved of all wrongdoing? Of course, the defence of India, the then Chinese once again make fools who have serious reservations der much of the blame for prob-                    while this question may draw differing con- Defence Secretary O Pulla Reddy, out of us. The same cliched about his actions and have no lems that afflict us today, Modi clusions, depending on one’s point of view and but subsequently nominated him excuses are being trotted out that compunction in showing him up and his minions will not have   interpretation of the law, what cannot be dis- as the founding Vice Chancellor unfortunately, the “Wuhan- for dissembling. that advantage. They will have to puted is that he was guilty of fraudulently of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Mamallapuram spirit” made our Normally, in a bureaucratic bear the consequences for their attempting to obtain benefits authorised only University. Talking of second security establishment compla- and hierarchical system such as actions. There is something to be '$  to military veterans. He deserved to be held chances. cent and we were, thus, caught ours, it is often the case that those said for poetic justice and that old to account. Ironically, the account does not Our unwillingness and wrong-footed as intelligence left holding the baby, so to say, are adage, “As you sow, so shall you 0.(!       *  make clear whether the latter aspect was inability to fix the blame for acts agencies were unable to detect not necessarily the ones respon- reap.” glossed over or even considered. of commission and omission at Chinese movers or gauge their sible for its procreation in the first (The author, a military veter- "        8     But here is the thing that the young sol- the highest levels have ensured intentions. The security establish- place. We would certainly not an, is a consultant with the         * dier was undoubtedly an insignificant cog in that no lessons are ever learnt. We ment hopes to save itself the have found ourselves in the pre- Observer Research Foundation that vast military machine and yet, he was held have also gone on to perfect the blushes by pushing the blame on sent situation if the previous and a Senior Visiting Fellow with "# 1  + 2*#1+3   to account for the error he had committed. art of deflection as the Kargil dis- its favourite whipping boy, “sys- Government, and this one, had The Peninsula Foundation)     4567               !  6  4 7 81           !   1           !     .     .     ,3  .0(.                           O    .    %  I !J       .                           0     &        8                 %   O    !!                                 &               "&"6"9( 7(  9"86( &68"'(9&6           K) 3  KA   K    K &3 &      "   #   1     ( 1            1 1    9 0  #  :                         9   6  5  7169                         ratio has been increased to 90 per /            65  ;             cent. This will pave the way for a    64     9  0   - ;   robust rise in the quality and      0               Sir — Despite several rounds of         @ %     quantity of loans. While extend- *>;;         687>  1           (     talks between India and China, ing forbearance, it is imperative no solution appears to be in   %  !   for the banks to be diligent and                 '  #      sight with regard to the border      !      cautious to prevent good money  4<  -               crisis along the Line of Actual    L         from turning into NPAs.                     ! Control. Clashes at Galwan were     2      Shivansh proof enough that China cannot  !!            Via email     1       7=        be relied upon. It attacked Indian                     ' (        soldiers without any provocation.            .                 S              To top it all, China’s expansion- !   !     ist tendencies and greed for grab-        .                  +/:(.    bing weaker landlocked territory    %      !  L Sir — The Kashmir problem          #  1   4>!  !    through unfair means are a never- M%            needs to be tackled with sensitiv-    '               ending phenomenon. India’s rela- %            !    !     !    !       ity. The people of Jammu and tionship with Russia, though on                     Kashmir have suffered enough. +             /     ! an even keel, cannot be ignorant   0   @     K    . 9;7< All possible aid should be provid-   =5?           @A      21+ 1" of the former’s support to China. !      L     ML      L !  M!  ed to them. Kashmir should be  /;+3  "            8   It is doubtful if Russia will extend   M   M      0   @   L   transformed into a world-class us any help in case of a conflict.   @        L   M   !    tourist destination. Establishing           65          It is, thus, imperative that India               @   !       good colleges and other techni-           4>       $    forges a military pact with the US                   9;7<             cal institutes will help the "     4=@             456A   " to keep a check on China’s            !     Kashmiri youth compete equal- assertiveness, aggressiveness and  2     !       6,("#( ly with the rest of the nation as           !         other nefarious activities.   .       they are talented and given to              O    Rashmi innovation. By setting up good                     Via email medical colleges and hospitals,                    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are stressed due to the pandem- The Monetary Policy public health needs can be taken       would come up with another rate ic. Indeed, a rate cut at this junc- Committee has also called for the care of, too.        6<               cut but it left it unchanged at four ture would have meant little. appointment of an expert com- Ashok Malik          C      S  per cent. Instead, the Central Unless demand is generated, mittee to frame a window under Via web        D           Sir — In view of the COVID-19 bank has allowed financial insti- units will continue to gasp for sur- the prudential norms for speedy pandemic having battered the tutions a special one-time dispen- vival despite the repayment resolution of stressed loans. $   B  "        economy, it was expected that the sation to restructure loans which breather. Besides, the gold loan-to-value !((9(,"6@&"!=7&   !"#!#! !  : 4 (.!&**#4-!% ,196%4 -! *#'#.#'* 5 6495      %  #    = #  $       + '$*67   .     % % =C  0         $ =  $  B   3??  = 3!    LB     $ L     B      /4. 7<   #.  #  $         & ! ) 8 =  =. 

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The mayhem exposed the structural weak- "              nesses of the Indian banking system and the +           "      severity of the Non-Performing Asset (NPA) cri-      9         *1    ! sis looming over them. -+             (   As the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das 2+%0.%(.%./)        " S E    O  ! emphasised (and his sentiment was echoed by @/)2/1+@5                ! the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission) ,-.--+          O      +/:(.!67 the soaring NPAs and the consequent capital ero- A/4+2)3+)         *1       sion of the banks would need immediate recap- .1+@/)/   8         $   + italisation of both PVBs and PSBs. To alleviate the pandemic-created stress on -+@%)?,-.- " *1            borrowers, the RBI has already placed a mora- 02/30(5.)4+             *     torium on the payment of loan instalments and -+3.)    "             deferment of interest payments till August 31. A/4+2)3+)    (  " S         However, the banks are fearing — as articulat- +12..+.            ,      ed by the HDFC Chairman — that even solvent )/-.)A3/2+         S      ! borrowers may take advantage of this relaxation -%)%)                and not repay their loans. This would further %/1).)A   worsen the financials of the banks. 2.?%0%2 "        "    *1     The FSR has also acknowledged that there — which was so assiduously pursued in Government securities, is nothing of spillover effects from the NPAs of is a major risk that the moratoriums may have B2/3.)2+%.)A by the RBI during the last few years. more than an accounting trick. Apart NBFCs, which are still unable to recov- 6<>555     +/:(.!67 "S       -+  +          '    *1   serious implications on the financial health of the This has seen a steady decline in their from increasing the Government’s er from the IL&FS shock of 2018. Bank banks. Overall, about 50 per cent of all loans — A/4+2)3+)O GNPA ratio from 11.5 per cent in interest liabilities, it rarely addresses the lending to NBFCs had increased dra-                 65 per cent of Micro, Small and Medium .)+2+ March 2018 to 8.5 per cent in March deeper structural problems of the matically from 3 lakh crore in       "S      "  Enterprises (MSME) borrowings and 56 per cent (.%@.(..+. this year. Though this reduced their banks. December 2016 post-demonetisation to " +    (     *1   of retail loans — were under moratorium as on 2%2+(5 CRAR, however, it still remained above While the GNPA ratio of PSBs may 8 lakh crore in May this year. Any               April 30, against only 39 per cent of corporate %2++-+ the Basel III-compliant RBI norms. increase to 15.2 per cent under the base- increase in their NPAs will automati- +               loans. The PSBs have a larger share — 58 per cent, ++0+2 Now, the loans are likely to rise to a 20- line scenario (16.3 per cent under the cally trigger a contagion, leading to fur-                82 per cent and 80 per cent respectively for cor- 2112%( year high as a result of the crisis trig- worst-case scenario), the ratios of the ther deterioration of the banking sys-   *1S        ?A?  +S porate, MSME and individual loans, as against 02/@(+3/B-+ gered by the pandemic. PVBs and even the foreign banks are tem. The gravity of the situation can-   4=@ "             20 per cent, 43 per cent and 34 per cent respec- As the RBI Governor said in the likely to increase to 7.3 per cent and 3.9 not be overemphasised. tively for the PVBs. @%)?,.-(/, foreword to the FSR, “The financial sys- per cent, respectively. Erosion of the The structural problems with the    +SJ -          ;  2+./BB%?+   +              As far as Non-Banking Financial Companies tem in India remains sound. capital will shrink the system-level recovery of bad loans have remained (NBFCs) are concerned, 56 per cent, 61 per cent %)-.A-+2)0% Nonetheless, in the current environ- CRAR of the banking sector as a unresolved even after operationalisation       *1        6555    and 46 per cent of the loans are under morato- @%)?,.((@+ ment, the need for financial interme- whole from 14.6 per cent in March to of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy   rium respectively for these categories. The sce- B/2+/ diaries to proactively augment capital 13.3 per cent by next March under the Code (IBC). Of the total claims of 3.52 D    +S      nario is really disquieting. The RBI has assumed B12-+2(/,+2 and improve their resilience has baseline scenario and to 11.8 per cent lakh crore from 190 companies (till        "           a contraction of the Gross Domestic Product -++0/. acquired top priority. In the evolving under severe stress conditions. December 2019), 1.52 lakh crore (43    *1       #   "  " ! (GDP) by 4.4 per cent, gross fiscal deficit of 10.9 .)+2+2%+ milieu, while risk management has to Five banks will fail to meet the min- per cent) has been recovered, which of         *1       ! per cent and Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) of K%(2+%5% be prudent, extreme risk-aversion imum prescribed CRAR level of nine course was a significant improvement  !         -   *1 P  4.1 per cent as the baseline scenario assuming -+2/? @//3 would have adverse outcomes for all.” per cent by March 2021 — five more over the earlier recovery rate of 10 per  Q             *1 steady recovery from the second-half of the cur- Under the current crisis, risk aver- will be close (under 10 per cent) with- cent. But only two cases — Bhushan rent fiscal. The GDP contraction and fiscal deficit K%)2.4+ sion, both by banks and borrowers, is out merger or recapitalisation which Steel and Essar Steel — accounted for    + 2  >57  3        +0/./2 ( 2>A43    1 2<573     (   numbers may be a tad too optimistic, given the only to be expected as evidenced by the might increase their systemic resilience. 49.5 per cent of the overall recoveries. severe economic disruptions with no end in sight. /,%2-+ banks parking their excess liquidity However, mergers of PSBs, now prac- Given the huge number of case-     *0 2

State fully emerged in Europe. Between retain their wealth and power. concept of State separately and, in fact, and Islamic scholar Abul Ala Maududi. word deen approximately has the scriptures were treated as an all- the 17th and 19th centuries, the idea The State as we know it today, is puts more emphasis on faith and how Ahmad writes that, as a young man, same meaning which the word State encompassing political constitution was expanded and developed in the thus a comparatively recent construct it can operate as a moral guide. Maududi was associated with The has in the contemporary age.” Noting and that such a State fell away because works of philosophers like John Locke, and a product of political and econom- Ahmad writes, “to impose the mod- Muslim, a daily that took an anti- that the modern State regulates almost of corruption and needs to be re-enact- Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques ic modernity. So what do concepts ern concept of the State on 7th centu- British, pro-Congress Party position every facet of people’s lives, he contem- ed. Interestingly, this is the narrative Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham and Karl such as “Islamic State” or “Riyasat-i- ry Arab society is misleading.” Because and promoted Muslim-Hindu unity plated the creation of an Islamic State popularised by the Imran Khan Marx. By the 19th century, the concept Madina (State of Madina)” really of infrastructural weaknesses, the and a secular set-up in India. However, that would regulate every aspect of its Government. Though Maududi’s the- of the State as we know it today, had mean? Such terms are often used by State could not have expanded its after 1937, Maududi changed his citizens’ lives according to laws laid sis was inspired by largely European   95 been practically established in various ideologues and politicians in Muslim- scope beyond a handful of duties, even stance, especially when Jinnah’s down by the Islamic scriptures. ideas of the State, this does not both- regions of Europe. majority regions. The thinking behind if it wanted to. Muslim League began to press for a Maududi understood the Muslim er those who take the revisionist his- he roots of the concept of the According to the noted political them is that Islam is inherently polit- The Syrian academic and histori- separate Muslim-majority State. League as a secular Muslim national- torical claims of his theories as fact. State lie in the political ideas for- anthropologist Professor Irfan Ahmad, ical and its sacred texts lay out a blue- an Aziz Al-Azmeh, in a widely-debat- Ahmad writes that all major political ist organisation. So, to neutralise Ever since the 1980s, whenever Tmulated in ancient Greece and till the 17th century, “the State gov- print for a State run by laws prescribed ed 1990 essay Utopia and Islamic players in British India had become Maududi’s criticism, Pakistan began to there are claims and promises made by the Roman Republic. Greek philoso- erned by not governing.” Seldom did by Allah. Those who hold this view Political Thought, demonstrates that smitten by the concepts of the State and borrow his ideas. Yet, Maududi’s own a variety of ideologues and leaders in phers Plato and Aristotle write of the it interfere in most affairs of its sub- insist that such a State came into being there is no political theory (about a nationalism introduced in the region party could not gain much traction the Muslim world, about working “polis” (the city State) as an ideal form jects. Its main interest was to extract with the arrival of Islam that actively State) in classical Islamic political by the British colonialists. The Muslim among voters. This was probably due towards an Islamic State, it is assumed of association, in which the religious, levies and taxes. Its administrative regulated every political, economic and thought. Fact is, those who insist that League began to speak about a Muslim to the aforementioned ploy by the State that it is rooted in the workings of a cultural, political and economic needs scope was limited. The French philoso- social aspect of the community. there is, are simply projecting the mod- State, the Congress about a post-colo- and, more so, because from the mid- 7th century Islamic realm. According of the citizens can be satisfied. The pher, Michel Foucault, claimed that the Irfan Ahmad writes that till the ern concept of the State on ancient and nial secular Indian State and the 1970s, even non-religious parties to Ahmad, objective history does not ancient Roman idea of res publica is scope of the State began to expand 16th/17th century, the working of the medieval Islamic polities, reimagining Leftists about a socialist State. began to adopt ideas from Maududi support this. As Egyptian scholar more similar to the modern concept from the 16th century. The idea of the State, even in powerful Muslim these polities as Islamic states which Rejecting all these concepts as and fused them with their secular out- Nasr Abu Zayd says, “Religious scrip- of the State. The res publica was a legal State in non-Western regions was no empires, was as limited as it was in influenced almost every aspect of the ungodly, Maududi came up with the look. His ideas in this context reached tures are at the mercy of the ideology system, the jurisdiction of which different. According to Irfan Ahmad, non-Muslim realms. He adds that the lives of their citizens. According to theory of Government of Allah or completion as an elaborate theory in of its interpreter. For a communist, extended to all Roman citizens, secur- the nature of the State in Muslim- idea of an Islamic State is actually not Ahmad, such projections are the result Islamic State. He then set out to for- his 1979 magnum opus, Four they would reveal communism, for a ing their rights and determining their majority regions and in regions being more than a 100 years old. According of ideas that first emerged in the early mulate a new political theology, by Fundamental Concepts of the Quran. fundamentalist they would be funda- responsibilities. ruled by Muslims was also static. It was to the works of Egyptian scholars Ali 20th century. interpreting Islamic scriptures in the The theory suggested that an mentalist text, for a feminist it would However, it wasn’t until the 16th only interested in gathering taxes and Abdel Raziq and Sa’id al-Ashmawi, One of the pioneers in this respect context of the State. In a 1941 essay, he Islamic State existed during the early be a feminist text, and so on ...” century that the modern concept of the aiding the monarch and his vassals to theologically, Islam treats faith and the was the prolific South Asian ideologue writes, “In reality, the classical Arabic days of the faith because the sacred (Courtesy: Dawn)   "   !"#!#! .)5#   !!  $$ %   .        $ $$   !    N/      ?/-. !!  7&    +  %(.A%2- erly. Infections are also spreading by ly. erala, battered and bruised by nature’s seeking contact with infected patients Dr. BP Singh, CMO stated that Kfury for the last three days saw Covid- he negligience of the district and delaying their reports. Systems like after the list of infected patients is out,      ?/-. was offered to those who killed Death and destruction 19 continuing its dance of destruction across Tadministration and the health Containment Zone and Red Zone are attempt to admit the Covid +ve patient in Friday evening’s air crash were reported from various the State as 1,211 new patients were diag- department has proved to be a threat no longer visible anywhere. There is a at the earliest are made. If it is delayed he death toll in Friday’s involving Air India Express low lying lands in the districts nosed with the pandemic on Sunday. to health of many people now. Covid provision for penalty on entering the then it is not good. Awareness and Tlandslide at Munnar in Dubai-Kozhikode flight. The of Alappuzha, Kottayam, According to the media release issued positive patients are roaming around market without wearing a mask. But public support is necessary to break the Kerala reached 42 as search and Kerala Government had Pathanamthitta and Idukki in by the Government of Kerala (chief min- in the public and no wonder how many there is no shortage of people who are corona infection chain. Health depart- rescue team retrieved 17 dead declared 10 lakh each to the southern Kerala. Situation was ister Pinarayi Vijayan does not meet scribes people they have come in contact with. taking risks themselves and putting ment and administration is also mak- bodies by Sunday evening. The families of those who lost their no different in Wayanadu, on Sunday), 1,026 patients contracted A 60-year-old corona positive other people's lives at risk as well. ing efforts for this. The court is also rescue team had retrieved 25 lives in the air crash. Kozhikode, Thrissur and Covid-19 through social transmission. woman, in Jawahar Nagar, was found Policemen are remaining mute and very serious about social distance and dead bodies on Saturday. A Union Minister of State for Malappuram as rivers in all Thiruvananthapuram continued to top the selling vegetables. Don't know how simply spectating people roaming masks. family of 18 members were External Affairs who visited these districts have been over- list of districts with 292 Covid-19 cases many people would have come in con- around the streets without masks. A PAC Jawan who was covid pos- perished in the disaster leaving Munnar and Rajamali said that flowing since Saturday. while Malappuram (170) and Kottayam tact with her. A 13-year-old girl of the Social and physical distance is also not itive was found roaming in the Hathras a lone survivor. the Kerala Government should The Main Central Road (139) came second and third respectively. same family went to the mill to get being followed in the market. For this, Market. Efforts are on by the NDRF be more humane in its approach connecting Angamali with The only news that offered consolation flour. The danger of spreading the no concerned efforts are being done by A Jawan from the Provincial team to locate the workers towards the victims of the land- Thiruvananthapuram was was in the number of patients who were infection to the girl child also cannot the district administration. Armed Constabulary(PAC), who had who were washed away in the slide in the High Ranges. “A flooded in various places and cured of covid-19 and discharged from hos- be ruled out. Vishnu Kumar Bunty, social work- tested positive for Covid -19 along with early morning water rush. But compensation matching the this threw traffic out of gear in pitals. The day saw 970 patients leaving hos- 6 people of the same family were er told that the infected woman of 11 others two days ago, was found those engaged in the operation solatium allocated to the most places. According to pitals for homes. found infected in Jawaharnagar. The Jawahar Nagar was selling vegetables. roaming in the market in Hathras, near said that chances of locating deceased in the air crash should Indian Meteorological The new patients include 76 expatriates infected patients were not admitted She was not admitted even after 18-20 the district hospital where he was any more survivors were be provided to victims in Department many districts in and 78 persons from other parts of the even after 20 hours had passed. hours. The girl at her house went to the admitted on Friday. remote because of the prevail- Munnar landslide,” said the Kerala are likely to receive country. Meanwhile, the family members con- store to get the goods. The business- According to sources the Jawan ing weather condition. union minister. heavy rainfalls on Monday There were 103 persons who could not tinued to do their work like other days. men of Vishnupuri were also not tried to hide his identity by saying that The Kerala Government Inclement weather contin- also. There are strong possibil- pinpoint the source from where they con- Such carelessness is coming to the fore. admitted for about 18-20 hours. When he came to buy medicine for a patient has come under severe criti- ued to torment most of the 14 ities of sea waves of 4 meter tracted the pandemic. That too in a situation when the the infected patients are not being admitted in the hospital. However later cism from opposition parties as districts in the State on Sunday. height hitting the coastline The release said 12, 347 patients were infection of corona in the district is admitted, then when and how will they on he admitted that he is covid posi- they alleged that the solatium The State Disaster Committee from the southern end to the being treated across the State for the pan- spreading rapidly. check the people who come in contact tive and stepped out to buy medicide of 2 lakh granted to the had issued red alert in seven dis- northern tip of the Kerala coast demic out of which 11, 742 are in hospitals. The work of sealing and sanitizing with them. Then how will Corona for his upset stomach as no one in the deceased by the administration tricts while orange alert has been in the next 24 hours, On Sunday, 1,278 persons were admitted to the areas around the house of infect- break the chains. There is a need to fol- isolation ward was giving medicines for was low compared to what issued in six districts on Sunday. announced the IMD. the hospitals on account of Covid-19. ed patients is also not being done prop- low the rules strictly and act honest- his upset stomach. *  ' *7 ' '

     the Temple properties, the land has some shocking information 'C   -+))%. or building can never be rent- with him. “We took a sample ed out or leased or sold to a survey of the temples. In the   +  %(.A%2- him. fake identity card, fake educa- he uninitiated may see this non-Hindu organization. survey, we uniformly found Pradeep alias Piru, a resi- tional records were recovered Tas the standing proof of the It may be remembered that that 5 per cent of the temples fake lieutenant colonel res- dent of Nurpur Ludhiana, used from him. Social Justice for which the the Madras High Court had exists no more. Among the Aident of Nurpur, Ludhiana, to cheat people in the name of After the fake lieutenant Dravidian political parties stage asked the HRCE Department 38,646 temples, we estimate who cheated people in the being recruited into the army was caught, the Army agitations across Tamil Nadu. in 2018 to inform the court that at least 1,800 temples name of being admitted to the by being a fake lieutenant Intelligence is also trying to But this has resulted in creat- about the “whereabouts” of could have been demolished to Army, was questioned by the colonel in the name of his find out to whom its wires are ing a serious wedge between the 50,000 acres of Temple give way to buildings and shop- Army Intelligence and intelli- brother Shravan Singh son of connected. A four-member the Hindus and Christians in lands in the State to which the ping complexes. Then, at least gence agency in the district Gurmel Singh. He had taken team of Army Intelligence led the State and the responsibili- Department is yet to give any 20 per cent of the temples have prison. Along with this, the site seven and a half lakh rupees in by Major Gaurav Niranjan ty lies with the Hindu Religious report. been abandoned or are under- of arrest of this fake lieutenant the name of enlisting in the inspected the arrest site on and and Charitable Endowment The HRCE officials used,” said Raja. colonel was also checked. army from Ramkumar, son of recovered three SIM cards. Department of Tamil Nadu. remained incommunicado . Ramesh had some star- It is said that the Army Kalicharan, resident of Pradeep alias Piru was More than four grounds of according to Ramesh, they tling information to make on Intelligence also closely Kudwara village of Mont police admitted to the Army in 2002 prime land belonging to the of the Salvation Army operates Ramesh said the land and refused to partwith any infor- Sunday. “Peaceful soldiers of inspected the vehicle recovered station in Mathura district. on the basis of his Shravan famous Sri Gangadareswar from the premises along with building given to the Salvation mation despite his efforts to get Abrahamic religions along with from the fake colonel. They While registering a report Singh's credentials and was Temple in Chennai’s a Church, absolutely free of cost Army are worth 2.5 lakh per the terms and conditions on pseudo Hindus have also recovered three SIM cards. on Ramkumar's statement, the sacked in 2016. After that, he Purasawalkam area has been as the HRCE has given it on year but the HRCE has not col- which the premises has been encroached the Sree It has been told that there are police detained a fake lieu- was roaming around and cheat- given free on rent to the Rent Free basis to the Church,” lected anything till date from given to the Salvation Army. Kailasanathar Swamy Temple 15 cases of cheating on this fake tenant colonel in uniform in a ing on people. It has been told Salvation Army, an organiza- said TR Ramesh, president, them. This land and building H Raja, national secretary, at Raasipuram and built pub- colonel in Punjab as well as in car near Battodevi School in that a women also used to work tion engaged in proselytization. Temple Worshippers Society, belong to the Temple Trust and BJP, who launched the Hindu lic toilets right next to the tem- Haryana and Rajasthan. Police village Bhilpur. Fake PAN card, along with him. Police is “The Divisional Head Quarters Tamil Nadu. as per the by-laws governing Temples Reclaim Movement ple,” said Ramesh. of three states were looking for fake ID, fake canteen card, searching for her. ,96% = " <4A:P  +.01-@%)7;7 showing hike in the number of positive middlemen in other industries, why to the spot with some other persons and actress told the agency that she had +B+)+.30/2 cases. should they be present in the farm sec- informed police,” said Kewal Ram, acquired the properties from her As part of aggressive testing carried tor. If the infrastructure is developed to expressing his ignorance about the income, savings, and bank loans, they '   All necessary steps would be taken out across the State, 68,179 persons were boost industrial growth, then why incident. Those, who died have been said. to ensure that timelines for production tested on Sunday. The number of per- shouldn’t modern identified as Budharam (75); his wife The ED officials had also con- of equipment as per the Negative Import sons discharged from hospitals till date Under the Agri-Infra Fund, about Antara Devi; son Ravi (31); daughters fronted Rhea, Shouwik and Modi with  %   . ?/(?%% List are met, which will include a co- crossed the 2.38 lakh on Sunday. This Rs 1 lakh crore will be sanctioned under Jiya (25) and Suman (22); grandsons certain bank statements that purportedly ordinated mechanism for hand holding is against the 2.96 lakh persons diag- the financing facility in partnership with Mukdash (17) and Nain (12); Laxmi show the transfer of small amounts into he Bengal Government which has temporarily of the industry by the Defence Services, nosed with covid-19 till date in the State. multiple lending institutions as loans to (40) and three minor sons of Kewal Shouwik’s accounts from those of Rajput Tbanned flights from corona hit regions have how- they said. There were 53,336 active patients across Primary Agri Credit Societies (PACS), Ram. The bodies have been sent for and Rhea. ever decided to let international charter flights ferrying The officials clarified that the list Tamil Nadu on Sunday. farmer groups, Farmer Producer autopsy in Jodhpur and a medical Rajput’s father Krishna Kumar Singh Indian nationals land in the State. was prepared after several rounds of Andhra Pradesh and karhnataka Organisations (FPOs), agri-entrepre- board has been constituted to find out had in a complaint before the Patna The State Government has conveyed its intentions consultations with all stakeholders, reported 10820 and 5985 new cases and neurs, start-ups, and agri-tech players. the cause of their death. Police on July 25 alleged that the actress to the External Affairs Ministry saying that all the coro- including Army, Air Force, Navy, 97 and 107 deaths respectively on was involved in abetting his son’s suicide. na negative patients taking chartered flights to DRDO, Defence Public Sector SWunday while delhi reported 1300 new 79@03+)++2 B A1)/,) Bengal would be allowed to land at State airports pro- Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance cases and 13 deaths. 7;?.((+.).)B+2)/ vided they board the flights after having tested for Factory Board (OFB) and private indus- 0%25.)4%((+5 (/+%.+/B corona and the stated flights follow certain standard try to assess current and future capa- +)2+2%)B+2 31?-%2%)%2. %4.%5%,%% operating procedures. bilities of the Indian industry for man- Condemning the attack on a BJP “Only those with negative RT PCR reports will be ufacturing various ammunition, 7:7;;2/ worker, Jammu and Kashmir BJP pres- SUV and gave it a chase after a According to the reports, nearly 31 allowed,” Government sources said adding a letter to weapons and related equipment with- B%23+2 ident Ravinder Raina said the increas- police informer confirmed that the persons were undergoing treatment in this effect had been sent to the Union Government in India. ing attacks on party workers in the vehicle belonged to Rakesh. Seeing the hotel for Coronavirus and ten of on Saturday. The list comprises of not just sim- Agriculture Minister Narendra Kashmir valley show Pakistan’s frustra- police force, the person in the driving them died due to suffocation and The standard operating procedure in such case will ple parts but also some high technolo- Singh Tomar and a large number of tion and that his party would not be seat stepped on the gas but the vehicle smoke as the fire broke out. The smoke be effected from August 10, sources said adding the gy weapon systems like artillery guns, farmers, cooperatives and others also cowed down by such attacks. He said rammed into a tree before coming to a swiftly spread in the three floors of the MEA has been requested to pass on the SOP to the assault rifles, corvettes, sonar systems, participated in the video conference. that Pakistan cannot stop the growing halt. hotel which created a respiratory prob- Aviation Ministry and Indian Missions abroad. transport aircrafts, light combat heli- “On this auspicious occasion, a popularity of the BJP in the Valley by Rakesh and his men opened a burst lem to the patients. The fire department The flights coming to Kolkata will be required to copters (LCHs), radars and many other special fund of Rs 1 lakh crore has been such “cowardly acts”. of fire on the police team. The STF team entered the floors by breaking the glass carry clearance certificates from the Indian Missions items. launched to create agriculture-related He said, “We will intensify our activ- returned fire. As the firing ended from windows and rescued 21 persons by or the MEA. Similarly, the Navy is likely to place infrastructure facilities in the country. ities and will hoist the tricolour and the opposite side, the cops reached the bringing them out through ladders. Besides it has also been said that the respective demands for submarines with indicative This will help in creating better storage party flag in every house”. scene and found Rakesh lying in a pool They were shifted to Ramesh Hospitals airlines ferrying in stranded passengers from abroad import embargo date of December facilities and modern cold storage Meanwhile, repeated appeals made of blood. He was rushed to Sarojininagar for treatment. will have to apply for a no-objection certificate from 2021, of which it expects to contract chains in villages. Many employment by the elected representatives to pro- CHC where he died during treatment. Meanwhile two persons jumped the State Government providing the sponsor, the num- about six at an approximate cost of opportunities will get created in villages,” vide them adequate security cover and The police said they recovered two from the second floor during the fire ber of passengers along with their details apart from almost Rs 42,000 crore. Modi said after the launch. safe accommodation have fallen on deaf pistols, seven live cartridges, 10 bullet mishap to save their life and their con- an undertaking that the passengers so flying in are For the Air Force, it is decided to The Prime Minister reiterated that ears. shells and two mobile phones from the dition was said to be stable as they sus- corona negative. enlist the light combat aircraft LCA MK India has a huge opportunity to invest Even announcement of an insurance slain mafia. “His aides managed to tained minor injuries. According to 1A with an indicative embargo date of in post-harvest management solutions cover to the tune of Rs 25 They claimed escape the scene,” the police said. reports, electrical short circuit seems to December 2020. Of these, 123 are like warehousing, cold chain, and food in the absence of adequate security cover Rakesh was involved in the grisly be the cause of the fire mishap. As the anticipated at an approximate cost of processing, and build a global presence it is becoming difficult to step out of murder of BJP MLA from hotel was situated in the centre of the  >"  over Rs 85,000 crore. Hence, there are in areas such as organic and fortified their houses and monitor ongoing Mohammadabad (Ghazipur) Krishna city, the news about the fire mishap highly complex platforms that are foods. He also mentioned that this developmental works in the area. Nand Rai in 2005. In the murder, about spread swiftly and relatives of the included in the list of 101 items. scheme provides a good opportunity for Last month, former BJP district half-a-dozen miscreants laced with AK- patients rushed to the hospitals to   5:%1 * start-ups in agriculture to avail the ben- president Waseem Bari, his father and 47 assault rifles had fired 400 shots on know about the condition of their 9(/4.%+.) efits and scale their operations, there- brother were killed inside their shop Rai’s cavalcade, killing seven, including beloved.Krishna District Fire Officer Gandhinagar: Gujarat's Covid-19 tally breached the by creating an ecosystem that reaches after terrorists fired on them from Rai. Rakesh was involved in the murder Sreenivasa Reddy said, “Around eight to 70,000 mark on Sunday as 1,078 fresh cases were 18%5 farmers in every corner of the country. close range in Bandipora. Bari had a 10- and he shot to infamy after the sensa- 10 people are feared dead. There were reported, while 25 more deaths took the toll to 2,654, Citing reasons for poor investment member police security and all of them tional incident. 31 patients in total (at the centre). The health officials said. substantially when the testing is ramped in agri-infrastructure, the Prime inister were suspended and arrested because After the death of Munna Bajrangi rest have been rescued and sent to The state''s total number of cases was at 71,064 up. said there was a “negligible” investment they were not with him when he was in Baghpat jail, Rakesh took his place in Ramesh Hospital. They were all Covid- following the detection of fresh infections. On Sunday, the country saw its due to legal hurdles in the wake of a pro- attacked. On June 8, Congress sarpanch the gang. He was also a co-accused in 19 patients admitted to the CCC run by As many as 1,311 patients were discharged on highest single day death count of around vision of the stock limit under the Ajay Kumar Pandita was killed outside the murder of a contractor, Ajay Prakash Ramesh Hospital. There may be about Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,000 with Maharashtra alone reporting Essential Commodities (EC) Act. his house at Lokbhawan in Anantnag Singh. In Singh’s murder case, Mukhtar 10 staff members. 54,138. 390 deaths during the last 24 hours. “Now, we have surplus production. district. Ansari is also an accused. Vijayawada Commissioner of police Surat, the new Covd hotspot registering 20.59 per Maharashtra reported 12,248 new The stock limit not only affects the farm- Battina Srinivasulu, Minister Velampalli cent of Sunday's positive cases, saw 222 cases, while cases, 390 deaths, while 13,348 patients ers but also the country’s economy and 773+3@+2/B +133/)2-+% Srinivas, district collector A MD Imtiaz Ahmedabad saw 153 cases coming up. discharged today. The total positive cases consumers. But surprisingly the law (EC rushed to the spot and supervised the Vadodara once again after Saturday, saw its daily in the State rose to 5,15,332 including Act) was still continuing when we have B%3.(5B/1)+% -+2B%-+2 rescue operation. Minister Srinivas spike climbing to 110. 3,51,710 recovered patients and 17,757 become a surplus producing nation. informed about thorough inquiry about Vadodara was followed by Rajkot 95, Jamnagar 63, deaths. Active cases stood at 1,45,558. This law is not required now,” he said. According to a police officer, the vic- A property located in the city’s Khar the mishap and action against the hos- Panchmahals 47, Bhavnagar and Amreli with 35 each, Mumbai reported 1,066 new positive This law was creating hurdles in set- tims lived under threat from the fami- area and another in Navi Mumbai, both pital and hotel management for their Bharuch 28, Junagadh and Gandhinagar with 27 each, cases and 48 deaths, while situation in ting up of good godowns and farm ly of their daughter-in-law, the wife of linked to Rhea, are also being probed for negligence. Chief Minister YS Jagan Kutch 25, Valsad 21, Dahod and Surendranagar with Dharavi remained under control. Tamil industry in villages. “Unfortunately, Kewal Ram (35), the surviving member the source of funds and ownership pat- Mohan Reddy expressed grief over the 18 each, Kheda, Mahesana and Patan with 11 each, Nadu accounted for 119 deaths as there babus misused this law to threaten of the victim family. terns. fire accident and expressed condo- Botad, Sabarkantha and Narmada with 10 each, was no let up in the number of positive traders and investors. Now, traders and “She has been living with her family in While Chakraborty’s Income Tax lences to the family members of the Mahisagar, Banaskantha and Morbi with 9 each, cases fatalities being reported from var- investors are freed from this threat,” he Jodhpur for the past some time due to Returns show an income of about Rs 14 deceased. The CM announced Rs 50 Porbandar and Tapi with 7 each, Anand and ious places in the state, which recorded said. some dispute,” said the police officer, cit- lakh, the value of her investments are lakh ex gratia to each person who died Devbhumi Dwarka with 5 each, Navsari 3, Aravalli 5,994 new cases. “Why don’t farmers get similar ing this as a possible trigger for their sui- estimated to be much higher. Her in the fire accident. and Dang with 2 each and Chhota Udepur with one This is for the eleventh day in a row facilities? Why is this injustice happen- cide. According Kewal Ram (35), father, Indrajit is a retired defence per- Governor Biswabhushan positive case. Tamil Nadu is testing less than 6,000 ing with farmers? It is not that a soap they had dinner between 9 pm and 10 sonnel getting a monthly pension of Harichandan ordered the Government The total number of Covid deaths in Ahmedabad persons per day. On August 1, the State factory set up in a city will sell the prod- pm on Saturday night and went to sleep. about Rs 1 lakh, the officials said. to take immediate rescue measures to has reached 1,638. Besides, 505 people have died in had 5,879 patients while the numbers uct in that city’s vicinity. Soap can be “I went to guard our crop However, Rhea has provided docu- save the lives of injured people in fire Surat, 100 in Vadodara, 46 in Gandhinagar, 45 deaths came down to 5,875 on August 2 and sold anywhere. In agriculture, it was not from animals and slept there,” he said. ments to justify the investment and so mishap. AP DGP Goutam D Sawang in Rajkot, 30 deaths in Patan, 26 deaths in Bhavnagar, 5,609 on August 3. Though the number happening. Farmers sell their produce In the morning, when he came back, he far ED has not been able to trace any visited the Swarna Palace Hotel and 24 in Aravalli, 23 in Mahesana, 17 in Panchmahals, further came down to 5,063 on August in local mandis alone,” he said. found all his family members dead. wrongdoings in her financial dealings. started supervising the rescue mea- 16 in Banaskantha, 15 in Kheda, 14 in Anand and 11 4, since the last five days it has been Modi questioned if there are no “I then called my nephew who rushed During the questioning so far, the sures. in Bharuch.   !"#!#! & "" )   C"D7#7D"   !    0  '

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Citing a study of 10 access to social protection, Afor a third of the global omists estimate that the region Samoa, and other Pacific coun- penned by four ADB econo- the report. “Migrant workers “The remittance flows to migrant sending countries in including employment-relat- migrant workforce, is likely to faces remittance losses ranging tries, with remittances relative mists.They boost general con- are more vulnerable from lay- developing Asia is to plunge Asia, the ADB said remittance ed support and social assis- face remittance losses of USD from USD 31.4 billion to USD to the size of their economies sumption as well as investment offs once prolonged lockdowns amid the pandemic as during dependent households are at tance, as well as health services. 31.4-54.3 billion due to the 54.3 billion. To reduce the eco- and populations very high. and help sustain Government and production breaks drive the first months 2020, remit- risk of falling into poverty, as They should support employ- coronavirus pandemic, the nomic and social impacts, pol- Central Asian countries debts by contributing to the companies out of business. tances began to contract in it is estimated that a 1 per- ers to help retain and hire Asian Development Bank icy responses are proposed in such as Georgia, the Kyrgyz foreign currency revenue base, Also, uncertainty looms major migrant source coun- centage increase in the share to laid-off workers, including (ADB) said in a report. areas such as social protection, Republic, and Tajikistan, send- said the economists. about the timing of full recov- tries...While some migrant GDP to remittances inflow migrant workers. The Governments immigration, labour, and ing a large number of season- Jobs and worker welfare ery, even as lockdowns are workers may feel altruistic and from overseas is associated Such effort contributes to need to come up with policy health,” it said. In 2019, six of al and long-term migrants are severely affected by the pan- lifted, with concerns about send more money to their with a reduction in poverty gap the smooth recovery of the measures to reduce the eco- the 10 largest remittance recip- mainly to the Russian demic globally but some sec- persistent weak demand in families in extremely difficult by 22.6 per cent and poverty economy by ensuring work- nomic and social fallout arising ients globally were from this Federation and Europe, will tors are hurt more than others some economic sectors. situations, prevailing weak eco- severity by 16 per cent. force availability and the reduc- out of it, the ADB said. region-India, China, the also be hard-hit, along with such as retail and wholesale “The wide-scale economic nomic forecasts are pointing A study based on micro- tion of contagion risks, said the Job losses stemming from Philippines, Pakistan, some of the major migrant ori- trade, hospitality and recre- cost of the COVID-19 pan- toward declining remittances.” data from selected economies report. Among others, the host Covid-19 are hurting house- Bangladesh, and Vietnam, the gin countries such as Nepal and ation, manufacturing, and demic is expected to reach However, relative increase in in South Asia and Southeast and source countries should holds around the world, but for Manila-headquartered multi- the Philippines, it added. accommodation and food ser- between USD 5.8 trillion and remittance inflows is observed Asia suggests that a 10 per cent continue to recognise remit- Asia and the Pacific’s 91 million lateral funding agency said. Remittances to Asia and vice sectors. USD 8.8 trillion globally, equiv- in June in selected countries increase in remittance inflows tance service providers as one migrant workers — a third of The countries likely to face the Pacific, amounting to USD These are the sectors large- alent to 6.4 per cent to 9.7 per which can be attributed to lift- leads to a 3–4 per cent rise in of the essential businesses to the global migrant workforce more severe effects from the 315 billion in 2019, are an ly in non-essential services cent of global GDP, reflecting ing of lockdowns in destina- real GDP per capita, it said. allow migrants and families to — the impacts will be partic- pandemic-induced decline in important and stable source of with frequent face-to-face the spread of the pandemic to tions that allowed migrants to Recommending policy transact without disruption as ularly severe, the ADB said in remittance inflows are the ones income for families back home interactions and the migrant Europe, the United States, and remit over the counter and actions to the host and source remittance money is a lifeline August 2020 brief on ‘COVID- where remittance shares to and help strengthen external and informal workers are other major economies,” said introduction of policy mea- countries, ADB economists for many poor and vulnerable 19 Impact on International gross domestic product (GDP) financing—alongside foreign among those facing the most the report. 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Ito integrate with the and faster, Goyal said. 100-150 billion (about 7.5 of Vodafone Idea and Airtel Service quality must be Government e-marketplace “The railways has com- lakh crore-11.25 lakh crore), within two weeks of getting $   specified for two sets of users (GeM) portal to move all its mitted itself fully to integrate and probably more if one com- detailed responses on its    now -- priority and general procurement to the platform, with GeM and move all pro- bines all the PSUs, state gov- queries from the two telcos,  !$ ! users, and that information Union Minister Piyush Goyal curement there ernment and local bodies. according to a regulatory too has not been given by the said on Sunday. (GeM)...Imagine we will save He said GeM should play source. . -!   companies, so far, the source The railways’ direct pro- 1000s and 1000s of man hours a role in publicising all those The source said that added. curement of goods for its oper- of procurement time. products which are not made while TRAI had “serious con- Moreover, when the plans ations or its public sector “The amount of elaborate in India, but are required in cerns” on multiple issues per- to consumers (of the priority were filed, the operators should undertakings or production tendering, advertisements, bids, India in a big way so that “we taining to the priority plans, it plans) in return for what they have drawn the regulator’s units stood at about 70,000 bids opening, reverse auction, can encourage” entrepreneurs had granted additional time up are being charged. Subscription attention to the fact that these crore-75,000 crore, the all of that become so seamless to plan to make those products to August 10 to the two telcos to a mobile plan is akin to a represented differentiated Commerce and Industry and that our digital system of the in India, as is being done by to respond to its fresh round of ‘sale’ where consumer is the offerings. Railways Minister said. railways will flag the require- railways. He said railways has questioning, as the players purchaser of the service and TRAI had recently grant- “I am happy to share that ment on the GeM portal, and identified the products which themselves had sought more hence the telcos “must quanti- ed additional time to Bharti GeM and Indian Railways are it will be available for the are imported and is working time to reply. fy” exactly what services such Airtel and Vodafone Idea to burning the midnight oil, whole world to see and more through RDSO (Research Telecom Regulatory users are going to get. submit detailed responses on working day and night to and more people will be enticed Design and Standards Authority of India (TRAI) is Merely using the term fresh set of questions on pre- ensure this entire 70,000 crore to register on GeM as suppli- Organisation) to develop new probing whether assuring min- ‘better service’ is not suffice, the mium plans, where queries procurement on the GeM plat- ers,” Goyal said. vendors for those products. imum, faster or average data source said. range from what happens when form,” Goyal said at the GeM- He added that if any sup- “We have taken certain speeds is technological feasible Asked about the timelines a non-priority customer is sur- CII National Public plier or vendor provides bad game changing reform mea- or not. for TRAI to come to a conclu- rounded by priority users dur- Procurement Conclave 2020. quality goods, it will be black sures in railway vendor regis- And indeed, if it is, why sion on the ongoing issue, the ing congestion, to limit of “Our own belief is that it listed not only on GeM, but tration also. Number of prod- should telecom operators offer- source said that the two telcos throughput configured for the will save railways not less than throughout the government ucts have been moved out of ing priority/platinum plans not themselves had asked for some two sets of network subscribers. 10-15 per cent and that could system. vendor registration. be able to quantify the same, more time earlier this month to TRAI shot-off nearly be a saving of as high as “We will ensure that the “So mostly safety items are and clear the air around treat- answer TRAI’s second round of two dozen additional ques- 10,000 crore,” he added. entire government system does being kept for vendor registra- ment that will be meted out queries, many of which were tions to Airtel and Vodafone Railways buys more than 98 not entertain that company tion...If you are registered in non-premium customers as technical in nature and need- Idea over the contentious pre- per cent of its goods and ser- anymore,” he said, adding that any one organisation, you are well, the source privy to the ed concrete data. mium plans on July 31, and had vices in India and moving this at a later stage, GeM will move deemed to be Sregistered ongoing enquiry said. TRAI will finalise its asked them to explain their purchase to the GeM platform from goods and services to throughout the railways,” he Telcos must clearly quan- decision on priority plan issue stand backed by data and pre- in the next “probably 8-12 contracts. said. tify the benefits being offered within two weeks of getting sentation. %.  N M . O 87   $      %

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As many as 600 tax dis- The guidance note also said appellate body, which is outside In May, the Govt amend- of Quit India Movement, the protest dharna at about 600 While releasing the agen- putes have been resolved under that India shall provide access to the administrative jurisdiction ed Income Tax rules to state that Confederation of all India places in different states of the da of the ‘China Quit India MAP between April 1, 2014 to MAP even in a situation where of the Indian tax authorities; Indian authorities would Traders (CAIT) on Sunday country.”Expressing concerns campaign’, CAIT Secretary December 31, 2018. the Indian tax authorities apply and is the highest fact-finding “endeavour” to resolve disputes launched a campaign ‘China over Chinese investment in General Praveen Khandelwal  )+,+(-. The Central Board of domestic anti-abuse provisions. body on tax matters, the CAs under MAP within a time- Quit India’ to boycott Chinese various Indian companies, “urged the central government Direct Taxes has come out with The CBDT also said that in case in India shall not deviate from frame of 24 months, a move goods, while its members held start-ups and digital apps, to carry out an all-round siege ndian authorities will not a guidance note on MAP which of orders of Income Tax the orders of the ITAT for the aimed at speedy settlement of protests across 600 places CAIT said there is a need to of China and its activities in Ideviate from the resolution also specifies cases or situations Appellate Tribunal, the relevant year where the dispute cases of MNCs which have across the country. take necessary action in this India”.“Several Chinese com- order passed by statutory in which India will provide Competent Authorities of India is decided on merits,” the opted the alternative dispute res- The trader’s body said regard. It said that Chinese panies have made large invest- appellate body ITAT in cross- access to MAP. Tax disputes shall not deviate from the orders CBDT guidance note said. olution process. Nangia & Co there is an urgent need to investments in Government ments in Indian startups in siz- border tax disputes which are relating to transfer pricing of the ITAT for the relevant year Such MAP cases shall be LLP Partner Shailesh Kumar check “China’s growing foot- projects and various sensitive able numbers, all such startups undergoing simultaneous res- adjustments, determination of where the dispute is decided on closed as having been resolved said Indian tax authorities have steps in India and import of construction works should be should be asked to exclude olution through mutual agree- existence of a permanent estab- merits.It said that since MAP by a domestic remedy. apparently shown their inten- Chinese goods”.Adding a new put under government scanner. Chinese investors and the gov- ment procedure (MAP), the lishment, attribution of profits to and domestic remedy pro- “However, if the order tion to provide a speedy reso- dimension to its nationwide On the 78th anniversary of ernment should announce a income tax department has permanent establishments, char- ceedings can be availed by the of the ITAT does not resolve lution to taxpayers opting for campaign “Bhartiya Saamaan- Quit India Movement, it said lucrative policy to encourage said. acterisation or re-characterisa- taxpayers simultaneously, there the disputes but only sets them MAP by appointment of two Hamara Abhimaan”, CAIT said people across the country had Indian people to invest in these MAP is an alternative dis- tion of an expense or receipt as could be instances where the aside to be adjudicated afresh, dedicated offices for taking up it has launched ‘China Quit come together under the lead- startups,” he said. pute resolution process under a taxable expense or taxable ITAT in India passes an order then access to MAP would be MAP applications and negoti- India’ movement to boycott ership of Mahatma Gandhi to PTI the tax treaties, under which income would be covered in respect of the same disputes provided again after the fresh ations. 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The Centre had ear- Nicobar Islands from Monday, more data download ranging BBC show that 1,778 compa- confident of a recovery post truly understand the on- During the same period of “We are seeing a partial lier extended the dates for sub- the company said on Sunday. from 30 GB to 750 GB in a nies informed the Government Covid-19 whereas 57 per cent ground situation and chal- 2019, the company had report- recovery in the energy market mission of technical bids. The announcement from month on its existing plans,” the of plans to cut a total of 139,000 reported not having any cash lenges faced by microenter- ed a net income of $24.7 billion. as countries around the world According to the revised sched- BSNL comes a day before the statement said. jobs. reserves to survive, according prises in managing cash flows, For the first half of 2020, it has take steps to ease restrictions ule, the last date for submitting launch of 2,312 kilometre long The data speed restric- A year earlier the figure to a survey. dealing with broken supply reported a net income of $23.2 and reboot their economies. a technical bid is 2 pm of Chennai-Andaman and tion after the download limit, was 345 companies announc- Initial results of a six- chains and delayed payments. billion, compared to $46.9 bil- Meanwhile, we continue to September 29, and e- auction Nicobar Islands (CANI) sub- will also be enhanced from 512 ing a total of 24,000 job loss- month survey that is underway By keeping our ears to the lion reported during the cor- place people’s safety first and would be carried out for qual- marine optical fibre cable pro- kbps to up to 2 Mbps in vari- es.Businesses are required to by GAME (Global Alliance for ground, we want to provide responding period a year ago, have adapted to the new nor- ified bidders between October ject by Prime Minister ous plans, it added. inform the Insolvency Service Mass Entrepreneurship) in specific recommendations to all the company said in a state- mal, implementing wide-rang- 19 and November 9. Narendra Modi. “BSNL FTTH (Optical if they plan to cut 20 or more association with LEAD at Krea ecosystem actors to accelerate ment. ing precautions to limit the However, the sources said “Despite many challenges Fibre) customers are also pro- jobs. University covering 1,500 the recovery of these enter- “Aramco navigated chal- spread of Covid-19 wherever further extension is likely to be the project is completed in a vided with higher speed up to During the pandemic the micro enterprises also reveal prises,” Padaki said. lenging market conditions to we operate,” the CEO said. sought by investors, keeping in scheduled timeline and without 100 Mbps and up to 15 times government has been paying that 40 per cent tried to borrow The survey also revealed record net income of $6.6 bil- He noted that despite the mind the COVID-19 restic- any cost overrun. Being a first data volume download ranging the salaries of almost 10 million money to cover expenses. that across all respondents, lion for the second quarter and challenges, the company deliv- tions on travel and movement. of its kind project in India, from 60 GB to 1500 GB in a furloughed workers. However, only 14 per female business owners faced $23.2 billion for the first half of ered “solid earnings” because of “We are not sure whether BSNL ensured that the laying month on its existing plans. Economists are predicting a cent of the overall borrowing more household challenges 2020, respectively, compared to low production costs, unique this extension will be enough of submarine optical fibre cable The data speed restriction after surge in unemployment when was from formal borrowing than men. $24.7 billion and $46.9 billion scale, agile workforce, and for bidders to complete evalu- is completed as per global the download limit, is also that program ends in October. sources. In fact, 70 per cent female in the corresponding periods of unrivalled financial and oper- ation and feasibility studies, specification to ensure quality,” enhanced from 512 kbps to up The U.K. Economy shrank As per the revised crite- business owners suggested inter 2019. ational strength. which have to be conducted BSNL chairman and managing to 4 Mbps in various plans,” the by more than 20 per cent in the ria, any firm with investment house conflicts as the biggest This demonstrates This helped the company with rigorous on-ground data director P K Purwar said. statement said. BSNL cus- first half of 2020, and despite up to Rs 1 crore and turnover challenge while 53 per cent Aramco’s agility, strength and to deliver on its plan to main- and inputs BSNL will enhance data tomers who have subscribed to some signs of recovery the under Rs 5 crore is classified as men responded to the same. resilience across market cycles,” tain a second quarter divi- . If needed, fresh extension speeds across all the plans the high end plan of 7,999 will Bank of England says the econ- a “micro” enterprise. Women also faced more unaf- it said. dend of $18.75 billion to be would be sought,” a senior between 2-10 times after the be upgraded from 10 mbps omy will end 2020 9.5 per cent Madan Padaki, co- fordable expenses than men, Noting that strong head- paid in the third quarter, Nasser official of a large corporate bid- launch of the project without speed to 100 mbps download smaller than it started the founder of GAME, said with 46 per cent suggesting the winds from reduced demand added. der told PTI. charging any extra amount speed. year. COVID-19 has left a devastat- same, the survey said. PTI ! "   !"#!#! .)5#  6    !  **    ' !=$     *.7   '*   >     Taipei: US Health and Human response to the virus pan- military pressure against her, Services Secretary Alex Azar demic. including by poaching away Washington: President Donald Colombo: Mahinda Rajapaksa swearing-in as the 13th Prime arrived in Taiwan on Sunday in The US maintains only several of its remaining diplo- Trump on Saturday signed was sworn in on Sunday as Sri Minister at the Rajamaha the highest-level visit by an unofficial ties with Taiwan in matic allies and excluding it executive orders extending eco- Lanka's new prime minister at Viharaya in Kelaniya, a north American Cabinet official since deference to Beijing, but is the from international gatherings nomic help to Americans hit by a centuries-old Buddhist temple Colombo suburb, at the auspi- the break in formal diplomat- island's most important ally including the World Health the coronavirus crisis after his after his party won a landslide cious hour of 9:28 am local time. ic relations between and provider of defence equip- Assembly. Republican party and opposi- victory in parliamentary elec- The Rajamaha Viharaya, Washington and Taipei in 1979. ment. That, in turn, has increased tion Democrats failed to agree tions that allowed the influen- also known as the Kelaniya Beijing has already protest- Azar is the first health already considerable bipartisan on a new stimulus package. tial family to consolidate power temple, dates back to 2,500 ed Azar's visit as a betrayal of secretary to visit Taiwan and sympathy for Taipei in "We've had it and we're for the next five years. years. According to the website US commitments not to have the first Cabinet member to Washington and prompted going to save American jobs The 74-year-old former of the temple, it has often been official contact with the island. visit in six years. In 2014, new measures to strengthen and provide relief to the president and Sri Lanka People's associated with the rise and fall China claims Taiwan as its own then-Environmental governmental and military American workers," he said at Party (SLPP) leader was admin- of Sri Lanka. territory, to be brought under Protection Agency adminis- ties. a press conference in his golf istered the oath of office by his The SLPP, led by Mahinda its control by military force if trator Gina McCarthy visited Also Sunday, Taiwanese club in Bedminster, New Jersey. younger brother and President and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, regis- necessary. Taiwan, sparking protests from Foreign Minister Joseph Wu With double digit unem- A fourth measure — out coming close to a deal on Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a gath- tered a landslide victory in the Azar is due to meet with Beijing. met with the first representa- ployment, massive disruption opposed by many Republicans a congressional relief bill. ering of Buddhist monks, rep- August 5 general election, secur- the island's independence-lean- Azar's office said he tive of Somaliland to the island to businesses from social dis- as well as Democrats — orders Democrats pushed for a resentatives of the diplomatic ing two-thirds majority in ing President Tsai Ing-wen will hold discussions ahead of the territory's open- tancing rules, and stubbornly a freeze in payroll taxes. massive new $3 trillion stimu- community and other senior Parliament needed to amend along with health officials dur- on COVID-19, global health ing of a representative office in high rates of coronavirus infec- Trump, speaking in the lus package aimed at propping officials. the Constitution to further con- ing a three-day visit aimed at and Taiwan's role as a Taipei. tion, many Americans have ballroom of his Bedminster, up the economy, repairing the "I am humbled by the solidate the powerful Rajapaksa highlighting cooperation in the supplier of medical equipment Wu earlier tweeted that been relying on relief measures New Jersey golf club with an tattered postal system in time opportunity given to me to family's grip on power. fight against the coronavirus. and technology Azar's visit Mohamed Omar Hagi approved earlier by Congress, audience of club members for the presidential election, serve my people again," he India's High Commissioner Taiwan's government-run was facilitated by the 2018 Mohamoud had “braved but which mostly expired in cheering him and laughing at and giving the unemployed an tweeted soon after starting his to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay on health care system has been passage of the Taiwan Travel Chinese pressure” — a refer- July. his colorful insults against extra $600 a week. fourth innings as prime minis- Saturday became the first envoy credited with keeping the Act, which encouraged ence to reports that China Trump said his decision to opponents, said he was also Democrats later ter. to congratulate the new prime number of coronavirus cases to Washington to send higher- had sought to block relations circumvent Congress with working on new tax cut ideas. announced they could drop the Mahinda Rajapaksa said minister when he called on under 500 with just seven level officials to Taiwan after between Taiwan and the region executive orders would mean However, his executive price tag but refused the the trust bestowed on him by Mahinda Rajapaksa. deaths, despite its close prox- decades during which such on the Horn of Africa that relief money getting "rapidly orders are likely to face court Republicans' offer of a $1 tril- the people will inspire him to Baglay recalled that Prime imity to China where the virus contacts were rare and freight- broke from the rest of Somalia distributed." challenges, since they short-cir- lion package. continue to serve the country. Minister Narendra Modi had originated. ed with safeguards to avoid but is not recognized by the One order aims to get $400 cuit Congress, which has con- Trump, who is down in the The prime minister vowed that complimented the people and China sees Taiwan as a key roiling ties with Beijing. United Nations as an inde- a week added to unemploy- stitutional power over most polls against Democrat Joe he would ensure that Sri Lanka Government of Sri Lanka on the irritant in its troubled rela- China has cut contacts pendent country. ment benefits, while two oth- spending decisions. Biden, faces broad criticism would embark on a progressive successful conduct of elections tionship with Washington, with Tsai over her refusal to “The fact 'sovereignty & ers offer some protection from Democrats, Republicans over his handling of the health journey during his tenure. and had acknowledged the with whom it is also at odds recognise China's claim to the friendship aren't for sale' evictions and relief for student and White House negotiators and economic responses to the Supporters of the SLPP lit impressive electoral perfor- over trade, technology, the island and has brought increas- deserves international recog- loans. had worked all last week with- coronavirus pandemic. AFP firecrackers to celebrate his mance of the SLPP. PTI South China Sea and China's ing diplomatic, economic and nition,” Wu tweeted. AP  '  *    6.. !  $  4 ! -  )     Kabul: A traditional Afghan at ending decades of war. the release of 400 Taliban pris- Washington's Peace envoy will depend on the Taliban )! ! council concluded Sunday with Afghan President Ashraf oners,” said Atefa Tayeb, a Zalmay Khalilzad spent more honoring its commitment to hundreds of delegates agreeing Ghani praised delegates for council secretary who read out than a year and a half negoti- fight against other terrorist   to free 400 Taliban members, their decision, urged the the final declaration at the ating the deal with the Taliban groups and ensure Afghanistan . ! -! paving the way for an early start Taliban to stop fighting. conclusion. to provide for the withdrawal is not again used to attack the to negotiations between Taliban political The deal negotiated of American soldiers after more United States or its allies. Beirut: Lebanon's information she regrets failing to fulfill the Portland (US): A fire inside a Afghanistan's warring sides. spokesman Suhail Shaheen said between the United States and than 19 years in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of US and minister resigned on Sunday as aspirations of the Lebanese police union building led The declaration read out in the decision “was a good step, Taliban calls for the govern- The withdrawal began ear- NATO troops is not dependent the country grapples with the people. authorities in Portland, both of Afghanistan's official a positive step.” He said nego- ment to free 5,000 prisoners lier this year but roughly 8,600 on the success of negotiations aftermath of the devastating Her resignation comes as Oregon, to declare a riot and languages of Pashto and Farsi tiations could start within one and for the Taliban to free 1,000 US soldiers remain in between Kabul's political lead- blast that ripped through the about half a dozen lawmakers force protesters away from the calls for an immediate start to week of their prisoners being government and military per- Afghanistan and their return ership and the Taliban. AP capital and raised public anger offered their resignation in offices as violent demonstra- negotiations and cease fire. freed. sonnel in its custody as a good- to new levels. protest over government per- tions continue in the city that The move looks to bring the As for a cease fire, Shaheen will gesture ahead of the start The resignation comes formance. Local media also had hoped for calm after fed- United States a little closer to said the Taliban was commit- of negotiations. .*    comes after a night of demon- reported that another minister, eral agents withdrew more returning its troops and ending ted to the deal it struck with the Kabul balked at the release strations against the ruling elite, and a close advisor to Prime than a week ago. its longest military engage- United States and according to but eventually freed all but the  >     blamed for the chronic mis- Minister Hassan Diab, was also A group of demonstrators ment. that deal “the cease fire will be last 400. President Ghani said management and corruption expected to resign. broke into the Portland Police No date has been set but one of the items to be discussed he was not authorized to free Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday relating to the prisoners' release, that is believed to be behind the Diab met with his Cabinet Association building, set the negotiations between Kabul's during the intra-Afghan nego- these because of the seriousness welcomed A traditional Afghan as envisaged in the US-Taliban explosion in a Beirut Port reportedly to discuss the resig- fire and were adding to it political leadership and the tiations." of their crimes, and asked for council's recommendation to Peace Agreement, the intra- warehouse. nations Sunday, but there were when officers made the riot Taliban are expected to begin The council's decision to the council to decide instead. release the remaining 400 Afghan negotiations will com- Hundreds of tons of high- no comments after the meeting. declaration late Saturday, police as early as next week and will free the prisoners does not He did not detail of what the Taliban members, expressing mence at the earliest,” the ly explosive material were “Given the magnitude of tweeted. Video shot by a jour- most likely be held in the mid- come as a surprise as delegates 400 were accused. hope that the move will help in Foreign Office (FO) said in a stored in the waterfront hangar, the catastrophe caused by the nalist shows smoke and flames dle eastern state of Qatar, where were urged by the US at the Delegates were therefore an early start to negotiations statement. The deal negotiated and the blast sent a shock wave Beirut earthquake that shook arising from inside the build- the Taliban maintains a polit- start of the council, or jirga, on given the stark choice of either between Afghanistan's warring between the US and Taliban that killed at least 160 people, the nation and hurt our hearts ing. ical office. Friday to take “this difficult freeing the prisoners or seeing sides. calls for the government to wounded nearly 6,000 and and minds, and in respect for Several hundred people had The Afghan negotiations action” so negotiations could a war that has killed tens of The traditional Afghan free 5,000 prisoners and for the defaced the coastline of Beirut the martyrs, and the pains of gathered outside the offices, were laid out in a peace deal begin to bring an end to the thousands continue. The dele- council concluded Sunday with Taliban to free 1,000 govern- — destroying hundreds of the wounded, missing and dis- which are located about 5 miles signed by the United States and war. gates said they wanted inter- hundreds of delegates agreeing ment and military personnel in buildings. placed, and in response to the (8 kilometers) north of the fed- the Taliban in February. At the “To remove obstacle, to national guarantees that the to free 400 Taliban members. its custody as a goodwill gesture Manal Abdel-Samad said in public will for change, I resign eral courthouse that had been time of its signing it was tout- start peace talks and to stop the Taliban would not return to the "We hope that with the ahead of the start of negotia- her resignation letter that from the government," Abdel- the target of nightly violence ed as Afghanistan's best chance bloodshed, the Jirga confirms battlefield. implementation of this step tions. PTI change remained “elusive” and Samad wrote. AP earlier this summer. AP '!    % ;-  # !!      7      ! !!    $  9@ ! Skopje (North Macedonia): Police in North Rome: With confirmed coronavirus cases in the  3.)? casting his ballot. Macedonia say they have found 94 migrants US hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest “Do you want to try to over- packed into a truck in a the country's southeast. of any country, the failure of the most power- elarusians are voting on throw the government, break A police patrol stopped the truck with ful nation in the world to contain the scourge Bwhether to grant their something, wound, offend, and Macedonian national license plates late Saturday has been met with astonishment and alarm in authoritarian president a sixth expect me or someone to kneel near the town of Radovish, 110 kilometers (68 Europe. term in office, following a cam- in front of you and kiss them miles) southeast of the capital, Skopje. The truck Perhaps nowhere outside the US is paign marked by unusually and the sand onto which you driver fled from the scene, police said Sunday. America's bungled virus response viewed with strong demonstrations by oppo- wandered? This will not hap- Police found 94 migrants from Syria, more consternation than in Italy, which was sition supporters frustrated with pen.” But some voters were Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan packed into the ground zero of Europe's epidemic. Italians were the country's stumbling econo- defiant. truck cargo area. unprepared when the outbreak exploded in my, political repression and “There is no more fear. The migrants were detained and will be trans- February, and the country still has one of the weak response to the coron- Belarusians will not be silent ferred to a migrant shelter in the southern bor- world's highest official death tolls at 35,000. avirus pandemic. and will protest loudly," 24-year- der town of Gevgelija, pending deportation to But after a strict nationwide, 10-week Incumbent Alexander old Tatiana Protasevich said at *   ' @ E %, 4)7      6  % Greece, where they came from. lockdown, vigilant tracing of new clusters and Lukashenko, in office for 26 a Minsk polling place Sunday. The Greek border with North Macedonia was general acceptance of mask mandates and social years, has made it clear he The head of staff for main $ D      $ . # 0. closed earlier this year due to the coronavirus distancing, Italy has become a model of virus won't hesitate to quash any opposition candidate Sviatlana pandemic. containment. attempt by his opponents to Tsikhanouskaya was detained Jerusalem: Thousands of Israelis tion allegations and his handling waved Israeli flags and called on But trafficking networks remain active, fer- “Don't they care about their health?” a protest the results of Sunday's late Saturday for allegedly par- rallied outside Prime Minister of the coronavirus crisis. "Your Netanyahu to resign over what rying migrants who make their way from Turkey mask-clad Patrizia Antonini asked about peo- election. ticipating in authorized protests Benjamin Netanyahu's resi- time is up", read the giant letters they say is his failure to protect into Greece and then attempt to head north ple in the United States as she walked with “If you provoke, you will get and is likely to be in jail until at dence in Jerusalem on Saturday projected on to a building at the jobs and businesses affected by toward more prosperous countries in the friends along the banks of Lake Bracciano, north the same answer,” he said after least Monday. as anger mounted over corrup- protest site, as demonstrators the pandemic. AFP European Union. AP of Rome. AP

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Sunday marked 100 days since atomic bombing, with the mayor ror of nuclear weapons has not “I must say the treaty is dif- the nuclear-weapon states and “There is not much time left it stamped out the spread of the and dwindling survivors urging yet been adequately conveyed to ferent from Japan's position and countries under the nuclear for us survivors,” said Shigemi coronavirus, a rare bright spot world leaders including their the world at large” despite strug- approach" even though they umbrella, there have been voic- Fukabori, 89. He was a 14- in a world that continues to be own to do more for a nuclear gle and efforts by hibakusha, or share the same goal of abolish- es stating that it is too early for year-old student mobilized to ravaged by the disease. weapons ban. atomic bombing survivors, to ing nuclear weapons, he said. such a treaty. That is not so. work at a shipyard when Life has returned to nor- At 11:02 am, the moment make Nagasaki the last place of Abe has repeatedly refused Nuclear arms reductions are Nagasaki was bombed. mal for many people in the the B-29 bomber Bockscar the tragedy. to sign the treaty. He reiterated far too late in coming.” “I'm determined to keep South Pacific nation of 5 mil- dropped a 4.5-ton (10,000- He also urged Japan's gov- that Japan's approach is not to While Tokyo renounces its telling my story so that Nagasaki lion, as they attend rugby pound) plutonium bomb ernment and lawmakers to take sides but to serve as a bridge own possession, production or will be the last place on Earth to games at packed stadiums and dubbed “Fat Man,” Nagasaki quickly sign the 2017 Treaty on between nuclear and non- hosting of nuclear weapons, as have suffered an atomic attack.” sit down in bars and restau- survivors and other participants the Prohibition of Nuclear nuclear states to encourage dia- a US ally Japan hosts 50,000 Fukabori, who almost rants without the fear of getting stood in a minute of silence to Weapons. logue to achieve a total nuclear American troops and is pro- instantly lost four siblings, said infected. But some worry the honor more than 70,000 dead. of the coronavirus pandemic, scrapping the Intermediate- After taking part in the cer- ban. Survivors and pacifist tected by the US nuclear umbrel- he never forgets the pile of country may be getting com- The August 9, 1945, bomb- Mayor Tomihisa Taue read a Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. emony, Prime Minister Shinzo groups say Japan is virtually sid- la. The post-WWII security charred bodies, bombed-out placent and not preparing well ing came three days after the peace declaration in which he “As a result, the threat of Abe criticized the treaty for not ing with the US and other arrangement complicates the street cars and the badly injured enough for any future out- United States dropped its first raised concern that nuclear nuclear weapons being used is being realistic. None of the nuclear states. push to get Japan to sign the desperately asking for help and breaks. atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the states had in recent years retreat- increasingly becoming real,” nuclear states has joined, and it Abe cited “severe national treaty as it beefs up its own mil- water as he rushed back to his New Zealand got rid of the world's first ever nuclear attack ed from disarmament efforts. Taue said. Noting that the is not widely supported even by security environment and a itary to deal with threats from house in the back of the virus by imposing a strict lock- that killed 140,000. On August Instead, they are upgrading Nuclear Proliferation Treaty non-nuclear states, he said. wide gap between the two sides North Korea and China, among Urakami Cathedral, which was down in late March when only 15, Japan surrendered, ending and miniaturizing nuclear entered into force 50 years ago, “The Treaty on the on nuclear disarmament.” He others. An aging group of sur- also nearly destroyed. about 100 people had tested World War II. weapons for easier use, he said. Taue urged the US and Russia to Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons also noted Japan faces threats of vivors have expressed a growing “We don't want anyone else positive for the disease. That At the event at Nagasaki Taue singled out the US and show a (asterisk)workable was adopted without taking development and moderniza- sense of urgency to tell their sto- to have to go through this," he stopped its spread. AP Peace Park, scaled down because Russia for increasing risks by way(asterisk) towards their into consideration the reality of tion of nuclear weapons from ries, in hopes of reaching said. AP   !"#!#!    "

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In 08  ' *& !')'-#.'&!$*# !%&&+ Argentinian is capable of any- could see the result.” $ his four years at the  E   '   %       thing. Lewandowski netted a @ !  23     centre of the "*#&&!*#!& !&-( :$'%* But Bayern have their own penalty with just 10 minutes Juventus mid-  @%2+(/)%  )  @  trump card in Robert gone at the Allianz Arena. 1(   field, he won as +&'$*('*!'*."#--('$ Lewandowski and a more com- Winger Ivan Perisic then many league ionel Messi scored a bril- plete team that makes them doubled Bayern’s lead before titles, a Coppa liant solo goal as Barcelona left them hanging on for a 3-1 behind Real Madrid in La Liga, heavy favourites to reach the England striker Tammy Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 17 Italia and two Italian Lsaw off Napoli on Saturday win on the night, 4-2 on aggre- Barca resumed in the semis. Abraham tapped home a loose Champions League goals in Super Cups,” Juventus but they are likely to need some- gate. Champions League with doubts ball to give Chelsea brief hope. 2013/14. said. thing even more special from “A second goal would have hanging over the form of the  However, replacement mid- “It’s not a goal of mine,” said He also won two their captain to beat Bayern given them a feeling of eupho- team and the future of their At Allianz Arena, treble- fielder Corentin Tolisso put the Lewandowski when asked about Champions Leagues and Munich in the Champions ria that can hurt you,” said coach. chasing Bayern Munich seal a 4- result beyond doubt when he Ronaldo’s record. “We have a few two league titles with League quarter-finals. Barca coach Quique Setien. And victory against Napoli 1 home win over Chelsea in the fired home a Lewandowski pass more games in the knock-out AC Milan. Messi’s weaving run and “It’s normal to get a little eases the pressure but the per- last 16, return-leg tie after with 14 minutes to go. round and I am just as happy At Juventus, finish came between an early nervous.” formance will not inspire confi- Robert Lewandowski netted “I am really happy with how creating goals as scoring Pirlo will now find Clement Lenglet header and a In winning the penalty, dence, even with Messi seeming- twice to . we played over the 90 minutes, them.” himself coaching Luis Suarez penalty, also won by Messi took a heavy kick from ly rejuvenated after three weeks “The anticipation is enor- the first 30 minutes we shut The Poland star was also some of his for- Messi, as Barca stormed into a Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and rest. mous. Barcelona has a good Chelsea out,” said Bayern head coy when asked about a rival- mer team- 3-0 lead in the first half at needed treatment. Napoli, whose own league team with very good players, but coach Hansi Flick. ry with Barcelona star Lionel mates such Camp Nou. “It was a heavy knock,” said season only finished last week- if you look at the last few weeks, This was a world-class dis- Messi. “We have to perform well as Juventus But Lorenzo Insigne gave Setien. “It will have to be treat- end, should have had the advan- we can fly to Portugal with a lot play from Lewandowski who and show our quality as a team goalkeeper Napoli hope just before the ed but I don’t think there is a tage of rhythm but a disastrous of confidence,” said Bayern added a late header to his pair of against a good Barcelona side, Giangluigi interval and an unconvincing problem.” opening half an hour left them defender David Alaba. assists. it’s a big game for everybody.” Buffon, a year second period from Barcelona After finishing five points with too much to do. Lewandowski, the He is now four goals short of older at 42. *  !!'     & %  ' O P

   = "$2   3%)-++2 -!         N L %   The BCCI is mulling ngland looked all but beat-  .(4+2/)+ November 19 as tentative date for start Een when they stumbled to  3%)-++2 miss England’s two Test of domestic season with Syed 117-5 in their pursuit of a 277- matches against Pakistan at ax Verstappen delivered Red Bull’s first victo- Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament but run target set by Pakistan at ngland’s star all- the Ageas Bowl start- Mry at Silverstone since 2012 on Sunday when Indian players in various IPL teams Old Trafford but captain Joe Erounder Ben ing on Thursday 13 he made the most of a superior strategy in sizzling won’t be able to play first few rounds Root felt confident about his Stokes will miss the August and Friday 21 conditions to beat both Mercedes and claim victo- due to quarantine protocols in place. team’s battling qualities. remainder of the August,” the ECB said ry in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. The delay in the beginning of the “We knew it would take three-match Test in a statement. It was the Dutchman’s first victory of the season domestic season due to pandemic something special but after last series against He will be flying and the ninth of his career and the first time a race means that only Mushtaq Ali trophy summer it is very hard to Pakistan due to fam- to Christchurch — had been won by a driver who did not start on pole and Ranji Trophy (Dec 13 - March 10) stop believing. It’s a real strong ily reasons, the where his parents Ged position in seven races since last year’s Mexican Grand comprising of 245 games (across trait of ours,” he said. country’s cricket board and Deb live. Prix. formats with 38 teams) will be played. Almost a year on from Ben announced on Sunday. Stokes’ father — a for- Verstappen owed his There will be no Vijay Hazare Stokes’ heroic batting display The England and Wales mer rugby league interna- victory to a team decision Trophy, Duleep Trophy or Challenger knocked out before play-offs, he to stun Australia in the 2019 Cricket Board (ECB), how- tional — was hospitalised to start the race on hard Series this year and as of now there won’t be back before November 3 and Ashes at Headingley, Jos ever, did not specify the days ahead of England's compound tyres while is no provision for Irani Cup also. till Nov 17 will be in quarantine. Buttler and Chris Woakes exact reasons for his pull- Boxing Day Test against his main rivals all “This is a tentative list that has “For those whose teams are in combined to deliver a counter- out. South Africa in December launched from the grid been prepared and it has gone for play-offs and may reach finals, they attacking display in a 139-run “Stokes will leave the last year, and has since been on mediums, the two approval of president Sourav Ganguly will have to miss the first few rounds sixth-wicket stand. UK later this week and trav- recuperating at home in Mercedes men struggling and secretary Jay Shah,” a senior BCCI in that case. But again this is a draft Buttler (75) was trapped el to New Zealand. He will New Zealand. to manage tyre-wear official told PTI. proposal and there could be some leg-before with 21 runs still throughout the race. While this is a draft schedule, it tweaks in it,” the official said. required and the second new  <    “The more important choice but to reel in the target During the race, Red is being asked how the Indian play- However with BCCI expecting to ball due, but Woakes (84) '  5'  *  % thing is we back it up again, in one-day mode. Bull asked him to ease ers, who will return from IPL, will play conduct the next IPL in India, start- stuck it out, edging the win- and keep learning, but the “It was good idea to take off, but he replied saying since they will have to be in a 14-day ing end of March or early April, it is ning boundary down to third strength, to play that situation clarity with which they played them on and put them under “I don’t want to drive like quarantine as per Government rules. imperative that they keep a three- man to seal a famous victory. and manage different passages shows the maturity of the pressure,” Woakes said. “He is a grand-ma” before the “That’s an issue primarily for the week window between Ranji final and “It was a brilliant chase. I of it, calculating risks, manip- group too.” one of the best white-ball team relented. uncapped players, who would be with beginning of IPL which will help the couldn’t be more proud of the ulating the spinner, brilliant With England losing four players in the world — one of Verstappen won by the squad and would like to play some domestic stars recover after hectic lads,” Root said. innings, and Chris was mag- quick wickets after lunch, best run-chasers — and he 11.326 seconds ahead of cricket. Now even a player’s team is tournament. PTI “Jos, it shows the mental nificent too. Woakes and Buttler had no showed why today.” championship leader and six-time champion Lewis Hamilton who passed  !    Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the closing $ <  ' $  !@  stages. ! &  %.  Bottas, who started from pole, said: “Very frus- #  Pakistan batsman he is now second-highest 38 and 75 have lifted him  3%)-++2 trating for me, to start from pole and finish third. Shaan Masood’s century ranked Test batsman for from 44th to 30th while “It’s not ideal and I think that as a team we were in the first Test has pro- Pakistan behind Babar Ollie Pope has attained a     ast bowling great Wasim Akram has sleeping at some points in the race. My strategy was pelled him to a career- Azam (6th). Masood’s career-best 36th after Fcome down heavily on Pakistan cap- far from ideal.” best 19th place in the previous best was 32nd scoring 62 and seven.  )+,+(-. tain Azhar Ali for his decisions during Hamilton’s podium finish meant he equalled ICC rankings for Test position in February this In the bowlers’ list, the first Test against England, saying he Michael Schumacher’s career record of 155 podium batsmen while Chris year. Pakistan leg-spinners ondon Olympics Bronze-medallist Saina “missed a trick quite a few times” in the finishes. It was also his record-extending 38th Woakes’s match-winning Woakes is now Yasir Shah moved up LNehwal has resumed training at a separate visitors’ three-wicket defeat here. points scoring finish in a row. 84-run knock in ranked 78th in the bats- two places to 22nd place facility in Hyderabad after the coronavirus- Akram was particularly critical of Charles Leclerc came home fourth after a ster- England’s chase helped men’s list. Woakes, who after finishing with eight induced break and is likely to join the nation- Ali’s decision to under-bowl pacer ling drive for Ferrari ahead of Alex Albon in the sec- him jump 18 places. scored 19 and 84 in the wickets in the match. al camp at the SAI Pullela Gopichand Academy Naseem Shah, who was used for just 13 ond Red Bull, Lance Stroll and his Racing Point team- Left-hander match, has also jumped Shadab Khan has re- in a couple of weeks. overs out of 82 in the second innings mate Nico Hulkenberg. Esteban Ocon finished eighth Masood’s first-innings to seventh position in the entered the rankings at a Saina is one of the eight Olympic hopefuls while defending a target of 277. for Renault ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren and knock of 156 pushed list of all-rounders. career-best 69th posi- who have been allowed by the Sports Authority “It will hurt. It will hurt the Daniil Kvyat of Alpha Tauri. him up by 14 places and Buttler’s innings of tion. PTI of India (SAI) to resume training at the SAI Pakistan team and the cricket lovers in Pullela Gopichand Academy from August 7 fol- Pakistan,” Akram was quoted as saying lowing the Telangana Government’s approval. by Sky Sports. However, the former world No 1 has, for “Winning and losing is part of  . E   ! the time being, decided to train with shuttler cricket, but I think our captain missed husband Parupalli Kashyap and 2014 a trick quite a few times in this game, Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist RMV as far as his leadership is concerned,” + Serena Williams on cancelled I was just like, ‘Let me to work on ourselves,” Williams Gurusaidutt at a different centre near the the former Pakistan captain said. Saturday said that she is press- just work on today and see what said. “Fitness wise, there is going Gopichand academy. Akram felt with England reduced Haq is not happy with his side’s below- ing ahead with plans to play in happens.’” to be a tonne of fitness, but “We have been training at a centre near the to 117 for five, the need of the hour was par batting effort in the first Test but the US Open despite a wave of Williams revealed that she match fitness is different to fit- Gopichand academy for a week now. It is a small to put pressure on Buttler, who was more disappointing to him was how the player withdrawals from the had been practicing on her own fitness.” facility. We started with the basics as it was after fighting for his Test spot, and Woakes, visitors let England off the hook dur- upcoming Grand Slam event court, built with the same hard- Williams, who turns 39 in a long time that we were hitting the court,” who averaged just 5.22 with the bat in ing their run chase. over coronavirus fears. cout surface used at the US September, meanwhile said she Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games his previous six Tests. “...We are disappointed that we let The 23-time Slam winner Open. She has also stayed fit was unable to say whether she champion, said. “When Woakes came in, there England off the hook after they were returns to tennis next week at the with construction of a home would be at the rescheduled “Saina has just joined. She will probably start were no bouncers, no short deliveries, five wickets down at one stage. The way inaugural Top Seed Open WTA gym. Tokyo Olympics in 2021. training at the Gopichand academy in a cou- they let him settle down and runs were Buttler and Woakes counter-attacked event in Lexington, Kentucky, Serena, who is also sched- “That is just looking too far ple of weeks. She wants to get fitter and reach coming easy,” Akram said dissecting the our bowlers it was very skilful,” Misbah relaunching her season after a uled to play the Western and ahead, I don’t know if Tokyo a decent level. She has sought the permission errors of Pakistan skipper Ali. said. six-month hiatus caused by the Europe for the rescheduled Southern Open tune-up event in plans to be in Tokyo, we will of Gopi sir and discussed it with new Indonesian “Once the partnership got going, “Over all, we could have done bet- Covid-19 pandemic. French Open. New York before the US Open, have to wait and see,” she said. coach Agus Dwi Santoso,” he added. nothing happened — the turn didn’t ter with the bat in the second innings. Williams, who was one of “I see myself doing it all if it admitted that only tournament “I don’t know what to Kashyap, who is currently ranked 24th in happen, swing didn’t happen — and It would have been a different scenario the first players to commit to the happens,” Williams said when play would allow her to proper- expect. One thing I have learned the world, believes the Gopichand academy is Buttler and Woakes just took the game if it was a 300 above target. It is very US Open despite the pandem- asked about her schedule during ly gauge her fitness. is don’t plan, I am living for the equipped with enough courts to accommodate away.” important to put up decent score in the ic, said her plans remain a virtual press conference. “Everyone has an opportu- day and for the moment, in a a few more players, who can start training by second innings against England’s qual- unchanged, adding that she was “But I am not planning for nity to be more fit now, because good way but I am not making following social distancing and other regulations D   E ity bowling attack in their own condi- tentatively planning to go to the future, as tournaments got we spent so much time at home plans too far out.” AFP laid down by SAI. Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul- tions.”