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Tresiding along the 140-km However, there is hope of railway tracks in Delhi can now action on Tuesday, as ! breathe a sigh of relief after the The SC, which posted the slums along railway tracks is Government sources said Centre on Monday told the matter for hearing after four acting as hindrance towards Defence Minister Rajnath $-/-01 genome test it’s confirmed that Supreme Court on Monday weeks, was hearing the appli- keeping them clean. Singh may address Parliament I have tested positive for the that the 48,000 slums along the cations, including the one filed “We are yet to take a deci- on the India-China border row n the mandatory test con- virus. I am currently in good tracks would not be removed by senior Congress leader Ajay sion in consultation with the on Tuesday. The Opposition Iducted by Parliament as health & spirits. I request every- till a final decision is taken by Maken who has sought reha- Railways, the State has been raising this issue for many 30 MPs have been found one who has been recently in the Government. bilitation of these slum dwellers Government and the Urban weeks and the Congress has unanimous and strong message lowing obituary references and positive for Covid-19. contact with me to get tested. Solicitor General Tushar prior to their removal. Development Ministry. Till already given an adjournment to soldiers on the Line of offering tributes to former The BJP has the maxi- Together we will fight and Mehta, appearing for the The Railways also said it then, no one will be evicted,” motion in the Lok Sabha to dis- Actual Control (LAC) that members. mum number of 13 infected defeat corona.” Centre, told a bench headed by will not dismantle any Mehta told the bench, which cuss this issue. country was solidly standing The Prime Minister stated MPs. The YSR Congress has BJP’s Sukanta Majumdar Chief Justice SA Bobde that a encroachment without a prop- posted the matter for hearing While the corridors of behind its bravehearts. Modi, categorically that the parlia- two MPs, the Shiv Sena, DMK was the first to tweet his posi- final decision would be taken er decision taken jointly with after four weeks. Parliament were nearly empty who was talking to the media mentarians will send out a and the RLP one each. Total 56 tive status on Sunday evening. in consultation with the the Urban Development Senior advocate AM and canteens closed, not much on Parliament premises, assert- message of their unequivocal persons were found positive “Requesting all those who have Railways, the Delhi Ministry and the Delhi Singhvi, appearing for Maken, action took place in both ed that sending an unambigu- support to brave “jawans” fac- which include staffers and come in close contact with me Government and the Urban Government, after a political told the bench that status quo Houses, either on Monday. ous message was “legislature’s ing hardships on the mediapersons, said officials. in the last few days to monitor Development Ministry. storm brewed over a Supreme be maintained. Around 200 of the 785 MPs are crucial responsibility”. border. Hanuman Beniwal from their health and get tested in The bench, also compris- Court order for removal of “We are not ordering any above the age of 65 years. This Later, leader of Congress in “The entire Parliament the RLP who tested positive in case of any symptoms,” he ing Justices AS Bopanna and V around 48,000 slum dwellings status quo. The Solicitor is the most vulnerable age the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan stands with the brave soldiers Parliament’s RT-PCR test was tweeted. Ramasubramanian, recorded on rail land in the city. General has already said no group for coronavirus. Chowdhury and party leader K of the country with one voice. found negative in the next day Around 200 of the 785 Mehta’s assurance and said no In the August 31 order, the action will be taken till a deci- The LS was adjourned after Suresh gave adjournment I believe that Parliament and all test conducted at SMS Medical MPs are above the age of 65 coercive action be taken against apex court had ordered sion is taken and we have paying tribute to former pres- notices over the issue of its members will give out a very College in Jaipur. Uploading years and are among the pop- these slum dwellers for four removal of the slums within recorded it. We have adjourned ident Pranab Mukherjee. The Chinese incursion in Eastern strong message”, said the PM September 12 medical report ulation vulnerable to coron- weeks. three months. It is estimated the matter by four weeks,” the RS also saw no firework and Ladakh. The Opposition wants before the start of Parliament. from Parliament and avirus. The top court on August 31 that around 2.4 lakh people live bench said. used voice vote to decide the the Modi Government to pro- He also mentioned that September 13 report from the Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the removal of in slums in Naraina Vihar, Singhvi said some demoli- elections to the post of Deputy vide details on the border the situations are set to become Medical College, he said is currently admitted in AIIMS around 48,000 slum dwellings Azadpur, Vihar, Shakur Basti, tion has taken place on Chairperson of the House. stand-off and a discussion on tougher due to the onset of “which one to rely.” for “a thorough medical check- along the railway tracks in Mayapuri, Sriniwaspuri, Anand September 11 and today also. In his customary pre-open- the issue. The Congress tried to winters that marks heavy snow- One of the infected MPs, up.” Vasanth Kumar, Congress Delhi within three months and Parbat, Okhla and others. That was not done under this ing remark, Prime Minister raise the issue abortively. The fall on the border area. Meenakshi Lekhi tweeted: MP from Kanyakumari said there shall not be any kind The Northern Railway had order. It was done under dif- Narendra Modi hoped that Lok Sabha was adjourned for “This Parliament, particu- “After the routine test at succumbed to Covid-19 few of political interference in exe- submitted a report to the apex ferent order, the solicitor gen- Parliament will send out a an hour, shortly after it met, fol- larly in this session, has one Parliament test for Covid and weeks ago. cution of the plan. court saying mushrooming of eral said. 012R4$ !" $"! '*5 $ & through these $-/-01 !# $ " tunnels. The L investigating elhi Deputy Chief Minister M (* $ . "! agencies fear DManish Sisodia has tested L that the tunnel positive for coronavirus. 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Right now there is no Prime Minister Narendra The ceasefire violations (UAV) to drop fever or any other problem, I $ '- . Modi and Vice President M speech on the first day of may further increase with & weapons inside am completely fine. I will Venkaiah Naidu congratulated Monsoon Session, Modi high- about 45 days to go before the Indian territo- return to work soon with all Harivansh. lighted the role of Bihar in the snowfall starts blocking the ry in the your blessings,” he tweeted in While BJP member JP country’s “democratic ethos”, mountain passes. The ISI- Jammu region, Hindi. Nadda moved a motion in recalling former greats like backed terrorists may go all out here on Monday, Minister of The Minister informed that they said. Earlier on Monday, Delhi favour of the incumbent Jayaprakash Narayan and during this period to sneak State for Defence Shripad Naik eight jawans were killed and Naik also assured the Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Deputy Chairman, Opposition Karpuri Thakur while con- inside the Indian territory. said there were 3,186 incidents two injured in Jammu & House through a written reply Goel had informed that Sisodia leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, gratulating Harivansh, who got The next few weeks could of ceasefire violations in the Kashmir this year so far. In that appropriate retaliation to will not be attending the spe- Tiruchi Siva and Javed Ali elected as the Deputy see the Pakistan Army provid- Jammu region this year (from addition, there have been five the ceasefire violations, as cial one-day session of Delhi Khan moved motions to elect Chairman of the Upper House ing covering fire to the terror- January 1 to September 7, casualties of the Border required, was carried out by the Legislative Assembly held on RJD’s Manoj Jha. for a second ists to infiltrate into Kashmir. 2020). In addition, 242 inci- Security Force (BSF) personnel Army and the BSF. In addition, Monday. “I hope that the Deputy time. There are about 250 to 300 ter- dents of cross-border firing occurred along International all the cases of ceasefire viola- Delhi Health Minister Chairperson will run the Singh — who held the rorists now operating in the took place along India-Pakistan Border and the LoC. tions are taken up with Satyendar Jain had also tested House well. I appeal to all to post since 2018 — happens to hinterland. International Border in Jammu Elaborating upon the Pakistan authorities through positive for the virus in June. cooperate with the Chair,” be from Bihar, a State headed Moreover, about 200 region in this year (January 1 emerging threat, sources said the established mechanisms of The national Capital on Modi said, adding that the for Assembly elections later this Pakistan-sponsored terrorists to August 31, 2020). terrorists were trying to come hotlines, flag meetings, Monday recorded 3,229 fresh JD(U) leader will manage the year. In 2018, Harivansh Singh are now poised to infiltrate The ceasefire violation fig- in after digging tunnels in the Directorate General of Military Covid-19 cases, taking the Rajya Sabha proceedings with- had defeated Congress’s BK from more than 25 launch ure for the entire last year was Jammu region. It is feared Operations (DGMO) talks as virus tally to over 2.21 lakh, out partiality. Hariprasad in the election to pads located close to the LoC. 3,289, including firing at the arms and ammunition in some well as diplomatic channels according to Delhi In his about 20-minute the post. Informing the Rajya Sabha LoC and International Border. instances were also smuggled between the two countries. Government’s health bulletin. P () # $-/-01 1.04 crore migrant workers returned to home States during ! he Modi Government has lockdown. "#"# "$ +, 22 324 56 7642 88 78, Tno clue about the number According to the database ! ) 8 28 ,26 4 6254 29 6,3 of migrants who died during available on the website of $ 8 ,7 8++ 7 434 4 83 +98 the nationwide lockdown public interest technologist & : 4 92 9762 3743 9+ 753 announced on March 24 to Thejesh GN, over 900 people curb the spread of Covid-19 had died due to lockdown- !# $ !%" % ) 3 +2 +68 4 46+5 48 4+2 outbreak in the country. The related reasons such as starva- $ " 5 5+ 833 ! "" + 77 ,25 Government also has no data tion, suicide and road accidents /; 5 ,8 6+6 4 ,,3+ 27 553 of job loss to migrant workers while returning to their homes during the lockdown. till July 4. ; + 86 859 73++ 48 ,+6 The Ministry of Labour Responding to another %$ !%! + 87 8+3 624+ 52 ,,2 and Employment further question on whether the < + 88 ,,8 96,+ +7 945 informed the Lok Sabha in Government has done any # $& "' ! + 44 +99 475+ +3 +34 #$ # % written replies that it did not assessment of the job loss have any report of forced reten- among migrant workers due to => + +4 669 3 55768 398 tion of migrant labourers who the Covid-19 crisis and if so, & + +, 7+6 488 26 7,6 wanted to return to their home the details thereof, the Ministry States. said, “No such data is main- ? > + ,4 +37 + 52579 +4, Many migrant workers lost tained.” 69 +56 + ,,,24 2+5 $-/-01 over five months due to coro- might be unaware. We expect their lives during the 68-day In reply to question regard- ) 77 542 + 29598 667 navirus lockdown. more visits,” he nationwide lockdown. Several ing the number and details of ym and yoga enthusiasts, Sunil Kumar Taank, pres- said. migrant workers, who either migrant workers, labourers, Gwho were unable to turn ident of the Indian Gym’s Thermal screening, limit- walked or travelled in other pri- daily wagers for whom the asked about the details of rea- food, the Ministry said forced State-wise break-up of the dis- up at institutes since March 24, Welfare Federation, said 80 ed entry, regular sanitisation of vate vehicles, met with acci- arrangement of job has been sons to withhold the migrant retention during Covid-19 has tribution of free ration and visited the centres as they per cent of the facilities have equipment are some of the pre- dents throughout the lock- made, the Ministry said “no labourers due to corona and not been reported. other subsidies being provided resumed operations on opened. “Since the order was cautions that are being followed down period. such data is maintained”. non-availability of prompt The Ministry said the to migrant Monday after being closed for issued late night, many people by gyms in Delhi. According to the Ministry, Another question was facility of their shelter and Centre did not maintain any workers. !"#"# regarding this and will soon be like child trafficking and abuse, not allow adults to play with the which we can’t disclose right even have a psychiatrist or taking action in this regard. She she questioned why the depart- lives and future of now. We are inquiring and special educator which they also stressed that some private ments concerned had not acted children.Those pretending to trying to get information from should have? They try to use schools have exploited their effectively to address these be clean and saviours of soci- MHA and other sources. We their influence, but we are pre- official status while not fol- before. “We have asked what ety are the ones behind such are very much concerned and pared and will look into the lowing their own bylaws and has been done to address these illegal activities,” she said. will do the needful.” grievances of the children. We governmental regulations but issues so far. Soon we will Replying to a query on On the issue of complaints will not question such schools such schools will not be spared hold meetings and probably alleged irregularities in orphan- received about some private only if they meet the govern- either. this week we will hold a meet- ages run by voluntary organi- schools, the SCPCR chief crit- mental norms but until then we Regarding the issues faced ing for Dehradun district with sations and missionaries espe- icised some schools exploiting will fulfill our duty. And it is by children during the lock- the district magistrate and cially in rural mountainous their official status. She said, “It important to understand that down imposed to check the departmental officials con- regions, Negi said that she had is my responsibility to address we are apolitical, our task is to spread of Covid-19 Negi said cerned.” witnessed firsthand how chil- any complaint brought to me. look after the interests and that parents had approached Regarding the issue of sub- dren are treated in such places. If some people think the com- rights of the -?!%$ the commission stating that stance abuse among children “We will not forget what's hap- mission is overstepping its children.” their children were either she said that in addition to that pening in childrens’ homes brief, I challenge them to Negi further said that hildren have faced crimes depressed or spending too children are also being exploit- nor let the issue be a bygone. approach the high court or the SCPCR was doing the job Cduring the lockdown much time on video games like ed for dealing narcotics. “I There are some who try to hin- Supreme Court against us. which other departments and which cannot even be the now banned PUBG and not have raided slums and caught der our efforts. I have seen how These people talk big, register enforcing agencies should be described right now. Further, studying. “We told the con- children being used to sell they treat the children of SC their schools as charitable doing. “The other departments there is uncertainty regarding cerned parents that counseling narcotics many times in the community whom they target trusts, under the societies act, have funding but express help- what happened to many chil- is vital for such children. We past. In the last incident, when for religious conversions like in enjoy all government benefits lessness when it comes to doing dren during the 2013 disaster. hire the services of counsellers I found a girl selling cannabis, the orphanage where the death and rebates and charge exor- the needful. We need more Stating this in an online inter- but in many cases, the parents I made sure that she was sent of a child had taken place. They bitant fees but even after that budget and manpower. We are action with The Pioneer, the are the best counsellers. We to the Balika Niketan so she exploit the poor kids, the chil- the children of government currently making do with State Commission for advised them to provide their could get counseling and to dren of leprosy patients. Apart schools are better than the about half a dozen staff mem- Protection of Child Rights children with interesting ensure that her welfare is taken from this, we have also sent a students of such schools. Such bers and will do much better (SCPCR) chairperson Usha options to enhance their cre- care of. Surprisingly, about letter to MHA and talked to schools aim at simply making with more staff and resources. Negi said that the commission ativity and steer them away seven lawyers came to get her lawyers in Delhi about what money without providing all I have written to the govern- has written to the Ministry of from activities like violent out of there. This happened happened to kids after the lot about child trafficking but Apart from this, some inci- facilities and even violate their ment and have been assured Home Affairs (MHA) and video games.” because the big fish are scared 2013 disaster. There are promi- do little. We are asking where dents have taken place with own bylaws. Why will we not that the needful will be done,” other agencies concerned Regarding serious crimes of being exposed but we can- nent organisations who talk a the children are. children during the lockdown question them if they don’t she added. 6 '()) 5 " ( "/ $ ( '$ 7" $-/-01 Improvement Board (DUSIB ), in air, in such scenario if Pitching for the collective stop these people wouldn’t officials after the CM held a and Parliament Act on reha- demolish work will happen, the solution on the matter, Kejriwal work for a single day.” meeting with senior officials elhi Chief Minister Arvind bilitation, Kejriwal said as per chances of virus spread in all said, “As per the orders, Delhi This may be recalled that from different departments to DKejriwal assured 48,000 the act no one can remove over Delhi is higher.” government, Railway Board the Delhi government has told discuss the Supreme Court slum dwellers that no jhuggi jhuggis without providing “I am happy that Central and Urban Shelter Board will Northern Railway that demol- order, which said that 48,000 will be demolished until Pakka Makan. ( House ) government has submitted an work together come out with a ishing jhuggis along tracks jhuggis along railway lines in Government provides ‘Pakka’ Lauding “Jahan Jhuggi Affidavit favouring to stop the solution within four weeks,” he would be illegal and that hous- Delhi have to be demolished. house with in the radius of five Vahan Makan”, CM Kejriwal demolish process,” in past 70 said this is not the issue to es built for slum relocation can Earlier, the Supreme court km. said he is standing with slum years, different government politicise. be made ready to move in ear- had ordered that jhuggis which Citing the Social Provision dwellers and wouldn’t let any- ruled and gone but none had Kejriwal said people living liest by March next year. are in the safety zone of the rail- Act, Delhi Urban Sheltar one demolish their jhuggis. “It planned to construct homes for in Jhuggis have crucial role in The letter from Delhi gov- ways will have to be removed is tough time as Coronavirus is poor people,” he added. Delhi’s economy. “Delhi will ernment was written by DUSIB within three months. $ 8 ".$(" * !"##$% ;#) : 5 7 ( !!) = FN O &> " $ ! $ 5 IC $-/-01 Protests Support Group’,” said $-/-01 $-/-01 a police source. he Delhi Police's Special It comes a day after police $-/-01 former JNU student leader They have also been $-/-01 elhi Chief Minister three-judge bench of the TCell has summoned short arrested former Jawaharlal Umar Khalid. Khalid was pre- booked for the offences of DArvind Kejriwal on ASupreme Court headed by film producer Rahul Roy and Nehru University student Delhi Court on Monday sent before Additional Sessions sedition, murder, attempt to he Bharatiya Janata Party Monday said coronavirus the Chief Justice of India has documentary filmmaker Saba leader Umar Khalid under the Asent former JNU scholar Judge Amitabh Rawat through murder, promoting enmity T(BJP) leaders on Monday death rate in the National directed the Railways and the Dewan for questioning in con- Unlawful Activities Umar Khalid to 10 days Delhi video conferencing. Khalid was between different groups on held a demonstration against Capital is ‘perhaps’ the low- Delhi Government not to nection with the northeast (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for Police custody on Monday. arrested on Sunday night in the grounds of religion and rioting. the Kejriwal Government's est in the world and demolish the JJ clusters till the Delhi riots. his alleged role in the riots. Khalid who was also involved case. Khalid had allegedly given “betrayal” to the slum dwellers Governments’ concern next hearing by maintaining sta- According to sources, He was arrested by the in students politics in While presenting Khalid provocative speeches at two dif- and not allotting vacant hous- should be less corona deaths tus quo, the Delhi Congress said. Dewan and Roy have been Special Cell after 11 hours of Jawaharlal Nehru University, before the court police said that ferent places and appealed to es to them. than number of cases. The petition argued by asked to join the investigation interrogation. Communal was arrested on Sunday under Khalid needed to be confront- the citizens to come out on Leader of Opposition in Addressing Delhi senior lawyers Salman on Monday. clashes had broken out in the stringent anti-terror law ed with a huge amount of streets and block the roads dur- Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Assembly during one day Khurshid and Abhishek Manu Roy's name appeared in the northeast Delhi on February 24 Unlawful Activities data. ing the visit of US President Bidhuri said that the Aam special session, Kejriwal Sanghvi for the respondents liv- supplementary charge sheet after violence between sup- (Prevention) Act, registered in In the First Information Donald Trump to spread pro- Aadmi Party Government said, "Highest number of ing along the Railway tracks of filed by the police in connec- porters of the Citizenship the wake of communal vio- Report (FIR), police have paganda at international level came to power six years back COVID-19 tests are being Delhi seeking restraint of the tion with the Delhi’s Northeast (Amendment) Act and those lence in northeast Delhi in claimed that the communal about how minorities in India and destroyed thousands of carried out in Delhi at pre- Supreme Court order to riots. “Though Dewan has not against the legislation spiralled February that had claimed 53 violence was a "premeditated are being tortured, the FIR slums but did not shift even a demolish the JJ clusters on mentioned in the charge sheet, out of control, leaving at least lives and left scores injured. conspiracy" which was alleged- alleged. single slum dweller in a per- Railway land within three the two were part of a 53 people dead and around 200 Delhi Police on Monday ly hatched by Khalid and two In this conspiracy, firearms, manent house. months, the party said in a WhatsApp group called ‘Delhi injured. had sought 10-day custody of others. petrol bombs, acid bottles and He said that most of the statement. stones were collected at street vendors also live in slums It may be recalled that fol- numerous homes, FIR claimed. and the Central Government lowing the SC order to remove ! Co-accused Danish was directed the Delhi government the JJ clusters along the Railway allegedly given the responsi- to provide stalls to them but the tracks, Delhi Congress presi- with the hashtag social media, congratulated the alist like @UmarKhalidJNU bility to gather people from two Delhi government did not pro- dent Anil Kumar had rushed to $-/-01 #StandWithUmarKhalid on Delhi Police on the arrest of who has always opposed vio- different places to take part in vide a single stall. the JJ clusters at Sarai Rohilla social media. Khalid. lence and communalism in the riots, police alleged. “The Kejriwal government and assured the jhuggi dwellers s former Jawaharlal Nehru Actor Prakash Raj tweeted, He can be heard saying that any form. He is undoubtedly Women and children were also did not allow the Pradhan there that the Delhi Congress AUniversity (JNU) Umar 'shameful … if we didn't raise the violence that took place in among the leaders that India made to block the roads under Mantri Awas Yojana to be will spare no effort in stalling Khalid was arrested on Sunday our voice against this witch Delhi in February 2020 was deserves. @DelhiPolice can't the Jafrabad metro station on implemented. The Chief sent. Eleven per cent Delhi the demolition of their jhuggis. in connection with the Delhi’s hunt, we should be ashamed of similar to the 26/11 terror detain India's future for long,” February 23 to create tension Minister Kejriwal had has been tested so far with Kumar said that it was Northeast riots, the social ourselves ….' Prakash Raj also attack on Mumbai. “I have full Yogendra Yadav, social activist amidst the neighbourhood promised that Ayushman nearly 21 lakh tests. The shocking that the AAP media was seen divided in used the faith that criminals like Umar tweeted. people, FIR said. Bharat Scheme would be concern should be number Government in Delhi has not their views, with some of the #StandWithUmarKhalid Khalid and Tahir Hussain will Using the hashtag “Stand Communal clashes had implemented in Delhi so that of deaths not the number of listed the issue of the JJ clusters twitter users tweeting that why #FreeUmarKhalid #justasking be hanged, imprisoned for life, With Umar Khalid”, senior broken out in northeast Delhi people can get the health ben- COVID cases. Death rate in in its agenda for the one-day Delhi Police hasn’t taken any hashtag. for killing people. The citizens Congress leader Shashi on February 24 after violence efit of free treatment of up to Delhi is perhaps the lowest session of the Assembly on action against Kapil Mishra, While reacting to the of Delhi await justice,” he said Tharoor tweeted, “PM says he between citizenship law sup- 5 lakh. However, the govern- in the whole world.” Monday which clearly shows Anurag Thakur and Komal arrest, Kapil Mishra, the in the video. welcomes criticism, but forgets porters and protesters spiralled ment did not implement these Addressing the floor, he that the government was mere- Sharma. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “Shocked that an anti-ter- to mention the cost of criticism out of control leaving at least 53 public welfare schemes because said,"People from all over ly shedding crocodile tears for As news of Khalid’s arrest leader in a video message ror law UAPA has been used to to be paid by those who who people dead and around 200 their thinking is very petty,” he country are coming to Delhi the residents of JJ Clusters. broke, people began to tweet which was doing rounds on arrest a young, thinking, ide- speak out.” injured. said. for COVID treatment. A total of 5,264 people from other states have been treat- ed so far in Delhi. It is a dif- ficult time. “Human histo- ry never witnessed such a pandemic. We have to work !$1=!? Haryana. However, as cases the coming weeks. COVID patients admitted at HIGH COVID FATALITY of COVID deaths in Punjab agulants were among the for the well being of the continue to spike, and amid The State Government has the Government Medical Punjab Government has decid- had taken place after August 6. treatment suggestions made human kind," he added. ith Covid-19 cases and reports of Oxygen shortages in also appointed a Nodal Officer Colleges (GMCs) in the state, ed to send the samples to At 2.96 percent, the Case by Roy, who was involved in Lauding the help and Wfatality in the State rising, several parts of the country, the to monitor the supply and 5,269 had recovered and been Institute of Microbial Fatality Rate (CFR) in Punjab Punjab’s first COVID fatality cooperation from central Punjab Chief Minister Capt Chief Minister stressed the demand of Medical Oxygen discharged, with 550 still under Technology (IMTECH) to was higher than the national audit. government, Kejriwal Amarinder Singh on Monday need to generate additional amid spiraling cases of treatment. check possible virus mutation average of 1.65 percent, as was He also advised ensuring thanked for providing PPE directed the state Health supplies through internal man- COVID-19, and the Chief Chief Secretary Vini as cause for high COVID fatal- the deaths per million at 78.5 availability of biomarkers and kits, test kits and ventilators. Department to step up indige- ufacturing also. Minister has asked the Health Mahajan apprised the meeting ity in the state. (national average 58.3), he strengthening of the imaging “I want to thank the Centre nous manufacturing of medical In line with this decision, Department to ensure that that Punjab is following the 10- The decision came as the noted, but added these figures facility for picking up severe for helping us whenever Oxygen to supplement the cur- the Health Department has so indigenous production and day discharge policy as per special invitee to the meeting, were still better than many cases to reduce mortality. needed with PPE kits, test- rent supplies in order to ensure far issued license to one indus- packaging is further scaled up ICMR guidelines. Ambuj Roy, Professor of states in the country. ing kits , ventilators...our that there is no shortage of this trial Oxygen supplier in Punjab to meet any eventuality. “Any positive patient Cardiology, AIIMS, who has In fact, Punjab’s positivity ONLY 0.07% OF RECOV- weakness is that we do not critical commodity to tackle to manufacture Medical During a virtual meeting to admitted to Level I can be dis- been studying the mortality fig- rate of 5.72 percent was much ERED PATIENTS DONAT- know how to practice poli- any future crisis. Oxygen, while six packaging assess the situation arising out charged on the 10th day, if the ures in Punjab, said that the better than the national average ED PLASMA tics. It is our biggest The state, which has been units have been allowed to of the pandemic, Capt patient has remained asymp- possibility of mutation of the of 8.47 percent. To a query from the Chief strength too," he procuring all its medical package Oxygen for medical Amarinder directed the tomatic for the last three days virus was being studied. “The main cause of Minister on the success of said. Oxygen from neighbouring use. Department to ensure that of admission,” she said. Dr KK Talwar, head of the Punjab’s high CFR is co-mor- plasma therapy, Dr Talwar said Recalling the opening of areas, has now decided to also With this, the state now has there is no shortage of Oxygen Further, to manage the Group of Experts on Health for bidity,” Roy said, suggesting that studies did not show any first plasma bank opened in go in for internal manufactur- internal capacity to manufac- for treatment of COVID-19 increasing number of cases, it the Punjab Government, said that all those with more than confirmed results so far though Delhi - ILBS the Institute of ing to meet any shortfall that ture 800 medical Oxygen cylin- patients in the State. has been decided to add 50 that the panel would be send- one co-morbidity should be FDA had recommended this Liver and Biliary Sciences, could arise with COVID ders and packaging of 2,000 The Chief Minister was Level III beds in Faridkot ing samples to IMTECH to admitted in hospitals or facil- course of treatment. Kejriwal said 1,965 patients cases spiking in the state. units per day, and the informed that the State cur- Medical College, she said. check on the nature of the virus ities, with aggressive monitor- However, given that there have been given plasma so Till now, Punjab was Government hopes that with rently had adequate supplies of and ascertain if it has mutated ing to pick up hypoxia early. was no evidence of any nega- far in Delhi "I am happy procuring all its medical the supplies already being pro- Oxygen to meet the demand PUNJAB TO SEND SAM- in the last one month, in com- Availability of Oxygen, tive impact either, it was advis- that 1,965 lives have been Oxygen supplies from other cured from other states, this triggered by an increasing PLES TO IMTECH TO parison with the samples sent early institution of steroid ther- able to give plasma therapy to saved," he states, including Uttarakhand, would help cope with any fur- number of COVID-19 cases. It CHECK POSSIBLE VIRUS earlier. apy including pulse steroids, moderate and moderately seri- said. Himachal Pradesh, and ther escalation in demand in was informed that out of 6,653 MUTATION AS CAUSE FOR Roy said that the majority and early institution of antico- ous patients, said Dr Talwar. ! " # $ % S ' " ( Vvthr Brr hy Hrqvh Q Gq %! Pyq Iru 8y P Vh hxuhq Ehy Thuh 9uh h 9ru hq!#' Qu) "$!%&" Hi (#$$&&'& ! "# $ "%&' ! ( ") * + , - ./ +0 0102. 0 3 44 . / 0 5 6 !/ / 7/ $ / 5 ( $ / , )/ ! 8 5 2 5 6 5 9 ( !6 ,"334 44# / 433":4334:'' )/ ;"<3 8 !)+, 2 5 ! ( "#43<43 / 43#4":=%>=44 $ :=%>>44 -6 )/ : ; ( ; ? 0 -6"##8 438 @ / 4'##"#<:8::<":' !"#"# & ' !"#$ ! % R' A total of 429 deaths have so far ease at Government Doon respectively while 11 patients # been reported in the state due Medical College (GDMC) hos- were discharged in Champawat to the dreaded disease. In what pital on Monday. district. Incidentally in the last can be termed as a positive note The provisional state cap- two days more than 2000 amid the all round gloom gen- ital Dehradun is continuing to patients have been discharged erated by the disease, the suffer from the onslaught of the from hospitals after recovery authorities discharged 1037 disease. On Monday 385 from the disease. ' ')*+ patients from different hospi- patients were reported from Uttarakhand now has tals of the state after their Dehradun district. Similarly 10374 active patients of the dis- recovery. A total of 22077 224 patients were reported in ease with Dehradun maintain- patients have so far been cured Haridwar, 214 in Udham Singh ing its top position in the table. from the disease. The recovery Nagar, 46 in Nainital, 37 in Here 3286 active patients of the percentage for Covid-19 Uttarkashi, 36 in Chamoli, 24 disease are there. Dehradun is patients in the state is at 66.87 in Tehri and 23 in Pauri district followed by Haridwar with - percent. The infection rate (IR) on Monday. In Champawat 2148 active patients while which indicates the extent of district 20 patients were report- Udham Singh Nagar is at third contagion is at 6.51 percent in ed while 19 patients in position with 1190 active Uttarakhand. The IR is the Pithoragarh, seven in Almora, patients. Nainital has 1149, number of samples tested pos- five in Rudraprayag and three Pauri 521, Tehri 443, Uttarkashi itive from among the total in Bageshwar were 331, Champawat 292 and samples tested. The doubling reported. Rudraprayag 264 active -?!%$ rate of the disease in On Monday 1037 patients patients of the disease. Uttarakhand is 21.89 recovered from Covid-19 Pithoragarh has 256 active he relentless forward pur- days. which is the highest single day cases, Chamoli 172, Almora Tsuit of infection of novel In All India Institute of recovery figure in the state. On 163 and Bageshwar 159 active coronavirus (Covid-19) is con- Medical Sciences (AIIMS) the day 271 patients were dis- cases of the disease. tinuing in Uttarakhand. The Rishikesh, nine patients of charged in Dehradun, 197 in To prevent the contagion State health department report- Covid-19 were reported dead Haridwar, 171 in Udham Singh from spreading the authorities ed 1043 fresh cases of the dis- on Monday. Similarly four Nagar, 154 in Almora, 124 in have made 496 containment ease on Monday which lifted patients of the disease expired Nainital and 53 patients were zones. Haridwar district has the tally of patients to 33016 in at Sushila Tiwari Government discharged in Uttarkashi dis- 370 such zones while the state. The virus took the hospital, Haldwani and two trict. In Chamoli and Pauri 29 Dehradun has 37 containment lives of 15 patients on the day. patients succumbed to the dis- and 23 patients were cured zones. 6($ 7 $. 5 *! #$ % & !. -?!%$ mid the pandemic perpetuated by the ACovid-19, the Uttarakhand health services face a challenge of agitation by the nurses. In support of their various demands the nurses are sporting black arm bands while working and have threatened to go on work boycott from September 21. In order to break the impasse, the direc- tor general (DG) state health services, Dr Amita Upreti, called a delegation of the association of nurses for a dialogue on Monday. The meeting however proved inconclusive with the association sticking to its stand of work boycott from September 21. Trivendra Singh Rawat nor the secretary ed by CM and their problems were heard The president of association, state health services have called them for at top level but it is unfortunate that the Meenakshi Jakhmola said that the talks dialogue. It is pertinent to mention here nurses were not invited for talks. with the DG state health services were held that recently the association of government We are working with dedication and in a very cordial atmosphere but the nurs- doctors, the Provincial Medical Health risking our lives while serving the Covid- es have decided that they would only sus- Services (PMHS) was invited by CM for 19 patients. We are at the forefront of the pend their agitation after the Government dialogue when it started an agitation. On war. If the government thinks we are not Order (GO) for their demands is released. meeting with the CM, the PMHS took required then it should allow us to work The association is particularly peeved back its agitation plan. from home. We only want justice,’’ said a at the fact that neither the Chief Minister “It is good that the doctors were invit- nurse. * *+ ! , # -, -?!%$ not the biological father of by the hospital. However, the the child. In the meantime, police are investigating this he chairperson of the the SCPCR had received a matter but taking cognisance TState Commission for complaint last month from a of the complaint of the com- Protection of Child Rights lawyer on the basis of the plainant, SCPCR issued sum- (SCPCR), Usha Negi, has claims of DNA testing by the mons to the woman and her sent a summon to the woman woman stating that it was ille- husband to appear before the who had recently accused gal for the couple to do a commission on September the Dwarahat MLA Mahesh DNA test of the child without 19 at 2:30 PM. Negi of sexual exploitation, permission of the authorities According to the SCPCR and her husband for alleged concerned. According to the head, she directed that the illegal DNA testing of her official sources, the woman summons be issued under the daughter who she has had claimed that this test provision of section (I) the claimed was fathered by the was done in a hospital of Commission for Protection of MLA. Shamli, Uttar Pradesh after a Child Rights Act 2005. Negi Recently, the woman who few weeks of her daughter's added that if both fail to accused Negi has stated sev- birth but this claim was refut- appear before the commis- eral times that she had test- ed by the same hospital man- sion on the due date without ed her daughter's and hus- agement in a police investi- any valid reason, the com- band's DNA but it did not gation stating that no sample mission will take action match because her husband is was taken for any DNA test against them. 9 $ ) # + " .$ his office in Vidhan Sabha on entrance of the campus so that & Monday and directed them to a record of people coming to improve facilities in the MLA the MLA hostel is maintained. hostel. He said that recently a Expressing concern on the san- delegation of MLAs had met itation condition of the MLA him and complained about hostel campus, the Speaker poor condition of sanitation said that in view of the pre- and mismanagement in the vailing pandemic of the novel MLA hostel. The MLAs were Coronavirus (Covid-19), spe- also concerned about the secu- cial focus should be on main- rity issues in the MLA hostel taining sanitation. He directed where many legislatures along that all the visitors in the cam- with their families reside. pus should be allowed after In the meeting with the thermal screening and after officials, the speaker directed sanitising them properly so -?!%$ that CCTV cameras should be that the disease is kept at bay. installed in the entire campus The speaker said that secu- he speaker of Uttarakhand of the hostel. He said that rity of MLAs and their families TAssembly Premchand security should be spruced up is of paramount importance. Agarwal held a meeting with in the MLA hostel. Agarwal The secretary R K Sudhanshu the secretary estates, R K suggested that registrations of assured the speaker that all his Sudhanshu, and state estates the visitors coming to the MLA directions would be officer, Dipendra Chaudhary, at hostel should be done at the followed. !"#"# / ( ) ( $-/-01 larly in this session, has one more crucial responsibility .. rime Minister Narendra just like the faith with which they "" #$$R ! ! , PModi on Monday hoped (soldiers) are standing , deter- P that Parliament will send out a mined to protect motherland , unanimous and strong mes- Parliament and all its members 5 .( $9 $ (! sage to soldiers on the Line of too will send out a message in # # . Actual Control (LAC) facing unanimous voice, spirit and Chinese aggression that the resolve that the country stands Minimum Support Price er farmers to enter into farm- country was solidly standing in support of them,” Modi said. $-/-01 proposes a teacher’s eligibility posed laws will help in better $-/-01 (MSP) and is aimed at business ing agreements with private behind its bravehearts. "In one voice, one pledge test to assess the standard of administration of homeopathy houses’ entry in the agriculture players prior to the production Modi, who was talking to and one feeling, we will send out arliament on Monday gave teachers before appointment and Indian system of medi- mid stiff protest from the sector. The Opposition has for sale of agri-produce, said newspersons in the Parliament a message to the soldiers that we Pthe green signal to two bills and promotions. cines. AOpposition, which accused alleged that the Centre brought Tomar. He said the bill will help premises on the opening day of are with them," the Prime that propose a medical educa- The National Commission The proposed legislations the Centre of “encroaching” on in the legislations without con- the farmers as they are unable the Monsoon session, asserted Minister said. tion system aiming to improve for Indian System of Medicine promote equitable and uni- State subjects, the Government sulting the states under whose to invest much in their farm that sending an unambiguous Reacting to Modi’s `expec- access to quality and affordable Bill bill will replace the Central versal healthcare that encour- on Monday introduced bills on domain 'agriculture' and 'man- and do not attract investments message was “legislature’s crucial tations` from the opposition, medical education by ensuring Council for Indian Medicine ages community health per- price assurance to farmers and dis' come. from others. responsibility”. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor availability of adequate and that regulates alternative sys- spective and make services of regulation of co-operative "Such a law can only be Congress MP Shashi The Congress moved an was quoted by a news agency as high quality homoeopathy and tems of medicine and has pro- such medical professionals banks by RBI in the Lok Sabha. brought by State Governments. Tharoor said, "It is beyond the adjournment motion on the saying , "There is no doubt that Indian system of medicine pro- vision for constituting accessible to all citizens, the Defending the two bills Through this bill, the centre legislative competence of this border face-off and sought the all of us stand with the soldiers. fessionals across the country. autonomous boards for pro- government has said. on the farm sector, Agricultural will nullify Agricultural house to enact any law on agri- government to detail the status However, the government Cleared by the Rajya Sabha viding Ayurveda education They promote national Minister Narendra Singh Produce Market Committee culture, which is a domain of on the LAC. The opposition should tell Parliament what is in 2019, the Lok Sabha paved among others. health goals, encourage medical Tomar said they will help the (APMC) law enacted by vari- the state governments.” also wants a discussion on the the situation on the border." the way for passage of the With the nod from the professionals to adopt the lat- farmers get a remunerative ous state governments," Parliamentary Affairs Minister issue. The Congress attempted The Prime Minister had in National Commission for lower house, the two proposed est medical research in their price for their produce as well Chowdhury said. Prahlad Joshi objected to his to raise the issue but could not the first all party meeting after Homoeopathy Bill and the legislations mean that they are work and to contribute to as private investments and Agriculture Minister remarks that the bills violated proceed with it in the Lok the ‘Galwan’ clash on June 15 National Commission for set to become laws after getting research with an objective, peri- technology. Responding to the Tomar, while introducing the the basic tenets of federalism Sabha. Leader of Congress in the between Indian army and Indian System of Medicine formal approval from President odic and transparent assess- charges of Opposition, Finance bills to replace the 'The Farmers' enshrined in India's Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chinese soldiers, trying to sneak Bill. Ram Nath Kovind. ment of medical institutions. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Produce Trade And Commerce Constitution. Chowdhury and party leader K in Indian territory in East of The National Commission Some opposition members The bills facilitate mainte- said the regulation bill is (Promotion And Facilitation) Responding to volley of Suresh gave adjournment Ladakh, maintained that there for Homoeopathy, Bill, 2018, protested against the bill, say- nance of a medical register of intended to protect the depos- Ordinance, 2020 and 'The objections on the new banking notices over the issue of Chinese was no incursion in the Indian aims to replace the Central ing the Centre needed to homeopathy and Indian system itors in co-operative banks and Farmers (Empowerment and regulation bill which bring co- incursion in Eastern Ladakh. side of the LAC. The Congress- Council for Homoeopathy, undertake wider consultation. of medicine and enforce high nothing to intervene on the Protection) Agreement on Price operative banks under RBI India and China have been led opposition wants govern- which is the current regulato- Union Health Minister ethical standards in all aspects state’s acts related to the banks. Assurance and Farm Services supervision, Sitharaman engaged in a standoff since ment to clarify in the light of ry body for homoeopathy. It Harsh Vardhan said the pro- of medical services. Leader of Congress Adhir Ordinance, said that almost 86 detailed the bad financial posi- April-May over the transgres- demands that China restore the Ranjan Chowdhury and TMC per cent of farmers have agri- tion of many co-operative sions by the Chinese Army in status quo ante on the LAC. leader Saugata Roy accused cultural land of less than two banks and she said the bill is multiple areas on the LAC. Modi also expressed grati- the Centre of intervening in hectares and they are often focusing on protection of the The Lok Sabha was tude towards the parliamentar- Agriculture which is a State unable to benefit from mini- depositors. The new Bill — The adjourned for an hour, shortly ians for choosing duty over * P Subject. Many Opposition MPs mum support price (MSPs). To Banking Regulation after it met, on Monday follow- Covid-19. pointed out the ongoing agita- specific questions raised by (Amendment) Bill 2020 — to ing obituary references and " I congratulate and thank tions of farmers in Punjab, MPs, Minister assured the protect the depositors of Urban offering tributes to former mem- them (MPs) for choosing duty & # Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and House that the MSP will stay. Cooperative Banks (UCBs) bers. over Covid-19 threat. Because of Chhattisgarh against the bill. The ordinances seek to and Multi State Cooperative The Prime Minister stated this, the budget session was Chowdhury said that these provide barrier-free trade for Banks (MSCBs) and not inter- categorically that the parlia- curtailed and this session we $-/-01 Pralhad Joshi demanded an bills are not mentioning about farmers' produce outside noti- fering into the State Laws, she mentarians will send out a mes- have change of timings for both unconditional apology from the current system of fied farm mandis, and empow- said. sage of their unequivocal sup- houses. In fact, Saturdays and ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Roy. “Commenting on per- port to brave ‘jawans’ facing Sundays are also working days. Lon Monday expunged the sonal attire...Being a senior hardships on the border. There would be many important controversial personal remark member, what is he talking,” he “The entire Parliament issues that will be discussed. The made by Trinamool Congress asked. “He should apologise stands with the brave soldiers of more we debate and make it MP Saugata Roy about Union unconditionally. It is an insult ? & '; : the country with one voice. I vibrant and detailed, more fruit- Finance Minister Nirmala to womenfolk.” believe that Parliament and all ful it will be for the country and Sitharaman even as the BJP However, Roy said he did $-/-01 The MP also praised the route. The youth of the country its members will give out a very parliament," he said. MPs demanded an uncondi- not believe he had said any- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) are becoming victims to it," Ravi strong message”, the Prime Modi reiterated his caution tional apology from him. thing unparliamentary. ctor and BJP Member of for its probe into the Sushant Kishan said. Terming the issue Minister said before the start of in the pandemic situation and Roy drawing a comparison The Speaker said that he AParliament from Gorakhpur, Singh Rajput death case which is "very serious", the MP urged the the session. asked everyone to be careful and with India’s economy and will look into the records and Ravi Kishan on Monday raised turning increasingly contro- Centre for strict action in the He also mentioned that the be safe. "Jab tak dawai nahi, tab Sitharaman’s hair led to a heat- expunge the remarks if need- the issue of drugs in Lok Sabha versial and allegedly politicised. matter. Speaking about drug- situations are set to become tak dhilai Nahi. (No carelessness ed exchange between the only Saugata Roy could listen ed, urging the MPs to contin- and demanded a detailed probe "Huge amount of drugs is related arrests in the Sushant tougher due to the onset of win- till there is a vaccine). Hope we Treasury Bench and instead of making remarks on ue with the debate on the into the alleged nexus between being supplied in the country Singh Rajput case, he said that ters that marks heavy snowfall will be able to relieve the world Opposition MPs. other factors.” introduction of Banking Bollywood and drug mafia. He from China and Pakistan. The the NCB is doing a great job. on the border area. of this misery," the Prime Replying to the TMC MPs’ BJP MPs and Regulation (Amendment) Bill, said that Bollywood is addicted drug game is being played Strict action is needed to bust the “This Parliament, particu- Minister said. remarks, Sitharaman said, “If Parliamentary Affairs Minister 2020 to drugs. through the Punjab and Nepal drug network, he added. /01* " #$%& !' $-/-01 cheating, using forged docu- # # ments as genuine and criminal he Enforcement conspiracy. TDirectorate (ED) on Investigation under PMLA health sector is under consid- Monday arrested the kingpin of revealed that accused Mahesh 8 7J eration. This includes invest- trade-based money laundering along with others had incor- + 2J ment in research, healthcare BK Goyal and secured a five- porated several shell companies and public health infrastruc- day remand from a designated and firms and opened bank ture, with particular focus on court in Visakhapatnam in accounts with various banks in pandemic management. connection with the ongoing the names of those compa- % The health minister told probe in the money laundering nies/firms and remitted huge MPs that 13 clinical trials of case. amounts of Foreign Outward -01 repurposed drugs and har- Goyal is suspected to have Remittances equivalent to R nessing of traditional knowl- been involved in outward 1,500 crore to various compa- n India, 92 per cent of Covid- edge using the modern medi- remittances of Rs 1,500 crore to nies in Singapore, China and I19 patients got only a mild cine approach are building a destinations like China, Hong Hong Kong in the guise of form of the disease while about portfolio of therapeutic options Kong and Singapore. import of non-existent 'cus- 5.8 per cent patients required for Covid-19 patients. “Accused Bhimender tomised software', it said. oxygen therapy and 1.7 per cent “Phase 2 clinical trial of Kumar Goyal has been arrest- Mahesh admitted that he needed intensive care, Union immunomodulator Sepsivac ed by ED in connection with an had remitted foreign remit- Health Minister Dr Harsh has been completed success- ongoing PMLA investigation in tances to companies in Vardhan told the Lok Sabha fully. Phase 2 clinical trial of the which he is the kingpin of an Singapore, Hong Kong and Monday on the opening day of first-ever phytopharmaceuti- International trade-based China at the instructions of the Monsoon Session. cal ACQH is under way. One money laundering network Goyal. While claiming that the 24 prophylactic trial of used to send compensatory Investigation also revealed 4 - $ # %56(" March decision to impose the Aswagandha and three trials of hawala payments abroad for that Goyal is a habitual smug- harshest lockdown in the world Guduchi + Pippali; importing under-valued goods gler who has several pending prevented 14-29 lakh cases Yashtimadhu; and polyherbal into India,” the ED said in a cases against him with and 37,000-78,000 deaths, the AYUSH drug (AYUSH-64) are statement. Directorate of Revenue $ # 70 * ( 8(066# Minister said that around 13 planned on moderately ill The ED had initiated inves- Intelligence (DRI) and cus- states in the country are report- Covid-19 patients,” Dr Harsh tigation under Prevention of toms department for evasion of ing the maximum number of Vardhan said. Money Laundering Act customs duty for import of Lucknow:Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, 346 from Allahabad, coronavirus cases on daily “Globally, there are around (PMLA) on the basis of FIR under-valued goods and out- recorded 62 COVID-19 deaths 341 from Kanpur, 278 from basis. 145 candidate vaccines in pre- registered by Andhra Pradesh right smuggling of goods into on Monday, while the number Ghaziabad, 186 rom Even as on Monday, the clinical evaluation and cur- Police against Vaddi Mahesh India, it further said. of cases went up by 5,208, tak- Gorakhpur, 158 from Meerut total number of Covid-19 cases rently 35 vaccines in clinical and others on the complaint of Goyal was the mastermind ing the overall figures to 4,491 and 154 from Varanasi, it in India stood at 48,46,427 with trial. In India, a major focus has the Income Tax Department and on his instructions a com- fatalities and 3,17,195 infec- added. Overall, Kanpur has 79,722 deaths, Dr Harsh been on facilitating the devel- under Indian Penal Code plex network of shell compa- tions, officials said. reported maximum fatalities Vardhan said that the country opment of Covid-19 vaccine. Sections relating to cheating, nies and firms was created by "The count of active COVID- (533), followed by 524 in has now moved from ‘manag- More than 30 vaccine candi- forgery, forgery for purpose of Mahesh. 19 cases in the state stands at Lucknow and 218 in Allahabad ing travel-related cases’ to con- dates have been supported 67,287, while 2,45,417 people so far, it said. taining clusters and large out- which are in different stages of have recovered till date," a Earlier, Additional Chief breaks due to local transmis- development, 3 candidates are heath bulletin issued here said. Secretary, Information, sion to wide spread of infection in advanced stage of Phase C 0 The 62 fresh fatali- Awanish Kumar Awasthi said to urban, peri-urban and rural I/II/III trials and more than 4 ties included eight from that on Sunday 1,30,352 tests areas. are in advanced pre-clinical ? " Lucknow, six from Kanpur, were conducted in the state “This would require con- development stage,” he said. three each from Gorakhpur, which took the cumulative certed effort by the Government The Covid-19 Bio-reposi- Varanasi and Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Pilibhit, Sambhal and cases to 3,17,195, while the number so far to 76.36 lakh with people’s participation to tories have collected more than # = two each from Allahabad, Farukhabad, it said.T h e death toll reached 4,491, the tests. Presently, 36,059 prevent large scale morbidity 40,000 samples for use by Meerut, Deoria, Hardoi, Monday additions took the bulletin said. The fresh patients are in home-isolation, and mortality,” he added. researchers developing diag- $-/-01 a course of treatment for covid- Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur total number of COVID-19 cases included 992 from he added. PTI “Many of the epidemio- nostics, therapeutics and vac- 19. Gilead entered into a non- logical parameters such as cines. The health minister also yderabad-based Saptagir exclusive licensing agreement mode of transmission, sub- spoke about the shift in focus HLaboratories, part of the with Jubilant Life Sciences for clinical infection, period of from only Covid to other non- 900 crore Saptagir Group, on distribution to 127 countries. ! " " ' virus shedding, role of immu- Covid diseases such as tuber- Monday announced a pact with Following this, Jubilant Life nity etc. are still being culosis and malaria, which Jubilant Generics- a Jubilant Life Sciences through its subsidiary Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh): An Andhra drunk late in the night and picked up a researched. Once a person is ended up being partially Sciences company, to manufac- Jubilant Generics has entered Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation quarrel with his wife over his drinking. exposed to the infection, the neglected during the lockdown. ture intermediates and Active an exclusive agreement with driver has been arrested for battering his "When Madhavi objected, he hit her with disease may develop anytime “Equally crucial is to main- Pharmaceutical Ingredient Saptagir Laboratories to man- wife with a dumb-bell in Indrapalem vil- a dumb-bell in a fit of rage," police between 1 and 14 days. The tain the success achieved in (API) for intravenous adminis- ufacture Remdesivir. lage in East Godavari district, police said said.The incident came to light when one main symptoms of Covid are management of reproductive tered drug Remdesivir. Currently, Remdesivir is on Monday."Thangedi Srinivas was arrest- of the couple's daughters recorded the fever, cough, and difficulty in maternal and child health, vac- The drug will be produced the only drug that has received ed for the assault on his wife Madhavi on attack on her mobile phone and posted it breathing,” the Minister told cine preventable diseases, non- at its Hyderabad World Health an Emergency Use September 4 night. on the social media.Madhavi later went for the House. communicable diseases, tuber- Organization (WHO) GMP Authorization from the US He is currently in remand," a police treatment to a government hospital where Dr Harsh Vardhan also culosis, vector borne diseases certified sterile drug product health regulator, and has been official told IANS.Police had registered a the medical staff informed police."We have said expenditure finance mem- such as Kala Azar and Malaria. manufacturing plant, acquired approved for emergency use in case under Sections 498A and 324 of the registered a case on the basis of a medico- orandum of Rs 65,560.98 crore Hence, there is an increased at an investment of 75 crore. countries such as Singapore, Indian Penal Code, to which they later legal report," police said.Madhavi, dis- under the Prime Minister thrust for managing non-Covid Remdesivir is an experi- India, Japan, Europe, and added Section 307, based on Madhavi's charged from hospital on September 5 after Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat essential services,” the minister mental antiviral drug devel- Australia, for the treatment of statement.Srinivas, 42, had come home treatment, is doing fine. Yojana for strengthening the said. oped by Gilead Sciences, Inc. as covid-19. !"#"# 0 * ! & < ) = + , " # F &<1 Secretariat for years. &<1 The law maker also alleged that Swapna Activists of the ABVP, BJYM and &<0&!! voters ahead of the Assembly elections in Suresh made phone calls using the mobile ctivists of Mahila Morchcha, a the BJP too joined the demonstration that State. Today we can see how a Bengali he entire Opposition parties that include the phones of the hospital staff. “Though she had Afrontal organization of the BJP, but they kept a safe distance from the fter Bihari and Marathi cards the Brahmin girl is being harassed in TCongress, the BJP and the Muslim League complained of chest pain, it has been found that brought normal life in the capital city militant workers of the Mahila ABengali card has become the favourite Mumbai… she has been sent to jail on false on Monday alleged that the ruling CPI(M) gov- she was all right and there was no need of any of Thiruvananthapuram to a grinding Morchcha who were in no mood to for the politicians in Bengal with both the drug charges … whereas the real case is ernment is trying to sabotage the investigation concern about her health. Though she was dis- halt for hours on Monday as they listen to the cops who asked them to Congress and the Congress and Trinamool related to SSR’s death in which the CBI and into the gold smuggling and LIFE Mission cases. charged after two days, she was re-admitted to staged a well planned demonstration disperse before the lathi Congress questioning actor Rhea ED has prima facie found no evidence. Anil Akkara, Congress MLA from Thrissur the same hospital for check ups. I understand in front of the State Secretariat charging. Chakrabarty’s arrest in Sushant Singh This is purely anti-Bengal and we condemn alleged on Monday that Swapna Suresh and K the medical board found nothing abnormal in demanding the resignation of Kerala The BJP intensified its ongoing Rajput death case “with no prima it.” T Ramees , the kingpins in the gold smuggling her health,” said Anil. ministers E P Jayarajan and K T Jaleel agitation by Monday morning as a facie evidence of her having a hand in his Kalyan Banerjee on Monday attacked cases were admitted to Thrissur Medical P K Feroz, leader of the Muslim League, too who according to them are allegedly section of the media reported about demise.” the BJP calling it an “anti-Bengali party College to facilitate communication with each came down heavily on the Pinarayi Vijayan gov- involved in gold smuggling and ‘mas- the involvement of minister Jayarajan’s A day after Congress Lok Sabha leader which is proved once again by the manner other in the company of A C Moitheen, a ernment alleging that efforts were underway to sive corruption’. son and wife in gold smuggling and Adhir Chowdhury raised the issue of a they have falsely implicated Rhea Minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan led subvert the probe into the gold smuggling and Despite lathi charge and using of LIFE Mission corruption charges. K Bengali Brahmin woman being victimized Chakrabarty a Bengali Brahmin girl. This Government. Quran import scams. “Now I have got infor- water canons many times , the riot Surendran, state chief of the BJP in his to appease a section of the electorate in will not go down well among the Bengali Moitheen made an unscheduled visit to the mation that Jaleel was seeking the help of Islamic police could not disperse the media briefing on Monday morning Bihar TMC MP and senior advocate voters in this States. They will have to hospital when Swapna and Ramees were religious leaders to wriggle out of the case,” said Morchcha activists who turned the said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Kalyan Banerjee on Monday called BJP a account for the torture they perpetrated on admitted to the hospital. “The visit of Moideen Feroze. police barricades in front of the Vijayan was the epicenter of the “thoroughly anti-Bengali party which Rhea.” to the hospital is enmeshed in mystery. His mis- Meanwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Secretariat upside down. entire smuggling and corruption. thrives on North Indian politics and sac- Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh sion was to meet Swapna and Ramees and brief said it was scandalous and “nonsense” to drag “We have not seen this kind of “We demand the interrogation of rifices Bengali interest.” however said that “Rhea Chakrabarty is not them about the statements made by them to the the LIFE Mission project into allegations. demonstration at least in the recent Vijayan, his daughter Veena, son Chowdhury whose party on Monday an issue in Bengal … here the TMC’s goon- Cusotoms department and what they should tell “The Opposition parties are out to tarnish the past. These women activists have Kiran and son-in-law Mohammed took out a long procession condemning da and syndicate raj is the main issue and during future interrogations,” said Anil. The image of this government because they know done their home work well,” said Riyaaz in connection with gold smug- film Rhea Chakrabarty’s arrest said, “it was Mamata Banerjee will be thrown out of Congress leader said that there was no need for that they would not be able to win the next Shyam Babu Koroth, who has been gling and other corruption charges,” done only to appease a section of the Bihari power on thatissue only.” the minister to visit the hospital at this juncture. assembly election ,” said the Chief Minister.. covering the agitations in front of the charged Surendran. ( ! # $4 ( $ 6 #$.(" &<0&!! land to the Sanatan Brahmin Hindi Academy. We have also “Today she is trying to rec- people are conscious this time # )($ $() $ 56 sect to set up an academy at decided to set up a Dalit Sahitya tify her mistakes but it will yield and they will read through her n an apparent bid to arrest Kolaghat. Many priests in this Academy. Dalits’ languages noresult. No amount of mea- tricks.” Ierosion in the Hindu vote sect are financially weak. We have influence on the Bengali sures will pacify the dejected CPI(M) Legislature Party % ;!1 A descendent of the Tagore dler Anuj Keswani, arrested by base ahead of the next year’s have decided to help them by language” she said. Hindu voters because they have leader Sujan Chakrabarty said and Pataudi families, Sara (25) the Narcotics Control Bureau, Assembly elections Bengal providing them with an Reacting to her decision to known her true face. They will “Mamata Banerjee has a dirty he Narcotics Control Bureau is the daughter of actor Saif Ali was sent to judicial custody by Chief Minister Mamata allowance of Rs 1,000 per woo the priests at the fag end not be fooled by her anymore. habit of playing one section of T(NCB) on Monday con- Khan and his first wife Amrita the court till September 23, Banerjee on Monday month and also free housing of her rule senior BJP leader She will have to go out of voters against the other. By firmed that the names of Singh and grand-daughter of three others - Karamjeet Singh announced stipend for the under the state government’s Rahul Sinha said “this is anoth- power in the coming elections.” dividing the voters she wants to Bollywood actresses Sara Ali late Indian cricket captain MAK Anand, Dwayne Fernandes, and Hindu “Sanatani” priests trig- housing scheme,” the Chief er mark of Mamata Banerjee’s Congress Lok Sabha leader win the elections… she talks of Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and Pataudi and actor and former Ankush Anreja – who were gering criticism from the oppo- Minister said. votebank politics… soon after and PCC president Adhir secularism and condemns com- designer Simone Khambatta Censor Board chairperson arrested during the weekend, sition BJP, Left and Congress Congratulating the Hindi coming to power she had start- Chowdhury said “when she munalism in public. But if this had figured in the Sushant Singh Sharmila Tagore. were remanded in NCB custody who condemned her policy of speaking population on Hindi ed stipend for the Muezzims announced stipend for the is not playing communal card Raput death-related drug case, Sushant and Sara had till September 23. “bringing cow belt politics to Diwas she said Bengal was a and Imams to mollycoddle the Imams after coming to power then what is? She is competing even as a Mumbai court worked together in the 2018 film In addition, three others - Bengal.” place for the people of all reli- Muslim votes. And now at the the Congress had protested with the BJP in communal remanded the seven arrested Kedarnath, a Hindi romantic Sanket Patel, Sandeep Gupta and The new scheme will entail gions, languages and sects, fag end of her rule when she saying it was a way to divide the politics instead of dealing with drug peddlers either in the NCB drama. Aftab Fateh Ansari – who were a monthly allowance of Rs adding the Government would knows that the Hindus have felt people. Now she is again unemployment problem, price or in judicial custody for vary- Rakul Preet (29) has acted also arrested during the weekend 1,000 and free housing for soon set up a Hindi Academy let down during her rule and assuming the same path this rise, rising law and order prob- ing periods. in several Hindi, Tamil, Telugu --were sent to judicial custody more than 8,000 poor Sanatan and a Dalit Sahitya Academy. the entire Hindu vote has shift- time by trying to appease the lems…. This only proves that Talking to media persons and Kannada films, while till September 23. Brahmin priests of Bengal. “We respect all languages. ed to the BJP she is trying to Brahmins so that the Hindu theBJP and TMC are two sides here, NCB’s deputy director Simone (29) is a fashion design- Among the seven remand- “We had earlier provided We have decided to form a new win them back. voters are divided vertically. But of the same coin. (operations) KPS Malhotra said: er and social media influencer. ed in either NCB or judicial cus- “There has been an issue that Unconfirmed reports had tody, Keswani was among the whether the name of Sara, earlier said that during the suspected drug peddlers who ! % Simone and Rakul surfaced course of her prolonged ques- were arrested in the wake of the %)I " " () during the investigation…the tioning by the NCB ahead of her arrest of Rhea Chakraborty’s 1O answer to that is yes”. arrest on September 8, actress brother Showik early this month. " *( However, Malhotra has- Rhea Chakraborty had report- Alleged drug peddler Anuj 2 !01=!? tened to add that the NCB had edly told the investigators that Keswani was arrested by the + 2 !01=!? On 31st August, a 40-year- not prepared any list of actress Sara Ali Khan and Rakul NCB after Kaizan Ebrahim dis- old hardware businessman, he Aligs' Academic Enrichment Bollywood personalities as had Preet, designer Simone closed his name. Kaizan n Monday, 142 patients resident of Sasni Gate Saket TProgramme (AAEP), in associ- been reported in a section of the Khambatta, Sushant's friend Ebrahim had reportedly told the 2 !01=!? Singh reached Akbarabad Owon the battle for life Vihar Colony was admitted to ation with the Aligarh Medical media. “There have been ques- and former manager Rohini investigators that Anuj Keshwani police station along with some amid a growing number of Sir Gangaram, Delhi after his Alumni Association of North tions whether the NCB has pre- Iyer and filmmaker Mukesh was his supplier of narcotic he case of inscriptions and other people. He filed a com- corona-infected patients while health suddenly worsen. Their America (AMAANA) held an inter- pared a list of 25 Bollywood per- Chhabra consumed narcotics drugs. Keswani and Kaizan were Tcobblestones fitted with plaint against Shamsher son of a hardware businessman and a report came out corona posi- national webinar on “JNMCites' sonalities. The answer to that is substances. among the ten persons initially around 45 hand pumps in Sher Mohammed, resident of medical college worker of the tive. Been on a ventilator for Experiences from the COVID front- no,” Malhotra said. Meanwhile, seven arrested arrested in connection with the Dhubia, Khurrampur, and Vijaygarh Khurrampur, and city died due to corona. At the many days. lines: US and India”. As many as 16 persons have drug peddlers and dealers – drug case registered by the some other villages of Barik Ali resident of Dhorra. It same time, 128 new infected He died in the morning. In In his inaugural address, so far been arrested in the arrested by the NCB in the NCB. The other arrested Akbarabad police station area is alleged that about 45 hand patients were also found. another case, a 55-year-old Professor Tariq Mansoor (Vice Sushant Singh Raput death- Sushant death-related drug accused in the case are Rhea has caught fire. A case has been pumps (No.4 small machine) Now the number of active resident of GT Road Housing Chancellor, AMU) highlighted the related drug case registered by case—were remanded in the Chakraborty, her brother filed on BJP MLA from have been installed in various patients has reached 1658 and Development Colony was role of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical the NCB. Actress Rhea NCB or judicial custody for Showik, Abbas Lakhani, Karan Chharra Ravendrapal Singh’s villages including village 31 patients have died so far. The working in the AYUSH depart- College it is playing in containing Chakraborty and her brother varying periods by a Mumbai Arora, Zaid Vilatra, Abdel Basit complaint against two people in Dubhia, Khurrampur to mis- same number of patients died ment of the Medical College. COVID-19 pandemic at Aligarh Showik are two of the arrested court on Monday. Parihar, Samuel Miranda and the police station of Akbarabad. lead the people. An Arabic with other serious illnesses as His health deteriorated and and in nearby cities. accused in the case. While an arrested drug ped- Dipesh Sawant. According to the MLA, there is inscription has been attached to well. A total of 4836 patients was admitted to the medical a smell of foreign conspiracy, in the hand pump along with the have been recovered and 6525 college for treatment several this case, are coming. Indian flag and the flag of people have been found infect- days ago. He also died at six in MLA Thakur Ravendra Pal Kuwait. ed in the district as far. the morning. -.$ New Delhi: The Ministry of food and con- ing States in terms of estimated procurement sumer affairs on Monday said that around of rice are Punjab (113 LMT), Chhattisgarh (60 495.37 lakh metric tons (LMT)rice have been LMT) and Telangana (50 LMT) followed by estimated for procurement during the forth- Haryana (44 LMT), Andhra Pradesh (40 coming Kharif marketing season 2020-21 LMT), Uttar Pradesh (37 LMT) and Odisha (37 which is 19.07% more than the 416 LMT pro- LMT),” the agriculture ministry said in a state- curement estimate of 2019-20. ment. In view of COVID-19, Secretary, “During ensuing kharif marketing season Ministry of Consumer Affairs requested all 2020-21, procurement estimates for Tamil Nadu States to take necessary steps to ensure social and Maharashtra have jumped by 100 percent distancing during procurement operations. and more, and for Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Other issues of States regarding food Bihar and Jharkhand are higher by 50 percent subsidy were also discussed during the meet- and more in comparison to 2019-20. The lead- ing. PNS " , # ( +( # % ;!1 “With a heavy heart leaving Later in the evening, her Mumbai, the way I was ter- team tweeted: “ Thank you aintaining that her earli- rorised all these days constant Facebook free speech must be Mer analogy of Mumbai attacks and abuses hurled at me protected in a democracy, peo- being “Pak-Occupied attempts to break my house ple need to be protected from Kashmir” (POK) was “bang after my work place, alert secu- Sonia Sena goons much like on”, outspoken actress rity with lethal weapons COVID -19 virus, thank you Kangana Ranaut on Monday around me, must say my anal- for being considerate, well took Maharashtra Chief ogy about POK was bang on”. done”. Minister Uddhav Thackeray Kangana -- who had Kangana has come under head-on once again, by linking arrived in Mumbai from her fire from various quarters for the latter’s Minister-son home town of Manali on controversial statements com- Aaditya Thackeray to “movie Wednesday in the immediate paring Mumbai to “Pak- mafia, murderers of SSR and wake of partial demolition of Occupied Kashmir” and saying its (sic) drug racket”. her Pali Hill bungalow by the “it seems Mumbai is addicted Hours after she departed Brihnanmumbai Municipal to blood” and dubbing from Mumbai for her home Corporation (BMC) – hit out Bollywood as an 'Islam-dom- state of Himachal Pradesh, at the ruling Shiv Sena and inated' film industry. There Kangana virtually indulged in Congress. have also been protests erupt- slander, when she tweeted: “It seems this time I was ed in Mumbai and other cities “Basic problem of Maharashtra saved. There was a time when against the actress. CM is why I exposed movie I felt a mother's touch in Through a series of tweets mafia, murderers of SSR and Mumbai, but today the situa- put out during and after the its(sic) drug racket, who his tion is such that I am lucky to BMC workers demolished her beloved son Aaditya Thakeray be alive. The moment Shiv office at Bandra’s Pali Hill area hangs out with, this is my big Sena became Sonia Sena, the in north-west Mumbai on crime so now they want to fix Mumbai administration Wednesday last, Kangana had me, ok try let’s see who fixes became a terror,” she posted in among other things come up who!!!” Hindi, targeting the Sena as with a “..... tujhe kya lagta hai?” Earlier in the day when she well as Congress president dare for Maharashtra chief was about to fly out of Sonia Gandhi, “ Kangana minister Uddhav Thackeray, Mumbai, Kangana came up tweeted in Hindi while she was whom she had threatened to with a nasty parting tweet: en route to her hometown. expose. !"#"# * / / " : A @ ) A A ((.,/0*(01 - *$ # $ :7$( " #; " $! ! ! " ! *! ( " $*!$) " $ < S C = " L # ( ( , < = ( ( ( # ( ( ( 4 $ S ( > ( 01&23 3#1 4 onia Gandhi’s consistency ( ? # and determination are admirable. A firm believer in ? Sdynasty as a legitimising prin- ( ciple in politics, she first made her P Q ( son the party vice-president in January 2013, thus indicating her ( # intent, and in December 2017, 5 / S P Q " , despite a dismal performance in the 2$.7/8 , 3 ( 2014 general elections, anointed him as Congress president. This was B + % accomplished with fulsome support " , 3 3 ( from the rank and file, including # veterans. For a while things seemed to be going well and the party, 2 advised by the now defunct consul- " ( tancy firm, Cambridge Analytica, 4 ( won Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh League to return to Parliament Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ambika further dismayed the dissidents. and Chhattisgarh in quick succes- would have convinced the stal- Soni, and former Finance Former minister Kapil Sibal sion in 2018. warts that he cannot lead Minister P Chidambaram, who lamented, “Nomination seems to " . Matters went south only with Congress out of the electoral has been elevated from perma- be the rule and election is not " Rahul Gandhi’s impulsive resigna- wilderness. He cannot win from -;-$-.11!?1-C nent invitee, a surprising move. even an exception.” The dissi- tion from the post of party president Wayanad again, or from Rae The invitees include Digvijay dents told the media that the after the resounding Lok Sabha Bareli, if his mother withdraws <.1C?-C%..0- Singh, Salman Khurshid, Jairam changes made by the interim % ( defeat of 2019; his refusal to with- from the arena. Ramesh, Pramod Tiwari and president “do not in any way” draw it despite the customary At the CWC, as no one 1$0%-?!%0 Chinta Mohan, all of whom will address the concerns listed in the appeals; and Sonia Gandhi’s pro- asked the Wayanad MP to return, gladly rally behind Rahul August 7 letter and will not revive longed stay as interim president, Sonia Gandhi realised there was =!$10 + % % % $ %% " !#%$ $ / ,0 1 S police to link Sitaram Yechury, + Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, Apoorvanand and Rahul Roy to , Sir — Prime Minister Narendra +8 1 " the Delhi riots and name them as 2S Modi inaugurated three petrole- 5,,2% $ = “co-conspirators.” I hate to say it S ( um sector projects in Bihar virtu- C! but I feel it is my obligation to put " 0 + ally on September 13. This is a on record that repressive measures great move by the Government to C "" like this incline us to think that we re-employ indigenous labourers " = " are indeed going through an )* near their hometowns. The three " ' inglorious chapter in the nation’s 3 , S plants, costing multiples of crores, %C ) ! 0 history. Implicit in the supplemen- will be set up in the districts of = tary chargesheet is an attempt to 4 Durgapur, Champaran and deny space for democratic protest. , S ,0 50 Banka. The liquefied petroleum " > Sad to say it has proved to those +S 6 76 $8 gas (LPG) bottling plant in Banka . C "1 of us, who thought that COVID- will help Bihar achieve its aim of ) 19 may have instilled some sense # 9 an Aatmanirbhar Bihar in the " ; C " " " of realism and moderation in the 50S )**: S )*;) + cooking fuel sector. These plants "N < " ) Government, wrong. Hope the $ / 7 8 5 have been commissioned by : "= ' N = pandemic makes us all realise our Indian Oil and HPCL under the < " : " common humanity. To say that , Ministry of Petroleum and ; : " 1 ' the Government can make bla- . " # , $ Natural Gas. " tantly unconditional laws based / ( Bihar has always been a hub " =) > ' = " on discrimination but people of migrant labourers and as the =C C 1 ' N : cannot protest against them is + pandemic has left a number of "" : anything but democracy. Any - ( them jobless, this announcement = " " " political system refusing to allow . 1, is definitely good news for them. " " = " dissent becomes a tyranny. The This will boost the petroleum sec- = "O Shaheen Bagh protest was a piv- R=S 1, tor in the State and will also open N O " otal anti-CAA movement that . S / up new doors for investment in its 1 *6,-3(7 attracted the world’s attention + . .S ( ( backward regions. and unsettled the ruling dispen- , +S ( Seeing such developments in sation. a backward and impoverished other States in search of employ- elections for political gains. High G David Milton State will indeed give a ray of hope ment in the current scenario of time a constructive policy is made Maruthancode to distressed labourers. They will this pandemic. for backward States countrywide. Sir —All right-minded people now reconsider moving away Unfortunately, this step has Kavya Shah would unreservedly deplore and # 9 from their families and roots to been taken in the backdrop of the Ujjain condemn the attempt by the ,,3*,(8(739:6-)4(6 !"#"# 4 / / 5#%$61 6 +415$1%+415 ) ; < > ) ; < ? < ? 0 < << ; <0 ) "" "!1 %$1-. L L@ C= : " "" " ; $# $$ 7#11527$6 >/ (" !($$ $ ! ?9 (" ) # $ ( ( $ " !*5*" ) $ ( " ) ,$ ##5$$ $ . Q # " B / . C 7.C8 6 5 , (C % 7,C%8 5 / # ! C - 7!C-8 # C 55!.% 5 ( .C ( hile presenting the Union Budget for 2020- ( 21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 2-G. (;H !C- G Whad renewed the commitment of the Modi C 7GC 8 Government to “Make in India.” She saw this as the ,C% most crucial component of the strategy to make 5 India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. To achieve this, she targetted doubling of exports from the cur- ! . 7!.8 ( rent over $500 billion to $1 trillion (that includes 2-G. (;H D .C 5 an increase in farm exports from $40 billion to $100 !C- GC billion). Faced with a whopping contraction in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by close to 25 per ,C 7 , C 8 cent during the first quarter, a continuing slide dur- , ing the second quarter and projected decline for the $ ! . 7$!.8 !C- D whole of the current year by 10 per cent-14.5 per # .C cent, the $5 trillion target may have lost much of its -0<=1 D sheen for now. Nonetheless, the Government has ;-1$- ( )I (( other compelling reasons to pursue “Make in India” = The contagion, a bolt from the blue, the World Bank and the International rights of the working class, which have pushed the labour class into deeper isation path at the same time, with the has caught our health systems off Monetary Fund (IMF) against Third been tossed aside as of now. penury. exception of Sri Lanka, which opened guard. In India, the labour class has been World nations — like pruning subsidies, When the market space is being The politician-capitalist nexus: up its economy slowly, in fits and starts. caught between the devil and the deep rollback of welfare measures and the dominated by monopoly, duopoly or tri- The unholy nexus between the politi- They had adjusted their economic sea, thanks to the recent twin moves of abatement of labour laws as essential for opoly, free and fair competition which cal class and corporates has been rid- apparatus with a new global integration the Government: Privatisation and the any sort of relief package during the cri- unhindered markets guarantee, go out ing roughshod over the interests of the process at a time when the global eco- sudden lockdown. Seemingly, the rud- sis of balance of payments — have left of the window. Extolling the virtues of poor. This alliance makes it vital for the nomic architecture was dominated by 0!&8'87 derless policies of the Government have the labour class helpless. neo-liberalism, the modern nation political class to safeguard the vested a unipolar power, the US. Since then, created enough space for further pau- The US, with the support of the states have centred their development interests of tycoons. It is appropriate to the lopsided globalisation process has <$1 7 ? Codogno (Italy): The morning "L ? M bell on Monday marked the ( $ $ first entrance to the classroom $ #! ! " ! !". for the children of Codogno Moscow: Belarus’ authoritari- Belarusian leader to engage in ? since February 21, when pan- an president visited Russia talks with the opposition, a icked parents were sent to pick Monday in a bid to secure more demand he rejected. + ,,, +664 Taipei: China warned the government. up their children after the loans and political support, as In a bid to win Moscow’s " United States on Monday of The visit would follow one northern Italian town gained demonstrations against the support, the 66-year-old former " potential “serious damage” to by US Health Secretary Alex notoriety as the first in the West extension of his 26-year rule state farm director has tried to & "" ! their relations if it does not Azar last month. Azar was the to record local transmission of entered their sixth week. cast the protests as an effort by 3+ 1 " +5 withdraw from an upcoming highest-level US Cabinet offi- the coronavirus. Alexander Lukashenko’s the West to isolate Russia, 03+, ! 1 economic meeting with Taiwan cial to visit since a break in for- While all of Italy’s 8 million talks with Russian President which sees the neighbour as a : 1 ' : " that is expected to be attended mal ties between the US and school students endured Italy’s Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea key bulwark against NATO C : +, by a senior American official. Taiwanese government in 1979, strict 2½-month lockdown, resort of Sochi come a day after and a major conduit for ener- " 1 N Chinese foreign ministry when the US accepted a “one- few suffered the trauma of the an estimated 150,000 people gy exports to Europe. C spokesman Wang Wenbin China policy” with Beijing as children of Codogno, whose flooded the streets of the Russia and Belarus have a 1 urged the US at a daily brief- its government. days were punctuated by the Belarusian capital, demanding union treaty envisaging close " ing to “stop all forms of official A visit by Krach is likely to sirens of passing ambulances. Lukashenko’s resignation. political, economic and military 1 O exchanges with Taiwan, so as inspire further anger from “Many lost grandparents,” The Interior Ministry said ties, but they have often engaged > - , C to avoid serious damage to China. China considers self- said Cecilia Cugini, the prin- 774 people were arrested in in acrimonious disputes. * * * (? . (- , 037 "%$ China-US relations and peace ruled Taiwan part of its own cipal of Codogno’s nursery, Minsk and other cities of Before the election, and stability across the Taiwan territory, and strongly oppos- elementary and middle schools. Belarus for holding unsanc- Lukashenko repeatedly London: An American lawyer appearing as a defense witness, " Strait.” es any official contacts between So while the reopening of tioned rallies on Sunday. accused the Kremlin of press- told an extradition hearing in said the scope of the indictment 1 O Taiwanese media reported other nations and the island. Italian schools marks an Protesters in Belarus have ing Belarus to abandon its Britain for Julian Assange on pointed to “a very aggressive that US Under Secretary of Taiwan’s Ministry of important step in a return to dismissed Lukashenko’s reelec- independence. But with the Monday that the WikiLeaks approach to sentencing on the State for Economic Growth, Foreign Affairs confirmed last pre-lockdown routine, the step tion for a sixth term in the United States and the European founder faces decades in prison part of the Government.” “All -74-*,3 ! "" " Energy, and the Environment week that it was in negotiations bears more symbolic weight in August 9 vote as rigged. Union criticising the election if he is convicted on spying signs point to a very long sen- ; : Keith Krach is planning to with the US on such talks, but the 11 towns in Lombardy The United States and the and readying a package of charges in the United States. tence, measured in many visit the island later this week did not comment on a specif- and Veneto that were the first European Union have criti- sanctions, Lukashenko now US prosecutors have decades,” said Lewis, a senior for an economic and com- ic date or who might attend to be sealed off as coronavirus cised the election as neither free has to rely squarely on Russia’s indicted the 49-year-old partner at Lewis Baach ) mercial dialogue with Taiwan’s from Washington. AP red zones. AP nor fair and urged the support. AP Australian on 17 espionage Kaufmann Middlemiss in charges, and one of computer Washington, DC. misuse, over WikiLeaks’ pub- “We are looking at a sen- lication of secret US Military tence somewhere between 20 documents a decade ago. The years, if everything goes bril- charges carry a maximum sen- liantly, to 175 years, which the tence of 175 years in prison. government could easily ask Attorney Eric Lewis, for,” he said. AP !"#"# ; !!?!C?! ? " $.! " ,./ 0-!C " .<00 !. $." 45 * &!?$!!&! 9 96J! $-/-01 The total provisional GST year, states are staring at a stag- The actual net GST col- % ;!1 Bharti Airtel was the top cap funds. This Sebi measure compensation due to 31 states gering 2.35 lakh crore Goods lection for the Centre till $-/-01 loser in the Sensex pack, skid- would require more exposure he GST collection during and UTs for 2020-21 put and Services Tax (GST) rev- August 2020 is 1,81,050 crore, quity benchmarks failed to ding 3.46 per cent, followed by to small-cap stocks in most TApril-August declined on together stands at 1,51,365 enue shortfall. which shows 26.2 per cent of etail inflation softened Ehold on to intra-day gains Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, SBI, multi-cap funds, leading to account of Covid-19 induced crore, as per data shared in a Of this, as per the Centre’s the Budget Estimates(BE). Rslightly to 6.69 per cent in on Monday as cautious HDFC Bank, Sun Pharma, the current buying interest. lockdown, and the compensa- written reply to a question in calculation, about 97,000 “The BEs for FY 2020-21 August, even as food prices investors trimmed exposure Kotak Bank and ICICI Bank. “Global cues were also tion due to States stands at over the Lok Sabha. crore is on account of GST of GST in the Union Budget, continued to rule high, official to banking and finance coun- HCL Tech was the star mostly positive on renewed 1.51 lakh crore, Minister of Thakur said the issue of implementation and the rest Rs 2020-21 were projected on the data showed on Monday. ters despite firm global cues. performer, soaring 10.08 per vaccine optimism. Inspite of all State for Finance Anurag Singh pending compensation and 1.38 lakh crore is due to the basis of assumption of higher The Government has Positive commentary from cent, after the company said its the optimism, a correction due Thakur said on Monday. future course of action to meet impact of Covid-19 on states’ growth of GDP, however as per revised downwards the retail HCL Tech lifted IT stocks, but revenue and operating margin to valuations or various uncer- The provisional GST com- the shortfall was discussed in revenues. The Centre late last CSO, MoS&PI ... The Nominal inflation for July to 6.73 per it was not enough to offset the for the September quarter are tainties cannot be ruled out and pensation due to states/UTs for the 41st GST Council meeting month gave two options to GDP for Q1 (April-June), cent from the earlier estimate weakness in index majors expected to be “meaningfully volatility is expected to con- 2020-21 was highest for on August 27 wherein states states to borrow either 97,000 2020-21 shows a contraction of of 6.93 per cent. HDFC twins, Reliance better” than the top end of its tinue. Maharashtra at 22,485 crore, were given two options to meet crore from a special window 22.6 per cent which is one of Food inflation during the Industries and ICICI Bank. previous forecast. Trade cautiously and look followed by Karnataka (13,763 their GST compensation short- facilitated by the RBI or 2.35 the major reasons for revenue month stood at 9.62 per cent. The BSE Sensex opened TCS, Infosys, Tech at earnings stability, if investing crore), Uttar Pradesh (11,742 fall for current fiscal year from lakh crore from market and shortfall in GST. Food inflation in August strong and was on course to Mahindra and Titan too ended for the long-term in small- crore), Gujarat (11,563 crore) market borrowing. also proposed extending the “Other reasons for low tax fell marginally to 9.05 per cent, register its third straight session with up to 5 per cent gains. caps,” said Vinod Nair, Head of and Tamil Nadu (11,269 “It was also decided that compensation cess levied on collection inter-alia include according to the Consumer of gains, but suddenly came “Indian benchmark Research at Geojit Financial crore). states will give their preference luxury, demerit and sin goods nationwide lockdown mea- Price Index (CPI) data. under heavy selling pressure in indices gave up its gains and Services. The compensation due to views thereon. Thereafter on beyond 2022 to repay the bor- sures implemented since March The retail inflation, main- late-afternoon trade. closed with a negative bias. IT West Bengal stands at 7,750 finalisation of scheme, states rowing. 2020 consequent to global ly taken into account by the It finally finished 97.92 stocks outperformed following crore, Kerala ( 7,077 crore), can choose either Option 1 or In reply to a separate COVID-19 pandemic which RBI to arrive at its policy deci- points or 0.25 per cent lower at a strong showing by HCL tech, 8 Punjab (R6,959 crore), Delhi Option 2 and accordingly, their question, Thakur said the total led to limited economic activ- sions, has been above the reg- 38,756.63. which benefited most... (6,931 crore), Rajasthan ( compensation, borrowing, net GST target for the Centre ities, extension of GST return ulator’s comfort level. The Govt On similar lines, the NSE However, the broader markets R 6312 crore), Telangana ( 5,424 repayment etc will be dealt as has been pegged at 6,90,500 filings timelines without pay- has mandated the central bank Nifty slipped 24.40 points or outperformed, especially the crore) and Chhattisgarh per their individual choice,” he crore for 2020-21 in the Union ment of interest, late fee or to restrict the inflationat 4 per 0.21 per cent to close at small-cap index, after Sebi (2,827 crore). added. In the current fiscal Budget. penalty etc,” Thakur said. cent (+/- 2 per cent). 11,440.05. tweaked MF norms for multi- .!$ )$ 75* % ;!1 4 06"# = he rupee managed to Tend 5 paise higher at @?%A ! 5* : . 73.48 to the US dollar after # ## a see-saw session on Monday as weaker American currency against $-/-01 primarily to meet expenses for capital in the Budget 2020-21 ?A !9 <&D< announced Sunday that it was key rivals and easing crude combating the COVID-19 pan- for the PSBs, hoping that the selling Britain’s Arm Holdings oil prices led to a positive he Government on demic. lenders will raise funds from Mumbai: Bank credit grew On a year-on-year (y-o-y) lobal shares mostly rose to computer graphics chip sentiment. TMonday sought “For meeting expenditure the market depending on the 5.49 per cent to 102.11 lakh basis, non-food bank credit GMonday, continuing a company Nvidia for USD 40 After opening higher at Parliament’s approval for infus- towards recapitalisation of requirements crore, while deposits increased grew at 6.7 per cent in July as period of increased volatility, as billion, jumped 9 per cent. 73.40 a dollar, the domestic ing 20,000 crore in public sec- Public Sector Banks through In the last financial year, 10.92 per cent to 141.76 lakh against a growth of 11.4 per traders awaited cues from the SoftBank spent USD 32 bil- currency swung between a tor banks in the current finan- issue of Government Punjab National Bank got crore in the fortnight ended cent in the same month last US central bank later in the lion to acquire Arm in 2016. high of 73.26 and a low of cial year to meet regulatory Securities” the government has 16,091 crore, Union Bank of August 28, according to RBI year, according to the data on week. Nvidia is best known for its 73.70. It finally settled at requirements. asked for Parliament’s authori- India received 11,768 crore data. In the fortnight ended sectoral deployment of bank US shares appeared set for graphics processing chips, 73.48, edging up by 5 paise This is part of the first sation of 20,000 crore, as per while Canara Bank and August 30, 2019, banks’ credit for July 2020, released gains with Dow futures up 1 while Arm is renowned as an against the greenback. batch of Supplementary a document. Indian Bank got 6,571 crore advances were at 96.80 lakh recently by RBI. Growth in per cent and S&P 500 futures innovator in the “Internet of The dollar index, which Demands for Grants for 2020- In 2019-20, the govern- and 2,534 crore, respec- crore and deposits stood at loans to industry slowed to 0.8 up 1.3 per cent before the Things.” Japan’s Nikkei 225 gauges the greenback’s 21 moved by Finance Minister ment proposed to make tively. 127.80 lakh crore. per cent in July as compared to market open. gained 0.7 per cent to finish at strength against a basket of Nirmala Sitharaman in the 70,000 crore capital infusion Allahabad Bank received In the previous fortnight 6.1 per cent earlier, the data France’s CAC 40 gained 0.2 23,559.30 after Japan’s ruling six currencies, was trading Lok Sabha. into the Public Sector Banks 2,153 crore, United Bank of ended August 14, 2020, bank showed. Advances to agri- per cent to 5,041, while Liberal Democratic Party 0.30 per cent lower at 93.05. In all, the government has (PSBs) to boost credit for a India got 1,666 crore and credit and deposits had grown culture and allied activities Germany’s DAX dropped 0.1 picked a new leader, who will Brent crude futures, the sought Parliament’s nod for strong impetus to the econo- Andhra Bank received200 by 5.52 per cent and 11.04 per registered a growth of 5.4 per per cent to 13,189. Britain’s by definition become the prime global oil benchmark, fell additional spending of 2.35 my. crore. These three lenders have cent to 102.19 lakh crore and cent in the reporting month as FTSE 100 edged down 0.2 per minister because of the party’s 0.83 per cent to USD 39.50 lakh crore, which includes a However, the government been merged with various 140.80 lakh crore, respective- against 6.8 per cent growth in cent to 6,023. control over the more power- per barrel. cash outgo of 1.66 lakh crore, refrained from committing any PSBs. ly. the same period last year. 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The series pre- the most nervous about the spy gorilla 2 2P sents nature’s greatest dramas and emo- because we never know how that species tional encounters up-close by placing is going to react. But yes, the spy creatures cameras inside revolutionary, lifelike spy are made in a very sophisticated way, cost- ! ! creatures in the wild. Producers Philip ing tens of thousands and are deployed Dalton and Matthew Gordon talk about at the right moment and place with the how through the series, one can become help of scientists. But still, there are 00 a part of the gorilla family for a day, dis- chances that the gorillas don’t accept the N cover the drama of koala breeding season, models and just move away from them or " 1 " and feel the heat of battle as Komodo destroy them at once. ! ! dragons race for supremacy. Excerpts: We have managed to capture some : ; truly magical moments, where we sud- What went behind making the spy denly saw a whole family troupe coming cams? What are its unique features and NATURE’S SPY in and staring in with a silver Batman right ' how long did it take? in the center of the mall and his family Matthew Gordon: Each spy creature around him. They all are just staring at 1 ' takes different time to enter and get cap- the eye of the spy gorilla. This made me "" :> : tured. On an average, it took about three ) )101)!0<$ !-/= gorillas. He had said that there can be N scientists and the model makers. For more meaning and mutual understand- instance, we made primary models for the ing with a gorilla than any other animal. ;;F spy gorilla as it was important to look at Well, that for me was really an amazing the intricate details and their facial ;-! E1E! experience. When you see a whole fam- ! expressions. We had animatronic engi- ily of gorillas staring back at you, it’s amaz- neers to make sure we get every detail cor- Philip Dalton: Spy cameras allow us canopy. It captured the moments of a big our personal favourites in the team. For ing. It became even better and a magical rect. to get right in the heart of the action, back cascade, which was when all the butter- me, the most exciting and the most chal- but real moment when we saw them L It was important for the five model data view and immerse the viewer into the flies decided to leave together on mass. lenging were probably the remarkable happy and relaxed, which meant that the creatures that we created to look as real- wild world. I think that’s much more cap- There were millions of them falling off the pack animals in the Arctic walls up in family could interact with us and carry on istic as possible. Therefore, we allowed the tivating but with the new series we trees at the same time. It was an event of Ellesmere Island. We had put an artificial with their natural behaviours. We could creatures to behave in a specific way as it found that people might not necessarily magnitude which is quite a rare thing to pup as the spy creature which would sit capture them playing, beating their chests, " ;" E might help reveal the behaviours of the be interested in wildlife nature, rather witness. You can capture small cascades by the wolf dens, filming the pups. Well, running and jumping, eating. The scien- real animals too. Also, the facial expres- what’s happening there. Spy cameras are but this scale is very unusual. The shots the logistics to get to that part of the world tists were amazed that they wanted to play sions of animals was more important than a very powerful tool in wildlife filming. we got were remarkable as they were from is very complicated and quite expensive. with the spy gorilla. We have lovely shots 1 their movements. We had to take care of within the middle of the cascades. That But we could capture some lovely stuff of the back and forth sequence between ' the small detailing depending on the ani- Could you share anything spectacular for me was a special capture. on the pups around the den. It was diffi- a young gorilla and our spy, interacting mal we were filming. For instance, when that was captured on the spy cam? cult to follow them at times, especially and playing with each other. ! working with the gorillas, we made sure Matthew: When we were going Was there any moment of fear or did when they moved along with their fam- not to stare at them because the silverback through all the footages, we found out that the animals pick on the spy cams? ily. It was difficult to follow them as they Have you visited India? What should ! M gorilla could take that as a threat. So we the mountain gorillas were singing while Matthew: Whenever we are out on run so fast, which makes it difficult to the audience here look forward to in the ; made sure that our gorilla model was a eating. It seemed as if they were celebrat- the field, we never know what might hap- move over to the terrain because it’s new season? baby, which is less frightening. Sometimes, ing their dinner time. I think that was pen or how the creatures would react. But bumpy and full of rocks. There’s no way Matthew: For this series, we did not it’s also important for the spy creature to quite a remarkable thing to capture. generally, the animals seem to be sort of we can keep up with them. Fortunately, film in India. We have filmed in India, O1 smell like the real animal you are filming. Thanks to the five cameras! respectful. In the past, when animals like we had a spy creature that could fly, it is though, in the past with our first For example, we filmed fruit bats in Philip: There are quite a few exam- elephants have cited inanimate objects like a spy snowy owl. We were able to follow series when we had used the spy Australia, which are very nervous animals. ples. We had a Spine Mobula Ray, an robot cameras or cameras, they did not the pack and managed to film them hunt- Langdon monkey. I remember that the >A They use their sense of smell to assess the extraordinary filming device which like it. They crushed it, thinking that it was ing mascots. It was remarkable because spy monkey had fallen off the tree world around them. Therefore, we had to allowed us to get into the big shoal of fish. a novel item. we could see the wolf family outside the trunk. We were then not able to oper- leave our spy model in the forest for about It was able to swim into the heart of it But this time, with spy cameras, I den for the first time. We could see their ate it anymore. Since it became motion- ? five days so that it gets the smell. when no diver could. We also had a spy think this was a kind of respect to the ani- first-ever hunts and to film that in detail less, the other monkeys had gathered & Pelican that was getting some aerial mals. There was a camera filming the was just amazing for me, personally too, around it and started to perhaps think & How much have spy cameras benefit- shots. We captured remarkable behaviour pygmy elephants in Borneo. The elephants because it has only been achieved once in that it was dead. They started to grieve ted wildlife filmmaking? called vortex feeding, where creatures that came over, looked at it and then, I think, the wild before. And that was a long, long over the loss of that monkey. That’s Matthew: The benefits are enormous, could fly collectively get into some sort of just gave it a fleeting thought. I was still time ago. when we saw for the first time, how ? ? more than what was anticipated at that iconic circular motion, and that has able to carry-on filming and move home. Another personal favourite, which when these creatures lose somebody of time. Not too long ago, we worked on a never been recorded before in Mobula How the elephants looked at the cameras, was equally challenging, was filming the their own, they pay their respects and > series called Penguins: Spy in the Huddle Rays. It was a remarkable capture. you’ll be able to see in the first episode of king penguins and elephant seals in the mourn. That’s what they were doing & - (2014), in which, we worked closely with The other example is of monarch but- the series. We did get a bit nervous but sub-Southern Ocean and on an island with our spy monkey. research scientists, who had proven for the terflies, which we filmed in Mexico. We this time, they accepted their filming and called South Georgia. Again, that was a I think this series will have some- ># first time that the use of remote cameras had a lovely spy creature based on a hum- so, it’s going to be a wonderful show. huge operation. It took us nearly 10 days thing for everybody irrespective of was, is better for the animals and less dis- mingbird, specially designed in a way that just to get to the location as it was very where it has been shot. The series is not # # turbing than humans. His research proved its moving parts were shielded so that it Which was the most difficult and the remote. The weather was extreme with just about the animals’ movements but that remote cameras cause minimal dis- could fly gently and quietly, very high up most exciting species to spy on? lots of blizzards, cold weather and big, also about their expressions, body lan- ? ># B & turbance for filming and studying wildlife, into the Philip: We all have ferocious seas, huge crashing waves. It was guages, daily routines and thought which was very interesting because that a challenge to operate in those conditions processes. was the first time it was conclusively and also use our heavy equipment. (The series airs at 9 pm on Sony BBC ># shown. This is something we have We placed a spy Earth from September 21.) known all along because we have >P always found that through spider creatures, we get extraordinary L " behaviour of the animals. You pick up the nuances ! of behaviour that you might lose while filming through the long lens. : " " > " " "" >" C LC +4 5,5, : 6, C C ? >" " " " : <6, " N " > M (,8-37- F s the country tries to Arecover even in the face of rising COVID-19 cases and an :"" $! economic downturn, the . Population Foundation of India (PFI) has launched a ! campaign titled Himmat Hai Q /1 : Toh Jeet Hai, to celebrate " courage and fortitude. Along with its eponymous anthem, it ctor Ayushmann Khurrana, who been really tough to push myself this ; 1 7-- showcases stories of everyday Aturned 36 on Monday, celebrat- much because I want a certain " : courage and hope exhibited by ed his birthday by putting himself transformation for myself. I have people across society from through a gruelling training ses- a certain expectation and I want " frontline workers to COVID sion. This is because he can’t take the audience to see something survivors, who rose to the a single day off from working out new about me,” he added. : "' occasion. so that he can achieve his desired Ayushmann said that his " With lyrics that speak of physique for his next film, a birthday has fallen on a day that !" " victory over challenges faced progressive love story directed by he currently dislikes. “I usually # = due to the pandemic, the Abhishek Kapoor. shudder on Mondays and just " anthem features a cross-section He said, “I’m currently look for excuses because I have to of society impacted. It was neck deep in prepara- do legs. It’s painful but as they 1 ) 0 (1)0* launched to reinforce people’s tions for my next. I’m say — no pain, no gain,” L1 : sense of unity to emerge running against he said. S1F" stronger together out of this time to achieve the The actor is, " pandemic. desired physique however, thankful : ! 1F The campaign is guided by for this film and that he was with his film and theatre director Feroz imperative to lead from the I know for a fact family on his special :" ' Abbas Khan. He is PFI’s cre- front. This campaign gave us that I can’t take day. His busy ative advisor and has directed an opportunity to give hope a single day off schedule has unfor- M= the flagship trans-media edu- and happiness to millions who from working tunately not given tainment show Main Kuch are ready to get back control of out. So even him the time to Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon. STCH their lives.” on my birth- plan birthdays Integrated Marketing Solutions In the early stages of the day, I decided with his entire is the creative agency that has pandemic, PFI supported to train really family for years. partnered with PFI to create with dignity. Our anthem is the and safer.” MyGov India, a citizen engage- hard.” “I’m grateful that and produce this anthem and chorus of our lives as India Khan says, “The pandem- ment platform of the govern- The actor spent my birthday campaign. steels up to face the chal- ic is here to stay but we cannot ment and multiple state gov- said that he with my entire fam- Executive Director, PFI, lenges ahead. It is in tune with live in a perpetual lockdown. ernments in carrying out wants to sur- ily this year in Poonam Muttreja adds, “We the resolve and solidarity Facing our fears and moving emergency risk communica- prise the audi- Chandigarh. I don’t # need masks, physical distanc- which will unite all of us. forward with precautions in tion. It produced, created and ence with his remember when was " ing and frequent hand wash- Hear it, sing it and share it; as place is critical for our com- curated educational material physical transfor- the last time that I 1 ing to stay safe. Along with it is only when each of us, espe- munities.” on masks, steps to stay safe, mation in the yet- got to do this in the / that, what we also need forti- cially the most vulnerable are STCH believes in the myth busters on COVID and untitled film co- recent years. So it tude and stamina to be able to helped in this difficult time cause of the campaign. It says, social distancing under starring Vaani was a very special steer the course and handle it that we will emerge stronger “When times are tough it is #TogetherAgainstCOVID. Kapoor. “It has one,” he summed up. !"#"# ) $-/D )!?1C eymar was among five Nplayers sent off in stop- page time as Marseille beat bitter rival Paris Saint- Germain for the first time in nine years. PSG star Neymar got a straight red in Marseille’s 1- 0 win following an altercation with center half Alvaro than a dozen yellow cards Gonzalez on Sunday. and which descended into Neymar was sent off fol- chaos deep into stoppage lowing a video replay show- time as punches and kicks ing he aimed a jab to the back were exchanged. of Gonzalez’s head. It was Marseille’s first As he went off, Neymar victory over PSG since a 3- told officials that he had 0 home win in November been racially abused. 2011. “It’s a serious wrongdo- PSG has now lost three ing if that’s the case but I don’t straight games 1-0, including think so,” Marseille coach the Champions League final Andre Villas-Boas said. against Bayern Munich on “What we saw, what was Aug 23 and away to promot- visible, is that (Angel) Di ed Lens last Thursday. Maria spat (on Gonzalez).” PSG lost its opening two With apparent reference league games for the first to Gonzalez, Neymar later time since the 1984-85 sea- tweeted “The only regret I son and Tuchel may find have is not hitting the face of himself under early pres- this idiot.” sure. In a later tweet, Neymar The game ended with said “It’s easy for VAR to PSG defender Layvin show my ‘aggression’. ‘Now Kurzawa and Marseille I’d like to them to show the counterpart Jordan Amavi image of the racist who sent off for fighting in the called me a ‘MONKEY SON seventh minute of injury OF A BITCH’. I’d really like time at Parc des Princes. that!” PSG’s Leandro Paredes Winger Florian Thauvin and Marseille’s Dario scored in the 31st minute of Benedetto soon followed a tense game featuring more before Neymar’s expulsion. % !$-C-? ustralia batted itself Ainto a winning position before dramatically collaps- ing as England won the second ODI by 24 runs to stay alive in the series. England’s decision to in the most important parts bat first at Old Trafford had of the game and I felt at the appeared to backfire with time I brought them back the world champions limit- that was the most important ed to 231-9 and Australia part because the game was reaching 143-2 with 20 edging away from us. overs left on Sunday. “Finch and Marnus Australia was making made it look easier than it the run chase look easy was. So I threw everything thanks to a 107-run stand at it and the guys bowled for the third wicket between unbelievably well. When captain Aaron Finch (73) they bowl like that they and Marnus Labuschagne make the captain look (48). But the tourists then good.” collapsed to 147-6, and 166- Earlier, no England 8, in Manchester before fin- batsman reached 50, with ishing 207 all out in 48.4 Morgan (42) and Joe Root overs. (39) leading the scoring. A trio of England pac- Both men were dismissed ers did the damage: Chris by legspinner Adam Woakes (3-32), Jofra Archer Zampa, who finished with (3-34) and Sam Curran 3- 3-36 off 10 overs. 35. In what has become an Morgan was dismissed unwanted tour tradition for lbw after Finch opted to Australia, Archer again review the original not out claimed opener David decision, leaving England Warner (6). on 117-5 in the 29th over. England captain Eoin Australia was aiming Morgan said bringing to wrap up a series victory Woakes and Archer back after beating England by 19 into the attack dramatical- runs in the first ODI last ly swung the game in the Friday, also in Manchester. home team’s favor. The series finale is at “Jofra is obviously an the same venue on ace and so is Woakesy. It’s Wednesday, when England our strongest suit,” Morgan will be hoping to avoid its said. first ODI series defeat at “You like to bowl them home since 2015.
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