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For the investigations into the Sushant’s Sushant’s laptop and mobile cial witness in the case. The ED had earlier record- Sr Singh had also alleged thermal scanning will be done cers of various States. It has also public meetings, the district death. phone for investigations. The CBI officials also ques- ed the statements of Rajput’s that Rhea had left him and at the entry of the poll-related created an optional facility to election officer will identify The team has divided its The CBI officials also met tioned late Sushant’s few other father KK Singh and another taken away from his son his premises. Every voter’s body fill the nomination form and dedicated grounds and put various members and assigned Deputy Commissioner of staff members. sister Meetu. On Thursday, treatment papers, laptop, cred- temperature will be checked the affidavit online and sub- markers to ensure social dis- them specific tasks in the probe Police Abhishek Trimukhe, The team collected the filmmaker Rumi Jaffery’s it cards, jewellery and cash. He before the person is allowed to mission of the same, after tak- tancing norms by the attendees so as to finish the investigations who was heading the Mumbai case diary of the ADR and statement was recorded by the has also said his son did not enter the booth. ing the print, before the with clearly marked entry and into the sensational case as Police probe team. other important documents agency in Mumbai. suffer from mental health “If a voter, on the day of Returning Officer concerned. exit points. quickly as possible. On their part, the Mumbai related to the investigation of The PMLA case is an off- issues before his relationship voting, shows symptoms of To maintain social dis- The EC said the number of The CBI team’s first port of Police and the Maharashtra the case, including autopsy shoot of the Patna police FIR with Rhea. virus or body temperature is tancing, the EC said only two attendees should not exceed the call during the day was the Government have offered full and forensic reports. The vis- relating to the abetment to In the coming days, the found to be more will be people and two vehicles can limit prescribed by the State Bandra police station where a cooperation to the CBI, which cera report is awaited and the suicide case of Rajput in which CBI will record the statements checked twice, and if the result accompany a candidate if com- Disaster Management author- case of Accidental Death was entrusted with the inves- SIT is also expected to get hold actress Rhea Chakraborty, her of people connected with the remains the same, then they ing to the election office to file ity. For the first time, the can- Report (ADR) had been regis- tigations in the case by the of Rajput’s phones, the sources family members and others case. Apart from Rhea who has will be asked to visit again in papers. It restricted convoy for didates will have the option to tered in connection with Supreme Court on Wednesday. said. The team will recreate the are accused. been accused by Sushant’s the last hour of polling. Sector roadshows to five vehicles. deposit the security amount for Sushant’s death on June 14. The Another group from the crime scene at the spot during The visiting CBI team has father and other family mem- Magistrates shall coordinate The interval between two contesting the elections online. team members collected all visiting CBI team brought the the course of investigation, the made it clear that it will not bers of having abetted the 34- this in their allocated polling sets of convoys of vehicles The EC said sanitizer, soap, documents and pieces of evi- late actor’s cook Neeraj Singh sources said. arrest anyone in the case unless year-old actor’s suicide, the stations,” the guidelines said. should be half an hour instead water, gloves and thermal scan- dence, including autopsy and to the Defence Research and Meanwhile, the ED record- it has “concrete” evidence team will is expected to ques- It doesn’t mention any- of a gap of 100 meters. ners should be made available forensic reports. Development Organisation ed the statement of Rajput’s sis- against him or her. tion several Bollywood per- thing on virtual rallies and dig- It said public meetings and at the entry of the premises The CBI team also collect- (DRDO)-the Air Force Guest ter Priyanka Singh under During the weekend, a few sonalities who were associated ital campaigns. roadshows can be organised used for election purposes. ed the 56 statements that the House at Santa Cruz where PMLA here, officials said. The members of the CBI team, with either Sushant or Rhea. The new rules were framed but must follow Covid-19 con- Continued on Page 4 !  #   #  $          
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WAssembly session being Nodal Agency to be disbursed to SIDBI, the designated fund Tech Institute, ABES Engineering entrepreneurship opportunities adjourned on the last two days startups and incubators whose manager for the UP Startup College, Krishna Engineering for the state’s youth. he Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Friday wit- after mourning the deaths of its proposals are already approved Fund, has so far received four College, Jaipuria Institute of An official of the Industry Tnessed uproar over the deteriorating law and order members, Bahujan Samajwadi by the Policy Implementation applications from leading AIFs in Management etc. have shown department said that the chief situation, floods and rising coronavirus pandemic. Party chief Mayawati on Friday Committee (PIU). the country for an aggregate interest in setting up incubators minister’s concern for regional Soon after the House assembled on Friday, Samajwadi appealed to legislators to rise A corpus fund of Rs 150 amount of Rs 285 crore to create under the new policy to support imbalance in the state, especial- Party state president and MLC Naresh Chandra Uttam above petty politics and discuss crore has also been set up by the the initial corpus. The decision entrepreneurial journeys of star- ly for Bundelkhand and demanded that all proceedings be stalled and first a issues pertaining to public inter- government with the help of on these applications will soon be tups. The policy also focuses on Purvanchal regions, has also debate be held on the deteriorating law and order, poor est in the House and make the Abdul Kalam Technical taken by the SIDBI and the giving wings to dreams of been addressed in the policy by flood management and rampant corruption in the government and administration University (AKTU) to fund star- Startup Nodal Agency in its first Divyangjan, women and trans- offering additional incentives COVID-19 fund besides the government’s failure to accountable. tups at the stage of ideation, Venture Capital Investment gender community by offering for startups and incubators oper- extend proper treatment to the COVID-19 and other Mayawati tweeted, “I have a patent registration, participa- Committee (VCIC) meeting additional incentives and creat- ating from these regions. serious patients. strong appeal to the MLAs of the tion in domestic and internation- scheduled to be held this month. ing employment opportunities He said this would help in The SP members came to the Well of the House ruling party and opposition in al events etc. Apart from resolving the for them through this new start- democratising the startup ecosys- and raised slogans against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Uttar Pradesh that they are bers are joining the House by “UP Startup Fund launched funding woes of startups, the pol- up policy. tem across the state which so far Party government. responsible for the governance ensuring social distance and by Chief Minister Yogi icy also promises to create a This is one of its kind initia- was heavily dominated by Tier 1 Council Chairman Ramesh Yadav first appealed and administration by effective- wearing masks as well as follow- Adityanath is fast gaining trac- robust ecosystem for startups to tives by any state government in cities like Noida. to the members to return to their seats but finding ly raising special issues of pub- ing the Covid protocol. tion and will soon start disburs- grow and nurture their startup the country to bring these com- The future of UP Startups them adamant, he adjourned the House for 20 min- lic interest in the House by ing growth capital to UP-based ideas by setting up 100 incuba- munities into the mainstream of looks promising with the new utes and again for another 20 minutes before extend- moving from party politics to the startups. The UP’s much talked tors, at least one in each district, the business world through the policy in action. ing it till noon. Soon after the House reassembled in current session of the Assembly the noon, Yadav again extended adjournment for 20 and make them accountable.” minutes after witnessing uproar. He said that all the Mayawati further claimed (!)  * +,+-     questions for the Question Hour would be deemed to that development issues were have been taken. missing from the agenda of the Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh Power producing state also co-generate electricity for likely to be released as soon as the smart meters Meanwhile, the members held the government government. Corporation Limited has paid Rs 5,250 crore, their captive use and sell the surplus electrici- are installed. A week ago, power supply to over responsible for the poor treatment of COVID-19 “Though the issue of devel- which is half of the outstanding dues to sugar mills ty to UPPCL at fixed tariff. five lakh consumers had tripped where the patients. They said that in the name of COVID-19 opment is largely missing from with co-generators in the state, for 2019-20. As of March 31 this year, UPPCL’s total out- smart meters were installed. The snag on Fund, only extortion and corruption was rampant. the agenda of the government, The dues were cleared after the power dis- standing power dues to sugar mills were Rs Janmashtami had created a huge crisis for the The government denied the allegations and but do raise your voice on tribution company received money from Power 10,500 crore. “Whatever money comes out is UPPCL as it took over 24 hours to rectify the revealed the measures taken to fight the pandemic. oppression of women and Finance Corporation Limited and Rural beneficial because ultimately it is going to sug- snag and restore the power supply. The UP gov- Not satisfied with the government’s reply, the SP killings of members of Dalit, Electrification Corporation Limited, both arcane farmers and cane dues will reduce by that ernment had handed over the probe to the members staged a walkout from the House. Muslim and Brahmin samaj and Central PSUs. As part of an economic package much. We are not sure as to when we will be Special Task Force of UP Police. The Bahujan Samaj Party members also staged a other atrocities, meaning the announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting the rest of the 50 per cent,” said an offi- An official of the UPPCL said the power boycott after they too were not convinced over the fig- dismal state of law and order in in May to mitigate the impact of the COVID- cial of UPPCL. supply disruption was caused by some techni- ures presented by the ruling party to claim much bet- UP. This is the demand of time,” 19 pandemic, PFC and REC would together The Centre, ahead of sanctioning the cal glitch somewhere, possibly in the software, ter law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. The she added. extend credit of Rs 9,000 crore to power distri- relief package for the power sector, has set pre- and all smart meters had stopped functioning House was adjourned for the day after mourning the The monsoon session of bution companies, enabling them to clear the conditions like installation of smart meters at due to which the government had to face a lot death of its former member Ajay Singh. The House Uttar Pradesh Assembly started dues. Apart from producing sugar, some pri- all government department power consumers. of flak on that. He said that the matter was under will meet on Saturday but there will be no Question on Thursday. In the wake of vate sugar mills in the country’s largest sugar The next instalment of the loan by the PFC is investigation. Hour. coronavirus pandemic, mem-  "   
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Kanpur, five each in Gorakhpur, Health department through pricing till now. “We will be car- Besides, 744 patients recov- Saharanpur, four in Bareilly, 1,080 randomly collected rying out the exercise in the ered, taking the total figure to three each in Varanasi & blood samples from 45 clusters coming days and inspection will 13,557. The death toll stands at Pilibhit and two in in the district. The exercise will be made in areas where the 261 while the number of active Bulandshahr, taking the state be carried out in the last week complaints are coming from,” he cases is 6,569. A senior official toll to 2,797. Besides, 5,567 of August. said. He pointed out that sales at the CMO office said those patients recovered, taking the A senior official at the at restaurants were close to nil as who tested positive included 33 figure to 1,26,657 while there Health department said it was people were avoiding to eat out from Gomtinagar, 27 from are 47,785 active cases. being done to see the situation because of the increased number Chowk, 29 each from on ground and to assess the of cases. Indiranagar & Rae Bareli road, /0 1#* prevalence of coronavirus control of coronavirus from ment. CDRI had synthesised “We checked the food court 26 from Madiaon, 23 from     infection. “As many as 45 coro- August 22 to 29. District the drug and transferred the at a mall in Gomtinagar and Hazratganj, 22 each from 0 na clusters will be identified in Magistrate Abhishek Prakash technology to a private com- except for three eateries, the rest Hasanganj & Cantt, 18 from KGMU Vice-Chancellor Lt Lucknow and each will be said the teams which had been pany, which is producing the were closed. Even in regular Mahanagar, 19 each from General Dr Vipin Puri and divided into four parts. Six formed for enforcement would tablets. The drug will help restaurants, there were very few Thakurganj & Aliganj, 17 each head of Microbiology depart- samples will be collected from ensure adherence to Covid-19 both in treatment and pre- customers,” he said. from Ashiyana, Sarojininagar & ment Dr Amita Jain tested pos- each of these parts,” he said. protocols and movement vention of the disease. He pointed out that while Chinhat, 16 from Talkatora, 15 itive for coronavirus on Friday. With the help of this sur- restriction of patients in home CDRI has already received the popular sweet shops were from Alambagh, and 11 each Dr Puri is in home isolation vey, the prevalence of coron- isolation. He directed all the permission from the Drug registering only 35-40 per cent from Jankipuram & Vikasnagar. while Dr Jain shifted to the ICU avirus will be assessed by health centres and Bal Mahila Controller General of India to sales, others were witnessing One death each took place ward. Two of the staff members checking the antibody levels Chikitsalayas to have control conduct clinical trials of a no sales as people were only at Lok Bandhu Hospital, of the KGMU Vice-Chancellor, among the common man. and command centres con- drug in June itself. focusing on the purchase of SGPGI, TS Mishra Hospital, including his driver, have also Blood samples will be collect- nected to the Integrated ‘Umifenovir’ is mainly used for essential commodities. Era Medical College and tested positive for coronavirus. ed, serum will be prepared and Control and Command Centre treatment of influenza and is KGMU. Four others who died Dr Puri said he got himself test- then the presence of antibod- so that containment could be available in China and Russia. in Lucknow on Friday belonged ed after the KGMU staff tested ies checked. It will be a random expedited. It has recently come into to Hardoi, Barabanki, Ballia and positive and his report also sampling. Chief Medical Officer Dr prominence due to its poten- Siddharthnagar. came out positive. The official said while 12 Rajendra Prasad Singh said the tial use for Covid-19 patients. KGMU spokesperson Dr He said too many people districts of the state would be areas which have shown less To evaluate its efficacy in Sudhir Singh said five patients had been visiting him of late covered under the survey, number of cases in the past few Indian patients, CDRI has died, including a 50-year-old and two of his staff members Central government will also days were Kaiserbagh and taken up the clinical trials. It woman from Lucknow. She had tested positive, so he might carry out the survey in ten Lalbagh. “Areas like Chinhat has also developed the process was suffering from diabetes. A have contracted the infection other districts of Uttar are also gradually coming technology for ‘Umifenovir’ in 27-year-old woman from from any of them. He said he Pradesh simultaneously. under control,” he claimed. record time and licenced the Hardoi, who had given birth to had no comorbidity and that he “While the state government Meanwhile, CDRI economical process technolo- a child a day earlier, also died. was asymptomatic. “I will be will be doing this survey, the spokesperson Sanjeev Yadav gy for manufacturing and mar- Besides, an 11-year-old boy working from home,” he said. Centre will do it in different said they had received the keting the drug to a private from Unnao died of cardiopul- He appealed to those who had time-frame,” he pointed out. nod from the ethical commit- company. Yadav said they got monary arrest while a 22-year- come in contact with him to get The official said that the tees of KGMU and RML the nod for at least one year. old youth from Gorakhpur, themselves tested and seek focus was more on treatment Hospital for clinical trials of the “The trials will take a mini- who was suffering from brain medical advice. Dr Puri had now and it was already being drug ‘Umifenovir’. The drug mum of two months,” he said. tumour, also succumbed. A joined as KGMU VC on August ensured through the setting up has been developed by CDRI Meanwhile, Food Safety 40-year-old man from 10. KGMU spokesperson Dr of Level-2 facilities for critical for treatment of Covid-19. and Drug Administration Barabanki died of respiratory Sudhir Singh said other staff of patients. The district admin- He said that institutes inspected Transportnagar and failure. 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 Dikshit, after paying his condolence to the dents. Other standard safety measures like departed soul and the House observing In order to ease concerns about Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister wearing face masks, using sanitizers, a 2-minute silence, adjourned the House health and safety during the pandemic, Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked gloves, installing thermal scanners and till 1100 hours on Saturday. the NTA had allowed JEE (Main) candi- officials to strengthen the health wearing personal protection equipment Dikshit said that it was unfortunate dates to change the allotted centre five services across the state, partic- (PPE) kits will continue during the elec- that the House had to condole death of times. However, sources said that 99.07 ularly in Lucknow and Kanpur tion process ensuring social distancing five sitting members in this session, per cent had been given their preferred Nagar where there was a spike norms. which had never happened in the past. choice of centres. in coronavirus cases. He said Social distancing shall be maintained On Thursday, the Assembly had “Requests for changes in centres are that increasing testing was the as per the extent Covid-19 guidelines the condoled the deaths of four sitting MLAs being looked at sympathetically,” the only solution to identify the State Government and Ministry of Home including two ministers along with 20 for- sources said. infected persons. “Implement Affairs. Large halls should be identified mer members including Madhya Pradesh Similarly, students appearing for the door-to-door surveys in an and utilised for the election process to Governor Lalji Tandon and former Union NEET (undergraduate) exam were also effective manner so that the endure social distancing norms. minister Beni Prasad Verma. given the option to change their centers coronavirus positive cases can “Earmarking circle for 15-20 persons The Assembly is slated to take up and around 95,000 candidates had availed be identified before they become of 2 yards (6 feet) distance for voters around 17 bills and other agenda on this opportunity. the source of infection. The standing in the queue depending on the Saturday, which is likely to be the last day Of the total of nearly 16 lakh candi- focus should be on Lucknow availability of space. There shall be three of the monsoon session. BJP MLA from dates for this exam, 99.87 per cent were and Kanpur Nagar where the queues each, for male, female, and PwD/ Deoria Sadar seat Janmejay Singh died in given their preferred choice of cities in number of coronavirus cases has Senior citizen voters,” the EC said. Lucknow in the early hours of Friday fol- which to appear for the exam. shown an increase in the recent A maximum of 1,000 voters can be lowing a massive heart attack. He was 75. On Monday the Supreme Court had past,” the chief minister during present at any polling booth at a time. The According to the family members, the said, “The careers of students cannot be his routine review meeting here guidelines state that nomination forms legislator suffered a massive heart attack put under jeopardy. Life cannot be on Friday. will be available online on the website of at around 22:00 hours on Thursday and stopped. We have to move ahead with all Stressing on increasing CEO/ DEO. was rushed to SPM Hospital (Civil safeguards. Are students ready to waste Covid testing, he said that test- Further, election affidavits by the can- Hospital). The doctors there referred him a whole year? Education should be ing labs should work to full didates can also be filled in online on the to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and opened up. Covid may continue for a year capacity and they should have website. thereafter he was rushed to the cardiol- more. Are you going to wait for another enough medical equipment and The term of the Bihar legislative ogy department. They was informed that year?” trained staff so that the tests are Assembly comes to an end on November the MLA died when the doctors were done effectively. Monitoring of 29 and polls are likely to be held some- placing a pacemaker.  2++=./-D=-- the tests would be done by offi- time in October-November. Several A three-time MLA, Janmejay Singh cials in the CM office,” he said. bypolls were recently postponed mainly won for the first time on BSP ticket in ==-#2C302, The chief minister said that due to coronavirus and rains. 2000 and later in 2012 and 2017 on BJP #2C-1,;21, volunteers going for door-to- A reserve pool of polling, counting ticket from Deoria Sadar seat. The MLA door survey should have and other staff will be maintained by the was in Lucknow to attend the monsoon -"#+-1,"3"(21 infrared thermometers and Returning Officer to replace election staff session of the UP Assembly. oximeters. He said the patients who show symptoms of coronavirus He is survived by three sons and four “Upcoming Ganpati festival in allowed home isolation should infection. daughters. The last rites were performed Maharashtra is altogether different and it be informed about the med- Regarding the use of EVMs and later in the day in Deoria. will become uncontrollable and we ication and the precautions VVPATs, the ECI said first and second understand the situation for that but in they were supposed to take. randomization and preparation of the -- ,---G2"= this case the situation is different,” said the “There should be a contin- EVMs and VVPATs will be done in a large Bench, also comprising Justices AS uous dialogue between the hall. 0-+/#- 0-/3+- Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian. patients and the health workers It said sufficient quantities of sani- 1,-#-"(-F =D It said no permission for prayers so that they do not feel isolat- tisers will be made available for the offi- would be given for any other temple in ed,” the chief minister said, cials involved in the process. Also, gloves Eleven candidates from 11 States had Mumbai. and added, “It is the responsi- will be made available to each official han- filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in The apex court, in a hearing con- bility of the Integrated dling EVMs and VVPATs. the Supreme Court seeking postpone- ducted through video conferencing, Command and Control Centre The training of election officials will ment of NEET as well as the engineering granted “reprieve” on the plea of “Shri (ICCC) to get the feedback and be organised in a decentralised manner entrance test, Joint Entrance Examination Parshwatilak Shwetamber Murtipujak help the people who are in dis- at large halls. It said all sufficient num- (JEE) Main. The Supreme Court dis- Jain Trust” which has challenged the tress.” Yogi also stressed on con- ber of poll staff will be kept in reserve in missed their plea on August 17. Bombay High Court order. tact tracing and asked officials case of any need. Candidates were allotted the exam The Bench was hearing an appeal to keep the Covid hospitals in The carrying cases of control units centre/city on August 20, which can be against the Bombay High Court order readiness. and the voter-verifiable paper trail will be checked by accessing the candidate login which had said that it did not wish to sanitised before they are placed on count- portal on the official website of NEET. interfere with the state’s decision not to ing tables. Swamy, has written to the PM and permit Jain temples in Mumbai to open also spoken to Pokhriyal about the issue for devotees to mark the eight-day 2-"(+C2/=3, during the day but a meeting till late Paryushan festival from August 15 to 23 evening at Education Ministry decided to in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. 2- =,/=+1, go ahead with the exams. Swamy sug- The top court considered the under- (# "+2O/-20 gested holding the exams after Diwali. taking of the Jain trust that it will abide LJP leader Chirag Paswan and RJD by the Centre’s guidelines and the SOP in death of the sitting MLA as a big loss leader Tejashvi Yadav too had urged the allowing devotees inside the temples for for the state and the party. Yogi said Education Minister seeking postpone- two days of the rituals. Janmejay Singh was a tall leader of ment due to flood and corona pandem- “Having carefully considered the Deoria district who worked for the peo- ic in Bihar. rival submissions, we are of the view that ple of his area. The chief minister was Sources in Education Ministry said a small reprieve can be granted to the joined by Samajwadi Party leader exams will be conducted in line with the petitioners, without making it as a prece- Shailendra Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party Centre’s guidelines on hygiene protocols dent. After all, the petitioners are not leader Lalji Verma, Congress leader during the pandemic and elaborate seeking to hold any festivities in congre- Aradhana Mishra, Suheldev Bhartiya arrangements have been made to sanitise gation,” the Bench said in the order. +-            /

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Now enhancing nutrients. She also 119. During the day, the follow- (6,205) followed by 71 each in the total number of corona avoids going out of the house. up negative reports included Ballia (3,305) and Azamgarh patients has reached 6,416 and Retired IAS officer RS 101 patients recovered from (2,482), 38 in Jaunpur (3,260), the death toll has reached 106. Verma is also avoiding going home isolation and the total 32 each in Ghazipur (2,347) For the past several days, out of the house. The Prime number of patients cured at and Mau (1,004), 25 in Bhadohi more than 200 patients are get- Minister also said that people home has increased to 2,847, (950), 23 in Mirzapur (1,434), ting detected daily. There has above 60 years should not while 40 recovered from the 22 in Chandauli (1,479) and 16 been a rapid increase in the leave the house. We do yoga hospitals. With this, the total in Sonbhadra (1,173). As Mau number of corona patients in report of 2,318 samples lessly, ignoring the rules. Due everyday on the terrace. While number of patients discharged   267  8  ,  ' has become the ninth district August. As of July 31, the num- remained negative. to which a case has been filed some of the time he spends from the hospitals has reached crossed four figures mark, there ber of corona patients was A report has been lodged against him. with children and rest of their 1,997 while the total number of is only one district left where 2,428 but in 20 days the num- against the sanitary employee Meanwhile, elderly people time in worship. cured patients is 4,844 leaving na patients were found out of itive. The total number of sam- the cases are still in three fig- ber increased to more than and Myor Road resident Rahul are most at risk from corona, Shobhanath Singh and 1,392 active patients. With this, 1,173 reports received from ples collected was 88,221. ures. 6,400. The comforting thing is Jaiswal under the Kotwali but they are also not behind in Dinesh Kumar Verma, who live the recovery rate in the district Microbiology department of Earlier, a male aged 55 from Out of total 23,639 corona that corona patients are also police station for breaking the defeating it. Most of the elder- in Naini’s old age home, have has increased to 76.22 per cent, Banaras Hindu University Bheemchandi, Panchkoshi died positive cases, 17,575 have recovering rapidly. rules in the Corona ward of ly and senior citizens of the city also changed their routine. while mortality rate has slight- (BHU). Till then, the total test during treatment at SSH BHU. been cured either at home iso- So far, 2,769 patients have Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital. are consuming turmeric milk They wake up in the morning ly declined to 1.87 per cent. reports received were 79,727 With the addition of 23 red lation or discharged from hos- been fully recovered, while The case was lodged on the and jaggery to increase immu- and do yoga daily and are According to the Chief and the results of 7,360 exclud- zones, the total number of pitals and the recovery rate has 1,794 active patients are being basis of a written complaint by nity. These people are inspiring consuming hot water and Medical Officer (CMO) Dr ing 1,134 RTPCR samples col- hotspots has increased to 1,297 increased to 74.33 per cent. The treated in Covid hospitals. Sub-Inspector Sunil Kumar. It others to stay fit. It is important ‘kaadha’. In the evening, they VB Singh, in the first report lected a day ago are awaited. including 339 red zones. As mortality rate has remained at There are 1,747 such patients is alleged that he cleaned up in to talk about elders here spend their time in Bhajan received by 11 am. during the Out of these, 73,424 were neg- many as 14 green zones have 1.40 per cent with a death toll having no symptoms and are the Corona ward and after because Senior Citizens’ Day is Kirtan with other compan- day, as many as 98 new coro- ative reports, while 6,303 pos- been converted into red zones of 331. placed in home isolation. The that he started wandering care- being observed on August 21. ions. 1 " " "  " 
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  + 0 2++202(2/ the cleanliness of the residents Prayagraj beat 121 other al campaigns to spread aware- and the hard work of the cities to grab the 20th place in ness about the importance of  + 0 D22,21 greater and newer heights,’ he ayor Abhilasha Gupta municipal cleaners. We will the survey. The feast comes cleanliness in the city. Murals said, adding that there are Msaid that the denizens of continue to make efforts to fur- almost a year after Prayagraj on the theme of cleanliness he first virtual edition of tremendous business opportu- the city had a special contribu- ther this success. Nagar Nagam area was were one of our most impor- T40th India Carpet Expo nities for participating manu- tion in getting Prayagraj 20th Municipal Commissioner declared free from open defe- tant channels to make the pub- (ICE), an exclusive trade fair for facturers and exporters as var- rank in the country in the Raviranjan said that everyone cation in plus-plus category by lic more aware,’ said Tiwari. handmade carpets and other ious prominent buyers from all Cleanliness Survey conducted contributed to the advance- the Quality Council of India on Besides, door-to-door floor-coverings, organised by over the world will be attend- under the Swachh Bharat ment in sanitation ranking. February 19, 2020. garbage collection and around Carpet Export Promotion ing the show and orders worth Mission in January 2020. He also said that credit also The Swachh Survekshan 400 metric ton waste being Council (CEPC) was inaugu- over thousand crores are Corporators, sanitary staff goes for improving the system. 2020 rankings were announced treated at a plant in Barwar rated on Friday by Union expected to be executed in and officials also had special Under the Smart City, the facil- by Union Minister Hardeep every day were other factors Minister of Textiles and near future. ICE is one of the support in achieving this suc- ities of the sanitary staff were Singh Puri on Thursday at the which helped the city boost its Women & Child Development largest handmade carpet fairs cess. She thanked the citizens increased, so that they work Swachh Mahotsav organised by ranking. The civic agency also Smriti Zubin Irani through in Asia with a unique platform for this and also expressed her diligently. CCTV cameras have the Union Ministry of Housing implemented the ‘two-time video conferencing in the pres- for the buyers to source the best gratitude towards them. She been installed at port stations and Urban Affairs (MoUHA). sweeping’ rule for commercial ence of Development 34  (       $ $   
  handmade carpets, rugs and has expressed hope that she will and important roads. Prayagraj Municipal complexes in the city. PMC also Commissioner (Handicrafts) 5,  ' other floor coverings under one be receiving support from all Community toilets were built. Corporation’s management monitored the solid waste plant Shantmanu. roof. As many as 162 exhibitors walks of life in keeping the city Due to all these reforms the information system (MIS) integrated with ICCC online. It CEPC Chairman Siddh are displaying their products in clean in the same way. ranking improved so much, expert Rahul Tiwari said that used bulk waste generators for Nath Singh, second vice-chair- This virtual edition is the The ICE is organised under the exhibition and over 400 She further said that last added the Municipal Prayagraj scored 4141.47 in the garbage collection. man Umer Hameed, COA first initiative to bridge the gap the aegis of Government of overseas buyers have already time Prayagraj city was ranked Commissioner. Meanwhile, an annual cleanliness survey. Officials said that the sur- members Umesh Kumar between Indian products and India with an aim to promote registered from 58 countries 144, but this time there was so open defecation-free status and ‘The valuation process for vey was introduced by the Gupta, Abdul Rub, Rajendra demand of handmade carpets the cultural heritage and weav- and provided with login-pass- much emphasis on cleanliness murals to spread word about the survey was conducted in Union Government with an Prasad Mishra, Onkar Nath and floor coverings across the ing skills of Indian hand-made word for their participation. It that Prayagraj made a great cleanliness were among the three quarters. The first two objective to encourage large- Mishra, Feroze Waziri, Husain globe in the post pandemic era. carpets and other floor cover- is the endeavour of the CEPC jump and managed to bag the several measures which helped quarters included documenta- scale citizen participation in the Jafar Husaini, Mohd. Wasif The five-day expo will remain ings amongst the overseas car- to provide an exclusive business 20th rank. She said that if we Prayagraj bag the 20th position tion and direct observation, cleanliness mission, along with Ansari, Shree Ram Maurya, open for business till August pet buyers. environment to the both carpet get the support of city dwellers, — several notches up from while the third quarter involved inculcating a spirit of healthy Sanjay Gupta, Bodh Raj 25. Siddh Nath Singh, in his importers as well as manufac- then we will improve our rank- 141st last year — in the Swachh field verification and collecting competition among cities Malhotra, Sandeep Kataria and The show will run on the address, mentioned that in the turer-exporters, which ulti- ing further. We have got this Survekshan 2020, the results of feedback from citizens.’ towards becoming the coun- Satish Wattal, among others, website and will be accessed at COVID-19 scenario travelling mately will benefit over 20 success due to the awareness of which were declared. ‘PMC had launched sever- try’s cleanest cities. were the other participants. web browsers and mobile appli- is not possible both for our lakhs weavers and artisans Smiriti Irani, in her cations including IOS and exporters and overseas buyers employed in this highly labour address, appreciated the efforts android using innovative inter- and hence this virtual edition intensive rural based MSME of the CEPC for organising this active technology creating user of ICE is an ideal platform for cottage industry. virtual ICE during COVID-19 friendly 3D immersive virtual international carpet buyers, Executive Director Sanjay /0 2  $22    $  $ pandemic. She said ‘koshis experience/ environment. buying houses and agents, Kumar expressed hope that karna walo ki kabhi har nahi Although the expo will be live architects and Indian manufac- the ultimate benefit will go to hoti’ and industry is following for 24 hours for the exhibitors turers and exporters to meet the weavers and their families.  + 0 2++202(2/ share in transport of conven- 3 rakes De oil cake( DOC), 6.5 Kisan rail provided stoppages the vision of the Prime Minister and buyers but to facilitate the virtually and establish long ‘We’re looking forward to the tional commodities and captur- rakes of pulses, 18 petroleum at Manikpur and Prayagraj ‘Sab ka Sath Sabka Vikas’. She exhibitors and overseas buyers, term business relationship. grand success of the event,’ he orth Central Railway is ing transport of non-bulk items rakes from HPTR siding in Chheoki stations for ease of assured full support from her video conferencing meetings ‘This exhibition is a crucial step said, adding that we’ve already Nexploring new opportuni- to double the freight transport Jhansi division to Varanasi, 6 transportation of fruits and ministry to the council for the the timings will be from 12.15 towards taking Indian exports planned and got approval for ties in freight loading. General volume by 2024; North Central additional container rakes from vegetables. One high capacity growth of the industry. pm to 12 midnight. of handmade carpet to much more similar events. Manager Rajiv Chaudhry Railway has taken series of Dadri etc. which helped NCR parcel van is attached in special reviewed performance of BDUs steps like formation of Business to earn freight revenue of train no 02308 between and other important items to Development units, 505.80 crore in April to July- Kanpur- Howrah for ease of increase freight loading over Improvement in goods sheds, 20 registering plus  30.54 parcel transport from Kanpur, North Central Railway implementing all freight load- crore over same period of last Prayagraj and Mirzapur sta- 

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  Liberalised automatic freight ing related incentives, dou- year. tions. rebate for traffic loaded in tra- bling goods trains average Business Development ATIQUE TO BE QUES-  + 0 D22,21 Puja while at 8 pm Vijay ditional empty flow direction speed. Units of NCR are actively TIONED: Former MP and Krishna Bhagwat will deliver (TEFD) has been implement- Holistic approach in this perusing additional traffic mafia Atique Ahmad, accused hough there was no heavy his religious discourse online ed on NCR. direction has started yielding stream like fertiliser loading in various cases including the Trush of devotees seen at from Lucknow. According to North Central Railway has results as after registering pos- from Jhansi and Fatehpur, new beating of property dealer in Mangla Gauri temple near Praveen Vasant Patwardhan, always been proactive in imple- itive growth in loading in July container traffic from Hind ter- Deoria Jail, will be questioned Durga Ghat on the auspicious similarly various programmes menting incentive schemes in this year as compared to July- minal Kanpur, 15-20 rakes soon. Atique’s statement in occasion of Teej as usual, scores will also be organised online freight transportation. Moving 19, North Central Railway has loading of cement from Ahmedabad jail in Gujarat will of vrati women from adjoining during the festival. ahead in this direction new achieved loading of 7.8 lakh Ultratech Bara, 2 rakes edible be recorded through video areas reached there to offer The organisers of Pathak Liberlised automatic freight tonnes freight till 20th of oil from Morena/ Rayaru, bal- conferencing. Preparations for prayer from outside of the doors of the temple remained have either decided to postpone family including Yadav Rao rebate for traffic loaded in tra- August-20 as compared to 7.6 last loading from Meja, cement this have been started. closed temple. In view of the closed. Besides, the women the same or organise it online Pathak and Vinod Rao Pathak ditional empty flow direction lakh in same period of August- loading from Shankargarh and Authorities have sought a coronavirus pandemic, sever- also offered prayer at some just to maintain the tradition. said that in view of death of (TEFD) has been implement- 19. To keep this momentum Bevra, Fly ash loading from progress report from the inves- al temples of the city remained local Shiv and Devi temples in As a good number of Marathis Rajaram Pathak recently and ed w.e.f August 20, 2020 which going as well as to capture new PPGS Bara, sand loading from tigating officer of individual closed till date as they did not different parts of the city. The have been living in the city coronavirus pandemic, this is valid till March 31, 2021. opportunity in freight loading Sankargarh, foodgrain load- cases. Many cases have been seek permissions from the rush of women was also seen at since several generations, they year’s 92nd Ganeshotsav of Under this important liberlised GM conducted meeting with ing from Teekamgarh etc. registered against the former administration by ensuring to different markets as many of observe the festival with great Shree Sharda Bhawan at scheme, loading of only 10 BDUs of Prayagraj, Jhansi and which are expected to materi- MP in Kareli, Khuldabad and follow all the COVID-19 guide- them could not purchase arti- enthusiasm. Nutan Balak Augustyakund has been post- wagons of BCN/ BCNA/ Agra divisions and NCR HQ alise shortly and will give Dhumanganj police stations. lines. Teej is a famous festival cles of puja and daan earlier. Ganeshotsav Samaj Sewa poned. They said that the idol BCNAHS/ BCNHL type cov- BDU through video confer- major impetus to freight load- This year, an FIR has been reg- of women in this region of east- Rush was also seen at fruit ven- Mandal will organise its week- of Lord Ganesh would be ered stock in a rake in tradi- ence. To increase market share ing on North Central Railway istered in Khuldabad under the ern UP and adjoining Bihar dors and sweets shops and the long 112th edition of festival installed and puja and other tional empty direction shall be in freight loading as well as to To increase parcel traffic Arms Act. A resident of which they observe for the wel- prices of various fruits jumped online from August 22 to 28 programmes will be held but eligible for rebate in freight rate. publicise various incentive additional stoppages have been Bamrauli area property dealer fare of their husbands. During up as the women generally pur- which would be inaugurated on Shobha Yatra will be post- Earlier loading of only 10 wag- schemes in freight loading; given at Mathura, Gwalior and Zaid Khalid has filed two cases the festival, the married women chased five types of fruits for Saturday at 8 am by senior BJP poned. Meanwhile, in the city ons in a rake was considered BDUs over NCR have conduct- Aligarh stations in time-tabled in Dhoomanganj police station. observe tough ‘nrijal vrat’. the festival. leader Harshpal Kapoor, while areas, the idols of Lord Ganesh under wagon loading category ed 14 rounds of meetings with parcel trains running in New The first case is of kidnapping As per tradition, a number Meanwhile, in view of the the function will be presided were sold as many families will which is charged at higher existing and prospective cus- Delhi-Howrah New Delhi- him and beating him in of women thronged Mangla coronavirus pandemic, sever- over by Anil Gokulnath Naik. install the same at their own freight as compared to rake tomers. Mumbai/ Chennai routes. Deoria Jail and the second is for Gauri temple and offered al organisations celebrating In the evening, Vedic houses as per tradition without freight charges. 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He evening, taking the tally of cess in the direction of (BDU) team by NER and the safe and high speed transporta- COVID-19 death rate in Bobde said that four private hospitals would be modified and said a special campaign be confirmed cases in the city to strengthening international better and economical trans- tion facilities while on the other Kanpur Nagar. upgraded for treating COVID-19 patients but strictly under launched in the city in this 12,182. relations, promoting exports portation of goods, Chief it is also supporting the Green He said for this the prima- Ayushman Bharat Yojana, adding that work in this direction had regard and people caught mov- He said with 91 COVID-19 and strengthening the econo- Public Relations Officer Pankaj Economy campaign of the ry, secondary and tertiary already started. ing in public places without patients being discharged from my of the country and Indian Kumar Singh said. From Government of India because health care system had to be The divisional commissioner directed Chief Medical Officer face mask be fined. hospitals, 4,000 infected people Railways. It is noteworthy that Izzatnagar division’s Haldi there is very little carbon emis- strengthened and their infra- Dr AK Mishra to carry out a survey of the four private hospi- Kumar directed the police had been cured in the city to in July this year the first con- Road station the 118 Tata Ace sion in rail transport compared structure improved as per need. tals and submit details of the equipment, manpower, especially personnel to not allow crowd date and 3,306 active cases signment of Tata mini-trucks mini-trucks were loaded on 25 to road transport Keeping in The principal secretary doctors and paramedical staff, available there. to gather at any place. He said were undergoing treatment. was sent from Haldi Road sta- newly-modified goods mind the demand for auto inspected the Kanpur Nagar He said once the survey was done, the four hospitals would if any customer was found The CMO said with 6 more tion to Benapole station in (NMGs) wagons for mobile transport, the NER was Nigam Control Room, LLR be thrown open to the public for treatment of COVID-19 patients shopping in any store without COVID-19 deaths in the city, Bangladesh. After the first con- Bangladesh in which 28 Tata converting old and condemned Hospital and Kanshiram at subsidised rates. mask then the shopkeeper the death toll stood at 353 on signment reached its destina- Super Ace, 50 Tata Ace HT and ICF coaches into NMG wagons Hospital and gave a clean chit should be heavily fined. Friday. He said a total of 2,131 tion safely and at a rapid pace 40 Tata HT-2 mini-trucks were so that the growing demand in to the. He also praised the role He said efforts need to be samples were taken for testing. and increase in Tata Motors’ included. With the loading of this area can be met. It may be of doctors, paramedical staff         made to motivate people to confidence in transporting goods weighing 14,700 quintals pointed out here that compared and other hospital employees in download Aarogya Setu and goods via rail has resulted in the railway earned a revenue of to other wagons the maximum the fight against the novel  '  Home Isolation apps on their the re-loading of Tata mini- 16,80,356. This trade will speed of NMG wagons is more coronavirus and said on mobile phones.   trucks to Bangladesh. This suc- strengthen Indian economic i.e. 100 km per hour due to account of their meritorious KANPUR (PNS): The state government has ordered a proble On visiting Kanshiram cess has been achieved due to relations with Bangladesh. On which the goods are trans- work, it had been decided to into the malfunctioning of the ventilators which had recently been Hospital, the principal secre-    the efforts of the newly-formed the one hand the Indian ported to their destination in a felicitate these frontline war- supplied. Top officials of GSVM Medical College and LLR tary lost temper on coming to Business Development Unit Railways is providing protected, short time at high speed. riors. He admitted there was Hospital have been asked to submit a detailed report in this regard. know that there were no CCTV '   massive workload on hospitals. LLR Hospital’s Chief Medical Superintendent Dr Richa Giri cameras in the intensive care 5   " # ' .# Skirting round the ques- said a three-member committee had been set up to probe into unit (ICU) and warned the offi- tion as to how the COVID-19 the charges. The committee comprises head of anaesthesia depart- cials to ensure that it was set up  + 0 <2,#3 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* death rate would be brought ment, Prof Anil Verma, head of paediatrics department, Dr immediately. down, Kumar said there should Yeshwant Rao and head of respiratory medicine department, Dr He also lashed out at the n the directive of Chief eeping Ganesh Chaturthi festival in mind a man drowned in the pond in village be no laxity in contact tracing Anand Kumar. Meanwhile GSVM Medical College Principal Prof hospital authorities for the OMinister Yogi Adityanath, Kmeeting was held at collectorate which was ADevpura under PS Madihan on Thursday. and the onus rested on medical RB Kamal said that the government had sanctioned 24 ventila- poor quality of food served to the state has launched a male jointly presided over by the DM and SP. Reports said that Kamlesh Dharikar (34), son officials and police personnel. tors for LLR Hospital and 20 out of them would be installed in patients and said the kitchen family planning drive on the Addressing it the DM made an appeal to the peo- of Kanhaiya, was sitting on a stone slab along He said those who ful- Covid ICU. He said the chief medical officer had been direct- staff should wear personal pro- occasion of Vasectomy Day. ple to celebrate the festival at home instead of set- the bank of a pond. Suddenly the slabbed filled the norms for home ed to ensure that critical patients above 60 years age were not tective equipment. The objective of the campaign ting up puja pandal, taking out tableau or pro- slipped and he drowned. The locals got the vic- quarantine/isolation should be allowed home isolation. He said all those allowed home isola- Later, he held an in-camera is to make men aware of the cession. He said that as per government guide- tim out of the pond but he had died by that allowed at the shortest possible tion must strictly follow the Covid protocol. meeting with the top officials benefits of vasectomy and also lines such decisions had been taken to follow the time. The police team of Rajgarh outpost time. to chalk out a strategy on con- apprise them about the Covid-19 protocol. The appeal was accepted by reached at the spot and completed the legal The principal secretary trolling the rising COVID-19 injectible contraceptives for the people present on the occasion who assured formalities. directed the World Health Organisation representatives to prepare a police station-wise death rate in the city. males that would be intro- the administration that the festival would be cel- TRUCK OVERTURNS: A truck over- duced very soon all over the ebrated by following the guidelines. Meanwhile turned in Durjanipur village under Halia police world. The population of Uttar a meeting of peace committee was held in the Zila station. As per the reports, truck (MP-20/HB- Pradesh has zoomed to 24 Panchayat meeting hall on Thursday. 1907) was on the way to Varanasi from crore and thus it is high time In view of Moharram the administrative Hanumana when its driver lost control over it + 2 "

 
 



family planning is taken up in authorities urged the clerics of Muslim commu- and it overturned in Durjanipur village. Its dri- the right earnest. Additional nity that due to ver, Veerendra Dubey, a resident of Hanumana, nagar swastha adhikari Dr Covid-19 comply- MP, came under it. On information incharge  + 0 <2,#3 Sharad Pandey said the drive ing with the direc- of Dramondganj police outpost reached there would mainly focus on rural tions of the gov- and rescued the driver with the help of a crane. wo brothers, one a master areas where there was a need to ernment was the The driver and was out of danger and police Tof business administration promote family planning. Dr need of the hour in sent him to a hospital for treatment. An ear- (MBA) and the other having a Pandey said the men in rural the larger interest lier report said that a truck caught fire on BBA degree, preferred to join areas would be apprised about of the society. The authorities urged the gathering Varanasi-Shaktinagar road under Ahraura the crime world to make fast male sterilisation (vasectomy) to follow norms like maintaining social distancing, police station. The truck no was on the way buck and live a lavish life after which was safe and easy as well. avoiding gathering etc during Moharram. The speak- when the driver lost control over it near failing to get suitable jobs. He said this procedure did not ers opined that best way of safety was to stay at home Hanuman temple in Chhaato village and it fell They formed a gang and start- affect ones ability to produce and postpone public gathering programmes. The into a ditch. The police reached the spot and ed stealing the cattle (cow, semen and did not affect sex- clerics assured the administration that government’s launched a rescue operation. Due to accident buffalows etc.) for onwards ual function or male charac- guidelines would be followed. The meeting was the truck caught fire. The flames could be sale. teristics. He said vasectomy was attended by the SP, ASP (City), CO (City), SDM extinguished with a help of a fire tender which Both the brothers were a permanent form of contra- (Sadar), city magistrate, CMO, president Intazamia was pressed into service. However, no loss of living in a costly flat in ception, which was not easily Committee, Usman Khan and Nemat Khan. life or injury was reported. Dreamland Apartment in Shiv reversible. He said audio and Godawari locality of video clips would be released to   0  "#%0%""" '" Jajmau where most of the res- explain the procedure to vil- idents belonged to affuluent lagers. Dr Pandey said the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. /0#* Railway officials and employ- class families including the Indian Council of Medical ees took the pledge that they tannery owners and traders. Research (ICMR) had success- adhbhavana Diwas was would resolve all kinds of dif- They were using the costly fully completed clinical trials of Sobserved on entire NER on ferences through a dialogue mobile phones and four- injectable male contraceptive. Thursday. On the occasion and constitutional means with- wheeler to maintain status He said this contraceptive was railway employees at the NER’s out resorting to violence. The with others in the housing effective for 13 years, after headquarters, divisions and officers and employees were society. which it lost its potency. production units offices etc mony without discriminating administered the pledge of Superintendent of Police '9* 2  :  $8   $ ! $ $  
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'+, '  & '! Thursday night.   chemical modifications of The police along with Noted entrepreneur and DNA, playing a key role in 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1*, of three girls. Social worker, Dr forensic experts reached the author of the famous book on chemically-induced carcino- CP Gupta, CMO Alpana spot and carried out investiga- Neeta Ambani, ‘She walks, She genesis. This was stated by Dr he district administration Bartariya and DIOS Bhagwat tions. It is suspected that the Leads’, Gunjan Jaino FICCI- Anjani Tiwari, associate pro- Thad already taken an ini- Patel paid the expenses of three thieves may have sprayed chlo- FLO gave the mantra of success fessor of applied science at Dr tiative for the welfare of girls of other girls. All these six girls roform on the family members to women, saying the first and BR Ambedkar Central the district under Kishori thanked the district administra- as during the theft they foremost thing was that women University, while addressing a Shiksha Samadhan Yojana. As tion for taking this initiative. remained fast asleep and did need to instil self-confidence. webinar organised by Indian many as 215 girls are enrolled These girls also interacted with not hear any sound even when She said all such women Thinkers Society on Thursday. under this project and 19 of District Magistrate Mannan the miscreants broke open the who had “out of box” approach Dr Tiwari said develop- them are being adopted by dif- Bhagwat Patel, six girls were Akhtar who guided them through lockers of almirahs. were successfully able to estab- ment of different methods for ferent social workers. Under given stationery, uniforms and career counselling. CDO The theft came to light lish their industries and pro- the identification of DNA the leadership of DM Mannan fees. Social worker Nitin Mittal Prashant Kumar Srivastava was when the wife of the Congress . $     ! $ 8 2   vided employment to hun- adducts had led to adopting Akhtar and guidance by DIOS paid the educational expenses also present on the occasion. leader, sleeping on the rooftop, 4  $-' - dreds of others. She said a big DNA adductomic approaches. woke up on Friday morning. section of women had taken to He said the ability to simulta- The Congress leader, on the rooftop while Aditya are on. entrepreneurship and were neously detect multiple PAH- "'' .",, //!
# Aditya Kumar of Rajiv Nagar at was sleeping in the veranda at contributing majorly towards derived DNA adducts may Gangapur Colony in Vidhnu, the front of the house. +# the economic uplift of the allow for the improved assess- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1*, Anuragini Sansthan said that in had contested the civic body Krishna said she woke up Meanwhile, two youths country. She said FICCI-FLO ment of exposure, and offer a Kalpi, the women associated election on party ticket. a bit late on Friday morning riding a motorcycle were killed had set up a special mechanistic insight into the two-day-long training with the group were doing the Late Thursday night, the and on coming down from the when a truck knocked down Mentoringship Cell to help carcinogenic process following Aprogramme for members work in the field of spices and thieves entered his house rooftop she went to the back- their two-wheeler near women entrepreneurs and try exposure to PAH mixtures. of self-help groups (SHGs) was school uniforms. The Raza Area through the rooftop of the side rooms and found the almi- Ramadevi crossing under remove all hurdles they faced The associate professor organised by Anuragini Level Federation has been pro- neighbour’s locked house. They rahs broken and cash and jew- Chakeri police station on in promoting their business. said the major advantage of Sansthan in collaboration with vided an incentive of 50,000 in broke open the lockers of two ellery missing from them. Friday morning. Both died on She said the cell had also been measuring chemical-specific the District Urban the two-day training pro- almirahs in the backside rooms Aditya’s younger son the spot. According to reports, set up in Kanpur and promi- DNA adducts was the assess- Development Agency gramme. The women of the group of the house and stole cash and Neeraj is an engineer and lives the Jalkal Vibhag had dug the nent women members of this ment of a biologically effective (DUDA), Jalaun. During the were made aware of the various jewellery worth around Rs 12 with his family in Bengaluru road near Ramadevi crossing cell were Kriti Shroff, Sneha dose. He said this provided conclusion of the training pro- sub-components under the Panch lakh. After committing the while the elder son runs an ata three days ago to repair a water Shah Gupta and Shruti information about the occur- gramme, SDM Kalpi Jayendra ‘charkhas’ to women in Kalpi for Sutr' and National Urban theft, the miscreants escaped chakki (flour mill) and lives pipeline leakage. Since then, Jhunjhunwala. She said rence of the polycyclic aromatic Kumar said that with the initia- making them self-dependant. Livelihood Mission. Shishu Pal from the same route. with the Congress leader. vehicular traffic going towards women who wanted to take up hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their tive of the Anuragini Sansthan in He also advised the organisation Goyal, Satyam Mishra, Kundan At the time of theft, the Jewellery of both the Jajmau was facing a lot of the challenge and progress fur- influence on human exposure Kalpi, the members of the group to generate awareness among Singh, Ram Kishore, Shyam Karan Congress leader’s wife Krishna daughters-in-law were kept in problems. On Friday morning, ther just need to boost their and biological effects, includ- were becoming financially people to make maximum use Prajapati, Jitendra Kumar Pandey Devi along with son Pankaj and the almirahs in the Congress when the two youths were self-confidence and things ing PAH-derived DNA adduct empowered by manufacturing of clay pots. Dr Praveen Singh and Uday Pratap Singh were also daughter-in-law was sleeping leaders home. Investigations going towards Jajmau on bike, would prove to be smooth. formation & repair processes. the products. He also gave solar Jadaun, president of the present on the occasion.    ! " "   9 7#"'!.' 7/,  $ >   A/#      $ >  > //; 6 +? / 5  " "> $            : 9               ;             ! .           1     
    
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People do you see?/Some seeds,       (        6    have argued that India has sufficient extremely small, sir/Break one of                       ! land under forests and there is no them/ It is broken, sir?/What do      ,  @< (            harm in felling some of them to you see?/Nothing, sir.” makeF way for development, particularly Uddaloka Aruni continued,                    when forests can be regrown elsewhere. They “The subtle essence that you do #         -            are grievously wrong. First, plants are feel- not see in that is the whole ing, communicating, mutually caring and essence of the Nyagrodha tree.                 .    ! benevolent living beings that need to be treat- Believe me, my son, that which            7  '  1 3 =* > ed with respect and not cut down to suit is the subtle essence — in that   , /               ! human convenience. Second, planted forests all things have their existence.                  can never be the same as the ones existing That is the truth. That is the Self. over the ages. And that, Svetaketu, THAT   (                  As to the first, Sir Jagadish Chandra ART THOU.” (Translated by  0       61#          Bose, who made path-breaking contributions Swami Prabhavananda and                S   to remote wireless signalling and micro-wave Frederick Manchester). Since optics, also made pioneering and revolution- the subtle essence of all is the   ( S             * #   ! ary contributions to the understanding of same, all are manifestations of    B             ! plant physiology and psyche. In a landmark Brahman, the supreme being,                     development, he demonstrated that plants the universal consciousness, all had feeling. He did it through an experiment things and beings, including    #  S   6  ,        at the Royal Society, London, in 1901, show- trees, shrubs and forests.         7   $   " 61#  ! ing a plant quivering frantically under the The relevance of all that has                 impact of poison before dying. Bose, who been written above has to be laid the foundation of what has come to be seen in the context of the draft ,          ,   '     ! known as plant neurobiology, also showed of the new Environment Impact       :7S         ?A       that plants had, like animals, a central ner- Assessment Notification, some                    vous system with nerves radiating to differ- of whose provisions have been ent parts of the organism and capable of elec- causing serious concern. One of        .             ! trically coding stimuli and transmitting these lays down that projects can                     impulses from a nerve centre to terminal receive clearance post-facto, ie,      P   Q "        ,   motor organs. got the message and moved on, is at the mercy of wind and The argument that all the a project operating in violation Bose held that plants were fully cog- but to trees about 100 yards weather. But together many losses listed above can be com- of the EPA can now apply for       (            61#    nisant of changes in their environment and away. The reason? The acacias trees create an ecosystem that pensated for by the planting of clearance. This is despite a     P Q          :7       responded visibly to stimuli, including emitted ethylene gas that sig- moderates the extremes of heat new forests does not hold. The Supreme Court order on April     ,      S            ( slight fluctuations in light caused by pass- nalled to neighbouring trees of and cold, stores a great deal of links among trees that can lead 1, clearly stating that such clear- ing clouds. Also, the transmission of nervous the same species that danger was water and generates a great deal to mutual nurturing can only be ances are contrary to law. Also                       impulses determined functions like growth, at hand. of humidity. And in the protect- established in undisturbed worrying is the listing of a " .         1 3 = 13> 7  respiration and motor activity. He also Wohlleben further points ed environment, trees can live to forests. The roots of planted trees number of projects as being out-                    observed spontaneous pulsatory move- out that trees “communicate by be very old. To get to this point, are irreparably damaged, which, side the purview of the EIA,          , "      ments in plants like heart beat in animals. means of olfactory, visual and the community must remain Wohlleben points out, seems to including any the Government Indeed, in his seminal paper titled, “Jagdish electrical signals.” Trees are intact, no matter what. If every “make them almost incapable of may label as “strategic.” Not just P ! Q       -          ! Chandra Bose & plant neurobiology” in the social beings. Those belonging tree were looking out only for networking with one another. As that, the draft says that no infor-       (          ,   Indian Journal of Medical Research, Prakash to the same species communi- itself, quite a few of them would a rule, trees in planted forests mation on “such projects shall be              "  1 #  Narain Tandon cites Bose’s speech in cate with one another through never reach old age.” behave like loners and suffer placed in the public domain.” Guildhouse in London on June 30, 1929, in an intricate network of fungal Besides what forests do for from their isolation.” In his The list of exempted projects =1#>       ,        ! which he says, “In many other ways we are threads connected to their root individual trees they comprise, introduction, Pradeep Krishen also includes all concerning      7     $  S  ,     able to find that plant has a heart that beats systems by means of which they contribute in critical ways cites the example of sal trees, inland waterways and national    S               1#  61#S continuously as long as life remains.” they exchange carbon and other to human survival. They induce which are known as gregarious highways. The concern trig- Other researchers and scholars fol- nutrients among themselves. rainfall. They capture carbon because they grow together in gered by this is matched by the         -      (   7  #  lowed the trail Bose had blazed and plant This, Wohlleben says, “leads to dioxide from the atmosphere large numbers and die in isola- provision that construction pro-             0  neurobiology came to encompass the study the conclusion that forests are and transform it into biomass tion, unable to communicate jects of up to 150,000 square '  =0'>     7  ' 1  '   3 of forests in different parts of the world. As superorganisms with intercon- through photosynthesis and with others of their group. metres in area shall be outside Pradeep Krishen points out in his introduc- nections, much like ant accumulate it in the form of bio- In her chapter, titled the EIA’s bounds.    .        #  S     tion to Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of colonies.” mass, deadwood and litter and “Ancient Forests and Sacred It is good that Union          @C;;    -   7   Trees, leaf tissues transmit electrical signals Wohlleben then asks: “Why in forest soils. Deforestation Groves” in the anthology Critical Minister Prakash Javadekar said ;A     6 S  " '     ;?    when nibbled — just as humans do when are trees such social beings? and harvesting fires, besides Themes in the Environmental on August 10 that the “thou- hurt — to summon defensive compounds Why do they share food with respiration and oxidation, History of India edited by Ranjan sands of suggestions” received in       ,        13   from within themselves and release chem- their own species and some- release carbon from forests and Chakrabarti, Nanditha Krishna respect of the Environment         '  B  ,    13 ical signals in the form of scent molecules times even go as far as to nour- increase atmospheric pollution. writes that recognition of the Impact Assessment (EIA) noti- '                    to warn other plants of the impending dan- ish their own competitors?” Further, deforestation destroys “importance of trees and forests’ fication would be considered ger and enable them to take defensive mea- Saying that the reasons are the the habitats of wild animals, go back “to India’s earliest civil- before the final draft is made.       61#          0    sures. Wohlleben himself cites the example same as in the case of human which not only enhances the rate isation.” She further states that One hopes that the process          O #   'D   ! of umbrella thorn acacias in the African communities, he writes, “There of extinction of species — which the Rig Veda’s Oshadhi Sukta leads to the shedding of some        !          - S  Savannah which did not like giraffes feed- are advantages of working stands roughly at an alarming addresses plants and vegetables provisions which have sent ing on them. In “mere minutes,” they start- together. A tree is not a forest. 3,000 of them every year glob- as, “O Mother” and says alarm bells ringing.    - 3   $ (  O         ed pumping toxic substances into their leaves On its own, a tree cannot estab- ally — but increases human-ani- “Hundreds are your birthplaces (The writer is Consultant *     6 S               to rid themselves of the herbivores, which lish a consistent local climate. 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The general perception is that voca- -,-#1-$ dealing with impediments and forging Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. backed up by a robust credit system that     !         ! tional education is inferior to mainstream educa- professional relationships. They get a The success model of NIFT can be has due weightage for this vital hands-on          "         ! 01.1++(- tion. Students aiming to do well academically pre- (=3 01,C, chance to practise management and adapted and replicated by professional col- experience. This will not only help in pro-                !  fer mainstream colleges and vocational training cen- marketing skills in real-life situations. A leges. Universities need to sign moting vocational skill but also increase !       tres are considered second-rate. .100--G12,/ subsequent scrutiny by the institute and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) the social signalling for skilling.  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In this sce- dents have looked at spinning wheel, ner with professional colleges, give spe- course if a student wishes to start an enter-   $(-              ! nario, many B.Tech students get a lower pay pack- loom, dye casting, weaving, melting, cial inputs and also hire apprentices. prise in between. This will be brought in               age than those passing out of polytechnics and ITIs. moulding and welding in clusters across Classroom study in college needs to be sync with the exit and re-entry provision     0   $(-         It is a matter of serious concern and needs to be dealt the country. They are now in touch with regularly supplemented by supervised, in the NEP.               with by a complete re-imagination of how vocation- the sources for procuring niche products hands-on work experience. This will be The policy also suggests permitting              ! al education should be offered to students. like Kani, Patola, Paithani, Phulkari, Ikat, a symbiotic relationship and a win-win sit- the start-up as the final year project of the              The NEP aims to overcome this flawed percep- Chikan, Brocade, Batik and Ajrakh tex- uation for all. student. Universities in the State are tak-                 tion by focussing on imparting skills. This is a step tiles and the best of products in wood, The millennials will be able to bring ing steps to formalise these suggestions.         !     in the right direction. However, the success will lie metal, bamboo and terracotta handicrafts. their diverse thinking into the mainstream They are also working towards setting up              ! in its proper implementation, when we integrate They know the difference between hand- in a protected environment. Their incubation hubs, providing financial vocational programmes into mainstream education. loom and powerloom, handspun and strengths in terms of customised use of knowledge and promoting entrepreneur-               ! This can be done in all educational programmes in machine spun cloth and organic and technology and innovation will add value ship among students.     -           a phased manner. chemical dyes. They are also aware of the to industrial products. This will also give If vocational skilling and education          (    " The NIFT experience: The experience of our ground realities and hardships of the them space to grow by applying their are properly integrated, the country’s         $(-      leading national institutions provides valuable craftsmen. knowledge to practical problems. 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Prohibition of Insider Trading ic details regarding the maintenance of sharing it must also be recorded in the ered from the defaulter shall be cases. The second amendment that with the SEBI’s probe and surveillance Regulations, 2015 (PIT Regulations) the digital database by such entities database. Moreover, maintaining such deposited in the Investor Protection cuts a special exception to the trading procedure. However, it may lead to prohibit insider trading while in pos- continued to remain shrouded in a database has to be done internally and Education Fund. window is in the light of the ongoing particular operational challenges and session of Unpublished Price Sensitive uncertainty. Further, the list of trans- and cannot be outsourced. The data- Analysis and impact: The prima- endeavours by the SEBI to facilitate issues for the listed firm, intermediary Information (UPSI) subject to certain actions under Schedule B of the base should store data for the previous ry benefit of the amendment that man- easy routes of raising capital. This is or fiduciary, because in addition to exceptions. Rule four of the PIT Regulations, exempting them from eight years at any given time. dated a structured digital database is much needed and will give more maintaining more data for a more Regulations contains provisions apro- trading window restrictions, was not The second most notable amend- reduced information asymmetry while chances to listed entities to raise fast extended period, the entity is no  ;:=: pos trading when in possession of amenable to additions. This prohibit- ment is that the trading window the SEBI investigates matters of insid- capital. Lastly, the mandatory longer permitted to outsource the task UPSI. Trades carried out by a person ed reasonable expansion of the same restrictions would no more apply to er trading. In cases relating to it, dis- announcing of infringement of the of keeping the database. here is no other kind of trading who has UPSI would be presumed to to include transactions of a like nature. “offer for sale” (OFS) and “Rights tinguishing the insider who conveyed code of conduct would make a more Market conduct regulation is in India but the insider variety,” have been motivated by the knowledge Lastly, there was also the issue of lack Entitlement” (RE). Schedule B of the the UPSI, in any case, turns out to be strong system of compliance. poised at a critical threshold in India, Tremarked a former president of and awareness of such information and of adherence to the code of conduct PIT Regulations mandates that there progressively significant for narrowing Regulatory solutions: With each where a combination of nuanced laws the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in they shall be held guilty of insider trad- under the PIT Regulations. should be a closure of the trading win- down expected guilty parties and to of these amendments, while the SEBI and efficient enforcement can indeed 1992, whereas Arthur Levitt, ing. Simply put, any abuse of position Recent amendments to insider dow for designated people and their follow the data trail. This was one of has chalked out additional responsi- be transformative. When understood Chairman of the US Securities or power by insiders for personal ben- trading: Through a previous amend- relatives as it can be reasonably expect- the pertinent issues in the ongoing bilities for intermediaries and fiducia- in their true spirit, these amend- Exchange Commission (SEC), viewed efits, monetary or otherwise, is a ment that came into effect on April 1, ed that they possess UPSI. However, “WhatsApp spill” case wherein after ries, as well as streamlined its regula- ments are capable of engendering a it as one with no place in any law-abid- fraud committed on public sharehold- 2019, the SEBI had mandated every through another notification in July, extensive investigations, the SEBI had tory powers with bourses, the overall behavioural shift across corporates, ing economy. Between these ends of ers, who expect unbiased management listed entity, intermediary and fiducia- the SEBI allowed selling of promoters’ punished certain people for spilling impact on the market hygiene remains their Board and other key stakehold- the spectrum lies the debate on insid- of the company’s operations in their ry to maintain a structured digital data- holding by way of OFS and exercising data identified to be price-sensitive. to be seen. While there seem to be con- ers, in terms of how we balance com- er trading. Although India was not late interest. The 2020 amendments to the base, which would have the name and RE during the period of closure of the However, since WhatsApp messages cerns regarding the degree and extent mercial interests with accountability for in recognising the detrimental impact PIT Regulations aim at bolstering the PAN details of a person with whom the trading window. are typically ensured through end-to- of control that may be exercised by information access. As the market of insider trading on the rights of level of compliance and mitigating the UPSI was shared. This was done to The SEBI also specified that list- end encryption, the SEBI could not stock exchanges over unlisted entities, practice evolves on this, one can only shareholders, corporate governance defects plaguing them. Prior to the ensure that there was a trail of infor- ed entities, intermediaries and fiducia- efficiently recognise the entities the same will depend on the success- hope that we can achieve that fine yet and financial markets, the legal regime, amendment, there was considerable mation whenever the SEBI needed to ries are now mandated to promptly involved in the trade, thus setting an ful implementation of the PIT firm balance, amply aided by even- including the enforcement mechanism confusion with respect to the handling investigate the sharing of UPSI. Now, and voluntarily report any Code of alarmingly low standard of proof in Amendment and issuance of further handed regulatory practices and judi- relating to its prevention, remains in of UPSI by intermediaries. through an amendment in July, the Conduct violation under the PIT such cases. It is hoped that the new, clarifications and circulars by SEBI. cial momentum. a nascent stage. The Securities and Notwithstanding the FAQs released by SEBI has mandated that the nature of Regulations in the prescribed format organised and structured digital data- The requirement of maintaining (The writer is Managing Partner Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the SEBI to address the same, specif- the UPSI and the details of the person to the bourses and any amount recov- base may help and forestall such an enhanced digital database is in line KS Legal and Associates.)    ! " "  5 R   @  - 7 "

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4/ Government to furnish the the proof of our education’s Sahasrabudhe delivered the The prosecution had sub- year, when the victims were reasons behind violation of excellence is that the CEOs of keynote address of the convo- mitted before the NIA court reportedly digging a pit to /  # 0-,,21 workers. This is in stark contrast to the events procedures in its implemen- Google and Microsoft studied cation. that during the course of inves- retrieve a concealed explosive of last week when the number of afflicted per- tation. It has been disclosed by in India. He appreciated AIMA for tigation incriminating role of consignment. fter a brief lull, Tamil Nadu is experiencing sons in the capital city came down to 900s for those arrested in the gold The Minister said that holding the country’s first Ayet another bout of surge in Covid-19 cases. a few days which was music to the ears of the smuggling scam that the India would lead the online entirely online convocation. On Friday, 5,995 new persons were diagnosed civic officials. Kerala government had signed education revolution and He pointed out that covid had    ?  with the pandemic across the State, said a med- Situation in Chengalpet (430) and a Memorandum of efforts would be made to offer allowed higher education and ical bulletin issued by the department of Health. Kancheepuram (220) were no different as the Understanding with the UAE online courses from the regulation to go online though     1   The State also saw 101 persons succumbing to numbers were high in these two districts which based Red Crescent to build world’s top 100 universities. He AICTE had faced stiff resis- Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. are home to the State’s many industrial and edu- houses as part of LIFE appreciated AIMA’s initiative tance for two years in digital-  ,-./-+01 There were 53, 413 active cases of covid-19 cational complexes. Thiruvallur , another neigh- Mission. in promoting online education izing the approval process. across the State as on Friday evening. The day boring district tested 369 positive cases on he Supreme Court on also saw 5,764 patients getting cured and dis- Friday. TFriday refused to enter- charged from hospitals. Coimbatore (395) , Cuddalore (242), 5957/ 3'     tain a plea seeking setting up The covid test centres numbering 139 Kanyakumari (155), Salem (269) , Vellore (200) of a three-judge panel to across the State tested 72,423 persons on Friday are the other districts where normal life has come inquire into the conduct of proving the commitment of the Health to a standstill. Aruna Giri, a hotelier and cater- former Chief Justice of India Department in aggressive testing and isolation ing expert based in Vellore , who usually is in   .   ./ Ranjan Gogoi as a judge of the “Sorry we can’t entertain,” of the patients afflicted with the pandemic. high demand during this period of the year apex court. the bench told petitioner The Chennai Metropolis diagnosed 1,282 because of his expertise with culinary delights /  # Chathurthi was of signifi- ers are Hindus. They are Gogoi is now a Rajya Arun Ramchandra Hublikar, new cases out of the 5,995 persons who tested wears a forlorn look. “No business since the out- 0-,,21 cant to the Hindus because of offended and felt let down by Sabha MP. who had sought inquiry into positive on Friday and this has caused anguish break of the pandemic. More than me, it is the their prayer to the God for an the Governent’smove to ban A bench headed by Justice the alleged “omission and among the policy makers and health workers I am worried about,” said Giri. indu Makkal Katchi , a early end to the Covid-19 Vinayaka Chathurthi celebra- Arun Mishra termed as commission” by Justice (retd) Hpolitical outfit in Tamil pandemic haunting the tion. The Government has “infructuous” the public Gogoi as a judge of the apex Nadu, has alleged that the world. “ We had told the opened TASMAC liquor out- interest litigation (PIL), and court. The petitioner claimed AIADMK Government led Government that there lets and allowed slaughter of said the petitioner did not before the bench that he had   ?!  ,4 by Edappadi Palaniswami is wouldn’t be any festivities animals for Id. But why we are press for a hearing in last two met the secretary general of discriminating the Hindus and celebrations but we being discriminated against?” years and moreover, now the top court for listing of his  ,-./-+01 this Court dated July 16, in the State while encourag- should be allowed to take asked Sri Priya Iyer, a BJP Justice (retd) Gogoi has plea but it was not listed.  %  P 2020. ing other religion. processions observing social activist. already demitted office. Justice Gogoi, the first he Supreme Court has   “As all the connected Arjun Sampath, founder, distancing norms for immer- Sampath said while “Why did not you (peti- person from the northeast to Textended the term of matters are scheduled to be HMK, said in a statement on sion of the statues in the Bay Maharashtra and Karnataka tioner) press it for hearing in reach the top of judiciary three Administrative listed for hearing on Friday that the Government’s of Bengal and rivers in the have allowed Ganesh the last two years? This plea and credited for bringing the Members of the Armed for hearing in the next September 9, 2020, we deem refusal of permission to Hindus State,” said Sampath. Chathurthi festivities, the has become infructuous as he curtains down on the decades Forces Tribunal for a period month. it appropriate that the term of to observe Vinayaka Chathurthi Meanwhile the BJP cadre Dravidian governments in has demitted office,” the old politically and religious- of two months. A three-judge “The term of three three administrative mem- scheduled for Saturday was all over the State are of the view Tamil Nadu always treat the bench, also comprising ly sensitive Ayodhya land dis- bench headed by Chief Justice administrative members of bers of the Armed Forces proof of this ‘blatant discrimi- that it was time for the party to event as a law and order issue Justices B R Gavai and pute, had retired as the CJI on of India S A Bobde passed the the Armed Forces Tribunal Tribunal is extended for a nation’. end its alliance with the despite the Hindus observe Krishna Murari, said. November 17 last year. order after noting that con- was extended for a period of period of two more months,” He said that AIADMK. “More than 70 per the celebration with due dili- nected matters were posted one month by an Order of the bench said. this year’s Vinayaka cent of the AIADMK support- gence.   0"/5 Q N<+   1      "96 9%9 .!! 
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Every time I watch the  Where do you find the motivation to er and I put them into the book. I write films, I get emotional, not just because the continue writing when you hit a writer’s in a little shed at the bottom of my garden end result is so spectacular but because block? How do you deal with it? in London. Starting a new series takes a something so personal to me also became I have to say I’ve never had it. I’ve been lot more time. My most recent series, The special to them and that comes across lucky. When my children were young I had Wizards of Once, began in a notebook that beautifully on screen. I am grateful to very little time to write, so I had to get it took five years to develop, on and off. them, beyond words. done, there was no choice. Sometimes But my personal quest is to create that’s the best way, even though at the time  Why did you decide to write for chil- books and play small part in trying to get it was of course very stressful. dren and make them your target audi- the children read, write and draw with the ence? Isn’t it more challenging to capture same excitement and wonder that I did  What would be your advice to aspir- the attention of the younger ones? when I was a kid. ing children authors? I have spent twenty years writing for It can be tricky to write for children, Read as much as you can, to get a feel children and over those years I have lost because you have to pitch the writing for what age group you want to write for. count of the times people have asked me, exactly right and you also have to appeal Have big ideas notebook where what you ‘Have you ever thought of writing for to the adult reading with the child, but it’s write doesn’t matter. And then just do it. adults?’ as if writing for children was some challenge I enjoy. You’ll get better and you have to start sort of second best activity, something you somewhere. Try and make yourself laugh, do before moving on to the higher level of  What were you most excited about cry and feel. If you can’t do that for your- writing for adults. while writing How to Train Your Dragon self, you won’t be able to do it for other There is no greater privilege than writ- books? What aspect from the book people. You are your own first reader. ing for children. As adults we can get con- franchise did you think would work best fused by trivialities. Children are focussed for kids?  Since there’s currently a lockdown in on the essentials. It was exciting, because even though many parts of the world, people have I often get asked if I had ever wanted it sounds very unlikely, How to Train Your more time to read. Apart from your to move to LA and be a screenwriter for Dragon is a lot about my own childhood books, what else would you recommend How to Train Your Dragon. The answer is and also about my children when they to people? no. I wasn’t a film writer, I was a book were young. I began writing Dragon I’ve been doing lots of readings from writer. When I was a little girl, dreaming when I had just had a baby. And there is my shed on YouTube, of what I might possibly be one day, it was a moment when you have just had a baby, CressidaCowellOfficial. Try and use the always to be an author, not a screenwriter. (every parent will recognise this), that ents dealt with you. Toothless is a lot like me talking to my tod- now, because if I had known, it would have time to be creative, get that notebook for However glamorous and wonderful films when you look in the back of the car and I grew up in London but I spent a lot dlers at the time. felt daunting to start. I’ve been so, so lucky. your ideas. But also, don’t put too much might be, I shouldn’t get distracted from there’s tiny little alien creature sitting there of time on an uninhabited island off the I wanted the books to be funny and I feel grateful every day for the readers pressure on yourself. A lot of people are my ‘quest’. Children always know what the behind you and you think: ‘They’re going west coast of Scotland where real Vikings exciting but also make the reader feel who’ve taken and made my books part of trying to work and look after the kids, quest is. They may seem not to be concen- to let me out of hospital with a baby? But would have lived once upon a time… So things — make them laugh or cry and want their family life. I also feel incredibly grate- which is very hard. In the midst of a glob- trating but when it comes to fundamen- I know nothing about babies!’ I wrote this story based on that little island to read on. I know I’ve succeeded when a ful to the team for taking something so al crisis is not the time to make yourself tals, they don’t get distracted. So you start reading up everything and the relationship between Hiccup and Dad tells me they’ve cried reading it… personal and important to me and creat- feel guilty about anything. I should pause here to say that I love about babies and how to deal with them. Stoick the Vast was inspired by my rela- ing it magnificently on screen. (Watch How to Train your Dragon: The the work DreamWorks have done on While you’re doing this, you are thinking tionship with my father. There really was  Did you anticipate this level of success Hidden World on August 30 at 1 pm and Dragon. One of my philosophies is to part- about your own childhood and how you an Isle of Berk (though it has a different for the franchise?  The first How to Train Your Dragon 9 pm on Sony PIX.) ner with the best people and trust them to were brought up and how your own par- name). 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0 prestigious awards that a groups of tourists. Two other sportsperson can receive, and I Britons were also detained. + # Olympic Bronze pointed with the Government Arjuna. That was my dream,” owe this to my coaches, team- “The football player was medallist Sakshi Malik on for ignoring her achievements. a fuming Sakshi said. mates, friends and family for verbally abusive to an officer Friday came down heavily on “I always wanted to be The initial list of 29 names their constant support since the and then hit him,” a police offi- the Sports Ministry for leaving called as Arjuna awardee recommended by selection beginning,” Rani said in a release cial said. “The three were her name out of the final list of Sakshi Malik. The athletes do committee included Sakshi and issued by Hockey India. resisting when brought to the Arjuna awardees. everything to win such acco- 2017 weightlifting world cham- “It is an amazing feeling Mykonos police station.” The Ministry decided lades. He or she wants to win pion Mirabai, but the decision when your hard work is reward- ners too,” said Rani, who is cur- Manchester United issued “Contact has been made ship to the nearby island of against bestowing the Arjuna all the awards. That’s what of bestowing the Arjuna on ed, and I believe this award will rently based out of the SAI a statement saying they were with Harry, and he is fully co- Syros, where they will face on Sakshi and weightlifter motivates us. “I don’t know them was left to the discretion serve as a great motivation for Centre in Bengaluru. aware of the incident involv- operating with the Greek charges by a public prosecutor, Mirabai Chanu as the two have what I should do to win the of Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. me and players like me to keep The 25-year-old had helped ing Maguire. authorities. At this time we the police official said. already been conferred with the Arjuna award. I am happy to be This was due to the fact striving for bigger feats and the Indian team secure a berth “The club is aware of an will be making no further Mykonos is a popular hol- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna conferred with the Khel Ratna that they had already won the make the country proud. at the Tokyo Olympics, besides alleged incident involving comment.” iday destination with a repu- Award. award in 2016. And I respect it Khel Ratna, the country’s high- “I also would like to con- leading the side into the final of Maguire in Mykonos last Maguire and the two other tation as a party island that Sakshi said she is disap- too. But I always wanted est sporting honour. IANS gratulate all the other award win- the 2018 Asian Games. PNS night,” it said. detainees will be taken by never sleeps.