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PUNJAB CABINET APPROVES UN CHIEF SENDS CRIED LIKE ACHILD AFTER RS 501 CR SPENT TO FIGHT CONDOLENCES TO BEIRUT FAULKNER HITME FOR 30 COVID SO FAR BLASTS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES RUNS, SAYS ISHANT P-5 P-8 P-11 At least 100 killed, 4,000 injured in massive PM laid foundation stone of Hindu Rashtra: Asaduddin Owaisi

explosions devastating Beirut Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS POINT TO NEGLIGENCE AS CAUSE OF BEIRUT foundation stone of a Hindu Rash- tra by placing the fi rst brick for the Beirut, Aug 5 (IANS) As many as construction of the Ram temple at 100 people were killed and nearly PM Modi expresses shock Ayodhya, said AIMIM president 4,000 injured in two huge explo- Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday. sions that rocked downtown Bei- over explosions in Beirut The Hyderabad MP termed August rut, the Lebanese Red Cross said 5 as the day of Hindutva’s victory on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and secularism’s defeat. The blasts took place on Tues- on Wednesday expressed Addressing a news conference “The Prime Minister in his speech day evening (around 6.10 p.m. shock over massive explosions here on Wednesday, he slammed said he is emotional. Owaisi is also local time), shaking buildings all in Lebanon's capital city Beirut Modi for participating in the emotional because I believe in co- over the city while also causing that killed at least 50 people, “Bhoomi Pujan” of the temple at existence and equality of citizen- severe damage and casualties, Xi- and prayed for the bereaved the site where the Babri Masjid ship and the foundation stone of a nhua reported. President Michel families and the injured. was demolished on December 6, temple was laid on the place where Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of Office of the Prime Min- 1992. Stating that India as a secu- the mosque stood for 450 years and ammonium nitrate, used in fertil- ister tweeted, "Shocked and lar country has no religion, Owaisi it was demolished by your party isers and bombs, had been stored he estimated would lead to losses Lebanon after the huge blasts saddened by the large explo- said Modi violated the oath he and your ideological organizations for six years at the port without in the billions of dollars.“This caused massive casualties and sion in Beirut city leading to ning (around 6.10 p.m. -- lo- took as the Prime Minister and like the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal and safety measures. He said that was is a catastrophe for Beirut and damage in Beirut.“Our thoughts loss of life and property. Our cal time), shaking buildings all also violated the basic structure the so-called secular parties. I am “unacceptable”. Offi cials did not Lebanon.”Many countries in the and prayers are with the great and thoughts and prayers are with over the city while also causing of the Constitution which is secu- also emotional because there are say what caused the blaze that set region expressed solidarity and resilient people of Lebanon,” Zarif the bereaved families and the severe damages and casualties, lar. “Today is the day of victory of graves of Muslims around the site,” off the blast. A security source and sympathy with Lebanon over the tweeted. “As always, Iran is fully injured." Over 50 people have Xinhua news agency reported. Hindutva and majoritarianism and he said. The All India Majlis-e-Itte- media said it was caused by weld- explosions that have dealt a fur- prepared to render assistance in been killed and around 2,500 Hassan was quoted by al- defeat of democracy and secular- hadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) presi- ing work being carried out on a ther blow to the country already any way necessary,” he said. wounded in two huge explo- Jadeed TV as saying that more ism,” he said. Owaisi took strong dent slammed Modi for equating hole in the warehouse. plagued by the Covid-19 pan- “Stay strong, Lebanon,” he sions that rocked Lebanese than 50 people were killed and exception to Modi calling the tem- August 5 with August 15 and said he “It’s like a war zone. I’m speech- demic and an economic crisis. added.Turkey on Tuesday ex- capital Beirut, Health Minister 2,500 others were injured in the ple a symbol of India. “A temple insulted the freedom fi ghters of the less,” Beirut’s Mayor Jamal Itani Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- pressed sorrow over the huge Hamad Hassan said. The blasts blasts.The number of casual- or a mosque can’t be a symbol of country. “How can a temple move- told the media while inspecting mad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday number of casualties and dam- took place on Tuesday eve- ties was expected to rise. India. No place of worship can be ment be equated with the country’s the damage on Wednesday that that Iran is ready to offer help to age caused by the explosions. a symbol of this country,” he said. freedom,” he asked.

Legacy of India’s unity PM lays foundation for Ram temple in Ayodhya is in its diversity, must IUML 'displeased' over Priyanka DESPITE EFFORTS TO ERADICATE RAM’S EXISTENCE, HE LIVES IN OUR HEARTS: MODI be upheld: Mamata Gandhi's Ayodhya stand Ayodhya/New Delhi, Aug of Valmiki, Lord Ram was 5 (IANS) Ram Lalla and ‘Vi- guiding ancient India, in the Kozhikode (Kerala), Aug 5 Modi performed the Bhu- kas’ were brought together in Middle Ages, Ram was push- (IANS) The Indian Union mi Pujan in Ayodhya and a fine interpretation of Lord ing India through Tulsi, Kabir Muslim League (IUML) laid the first brick for the Ram in the speech by Prime and Nanak, the same Ram was - the second-biggest con- Ram temple. Minister Narendra Modi, on present in Bapu’s hymns as stituent of the Congress- The IUML had earlier Wednesday after the ‘Bhumi a force of non-violence and led UDF in Kerala - on conveyed its dissatisfac- Pujan’ ceremony in Ayodhya. satyagraha during the freedom Wednesday "expressed tion to state Congress “Ram is for everyone, Ram struggle,” said the Prime Min- its displeasure" over Con- leaders over its top lead- is within everyone,” he said, ister, while sending out a pow- Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) On the day gress General Secretary ers, including Gandhi, and while addressing the seers Covid-19 pandemic by wear- the Prime Minister. The event erful message. It was a speech, when the nation is celebrating Priyanka Gandhi welcom- our displeasure on the former Madhya Pradesh after the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ of ing masks and maintaining so- sets the ball rolling for the con- however, not without a subtle the ‘bhumi pujan’ ceremony of ing the Bhumi Pujan in statement of Gandhi on Chief Minister Kamal the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. cial distancing. “Ram speaks, struction of a grand Ram Tem- dig. He said, “Ram is carved the grand Ram Temple in Ayod- Ayodha to start construc- the construction of the Nath, among others, sup- Beginning his speech with thinks, according to time, ple, a key electoral promise of in our mind, mixed with us. hya, West Bengal Chief Minister tion of the Ram temple. Af- Ayodhya temple as it was porting the ceremony. “Jai Siya Ram” chants, Modi place and circumstances. Ram the ruling party. You see the amazing power Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ter an emergency meeting out of place," he said. Soon after this, Congress went on to link Lord Ram with teaches us to grow with time. However, the message the of Lord Ram -- buildings were said that the nation has always of its top brass, called in Priyanka Gandhi, in her General Secretary K.C. modern times and said, “Lord Ram is in favor of change, Ram Prime Minister tried to drive destroyed, every attempt was upheld its legacy of unity in diver- wake of several Congress statement, said that "this Venugopal called up Kun- Ram has shown us the path is in favor of modernity,” said home was larger. “This day made to eradicate his exis- sity. “Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isaai, leaders, including Pri- programme, with bless- halikutty and said that of realisation and research.” the Prime Minister. He said is proof of the truth of the re- tence. But he still remains in Aapas mein hain Bhai Bhai! Mera yanka Gandhi, supporting ings of Lord Ram and his they are open for a discus- He referred to the epitome of that a grand temple will now solve of crores of devotees. our mind.” But, at the end, the Bharat Mahaan, Mahaan Hamara the Ayodhya programme, teachings, should become sion to sort out the issue. morals & dharma “Maryada be built for the Ram Lalla de- This day is a unique gift of a Prime Minister sent a larger Hindustan (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh senior IUML leader and a symbol of national unity, Of Kerala's 3.34 crore peo- Purushottam Ram” to stress ity who had been living under just, fair India to truth, non- message that Lord Ram stands and Isaai are our brothers. India is MP P.K.Kunhalikutty brotherhood and cultural ple, Muslims account for on the observation of similar a temporary tent for many violence, faith and sacrifice,” for modernity, development great. Hindustan is great),” Baner- told the media that they amalgamation". 88.73 lakh, second to the “maryada” (limits) in today’s years. “Every heart is illumi- he said. He said Ram is pres- and fairness and those are jee tweeted.She also said that In- have passed a resolution The outcome of the Hindu community which life. The Prime Minister ex- nated; it is an emotional mo- ent in different cultures, in the aspects all Indians should dia has always upheld the age-old against the statement of IUML meeting came after is above 50 per cent of the horted citizens to follow a sim- ment for the entire country... different areas. “Thousands aspire for, in the name of the legacy of unity in diversity. Gandhi. "We expressed Prime Minister Narendra total population. ilar “maryada” in times of the A long wait ends today,” said of years ago, in the Ramayana deity, he suggested.

Prez says Ram t emple to be symbol Kashmiris celebrate one year of of modern India abrogation of Art. 370 New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) President Handwara (J&K), Aug 5 (IANS) Re- Ram Nath Kovind on jecting Pakistan's efforts to create a Wednesday hailed false narrative about abrogation of Ar- the Bhoomi Pujan ticle 370, hundreds of Gujjars, Bakarw- for construction of als and other Kashmiri sightseers from a grand temple at Kupwara, Tangdhar and Handwara Ayodha, saying it will be a testimony to on Wednesday celebrated Bangus ideals of RamRajya and a “symbol of mod- Awaam Mela to comemorate the first ern India”. The President, greeting the anniversary of scrapping of the special people on the occasion, in a message, said, status of Jammu and KashmirThe An- “Felicitations to all for the foundation lay- nual Fair saw participation with great ing of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Being built fanfare for two days since it kicked of Gujjar, Bakerwal communities from and medical camp was also organised in tune with law, it defines India’s spirit of on Monday.Rustic games like horse various Bhaiks living in the meadows by the local Rashtriya Rifles unit. A social harmony and people’s zeal. It will racing, sheep herding, Tug of War and during the summer months actively total of 679 patients including 49 chil- be a testimony to ideals of RamRajya and a Wood Chopping competitions were participated. On the request of senior dren were given treatment, advice and symbol of modern India.” organised on the first day in which the community members, a veterinary free medicines by the doctors. Indian Horizon Thursday, August 6, 2020 CITY 2 ‘Won’t let you rest on your feet’: HC to Delhi govt over Covid-19 testing Lord Ram’s blessings New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The therefore decline to close the going the RAT test is for con- Delhi High Court on Tuesday matter as requested. We will tainment zones, hotspots and will make India most refused to close the hearing on not let you rest on your feet.... health care settings in certain a plea seeking rapid Covid-19 Why is the Delhi government circumstances. For other ar- testing and declaration of re- getting cold feet.” eas, the guidelines of the ICMR powerful: Kejriwal sults in 48 hours, saying that During the course of hear- apply for undertaking the RT- said Lord Ram’s blessings its jurisdiction “to continu- ing, an ICMR official told the PCR test, as per the particular will end hunger, illiteracy ously monitor the situation bench that it is satisfied with groups identified in the advi- and poverty making India even in a disposed of petition the extent of testing being sory, he told the court. the most powerful nation cannot be curtailed by taking done by the Delhi government Meanwhile, the Delhi gov- in the world. to such technicalities”. by adopting RT-PCR and RAT ernment, in its latest status “Congratulations to the “The resistance of the Delhi said a division bench of Jus- earlier by taking note of the testing. “Simply because 60 report, stated that an expert entire country on the occa- Government to this Court tices Hima Kohli and Justice submissions made by him re- per cent of the reports of RAT panel comprising of mem- sion of Bhumi Pujan. May monitoring the progress made Subramonium Prasad. garding the measures taken tests are negative, is not rea- bers of the Niti Aayog, the AI- the blessings of Lord Rama in ramping up the testing, is The observations were by the Delhi government to son enough for a person to un- IMS, the ICMR and the NCDC be with us. With his bless- incomprehensible when ad- passed after advocate expedite receipt of reports for dergo RT-PCR testing unless have suggested a roadmap for ings, our country will get mittedly, this is not an adver- Satyakam, appearing for the testing of Covid-19 infection, and until after being declared strengthening of the Covid-19 New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) rid of hunger, illiteracy and sarial litigation and it is purely Delhi government, raised no further orders ought to be as negative in the RAT test, survey and the government Delhi Chief Minister Arvind poverty and make India in the interest of the citizens of technical objections over the passed merely on the strength the said person has symptoms has revised its response plan, Kejriwal on Wednesday the most powerful nation Delhi that all government de- maintainability of the said ap- of a miscellaneous applica- that are visible to the attend- reviewed the containment commended the country- in the world. May India partments and agencies act in plication. tion moved thereafter by an ing doctor, for undergoing RT- zones and factored in the clus- men for the ‘bhumi pujan’ give direction to the world tandem and work collectively Satyakam said that when intervener. Responding to the PCR testing,” he submitted. ter analysis undertaken by the ceremony of the grand in times to come. Jai Shri to deal with the Covid-19 pan- the main petition in the pres- objections being raised by the He also clarified that the state Department of Health Ram Mandir in Ayodhya Ram, Jai Bajrang Bali,” Ke- demic for larger public good,” ent matter was disposed of counsel, the bench said: “We recommendation for under- and Family Welfare. slated during the day and jriwal said in a tweet. ‘Jai Siya Ram’ says Congress on day of Ayodhya Bhumi Pujan ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ Modi reaches New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) tribution, former Madhya the party may find it tough The opposition Congress Pradesh Chief Ministers to corner the BJP except Ayodhya after nearly 3 decades party had maintained a Kamal Nath and Digvijaya on economic and gover- New Delhi, Aug 5 Modi came back to the in Ayodhya will begin at safe distance on the Ayod- Singh said that the late Ra- nance issues, said a leader (IANS) Prime Minister holy city after nearly 30 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday hya issue and had taken jiv Gandhi was instrumen- from Uttar Pradesh. Con- Narendra Modi reached years. He left from Delhi with the Prime Minister a guarded position until tal in opening the locks gress leader Jitin Prasada Ayodhya on Wednes- just around 10 a.m. Modi performing the ‘Shila Pu- the Supreme Court pro- of the temple in Ayodhya welcomed the “Bhumi day as the entire nation is likely to spend around jan’, ‘Bhumi Pujan’ and nounced its decision last and then faclitating the Pujan” saying “The Con- awaited the bhumi pujan three hours in Ayodhya. ‘Karma Shila Pujan’. year. On “Bhumi Pujan” ground breaking ceremo- gress party has already ceremony for the grand At 11.40 a.m., he will According to an official day for the Ram Temple ny in 1989. welcomed the construc- Ram Temple. Dressed in go to Hanuman Garhi statement, the main ‘puja’ on Wednesday the party The party thinks that it tion of the Ram Temple. It traditional attire (dhoti temple where he will of- will be held between 12.44 welcomed it and extended ny. Her brother and for- the BJP’s “Jai Shri Ram” has to respect the majority is a matter of faith for ev- and kurta) he alighted fer prayers for 10 minutes p.m. and 12.45 p.m. dur- its wishes on the occasion. mer Congress President slogan which was coined sentiment, especially after ery Hindu and personally from his special aircraft a and then proceed to the ing the 32-second ‘Abhijit Almost all the Congress Rahul Gandhi said, “Ram during the Ram Temple the Supreme Court has for me. I am happy that little after 11.30 a.m. Ram Janmabhoomi com- Muhurat’. It is the same leaders have mentioned is love,,compassion and movement spearheaded given a final decision and Ram Mandir is being con- The ‘Hindu Hriday plex where he will offer ‘muhurat’ or auspicious “Jai Siya Ram” in their justice and he cannot ap- by the VHP, said a Con- all the parties have main- structed.” Samrat’, as he is often prayers to Ram Lalla Vi- moment when Lord Ram statements and tweets. pear in hatred”. At the end gress leader. tained that they will re- Former Madhya referred to as, will per- rajman. was believed to have been Congress General Sec- of the statement Rahul Congress leaders from spect the Supreme Court Pradesh Chief Minister sonally participate in the The Prime Minister will born. retary Priyanka Gandhi in Gandhi also used “Jai Siya Uttar Pradesh are on an decision. The Congress Kamal Nath organised a ‘Bhumi Pujan’ later in the plant a ‘Parijat’ sapling at The Prime Minister will her statement on Monday Ram.” overdrive including Jitin Working Committee has recitation of the Hanuman day, in presence of RSS 12.10 p.m. in the temple lay a 40-kg silver brick to said that Ram is for every- Congress spokesperson Prasada and RPN Singh also welcomed the deci- Chalisa at his residence on chief Mohan Bhagwat, complex and then pro- symbolise the start of the body and Bhagwan Ram Randeep Surjewala too who are happy about the sion by the apex court. Tuesday and even gifted Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- ceed for the Bhumi Pujan construction of the temple will become a marker of said Jai Siya Ram in his party’s stand. While party The Congress in Uttar silver bricks for the “Bhu- ister Yogi Adityanatha ceremony. that is at the core of the national unity, brother- statement which could leaders are trying to un- Pradesh is gearing up to mi Pujan” ceremony in and a slew of saints from The ‘Bhumi Pujan’ for ruling BJP’s ideology and hood and cultural harmo- be seen as a counter to derscore the party’s con- take on the BJP but now Ayodhya. across India. the proposed Ram temple poll promises. Executive Engineer hit with pistol butt in Delhi Man kills couple, consumes poison Tablighi case: police team rushed to the spot. Executive Engineer ter killing a woman,” said Sunil Gehlot told the po- Gaurav Sharma, DCP Out- Delhi HC seeks lice that a beldar identified er North Delhi. When the as Manoj Mandal came to police reached on the spot, response from his office with some com- two bodies were lying in a plaint and started arguing pool of blood, he added. Centre, police on with him. According to the police, Thereafter, he took out a the accused, Mushtaq, a foreigners’ plea pistol and tried to fire but New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) on the spot. The accused resident of Nai Basti area the gun misfired. A man in Delhi first killed attacked them with a long later consumed poison. He New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Delhi High “He hit the engineer with his neighbours and then knife. The reason of the at- was rushed to a hospital Court on Tuesday sought response from the the butt of the pistol and consumed poison to end tack, however, could not where he succumbed. Centre and the police on two fresh petitions managed to run out. How- his own life, police said on be ascertained. “The police are inves- filed by the foreign nationals who attended New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) office at Gulmohar Park in ever, while running out- Wednesday. The incident “A PCR call was received tigating the matter. All the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Del- An executive engineer was Hauz Khas on Wednesday side he fired in the air. An took place late on Tuesday at around 2.40 a.m. at Na- possible angles are being his Nizamuddin area in mid-March, seek- hit with the butt of a pistol afternoon. empty cartridge was also in Narela area of Outer- rela police station that one looked into. The weapon ing quashing of the second FIR filed against by a beldar (worker) after After a call was made to found there,” said DCP North district. His victims person has escaped with of the offence has been re- them. an argument in the MCD the Police Control Room a South Atul Thakur. were a couple, who died blood stained clothes af- covered,” the officer said. A single judge bench of the high court pre- sided over by Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani issued the notice to the Central government IDP Education hosts virtual fair Covid-19 vaccine: Zydus Cadila to begin and the Delhi Police, asking them to file a status report in connection with the petition to help students study abroad filed through advocates Ashima Mandla and phase-2 clinical trials Mandakini Singh. New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) To meet their career aspirations,” New Delhi, Aug 5 gene of interest making it While posting the matter for further hear- address various challenges Piyush Kumar, Regional Di- (IANS) Drug firm Zydus very safe. ing on August 10, the court also directed the faced by the students around rector (South Asia), IDP Edu- Cadila on Wednesday an- The plasmid DNA Delhi Police to prepare a consolidated chart their abroad plans due to Cov- cation, said in a statement. nounced that its plasmid when introduced into of all the FIRs lodged against all Tablighi Ja- id-19, IDP Education, a global “IDP has over 700 world- DNA vaccine to prevent the host cells would be maat members. leader in international educa- class institution partners COVID-19 -- ZyCoV-D translated into the viral During the course of the hearing, Mandla tion services, on Wednesday across these six destinations -- was found to be safe protein and will elicit a argued that the petitioners were not informed announced to host a virtual and is best placed to offer stu- and well tolerated in the strong immune response with regard to the additional FIRs. education fair from August 10 dents the choice to find the phase I clinical trial. The mediated by the cellular The petitioners appraised the court that to October 10 in the country. course most suited to them,” company will now com- and humoral arms of the they have been charged in these FIRs under Over 150 leading institu- he said. mence phase II clinical human immune system, the same sections under which they have tions from Australia, the UK, Through this virtual fair, trials from August 6. monitored in a clinical erated in the pre-clinical which play a vital role in been charged by the Crime Branch in its FIRs the US, Canada, New Zealand, students can apply directly to The company stated pharmacological unit for toxicity studies. The vac- protection from disease filed against them, for which the majority of and Ireland will participate in the institutions of their choice that the doses of the 24 hours post dosing for cine was able to elicit a as well as viral clearance. them have entered plea bargaining and paid the virtual education fair to and get detailed information vaccine administered safety and for seven days high level of neutralisa- Besides this, ICMR fines. interact with Indian students on scholarships, ranking, vi- to healthy volunteers in thereafter and the vac- tion of antibodies in ani- chief Balram Bhargava The Delhi Police have filed 53 chargesheets and help them with their over- sas, etc. by IDP’s experienced the phase I clinical trial, cine was found to be very mal studies. had also said that the in the district courts here against 955 foreign seas education plan. and certified education ex- which began on July 15, safe. The phase II trial will inactivated virus vac- nationals belonging to 35 countries. As many IDP Education said the aim perts over a one-on-one video were well tolerated. The statement came a be evaluating the humor- cine by Bharat Biotech as 908 foreigners were allowed by the trial of the initiative is to solve the call feature. “We now begin the day after Director Gen- al and cellular immune has completed its phase I court to be deported to their native countries concerns of students and help “We understand that short- phase II clinical trials and eral of Indian Council of response for the vaccine study at 11 sites and has after they admitted their guilt and pleaded for them connect with their pre- listing an institution and look forward to evaluat- Medical Research Balram candidate in line with the started its phase II study. lenient punishments under the provisions of ferred institutions over a one- working through the applica- ing the safety and immu- Bhargava said that the current global clinical “There is no specific plea bargaining. on-one video call from the tion process can be a bit chal- nogenicity of the vaccine DNA vaccine by Zydus trial protocols in general. drug or vaccine available On March 31, the Crime Branch of the Del- comfort of their homes. lenging for students. Our goal, in a larger population,” Cadila has completed With ZyCoV-D, the yet. The need for the vac- hi Police had lodged an FIR against seven per- “IDP offers Indian students therefore, is to assist and guide said Pankaj R. Patel, phase I trials and em- company has success- cine is great and urgent sons, including Tablighi Jamaat chief Mau- the right advice and top-qual- them through all the steps Chairman of Zydus Ca- barked on phase II at 11 fully established the DNA but there is a dilemma lana Saad, on a complaint file by the SHO of ity assistance to choose the from the initial exploratory dila. sites. vaccine platform in the - the pandemic is pro- Nizamuddin police station for holding a con- right course and institution stage, application submission He also said that all the Previously, the vaccine country using non-repli- gressing rapidly and de- gregation of Tablighi followers in alleged vio- in Australia, UK, U.S. Canada, to safe arrival on campus,” Ku- subjects in the phase I was found to be safe, im- cating and non-integrat- veloping the vaccine may lation of the orders against large gatherings to New Zealand, and Ireland to mar said. clinical trial were closely munogenic and well tol- ing plasmid carrying the take time,” he had said. contain the spread of coronavirus. Indian Horizon 3 CITY Thursday, August 6, 2020 Delhi riots: HC seeks police response HC rejects plea against ban on servicemen on Kalita’s bail plea using social media New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The fective way to come closer to New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Delhi Police arrested Nar- cused in connection with Delhi High Court on Wednes- their friends, family and loved The Delhi High Court, here wal and Kalita in May, ac- the Delhi riots case till the day turned down a petition ones in the virtual world. This on Wednesday, sought the cusing them of charges beginning of trial. which sought court’s direc- greatly eased the stress suf- Delhi Police’s response over related to rioting, unlawful The police said Kalita and tion to the Director General of fered by them on a daily basis Pinjra Tod activist Devan- assembly and attempt to Narwal were actively in- Military Intelligence (DGMI) to due to the harsh conditions of gana Kalita’s bail plea. murder. volved in hatching the con- withdraw its policy which had service,” the plea said. Justice Suresh Kumar Initially, Kalita was ar- spiracy to cause riots near ordered the Indian Army of- The petitioner states the he Kait issued the notice and rested on March 23 in an Jafrabad Metro Station in ficers to delete their accounts believes that the provisions asked the police to file the anti-CAA protest case re- Delhi. from social networking plat- the security concerns of the issues arising in their families pertaining to ban usage of response by the next hear- lated to Jafrabad in North- “They were also part of a forms like Facebook and Ins- country. Choudhary contend- and often use the virtual con- social networking platforms ing in the case. East Delhi. She got bail in larger conspiracy and were tagram. ed that once he deletes all the nect to compensate for the including Facebook and In- Earlier in July, Kalita and that case. But on March 24, found to be connected to A division bench of the High data, he would lose all his con- physical distance existing be- stagram and the direction to Natasha Narwal, another she was arrested in another the ‘India Against Hate’ Court presided by Justices tacts which are there on the so- tween themselves and their delete accounts violate vari- member of the Pinjra Tod case, for which she is in the group and Umar Khalid. Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha cial media platforms. families,” the plea said. ous fundamental rights under group, were denied bail by judicial custody. The message, found in the Menon passed the said order The petition filed through The plea further stated the Constitution including the a trial court. The trial court Recently, a separate phone of an accused, on dismissing the petition filed advocates Shivank Pratap that the Indian Army soldiers right to freedom of speech and said from the charge-sheet Bench of the high court re- Whatsapp chat, reveals the by Lieutenant Colonel P.K. Singh and Sanandika Pratap serve in remote areas, extreme expression and right to privacy. it was clear that the investi- stricted the Delhi Police conspiracy and the extent Choudhary. While the matter Singh stated that the said poli- weather conditions, difficult “Policy to the extent that it gation was pending. from issuing any press note of preparation for the riots,” was being heard earlier, the cy issued by the DGMI banned terrain, with the lingering bans use of various social net- The crime branch of the on Kalita or any other ac- the police said. bench had remarked, “If Face- usage of 89 applications and threat of an enemy attack at working platforms by soldiers book is so dear to you, then put websites and directs deletion all times. The aforesaid condi- and directs soldiers to delete in your papers. You’ll have to of accounts on the said web- tions, in addition to taking a their accounts on Facebook, Plea in SC against Guj order for make a choice.” sites and applications. The ban great toll physically, also have is illegal, arbitrary, dispropor- The court had also said that and direction of deletion is ap- a considerable adverse impact tionate and violates funda- he has to take a call and asked plicable to all ranks of the In- on the mental health of the mental rights of soldiers in- longer working hours, no overtime the army officer to delete his dian Army. Soldiers. cluding but not limited to the New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) the notification, granting that the notification ex- FB account as the policy to ban “The Soldiers while posted “With the advent of the In- freedom of speech and expres- The Supreme Court on exemption from the provi- pressly states that wages the use of social networking in remote locations rely on so- ternet, particularly high speed sion, the right to life and the Tuesday issued notice chal- sions of the Act for the pe- for the extra hours will platforms for army personnel cial networking platforms like connectivity over mobile net- right to privacy,” the petitioner lenging the notification riod from April 20 to July 19, be paid “in proportion to was initiated keeping in view Facebook to address various works, soldiers found an ef- said. of the Gujarat Labour and mandates that for the peri- the existing wage (e.g., if Employment Department, od, workers in Gujarat could wages for eight hours is granting exemptions to all be made to work 12 hours Rs 80, then proportionate Security beefed up in Delhi-NCR in view of ‘Bhumi Pujan’ factories in the state from in a day, 72 hours in a week wages for twelve hours will provisions of the Facto- with a 30 minutes break af- be Rs 120”). “This is bla- New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Se- people. ries Act, 1948, relating to ter six hours. However, the tantly against section 59 curity in Delhi and NCR has The situation is also moni- daily working hours, weekly Factories Act, 1948, pro- of the Act which mandates been beefed up in view of the tored under the close supervi- working hours, intervals for vides that workers can only that wages must be paid at ‘Bhumi Pujan’ for the con- sion of senior police officers rest, and even from the duty be made to work nine hours double the ordinary rate struction of the Ram Temple in NCR as well. Gurugram, to pay overtime wages at in a day - but 48 hours in a for hours worked in excess in Ayodhya. Senior police of- Gautam Budh Nagar and double rate as fixed under week, with one weekly off - of 9 hours in a day (includ- ficers are themselves monitor- Ghaziabad are also on alert. the Act’s Section 59. thus coming to 8 hours in a ing one hour break) and 48 ing the situation. In Noida, extensive check- The plea, filed by Gujarat day, with a 30 minutes break hours in a week,” added the All districts in Delhi are on ing was carried out on the Mazdoor Sabha, a registered after five hours. plea. alert amid the August 5 devel- streets and vehicles were trade union, and others, The notification further The plea submitted that opments in Ayodhya where searched on roads. An extra through advocate Aparna provides that no women this notification states that the Prime Minister will partici- vigil is being kept on border Bhat, contended that April workers will be allowed to the workers will be not only pate in the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ for areas. 17 notification “is patently work between 7 p.m. and 6 be grossly overworked, but the Ram temple. capital. As the security arrange- Ghaziabad SSP Kalanidhi illegal, violative and unnatu- a.m. the fact that the direction Police is also monitoring “Extra caution is being tak- ments are already up for the Naithani himself supervised rally unjust of various fun- “Most disturbingly, the for no payment of overtime various social media platforms en today and the police is on Independence day, the po- the security arrangements damental rights, statutory impugned notification pre- rate for overtime worked like WhatsApp, Facebook and alert and prepared to face any lice patrolling in the areas to under his jurisdiction on rights and labour laws”. scribes that no overtime at “just adds a sordid element Instagram to see if any group situation. Extra vigil is in place maintain law and order has Tuesday night and briefed the A bench of Justices D.Y. double rate will be paid for of cruelty to a blatantly il- or individual tries to disturb across the capital,” said a se- been intensified to instil a staff about necessary security Chandrachud and K.M. the extra four hours worked legal notification, all in re- the peace and harmony in the nior Delhi police officer. sense of security among the arrangements. Joseph took up the plea, per day, but rather that spect of the workers who through video conferenc- overtime work will merely are quite literally risking ing, and issued notice after be compensated at the usual their lives to ensure the Covid-19: Six Indian states have more than 1 lakh cases each a hearing. hourly rate,” said the plea. sustenance of the econo- New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) where there are less than 1,000 southern state are four times lakh. The plea contended that The petitioner argued my”. Six major states in India have active cases. the active cases. It has a recov- On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh recorded more than one lakh In a press briefing, Health ery rate of over 76 per cent. crossed the mark of one lakh coronavirus cases each since Ministry Secretary Rajesh Andhra Pradesh is inching cases, recording 41,222 active the outbreak of the pandem- Bhushan had said that 82 per towards the two lakh mark and cases, 57,271 recovered cases Man killed in robbery bid in ic, with the country logging cent of the total cases are lim- has logged over 1,600 deaths. and 1,817 deaths. over 19 lakh cases and nearly ited to 10 states and Union It is recording 10,000 cases The country on Wednesday west Delhi 40,000 deaths so far. Territories and that 50 dis- daily and is among the states reported 52,509 cases and 857 New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) dead while Dheeraj who was tions 302/394/397/307/34 Maharashtra has the highest tricts account for 66 per cent with fastest growing number deaths. This took the tally to A man was stabbed to death stabbed on the left thigh was IPC was registered in Tilak number of cases, followed by of the total caseload. of cases. Neighbouring Kar- 19,08,255, including 5,86,244 by robbers while another admitted in hospital. Nagar police station,” said Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, with a popula- nataka has recorded over 1.4 patients who are undergo- one was grievously injured The police received a PCR Sameer Sharma, Additional Karnataka, Delhi and Uttar tion of over 11 crore, not only lakh cases and 2,700 deaths. ing treatment for the disease, in the incident on Tuesday call at around 11:29 pm DCP, west Delhi. Pradesh. The last is a recent accounts for the highest num- Delhi, on the other hand, is 12,82,216 who have recovered night in west Delhi’s Tilak and rushed to the spot. On Later, police teams were addition to the states climb- ber of cases but has also wit- now witnessing a remarkable and 39,795 fatalities. Nagar. reaching the spot near 24 formed to track the crimi- ing up the grim mark of over a nessed most deaths. The state turnaround. It is now recording On the brighter side, India The incident took place block park, Tilak Nagar, one nals in nearby areas and lakh cases. has over 4.5 lakh cases and less than almost 1,000 daily cas- recorded the highest-ever when 25-year-old Ranjan scooty was found while the according to police, prima On the other hand, with the 16,000 deaths, as on Tuesday. es and has the highest recovery single day recoveries in the and Dheeraj, 26, while re- injured were rushed to DDU facie it appears to be a case deadly virus spreading rap- It has a recovery rate of over 62 rate of nearly 90 per cent. last 24 hours. With a sharp in- turning home from their Hospital by PCR van. of robbery where the victims idly all over the country, there per cent. Over 1.40 lakh people have crease of 51,706 Covid-19 pa- workplace were intercepted “On further enquiry it was left their workplace and they are eight states and Union The situation in Tamil Nadu been infected and 4,044 peo- tients recovering, the recovery by robbers who stabbed found that three boys on a were intercepted by the ac- Territories - Chandigarh, is also grim as it has logged ple have died till now. There rate has reached a new high of them in a robbery attempt. bike robbed a laptop, mo- cused on their way home. Dadar and Nagar Haveli, La- 2,73,460 cases and 4,461 are merely 10,000 active cases 67.19 per cent. The recoveries Ranjan who suffered a bile and some money and in A total of 785 cases of rob- dakh, Mizoram, Arunanchal deaths till now. The silver lin- in the capital city, while the till now total up to 12,82,215, deep injury on his right the scuffle they injured the bery have already been re- Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, ing, however, is that the num- number of those recovered more than twice the active thigh was later declared victims. An FIR under sec- ported in Delhi until June 30. and Andaman and Nicobar ber of recovered cases in the is over 12 times more, at 1.26 cases. Delhi Commissioner meets UPSC Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA arrests 2 more accused New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) at Thiruvananthapuram sur- agency on Saturday. vananthapuram. The National Investigation faced in the investigation. Muhammad Ali Ebrahim The NIA arrested two more rank holders from police families Agency (NIA) on Tuesday The official said that dur- and Muhammad Ali were accused, identified as Mo- said that it arrested two more ing custodial interview of held by the NIA on Saturday hammed Shafi P. and Abdu New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Both Natisha Mathur and people in connection with its Ramees, it was revealed that after they were found to be P.T., on July 31 for playing Delhi Commissioner of Police Garima are probationer ACPs probe into the Kerala gold he was aided and assisted by part of the conspiracy in the similar roles in the crime. SN Shrivastava on Wednes- undergoing training at PTC, smuggling case, taking the Sharafudeen and Shafeeq in case that rocked Kerala and The gold smuggling case day met the rank holders in Jharoda Kalan. They have im- number of those held so far collecting the smuggled gold has caused a huge dent to the first surfaced when P.S. the civil services examination, proved their rankings. Garima to 12. from Sandeep Nair, who has image of Chief Minister Pina- Sarith, a former employee of who come from Delhi police is the daughter of ASI Shri An NIA spokesperson said also been arrested, at Thiru- rai Vijayan after links of a key the UAE Consulate, was ar- families. Krishan posted in the PCR that Sharafudeen, 38, a resi- vananthapuram and further accused to IAS officer M. Siv- rested by the Customs on July He congratulated Vishakha unit, Model Town. Gaurav Ku- dent of Malappuram, and distributing the contraband asankar, who was Principal 5 when he allegedly was fa- Yadav (Rank 6), Navneet mar is the son of late Inspec- Shafeeq, 31, a resident of among thee other co-conspir- Secretary to the Chief Minis- cilitating the smuggling of 30 Mann (33), Natisha Mathur tor VK Singh who was posted Palakkad, had assisted key ators. ter and well as state IT Secre- kg gold in diplomatic baggage (37), Garima (459), Gaurav police, but would also inspire as Addl SHO, Sadar Bazar. conspirator Ramees K.T., who The arrested accused were tary, surfaced. Sivasankar was from Dubai to Thiruvanan- Kumar (475) and Constable Delhi police wards to follow in Constable Firoz Alam has already been arrested, to produced before the NIA removed from the posts and thapuram. Firoz Alam (645) on their suc- their footsteps. joined the Delhi Police in 2010 collect the smuggled gold. Special Court in Ernakulam later suspended. The case became murkier cess and presented them with Vishakha Yadav is the and is presently posted in the The official said that the which sent them to four days’ On July 30, the NIA arrested when the name of Swapna mementos. daughter of Assistant Sub In- CPCR unit, Haiderpur. Firoz two were arrested after their NIA custody. Jalal A.M. and Said Alavi E. for Suresh, a former employee of During the interaction the spector Raj Kumar, posted has done exceedingly well by roles in the conspiracy and The NIA had found links of conspiring with Ramees to the UAE Consulate and later Commissioner underlined at Dwarka, while Navneet working hard in a tough job smuggling of gold through Popular Front of India (PFI) smuggle gold through diplo- employed with the Kerala that their success is not only Mann’s father is Inspector and excelling in studies at the the diplomatic baggage ad- in the case on Sunday follow- matic baggage addressed to government’s IT Department, a matter of pride for the Delhi Sukhdev Singh Mann. same time. dressed to the UAE Consulate ing two fresh arrests by the the UAE consulate at Thiru- came to light. SOUTH Indian Horizon 4 Thursday, August 6, 2020 IUML ‘displeased’ over Priyanka Ex-Maha CM Patil-Nilangekar Gandhi’s Ayodhya stand cremated with full state honours Kozhikode (Kerala), told the media that they laid the first brick for the Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian have passed a resolution Ram temple. Latur (Maharashtra), Aug of Maharashtra between June as “a leader who connected and ar remained fiercely committed Union Muslim League against the statement of The IUML had earlier 5 (IANS) Veteran Congress- 1985 and March 1986. guided two generations” mak- to pro-people development. “His (IUML) - the second- Gandhi. conveyed its dissatisfac- man and former Maharashtra However, he was forced to ing immense contributions to involvement in India’s freedom biggest constituent of the “We expressed our dis- tion to state Congress Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil- resign following Bombay High the development of the state. struggle at a young age shaped Congress-led UDF in Ker- pleasure on the statement leaders over its top lead- Nilangekar died due to age-re- Court strictures in the MD ex- “A freedom fighter with com- his conviction to empower peo- ala - on Wednesday “ex- of Gandhi on the con- ers, including Gandhi, and lated issues in Pune on Wednes- ams marks scandal involving his mitment and firm views, he was ple. His remarkable contribution pressed its displeasure” struction of the Ayodhya former Madhya Pradesh day, family sources said here. daughter. among the leaders who were at to the cooperative movement over Congress General temple as it was out of Chief Minister Kamal He was 90 and is survived by A voracious reader, classical the forefront of the state’s de- shall be remembered, and his Secretary Priyanka Gan- place,” he said. Nath, among others, sup- four sons - Dilip, Ashok, Vijay, music lover and sports enthusi- velopment and progress of the legacy will continue to guide us,” dhi welcoming the Bhumi Priyanka Gandhi, in her porting the ceremony. Sharad, and a daughter Chan- ast, in 1968, he had founded the Marathwada region,” said Thac- said Gandhi. Pujan in Ayodhya to start statement, said that “this Soon after this, Con- drakala Dawle, besides grand- Maharashtra Education Trust keray. Deputy Chief Minister NCP President Sharad Pawar, construction of the Ram programme, with bless- gress General Secretary children including two who are which runs over two dozen and Nationalist Congress Party described Patil-Nilangekar as temple. ings of Lord Ram and his K.C. Venugopal called up Bharatiya Janata Party politi- schools, colleges and specialised leader Ajit Pawar said Patil- a tough, no-nonsense leader After an emergency teachings, should become Kunhalikutty and said that cians. education institutions. Nilangekar’s life symbolised the who created several education- meeting of its top brass, a symbol of national uni- they are open for a discus- Last month, Patil-Nilangekar Governor Bhagat Singh Ko- struggle through which he rose al institutions to provide good called in wake of sev- ty, brotherhood and cul- sion to sort out the issue. tested Covid-19 positive and shyari condoled the demise of and the state has lost a stalwart education to the youth in rural eral Congress lead- tural amalgamation”. Of Kerala’s 3.34 crore peo- had fully recovered from it. Patil-Nilangekar who he said who helped build the state with areas. ers, including Priyanka The outcome of the ple, Muslims account for His body was taken to his na- spent all his life in the service of his strong political and intellec- Ex-CM and BJP’s Leader of Gandhi, supporting the IUML meeting came after 88.73 lakh, second to the tive Nilanga village where he the people, especially the rural tual leadership. Opposition Devendra Fadna- Ayodhya programme, Prime Minister Narendra Hindu community which was accorded a funeral with full poor and farmers. Congress state President vis said Patil-Nilangekar fought senior IUML leader and Modi performed the Bhu- is above 50 per cent of the state honours in the evening in “He remained a popular man and Revenue Minister Bala- for the country’s freedom and MP P.K.Kunhalikutty mi Pujan in Ayodhya and total population. the presence of his family, Con- of the masses. As a legislator and saheb Thorat said that in Patil- was recognised as a dedicated gress party workers and other later as CM, he made invaluable Nilangekar’s demise, the state leader. leaders and officials. contributions to the progress lost “a visionary and a disci- AICC general secretary Mal- Born in Nilanga village in and development of the state,” plined leader” who strived for likarjun Kharge, other former Staff demands more tests after the erstwhile Hyderabad State, Koshyari said. the state’s development. CMs such as Ashok Chavan and Patil-Nilangekar took part in Chief Minister Uddhav Thac- Congress leader and MP Rahul Prithviraj Chavan in separate corona cases at B’luru airport wing the freedom struggle and later keray also expressed condolenc- Gandhi said that during his long messages, also condoled the de- served as the 10th Chief Minister es, describing Patil-Nilangekar political journey, Patil-Nilangek- mise of Patil-Nilangekar. Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) After the detec- so far, including of four Customs officials. tion of coronavirus cases in the cargo sec- Menzies Bobba and Air India SATS build- tion of Kempegowda International Airport ings at the airport have recorded coronavi- (KIA) here, employees are asking for more rus infections, with the employees pointing DMK suspends MLA Selvam, tests as well as a temporary stop to the out that the virus is spreading in these two work. buildings. An airport official admitted to corona in- As many as 500 employees on an average strips him of party posts fections in the cargo section on Wednesday work out of these two buildings daily, with but did not give the numbers. quite a few staff above the age of 50 and removed as a basic member Selvam, who spoke to re- Tamil Nadu President L. Nearly 10 cases have been reported there suffering from comorbidities. of the party. The DMK ac- porters in New Delhi on Murugan. The DMK had tion against Selvam comes Tuesday, also demanded that stripped him of his party post a day after he met BJP Na- Stalin cut the DMK’s ties with for meeting the BJP leader. tional President J.P. Nadda the Congress as its leader Ra- Selvam, who had joined the Gold worth Rs 34 lakh seized at and Railway Minister Piyush hul Gandhi has been critical DMK in 1997 after quitting Goyal in New Delhi. of Prime Minister Narendra the AIADMK and is the sit- Chennai airport, 2 held On Tuesday Selvam had Modi. ting MLA from the Thousand asked DMK President M.K. His meetings led to specu- Lights constituency in Chen- Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) Customs of- on Tuesday night when they were intercepted Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Stalin to hold organisational lation that the DMK legis- nai, said that he is ready to ficials have arrested two air passengers by officials at the exit gate on suspicion. DMK on Wednesday sus- elections and condemn the lator, who is also the party face any action that the DMK and seized gold worth Rs 34.5 lakh from “On search, four polythene pouches pended its legislator Ku.Ka. denigration of Hindu de- Headquarters Secretary, will may take against him. them after they landed here from Dubai, (two each) containing goldpaste were Selvam for actions that de- ity Murugan and the prayer be formally joining the BJP, It is rumoured that Selvam official sources said on Wednesday. found concealed inside the waistlining fame the party. “Kanda Shasti Kavacham” by following in the footsteps was hoping for the post of An official statement issued here by the Com- in their jeans. A total of 731 gm gold of The DMK also removed YouTube channel Karuppar of former Assembly Deputy DMK’s Chennai West District missioner of Customs, Chennai International 24 Karat purity and valued at Rs 34.5 Selvam from all party posts Koottam. Speaker V.P. Duraisamy. Secretary following the death Airport, said Kasimani Kolanji and Murugan lakh was seized from them under the and issued a show cause no- However Selvam denied Duraisamy quit the DMK of sitting legislator J. Anba- Chandran arrived by an Air India Express flight Customs Act, 1962,” the statement said. tice on why he should not be that he is joining the BJP. soon after meeting the BJP’s zhagan due to Covid-19.

the Pabitora and Tinsukia wildlife sanc- K’taka BJP leaders, cadres celebrate So far, 18 rhinos, 135 other animals tuaries were also affected by floodwater that led to death of many wild animals ‘bhumi pujan’ at Ayodhya dead in flooded Kaziranga there. Of the 223 camps of forest per- sonnel guarding the park, three were Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) Hun- Special prayers were also of- Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) Even as the Kaziranga National Park,” Sivakumar expressed their distress over the huge still inundated as of Wednesday despite dreds of Bharatiya Janata Party fered for the welfare of all the flood situation in Assam improved told IANS over phone. The animals damage to the park sprawled over 884 receding floodwater. (BJP) leaders and cadres across people across the country. significantly since July 24, 50 per cent that perished this year include 18 rhi- sq km and its precious wildlife. The Around 1.43 lakh people in 270 vil- Karnataka celebrated the bhu- State Deputy Chief Minister of the world-famous Kaziranga Na- nos, 107 hog deer, 12 wild boars, six couple, who had visited the park in lages in 15 districts are still in distress mi pujan ceremony for the new C.N. Ashwath Narayan offered tional Park is still inundated, with 18 wild buffaloes, four porcupines and April 2016 to learn about conservation even as the situation in Assam has im- Ram temple at Ayodhya in Ut- prayers at a Ram temple in the rhinos and 135 wild animals dying due three swamp deer. The 172 rescued and anti-poaching efforts, said in their proved hugely in the past two weeks tar Pradesh by offering prayers, city’s northwest suburb with to the deluge till date, officials said on animals include three rhinos, 120 hog letter: “The deaths of so many animals, due to a let-up in the monsoon. lighting lamps and distributing others, maintaining safe dis- Wednesday. Kaziranga Park Director deer, 31 pythons and four cobras. including one-horned rhinos, are According to the Assam State Di- sweets, a party official said on tance. Karmashree P. Sivakumar said that Meanwhile, Britain’s Prince Wil- deeply upsetting. “The loss of life and saster Management Authority (AS- Wednesday. “We are blessed to have wit- 172 wild animals have been rescued liam and his wife Kate have expressed livelihood in Assam as a result of the DMA) officials, of the 1.43 lakh af- “Our leaders and cadres in cit- nessed the historic moment so far from floodwater, even though deep concern over the devastation by flooding, coming on top of the Cov- fected people in 15 of the 33 districts, ies and towns across the state when the temple foundation over 95 per cent of the park remained flood in Assam for over a month that id-19 pandemic, is deeply distressing.” 1.35 lakh are in the state’s eight dis- watched Prime Minister Narendra stone was laid by Modi,” Naray- inundated until July 23. killed 111 men, women and children Forest officials said that not only tricts -- Goalpara (86,515), Morigaon Modi laying the foundation stone an said. “Last year, 263 animals, including in 22 districts, while 26 others were the Kaziranga National Park, located (16,042), Bongaigaon (8,239), Dhemaji for the construction of the grand State Rural Development and many endangered rhinos, were killed killed in landslides since May 22. on the edge of the eastern Himalayan (6,495), Baksa (5,000), Nagaon (4,500), temple of Lord Ram at Ayodhya Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Es- in flood while 169 animals were res- The British royals, known formally biodiversity hotspots of Golaghat and Kokrajhar (4,272) and Kamrup-Metro on this auspicious day,” the party hwarappa said the religious cer- cued... all-out efforts are being made as the Duke and Duchess of Cam- Nagaon districts, but the Manas, R.G. (4,142). Crops on 21,476 hectares of official told IANS here. emony at Ayodhya was the first to take care of the animals in the entire bridge, in a letter to Sivakumar have Orang and Tinsukia national parks, and land in 11 districts are still inundated Party’s Mysuru district unit step towards “ending slavery President T.S. Srivatsa and cad- and restoring the Hindu culture res offered prayers at their re- in the birthplace of Lord Ram”. 40 candidates from Karnataka crack UPSC exam spective houses due to Covid-in- “As mosques were built after duced restrictions on gatherings demolishing temples at Kashi Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) As later pursue engineering from RV at public places and need to and Mathura like at Ayodhya in many as 40 candidates from Kar- College of engineering. It was her maintain social distancing. Uttar Pradesh; time has come to nataka have cracked the 2019 childhood dream to crack the IAS “Prayers were offered at re-build Hindu temples at both Union Public Service Commission and managed the feat in her sec- around 10,000 homes and in the places and restore the Hin- (UPSC) civil services examination ond attempt. temples across the city. All of us du culture,” Eshwarappa told to bag jobs in Indian Administra- K. T. Meghana comes from a watched Modi live on television reporters at Shivamogga in the tive Service (IAS), Indian Foreign middle class family and managed while performing the bhumi state’s Malnad region. Service (IFS), Indian Police Service to still clear the UPSC, despite los- pujan at the Ram janmabhoomi A 5-Judge bench of the apex (IPS)and others, an official said on ing 70 per cent of her vision after and also listened to his inspiring court on November 9, 2019 or- Wednesday. her 10th standard. speech in Hindi,” Srivatsa said. dered the disputed land be hand- “I am very happy to clear the Meanwhile, H. G. Darshana Ku- State Medical Education Min- ed over to a trust to build the Ram UPSC exam,” said H. S. Keerthana, mar has emerged as the only can- ister K. Sudhakar said sacred temple at Ayodhya although it currently working with the city’s didate from the state to clear the soil and holy water from rivers held that the Babri Majid demo- civic body as a nodal officer. the UPSC exam. C. S. Jeydev from in his second attempt, Jeydev said examination in Kannada medium. like Cauvery and Krishna from lition at the site on December 6, Earlier, as a child artist, she Bengaluru is the highest ranked that he always wanted to be in the Darshan is from Hassan district’s the state were sent to Ayodhya 1992 was in violation of law. worked in a bunch of Kannda person from Karnataka with fifth public sector and expressed his de- Aralekatte village in Arasikere taluk for the temple construction “as To ensure peace and maintain movies and television serials to rank. He studied in Frank Antho- sire to serve Karnataka. and secured 594th rank. Lord Ram belongs to all”. law and order during the cer- later clear the state public service ny Public School in Halasuru and Likewise, Yashaswini from Incidentally, his earlier attempts “It is our good fortune to wit- emony at Ayodhya, state Home commission exam and work in the graduated from the city-based Gubbihalli village in Kadur taluk in English did not fructify, lead- ness the Prime Minister lay- Minister Basavaraj Bommai has state government. National Law School of India Uni- secured 298th rank and evinced ing him to ditch that medium to ing the foundation stone of the instructed the police to tighten Fulfilling her father’s dream, versity (NLSIU). Clearing one of interest in serving Karnataka. She attempt the exam in Kannada. temple as Lord Ram is supreme,” security and step up vigil across Keerthana secured 167th rank in the toughest Indian examinations studied in a government school to Eom/298 words said Sudhakar. the southern state. Indian Horizon Thursday, August 6, 2020 Nation 5

Punjab Cabinet approves Rs 501 Ex-Maha CM Kafeel Khan’s wife launches cr spent to fight Covid so far Shivajirao campaign to free him Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday approved Patil-Nilangekar Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 5 (IANS) He said, “How can he disrupt recently after a letter in which he an expenditure of Rs 501.07 crore incurred so far by the Jailed paediatrician Dr Kafeel the law and order situation dur- wrote about the pathetic condi- state to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. dies at 90 Khan’s wife Dr Shabista Khan ing a pandemic when all schools tions of the prison in Mathura A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has launched a campaign on the and colleges are shut.” where he is lodged, was shared said that out of the Rs 501.07 crore, Rs 76.07 crore was social media seeking support for Kafeel has been behind bars on social media. spent by the Health Sector Response and Procurement her husband’s release. since January 29 after a speech The four-page letter, purport- Committee for the purchase of various equipment, while The campaign was launched he had delivered at Aligarh Mus- edly written by him in June, Rs 425 crore was spent out of the State Disaster Response on the eve of the hearing of the lim University during the anti- spoke of the “hellish” conditions Fund (SDRF) and budgetary resources set aside for manag- Habeas Corpus plea in Allahabad Citizenship Amendment Act pro- of his barracks, where 150 in- ing and controlling of the pandemic. high court. tests. The speech was deemed mates were sharing a toilet. The state has allocated funds totalling to Rs 470 crore out The campaign, #DrKaf- “provocative” by the UP govern- Earlier, in March, he had writ- of the SDRF and budgetary resources to combat the Covid-19 eelKhanKoAzaadKaro, was ment, which booked him under ten to Prime Minister Narendra pandemic, of which 90.42 per cent has already been spent. trending on Twitter on Tuesday the NSA but hours after he had Modi requesting that he should The funds were allocated for the management and con- evening. got bail in the case. be allowed to use his medical ex- trol of the pandemic and augmentation of the health infra- Shabista Khan, in a video mes- Detention under the NSA al- pertise to help in the fight against structure, including procurement of state-of-the-art medi- sage, urged people to come with lows the state to detain a person the pandemic. “I have conducted cal equipment for enhanced testing and protective gear for her to run a campaign for release for up to 12 months, which can 103 free medical camps since out frontline workers. Pune, Aug 5 (IANS) Veteran Congressman of her husband. be extended if the state finds of jail after the BRD oxygen trag- and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, According to Kafeel’s brother “fresh evidence”. edy examining over 50,000 chil- Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, died due to old- Adeel Ahmad Khan, the Habeas Many political representatives dren/patients all over India. I feel Raj Guv elated to see temple age related problems in Pune on Wednes- Corpus plea has been filed by across party lines also tweeted I could be of some help in curtail- day, family sources said here. He was 90. their mother Nuzhat Parveen. in Kafeel’s support. Bollywood ing this disease,” he had written. dream taking final shape Last month, Patil-Nilangekar tested The plea challenges the deten- actors Richa Chadha and Swara The death of nearly 60 children Covid-19 positive and fully recovered tion of Kafeel for four days before Bhasker lent their support with at the state-run BRD Hospital in Jaipur, Aug 5 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra from it. He is survived by four sons imposing the National Security the hashtag #FreeDrKafeel. Gorakhpur due to oxygen short- on Wednesday said he was quite happy with the Ram tem- Dilip, Ashok, Vijay, Sharad, and a Act (NSA) on him even after he While the campaign demand- age in August 2017 had put Kaf- ple Bhumi Pujan performed in Ayodhya as the long-held daughter Chandrakala Dawle, besides secured bail in all the cases reg- ing Kafeel’s release has been a eel on the firing line of the state dreams of the people are finally taking shape. grandchildren including two who are istered against him. sustained one, he was in news government. In a press note issued by Raj Bhavan, he said, “I am very Bharatiya Janata Party politicians. happy today. We were committed to building the temple Born in Nilanga village in the erst- and today our commitment is being fulfilled. We had while Hyderabad State, Patil-Nilangek- imagined that a grand temple for Maryada Purushottam ar took part in the Indian Freedom Ayodhya-like Ram temple to be Ram shall be constructed one day and today we can see struggle and later served as the 10th our imagination and dreams taking final shape.” Chief Minister of Maharashtra be- “On this historic day, I pray that this temple will emerge tween June 1985-March 1986. built on Narmada banks in MP as a symbol of cultural and national unity which will go However, he was forced to resign fol- Khargone, Aug 5 (IANS) A owing to which about 250 fami- the Ram temple was being laid along with the principles of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. lowing Bombay High Court strictures temple styled on the lines of lies of Lepa village were settled in Ayodhya. Several dignitar- This work is being done in accordance with the court’s in the MD exams marks scandal in- the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is four kilometres from the proj- ies, including Arun Yadav, per- decision, general consensus and public sentiments. I con- volving his daughter. all set to be built on the banks ect site. When the project was formed the Bhumi Pujan on gratulate and greet all the saints and citizens who were A voracious reader, classical music of the Narmada river in Khar- later scrapped the families re- Wednesday. part of the Ram Mandir movement . Also, I congratulate lover and sport enthusiast, in 1968, he gone. The temple’s foundation siding in Lepa left the village. He said that the Bhumi Pu- and thank the Prime Minister,” he said. had founded the Maharashtra Educa- stone was laid on Wednesday in The temple of Lord Ram located jan on the banks of the Nar- tion Trust which runs over two dozen a ceremony during which Local here was submerged by the Nar- mada was performed at the schools, colleges and specialized edu- villagers took a sacred pledge mada river. And now years later, same time when the foundation TN Guv well, singer SPB tests cation institutions in the presence of former Con- a Ram temple will be built at the stone-laying ceremony of the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray gress president and ex-Union site of rehabilitation. much awaited Ram lalla temple corona positive expressed his condolences, describing minister Arun Yadav. Social activist Bhagirath Pa- was being held in Ayodhya. A Patil-Nilangekar as “a leader who con- Nearly a decade ago, the Ma- tode said the resolve to build a grand statue of Lord Ram will Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal nected and guided two generations” heshwar hydropower project Ram temple in Lepa village was be brought from Jaipur to be Purohit who had tested positive for coronavirus and quar- making immense contributions to the was proposed on the banks of being taken at the same time installed in the sacred temple antined at Raj Bhavan is active and doing well, said Kauvery development of the state. the Narmada river in Khargone when the foundation stone of on the banks of the Narmada. Hospital on Wednesday. According to Kauvery Hospital, Pu- rohit continues to be asymptomatic, active and doing well. “He is being continuously monitored by Kauvery Hospi- tal’s medical team,” the hospital said. 3 arrested for rape and Lalu Prasad shifted to RIMS Meanwhile, noted playback singer S.P. Balasubrah- manyam in a Facebook post said he is suffering from very mild attack of coronavirus and got himself hos- attack on 75-yr-old lady director’s house pitalised to take rest. Balasubrahmanyam said though Kochi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Puthen- Kerala Women’s Commission has also Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) and Raja Peter, lodged in 129 lives in Jharkhand, so the doctors had advised him to stay at home and take kurishu police near here on Wednes- suo moto registered a case. Jailed former Bihar Chief the Birsa Munda Central far. In last 24 hours, 383 rest, he decided to be in a hospital as at home his fam- day arrested three persons - a lady, The woman had been promised Minister and Rashtriya Jail in connection with people were discharged ily members will be very much concerned. He said he her son and another man on charges tobacco to chew and was brought to Janata Dal (RJD) president murder cases, have also from various Covid-19 will be discharged from the hospital in two days. of rape and brutal assault of a 75-year- Omana’s house, where the incident Lalu Prasad was shifted tested Covid-19 positive. facilities. Of this, 112 old woman, whose condition contin- took place. from the paying ward of But they are being kept belonged to the Giridih ues to be critical after undergoing a Omana told her neighbours that the Rajendra Institute of with 52 other coronavi- district, Ranchi (67), Lo- Landslides disrupt road, rail surgery. The arrested include Omana, the elderly lady slipped and fell and Medical Science (RIMS) rus positive prisoners. hardaga (46), Palamu the lady of the house where the rape injured herself. to its director’s residence, After so many inmates and Ramgarh (44 each) traffic to and from Goa and assault took place, her son, Manoj After a while the bleeding woman here on Wednesday, to tested Covid-19 positive, and East Singhbhum and Mohammed Shafi. was brought back to her home and protect him from Cov- common activities and (34). Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Rail and road traffic to and from Goa A police official on condition of was later taken to a nearby hospital. id-19 infection. group works have been Due to the spike in was disrupted on Wednesday due to landslides along the anonymity told IANS that the charges From there she was moved to pri- Shifting has been done stopped in the jail. coronavirus cases, Goa-Karnataka border following heavy rain in the region. include rape and brutal assault. vate medical college at Kolenchery on the direction of the Meanwhile, 450 new the recovery rate has A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said “The arrest has been made and and an emergency operation was per- jail administration after Covid-19 cases, report- fallen to 36.95 per that National Highway 48 which connects Goa to Karna- shortly the three will be produced be- formed and the doctors say that her the security guards and ed in the last 24 hours, cent in Jharkhand. Of taka’s Belgavi district has been affected by a landslide. fore a court, here,” said the official. condition is serious. some medical employees raised the number of cas- the 3,57,748 collect- “There has been a landslide at Chorla ghat road. It will take According to police, the incident The lady’s son said she had seri- of the RIMS paying ward es in the state to 14,400. ed samples, 3,45,907 six hours to clear the road. Public is advised not to travel via took place on Sunday afternoon, ous wounds inflicted by a sharp ob- tested Covid-19 positive. At present, the number have been tested and the road,” the statement issued by the CMO said on Wednes- when the aged woman was at her ject and her private parts also have Meanwhile, two for- of active cases is 8,742. 3,31,837 turned out to day afternoon. Traffic along the highway is expected to re- friend’s house, close to her home. The injuries. mer Ministers Enos Ekka Coronavirus has claimed be negative. sume by Wednesday night after relief workers clear the de- bris. Meanwhile, the Hazrat Nizamuddin Express from Delhi to Goa (12780) was also halted due to the landslide. Book hooch tragedy accused for murder: Punjab CM

IAS wife’s complaint sends Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) Nanda that a strict law like control hard-core crimi- and Chief Secretary Vini On Monday evening, Even as Punjab is mulling a PCOCA was needed to com- nals and act as a deterrent Mahajan, along with top Punjab Police had arrest- husband to jail stringent law to tackle or- bat organised crime like to gangsters, who continue functionaries of the affect- ed a Ludhiana paint store ganised crime like manu- smuggling of illicit liquor, to deal in organised crime ed districts of Tarn Taran, owner, who had allegedly Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 5 (IANS) Shailja Sharma, a facture and smuggling of the Chief Minister asked even from prisons, and had Amritsar Rural, and Gur- supplied three drums of 37-year-old 2013 batch IAS officer, has accused her husband illicit liquor, Chief Min- a sub-Committee led by close connections with ter- daspur. The review meeting methanol (methyl alco- of breaking into her house and trying to strangle her and her ister Amarinder Singh on Minister Brahm Mohindra rorists too. was attended by Director hol) used to make spuri- father. Shailaja belongs to Muzaffarnagar and is currently Wednesday directed DGP to examine the provisions The Chief Minister’s di- General of Police Dinkar ous alcohol, to Prabhdeep posted in Bihar. She filed the FIR in Muzaffarnagar and her Dinkar Gupta that those of the new law and submit rectives on the hooch trag- Gupta and Chief Secretary Singh, a nephew of Ravin- husband, Rajeev Nayan, who is a senior official with the directly involved in the its report at the earliest. edy came during his two Vini Mahajan, along with der Anand of Moga who is Haryana government, has been arrested. hooch tragedy in the state He also assured of justice videoconferences meetings top functionaries of the further linked with accused Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dhananjay Kush- be booked for murder. for the bereaved families with the Cabinet as well as affected districts of Tarn Avtar Singh. On Monday waha said, “The accused is a regional deputy commissioner During a Cabinet meet- and survivors in the case, in top police and administra- Taran, Amritsar Rural, and evening, Punjab Police had in Haryana government’s labour department and is posted ing here, the Chief Minister which at least 111 persons tive officials regarding the Gurdaspur. arrested a Ludhiana paint in Gurugram. He has been arrested and sent to jail. Further also mooted stricter pun- have died in three districts hooch tragedy. Asserting that he wanted store owner, who had alleg- investigation is on and the action will be taken accordingly.” ishment for those involved of Punjab. As many as 40 Amarinder Singh also led to see an end to this whole edly supplied three drums In her complaint to the Muzaffarnagar Police, Shailja had in the manufacture and persons have so far been his Council of Ministers in business of spurious and il- of methanol (methyl alco- said, “I had come to my house in Muzaffarnagar on July 31. smuggling of spurious and arrested. observing a two-minute si- licit and smuggled liquor,” hol) used to make spuri- On August 1, my husband Rajeev Nayan broke open the door illicit liquor under the Ex- He agreed with lence as a mark of homage the Chief Minister directed ous alcohol, to Prabhdeep and barged into the house with wrong intention. He abused cise Act. Sukhjinder Randhawa and to the victims. the officials concerned to Singh, a nephew of Ravin- us and when my father tried to stop him, he attacked us and As several Ministers other Ministers that PCOCA The review meeting was be extremely strict in deal- der Anand of Moga who is tried to strangle me.” agreed to the suggestion (Punjab Control of Organ- attended by Director Gen- ing with the criminals, further linked with accused of Advocate General Atul ised Crime Act) could help eral of Police Dinkar Gupta whether men or women. Avtar Singh. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Thursday, August 6, 2020 Indian Horizon Will cooperative banks overstretch RBI? Subir Roy havpura Cooperative Bank in 2001. and homogeneous group of people RBI the option to turn themselves The decision to bring all urban In the PMC Bank, over 70 per cent of got to pool their savings and lend into small finance banks, but they and multi-state cooperative banks the loans went to a single borrower, among themselves. But the self-help have shown little interest. — effectively the big ones — under HDIL, which defaulted. and cooperative nature of the whole Over the decades, the RBI has the direct supervision of the Reserve The government’s action puts exercise declined when organisa- mooted several innovations for Bank of India (RBI) should have these cooperative banks on a par tions became big and impersonal. large cooperative banks. The most been taken long ago. Its aim is to se- with the scheduled commercial Today, the whole idea of coop- distinctive is the creation of an ad- cure the interests of depositors who banks, that is regular banks whose eration has passed its time. Over the ditional layer— a board of man- Thursday, August 6, 2020 currently number 86 million and branches you see everywhere. The years, new institutional structures agement of fit and proper persons, have a massive Rs 4.8 lakh crore — main problem with ensuring that have come up in the space that was other than the board of directors, 2.5 per cent of GDP — of their mon- cooperative banks of any size were originally set aside for the coopera- in actual control of operations. But ey in these banks. run in a responsible manner was tives. Now, there is an entire hierar- this has not happened and crises Life, unlocked The cooperative movement in In- that they till now came under dual chy of institutions that take care of still take place. dia, under which these banks have control: the Registrar of Cooperative the small savings of small people. Ending the duality of the past and come up, dates back to the early Societies in the states and the Cen- Right at the bottom are the self-help putting large cooperative banks fully Do not compromise twentieth century. It was meant tre and the RBI. groups, often linked to banks, which under the supervision of the RBI is to offer both short-and long-term While the RBI’s remit was to en- muster their members’ savings and an improvement on the past, but the credit — mostly in rural areas — to sure that the banking operations create the ability for them to borrow. question is whether the RBI has the on precautions those at the bottom of the pyramid. were conducted in a sound manner, Alongside, there is the pyramid time or the human resources to take As these are cooperatives, they are the Registrar of Cooperative Societ- of microfinance institutions (MFI) on this additional burden of over- Long opposed to wearing a face owners and also the customers. The ies oversaw the process by which which are in the same business of seeing a large number of institutions fact that moneylenders still abound, members of the cooperative insti- lending to those at the bottom of the spread across the country. mask in public, President Trump both in rural areas and urban slums, tutions, in these cases the banks, pyramid. Over time, the biggest ones In the case of scheduled commer- indicates that the cooperative move- selected the directors who ran the among them have come under the cial banks, the RBI has been faulted has said ‘he is all for masks’, this ment has not delivered all that it was bank and also supervised its audit. supervision of the RBI by registering for stepping in too late, as with Yes expected to. Few members of large cooperative as non-banking financial companies Bank. The RBI has been found not on a day the US hit a record high The immediate trigger is the trou- banks come to vote at annual gen- (NBFCs) and the most solid among to have had its ear to the ground of 52,000 coronavirus cases. The ble that the Punjab and Maharash- eral meetings and these banks have them have been allowed to become sufficiently when it comes to the tra Cooperative Bank (PMC) got into come to be run by small groups, who small finance banks. And right at operatives in the country’s main fi- surge has been blamed on the ear- last year which led to its board being in turn, have obliged a few powerful the apex is the Bandhan Bank, a for- nancial centres so that it can spot superseded and a moratorium on borrowers. This compromised the mer MFI which is now a full-fledged dark clouds before they are fully ly and rather carefree reopening, withdrawals imposed. The deposit- quality of governance in such banks. scheduled commercial bank. visible to all. Now, it will have to be ing public has had to live with the And when one of these powerful The whole idea of a cooperation tuned into the financial space across ignoring the warnings of public periodic high-profile failure of the large borrowers got into trouble, — a group pooling its resources to the country since as many as 1,540 cooperative banks that goes back they defaulted at the cooperative accommodate members — has de- cooperative banks will come under health experts. A serious rethink three decades. Harshad Mehta and bank and jeopardised its future, put- clined and the individual is seen as its supervision — in contrast, there Hiten Dalal sank the Mumbai-based ting a question mark over the fate of an economic agent in a market-driv- are 32 scheduled commercial banks, is on in several parts of the coun- Mercantile Cooperative Bank in deposits at the bank. en neo-liberal setup. Given the way with 12 belonging to the public sec- try. Back home, Unlock 2.0 has re- 1991 and Ketan Parekh did the same The cooperative credit societ- the world has moved, large coopera- tor. That is a tall order! with the Ahmedabad-based Mad- ies came into being when a small tive banks have been given by the IANS sulted in the lifting of more restric- tions and allowing more public activity. India’s Covid-19 count is Scholastic standards need a massive upgrade Rajivlochan rifleman in India can become an officer ness in education poses a threat to slide to disgraceful levels. ‘Our students mounting by the day, not coming On June 26, US President Don- unless he clears an analogous academic our democracy, creates the ground don’t know how to comprehend Eng- down. The government’s primary ald Trump signed an executive order test. It is another matter that every Chief for people to accept the equivalent of lish’ is a common excuse. The fact is that which ensures that future hiring for the Constable or equivalent in the UK or US snake oil, magnetic cure and magical our students are poor in comprehend- consideration apparently is ensur- government in America would prefer starts as a constable and every Chief of remedies as the solution for our eco- ing any piece of knowledge, in any lan- people with skills rather than degrees. the Army Staff in Israel begins his service nomic, social and political ills. The guage. ‘Our education system is geared ing a push to economic pursuits, This just might be the first concrete step as a rifleman. Covid pandemic, the border crisis with towards ensuring social justice and not taken in the direction of reducing the The intelligent within society create China and Pakistan, in contrast are scholastic standards’ is another com- anything that can ease the pain of importance of useless degrees that have the ground to justify the uselessly ‘de- child’s play. The pandemic will even- mon excuse which tries to lay the bur- fuelled a market boom in formal educa- greed’ by insisting that the proper task tually subside; the border crisis will re- den of scholastic performance on those the millions pushed to the brink. It tion. of education is not to provide skills but solve itself. The increasing uselessness who come through the quota system. cannot be faulted for adopting the Come to think of it, in India, while a degree. As if having a degree makes of the Indian system of education will The fact is that an outcome survey by the the real price of every other economic a person somewhat superior to those remain unless we use the opportunity University of Stanford for the AICTE and strategy. There is no other option. good — TV, cellphones, cars, comput- who merely work. The situation has be- given to us by the forced closure of the the Government in India in 2017-18, in- ers, shirts, pizzas — has come down dra- come so bad that even the young of In- educational system of India to force a dicated that those from quotas showed Business and trade have to and matically in the past twenty years, the dia seem to have internalised a culture massive upgrading of the scholastic the greatest improvement in learning. cost of education has only gone up. Tu- of non-work. In a case of which I have standards of our schools and colleges. Kamlesh Narwana’s excellent survey of must continue, so should family ition has increased more than five times. personal knowledge, two students ran A little less than one year is all we have outcomes in a small town in Punjab in Books have become equally costlier. To away from their internship. This was got. After that, the pressure for resum- 2018-19, too indicates that college stu- events that may be difficult to put justify such high costs, formal education from a top-ranking university which ing normalcy will become too great to dents from the reserved category far out- off, but without compromising on has become more focused on providing worked hard to set up partnerships with bring about any change and we will go shine their peers despite being forced to frills to the students, including online industry but, which shall remain un- back to reproducing a self-consuming work while studying. precautions and the established learning. Schools and colleges advertise named, for reasons of my security. Their shoddiness. Our teachers will continue The most popular of all excuses is the their horse riding and swimming facili- employers complained to the head of to be good only for Census operations absence of government funding. What SOPs. Any lapse on this count is ties rather than their scholastic achieve- the department and promised never to and elections; gross enrolment ratios I would like to point out is that funding ments, to attract fresh students. take any more students for internship will shoot up even as our faculty and higher education is not a problem any- a recipe for disaster. The death of The government in India does its bit or employment. “They were making us researchers produce a lot of glop in the more, the stranglehold of bureaucracies for ensuring a privileged status to higher work,” the runaway students told the form of PhDs and irreproducible and is. The MHRD controls the UGC, AICTE the groom, who had symptoms education by insisting on hiring its top official inquiry committee, expecting a unusable academic papers. Already, etc. These, in turn, control the universi- officers only from among degree hold- sympathetic response. And, they were in 2018-19, millions of Indian students ties which control the colleges, which in of the disease at the time of the ers who have gone through a scholastic absolved. Then there was this student, wanting to escape mind-numbing me- turn control the teachers, who in turn wedding in Bihar, and over 100 test and evaluated by retired professors duly degreed, who left three permanent diocrity, had gone out of the country, control nothing — neither the content who have always led a cloistered exis- positions in different colleges for the taking with them, according to the RBI of what they teach, nor the manner in guests testing positive is a tragic tence. No experience or ability in the same reason. “They make me work,” he and MEA data, about $7 billion. This is which they can evaluate their own stu- field, for example, can get a constable explained to me. “They have no respect about a quarter of the total amount of dents. The emasculation of the teacher sequence of completely avoidable moved to the officer cadre in the po- for intellectuals,” was his added grouse. money spent by various governments in is complete. It is responsible for the lice forces unless they pass a scholastic The fact is that the shoddiness of India to fund all education. massive scholastic decay in the educa- events. The stark negligence on exam which asks questions like: why did education is the most dangerous The greatest problem today is that tional system. display should serve as a remind- the Harappan civilisation decline? No problem facing India today. Shoddi- we have allowed scholastic standards to IANS er. Self-restraint is a moral obliga- tion, adhering to rules a sovereign Mechanised forces remain battle-relevant duty, for your own health and of Lt Gen KJ Singh (retd) of mechanised forces. The unfortu- nal, citing a host of reasons. The pri- who have felt that limited budget Satellite imagery has picked up a nate truth is that it has become almost mary justification has been budgetary should be applied on medium tanks everyone around. Life as we know buildup of Chinese armour — medi- a compulsive habit to occasionally tin- constraints, especially in the past de- like T-90s, T-72s and indigenous Ar- um and light tanks — in proximity to ker with our force mix. Mercifully, a cri- cade. Naturally, the guillotine has to juns. Our current force mix in Ladakh it has decided to take a break, a the Line of Actual Control (LAC). It is sis jolts us out of such forays. It is also fall on cost-intensive platforms. The and Sikkim can match the Chinese long one. Respect the changed sit- the operationalisation of the People’s relevant that articles have appeared in other overriding factor has been a Pak- medium tanks— ZTZ-99 and ZTZ-96 Liberation Army’s (PLA) concept, magazines, in support of this exercise, centric approach with excessive focus (Types 99 and 96) — though in the long uation. Normalcy will return, for practised in mechanised exercises, sounding the death knell of tanks and on proxy war. run, it will be appropriate to induct the in recent years. Manoeuvres have in- calling for major cuts in inventory. Like Consequently, we have diluted our T-90s. The only way to deter the Dragon sure, but in a new form. Respect cluded a heavy drop of armoured vehi- the proverbial cat with nine lives, tanks conventional options, which entail the is by upgrading our equipment profile. cles, simulating the capture of passes. have not only survived, but have a bat- use of mechanised forces. Such blind- There is also a crying need to create an that too. The onus lies squarely There are reports that the 6 Mecha- tle-winning presence, generating de- er- driven approach has meant that we ecosystem for retrofitting and upgrad- nised Division has deployed assorted terrence and psychological pressure, are trapped in Pak’s preferred domain ing our tank fleet, as the prohibitive with each and everyone. AFVs (armoured fighting vehicles) — as is being felt in Ladakh. of hybrid war and lack deterrence cost of replacement dictates a need for The period since mid-March has medium and light tanks — to leverage The fielding of light tanks across against China. Our mainstay, infan- life extension, coupled with moderni- their coercive messaging potential, as the Zoji La pass in 1947 operations, try, has been denied the much needed sation. The current production base been particularly tough for those part of psychological warfare. Chushul in 1962 and PT-76 tanks of protection. Ideally, it should have is a combination of Avadi (Chennai) At the outset, it will be appropriate the 63rd Cavalry racing to Dhaka, are some proportion of lightly armoured and Medak (Telangana). The logistics entrusted with the task of gover- to categorically state that India has abiding examples of their relevance, vehicles for quick reaction teams, re- cost of transportation of equipment for adequate forces in a prepared and provided commanders employ them connaissance and commanders. A overhaul to South India even when the nance and physical and mental trained state, not only to take care of boldly with imagination. Our ar- proposal for such vehicles was torpe- platforms are deployed on the western the threat but even cause criticalities moured cars were in the vanguard in doed within the Army in 2012, despite and northern borders has been im- well-being. There is little likeli- for the Chinese. However, the PLA has the Katanga (Congo) UN peace-keep- multiple screening and demand from posed due to parochial preferences. more versatility in its fleet with the ing operations in the 1960s and later the other two services. Considering The new infrastructure for light tanks, hood of any reduction of the daily introduction of light tank, ZTQ, first in counter-insurgency operations in that it takes six to seven years for the armoured cars and retrofitting should grind. Where we can help is by fielded during the Doklam crisis. Our the North-East. Tank battles of Asal proposals to fructify, we are already leverage the available land and skill BMP-2s and ICVs (infantry combat Uttar, Basantar and Chawinda in 1965 pushed back. This proposal was re- base in the vacant HMT Pinjore com- simply following what we have vehicles) can be adapted to a limited and 1971 operations are proof of their vived and is now in its last stages. In- plex. It can be mentored by the Defence extent for relevant tasks. potential. terestingly, it was shot down on spe- Research and Development Organisa- been asked to do: take precau- In the past few weeks, transport One of the widely proliferated im- cious grounds that once mounted, the tion (DRDO) labs in the vicinity, such as aircraft have been making repeated ages of the ongoing standoff has been infantry would lose orientation, a gross the Terminal Ballistics Research Labo- tions. And, crucially, to not make sorties to shore up our mechanised the Chinese Humvee type of patrol under-estimation of their resilience. ratory (TBRL) and Snow and Avalanche deployment in Ladakh. What is indeed cars. Yet, we have chosen to eliminate The light tank has been another sad Study Establishment (SASE), coupled the pandemic an excuse to do baffling is that there have been discus- light tanks and armoured cars, part of story and a part of the blame lies with with IIT Ropar and PEC. what is not right, what is inhuman sions, questioning the very relevance most modern armies, from our arse- the hierarchy of mechanised forces, IANS and undignified. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Thursday, August 6, 2020 OP-ED 7 TRUMP HAS PULLED OUT OF THE GLOBAL BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS AMERICA’S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SHOULD CONTINUE WITH PROUD TRADITION OF BEING FORCE OF GOOD

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Congress and Radio Free Europe played a compa- Within days, the director and deputy di- must, through vigorous oversight and legis- rable role for millions trapped behind the rector of Voice of America resigned, and lation, prevent Pack from inflicting lasting By Madeleine Albright and Marc Nathanson the ideological competition. A similar ef- Iron Curtain. Pack fired the respected heads of three damage. Today a global battle of ideas is raging fort is urgently needed today. But instead, We saw the continued importance of other networks Radio Free Asia, Radio Free If and when a new administration takes between representative democracy and the Trump administration is dismantling these capabilities during the 1990s, when Europe/Radio Liberty and the Middle East office in January, it will be critical for it to authoritarianism. But instead of leading the US government’s existing information one of us served as US secretary of State. Broadcasting Networks. Pack also dissolved restore the agency’s reputation while also the forces of freedom in this epic clash, US capabilities. During this period, extreme nationalists in the networks’ bipartisan advisory boards adapting its mission to meet this new era of President Trump’s administration has laid Especially troubling are the recent moves the Balkans, Central Asia and parts of Africa and replaced them with new panels com- ideological competition. down arms. Both Russia and China have to gut the independence of the US Agency used TV and radio stations under their con- posed of Trump loyalists. In a world where Russia and China are launched sophisticated communication for Global Media, which manages the coun- trol to spout hatred and advocate ethnic These moves undermine the credibility actively spreading disinformation, the strategies, shaping popular attitudes and try’s international broadcasting including cleansing and even genocide. of our worldwide broadcasting efforts by United States must tell the truth not as it is undermining support for democratic insti- Voice of America. The United States and its allies respond- threatening the firewall that has insulated narrowly defined by ideologues of the left, tutions and values. These efforts have ac- With some 3,000 employees and an an- ed with targeted broadcasts of our own, them from political pressure. right or centre, but as boldly, broadly and celerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. nual budget that exceeds $700 million, the countering propaganda with facts, and vi- More alarming news free from bias as possible. America’s public The last time the West faced a compara- Agency for Global Media’s mission is to give cious lies with balanced reporting. And there may be more alarming news to diplomacy, as well as the future of democ- ble threat, during the Cold War, the United people around the world what they deserve Self-serving fictions come. Pack has reportedly launched a case- racy in the world, demands that we main- States and its allies mustered the resources but are too often denied: information that is Such efforts are a form of public diplo- by-case review of visas for foreign journal- tain this proud tradition. required to engage in and ultimately win accurate, comprehensive and fair. Histori- macy based not on self-serving fictions but ists working at the Agency for Global Me- Gulf News

LOOKING AT THE TWILIGHT OF AMERICA’S EXCEPTIONALISM By Fawaz Turki da, for example, a state with a population of Perilous times for America What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, 21 million, registered more new cases than These are perilous times for America, true, but the tagline does not apply to Wash- all the countries of the European Union, once a mighty hegemon seen by one and ington, where what happens there echoes with a population of 460 million. all as an indispensable nation that defined around the world, profoundly impacting Around 30 million workers have been the nature, tone and direction of the global the socio-political destiny of countless laid off and are surviving on unemploy- dialogue of cultures, but is now seen by its peoples around the world, including our ment benefits, comparable to applying a erstwhile allies as a bumbling, unreliable own part of it in the Middle East. In short, band-aid to a bullet wound. Americans — partner — and it is all taking place at a time the well-known maxim, that when America millions of Americans — are hanging by a when Americans across the board are reck- sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold thread. The number of people filing for un- oning both with the pandemic, which has — a variation on Austrian diplomat Klemet employment benefit claims has kept edg- significantly impacted their lives, and with von Metternich’s own maxim about Napo- ing up and up since March. Food banks are racial injustice, which has bedevilled their leonic France — holds here. overwhelmed. And, even more tragically, society for generations. Declinists’ theories about the putative as the federal government’s bans on evic- It appears that the sense of exceptional- decline and fall of American power, which tions from homes for failure to pay rent, ism that had defined America’s national have been part of the public discourse or closure on them for failure to pay mort- character at home and its hubris abroad has since the 1970s, may be old hat, but there gage, end soon, cities are expected to be had its day. Now that sense of triumphalism has never been a time in modern Ameri- swamped by a wave of homelessness. is having its eclipse. can history when Americans — a people as Yes, all this is happening in America, a To be sure, that exceptionalism, the the- intimate with and self-assured about their nation that people around the world had, ory that America is different, indeed supe- sense of exceptionalism as they are with since the beginning of the second half of the rior to other nations, with a unique mission their own skin — felt, as they do these days, last century, seen as the epicentre of wealth, to transform the world into its own image, that their future has switched from being a power and — that captivating third leg of has always been smoke and mirrors, a self- promise to being a threat. the tripod — pop culture. centred paradigm much akin to mysticism, Coronavirus has ravaged the lives and As characteristics that had once defined a discipline that begins in mist and ends in chored as it is in so many variables, is a fools Meanwhile, who would have thought that livelihood of Americans everywhere and America as “leader of the free world” disap- schism. But there you have it. errand. This, however, we know: The Amer- America would be brought to its knees by, wrecked their economy as the ground be- pear, Gallup’s pollsters have reported, not The question that caps all questions to- ica of yore will soon become a fable, or at well, both a “person, man, woman, camera, neath it appears to have buckled. surprisingly, that worldwide approval of day, one that concerns everyone around the the very least a parody of its old self — even TV”, and a virus that, on a nanoscale, mea- Grim milestones US stewardship has plunged from 48 per globe, not least that part of it Arabs inhabit, after the virus had been tamed and those, sures one thousandth the width of an eye- Last week, the country reached the cent in 2016 to a record low of 27 per cent is this: What kind of world shall we be look- who had fallen prey to the lure of authori- lash? To subvert a proverb, that’s food for grim milestone of 4 million infections and in 2019, in part, perhaps mostly, due to the ing at, after all has been said and done, with tarianism and elected a white nationalist to thought about the ridiculous and the sub- 150,000 deaths, a grimmer milestone than current leadership’s isolationist, erratic a diminished America in it? lead them, switch sides when they go to the lime, wouldn’t you say? any reached elsewhere in the world. Flori- America First policy. Search me! Predicting such a future, an- polls next November. Gulf News AMERICA NEEDS TO SAVE BOTH LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS and supports struggling families who We cannot begin to have a recovery nities. To avoid a tsunami that could don’t know when the next paycheck without affordable child care. The next put millions of people out on the will come. relief package must include $50 billion street, Congress should extend and Here’s what the next federal re- in emergency support to keep child expand the national eviction mora- sponse must include: care providers in business now and torium, provide emergency rental Start with funding the robust public make long-term investments so more assistance and increase funding for health measures we know will work to families can find affordable, high- families experiencing homelessness. address this crisis: ramped-up test- quality and safe care in the future. To avoid a tsunami that could put ing, a national contact-tracing pro- Rather than bullying businesses into millions of people out on the street, gram and supply-chain investments reopening, then shielding them from Congress should extend and expand to resolve medical supply shortages. liability when people inevitably get the national eviction moratorium, Without these measures, we will not sick and die, let’s instead make sure provide emergency rental assistance be able to adequately reopen safely, they have the resources necessary to and increase funding for families ex- more people will die and there will be put the health and security of their periencing homelessness. no economic recovery. workers first, and enforceable safety We should broadly cancel student Our schools face enormous chal- standards set by OSHA. loan debt so families don’t have a stu- lenges, like figuring out whether and The Essential Workers Bill of Rights, dent debt bomb waiting for them on how to safely reopen, how to help stu- which I proposed with Representa- the other side of this pandemic — a dents who fell further behind because tive Ro Khanna, would include federal burden that again falls disproportion- of distance learning — disproportion- money for hazard pay, sick leave, fam- ately on students of colour. ately students of colour. ily and medical leave, and enforceable Americans are generous, but if The next legislative package should health and safety protections for all they’re going to put up taxpayer mon- include at least $500 billion to stabi- essential workers. ey during this pandemic, we need TO AVOID A TSUNAMI THAT COULD PUT MILLIONS lise state and local governments and at Unemployment coverage strong anti-corruption protections like OUT ON THE STREET, US CONGRESS least $175 billion for our state schools While the virus continues to rage, my CORE Act to make sure a bunch of to help them reopen safely, avoid extended unemployment coverage is Trump-connected businesses that can MUST ACT QUICK teacher layoffs and provide the mental critical. Rather than set arbitrary expi- hire armies of lobbyists can’t swoop health and other services our children ration dates for unemployment insur- up big chunks of relief funding. Americans stayed at home and sac- control. Those who frame the debate require. ance, let’s tie those benefits to real- Our constituents are counting on us rificed for months to flatten the curve as one of health versus economics are No one can reopen schools by just time economic data. Families would to deliver the relief they desperately and prevent the spread of the coro- missing the point. It is not possible to snapping fingers. No matter what Bet- be better off and we’d be investing in need. The House passed a relief bill navirus. That gave us time to take the fix the economy without first contain- sy DeVos says. a stronger economic recovery. over two months ago. Now the Senate steps needed to address the pandemic ing the virus. Parents are drowning. Child care The structural racism that has long must act to contain the virus and to — but President Trump squandered We need a bold, ambitious legisla- centers and schools are closed, yet es- existed in this country has caused provide the funding so that our econ- it, refusing to issue national stay-at- tive response that does four things: sential workers are expected to still go the pandemic to hit Black and Latino omy, our schools and our families can home guidelines, failing to set up a na- brings the virus under control; gets our to work each day, or night. Even par- neighbourhoods and Indian Country begin to recover. tional testing operation and fumbling schools, child care centers, business- ents who can work from home are ex- especially hard. The next relief pack- This is about saving lives and live- production of personal protective es, and state and local governments pected to feed the baby and help their age must include Senate Democrats’ lihoods — and we don’t have time to equipment. Now, Congress must again the resources they need; addresses the children learn while participating in proposal for at least $350 billion im- waste. act as this continues to spiral out of burdens on communities of colour; Zoom calls. mediately invested in these commu- Gulf News

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Thursday, August 6, 2020 SRI LANKA RECORDS ̌̈% TURNOUT IN PARLIAMENTARY POLLS BY NOON Colombo, Aug 5 (IANS) An es- In several districts a little over the south at 46 per cent, Xinhua Election Commission said an set up across the country, while guidelines are in place due to the morning while Prime Minister timated 40 per cent voter turnout 40 per cent voter turnout was news agency reported.The capi- estimated 16.2 million people 69,000 police offi cers have been COVID-19 outbreak which has to Mahinda Rajapaksa voted in was recorded in Sri Lanka’s par- recorded with the highest turn- tal Colombo recorded a 34 per are eligible to vote in Wednes- deployed nationwide.In addi- date infected over 2,800 people. Hambantota in the south and liamentary elections by Wednes- out reported from the central cent turnout by noon.Voting for day’s polls which will elect a new tion 8,000 health sector employ- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa former Prime Minister Ranil day noon after voting began at 7 highlands of Nuwera Eliya at 48 the parliamentary polls will end 225-member Parliament.wOver ees have been deployed in all arrived in Mirihana in Colombo Wickremesinghe cast his vote in a.m., said a government offi cial. per cent, followed by Matale in at 5 p.m., the offi cial added.The 12,000 polling booths have been polling booths as strict health to cast his vote on Wednesday Colombo. ISIS KHORASAN BRANCH NEW LEADER UN CHIEF SENDS CONDOLENCES TO BEIRUT IS PAK˨BASED HAQQANI NETWORK TERRORIST: BLASTS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES AFGHAN MINISTER United Nations, Aug 5 of Lebanon, following the tions remains committed to (IANS) UN Secretary-Gener- horrific explosions in Bei- supporting Lebanon at this Kabul, Aug 5 (IANS) Shahab Exposing links between Haqqani network and al Antonio Guterres has sent rut today. diffi cult time, and is actively Almahajir, the new leader of ISIS Taliban, Andrabi alleged that the two terror groups his condolences to the fami- He wishes a speedy recov- assisting in the response to Khorasan branch, is a Pakistan- carry out terrorism on a daily basis lies of the victims following ery to the injured, includ- this incident," he said. based Haqqani Network terrorist, across Afghanistan. the horrifi c explosions in ing several United Nations Two huge explosions said Afghanistan acting interior Lebanese capital Beirut. personnel working in Leba- rocked Lebanese capital minister Masoud Andrabi. cally they rebrand it under ISKP,” working relationship with the "The secretary-general non," said Farhan Haq, the Beirut on Tuesday evening, Exposing links between he tweeted on Monday.In May, Haqqani Network.A UN report has expresses his deepest con- deputy spokesman for the leaving over 50 people dead (local time), shaking build- Haqqani network and Taliban, former Afghan intelligence chief, estimated that 6,000-6,500 Paki- dolences to the families of secretary-general in a state- and 2,500 others injured. ings all over the city while Andrabi alleged that the two ter- Rahmatullah Nabil, has warned stani terrorists are in neighbour- the victims, as well as to the ment on Tuesday, Xinhua The blasts hit the Port of causing massive casualties ror groups carry out terrorism on that Pakistan-based Haqqani ing Afghanistan, posing a threat people and Government reported."The United Na- Beirut around 6.10 p.m. and damages. a daily basis across Afghanistan Network is “backing” proscribed to both the countries, a UN report and when their terrorist activities terror groups in planning a ‘9/11 has said. do not suit them politically they style’ attack in the West. The 26th report of the Analyti- VANDE BHARAT FLIGHTS FROM CHINA, US TO REVIEW rebrand it under ISKP. The Haqqani Network emerged cal Support and Sanctions Moni- “Shahab Almahajir, the newly in the 1980s and consists largely toring Team concerning ISIS, al- appointed leader of the Islamic of fi ghters who grouped around Qaida and associated individuals QATAR CANCELLED TRADE DEAL, AIR State of Khorasan Province-ISKP Jalaluddin Haqqani after that pe- and entities said the terror group is a Haqqani member. Haqqani riod.The outfi t today is led by Sira- al-Qaida in the Indian Subconti- OTHER GRIEVANCES and the Taliban carry out their ter- juddin Haqqani and is rumoured nent (AQIS) operates under the rorism on a daily basis across Af- to have between 10,000-15,000 Taliban umbrella from Nimruz, ghanistan and when their terrorist terrorists.The US has accused Helmand and Kandahar provinces ON AUGUST ̉̍: activities do not suit them politi- Pakistan of maintaining a strong of Afghanistan. REPORT Jeddah, Aug 5 (IANS) National Indigo airlines also announced can- Under the Phase 1 trade deal GLOBAL COVID˨̉̑ CASES SURPASS ̉̐.̍ MN carrier Air India has cancelled cellation of two fl ights to Chennai signed in January, China had some flights from Qatar to In- and Lucknow.However, it will oper- pledged to boost purchases of US Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) The dia under Phase 5 of the Vande ate a Hyderabad fl ight on Thursday goods by some $200 billion over overall number of global coro- Bharat Mission. (August 6) as per schedule. 2017 levels, including agricultural navirus cases has topped 18.5 This includes fl ight from Doha to A total of five flights were million mark, while the deaths Hyderabad on Wednesday (August planned under the Vande Bharat and manufactured products, have increased to over 700,000, 5) besides fl ights to Mangaluru, Mission from Qatar to Hyder- energy and services. according to the Johns Hopkins Bengaluru, Chennai and New Del- abad, which is the highest num- University. hi.According to sources that there ber of flights from the Gulf region As of Wednesday morning, is no suffi cient passenger load to under the fifth phase of Vande the total number of cases stood operate the fl ights.Simultaneously, Bharat Mission. at 18,540,119 and the fatalities rose to 700,647, the University's Center for Systems Science and COVID˨̉̑: BORIS JOHNSON GOVT Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. Washington, Aug 5 recession, is far be- The US accounted for the (521,318), Mexico (449,961), (119,659), Indonesia (115,056), RAPPED FOR DELAY IN IMPOSING (IANS) Senior US and hind the pace needed world's highest number of infec- Peru (439,890), Chile (362,962 Philippines (112,593) and Qa- Chinese offi cials will to meet its fi rst-year tions and fatalities at 4,771,080 ), Colombia (334,979), Iran tar (111,538), the CSSE figures BORDER CURBS review the implemen- goal of a $77 billion and 156,801, respectively, ac- (314,786), the UK (307,256), showed. The Home Affairs Select Committee is particularly critical tation of their Phase 1 increase. Imports of cording to the CSSE. Spain (302,814), Saudi Arabia The other countries with over in its report of the decision on March 13 to remove self- trade deal and likely air farm goods have been Brazil came in the second (281,456), Pakistan (280,461), 10,000 deaths are the Mexico isolation guidance for travellers arriving at a time when mutual grievances in lower than the 2017 place with 2,801,921 infections Italy (248,419 ), Bangladesh (48,869), UK (46,295), India an increasingly tense level, far behind the other comparable countries were strengthening and 95,819 deaths.In terms (244,020), Turkey (234,934), (39,795), Italy (35,171), France relationship during an 50% increase needed of cases, India ranks third France (228,576), Argentina (30,297), Spain (28,498), Peru their border measures. August 15 videoconfer- to meet the 2020 target (1,908,254), and is followed by (213,535), Germany (212,828), (20,007), Iran (17,617), Russia London, Aug 5 (IANS) An infl u- ence, two people famil- of $36.5 billion.Beijing Russia (859,762), South Africa Iraq (134,722), Canada (14,327) and Colombia (11,315). ential committee of UK parlia- iar with the plans said. has bought only 5% of ment on Wednesday criticised US Trade Represen- the energy products the Boris Johnson government tative Robert Light- needed to meet the Airlines seek permission from Nepal for allowing thousands of travel- hizer and Chinese Vice Phase 1 fi rst year goal lers into the UK without requir- Premier Liu He, the of $25.3 billion ing them to self-isolate before the principal negotiators One of the people govt to resume flights March 23 lockdown, which led to for the two countries, familiar with the plans Colombo, Aug 5 (IANS) The a “far worse” situation. will participate in the said Chinese offi cials Nepal governments decision The Home Affairs Select Com- meeting, an initial six- hoped to discuss other to resume domestic and inter- mittee is particularly critical in its month review of the issues beyond the national flights from August 17 report of the decision on March 13 pact activated on Feb- Phase 1 trade deal im- has prompted airline compa- to remove self-isolation guidance Tuesday night, there were 46,299 ruary 15. plementation. nies to start submitting their for travellers arriving at a time deaths and 306,293 cases in the The meeting plans “It’s both the nor- proposals seeking permission when other comparable countries UK, making it the worst affected were fi rst reported by mal semi-annual re- to resume operations, it was were strengthening their border European country and one of the the Wall Street Jour- view and also comes reported. measures. worst in the world. Recent decline nal. The US Trade at a time when the According to Raj Kumar At the time, it said hundreds of in deaths and cases has prompted Representative’s offi ce relationship contin- Chhetri, spokesperson for Civil Nepal."Chhetri added that be- for flight operations," Chhe- new coronavirus cases were arriv- the government to ease restric- and the US Treasury ues to deteriorate. Aviation Authority of Nepal sides Nepal Airlines Corporation tri said, adding: "Destinations ing every day, particularly from tions. did not respond to re- Naturally there is (CAAN), a total of 12 airline (NAC) and Himalaya Airlines, that are less affected by COV- Spain, Italy and France, including Yvette Cooper, committee chair, quests for comment. much to discuss,” companies, including two from Indigo Air of India; Air China and ID-19 will be higher on our pri- British residents returning home. said: “The government’s failure to Under the Phase 1 the person said. Nepal, have submitted propos- China Southern of China; ority list while permitting flight It also added that the decision have proper quarantine measures trade deal signed in China’s ambassador als for slots, reports The Hima- SalamAir of Oman; Jazeera operations." not to include Spain in country- in place in March as the infection January, China had to the United States, layan Times. Airways of Kuwait; Fly Dubai Before the pandemic specifi c measures in late February was spreading fast was a grave er- pledged to boost pur- Cui Tiankai, said on "Generally, airline companies and Air Arabia of the United struck, around 100 inter- was a mistake. ror and meant Covid spread faster chases of US goods by Tuesday that there have to resubmit their proposal Arab Emirates; Malaysia Air national flights were being The cross-party committee said and reached more people”. some $200 billion over was always a plan for for slots if fl ight operations are and Malindo Air of Malaysia; conducted daily via Tribhu- it was unable to fi nd any scien- “The UK was almost unique 2017 levels, including high-level consulta- halted for more than 60 days," and Turkish Airlines have so far van International Airport. tifi c evidence to justify this “inex- in having no border checks or agricultural and man- tions six months into he said on Monday."Hence, in- submitted their applications to The suspension of the flights plicable decision” and says that quarantine arrangements at that ufactured products, the pact, but the two ternational companies are ap- CAAN, seeking slots."However, came on March 22 to prevent the failure to have any special time. That alone should have rung energy and services. sides have remained plying to get their slots to resume we are still working on the nitty the spread of COVID-19 pan- border measures in place in mid loud alarm bells for ministers and But China, battered by in regular contact fl ight operations from and to gritty of providing permission demic in the country. March was a “serious error”.As of made them think again”. the global coronavirus over the trade deal. AUSTRALIAN PM DISAGREES WITH PREDECESSOR WHO WARNED OF ‘HOT WAR’ BETWEEN CHINA, US

Canberra, Aug 5 (IANS) Aus- scholar Kevin Rudd wrote in the Australian dollars (USD 190 bil- our own defense update, we’ve War with China. Morrison said “We have to take an optimistic tralia’s Prime Minister Scott Foreign Affairs journal this week lion) in new warfare capabil- acknowledged that what was the “circumstances are quite attitude but not an unrealistic Morrison said on Wednesday that the risk of armed confl ict ity spending, including longer- previously inconceivable and different.”He had no answers or naive attitude. We’ve got to his government held a less dra- between the United States and range missiles.“Our defense not considered even possible for how China’s push for power set out and wed ourselves to matic view of US-China strate- China in the next three months update expresses it differently or likely in terms of those types in the South China Sea, on the the objectives here and that is gic tensions than a predecessor was “especially high.”Morrison and certainly not as dramati- of outcomes is not considered Indian border and in Hong not the suppression or contain- who warned of a potential “hot said his administration had ex- cally as Kevin,” Morrison told in those contexts anymore,” he Kong should be handled.“I’m ment of any one state, it’s about war” before U.S. presidential pressed similar views in a de- the Aspen Security Forum in an added.Morrison disagreed with an optimist, Australians are the productive and strategic elections in November.For- fense policy update last month online address from the Aus- many in Washington that the indefatigable optimists about balance that can be achieved,” mer prime minister and China when he announced 270 billion tralian capital Canberra.“But in United States was in a new Cold these things,” Morrison said. he added. Indian Horizon 9 business Thursday, August 6, 2020 Facebook unveils 2 'Accelerator' programmes to nurture startups IRDAI allows life insurers to send San Francisco, Aug 5 through immersive and lo- a faster internet," said the policy in electronic format (IANS) To help nurture the cally-tailored training. company. startup ecosystem, Face- The programme provides This programme is for Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) The In- the same has to be provided book has launched two new 1:1 mentorship from Face- startups in the Americas surance Regulatory and Devel- without any additional cost, the Accelerator programmes book employees, training that are focused on improv- opment Authority of India (IR- IRDAI said. that will focus on product on Facebook's approach to ing connectivity through DAI) has allowed life insurers to According to IRDAI, the free- themes and exploration of products and businesses, technologies, solutions, and issue policy bonds in electronic look period will be 30 days in collaborative partnerships and access to a global net- new models that address the format during FY2020-21 owing such cases and will be calcu- to provide even more value work of startup peers, suc- availability and affordability to Covid-19 pandemic. lated from the date of policy- for startups. cessful founders, and indus- of internet access. With life insurers expressing holder confirming the receipt Called ‘Facebook Accel- try experts. The coronavirus ‘Facebook Accelerator: difficulty in printing and dis- of the document through calls erator: Connectivity' and pandemic has exposed the Commerce' is for startups patching policy documents to or other means. The return of ‘Facebook Accelerator: cohort with access to re- grammes that will run con- hard truth of the digital di- in Latin America, Europe, policy-holders, the IRDAI has the electronic policy document Commerce,' the 12-week sources, industry experts, currently and will be avail- vide and the critical need for Africa, and the Middle East allowed them to issue these in by mail by the policy-holder programmes will take on a mentors, and potential in- able to selected startups," reliable, affordable internet building on commerce plat- digital format to the email ad- indicating cancellation of the new format and will be com- vestors". Facebook said in a blog post connectivity. forms, innovating solutions dress mentioned. policy shall be valid for freelook pletely virtual. "To continue the momen- this week. "The ‘Facebook Accel- around catalog functional- However, the life insurers cancellation. Applications for both the tum of all the great work to Over the past several erator: Connectivity' pro- ity, and enhancing the over- can issue the policy in digital The IRDAI has also allowed programmes are now open date from startups in our years, Facebook Accelera- gramme will strengthen all commerce experience format only on express consent life insurers to upload their and the social network is programmes, we will be tor programmes have run emerging startups focused through conversational given by the policy-holder. If regulatory documents and file "looking forward to pro- launching two Facebook in various countries, help- on the same goal of bring- tools and immersive shop- a policy-holder demands the a soft copy through email till viding this new innovative Accelerator Commerce pro- ing startups scale effectively ing more people online to ping experiences. document in physical format, March 31, 2021. Uber starts hiring again, to recruit 140 engineers in India Godrej Properties logs Rs 20 cr Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) of the pandemic on the ride- After a wave of layoffs due hailing major that it report- to Covid-19 disruptions, edly decided to shut 45 of- consolidated net loss in Q1 ride-hailing major Uber on fices globally, including one Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Go- year due to the lockdown and Wednesday said it is recruit- in Mumbai, resulting in job drej Properties on Wednesday the major impact it has had on ing 140 more engineers for loss for many. reported a consolidated net our annual construction plan, its tech teams in Bengaluru Recently, Uber's tech loss of Rs 20.23 crore for the we expect strong momentum and Hyderabad. teams have been heavily April-June quarter of FY 2020- in both portfolio project addi- The engineers will build invested in building mask 21. During the corresponding tions and new project launches products in areas such as recognition capabilities to period of the last fiscal, the during the rest of the financial rider and driver growth, de- years, where he was respon- nical and passionate about ensure that driver partners company had reported a con- year." livery, marketplace, custom- sible for scaling its India de- solving complex problems wear masks for their own solidated net profit of Rs 89.87 recognition. Cash collections, He added that that the cur- er service, digital payments, velopment centre. in the mobility and delivery safety as well as that of rid- crore. which depend on construction rent crisis will add further risk and compliance, safety, He also led teams in space.'' Uber India had in ers. The real estate major report- milestones, were also impact- momentum to the process of and finance technology, charge of transportation, May announced its decision To enable more effec- ed an 88.63 per cent fall in its ed, it added. consolidation that is underway Uber said in a statement. new seller registration and to lay off around 600 full- tive social distancing mea- revenues from operations dur- "This led to an accounting in the sector and the company The announcement came identity verification. time employees due to the sures, Uber's engineers have ing the first quarter of FY 2020- loss and negative operating will continue to focus on rap- after Uber recently hired "We're leveraging India's impact of the coronavirus been accelerating digital 21 at Rs 72.29 crore. cash flow for the quarter," the idly growing its market share. Jayaram Valliyur as senior oustanding product and crisis. Globally, Uber report- payments and also use ad- In its investor presentation, company said. Shares of the company director to lead its global enineering talent to fuel our edly reduced its workforce vanced Machine Learning the company said that due to Commenting on the per- plunged nearly 3 per cent post finance technology team, next wave of products and by nearly 6,700 people amid (ML) and Artificial Intel- the Covid-induced lockdown, formance, Pirojsha Godrej, the earnings announcement. spread across multiple ge- services," Jayaram said on Covid-19 and decided to ligence (AI) techniques to there was very limited con- Executive Chairman, Godrej Currently its shares on the BSE ographies. Uber's tech hiring drive. cut investment in non-core seamlessly onboard restau- struction activity during the Properties Ltd, said: "While we are trading at Rs 902.50, lower Prior to Uber, Valliyur "We're looking to hire en- projects. rant menus onto Uber mar- quarter and as a result, no expect poor reported earnings by Rs 28.70 or 3.08 per cent worked for Amazon for 14 gineers who're deeply tech- Such had been the impact ketplace, the company said. new projects achieved revenue and cash flows this financial from its previous close. Volatility hits equity indices ahead Liquidity to MSME rises as bank sanctions cross 1.38 lakh cr New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) crore. The government is going all The scheme would help of monetary policy decision out to ensure that liquidity more than 30 lakh units of concerns of the MSME sec- MSMEs and other business- Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Vola- at 11,101.65, higher by 6. 40 Financial Services: "Indian tor are addressed on priority es restart their businesses tility prevailed on Wednesday points or 0.06 per cent from its benchmark indices were vola- under its Emergency Credit post the lockdown. to hamper the upward move- previous close. tile in trade before closing flat Line Guarantee Scheme As part of the Aatmanirb- ment of key Indian equity Similarly, the S&P BSE with a positive bias. (ECLGS). har package, the govern- indices, a day ahead of mon- Sensex closed at 37,663.33, Global cues were also posi- As of August 3, 2020 pub- ment had announced its etary policy decision. lower by 24.58 points or 0.07 tive while gold again jumped lic sector and private banks plans for Rs 3-lakh crore as Consequently, after mak- per cent from its previous to record highs. Positive earn- have sanctioned loans worth additional credit to MSMEs ing healthy gains, the stock close of 37,687.91. It opened at ings reports are driving stocks over Rs 1.38 lakh crore un- and small businesses. Such markets ended on a flat- to- 37,892.3 points and touched and markets around the der the 100 per cent Emer- enterprises were to be eli- positive note. Prior to ceding an intra-day high of 38,139.96 world, and the same trend is gency Credit Line Guarantee gible to receive upto 20 per their gains, the BSE Sensex and a low of 37,550.60. visible in the Indian markets Scheme, of which close to cent of their existing bor- reclaimed the psychological "Technically, while the Nifty too." Rs 92,000 crore has already rowing as additional loans mark of 38,000 points. witnessed a sharp sell-off from "Liquidity is a major driver been disbursed. at Rs 1,37,586.54 crore, of regularly held meetings with at interest rates which were In case of NSE Nifty, the in- the highs, the recovery from for the markets and it is chas- There has been a big jump which Rs 92,090.24 crore has the banks. capped. The loan would be dex opened on a positive note the lows has ensured that the ing companies which are in sanctions in the last 18- already been disbursed." A finance ministry state- available to units with upto and moved higher. short-term uptrend remains declaring stable earnings or 20 days with sanctions in- The ECLGS scheme is the ment said that banks from Rs 25 crore outstanding and However, selling pressure intact," said Deepak Jasani, outlook. creasing rapidly by about Rs biggest fiscal component of both public and private sec- turnover of up to Rs 100 pushed it lower by 160 points Head of Retail Research at Uncertainties remain while 15,000 crore while disburse- the Rs 20-lakh crore Self-Re- tor have contributed to the crore whose accounts are before the index finally recov- HDFC Securities. markets will in the near term ment increased even rapidly liant India Mission package success of the ECLGS. Loan standard. ered to close with marginal "It will be important that look forward to the commen- by close to Rs 25,000 crore. announced by Finance Min- amounts sanctioned by Pub- The units will not have to gains. the Nifty holds above the im- tary and RBI actions at the end In a tweet, office of fi- ister Nirmala Sitharaman in lic Sector Banks increased to provide any guarantee or Sector-wise, the top gainers mediate support of 11,064 of the MPC meeting tomor- nance minister Nirmala May. Rs 72,820.26 crore, of which collateral of their own. The were the BSE Metal, Auto, CD points for the current uptrend row." Sitharaman said: "As of 03 To ensure that the scheme Rs 52,013.73 crore has been amount will be 100 per cent and Telecom indices, whereas to continue. Immediate re- The RBI's Monetary Policy Aug 2020, the total amount achieve its objective of pro- disbursed as of August 3. guaranteed by the govern- BSE Power, FMCG and IT in- sistances are now at 11,226 Committee is expected to sanctioned under the 100% viding adequate liquidity to Similarly, private banks ment of India providing a dices lost ground. points." release its resolution on the Emergency Credit Line the MSME segment during sanctioned loans to the total liquidity of Rs 3 lakh The Nifty50 on the Na- According to Vinod Nair, monetary policy after their Guarantee Scheme by #PSBs the current difficult period, tune of Rs 64,766.28 crore crore to more than 45 lakh tional Stock Exchange closed Head of Research at Geojit meeting on August 4-6. and private banks stands the finance ministry has while disbursed Rs 40,076.52 MSMEs. 'B2V' programme among 36 major achievements HP expands PC manufacturing in India with Chennai facility since Art 370 axing: J&K govt Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) and governance deficit in while programmes similar resident of Shopian district ble given the law and order The unique 'Back to Vil- villages, and bridge the gap to this had been attempt- wrote to the Prime Minis- problems in the Valley. lage' (B2V) initiative is between public and public ed in many other parts of ter about this programme It was the developmen- among 36 major people's servants. India before, 'B2V' was following which the Prime tal equivalent of the elec- programmes which the 'B2V' not only achieved unique for its sheer scale Minister made a mention tions - every single citizen Jammu and Kashmir the feat of bringing the and scope, involving nearly of it in his Mann ki Baat was to be covered, and no government says it has administration and offi- 5,000 gazetted officers of Programme calling it a 'fes- area, howsoever remote or achieved in one year since cers to the doorsteps of the all levels -- one for every tival of development, pub- difficult, would be left un- abrogation of Article 370 villagers to redress their panchayat -- who would lic participation and public touched. that gave special status to problems but also also re- then stay for two days and awareness'." The government de- New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) In a fillip procure materials from other parts the erstwhile state. affirmed the trust and faith a night in the village. While inaugurating the puted gazetted officers to to the 'Make in India' initiative, PC of India and from Asia. "We are de- The programme, under of the public in the govern- "Back to Village focused programme, Chief Sec- all 4,483 panchayat circles, and printer HP Inc on Wednesday lighted to partner with HP to manu- which 20,000 development ment, shattering a number on four quintessential retary B.V.R Subrahman- with each officer assigned said it has started PC manufacturing facture desktops and workstations works were identified di- of myths in the process, the themes like energising yam said: "Back to Vil- a gram panchayat, where, operations at electronics giant Flex's in India and are committed to help- rectly by the people, gener- government said. panchayats, collecting lage programme has been unlike previous practices, facility in Sriperumbudur, Tamil ing HP meet the current and future ated such enthusiasm that Abdul Hamid Dar, a resi- feedback on delivery of conceived with the notion they stayed for at least two Nadu. The plant will manufacture needs of its customers," said Richard a resident of Shopian dis- dent of Block B.K. Pora in government programmes, that developmental initia- days, including a night desktops and workstations to enable Hopkins, Senior Vice President, In- trict wrote about it to Prime Budgam district remarked capturing specific eco- tives that are built on the halt, in the village. The of- HP meet current and future cus- dia Operations at Flex. Minister Narendra Modi that their village had a nomic potential and un- feedback and cooperation ficer was supposed to make tomer needs, while driving greater HP has been growing in India, following which it was vexed issue of de-silting dertaking assessment of of the people are more a first-hand assessment by operational efficiency, the company consistently registering double digit mentioned in his monthly their water bodies, which needs of the villages," the result-oriented and have seeking the comprehen- said in a statement. revenue growth. According to the radio programme 'Mann ki were choked due to the ex- Jammu and Kashmir gov- greater probability to suc- sive feedback from the The plant will have the flexibility IDC, almost every third PC and every Baat'. cessive amount of sand, silt ernment said. ceed than those which are panchayat representatives, to scale up manufacturing capabili- second printer being sold in India The Jammu and Kashmir and polythene. "As it turned out, the ini- top-down." elders and other local peo- ties on demand. "With the inaugu- belongs to HP. administration embarked "We had travelled from tiative was an unqualified But, the government ple about their concerns, ration of this new facility, we aim to The company has a Print R&D on the programme in June pillar to post in this regard success. In fact, so over- says, that this was not an developmental needs and strengthen our commitment to India centre in Bengaluru and a manu- last year with the aim of but nobody had registered whelming was the response easy task. It had never at- economic potential of the and support the growth of the local facturing plant in Pantnagar in Ut- strengthening grassroots our genuine grievance, but of the people that practi- tempted a government- area. Throughout this cam- manufacturing ecosystem," said tarakhand since 2006. It has close to democracy and participa- during this campaign, it cally every visiting officer public interface pro- paign, the officers lived Ketan Patel, Managing Director, HP 600 exclusive HP World stores and tory development, taking was duly recorded by the was accorded an extremely gramme of this sheer size and ate with the villagers to India Market. a strong network of 10,000 partners the administration and authorities who had visited warm and affectionate and scale in Jammu and fully understand their pain The location of the plant provides and resellers in the country. administrative officers to our village for two days." welcome. In fact, such was Kashmir, so it not only and agony and to assuage it access to a nearby port and HP's According to industry sources, HP the doorsteps of villagers As per the Jammu and the enthusiasm generated seemed a herculean task the feeling of alienation spare parts facility in Bengaluru, India has close to $2 billion annual to redress the development Kashmir government, by the programme that a but also seemed implausi- among them. enabling the company to quickly revenue from India. Indian Horizon Thursday, August 6, 2020 business 10 AAI urges govt to continue MEIS scheme for aluminium industry New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) MEIS (Merchandise Exports demand slump globally. tiveness. Aluminium producers have from India Scheme) from Aluminium exports from Aluminium exports are cur- urged the government to con- around Rs 45,000 crore in FY India are struggling to remain rently eligible for a 2 per cent tinue MEIS scheme for the 2019-20 to Rs 9,000 Crore for globally competitive due high MEIS reward rate which itself industry as exports worth $5 April-December 2020 and di- incidence of unrebated cen- does not provide ample cush- billion are at stake. verting these funds for other tral and state taxes and du- ion to remain competitive In a letter sent on Tuesday, purposes. ties, constituting 15 per cent against current bearish mar- the Aluminium Association The DGFT has also blocked of aluminium production cost ket condition which is likely of India (AAI) has urged the the MEIS module from July 23 which is amongst the highest to last long. Finance Minister and Com- from accepting new applica- in the world. The RoDTEP Scheme (Re- merce Minister to continue tions to limit the issuance of This is adversely impact- mission of Duties or Taxes on with the processing of MEIS any more scrips. ing the sustainability and Export Products) for exports (Merchandise Exports from This has created an ex- competitiveness of the in- is yet to be formulated and India Scheme) applications tremely precarious situation dustry. This is in sharp con- implemented by the Govern- through DGFT MEIS Portal. for the Indian aluminium ex- minium in Product Linked global players in international will take substantial time for trast to global aluminium ment, which was announced It has sought continuation ports which have declined by Incentive Scheme and imple- markets. the domestic demand to pick industry which is heavily in September 2019 by Finance of MEIS scheme with en- 11 per cent from $5.7 billion mentation of Remission of Being a continuous process up. supported by major alumin- Minister and approved by the hanced rate from 2 per cent in FY-19 to $5 billion in FY-20 Duties or Taxes on Export industry, all the Indian Alu- The only option left for the ium producing countries Cabinet in March 2020. While to 5 per cent for all aluminium and further will render exports Products (RoDTEP) scheme minium smelters are operat- industry to sustain is to export specially China, by way of the domestic industry is trying products to survive the cur- vulnerable and uncompetitive on priority for aluminium ing in the country at around the aluminium products to various incentives/subsidies its best to remain competi- rent economic situation. vis-a-vis global players in in- industry to make India's alu- 90 per cent capacity. survive the current situation for raw materials, tax ben- tive, government support is This letter was sent in wake ternational markets. minium exports competitive The slump in domestic de- due to Covid-19 pandemic, efits & export tax incentives, extremely crucial at this junc- of the government envisaging The aluminium body also and create a level playing field mand is hurting the domestic but the prices are expected low interest rate loans etc. to ture to boost exports and sur- cutting the funds outlay for demanded inclusion of alu- for Indian exporters vis-a-vis aluminium industry and it to continue to be weak due to enhance the cost-competi- vive this challenging phase. Gold nears Rs 55,000 per 10 gm, Ratan Tata cites surge in shareholding value to counter silver crosses Rs 70,000 per kg Mistry's oppression claims 734 tonne. First half Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) limitation of such a griev- decisions with grace," inflows surpassed the Ratan Tata has cited the ance -- which at the high- Ratan Tata's rejoinder said. previous annual record surge in the shareholding est could be a directorial However, Mistry de- from 2009 of 646 tonne value of Cyrus Mistrys fam- dispute or an employment clined the request and a and lifted global hold- ily in Tata Sons to counter dispute -- Cyrus Mistry has resolution then had to be ings to 3,621 tonne, the Mistrys allegations of op- created a smokescreen of brought before the Board report said. pression of minority share- ‘oppression and misman- to remove him, which was In line with the trend holders in the group. agement' around it." passed with near unanim- Mumbai, Aug 5 economic uncertainty in gold futures, the In his rejoinder affidavit Rata Tata said that Mis- ity. (IANS) Gold futures on and in tandem with in- September contract filed in the Supreme Court try was appointed by the He said that Mistry's the Multi-Commod- ternational prices. of silver on the MCX in response to the affidavit Board of Chairmen in 2012 grievance that no reason ity Exchange (MCX) A recent report by also touched a high of filed by Mistry, Tata said following an assessment by was recorded in the min- reached a new record the World Gold Council Rs 70,223.00 per kilo- that the Shapoorji Pallonji the Selection Committee utes of the board meeting level on Wednesday as (WGC) showed that it is gram. Currently, it is Group's Rs 69 crore invest- shareholding in Tata Sons further alleged that Mistry and the same board four in support of the resolution it neared the Rs 55,000 the record inflow into trading at Rs 70,129 per ment in 1965 stood at Rs has increased by more has created a smokescreen years later decided, in near passed by the Tata Sons mark. gold-backed ETFs (Ex- kg, higher by Rs 332.00 1 lakh crore in December than 2,100 times. There of oppression and mis- unanimity, to replace him board on October 24, 2016 The October contract change Traded Funds) from its previous close. 2016 as per the Mistry fam- will be few parallels of this management. from the position. was not true. of gold on the MCX which has caused the Apart from pickup in ily's own admission. In the rise in shareholder's value Ratan Tata said that the He noted that Mistry was Mistry is fighting a legal touched an all-time rally in the prices of the investment and indus- last three years, that value in the company. That such issues raised by Mistry are initially requested to step battle against Tata Sons high of Rs 54,910 per yellow metal. The con- trial demand, the sup- has increased further to Rs a shareholder can still call about the personal griev- down from the position. over his ouster from the 10 gram. It is currently sumer demand, howev- ply concerns for silver 1.5 lakh crore as pleaded in itself ‘oppressed' is an un- ance of the loss of office "This was a dignified group. He is also seeking trading at Rs 54,848, er, has hit rock-bottom have lifted its prices. their recently filed cross- fathomable irony of this and as the grievance has way in which responsible proportional board rep- higher by Rs 297 or 0.54 amid the pandemic. Peru, the world's sec- appeal. entire case," Ratan Tata its legal limitations, he has Boards handle such de- resentation as the largest per cent from its previ- Inflows into gold- ond-largest silver pro- "Assuming, without ad- said. The Shapoorji Pal- created this smokescreen cisions and how mature shareholder in Tata Sons. ous close. backed ETFs (gold ducer, saw itsmine sup- mitting in any manner lonji Group holds 18.33 per to gain legal mileage. business leaders, despite Last December, the The surge in domes- ETFs) accelerated in ply fall by one-third due these figures as true, that cent stake in Tata Sons. Saying that it is a person- personal disagreement NCLAT had ordered the tic gold futures con- Q2, taking H1 inflows to the Covid-induced in Mistry family's own as- Ratan Tata, the Chair- al grievance, Ratan Tata with such decisions one reinstatement of Mistry as tinues amid the global to a record-breaking lockdowns. sessment, the value of the man Emeritus of Tata Sons, said: "Knowing well the might have, accept such Tata Sons Chairman. PLI scheme to be expanded to AC, furniture, leather Sensex reclaims 38,000; banking, sectors as MEIS wound up finance stocks surge New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) development of a mobile up by December. enhance domestic manu- ment for Promotion of In- The government proposes manufacturing ecosystem The liability under MEIS facturing. Five more sec- dustry and Internal Trade to expand the scope of the in the country and another ballooned from Rs 20,000 tors may be added under (DPIIT) has identified sec- production linked incen- Rs 7,000 crore scheme by crore to about Rs 45,000 PLI soon," said a top gov- tors such as tyres, chemi- tive (PLI) scheme to five or the Chemicals and Petro- crore in 2019-20, reach- ernment source not willing cals, furniture, and toys six more sectors, including chemicals Ministry for the ing an unsustainable level. to be named. that have the potential to air conditioners and TV pharmaceutical sector for However, during the pe- The government is look- develop local scale to ex- sets, leather, chemicals, manufacturing bulk drugs riod, the country's exports ing at expanding the PLI pand the reach of 'Made furniture, tyres and toys, in and active pharmaceutical remained range-bound. scheme to boost manufac- in India' goods across the a bid to boost manufactur- ingredients (APIs). In 2014-15, Indian exports turing of air conditioners globe. ing in the country. The new scheme would were $310 billion and in and TV sets where some The PLIs for several sec- Government sources replace the existing Mer- 2019-20, the export figure level of manufacturing ex- tors would be ready before said that the Finance Min- chandise Exports India was $313 billion. So, the ists in the country but a lot the end of 2020. The exist- istry, along with the Com- Scheme (MEIS), intro- Finance Ministry has re- of components are still im- ing PLI for mobile manu- Mumbai, Aug 5 38,081.91, higher by 124.90 points or 1.13 merce and other ministries, duced in April 2015, with stricted MEIS benefits to ported. The PLI will ensure facturing offers incentives (IANS) The key Indian 394 points or 1.05 per per cent from its previ- are finalising the contours the objective to promote just Rs 9,000 crore in FY21 that the complete ecosys- to the tune of 4-6 per cent equity indices surged cent from its previous ous close. of the PLI scheme for each manufacturing and exports and plans to use the sav- tem around the product for incremental invest- on Wednesday morn- close of 37,687.91. It The major gainers on identified area of manufac- of specified goods from ings for the sector focused category develops locally. ment and sales over a pe- ing with the BSE Sensex opened at 37,892.36 the Sensex were Axis turing and an announce- India. But this scheme did PLI scheme, sources said. A similar scheme is also riod of five years to com- reclaiming the psycho- and has so far touched Bank, Maruti Suzuki ment could be made over not yield the desired re- "The focused and effi- on the anvil for expanding panies. Similar schemes logical 38,000-mark. an intra-day high of India, Tata Steel and the next few weeks. sult. Even with its liberal cient scheme like PLI has domestic manufacturing could be worked for new Healthy buying was 38,139.96 and a low of Bajaj Finance, while The PLI scheme for new application across sectors, been identified as part of of solar equipment that sectors but the quantum witnessed in banking 37,889.59. The Nifty50 the losers were Power sectors would be similar exports remained nearly 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' currently is largely import- of benefit would depend and finance stocks. on the National Stock Grid Corp, Nestle In- to the ones announced by stagnant, so the govern- mission that aims to work ed from China. on capital intensity of an Around 10.25 a.m., Exchange was trading dia, Hindustan Unile- the Electronics Ministry for ment now wants to wind it on import substitution and Similarly, the Depart- industry. Sensex was trading at at 11,220.15, higher by ver and ITC. Banks, NBFCs' asset quality risks remain elevated: ICRA Airtel ties up with AWS for cloud services New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) June 2020 levels but remain while loan restructuring scalability, and cloud man- Asset quality risks for banks considerably lower than the could postpone the recogni- agement capabilities," it said. and NBFCs remain elevated pre-Covid levels of around tion of stress in the lender Airtel Cloud will offer cus- despite the recent decline 90-95 per cent for most asset book in the near-term, high tomers a range of AWS ser- in loans under moratorium, classes." share of such assets would be vices including Windows on ratings agency ICRA said on According to ICRA, given a credit negative. AWS, SAP on AWS, VMware Wednesday. downs by various states over the commonality of borrow- "Also, the efficacy of this Cloud on AWS, database mi- Accordingly most of the the last two months." ers under both phases, the restructuring would be cru- gration, and security and risk banks as well as NBFCs The ratings agency has al- asset quality risks are likely to cial as lenders would be faced governance solutions, said have reported a decline in ready cut the GDP forecast for continue to remain high for with many requests coming the statement. the loans under the phase the current fiscal to (-) 9.5 per the lenders. from the smaller ticket size In addition, Airtel Cloud 2 (June-August 2020) of the cent contraction vis-a-vis an "However, unlike the previ- borrowers (in the retail and will leverage AWS' innovation moratorium as compared to earlier estimate of a (-) 5 per ous asset quality cycle, where MSME space) vis-a-vis the and transformation services phase 1 (March-May 2020). cent contraction. the stressed assets build-up large borrower restructuring across analytics, data ware- "This is due to the fact that As per ICRA estimates, the was driven largely by corpo- done by them in the past," the New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) ness, the company said in a housing, Internet of Things the last 10-15 percentile of median loans under morato- rate segment, this time, the statement said. Bharti Airtel on Wednesday statement. (IoT), and machine learning the borrowers who continue rium would be around 25-30 stress is relatively higher for Furthermore, ICRA said as announced a multi-year stra- Airtel Cloud will build an (ML) to help customers adopt to opt for the moratorium will per cent compared to a broad borrowers in micro small the one-time restructuring tegic collaboration agreement AWS CloudPractice sup- new services and migrate to be more vulnerable to slip- band of 10-50 per cent of to- and medium enterprises window is made available, (SCA) with Amazon Web Ser- ported by AWS Professional the cloud from legacy infra- pages," ICRA said in a state- tal loan books with many of (MSMEs), agriculture and re- more borrowers may opt for it vices (AWS) to deliver cloud Services, as well as develop structures. ment. the borrowers being common tail (especially self-employed) to ease out the near-term un- solutions to large enterprise differentiated cloud products Harmeen Mehta, CIO & "Although the gradual re- under Phase 1 and 2. segments," ICRA said. certainties, conserve liquidity and small and medium en- and capabilities leveraging Head of Cloud and Security laxations in restrictions im- "In general, the morato- "Therefore, the debate is and to smoothen their cash terprise (SME) customers in AWS services, Airtel's data Business at Bharti Airtel said: posed during the lockdown rium levels across banks are now on the need for a further flow as the economy takes a India. center capabilities and net- "This collaboration brings have helped in improving the lower than those of NBFCs extension in moratorium or turn for revival. Airtel serves over 2,500 large work and telecoms offerings, AWS, the world's leading collection efficiencies and with private banks having a one-time restructuring for "If the RBI were to consider enterprises and more than 10 it said. cloud platform, together with thereby reduction in residual even relatively lower levels," the borrowers who continue one-time restructuring, it is lakh emerging businesses and "Airtel customers will ben- Airtel's deep reach and prov- assets under moratorium, the the statement said. to face challenges and remain expected to be extended to companies with an integrated efit from an integrated sales, en expertise in handling net- pace of recovery seems lower "Early trends for July 2020 under moratorium by end of certain sectors which would product portfolio, including consulting, and support ap- work, data centers, security, than expected because of lo- indicate a nominal improve- August 2020." take longer to recover," the Airtel Cloud, a multi-cloud proach from both compa- and cloud as an integrated calised re-imposition of lock- ment in collections over Besides, ICRA said that statement said. product and solutions busi- nies, and improved security, solution. Sports Indian Horizon 11 Thursday, August 6, 2020

I want to be part of a World to play for India after only coach at the time and he added, “The turning point of sleep or focus on anything CRIED LIKE A Cup-winning team,” said one year of first-class cricket. realised something was my life came in 2013 when else. I would switch on the Ishant while speaking in the However, unlike other wrong with me.” James Faulkner at the Mohali television and find people CHILD AFTER latest episode of ESPNcricinfo fast bowlers who usually “I told him I was fine, but ODI hit me for 30 runs in one criticising me, which messed Cricketbaazi.“We are start well and then taper off he refused to believe me over and lead Australia to the me up even more. playing the World Test as their career progresses, since he wasn’t seeing a smile victory. “But then this incident was FAULKNER HIT Championship, which is Ishant’s career trajectory has on my face. I have always I felt I had betrayed myself like a blessing in disguise. equivalent to a World Cup been the opposite. considered cricket to be my and my country. I didn’t Sometimes you need a ME FOR ̋̈ in Test cricket, but not a lot “In 2011, I was a regular life. If I performed well, I’d speak to anyone for two- jolt like this to understand of people follow it while an in the ODI team but was be happy, if not, I’d be sad. three weeks.“Although I am your passion. Before the ODI World Cup is widely dropped from the team and Then everyone, including a tough guy, I cried. I called Faulkner episode, if I had RUNS, SAYS followed. So, hopefully...let’s the World Cup that year. Gary Kirsten, explained to me my girlfriend and cried a bad performance, people see.”Ishant is amongst the I didn’t know the reason. that cricket was not my entire over phone like a child. I would come and tell me it’s ISHANT few bowlers who got a chance Gary Kirsten was the Indian life, but only a part of it.”He stopped eating, I couldn’t okay, it happens. SUMIT NAGAL GETS DIRECT ENTRY INTO US AS TENNIS New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) RETURNS, MENTAL Leading Indian pacer Ishant OPEN MEN’S SINGLES DRAW Sharma wants to make a ASPECT MOST comeback in the 50-overs cricket New York, Aug 5 (IANS) ranked at 127 in the world took a set off Federer before and wishes to be a part of the India tennis star Sumit Nagal currently. He remains the going down 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, 4-6 IMPORTANT, SAYS World Cup team. has gained direct entry into only Indian to make the cut. against the Swiss star. World Cups have been jinxed this year's US Open men's Nagal, last year, caught World No.1 Novak YASTREMSKA for Ishant. He did not play 2011, singles draw after a string a the imagination of tennis Djokovic leads the men's 2015 and 2019 World Cup for top-ranked players pulled fans worldwide, following singles entry list for this year's various reasons. “I would love out of the competition citing his courageous performance US Open which is devoid of to play in a World Cup.Actually, coronavirus concerns.Nagal against 20-time Grand Slam star names like defending FRONT FOOT sneaked through as top 128 champion Roger Federer. champions Rafael Nadal and to play this year's US Open," ranked ATP players made In the first round at Arthur 20-time Federer."After many Nadal said on Twitter on TOP SEED WANG NO-BALL the cut with the 22-year-old Ashe Stadium in 2019, Nagal thoughts, I have decided not Tuesday. QIANG SUFFERS TECHNOLOGY SHOCK EXIT AT TO BE USED RIJIJU URGES STATES TO IDENTIFY INFRA FOR KISCE New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) I urge every state to urgently India Games to identify CTA TOUR IN ENG-PAK Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju identify the infrastructure grassroots-level talent and on Tuesday urged the that they would like to give a larger platform to the TESTS states to identify their best earmark for KISCE," he sporting talents from their Manchester, Aug 5 (IANS) The sporting infrastructure for added.Rijiju also urged the respective states," he said. three-match Test series between the Khelo India State Centre states to organise state-level The states which are already England and Pakistan will see of Excellence (KISCE). Khelo India Games annually conducting annual sporting the usage of front-foot no ball While chairing the first with an effort to identify a competitions can align with Rome, Aug 5 (IANS) As technology, the International General Council meeting larger number of grassroots- the Khelo India Scheme and the WTA and ATP tours Cricket Council (ICC) announced of the Khelo India Scheme, level talents. the Centre will support them slowly find their way back on Wednesday. Rijiju addressed the "The annual competitions in conducting these events. amid the coronavirus "Front foot no-ball technology officials of the state sports being organised at the He said that five zonal pandemic, world no.25 to be used in ICC World Test departments and other the states to have a state- national level under the talent scouting committees Dayana Yastremska said Championship series featuring central ministries and said of-the-art infrastructure Khelo India Scheme, like the are being planned for east, that the most important England and Pakistan, with the that the Centre has already in training senior athletes Khelo India Youth Games west, north, south and thing for her as she support of both teams," ICC said in "identified eight states from all over the country in and University Games, northeast India and asked returned to court was the a statement. where KISCE will be set up" select sporting disciplines have helped to identify for active participation of mental part. "Performance of the technology and "received proposals and excelling in them," said sporting talent from all the states in assisting these The Ukranian played in these Tests will be reviewed from 13 states, which are Rijiju."The Centre is ready the states. However, that committees in identifying her first match since the Kunming, Aug 5 (IANS) before any decisions taken on its being finalised.""The KISCE to fund and support the is not enough. Every state grassroots-level talent in 24 shutdown at WTA Tour's China's top female tennis player future use in Test cricket," it added. is a great opportunity for states in this, and therefore, can organise annual Khelo sporting disciplines. Palermo Ladies Open on Wang Qiang crashed out of the The third umpire will monitor the Monday. "Firstly I am very Chinese Tennis Association front foot landing position after Imola, Aug 5 (IANS) Formula happy, it's been a long time," (CTA) Tour after losing in a each ball and communicate to the One drivers will have a new F̉ RACE AT IMOLA TO HAVE JUST ONE Yastremska said during a three-set thriller 6-4, 4-6, 6-10 on-field umpire if the delivery was challenge at hand when they virtual conference call. against Yang Ziyi in the round of a no ball. travel to Imola in November PRACTICE SESSION "At the same time it 16 on Wednesday. The on-field umpires will not for the Emilia Romagna was very difficult to play Wang, world No. 29 and call any front foot no balls unless Grand Prix. According to the because you haven't been top seed of the tournament instructed by the third umpire, but organisers, there will be just in this atmosphere for a in southwest China's city of will remain responsible for other one practice session prior to long time and you kind Anning, had a good start against on-field decisions in the usual way. the main qualifying round and of forgot this feeling of 22-year-old Yang in the match The benefit of the doubt will lie with eventually the final race the competition a little bit. and won the first set with a the bowler, and if a late no ball call next day. "Today the most comfortable 6-4 margin, reports is communicated, then the on-field Usually, a race is preceded important thing was the Xinhua news agency. umpire will rescind a dismissal (if by three practice sessions, mental part. Physically it Yang battled back in the applicable) and signal a no ball. followed by qualifying round was also a bit tough because second set 6-4 to level the score, The first Test starts between and then the race, but to we are not used to playing a with strong serves and solid England and Pakistan starts at the accommodate a Grand Prix will take place on Sunday i.e 2020 calendar to take the total are pleased that we continue match (in a long time)," she baseline play.In the final set, a Old Trafford from Wednesday, in just two days, organisers November 1.The race in Imola number of races to 13 this to make strong progress in added. 10-point tiebreaker, Yang won while the next two Tests - both at have put forward this will be the third race in Italy year.The Algarve International finalising our plans for the Players are not allowed four points in a row after a 6-6 the Ageas Bowl in Southampton cramped schedule. this year after Italian Grand Circuit in Portimao will 2020 season and are excited to shake hands with each tie, securing a surprise victory - will begin on August 13 and According to FormulaOne. Prix at Monza and the Tuscan host the Portuguese Grand to welcome Nurburgring, other at the net or with against Wang. August 21 respectively. com, the morning of October Grand Prix at Mugello (both Prix on October 23-25, two Portimao and Imola to the the chair umpire and have 31 will witness a 90-minute being held in September). weeks after the Grand Prix revised calendar,” Chase to wear masks at all times practice session followed Earlier, Imola became part at Germany’s Nurburgring. Carey, Chairman and CEO except when on court. A Cardiff’s appeal against transfer by the qualification round of three new races that were This will be followed by the of Formula 1, had said last handful of spectators have in the afternoon. The race included in the revamped two-day event in Imola.“We month. also been allowed. ban delayed for second time directed Cardiff to pay the initial STERLING, BALBIRNIE POWER IRELAND TO Rafael Nadal withdraws amount within 15 days of receiving the bank details from Nantes MEMORABLE WIN OVER ENGLAND from US Open amid or face transfer ban for three Brief scores: England 328 all out (Eoin Morgan 106, Tom windows. Cardiff had challenged COVID-19 concerns the ruling and the appeal was set Banton 58; Craig Young 3-53), Ireland 329-3 (Paul Stirling to be heard by CAS." 142, Andrew Balbirnie 113; Adil Rashid 1-61) Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Defending champion Rafael Southampton, Aug 5 (IANS) 15 fours and four sixes.But Nadal has decided to pull out Brilliant centuries from then came an Irish resurgence, of this year's US Open amid captain Andrew Balbirnie and as they picked up four wickets concerns over COVID-19 Paul Sterling helped Ireland in quick succession. pandemic. Cardiff, Aug 5 (IANS) British comprehensively beat World England's lower order "After many thoughts, I football club Cardiff's appeal Champions England by seven fought back, however, with have decided not to play this against a transfer ban with wicket in the final ODI of the David Willey using his brawn year's US Open," Nadal said and the ATP for trying to put the respect to the payment related to three-match series.In a match in a 42-ball 51, while Tom on Twitter on Tuesday. "The event together for the players deceased Emiliano Sala has been full of twist and turns at the Curran finished unbeaten on situation is very complicated and the fans around the world delayed for the second time. Ageas Bowl, the visitors, who 38 as England were bowled worldwide, the COVID-19 cases through TV. According to a report in had already lost the series, out for 328 with a ball to are increasing, it looks like we "This is a decision I never BBC Wales Sport, the Court of on Tuesday chased down the spare in the 50th over of their still don't have control of it." wanted to take but I have Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was target of 329 in the final over innings.Ireland started off "We know that the reduced decided to follow my heart this set to hear the appeal this spring to grab 10 crucial points in steadily in pursuit of what tennis calendar is barbaric this time and for the time being I but has been delayed once again. the Cricket World Cup Super would be their biggest-ever year after 4 months stopped with rather not travel," the world Football's world governing body League.Electing to field for chase in ODIs, edging out their no play, I understand and thank number two said. FIFA had earlier directed Cardiff the first time in the series, famous victory over England for the efforts they are putting Meanwhile, World No. 1 to pay Nantes the first installment Balbirnie would have been before the score had reached stand to put the hosts back on at the 2011 World Cup where in to make it happen," the 19- Novak Djokovic headlines the of Sala's total transfer fee of 15 initially pleased as Jason Roy, 50. However, England skipper top. Morgan was particularly they had chased down a target time Grand Slam champion initial men's singles entry list million pounds.FIFA's players' Jonny Bairstow and James Eoin Morgan and Tom belligerent as he hit his way to of 328, thanks to a 50-ball added."All my respects to the for the US Open, the organisers committee, in November, had Vince were all dismissed Banton put together a 146-run an 84-ball 106, which included century from Kevin O'Brien. USTA, the US Open organisers have announced. 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ADIL HUSSAIN: WHEN PREITY ZINTA WAS 'A BIT SCARED' OF SALMAN KHAN GAUAHAR @beingsalmankhan during It's a shame that many this shoot," wrote Preity. KHAN LOSES "I started this fi lm a bit Indians had to go abroad scared of him and in awe of 3.5 KILOS IN him but fi nished it by falling for acknowledgment in love with him and discov- 20 DAYS ering a very precious friend. talent coming out from various Thank you Sajid for making regions of the country. me a part of this incredible I feel it is the duty of the movie. #HarDilJoPyarKarega current government to give #friendsforever #ting" these children, specifi cally "Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega" is a from the economically mar- romantic comedy fi lm directed ginalised section, equal op- jo milta hai", which was pic- by Raj Kanwar. The fi lm also portunities across sectors turised on Salman and Preity stars Rani Mukerji. It is a Bolly- education being primary," for the 2000 fi lm "Har Dil Jo wood remake of the 1997 Ma- said Adil. Pyar Karega"."This is one of layalam fi lm, "Chandralekha". "I feel it is a shame that my favourite songs from one On the acting front, Preity was many Indians had to leave reity Zinta has recalled with, and also in awe of the of my most favourite movies. last seen on screen in the 2018 ctor Adil Hussain says the country and go abroad to that she was a bit scared superstar.The actress shared Most favourite because I met fi lm "Bhaiaji Superhit". he has seen amazing get their acknowledgment, as Pof Salman Khan to begin clips from the song "Aate jaate my closest and dearest friend IANS Atalent in India. He feels the CEO of Google or for that it is a shame that many Indi- matter the scientists working ans had to fl y out of the coun- in NASA. try to get acknowledgment. I hope this changes and our CENTRE AGREES TO CBI INQUIRY INTO SUSHANT'S DEATH Adil stars in the fi lm "Pa- fi lm 'Pareeksha' brings aware- n a big development in for the Central Bureau of tice Roy.The counsel for the reeksha: The Final Test", ness amongst the ruling class the Sushant Singh Rajput Investigation will be issued Maharashtra government which deals with the Indian and authorities that we still Ideath case on Wednes- soon, preferably by the end opposed the CBI probe and education system."It is very need to do a lot to let alone day, Solicitor General of the day.The top court, in argued that it is the Mumbai important for us to know that even acknowledge the talent Tushar Mehta informed its order, gave three days to Police that is authorised to there is a pool of talent across in our nation," he added. the Supreme Court that all parties to put on record investigate under the CrPC. the country, I've seen amazing IANS the Union of India has their respective stand.It also The Maharashtra govern- in principle accepted the noted that the Mumbai Po- ment counsel also said that recommendation by Bi- lice must submits it's records the Bihar Police's actions are ARJIT SINGH'S NEW SONG har government to order of investigations done so "politically motivated" and in- a CBI inquiry into the case. far.Hearing on the mat- sisted that under the CrPC, it Mehta, appearing for the ter is scheduled for next is only the Mumbai Police that FEATURES 'BIGG BOSS Centre, submitted be- week."We want to know has "duty, power and function fore Justice Hrishikesh what Mumbai police to register the case". 13 DUO ASIM RIAZ AND Roy that the notifi cation have done so far," said Jus- IANS

HIMANSHI KHURANA Shamshera.`Sanjay is inces- SANJAY DUTT BRINGS HIS 'BEST' AND LOOKS santly entertaining and per- petually engaging, thanks to ctress Gauahar AMAZING IN 'SHAMSHERA' his knack to slip into roles Khan has lost 3.5 with ease, regardless of how Akilos in just 20 days. anjay Dutt is one actor varied his parts are. Taking to Instagram, Gau- who relies mainly on He's always willing to do ahar posted a picture of Shis tremendous screen more, and do it differently. her "lean" look. presence. His prodigious He always conveys the depth, "Orange and the New range and his ability to slip making his characters more black ! I've lost 3.5 kgs in between genres, periods, and endearing and memorable 20 days ! Loving this lean parts with utmost ease is his than they could have been. look," she captioned the biggest asset as an actor. Sanjay Dutt has an ability to image, in which she is Playing an antagonist to embody a wide range of roles seen sporting an orange perfection, Sanjay Dutt will within his sprawling spec- tank top. be seen as a villain in a much trum of genres. Netizens were im- anticipated movie 'Sham- His latest look of 'Adheera' pressed with Gauahar's shera'. from KGF: Chapter 2 has al- transformation.A user sim Riaz and Himan- him."Pyaar ke sang sab kuch, Set in the period of 1800's ready taken the nation by commented: "I think you shi Khurana are set to ya phir kuch nahi! #DilKoM- Shamshera is a high scale storm.The intense look that lost weight due to continu- Astar in the video of a aineDiKasam releasing on period project that will see he brings to his characters ous up down from Bom- new song by Arijit Singh 10th August," he wrote. Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Ka- is rare, and it allows him to bay to Pune." Titled "Dil ko maine di Fans seem super-excited poor share the screen space constantly move ahead in Responding to the user, kasam", the song featur- about the song."Can't wait for the fi rst time and fans are new, different, and unex- Gauahar wrote: "kinda ing the two "Bigg Boss 13" for this one," a user wrote. enthralled by it. pected roles. Even when you true".Gauahar travelled to stars has been composed by "Wow. This one is big as Sanjay Dutt is all set to `Sanjay has filled this char- movie, Ranbir Kapoor is in- know what kind of 'Sanju Pune last month to take Amaal Mallik. Arijit has sung it," another charm the audiences with acter with so much energy spired by Sanjay's ability to Baba' we are going to get, we care of her ailing father, On Tuesday, Asim took one commented.Asim and his badass character in that everytime he comes get into the character and still look forward to seeing who reportedly underwent to Instagram and shared Himanshi have starred in Shamshera. Sources close to give his shot, the screen do full justice to it. Sanjay him on the big screen. surgery at hospital there. the fi rst poster of the track. the music videos of "Kalla to the project say that, lights up.His co-star in the Dutt is looking amazing in IANS IANS In the poster, a wounded sohna nai" and "Khyaal ra- Asim is seen playing the pi- khya kar" before this. ano while Himanshi looks at IANS Alaya F: I want to do Check out, what is Katrina Kaif all types of fi lms dom on social media and ESHA GUPTA : said that it's cool to be binge-watching tonight! kind. usic often connects planned!Bandish Bandits has IT'S COOL TO Esha took to Instagram, two people in a dif- been on the must-watch list where she shared a mono- Mferent way and has a for everyone and gives a great chrome picture of herself. way to our hearts with its en- romantic end to the day. BE KIND In the photograph, Esha is chanting beats. Just like the The layers of every character seen sporting a sweatshirt same, the most-awaited mu- have been really interesting as with "cool" written on it. sical drama which has cap- they've caught the attention She completed her look tured everyone's hearts and of the audiences making them with winged eyeliner and minds with its soulful tracks, wonder which layer would un- kept her hair open. 'Bandish Bandits' has finally fold, next. As the caption, she released today on Amazon Social media has gone wrote: "Ita¿s Cool to be Prime Video and has been re- all gaga and now, Katrina's Kind." ceiving immense appreciation watch-list is surely making it a Last month, Esha from across the nation. not-to-be-missed! opened up about how Katrina Kaif has planned The ten-part series stars the COVID-19 in- her perfect end to the day with rising talent Ritwik Bhowmik duced lockdown has ctress Alaya F says comfortable in any way. all smiles and a tub of pop- and Shreya Chaudhry along- been an "emotional she does not want I want to keep challeng- corn as she has set up her per- side veteran actors includ- roller coaster" for the Ato get comfortable, ing myself. I want to keep fect movie date with 'Bandish ing Naseeruddin Shah, Atul actress. and wants to keep chal- pushing myself. I want Bandits'. Kulkarni Kunaal Roy, Kapur, Esha opened up on lenging herself to see what to see what best I can do. Katrina Kaif took to her Sheeba Chaddha and Rajesh her state of mind in best she can do. You know, I'm so grateful her social media handle with Tailang. an Instagram post and "I want to do all types that my performance in a special reel and shares, Produced and created by also revealed what she of fi lms. Everyone tells me 'Jawaani Jaaneman' was "Ready for my movie date with Amritpal Singh Bindra and does when she feels that this is a very diplo- well received.I'm so grate- #bandishbandits congrats directed by Anand Tiwari, the negative. matic answer. But I swear ful for that. I just want to my dear friends @bindraam- all-new Amazon Original Se- She shared a photo where on anything, I don't think hopefully keep doing that. ritpal @anandntiwari catch it ries follows the love story of she can be seen perform- I could ever choose. I want I want to keep surprising on @primevideoin " two young performers from ing yoga.On the work front, to do all sorts of fi lms people. I want to always The reel has the actress very different musical back- Esha was last seen as a po- and I hope that I have the put my best foot forward jumping in excitement with grounds. So tune into Amazon ollywood actress Esha lice officer in the web series luxury and opportunity to no matter what the genre a tub of popcorn in her hand Prime Video and binge watch Gupta has shared "REJCTX2". do all sorts of fi lms," Alaya is, or who the director is," for her date and we surely the musical drama! Bsome words of wis- IANS said."I don't want to get she added. know the reason now with the musical night she has IANS

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