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BJP has max 13, YSR 2, the first eight months of this However, there is hope of year, Pakistan has made it action on Tuesday, as clear it will keep trying to Government sources said Sena, DMK, RLP 1 each foment trouble in Jammu & Defence Minister Rajnath PNS n NEW DELHI genome test it’s confirmed that Kashmir. Singh may address Parliament Members of Parliament at Parliament House on the opening day of Monsoon I have tested positive for the The ceasefire violations File photo on the India-China border row Session in New Delhi on Monday PTI n the mandatory test con- virus. I am currently in good may further increase with on Tuesday. The Opposition Iducted by Parliament as health & spirits. I request every- about 45 days to go before the dents of cross-border firing investigating agencies fear that has been raising this issue for many 30 MPs have been found one who has been recently in snowfall starts blocking the took place along India- the tunnel routes were used to weeks and the Congress has unanimous and strong message lowing obituary references and positive for Covid-19. contact with me to get tested. mountain passes. The ISI- Pakistan International Border bring in explosives used for the already given an adjournment to soldiers on the Line of offering tributes to former The BJP has the maxi- Together we will fight and backed terrorists may go all in Jammu region in this year Pulwama attack killing 40 motion in the Lok Sabha to dis- Actual Control (LAC) that members. mum number of 13 infected defeat corona.” out during this period to sneak (January 1 to August 31, 2020). CRPF men. Pakistan was also cuss this issue. country was solidly standing The Prime Minister stated MPs. The YSR Congress has BJP’s Sukanta Majumdar inside the Indian territory. The ceasefire violation fig- using drones and unmanned While the corridors of behind its bravehearts. Modi, categorically that the parlia- two MPs, the Shiv Sena, DMK was the first to tweet his posi- The next few weeks could ure for the entire last year was aerial vehicles (UAV) to drop Parliament were nearly empty who was talking to the media mentarians will send out a and the RLP one each. Total 56 tive status on Sunday evening. see the Pakistan Army pro- 3,289, including firing at the weapons inside Indian terri- and canteens closed, not much on Parliament premises, assert- message of their unequivocal persons were found positive “Requesting all those who have viding covering fire to the LoC and International Border. tory in the Jammu region, action took place in both ed that sending an unambigu- support to brave “jawans” fac- which include staffers and come in close contact with me terrorists to infiltrate into The Minister informed they said. Houses, either on Monday. ous message was “legislature’s ing hardships on the border. mediapersons, said officials. in the last few days to monitor Kashmir. There are about 250 that eight jawans were killed Naik also assured the Around 200 of the 785 MPs are crucial responsibility”. “The entire Parliament Hanuman Beniwal from their health and get tested in to 300 terrorists now operat- and two injured in Jammu & House through a written reply above the age of 65 years. This Later, leader of Congress in stands with the brave soldiers the RLP who tested positive in case of any symptoms,” he ing in the hinterland. Kashmir this year so far. In that appropriate retaliation to is the most vulnerable age the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan of the country with one voice. Parliament’s RT-PCR test was tweeted. Moreover, about 200 addition, there have been five the ceasefire violations, as group for coronavirus. Chowdhury and party leader K I believe that Parliament and all found negative in the next day Around 200 of the 785 Pakistan-sponsored terrorists casualties of the Border required, was carried out by The LS was adjourned after Suresh gave adjournment its members will give out a very test conducted at SMS Medical MPs are above the age of 65 are now poised to infiltrate Security Force (BSF) person- the Army and the BSF. In addi- paying tribute to former pres- notices over the issue of strong message”, said the PM College in Jaipur. Uploading years and are among the pop- from more than 25 launch nel occurred along tion, all the cases of ceasefire ident Pranab Mukherjee. The Chinese incursion in Eastern before the start of Parliament. September 12 medical report ulation vulnerable to coron- pads located close to the LoC. International Border and the violations are taken up with RS also saw no firework and Ladakh. The Opposition wants He also mentioned that from Parliament and avirus. Informing the Rajya Sabha LoC. Elaborating upon the Pakistan authorities through used voice vote to decide the the Modi Government to pro- the situations are set to become September 13 report from the Home Minister Amit Shah here on Monday, Minister of emerging threat, sources said the established mechanisms of elections to the post of Deputy vide details on the border tougher due to the onset of Medical College, he said is currently admitted in AIIMS State for Defence Shripad Naik terrorists were trying to come hotlines, flag meetings, Chairperson of the House. stand-off and a discussion on winters that marks heavy snow- “which one to rely.” for “a thorough medical check- said there were 3,186 incidents in after digging tunnels in the Directorate General of In his customary pre-open- the issue. The Congress tried to fall on the border area. One of the infected MPs, up.” Vasanth Kumar, Congress of ceasefire violations in the Jammu region. It is feared Military Operations (DGMO) ing remark, Prime Minister raise the issue abortively. The “This Parliament, particu- Meenakshi Lekhi tweeted: MP from Kanyakumari Jammu region this year (from arms and ammunition in some talks as well as diplomatic Narendra Modi hoped that Lok Sabha was adjourned for larly in this session, has one “After the routine test at succumbed to Covid-19 few January 1 to September 7, instances were also smuggled channels between the two Parliament will send out a an hour, shortly after it met, fol- more crucial responsibility... Parliament test for Covid and weeks ago. 2020). In addition, 242 inci- through these tunnels. The countries. CAPSULE Kalyan Singh GAY MARRIAGE NOT PART JD(U)’s Harivansh Relief for jhuggis in Delhi as Centre intervenes OF OUR CULTURE: CENTRE New Delhi: The Centre on in slums in Naraina Vihar, tests positive Monday told the Delhi High reelected Rajya Sabha Final call after Azadpur, Vihar, Shakur Basti, PNS n LUCKNOW Court that marriage between Mayapuri, Sriniwaspuri, Anand same sex couples was “not consultation Parbat, Okhla and others. ormer chief minister of permissible” as it is not Deputy Chairman The Northern Railway had FUttar Pradesh, Kalyan recognised by “our laws, legal with Rlys, Delhi submitted a report to the apex Singh, was among the 992 system, society and our values”. PNS n NEW DELHI court saying mushrooming of people who tested positive for Govt and UDM, slums along railway tracks is coronavirus infection in the KHALID SENT TO POLICE DA nominee Harivansh acting as hindrance towards city on Monday, With this, the CUSTODY FOR 10 DAYS NNarayan Singh was re- Centre tells SC keeping them clean. tally of confirmed cases in the New Delhi: A Delhi court on elected Deputy Chairman of “We are yet to take a deci- state capital rose to 40,172. Monday sent former JNU the Rajya Sabha on Monday as PNS n NEW DELHI sion in consultation with the SGPGI Director Prof RK student leader Umar Khalid, the Opposition did not press Railways, the State Dhiman said former chief min- arrested under the stringent anti- for voting though a motion to housands of slum dwellers Government and the Urban ister of UP and ex-Governor of terror law Unlawful Activities name RJD’s Manoj Jha as the Tresiding along the 140-km Development Ministry. Till Rajasthan, Kalyan Singh, was (Prevention) Act, to police Opposition candidate was railway tracks in Delhi can now then, no one will be evicted,” admitted in the Covid hospital custody for 10 days in a case moved. breathe a sigh of relief after the Mehta told the bench, which of the SGPGI on Monday related to the communal violence Prime Minister Narendra Centre on Monday told the posted the matter for hearing evening . in North-East Delhi in February. Modi and Vice President M speech on the first day of Supreme Court on Monday after four weeks. “He had complaints of Venkaiah Naidu congratulated Monsoon Session, Modi high- that the 48,000 slums along the Senior advocate AM fever, dry cough and breath- ‘INDIA TOPS VIRUS Harivansh. lighted the role of Bihar in the tracks would not be removed Singhvi, appearing for Maken, lessness on minimal exertion RECOVERIES IN WORLD’ While BJP member JP country’s “democratic ethos”, till a final decision is taken by told the bench that status quo for the last two days. His con- New Delhi: India on Monday Nadda moved a motion in recalling former greats like the Government. weeks. The top court on August The Railways also said it be maintained. dition is stable and on initial overtook Brazil to register the favour of the incumbent Jayaprakash Narayan and Solicitor General Tushar 31 had directed the removal of will not dismantle any “We are not ordering any evaluation, his oxygen satura- highest number of Covid-19 Deputy Chairman, Opposition Karpuri Thakur while con- Mehta, appearing for the around 48,000 slum dwellings encroachment without a prop- status quo. The Solicitor tion during rest was 97 per cent recoveries in the world at leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, gratulating Harivansh, who got Centre, told a bench headed by along the railway tracks in er decision taken jointly with General has already said no on room air. After initial eval- 37,80,107, according to Johns Tiruchi Siva and Javed Ali elected as the Deputy Chief Justice SA Bobde that a Delhi within three months and the Urban Development action will be taken till a deci- uation, blood investigations Hopkins University data. Khan moved motions to elect Chairman of the Upper House final decision would be taken said there shall not be any kind Ministry and the Delhi sion is taken and we have and CT Scan of chest were RJD’s Manoj Jha. for a second time. in consultation with the of political interference in exe- Government, after a political recorded it. We have adjourned done and he was transferred to GOVT BANS EXPORT OF “I hope that the Deputy Singh — who held the Railways, the Delhi cution of the plan. storm brewed over a Supreme the matter by four weeks,” the the ICU for close observa- ALL ONION VARIETIES Chairperson will run the post since 2018 — happens to Government and the Urban The SC, which posted the Court order for removal of bench said. tion,” the director said. New Delhi: In a bid to tame House well. I appeal to all to be from Bihar, a State headed Development Ministry. matter for hearing after four around 48,000 slum dwellings Singhvi said some demoli- The city also reported 12 prices, the Government on cooperate with the Chair,” for Assembly elections later this The bench, also compris- weeks, was hearing the appli- on rail land in the city. tion has taken place on COVID-19 deaths, pushing Monday banned the export of all Modi said, adding that the year. In 2018, Harivansh Singh ing Justices AS Bopanna and V cations, including the one filed In the August 31 order, the September 11 and today also. the death toll to 524 on varieties of onions with immedi- JD(U) leader will manage the had defeated Congress’s BK Ramasubramanian, recorded by senior Congress leader Ajay apex court had ordered That was not done under this Monday evening. A senior offi- ate effect, a move aimed at Rajya Sabha proceedings with- Hariprasad in the election to Mehta’s assurance and said no Maken who has sought reha- removal of the slums within order. It was done under dif- cial at the CMO office said 62 increasing availability and check- out partiality. the post. coercive action be taken against bilitation of these slum dwellers three months. It is estimated ferent order, the solicitor gen- more people tested positive in ing its price in market. In his about 20-minute Continued on Page 6 these slum dwellers for four prior to their removal. that around 2.4 lakh people live eral said. Continued on Page 6 No data on migrants’ deaths, job loss during lockdown

PNS n NEW DELHI 1.04 crore migrant workers STATES TOTAL CASES DEATHS RECOVERED returned to home States during Covid-19 he Modi Government has lockdown. IN INDIA Maharashtra 10,77,374 29,894 7,55,850 Tno clue about the number According to the database Andhra Pradesh 5,75,079 4,972 4,76,903 of migrants who died during available on the website of Tamil Nadu 5,08,511 8,434 4,53,165 the nationwide lockdown public interest technologist TOTAL announced on March 24 to Thejesh GN, over 900 people Karnataka 4,67,689 7,384 3,61,823 curb the spread of Covid-19 had died due to lockdown- CASES: 49,18,437 Uttar Pradesh 3,17,195 4,491 2,45,417 outbreak in the country. The related reasons such as starva- Delhi 2,21,533 4,770 1,88,072 Government also has no data tion, suicide and road accidents DEATHS: 80,755 West Bengal 2,05,919 4,003 1,78,223 of job loss to migrant workers while returning to their homes RECOVERED: during the lockdown. till July 4. Bihar 1,59,526 831 1,45,019 The Ministry of Labour Responding to another 38,50,434 Telangana 1,58,513 974 1,27,007 and Employment further question on whether the Odisha 1,55,005 690 1,18,642 informed the Lok Sabha in Government has done any ACTIVE: 9,86,572 Assam 1,44,166 482 1,13,134 Men workout at a gym as authorities allowed the reopening of gyms and yoga centres during Unlock 4 in New Delhi on written replies that it did not assessment of the job loss Monday PTI have any report of forced reten- among migrant workers due to Gujarat 1,14,996 3,228 95,365 tion of migrant labourers who the Covid-19 crisis and if so, Kerala 1,10,819 455 79,809 wanted to return to their home the details thereof, the Ministry GYM, YOGA ENTHUSIASTS STRETCH AFTER 5 MONTHS States. said, “No such data is main- Rajasthan 1,04,138 1,272 86,140 Many migrant workers lost tained.” Haryana 96,129 1,000 74,712 STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI over five months due to coro- might be unaware. We expect their lives during the 68-day In reply to question regard- Madhya Pradesh 88,247 1,762 65,998 navirus lockdown. more visits,” he said. nationwide lockdown. Several ing the number and details of ym and yoga enthusiasts, Sunil Kumar Taank, pres- Thermal screening, limit- migrant workers, who either migrant workers, labourers, Gwho were unable to turn ident of the Indian Gym’s ed entry, regular sanitisation of walked or travelled in other pri- daily wagers for whom the asked about the details of rea- food, the Ministry said forced State-wise break-up of the dis- up at institutes since March 24, Welfare Federation, said 80 equipment are some of the pre- vate vehicles, met with acci- arrangement of job has been sons to withhold the migrant retention during Covid-19 has tribution of free ration and visited the centres as they per cent of the facilities have cautions that are being followed dents throughout the lock- made, the Ministry said “no labourers due to corona and not been reported. other subsidies being provided resumed operations on opened. “Since the order was by gyms in Delhi. down period. such data is maintained”. non-availability of prompt The Ministry said the to migrant workers. Monday after being closed for issued late night, many people Continued on Page 6 According to the Ministry, Another question was facility of their shelter and Centre did not maintain any Continued on Page 6 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 city 02 Accelerate EODB process further: CM Mughal Museum in Agra to be PNS n LUCKNOW The chief minister also named after Chhatrapati Shivaji directed officials to take neces- ttar Pradesh Chief ...orders strict action against sary steps for the online regis- PNS n LUCKNOW glass industry of Firozabad had UMinister Yogi Adityanath tration and mutation of prop- immense potential in terms of has emphasised the need for erty. hief Minister Yogi job creation. He said that 98 further accelerating the process black marketing of oxygen Yogi directed the Urban CAdityanath announced to per cent of the work on the Ease of Doing Business Development department to rename the under-construc- ambitious sewerage project of (EODB) so that investors and PNS n LUCKNOW Covid hospitals and medical sified manner. He said more expedite the process of provid- tion Mughal Museum in Agra Firozabad had been complet- common people are able to institutes. teams may be deployed for ing all services online. He after Chhatrapati Shivaji ed. obtain all the process, proce- mid the controversy over “There should be proper contact tracing if required. asked the Health and Family Maharaj, saying his govern- The quality of this work dures and facilities regulated by Ascarcity of oxygen in hos- backup of the medicine supply. “Mass awareness pro- Welfare department to provide ment always nurtured the had to be assessed, he said, the government at one click of pitals leading to hike in the Also, there should be no grammes should continue to services relating to nursing nationalist ideology and any- adding that the sewerage pro- the mouse. prices of oxygen cylinders, hoarding of medicines and if make people aware about pro- home and ultrasound online by thing which smacked of sub- jects were important for urban Yogi Adityanath specifi- Chief Minister Yogi it happens, the guilty must be tection and safety from October 15. servient mentality would be crore. planning. cally pointed out that the sim- Adityanath said that oxygen punished,” he said. COVID-19. The local bodies Yogi directed the Housing done away with. Other mega development The chief minister reiter- plification of the licensing sys- plants should supply oxygen at The chief minister also should make arrangements of department to simplify the “How can Mughals be our projects of Agra division com- ated that delay in development tem should be the top priority the prescribed rate and there said that all the medical col- public address systems process and make it people- heroes,” he said, adding that prising Agra, Firozabad, works would not be tolerated and that the state government should be no shortage of oxy- leges and hospitals of through which the people friendly. He said the process of the very name of Shivaji would Mainpuri and Mathura dis- and the works should be com- was committed to providing all gen cylinders. Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, could be informed about coro- issuance of licence for the sale invoke a feeling of nationalism tricts were also reviewed. pleted on a fixed time-line the facilities to the investors “The officials should take Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, navirus protection measures,” of crackers be also made online. and self-esteem. Deputy Chief Ministers while maintaining quality and the common people in a stringent action against black Varanasi and Meerut should he said. The chief minister asked During a review meeting Keshav Prasad Maurya and norms. He said the funds hassle-free manner. marketing of oxygen. There function at full capacity, main- The chief minister asked the Stamp and Registration of the Agra division here on Dinesh Sharma along with meant for development should “The heads of all the should be no shortage of oxy- taining quality of treatment. officials to ensure effective department to implement the Monday, the chief minister Rural Development Minister not be used elsewhere other- departments should focus on gen in any hospital and The chief minister asked implementation of reform measures in a phased directed officials to complete Moti Singh were also present wise stringent action would be further improving the online medical colleges should get officials to conduct training Atmanirbhar Bharat Package. manner in three districts by the the remaining works of the in the meeting conducted taken, including seizure of the services offered by their respec- oxygen at the prescribed programmes regularly to He said all the departments end of October. Agra Smart City Project as it through video conferencing. properties of the guilty. He said tive departments,” the chief rates,” the chief minister said ensure availability of adequate should prepare action plans for He asked the Revenue was among the priorities of his The chief minister also that the utilisation certificate minister said while presiding while presiding over a high- numbers of doctors and para- its effective implementation so department to develop the nec- government and should be interacted with the public rep- should be made available at the over a meeting to review the level Unlock review meeting medic in various hospitals. He that the benefits of the pack- essary software for providing taken up with the same resentatives during the video earliest so that subsequent progress of EODB here on at Lok Bhawan here on also asked them to increase the age reached the state. the facilities online. urgency. conferencing. funds may be released. Monday. Monday. number of beds in the Covid Yogi asked the officials to Similarly, the chief minis- He was happy over Agra He assured Mathura MP Yogi asked the officials to UP has jumped to the sec- He said the drug con- hospitals under the Health expedite construction of com- ter directed the Tourism getting second ranking at the Hema Malini to fulfil her make serious and sincere ond position in the EODB troller should ensure proper department. munity toilets and panchayat department to provide facilities national level and first among demands of sports stadium, efforts to collect more revenue. annual rankings that Union supply of medicines and oxy- “There should be not less bhawans in gram panchayats. like registration of hotels, other Smart Cities in Uttar central school, repair of roads He said the goods and services Finance Minister Nirmala gen to the hospitals and send than 1,000 ICU beds in He also directed the digging of restaurants and travel agencies Pradesh in a recent ranking and commencement of the tax (GST) collection should be Sitharaman and Union report to the CM Office on a SGPGI, RML Institute of pits to prepare compost as part online. He said the process of survey. operations of Chhata sugar reviewed periodically with due Minister for Commerce and daily basis. Medical Sciences and KGMU,” of solid waste management. “It implementation of e-filing and He asked the officials to mill. He also received feedback emphasis on registration. Industry Piyush Goyal released The chief minister also he said. will serve the dual purpose of e-summon be completed in a expedite the metro rail and air- from other public representa- He stressed on the in New Delhi on September 4. directed the drug controller to Yogi directed officials to getting quality fertiliser as time bound manner so that the port projects of Agra and said tives and officials about the schemes under ODOP and UP has jumped from the 12th ensure that all necessary med- take up contact tracing for well as disposal of waste,” he people got the facilities in min- that no project should suffer development work in the divi- MSME and said there were lots position in the Business icines were available in all the Covid protection in an inten- said. imum possible time. due to want of money. Yogi sion. of employment opportunities Reform Action Plan (BRAP) Invest UP also made a pre- said he would personally speak His attention was drawn in these areas. He also asked 2017-18 to the second position ment the recommendation of for the government depart- online by September 30. sentation during the meeting to the Centre if more money towards the drinking water officials to generate more work in BRAP 19. UP has left the Union government’s ments to further expedite their The chief minister direct- where it was said that number was required. “The AMRUT problem in the region. He under MGNREGA. behind several leading states Department for Promotion of efforts to improve the ser- ed the Geology and Mining of licences and NOCs for start- and JNNURM schemes should asked the officials to prepare a The chief minister asked such as Gujarat, Telangana, Industry and Internal Trade vices.” department to implement all ing a business/industry could also be given impetus,” he proposal by consulting public officials to concentrate on the Rajasthan, Maharashtra etc in (DPIIT) and send the report to The chief minister asked the reforms by September 20 be reduced from present 43 said. representatives and the agen- drinking water projects. He the EODB annual rankings. UP the Centre by October 20. the additional chief secretaries and make all the services of the days to 21 days. The chief minister was cies concerned. said that Prime Minister is second only to Andhra Asking the government and principal secretaries to department online. He asked Several departments, apprised that out of 19 works At present, there are 22 Narendra Modi had already Pradesh. departments to further expedite the process of issuing the Excise department to including Environment, Food under Agra Smart City project, ongoing projects worth over launched the Har Ghar Nal The chief minister said the improve their services, Yogi NOCs and link the process of implement the reforms by the Security and Drug four had been completed while Rs 50 crore each. Out of these, Yojana which would benefit government departments and said, “UP was ranked at 14th depositing fee with the single end of September and to link Administration, Labour, Food 15 were in progress and these 11 projects are in Agra, five in the people. He asked officials the agencies should now focus position in 2016 and it made window Nivesh Mitra portal. the Film Bandhu with the and Civil Supplies, Weight and works would be completed by Firozabad, four in Mathura to pay attention on Atal on further improving the huge jump to second position He said the process of issuance Nivesh Mitra portal by the Measures endorsed the propos- August, 2021.The projects and two in Mainpuri. Bhoojal Yojana as the region EODB in the state and imple- in 2019 and now it is the time of all kinds of NOCs be made end of October. al made by Invest UP. reviewed are worth over Rs 10 The chief minister said the had fluoride in the water. PGV attacks govt over Mahoba incident Rape and murder accused Seven dist police chiefs shifted Lucknow (PNS): In yet another late was elevated with the prize posting of PNS n LUCKNOW Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress night reshuffle on Sunday, the Uttar SSP of Bareilly in place of Shailesh Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra escapes, arrested again Pradesh government shifted 10 IPS Kumar Pandey, who was shifted in the ongress general secretary Priyanka were detained on Monday while they were officers, changing police chiefs of same capacity but to a smaller town, CGandhi Vadra made a scathing attack on their way to Mahoba to meet the fam- Lucknow (PNS): An accused Children from Sexual Offences murders. seven districts and shunting two Gonda. Sajwan had served as ASP in on the UP government over the death of ily of Tripathi. The Congress leaders who was remanded to police Act (POCSO Act), adding that A 17-year-old girl was officers out of their districts. Bareilly during the erstwhile a whistle-blower, who was shot at and crit- were detained by the police in Ghatampur. custody escaped from their a search is underway to nab raped and brutally murdered in During the past one week, the Samajwadi Party regime. ically injured after he accused the former Soon after their detention, Mishra said custody at a petrol pump in him. “Police forces from three the city. Before that another state government has changed police Outgoing Gonda SP Raj Karan district police chief of Mahoba of demand- that the incident was a classic example of Lakhimpur Kheri while the police stations have been shocking incident took place in chiefs of 17 districts but majority of Nayyar has been made the new dis- ing bribe and later succumbed at hospi- jungle raj having been unleashed in Uttar vehicle in which he was being deployed and they are combing Lakhimpur Kheri after another them have been successful in getting trict police chief of Jaunpur. tal. She said the police officials were now Pradesh. Indrakant Tripathi, a dealer taken to the police station was the area. I believe we will catch 13-year-old girl was found dead postings in the same capacity as SP of Jaunpur, Ashok Kumar, has giving’ ‘supari’ (contract killing) against from Mahoba who had accused a sus- being refuelled on Sunday him soon. The probe will be in a sugarcane field. The police incharge of the new district. been shifted to EOW in the same those raising their voice against corrup- pended Indian Police Service officer of evening. done, as far as the negligence of later said her that the girl was According to an official commu- capacity. SP, Vigilance Establishment, tion. extortion, died of gunshot wounds on The whole incident was police is concerned. Strict action also raped and then murdered. niqué, Mau district got its second SP Pradeep Gupta, has been made the ‘’Tripathi’s murder raises serious ques- Sunday evening. Tripathi was found with caught on a CCTV camera at will be taken against the guilty,” A 3-year-old girl was also raped within a month with Dhule Sushil new SP of Maharajganj. tions on the functioning of the UP gov- a bullet wound in his neck in his car on the petrol pump. The CCTV ASP Lakhimpur Kheri Arun and murdered in the district. Chandrabhan being given the charge Similarly, Shravasti SP Anup ernment....corruption and crime are at a highway near Mahoba town last Tuesday, footage showed the accused in Kumar Singh said. The opposition has attacked on Sunday night. He was SP of Singh was shifted to PAC in their peak in the state. The officers of this and had to be admitted to the critical care a white shirt and brown pants Luckily, the police efforts the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP Kasganj till now. Outgoing Mau SP Moradabad as Commandant while government are now giving supari to those unit of a hospital in Kanpur. He was while he is being chased by a yielded positive results when government in the state for the Manoj Sonkar has been sent to Arvind Kumar Maurya, who was raising voice against corruption,’’ the involved in the mining industry in police official. they nabbed the accused with- deteriorating law and order in Kasganj in the same capacity. Sonkar attached to the DGP Headquarters Congress general secretary said on Mahoba, and was shot at just a day after Following the shocking in 24 hours on Monday evening. the state. To deal with the situ- had taken charge of Mau on August has been asked to take over as the SP Monday. “This is the dreaded form of jun- he issued a video statement on social incident, the police informed The shocking incident took ation, the state government has 18, replacing Anurag Arya, who was of Shravasti. Commandant, PAC in gle raj which the BJP claims to be Ram media, accusing 2014-batch IPS officer that the accused was sent to cus- place in Lakhimpur Kheri now set up a Women and Child shifted to Pratapgarh. Moradabad, Kuwar Anupam Singh, Rajya,” she added. Manilal Patidar of corruption, threats and tody after being booked under which has been in the news over Safety Organisation, headed by Among the other transfers, has been posted in Vigilance Meanwhile UP Congress president intimidation. the stringent Protection of the last few days for rapes and a senior police official. Maharajganj SP Rohit Singh Sajwan Establishment as SP. CITYBRIEFS Protect the Land acquisition for Gkp link e-way expedited HINDI DIWAS spirit of family, PNS n LUCKNOW the flagship projects of the which would link the region state after the Yamuna Yogi Adityanath government. with the 340 km Purvanchal Expressway, Agra-Lucknow says Bhagwat he Uttar Pradesh govern- According to UPEIDA Expressway. Expressway, Purvanchal Tment has expedited the CEO Awanish Kumar Awasthi, So far, the state govern- Expressway and Bundelkhand Lucknow (PNS): Stressing process of land acquisition for of the Rs 275 crore, Rs 50 crore, ment has arranged Rs 2,250 Expressway. Another mega on the importance of family the flagship 91-km link Rs 153 crore and Rs 52 crore crore in total loans for the project, the Ganga Expressway, structure, Rashtriya expressway connecting would be paid to the land Gorakhpur Link Expressway, has been proposed by the UP Swayamsevak Sangh Gorakhpur with the owners in Gorakhpur, including Rs 750 crore fresh government and the bidding sarsanghchalak Mohan Purvanchal Expressway. Ambedkar Nagar and borrowings from the PNB. process for it is likely to begin Bhagwat said that it was the The mega project spanning Azamgarh districts respective- While the PNB has provid- soon. The government is also responsibility of every person four districts viz. Gorakhpur, ly. He said the funds had ed a loan of Rs 750 crore for actively providing construc- to protect the spirit of family. Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar already been allocated to the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, tion-related jobs to migrant Hindi Diwas was organised at Punjab National Bank Circle Addressing RSS volunteers Nagar and Azamgarh, is esti- respective district magistrates earlier Rs 2,300 crore was also workers in these infra projects. Office in Lucknow on Monday. Chief general manager Swaroop of Awadh prant here on mated to cost more than Rs with the rider to settle land extended in credit for The UPEIDA has estimat- Kumar Saha said PNB is a pioneer in the implementation of Hindi, Monday, Bhagwat said that 5,800 crore. It is estimated to acquisition dues of farmers Purvanchal Expressway, esti- ed the civil work and land cost the official language. “In the field of official language implemen- family was a natural phenom- benefit a total population of five within a month so that the mated to cost Rs 23,000 crore. of the 628-km Ganga tation, our head office has been selected by the Union Ministry enon and it was the responsi- crore in Gorakhpur and adjoin- ongoing civil and other con- The Purvanchal Expressway Expressway project at Rs 21,000 of Home Affairs for the highest ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Award’ in the bility of the volunteers to pro- ing districts by providing fast struction works on the express- was divided into eight packages crore and Rs 9,000 crore field of ‘A’. General manager Sanjay Gupta said Hindi is the lan- tect it. “The family does not connectivity for public and way continued without delay and awarded to different com- respectively, thus totalling Rs guage of people and has become the language of business for mean husband, wife and chil- movement of goods, including and there were no pending panies for ensuring time- 30,000 crore. The Ganga multinational companies. At the end of the programme, prizes dren. it should include the agricultural and industrial. grievances of the land owners. bound completion. It runs Expressway will entail acquisi- were awarded to the winners of various competitions. Hindi Diwas extended members like aunt, UP Expressway Industrial The Gorakhpur Link across nine districts viz. tion of 6,556 hectares of land was also celebrated in Lucknow East Board, Lucknow West uncle and grandfather,” he said. Development Authority Expressway is divided into two Lucknow, Barabanki, Faizabad, and traverse Meerut, Amroha, Division and Regional Training College. The RSS chief said that (UPEIDA), the nodal agency packages. Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Bulandshahar, Budaun, family was instrumental in executing the project, has Earlier, Punjab National Sultanpur, Azamgarh, Mau and Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, CMS ALUMNAE CLEAR PCS-18 EXAMS inculcating ‘sanskar’ (sacra- released Rs 275 crore to speed Bank (PNB) had provided a Ghazipur. The Gorakhpur Link Hardoi, Kannauj, Unnao, Rae CMS alumnae Phalguni Singh (Rank 26) and Gaurisha ments) in one’s family and the up land acquisition for the credit of Rs 750 crore for Expressway is the fifth green- Bareli, Pratapgarh and Srivastava (Rank 136) have cracked the coveted Uttar Pradesh children should be taught that infra project, which is among Gorakhpur Link Expressway, field expressway project in the Prayagraj districts. Public Service Commission (UPPCS). Phalguni of Gomti guests were like Gods. “They Nagar Campus I was selected for the post of SDM in her maid- should be told stories about the en effort. She studied in CMS from class VII to class XII and great leaders who transformed Two booked for disrespect to national flag cleared ISC exams in 2012 with 95.40% marks. Gaurisha of the lives of the people and Kanpur Road Campus secured 136th rank and was selected for helped in building a new soci- Lucknow (PNS): Two people have been booked Kol tehsil, the MLA alleged that the hand pumps the post of BDO. Gaurisha studied in CMS till class XII. ety,” he said. on the charge of showing disrespect to the were not of standard specifications and there “There is not a section of National Flag in Kol tehsil of Aligarh district, were concerns that water drawn from these NOTICE FELICITATED society or caste which has not police said on Monday. could be contaminated, defaming the state gov- UPMRC managing director Kumar Keshav felicitated the contributed in building the According to reports, the action was taken ernment. I Army No 4194500F Hav, winners of various competitions organised during Hindi nation. Patriots were born in on the complaint of Ravindra Pal Singh, the Those booked have been identified as Amar Singh S/o Shri Devi Pakhwara on Monday. An award ceremony was held at the admin- every caste and they have sac- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Charra Shamsher and Bariq Ali. Kol Sub-Divisional Singh Unit 15 kamaon C/o 56 istrative office in which the MD presented certificates of appre- rificed their lives to build the Assembly constituency of the district. Magistrate Anita Yadav is conducting an APO hereby declare that in my ciation and cash prizes to the winners. Expressing his thoughts, nation. Their contribution According to Singh, the National Flag was inquiry into the antecedents of the NGO, which service record inadvertently he said: “Hindi is our identity and we should proudly speak Hindi should be brought to light not accurately displayed on plaques installed had funded the hand pumps. the date of my wife’s Smr Kiran in public. I congratulate every awardee for their enthusiastic par- through discussions in family,” near 45 hand pumps at several villages. Senior officers claimed that they were still Kanwar 30.05.1983 while his ticipation”. The winners were Rakhi Parihar, Kuldeep Pandey, the RSS chief said. The hand pumps were funded by an NGO. looking into the complaint and arrest would be correct date of birth is Amrendra Kumar Saah, Shailendra Singh, Nancy Arora, During the deliberation, The plaques carry Arabic text and the flag of made only after the probe would establish that 07.08.1986. May be recorded Deepanshu, Neha Kashyap, Ankit Kumar Verma, Rajkamal he also talked about protecting Kuwait is also found adjacent to the Tricolour, any offence had been committed by the accused, in my services records. Dohare, Vipin Pratap, Sumit, Samar Bahadur, Vipin Pratap, environment by educating peo- police said. the people running the NGO or the agency Vishvas Bansal and Parvendra Kumar. ple to go for organic farming. In his complaint to the Akrabad police of engaged for installation of the hand pumps.

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Ethics and Alambagh, surrounding areas Covid-19 Youth bludgeoned to mgmt death over enmity witnessing surge in cases PNS n LUCKNOW way over an old enmity. There “Sunil had lodged a case against discussed was animosity between the Ravi and his aides for snatch- PNS n LUCKNOW Lucknow (PNS): A pro- hree youths bludgeoned to two groups as Sunil had ing his mobile phone and also gramme was conducted Tdeath another who had accused Ravi of having met the police outpost incharge lambagh and its sur- through video-conferencing earlier accused them of snatch- snatched his mobile phone on a number of occasions in Arounding areas are emerg- on ‘Ethics and Covid-19 ing his mobile phone and also and also lodged a complaint the past requesting them to ing as places with maximum Management’ under SGPGI lodged a case against them, in against Ravi. Sunil’s friends work out the case,” the number of cases even as director Dr RK Dhiman by Madiaon on Sunday night. told the police that Ravi and his bereaved kin said. Indiranagar and Gomtinagar executive registrar Dr Soniya Police registered a case in this aides attacked him with sticks They said the police sat on continue to see a surge. A Nityanand and faculty connection and arrested one of and iron rods without any the case and opted for dilly-dal- senior official at the Health incharge, Bioethics Cell the accused. provocation. They said they lying tactics, which embold- department said the Chandan (SGPGIMS), Dr Vinita The deceased was identi- took on the attackers and were ened the attackers. Nagar community health cen- Agrawal. More than 275 par- fied as Sunil Rawat aka Sukkha thrashed. “As locals started Sunil’s brother alleged that tre in Alambagh caters to a ticipants joined the programme (21) of Simra Gaudi in the area. converging on the spot after we the police outpost incharge large population and positive from within the institute and His friends Arvind Rawat and cried for help, the attackers fled had taken Rs 30,000 from him cases were coming from from 52 medical colleges of Deepak also suffered injuries as the scene issuing threats to us for initiating action against Alambagh, Ashiyana, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh. they took on the attackers. lives,” Arvind told the police. the accused and another 20,000 road, Rae Bareli road, LDA Dr Rajneesh K Singh and As per reports, Sunil, A profusely bleeding Sunil for doing him a favour. “The road, Telibagh and Jankipuram Dr Prerna Kapoor said that it Deepak and Arvind were going was rushed to Ram Manohar outpost incharge would also averaging to about 200-300 per was the moral responsibility of for some work on a bike. When Lohia hospital where he was threaten to send Sunil to jail,” day. healthcare workers in prevent- they reached Khardi locality in declared brought dead. “Sunil he alleged. The police said a “However, Indiranagar, ing transmission of coron- the area around 8:30 pm, their died of excessive bleeding,” a case was registered and one of Chinhat and Gomtinagar are avirus infection within the rivals (Ravi Gautam, his broth- doctor said. the accused, identified as Babu, also the areas that continue to hospital and community. er Babu and their aide Pintu Sunil’s family held police was arrested while efforts were witnessing maximum cases They said that adapting to Gautam) stopped them on the responsible for his murder. on to track down others. even now. Containment exer- lifestyle changes caused by the cises are being carried out in all pandemic was important to these areas,” he said. break the chain of infection. Dr Inspections are being car- Mudit Khurana expressed eth- ried out simultaneously to ical dilemma in managing new monitor rapid response teams emergencies during this time carrying out containment exer- Over 75,000 samples tested by IITR and said it was the moral duty cises. The only challenge was of healthcare workers to main- to manage the increasing num- PNS n LUCKNOW technical and other staff have vide rapid reporting and run- tain a balance and provide the ber of cases, he said. been working continuously ning the lab 24 hours for best possible care to all the “We are putting up hoard- ITR has tested over 75,000 for seven days a week. IITR is emergency patients. patients. Dr OP Sanjeev shared ings to make people aware that Isamples and has become also a part of the Lucknow Dr Sheetal Verma, his experiences and requested they must wear masks and the first CSIR lab in the coun- cluster which is among the top incharge of Emergency that the mortal remains of observe social distancing,” try to reach this milestone. in testing during the last five COVID (TruNat Lab), said the Covid-19 patients be given full he said. IITR has accomplished a land- weeks. IITR is committed to lab was established in one honour and respect by health- Nodal officers have been mark using RTPCR-based serving at its best capability week in patients’ interest. care workers and by the society appointed at all the urban quantitative assay in the last 20 during this time of crisis,” he “Till now, 6,816 people at large. Ram Naresh from the CHCs and PHCs to monitor weeks. said. have been tested and 10.5% nursing staff spoke on the chal- Covid-19 activities, including IITR is ICMR and State- Meanwhile, KGMU is found positive. The laborato- lenges faced by nursing per- testing and contact tracing. approved Covid-19 testing providing emergency diag- ry is providing the services 24 sonnel and said that a passion- Asked if there was shortage facility since May 4. IITR is nostic services for Covid-19 in hours with the help of two ate and caring attitude was of oxygen cylinders in the receiving samples from dif- the state. Till now, 6,816 TruNat machines. The prompt required for patients in isolation. SP workers protesting against corruption and privatisation at DM office in Lucknow on Monday Pioneer hospitals, the officials said ferent districts of Uttar patients have been tested in reporting has been helpful in there was sufficient supply of Pradesh. Director Alok the lab. Vice-Chancellor Lt shifting the patients timely to oxygen at the moment. Dhawan appreciated the test- Gen (Dr) Bipin Puri congrat- various departments and has “Earlier, there was some prob- ing team for untiring and ulated the entire team for helped in saving many lives,” Advocate duped lem with hospitals running persistent efforts. “Scientists, their untiring efforts to pro- she said. Thieves strike at many houses, ` out of oxygen but then the DM of 95 lakh issued directives that supply to tional ICU beds, strengthen three days the death audit of The DM also visited Lucknow (PNS): An advocate commercial industries be CCTV monitoring and help patients who succumbed to Sarojininagar CHC where he accused his acquaintance and stopped and diverted to hos- patients interact with their Covid-19 at the hospital. Till was informed by the incharge decamp with cash, valuables latter’s wife of duping him of Rs pitals,” he said. relatives. He also stressed on now, 1,507 patients have been that there were 48 surveil- 95 lakh in Gomti Nagar on With the state government 100 per cent monitoring by admitted to the hospital and lance teams moving from door PNS n LUCKNOW Vrindavan Colony under PGI Singh. Singh was on duty and Sunday. In his complaint, the revising the rate test through doctors, giving patients food 1,375 recovered. The DM then to door. The DM issued direc- police station area, and his family is staying at their complainant, Anupam Prakash TrueNat machines from Rs on time and focusing on crit- carried out a surprise inspec- tions that testing should be hieves made off with orna- decamped with cash and orna- native house out of the city. of Eldeco Green in Gomti 1,600 to Rs 2,000 and RT-PCR ical care so that the patients tion of Chandan Nagar CHC increased at war level. He was Tments worth lakhs of rupees ments on Monday. The thieves Thieves also decamped Nagar, said he is acquainted at Rs 1,600, private labs which recover. He also interacted where he gathered information also informed that there were from the house of a woman sci- made off with Rs 15,000 in cash with cash and ornaments from with Swapnil Juneja and his had been protesting earlier with the patients to get feed- about door-to-door surveil- 424 patients in home isolation entist. Reports said DR and ornaments worth Rs 1.5 the house of Mohit Dubey, wife Priyanka Juneja, who runs have now started testing the back. lance teams, home isolation being given medicines on a Rajeshwari of Old Mahanagar lakh from the house of Kamlesh who, along with his family, had a company from Gokhale Marg samples and uploading them The chief medical super- and functioning of rapid regular basis. (Sector-C) had gone to her sis- Yadav, who is teacher and a res- gone to his native house to cel- in Hazratganj. Anupam said on the portal again. intendent of Lok Bandhu response teams. The DM said data has to ter’s house a week back and ident of Vrindavan Colony. ebrate his birthday. the Junejas asked me to make On Monday, District Hospital said as they are facing The DM was informed be fed for negative and positive returned home on Monday. On Yadav, along with his family, had In another case, thieves trustees of his money to get Magistrate Abhishek Prakash problems regarding shortage of that there were 54 surveil- reports by the health centres. reaching home, she found anoth- gone to the funeral of a relative. made off with ornaments worth profit. He added that he was carried out an inspection of manpower, the DM said they lance teams carrying out door- He told them and if teams were er lock at the door and sought He said when he returned, he lakhs of rupees from a house in not given a single penny as per Lok Bandhu hospital. It is a should immediately get ward to-door containment activi- going from door to door ver- help from a security guard. As he found the lock broken and arti- Thakurganj. Rahul Gupta of their promise and the couple Level-2 hospital having 255 boys through outsourcing. He ties. He issued directions to ifying home isolation cases, its broke open the door, she found cles lying strewn across the Newazganj locality said he was even refused to pay his money. beds, including 30 critical care also issued directions for staff increase testing. He also status also has to be uploaded articles lying scattered across the floor. not home on the intervening “I came to know that the and ICU beds and the rest iso- training for protection from inspected the 200-bed hospital on the portal. He emphasised floor and ornaments missing. In another case, thieves night of Sunday and Monday. Junejas had shown the money lation beds. coronavirus infection. being constructed behind the that all the home isolation Meanwhile, thieves struck made off with Rs 15,000 in cash “When I returned home on as loan in the income tax The DM asked the hospi- The DM directed the offi- CHC and issued directions cases have to be covered hun- at three houses, including one and ornaments from the house Monday, I found the house papers and they usurped the tal authorities to have 10 addi- cials to furnish in the next for expediting the work. dred per cent. owned by a teacher in of a traffic inspector, Laxman burgled,” he stated in the FIR. money,” he alleged. Hotel industry sees silver lining as bookings begin Three criminals externed, PNS n LUCKNOW for weddings. “The gathering is celled and they are now open- instructions to members to hazard bags for used masks and he hotel industry is finally allowed from September 21 ing after a long time. Take the follow guidelines. “If they are PPE kits as per CPCB’s guide- Tseeing silver lining in dark onwards but bookings have case of bars where there are found to be lax in any way, the lines, sufficient disinfectants clouds as bookings for wed- been made for November,” he strict guidelines with specific association would not be able like sodium hypochlorite, all property of one attached dings scheduled for November pointed out. instructions that bars will be to help them,” he said. touch points in public areas like have started. Secretary, Hotel He said that hotels would responsible if any customer He said they would be fol- door handles, elevator but- PNS n LUCKNOW Virendra Soni aka Santosh Aslam Khan of Bazaarkhala, and Restaurant Association, make sure that arrangements tests positive,” he said. lowing standard operating pro- tons, counter tops, table-tops, Soni of Kakori. The Raghvendra Singh, Nagendra Girish Oberoi said that hotels would be made for a banquet He said that hoteliers had cedures issued by the Ministry railings, etc. are cleaned con- ontinuing the drive against spokesman said Santosh is a Mishra, Ved Prakash Yadav, and restaurants have got 35 per with a capacity of 200 people to a lot at stake and they would of Tourism, that includes ther- tinuously using a sanitiser or a Ccriminals, police issued hardcore criminal who Sanjay Kumar, Abhishek cent bookings which they ensure social distancing. not be taking any chances. mal gun thermometer for tem- disinfectant and the use of an order to extern three of amassed huge wealth using Singh (all of Hardoi), and received before lockdown. On whether hotels were “Also, this season will see a lot perature checking of staffers sodium hypochlorite 1% solu- them on Monday. Those illegal means. According to the Ram Mohan Soni of Unnao. He said that with the likely to be lax about adhering of checkings by officers of var- and guests, hand sanitisers, tion having at least 70% alco- externed were identified as spokesman, Santosh ran his The police said the accused’s Central government giving nod to Covid-19 guidelines, he said: ious departments,” he said. hand gloves and masks to be hol to clean these frequently Murshid of Sarojininagar, gang, members of which used aides Fauji Kabadi, Mulla to a 100-strong gathering, peo- “Hotels cannot be lax in any He added that their asso- available in the reception area, touched points. Vikas Yadav of Gomti Nagar to commit loot, robbery and Kabadi (both of Transport ple have started booking hotels way as their license will be can- ciation had given clear-cut garbage bags and separate bio- Extension and Amar Yadav of chain-snatching. Nagar), Ajay Verma of Gomtinagar. Krishna Nagar and some In another move, the ARRESTED employees of RTO office were Lucknow police attached the The Vibhuti Khand police on their radar. LDA to construct two property of a hardened crim- arrested seven accused who The police said the gang inal under the drive. A prepared fake registration purchased autorickshaws from spokesman said the police papers of vehicles in the city. scrap dealers and used chas- team attached property worth The police recovered 11 sis number and other details complexes in Aishbagh above Rs 2.2 lakh, including autorickshaws from the pos- to prepare fake papers. The two high-end motorcycles of session of the accused. Those police said the gang members PNS n LUCKNOW allotment can be terminated the miscreant, identified as arrested were identified as also stole autorickshaws. mid-way if the tenant violates ucknow Development rent agreement rules. It has LAuthority has planned two been decided to maintain dis- rental complexes in Aishbagh cipline among residents for ‘Hindi played key role in area for those coming here for maintenance. job from other states. The The chief engineer said project is expected to be com- they would constructed the pleted by 2022. project on PPP model. disseminating Covid info’ This was disclosed by LDA There will be two towers chief engineer IS Singh on having 13 floors each and PNS n LUCKNOW Former scientist CM that to make a rural person Monday. He said there would there will be 75 flats in each Nautiyal, who has done many understand how to prevent be two types of flats — one building. A proposal was made indi language has played translations in Hindi for Covid- coronavirus infection is possi- measuring 900 square feet for to increase the number of Han important role in dis- 19 during the pandemic, said ble only through Hindi,” he a monthly rent of Rs 5,000 floors to 20 but it was turned seminating information regard- that with around 50 crore added. while other measuring 750 down considering safety ing the coronavirus pandemic. Hindi-speaking people, com- Meanwhile, Hindi Diwas square feet for a monthly rent norms. Litterateur Yogesh Praveen said municating in Hindi naturally was celebrated at many organ- of Rs 3,500. The chief engineer The LDA vice-chairman, that Hindi has played an becomes important. isations across the city. The said that all basic and latest chief engineer secretary had important role in dissemina- “Having been a multidis- programmes were organised by facilities would be made avail- detailed discussion with a tion of information regarding ciplinary scientist, I explored Indian Institute of Toxicology able in these flats. group of architects and they Covid-19. literature and latest journals Research, Postal department The project will come up approved the proposed. “There is extensive infor- and extracted information and various schools. adjacent to Aishbagh Eidgah The chief engineer said mation given in this language about Covid-19 and presented St Joseph Inter College, on a land measuring 1,10,448 rental complexes would also in all forms of media which it for the common man Thakurganj, organised Hindi square feet. come up in other areas of the reaches the common man through several Hindi articles. Diwas online and release of It is a part of the plan of city as such kind of accom- because he only understands I also contributed to several school magazine ‘Smritika LDA administration to pro- modation was much in this language. All government radio programmes dealing with 2020’. Mayor Sanyunkta Bhatia vide those coming from other demand. directions and awareness pro- Covid and contributed a sci- was the chief guest on the states or various UP districts a It is said that the project is grammes in Hindi easily reach ence fiction story which is occasion. Pushplata Agarwal, decent place of living at prime one of the initiatives of LDA people,” he said. He added that under publication. Covid-19 founder chairperson of St location on reasonable rent. administration for beautifica- people gathered information has put restrictions but has Joseph Group of Institutions, The period of the allot- tion of Aishbagh. The devel- on all kinds of topics whether taught us the art of communi- managing directors Seema ment will be of 11 months and opment authority cleared over it was developing immunity or cating using technology, so I Agarwal & Rajesh Agarwal On behalf of World Vision India, mayor Sanyukta Bhatia handing over cheques to poor families affected by coronavirus it has to renewed. There will be 3,00,000 square feet land from taking precautions against gave several lectures in Hindi and teachers were also present pandemic, at her house in Lucknow on Monday Pioneer a clause according to which the encroachers last year. Covid-19. in many programmes. I feel on the occasion. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 state 04

147 new COVID-19 patients found 338 more test positive in Prayagraj that on Sunday several mobile PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n VARANASI The total number of samples PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD teams were also put in place for collected was 1,61,782. Earlier, testing of the coronavirus. s many as 147 new a female (53) and male aged 55 unday was a bit of relief in Mobile teams reached the ACOVID-19 cases have from Jalalipatti (Bhullanpura) Sthe case of corona infection mohallas and conducted a been detected in the district and Pandeypur respectively as compared to previous days. rapid test of the people. The here on Monday, increasing the succumbed to COVID-19 at The number of cured people team conducted an antigen total number of cases to 10,510. SSH BHU. was higher than the new infect- test of an 81-year-old elderly Besides, the district also saw Besides, with the addition ed. While there have been two woman, resident of the Civil two more deaths, increasing the of 30 new red zones, the total deaths within the last 24 hours Lines Hanuman temple at her toll to 176. During the day, the number of hotspots has at the same time. As per the home. The elderly woman was follow-up negative reports increased to 1,806 including Health Department data, 338 vulnerable to paralysis and included 169 patients. Out of 409 red zones. As many as 11 new cases of COVID-19 were was tested positive. them, 137 patients recovered green zones have been convert- detected on the same day. Till now 444 people have from home isolation and the ed into red zones again. There While the number of people tested positive in the antigen total number of patients cured are 1,397 green zones includ- who got free from infection test being done in private hos- at home has increased to 6,094. ing 19 new ones. stood at 372. Dr. Rishi Sahai, pitals. The report is based on Besides, 32 recovered from the Earlier, this belt of the nodal officer for Corona the test conducted in 30 private hospital and the number of BJP workers donating blood on first day of Service Week in Varanasi on Monday Purvanchal comprising 10 dis- confirmed this. He said that hospitals in the city. On Sunday, patients who have been dis- tricts of three divisions saw 541 Sunday was a relief day com- been discharged included three Railway Hospital, 63 in Covid 32 people have come positive charged from the hospitals has (BJP)workers donated their Medical Officer (CMO) Dr new cases on Sunday, increas- pared to previous days. from Kalindipuram, four from Care Centre Kalindipuram, in these hospitals. A total of reached 2,543. The total num- blood. The camps were organ- VB Singh, eye testing and ing the total number to 36,743 According to Dr. Sahai, Railways, two from Unani seven in Unani Medical 2,754 tests have been done ber of cured patients is now ised at IMA Building glasses distribution camps will with maximum number of 195 the total number of corona Medical College Himmatganj, College, 63 in two private hos- here. The percentage of posi- 8,637, leaving 1,697 active (Lahurabir), Chiraigaon PHC, be held at two places including cases in Varanasi (10,363), fol- patients in the district increased eight from Beli, 12 from two pitals, 33 in Beli Hospital. tives being reported is about 16 patients. The recovery rate has Badagaon PHC and Misirpur Nivedita Shikshan Sansthan lowed by 82 in Chandauli to 14,317 after finding 338 private hospitals and eight About 30 to 35 patients are seri- per cent. slightly improved to 82.17 per CHC. The camps were visited (Tulsipur) and Bhaskara Talab (2,544), 57 in Ballia (4,649), 52 newly infected on Sunday. from Swaroop Rani Nehru ous among those admitted According to Dr Rishi, due cent and mortality rate by several senior BJP leaders (Rohania) on Tuesday. in Azamgarh (3,803), 38 in Whereas 10,449 people have Hospital. here. Some have been placed to the test being started in pri- remained at 1.67 per cent. including state co-incharge of The week-long programme Sonbhadra (2,245), 35 in been infection free so far. On Currently 353 people are on ventilators and some vate hospitals, infected cases are Meanwhile, Service Week BJP Sunil Ojha and UP will continue till September 20. Jaunpur (4,417), 31 in Mau Sunday, 35 people were dis- admitted in these hospitals. patients on oxygen. Apart from being reported quickly. This programme was launched in Minister Dr Neelkanth Tiwari. CMO has informed that by the (1,975), 24 in Mirzapur (2,075), charged from hospitals while SRN Hospital has the highest this, a swab sample has been has helped a lot in controlling the city in view of forthcoming As per the plan, the BJP had first of the day at 11 am, 101 14 in Bhadohi (1,390) and 13 home isolation of 337 people number of 140 patients admit- taken for testing of 2,044 sus- infection. The number of hos- birthday of Prime Minister decided to donate 70 units of positive patients were detected in Ghazipur (3,342). The day has been completed. The hos- ted here. Apart from this, 47 pects. pitals will be increased in a day Narendra Modi (September blood to celebrate the 70th out of 1,720 reports received. also saw eight more deaths pitals from which patients have patients are admitted in CMO Dr GS Bajpai said or two, added Dr Rishi. 17) in which blood donation birthday of the PM but enthu- Till then, the total test reports including two each in Varanasi camps were organised at four siasm was seen among the received were 1,48,585 and the and Ballia while one each in places. A good number of vol- workers and they donated 375 results of 3,242 are awaited. Mau, Ghazippur, Azamgarh unteers of various organisations units during the day. Out of them, 1,38,121 were and Chandauli, increasing the and Bharatiya Janata Party According to Chief negative, while 10,464 positive. toll to 496. NCR GM inaugurates Rajbhasha Pakhwada celebrations

Many SP workers injured in PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD COVID-19 related precautions. During the meeting, a literary n the occasion of Hindi discussion was also organised ODiwas, General Manager to commemorate the birth police lathicharge Rajiv Chaudhry inaugurated anniversary of ‘Hindi Yug fortnight long Rajbhasha Purush’Bharatendu Pakhwada celebrations on Harishchandra, Rashtrakavi PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n VARANASI North Central Railway and Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ and chaired the meeting of region- Hindi ghazal creator Dushyant everal Samajwadi Party (SP) al official language implemen- Kumar, in which Ojha while Sworkers were injured when tation committee organised expressing his views said that the police resorted to lath- through video conferencing. Bharatendu Harishchandra was icharge them when they Addressing the meeting, the sun of the renaissance who remained rigid on going to the General Manager Rajiv associated the spirit of patrio- office of the District Magistrate Chaudhary said that Hindi is tism with the national language (DM) in order to submit a the language of our identity and and dialects to resist the tyran- memorandum in support of pride. Hindi has been playing General Manager Sri Rajiv Chaudhry inaugurates Rajbhasha Pakhwada nical rule of the British Raj. their demands. The situation the role of an invisible bridge celebrations at North Central Railway in Prayagraj Pioneer Ojha said that Rashtrakavi worsened when some persons between Indian languages and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar gave pelted stones at the police dialects for centuries; hence it GM said that during and public places, electronic expression to the glorious past party. However, the police suc- is the contact language of the COVID-19 crisis also all infor- boards, signage etc. in Hindi of the nation, wrote a new pre- ceeded in controlling the situ- entire country. Chaudhry said mation and services to migrant and English as bilingual. amble to the dignity of the ation soon. The police arrest- that ideas expressed in our labourers and other passengers At the beginning of the nation and filled Hindi poetry ed more than four dozen party mother tongue are always most etc. have been made available meeting, Mukhya Rajbhasha with the sublime and euphor- workers on the charge of defy- effectively communicated. On in Hindi or Bilingual to ensure Adhikari and Principal Chief ic sense of revolution and self- ing the guidelines of COVID- September 14, 1949, the their safety and convenience Commercial Manager respect. Ojha said that Dinkar’s 19 and Section 144 of CrPC. Constitution makers adopted during travel. Mahendra Nath Ojha wel- ‘Rashmirathi’ is the most read The arrested workers were sent Hindi as the official language Rajiv Chaudhry directed all comed all the participants in poem. to the Police Lines and they of the Union of India. As a Divisions and departments to the meeting and said that The meeting was attended were not released till the news result of the ever-evolving ensure compliance of section objectives and goals related to through a video conference by reported. information technology, use 3 (3) of the Official Language Rajbhasha are being dealt in Additional General Manager In response to the party’s of Hindi has expanded multi- Act and to further upscale the mission mode in North Central Ranjan Yadav along with all the statewide agitation in protest Police taking action against agitating SP workers in Varanasi on Monday Pioneer fold and Indian Railway has progress achieved in the use of Railway and creative and par- Principal Heads of against deteriorating law and been a leading organisation in Hindi or bilingual form in all ticipative roles of officers and Departments, Additional order situation, rise in unem- implementing it. With com- types of correspondence, com- employees are being given Divisional Railway Managers of ployment in state and others, them. As the police force of should come outside to receive dition of Rahul Sonkar is said plete jurisdiction of North ments, registers, dictation, more and more importance. Divisions, Chief Workshop the local workers of party’s five police stations was the memorandum. to be critical. He was admitted Central Railway falling in ‘A’ inspection reports etc. He also While apprising the committee Managers from workshops and frontal organisations gathered deployed there, they outnum- During the continuation to Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta category area as per official lan- urged all the officials and about the special work to other officers . at party office in Orderly bered the SP workers. of shouting slogans against the (SSPG) Divisional Hospital, guage act classification; all ser- employees who are proficient ensure successive progress of The meeting was conduct- Bazar and then they reached In the beginning, when state government and failure of Kabirchaura. During the vices are being made available in Hindi for resolution to do Rajbhasha, Ojha elaborated ed by Senior Rajbhasha the district headquarters in there were exchange of heat- the police personnel to pacify stone-pelting incident a cou- to public in Hindi language and their entire official work in Rajbhasha Pakhwada pro- Adhikari Chandra Bhushan large number. When they were ed words between the cops them, some pelted stones at ple of cops also sustained proactive and timely measures Hindi in e-office. He laid spe- grammes to be held online Pandey and Up Mukhya trying to enter the Collectorate and agitators, the latter start- the police. minor injuries. are being taken to implement cial emphasis on compulsory from 14 September to 28 Rajbhasha Adhikari Shailendra premises where the office of ed raising slogans against the Reacting to this, the police SHO of Cantt. police sta- all policies etc. related to pro- display of information related September at North Central Kumar Singh proposed vote of DM is situated, the cops state government and district used force to disperse the tion Rajesh informed that motion of official language. to passenger facilities at stations Railway Headquarters with all thanks. deployed there in a large num- administration. The police mobs. Former SP corporator around 50 SP workers were ber stopped them at the gate. officers including SP (City) VC Ravikant Vishwakarma said arrested and legal action However, the situation turned Tripathi tried to pacify them that they were not the SP would be taken against them. worse when some attempted but failed in their attempt as workers who pelted stones During the protest, promi- to enter the premises forcibly. SP workers remained adamant but it was the handiwork of nent among other SP leaders Besides, as some persons pelt- on their stand to go to the some outsiders to damage the who were present Kishan SP workers stage demonstration ed stones, the police lath- DM’s office. They said, if they image of the party. During the Dikshit, Manoj Yadav, Rohit icharged the agitating SP were not allowed to go to the lathicharge, several SP work- Yadav, Sandeep Mishra and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD workers in view to disperse DM’s office then the DM ers were injured and the con- Deepchand Gupta. he Samajwadi Party office- Tbearers and workers launched a massive demonstra- tion in the premises of the District Collectorate demand- ‘Demand of Giloy, Ashwagandha ing several issues on Monday. During this, SP workers also entered into an argument with the police. The police removed high in coronavirus crisis’ them from Kutcheri using mild force. Also about 50 SP work- he also presented a talk on that for the first time in India legal database website ers were taken into custody. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n VARANASI ‘impact of doshas on ancient rigorous scientific studies had courtkutchery.com. The work- Slogans were also raised during Ayurvedic dosage forms and its been planned for the AYUSH shop started with opening this period against the Yogi led- ead, Department of Rasa relevance in the invention of system of medicines to get remarks by Dr Ranjeet Kumar. state government. All have Samajwadi Party workers protesting at DM office in Prayagraj Pioneer HShastra and Bhaishjya new Ayurvedic dosage forms’ proper medicines to tackle In his welcome address, Dean been taken into custody and Kalpana (Ayurvedic before 224 participants belong- coronavirus. Kotecha said of Law Faculty, BHU Prof RP brought to the Police Lines. NANCES IN AGRICULTURE he said make maximum prof- leases in the river bed land and Pharmaceutics), Faculty of ing to 16 European countries. about three lakh subjects have Rai appreciated the relevance of On the call of Samajwadi : Fists raised, masks firmly in it and the government is work- freeing up such land from ille- Ayurveda, Institute of Medical ‘These ancient dosage forms of been registered in clinical tri- the workshop and importance Party national president place, flags, placards and ban- ing for them. He said the gal control by Kulbhaskar Sciences (IMS), Banaras Hindu Ayurveda viz self expressed als of Ayurvedic drugs on 53 of the technical knowledge to Akhilesh Yadav, office-bearers ners in their hands, hundreds Ordinances will lead to loss of Ashram Degree College and University (BHU) ProfAnand juice (swaras ), decoction centres and 91 clinical trial pro- become a professionally com- and activists of Samajwadi of peasants and agriculture food security of the people as their goons. She said land is the Chaudhary said that during (kwath), powder (churna), jects. This is a mega project and petent lawyer. Secretary of Chhatra Sabha, Lohia Vahini, workers raised the slogan of companies will control the major source of livelihood and corona pandemic period avalaeh (confectionaries), fer- finding of these projects will be CLEP/LASC committee and Youth Brigade, reached the ‘Corporate Bhagao, Kisani entire food chain. it must be freed from landlords Ayurvedic rasayan (rejuvenat- mented medicinal products evaluated by scientists of the student advisor of the faculty Collectorate on Monday after- Bachao’ while marching to AIKMS GS Com and distributed to the poor. She ing medicines) like Giloy, (asa arishta ) and medicated oil Indian Council of Medical Prof GP Sahoo explained the noon on a wide range of issues Muratganj block office, Chail. Phoolchand highlighted the demanded that the govern- Ashwagandha and and ghrita are made to treat Research (ICMR), Council of importance of the existing including problems of farmers, Led by AIKMS Kaushambi need for regular work for all ment give interest free loan to Chavyanprash are in high specific condition of diseases Scientific & Industrial Research online teaching and learning students etc. A large number of Committee, they demanded under MNREGA. He said even women living near Ganga River demand as an immunity boost- and specific conditions of dis- (CSIR), a group of statisticians options during the COVID-19 police forces were already that the Central Government payment of work done has not for spinning rope, baadh, and er to keep people healthy. In a eased to make the balance of and all others before publish- pandemic and concluded that deployed in the Collectorate on withdraw its 3 ordinances in been made. He said the govern- it should guarantee that they digital panel discussion on these tri-doshas (vata, pitta ing and claiming any positive now ‘human beings’ have the information of the demon- agriculture, the new Electricity ment should distribute 15 kg get ` 500 per paseri for this ‘Rasayana-traditional knowl- and kapha) which imbalance or otherwise results of these tri- become ‘virtual social being’. stration. Even after this, SP Bill 2020 and the massive hike cereals, 1 kg each of pulses, rope so that the family can sur- edge and its application in caused a disease in the human als. According to AYUSH sec- Librarian of the faculty Dr RK workers refused to budge. in diesel and petrol prices. sugar and vegetable oil per unit vive. modern time’ during three-day body,’ he said, adding that the retary, initial results are encour- Dangi presented a detailed The police stopped the SP They presented a written char- in PDS, waive interest on all AIKMS leader Krishna virtual international Ayurveda new dosage form as per the aging and these trials are sup- account of the entire legal workers from demonstrating. ter on behalf of the AIKSCC loans of peasants including said that poor people now symposium organised by demands of the contemporary posed to be completed up to database provided by private This triggered anger amongst addressed to the President of microfinance and postpone understand that the govern- European Rosenberg Academy society should be developed December this year. organisations as well as the the SP office-bearers and work- India, to the BDO, Sailesh Rai. recovery. It should withdraw all ment is cheating the farmers to of Ayurveda (Bristein, with basic doctrines of ONLINE WORKSHOP UGC and Union Ministry of ers. Seeing the matter, the President Com Bachilal electricity charges during coro- help the foreign exploiters. Frankfurt, Germany), an MoU Ayurveda. ‘Only science and ON LEGAL DATABASE: The Education. He also discussed police had to use mild force to Nishad questioned the govern- na lockdowns and the opening There is nothing ‘atmanirbhar- partner with BHU on Saturday, technology applications with- Clinical Legal Education the salient features of the online disperse them. Police, using ment’s failure to provide relief of all schools and hospitals ta’ in their plan to invite MNCs he said that rasayan drugs out considering the basics of Programme (CLEP) and Legal legal resources such as force, took into custody about during the corona lockdown with corona precautions, in agriculture. about which Acharya doshas’ impact may not be Aid and Service Clinic (LASC) Manupatra, SCC Online, 50 SP workers. During this, SP and demanded relief against while sending doctors to all vil- Those present included Sharangdhar mentioned in fruitful’, said Prof Chaudhary. committee, Faculty of Law, Westlaw International, Digital workers also raised slogans loss of employment and lages. He condemned the Sunita Devi, Budhani, Reshmi, detail during the 13th century According to Prof Banaras Hindu University Libraries including the BHU against the state government. hunger. He said that the gov- repression of farmers protests Lalji, Pappu, Rupa, Nanno, are very relevant even today as Chaudhary, secretary of Union (BHU) organised an online Central Library, National They were brought to the Police ernment has allowed input in Haryana. Rajendra Kushwaha, Vikram, these are best for the rejuvena- Ministry of AYUSH Rajesh workshop on the theme ‘use of Digital Library managed by the Lines by vehicles. costs to be raised, while farm- Com Chandrawati of Virendra, Budhram Nishad, tion of the human body. Kotecha had digitally inaugu- legal database for legal profes- IIT Kharagpur, India Code AIKMS DEMANDS ers’ crop prices and sale is inse- Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan Gaya Prasad, Vijay, Bela, Sahil During the symposium, rated the symposium, saying sionals’ in association with Portal of Government of India. WITHDRAWAL OF 3 ORDI- cure. Big traders and corporate, demanded distribution of land and others. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 state 05

DM to hosps: Follow Covid 341more Woman’s body recovered test +ve CORRESPONDENT n GORAKHPUR village late on Saturday night. and CO KD Mishra criminal On getting information about Aarpheen was been arrested. KANPUR (PNS): Kanpur he body of a 28-year-old the matter the mother of the On being tipped off by an Nagar reported 341 more coro- Twoman was found lying deceased, Urmila, lodged a informer he was arrested by S- protocol in letter and spirit navirus positive cases on under suspicious circumstances complaint with the police in Is Pramod Gautam and Monday evening. According to along side the Jonhia railway which alleged that she had Surendra Singh and constables a report 341 more people test- track under Sahajanwa police been murdered. SSI Sahajanwa Heera Singh Yadav and Rajiv PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n KANPUR ing positive between Sunday station. The victim was identi- Devendra Lal said that the Singh from near the railway evening and Monday evening, fied as Soni, wife of Sugreev, a body of the victim had been goods shed at Bhopa Bazar. A istrict Magistrate Alok the tally of the confirmed coro- resident of Jonhia village. The sent for the post-mortem pistol of 12 bore, two live car- DTiwari reiterated that it navirus cases in the city had maternal family members of examination and one person tridges and one kg illegal ganja was mandatory for private hos- surged to 20,361. the deceased alleged that she who had been taken into cus- had been recovered from his pitals running Covid care facil- With 389 COVID-19 was killed and her body had tody was being interrogated. possession. A case was regis- ity to have an anaesthetist on patients being discharged in the been dumped on the side of the ARRESTED: The Chauri tered against him under duty round-the-clock. last 24 hours, 15,257 infected railway track. The police had Chaura police arrested Section 3/25 of the Arms Act Addressing a meeting at people had been cured in the taken the body of the victim Criminal Aarpheen alias and Section 8/20 of the NDPS Narayana Engineering College city. into custody and sent it for the Shahnawaz, a resident of ward Act and sent to jail on Sunday. at Panki, that has been made Six COVID-19 deaths were post-mortem examination. number 1, Dani Bhawani, As many as 14 cases had been a private Covid facility on reported till Monday evening, According to information Mundera Bazar, and sent him registered against Aarpheen Monday, he warned that the taking the death toll to 533. At received here, Shailesh, a resi- to jail on Sunday. As many as alias Shahnawaz, including Covid protocol had to be fol- present 4571 active cases were dent of Bhiti Mafi village in 14 cases had been registered under Section 307 of the IPC lowed in letter and spirit and undergoing treatment in the Sant Kabir Nagar district, mar- against him. SHO Chauri and Sections 3/25 Arms Act at hospitals not following it city. ried his daughter, Soni, to Chaura Pramod Kumar Chauri Chaura police station would face action. Sugreev, a resident of Jonhia Tripathi said that during a besides at Tiwaripur, Kotwali The district magistrate under Sahajanwa police station drive launched on the directive and Cantt police stations in the said in all the hospitals, the District Magistrate visits Narayana Engineering College, which has been made a COVID-19 facility, and carried out a thorough UPSIDA about two years ago. Soni’s of SSP Yogendra Kumar and city. The police had taken CCTV cameras must remain inspection on Monday. Pioneer body was found along side of under the supervision of SP action against him under in operation round-the-clock the railway track outside the (North) Arvind Kumar Pandey Gangster Act several times. in the ICUs and the recordings pitals in future as well. rooms had been made from be no complaint of over- creating land must be kept safe and pro- Tiwari visited the wards where they could constantly billing. He directed the static duced without any doctoring and interacted with the monitor their patients in the magistrate to regularly mon- banks for new when demanded. patients and their kin. He ICU and wards. itor the working of the hospi- Lightning claims two lives He said over-billing was a cautioned the management Tiwari also contacted the tal and the billing section. industrial areas CORRESPONDENT n MIRZAPUR tion, had gone to his wife’s police station, was going major complaint against most to ensure they kept the doctors on duty through video The district magistrate maternal house. After an alter- towards Mirzapur on a motor- of the private hospitals and the control room abreast of the calling and then visited the directed the management of PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n KANPUR wo women lost their lives cation with his wife he jumped cycle (UP63-AA/9830) when it district administration had latest developments immedi- billing department and sought the hospital to increase the Tdue to lightning in the dis- into the well. By the time the collided with a truck. On get- already taken strict action ately. the bills of the patients dis- ICU beds. ttar Pradesh State trict on Sunday. As per the locals took him out from it he ting information the area police against a few of them and The district magistrate charged in the past two days. He was accompanied by UIndustrial Development reports received here, Malti had died. On getting informa- reached the spot and sent the would not hesitate to take was informed that for the rel- He cross-checked the bills Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil Authority (UPSIDA) is creating Devi, wife of Nanhak, a resi- tion the police reached the spot injured to a hospital where he action against the erring hos- atives of the patients, separate and warned that there should K Mishra. land bank to develop new dent of Jihulia Sukhanayi vil- on Sunday and took his body succumbed to his injuries dur- industrial areas in the state. For lage and Lachhamina Devi, into custody for completing the ing treatment. this, it has identified 1,545-acre wife of Sanjay, a resident of necessary legal formalities. THREE INJURED IN land in Hamirpur, Mirzapur, Pahiti village, under the SUICIDE: One person CLASH: Three persons were Auraiya and Lalitpur. Madihan police station were committed suicide in an area injured during a clash follow- Pvt hospital sealed for irregularities Besides, on the proposal of killed when lightning struck under the Ahraura police sta- ing a land dispute in Barbasaa the UPSIDA management, the them on Sunday. In another tion on Sunday. As per the Gaharwaar village under Halia district administration has got incident, Archana, daughter reports, Vikas Bind (30), son of police station. In an FIR lodged Admn looking into anaesthetists crisis: CMO 490-acre land vacated from of Dashrath, suffered burns Pratap Bind, a resident of at the Halia police station in unauthorised possession. The after being hit by lightning Ghamahaapur village under this connection Ravishankar PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n KANPUR hospitals would continue and in Kanpur Nagar had crossed provide care on 24x7 basis process of re-acquisition of when she had gone to graze her Ahraura police station, gulped Keshari said that his six adver- warned that all the hospitals the 20,000-mark and the death and a communication link gram samaj land would also be she-goats and sheep in some poisonous substance in saries came and attacked them. hief Medical Officer Dr would have to work as per toll was more than 500, and this between the caregiver and hos- started soon. Bargawaan village under Chunar his house. When his condition Moreover when Sitaram and CAnil K Mishra said that all COVID-19 protocol. was a cause of concern. pital is maintained. UPSIDA Chief Executive police station. Dashrath, father started deteriorating his rela- Madan went for mediation efforts were being made to Dr Mishra said the district Warning the health offi- He pointed out that the Officer Mayur Maheshwari of the victim, said that he had tives rushed to a private hos- they too were assaulted, the overcome the crisis of anaes- administration and the health cials of strict action, the CMO caregiver and all close contacts said that a solar power plant lost his she-goats and sheep but pital but he died. On getting complainant stated. The inci- thetists in the city. officials were leaving no stone said laxity would certainly not of such cases should take would be set up on the 593-acre was not aware about their exact information the police reached dent occurred during the mea- He also disclosed that New unturned to bring down the be tolerated. hydroxychloroquine prophy- land identified in Lalitpur. He number because he was in the the spot and took the body into surement of land was being Pulse Hospital at Kalyanpur COVID-19 death rate in the He said the recovery rate laxis as per protocol and as said the feasibility report had hospital for the treatment of his custody for completing legal conducted by a team of revenue had been sealed on Monday city. He said every possible was good with 9,409 persons in prescribed by the medical offi- already been prepared by daughter. formalities. Meanwhile an ear- officials, he added. After reg- after several grave irregularities measure was being taken, along home isolation and 5,530 cer. Bundelkhand Saur Urza MAN JUMPS INTO lier report said that a man had istering the case police brought were detected. with plugging of loopholes, to COVID-19 patients in hospi- He added that the patient Limited. Maheshwari said WELL, DIES: A man jumped died in road mishap on the injured to Halia PHC where He said there were charges lower the death rate. He point- tals had recovered so far. must agree to monitor his or around 1,000 acre land was also into a well and died in Mirzapur-Prayagraj Road in the condition of one of them of overcharging, violation of ed out that deaths due to The CMO said that only her health and regularly inform available with UPSIDA to set Patharkhuraa village under Akodhi village under was stated to be serious, last norms for treatment of comorbidities was a major hin- people with mild symptoms of the district surveillance officer up new industrial areas in Madihan police station. As per Vindhyachal police station reports received here said. The COVID-19 patients and man- drance in lowering the death COVID-19 were allowed home about his/her health status for Gautam Buddha Nagar, the reports, Sandeep Maurya recently. Reports said Azam case was being investigated handling of relatives of a patient rate. isolation if they were below 60 further follow up by the sur- Ghaziabad, Unnao, Mathura, (36), a resident of Dhurikar vil- Khan (60), a resident of Vijapur and no arrest had been made who had died, against the hos- The CMO said the focus years of age while all others veillance teams. Prayagraj, Jhansi, Moradabad, lage under Madihan police sta- village under the Vindhyachal yet, last reports said. pital. thus was on social distancing, were admitted to hospital. Dr Mishra said that sus- Kannauj and Auraiya. The CMO said during wearing of masks and refrain- The CMO said eligibility pected (awaiting test results) He said work was on to set inquiry, several irregularities ing from going out to crowd- for home isolation was that the and confirmed cases of up a bulk drug park on 2.000- Various under-construction projects reviewed were detected following which ed places and in this, cooper- person should be clinically COVID-19 were being isolat- acre land in Lalitpur while a the hospital was sealed and its ation from the people was diagnosed as a very mild case ed and managed in Level-2 and mega leather cluster would be PNS n VARANASI view. The changes have been patients were shifted to other expected. or pre-symptomatic case by the Level-3 hospital settings with set up on 300 acre land in made only in view of better private nursing homes. Dr Mishra said the tally of treating medical officer, a care- the intent to break the chain of Ramaipur (Kanpur). arious under-construction operation of trains so that the He said raids on private confirmed COVID-19 cases giver is available at home to transmission. The UPSIDA CEO said Vprojects of North Eastern desired improvement in punc- work was also on to develop Railway (NER) were reviewed tuality can be made. However, industrial area on 240 acre under the presidentship of no reduction will be made in land in Auraiya and a Perfume Chairman and CEO Railway passenger facilities, such as Park on 30 acre land in Board Vinod Yadav via video station buildings, platforms, Kannauj. He said the trans- conferencing with Divisional seating arrangements besides Lawyers stage dharna Ganga city was being devel- Railway Manager (DRM) VK those for water, circulating oped on 1,140 acre land in Panjiar late on Saturday night. areas rather they will be PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n KANPUR Unnao while in Naini, work In which in the doubling work will be started within a month. improved further. In the order was on for setting up Saraswati being done between Aunrihar Doubling work is also of the above doubling project ozens of lawyers on Hi-tech City on 1,140 acre and Chhapra by the going on in full swing between high-level platforms and foot DMonday staged a dharna land. Construction Organisation of Taraon and Ankushpur. During over bridges (FOBs ) etc. are under the banner of Adhivakta NER despite the lockdown this period in the order of dou- also being constructed at the Kalyan Sangharsh Samiti to good progress was recorded. In bling from Aunrihar to stations to provide best facili- press for enforcement of Two held for this sequence the doubling Chhapra changes have been ties to the passengers, said Advocates Protection Act in the work of Aunrihar-Taraon is in made in some railway stations Public Relations Officer (PRO) state. duping youths the final stage and this section from the operational point of Ashok Kumar. They handed over a mem- orandum addressed to the chief KANPUR (PNS): The joint minister, to the district magis- team of SP (South) and Barra 9 students qualify JEE-Main Man meets tragic end trate. Addressing the gathering, police station has arrested two CORRESPONDENT n MAHOBA senior lawyer and former pres- persons, including the imposter CORRESPONDENT n JALAUN Harshit Gupta 97.8 percentile ident of Lawyers Association, of an IAS officer, on Monday each, Sohan Kumar and ne person, Virendra Kumar Avinash Bajpai, said in view of who used to dupe innocent s many as nine students Manav Singh 97.6 percentile O(30), was killed on the spot the rising attacks on lawyers youths on pretext of providing Aof BKD Aldrich Public each, Rishabh Mishra 97.2 when a Bolero overturned and hit his and their murders, resentment them the government job. Police School, Orai, had qualified percentile, Sumit Kumar and scooty near the railway bridge on was prevailing among them. H have recovered cash, laptop and the JEE-Main results of Prakhar 97 percentile each. Kanpur-Sagar national highway. The said the enforcement of fake appointment letters from which were declared recent- The students gave credit to incident which occurred when the Advocates Protection Act was them. Raids were on to nab their ly. Chairman BKD Aldrich their teachers and parents for rear tyre of the Bolero burst sudden- the need of the time. accomplices and other gang Public School Ajay Itauria their success. Meanwhile vice- ly and it hit the scooty. The three injured Convenor Ravindra Lawyers stage dharna to press for enforcement of Advocates Protection Act on Monday Pioneer members. Addressing media- said that students who per- principal Ashish Tiwari and had been admitted to the district hos- Sharma said lawyers were con- persons, SP (South) Deepak formed brilliantly were Director Anand Gupta con- pital. On getting information the sidered to be the officers of the soon. received the memorandum on Tewari, Mohd Quadir Khan, Bhuker said Jaiprakash of Harsh Rusia who scored 98.7 gratulated the students and police after filling the ‘panchnama’ court but they were being Vice-president of Kanpur behalf of the district magistrate Vinay Mishra, Naresh Chandra Kalyanpur had lodged a report percentile,Tanishk Gupta and wished them a bright future. sent the victim’s body for an autopsy. humiliated and killed. He said Bar Association, Upendra and assured to despatch it to Tripathi, Sangeeta Dwivedi, about being duped on pretext of there was no social security of Bhadauria, said it was the the chief minister for necessary Shabnam, Adil, Pradip getting a government job. the fraternity, and threatened to responsibility of the state gov- action. Gupta, Mohd Tauhid, Mohit During investigation, it was intensify the agitation if the ernment to provide security to President of Income-tax & Shukla, Ankur Goel and revealed that Kutub alias Abbas CEPC organises webinar on RoDTEP state government did to enforce lawyers. GST Bar Association BL Gupta, Kuldeep Baba took part in the of Thariyaon (Fatehpur), PNS n VARANASI doubts could be clarified by NK Kanti Lal Jain and Jamal raised the Advocates Protection Act ACM (VI) Minu Rana Ravindra Sharma, Rakesh dharna. Hitendra of PP Gang Chopra who was providing con- certain queries which NK (Gorakhpur) and Lucky of he Carpet Export sultancy and helping the carpet Chopra replied. Second Jalaun were running a consul- TPromotion Council industry in the submission of Vice-Chairman, CEPC, Umer tancy firm in a shopping mall of (CEPC) organised a webinar required data to the government. Hameed, delivered the formal vote Mall Road, Kanpur. There, they on RoDTEP recently. In his wel- Siddh Nath Singh requested the of thanks on behalf of the were also engaged in duping the come address Chairman Siddh members for their support by CEPC to all participants and Traders voice concern over innocent youths on pretext of Nath Singh briefed the members submitting the required data to expressed the hope that the providing them job in railway, about the discontinuation of enable the Council to submit it doubts of members had been food departments and secre- MEIS Scheme and introduc- to the government on time. cleared and members would tariat office against recovery of tion of new Scheme RoDTEP Managing Director, M/s ICCH come forward in submitting the `4 lakh to ` 10 lakh from from January 1, 2021, with a Global Consulting (P) Ltd, NK required data in the larger inter- pre-festival online sales them. The gang would organise view that exporters would get Chopra, gave information to est of the handmade carpet fake entrance examination and refunds in the form of transfer- the members about the back- industry. Executive Director, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n KANPUR He said a strategy had He said most of the prod- estimated to reach Rs 20,000 training of candidates. able duty credit/electronic scrip ground, objective, features and CEPC, Sanjay Kumar, men- been worked out to raise ucts offered on sale online crore by 2025. Thereafter, they were given the which would be maintained in benefits of the RoDTEP tioned that with the support of ver half-a-dozen traders’ protest from September 18 and were Chinese products and Gupta said the fake appointment letter. During an electronic ledger. This would scheme along with the differ- members the Council would Oassociations have joined it would ill continue till next this was against the country’s Machiavellian moves made by initial two months of service, ensure that exports were zero ence between it and MEIS. submit the required data for all hands to voice their concern month in view of the approach- foreign policy. global business houses had salary was paid by the accused. rates along with refunds such as Chopra gave details of the 78 HS line of Chapter 57 to the over pre-festival online sales ing festival period. He appealed to the chief threatened the traditional busi- But the fraud was exposed after drawback and IGST, he said. The data/inputs required from the RoDTEP Committee on time so which, they said, was making Gupta said that every pre- minister to protect the interests ness class in India that was at two months when the victims new RoDTEP scheme helps members and clarified their that no product was left out. a big dent in their routine festival period saw a flood of of the traders of Uttar Pradesh. a disadvantage. He said two failed to get their salary. SP Indian exporters to get a level doubts on the issue. Pankush Chairman, CEPC, Siddh Nath sales. advertisements in the media Gupta said that online sales prominent business houses (South) Bhuker said the accused playing field in the internation- Arora made a powerpoint pre- Singh, second Vice-Chairman, Kanpur Vyapar Sabha state offering products at lucrative could be promoted in an inter- were indulging in predatory had duped many youths so far. al market. The government had sentation on RoDTEP, its Umer Hameed, members, secretary Abhimanyu Gupta prices. He said this was prac- esting way and with lots of pricing and deep discounting, He said accused Kutub alias constituted a committee under objective, features and differ- COA, Umesh Kumar Gupta, has sent a representation to tically not possible for the local information directly to the which was totally prohibited, Abbas was introduced to vic- GK Pillai with YS Parandey and ence between it and MEIS. He Onkar Nath Mishra, Abdul Prime Minister Narendra traders as their business vol- customers, it reduced the cost and this had adversely affect- tims as an IAS officer by his Gautam Ray to consider the data also discussed the format pro- Rub, BR Malhotra and Modi, Union Finance Minister ume was limited and with of off-line promotion because ed the business of millions of accomplices Hitendra and of EPCs, he said. Singh said that vided by RoDTEP Committee. Mohammad Wasif, president, Nirmala Sitharaman and UP heavy goods and services tax internet could interact. traders in India. Lucky. Police recovered ` 51000 he understood that members During the webinar Umesh All India Carpet Manufacturer’ Chief Minister Yogi GST and taxes it was certainly He said the online industry He said it was now a do or in cash, laptop, printer, three were facing certain problems in Kumar Gupta, Ravi Patodia, Association (AICMA), Onkar Adityanath, demanding that a not possible for them to offer was expanding 30 per cent die situation and thus it had mobile phones and fake providing the data, hence, Pradeep Dubey, Atul Anand, Nath Mishra, and Executive blanket ban be slapped on products at prices offered year-on-year in terms of gross been decided to fight tooth and appointment letters from Kutub arrangements had been made for Tariq Bhatt, Mahavir Jain, Director, CEPC, Sanjay Kumar, online sales. online. merchandise value, and it was nail. and Hitendra. the webinar so that their queries/ Abdul Majid, Rajesh Rawat, were present during the webinar. 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TMC, Congress play Kerala Opp rap CPM Govt Mahila Morcha stages stir, demands Jaleel's resignation Bengali card on Rhea for sabotaging scam probe KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n KOCHI Secretariat for years. KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n KOCHI The law maker also alleged that Swapna Activists of the ABVP, BJYM and SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA voters ahead of the Assembly elections in Suresh made phone calls using the mobile ctivists of Mahila Morchcha, a the BJP too joined the demonstration that State. Today we can see how a Bengali he entire Opposition parties that include the phones of the hospital staff. “Though she had Afrontal organization of the BJP, but they kept a safe distance from the fter Bihari and Marathi cards the Brahmin girl is being harassed in TCongress, the BJP and the Muslim League complained of chest pain, it has been found that brought normal life in the capital city militant workers of the Mahila ABengali card has become the favourite Mumbai… she has been sent to jail on false on Monday alleged that the ruling CPI(M) gov- she was all right and there was no need of any of Thiruvananthapuram to a grinding Morchcha who were in no mood to for the politicians in Bengal with both the drug charges … whereas the real case is ernment is trying to sabotage the investigation concern about her health. Though she was dis- halt for hours on Monday as they listen to the cops who asked them to Congress and the Congress and Trinamool related to SSR’s death in which the CBI and into the gold smuggling and LIFE Mission cases. charged after two days, she was re-admitted to staged a well planned demonstration disperse before the lathi Congress questioning actor Rhea ED has prima facie found no evidence. Anil Akkara, Congress MLA from Thrissur the same hospital for check ups. I understand in front of the State Secretariat charging. Chakrabarty’s arrest in Sushant Singh This is purely anti-Bengal and we condemn alleged on Monday that Swapna Suresh and K the medical board found nothing abnormal in demanding the resignation of Kerala The BJP intensified its ongoing Rajput death case “with no prima it.” T Ramees , the kingpins in the gold smuggling her health,” said Anil. ministers E P Jayarajan and K T Jaleel agitation by Monday morning as a facie evidence of her having a hand in his Kalyan Banerjee on Monday attacked cases were admitted to Thrissur Medical P K Feroz, leader of the Muslim League, too who according to them are allegedly section of the media reported about demise.” the BJP calling it an “anti-Bengali party College to facilitate communication with each came down heavily on the Pinarayi Vijayan gov- involved in gold smuggling and ‘mas- the involvement of minister Jayarajan’s A day after Congress Lok Sabha leader which is proved once again by the manner other in the company of A C Moitheen, a ernment alleging that efforts were underway to sive corruption’. son and wife in gold smuggling and Adhir Chowdhury raised the issue of a they have falsely implicated Rhea Minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan led subvert the probe into the gold smuggling and Despite lathi charge and using of LIFE Mission corruption charges. K Bengali Brahmin woman being victimized Chakrabarty a Bengali Brahmin girl. This Government. Quran import scams. “Now I have got infor- water canons many times , the riot Surendran, state chief of the BJP in his to appease a section of the electorate in will not go down well among the Bengali Moitheen made an unscheduled visit to the mation that Jaleel was seeking the help of Islamic police could not disperse the media briefing on Monday morning Bihar TMC MP and senior advocate voters in this States. They will have to hospital when Swapna and Ramees were religious leaders to wriggle out of the case,” said Morchcha activists who turned the said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Kalyan Banerjee on Monday called BJP a account for the torture they perpetrated on admitted to the hospital. “The visit of Moideen Feroze. police barricades in front of the Vijayan was the epicenter of the “thoroughly anti-Bengali party which Rhea.” to the hospital is enmeshed in mystery. His mis- Meanwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Secretariat upside down. entire smuggling and corruption. thrives on North Indian politics and sac- Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh sion was to meet Swapna and Ramees and brief said it was scandalous and “nonsense” to drag “We have not seen this kind of “We demand the interrogation of rifices Bengali interest.” however said that “Rhea Chakrabarty is not them about the statements made by them to the the LIFE Mission project into allegations. demonstration at least in the recent Vijayan, his daughter Veena, son Chowdhury whose party on Monday an issue in Bengal … here the TMC’s goon- Cusotoms department and what they should tell “The Opposition parties are out to tarnish the past. These women activists have Kiran and son-in-law Mohammed took out a long procession condemning da and syndicate raj is the main issue and during future interrogations,” said Anil. The image of this government because they know done their home work well,” said Riyaaz in connection with gold smug- film Rhea Chakrabarty’s arrest said, “it was Mamata Banerjee will be thrown out of Congress leader said that there was no need for that they would not be able to win the next Shyam Babu Koroth, who has been gling and other corruption charges,” done only to appease a section of the Bihari power on thatissue only.” the minister to visit the hospital at this juncture. assembly election ,” said the Chief Minister.. covering the agitations in front of the charged Surendran. Filmmakers Rahul Roy, Mamata announces Names of Sara, Rakul, Simon Saba Dewan summoned stipend for priests figured in drug probe: NCB in Delhi riots case probe TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Pataudi and actor and former Aftab Fateh Ansari – who were Censor Board chairperson also arrested during the weekend STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI called ‘Delhi Protests Support Group’,” SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA after coming to power she had start- he Narcotics Control Bureau Sharmila Tagore. --were sent to judicial custody said a police source. ed stipend for the Muezzims and T(NCB) on Monday con- Sushant and Sara had till September 23. he Delhi Police's Special Cell has It comes a day after police arrest- n an apparent bid to arrest erosion Imams to mollycoddle the Muslim firmed that the names of worked together in the 2018 film Among the seven remand- Tsummoned short film producer ed former Jawaharlal Nehru Iin the Hindu vote base ahead of the votes. And now at the fag end of her Bollywood actresses Sara Ali Kedarnath, a Hindi romantic ed in either NCB or judicial Rahul Roy and documentary film- University student leader Umar next year’s Assembly elections Bengal rule when she knows that the Hindus Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and drama. custody, Keswani was among maker Saba Dewan for questioning in Khalid under the Unlawful Activities Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on have felt let down during her rule and designer Simone Khambatta Rakul Preet (29) has acted the suspected drug peddlers connection with the northeast Delhi (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his Monday announced stipend for the the entire Hindu vote has shifted to had figured in the Sushant Singh in several Hindi, Tamil, Telugu who were arrested in the wake riots. alleged role in the riots. Hindu “Sanatani” priests triggering the BJP she is trying to win them Raput death-related drug case, and Kannada films, while of the arrest of Rhea According to sources, Dewan and He was arrested by the Special Cell criticism from the opposition BJP, back. even as a Mumbai court Simone (29) is a fashion design- Chakraborty’s brother Showik Roy have been asked to join the inves- after 11 hours of interrogation. Left and Congress who condemned “Today she is trying to rectify her remanded the seven arrested er and social media influencer. early this month. tigation on Monday. Communal clashes had broken out in her policy of “bringing cow belt mistakes but it will yield noresult. No drug peddlers either in the NCB Unconfirmed reports had Alleged drug peddler Anuj Roy's name appeared in the sup- northeast Delhi on February 24 after politics to Bengal.” amount of measures will pacify the or in judicial custody for vary- earlier said that during the Keswani was arrested by the plementary charge sheet filed by the violence between supporters of the The new scheme will entail a dejected Hindu voters because they ing periods. course of her prolonged ques- NCB after Kaizan Ebrahim police in connection with the Delhi’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act and monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 and have known her true face. They will Talking to media persons tioning by the NCB ahead of her disclosed his name. Kaizan Northeast riots. “Though Dewan has those against the legislation spiralled free housing for more than 8,000 not be fooled by her anymore. She here, NCB’s deputy director arrest on September 8, actress Ebrahim had reportedly told not mentioned in the charge sheet, the out of control, leaving at least 53 peo- poor Sanatan Brahmin priests of will have to go out of power in the (operations) KPS Malhotra said: Rhea Chakraborty had report- the investigators that Anuj two were part of a WhatsApp group ple dead and around 200 injured. Bengal. coming elections.” “There has been an issue that edly told the investigators that Keshwani was his supplier of “We had earlier provided land to Congress Lok Sabha leader and whether the name of Sara, actress Sara Ali Khan and Rakul narcotic drugs. Keswani and the Sanatan Brahmin sect to set up PCC president Adhir Chowdhury Simone and Rakul surfaced Preet, designer Simone Kaizan were among the ten an academy at Kolaghat. Many priests said “when she announced stipend during the investigation…the Khambatta, Sushant's friend persons initially arrested in in this sect are financially weak. We for the Imams after coming to power answer to that is yes”. and former manager Rohini connection with the drug case have decided to help them by pro- the Congress had protested saying it However, Malhotra has- Iyer and filmmaker Mukesh registered by the NCB. The viding them with an allowance of Rs was a way to divide the people. Now tened to add that the NCB had Chhabra consumed narcotics other arrested accused in the 1,000 per month and also free hous- she is again assuming the same path not prepared any list of substances. case are Rhea Chakraborty, ing under the state government’s this time by trying to appease the Bollywood personalities as had Meanwhile, seven arrested her brother Showik, Abbas housing scheme,” the Chief Minister Brahmins so that the Hindu voters been reported in a section of the drug peddlers and dealers – Lakhani, Karan Arora, Zaid said. are divided vertically. But people are media. “There have been ques- arrested by the NCB in the Vilatra, Abdel Basit Parihar, Congratulating the Hindi speak- conscious this time and they will read tions whether the NCB has pre- Sushant death-related drug Samuel Miranda and Dipesh ing population on Hindi Diwas she through her tricks.” pared a list of 25 Bollywood per- case—were remanded in the Sawant. said Bengal was a place for the peo- CPI(M) Legislature Party leader sonalities. The answer to that is NCB or judicial custody for During the 19-long hours ple of all religions, languages and Sujan Chakrabarty said “Mamata no,” Malhotra said. varying periods by a Mumbai of grilling carried out during a sects, adding the Government would Banerjee has a dirty habit of playing As many as 16 persons have court on Monday. span of three days that led to soon set up a Hindi Academy and a one section of voters against the so far been arrested in the While an arrested drug ped- her arrest on September 8, Dalit Sahitya Academy. other. By dividing the voters she Sushant Singh Raput death- dler Anuj Keswani, arrested by Rhea reportedly admitted that “We respect all languages. We wants to win the elections… she talks related drug case registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau, she had procured drugs for have decided to form a new Hindi of secularism and condemns com- the NCB. Actress Rhea was sent to judicial custody by Sushant through her currently Academy. We have also decided to set munalism in public. But if this is not Chakraborty and her brother the court till September 23, arrested brother Showik up a Dalit Sahitya Academy. Dalits’ playing communal card then what is? Showik are two of the arrested three others - Karamjeet Singh Chakraborty, that she had languages have influence on the She is competing with the BJP in accused in the case. Anand, Dwayne Fernandes, and acknowledged that she knew Bengali language” she said. communal politics instead of dealing A descendent of the Tagore Ankush Anreja – who were about Samuel purchasing drugs Reacting to her decision to woo with unemployment problem, price and Pataudi families, Sara (25) arrested during the weekend, for the actor from drug peddler the priests at the fag end of her rule rise, rising law and order prob- is the daughter of actor Saif Ali were remanded in NCB custody Zaid Vilatra and that she had senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha said lems…. This only proves that theBJP Khan and his first wife Amrita till September 23. accepted that she had accept- “this is another mark of Mamata and TMC are two sides of the same Singh and grand-daughter of In addition, three others - ed drug-related WhatsApp Banerjee’s votebank politics… soon coin. late Indian cricket captain MAK Sanket Patel, Sandeep Gupta and chats between her and others FROM PAGE 1

its democratic ethos,” Modi said. 63.07 lakhs were shifted to various desti- Taank -- who is the owner of Black’s SESSION STARTS ON “We all know that Harivansh Ji hails nations in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Gym, which has 16 branches across the SUBDUED NOTE from Jai Prakash ji’s village Sitabdiara,” said Pradesh and other States. As per the World National Capital Region -- said his gym Modi. Bank report in April this year, the nation- would be opened after three-four days as “In one voice, one pledge and one feel- Bihar has been the “land of India’s wide lockdown, which started on March 25, they were sanitising the place and making ing, we will send out a message to the sol- democratic system”, Modi said. “I believe has impacted the livelihood of nearly 40 mil- preparations. diers that we are with them,” the Prime that Harivansh Ji will take forward this lega- lion internal migrants. Small traders, hawk- “We will have thermal check-up for cus- Minister said. cy,” he added. ers and daily wage labourers were the worst tomers as soon as they (customers) will enter Reacting to Modi’s ‘expectations’ from Terming Singh an “outstanding umpire hit by the lockdown in April, comprising the gym and a facility for sanitisation of the Opposition, Congress leader Shashi who belongs to all sides of the aisle”, the 91.2 million of the jobs lost from the total shoes,” he said. “After entering the gym, cus- Tharoor was quoted by a news agency as say- Prime Minister said he has “conducted pro- loss of 121.5 million in that month. tomers will have to place red tags on the ing , “There is no doubt that all of us stand ceedings in an impartial manner”. According to the Centre for Monitoring machines they will use and then our house- with the soldiers. However, the Government “The respect I hold for Harivansh ji, Indian Economy (CMIE), about 21 million keeping staff will place green tags on them should tell Parliament what is the situation each member of the House shares. He has salaried employees lost their jobs during after they are sanitised.” on the border.” Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha earned this respect. His unbiased role in the April-August, with about 3.3 million jobs Taank said his gym had an area of 2,000 sitting will be held in two shifts for 18 days Parliament strengthens our democracy,” the being lost in August and 4.8 million in July. square feet and only eight people would be without any offs. Entry will only be allowed Prime Minister added. allowed at a time, adding that they were to those having a negative Covid-19 report Naidu who earlier announced a new developing an application that would be and wearing masks will be compulsory. team of Vice Chairpersons, wished KALYAN SINGH TESTS mandatory for the customers. In run-up to the session, while over 4,000 Harivansh for being elected second time as POSITIVE “Through the app, they will be able to people including MPs and staff have been Deputy Chairman of the House. book their slots. Each workout slot will be tested for Covid-19, most parliamentary Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Gomti Nagar, 57 in Indiranagar, 46 at of 90 minutes’ duration, out of which 75 operations have been digitalised, entire Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad welcomed Rae Bareli road, 39 in Mahanagar, 37 in minutes will be for the workout and the premises sanitised and doors made touch- Harivansh’s re-election and said “we hope Alambagh 35 in Ashiyana, 32 in Aliganj, 29 remaining 15 minutes will be utilized by our free. The Rajya Sabha will convene in morn- that the Deputy Chairperson will see us as in Cantonment, 28 each in Chowk, staff to sanitise the equipment before the ing shift from 9 am till 1 pm, and the Lok equals”. Talkatora and Vikas Nagar, 27 in Madiaon, next slot,” he said. Sarfraz Sartaj of Paradise Sabha in evening shift from 3 pm to 7 pm. “This is the second time Harivansh 21 in Jankipuram, 19 in Thakurganj, 18 in Gym at Geeta Colony said they had start- The chambers of both Houses along with Singh has been elected as the deputy chair- Gudamba, 17 in Gomti Nagar Extension, 15 ed renovation in the facility and would be their respective galleries will be used for sit- man of the House. I congratulate him. He in Sushant Golf City, 13 in Sarojininagar, and opening it by the end of this week. ting of the members in each shift. In has been just to members of all parties,” said 12 each in Krishnanagar and Kakori. “We have prepared a detailed process between the two shifts, the entire complex Azad. As many as 855 COVID-19 patients that will be followed. We will only allow 10 will be sanitised. TMC member Derek O Brein said that recovered in Lucknow during the past 24 people at a time,” the 36-year-old gym train- Frequent sanitisation of the entire Harivansh is the fortunate one of belong- hours. With this 29,972 coronavirus infect- er said. “Every machine will be sanitised Parliament complex will also be carried out, ing to two pillars of the democracy, leg- ed people have been cured in the city and after every single use. There will be masks, while arrangements have been made to sani- islative now and earlier media which is at present 9,676 active cases are undergo- gloves, and sanitisation of shoes is also tise various parliamentary papers as well as counted as the fourth pillar. ing treatment. mandatory.” “The time was very tough. Only footwear and cars of MPs, officials said. The Opposition did not press for vot- Meanwhile, 5,208 fresh coronavirus we know how we managed to survive dur- Frisking of people will also make way for ing as many non-NDA parties did not com- positive cases were reported across the state, ing the lockdown. Now, we have got hope,” touch-less security scanning, while thermal mit support to Jha, while parties like YSR taking the tally to 3,17,195. Sartaj said. scanning will also be totally touch-free. Congress and BJD announced support to There were 62 COVID-19 deaths in the Prakash Kumar, owner of Iron Champ It has also been decided that air of air the NDA nominee. The Telangana Rashtra state, pushing the toll to 4,491 on Monday gym at Dilshad Colony, echoed Sartaj on the conditioners will be exchanged six times Samiti had announced it will abstain. evening. As many as 5,932 COVID-19 situation they faced during the lockdown. every day to avoid any possible infection. The patients recovered in the last 24 hours. With He said the gym would be opened this week DRDO has provided multi-utility Covid-19 this, 2,45,417 infected persons have been and all arrangements had been made. kits to all MPs. Each kit contains 40 dispos- NO DATA ON MIGRANTS’ cured and at present 67,287 active cases are “Only five-seven people will be allowed able masks, five N-95 masks, 20 bottles of DEATHS, JOB... undergoing treatment across the state. for an hour. Customers have been asked to sanitisers of 50 ml each, face shields, 40 pairs carry their own water bottle, towel, mask of gloves, a touch-free hook to open and close Over 1.04 crore migrant workers and gloves,” Kumar said. doors without touching them, herbal sani- returned to their respective home states dur- GYM, YOGA ENTHUSIASTS Parveen Yadav (41) of Champion Gym tation wipes and tea bags to enhance immu- ing the lockdown with Uttar Pradesh top- STRETCH AFTER MONTHS at Tri Nagar, said the machines had to be nity. ping the list with 32.4 lakh workers, followed serviced again as there was rust all over and by Bihar (15 lakh) and Rajasthan (13 lakh), In an order issued late on Sunday night, the wiring also needed to be fixed. “Running the Ministry informed Parliament. the DDMA said gymnasiums and yoga a gym in current situation will be difficult JD(U)’S... More than 4,611 Shramik Special trains institutes would be permitted to reopen, as the number of customers has reduced and “Harivansh ji is a torchbearer of democ- were run by the Railways since May 1 to except in the containment zones, with you have to increase the fee to survive and racy, hailing from Bihar, a land known for ferry migrants to their home states and over immediate effect. bear all the expanses,” Yadav added. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 nation 07 Parliament must send message country stands by soldiers: PM PNS n NEW DELHI larly in this session, has one more crucial responsibility .. rime Minister Narendra just like the faith with which they Bills on farmers’ income, co-op PModi on Monday hoped (soldiers) are standing , deter- Parliament’s green signal to two that Parliament will send out a mined to protect motherland , unanimous and strong mes- Parliament and all its members banks under RBI introduced sage to soldiers on the Line of too will send out a message in Actual Control (LAC) facing unanimous voice, spirit and medical education system Bills Chinese aggression that the resolve that the country stands Minimum Support Price er farmers to enter into farm- country was solidly standing in support of them,” Modi said. PNS n NEW DELHI proposes a teacher’s eligibility posed laws will help in better PNS n NEW DELHI (MSP) and is aimed at business ing agreements with private behind its bravehearts. "In one voice, one pledge test to assess the standard of administration of homeopathy houses’ entry in the agriculture players prior to the production Modi, who was talking to and one feeling, we will send out arliament on Monday gave teachers before appointment and Indian system of medi- mid stiff protest from the sector. The Opposition has for sale of agri-produce, said newspersons in the Parliament a message to the soldiers that we Pthe green signal to two bills and promotions. cines. AOpposition, which accused alleged that the Centre brought Tomar. He said the bill will help premises on the opening day of are with them," the Prime that propose a medical educa- The National Commission The proposed legislations the Centre of “encroaching” on in the legislations without con- the farmers as they are unable the Monsoon session, asserted Minister said. tion system aiming to improve for Indian System of Medicine promote equitable and uni- State subjects, the Government sulting the states under whose to invest much in their farm that sending an unambiguous Reacting to Modi’s `expec- access to quality and affordable Bill bill will replace the Central versal healthcare that encour- on Monday introduced bills on domain 'agriculture' and 'man- and do not attract investments message was “legislature’s crucial tations` from the opposition, medical education by ensuring Council for Indian Medicine ages community health per- price assurance to farmers and dis' come. from others. responsibility”. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor availability of adequate and that regulates alternative sys- spective and make services of regulation of co-operative "Such a law can only be Congress MP Shashi The Congress moved an was quoted by a news agency as high quality homoeopathy and tems of medicine and has pro- such medical professionals banks by RBI in the Lok Sabha. brought by State Governments. Tharoor said, "It is beyond the adjournment motion on the saying , "There is no doubt that Indian system of medicine pro- vision for constituting accessible to all citizens, the Defending the two bills Through this bill, the centre legislative competence of this border face-off and sought the all of us stand with the soldiers. fessionals across the country. autonomous boards for pro- government has said. on the farm sector, Agricultural will nullify Agricultural house to enact any law on agri- government to detail the status However, the government Cleared by the Rajya Sabha viding Ayurveda education They promote national Minister Narendra Singh Produce Market Committee culture, which is a domain of on the LAC. The opposition should tell Parliament what is in 2019, the Lok Sabha paved among others. health goals, encourage medical Tomar said they will help the (APMC) law enacted by vari- the state governments.” also wants a discussion on the the situation on the border." the way for passage of the With the nod from the professionals to adopt the lat- farmers get a remunerative ous state governments," Parliamentary Affairs Minister issue. The Congress attempted The Prime Minister had in National Commission for lower house, the two proposed est medical research in their price for their produce as well Chowdhury said. Prahlad Joshi objected to his to raise the issue but could not the first all party meeting after Homoeopathy Bill and the legislations mean that they are work and to contribute to as private investments and Agriculture Minister remarks that the bills violated proceed with it in the Lok the ‘Galwan’ clash on June 15 National Commission for set to become laws after getting research with an objective, peri- technology. Responding to the Tomar, while introducing the the basic tenets of federalism Sabha. Leader of Congress in the between Indian army and Indian System of Medicine formal approval from President odic and transparent assess- charges of Opposition, Finance bills to replace the 'The Farmers' enshrined in India's Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chinese soldiers, trying to sneak Bill. Ram Nath Kovind. ment of medical institutions. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Produce Trade And Commerce Constitution. Chowdhury and party leader K in Indian territory in East of The National Commission Some opposition members The bills facilitate mainte- said the regulation bill is (Promotion And Facilitation) Responding to volley of Suresh gave adjournment Ladakh, maintained that there for Homoeopathy, Bill, 2018, protested against the bill, say- nance of a medical register of intended to protect the depos- Ordinance, 2020 and 'The objections on the new banking notices over the issue of Chinese was no incursion in the Indian aims to replace the Central ing the Centre needed to homeopathy and Indian system itors in co-operative banks and Farmers (Empowerment and regulation bill which bring co- incursion in Eastern Ladakh. side of the LAC. The Congress- Council for Homoeopathy, undertake wider consultation. of medicine and enforce high nothing to intervene on the Protection) Agreement on Price operative banks under RBI India and China have been led opposition wants govern- which is the current regulato- Union Health Minister ethical standards in all aspects state’s acts related to the banks. Assurance and Farm Services supervision, Sitharaman engaged in a standoff since ment to clarify in the light of ry body for homoeopathy. It Harsh Vardhan said the pro- of medical services. Leader of Congress Adhir Ordinance, said that almost 86 detailed the bad financial posi- April-May over the transgres- demands that China restore the Ranjan Chowdhury and TMC per cent of farmers have agri- tion of many co-operative sions by the Chinese Army in status quo ante on the LAC. leader Saugata Roy accused cultural land of less than two banks and she said the bill is multiple areas on the LAC. Modi also expressed grati- the Centre of intervening in hectares and they are often focusing on protection of the The Lok Sabha was tude towards the parliamentar- Agriculture which is a State unable to benefit from mini- depositors. The new Bill — The adjourned for an hour, shortly ians for choosing duty over Subject. Many Opposition MPs mum support price (MSPs). To Banking Regulation after it met, on Monday follow- Covid-19. Speaker expunges TMC MP’s remark pointed out the ongoing agita- specific questions raised by (Amendment) Bill 2020 — to ing obituary references and " I congratulate and thank tions of farmers in Punjab, MPs, Minister assured the protect the depositors of Urban offering tributes to former mem- them (MPs) for choosing duty Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and House that the MSP will stay. Cooperative Banks (UCBs) bers. over Covid-19 threat. Because of about Finance Minister Sitharaman Chhattisgarh against the bill. The ordinances seek to and Multi State Cooperative The Prime Minister stated this, the budget session was Chowdhury said that these provide barrier-free trade for Banks (MSCBs) and not inter- categorically that the parlia- curtailed and this session we PNS n NEW DELHI Pralhad Joshi demanded an bills are not mentioning about farmers' produce outside noti- fering into the State Laws, she mentarians will send out a mes- have change of timings for both unconditional apology from the current system of fied farm mandis, and empow- said. sage of their unequivocal sup- houses. In fact, Saturdays and ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Roy. “Commenting on per- port to brave ‘jawans’ facing Sundays are also working days. Lon Monday expunged the sonal attire...Being a senior hardships on the border. There would be many important controversial personal remark member, what is he talking,” he “The entire Parliament issues that will be discussed. The made by Trinamool Congress asked. “He should apologise stands with the brave soldiers of more we debate and make it MP Saugata Roy about Union unconditionally. It is an insult the country with one voice. I vibrant and detailed, more fruit- Finance Minister Nirmala to womenfolk.” Ravi Kishan raises drug-Bollywood link believe that Parliament and all ful it will be for the country and Sitharaman even as the BJP However, Roy said he did PNS n NEW DELHI The MP also praised the route. The youth of the country its members will give out a very parliament," he said. MPs demanded an uncondi- not believe he had said any- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) are becoming victims to it," Ravi strong message”, the Prime Modi reiterated his caution tional apology from him. thing unparliamentary. ctor and BJP Member of for its probe into the Sushant Kishan said. Terming the issue Minister said before the start of in the pandemic situation and Roy drawing a comparison The Speaker said that he AParliament from Gorakhpur, Singh Rajput death case which is "very serious", the MP urged the the session. asked everyone to be careful and with India’s economy and will look into the records and Ravi Kishan on Monday raised turning increasingly contro- Centre for strict action in the He also mentioned that the be safe. "Jab tak dawai nahi, tab Sitharaman’s hair led to a heat- expunge the remarks if need- the issue of drugs in Lok Sabha versial and allegedly politicised. matter. Speaking about drug- situations are set to become tak dhilai Nahi. (No carelessness ed exchange between the only Saugata Roy could listen ed, urging the MPs to contin- and demanded a detailed probe "Huge amount of drugs is related arrests in the Sushant tougher due to the onset of win- till there is a vaccine). Hope we Treasury Bench and instead of making remarks on ue with the debate on the into the alleged nexus between being supplied in the country Singh Rajput case, he said that ters that marks heavy snowfall will be able to relieve the world Opposition MPs. other factors.” introduction of Banking Bollywood and drug mafia. He from China and Pakistan. The the NCB is doing a great job. on the border area. of this misery," the Prime Replying to the TMC MPs’ BJP MPs and Regulation (Amendment) Bill, said that Bollywood is addicted drug game is being played Strict action is needed to bust the “This Parliament, particu- Minister said. remarks, Sitharaman said, “If Parliamentary Affairs Minister 2020 to drugs. through the Punjab and Nepal drug network, he added. 92% Covid patients BK Goyal in 5 days ED diagnosed with mild remand in PMLA case PNS n NEW DELHI cheating, using forged docu- ments as genuine and criminal complications he Enforcement conspiracy. TDirectorate (ED) on Investigation under PMLA health sector is under consid- Monday arrested the kingpin of revealed that accused Mahesh 5.8% need oxygen eration. This includes invest- trade-based money laundering along with others had incor- ment in research, healthcare BK Goyal and secured a five- porated several shell companies therapy, 1.7% and public health infrastruc- day remand from a designated and firms and opened bank intensive care, says ture, with particular focus on court in Visakhapatnam in accounts with various banks in pandemic management. connection with the ongoing the names of those compa- Union Health Min The health minister told probe in the money laundering nies/firms and remitted huge MPs that 13 clinical trials of case. amounts of Foreign Outward PNS n DELHI repurposed drugs and har- Goyal is suspected to have Remittances equivalent to R nessing of traditional knowl- been involved in outward 1,500 crore to various compa- n India, 92 per cent of Covid- edge using the modern medi- remittances of Rs 1,500 crore to nies in Singapore, China and I19 patients got only a mild cine approach are building a destinations like China, Hong Hong Kong in the guise of form of the disease while about portfolio of therapeutic options Kong and Singapore. import of non-existent 'cus- 5.8 per cent patients required for Covid-19 patients. “Accused Bhimender tomised software', it said. oxygen therapy and 1.7 per cent “Phase 2 clinical trial of Kumar Goyal has been arrest- Mahesh admitted that he needed intensive care, Union immunomodulator Sepsivac ed by ED in connection with an had remitted foreign remit- Health Minister Dr Harsh has been completed success- ongoing PMLA investigation in tances to companies in Vardhan told the Lok Sabha fully. Phase 2 clinical trial of the which he is the kingpin of an Singapore, Hong Kong and Monday on the opening day of first-ever phytopharmaceuti- International trade-based China at the instructions of the Monsoon Session. cal ACQH is under way. One money laundering network Goyal. While claiming that the 24 prophylactic trial of used to send compensatory Investigation also revealed State Government buses parked at a depot at Salt Lake during Unlock 4.0, in Kolkata on Monday PTI photo March decision to impose the Aswagandha and three trials of hawala payments abroad for that Goyal is a habitual smug- harshest lockdown in the world Guduchi + Pippali; importing under-valued goods gler who has several pending prevented 14-29 lakh cases Yashtimadhu; and polyherbal into India,” the ED said in a cases against him with and 37,000-78,000 deaths, the AYUSH drug (AYUSH-64) are statement. Directorate of Revenue Police get 10-day custody of Umar in UAPA case Minister said that around 13 planned on moderately ill The ED had initiated inves- Intelligence (DRI) and cus- states in the country are report- Covid-19 patients,” Dr Harsh tigation under Prevention of toms department for evasion of STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI stones were collected at ing the maximum number of Vardhan said. Money Laundering Act customs duty for import of DELHI RIOTS numerous homes, FIR claimed. coronavirus cases on daily “Globally, there are around (PMLA) on the basis of FIR under-valued goods and out- Delhi Court on Monday Co-accused Danish was basis. 145 candidate vaccines in pre- registered by Andhra Pradesh right smuggling of goods into Asent former JNU scholar sent before Additional Sessions booked for the offences of allegedly given the responsi- Even as on Monday, the clinical evaluation and cur- Police against Vaddi Mahesh India, it further said. Umar Khalid to 10 days Delhi Judge Amitabh Rawat through sedition, murder, attempt to bility to gather people from two total number of Covid-19 cases rently 35 vaccines in clinical and others on the complaint of Goyal was the mastermind Police custody on Monday. video conferencing. Khalid was murder, promoting enmity different places to take part in in India stood at 48,46,427 with trial. In India, a major focus has the Income Tax Department and on his instructions a com- Khalid who was also involved arrested on Sunday night in the between different groups on the riots, police alleged. 79,722 deaths, Dr Harsh been on facilitating the devel- under Indian Penal Code plex network of shell compa- in students politics in case. grounds of religion and rioting. Women and children were Vardhan said that the country opment of Covid-19 vaccine. Sections relating to cheating, nies and firms was created by Jawaharlal Nehru University, While presenting Khalid Khalid had allegedly given made to block the roads under has now moved from ‘manag- More than 30 vaccine candi- forgery, forgery for purpose of Mahesh. was arrested on Sunday under before the court police said that provocative speeches at two dif- the Jafrabad metro station on ing travel-related cases’ to con- dates have been supported the stringent anti-terror law Khalid needed to be confront- ferent places and appealed to February 23 to create tension taining clusters and large out- which are in different stages of Unlawful Activities ed with a huge amount of the citizens to come out on amidst the neighbourhood breaks due to local transmis- development, 3 candidates are (Prevention) Act, registered in data. streets and block the roads dur- people, FIR said. sion to wide spread of infection in advanced stage of Phase Saptagir Laboratories signs the wake of communal vio- In the First Information ing the visit of US President Communal clashes had to urban, peri-urban and rural I/II/III trials and more than 4 lence in northeast Delhi in Report (FIR), police have Donald Trump to spread pro- broken out in northeast Delhi areas. are in advanced pre-clinical February that had claimed 53 claimed that the communal paganda at international level on February 24 after violence “This would require con- development stage,” he said. Remdesivir manufacturing deal lives and left scores injured. violence was a "premeditated about how minorities in India between citizenship law sup- certed effort by the Government The Covid-19 Bio-reposi- Delhi Police on Monday conspiracy" which was alleged- are being tortured, the FIR porters and protesters spiralled with people’s participation to tories have collected more than with Jubilant Generics had sought 10-day custody of ly hatched by Khalid and two alleged. out of control leaving at least 53 prevent large scale morbidity 40,000 samples for use by former JNU student leader others. In this conspiracy, firearms, people dead and around 200 and mortality,” he added. researchers developing diag- PNS n NEW DELHI a course of treatment for covid- Umar Khalid. Khalid was pre- They have also been petrol bombs, acid bottles and injured. “Many of the epidemio- nostics, therapeutics and vac- 19. Gilead entered into a non- logical parameters such as cines. The health minister also yderabad-based Saptagir exclusive licensing agreement mode of transmission, sub- spoke about the shift in focus HLaboratories, part of the with Jubilant Life Sciences for clinical infection, period of from only Covid to other non- `900 crore Saptagir Group, on distribution to 127 countries. virus shedding, role of immu- Covid diseases such as tuber- Monday announced a pact with Following this, Jubilant Life Andhra bus driver held for hitting wife with dumb-bell nity etc. are still being culosis and malaria, which Jubilant Generics- a Jubilant Life Sciences through its subsidiary Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh): An Andhra drunk late in the night and picked up a researched. Once a person is ended up being partially Sciences company, to manufac- Jubilant Generics has entered Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation quarrel with his wife over his drinking. exposed to the infection, the neglected during the lockdown. ture intermediates and Active an exclusive agreement with driver has been arrested for battering his "When Madhavi objected, he hit her with disease may develop anytime “Equally crucial is to main- Pharmaceutical Ingredient Saptagir Laboratories to man- wife with a dumb-bell in Indrapalem vil- a dumb-bell in a fit of rage," police between 1 and 14 days. The tain the success achieved in (API) for intravenous adminis- ufacture Remdesivir. lage in East Godavari district, police said said.The incident came to light when one main symptoms of Covid are management of reproductive tered drug Remdesivir. Currently, Remdesivir is on Monday."Thangedi Srinivas was arrest- of the couple's daughters recorded the fever, cough, and difficulty in maternal and child health, vac- The drug will be produced the only drug that has received ed for the assault on his wife Madhavi on attack on her mobile phone and posted it breathing,” the Minister told cine preventable diseases, non- at its Hyderabad World Health an Emergency Use September 4 night. on the social media.Madhavi later went for the House. communicable diseases, tuber- Organization (WHO) GMP Authorization from the US He is currently in remand," a police treatment to a government hospital where Dr Harsh Vardhan also culosis, vector borne diseases certified sterile drug product health regulator, and has been official told IANS.Police had registered a the medical staff informed police."We have said expenditure finance mem- such as Kala Azar and Malaria. manufacturing plant, acquired approved for emergency use in case under Sections 498A and 324 of the registered a case on the basis of a medico- orandum of Rs 65,560.98 crore Hence, there is an increased at an investment of `75 crore. countries such as Singapore, Indian Penal Code, to which they later legal report," police said.Madhavi, dis- under the Prime Minister thrust for managing non-Covid Remdesivir is an experi- India, Japan, Europe, and added Section 307, based on Madhavi's charged from hospital on September 5 after Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat essential services,” the minister mental antiviral drug devel- Australia, for the treatment of statement.Srinivas, 42, had come home treatment, is doing fine. Yojana for strengthening the said. oped by Gilead Sciences, Inc. as covid-19. LUCKNOW I TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Dissenter as enemy What was the rush to list the names of Opp leaders, academics and Seven years of motherhood civil society activists in a supplementary chargesheet on Delhi riots? he problem with today’s narratives is that they are premised on half-truths or myth-making to Sonia Gandhi will have to accept that the era of supine partymen is over; the high Tset off a wildfire so rabid that it gulps reason, which is seen as an enemy of the State rather than command has been called to account. Only a split can save the Gandhi leadership its victim. And this is being done with such regulari- ty that thinking minds and civil society are becoming targets of a witch-hunt for daring to dissent or chal- lenge the established order of things. The brutality of targetting is even more evident as names uncomfort- able to the establishment are red-marked while provo- cateurs friendly to it are blatantly overlooked and spared. What else can explain the Delhi Police’s purported fum- bling over the revelations of the February riots, one that saw a motivated leaking of infor- mation that noted civil society activists figured in a supplementary chargesheet based SANDHYA JAIN on disclosures of the accused. While it may have claimed that disclosure was not the sole basis of further action, and needed to be backed up by corroborative evidence, onia Gandhi’s consistency and determination are cross-checking and information, why list their names in the first place then? That too admirable. A firm believer in of people, who are not capable of any criminal activity ever? Also, the simultaneous dynasty as a legitimising prin- Sciple in politics, she first made her insistence that the disclosure by three students, who were accused of fomenting trou- son the party vice-president in ble, was “truthful” and not coerced made no bones about the intent to demonise dis- January 2013, thus indicating her sent. And protect the hate-mongering of ruling party leaders like Anurag Thakur and intent, and in December 2017, Kapil Mishra, the latter’s “goli maaro” equivalent to a war cry of prejudice. So it is that despite a dismal performance in the 2014 general elections, anointed him CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury was labelled as an instigator for representing an ideo- as Congress president. This was logical polarity. Economist and professor Jayati Ghosh was mentioned as a more than accomplished with fulsome support oblique slight to the intelligentsia and Swaraj Abhiyan activist Yogendra Yadav was cir- from the rank and file, including cled out for speaking out on rights of students to protest. The message is clear, there veterans. For a while things seemed to be going well and the party, is a threatening shadow over anybody who chooses to exercise the Constitutional right advised by the now defunct consul- to free speech, ask questions, protest in a democratic spirit or hold a divergent politi- tancy firm, Cambridge Analytica, cal view. Why this move is loaded and dangerous is because there is nothing that sep- won Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh League to return to Parliament Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ambika further dismayed the dissidents. and Chhattisgarh in quick succes- would have convinced the stal- Soni, and former Finance Former minister Kapil Sibal arates the protester from the rioter, the dissenter from the conspirator, the debater from sion in 2018. warts that he cannot lead Minister P Chidambaram, who lamented, “Nomination seems to the disruptor and equates them at the same level. It is also a comment on society that Matters went south only with Congress out of the electoral has been elevated from perma- be the rule and election is not one has to be a qualified conformist than being an educated commentator. Anyway, Rahul Gandhi’s impulsive resigna- wilderness. He cannot win from nent invitee, a surprising move. even an exception.” The dissi- tion from the post of party president Wayanad again, or from Rae THE BENEFICIARIES The invitees include Digvijay dents told the media that the the line between fact and fiction on the riots has blurred with too many ground truths after the resounding Lok Sabha Bareli, if his mother withdraws OF THIS RESHUFFLE Singh, Salman Khurshid, Jairam changes made by the interim held back from the public domain. Disproportionately though, the Government narra- defeat of 2019; his refusal to with- from the arena. Ramesh, Pramod Tiwari and president “do not in any way” tive of stereotyping the riots as another volatile expression of communal angst has been draw it despite the customary At the CWC, as no one INCLUDE RAHUL Chinta Mohan, all of whom will address the concerns listed in the appeals; and Sonia Gandhi’s pro- asked the Wayanad MP to return, gladly rally behind Rahul August 7 letter and will not revive gaining ground. longed stay as interim president, Sonia Gandhi realised there was GANDHI LOYALISTS Gandhi. the party. In fact, many new per- The Delhi Police is capable of conducting a sound probe but appears to be under with no resolution in sight. This no time to lose in reinstating AND ARE MEANT TO Jitin Prasada has also been sons joined their stock-taking pressure to “manage” a certain narrative so that courts have very little to deliberate on. forced 23 veterans, doubtless backed Rahul Gandhi at the helm. Her given charge of party affairs in meeting on September 12, 2020, by many others, to demand a visi- first moves, on August 27, indi- SMOOTHEN HIS West Bengal and Andaman and which augurs ill for Sonia Certainly, nothing could be a bigger travesty of justice. And if the Delhi Police looks ble and effective leadership that is cated her resolve: Jairam Ramesh Nicobar Islands, possibly in an Gandhi’s authoritarian control of toothless, one would dread to imagine what happens in the State police forces of Uttar accessible to stalwarts and does not was appointed chief whip (Rajya ASCENSION AS HE attempt to woo back the disaf- the party. Pradesh and Haryana, where the ruling party sentiment will sit in judgment on the right function by diktat delivered via a Sabha), Gaurav Gogoi deputy fected cronies of Rahul Gandhi. Observers note that the ben- tiny caucus. leader and Ravneet Singh Bittu LACKS ELECTORAL However, Ghulam Nabi Azad eficiaries of this reshuffle include to protest. Can the Delhi Police, being an elite and professional law-keeping force in The Congress Working whip (Lok Sabha), and Ahmad and Mallikarjun Kharge have Rahul Gandhi loyalists such as the country, yet pass the litmus test of the riots case? Already as a purveyor of the offi- Committee (CWC) that met on Patel and KC Venugopal includ- WORTH. BUT THE been removed as general secre- Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ajay cial narrative, it has had a tough job defending its “no-show” or “silence” during the August 24, 2020, to resolve matters ed in a committee that will FACT THAT NOTHING taries and Randeep Surjewala Maken and Jitendra Singh, violence at JNU and the targetted mayhem in the riots. Its passivity has raised ques- revealed that the Gandhi family’s decide Congress’s strategy in (Karnataka), Jitendra Singh amongst others, and the sole pur- principal concern was to retain its Parliament. HAS BEEN DONE TO (Assam) and Tariq Anwar pose is to smoothen the way for tions on its institutional integrity and loyalty to its role ordained by the Constitution. That, grip over the party. The myth that Then, one day before going (Kerala and Lakshadweep) the Wayanad MP to become too, at a time when there are too many eyewitnesses, live accounts and video footage. Sonia Gandhi had “fought like a abroad for a medical check-up, ADDRESS THE inducted. Others retained as Congress president after Sonia For example, there is little doubt that an unruly mob beat up students in the JNU cam- tigress” against Rajiv Gandhi’s accompanied by the heir appar- general secretaries include Harish Gandhi returns. But the fact that becoming Prime Minister after the ent, Sonia Gandhi announced a IDEOLOGICAL Rawat (Punjab), Priyanka nothing has been done to address pus to leave too much of a grey area as to how events unfolded. Also, by the Government’s assassination of Indira Gandhi – sto- major reshuffle, tailored for LOPSIDEDNESS IN Gandhi Vadra (Uttar Pradesh), the ideological lopsidedness in own report and statistics, the minorities were the worst affected by the riots. Yet the ically maintained by the spin doc- Rahul Gandhi’s ascension. The Oommen Chandy (Andhra favour of minorities, and the police seems to have cracked down on those who fight for their justice. Then Lt Governor, tors despite the fact that Rajiv dissident veterans were upstaged, FAVOUR OF Pradesh), Ajay Maken inability to attract leaders who Gandhi was already a Congress MP at least for the present. The (Rajasthan), KC Venugopal can bring voters back to the Anil Baijal, as the Centre’s representative, overturned the Delhi Cabinet’s decision that for three years before that fatal day Central Election Authority MINORITIES AND (organisation). That few office grand old party, is weighing on had disbanded the panel of lawyers suggested by the Delhi Police from arguing in the – died with Sitaram Kesri’s ignoble (CEA) has been reconstituted to bearers have any electoral heft is the minds of many. Supreme Court and the High Court in the interest of a fair probe. The AAP Government, exit via a bathroom. Similarly, the conduct the election of the party THE INABILITY TO not a factor in this round. Checkmated by Sonia pretence that “power is poison” has president. Headed by The Congress has long del- Gandhi’s absence, the dissidents which has time and again insisted that the Delhi Police is not under its purview and did ended with the averment that it is Madhusudan Mistry, its mem- ATTRACT LEADERS egated authority to make have decided to focus on the not oppose it or the Home Ministry to which it reports despite public criticism during the elixir of political life. bers include Rajesh Mishra, WHO CAN BRING appointments to the top leader. Monsoon Session of Parliament the riots, rightly exercised its prerogative to suggest a transparent inquiry. It argued that Anand Sharma, deputy leader Krishna Byre Gowda, S Sonia Gandhi is unlikely to to corner the government on top- (Rajya Sabha), has explained how Jothimani and Arvinder Singh VOTERS BACK IS relinquish this power at a time ical issues and wait. In a sharp since the courts had already raised serious questions on the investigations done by the total drift and lack of introspec- Lovely (a letter writer). when the family is fighting for departure from Congress culture, the Delhi Police in the riots case and during students’ protests, the lawyers shouldn’t tion after the 2019 defeat, Rahul While letter signatories WEIGHING ON THE survival within the party. She they have not surrendered or be pro-Government. So against the Delhi Police’s proposal to appoint six senior lawyers, Gandhi’s insistence that no one from Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand announced a five-member spe- diluted their stance on any issue, the family should become president Sharma, Mukul Wasnik and Jitin MINDS OF MANY cial team to help her in day-to- and have even augmented their including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and ASG Aman Lekhi, as special counsel in and Sonia Gandhi’s tenure as inter- Prasada have been retained in the day matters till the next session strength. Sonia Gandhi will have the High Court and Supreme Court in 85 cases related to the riots and the anti-Citizenship im president ending on August 10, CWC, the demand for elections of the All India Congress to accept the fact that the era of (Amendment) Act protests, the Delhi Government wanted to field its own legal team. forced them to demand strategies to this body, as opposed to the Committee (AICC), to be held supine partymen is over; the high for revival. Although it has never practice of nominating members, within six months. It includes AK command has been called to Does this mean that the Centre is trying to dictate the course of the trial, investigation been stated publicly, Rahul Gandhi’s has been brushed aside. The 22- Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ambika account: only a split can save the and public perception? Or is it trying to justify the crackdown on the protesters and flight from Amethi, choice of member CWC includes former Soni, KC Venugopal, Randeep Gandhi leadership. label them as seditious? Therefore, it is all the more imperative for Delhi Police to set- Wayanad (Kerala) and total reliance Prime Minister Manmohan Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik. (The author is a senior jour- tle for nothing but the whole truth and uphold the rule of law fearlessly. For that is its on the Indian Union Muslim Singh, Rahul Gandhi, AK Naturally, these moves have nalist. Views are personal) mandate anyway that cannot be challenged by anybody. 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020 was supposed to be a big year for Japan with Cricketer Pakistan Prime Minister Congress leader Actor its capital Tokyo hosting the Summer Olympics —AB de Villiers —Imran Khan —Randeep Surjewala —Amitabh Bachchan 2but we all know how that went. Instead, as the year comes to a close, Japan finds itself with a new L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR Prime Minister after Shinzo Abe retires from politics for health reasons. Under Abe’s steady hand for almost Good move by NDA police to link Sitaram Yechury, a decade, a new Japan has emerged, one much more Restore democratic tradition of live questions Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, Apoorvanand and Rahul Roy to confident on the global scene. Something that has Sir — Prime Minister Narendra eptember 15 is the International Day of the Delhi riots and name them as proven to be very important as a bulwark to China’s Modi inaugurated three petrole- Democracy as in 2007 the United Nations General “co-conspirators.” I hate to say it increasingly assertive stance in the region. Abe’s lead- um sector projects in Bihar virtu- SAssembly voted to observe it as such. The word but I feel it is my obligation to put ally on September 13. This is a democracy is derived from two Latin words which on record that repressive measures ership has played a major role in Japan trying to rid great move by the Government to mean power and people. So, in effect, democracy like this incline us to think that we itself of the military guilt caused by actions it took in re-employ indigenous labourers means strength of the people. The Government of, are indeed going through an the first half of the 20th century. near their hometowns. The three for and by the people as a principal concept was cre- inglorious chapter in the nation’s plants, costing multiples of crores, ated by US President Abraham Lincoln. However, history. Implicit in the supplemen- Yoshihide Suga, the son of a strawberry farmer and Abe’s chief spokesperson for will be set up in the districts of these days democracy is in danger as Governments tary chargesheet is an attempt to the last few years, is the man handpicked by the outgoing leader to succeed him. While Durgapur, Champaran and all over the world are riding roughshod over it in the deny space for democratic protest. there is little doubt that Suga will stay the course, Abe’s great success, like Shinzo Koizumi, Banka. The liquefied petroleum guise of handling a major health emergency. Sad to say it has proved to those gas (LPG) bottling plant in Banka For instance, the Monsoon Session of the Indian of us, who thought that COVID- was keeping the various factions of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) at will help Bihar achieve its aim of Parliament session has begun and since it would be 19 may have instilled some sense bay. This is a party whose intense factionalism had led to a revolving door; between an Aatmanirbhar Bihar in the the first since the last Budget Session, there are bound for the larger interest of the people of the country. of realism and moderation in the Koizumi’s tenure ending in 2006 and Abe’s second term starting in 2012, Japan had cooking fuel sector. These plants to be a lot of questions that the Opposition wants to The representatives of the people in the Parliament Government, wrong. Hope the have been commissioned by ask of the Government. There are bound to be heat- have the right to question the Government, to hold pandemic makes us all realise our six Prime Ministers (including Abe himself for a year). Keeping the factions at bay while Indian Oil and HPCL under the ed arguments between the Opposition and Treasury it accountable for its work and its failures, and to guide common humanity. To say that pleasing the rank and file of the party, which preferred former defence minister Shigeru Ministry of Petroleum and Benches with regard to the lockdown, handling of the it through constructive criticism. It is what democ- the Government can make bla- Ishiba for the top job, was quite the feat. The fact that Suga was appointed as Prime Natural Gas. Coronavirus pandemic, the failing economy and the racy is all about. tantly unconditional laws based Minister without winning a popular mandate also rankles several politicians and ana- Bihar has always been a hub healthcare infrastructure, the poor GDP, growing job- The Government shying away from answering on discrimination but people of migrant labourers and as the lessness, GST compensation to the States, the India- these questions, by hiding behind the need to keep cannot protest against them is lysts although elections are likely to be called very soon. Japan has proven itself to be pandemic has left a number of China standoff. the session short due to the pandemic, does not speak anything but democracy. Any a strong, resurgent power and the Olympics were meant to highlight a new, more self- them jobless, this announcement Given that there are so many issues plaguing the well for the future of democracy in the country. political system refusing to allow confident nation. Its ties with the US are stronger than before and the nation has played is definitely good news for them. nation right now and the handling of these by the Hopefully, the Government will see the light of day dissent becomes a tyranny. The This will boost the petroleum sec- Government has been anything but competent, it is and restore the democratic tradition of Question Hour Shaheen Bagh protest was a piv- a key role in the creation of the ‘Quad’ with the US, Australia and until very recently, a tor in the State and will also open disheartening that the live questions in the Question to its full glory. otal anti-CAA movement that very reticent India. Abe’s personal friendship with Narendra Modi has seen a huge amount up new doors for investment in its Hour have been done away with by the Centre. It is Ashmit Aaron attracted the world’s attention of investment by Japanese firms in India, although tempered by India’s stop-start eco- backward regions. critical to have a debate around these sensitive issues Noida and unsettled the ruling dispen- Seeing such developments in sation. nomic growth. Suge is almost certain to keep the momentum of Japan’s new-found a backward and impoverished other States in search of employ- elections for political gains. High Allow dissent G David Milton military and economic confidence going and indeed no matter what happens in that State will indeed give a ray of hope ment in the current scenario of time a constructive policy is made Maruthancode country politically over the next few years, it has turned a corner under Abe and will not to distressed labourers. They will this pandemic. for backward States countrywide. Sir —All right-minded people now reconsider moving away Unfortunately, this step has Kavya Shah would unreservedly deplore and Send your feedback to: keep looking back at its past. from their families and roots to been taken in the backdrop of the Ujjain condemn the attempt by the [email protected] LUCKNOW I TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Voices of sanity POINTCOUNTERPOINT RIP. ANURAG KASHYAP! HE WAS YAMRAJ DROPPED ME HOME TODAY. HE SAID, IF YOU in the wilderness REALLY A GREAT STORYTELLER! WON'T MAKE FILMS, FOOLS WON'T GET TO BOYCOTT WE WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU, SIR! THEM, THEN THEIR LIVES WILL BE MEANINGLESS. Due to the efforts of AIH, UNICEF and intrepid —FILM CRITIC —FILM-MAKER SHG workers, an entire village in Dantewada is KR KHAN ANURAG KASHYAP free of its fears of immunisation Open doors for trade JAGANNATH KOMPELLA The Govt should shed its current protectionism. Instead, it should go for an open f interaction paves the way to heart-touching subjects, the per- son feels contentment and automatically ventilates with inner trade policy by slashing import duties and eliminating non-tariff barriers Ithoughts and feelings.” This quote of Elton Mayo, the father of human relations, got justification when the team of Alliance for Immunisation Health (AIH) interacted with Laxmi Kunjam, a Self-Help Group (SHG) member, who shared her diligent efforts for ensuring the immunisation of every child in her village at Koriras in Dantewada district, a project village affected by Maoists. The village posed a challenge to the Rural Health Organiser (RHO) because many new mothers were reluctant to get their infants immunised despite counselling. The reluctance was due to the prevailing myths and misconceptions that a child gets fever and develops other health issues after immunisation. However, this UTTAM GUPTA situation is changing slowly but surely as Kunjam, who was ori- ented and mobilised by the district coordinator during AIH inter- hile presenting the Union Budget for 2020- ventions, has been actively engaged in tracking the children, sen- 21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sitising the people on COVID-19, supporting the RHO during Village Whad renewed the commitment of the Modi Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) sessions and coordinating with Government to “Make in India.” She saw this as the other SHG groups in the village on various activities. most crucial component of the strategy to make Kunjam was encouraged by her husband, a school teacher, India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. To achieve to get involved in the village developmental efforts. After getting this, she targetted doubling of exports from the cur- orientation on Routine Immunisation (RI), hand-washing and rent over $500 billion to $1 trillion (that includes COVID-19 from Babita, the district coordinator of AIH, Kunjam an increase in farm exports from $40 billion to $100 billion). Faced with a whopping contraction in the was motivated and started associating with the RHO in every VHND Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by close to 25 per session and helped the ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) cent during the first quarter, a continuing slide dur- in bringing the children to the session for immunisation. She was ing the second quarter and projected decline for the linked with the Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) and RHO by Babita whole of the current year by 10 per cent-14.5 per and allowed to participate in the training programmes. The AIH cent, the $5 trillion target may have lost much of its THE LOGIC interventions, that are being handled by Babita, aim at ensuring sheen for now. Nonetheless, the Government has BEHIND THE immunisation and hand-washing at 24 hard-to-reach villages of other compelling reasons to pursue “Make in India” GOVERNMENT’S Dantewada and Bijapur districts, by engaging local institutions vigorously. First, the devastating impact of the CURRENT POLICY such as women SHGs and panchayat-level institutions. One of Corona pandemic on economies worldwide in par- ACTIONS IS AN the attempts of AIH includes the community engagement process ticular and the steep decline in the economy of China UNDERLYING (which accounts for a big chunk of imports by India. where it links the PRI members, SHGs, stakeholders such as tra- For instance, of the technical material that is used BELIEF ditional leaders, teachers, ASHAs, AWWs (Anganwadi Workers), for making end-use agrochemical products, 50 per THAT OUR ANMs (Auxiliary nurse midwife), elected representatives and so cent comes from China) have led to the disruption DOMESTIC there is an upward bias in their prices these external factors, which many a time South Korea, China (besides India) cov- on. Women SHGs serve as the main platform at villages for ini- of global supply chains. This has created pressure MARKET SHOULD which gets aggravated due to high taxes. offset the inherent competitive advantage ering 50 per cent of the global population tiating activities and they are reaping constructive results due to on India to go full blast for increasing its domestic BE RESERVED At present, these items are out of GST of firms by virtue of being strong on the and nearly 40 per cent of the world GDP. their close proximity with the communities. production and achieve self-sufficiency. EXCLUSIVELY FOR (Goods and Services Tax) which means internal front. Ideally, the Government From the same prism, it is reviewing It is in this drive that Kunjam, as a group member, was trained Second, the frequent changes in rules by the ‘MADE IN INDIA’ they continue to attract central excise duty should focus on removing these external existing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) by the AIH team, extensively on all the sections of immunisa- Chinese Government, specifically targeting the US, PRODUCTS. (CED) and value added tax (VAT) at a bottlenecks. If the costs of fuel, transport, with ASEAN and its member countries. tion, COVID-19 and hand-washing. She has been associated with Europe and Japan-based multinational companies USING THE high rate. No wonder, the tax component power, interest rate and so on are brought This approach has stymied chances of the project since the beginning and started working for children (MNCs) and China’s deteriorating trade and invest- SAME ARGUMENT, alone is nearly two-third of the retail price. down from their present high to a reason- India signing a limited deal with the US ment relationship with those countries, have Power is another major input that able level, this will automatically sharpen (this is largely about goods and market in order to save them from diseases. The immunisation programme prompted hundreds of MNCs to exit. The Modi WHAT IF OTHER impacts production cost. More than 90 per the competitive edge of Indian firms and access), forget concluding a comprehen- is fulfilling her objectives as it is the best preventive measure for Government wants to seize the opportunity, make COUNTRIES cent of the electricity is supplied by move us closer to the goal of making India sive FTA, which also covers intellectual a child. all-out efforts to lure them here and make India a ALSO power distribution companies (discoms) a manufacturing hub. property rights (IPRs), investment and ser- The routine immunisation process was thoroughly internalised manufacturing hub. How to make it happen? DECIDE TO at tariffs determined under cost plus Instead, the Government is moving vices, issues related to visas and manpow- by Kunjam and she started following every instruction given by A clue is available from this year’s Independence RESERVE THEIR mechanism. These rates subsume inflat- in a direction that does not augur well for er movement. For the same reason, talks Babita seriously. Kunjam motivated her fellow group members Day address by the Prime Minister, in which LOCAL ed cost allowed to power generators, pass- its “Make in India” mission. It is increas- for the FTA with European Union (EU) and started working on extra miles. Her group visits every house- Aatmanirbhar Bharat reverberated all through. Modi MARKET FOR through of ever-increasing fuel cost, elec- ing customs duties (during 2014-2019, it countries are not progressing at the hold of the village, who has a child to be immunised and informs exhorted “our policies, our processes, our products, INDIGENOUSLY- tricity tax and other levies, cost imposed raised import duty on 3,500 items; elec- desired pace. the family on the programme. Once, she met a mother and found everything should be the best.” Put simply, Indian MADE PRODUCTS? on the system due to supplies to farmers tronic items, especially mobile phones and The logic behind the Government’s that the infant was not immunised because the woman feared industries should endeavour to manufacture prod- IN THAT and poor households at subsidised price automobiles attract high levies), raising current policy actions is an underlying ucts which can compete in terms of the price as well (call it cross-subsidy), large-scale theft and non-tariff barriers e.g. requiring dairy and belief that our domestic market should be that the baby would fall sick after getting the shots and drops. as quality, both in the domestic and international SCENARIO, OUR so on. All of this result in exorbitant poultry products to meet certain specifi- reserved exclusively for “Made in India” However, the child was immunised after Kunjam convinced the market. Broadly, two sets of factors are relevant here: EXPORTS charges from industries. cations, controls on the price of medical products. Using the same argument, what mother and the family that it was needed for his foundational health. (A) Those which are internal to a firm and (B) those ARE BOUND TO The businesses also face a high cost equipment viz. stents, knee implants and if other countries also decide to reserve The system of tracking children, introduced by the AIH team, which are external. TAKE A HIT; THE of transportation and logistics thanks to so on and now even implementing a their local market for indigenously-made is being updated with the help of the Rural Health Officer and ASHA Factor A includes the ability of the firm to inno- GOAL OF DOUBLING high rail freight on movement of goods licence regime for certain imports (import products? In that scenario, our exports are workers with necessary pre-alert, counselling, sensitisation and vate products, which meet diverse demands of con- INDIAN EXPORTS having to subsidise low fare on passenger of TV sets). bound to take a hit; the goal of doubling peripheral support. When Kunjam started updating the register sumers in a manner that offers the latter quality, safe- TO $1 TRILLION traffic, high cost of movement by road due In certain sectors, such as agrochem- Indian exports to $1 trillion will look like and the tracking system, she realised that many children were ty and convenience, putting in place manufactur- WILL LOOK LIKE to escalating diesel price and high toll tax ical, it is micro-managing things to a point daydreaming. India can’t have the cake and vulnerable because of their mothers’ misplaced fears. She felt ing practices, which deliver best products on all these DAYDREAMING charged by concessionaires on highways of barring import of certain products for eat it too. A scenario in which our prod- that counselling them and clarifying their doubts was the need counts and optimising all factors of production viz. (courtesy, inflated capital expenses on which indigenous facilities exist. Import ucts have uninhibited entry into the capital, labour, land and technology to ensure that building roads and high cost of land acqui- of fertilisers such as urea is permitted only market of other countries (needed for scal- of the hour and she began an outreach programme. the cost of supply is kept to the bare minimum. All sition). Wherever exports and imports are on residual basis i.e. only to the extent that ing up exports) even as the products made Initially, she faced resistance from the villagers, who thought these factors are within the control of the firm. involved, high port handling charges add domestic production fails to meet the in those countries face entry barriers on that she was getting monetary incentives for getting the children Factor B includes the availability of raw mate- to the cost. Finally, they have to pay high demand. Moreover, only agencies autho- the Indian turf is neither practical nor sus- immunised. To convince them otherwise, Kunjam had to take the rials and other inputs at a competitive price, has- interest rate on both long-term and rised by the Centre such as the State tainable. The Government should shed its help of other SHG members, PRI members and the Mahila Panch sle-free logistics and transportation at low cost, avail- short-term funds borrowed from banks, Trading Corporation (STC), Minerals and current protectionist policy stance. Instead, to make home-visits and counsel women on the importance of ability of funds from credit institutions such as banks non-bank finance companies (NBFCs) Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC) it should go for an open trade policy by routine immunisation. She visited every house with children below at low interest rate and a taxation structure that low- and other financial institutions (FIs). can import it. With this overly-protection- slashing import duties and eliminating the age of 23 months and clarified their doubts. Today, due to ers the incidence of tax on products. Most of these Though interest rates are deregulated and ist mindset, on November 4, 2019, Modi non-tariff barriers. It should sign FTAs Kunjam’s efforts, the entire village is free of its myths and fears factors are beyond the control of the firm. These the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also keeps announced India’s decision not to join the with groups such as RCEP, EU and so on about immunisation and new mothers have become conscious depend on the macro-economic environment prodding banks/FIs to lower the lending Regional Comprehensive Economic as also with individual countries. As for which, in turn, is influenced largely by Government rate (in the last 18 months or so, it has Partnership (RCEP), a conglomeration of perceived threats, there is ample scope for about the advantages of getting the children their shots. The Health policies. Look at petrol, diesel and Aviation Turbine reduced the policy rate i.e. the interest rate 10 members of the Association of South improving the competitiveness of India Department has noticed this and Kunjam’s efforts are being cited Fuel (ATF) whose price impacts the cost of almost it charges on money lent to banks, by 2.5 East Asian Nations (ASEAN) viz. made products by addressing key bottle- by it as an example of how a group with progressive thoughts every product and service — cutting across all sec- per cent to help them), borrowers have not Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, necks under the “external factor” catego- can cause positive change. tors of the economy. De jure, these petroleum prod- got much relief thanks to the high non- Singapore, the Philippines, Myanmar, ry — as brought out above. (The writer is State Coordinator of AIH in Chhattisgarh and ucts are deregulated. However, since the market for performing assets (NPAs) of banks. Brunei, Laos and Cambodia plus six oth- (The writer is a New Delhi-based pol- his work is supported by UNICEF, India.) these is dominated by public sector oil companies, Most enterprises are hamstrung by ers like Australia, New Zealand, Japan, icy analyst) A topsy-turvy democracy in a skewed world There are several reports globally on the rising economic disparities in the post-liberal era, upon which no political party is keen to act FOREIGN EYE

The contagion, a bolt from the blue, the World Bank and the International rights of the working class, which have pushed the labour class into deeper isation path at the same time, with the has caught our health systems off Monetary Fund (IMF) against Third been tossed aside as of now. penury. exception of Sri Lanka, which opened guard. In India, the labour class has been World nations — like pruning subsidies, When the market space is being The politician-capitalist nexus: up its economy slowly, in fits and starts. caught between the devil and the deep rollback of welfare measures and the dominated by monopoly, duopoly or tri- The unholy nexus between the politi- They had adjusted their economic sea, thanks to the recent twin moves of abatement of labour laws as essential for opoly, free and fair competition which cal class and corporates has been rid- apparatus with a new global integration the Government: Privatisation and the any sort of relief package during the cri- unhindered markets guarantee, go out ing roughshod over the interests of the process at a time when the global eco- sudden lockdown. Seemingly, the rud- sis of balance of payments — have left of the window. Extolling the virtues of poor. This alliance makes it vital for the nomic architecture was dominated by SAMUDRALA VK derless policies of the Government have the labour class helpless. neo-liberalism, the modern nation political class to safeguard the vested a unipolar power, the US. Since then, created enough space for further pau- The US, with the support of the states have centred their development interests of tycoons. It is appropriate to the lopsided globalisation process has MONITOR THAT perisation of the underprivileged mass- WTO (World Trade Organisation), agenda in and around urban centres. mention here that representative been converting many Third World ven as the world celebrates the es. had exhorted all these countries to pro- Economically, in the post-liberal era of democracy has been metamorphosing countries into dependents and in some DEBT, NEPAL! International Day of Democracy Now, the federal governments of vide untrammelled access to its prod- India, upward mobility is largely con- into a turncoat democracy. cases they have been almost reduced to The Oli Government’s Etoday, it is clear that during the Third World countries have to walk on ucts. Apparently, the aims and paths of fined to sections of the urban middle Back in the day, politicians were aid recipients dependent upon erstwhile COVID-19 pandemic, the concept has razor’s edge to meet fiscal deficit targets federal governments of these nations, class. known for their erudition, statesman- colonial powers or the US. increased borrowing has put gone awry throughout the world. Power on one hand and connect the welfare the WTO and the IMF are congruent Welfare economics: It is wrong to ship and uncompromising ideological Under the banner of global integra- upward pressure on the and political activity are the essence of dots on the other. Amid this chaos, big with regard to free trade and the glob- mention that welfare economics is commitment. On the contrary, the tion and in the name of free trade, the debt-to-GDP ratio of Nepal. modern-day democracy. Yet, political corporations are making hay due to the alisation of capital. based on the “rob Peter to pay Paul” present day representatives of the peo- Western powers have been bleeding But what is vital to monitor authority, which is based on legitima- relaxation of tax rates and labour laws. The lawful protection of the work- principle when Peter has direct access ple are turning into snollygosters for these nations of their resources. cy and is a tool to deliver political, eco- As the unemployment numbers in the ing class under the labour laws had to resources (natural, political, econom- their personal gains. There are several Asymmetrical globalisation has also at this stage is the cost of nomic and social justice, has been ren- country soar and the working class is proved disastrous for the interests of the ic and social) as opposed to Paul. It is voluminous reports from different cor- challenged the sovereignty of these capital. Debt service burden dering yeoman’s service to corporates, hard put to find jobs, industries and capitalist class and was being viewed as not Peter but Paul who is running from ners of the world on the rising econom- nations while the same has remained becomes acute when scarce both domestic and foreign. businesses will expect this surplus an impediment to their exploitation. pillar to post in search of opportunities. ic disparities in the post-liberal era, upon intact in case of developed nations.The resources are diverted Ruling dispensations all around the labour to be at their beck and call. Amid However, the decades-long struggle to The notion of political equality of a lib- which no political party is keen to act. US has been playing a rigged game of toward principal and interest globe have resorted to authoritarianism this gloom and doom scenario, the rul- retain these labour rights in indepen- eral ideological stream revolves around As the late pop singer Michael Jackson globalisation under the auspices of the under the guise of the health emergency. ing elite has been trying to divert the dent nation states has come to a naught freedom and liberty of an individual and once sang, “All I want to say is that they WTO, the World Bank and other agen- payments. Until it graduates In addition, democratic upheaval attention of the suffering masses by due to weakened trade unions and the overlooks the core elements of equali- don’t really care about us.” The lyrics are cies. The time has come for Third- to developing nation status, through excessive centralisation and the shifting the national discourse towards decline of social capital in times of ty like social and economic justice. still relevant in these pandemic-riddled World nations to rise as one to have a the policymakers’ focus curbs imposed on political activities sensitive issues like religion and hyper- COVID. Governments all over the world have times. just order in the international sphere. should be on these loans. during this pandemic, have left mini- nationalism. However, despite the “new normal” successfully repudiated the pro-poor Globalisation and dependency: (The writer is Director of an IQS (The Kathmandu Post mal space to raise the concerns of the Neo-liberalism and corporatisa- of the Coronavirus era, the time has agenda and this volte face from a wel- The South Asian nations started on their academy in Hyderabad and a columnist urban poor. tion: The stringent measures taken by come to fight tenaciously to restore the fare State to a pro-capitalist State has liberalisation, privatisation and global- on global affairs and trade) editorial) LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 money 10

GST compensation due MAHARASHTRA Retail inflation Markets cave in to late LEADS softens FOLLOWED BY marginally to to States at `1.51 L cr KARNATAKA selloff; IT stocks sparkle 6.69% in Aug PTI n MUMBAI points or 0.21 per cent to close which benefited most... PTI n NEW DELHI The total provisional GST year, states are staring at a stag- The actual net GST col- at 11,440.05. However, the broader markets compensation due to 31 states gering ` 2.35 lakh crore Goods lection for the Centre till PTI n NEW DELHI quity benchmarks failed to Bharti Airtel was the top outperformed, especially the he GST collection during and UTs for 2020-21 put and Services Tax (GST) rev- August 2020 is `1,81,050 crore, Ehold on to intra-day gains loser in the Sensex pack, skid- small-cap index, after Sebi TApril-August declined on together stands at `1,51,365 enue shortfall. which shows 26.2 per cent of etail inflation softened on Monday as cautious ding 3.46 per cent, followed by tweaked MF norms for multi- account of Covid-19 induced crore, as per data shared in a Of this, as per the Centre’s the Budget Estimates(BE). Rslightly to 6.69 per cent in investors trimmed exposure Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, SBI, cap funds. This Sebi measure lockdown, and the compensa- written reply to a question in calculation, about `97,000 “The BEs for FY 2020-21 August, even as food prices to banking and finance coun- HDFC Bank, Sun Pharma, would require more exposure tion due to States stands at over the Lok Sabha. crore is on account of GST of GST in the Union Budget, continued to rule high, official ters despite firm global cues. Kotak Bank and ICICI Bank. to small-cap stocks in most `1.51 lakh crore, Minister of Thakur said the issue of implementation and the rest Rs 2020-21 were projected on the data showed on Monday. Positive commentary from HCL Tech was the star multi-cap funds, leading to State for Finance Anurag Singh pending compensation and 1.38 lakh crore is due to the basis of assumption of higher The Government has HCL Tech lifted IT stocks, but performer, soaring 10.08 per the current buying interest. Thakur said on Monday. future course of action to meet impact of Covid-19 on states’ growth of GDP, however as per revised downwards the retail it was not enough to offset the cent, after the company said its “Global cues were also The provisional GST com- the shortfall was discussed in revenues. The Centre late last CSO, MoS&PI ... The Nominal inflation for July to 6.73 per weakness in index majors revenue and operating margin mostly positive on renewed pensation due to states/UTs for the 41st GST Council meeting month gave two options to GDP for Q1 (April-June), cent from the earlier estimate HDFC twins, Reliance for the September quarter are vaccine optimism. Inspite of all 2020-21 was highest for on August 27 wherein states states to borrow either `97,000 2020-21 shows a contraction of of 6.93 per cent. Industries and ICICI Bank. expected to be “meaningfully the optimism, a correction due Maharashtra at `22,485 crore, were given two options to meet crore from a special window 22.6 per cent which is one of Food inflation during the The BSE Sensex opened better” than the top end of its to valuations or various uncer- followed by Karnataka (`13,763 their GST compensation short- facilitated by the RBI or `2.35 the major reasons for revenue month stood at 9.62 per cent. strong and was on course to previous forecast. tainties cannot be ruled out and crore), Uttar Pradesh (`11,742 fall for current fiscal year from lakh crore from market and shortfall in GST. Food inflation in August register its third straight session TCS, Infosys, Tech volatility is expected to con- crore), Gujarat (`11,563 crore) market borrowing. also proposed extending the “Other reasons for low tax fell marginally to 9.05 per cent, of gains, but suddenly came Mahindra and Titan too ended tinue. and Tamil Nadu (`11,269 “It was also decided that compensation cess levied on collection inter-alia include according to the Consumer under heavy selling pressure in with up to 5 per cent gains. Trade cautiously and look crore). states will give their preference luxury, demerit and sin goods nationwide lockdown mea- Price Index (CPI) data. late-afternoon trade. “Indian benchmark at earnings stability, if investing The compensation due to views thereon. Thereafter on beyond 2022 to repay the bor- sures implemented since March The retail inflation, main- It finally finished 97.92 indices gave up its gains and for the long-term in small- West Bengal stands at `7,750 finalisation of scheme, states rowing. 2020 consequent to global ly taken into account by the points or 0.25 per cent lower at closed with a negative bias. IT caps,” said Vinod Nair, Head of crore, Kerala (` 7,077 crore), can choose either Option 1 or In reply to a separate COVID-19 pandemic which RBI to arrive at its policy deci- 38,756.63. On similar lines, stocks outperformed following Research at Geojit Financial Punjab (R`6,959 crore), Delhi Option 2 and accordingly, their question, Thakur said the total led to limited economic activ- sions, has been above the reg- the NSE Nifty slipped 24.40 a strong showing by HCL tech, Services. (`6,931 crore), Rajasthan (` compensation, borrowing, net GST target for the Centre ities, extension of GST return ulator’s comfort level. The Govt 6312 crore), Telangana (` 5,424 repayment etc will be dealt as has been pegged at `6,90,500 filings timelines without pay- has mandated the central bank crore) and Chhattisgarh per their individual choice,” he crore for 2020-21 in the Union ment of interest, late fee or to restrict the inflationat 4 per (`2,827 crore). added. In the current fiscal Budget. penalty etc,” Thakur said. cent (+/- 2 per cent). Bank credit grows by 5.49 pc, Govt seeks Parl nod for `20K cr capital infusion in public sector banks deposits by 10.92 pc: RBI data Mumbai: Bank credit grew 5.49 per cent to `102.19 lakh crore and `140.80 lakh crore, PTI n NEW DELHI This is part of the first lakh crore, which includes a Securities” the government has strong impetus to the econo- `102.11 lakh crore, while deposits increased respectively. batch of Supplementary cash outgo of `1.66 lakh crore, asked for Parliament’s authori- my. 10.92 per cent to `141.76 lakh crore in the fort- On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food he Government on Demands for Grants for 2020- primarily to meet expenses for sation of `20,000 crore, as per However, the government night ended August 28, according to RBI data. bank credit grew at 6.7 per cent in July as against TMonday sought 21 moved by Finance Minister combating the COVID-19 pan- a document. refrained from committing any In the fortnight ended August 30, 2019, banks’ a growth of 11.4 per cent in the same month last Parliament’s approval for infus- Nirmala Sitharaman in the demic. In 2019-20, the govern- capital in the Budget 2020-21 advances were at `96.80 lakh crore and deposits year, according to the data on sectoral deploy- ing `20,000 crore in public sec- Lok Sabha. “For meeting expenditure ment proposed to make ` for the PSBs, hoping that the stood at `127.80 lakh crore. ment of bank credit for July 2020, released tor banks in the current finan- In all, the government has towards recapitalisation of 70,000 crore capital infusion lenders will raise funds from In the previous fortnight ended August recently by RBI. Growth in loans to industry cial year to meet regulatory sought Parliament’s nod for Public Sector Banks through into the Public Sector Banks the market depending on the 14, 2020, bank credit and deposits had slowed to 0.8 per cent in July as compared to 6.1 requirements. additional spending of ` 2.35 issue of Government (PSBs) to boost credit for a requirements grown by 5.52 per cent and 11.04 per cent to per cent earlier, the data showed. PTI NIFTY 50 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11540.15 11568.90 11383.55 11440.05 -24.40 Script Open High Low LTP UPL 507.00 519.30 502.00 515.45 RAYMOND 274.00 282.00 273.10 277.10 LTTS 1538.00 1611.00 1536.65 1593.70 HCLTECH 745.00 825.10 744.15 793.00 73.35 HDFC 1780.00 1796.45 1729.00 1737.30 IDFCFIRSTB 31.45 31.70 30.65 31.05 RADICO 402.00 419.05 399.45 414.70 BOMDYEING 65.70 68.40 65.70 67.45 TCS 2384.10 2505.75 2381.85 2485.00 110.90 RELIANCE 2319.75 2360.00 2281.95 2302.35 FINEORG 2892.00 3257.65 2888.80 3157.95 GMM 5639.00 5900.00 5639.00 5870.80 HSCL 51.10 54.10 51.10 53.45 WIPRO 293.25 308.55 293.15 306.10 12.80 MINDTREE 1210.00 1238.85 1199.95 1221.50 BAJAJ-AUTO 2915.00 2986.45 2895.60 2953.25 DCBBANK 85.85 91.70 85.85 90.60 LEMONTREE 28.90 29.55 28.35 29.55 UPL 507.95 519.80 502.00 517.00 18.00 BHARTIARTL 495.90 498.00 468.50 474.65 BHEL 36.50 37.40 36.00 36.30 EQUITAS 56.50 57.40 53.30 55.50 WELSPUNIND 57.70 59.55 57.15 59.25 TECHM 770.15 796.60 770.00 790.00 24.85 ASHOKLEY 69.70 75.40 69.05 74.85 EXIDEIND 156.00 162.25 156.00 160.10 PTC 52.95 55.35 52.95 55.05 LINDEINDIA 700.20 762.40 700.20 720.40 INFY 957.00 991.05 948.30 975.00 29.30 TATAMOTORS 147.50 151.00 145.50 148.40 TITAN 1168.00 1191.50 1168.00 1188.75 APLLTD 913.25 925.00 905.50 911.45 INDIANB 61.50 64.30 61.50 63.25 ADANIPORTS 345.00 353.60 343.45 351.50 9.00 IDEA 11.40 11.86 11.04 11.57 BPCL 427.65 429.25 414.25 417.00 SPICEJET 52.30 54.00 51.05 53.30 VAIBHAVGBL 1778.00 1848.00 1778.00 1827.90 TATAMOTORS 147.20 151.10 145.50 147.15 2.85 HCLTECH 739.00 807.80 739.00 794.90 JUBLFOOD 2327.30 2367.00 2325.00 2347.05 JBCHEPHARM 824.00 849.00 809.45 830.10 ENDURANCE 1088.65 1151.00 1072.80 1148.70 TITAN 1168.50 1191.60 1167.95 1185.00 17.25 INFY 949.50 991.05 948.85 977.95 PERSISTENT 1017.00 1188.60 1017.00 1154.35 NAVINFLUOR 2070.00 2145.45 1993.00 2078.30 EMAMILTD 380.00 400.40 380.00 394.20 GAIL 91.90 93.65 90.80 91.80 1.05 HINDUNILVR 2155.00 2166.80 2115.00 2122.60 KPITTECH 92.85 106.65 81.00 99.55 PNBHOUSING 315.05 328.80 315.05 326.05 WOCKPHARMA 297.75 297.75 289.25 291.10 SRTRANSFIN 652.00 652.00 631.55 635.90 NAM-INDIA 272.50 285.00 272.50 282.30 GODFRYPHLP 907.70 962.00 907.70 940.80 HEROMOTOCO 3014.95 3039.00 2956.00 3025.00 32.75 ULTRACEMCO 3865.00 3969.00 3865.00 3910.90 TCS 2377.00 2504.20 2377.00 2492.30 BSOFT 167.20 187.50 165.55 182.65 PETRONET 235.50 239.50 234.65 236.60 CCL 253.80 276.00 252.00 273.40 SHREECEM 19512.30 19985.00 19500.00 19680.00 177.50 SBIN 206.20 206.20 197.50 198.55 NAUKRI 3390.00 3454.15 3382.70 3431.80 UBL 1060.00 1080.95 1044.95 1051.55 GRSE 185.00 191.40 182.20 188.70 BAJAJ-AUTO 2922.00 2988.00 2895.00 2939.00 22.65 BAJFINANCE 3558.00 3574.25 3421.50 3440.35 IEX 196.50 211.50 192.45 206.25 VGUARD 171.00 179.70 169.45 178.85 JCHAC 2081.00 2338.15 2081.00 2255.55 JSWSTEEL 287.10 293.95 285.60 289.85 2.05 JINDALSTEL 207.80 211.00 206.50 209.55 BIRLACORPN 622.00 682.00 610.35 671.75 CUB 139.90 150.40 139.00 143.90 OBEROIRLTY 372.00 417.60 372.00 400.90 NTPC 90.40 91.95 89.75 90.70 0.60 EDELWEISS 73.90 77.05 73.80 73.95 ADANIGAS 210.00 214.85 202.25 204.35 JUSTDIAL 378.35 391.95 375.40 385.25 CASTROLIND 120.55 124.45 120.00 120.25 NH 326.00 357.15 326.00 346.85 ONGC 73.85 74.75 73.25 73.55 0.25 WIPRO 294.00 308.30 293.05 307.15 DRREDDY 4415.00 4419.20 4336.85 4364.65 QUESS 378.80 410.55 378.80 410.55 JKLAKSHMI 259.00 274.35 259.00 270.65 TNPL 113.50 115.15 112.65 113.70 M&M 615.00 629.40 611.90 614.80 0.55 MANAPPURAM 158.95 162.75 157.95 158.65 HAVELLS 654.00 671.95 652.00 669.05 KEI 364.00 390.00 364.00 384.75 BAJAJELEC 465.00 503.00 465.00 498.75 SHRIRAMCIT 952.65 1015.15 937.90 996.25 ULTRACEMCO 3899.95 3969.70 3890.00 3903.00 -1.10 FEDERALBNK 52.45 55.00 51.80 53.35 NESTLEIND 16335.00 16344.55 16000.00 16066.35 IDFC 28.70 30.00 28.35 29.70 DBL 375.00 384.45 370.00 378.60 SCHAEFFLER 4049.45 4230.00 4049.45 4116.70 INFRATEL 204.95 206.10 199.35 201.65 -0.20 KOTAKBANK 1342.00 1345.50 1300.20 1304.85 DIXON 9350.00 10280.70 9350.00 9848.45 NATIONALUM 35.20 36.45 34.85 35.15 RALLIS 298.00 312.00 298.00 309.45 CARBORUNIV 256.25 274.75 256.25 273.20 COALINDIA 126.00 126.85 124.10 124.85 -0.25 RBLBANK 185.10 187.45 180.00 181.05 KAJARIACER 480.40 544.00 480.40 520.25 NMDC 90.10 91.50 89.15 89.65 TAKE 50.00 52.00 49.40 49.70 JINDALSAW 63.95 66.65 63.90 64.95 EICHERMOT 2165.00 2198.00 2148.30 2153.00 -7.30 HDFCBANK 1090.00 1093.90 1053.20 1057.90 CANBK 102.70 102.70 99.85 100.40 ALKYLAMINE 3220.00 3397.00 3220.00 3341.20 BBTC 1384.90 1425.10 1378.00 1396.40 NILKAMAL 1249.75 1294.45 1247.10 1264.00 BAJAJFINSV 6158.00 6194.00 6091.00 6107.40 -21.00 LT 924.00 924.00 901.00 902.30 VEDL 131.80 132.15 128.55 129.65 TATACOMM 884.90 906.90 852.00 893.05 INDHOTEL 99.50 103.05 99.50 102.70 THERMAX 748.50 782.00 748.20 767.90 ASIANPAINT 2050.00 2054.00 2005.00 2028.50 -7.45 MCX 1592.80 1859.00 1590.00 1751.10 IRCTC 1359.00 1388.00 1350.20 1368.85 CROMPTON 252.55 279.90 252.55 265.60 CESC 644.00 655.55 632.75 653.25 TASTYBIT 11350.00 12050.00 11347.50 11990.25 ITC 185.80 185.85 183.00 183.25 -0.70 BANDHANBNK 312.00 318.00 297.60 300.85 ALKEM 2919.95 2937.00 2891.00 2909.75 IDBI 38.50 38.50 37.50 37.60 ITI 138.45 138.45 133.10 134.00 MOIL 145.25 150.50 144.00 148.85 IOC 83.20 83.80 82.35 82.70 -0.40 DEEPAKNI 750.00 801.00 750.00 796.30 AFFLE 3024.95 3052.80 2975.70 3052.80 GMRINFRA 23.40 24.25 23.40 23.70 HEIDELBERG 179.00 187.85 179.00 183.30 CERA 2486.25 2595.00 2473.50 2571.05 INDUSINDBK 618.00 619.85 604.50 608.95 ADANIPORTS 344.50 353.55 343.55 351.70 BLUESTARCO 622.00 710.00 616.85 668.05 MINDAIND 348.00 358.15 345.00 352.95 DRREDDY 4423.65 4423.65 4336.00 4371.80 -29.80 FORCEMOT 1110.60 1139.95 1105.00 1112.50 ICICIBANK 373.00 373.90 359.60 363.65 IOC 83.50 83.80 82.40 82.60 PIDILITIND 1498.00 1503.00 1471.00 1479.20 SPARC 176.10 180.40 176.00 176.50 INDUSINDBK 617.10 620.00 603.85 605.95 -4.40 FLUOROCHEM 546.95 547.00 521.60 531.50 PVR 1252.00 1319.05 1252.00 1309.95 AUBANK 690.00 718.00 690.00 700.20 MARICO 364.10 371.65 364.10 370.20 TEAMLEASE 2222.00 2468.70 2222.00 2439.35 CIPLA 729.00 730.25 717.75 720.60 -5.35 GRINDWELL 542.00 552.45 534.05 547.40 ESCORTS 1201.15 1275.60 1198.15 1246.20 MFSL 600.15 631.45 600.15 620.35 HAL 855.90 864.25 831.05 833.80 AJANTPHARM 1524.00 1562.05 1514.80 1525.15 HDFCLIFE 610.00 610.00 595.20 599.00 -5.80 ERIS 502.10 528.00 502.10 516.45 SYNGENE 570.00 570.00 520.25 533.55 BAJAJCON 168.10 187.80 168.10 184.95 NOCIL 127.65 134.05 127.65 132.75 JSWENERGY 59.35 59.55 56.00 56.80 RELIANCE 2325.00 2360.00 2282.00 2296.25 -23.50 VTL 735.05 819.05 735.05 803.35 INDIGO 1293.65 1327.95 1290.85 1321.00 CONCOR 387.90 390.95 377.25 384.15 ATUL 6288.00 6599.00 6288.00 6475.80 ADANITRANS 274.60 277.65 265.15 268.15 TATASTEEL 410.00 414.10 402.15 402.95 -4.55 GMDCLTD 46.75 47.50 45.95 46.55 HDFCAMC 2388.75 2388.75 2334.45 2347.20 PFC 93.40 94.20 91.50 91.85 DELTACORP* 108.45 111.85 106.75 110.45 HFCL 16.05 16.90 16.00 16.25 MARUTI 7219.00 7239.60 7085.00 7110.05 -83.55 STARCEMENT 89.60 91.65 89.40 91.05 LAURUSLABS 1275.25 1350.00 1275.25 1332.55 CENTURYTEX 346.50 380.50 339.90 376.75 METROPOLIS 1787.65 1956.80 1787.65 1922.25 3MINDIA 18550.00 19014.95 18500.00 18884.70 ZEEL 222.00 224.70 214.10 215.00 -3.10 LAOPALA 197.20 210.70 197.20 208.85 GAIL 92.00 93.55 90.75 92.05 CAPPL 537.20 565.95 537.20 552.40 SWSOLAR 271.00 278.50 251.10 256.50 IBREALEST 61.00 64.95 60.25 61.10 GRASIM 721.00 735.95 703.00 710.00 -10.95 GILLETTE 5639.90 5729.90 5595.00 5610.90 VOLTAS 657.00 699.30 657.00 685.15 CYIENT 382.00 410.80 382.00 403.80 VENKYS 1440.75 1505.00 1436.25 1460.55 INTELLECT 197.40 204.10 196.50 204.10 GESHIP 253.00 269.00 253.00 263.25 BRITANNIA 3788.90 3796.00 3711.00 3715.00 -57.25 IBULHSGFIN 198.00 200.45 188.20 189.40 AUROPHARMA 809.95 815.00 791.40 795.45 WELCORP 100.00 102.95 99.55 102.95 ASTERDM 122.85 134.25 122.85 132.70 SANOFI 8400.00 8533.45 8331.75 8504.60 NESTLEIND 16400.00 16400.00 16040.05 16069.00 -256.35 AXISBANK 451.00 455.00 438.20 440.10 APOLLOHOSP 1642.00 1653.80 1591.00 1623.00 NCC 32.00 33.50 31.85 33.25 ADANIPOWER 37.90 37.90 37.10 37.25 SJVN 23.15 23.45 23.15 23.20 ICICIBANK 373.50 373.85 359.35 364.50 -6.00 JSWSTEEL 289.80 293.75 285.75 290.00 DISHTV 14.90 15.09 14.60 15.09 SHREECEM 19585.10 19975.05 19565.75 19774.55 SOBHA 241.85 253.00 240.00 252.05 TATAMETALI 530.55 553.40 530.10 538.80 LT 922.40 923.35 901.00 902.45 -14.95 SBICARD 855.00 867.50 843.00 856.05 COROMANDEL 760.00 798.00 752.10 790.75 ESSELPRO 280.05 304.00 280.05 300.50 EIHOTEL 85.60 90.20 85.60 89.30 SUMICHEM 275.00 281.70 275.00 276.25 HINDUNILVR 2167.00 2169.70 2115.00 2121.00 -38.25 MOTHERSUMI 112.30 119.40 112.30 116.30 TATACHEM 297.70 307.55 294.80 303.70 ABCAPITAL 70.45 72.40 70.00 70.85 REPCOHOME 188.00 188.00 182.20 184.05 SCHNEIDER 82.90 82.90 78.50 79.00 AXISBANK 452.00 455.00 438.00 439.15 -8.05 GRANULES 351.10 374.95 351.10 371.35 TORNTPHARM 2853.00 2856.60 2781.70 2796.95 MEGH 77.40 79.55 76.30 78.90 MASFIN 814.00 901.35 814.00 849.95 GUJALKALI 340.00 349.80 340.00 346.00 HDFC 1781.00 1796.85 1728.40 1736.05 -32.10 TECHM 768.00 796.25 768.00 790.65 SBILIFE 869.45 874.95 849.60 856.65 NATCOPHARM 790.00 799.25 779.25 780.90 JKTYRE 57.50 59.10 57.35 58.40 TIINDIA 622.00 626.50 608.30 614.25 KOTAKBANK 1337.00 1347.95 1300.00 1305.40 -24.95 DABUR 514.00 514.40 498.50 504.25 BLUEDART 2912.00 3037.00 2855.00 2997.55 VMART 1870.00 2093.45 1859.00 2048.80 MAHABANK 12.79 13.00 12.30 12.65 KRBL 258.40 268.00 258.40 264.55 HDFCBANK 1088.00 1094.00 1052.35 1057.05 -21.60 MARUTI 7208.25 7232.90 7085.00 7123.55 LALPATHLAB 1855.00 1945.00 1855.00 1935.70 GARFIBRES 1930.00 2043.55 1930.00 2015.90 SONATSOFTW 316.45 328.45 316.45 324.40 HINDCOPPER 38.25 38.25 36.90 37.20 HINDALCO 179.00 180.50 174.60 175.00 -3.65 M&MFIN 131.95 135.35 131.40 133.40 LUPIN 979.75 979.75 957.70 967.90 WHIRLPOOL 2121.05 2228.00 2121.05 2221.85 INOXLEISUR 289.00 299.00 289.00 293.00 REDINGTON 113.40 118.50 112.60 116.80 SUNPHARMA 505.55 509.00 494.00 494.40 -11.15 HEROMOTOCO 3010.00 3038.35 2956.00 3027.60 BLISSGVS 152.45 156.00 151.60 153.85 UCOBANK 13.25 14.70 13.03 14.31 PARAGMILK 104.95 108.65 104.65 105.40 IRCON 83.70 85.50 83.30 84.45 DMART 2253.25 2255.00 2150.00 2162.30 POLYCAB 875.00 903.00 855.05 887.85 GODREJPROP 887.20 919.90 887.00 906.75 CHENNPETRO 78.05 80.10 77.90 79.00 SBIN 205.90 206.20 197.35 198.20 -4.50 TIMETECHNO 39.80 40.55 38.70 38.95 ITC 185.80 185.85 183.00 183.35 CANFINHOME 408.45 438.90 401.10 426.05 ADVENZYMES 234.95 241.35 231.60 235.60 NBVENTURES 62.75 65.15 62.60 63.25 POWERGRID 177.50 177.50 170.75 171.05 -4.10 PHOENIXLTD 622.25 651.30 622.00 638.20 TATASTEEL 409.05 414.00 402.30 404.20 WABAG 198.55 209.80 196.35 206.60 RELAXO 656.00 667.95 644.15 660.35 BAJFINANCE 3557.00 3575.05 3420.00 3438.00 -106.40 GODREJIND 412.20 427.20 412.00 419.30 APOLLOTYRE 116.00 126.40 116.00 125.55 OFSS 2957.00 3040.30 2957.00 2988.80 THYROCARE 785.80 805.00 771.35 791.35 BPCL 425.90 429.50 414.15 415.45 -13.30 VRLLOG 159.70 164.00 159.70 161.05 TATAELXSI 1302.15 1330.00 1272.25 1303.00 IIFL 91.50 94.50 88.55 90.75 RAMCOCEM 708.85 726.00 708.85 722.05 BHARTIARTL 496.00 497.25 468.30 473.00 -18.65 MMTC 18.45 19.05 17.75 18.25 BATAINDIA 1268.00 1342.10 1268.00 1330.30 FCONSUMER 10.50 10.50 9.88 9.92 TORNTPOWER 330.35 331.35 324.10 326.30 CENTRALBK 16.50 16.80 16.05 16.35 ADANIENT 301.00 303.80 290.85 292.70 DCAL 162.50 169.25 161.00 169.25 KANSAINER 487.70 521.30 487.70 518.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 SUPREMEIND 1316.00 1377.00 1316.00 1367.30 MUTHOOTFIN 1134.00 1145.05 1107.75 1122.30 GUJGAS 290.60 304.85 290.60 298.95 AAVAS 1350.00 1394.25 1341.60 1380.95 VSTIND 3500.00 3576.40 3454.20 3542.05 ASIANPAINT 2059.80 2059.80 2005.10 2031.55 GRAPHITE 185.10 192.25 185.10 186.80 UNIONBANK 29.00 29.00 28.50 28.60 OIL 96.90 96.90 94.35 95.35 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ENGINERSIN 65.30 72.25 65.10 69.60 CHAMBLFERT 143.90 149.10 143.90 148.40 HERITGFOOD 347.30 356.40 342.55 353.95 RAJESHEXPO 472.85 472.85 451.55 453.65 NIFTY NEXT 50 27459.20 27508.25 27165.75 27256.00 -32.50 PEL 1340.00 1347.00 1314.15 1321.60 TV18BRDCST 30.70 31.80 30.70 31.25 ABB 909.50 913.10 902.85 907.10 HATHWAY 34.10 34.70 33.05 33.60 MOTHERSUMI 112.50 119.50 112.50 116.55 4.35 STAR 688.00 702.00 655.30 673.15 AEGISLOG 205.00 229.00 205.00 224.45 UFLEX 333.00 344.95 333.00 342.00 SYMPHONY 840.00 876.25 840.00 843.95 ACC 1350.00 1383.25 1343.30 1371.00 49.45 INDIAMART 4849.00 5098.00 4770.85 5023.15 MRF 59350.00 59794.80 58281.10 58492.90 BAYERCROP 6000.00 6090.00 5973.10 6064.25 JMFINANCIL 85.00 85.00 82.80 84.20 PAGEIND 18550.00 19749.00 18550.00 19000.00 559.25 ADANIGREEN 624.95 638.85 622.00 638.75 SUNTECK 280.00 300.60 280.00 287.40 BAJAJHLDNG 2470.00 2501.90 2460.00 2470.55 OMAXE 70.05 71.00 68.00 68.85 OFSS 2965.00 3040.80 2961.00 2989.65 83.05 DLF 155.00 159.20 154.65 155.50 IRB 122.50 124.40 121.55 123.10 GODREJAGRO 496.30 511.00 491.10 498.70 IFCI 6.85 6.98 6.80 6.85 HAVELLS 658.00 672.00 652.00 668.80 15.05 DIVISLAB 3163.00 3228.00 3135.90 3165.90 HONAUT 32771.90 34037.70 32771.90 33884.00 SCI 56.80 58.60 56.80 57.55 MRPL 30.20 30.60 29.70 29.90 INDIGO 1300.00 1328.35 1290.00 1322.20 27.75 VIPIND 288.00 330.60 285.90 323.70 UJJIVAN 229.40 233.30 224.15 228.05 CRISIL 1810.60 1829.95 1770.00 1774.85 SIS 371.60 388.00 369.65 379.65 NAUKRI 3384.85 3455.00 3381.00 3433.00 48.15 ZEEL 222.00 224.70 214.15 216.05 ASTRAL 1215.00 1270.00 1192.15 1218.75 GREAVESCOT 79.15 80.00 77.50 78.15 SHANKARA 364.00 370.00 358.00 360.05 IGL 405.10 414.00 402.80 408.85 5.70 IGL 406.50 413.70 402.75 408.30 KEC 333.50 351.00 325.65 349.35 TTKPRESTIG 5890.00 6085.05 5751.15 6057.55 GPPL 82.50 83.45 80.65 83.20 SIEMENS 1235.00 1242.00 1215.20 1240.40 15.70 INFRATEL 204.00 205.75 199.35 202.50 HEG 771.00 796.50 769.90 777.65 ORIENTCEM 61.10 64.05 61.10 63.40 LAXMIMACH 3795.00 3800.00 3701.00 3718.25 DLF 156.00 159.30 154.50 155.95 1.65 BEL 105.00 109.65 104.40 107.10 BASF 1460.00 1585.00 1458.55 1541.85 JSLHISAR 88.65 105.45 88.00 89.55 VBL 734.80 744.10 733.25 742.15 NHPC 20.65 20.90 20.60 20.75 0.20 AVANTI 482.25 545.00 482.25 536.15 JAMNAAUTO 46.40 49.30 46.40 48.30 ALLCARGO 121.10 124.70 120.90 121.80 JKPAPER* 94.40 95.00 93.00 93.25 SBICARD 858.00 868.00 842.70 856.95 7.55 BOSCHLTD 12950.00 13290.20 12764.10 12848.45 HINDZINC 237.60 238.00 223.00 224.15 VARROC 308.00 327.25 308.00 313.90 CREDITACC 720.00 723.00 710.50 719.10 DIVISLAB 3169.60 3227.65 3133.70 3170.00 23.35 BAJAJFINSV 6158.00 6185.05 6090.00 6106.50 SFL 1439.80 1625.00 1439.80 1513.30 J&KBANK 17.70 18.15 17.15 17.55 GHCL 157.30 169.40 157.30 165.80 GODREJCP 687.90 697.70 677.45 690.55 4.90 COFORGE 2091.00 2190.00 2064.80 2154.65 DEEPAKFERT 164.00 169.60 163.00 167.05 JKCEMENT 1450.00 1544.90 1450.00 1540.70 NAVNETEDUL 78.80 85.00 78.70 83.35 MARICO 367.40 371.70 365.80 369.20 2.50 TATAPOWER 57.00 58.40 56.55 57.10 TRIDENT 6.79 6.88 6.68 6.83 NLCINDIA 53.90 55.00 53.90 54.50 JSL 44.50 46.40 44.50 45.50 BERGEPAINT 577.00 583.10 566.00 575.95 3.30 IPCALAB 2045.00 2168.00 2040.00 2149.75 SWANENERGY 120.00 121.30 117.10 118.75 LUXIND 1392.50 1423.00 1378.00 1403.80 ESABINDIA 1358.00 1425.00 1351.00 1399.30 ICICIGI 1312.00 1335.05 1295.00 1305.65 7.45 BANKBARODA 46.05 46.60 46.00 46.15 GNFC 213.75 217.00 208.45 214.55 KTKBANK 43.50 46.05 43.50 45.15 CARERATING 395.00 410.00 395.00 400.15 LUPIN 972.95 972.95 958.00 969.30 1.65 MGL 918.00 948.85 913.25 929.75 SUNTV 490.00 508.00 490.00 498.90 BALRAMCHIN 148.60 153.45 148.45 150.35 HUDCO 34.40 35.75 34.40 35.25 GULFOILLUB 631.25 671.70 631.25 654.30 CONCOR 386.35 391.00 377.05 384.40 0.60 BHARATFORG 460.00 481.35 460.00 475.80 TVSMOTOR 445.25 458.50 445.25 456.90 WESTLIFE 385.90 412.55 385.90 409.30 SUPRAJIT 171.75 180.00 171.25 177.05 MAHSEAMLES 222.05 230.00 222.05 228.35 BANKBARODA 46.15 46.65 46.00 46.00 0.05 COALINDIA 125.60 126.85 124.20 125.05 HDFCLIFE 613.60 613.60 595.25 599.35 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470.00 476.80 CHOLAHLDNG 405.00 439.00 405.00 421.40 PIDILITIND 1493.00 1504.10 1470.00 1476.90 -11.50 FSL 64.30 70.45 64.30 69.10 CADILAHC 373.50 373.50 365.75 368.55 PHILIPCARB 119.00 122.10 118.10 119.90 GSFC 63.45 64.25 60.05 63.35 AKZOINDIA 2028.05 2112.05 2022.60 2094.20 SBILIFE 871.00 876.00 850.00 857.00 -7.40 HEXAWARE 417.10 429.40 409.90 423.95 INFIBEAM 80.55 82.95 79.10 82.30 FINOLEXIND 513.00 548.95 513.00 544.50 HIMATSEIDE 75.00 81.00 75.00 79.25 KSB 520.00 529.00 515.50 522.65 AUROPHARMA 806.50 815.00 791.25 794.85 -8.10 HINDALCO 178.40 184.25 174.70 175.70 PGHL 4800.00 5464.75 4800.00 5250.90 KNRCON 260.00 273.10 255.50 265.25 RAIN 110.85 113.00 109.95 110.85 IIFLWAM 981.10 1000.00 973.00 991.25 AMBUJACEM 214.30 217.00 209.80 210.30 -2.15 CIPLA 726.50 730.35 717.95 721.75 CENTURYPLY 164.00 185.75 164.00 181.00 COLPAL 1437.90 1437.90 1401.70 1415.65 TATACOFFEE 111.80 112.55 110.35 111.60 JTEKTINDIA 73.70 76.75 73.00 74.50 BIOCON 435.30 440.00 426.35 428.65 -4.45 ACC 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225.00 216.35 222.50 TIMKEN 1100.00 1167.00 1091.50 1132.70 MOTILALOFS* 656.90 660.00 650.60 652.90 TORNTPHARM 2846.00 2858.85 2781.15 2795.00 -42.20 BANKINDIA 47.70 48.20 46.75 47.25 VINATIORGA 1019.00 1105.20 1009.10 1089.85 NHPC 20.80 20.90 20.35 20.65 TCNSBRANDS 372.65 389.00 367.05 385.00 TVSSRICHAK 1518.20 1555.55 1495.90 1515.65 HINDPETRO 199.90 201.15 195.15 195.80 -3.35 AARTIIND 1035.00 1097.20 1031.25 1056.95 KALPATPOWR* 251.00 276.15 251.00 274.30 NESCO 570.00 574.70 550.00 566.45 SKFINDIA 1549.50 1620.00 1549.50 1608.20 SOMANYCERA 160.00 166.55 159.95 163.85 ABBOTINDIA 16898.00 16898.00 16475.00 16489.00 -330.25 INDIACEM 115.00 125.65 115.00 124.85 TATAMTRDVR 61.75 62.75 60.70 61.15 GSPL 204.00 216.50 202.20 214.60 SPANDANA 592.00 592.00 552.00 558.10 MAHLIFE 244.00 248.00 241.90 246.10 ICICIPRULI 443.85 445.00 428.10 430.00 -9.15 NTPC 90.60 91.95 89.75 90.90 NBCC 26.45 27.75 26.45 27.25 PRESTIGE 241.05 266.50 241.05 264.55 PCJEWELLER 16.30 16.30 15.55 15.70 DCMSHRIRAM 346.70 361.50 346.70 356.70 ADANITRANS 276.90 277.80 265.10 266.00 -5.80 BERGEPAINT 576.80 582.90 566.10 577.40 MIDHANI 200.10 213.50 200.10 209.40 SHK 79.70 86.45 79.70 85.70 JAICORPLTD 91.60 93.90 90.75 91.45 DBCORP 76.40 78.45 76.20 77.75 DMART 2250.00 2258.95 2150.05 2169.40 -69.95 SRF 4235.00 4366.85 4222.80 4335.40 EIDPARRY 299.00 312.60 297.65 309.95 IFBIND 569.00 597.00 557.15 580.90 PGHH 9975.50 10120.00 9975.50 9996.65 SUNDRMFAST 428.20 434.00 416.30 420.10 BANDHANBNK 312.50 318.40 297.60 299.25 -12.55 M&M 617.00 629.40 612.45 615.75 INDOCO 220.70 265.00 220.70 246.95 ZENSARTECH 173.00 184.50 173.00 180.45 RCF 47.85 48.30 47.30 47.50 INDOSTAR 265.90 267.50 260.75 261.25 HINDZINC 237.70 238.45 222.50 223.85 -13.85 TATACONSUM 553.00 555.00 543.60 546.15 GODREJCP 685.55 697.45 677.60 691.15 TCIEXP 830.00 868.25 809.00 847.65 PNCINFRA 162.00 173.00 161.90 165.70 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 world 11

US ambassador to China Foreign labs confirm Yoshihide Suga wins to step down next month Navalny poisoned party vote for Japan PM with Novichok Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga was Beijing: The US ambassador to said before the embassy major farming state for 22 elected as the new head of China will step down early next announcement that it was years over two spans, from Berlin: Specialist labs in France Japan’s ruling party on Monday, month, ending a three-year aware of Pompeo’s tweet but 1983 to 1999 and 2011 to 2017. and Sweden have confirmed virtually guaranteeing him par- tenure marked by a trade war had not received any notifica- Early in his first term, he Russian opposition leader liamentary election as the coun- and increasingly bitter relations tion that Branstad was leaving. met Xi Jinping, now China’s Alexei Navalny was poisoned try’s next prime minister. between the world’s two largest Branstad became leader, when the then county- with the Soviet-era nerve agent Suga received 377 votes in economies. embroiled in a recent contro- level Communist Party official Novichok, the German gov- the ruling Liberal Democratic Terry Branstad, appointed versy when China’s official visited Iowa on a 1985 trade ernment said Monday. Party election to pick a succes- by President Donald Trump in People’s Daily newspaper trip. A German military labora- sor to Prime Minister Shinzo 2017, confirmed his decision in rejected an opinion column Trump appointed him tory previously confirmed the their own new samples. Abe, who announced last a phone call with Trump last that he had written. ambassador after a vacancy of substance in his samples. Navalny, the most promi- month that he would resign due week, the US Embassy said in Pompeo tweeted last week several months, during which German government nent opponent of Russian to health problems. a statement on Monday. It did that China’s ruling Communist the embassy’s No. 2 official, spokesman Steffen Seibert also President Vladimir Putin, was The other two contenders not give a reason for his depar- Party refused to run Branstad’s David Rank, resigned after said that the Hague-based flown to Germany two days received a combined 157 votes Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, receives flowers from Chief Cabinet ture. op-ed while the Chinese criticizing the Trump admin- Organisation for the Prohibition after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a — former Foreign minister Secretary Yoshihide Suga after Suga was elected as new head of Japan’s ruling “I am proudest of our work ambassador to the United istration’s withdrawal from the of Chemical Weapons is taking domestic flight in Russia and is Fumio Kishida got 89 and for- party at the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election Monday AP in getting the phase one trade States “is free to publish in any Paris climate accord. steps to have samples from being treated at Berlin’s Charite mer Defence Minister Shigeru deal and delivering tangible US media outlet.” Soon after arriving in Navalny tested at its reference hospital. Berlin has demanded Ishiba had 68. icism from inside and outside as Abe’s right-hand man, Suga results for our communities Chinese foreign ministry Beijing in June 2017, Branstad laboratories. that Russia investigate the case. The expected victory in the party that the process is is actually known for his iron- back home,” he was quoted as spokesperson Zhao Lijian welcomed American beef back “Independently of the Seibert on Monday the party vote by Suga, currently undemocratic and murky. fist approach to getting jobs saying at an embassy staff responded that Branstad’s arti- to the Chinese market after a ongoing examinations by the renewed Germany’s demand the chief Cabinet secretary of The closed-door politics done as a policy coordinator meeting on Monday. cle was “full of loopholes, seri- 14-year ban, saying “I know it OPCW, three laboratories have that “Russia explain itself” on Abe’s government, all but guar- also apparently led lawmakers to and influencing bureaucrats by Word of his departure ously inconsistent with facts is a key priority of the president now confirmed independently the matter. He added that “we antees his election in a parlia- support Suga in hopes of getting using the centralized power of leaked out earlier in the day and wantonly attacks and to reduce the trade deficit, and of one another the proof of a are in close consultation with mentary vote Wednesday favourable party and Cabinet the prime minister’s office. when Secretary of State Mike smears China.” this is one of the ways we can nerve agent of the Novichok our European partners on fur- because of the majority held by posts in the new administration. Suga says he is a reformist Pompeo thanked Branstad on The US Embassy had con- do it.” group as the cause of Mr. ther steps.” the Liberal Democrats’ ruling Suga has said his top prior- and that he has worked to Twitter for his service. tacted the People’s Daily on But trade relations quick- Navalny’s poisoning,” Seibert The Kremlin has bristled at coalition. ities are fighting the coron- achieve policies by breaking “Ambassador Branstad has August 26 about the piece, ask- ly soured, as the US imposed said in a statement. calls from Chancellor Angela Suga gained the support of avirus and turning around an territorial barriers of bureau- contributed to rebalancing US- ing that it be printed in full with- tariffs on Chinese products He said Germany had asked Merkel and other world leaders party heavyweights and their economy battered by the pan- cracy. He has credited himself China relations so that it is out any edits before September and China retaliated in kind. France and Sweden for an for Russia to answer questions wing members early in the demic. He repeatedly has noted for those efforts in achieving a results-oriented, reciprocal, and 4, the People’s Daily said in a Other disputes followed over “independent review” of the in the case, denying any official campaign on expectations that achievements under the Abe-led booming foreign tourism indus- fair,” Pompeo wrote in a follow- statement posted online. technology, human rights and German findings. German offi- involvement and accusing the he would continue Abe’s poli- government when asked about try in Japan, lowering cellphone up tweet. Branstad, 73, is a native of the response to the coron- cials said labs in both countries, West of trying to smear cies. That his victory appeared various policies. bills and bolstering agricultur- China’s foreign ministry Iowa and was governor of the avirus pandemic. AP as well as the OPCW, took Moscow. AP to be a done deal has raised crit- Despite his low-key image al exports. AP Around the Italy’s initial virus GlobeGlobe China warns US hotspot back to Belarus leader visits US lawyer says Kigali: A Rwandan court on school after 7 mths Monday charged Paul Russia to secure Assange faces decades Rusesabagina, whose story over US-Taiwan Codogno (Italy): The morning inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” bell on Monday marked the support amid protests with terrorism, complicity in first entrance to the classroom in prison if convicted murder, and forming an armed for the children of Codogno Moscow: Belarus’ authoritari- Belarusian leader to engage in rebel group. Rusesabagina, economic talks since February 21, when pan- an president visited Russia talks with the opposition, a credited with saving more than icked parents were sent to pick Monday in a bid to secure more demand he rejected. 1,000 lives during the 1994 Taipei: China warned the government. up their children after the loans and political support, as In a bid to win Moscow’s genocide, appeared in court for United States on Monday of The visit would follow one northern Italian town gained demonstrations against the support, the 66-year-old former the first time since being paraded potential “serious damage” to by US Health Secretary Alex notoriety as the first in the West extension of his 26-year rule state farm director has tried to in Kigali in handcuffs on August their relations if it does not Azar last month. Azar was the to record local transmission of entered their sixth week. cast the protests as an effort by 31. In all, he faces 12 charges. withdraw from an upcoming highest-level US Cabinet offi- the coronavirus. Alexander Lukashenko’s the West to isolate Russia, Beirut: A suspected Israeli economic meeting with Taiwan cial to visit since a break in for- While all of Italy’s 8 million talks with Russian President which sees the neighbour as a airstrike on Iran-backed fighters in that is expected to be attended mal ties between the US and school students endured Italy’s Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea key bulwark against NATO eastern Syria on Monday killed 10 by a senior American official. Taiwanese government in 1979, strict 2½-month lockdown, resort of Sochi come a day after and a major conduit for ener- fighters, including eight Iraqis, a Chinese foreign ministry when the US accepted a “one- few suffered the trauma of the an estimated 150,000 people gy exports to Europe. Syrian opposition war monitor spokesman Wang Wenbin China policy” with Beijing as children of Codogno, whose flooded the streets of the Russia and Belarus have a reported. Israel is believed to have urged the US at a daily brief- its government. days were punctuated by the Belarusian capital, demanding union treaty envisaging close carried out scores of raids ing to “stop all forms of official A visit by Krach is likely to sirens of passing ambulances. Lukashenko’s resignation. political, economic and military targeting Iran’s military presence exchanges with Taiwan, so as inspire further anger from “Many lost grandparents,” The Interior Ministry said ties, but they have often engaged Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a protest outside the in Syria in recent years. to avoid serious damage to China. China considers self- said Cecilia Cugini, the prin- 774 people were arrested in in acrimonious disputes. Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in London on Monday AP Berlin: The head of the UN atomic China-US relations and peace ruled Taiwan part of its own cipal of Codogno’s nursery, Minsk and other cities of Before the election, watchdog agency told board and stability across the Taiwan territory, and strongly oppos- elementary and middle schools. Belarus for holding unsanc- Lukashenko repeatedly London: An American lawyer appearing as a defense witness, members on Monday he is hopeful Strait.” es any official contacts between So while the reopening of tioned rallies on Sunday. accused the Kremlin of press- told an extradition hearing in said the scope of the indictment Iran’s decision to let inspectors in Taiwanese media reported other nations and the island. Italian schools marks an Protesters in Belarus have ing Belarus to abandon its Britain for Julian Assange on pointed to “a very aggressive to two disputed sites could lead to that US Under Secretary of Taiwan’s Ministry of important step in a return to dismissed Lukashenko’s reelec- independence. But with the Monday that the WikiLeaks approach to sentencing on the greater trust with Tehran. State for Economic Growth, Foreign Affairs confirmed last pre-lockdown routine, the step tion for a sixth term in the United States and the European founder faces decades in prison part of the Government.” “All Lancaster: A police officer fatally Energy, and the Environment week that it was in negotiations bears more symbolic weight in August 9 vote as rigged. Union criticising the election if he is convicted on spying signs point to a very long sen- shot a Black man during a Keith Krach is planning to with the US on such talks, but the 11 towns in Lombardy The United States and the and readying a package of charges in the United States. tence, measured in many domestic disturbance call, visit the island later this week did not comment on a specif- and Veneto that were the first European Union have criti- sanctions, Lukashenko now US prosecutors have decades,” said Lewis, a senior prompting street protests that led for an economic and com- ic date or who might attend to be sealed off as coronavirus cised the election as neither free has to rely squarely on Russia’s indicted the 49-year-old partner at Lewis Baach to vandalism in Pennsylvania. mercial dialogue with Taiwan’s from Washington. AP red zones. AP nor fair and urged the support. AP Australian on 17 espionage Kaufmann Middlemiss in charges, and one of computer Washington, DC. misuse, over WikiLeaks’ pub- “We are looking at a sen- lication of secret US Military tence somewhere between 20 documents a decade ago. The years, if everything goes bril- EU presses China on market access, human rights charges carry a maximum sen- liantly, to 175 years, which the tence of 175 years in prison. government could easily ask Attorney Eric Lewis, for,” he said. AP Brussels (AP): The tor to China, the 27-nation EU did not take part in the post- issues, Michel said the three always protects the rights of of the pandemic and therefore European Union on Monday has struggled to balance its summit news conference. had a quite intense discussion China’s ethnic minorities. we were very clear that it is very urged China to further open its commercial interests against its Citing a lack of opportu- with Xi, notably on China’s Michel said the Europeans important to give WHO all the markets up to European com- concerns for human rights in nities in China’s communica- restive far western province of also underlined that China’s possibilities to lead its investi- Astronomers spot panies and prove that it really the country, particularly as tions, IT, biotech and health Xinjiang, where authorities national security law for Hong gations on the origin of does want to secure an invest- Beijing has grown more care sectors, she said we see have cracked down on local Kong continues to raise grave COVID-19, von der Leyen ment agreement this year with assertive in recent years. that our investors just face too Uighers. Michel said Xi appears concerns, that the region’s said. The spread of the pan- the bloc, its largest trading Von der Leyen, who leads many barriers in these key willing to allow visits into the autonomy should be respected demic has created new obsta- possible signs of partner. the EU’s executive body that sectors, and for us, with mar- region by diplomats to check and that democratic voices in cles to EU-China ties, notably After a two-hour video manages trade on behalf of the ket access, it’s not just a ques- what's happening. Merkel said Hong Kong should be heard. what Brussels sees as a China- conference, German member countries, noted that tion of meeting halfway, but it’s the details must still be They also encouraged Xi to orchestrated campaign of dis- life on Venus’s clouds Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU trade and investment talks a question of rebalancing the thrashed out. help tackle the coronavirus information about the disease Council President Charles have been stepped up but asymmetry. Chinese officials have pandemic which was first that could put lives at risk. London (PTI): Scientists on and thinking about future Michel and EU Commission despite some recent progress a China has to convince us repeatedly denied allegations of detected in the Chinese city of The EU has seen over Monday announced the dis- instruments,” said Professor President Ursula von der Leyen lot, a lot, still remains to be that it is worth having an genocide, forced sterilization Wuhan late last year and con- 142,700 confirmed virus-relat- covery of a rare molecule — Jane Greaves of Cardiff said they also pressed Chinese done. investment agreement, von der and the mass detention of tribute to vaccine research by ed deaths from the pandemic, phosphine — in the clouds of University. President Xi Jinping on human The European market is Leyen said, acknowledging the nearly 1 million Uighur cooperating with internation- according to a tally by Johns Venus, a possible hint of micro- I thought we’d just be able rights and the need for inter- open, and European companies struggle involved in securing Muslims in Xinjiang as lies fab- al organizations like the World Hopkins University, but experts bial life in the atmosphere of to rule out extreme scenarios, national cooperation to tackle must have fair and equal access one by the end of the year as ricated by anti-China forces. Health Organisation. say all numbers undercount the our neighbouring planet. like the clouds being stuffed full the coronavirus pandemic. to the Chinese market in the Europeans had hoped. They claim that the Uighurs are It is important also to con- true toll due to missed cases On Earth, phosphine gas is of organisms. When we got the As an economic competi- return, she told reporters. Xi Turning to human rights treated equally, and that Beijing tinue understanding the origins and limited testing. only made industrially, or by first hints of phosphine in microbes that thrive in oxygen- Venus' spectrum, it was a free environments, according shock!” Greaves said. to the researchers, including Greaves said that both Johnson defends planned those from the Cardiff observatories had seen the Lebanese Cabinet formation hits University in the UK. same thing — faint absorption Researchers have specu- at the right wavelength to be lated for decades that high phosphine gas, where the mol- law, says EU ‘unreasonable’ snags amid disagreements clouds on Venus could offer a ecules are backlit by the home for microbes — floating warmer clouds below. London (AP) British Prime provide time to negotiate a long- the deal would be an uncon- Beirut (AP): Lebanese officials the 15-year civil war that ended of a government that can free of the scorching surface, Professor Hideo Sagawa Minister Boris Johnson says his term trade agreement. scionable breach of internation- held 11th-hour negotiations in 1990, and is largely blamed implement essential reforms. but still needing to tolerate very of Kyoto Sangyo University plan to unilaterally rewrite Johnson’s Conservative gov- al law. on Monday over the formation on decades of systematic cor- It is up to them to translate high acidity. used his models for the Britain’s divorce deal with the ernment has acknowledged that Cox, previously a strong of a new government for the ruption and mismanagement this commitment into action The detection of phos- Venusian atmosphere to inter- European Union is an insurance the bill breaches the legally bind- supporter of Johnson on Brexit, crisis-hit country, a process by Lebanon’s ruling class. without delay, it said. phine molecules, which consist pret the data, finding that policy against the bloc’s unrea- ing withdrawal treaty that Britain said he wouldn’t support the pro- which hit snags over the week- During Macron’s Sept 1 Adib’s French-supported of hydrogen and phosphorus, phosphine is present but scarce sonable behavior, comments that and the EU have both ratified. posal at its first House of end despite a looming deadline visit to Lebanon, Lebanese efforts to form a government could point to this extra-ter- -- only about twenty molecules came as his former attorney The legislation threatens to sink Commons vote on Monday. to deliver on a promise made politicians promised a new of experts without party loy- restrial ‘aerial’ life, according to in every billion. The general joined a growing num- the already-foundering negotia- I simply cannot approve or to French President Emmanuel government would be formed alists hit snags the last few the research published in the astronomers then ran calcula- ber of once-loyal lawmakers tions between Britain and the EU endorse a situation in which we Macron. within two weeks. days, particularly after objec- journal in Nature Astronomy. tions to see if the phosphine condemning the contentious on a post-Brexit trade deal. go back on our word, given The French leader has been With one day left before tions by Parliament Speaker The team first used the could come from natural move. Ed Milliband, business solemnly, Cox said on Times pressing Lebanese politicians to that deadline, Prime Minister- Nabih Berri, the powerful James Clerk Maxwell Telescope processes on Venus. Johnson said Monday that a spokesman for the opposition Radio. The breaking of the law form a Cabinet made up of designate Moustapha Adib was head of Lebanon’s Shiite Amal (JCMT) in Hawaii to detect the They caution that some planned law designed to override Labour Party, accused Johnson of ultimately leads to very long-term independent specialists that expected to present his Cabinet party. phosphine. information is lacking — in portions of the Brexit withdraw- trashing the reputation of this and permanent damage to this can work on enacting urgent lineup to President Michel Berri, an ally of the Shiite They were then awarded fact, the only other study of al agreement was needed because country and trashing the repu- country’s reputation. reforms to extract Lebanon Aoun on Monday. But instead, Hezbollah group, is insisting on time to follow up their discov- phosphorus on Venus came the EU might go to extreme and tation of his office. With an 80- Sajid Javid, a former Treasury from a devastating economic Adib only held further consul- retaining hold on the Finance ery with 45 telescopes of the from one lander experiment, unreasonable lengths in its treat- seat majority in the House of chief in Johnson’s government, and financial crisis worsened tations with the president. Ministry. The insistence Atacama Large Millimeter/sub- carried by the Soviet Vega 2 ment of former member Britain. Commons, Johnson is expected also said he would not vote for by the devastating Aug. 4 Although he could still emerged after the US admin- millimeter Array (ALMA) in mission in 1985. I have absolutely no desire to to have enough votes to push his the bill, because I cannot support explosion at Beirut port. form a Cabinet later, missing istration slapped sanctions on Chile. Both facilities observed Massachusetts Institute of use these measures, Johnson legislation through Parliament the UK pre-emptively reneging The small, cash-strapped the deadline would be an early his top aide last week. Venus at a wavelength of about Technology (MIT) scientist told lawmakers as he introduced but there is wide unease within on the withdrawal agreement. country is in desperate need of blow to the premier-designate, Macron held a telephone 1 millimetre, much longer than William Bains led the work on the Internal Market Bill in the the Conservative Party about the The UK formally left the bloc financial assistance but France who quit his job as Lebanese call with Berri on Saturday, the human eye can see — only assessing natural ways to make House of Commons. They are an law-breaking move. on Jan. 31, but existing trade rules and other international powers ambassador to Germany for the during which the speaker telescopes at high altitude can phosphine. Some ideas includ- insurance policy. The UK for- Geoffrey Cox, who was the remain in effect until the end of have refused to provide aid new post. reportedly insisted that the detect this wavelength effec- ed sunlight, minerals blown mally left the bloc on Jan. 31, but government’s top legal officer this year under a transition before serious reforms are On Monday, the French Finance Ministry is tradition- tively. “This was an experiment upwards from the surface, vol- existing trade rules remain in when Johnson negotiated the arrangement designed to provide made. Foreign Ministry said all ally controlled by Shiites in made out of pure curiosity, canoes, or lightning, but none effect until the end of this year Brexit withdrawal agreement less time to negotiate a long-term The crisis represents the Lebanese political forces had Lebanon, according to his really - taking advantage of of these could make anywhere under a transition designed to than a year ago, said reneging on trade agreement. biggest threat to Lebanon since endorsed the rapid formation aides. JCMT’s powerful technology, near enough of it. pioneer THE PIONEER LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 12 SteroidAffect More than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets, with researchers warning this puts them at greater risk of serious side effects. They looked at more than 120,000 cases where patients were given prescriptions for steroid tablets. The researchers found more than 25 per cent of those were more likely to have a chronic condition

DOCYARD INDULGE IN A DR VIVEK LOGANI FRUITILICIOUS AFFAIR Chief of Joint Listen to Despite the Replacement & Sports multiple Injury Centre health benefits that PARAS HOSPITALS, GURUGRAM fruit offer, your body they have always been shrouded by some misconception or the other. RISHI SAKHUJA busts a few common myths

ruits are one of the most delectable gifts Ffor mankind. Loaded with nutrients, they are rich in necessary antioxidants and power-surplus properties. They serve as the much-needed energy booster for your body. Besides, they also save the day from those cliché meals of yours. Fruits are the perfect switch over to the much fibrous flavours on your plate. Despite the multiple health benefits that Beware of a fruits offer, they have always been shroud- ed by some misconception or the other. It could range from the right time of intake to completely avoiding them post certain popping knee hours. Available in red, orange, yellow, peach, and other bright irresistible colours, ne of the most common ways of hurting knees is through amazing flavours, and sundry textures, OACL (anterior cruciate ligament). This generally occurs dur- sourced directly from nature’s bounty — ing heavy sports, which involves sudden stops or changes in direc- how can anyone say no to them, at any time? tion, jumping and landing such as soccer, basketball, football and Hands down, fruits can always substitute downhill skiing. There is a pop sound in the knee when an ACL any meal, at any time of the day. Let’s dive injury occurs following which your knee may swell, feel unsta- deeper and bust some of the most popular ble and become too painful to bear the bodyweight. Depending myths associated with them. on the severity of your ACL injury, treatment may include rest Myth 1: Fruits should be consumed on and rehabilitation exercises to help regain strength and stabili- an empty stomach ty or surgery to replace the torn ligament followed by rehabili- Practising yoga is not a mere set of exercises but a lifestyle, a way Claim: It helps the body to extract the tation. A proper training program may also help reduce the risk necessary nutrients in the right amount. of an ACL injury. This is an effective way of utilising the nutri- Symptoms: The ‘pop’ sound doesn’t come from everydody’s of life which encourages you to attain wellbeing. It helps in tional value of any fruit. knee when they met with an injury. Some other common symp- Reality: This is the most polluted ren- toms are: dition of the 'irst-come-first-serve concept. n Pain: If you have a minor injury, you may not feel pain. You prevention of diseases and their cure, says DR ANJALI SHARMA Our digestive system is better evolved to may feel sore along your knee’s joint line. Some people have trou- extract and digest the necessary nutrients ble standing or putting pressure on the hurt leg. revent and prepare is better especially yogic cleansing kriyas titioner will help you attain overall from the fruits, no matter whether you had n Swelling: This is most likely to happen during the first 24 hours. than to repent and repair. help boost immunity in a person. wellbeing. Because healthy bones, one before something or not. You can reduce swelling by putting ice on your knee and elevat- This saying is true especial- Immunity lowers the risk of diseases regulated vital signs, good metabo- Myth 2: Fruits should be treated as a ing your leg by propping it up on a pillow. ly when it comes to health- in a person. Yogic breathing exercis- lism and increased immunity lead to standalone meal n Trouble walking: If you’re able to put pressure on your hurt care.P Yoga is a complete health care es especially help in the current pan- a healthy lifestyle. Claim: You don’t get all the nutrients if leg, you may notice that it’s harder than normal to walk. Some package. Yogic practices are not a demic to improve lung capacity and Considering all benefits of yoga you have fruits pre, post or alongside a meal. people find that the knee joint feels looser than it should. mere set of exercise rather it is a the functioning of the white blood CERTAIN YOGA there are certain things to be kept in It slows down your digestive process, caus- n Less range of motion: After you damage your ACL, it’s very lifestyle, a way of life which encour- cells to fight infections. POSTURES LIKE mind before getting into it. It is ing gas, discomfort, and a range of other likely that you won’t be able to bend and flex your knee like you ages one to attain overall wellbeing, Reduces stress: Since the day strictly not advised to start any tough unrelated symptoms. normally would. prevention of diseases and their pandemic has hit the entire world, SURYA NAMASKAAR, exercise pattern just like that with- Reality: Although insignificantly, eating Causes: Ligaments are cure. Since the COVID-19 pandem- staying indoors, not socialising and out any proper guidance; it is a seri- fruits with meals only reduces the frequen- strong bands of tissue that ic has hit the world, the restrictions facing an unexpected economic cri- PRANAYAM LIKE ous matter especially when one is cy of hunger pangs. This is actually bene- If your injury is connect one bone to another. due to the rising number of cases has sis has taken a toll on everyone’s ANULOM-VILOM AND already facing health issues. Hence ficial as it makes your body feel fuller, there- minor, you may The ACL, one of two ligaments been an eye opener for all, making mental health too. opt for yoga by keeping in mind the by reducing intake of the extra calories. that cross in the middle of the them realise the importance of hav- This situation gave rise to a lot CLEANSING KRIYAS following points: Myth 3: People suffering or prone to only need to put ice knee, connects your thighbone ing a healthy diet, importance of of negative thoughts and it became n Never try any tough yoga pose Diabetes shouldn’t eat fruits at any time on your knee, (femur) to your shinbone yoga and breathing practices and even hard to keep up with patience. HELP BOOST without training if needed. of the day elevate your leg, (tibia) and helps stabilise your good immunity are the keys to Mental health has also come up as IMMUNITY. YOGIC n Keep your nutrition value high Claim: Fruits correlate to the spike in knee joint. ACL injuries often health. one of the prime concern in health. once you start following yoga prac- blood glucose level if they aren’t consumed and stay off your happen during sports and fit- During the time of lockdown Yoga and meditative poses have BREATHING tice, for that matter ask a profession- at the right time. So, Diabetics should bet- feet for a while. ness activities that can put when people had to stay at home proven to help improve mental al for guidance. Only yogasana ter be mindful. stress on the knee and that and follow social distancing, going health. Following yogic principles, EXERCISES ARE without exercises without proper Reality: There is no specific time for the You can reduce results in: out for anything even for walk or jog breathing practices, pranayam, EXTREMELY nutrition are not going to help. consumption of fruits for Diabetic people. n n swelling by Suddenly slowing down and was restricted, a major part of pop- dhyan and a regular practice com- BENEFICIAL DURING If already suffering from any of the They can be equally beneficial if consumed wrapping an ace changing direction (cutting) ulation staying at home found solu- bining with asanas improves the chronic diseases then consult your in moderation. In fact, Diabetics are often n Pivoting with your foot firm- tion in yoga and meditation in happiness quotient, relaxes the THE CURRENT TIME concerned doctor and a yoga and advised to follow a fruit-based diet in small- bandage around ly planted their confined places. Time and hyperactive nerve signals and naturopathy physician to guide for er intervals to keep the sugar in check. This your knee n Landing awkwardly from a again we have witnessed global improves mental well being, hence AS THEY HELP IN necessary set of asanas and also helps them feel fuller with the right jump acceptance and appreciation of yoga relieving stress. pranayam and food pattern to follow. amount of fibre-rich essential nutrients. n Stopping suddenly practice. Even the Prime Minister Increased imunity leads to IMPROVING LUNG Make sure he/she is an qualified yoga Myth 4: The most favourable time to n Receiving a direct blow to the knee or collision, such as a foot- Narendra Modi had also said that healthy body: The patterns in which CAPACITY AND THE and naturopathy physician (BNYS). eat fruits is after six-seven hrs of sleep ball tackle yoga is helping COVID patients as yogasanas are to be practiced as per Consider your diseases first; never Claim: Eating fruits early in the morn- When the ligament is damaged, there is usually a partial or well. Even now when the situation the ancient books ensure joint BODY’S ABILITY TO hide them from your guide. ing is the best time to consume them. It complete tear of the tissue. A mild injury may stretch the liga- remains out of control and it will movements in the body, stretches n Always consult a yoga and natur- energises you with the optimal blood sugar ment but leave it intact. take time to control the spread of the the muscles, increases oxygen levels FIGHT INFECTIONS opathy physician and make your level and activates your digestive system. Treatment: Treatment depends on how badly you’ve been virus, the only key is healthy habits which is most required and regulates schedule of exercises — set of Reality: There is no scientific backing hurt. Here are some of the options your doctor may give you: and practice of yoga, here is how: body functions. It is much needed asanas, pranayam and diet as pre- behind the right time of consuming fruits. First aid: If your injury is minor, you may only need to put Boost immunity: Certain yoga for muscle building; regulating scribed. Eating them at any time of the day will do ice on your knee, elevate your leg, and stay off your feet for a postures like surya namaskaar, blood pressure, bone health and The writer is Naturopath and Yoga Expert, you the same good as it’s supposed to do. while. You can reduce swelling by wrapping an ace bandage pranayam like anulom-vilom and active body. Becoming a yoga prac- Shuddhi Naturopath, Delhi The writer is CEO, Fruitbox & Co around your knee. Crutches can help to keep weight off your knee. Medications: Anti-inflammatory drugs can help to reduce swelling and pain. Your doctor may suggest over-the-counter TOP INBRIEF medications or prescribe something stronger. 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hy do animals gather for one-off king penguin and a spy elephant seal, events? What does it feel like to which was the largest spy creature we have Wbe part of the herd? How do ever made. Well, the results were hilari- they cope with the changing seasons and ous, so unique. I don’t want to give too climate? What is their ideal pastime much away. Those are my most exciting activity? favourite moments. These are a few of the many questions Matthew: For me, I’d say that I was Spy In The Wild II answers. The series pre- the most nervous about the spy gorilla Big B’s voice on sents nature’s greatest dramas and emo- because we never know how that species tional encounters up-close by placing is going to react. But yes, the spy creatures Amazon Alexa cameras inside revolutionary, lifelike spy are made in a very sophisticated way, cost- creatures in the wild. Producers Philip ing tens of thousands and are deployed Amazon Alexa on Monday Dalton and Matthew Gordon talk about at the right moment and place with the announced a partnership with how through the series, one can become help of scientists. But still, there are actor AMITABH BACHCHAN to a part of the gorilla family for a day, dis- chances that the gorillas don’t accept the create a unique voice experience cover the drama of koala breeding season, models and just move away from them or for its Indian fans. and feel the heat of battle as Komodo destroy them at once. The Amazon Alexa team will dragons race for supremacy. Excerpts: We have managed to capture some truly magical moments, where we sud- work closely with Bachchan to pWhat went behind making the spy denly saw a whole family troupe coming capture his voice and deliver a cams? What are its unique features and in and staring in with a silver Batman right new voice experience to cus- how long did it take? NATURE’S SPY in the center of the mall and his family tomers. Matthew Gordon: Each spy creature around him. They all are just staring at It will include popu- takes different time to enter and get cap- the eye of the spy gorilla. This made me tured. On an average, it took about three Producers PHILIP DALTON and MATTHEW GORDON talk about how remember the early ‘80s, when Sir David lar offerings like jokes, months. Some of them took most amount Attenborough was around the mountain weather, shayaris, moti- of research going back and forth with the their show, Spy In The Wild II, does not just capture animal movement gorillas. He had said that there can be vational quotes, scientists and the model makers. For more meaning and mutual understand- advice and more. instance, we made primary models for the through secret cameras but also their expression, behaviour and ing with a gorilla than any other animal. Big B's voice will spy gorilla as it was important to look at Well, that for me was really an amazing be available on the intricate details and their facial thought process. By TEAM VIVA experience. When you see a whole fam- expressions. We had animatronic engi- ily of gorillas staring back at you, it’s amaz- Alexa devices next neers to make sure we get every detail cor- Philip Dalton: Spy cameras allow us canopy. It captured the moments of a big our personal favourites in the team. For ing. It became even better and a magical year. rect. to get right in the heart of the action, back cascade, which was when all the butter- me, the most exciting and the most chal- but real moment when we saw them “Technology It was important for the five model data view and immerse the viewer into the flies decided to leave together on mass. lenging were probably the remarkable happy and relaxed, which meant that the has always given creatures that we created to look as real- wild world. I think that’s much more cap- There were millions of them falling off the pack animals in the Arctic walls up in family could interact with us and carry on me an opportunity istic as possible. Therefore, we allowed the tivating but with the new series we trees at the same time. It was an event of Ellesmere Island. We had put an artificial with their natural behaviours. We could to adapt to new creatures to behave in a specific way as it found that people might not necessarily magnitude which is quite a rare thing to pup as the spy creature which would sit capture them playing, beating their chests, might help reveal the behaviours of the be interested in wildlife nature, rather witness. You can capture small cascades by the wolf dens, filming the pups. Well, running and jumping, eating. The scien- forms. Be it films, TV real animals too. Also, the facial expres- what’s happening there. Spy cameras are but this scale is very unusual. The shots the logistics to get to that part of the world tists were amazed that they wanted to play shows, podcasts and sions of animals was more important than a very powerful tool in wildlife filming. we got were remarkable as they were from is very complicated and quite expensive. with the spy gorilla. We have lovely shots now, I am excited to their movements. We had to take care of within the middle of the cascades. That But we could capture some lovely stuff of the back and forth sequence between create this voice experi- the small detailing depending on the ani- pCould you share anything spectacular for me was a special capture. on the pups around the den. It was diffi- a young gorilla and our spy, interacting ence in partnership mal we were filming. For instance, when that was captured on the spy cam? cult to follow them at times, especially and playing with each other. working with the gorillas, we made sure Matthew: When we were going pWas there any moment of fear or did when they moved along with their fam- with Amazon and not to stare at them because the silverback through all the footages, we found out that the animals pick on the spy cams? ily. It was difficult to follow them as they pHave you visited India? What should Alexa,” said gorilla could take that as a threat. So we the mountain gorillas were singing while Matthew: Whenever we are out on run so fast, which makes it difficult to the audience here look forward to in the Bachchan. made sure that our gorilla model was a eating. It seemed as if they were celebrat- the field, we never know what might hap- move over to the terrain because it’s new season? baby, which is less frightening. Sometimes, ing their dinner time. I think that was pen or how the creatures would react. But bumpy and full of rocks. There’s no way Matthew: For this series, we did not it’s also important for the spy creature to quite a remarkable thing to capture. generally, the animals seem to be sort of we can keep up with them. Fortunately, film in India. We have filmed in India, ‘No industry is smell like the real animal you are filming. Thanks to the five cameras! respectful. In the past, when animals like we had a spy creature that could fly, it is though, in the past with our first For example, we filmed fruit bats in Philip: There are quite a few exam- elephants have cited inanimate objects like a spy snowy owl. We were able to follow series when we had used the spy devoid of Australia, which are very nervous animals. ples. We had a Spine Mobula Ray, an robot cameras or cameras, they did not the pack and managed to film them hunt- Langdon monkey. I remember that the flaws. We are They use their sense of smell to assess the extraordinary filming device which like it. They crushed it, thinking that it was ing mascots. It was remarkable because spy monkey had fallen off the tree also human world around them. Therefore, we had to allowed us to get into the big shoal of fish. a novel item. we could see the wolf family outside the trunk. We were then not able to oper- leave our spy model in the forest for about It was able to swim into the heart of it But this time, with spy cameras, I den for the first time. We could see their ate it anymore. Since it became motion- beings, we five days so that it gets the smell. when no diver could. We also had a spy think this was a kind of respect to the ani- first-ever hunts and to film that in detail less, the other monkeys had gathered make Pelican that was getting some aerial mals. There was a camera filming the was just amazing for me, personally too, around it and started to perhaps think pHow much have spy cameras benefit- shots. We captured remarkable behaviour pygmy elephants in Borneo. The elephants because it has only been achieved once in that it was dead. They started to grieve mistakes, we ted wildlife filmmaking? called vortex feeding, where creatures that came over, looked at it and then, I think, the wild before. And that was a long, long over the loss of that monkey. That’s oversee certain things Matthew: The benefits are enormous, could fly collectively get into some sort of just gave it a fleeting thought. I was still time ago. when we saw for the first time, how but there is a beautiful more than what was anticipated at that iconic circular motion, and that has able to carry-on filming and move home. Another personal favourite, which when these creatures lose somebody of time. Not too long ago, we worked on a never been recorded before in Mobula How the elephants looked at the cameras, was equally challenging, was filming the their own, they pay their respects and side to our industry too. series called Penguins: Spy in the Huddle Rays. It was a remarkable capture. you’ll be able to see in the first episode of king penguins and elephant seals in the mourn. That’s what they were doing People talk of outsider- (2014), in which, we worked closely with The other example is of monarch but- the series. We did get a bit nervous but sub-Southern Ocean and on an island with our spy monkey. research scientists, who had proven for the terflies, which we filmed in Mexico. We this time, they accepted their filming and called South Georgia. Again, that was a I think this series will have some- insider. I can say there first time that the use of remote cameras had a lovely spy creature based on a hum- so, it’s going to be a wonderful show. huge operation. It took us nearly 10 days thing for everybody irrespective of are so many people was, is better for the animals and less dis- mingbird, specially designed in a way that just to get to the location as it was very where it has been shot. The series is not turbing than humans. His research proved its moving parts were shielded so that it pWhich was the most difficult and the remote. The weather was extreme with just about the animals’ movements but who I can call if I have that remote cameras cause minimal dis- could fly gently and quietly, very high up most exciting species to spy on? lots of blizzards, cold weather and big, also about their expressions, body lan- a problem. I don't like turbance for filming and studying wildlife, into the Philip: We all have ferocious seas, huge crashing waves. It was guages, daily routines and thought to consider myself an which was very interesting because that a challenge to operate in those conditions processes. was the first time it was conclusively and also use our heavy equipment. (The series airs at 9 pm on Sony BBC outsider. I feel that the shown. This is something we have We placed a spy Earth from September 21.) industry is an inclusive known all along because we have always found that through spider space.’ creatures, we get extraordinary —Aditi Rao Hydari behaviour of the animals. You pick up the nuances of behaviour that you A new song titled might lose while Josh-e-jahaan was filming through launched on Monday, the long lens. marking three months of the death of actor SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT. The song is dedicated to fans of the late actor who have been fighting for justice for Sushant. “September 14, 2020 marks 90 days since Sushant Singh Rajput left all of us. The josh of all his fans and supporters have kept everything alive. On the 90th day, we dedicate the song Josh- e-jahaan to all fans requesting them to be united for the justice till we get it,” Nilotpal Mrinal, the s the country tries to song's producer shared. Arecover even in the face of rising COVID-19 cases and an We shall overcome Ayushmann trains economic downturn, the Gayle launches Population Foundation of India (PFI) has launched a A campaign with an anthem, Himmat Hai Toh Jeet Hai, celebrates new music video campaign titled Himmat Hai hard on b’day West Indies cricketer CHRIS Toh Jeet Hai, to celebrate stories of courage and hope exhibited by people across societies GAYLE courage and fortitude. Along has collaborated with with its eponymous anthem, it ctor Ayushmann Khurrana, who push myself this much because I British Indian singer Avina Shah showcases stories of everyday Aturned 36 on Monday, celebrat- want a certain transformation for for a new track. courage and hope exhibited by ed his birthday by putting himself myself. I have a certain expecta- The two put together the people across society from through a gruelling training ses- tion and I want the audience to music video of the song, Groove, frontline workers to COVID sion. This is because he can’t take see something new about me,” he survivors, who rose to the a single day off from working out added. during lockdown, shooting in dif- occasion. so that he can achieve his desired Ayushmann said that his ferent countries. With lyrics that speak of physique for his next film, a pro- birthday has fallen on a day that After shooting for the music victory over challenges faced gressive love story directed by he currently dislikes. “I usually video in Jamaica, Gayle heads to due to the pandemic, the Abhishek Kapoor. shudder on Mondays and just look anthem features a cross-section He said, “I’m currently for excuses because I have to do legs. Dubai where he will be playing for of society impacted. It was neck deep in prepara- It’s painful but as they say — the Indian Premier League (IPL). launched to reinforce people’s tions for my next. I’m no pain, no gain,” he said. “I love the track and the sense of unity to emerge running against The actor is, Groove! It's my first collaboration stronger together out of this time to achieve the however, thankful with a female artist, pandemic. desired physique that he was with his The campaign is guided by for this film and family on his special thanks to Avina. I'm film and theatre director Feroz imperative to lead from the I know for a fact day. His busy sched- really looking for- Abbas Khan. He is PFI’s cre- front. This campaign gave us that I can’t take ule has unfortunate- ward to this ative advisor and has directed an opportunity to give hope a single day off ly not given him release,” Gayle said. the flagship trans-media edu- and happiness to millions who from working the time to plan He added it tainment show Main Kuch are ready to get back control of out. So even birthdays with his Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon. STCH their lives.” on my birth- entire family for was a great Integrated Marketing Solutions In the early stages of the day, I decided years. “I’m grate- experience is the creative agency that has pandemic, PFI supported to train really ful that spent my shooting the partnered with PFI to create with dignity. Our anthem is the and safer.” MyGov India, a citizen engage- hard.” birthday with my music video, and produce this anthem and chorus of our lives as India Khan says, “The pandem- ment platform of the govern- The actor entire family this as they wanted campaign. steels up to face the chal- ic is here to stay but we cannot ment and multiple state gov- said that he year in Chandigarh. Executive Director, PFI, lenges ahead. It is in tune with live in a perpetual lockdown. ernments in carrying out wants to surprise I don’t remember to mix the Poonam Muttreja adds, “We the resolve and solidarity Facing our fears and moving emergency risk communica- the audience with when was the last Jamaican need masks, physical distanc- which will unite all of us. forward with precautions in tion. It produced, created and his physical trans- time that I got to do flavour with ing and frequent hand wash- Hear it, sing it and share it; as place is critical for our com- curated educational material formation in the this in the recent Indian and ing to stay safe. Along with it is only when each of us, espe- munities.” on masks, steps to stay safe, yet-untitled film co- years. So it was a Western sounds. that, what we also need forti- cially the most vulnerable are STCH believes in the myth busters on COVID and starring Vaani very special one,” he tude and stamina to be able to helped in this difficult time cause of the campaign. It says, social distancing under Kapoor. “It has been summed up. steer the course and handle it that we will emerge stronger “When times are tough it is #TogetherAgainstCOVID. really tough to LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 sport 14

AP n NEW YORK It was tough to stay there It’s going to be easier US Open unlike any other finished and to still believe. But I did, unlike any other — with an yeah. It’s a Slam final. The Aunprecedented fifth-set tiebreak- belief was always there. for me now in biggest er as Dominic Thiem became the first man in 71 years to win the final DOMINIC after dropping the opening two THIEM tournaments: Thiem sets. ON HOW HE TURNED THAT So close to defeat in a nearly MATCH AROUND New York: US Open champion Dominic empty Arthur Ashe Stadium — Thiem on Sunday said that chasing Thiem slowly but surely turned future Slams will be easier now that he has things around against a faltering It had to be like this - my that elusive first tennis major under his Alexander Zverev and pulled out a 2-6, career was always like belt following three near misses. 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory at Flushing the match today - many With that monkey off his back, Meadows for his first Grand Slam title. ups and downs and I Thiem says he expects to be able to play The match ended with both men more freely at Slams as he bids to snatch fighting leg cramps and, clearly, nerves. love the way it turned out titles away from the Big Three of Roger “Somehow,” said Thiem, a 27-year- DOMINIC Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic. old from Austria, “the belief today was THIEM “It’s going to be or I expect that it’s stronger than the body, and I’m super ON HIS MAIDEN GRAND SLAM going to be easier for me now in the happy about that.” biggest tournaments,” Thiem told WIN AFTER 5 SET When a backhand from Zverev land- reporters. ed wide on the third championship “Because, of course, I had it in the point, a weary Thiem dropped to his back Yeah, I mean, I’m 23 years back of my head that I had a great career way behind the baseline and covered his old. I don’t think it’s may last so far, way better career than I could ever face with his hands. chance. I do believe that I will dreamt of, but until today there was still When he arose, he was met by a big part, a big goal missing. Zverev, who walked around the net to be a Grand Slam champion at “With this goal achieved, I think and clasp hands, then embrace his friend and some point. I hope that I’m going to be a little bit more foe, two sights rarely seen in this era of Alexander relaxed and play a little bit more freely at social distancing. ZVEREV the biggest events,” he added. Thiem then rested his head on the AFTER LOSING IN THE FINAL Thiem said lifting the US Open was shoulder of the taller Zverev, who him- a dream come true. self came within two points of what “I achieved a life goal, a dream of would have been his first major triumph. he pushed a volley into the net. That myself, which I had for many, many years. “I wish we could have two winners began a three-game run for Thiem, who Of course, as a kid, as well, when I start- today,” Thiem said. “I think we both broke to lead 6-5, earning his own ed to play tennis. But back then it’s so far deserved it.” chance to serve for it when Zverev net- away,” he told reporters. He is the first man to win the Dominic Thiem, right, and Alexander Zverev, pose for photos after the men's singles final of the US Open championships on Sunday AP ted a backhand, followed by a long fore- “Then I got closer and closer to the American Grand Slam tournament after hand. top. At one point I realized that, ‘Wow, trailing 2-0 in sets in the final since After having a trainer check on his maybe one day I can really win one of the Pancho Gonzalez did it against Ted right leg during the ensuing changeover, four biggest titles in tennis.’ Schroeder in 1949 at an event then Thiem couldn’t seal the deal, either, and “I put a lot of work in. I dedicated known as the US Championships and on they went to the tiebreaker. Zverev basically my whole life until this point to held in Forest Hills. double-faulted twice and offered up one win one of the four majors. Now I did it. The event never had been settled by Thiem for a dream second serve at 68 mph, about half the That’s also for myself a great accomplish- a fifth-set tiebreaker; no major tourna- speed he’s capable of. ment.” AFP ment ever had until Novak Djokovic While this was the No 7-ranked edged Roger Federer that way at Dominator: After losing three times in Slam finals, Dominic finally Zverev’s first Slam final, this was the first Wimbledon in 2019. one the No 3-ranked Thiem was sup- “I was a few games away, a few points lifts major with come back from two sets down against Zverev posed to win, following losses to 12-time away,” said Zverev, who was trying to give French Open champion Rafael Nadal at Germany its first male Grand Slam Zverev was up by two sets and a break in Carreño Busta before coming back to the offing. Roland Garros in 2018 and 2019, then to champion since Boris Becker in the the third at 2-1. win. Thiem broke in the opening game eight-time Australian Open champion 1990s. “The match turned when he broke Thiem began the day 0-3 in Grand when Zverev shanked a pair of forehands. Djokovic at Melbourne Park this “I’m 23 years old. I don’t think it’s my me for the first time in the third set,” Slam finals, but always faced a member Zverev broke right back — and pierced February — back before the pandemic last chance.” Zverev said. of the Big Three of men’s tennis in those the silence with a rare cry of “Come on!” upended the world and put tennis on a As Thiem stepped forward to pose “He started playing much better, others. This time, he was the favorite and — when Thiem double-faulted. five-month hiatus. for pictures with his shiny new bit of and I started playing much worse.” came out jittery, but eventually worked Then it was Zverev’s turn to nose Instead of wild applause and loud hardware, Zverev remained a few feet Zverev, of all people, should have his way out of that, while Zverev went ahead, breaking for a 5-3 lead when shouts greeting great exchanges, the behind, one hand clutching his less- known what might have seemed like an from cool and confident to passive and Thiem sent a down-the-line backhand soundtrack on Sunday mainly came impressive silver tray, the other hand on impossible hill to climb for Thiem was, pushed around. wide and leaned over, gasping for air. from outside the largest court in tennis, a hip. indeed, achievable. After all, in The fifth set was just as back-and- But with a chance to serve out the courtesy of roaring airplanes, rumbling The proceedings took 4 hours, 2 min- Thursday’s semifinals, it was Zverev forth as the other four, the mistakes ris- biggest win of his nascent career, Zverev trains, revving car engines, honking Dominic Thiem, left, and Alex Zverev embrace each utes. And to think: After just 1 1/2 hours, who trailed 2-0 in sets against Pablo ing with the tension and the history in faltered, getting broken right back when horns and wailing sirens. other after US Open men’s singles final AP SINGLES HARIKRISHNA TO FACE LIKES OF CARLSEN Miller wants to finish Chennai: Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna will Aus collapse helps Eng level series compete against the likes of world champion AP n MANCHESTER game was edging away from us. Magnus Carlsen and Hikrau Nakamura in an elite “Finch and Marnus made it field in the St Louis Rapid and Blitz online chess games like Dhoni does ustralia batted itself into a look easier than it was. So I tournament beginning on Tuesday. The India PTI n DUBAI himself, that’s something he’s extremely Awinning position before threw everything at it and the number No 2, who was part of the Gold medal- good at and I do enjoy that about him. dramatically collapsing as guys bowled unbelievably well. winning team in the Online Olympiad last month, avid Miller is in awe of M S I try and give off the same energy,” England won the second ODI by When they bowl like that they with an Elo rating of 2714, is the second lowest DDhoni’s finishing skills and the Miller told ESPNcricinfo. 24 runs to stay alive in the series. make the captain look good.” rated player in the field. South African says he wants to Miller is a Dhoni fan but he is England’s decision to bat Earlier, no England batsman PELLEGRINI WINS IN LA LIGA RETURN imbibe the former India skipper’s not oblivious to the two-time World first at Old Trafford had reached 50, with Morgan (42) Madrid: calmness in high-pressure run Cup winner’s weaknesses even appeared to backfire with the and Joe Root (39) leading the It was a thrilling return to the La Liga for chases. though he prefers to steer clear of world champions limited to scoring. Both men were dis- Manuel Pellegrini and a disappointing one for Unai Miller will be playing for the specifics. 231-9 and Australia reaching missed by legspinner Adam Emery. Back in the league after long absences, Rajasthan Royals in the “...He’s got his strengths and 143-2 with 20 overs left on Zampa, who finished with 3-36 Pellegrini's Real Betis won 1-0 at Alavés thanks to a upcoming IPL after eight years weaknesses as a batsman and Sunday. off 10 overs. stoppage-time goal from substitute Cristian Tello, with Kings XI Punjab. so do I. I tend to be in awe of Australia was making the Australia was aiming to while Emery's Villarreal couldn't get more than a 1- “I absolutely love the way some of his chases rather run chase look easy thanks to a wrap up a series victory after 1 draw at home against Huesca on Sunday. Dhoni goes about his business. than ‘I want to bat like 107-run stand for the third beating England by 19 runs in BRISBANE HEAT SIGN TOM COOPER Certainly his calmness — you him’. I suppose I just wicket between captain Aaron the first ODI last Friday. Brisbane: just think he’s always under want to finish games Finch (73) and Marnus The series finale is at the Brisbane Heat have signed Netherlands control. The way he portrays like he does. Labuschagne (48). But the same venue on Wednesday, batsman Tom Cooper for next two editions of the tourists then collapsed to 147-6, David Warner, right, walks off the field after being dismissed by Jofra Archer AP when England will be hoping to BBL. Cooper has played 145 career T20 matches, and 166-8, in Manchester before the most important parts of the brought them back that was the avoid its first ODI series defeat with 18 T20Is and 23 ODIs for the Netherlands Adjusting to UAE conditions will finishing 207 all out in 48.4 game and I felt at the time I most important part because the at home since 2015. including two World Cup campaigns. He has overs. captained the Melbourne Renegades, where he was A trio of England pacers did a key member of their BBL 8 premiership team and be biggest challenge: Boult the damage: Chris Woakes (3- leaves the club as their most capped player. Dubai: Set to lead four-time champions cricket in the UAE, Boult believes 32), Jofra Archer (3-34) and Sam Zampa wants to master death bowling skill WIN AGAINST ANAND WAS SPECIAL: VIDIT Mumbai Indians bowling attack in Mumbai Indians have the firepower in Curran 3-35. In what has Melbourne: A spinner who bowling. Zampa is keen to off the last two overs (in the New Delhi: absence of Lasith Malinga, Kiwi left-arm its bowling unit to outwit any opposition become an unwanted tour tra- relishes challenges, Australia’s learn the skill since he was second T20) and I told Finchy India's chess Olympiad Gold-winning pacer Trent Boult believes the biggest in the upcoming IPL. dition for Australia, Archer Adam Zampa wants to forge a part of skipper Aaron Finch’s I should bowl it. It obviously team captain Vidit Gujrathi says the experience of challenge for all the teams in the 13th IPL “I’ve played a little bit of cricket here again claimed opener David partnership with India’s unsuccessful death bowling didn’t go to plan but I’m not playing against and defeating iconic Viswanathan will be to adjust to the hot and humid and I’m aware that the conditions can Warner (6). Yuzvendra Chahal during the plan in the T20 series against going to change my attitude Anand was the most special moment of his career. UAE conditions. change quite drastically depending on the England captain Eoin upcoming IPL, where he hopes England recently. after one game. The 25-year-old Gujrathi, who became a “The biggest challenge so far has time of the time of the year etc,” the 31- Morgan said bringing Woakes to master the art of death “I really enjoy bowling at “I’ve got a really good Grandmaster in 2013, beat the five-time world been trying to prepare to come to 45 year-old said. “But I’m hoping for good and Archer back into the attack bowling while playing for the the death, I love those pressure opportunity in the IPL bowl- champion Anand in 2019. “It was a really good degrees in the middle of the desert. I wickets and if good wickets are on the dramatically swung the game in Royal Challengers Bangalore. overs especially when the ing with Chahal at RCB and I memory when I won against him in 2019,” he said come from a very small country New table, then it’s about being clear with what the home team’s favour. Zampa and Chahal are game is on the line,” said might get the opportunity to during the show, In the Sportlight. Zealand which is about 7 or 8 degrees at we are trying to do as a bowling team. “Jofra is obviously an ace both wrist spinners but the Zampa, who played two sea- bowl those overs just because FANS ALLOWED FOR AUS-NZ EVES SERIES the moment in the middle of winter,” And if we put the ball where we want to, and so is Woakes. It’s our Australian is eager to pick sons for the now-defunct of the way the team is struc- Melbourne: Boult said in a video posted by MI. then I think we got the skills to outper- strongest suit,” Morgan said. the brain of his IPL team- Rising Pune Supergiants. tured,” he was quoted as say- In a first since Covid outbreak, the Having played some amount of form any opposition.” PTI “You like to bowl them in mate when it comes to death “They needed 18 to win ing by cricket.Com.Au. PTI upcoming limited-overs series between Australia Women and New Zealand Women beginning September 26 will be played in the presence of fans inside the stadium, CA confirmed on Monday. "A Victorian Govt working on getting crowd limited number of fans will be admitted to Allan Neymar sees red in PSG defeat Border Field, with the maximum attendance determined by current Queensland health and The Brazilian insisted tense game featuring more than back for Boxing Day Test & Aus Open Government guidelines which caps the attendance a dozen yellow cards and which at 50 per cent of the venue's capacity," said a report he had been the descended into chaos deep into PTI n MELBOURNE in cricket.com.au. victim of racism as he stoppage time as punches and NO CLARITY ON ENG, AUS PLAYERS: KXIP CEO kicks were exchanged. ictoria state Premier Daniel Kolkata: was one of five It was Marseille’s first vic- VAndrews on Monday said his There is still no clarity on whether a tory over PSG since a 3-0 home Government is negotiating with Cricket smooth transfer of players from one bio-secure players sent off in a win in November 2011. Australia and Tennis Australia to have bubble in England to another in the UAE will be mass brawl PSG has now lost three crowd attendance for the city’s iconic possible for upcoming IPL, Kings XI Punjab CEO straight games 1-0, including sports events — Boxing Day Test involv- Satish Menon said on Monday. “Nobody has any AP n PARIS the Champions League final ing India and the Australian Open. clarity on that yet. The BCCI is supposed to come against Bayern Munich on Aug There is speculation that MCG may back on whether the quarantine can be reduced as eymar was among five 23 and away to promoted Lens miss out on hosting the Boxing Day Test, they are coming from a bubble to (another) bubble. Nplayers sent off in stoppage last Thursday. an annual highlight on the calendar, since We don't have any clarity as yet,” Menon told IANS. time as Marseille beat bitter PSG lost its opening two Victoria is reeling under Covid-19 pan- vided it is safe.” NZ WERE LUCKY TO REACH WC FINAL: BAZZ rival Paris Saint-Germain for league games for the first time demic. More than eight lakh people Kolkata: the first time in nine years. since the 1984-85 season and Victoria, which is in lockdown since thronged Melbourne Park for the New Zealand were a “little bit lucky” to PSG star Neymar got a Tuchel may find himself under July, has accounted for 75 percent of cases Australian Open in January and more reach the 2019 WC final and it is time for them to Neymar argues with Marseille's Alvaro, left, during the Ligue 1 match AP draw a line in the sand and achieve something really straight red in Marseille’s 1-0 early pressure. and 90 percent of Covid deaths in the than two lakh attended the Boxing Day special, said former skipper Brendon McCullum. “I win following an altercation “It’s a serious wrongdoing if hitting the face of this idiot.” The game ended with PSG country. Australia have reported more Test between Australia and New Zealand. know they got very close last year in the World Cup with center half Alvaro that’s the case but I don’t think In a later tweet, Neymar defender Layvin Kurzawa and than 26000 cases and more than 800 With Melbourne looking a dicey — but I did feel they were a little bit lucky there as Gonzalez on Sunday. so,” Marseille coach Andre said “It’s easy for VAR to show Marseille counterpart Jordan deaths. venue, Adelaide is seen as the front-run- well to actually get themselves in that situation,” Neymar was sent off follow- Villas-Boas said. my ‘aggression’. ‘Now I’d like to Amavi sent off for fighting in “We just have to work out what a safe ner for the Boxing Day Test against India. McCullum, who is currently the head coach of KKR, ing a video replay showing he “What we saw, what was them to show the image of the the seventh minute of injury crowd would be. It is too hard to say now “We don’t want one event to neces- said. “I think they're close to doing something really aimed a jab to the back of visible, is that (Angel) Di Maria racist who called me a ‘MON- time at Parc des Princes. what that number is,” Andrews said in sarily set us back and cause us a prob- really special, and under Kane Williamson's Gonzalez’s head. spat (on Gonzalez).” KEY SON OF A BITCH’. I’d PSG’s Leandro Paredes and a daily news briefing. lem. It is hard for us to predict where captaincy and under the leadership of some of the As he went off, Neymar told With apparent reference to really like that!” Marseille’s Dario Benedetto “It is too early for us to determine virus numbers will be, what risks do we other senior players, there's no reason why they officials that he had been racial- Gonzalez, Neymar later tweet- Winger Florian Thauvin soon followed before Neymar’s how big any crowd might be. We will get have to deal with in just a few weeks time, shouldn't,” McCullum said. Agencies ly abused. ed “The only regret I have is not scored in the 31st minute of a expulsion. as many people we can get there, pro- let alone months,” said Andrews.