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ECO-CONSCIOUS MANUSHI `116CR FOR SWABHIMAN NAVALNY IN GERMANY Actor Manushi Chhillar celebrates an eco- Odisha sanctions `116.09 cr under Socio- Navalny, a Russian opposition figure who fell friendly Ganesh Chaturthi with plant Economic Transformation and Upliftment ill after poisoning, arrived in Germany from Siberia seeds embedded in her idol LEISURE | P2 for ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ DOWNTOWN | P3 INTERNATIONAL | P10

VOLUME 10, ISSUE 142 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 | 2020 12 PAGES + SUNDAY POST | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Tablighis made ‘scapegoats’

It is high time authorities concerned repented this action against the foreigners…, observes the Bombay High Court Not a single word of hate... I spoke only Petrol prices hiked about human values, brotherhood, and social harmony in my election speech

AGENCIES six times in a week AGENCIES SHORT TAKES Aurangabad, August 22: Quashing FIRs against three dozen Tablighi in March. MARK COURT’S WORDS It said that records show that the , August 22: Jamaat followers, the Bombay High “There was virtually a persecution Centre took action against mainly State-run oil marketing com- Bhadrak MP is Court has said that there is a possi- of these foreigners. A political gov- n A FEAR WAS CREATED IN THE Muslims who attended the Nizamuddin panies increased the price bility that those who were present in ernment tries to find the scapegoats... MINDS OF THOSE MUSLIMS Markaz of the Tablighi Jamaat, but of petrol for the third con- COVID-19 +ve the organisation’s Delhi headquarters and circumstances show that there is not against persons or foreigners be- secutive day Saturday. With n IN BHUBANESWAR (AUG 22) were chosen to be made scapegoats. a probability that these foreigners were THE CENTRE TOOK ACTION longing to other religions. this it was the sixth time Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal MP The court slammed the media propa- chosen to be made the scapegoats,” MAINLY AGAINST MUSLIMS “This action indirectly gave a warn- that the fuel price was raised PETROL DIESEL from Bhadrak Lok Sabha ganda to blame them for the Covid-19 the court ruled. WHO ATTENDED THE ing to the Indian Muslims that action in seven days. `81.96 `80.09 constituency, Manjulata Mandal NIZAMUDDIN MARKAZ OF THE has tested positive for Covid-19. spread. Making strong observations, the in any form and for anything can be Petrol prices were raised (+0.17) (unchanged) TABLIGHI JAMAAT ` She said that her health “It can be said that due to the ac- court said that there was a “big prop- taken against them. It was indicated that by 16 paise in Delhi to 81.35 condition was stable and she tion taken, a fear was created in the aganda in the print and electronic n even for keeping contact with the a litre; in , it stands pause. Since, then there has minds of those Muslims. There is a media against these foreigners and at- IT WAS INDICATED THAT EVEN Muslims of other countries, action at `88.02 a litre. Diesel prices, been a consistent increase was under home quarantine. FOR KEEPING CONTACT WITH “After developing symptoms of smell of malice to take action against tempts were made to paint a picture that will be taken against them,” the court however, continued to re- in petrol rates. THE MUSLIMS OF OTHER Covid-19, I got the test done and these foreigners and other Muslims these foreigners were responsible for added. main steady for 23 days in Since August 16, petrol the report came positive. My for their alleged activities,” the court the spread of coronavirus in .” COUNTRIES, ACTION WILL BE Rejecting the plea by government a row, just like it was for prices have been raised by health is stable and I’m under said in a ruling Friday. “The propaganda against the so- TAKEN AGAINST THEM (INDIAN counsel MM Nerlikar to stay the judg- petrol prices in July. a margin of 92 paise per home quarantine,” tweeted the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad called religious activity was unwar- MUSLIMS) ment to enable a legal challenge to the Petrol prices were kept litre. Diesel prices have re- MP. She requested all the people Bench) Justice TV Nalawade and Justice ranted as records and submissions same, the court said that the foreign- on hold since June 29, while mained stable since the Delhi who had come in contact with MG Sewlikar quashed the First proved that it had been going on for over the latest figures of the spread of the ers cannot immediately leave India diesel prices were revised ir- government announced 13.25 her recently to isolate Information Reports registered against 50 years,” said Justice Nalawade and infection in India show that “such ac- and there is a “long procedure to grant regularly throughout the per cent reduction in the themselves and get tested. P5 six Indians and 29 foreigners who were Justice Sewlikar. tion against the present petitioners permission to them and send them to period. Petrol prices were re- VAT July 30, which had present at the Jamaat congregation in However, these circumstances and should not have been taken.” their countries.” vised August 16 after a long caused the price to fall. ISIS operative held in Delhi CITY MAY SEE 5K MASKED UP It will rain cats New Delhi: A major terror strike was averted with the arrest of a and dogs from suspected operative of the ISIS, armed with two pressure cooker IEDS, from central Delhi’s Ridge CASES BY SEPT 15 tomorrow: Met Road area following a brief Orange warning issued exchange of fire, Delhi Police POST NEWS NETWORK BMC targets to keep 40 to 50 pc officials said Saturday. cases in home isolation by Aug-end for several districts Mustakeem Khan, alias Abu Bhubaneswar, August 22: Yusuf, a resident of a village in Observing an exponential increase Under the civic body jurisdiction, across the state UP’s Balarampur district, who in Covid cases here, Bhubaneswar 4,151 beds at different COVID hosps, CCHs and DCHs ready was under watch for over a year, Municipal Corporation (BMC), POST NEWS NETWORK planned to carry out a “lone Saturday, stated that the city has now 38 pc beds occupied by BMC wolf” strike at a high footfall area entered ‘critical’ phase. It projected patients, 21 pc beds by non-BMC Bhubaneswar, August 22: Many in the national capital, said PS that the state capital will have 5,000 patients parts of the state will receive Kushwah, DCP (Special Cell). active cases by mid-September. heavy rainfall for three days under Addressing a press conference 41 pc of the beds unoccupied the influence of a low pressure here, BMC Commissioner, Prem likely to form over the north-west Bagala land not Chandra Chaudhary said that they While antibody Bay of Bengal around August 24. are working development across other One or two places in the dis- sold ‘to anyone’ out on two sce- cities has been found close to 29 tricts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, narios; the pc on average, it remains only Kendrapara, Balasore,Bhadrak, Puri: Amid a raging controversy first: active 1.24 pc here Jajpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, over the alleged sale of Bagala cases are ex- PREM CHANDRA CHAUDHARY | Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Kandhamal Dharmashala land in the Holy COMMISSIONER, BMC City here, the district pected to in- Children wear masks of Lord Ganesh on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at an orphanage in Birpur of North and Boudh will witness rain administration Saturday claimed crease to 3,429 24 Parganas in West Bengal, Saturday PTI PHOTO Sunday. However, very heavy rain- that it had not sold the shelter by August end. According to the sec- of beds is concerned. fall will occur in between August house land to anyone. It said it ond scenario there could be 5,000 Comparing Bhubaneswar with 24 and 26, said director of has only rehabilitated a few cases by September 15. other cities on basis of sero-sur- Bhubaneswar Meteorological evicted Srimandir servitors and “Positivity rate under the BMC veillance results, Chaudhary men- Expectant mother crossed river on boat Centre, HR Biswas here Saturday. other individuals at the jurisdiction has risen to 10 pc with tioned that the city still remains the Predicting heavy rain for three Dharmashala land for the more than 300 cases being observed “best protected capital cities.” POST NEWS NETWORK waiting ambulance on the other days, the Met Centre has issued or- smooth implementation of the daily. COVID in Bhubaneswar has “While antibody development in the side of the river. Later, the expec- ange warning (be prepared) for sev- heritage corridor project around attained its peak and coming one survey in other cities has been Udala, August 22: An expectant tant mother was admitted into eral districts across the state. Some the 12th century shrine. P4 month will be critical. The rise in found close to 29 pc, it remains mother, Sukanti Hembram of Udala community health centre. cases is mainly due to increased test- only 1.24 pc here,” he said. Balama village under Udala block “Despite running from pillar to ing and commercial activities re- However, describing the com- in Mayurbhanj district had to cross n The woman was first carried on a post, the administration shows no WEATHER suming,” Chaudhary highlighted. ing period as challenging, the a river in spate on a boat in order bicycle for up to 2 km on road interest in building a bridge and a Detailing about the prepared- Commissioner requested denizens to reach a nearby hospital Friday. pucca road,” said Sukanti’s hus- BHUB CTK n The ambulance couldn’t reach ness against the upcoming surge, to strictly follow the COVID guide- Seeing her in pain, Sukanti’s her as river Balama was flooded band Thakura Hembram. MAX 32.1° 33.2° the Commissioner stated that lines of social distancing and wear- family members called an ambu- On being contacted, Udala sub- the BMC has done a backhand cal- ing masks. “Ahead of Ganesh lance (Janani Express) to take her Similipal area in the district. Collector Bhagaban Behera said, “I places of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, TEMP MIN 25.8° 24.0° Forecast culation of the available COVID Chaturthi, mass violations were to the hospital. However, the am- According to reports, Sukanti will write to the district adminis- Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Humidity 95% 91% facilities. He further informed observed. Thus, I advise people to bulance had to wait on the other side was first carried on a bicycle for up tration. Steps will be taken in this Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Angul, Generally Rainfall Nil 3mm cloudy sky that the city is “in a comfortable personally adhere to COVID norms of river Sanja – a tributary of river to two kilometres on road. regard after getting a nod from the Deogarh, Sundargarh, Kalahandi, position” as far as availability for their own safety,” he concluded. Balama that flows down from Subsequently, she was taken to the departmental higher-ups.” Kandhamal and Mayurbhanj dis- trict may experience heavy rain August 24. Similarly, orange warning has been issued for the districts of Covid pandemic may ‘vanish’ faster than Spanish-flu Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, AGENCIES “However, corruption related ter means building back greener.” have sent a letter to G20 leaders, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, to PPE... for me it’s actually mur- In May, WHO published its calling for a healthy recovery from Angul, Sambalpur and Sundargarh Geneva, August 22: Tedros der. Because if health workers Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery the pandemic. as heavy to very heavy rain is Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director- work without PPE, we’re risking from Covid-19, with six policy pre- The WHO chief reiterated that likely to occur in these places General of the World Health their lives. And that also risks the scriptions for a healthy and green “Covid-19 is a once-in-a-century August 25. Some places of Puri, Organization (WHO), said that the lives of the people they serve,” the recovery – protecting nature, in- health crisis. But it also gives us a Khurda, Sonepur, Bolangir, ongoing global coronavirus pan- BBC quoted the Director-General vesting in water and sanitation, once-in-a-century opportunity to Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, demic could be over within two as saying. promoting healthy food systems, shape the world our children will in- Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, years. Addressing a virtual press Tedros also said that the pan- transitioning to renewable energy, herit – the world we want.” Jharsuguda and Bargarh may wit- briefing from Geneva Friday, the demic has given new impetus to building liveable cities, and stopping As of Saturday, the overall num- ness heavy rain on this day, the Met WHO chief said that the Spanish flu the need to accelerate efforts to re- subsidies on fossil fuels. ber of global coronavirus cases Centre added. of 1918 had also taken two years to spond to climate change, Xinhua Since then, over 40 million health stood at 22,864,873, while the fatal- Besides, heavy rainfall is very overcome, but current advances in news agency quoted him. professionals from 90 countries ities rose to 797,787. likely to occur at few places in the y technology could enable the world “Throughout history, outbreaks districts of Jharsuguda, Any type of corruption is unacceptable.

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FORTUNE FORECAST Manushi believes in Fans gush over Odia girl’s poem to be Ranveer’s part of British Library ARIES eco-friendly festivity Today, you may just Mumbai: Actress and former want to delve deep into classic look Olivia’s composition ‘Eggy’s Description’ has yourself. You realise the beauty queen Manushi Chhillar importance of polishing the mirror of is celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi featured in an anthology ‘Poetry Monsters’, your soul and Ganesha approves. at home for the first time con- suit accessorised by a crisp white released by UK publishing house Young Writers Spontaneity is important too, and spend- secrating an eco-friendly idol shirt, neatly groomed beard, and ing time with children is an excellent of the elephant god. gelled hair. He strikes an intense way to keep in touch with it. “My parents always wanted pose, looking out the window. POST NEWS NETWORK during her school hours. me to experience different cul- He captioned the picture with Her parents Deepak Bhadra, tures and celebrate them. I’m a yin and yang emoji. Bhubaneswar: Olivia Bhadra, an IT professional in an Indian TAURUS from but Mumbai is Ranveer’s fans could not stop a seven-year-old Odia girl study- MNC and my home too. I was fascinated gushing over the image. ing in Charles Darwin Primary You are likely to remain by the Ganpati celebrations in A user wrote: “Bahut hard.” School, Norwich in the UK has unconquerable and unas- sailable throughout the the city when I first expe- “U look dashing,” said not only made her parents and day. Caution: Stay focussed and avoid rienced it,” she said. another. school proud, but also the peo- frittering away your time and energy. Enamoured by A fan tagged him as a “hand- ple back home at Baripada , their You may face stress at work or in some Ganesh puja, some boy”. birth place in Odisha , with her ongoing project. Manushi decided A netizen questioned: “Why poem Eggy’s Description be- to bring Ganpati you so bomb?” coming part of an anthology home. Ranveer is awaiting the re- Poetry Monsters. GEMINI Manushi be- Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh lease of his much-hyped next, Published by Young lieves in an eco- is in a classic black mood, Kabir Khan’s ‘83, which nar- Writers, a copy of the You may meet with stiff friendly celebra- going by his new social media rates the story of India's first- book will also be sent to resistance in all your efforts. You should not let tion. “The Ganpati post. ever cricket World Cup victory the British Library, it bother you; just keep moving forward. I’m keeping at home The actor has posted a new in 1983. In the film, he essays the for reference. This will help you maintain a good rapport is an eco-friendly picture on Instagram, where role of Kapil Dev, who cap- The publishers have with your bosses. You are likely to taste one. It has seeds em- he exudes vintage style in a clas- tained an underdog team to also made a small success in your interim objectives. bedded in the idol so sic black World Cup glory. video on Olivia and I’m going to do the how her poem was short- listed among thousands of en- CANCER tries that came from across the A very hectic day for UK for this prestigious publi- Naimisha you! Today, you may cation. Bhadra who have too much work to Netflix The little girl, who will be in works for a UK company are na- do, and taking even a coffee break may not remain an option. her third year (Y3) this tives of Baripada. They are cur- You will be forthright in dealing with apologises after thousands September at Charles rently in UK on international issues and nothing will escape your Darwin Primary School, assignments and live in sharp observation. has also hobbies like Norwich. sign petition to remove Cuties drawing, crafting and Olivia has also swimming. But writing is written a number her passion. So of short stories LEO San Francisco: much so, that such as Dex’s wrong The tiny voice inside us Visarjan at home in a clay Netflix has apologised she could choice, The fire and the always tells us a lot of tree pot. I’m looking for- for the material it manage to water spirit, Whistle less, things. If only we were more in sync with our- ward to nurture the seeds used to promote the complete the The legendary pencil, selves, we could avoid so many trou- well so that life sprouts controversial French lines of The rainbow birds’ bles, says a retrospective Ganesha. out of it,” she said. film, Cuties after thou- Eggy’s dream and Stuck in- Well, today it seems you are going to "We are definitely in sands of people Description side bubble. have no qualms in listening to your the middle of a huge signed a petition de- inner voice as you strive for excellence in all your efforts. ecological crisis. It is manding the removal high time we ac- of the movie from the knowledge it," she streaming platform. added. Directed by VIRGO The actress is Maimouna Doucoure, You don't need to be gearing up for her the movie is about an one of the Mafia to film debut 11-year-old who hopes to join a dance The movie was originally titled realise the importance of family, says opposite Akshay crew. Mignonnes. Ganesha. Your better half will try spic- Kumar in the up- The petition at Change.org which has “We’re deeply sorry for the inap- ing up the relationship in the after- coming movie now amassed over 225,000 signatures propriate artwork that we used for noon sometime. So keep fuelling the Prithviraj. alleges that the movie is ‘disgusting’ Mignonnes/Cuties,” Netflix said in a fires of love – a wildfire isn't always as it ‘sexualizes’ an 11-year-old for the statement this week, adding, “We’'ve bad now, is it? ‘viewing pleasure of paedophiles’. now updated the pictures and de- The petition is accompanied by a scription.” In a recent interview with screenshot of the original plot sum- Cineuropa, the director of the film LIBRA mary of the movie which introduced revealed that Cuties is partly There are indications the central character as Amy, ‘who based on her own experi- that today, you may becomes fascinated with a twerking ences of growing up. want to take a break dance crew’ and starts to ex- from your humdrum plore her femininity. routine in order to recharge your batteries. It is an essential change that we all need from time to time, says Ganesha. Finances may improve sometime later in the day.

SCORPIO Family members would post want to talk about impor- PEANUTS SUDOKU tant matters with you CROSSWORD today, says Ganesha. To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, Time at work will be comfortable. Take spe- column and box must contain the numbers cial care of new assignments though. You 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. are likely to bear expenses on account of tours and services today, predicts Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS A mixed bag of fortunes in store today, says Ganesha. At work, expect the unexpected and overlook the expected. Don't you worry if you stumble there, says Ganesha, for the evening promises to be ecstatic and a fitting finale to a rather muddled day. CALVIN AND HOBBES

CAPRICORN Don't be surprised if you are suddenly showered with attention at work. Ganesha says it's your lucky day today, for you will leave no room for complacency and rewards for this may come by way of special treatment from your colleagues and even your boss. SOLUTIONS AQUARIUS It is not everyday that work is rewarding. So, if your boss praises you, feel good about it. You BREVITY may even begin something new. A joint venture? Go ahead, says Ganesha. You are exceptionally talented.

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BARFI project may City man duped of `1.05Cr come under NGT lens ` POST NEWS NETWORK 000 as per the deal struck February 116Cr pumped in for Swabhiman Anchal POST NEWS NETWORK 24, 2015. However, Nayak received a Bhubaneswar, August 22: The shock few months later when he DC SEEKS PROGRESS REPORTS ON PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER SETU SCHEME Bhubaneswar, August 22: The Commissionerate Police has launched came across the mention of the plot ambitious Baliyatra Riverfront a manhunt to nab a brother duo who in an advertisement for auction issued POST NEWS NETWORK Improvement (BARFI) project of has been on the run after duping a per- by the Punjab National Bank (PNB) BRIDGING REGIONAL the state government to beautify son of over `1 crore by selling a mort- April14, 2016. Bhubaneswar, August 22: The and add more amenities to the gaged plot here. The victim, Sudhir Later, he found that the said plot state government has sanctioned DISPARITY Mahanadi riverfront may run into Ranjan Nayak, a resident of Market had been mortgaged by the duo for `116.09 crore during three years Rs 49.23 crore was sanctioned in FY rough weathers in the light of re- Building area, has lodged a complaint a loan declared as NPA (Non under Socio-Economic 2018-19, while `3.77 crore was released cent order of National Green with Sahid Nagar police in this regard. Performing Asset) by PNB. The out- Transformation and Upliftment during FY 2019-20 and `63.09 crore in Tribunal (NGT). As per the complaint, the accused standing amount pending against (SETU) scheme for the develop- current fiscal year ` The NGT in a latest order has brothers persuaded Nayak to pur- the plot was 10.76 crore. Later, Nayak ment of ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ For strengthening About `20 crore asked the Joint Inspection chase a plot at Laxmisagar recorded purchased the land participating in (erstwhile cut-off region) of the power was sanctioned Committee, formed after the ear- in the name of one of the accused. the auction meeting June 18, 2016. The Malkangiri district. infrastructure in the to Rural lier order of the NGT, to visit the Nayak agreed to buy the said plot duo first agreed to pay back the According to official sources, undeveloped area, Development areas close to new SCB Medical and paid `15 lakh in advance to the amount taken from Nayak but later `49.23 crore was sanctioned in the government has dept for College campus and Baliyatra duo following an agreement at the of- started avoiding him. Recently, Nayak financial year 2018-19, while `3.77 released `15.88 construction of ground and examine the en- fice of Sub-Registrar May 6, 2013. found that both the siblings have crore was released during FY crore during the 21 roads and 5 croachment on the land in con- Subsequently, he purchased the fled away without returning his 2019-20 and `63.09 crore in the three years bridges travention of norms. land paying the remaining `90,65, `1.05 crore. current financial year. Govt is mulling to provide incentives The government has allotted to teachers, healthcare workers and `18.78 crore to SC and ST Anganwadi workers posted in Development department for con- File photo of CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurating Gurupriya Setu in 2018 the region struction of an integrated edu- cation complex in the area and leased `15.88 crore during the to provide additional `20,000 per the region because many are re- `8.66 crore to School and Mass three years whereas `8.04 crore unit for construction of houses luctant to work in the Maoist- Education department for de- was provided for procurement under rural housing schemes. prone area, they said. velopment of educational infra- and release of fingerlings in Besides, `12 crore was released Meanwhile, Development structure during the three years. Balimela Reservoir for provid- to Works department for con- Commissioner Suresh Chandra Similarly, `5 crore provided to ing livelihood support to 2,000 struction of roads and bridges Mohapatra has asked various Malkangiri Collector for promo- fishermen families. Likewise, in the area. line departments to submit the de- tion of livelihood in ‘Swabhiman about `20 crore was sanctioned to Beneficiaries of the cut-off tailed financial and physical Anchal’. The government has Rural Development department area are getting `1.50 lakh for progress made in the projects also allocated `10 crore for liveli- for construction of 21 roads and construction of pucca houses, sanctioned under SETU scheme. hood support to self-help groups five bridges, the source said. sources said. In the first phase, the In July 2018, Chief Minister (SHGs) and `1.23 crore to pro- The government has sanctioned government has identified 895 Naveen Patnaik had inaugurated vide additional cost of `1.5 lakh `9.39 crore for construction of people in the area to be covered Gurupriya Setu over Janbai River for construction of 82 Anganwadi 169 intra-village cement-concrete under the rural housing schemes. and announced `100 crore for de- centres. (CC) roads in nine gram pan- The government is also mulling velopment of the area on the For strengthening the power in- chayats (GPs) of the backward re- to provide incentives to teach- other side of the bridge, which frastructure in the undeveloped gion in the southern district. ers, healthcare workers and was cut off for around five area, the government has re- Similarly, `1.79 crore was allotted Anganwadi workers posted in decades. New equipment for safe train journey

POST NEWS NETWORK This instrument is being provided with double locking feature to en- Bhubaneswar, August 22: In a sure correct, authorised opening bid to ensure accident-free jour- to attend in case of requirement ney for passengers, ECoR has started in block. This lock’s key is oper- using two modern equipment – ated by two departments – Operating token-less block instrument with department and Signal & Telecom double lock safety feature and data (S&T) department. voice logger. The voice logger instrument The main purpose of the first works like a black box in airlines, instrument is to avoid collision and records the conversation between arrival of two trains on one track section controller and station mas- and interference from any unau- ter which plays a vital role in case thorised persons in the system. of derailment or accident. Nod for `602-crore forest projects

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Bhubaneswar, August 22: Forest and Environment department has decided to execute projects worth `602 crore under MGNREGA during financial year 2020-21. The MGNREGA Convergence Committee has approved the projects. Last year, the de- partment had spent `70 crore in forestry proj- ects under the job guarantee scheme. Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha said plantations & nurs- eries, soil moisture conservation work, dig- ging of trench around forest, timber, forest road and other works are normally car- ried out by the department utilising MGN- REGA funds. The forest road repair works are being taken up for the first time under MGNREGA. Funds to the tune of `65 crore has been utilised and 35 lakh man-days have been created till August 15 this fiscal year against the previous year's `86 crore. Generation of more number of man- days under MGNREGA would cater to the

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POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, August 22: BY ORDER Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to Cuttack, August 22: A full-bench The bench has asked lower courts Lawyers and clients have been 75,537 Saturday with 2,819 fresh of Orissa High Court decided to to direct lawyers and their clients asked to inform the deputy cases, while nine more fatalities normalize the functioning of lower to file their arguments in writing registrar (judicial) about the pushed the death toll to 399, a new cases filed in the high courts in the state while abiding by which will help in reducing the health department official said. court. All new cases can be filed Covid-19 restrictions, a report said. timings of hearings. The Three deaths were reported arguments in writing can be filed through e-filing, e-mail or drop However, the functioning of the from Cuttack, two from in cases relating to undertrial box methods while lawyers and Orissa High Court will remain re- prisoners, old cases, their clients could participate in Sundargarh and one each from stricted till September 19 which various applications, domestic the hearing from home through Bolangir, Ganjam, Malkangiri and was earlier set at August 21. The de- quarrels and marriage disputes video conferencing methods Rayagada districts, he said. Fire personnel sanistising an apartment at Jharpada canal road in Bhubaneswar cision has been taken in view of “Regret to inform the demise Lower courts and tribunals in areas where there are no Covid restrictions can conduct physical hearing of cases. However, all has the sharp rise in Covid positive of nine COVID positive patients to abide by the social distancing norms and other restrictions and regulations in force for the Covid-19 pandemic cases in the state, the report said. while under treatment in hospi- Caseload touches 7,015 in Capital All lower courts will start func- cases in the high court will be done All the lower courts and tribunals will not pass any adverse orders, if tals,” the Health and Family BHUBANESWAR: As many as tacts & nearby houses are being tioning from now on as per their through virtual mode or video con- will function as per their regular tim- the lawyers, petitioners, defendants Welfare department said on 295 new COVID-19 cases were de- quarantined, sanitised and will be usual timings of 10 am till 4pm. ferencing till Septembers 19, the ings. The court work will remain and witnesses fail to appear in hear- Twitter. tected under the Bhubaneswar under active surveillance,” BMC Earlier, the high court had restricted bench in its order said. The high normal while stress will be given on ing due to some reasons. The fresh coronavirus cases Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. It added that all positive the functioning of the lower courts court register has been asked to hearing through the virtual mode. The bench has asked not to pro- were reported from 29 of the 30 dis- limits in last 24 hours, BMC cases have been shifted to dedi- due to the pandemic. prepare a list of cases to be heard The lower courts and tribunals will duce the accused in court in case tricts of Odisha, including the said Saturday. cated COVID hospitals. The bench has asked lower courts in the virtual mode in the only opt for physical hearing in there is no urgency. However, the ac- highest number of 443 infections While 153 of them were re- According to a notification is- to direct lawyers and their clients high court. case hearing through virtual mode cused has to be produced before from Khurda followed by Cuttack ported from quarantine centres, sued by the civic body, as of to file their arguments in writing Similarly, the lawyers and clients is not possible. the magistrate in the court. The (257), Mayurbhanj (219) and the remainder are local contact Saturday, 7,015 persons have tested which will help in reducing the have been asked to inform the Lower courts and tribunals in court work will remain restricted Ganjam (192). Likewise, Balasore ones. Meanwhile, 158 persons who positive for COVID-19 in timings of hearings. The arguments deputy registrar (judicial) about areas where there is no Covid re- in areas where lockdown or shut- reported 105, Bargarh 136, Angul earlier tested positive for the dis- Bhubaneswar out of which 4,219 in writing can be filed in cases re- the new cases filed in the high court. strictions can conduct physical down has been announced. 23, Bhadrak 77, Bolangir 56, Boudh ease recovered during the same have recovered. While there are lating to undertrial prisoners, old All new cases can be filed through hearing of cases. However, all has The court work in those areas six, Dhenkanal 100, Gajapati 62, timeframe. “Contact tracing is 2,754 active cases, 33 persons suc- cases, various applications, do- e-filing, e-mail or drop box methods to abide by the social distancing will also remain restricted if lock- Jagatsinghpur 48, Jajpur 120, still continuing. Primary con- cumbed to the disease. mestic quarrels and marriage dis- while lawyers and their clients norms and other restrictions and down or shutdown is announced Jharsuguda 63, Kalahandi 55, putes. The list for hearing of cases could participate in the hearing regulations in force for the Covid- there in coming days. Such courts Kandhamal 44, Kendrapara 62, A total of 1,691 cases were patients have so far recovered and the next date of hearing of from home through video confer- 19 pandemic. will only take urgent matters for Keonjhar seven, Koraput 81, recorded in quarantine centres from the disease. cases will have to be regularly pub- encing methods. Similarly, the af- The lower courts can hear cases hearing. The district judge has to Malkangiri 83, Nabarangpur 43, and the remaining were detected The state Friday conducted lished on the websites of district fidavits will be received through e- of undertrial prisoners, civil cases, inform the high court from time Nayagarh 64, Nuapada one, Puri positive during contact tracing. 61,379 tests, taking the total num- courts. filing, e-mail or through drop box record the statement of witnesses to time about the prevailing situa- 109, Rayagada 147, Sambalpur 145, Odisha now has 22,808 active ber of such clinical examination The hearing of all old and new systems. and old cases. The lower courts tion in their area, the bench added. Sonepur 14 and Sundargarh 57. COVID-19 cases, while 52,277 to 12,33,805, the official added. Babus, netas eyeing Dharmasala land: Patra Exam delay to hit BAGALA LAND HAS NOT BEEN SOLD TO ANYONE: ADMIN students’ career PURI: Amid a raging controversy the evicted locals. department recently. over the alleged sale of Bagala “Bagala Dharmashala has 2 “Bagala Dharmashala had the Dharmashala land in the Holy acre and 738 decimal land in Puri. capacity to provide shelter facil- City here, the district adminis- A few evicted servitors and others ity to only 200 devotees. The state tration Saturday claimed that it have been rehabilitated on 12 per government is constructing a pil- had not sold the shelter house cent of the land of the shelter grim centre at the dharmashala land to anyone. house,” said the press statement. to provide shelter to at least 2,000 In a press statement, the ad- The administration said many devotees from poor financial back- ministration claimed that it has Srimandir servitors and locals ground,” said the administration. only rehabilitated a few evicted have donated their ancestral land The administration further Srimandir servitors and other in- to facilitate the heritage corridor claimed that the state government dividuals at the dharmashala land project. It claimed that the landed will make arrangements for ac- for the smooth implementation properties of Bagala Dharmashala commodation of additional 8,000 of the heritage corridor project were earlier under the ownership devotees in Puri. “The state gov- POST NEWS NETWORK will be taking part in this exam around the 12th century shrine. of Lodging House Fund Committee ernment has planned to provide across the country, and their par- The state government has ap- but the properties were brought shelter facility to around 10,000 poor Bhubaneswar, August 22: After ents will also be accompanying proved a rehabilitation policy for under the control of the revenue devotees in the Holy City,” it added. the Supreme Court rejected a plea them to exam centers which will POST NEWS NETWORK travention of established laws. for postponement of the National put them in danger. “I have been told by the people cost while they came for the dar- not sell the dharmasala as it was put into plotting? How the gov- Eligibility cum Entrance Test Meanwhile, educationist Bhubaneswar, August 22: The of Puri that different government shan of the Trinity. It is a matter a donated property. What law the ernment becomes a property dealer (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Ghasiram Panda said it’s defi- Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) officials and MPs, MLAs are trying of shame for the government that municipality used to transfer it to over night by,” he asked. Examination (JEE) due to coron- nitely not safe to sit for exams but national spokesperson, Sambit to grab the plots from the heritage they decided to sell it,” he said, the revenue department and The BJD, however, attacked Patra. avirus outbreak, several students at the same time more delay will Patra, Saturday attacked the state building which was meant to serve Patra told newsmen that the parceled the land into 26 pieces Puri MP Pinaki Misra said, “No and educationists shared their make students more confused government over its alleged move the poor. This is a huge conspiracy,” government recently framed laws and changed the nature of the question of sale of land of Bagala views about the situation. Some about their future. Many of them to sell Bagala Dharmasala land in Patra told reporters. to give compensations to people land,” he said. The BJP leader said Dharamsala which is a govern- suggested that the decision will are putting in efforts and prepare Puri to private hoteliers. He said the Dharmasala was who would lose land and proper- under the PRASAD scheme the ment revenue land-15 per cent of the impact students who are in fear of for exams in. Being successful is He alleged that many govern- built in 1905 and was donated. ties in the beautification process Union government had been help- vacant land given as per land for being affected by Covid19 while a turning point for their career. ment officials and MPs/MLAs had “There are established laws which of Puri. “I want to know how the ing Puri city. “The Centre had al- land policy to our sevayat families some suggested that delayed ex- Hence they need to give this ex- eyed the segregated plots of the prevent sale of Dharmasala re- government can act differently located Rs 20 crore to the city out who have given up their ancestral amination will hamper the future amination. land to get commercial benefits. ceived from donations. It has a against different people and in- of which Rs 3 core has been used. land for beautification of Jagannath of students. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, another ed- He also lambasted the government historic significance and was used stitutions,” he said. Why work under the scheme re- temple surroundings. This is a Madushmita Biswal, a student ucationist, said life has to go on de- for selling the donated land in con- by the people in Puri at very low “The first thing is that you can- ceived a setback and the land was standard government policy.” from the city, said the situation is spite the virus outbreak and we not feasible for examinations. The can’t put the careers of students government should organise exams in jeopardy by interfering in the online like BPUT and Delhi decision of the National Testing University. Basudev Bhatt, an ed- Agency to hold these exams in Cyber crooks dupe govt Lokayukta releases annual report ucationist, said due to the growing September. The court has rightly number of Covid-19 cases, many said that ultimately life has to go POST NEWS NETWORK March and December 2019. The students and aspirants found it on and the career of students can- ` cases include some high profile unsafe to take part in NEET 2020 not be put in peril for long and employee of 1.63 lakh Bhubaneswar,August 22: Odisha ones involving several top bu- and JEE 2020 examinations which full academic year cannot be Lokayukta has released its annual reaucrats like Bishnupada Sethi are to be held September 13, 2020 wasted. The National Testing report for 2019. As per the report, in Rs 9 lakh medical bill from the and September 1, 2020 respectively, Agency has prepared SOPs and as many as 1,132 complaints in con- funds of Odisha State Cooperative a month which is expected to wit- has doubled the number of centres nection with irregularities in var- Bank, former Sundargarh Collector ness a spike in corona cases. He said in all districts. The role of the dis- ious government authorities were Rashmita Panda in Rs 70 lakh of- the SOP can’t assure 100 percent trict administration is very crucial lodged at the Lokayukta between ficial residence renovation scam. safety. Around 15 lakh students at this juncture, he said. Ganesh Chaturthi a low-key affair amid pandemic

POST NEWS NETWORK won a lottery prize of Rs 8.5 lakhs POST NEWS NETWORK No organisation, club or group is organised by the company. allowed to celebrate the puja in HIT BY PANDEMIC Bhubaneswar, August 22: Cyber The cyber crooks also informed Bhubaneswar, August 22: In a public places, Bhubaneswar Deputy Hundreds of pandals are erected every year to fraudsters duped a government him about winning the lottery departure from the past, Ganesh Commissioner of Police celebrate the Ganesh puja with much fanfare in employee of more than Rs 1 lakh and the process to fetch the prize Chaturthi festival was celebrated Umashankar Dash said. Cuttack the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on the pretext of providing lottery money. Subsequently, they asked without the usual pomp and fanfare Collector Bhawani Shankar Chayani which were missing this year money. The victim, Giri Raj Derji, him to deposit different amounts across Odisha Saturday because of said that the festival is not being cel- Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister 42, has been staying at the staff of money on the pretext of reg- the COVID-19 pandemic. ebrated in public places as the Naveen Patnaik, Union minister Dharmendra quarters of Institute of Minerals istration fees, late fine, transfer People observed the Ganesh puja COVID-19 situation is yet to im- Pradhan and a host of dignitaries have greeted and Materials Technology (IMMT), charges, TDS charges. Accordingly, only at home as the administra- prove in the district. people on the occasion a reputed central government- Giri Raj deposited Rs 1, 63,300 tion denied permission for hold- Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal, owned scientific institute, here at through eight different install- ing community puja in pandals in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, The business of idol makers was severely affected Acharya Vihar area under ments in the account given by the public places to contain the spread Union minister Dharmendra as no community puja was allowed to held at Sahidnagar police limits. miscreants. of the disease. Pradhan and a host of dignitaries Children worshipping at Shastri Nagar in Bhubaneswar PHOTO: BIKASH NAYAK public places because of the Covid-19 pandemic As per sources, the victim used Later, the accused again asked This apart, a week-end shutdown have greeted people on the occasion. to buy Ayurvedic medicines regu- him to deposit another 18 per cent Saturday and Sunday is also in Wishing all happiness and pros- ple's troubles & pain due to COVID- and prosperity for all. affected as no community puja was larly online from one website, ‘ex- GST charges to get TATA Nexon force in districts like Ganjam, perity, the Chief Minister in a mes- 19 pandemic & to bestow good "Greetings on the auspicious allowed because of the COVID-19 treme pleasure shopping’, for her Car or cash Rs 8.5 lakh under the Khurda, Gajapati and Cuttack with sage expressed hope that the coro- health, wealth, peace and pros- festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. May pandemic and many people chose ailing sister who was suffering lottery scheme. However, Giri restrictions on the movement of navirus crisis will soon wither perity upon all. the blessings of Bhagwan Shri to hold the puja at home without from arthritis from 2015 to 2018. Raj, smelling a rat, lodged a com- people. Hundreds of pandals are away with the blessings of Lord #GanpatiBappaMorya," said the Ganesh always be upon us. May idols. "We had to make fewer idols On 29 July, he received a message plaint with Sahid Nagar police. erected every year to celebrate the Ganesh. "Hon'ble Governor wishes official Twitter handle of Lal. In a there be joy and prosperity all this time compared to previous on his mobile phone in the name Police have started investigations Ganesh puja with much fanfare in everyone a very happy message, Union Petroleum and over," Union Minister of State for years and sell them at a very low of the shopping website. The mes- into the matter after registering the twin cities of Cuttack and #GaneshChaturthi and prays for Steel Minister Dharmendra MSME Pratap Sarangi tweeted. price," said an idol maker

sage informed Giri Raj that he has a case based on the complaint. Bhubaneswar. the blessings of the Lord to ease peo- Pradhan wished peace, happiness The business of idol makers was in Bhubaneswar.

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Irregularities mar PMAY for Many areas reel under flood in Bhadrak

k y m POST NEWS NETWORK Road connectivity c Bhadrak/Baliapal, August 22: Amid incessant rains, major rivers snaps in Keonjhar Juanga tribals in Keonjhar like Baitarani, Salandi, Kochila, Reba, and Kapali saw floods. Many PATA NA : Following low pres- POST NEWS NETWORK areas under Chandibali , sure-induced incessant rain that Dhamnagar and Tihidi blocks were battered Keonjhar district for Keonjhar, August 22: Even as the flooded. past few days, rainwater was central government has envisioned Subarnarekha also flowed close to seen flowing four feet above housing for all by 2022, large-scale danger mark in Baliapal area in Kanajhari bridge Saturday irregularities have come to the fore Balassore Saturday afternoon while morning. in Pradhanmantri Awas Yojana people in low-lying areas were pan- According to reports, the (PMAY) in Juanga-dominated areas icked over possible flood situation. An area in Aradi inundated Kanajhari river is in spate at of Keonjhar. Corruption has re- Reports from Bhadrak said, areas Bhimapada on Patana- portedly defeated the purpose of like Aradi, Nandapur, Sundarpur, Kendeiposi road and connec- the scheme for the poor tribals, a re- Olaga under Chandbali block; drain out to sea as sea water re- Bhadrak, Bhandaripokhari, Tihidi tivity from Patana to Keonjhar, port said. Palasahi, Rabapur under mains stormy due to amabasya. and Chandbali block were inun- Turumunga, Kendeiposi and Reports said, Juanga tribals live Dhamnagar block and A stretch of NH-20 in Olaga pan- dated, leaving the farmers worried. Baunsuli areas has completely in hilly and remote Kharab village Shyamsundarpur under Tihidi chayat got submerged under flood- People of Chhatabar snapped. Vehicular movement in Pithagola panchayat. Many poor block were flooded. waters, disrupting traffic. Ramchandrapur panchayat under has been halted on both sides of families were included in the PMAY Due to flood in river Baitarani, Farmers were worried over the Bhadaripokhari block have been the river bridge. Hundreds of scheme, but surprisingly their MESS IN RURAL HOUSING villages like Muan, Santara, fact that paddy saplings they had facing a lot of difficulties as some vehicles were reportedly houses have remained incomplete. Shitalpur, Batola, Singipur, raised for transplantation will start roads are submerged under rain- stranded here. uanga tribals live in hilly and aheswar Sahu, vice president of In certain cases, construction of Sanapanki and several other vil- rotting if the water-logging con- water. Heavy rains created a fis- One sluice gate was opened remote Kharab village in the Rashtriya Krushak Morcha, houses has stopped at plinth level. J M lages under Aradi panchayat were after heavy rainfall at the upper Pithagola panchayat. Many demanded an investigation into the tinues. sure on the Genguti embankment The housing funds of tribals poor families were included in alleged scam. “This is a big scam. The cut off from the rest of the world. The water levels of Salandi and at Rameswar under Dhamnagar catchment of Kanajhari dam have allegedly been misappropri- the PMAY scheme, but tribals have been duped. No houses Thousands of hectares of farm- Genguti river in Bhadrak also block. Locals fear possible col- and water level went up. About ated. Amid allegations of irregu- surprisingly their houses have were built, but their funds were land are under floodwater at Pahana, swelled. Thousands of hectares of lapse of the embankment in case 100 cusecs of rainwater is being larities, a state-level delegation of remained incomplete misappropriated” he lamented Bhuinpur, Koilakha, Palatpur, farmlands are under water while of flood situation in the area. released from the dam every the BJP visited the village and took Bankamuhan, Bodak, communication on many roads was Collector Gyanaranjan Das and second, official sources informed. stock of the irregularities. The Sathibankuda, Sundarpur, affected. Rainwater on Dhamnagar- other officials visited some areas Keeping in mind safety of lo- tribals were found to be living in mis- scam. The tribals have been duped. chayat and the block levels is sus- Khatuapatana, Paradia, Phalpur road flows 4 feet above the of Dhamnagar. In case of floodin cals, a joint team of Patana po- erable condition in shanties. No houses were built, but their picious”, he added. The leaders de- Champasahi, Sundarpur, ground. Bhandaripokhari and Dhamnagar, lice and fire brigade has been de- The delegation comprising funds were misappropriated” he manded a Crime Branch investi- Dohorapatana. Reports said, thousands of the PD and the sub-collector have ployed near Kanajhari dam. Satyabrata Panda, Ranjit Thakur lamented. gation into the housing scheme for Locals said floodwaters fail to hectares of farmland under been given special tasks. and Sonali Sahu talked to tribal The tribals expressed their dis- the poor tribals so that those in- families about the status of their pleasure before the delegation over volved in the scam will be caught. houses and complaints thereof. their incomplete houses. Social activists observed that After taking stock of the ground Local leader Radhakant Mohant misappropriation of housing funds situation, Sonali Sahu said,”Lakhs said the houses of the Juanga trib- has deprived many poor tribal ben- DM stresses health facilities at CHCs, PHCs of rupees have been bungled in the als were left incomplete, but sur- eficiaries of their housing rights. name of housing to the tribal.” prisingly the bills of the incom- This is how gullible tribals are ex- POST NEWS NETWORK other topics, referral of patients COVID-19 fresh cases Saturday, tak- Maheswar Sahu, vice president plete houses were cleared by the ploited in remote pockets, they and plasma donations also featured ing the tally to 16,078. Of them, of the Rashtriya Krushak Morcha, authorities concerned. pointed out, saying there is a need Chhatrapur, August 22: Ganjam in the discussions. 13,963 have recovered from the dis- demanded an investigation into “The role of the people’s repre- for an investigation and action Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange The first video conference be- ease and 1,936 patients are under- the alleged scam. “This is a big sentatives and officials at the pan- against the guilty. Saturday held discussions with tween the Collector and doctors going treatment. The district also medical officers of the district had taken place three days ago and registered one death Saturday fol- through videoconferencing and re- almost same subjects had been dis- lowing which the toll went up to 171. viewed the COVID-19 situation here. cussed. There have so far been eight non- Woman kills 19-month-old baby, attempts suicide In the second such conference, Notably, Ganjam reported 192 COVID deaths in the district. Kulange laid emphasis on how POST NEWS NETWORK According to police, Kulamani tions, he did not get enough work. patients should be provided with married Sabitri, a resident of Despite being broke, Sabitri pres- treatment facilities at commu- Berhampur, August 22: In a shock- Belapada under Rambha police sured her husband to take a nity health centres and primary Bhadrak MP, 4 of her kin test Covid positive ing incident, a woman attempted sui- limits two and a half years ago. house on rent. health centres. BHADRAK: Bhadrak Lok Sabha MP cook Bapi Nath were also condition is now stable and out of cide after killing her 19-month-old Few days later, Sabitri wanted Friday morning, Sabitri and her The Collector also took stock of Manjulata Mandal, her husband infected. In her tweet, Manjulata danger. Even as swabs of eight of daughter at Bhiwanipur under Kulamani to stay away from the daughter were at the house. the situation in all COVID care hos- and ex-MLA of Dhamnagar appealed local residents and her family members were sent for Sadar police limits in Ganjam dis- family. Kulamani, who ekes out Kulamani and others returned pitals, COVID care centres and Muktikanta Mandal and three party workers to get themselves COVID-19 testing, Manjulata’s son, trict. his living as a mason, would ig- home at noon only to find Sabitri COVID care homes. He inquired others of her family have tested COVID-19-tested, who have come daughter and another security The accused was identified as nore her demand. After the birth sobbing with her daughter lying about the present treatment pro- COVID-19 positive Saturday. Both in contact with her in the recent personnel have tested negative, Sabitri, wife of Kulamani Gouda of his daughter, though he managed close to her, motionless. She con- cedures and other facilities being Manjulata and her husband past. As she found some the report revealed. It is known of Mahanti Sahi of Bhiwanipur. to persuade her to stay with the fessed to having strangled her to provided at the centres. informed about this on their symptoms of coronavirus that all the infected people have Police seized the body for post family but they used to have fre- death. Then she attempted to end The Collector sought suggestions personal Tweeter handles infection, she got herself tested been kept in home isolation at mortem and detained Sabitri for in- quent quarrels. her life by slitting her vain. A case from doctors on how the health fa- Saturday morning. Her security and was detected positive. She MP’s personal residence near guard Jitendra Samal and house also added that her health Bhadrak bypass road. terrogation. During the lockdown restric- was registered against her. cilities could be improved. Among Lacklustre Nuakhai fest amid Covid curbs

POST NEWS NETWORK all the rituals, both in towns and villages, will be dropped this time as public Bhawanipatna/Bolangir, August 22: gatherings are prohibited. As Covid pandemic has been spread- ‘Nuakhai’ is a mass festival linked ing all over the state, the adminis- to harvest. What Onam is to Kerala tration kept imposing restrictions and Bihu to Assam, ‘Nuakhai’ is to amid shutdowns and lockdowns. Western Odisha. The festival is cele- Amid such gloomy scenes, Nuakhai, brated the next day after Ganesh a major agrarian festival of western Chaturthi i.e. Shukla Paksha, Odisha, beginning Sunday will ap- Panchami Tithi of lunar fortnight parently see muted celebrations. of Bhadraba month. On the eve of Naukhai, people wor- ship their household deities as a mark of gratitude for bumper crops, good rain and favourable weather. This On eve of Nuakhai, a woman is selling puja requirements at a market in Bargarh year Nuakhai will be observed August 23 with certain protocol in place. As per the age-old tradition, during Shutdown to be eased in Steel City Nuakhai, the eldest member of the fam- Rourkela: Shutdown restrictions will be eased Sunday in areas coming under ily worships the household deity and Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) for ‘Nuakhai’ festival. In this regard, the offers rice and other harvest. All the state government issued a notification. The notification (dated 21/8/2020) read, family members sit and eat together “The weekend shutdown imposed in the jurisdiction of Rourkela Municipality during the celebration. People from all Corporation is hereby relaxed on August 23, 2020 (Sunday) to allow citizens to over, especially migrant workers, re- observe the said festival on their premises without causing any congregation at turn to their homes to celebrate the any place in accordance with the lockdown orders issued vide Order No No festival. Due to the restrictions this 4582/R&DM (DM) dated 31.07.2020 and maintaining all safety protocols, such as year, a traditional social gathering social distancing, wearing masks, proper sanitization.” At the same time, Rourkela organised by local people to greet Municipal Corporation said in a tweet that the relaxation is only for residential each other stands cancelled. Following celebration of the festival. Hence, shops to remain closed Sunday. Notably, in view the social distancing guidelines, peo- of the increasing COVID-19 cases, the weekend shutdown in Rourkela Municipality ple are being encouraged to celebrate area has been imposed till August 31. at home without holding community Puja. A gathering of more than five people to celebrate Nuakhai. Although ganisations in towns hold ‘Nuakhai people is prohibited. the number of cases is rising in these Bhetghat’ in the evening of the festival However, in western Odisha, cer- regions, locals hailed the decision of the to uphold ancient traditions. In contrast, tain district administrations have with- district officials. Folklore researcher various events are held in villages re- drawn the weekend shutdown to enable Shyam Sundar Dhar said social or- ligiously to mark the day. Nonetheless, Youths duped of `2L on job promise

POST NEWS NETWORK ply of essential articles in- cluding laptops, uniform Berhampur, August 22: and other items. Two youths in Ganjam dis- Apart from Pradhan, trict have reportedly fallen Sudhakar Khuntia in the prey to online job fraud- district has also fallen prey sters amid the Covid pan- to the online job scam. demic. A harried Khuntia, Reports said, both the said,“I had made payments job aspirants lost Rs 2 lakh to the tune of Rs 73,000 in to the fraudsters who had installments. After visiting promised them jobs at Bhubaneswar, I found it to Airport Authority of India be a fraud,” Both the youths (AAI). One of the com- have lodged a complaint plainants, Gupteswar before Berhampur SP Pradhan informed that he Pinak Mishra who has received a phone call from transferred the case to cyber a person, who identified police station. himself as AAI manager The SP said that a case

and informed about some has been registered while

k y m c job vacancies. people need to be careful Later, Pradhan report- while doing financial edly transferred Rs 1.23 lakh transactions online and as demanded by the caller do not share vital infor- who informed that the mation like bank accounts money was meant for sup- and OTP. P6 SUNDAY | AUGUST 23 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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n his most recent New Year’s Trump’s most-consequential for- speech, Chinese President Xi eign-policy legacy. Jinping declared that 2020 Australia, meanwhile, must en- Not a popular Iwould be ‘a milestone.’ Xi was gage in a delicate balancing act. right, but not in the way he ex- While it wants to safeguard its pected. Far from having “friends values and regional stability, it in every corner of the world,” as remains economically dependent govt’s record he boasted in his speech, China has on China, which accounts for one- severely damaged its international third of its exports. So, even as he Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has deputed five teams to reputation, alienated its partners, Australia has pursued closer ties investigate the death of an actor who killed himself. I do not know why and left itself with only one real with the Quad, it has spurned US Tthe CBI is investigating it nor do I understand why there is such lever of power: brute force. calls to join naval patrols in the great public interest in this issue. I have been told that this is because of some Whether the prospect of isolation South China Sea. As its foreign political reason linked to the election in Bihar. If there is, I am not able to thwarts Xi’s imperialist ambi- minister, Marise Payne, recently understand what it is. Bihar is the oldest political entity in India going back tions, however, remains to be seen. As long as the costs of expansionism remain declared, Australia has ‘no in- to the time of Chandragupta Maurya and Chanakya. Historians will most likely view manageable, Xi will stay the course, seeking to tention of injuring’ its relationship Are Biharis so naïve as to vote based on this sort of material? Perhaps they 2020 as a watershed year. Thanks with China. are and I will be disappointed to know that this is the case. Bihar is one of to COVID-19, many countries exploit electoral politics and polarisation in If China continues pursuing the poorest parts of the world. They have been governed by two parties that Brahma Chellaney learned hard lessons about China- major democracies. The Indo-Pacific’s major an expansionist strategy, however, have been in charge for a decade. Will the voter determine whether or not dependent supply chains, and in- democratic powers must not let that happen, such hedging will no longer be to vote for them based on a event? If so, it is amazing. Two other ternational attitudes toward justifiable. Japanese Defense reasons have been put forward as possible reasons for the pushing of this HISTORIANS China’s communist regime shifted. which means ensuring that the costs for China Minister Taro Kono recently de- story. First that it is targeted at the son of the Maharashtra Chief Minister. The tide began to turn when it do not remain manageable for long clared that the ‘consensus in the Second that it is aimed in some fashion at the WILL MOST was revealed that the Communist international community’ is that Muslim actors of Bollywood. That seems to LIKELY VIEW Party of China hid crucial infor- China must be ‘made to pay a high me to be more reasonable given our times. mation from the world about in the northern Indian region of US. This will strengthen Japanese price’ for its muscular revisionism This government is hostile to Muslims and 2020 AS A COVID-19, which was first detected Ladakh, turning up the heat on a security cooperation under 2016 leg- in the South and East China seas, will use any lie to attack them including this WATERSHED in Wuhan – a finding confirmed by long-simmering border conflict. islation that redefined Japan’s US- the Himalayas, and . He one. a recent US intelligence report. This has left Indian Prime Minister imposed pacifist post-war consti- is right – the emphasis is on ‘high.’ But to return to the question of voter in- YEAR. THANKS Making matters worse, Xi at- Narendra Modi with little choice tution in such a way that Japan As long as the costs of expan- terest, it was written this week by my friend TO COVID-19, tempted to capitalise on the pan- but to change course. may now come to the aid of allies sionism remain manageable, Xi Shekhar Gupta that the Prime Minister would demic, first by hoarding medical Modi is considering inviting under attack. will stay the course, seeking to return to power in 2024 unless he inflicted MANY products – a market China domi- Australia to participate in the an- Thus, the Indo-Pacific’s democ- exploit electoral politics and po- damage on himself. Gupta’s argument so far as nates – and then by stepping up ag- nual Malabar naval exercise with racies are forging closer strate- larisation in major democracies. I have understood it is that the damage in- COUNTRIES gressive expansionism, particu- Japanese, American, and Indian gic bonds in response to China’s The Indo-Pacific’s major demo- flicted on the voter is not relevant because the larly in the Indo-Pacific region. forces later this year. Australia increasing aggression. The next log- Aakar Patel LEARNED HARD cratic powers must not let that voter doesn’t care about such things as the col- LESSONS ABOUT This is driving rapid change in withdrew from the exercise in ical step would be for these coun- happen, which means ensuring lapse in the economy, the record unemploy- Is it the case that the region’s geostrategic land- 2008 when it involved only the US tries to play a more concerted, co- that the costs for China do not re- ment, the occupation of our land by China CHINA- scape, with other powers prepar- and India. Although Japan’s par- ordinated role in advancing broader main manageable for long. and the inability of this government to contain for all or most ing to counter China. ticipation was regularised in 2015, regional security. The problem is Machiavelli famously wrote the Covid epidemic. Indian voters, their DEPENDENT For starters, Japan now seems India had hesitated to bring that American, Australian, Indian, that, “It is better to be feared than Gupta did not explain in detail how he had SUPPLY set to begin cooperating with the Australia back into the fold, for fear and Japanese security interests loved.” Xi is not feared so much as come to this conclusion but he said that a sur- political affiliation Five Eyes – the world’s oldest in- of provoking China. Not anymore. are not entirely congruent. hated. But that will mean little vey that had a previously good track record is unrelated to their CHAINS, AND telligence-gathering and -sharing With Australia again involved in For India and Japan, the secu- unless the Indo-Pacific’s major showed that Modi was at the peak of his pop- alliance, comprising Australia, Malabar, the Quad grouping will rity threat China poses is much democracies get their act together, ularity. Again, I do not know if this is the case actual life? INTERNATIONAL Canada, , the United have a formal, practical platform more acute and immediate, as devise ways to stem Chinese ex- but it would be quite interesting if this were to ATTITUDES Kingdom, and the . for naval drills. shown by China’s aggression pansionism, reconcile their se- be so. Our GDP has been declining since January 2018 for nine successive quar- A new ‘Six Eyes’ alliance would Already, cooperation among against India and its increasingly curity strategies, and contribute ters, based on Modi’s own data. Unemployment has been the highest that it TOWARD serve as a crucial pillar of Indo- Quad members is gaining some frequent incursions into Japanese to building a rules-based regional has ever been recorded in India, again according to the government’s own CHINA’S Pacific security. strategic heft. In June, Australia waters. Moreover, India is the only order. Their vision must be clar- data. It is unclear who believes Modi when he says that there has been no Chinese Moreover, the so-called Quad – and India signed the Mutual Quad member that maintains a ified and translated into a well- intrusion, I hope it is not the Prime Minister himself because that would be COMMUNIST comprising Australia, India, Japan, Logistics Support Arrangement to land-based defense posture, and defined policy approach, backed a sign of delusion. and the US – seems poised to deepen increase military interoperabil- it faces the very real prospect of a with real strategic weight. We are currently engaged with the Chinese in trying to get them to with- REGIME SHIFTED its strategic collaboration. This ity through bilateral defense ac- serious conflict with China on its Otherwise, Xi will continue to use draw from our land and our generals have had half a dozen meetings with represents a notable shift for India, tivities. India has a similar pact Himalayan border. brute force to destabilise the Indo- them already. Presumably these meetings are being held because what Modi in particular, which has spent with the US and is set to sign one The US, by contrast, has never Pacific further, possibly even start- says (or believes) is untrue. There is no reason to negotiate with them if they years attempting to appease China. with Japan shortly. considered a land war against ing a war. are not on our property. As US National Security Adviser Japan, for its part, recently China. Its primary objective is to The writer is Professor of On Covid the data is clear. We are number three in the world in terms of Robert O'Brien recently noted, added Australia, India, and the counter China’s geopolitical, ide- Strategic Studies at New the number of cases, we are number one in terms of the number of daily “the Chinese have been very ag- UK as defense intelligence sharing ological, and economic challenges Delhi-based Centre for Policy cases and we will likely end up with the most infected people in the world. gressive with India” lately. Since partners by tweaking its 2014 state to America’s global preeminence. Research and Fellow at the This is not the record of a government and a Prime Minister who is pop- late April, the People’s Liberation secrets law, which previously in- America’s pursuit of this objec- Robert Bosch Academy in ular. In another nation this would signal disaster politically. Is it the case that Army has occupied several areas cluded exchanges only with the tive will be President Donald Berlin. @PROJECT SYNDICATE for all or most Indian voters, their political affiliation is unrelated to their actual life? Could it be that we vote as we do a like or Twitter for- ward? Is our political action through voting and support of a party based not on its performance but on its image? Surely this is not true and even if it is true for many, it cannot be true for all. Certainly it is not true for me. SPECTRUM SOUTH ASIA But how many people think normally in this way? If there were many, then we would not have the circus that we do on an actor’s death at a time which is the worst that I can remember, and I am not a young man. I cannot remember a time in my life when we had such economic strife, such levels of unem- ployment, a national epidemic and the enemy inside our house and such lit- tle interest in these and a focus on Bollywood and temples and such things. Afghan peace process affecting India Is this who we really are as citizens, individuals and voters? I should hope note. I do not think that our young generation of this time certainly he Loya Jirga assembled in have to wait and see its progress with Pakistan's promise to renounce Indian entry routes into or the next will be so unconcerned about their politics. The question is Kabul two weeks ago gave hope, as well as apprehension. support to al-Qaeda and fighting Afghanistan through Chabahar whether the current generations of our time do not care about the nation’s Tthe go-ahead for the release India, having made significant in- ISIS is unrealistic, because ISKP, and further connectivity to security, their health, their employment and their future and whether they of the last of the 400 Taliban pris- vestments in Afghanistan, will al- AQIS and Haqqani network are al- International North South are more interested in Bollywood. I do not have the answer to this but it is oners. After the recent release of ways hope for an Afghan elected, ready active, with no visible dis- Transportation Corridor, although an answer that we will know for certain fairly soon. 80 prisoners, a temporary halt on the Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace turbance from the Taliban and con- Iran has not given any signals of dis- release of the remaining 320 is in ef- and reconciliation process and a tinued support from Pakistan. The ruption of these projects. fect, as a few more countries ( popular democratic government Taliban will continue to use vio- India has to be watchful of the WISDOM CORNER S.B. Asthana and Australia) shared the appre- in Afghanistan. However, the Taliban lence as leverage for a better bar- Iran-Pakistan-China axis develop- hensions of the Afghan govern- continues to be a force to reckon gaining position even in intra- ing in the neighbourhood of ment and public, that the prisoners with. The US-led invasion ousted the Afghan talks. The recent attack by Afghanistan, with tentacles in the Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves in question had conducted violent Taliban post September 11, 2001 at- ISKP on the Afghan prison housing form of terror groups inside it. responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. SIGMUND FREUD INDIA HAS TO BE attacks on Afghans and foreigners. tacks. After losing 2,400 US soldiers, Taliban prisoners, the earlier at- Since 2001, India has undertaken WATCHFUL OF THE The release was part of a peace tens of thousands of Afghan troops, tack on a Gurdwara, and the new projects worth $3 billion in There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True agreement signed between the Taliban fighters and Afghan civil- Pakistani leader from Haqqani net- Afghanistan. Besides engaging with nobility lies in being superior to your former self. ERNEST HEMINGWAY IRAN-PAKISTAN- Taliban and the US February 29 to ians and spending more than $1 work joining ISKP, indicates close all stakeholders, including Taliban, clear the last hurdle for the begin- trillion, a war fatigue of 19 years for linkages of all terror groups, in- a watch on anti-India nexus of ter- The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With CHINA AXIS every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of ning of intra-Afghan talks. A quick peace of another country, is enough cluding Pakistan-based ones. The ror groups is in India’s interest. Nature and our conceptions and views are modified. NIKOLA TESLA DEVELOPING announcement of US withdrawal reason to pull out. Besides, there was Taliban will not sit quiet unless it India needs to exercise some of another 4,000 troops, post Loya Trump's election promise to end gains power. Even if its leaders put smart diplomacy to convince the US IN THE Jirga’s decision, indicated US ful- the war. The Taliban’s assurance of up a facade of giving reasonable gov- that Indian engagement with Iran NEIGHBOURHOOD filment of its obligations as per the not allowing the use of Afghan soil ernance if brought into the power is as much essential to prevent loss WORDSWORTH deal. The US may commend its for terrorism seems too good to be structure, its cadres are unlikely to of strategic space of Afghanistan OF AFGHANISTAN, Special Envoy for Afghanistan, true; hence the US defense chief settle down without Sharia. to China, as much as token presence WITH TENTACLES Zalmay Khalilzad, the architect of indicated that it will not hesitate to The Chinese are keen to extend of US troops there. It remains to be Thaumaturgy the deal, but the fact is that the nullify the deal if the Taliban failed the BRI to Afghanistan to get an al- seen whether this deal will work, or IN THE FORM OF Taliban controls more territory in to hold its promises. ternate axis to warm water in Gulf the US pull back will leave behind f all the words in English that refer to the making of magic, this is Afghanistan now than at the time The Afghan government had no should the CPEC face problems, a stronger Taliban, growing IS, suf- Operhaps the most resonant. It doesn’t have the negative associations of TERROR GROUPS when the US entered the war, and choice but to go along with the deal besides exploiting mineral wealth fering population of Afghanistan words such as sorcery or necromancy because it referred originally to the INSIDE IT terror groups like al Qaeda, IS, due to lack of any leverage, as the of Afghanistan. Iran is economically and new challenges for India. production of wonders for positive ends rather than any intent to cause Haqqani Network co-exist with Taliban refused to talk to them and weak and needs Chinese support. someone harm. The origin is the Greek word thaumatourgos, miracle Taliban. The peace deal does not the election results were not con- The China-Iran strategic partner- The writer is a Major working (from thauma, marvel, plus ergos, work). Though it’s not that guarantee success of intra-Afghan vincing enough to put them in the ship fructifying the $400 billion General (retd) and common a word, it seems to have generated a surprisingly large set of dialogue; hence all stakeholders driver’s seat. The Taliban and deal may be an impediment for strategic analyst. IANS derivatives since it first appeared in English in 1727. There are several words for a practitioner of thaumaturgy, including thaumaturge and thaumaturgist; another is thaumaturgus, which has been given to a number of Christian saints and others who are said to have performed Battle lines drawn Focus on farming wonders. The verb is thaumaturgise. The thaumatrope was a Victorian toy, a card with two different pictures on its back and front that magically Sir, The much-awaited battle lines are drawn with the announcement of Joe Biden Sir, Covid-19 is a great set back to the whole world. In combined into one when the card was rapidly spun. And aficionados of as the Presidential nominee of the Democrats for the November elections. India, lakhs of migrant labourers have returned to their Terry Pratchett’sDiscworld novels will know that the wizards of Unseen etters Biden poses a great challenge to Trump as the former’s candidature is well sup- home states with a bitter experience in their working University invented a device with which to measure the intensity of a ported by Barrack Obama and Bill Clinton who are held in high esteem by Americans place. Now is the appropriate time for the states to en- magic field — what would you call that but a thaumometer? for their contribution to the country’s causes in times of need. Adding to courage organic farming. It’s a fact that every year production TOL THE EDITOR Trump’s woes is Kamala Harris who has been fielded as Biden’s deputy. Harris, of Ravi crops, like potato, onion, vegetables, and oil seeds Readers of Orissa POST an Afro-American, too represents South Asian interests as her mother hails from is decreasing. This may be due to lack of storage facilities LOL are most welcome to contribute letters a South Indian state. However, these factors are crucial as far as the US elections and irrigation. This low production leads to soaring of prices (200 words), articles and are concerned. One, the American voters have a history of re-electing the in- of the essential commodities to a level which is beyond the columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are cumbent President for the second time. Two, going by the recent Sino-Indian flare- reach of the common man. Our governments (both state Lost far from a home “Oy Morris,” requested to send their up at the border and the Trump administration’s overt support to India, the Indian- and central) should launch massive publicity by going said grandma, contact numbers and full origin electorate in the US may prefer to go with the Republicans. This apart, village to village and motivate farmers by giving support

police car pulls up in front of “You’ve been going to postal address/email ID. They may also India has been at one with Trump in matters of the spread of coronavirus to their agricultural needs. On the other hand, the gov-

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c Agrandma Bessie’s house, and that park for over 30 years! and suggestions, preferably by email, from the Chinese soil. The point that goes in favour of Biden is that he was in- ernments should minimise free food grains supply as it has grandpa Morris gets out. So how could you get lost?” to: [email protected] strumental in the safe passage of the historic Indo-US nuclear deal during serious negative impacts. Indirectly, such schemes persuade The polite policeman explained that Leaning close to grandma, so that the Obama’s tenure. Joe may play this card for the Indians and those supporting India the huge man-power to sit idle. Now, the time has come for this elderly gentleman said that he policeman couldn’t hear, Morris in South Asia. That said, only the results will decide the fate of Trump who has action. Adequate stress on agriculture may boost the rural was lost in the park...and couldn’t find whispered, “I wasn’t lost.....I was just B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, seen troubled times in his tenure, be it his fight against the pandemic or his tack- economy and reduce the flow of population from rural to his way home. too tired to walk home.” Bhubaneswar-751010 ling of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. Sanjib Das, CUTTACK urban areas. Ramdas Ray, BHUBANESWAR JAMMU & GUJARAT KASHMIR P7

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INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE GLOBAL TERROR IN VALLEY Nothing about us without us, say J&K parties New Delhi, August 22: Five mem- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA bers of the Islamic State of Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK), who had planned Srinagar, August 22: Making clear COMBINED EFFORT to attack an Army camp in Kashmir there can be ‘nothing about us with- valley, were arrested by the police out us’ in Jammu and Kashmir, six • The leaders of J&K’s 6 mainstream parties had from Bandipora district Saturday. met on the eve of August 5, 2019 at the Gupkar mainstream political parties termed Official sources said that acting residence of Farooq Abdullah and a statement, abrogation of special status of the also known as ‘Gupkar Declaration’, had asked on a specific input, the Bandipora erstwhile state as a ‘spitefully short- people to maintain calm and peace and urged the district police arrested five terror sighted’ and ‘grossly unconstitu- Centre not to alter the constitutional status of associates of the ISJK or Wilayah- tional’ move and pledged a com- the erstwhile state al-Hind, the regional branch of the bined effort for restoration of the pan-Islamist terror group, ISIS. pre-August 5 position of last year. • However, the very next day the government Four of them are from different A resolution termed Gupkar moved a resolution in Parliament and announced places in Bandipora and one is Declaration-II was circulated in abrogation of Article 370, a provision giving edge from Srinagar, sources said. Masked youth in residency and jobs to local people, and also A small number of youth in By 2017, black ISIS media. It was signed by National Incriminating material including were bifurcated it into two union territories -- Ladakh, Kashmir began supporting shrouds began Conference president Farooq matrix sheets, ISJK flags and am- frequently and Jammu and Kashmir ISIS when the terror group replacing Pakistani Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba munition was recovered from their assumed prominence in seen waving green flags which had Mufti, J-K Congress chief GA Mir, possession. pro-Caliphate • The parties termed the abrogation of special 2014 with its use of social been used as Peoples’ Conference leader Sajjad On preliminary inquiry, police ISIS flags in status of the erstwhile state as a ‘spitefully media to run their cerements to wrap Lone, state CPM leader MY Tarigami sources said, it was found that downtown shortsighted’ and ‘grossly unconstitutional’ move propaganda videos of slain terrorists in their and Jammu and Kashmir Awami these five members of the ISJK Srinagar and pledged a combined effort for restoration of barbaric executions funerals in Kashmir National Conference senior vice- carried out a recee of an army the pre-August 5 position of last year president Muzaffar Shah. camp as they planned to attack it. This is the first combined state- The module was also providing LAST YEAR, AN ISJK TERRORIST WAS KILLED BY HIZBUL MUJAHIDEEN ment issued by the political par- support to the terror group in the FOLLOWING WHICH THE ISJK HAD DECLARED THAT PAKISTAN-BACKED ties after more than a year. said. “We all reiterate that we are year as "unfortunate" which have of the people of J-K. "The meas- valley and motivating and radi- TERROR GROUPS IN KASHMIR WERE TRAITORS TO THE CAUSE OF Acknowledging the difficulties in bound, wholly, by the contents of the unrecognisably changed the rela- ures attempt to redefine who we calising youth to join their terror ISLAMIC JIHAD bringing out a resolution of all par- Gupkar Declaration and will un- tionship between Jammu and are. These changes were accompa- ranks. ties, it said the signatories to the waveringly adhere to it. We are Kashmir and New Delhi. nied by repressive measures meant Sources said the group was man- prominence in 2014 with its use of Mujahideen following which the Gupkar Declation-I, signed August committed to strive for the restora- “In a spitefully shortsighted and to silence people and coerce them into ufacturing flags of the ISJK in social media to run their propa- ISJK had declared that Pakistan- 4, 2019, "have barely managed to tion of Articles 370 and 35A, the unconstitutional move, Articles 370 submission, and continue unabated," Chittibandy Aragam and further ganda videos of barbaric execu- backed terror groups in Kashmir establish basic level of communi- Constitution of J-K and the restora- and 35A were abrogated and the it said. "We all reiterate our com- supplying them to their associates tions. Masked youth were frequently were traitors to the cause of Islamic cation with each other" in the face tion of the state and any division state was bifurcated and relegated mitment to collectively fight to restore in Srinagar. seen waving pro-Caliphate ISIS jihad. ISIS, in an official an- of a series of prohibitive and puni- of the state is unacceptable to us. to the status of two Union Territories the special status of J-K as guaran- The police has filed a case under flags in downtown Srinagar. nouncement last year, acknowl- tive curbs imposed by the govern- We unanimously reiterate that and its Constitution tried to be made teed under the Constitution and the Unlawful Activities Prevention By 2017, black ISIS shrouds began edged that it has set up its India ment, aimed at impeding all social there can be ‘nothing about us with- unenforceable,” it said. It said the commitments made from time to Act at police Station Aragam and replacing Pakistani green flags brancha "Wilayah-al-Hinda" after and political interactions. The lim- out us’,” Gupkar Resolution-II said. measures undertaken last year were time," the resolution said, adding are further investigating the case. which had been used as cerements its operative Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi ited confabulations held within the The national and regional polit- "grossly unconstitutional" and in re- these were the testing times and A small number of youth in to wrap slain terrorists in their was killed in an encounter with constraints imposed have resulted ical parties termed the changes ality measures of disempowerment times of pain for the peace loving peo- Kashmir began supporting ISIS funerals in Kashmir. Last year, an security forces in Shopian in south in this unanimous resolution, it made in the state in August last and a challenge to the basic identity ple of Jammu and Kashmir. when the terror group assumed ISJK terrorist was killed by Hizbul Kashmir. HC moved to know ‘real Disturbed Areas Act extended 90 pc of annual rainfall reason’ for lion deaths to more localities in Vadodara already recorded in Guj INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the official portal or website of the Forest Department, and reveal the Gandhinagar, August 22: A PIL exact cause of death of every lion COMMUNALLY has been filed in Gujarat High in the recent times as well as in the SENSITIVE Court, seeking direction to the past. state government not to suppress The petitioner has also sought a The Act bans sale of property by the ‘real cause’ of death of lions in proper investigation of lions' deaths a member of one religious Sasan Gir, the only abode of Asiatic in the past. community to that of another lions in the world. Questioning the procurement community without the district The petitioner also has raised of CDV vaccine from the US, the PIL collector’s approval questions about the procurement said that the Chief Conservator of of the Canine Distemper Virus Forests, DT Vasavda had stated It is already in force in several (CDV) vaccine to treat the big cats that there was no disease or virus communally sensitive areas of against the virus. infection in lions, and if "this was Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, In his PIL, Varjang Galabhai true, then why did the state gov- Bharuch and other towns in Karamta, a resident of Maliya ernment procure more than 1,100 Gujarat PRESS TRUST OF INDIA fall, the highest in the state, while Hatina in Junagadh, raised the vaccine doses". Dahod in east-central Gujarat has issue of deaths of lions in recent The PIL has also raised ques- The Gujarat Prohibition of Ahmedabad, August 22: Gujarat received the lowest 44.29 per cent times and asked why is the state tions about the administration of Transfer of Immovable Property has received over 90 per cent of rain, it said. Forest Department not disclosing the vaccine. "Sasan Gir does not and Provision for Protection of the average annual rainfall so far, At least 66 out of 206 dams, in- the real cause, and ‘instead giving have adequate number of veterinary Tenants from Eviction from more than half of it in August cluding 52 in Saurashtra, have false information that the lions doctors and in their absence, for- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA brought under the Act. Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, alone, officials said Saturday. reached their full capacity, the state died due to infighting’. est guards and trackers are ad- It was already in force -- after 1991 was amended in 2019 to Water stock in the dams in the water resource department said. The PIL has asked the high court ministering these vaccines to the Ahmedabad, August 22: The being extended for another five stop people from acquiring state has reached nearly 62 per Dams in the state have reached to direct the state government to de- big cats which could be very risky," Gujarat government Saturday years in September 2019 -- in some properties in disturbed areas cent of the gross storage capacity. 61.87 per cent of their gross storage clare data of each and every lion on it said. brought more areas in Vadodara city areas under these police stations. through illegal means Against 821 mm of average annual capacity, the department said. under the purview of the Disturbed The imposition of the Act in rainfall, the state till Friday had re- Sardar Sarovar dam, the largest Areas Act. newer localities followed a repre- 1991 was amended in 2019 to stop peo- ceived 754.12 mm or 90.75 per cent in the state, is 57.10 per cent full. The Act bans sale of property sentation by local BJP MLA ple from acquiring properties in rains, the State Emergency Friday, monsoon remained vigor- by a member of one religious com- Manishaben Vakil. The release disturbed areas through illegal Operation Centre (SEOC) said. ous over Saurashtra-Kutch region munity to that of another com- quoted the Minister of State for means. It received 403.22 mm rainfall in and active across the state, with munity without the district col- Home Pradipsinh Jadeja as saying As per the amended Act, viola- August alone, it said. Valsad in south Gujarat receiving lector’s approval. that it will ensure that a property tors have to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh Kutch has so far received 159.12 very heavy showers, said the The Act has been now imposed is not misappropriated through ha- or two per cent of the value of prop- per cent of average annual rainfall, Ahmedabad centre of the India in areas under the jurisdiction of rassment or intimidation. erty, whichever is higher, and face followed by Saurashtra at 121.60 per Meteorological Department (IMD). Harni police station in Vadodara city, The Gujarat Prohibition of imprisonment of three to five years. cent, south Gujarat at 83.40 per cent, Heavy rainfall was reported on an official release said. Transfer of Immovable Property It is already in force in several east central Gujarat at 69.58 per cent Saturday in Devbhumi Dwarka Also, more areas from jurisdic- and Provision for Protection of communally sensitive areas of and north Gujarat at 67.87 per cent. district of Saurashtra as well as in tion of Karelibaug, Bapod and Tenants from Eviction from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Devbhumi Dwarka in Saurashtra Mehsana, Aravalli and Panchmahal Varasiya police stations were also Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, Bharuch and other towns in Gujarat. has received 255.18 per cent rain- districts. Zoji La, a tunnel of strategic significance SWOLLEN RIVER

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New Delhi, August 22: In a bid to ramp up infrastructure in the COMPLEX PROJECT Himalayan region, the government The tunnel has to be built at 700 has finalised bids to construct the meters below the surface Zoji La tunnel in the Jammu The project is also in the most Kashmir and Ladakh region. complex hill terrain and snowstorms National Highways and Industrial are a regular feature Development Corporation (NHIDCL) opened the bids Friday as the gov- As there is dense snow for at least ernment finally called for the tenders eight months in a year, the execution to complete the long-pending road will not be easy tunnel, which will have to be con- What makes it even more challenging structed under critical conditions. is the river flowing adjacent to the The bid for the project which proposed project site will be constructed in two sections of about 33 kilometre has been won by the Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL). The become L-1, will be constructed cepts MEIL. Amarnath yatra. first section will involve the con- from the Z-Morh tunnel to Zoji La What makes it even more chal- Besides, two snow galleries will struction of a 18.50-kilometre road. tunnel between Sonmarg-Kargil lenging is the river flowing adjacent come up -- 300 meters and 150 me- The second section a horseshoe of on national highway-1 in the Zoji La to the proposed project site. These ters each. India is making every 14.15 km Zoji La tunnel as a two-lane area. This project is the most com- conditions are going to create severe effort to ramp up its Himalayan road of 9.5 meter width and 7.57 plex one. The construction of this problems with water and ice pour- road infra. The total length of these meter height. tunnel will come up facing un- ing during the construction. works is 18.475 kilometres. The road from Srinagar to Leh in precedented difficulties,” said the The Border Roads Organisation In Part-2, the construction will in- Ladakh is not suitable for vehicu- company that won the bid, in a (BRO) has decided to improve the clude a 0.16 km long cut and cover lar traffic throughout the year. The statement. road travel facilities to all com- tunnel along with the above details

Srinagar-Ladakh highway is com- The tunnel has to be built at 700 muters between Kashmir and regarding the tunnel. Even, venti-

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of the day uote SC extends deadline May the COVID-19 cases cross 3 million in India blessings of AGENCIES Lord Ganesha till Sept 30 for verdict be upon the people New Delhi, August 22: India Recovery rate PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of Goa so that the BABRI DEMOLITION CASE obstacles of the recorded 69,878 new coronavirus reaches 74.69% COVID-19 epidemic cases in a single day Saturday tak- New Delhi, August 22: The and its negative effects are ing the total tally to 30,05,281, the Supreme Court has extended by a conquered by the people Ministry of Health and Family New Delhi: A record 63,631 month the deadline for completion Welfare said. patients have recuperated from of trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid dem- BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI | GOA GOVERNOR In the last 24 hours, 945 people lost COVID-19 in a day pushing the olition case involving 32 accused, their lives due to COVID-19 infec- recovery rate to 74.69 per cent, including BJP veterans LK Advani, while the case fatality rate has How can this tion taking the toll to 55,794, the MM Joshi and Uma Bharti, and and was uploaded on the apex court dropped to 1.87 per cent, the powerless ministry said. said that judgement should be de- website recently. On May 8, the top Union Health Ministry said government The total active cases from across livered by September 30. court had extended by three months Saturday. “Record-high protect the interests the country stands at 6,97,330. The total The top court, which had ear- the time for completion of trial in recoveries have ensured that of the ordinary number of people discharged from lier fixed August 31 as the dead- the case and said that judgement the actual caseload of the people? ...If they hospitals and quarantine centres so line for completion of proceedings should be delivered by August 31. country, which is the active cannot, what is the far is 22,22,577. In the last 24 hours, including pronouncement of the The special CBI court at Lucknow cases, has reduced and point of such a government in 63,631 people recovered. The recov- verdict, took note of the report has completed the recording of currently comprises only 23.43 power? Or did the BJP want such ery rate stands at 74.69 per cent. virus. The state has recorded 3,092 1,64,879 active cases. A total 4,70,873 filed by special judge SK Yadav in statements of the 32 accused under per cent of the total cases,” the riots during the BBMP elections? The government stated that deaths so far and in the last 24 people recovered from the virus ministry said. “With a higher the high-profile case. Section 313 of CrPC in the case. HD KUMARASWAMY | 3,44,91,073 cumulative total sam- hours 91 people succumbed to the infection and in the last 24 hours, number of COVID-19 patients A bench of justices RF Nariman, The mosque in Ayodhya was de- FORMER K’TAKA CHIEF MINISTER ples have been tested up to August infection as 11,749 people left hospital after recovering and being Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee molished December 6, 1992, by 'kar 21, and 10,23,836 samples were tested In Karnataka, the total active recovering. A total 21,698 people discharged from hospitals and said, “Having read the report of sevaks' who claimed that an an- Friday. cases are 83,082. So far 1,76,942 peo- have lost their lives as 339 died in home isolation, the recovery Surendra Kumar Yadav, learned cient Ram temple stood at the same ...I have strong Andhra Pradesh, one of the ple have recovered from the infec- the last 24 hours. rate has reached 74.69 per cent. Special Judge, and considering site. Former Deputy Prime doubts that worst hit states, has recorded 87,803 tion, of whom 6,561 left hospitals and The national capital has 11,426 ac- This has also led to declining that the proceedings are at the fag Minister LK Advani and BJP vet- my phone active cases so far. A total 2,44,045 quarantine centres in the last 24 tive Covid-19 cases. So far, 1,42,908 COVID-19 case fatality rate, end, we grant one month's time, eran MM Joshi, who were among calls are being people have recovered from the hours, when 93 people succumbed people have recovered, of which which stands at a new low of i.e., till September 30, 2020, to com- those leading the Ram temple move- tapped. So I request deadly virus in the state so far. In to the disease taking the toll to 4,522 1,082 in the last 24 hours. The cap- 1.87 per cent as on date,” the plete the proceedings including ment at that time, had deposed be- you to get it the last 24 hours, 8,827 people re- so far in the state. ital has reported 4,270 deaths so ministry said. the delivery of judgment”. fore the court through video con- investigated covered from the infection of the The state of Maharashtra has far as 13 died in past one day. The order was passed August 19 ferencing. appropriately and take necessary action DK SHIVAKUMAR | K’TAKA CONGRESS CHIEF Nagaland BCC warns against National Council for Transgender Persons Don’t restrict inter-state SHORT TAKES Chinese cult ‘Church of Almighty’ set up by Centre INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The two-page August 19 letter, Four held for with the subject "Warning against PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Kohima, August 22: The Nagaland cult" said that the cult teaches that movement: Centre to states ‘franchise fraud’ Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has Lord Jesus has come back to earth New Delhi, August 22: The Centre INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE he Centre Saturday directed all Noida (UP): With the arrest of warned the church leaders in as a woman, named Yang Xiangbin, has constituted the National Tstates to follow the Unlock 3.0 guide- four men, Noida Police Nagaland against a cult called the also called Lightning Deng, and Council for Transgender Persons New Delhi, August 22: In view of lines and allow such movement without Saturday said they have Church of Almighty God from China. the New Testament has been re- to formulate policies, programmes, the reports of restrictions on inter- any separate permission or permit busted a “franchise racket” The NBCC said this is a dangerous placed by their new bible, called legislation and projects regard- state and intra-state movement of letter by Union Home Secretary Ajay run by them to dupe around cult as they are actively spreading “The Word Appears in the Flesh”. ing members of the community for people and goods, the Centre Bhalla to all Chief Secretaries states Rs 30 crore from over three A false Gospel and false teachings. “They teach that God is speak- achieving equality and full par- Saturday directed all states to fol- that there will be no restrictions on dozen people from multiple NBCC general sec- ing through this woman, ticipation by them. low the Unlock 3.0 guidelines and inter-state and intra-state movement of states. The police also retary Zelhou Keyho and they refer to God's The council was established by allow such movement without any persons and goods recovered properties worth in a letter to all exec- speaking through this the Centre in exercise of the pow- separate permission or permit. local-level restrictions on move- around Rs 10 crore, including utive secretaries and woman, as utterances, ers conferred by the Transgender A letter by Union Home Secretary ment were being imposed by var- The Centre on July 29 issued 3.300 kg gold, Rs 13,54,550 directors of Baptist and these utterances are Persons (Protection of Rights) Ajay Bhalla to all Chief Secretaries ious districts and states. Unlock 3.0 guidelines – the third cash and a Mercedes car, associations under it, written in their books, Act, 2019, according to a gazette no- draws their attention to “para 5 of The letter says such restrictions phase of lifting of coronavirus-re- from the accused persons, a said: “I am writing this with a as revelations from God, and they tification issued late Friday night. Unlock 3.0 guidelines”, which states were creating problems in inter- lated restrictions across the coun- senior officer said. During a grave concern concerning a cult, According to the Act, the func- that there will be no restrictions on probe it emerged that it was are being published and promoted state movement of goods and serv- try, giving relief to inter-state and not only one company but called the Church of Almighty through books, videos, computer tions of the council include ad- inter-state and intra-state move- ices and impacting supply chains intra-state movement of people there were also four-five God from China, reportedly mak- generated movies and artwork and vising the Centre on the formu- ment of persons and goods. resulting in disruption of economic and goods. In the guidelines ap- more such firms floated by ing inroads into our land. The many other forms of media.” lation of policies, programmes, Citing the para, the letter men- activity and employment. plied till August 31, the govern- these men for the same Church of Almighty God or Eastern Keyho in his letter, available legislation and projects with re- tions that no separate permission, “Such restrictions amount to vi- ment scrapped night curfew and al- purpose. Lightning cult is a well organised with IANS, wrote: “Jesus said in His spect to transgender persons; approval and e-permit will be re- olation of guidelines issued by the lowed yoga institutes to reopen. group, aggressively moving for- Word that He would return to earth, monitoring and evaluating the quired for such movement of per- Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) In the new guidelines, the gov- ward with publications and cre- not as the almighty who speaks impact of policies and pro- sons and goods for cross-border under provisions of Disaster ernment said metro rail operations ating many Facebook pages and through a woman from China, but grammes designed for achieving land trade under treaties with Management Act, 2005. No re- and large gatherings, however, still IAF officer ends colourful artwork that appears as He was, is and ever shall be. Let equality and full participation of neighbouring countries. strictions be imposed and it should remain banned. Schools, colleges and life in Jammu biblical and enticing.” us beware of this dangerous cult.” transgender persons. The Home Secretary’s letter be ensured that MHA guidelines are educational institutions will re- notes that there are reports that followed,” says the letter. main shut till the end of August. Jammu: A warrant officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service pistol inside a camp Woman alleges rape by 143 people WATERLOGGED BRIDGE here, officials said Saturday. Warrant Officer Inder Pal Singh, 53, a resident of Uttar INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE harassed and physically assaulted Pradesh, allegedly shot her for nine months. A divorce himself at Air Force Station , August 22: In a sen- took place in December 2010 and Kalu Chak on the outskirts of sational case, a 25-year-old woman after that she went to her mother’s Jammu on Friday, they said. has lodged a complaint with the house and joined a college for fur- The officials said Singh's Hyderabad police, alleging that ther studies. She alleged that the colleagues rushed him to a she was sexually assaulted by 143 accused sexually exploited her nearby hospital, where people since 2010. multiple times. She said they doctors declared him dead. The woman, a native of abused her in the name of caste, The motive behind his taking Nalgonda district residing in filmed her while sexually assaulting such an extreme step was Hyderabad, lodged the complaint her and threatened to upload the not known immediately, the at the Punjagutta police station. of the accused on 41 pages. videos and pictures on social media. officials said, adding that She named people with a polit- The police have sent the woman The police registered a case police have started inquest ical background, student leaders, for medical examination and coun- under various sections of the Indian proceedings and further people from films, media and other selling. A police officer said they Penal Code (IPC) for rape, insult- investigation is underway. walks of life as the accused. Those would verify the complaint and ing the modesty of a woman, assault accused also include a few women. then decide on the future course or use of criminal force and sexual In addition to 139 people named of action. The woman, residing harassment. The police have also Mukherjee still in in the complaint, she alleged that in the Somajiguda area in invoked the Scheduled Caste and deep coma four others whom she does not re- Hyderabad, stated in her com- Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of member also raped her. plaint that three months after her Atrocities) Act, 1989. New Delhi: Former President The sensational complaint forced marriage in 2009 her husband, in- “We will investigate the com- Pranab Mukherjee continues the police to register a 42-page laws and other relatives started plaint and then decide the next to remain in a deep coma but First Information Report (FIR) harassing and assaulting her. course of action,” said police sub- his vital parameters are August 20. The FIR has the names She claimed that they sexually inspector D. Nagraju. stable, the hospital said Waterlogged bridge on Adi Ganga, owing to high tide in Ganga river, at Kalighat area in , Saturday PTI PHOTO Saturday morning. Doctors said attending to the 84-year- old said he is being treated for respiratory infection and continues to be on ventilatory Ganesh fest begins on low-key note as COVID-19 dampens spirit support. Mukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral DUE TO THE SUBDUED CELEBRATIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THRIVE DURING THE FESTIVAL TOOK A HIT Hospital in Delhi Cantonment August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tively, this year. sidered one of the richest mandals ‘Varsha’. Some celebrities and po- brain the same day. As a result, the number of peo- in the metropolis, postponed the litical leaders also installed the Mumbai, August 22: Amid the ple coming out in the market to celebration to ‘Magh Shudh idols at their places. coronavirus pandemic and re- buy Ganpati idols for installation in Chaturthi’ in February next year. The installation of the deity was strictions on public movement, the their houses, housing societies and The usual pandal decorations in done as per the rituals in the morn- Shibu Soren, wife 10-day Ganesh festival started in sarvajanik pandals, was limited. the city are missing this year and ing. Meanwhile, security has been test COVID +ve Mumbai and other parts of The usual spirit and fervour of the cultural events have been replaced beefed up in the city for the festival. Maharashtra Saturday, although festival was relatively low this year. by public awareness programmes Apart from the local police, a company Ranchi: Former Jharkhand the usual pomp and glory was miss- Due to the subdued celebrations, and health camps by the mandals. of Rapid Action Force (RAF), three Chief Minister and JMM ing this year. small businesses of that thrive dur- Mumbai and the neighbouring companies of State Reserve Police president Shibu Soren and his The Maharashtra government ing the festival, like flower vendors, areas have been witnessing heavy Force (SRPF), local arms and riot wife Roopi, along with seven has issued guidelines regarding others in their household, have sweet shops, outlets selling decora- rains since the last few days. The control police have been deployed.

tested positive for COVID-19, Ganeshotsav celebrations, saying tion items, imitation jewellery and downpour continued on Saturday Quick response teams, bomb dis- y official sources said. All of that processions should not be taken transporters took a hit. The pan- morning, but people stepped out posal squads and anti- terrorism

out before installing and immers- demic also affected several others, to bring home the idols of the deity cells have also been put on alert to

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y domination being imposed a significant milestone” of testing national more than 10 lakh samples in a day

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of the day uote Haryana IG held RLYS SCRAP TENDER FOR BSF kills 5 intruders for assaulting The case (Sushant women Singh’s death) along India-Pak IB was becoming INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE messy...I praise the 44 VANDE BHARAT TRAINS wisdom of the top court for ordering a A joint venture between China-based CRRC Yongji Electric Company Ltd and Chandigarh, August 22: CBI inquiry into the matter Haryana Inspector General of Police Hemant Kalson, who is SHATRUGHAN SINHA | ACTOR Gurugram-based Pioneer Fil-Med Pvt Ltd was a frontrunner for the project no stranger to controversies, was arrested by the police Saturday The Indian Railways’ Integral for allegedly assaulting two It Coach Factory in Chennai had women after trespassing into (privatisation floated the tender July 10. their houses in Panchkula dis- of airports) violates the pledge The other five bidders were trict, officials said. made in 2003 that Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Bharat In April 2019 he had faced sus- any proposal Industries, Sangrur, Electrowaves pension for allegedly firing into the concerning airport Electronics Pvt Ltd, Medha Servo air with a constable's semi-auto- privatisation would be made only in Drives Pvt Ltd, and Powernetics matic gun outside the Circuit consultation with the state Equipment India Pvt Ltd, accord- House at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu, government and must be revoked ing to the Railway Ministry. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA “The Pakistani armed intrud- while in September 2018 he was as- India has tightened trade ties ers did not pay any heed to the saulted by passers-by in a case of MK STALIN | DMK CHIEF with China after border tensions es- Chandigarh/New Delhi, August challenge and opened fire on the road rage. calated to a violent face-off in east- 22: The BSF shot dead five Pakistan BSF troops,” the official said. In the latest episode, Kalson We will not ern Ladakh in June. India lost 20 sol- intruders along the India-Pakistan “Hence, to stop their further has been booked for two incidents share water diers, while Chinese casualties International Border in Punjab's misadventure and in self-defence, in Pinjore town, some 30 km from from the were over 40, according to reports. Tarn Taran district early Saturday, the BSF troops retaliated with fire here, both reported Friday. Sharda-Yamuna Link India has responded in a multi- the force said. due to which the five Pakistani In the first incident, a woman canal project ARESS TRUST OF INDIA The move to cancel the tender dimensional way, from using diplo- This is the highest number of armed intruders succumbed to alleged that Kalson forcibly en- because Punjab will is a big setback for China as a matic pressure with friendly na- intruders killed in a single incident bullet injuries,” he said. tered her house and beat up her burn if the state is New Delhi, August 22: India has Chinese joint venture, CRRC tions to banning imports of Chinese along the over 3,300 km-long border A senior BSF official said the daughter. forced to share water with Haryana cancelled a tender for making 44 Pioneer Electric (India) Pvt Ltd, products such as solar power equip- with Pakistan in more exchange of fire began In the second incident, a man in was the only foreign bidder semi-high speed “Vande Bharat” ment. The economic backlash ex- than a decade time pe- around 4.45 am near a complaint said Kalson allegedly AMARINDER SINGH | PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER among the six contenders This is the highest trains, the Railway Ministry said tended to blocking 59 Chinese apps riod, officials said. number of intruders the Dal border post abused his wife and assaulted him, Friday night. It said a fresh tender Fresh tender will be floated including TikTok, which had a Punjab shares a 553- killed in a single which is close to besides threatening to shoot him. will be floated within a week and within a week as per Revised massive user base in India. km-long frontier with Bhikhiwind town of According to the first infor- give preference to the Centre’s Make Public Procurement The railways has already Pakistan, apart from incident along the the district and is mation report, he was allegedly in SHORT TAKES In India programme. (Preference to Make in India) scrapped a tender for thermal cam- Jammu, Rajasthan and over 3,300 km-long guarded by the 103rd an inebriated state at the time of The move to cancel the tender is a order: Railways eras meant for COVID-19 surveil- Gujarat, who together border with battalion of the Border both incidents. big setback for China as a Chinese joint lance after Indian firms alleged constitute the remain- Pakistan in more Security Force under Kalson, 55, is currently posted Threat to blow up venture, CRRC Pioneer Electric (India) a week as per Revised Public that the tender specifications ing part of the than a decade the Ferozepur sector. as IGP, Home Guards. Pvt Ltd, was the only foreign bidder Procurement (Preference to Make favoured a Chinese company. The International Border. BSF troops, officials In the 2018 incident, Kalson was Rafale air base among the six contenders to supply in India) order. Dedicated Freight Corridor A BSF spokesperson said troops said, first noticed suspicious ac- behind the wheel, accompanied Chandigarh: A letter to blow 44 sets of semi-high speed train. The joint venture was formed Corporation of India Ltd too can- recovered nine packets contain- tivity at the border around mid- by a friend. They were travelling up the Indian Air Force “Tender for manufacturing of between China-based CRRC Yongji celled a Rs470-crore contract with ing over 9 kg of heroin, along with night and launched a “focused” from Pinjore to Panchkula, when station in Ambala, Haryana, 44 semi high speed train sets (Vande Electric Company Ltd and a Chinese firm days after the bor- an AK-47 rifle, two magazines and surveillance and set up multiple am- a SUV overtook the vehicle at a where the first batch of five Bharat) has been cancelled. Fresh Gurugram-based Pioneer Fil-Med der clash in mid-June. 27 rounds, four 9 mm Berretta pis- bushes after which the “contact high speed. He allegedly chased that Rafale aircraft are stationed, tender will be floated within a week Pvt Ltd in 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tols with seven magazines and 109 was established” early morning, vehicle and forced the driver to was received by authorities, as per Revised Public Procurement The railways is keen to ensure flagged off the Vande Bharat train live rounds, two mobile phones just behind the IB fence. stop the vehicle. police said Saturday. The (Preference to Make in India) order,” that a domestic firm takes the ten- on the Delhi-Varanasi route and `610 in Pakistani currency. The intruders were seen carry- letter was received on Friday the Railway Ministry tweeted. der and once it was felt that the February 15 last year. The second The spokesperson said after sus- ing rifles and were taking the aid after which the authorities Tender for manufacturing of 44 Chinese joint venture was a fron- train service between Delhi and picious activity was noticed near the of ‘sarkanda’ or tall grass to sneak lodged a complaint with the semi high speed train sets (Vande trunner for the project, it was Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Katra was border fence, the force personnel into India, they said. A photo col- Girl gangraped, nearby police station, a Bharat) has been cancelled. scrapped, this news agency re- flagged off by Home Minister Amit “cordoned the area and challenged lage released by the BSF showed two police official said. As a Fresh tender will be floated within ported quoting unnamed sources. Shah October 3 last year. the intruders to stop and surrender”. bodies piled on each other. killed, body precaution and to ensure safety security has been beefed up at the Ambala dumped station, he added. “The letter Bloomsbury appears to be a hoax and the OVERCAST SKY PRESS TRUST OF INDIA handiwork of some mischief- mongers,” a senior police withdraws Jalpaiguri, August 22: A 16-year- official told IANS. old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times, killed and the body book on Delhi dumped in a septic tank of a house in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, Six-year-old dies police said Saturday. in leopard attack riots 2020 Three persons have been ar- rested in connection with the in- Guwahati: A six-year-old boy INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE cident, and when produced before died after being attacked by the court Friday, they were re- a leopard in Maligaon area in New Delhi, August 22: Publisher manded to eight days of police Assam’s Guwahati Friday. Bloomsbury India said on Saturday custody. According to reports, a it was withdrawing the publication The girl, a resident of leopard attacked the minor of its book "Delhi Riots 2020: The Shyanashikata in Rajganj, went boy Friday afternoon while he was playing with his friends Untold Story" planned for missing August 10, following which near his house. As soon as September "in view of very re- her family lodged a police com- the leopard attacked the boy, cent events including a virtual plaint, officials said. locals raised an alarm but the pre-publication launch organised Police Thursday arrested three child was dragged by the without our knowledge by the au- persons, and during interroga- beast into the jungle area. thors, with participation by par- tion, they confessed to have raped Later, locals and family ties of whom the publishers would and killed the girl August 15, of- members recovered the child not have approved." ficials said, adding that the body in critical condition and "Bloomsbury India strongly was then dumped in the septic rushed the boy to a nearby supports freedom of speech but also tank. private hospital. has a deep sense of responsibility The body was taken out from the towards society," the publisher septic tank of a house in Pradhan said in a statement. Para later that night, police said. Inter-state arms "Bloomsbury India had planned Local TMC MLA Khageswar to release "Delhi Riots 2020: The Roy has met the girl’s family and racket busted Untold Story" in September, a book demanded death penalty for the ac- New Delhi: The Delhi Police purportedly giving a factual re- cused. busted an inter-state arms port on the riots in Delhi in Police said they are investigat- trafficking racket Thursday February 2020, based on investi- ing the matter and yet to ascertain and arrested a suspect for gations and interviews conducted Clouds gather in the sky over Raisina Hills in New Delhi, Saturday PTI PHOTO what led to the incident. illegally supplying arms and by the authors. ammunitions in Delhi-National "However, in view of very re- Capital Region (NCR) and cent events including a virtual pre- western Uttar Pradesh. The publication launch organised with- accused, identified as Abdul out our knowledge by the authors, Forced to travel 50 km for online classes, students Salaam, is a resident of with participation by parties of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. whom the Publishers would not Hit by a pandemic and then a natural disaster, the children from remote Abdul Salaam was arrested have approved, we have decided to around 8:30 pm Thursday near withdraw publication of the book. demand Internet villages in Maharashtra had to deal with Internet disruptions since early June Ring Road in Delhi. Police said Bloomsbury India strongly sup- that 20 semi-automatic pistols ports freedom of speech but also has along with 40 magazines and a deep sense of responsibility to- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA a day to access data connectivity for district magistrate and cellular 50 live cartridges were wards society," the statement said. their online education activities,” companies and we dealt with it as recovered from the possession of the accused. A storm had been brewing since New Delhi, August 22: Around 200 he said. He sought the immediate a policy intervention in which late Friday after a purported in- children were forced to travel 50 intervention from the Ratnagiri NCPCR has to play a role in help- vitation on social media, with the kilometers everyday to reach an district magistrate on the matter. ing children. As a result, action Bloomsbury logo at its bottom area with Internet connection to “I hereby draw the kind attention was taken on a priority basis and 1 terrorist killed left, stated that BJP general sec- attend online classes from their re- of DM, Ratnagiri to immediately in- internet connectivity of the village in encounter retary Bhupendra Yadav would mote coastal villages in Maharashtra tervene in the matter, make liai- was restored,” he said. launch the book with party leader after they were hit first COVID-19 son and issue suitable directions to He further stressed that it is very Srinagar: One terrorist was Kapil Mishra, besides authors lockdown and then cyclone Nisarga. the concerned cellular service important to ensure barrier-free killed in an encounter with Monica Arora, Sonali Chitalkar Hit by a pandemic and then a provider to get the Internet con- Internet facility for the children in the security forces in North and Prerna Malhotra, as also film- natural disaster, the children from nectivity restored at the earliest so these times. Kashmir’s Baramulla district maker Vivek Agnihotri, among remote villages in Maharashtra that no child becomes victim of “It is very important that if chil- Saturday, police said. “One others, attending the virtual event. had to deal with Internet disruptions panies and the district magistrate Maharashtra, particularly in the undue pressure or stress concern- dren are dependent upon the unidentified terrorist killed in In response to this, Bloomsbury since early June when connectivity of the area, NCPCR Chairman area of PIN Code 415714, which was ing their education,” Kanoongo Internet for their education then it the encounter at Kreeri. issued a statement Friday evening along the coastal area of Ratnagiri Priyank Kanoongo said. deadly hit by cyclone Nisarg June wrote in the letter. needs to be ensured that they get bar- Operation is going on,” the denying it was involved in the district became scratchy. In his letter to the district mag- 3, 2020 and since then, the residents Speaking to news agency Press rier-free Internet facility,” he said. police added. The encounter launch, saying: "Bloomsbury India But when even after a month the istrate of the area, Kanoongo of area do not have mobile and data Trust of India, Kanoongo said the The nationwide lockdown in-

y erupted after a joint team of the police and the Army is publishing the book ‘Delhi Riots situation did not improve, one of the stressed that the authorities must connectivity,” Kanoongo said in NCPCR continuously followed up duced by COVID-19 in March

2020: The Untold Story’ by advocate students finally reached out to the ensure that the issue gets resolved the letter to the district magistrate with the authorities and finally the prompted schools and colleges to

k y m cordoned off the Saloosa area c following information about Monica Arora, Sonali Chitalkar, top child rights body NCPCR for at the earliest. July 25. Internet connection in the area was move to the virtual world for teach- the presence of terrorists. As Prerna Malhotra in September help. The National Commission for “The commission has taken cog- “As a result, around 200 students restored by one of the cellular net- ing and learning activities. But a the security forces zeroed in 2020. We are not organising any Protection Child Rights, in turn, nizance of a complaint received re- are facing difficulties in online ed- works while the rest of them as- weak internet penetration has on the spot, they came under launch event for the book and ensured that the connectivity is re- garding poor and disrupted net- ucational activities due to corona sured that they will resolve the turned e-education into a distant a heavy volume of fire that there are no events being planned stored in the fastest possible man- work connectivity along coastal lockdown. Besides, the students issue at the earliest. dream for many children in the triggered the encounter. yet,” the statement said. ner by reaching out to cellular com- area of Ratnagiri District, are taking pain to travel about 50 kms “We intervened and wrote to the rural areas. There is no legitimate TIKTOK MULLS ACTION P10 reason to delay the SUNDAY | AUGUST 23 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR intra-Afghan negotiations that TikTok is reportedly preparing to have been postponed over legally challenge by early next week differences on the release of the first executive order signed by controversial Taliban prisoners US President Donald Trump to by the Kabul government prohibit its China-based owner ZALMAY KHALILZAD | ByteDance to do any business in the international AFGHAN-AMERICAN DIPLOMAT

US, the media reported

k y m c of the day uote SECURITY THREAT Pak puts more curbs China backs Pakistan on UK PM FORCED TO Any country sponsoring CUT SHORT HOLIDAY terrorism on Azhar, Dawood should not be allowed to paint choosing ‘independent’ path PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA itself as a victim of terror London, August 22: UK Prime Islamabad, August 22: Seeking to IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT WAS CHINA, WHICH HAD REQUESTED A CLOSED Minister Boris Johnson has been wriggle out of the FATF's grey list, T S TIRUMURTI | PERMANENT forced to cut short his holiday Pakistan has imposed tough fi- REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO THE UN DOOR DISCUSSION ON THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISSUE, SECONDING with fiancée Carrie Symonds and nancial sanctions on 88 banned ter- ISLAMABAD'S REQUEST ON THE SAME AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL their baby son Wilfred and dog ror groups and their leaders, in- The country is Dilyn after the location of their cot- cluding Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar returning to tage in the Scottish Highlands and Dawood Ibrahim, by ordering normal INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE was leaked, triggering security the seizure of all of their properties Masood Azhar following the impact concerns, according to a media and freezing of bank accounts, a of the novel Islamabad, August 22: China has report. media report said Saturday. erties of these outfits and indi- coronavirus come out in full support of Johnson, 56, had taken time off The Paris-based Financial Action viduals, and freezing of their bank pandemic Pakistan’s position and stance on for a so-called “staycation” within Task Force (FATF) put Pakistan accounts, the report said.

JAIR BOLSONARO | BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT the Jammu and Kashmir issue the UK during the peak summer on the grey list in June 2018 and These terrorists have been barred along with its extended sustenance holiday month of August when asked Islamabad to implement a from transferring money through on Islamabad "independently" choos- ministers often take a few weeks plan of action by the end of 2019, financial institutions, purchasing ing a development path based on its off from work. but the deadline was extended later of arms and travelling abroad, it said. The US has "national conditions" in the con- The UK prime minister had due to COVID-19 pandemic. The notifications ratified a com- violated both text of external security parame- chosen a remote cottage in Scotland The government issued two no- the JCPOA and plete ban on all leaders and mem- Resolution 2231 by ters. but after photographs of the lo- tifications August 18 announcing bers of defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban withdrawing from it, A joint statement issued after cation emerged, he was forced to sanctions on key figures of terror Pakistan (TTP) hiding in the unilaterally the talks between Pakistan Foreign cut short the break and fly back to outfits such as 26/11 Mumbai attack Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas. reimposing Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Downing Street on Thursday mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa The paper reported that Saeed, sanctions on Iran, and even and China's State Councilor and evening, ‘The Daily Telegraph' re- (JuD) chief Saeed, Jaish-e- Azhar, Mullah Fazlullah (alias punishing those complying with the Foreign Minister Wang Yi during uation in what it calls 'Indian same at the UN Security Council. ports. A source close to the family Mohammed (JeM) chief Azhar, Mullah Radio), Zakiur Rehman resolution Qureshi's two-day visit to Beijing Illegally Occupied Jammu and Other than the Kashmir issue, told the newspaper their discovery and underworld don Ibrahim. Lakhvi, Muhammad Yahya said: "The Chinese side reiterated Kashmir (IIOJK)'. China's support to Pakistan for had caused safety concerns and Ibrahim, who heads a vast and MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF | Mujahid, Abdul Hakeem Murad, IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER that Pakistan and China are iron China has seconded Pakistan's taking independent decision, in line made it impossible for them to multifaceted illegal business, has wanted by Interpol, Noor Wali brothers and Pakistan remains stance on Kashmir, declaring the dis- with its national interests, is sig- stay until the weekend as planned. emerged as India's most wanted Mehsud, Fazal Raheem Shah of China's staunchest partner in the pute left over from the history be- nalling alarm to the Arab world, Unlike former British Prime terrorist after the 1993 Mumbai Uzbekistan Liberation Movement, region and that China firmly sup- tween India and Pakistan, urging which has been pushing Islamabad Ministers, including David bombings. The Pakistan govern- Taliban leaders Jalaluddin Haqqani, SHORT TAKES ports Pakistan in safeguarding its that the dispute should be resolved to distance itself from China and Cameron and Theresa May, who ment has proscribed 88 leaders and Khalil Ahmad Haqqani, Yahya territorial integrity, sovereignty peacefully and properly through see its progress in its ties with had allowed the press to take im- members of terrorist groups, in Haqqani, and Ibrahim and his as- Nepal to resume and independence, and independ- the UN charter, relevant Security the US and its allies. ages of their summer holidays, compliance with the new list is- sociates were on the list. ently choosing a development path Council resolutions and bilateral The joint statement has reiter- Johnson had tried to keep his trip sued by the United Nations Security The notifications said that lead- int’l flights based on its national conditions, agreements. "China opposed any ated that there would be no com- strictly private. Council (UNSC) recently, Pakistani ership of the defunct TTP, and Kathmandu: The Nepal striving for a better external secu- unilateral actions that complicate promise on the Belt and Road But pictures emerged recently, daily The News reported. other organisations have been government has decided to rity environment and playing a the situation," maintained the Initiative (BRI), highlighting that showing him out and about and The notifications announced banned. Though various sanctions resume international flights more constructive role in interna- Chinese side. it would continue to pursue the also a bell tent pitched in a field sanctions on key figures of terror were in place against almost all of from September 1 after nearly tional and regional affairs." It should be noted that it was completion of the China Pakistan next to the holiday home. outfits such as the Jamaat-ud-Dawa those listed by the UNSC, the gov- six months, a Cabinet Minister The Kashmir issue was also China, which had requested a Economic Corridor (CPEC), brush- According to reports, the tent (JuD), JeM, Taliban, Daesh, Haqqani ernment through the new notifi- said. Nepal had suspended brought into consideration and dis- closed door discussion on the ing aside any pressure Islamabad was packed away after the Group, al-Qaeda, and others. The cations consolidated and docu- international flights on March cussion during the meeting. Qureshi Jammu and Kashmir issue, sec- faces from some external global landowner accused Johnson of government ordered the seizure mented the previously announced 22 in an effort to prevent the briefed the Chinese side on the sit- onding Islamabad's request on the powers. camping without permission. of all movable and immovable prop- measures, the report said. spread of the novel coronavirus, reports Xinhua news agency. The country had earlier planned to resume the SAFETY FIRST BELARUS BLOCKS services from August 17, but it Navalny stable after was extended till August 31 NEWS WEBSITES amid the resurgence of ASSOCIATED PRESS coronavirus cases. landing in Germany Minsk, August 22: Authorities in Belarus have blocked an array of WWII memory When German specialists arrived aboard a plane news media websites reporting equipped with advanced medical equipment Friday on the country shaken by two wall defaced weeks of protests against au- Paris: Vandals have scrawled morning at his family's behest, Navalny's physicians in thoritarian President Alexander graffiti denying the Omsk initially said he was too unstable to move Lukashenko. Holocaust on a wall in the The Belarusian Association of village that was the site of ASSOCIATED PRESS Kremlin is behind both his illness Journalists said Saturday that the France's biggest and the delay in transferring him more than 20 sites had been massacre of civilians by the Berlin, August 22: Russian dis- to a top German hospital. blocked, including those of US- Nazis during World War II. sident Alexei Navalny, who is in a When German specialists ar- funded Radio Liberty and Belsat, France's justice minister coma after a suspected poisoning, rived aboard a plane equipped with a Polish-funded satellite TV chan- vowed on Saturday that arrived in Berlin on a special flight advanced medical equipment Friday nel focusing on Belarus. those responsible would be Saturday for treatment by spe- morning at his family's behest, Friday, the state publishing brought to justice. Officials in cialists at the German capital's Navalny's physicians in Omsk ini- house stopped printing top inde- Oradour-Sur-Glane, near Limoges in central France, main hospital. tially said he was too unstable to pendent newspapers the threw up a tarp to cover the A representative of the NGO move. Navalny's supporters de- Narodnaya Volya and graffiti discovered Friday on that arranged the flight confirmed nounced that as a ploy by author- Komsomolskaya Pravda, citing the wall at the entrance to that the plane had landed and that ities to stall until any poison in Maintenance workers work on the Jialing River railway bridge in Beibei district, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. equipment malfunction. Protests the Center for Remembrance. Navalny was in stable condition. his system would no longer be The inspection and maintenance of the bridge was strengthened during flood season to ensure the safe operation of unprecedented in Belarus for their The word “Lie” was scrawled “Navalny is in traceable. The the railway UNI PHOTO size and duration broke out after on the wall, along with other Berlin,” Jaka Bizilj, Omsk medical the August 9 presidential election graffiti, according to the of the German or- team relented in which official results handed regional paper Le Populaire ganization Cinema only after a char- Lukashenko a sixth term in of- du Centre. The inscription For Peace, said. ity that had or- fice. “Martyr Village” was crossed “He survived the ganized the WASHINGTON ZOO WELCOMES NEW BABY Protesters allege the results out. “Shame on those who flight and he's sta- medevac plane were manipulated and are call- did this,” Justice Minister Eric ble.” He said all other revealed that the ASSOCIATED PRESS PURE JOY 22 — made her chances of giving ing for Lukashenko to resign. Dupond-Moretti tweeted. information on the German doctors birth to a cub slim. “However, we Police responded harshly in the 44-year-old's health examined the Washington, August 22: wanted to give her one more op- first days of the protests, arrest- would have to come from his fam- politician and said he was fit to be Delivering a “much-needed mo- portunity to contribute to her ing some 7,000 people, beating South Korea mulls ily and the German doctors now transported. ment of pure joy,” the National species' survival,” he said. She is many of them. But the protests looking after him. After touching Deputy chief doctor of the Omsk Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang gave the oldest giant panda to suc- have widened their scope, with nationwide curbs down shortly before 9 a.m. at a spe- hospital Anatoly Kalinichenko birth to a wiggling cub Friday at cessfully give birth in the United strikes called at some of the coun- Seoul: South Korea is cial area of the capital's Tegel air- then told reporters that Navalny's a time of global pandemic and so- States. The oldest in the world try's main factories. considering national port used for government and mil- condition had stabilized and that cial unrest. and baby. “Giant pandas are an in- gave birth in China at age 23. In an enormous show of defi- restrictions to cope with a itary flights, Navalny was taken by physicians “didn't mind” trans- An experienced mom, “Mei ternational symbol of endangered Mei Xiang has three surviving ance, an estimated 200,000 pro- resurgence of coronavirus ambulance to the downtown cam- ferring the politician, given that Xiang picked the cub up immedi- wildlife and hope, and with the offspring, Tai Shan, Bao Bao and testers rallied last Sunday in the infections that has seen nine pus of Berlin's Charite hospital. his relatives were willing “to take ately and began cradling and car- birth of this precious cub we are Bei Bei, that were transported to capital, Minsk. straight days of triple-digit Navalny, a politician and cor- on the risks.” ing for it,” the zoo said in a state- thrilled to offer the world a much- China at age 4 under an agree- Lukashenko's main election increases in newly confirmed ruption investigator who is one of The Kremlin denied that resist- ment. “The panda team heard the needed moment of pure joy,” said ment with the Chinese govern- challenger, Sviatlana cases. The 332 new cases Russian President Vladimir Putin's ance to the transfer was political, cub vocalize.” Panda lovers around Steve Monfort, John and Adrienne ment. The zoo has reopened to Tsikhanouskaya, called for an- reported Saturday was the fiercest critics, was admitted to an with spokesman Dmitry Peskov the world were able to see the Mars Director of the Smithsonian's visitors on a limited basis, but the other march this Sunday. “We are second consecutive day intensive care unit in the Siberian saying that it was purely a medical birth on the zoo's Panda Cam. National Zoo and Conservation Panda House is closed. Mei Xiang closer than ever to our dream,” she surpassing 300. At a briefing, city of Omsk Thursday. His sup- decision. However, the reversal Zookeepers also were using the Biology Institute. gave birth in a small den, where said in a video message from Prime Minister Chung Sye- porters believe that tea he drank was came as international pressure on camera to keep an eye on mom Monfort said Mei Xiang's age — she created a nest out of branches. Lithuania, where she took refuge kyun said the government is laced with poison — and that the Russia's leadership mounted. after the election. considering expanding to the whole country shutdown measures that have been implemented in the greater Seoul region, which is where the resurgence began. Indian-American couple releases campaign video for Biden, Harris

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA a major party's vice-presidential "Indo-Americans are the crucial to further push the envelope of what nomination on the third day of the HOPE FOR THE FUTURE margin of victory in Michigan, is possible," Ajay said. US buildings Washington, August 22: A Silicon virtual Democratic National Pennsylvania, North Carolina, The video highlights the culture closed in Portland Valley-based Indian-American cou- Convention on Wednesday. Florida, Wisconsin, and Nevada," of Indo-Americans in the USA con- ple has released a musical cam- "Living in Silicon Valley, we are said Ajay. necting to mainstream politics and Portland: At least two federal paign video targeting Indian- at heart innovators; we have ap- Running into 143 seconds, in the highlights the engagement of all buildings in Portland have Americans in the battleground plied that creativity to rapidly grow backdrop of music, Indian- ages of Indo-American community, been closed and the FBI is states and urging them to vote for the outreach to key South Asian Americans in various languages, in- said Raj, a young Indian-American investigating after a car Democratic presidential nominee voter groups in support of Vice cluding Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and student from Claremont McKenna bomb threat was made, the Joe Biden and his Indian-origin President Biden. It is extremely Bengali, are appealing to their com- College in . "It shows officials said Friday. The running mate Senator Kamala important that we all come together threat, which was received munity members in the battle- hope for the future for the Indo Thursday, warned of the Harris. as a community to fight for what is ground States to vote and support American community. The video intention to use a car bomb On the last day of the four-day right," Vinita Bhutoria said after the Biden and his running mate Harris shows the ocean of political ac-

Democratic National Convention release of the video on Friday. in the November presidential elec- tivism and new waves by Indian

k y m to target federal property in c Portland, according to two Thursday, Biden, 77, formally ac- Vinita, along with her tech en- tions. Americans. The video connects law enforcement officials. A cepted the presidential nomination trepreneur husband Ajay Jian "As an absolutely essential swing people from different parts of India number of federal offices in of the Democratic Party. Harris, Bhutoria, starts the video saying, vote, it is essential that Indo-American living in the USA and speaking in the area have been closed 55, scripted history in US politics as "America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho: Jo Biden at their house early this year in support of the Biden-Harris cam- political representation increases. We multiple languages, all united in because of the threat, the she became the first Indian- Biden Jaisa Ho." The political cou- for fundraising, is currently work- paign. The first of the series was re- have made immense leaps forward, the fight to elect Joe Biden and officials said. American and Black woman to get ple, who had earlier hosted Jill ing on three unique video adverts leased Friday. but we will continue working hard Kamala Harris," Raj said. COVID has accelerated P11 the pace of digital ICICI LOMBARD TO ACQUIRE BHARTI AXA SUNDAY | AUGUST 23 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR transformation that was never ICICI Lombard General Insurance has seen before. Today our education announced signing a definitive agreement to system is not fully equipped to acquire Bharti Enterprises-promoted Bharti AXA teach the next generation with General Insurance in all stock transaction. The future-ready tech skills to thrive proposed Rs 4,600-crore deal will propel ICICI

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k y m SANDIP PATEL | MD, IBM INDIA/SOUTH ASIA among non-life insurers c of the day uote Worldwide spend on public cloud hit $233 bn in 2019 While expanding INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE 35% y-o-y. and digital application delivery. spending with revenues of more globally this "Cloud is expanding far beyond year, the company EXPANDING BEYOND NICHE According to Deepak Mohan, than $122 billion in 2019. New Delhi, August 22: The global niche e-commerce and online ad- Research Ddirector, Cloud "Although growth has slowed responded to the he combined revenue of top five pandemic by public cloud services market grew sponsored searches. It underpins Infrastructure Services, cost op- somewhat in recent years, the cur- 26% (y-o-y) in 2019 with revenues to- all the digital activities that indi- Tpublic cloud service providers timisation and business resilience rent crisis serves as an accelera- implementing that includes AWS, Microsoft and taling $233.4 billion, according to a viduals and enterprises depend have emerged as top drivers of IT tor for SaaS adoption across pri- initiatives to drive an integrated captured more than one-third new International Data Corporation upon as we navigate and move be- investment decisions and IaaS focus from all our centres in of the worldwide total market, grow- mary and functional markets to support of our clients (IDC) report. yond the pandemic," said Rick ing 35% y-o-y offerings are designed to enable address the exponential growth of The Public Cloud services in- Villars, group vice president, both. remote workers," said Frank Della SANDEEP SAHAI | CEO, CLEARWATER clude Infrastructure as a Service Worldwide Research at IDC. THE PUBLIC CLOUD SERVICES MARKET HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 2016 "The COVID-19 disruption has Rosa, research director, SaaS and ANALYTICS (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) "Enterprises talked about cloud accelerated cloud adoption with Cloud Software. aaS applications remain the he IDC expects spending on IaaS and Software as a Service (SaaS). journeys of up to 10 years. Now largest segment of public cloud and PaaS to continue growing at a both traditional enterprise IT or- The IDC expects spending on The combined revenue of top they are looking to complete the S T ganigations and digital service IaaS and PaaS to continue grow- We have taken spending with revenues of more than higher rate than the overall cloud five public cloud service providers shift in less than half that time." a big step $122 billion in 2019 market providers increasing use of IaaS ing at a higher rate than the over- forward (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, The public cloud services market for their technology platforms," all cloud market over the next sev- towards serving the Salesforce, Google and Oracle) cap- has more than doubled since 2016. PaaS has nearly tripled. and platforms for application de- he said. eral years as resilience, flexibility, saving needs of tured more than one third of the During this same period, the This highlights the increasing ployment for enterprise IT inter- SaaS applications remain the and agility guide IT platform senior citizens and worldwide total market, growing combined spending on IaaS and reliance on cloud infrastructure nal applications as well as SaaS largest segment of public cloud decisions. general public alike with the launch of our firm’s Fixed Deposits. We are happy that we continue to offer better interest Amazon consumer OIL IMPORTS rates to the senior citizens as well ` as the regular investors even in Centre to develop 7,750 cr biz CEO to step these tough times YS CHAKRAVARTI | MD & CEO, SHRIRAM down next year India’s Middle East CITY UNION FINANCE gas pipeline project in state AGENCIES San Francisco, August 22: Jeff It is good to share hits 2-yr high see that Wilke, the CEO of Amazon’s world- coders are JHBDPL, Srikakulam-Angul Pipeline and Dhamra-Haldia Pipeline projects wide consumer division, is set to REUTERS utilising their time retire early next year after serving to develop new are under construction that will boost gas-based economy the company for over two decades. New Delhi, August 22: Middle skills. This will Dave Clark, Amazon's Senior Eastern oil accounted for 71.5% of eventually help POST NEWS NETWORK Vice President of Retail Operations, India’s oil imports in July, its high- them stand out from the rest of the will succeed Wilke, Amazon said est share in 26 months, while im- crowd who don't possess the talent Bhubaneswar, August 22: With an in a statement on Friday. ports from Africa fell to 5%, the critical for the new normal. It is also aim to expand the gas pipeline net- In a memo to employees, lowest in at least 14 years, shows the interesting to see that they are work across the country, the central Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff data from trade sources. more focused on getting a government is developing around Bezos called Wilke his "tutor". Analysts said lower fuel demand permanent job to strengthen their 1,550 km pipeline network for Wilke, who joined the company and paltry refining margins had position in future Odisha, under the Pradhan Mantri in 1999, is often credited with shap- driven a preference for Middle NARAYAN MAHADEVAN | FOUNDER, Urja Ganga project, to boost gas- ing the logistics system that the e- Eastern sour grades over sweet falling to around 3 million barrels BRIDGELABZ based economy. commerce giant has today. African barrels. per day as low fuel demand en- Three projects viz., Jagdishpur- "When you see us taking care of India, the world’s third-biggest couraged refiners to shut units for Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra customers, you can thank Jeff for oil consumer, imports more than maintenance. Pipeline (JHBDPL), Srikakulam- it," Bezos said in the memo, an- 80% of its oil needs. Imports from Opec countries SHORT TAKES Angul Pipeline and Dhamra-Haldia nouncing Wilke's departure from “Since April Indian refiners are dropped to their lowest in at least Pipeline are being developed. These the company. trying to save every single penny 14 years at 67.15% in July, data OIL registers projects are being implemented on crude purchases as refining showed. by state-owned company Gas margins are paltry and fuel de- Rising imports from the United `249 cr loss Authority of India Limited (GAIL). mand has crashed. They are forced States also dented Africa’s share in The whole project is worth (esti- Angul, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, project will have a length of around to cut refiners runs,” said Ehsan Ul Indian imports. The sources de- New Delhi: Oil India Ltd, the ` nation’s second largest state mated) 7,750 crore. Sambalpur and Debagarh, and six 500 km and it will supply gas to Haq, an analyst with Refinitiv. clined to be identified as they are oil and gas producer, logged According to Odisha GAIL CGM districts in Jharkhand Bokaro, western parts of Odisha. The au- Indian refiners mostly tap spot not authorised to speak to the second quarterly loss in its Dinabandhu Soren, under 2,500 km Ramgarh, Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla thorities said that about `2,500 crore JEFF WILKE markets for low sulphur or sweet media. history in April-June after JHBDPL project, the pipeline net- and Simdega,” Soren said. is being invested to execute the grades and buy sour grades under India imported no oil from crude oil prices slumped to work will cover around 800 km for Petroleum and Natural Gas pipeline network expansion. The au- "Jeff's legacy and impact will term deals with Middle Eastern Venezuela for the second month lower than cost of Odisha which is an investment of Regulatory Board (PNGRB) awarded thorities also stated that gas will be live on long after he departs. He is producers. in a row in July, the data showed. production. OIL had a net around `4,000 crore. This 800 km the geographical areas for devel- supplied to small and medium in- simply one of those people with- “Imports from Middle East help During the month Iraq retained loss of `248.61 crore in first pipeline project is being imple- opment of City Gas Distribution net- dustries and other companies. They out whom Amazon would be com- in saving freight cost. Refiners its top oil supplier status to India quarter of 2020-21 fiscal as mented through two projects: works in these 11 districts to different also said that the project will be pletely unrecognisable," the opted to lift committed volumes followed by Saudi Arabia and United compared to a net profit of Bokaro –Angul Pipeline and entities and the Bokaro–Angul sec- completed soon. Amazon CEO said. under contracts with Middle Arab Emirates. `624.80 crore in the same Dhamra-Angul Pipeline. tion will be catering the supply of On the other hand, Dhamra-Haldia In a message to Amazon teams Eastern producers rather than tap- The United States emerged as period of the previous “The Bokaro–Angul section will natural gas to these areas. Pipeline project will be of 250 km and around the world, Wilke said that ing costly brent-linked African oil the fourth biggest supplier followed financial year. "This is the have a total length of 667 km, of According to GAIL authorities, it will supply gas to the coastal re- "it's just time" for him "to take that takes more than 20 days to by Kuwait, Colombia and Qatar. second quarterly loss in OIL which 367 km will be in Odisha the JHBDPL project will be com- gion of Odisha. It is expected that time to explore personal interests reach India,” Haq added. Nigeria, which was the fifth largest history. We had a quarterly and 300 km in Jharkhand. It will pleted in Odisha by February 2021. around `1,250 crore is being invested that have taken a back seat for India’s oil imports plunged to supplier to India in June, dropped loss in 2018-19 fiscal," OIL cover five districts in Odisha namely The Srikakulam-Angul Pipeline for the completion of this project. over two decades." their lowest in over 9 years in July, to eight position. Director-Finance Harish Madhav said Saturday. ` PNB posts `308 cr ‘Steel demand to 24 proposals worth 8,594 cr of of net profit in contract in FY21’ April-June quarter Mumbai: India's steel stressed NBFCs, HFCs sanctioned demand is expected to AGENCIES contract in FY21, Fitch PRESS TRUST OF INDIA nance institutions registered under Ratings has said. However, SPECIAL LIQUIDITY SCHEME the RBI Act, 1934 (excluding those New Delhi, August 22: Punjab the ratings agency said that New Delhi, August 22: The registered as Core Investment National Bank (PNB), India’s sec- volumes should continue to finance ministry on Saturday said Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a Companies) and any HFC regis- ond-largest public sector bank an- improve over the next few 24 proposals worth `8,594 crore of tweet said that 24 proposals with a tered with the National Housing nounced its financial result for quarters, led by rural stressed NBFCs and HFCs have total sanctioned amount of Bank under the National Housing the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The consumption and been sanctioned under the special `8,594 crore have been cleared as on Bank Act, 1987, which is complying bank recorded a net profit of `308 government spending on liquidity scheme announced as August 21, while 17 more applica- with certain specified conditions, crore. Global Business of the bank infrastructure, and lead to part of the `20.97 lakh crore tions seeking financing of up to are eligible to raise funding from reached `17,96,612 Crore. better margins due to ` operating leverage. "Higher 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' package. 3,684.5 crore are under process. this facility. The bank’s operating profit prices supported by the price The scheme, which was launched "The amount disbursed stood at The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) grew by 2.5% on a YOY basis to rebound in China should also on July 1, permits both primary `3,279 crore as on 21.08.2020. has provided funds for the scheme `5,280 crore in Q1 FY’21. CRAR drive margins in 2QFY21 and and secondary market purchases of Compared to 07.08.2020, there is an by subscribing to government-guar- as on June 30, 2020, improved to beyond. Indian prices have debt and seeks to address the short- increase of `2,195 crore in the anteed special securities issued by 12.63%. Gross NPA ratio is at started to tick up since late- term liquidity issues of non-bank- amount sanctioned & an increase a trust set up by SBI Capital Markets 14.11% as on June 20 as against July, with a lag," said a ing financial companies (NBFCs) of `2,279 crore in the amount dis- Ltd (SBICAP). 15.49% in June 19. statement by Fitch Ratings. and housing finance companies bursed," she tweeted. The scheme is being implemented (HFCs). NBFCs and HFCs came under by SLS Trust, the SPV set up by Sharing implementation status stress following a series of defaults SBICAP. The special liquidity UK govt debt update of the `30,000 crore Special by IL&FS group firms in September scheme is open for three months for Liquidity Scheme (SLS), Finance 2018. NBFCs including microfi- making subscriptions by the Trust. hits $2.6 tn London: The UK government debt has increased above 2 trillion pounds ($2.6 trillion) for the first time amid heavy Global cues to make rupee volatile: Experts spending to support the economy amid the This coronavirus pandemic, the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE week the stable orbit. Net NPA ratio reduced to 5.39% Office for National Statistics movement in USD/INR "This week the movement in as on June 20 down from 5.51% as (ONS) has revealed. Spending Mumbai, August 22: Optimism spot has mainly been dollar USD/INR spot has mainly been on March 20 and 6.97% as on June on measures such as the over the development of COVID- driven and the spot traded in a dollar driven and the spot 19. Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) furlough scheme means the 19 vaccine along with broad-based traded in a very tight range. improved to 80.75% as on June 20 very tight range. Going ahead, debt figure now equals the growth trends is expected to in- Going ahead, insights into from 70.37% as on June 19. Internet value of everything the UK duce volatility in the rupee's value insights into how the US economy how the US economy is re- Banking users crossed 233 lakh. produces in a year. during the short term. is recovering from the pandemic covering from the coron- UPI transactions increased by The US Fed's FOMC minutes, along with uncertainty regarding avirus pandemic, optimism 76% YOY to 19.16 crore. US-China trade talks, and expec- US’ trade talks with China will over vaccine, along with POS installed increased YOY Balmer Lawrie tations on Q1 GDP rate will be the keep playing out on the uncertainty regarding the by 17.78% to 88,204. Bharat/BHIM other key factors steering the rupee. USD/INR pair US-China trade talks will QR Code installed increased YOY to shut one unit Last week, the rupee strength- RAHUL GUPTA I HEAD OF keep playing out on the by 139% to 1,73,958. ` RESEARCH-CURRENCY, Kolkata: Diversified PSU ened to 74.85 against a greenback. USD/INR pair," said Rahul The bank has rolled out a ver- EMKAY GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES Balmer Lawrie and Company "Expect next week range at `74.60 Gupta, Head of Research- ticalised organisation structure

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y side scrape past Italian club 3-2 for a record sixth Europa League title BLOCKBUSTER FINALE

k k y y m m c PSG set sight on making history as they face mighty Bayern Munich c hurdle in quest of their ‘holy grail’ – the Champions League title

AGENCIES ROAD TO THE FINAL Lisbon, August 22: A fresh slice of history beckons here for one of PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN BAYERN MUNICH these giants as they face off in club PSG 3-0 Real Madrid Group stage Bayern 3-0Belgrade football’s most prestigious match, Galatasaray 0-1 PSG Group stage Tottenham 2-7 Bayern but their past history at this stage Club Brugge 0-5 PSG Group stage Olympiacos 2-3 Bayern of the competition could barely be PSG 1-0 Club Brugge Group stage Bayern 2-0 Olympiacos more different. Real Madrid 2-2 PSG Group stage RS Belgrade 0-6 Bayern Bayern have been here and done PSG 5-0 Galatasaray Group stage Bayern 3-1 Tottenham it all before – only Real Madrid can Dortmund 2-1 PSG Last 16 Chelsea 0-3 Bayern top their tally of 11 European Cup and Champions League finals, while PSG 2-0 Dortmund Last 16 Bayern 4-1 Chelsea only Madrid, AC Milan and PSG 2-1 Atalanta Quarterfinal Bayern 8-2 Barcelona Liverpool have got their hands on PSG 3-0 RB Leipzig Semifinal Bayern 3-0 Lyon the trophy more often. It has not been all triumph and hese two sides have met on eight previous occasions, with all of those coming in the group stages of the Champions League. glory for the Bavarian juggernauts, T It is PSG who boast the superior record in those meetings, winning though, and they have lost as many five compared to three victories for Bayern finals as they have won in this com- petition, Juventus being the only nly two of those past meetings have come since 2000, with the team to have been beaten more Otwo sides trading victories in the 2017-18 group stages – PSG often at this stage. winning 3-0 in Paris and Bayern winning 3-1 in Munich HEAD TO HEAD HEAD TO PSG know all about despair in Europe’s premier club competi- TONIGHT’S MATCH Bayern already boasting the best tion; their recent history has been goals-per-game ratio in CL history littered by high-profile failures and BAYERN VS and needing three more goals to it remains impossible to consider PSG equal Barcelona’s all-time record their Champions League past with- of 45 in a CL campaign – recorded out thoughts immediately going Time over 16 games in 1999-00. back to their Neymar-inspired 6-1 12:30 am With such a record, it is easy to defeat to Barcelona in 2016-17. Telecast forget that Bayern had been in ASSOCIATED PRESS The Now with Neymar in their ranks Sony Ten some trouble earlier in the cam- game and beginning to show the deci- channels paign, leading to Niko Kovac being Cologne (Germany), August 22: started at sive influence PSG have been hop- sacked and replaced by Hansi Flick, The longest Europa League season breakneck pace despite being ing for since his world-record move, No French club has ever com- who has since steered them back on came down to a defender’s spec- the 54th game of 2019-20 for both the Ligue 1 giants have the chance pleted the treble before either as to the right path. tacular shot and a striker trying LUUK DE JONG teams in a season extended because to finally banish those memories and PSG look to become only the ninth It is not only Bayern’s European to keep it out. of the coronavirus pandemic. the hurt of seven successive seasons team to achieve that feat, but they record which is formidable; German Instead of blocking Diego Carlos’ After just three minutes in which they failed to make it past are facing a Bayern side similarly champions for an eighth year in a overhead kick — which was going Lukaku surged away with the the quarterfinals. familiar with a domestic monop- row, they come into this match hav- wide — Romelu Lukaku deflected ball when a Sevilla attacking The owners have made no se- oly on titles and with far more ex- ing won 27 of their last 28 outings it into his own net. That handed throw-in was cleared, and Carlos cret of the fact that the Champions perience in Europe. across all competitions including Sevilla a 3-2 win in the final Friday pushed him down as he prepared League is the holy grail for them and, Indeed, Bayern won a treble of each of the last 19. and a record sixth Europa League to shoot. Goalkeeper Yassine after years of underachievement in their own just seven years ago when Yet there is not quite an aura of title. Bounou had played a key part in the competition, it could be written they picked up their fifth Champions invincibility about the team despite And it gave Lukaku the distinc- Lukaku scored the spot-kick, but Sevilla’s run to the final but could in the stars for them to pull off League crown, and victory on the results suggesting otherwise, tion of scoring for both teams. The Sevilla fought their way back into do nothing to stop Lukaku’s pow- their crowning glory in the club’s Sunday would see them join and PSG will have taken belief from Belgium striker had given Inter a the game with two headers from erful penalty kick into the bottom- 50th anniversary year. Barcelona as the only clubs to do so Lyon’s performance in the semifi- perfect start with an early goal after It was a very emotional Luuk de Jong, setting the stage for left corner. Success at home is almost a given on two separate occasions. nals despite their fellow Ligue 1 winning his first duel with Carlos, game but in the second Carlos to hit his game-winning kick The lead lasted just seven minutes now for Le Parisiens, who have The German outfit have been side being on the end of a 3-0 defeat. who could easily have been sent in the 74th. before De Jong levelled the score won 24 of the last 28 domestic tro- simply scintillating en route to the half we controlled the game a Sunday represents a tantalising off in the process. The loss extended Inter’s wait with a diving header off a cross phies available to them, but vic- final, plundering an incredi- opportunity to make them- bit better we dug in. He The Brazilian defender was the for a first European trophy since Jose from right-back Jesus Navas. tory Sunday would see them finally ble 42 goals during a perfect selves the team to beat, last defender when he fouled Lukaku (Diego Carlos) gave away the Mourinho led the Italian club to De Jong was rewarded with a join the top table of Europe’s elite. 10 wins from 10 games in though, and if they are fi- on a counterattack in the third penalty then he scored that the Champions League title in 2010. start after scoring the winning goal While that is the biggest and the competition. nally able to lift their most minute but was only given a yellow wonderful overhead kick Sevilla have won the Europa League as a substitute against Manchester tastiest carrot for the owners, in An 8-2 obliteration of coveted prize aloft then card. JULEN LOPETEGUI in four of the last seven seasons. United in the semifinals. The Dutch time PSG’s possible achievement of Barcelona in the quar- there could be no doubting striker gave Sevilla a 2-1 lead in completing a clean sweep of terfinals was un- that they are worthy the 33rd with a header at the far post trophies this season may be doubtedly the most champions. at a free-kick, but three minutes viewed as even more his- memorable of those Contrasting media reactions in Spain, Italy later Inter scored in nearly identi- toric, having already wins. Rarely, if cal fashion, Diego Godin heading in wrapped up the Ligue 1, ever, has there Spanish newspapers have lauded Sevilla after Julen Lopetegui’s side landed their sixth from almost the same position off Coupe de France, Coupe been a more Europa League triumph while Italian papers have cast doubt on Antonio Conte’s future Marcelo Brozovic’s free-kick. de la Ligue and Trophee emphatic Lukaku could have put Inter des Champions titles this route to the at Inter Milan. Spanish newspapers have hailed the efforts of Sevilla and Lopetegui, who back in front in the 65th when he season. final, with lifted his first piece of major silverware as a coach following the triumph in Germany burst in behind Sevilla’s defense but Bounou charged out to block his AS splashed the headline: ‘Sevilla League’ across their ‘Conte, are you leaving? Inter lose, Antonio splits’ was low shot. front page Saturday morning, a nod to the club’s the headline on the front of Gazetta dello Sport, with After Sevilla reclaimed the lead, dominance in the European competition that they have an image of the former Chelsea and Juventus boss Jules Kounde stopped Inter lev- now won six times. Marca opted for the headline: ‘6!’ looking dejected. Corriere dello Sport went for a eling once again when he while listing the club’s victories in Eindhoven in 2006, similar line with regards to Conte’s Inter future, with cleared substitute Alexis Glasgow in 2007, Turin in 2014, Varsovia in 2015, the headline: ‘Conte splits’, while Tuttosport wrote: Sanchez’s shot off the line in Basilea in 2016 and Cologne Friday night. ‘No, not like this!’ on their front page. the 82nd. Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui said he was de- NEYMAR lighted to win a trophy with Sevilla in his first job since spending barely three months in charge of Real Madrid in 2018. He had lost his job as Spain coach on the eve of ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI the World Cup over his decision to take over Real.

Buttler-Crawley CLAMOUR FOR BHARAT RATNA TO DHYAN CHAND GROWS India to host stand frustrates ‘in Feb. 2021’: Ganguly hapless Pakistan ‘1st target semis, then medals at Games’ AGENCIES “The BCCI and the Indian cricket I learnt by watching his India were in good form. team will continue to fulfil its FTP Southampton, August 22: Zak (Dhyan Chand) skills, They were beating top commitments. The senior Indian Crawley (267, 393b, 34x4, 1x6) and never got any formal teams regularly. Had the men’s team will travel to Australia Jos Buttler (140 batting, 290b, 12x4, coaching from him. Till the Olympics not been postponed for its series starting in December 2x6) frustrated Pakistan with a time, I won the World Cup due to the pandemic, we were this year, and will come back to 359-run partnership for the fifth the country for a series against wicket as England reached 490/5 gold medal, he never saw certainly medal contenders. England starting February next at tea on day two of the third and any of my other medals Now the momentum has gone. year. This will be followed by IPL final Test here, Saturday. including the Olympic bronze I am doubtful about how India 2021 in April,” Ganguly said in an The visitors ASHOK KUMAR will fare next year email to all the affiliated units. banked on HARBINDER SINGH “The BCCI continues to be the part-timer Dhyan Chand. However, he said that host for the ICC T20 World Cup Asad Shafiq during his tenure of eight years in coaches should stop speaking about PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 2021 and the 50-over ICC Cricket after all their the German Hockey League, people podium finishes. “In the last 40 World Cup in 2023.” regular always referred to him as the ‘man years we have not reached semifi- New Delhi, August 22: BCCI pres- The former India captain also Zak bowlers failed from Dhyan Chand’s country’. It just nals once. So let’s first make that tar- ident Sourav Ganguly has con- said that the tours of the Indian Crawley to make any shows how much the Dhyan Chand get,” Ashok asserted. A point to firmed to its affiliated units that women’s team are ‘under discussion’ impact on the Sir was revered,” said Walmiki. which Gurbux agreed. India will be hosting England for but did not elaborate on that. duo, and for- Gurbux called Dhyan Chand ‘the It should be stated here that India a full series in February next year He has assured all state associ- tunately the best-ever player India has ever pro- won their last hockey Olympic gold after playing an away rubber in ations that domestic cricket will move worked. Crawley, who was Actor Babushaan talks to former India player Ashok Kumar during a digital duced’ while Harbinder said ‘he at Moscow in 1980. However many Australia. start as and when the situation is trying the get some quick runs, was campaign demanding Bharat Ratna for Ashok Kumar was an icon in true sense’. Ashok nations had boycotted the event The Board supremo also in- safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, stumped while going for an ex- on the other hand pointed out his due to their differences with Russia. formed the state units that the 2021 but did not specify a date for the sea- pensive shot. POST NEWS NETWORK sary of the first-ever digital cam- dad never wanted him to play hockey. Harbinder on the other hand said IPL will be played in April, within son’s kick-off. Resuming the at 332/4, both paign launched demanding ‘Bharat “Maybe that is because of the fi- that India’s medal at the Tokyo five months of the upcoming edi- Normally domestic season starts Crawley and Buttler hardly gave Bhubaneswar, August 22: India’s Ratna’ for the iconic Dhyan Chand. nancial hardships he faced during Olympics has suddenly suffered tion, which concludes November 10. in August but the pandemic has any chance which Pakistan could first target should be to reach the The event hosted by popular actor his playing days,” said Ashok. due to the postponement of the This is Ganguly’s second com- wreaked havoc with the calender grab for good. Brief showers took semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics. Babushaan also saw Harbinder “I learnt by watching his skills, Games to 2021. munication to the states in last and Ganguly’s letter to state asso- the teams off twice during the Then India can aspire to win a Singh and Yuvraj Walmiki taking never got any formal coaching from “India were in good form. They y two months as he seeks to keep ciations made it clear that the morning session, resulting in medal,” said former India players part. Incidentally Harbinder and him. Till the time, I won the World were beating top teams regularly. Had

the members posted about India’s Board is yet to lock in a date. lunch being taken an hour later Ashok Kumar and Gurbux Singh. Gurbux were members of the Indian Cup gold medal, he never saw any the Olympics not been postponed due

k k y y m m c c commitments in the Future Tours The domestic season is now ex- than scheduled. They were speaking in a panel team that won gold at the Tokyo of my other medals including the to the pandemic, we were certainly Programme (FTP). pected to begin with the Syed Brief scores (at tea): England discussion organised by ‘Signature Olympics. Ashok on the other hand Olympic bronze,” he added. medal contenders. Now the mo- He said that India is ready to Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, ten- 490/5 (Zak Crawley 267, Jos Buttler 24 Productions’ in association with was a part of the team that won Discussions also turned towards mentum has gone. I am doubtful host the T20 World Cup next year tatively from the third week of 140 batting) vs Pakistan. Match Orissa POST. The discussion was the World Cup under Ajitpal Singh. the Tokyo Olympics. Ashok was about how India will fare next year,” and the ODI World Cup in 2023. November. to continue. taking place on the first anniver- Walmiki had not much to offer on quick to point out that Indian Harbinder said.

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